The Express.
London, England, 1867-06-10 00:00:00

PROVINCIAL SHARE HAREM.

LITERPOOI JOKER-Sales to-day: Great Eastern, 32; 1-Lan-
caahlrc and Yorkshire, 124 S--London and North Western,
lltil 1 16 - Manchester, Sheffield, and Lincolnshire, ssl
-Metropolitan, 1281-Midland, 1154 - North Eastern, Her•
wick capit4l stock, 1034-Nouth Eastern, tial-Caledonian,
Scottish Midland, 1261-Midland, new, 1.16 p.-Great Western
of Canada, 151 -Great Luxembourg shares, 12 1.16 12 -
Maritime Insurance Limited), a d.-Anglo.American Tele-
graph, Iss-Liverpool Exchange, 2,4—National Steam :Limited),
17 d.-Runcorn Snap and Alkali Limited), par.
NANO:IIeaR, JENE 8.-The market was quiet, and prices a
shade lower. Credit Yonder of England Limited', 4' d.-Db-
trict Bank. In p. -Great Eastern, 32141reat Luxembourg, 12-
Great Northern A, 1151-Grand Trunk of Canada, 18-Great
Western, 4(4-Lancashire end Yorkshire, 129- London and
Caledonian Marine Insurance (Limited), 41 - London and
North Western, 1181-Manchester, Sheffield, and Unctihishire,
44 1-Metropolitan, 1985 11y 1-Midland. 1151 5-Ditto, New
Convertible ti.o shares, 1 p.-North British, 341-South Eastern,
685 1-Landon and Brighton, 64-Manchester re Assurance. i d.
14113SINGHLX, JUNE 8.-Business done: Birmingham Town
and District Bank, 111: Birmingham Wagon 'Limited). at 111
ditto Preference 6 per cent., at 91 ; Gloucester Wagon (Limited),
at 125: ditto, Fifth issue, at 45. prem. Metropolitan Railway
Carriage and Wagon 'Limited), at 91 : and Patent Nut awl
Bolt Limited), at 4 dia. ('losing prices:-Nottingham Joint
Stock Bank 'Limited), 35 to 3 dia. Shropshire Hank, 3. buyers;
and Birmingham Alliance Life Insurance (Waited), Ito 5 lit
DCBLIN, JUNE 8.-Three per Cent. Consols, Kl}-New Three
per Cent. stock, 921 [-Ditto, for account, 10th July, 921;-
India Five per Cent. Stock (transferable at the Bank of
Ireland!, 1091-Bank of Ireland 'EIOo paid), 229-National ;EEO
paid', MD el-Royal (CIO paid), 321-Union (I.lmited) (a paid),
135 - Ddblin and Belfast Junction (s.lOO paid', 72 - Great
Southern and Western IEIOO paid'. 98 1-Midland Great
Western 'ZIOO paid). 59-Belfast and Northern Counties, 4 per
cent perpetual 4:100 paid). 90-Dublin, Wicklow, and Wexford,
8 per cent, perpetual (ElOO paid), 117-Ditto, 5 per cent. (IWO)
redeemable lard! (E5O paid), 175-Great Southern and Western, 4
per cent. perpetual (t4OO paid), 97.

THE IRISH CHURCH. —The government will not
Lord Russell's motion for an inquiry into the Irish
:tri;:t. The lato division on Sir John Gray's motion in
the House of Commons would have rendered a positive
refusal to entertain the question in the highest degree
iuipolitic ; and, although some of the friends of the mi.
nietry may think it too great it concession, public opinion
will ratify their acquiescence in the appointment of a royal
commission to inqure into the whole subject.—Sunduy
Gwent.

ADMIRALTY, SATURDAY, JUNE B.—PBO3IOIIOSIS
AND APPOINTMENTI4.—The following office= have been
awarded the good service pension of nut. a year from the
dates annexed to their names :—Captains: G. Woilehouse,
vice Captain E. Codd, promoted, 24th of March ; C. J. F.
Ewart, vice Captain C. F. Hillyar, promoted, 24th of March;
J. Bodes., C. 8., vice T. Hope. promoted, 31st of May ;
and Captain S. Smyth has been granted the naval pension
of 651. a year, vacant by the death of Captain J. H. Helby.
Appointments :—G. L Sulivan to the Daphne, commie-
eioned • C. W. Andrew, to the Lee, commissioned ; and
T. Baiardiston, to the Nymph, commissioned ; Colo-
nel S. N. Lowder, C. 8., to be deputy-adjutant-general
of the Royal Marines, vice Colonel G. Langley, whose
period of service has expired. Assistant-Surgeons :—D.
M.N. Johnston, M.D., oi to the Phbe, and F. M'Clement
(acting) to the Phoibe.
Tua TAILORS' &MlSC.—This day commences the
eighth week of the strike, without any prospect of an
early aettlement. Last week the central committee of the
union received • communication from several of the
masters that they would be willing to let their coat-hands
resume work at once, and pay that description of work by
the time log claimed by the men, if they would allow the
" small-trade " men (i.e., those employed solely on trousers
and waistcoats) to work on the present terms. This offer was
seriously considered by the committee, by whom, after
consulting with the coat-hands, it was unanimously de-
clined.

PRESIDENT LINCOLN'S ENDORSEMENT. Mr.
Hamilton, cashier of the First National Bank of Wash-
ington, meeting an old friend of Mr. Lincoln's one morn-
ing remarked, " That President of yours is the oddest man
alive. Why, he endorses notes for niggers." It seems
that some time before, a coloured man, finding himself in
danger of losing his house for the want of 150 dole., went
to Mr. Lincoln and told his story. The result was thst
the nun made a two months' note, and Mr. Lincoln en-
dorsed it. The note was discounted by some one, and
found its way into Huntington's bank for collection. Upon
its maturity the coloured man failed to respond. Instead
of serving the customary notices upon the endorser, the
cashier took th• note in person to Mr. Lincoln, who at
once offered to pay it. Mr. Huntington said, " Mr. Pre-
sident, you have tried to help a fellow mortal along. I
am not willing that you should suffer this entire loss ; we
will divide it between us." And the affair was thus
eettled.—New York Tribune.

THE House or Logos.—To forbid all voting
by proxy is evidently the first necessary thing. It is •
high and great function to legislate for such an empire;
and to vote without hearing deliberation is little else than
contempt of fellow legislators and proud wilfulness. Again,
no peer can soberly think that he is allowed such a func-
tion for his personal satisfaction, and that it rests with
his caprice to fulfil it or neglect it. One who is
habitually absent, really abdicates his function, like
• king who leaves his country or a magistrate
who is never at his post. It would be • very
safe measure, to pronounce that those peers who in
any year were absent (say) nine hours out of ten, showed
either disinclination or unfitness for the duty. If ill-
health was the cause, and the ill health was not transitory,
it remains • good reason for relieving such peer of his
functions. At the same time everything points to the
wisdom of Lord Palmeiston's move for the creation of life
peers. Practically, in order to have in the house legal
men competent to hear appeals, there is • constant effort
after life peers ; for it is notorious that those lawyers are
preferred who are childless and are likely to be childless.
But • still more important point is that the men, who are
to be our glory or our shame in the upper house should not
be appointed because they are rich and have spent money
in the cause of a party, nor because it will bring some
indirect transitory convenience to a minister ; but because
they are such as will be a strength to their country, and
such as the country will love to honour. This will be
attained, so far as any regulations can secure it, if •
minister, before recommending any person to her Majesty
for a peerage, be bound to ask of the COMMODE a vote in
his favour, declaring that by reason of Ala public merit
he is fit to tecome • legislator is the upper house. The
high honour would be coveted by all the foremost minds.
The sons of peers would wish to be thus promoted in their
fathers' lifetime. If those peers who have abdicated their
duties were forbidden to vote by proxy, a large number of life
peers would be visibly needed to fill the house reasonably ;
and alike by numbers and by talents they would take the
real effective lead. Thus, with honour to the upper house
and without coneu.sion, it might be so regenerated, that
there could be no impropriety, nor any public timidity, in
calling it to new activi lee and nobler tasks, for the benefit
of the empire, and with very conservative results for the
upper classes.—F. W. Newman, in Fraser's Maga:int for
June.