The Express.
London, England, 1867-01-21 00:00:00

PROVINCIAL SHARI MARKET&

LregiPOOL, .12R. 19.-Bales to-day: Great Eastern, 35 1
4 I—Lancasiure and Yorkshire, 131—London and North Western,
I'll 1 1 I—Manchester, Sheffield, and Linoalniffilre. 544 2 1-
51etropolitan, 1311-11kIland, 125—North British, ;W4--North
Eastern, Berwick, 1031—Mouth Eastern,73l2l 1-11uffaloand Lake
Huron. 41—Eastern Exchange Bank, 11 41.- North Western. 11
11 p.— British and Foreign Marine, 4 p —Empire, 11 d.—liver.
pool and London and Ol die. 6 7.16 p.—Maritime Insarance. ; .1.
—African Merchants' Company, p.—National Steam Company,
14 d.—Pacitlc Steam Navigation Company, PAX
MANCHESTER, JAS. 17.—There were slew sales in most of the
leading stocks, but the market Is reported generally flat.
lielckow, Vaughan, and Co. limited', I d.—Bulfalo and Lake
Huron. 41—Consolidated Bank. New (Limited, 4 p—/;real
Eastern, 151 44 4 4 41 4-Great Northern, A. 13Y Ditto
New His. Deferred, 110—Great Western of Canada, 13F-Great
Western, 541 4 I—Lancashire and Yorkshire, 1314 4—London
and North Western. LW—Manchester, Sheffield, and Lincoln,
541 I - Metropolitan, 1311 I—Nlidland, 1254—Ditto.
vertlble £lB shares. 24p.—North British, 34 1 I.—South Eastern.
73—Staveley Coal and Iron Company, New, 4 p.—United State
5-20 Years' Bonds, 724—M. and Salford Bank, 34 p.— Lust
Anglian, No. 2, 74.
111101130HAX, JAN. 19.—The sales were—Birmingham Rank.
lag Company shares 'Limited . at 14 pm. ; Birmingham Town
and District Banks, at 91 ; Birmingham Financial shares at
I.lls : Birmingham Waggon, Preference 6 per cent., at 5.16 die. ;
Birmingham Joint Stock Bank shares closed at 341 to 3.4 ;
Lloyds' Bank, at al to 9 prem. ; Midland Contract shares, at
7 to, 7.. dia. _

DUPUIS, J 1 S. 19.—New Three per Cent. Stock, Eel I—Dltto,
for account, Yet. 7, WI I—lndia Fire per Cent. Stock trans.
fresh!. at the Bank of Ireland , 107 4-111liernlan ff2ll paid
261—National (L2° paid`, 671—Ditto for account, 68—Ps.4-111.
aial,YY5 paid,. 044—Great southern and Western kin° paid
113f—Dulillii, Wicklow, and Wexford 6 per cent. perpetual 4100
paid`, 1124- Great Southern and Western 4 per cent. perpetuid
(.4100 paid', 94.

Mn. GLADSTONE AS EDITOR. —The Spectator
quotes from the poems of Sir Francis Doyle some playful
lines which describe Mr. Gladstone's editorial functions at
Eton, the impressive authority he exercised over his coad-
jutors, and the literary fecundity with which he supplied
their shortcomings:
" To one I turn—the monarch of debate,
President Mince of our little State,
Who, when we met to give the world the law
About Confucius, Cass, or Jack Straw,

Saw with grave face the unremitting flow
Of puffs and jellies from the shop below •
At the right moment, called us to forsake
Intrusive fruit, and unattending cake ;
And if unheeded, on the stroke of four,
With rigid hand closed the still-opening door,
Denouncing ever after in • trioe,
That heinous breach of privilege--•n ioe—
To one who, in his editorial den,
Clenched grimly an eradicating pen,
Confronting frantic poets with calm eye,
And dooming hardened metaphors to die.
Who, if he found his young adherents fail,
The ode unfinished. unoommenced the tale,
With the next number bawling to be fed,
And its false feeders latitant or fled,
Sat down unflinchingly to write it all,
And kept the staggering project from • fall."
SPANISH HERMITS AND DI DNS. —Lady Herbert,
in her" Impressions of Spain," gives an account of her
visit to the hermitages in the Sierra Morena. There are
at present seventeen hermits, all gentlemen, and
many of high birth and large fortune. " They
never see each other but at mass and in choir,
or speak but once a month." The cabin of each recluse
is fitted with " a bed composed of three boards, with a
sheepskin and • pillow of straw • the read the furniture
consisted of • crucifix, a jug of water, • terrible discipline
with iron points," and an Essay on Christian Perfection.
"No linen is allowed, or 'tactless. They are not permit-
ted to possess anything. They keep • perpe-
tual fast on beans and lentils, only on high
days being allowed fish. They are not allowed to
write or receive letters, or to go into one another's cells, or
to go out of the enclosure, except once a month, when they
may walk in the mountains round, which they generally
do together, reciting litanies. Seven hours of each day
must be given to prayer, and they take the dis-
cipline twice • week." Twice a weak—that is,
they lacerate their backs with an iron-pointed
scourge. " The cold in winter is intense, and
they are not allowed any fires." In the convent of St.
Teresa, at Seville, an equally rigorous system is kept up
by the nuns. " They keep up • perpetual fast, living chiefy
on the dried rabo/o, or stockfish, and only on festivals
allowing themselves eggs and milk. They have no beds,
only a hard mattress ; this, with an iron lamp, •
• pitcher of water, a crucifix, and • discipline, constitute"
the only furniture of each cell. They are allowed no linen
except in sickness. They are rarely allowed to go out in the
corridor in the sun to warm themselves. Their house is like
a cellar, cold and damp, and they have no fires. Even at re-
creation they are not allowed to sit, except on the floor.
They have only five hours' sleep. They see absolutely no one,
receiving the Ifoly Communion through a alit in the wall.
The English lady was the first person they had seen face
to face, or with lifted veils, for twelve years." At chapel
they are not even allowed to see the altar. Lady Herbert
nevertheless asks, " Why is it that convents of this
nature are so repugnant to English taste"
Tit E At VIDE NT TO THE CALAIS LI F RBOAT. —The life-
boat at Calorie, to which the unfortunate accident happened
on the 17th inst., is not • self-righting lifeboat—but
was built in London in MA on a plan specially prepared
by the Humane Society of Calais.

THE CASE. of SHDOTINO A SISTER. —The young
man, Frederick Howlett, who was taken into custody a
few days since on the charge of shooting his sister, Miss
Haniett Howlett, of South Elmham, near Bungay,
Suffolk, has been formally committed for triaL He is to
be removed from Ipswich gaol to a lunatic asylum on a
warrant from the Home Secretary. Miss Howelett (who
was ou good terms with her unhappy brother) is still in a
precarious state ; she has lost her sight, and her face is
much disfigured by wounds.
ADMIRALTY, JAN. 19.—A FPI:OINTMENTS. —COM-
mender Edward W hite to the Rodney, commissioned.
Paymaster James W. M. Ashby to be secretary to Vice-
Admiral Sir George Rodney Monday, K.C.B. ; and As-
aistant•Paymaster Henry P. Brenan to he secretary to
Vice-Admiral Sir James Hope, G.C.B.
The population of Chiztawaa in 1757, 190,348,328 ;
in 1780, 227,543,434; in 1812, 361,693,190; is 1841,
413,457,311; and according to the last census it was
414,686,994.—San Francisco ',lrv.
CRYSTAL PALACE. -- HALF-A-CROWN DAY. --

SAPUBDAY, JAN. 19.—Admissions on payment,l,l6B ; ditto
by season tickets, 1.714: total visitors. 4.882.
ROYAL FREE HOSPITAL, GRAY'S-INN-ROAD.—The
number of patients relieved at this hospital during tbs
week ending Jan. 19 was 2,987, of which 968 were new
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