The Express.
London, England, 1861-04-13 00:00:00

PROVINCIAL SHARE MARKETS.

Mant7fsft 1, APRIL IL—TM market opened firm, but de-
declined to l per cent. In the afternoon, closing quiet.
Birkenhead. 811--Great Western of Canada, 112; nest sollown2,
11 --Great Western., next account, 71—Illinols Central, 241
nest account, 241 11.—Lancaiditre and Yorkshire. 111}; ant to
• 1121 12 1 k I—Coulon and North Western, Dent ac-
count, 96 fit—Sfanehester, Sheffield, and Lincolnshire, 461
next account. 431-21b1land, 1241 1 nett account, 124—North
Postern " Berwick," asst 'mount, 102*-Bouth Ea.steni, next
account, 23 41 13-16 t 19-16—Thamee and Mersey Marine
Insurance, p.: next account, 11 p.—Union Plate Glans, 90k--
West Midland, Newport Five pm. Cent., 100.
&Minimum, Aran. Lt.—Prices have given way to-day; at the
aloes quotations showed a tall of about per mot, but butanes
beery hmitel. Birmingham and Staffordshire Gal shame were
sold at 961 end 95 per share—Birmingham Wagon shares closed
at 4 el prem.

RAILWAY Taaerte.—The traffic returns of rail-
ways in the United Kingdom for the week ending the
6th of April amounted to 521,9401., and for the cor-
responding week of last year to 511,9801., showing an in-
crease of 9,980/. The gross receipts of the eight railway";
having their termini in the metropolis amounted to
Rti,9371. ; and for the corresponding week of 1860 to
232,3891., showing so increase of 1,548/. The in-
crease on the )treat Northern Railway amounted to
2,2311. ; on the Great Western to 6221. ; on the
London and North-Western to 1.5101. ; on the London,
Brighton, and South Coast to 8421.; and on the London
and South-Western to am—total, 5,1531/. But from this
must be deducted 3,075/., the decrease no the Eastern Coun-
ties, 411. on the London and Black wall, and 8671. on the
South Eastern—together 3,9831.; leaving the increase as
above, 1,545/. The receipts on the other lines in the
United Kingdom Amounted to 288,0031.' and for the
ci.n.respooding week of last year to 279,5711., showing an
increase of 8,4321., which, added to the increase on the
metropolitan lines, makes the total increase 9,9801., as
compared with the corresponding week of 1860.
TOTAL DEsTF.UCTION OF THE BRAZIL FLOUR.
Mn,Le,--Ist,TwoRTII, FRIDAY NIGHT.—This morning, be-
tween .3 and 4 o'clock, a fire, attended with the loss of ne-
vem' thousand pounds' worth of property, including a large
and double water mill of three storys high, 78 feet long
by 60 feet wide, broke out in the premises belonging to Mr.
Staoborough. miller, situate in Brozil.lane, lsleworth. The
proprietor of the mills, it is believed, will lose by the
disaster at least 10,0001., for the whole of the machinery
and the various stores have been reduced to inisshapeu
stinnand the quantity of pain that has also been de-
y or rendered comparatively worthless, is tremendous.
The premises of Mr. J. Burchell are also damsgal by fire
and water. The losses fall upon the County sod Phosnig
office'.

lIIPZEIAL GASLIGHT AND COKE COMPANY.—
Tbe ordinary half-yieerly_ general meeting of the
of this company was beld yesterday at the office ofPr=ra
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away. John-street, Bedford-row; James St. George Burke,
Esq., in the chair. The secretary having read the notice
convening the meeting, the chairman read the report of the
directors, which stated that owing to the increase I demand
for the company's gas they bad been obliged to I.iy down a
very large system of mains of a capacity of 3d inches, and
also to erect new gas holders at St. Pawns and Fulham,
and also• new retort house at Shorediteh. The report
further stated that these things having thrown upon the
company the necessity of calling for a considerable amount
of new capital in order to meetthese requirements, and that
notwithstanding the large increase in their capital, which
amounted in the last year to something like moopt,,
they were papered that day to pay them the same divi-
dend upon the increased capital that they hail hitherto given
upon the leaser one. The directors fetcher stated that they
bad renewed debentures to the extent of 50,0000. for •terra
of three yeses at five per cent. interest, and also reported
that a sum of 43,M/. would shortly fall due, awl they pro-
,' posed to renew that debenture which they thought more ad-
visible than culling up capital. The directors further stated
that they should be obliged to call upon the prupnetors fee
a contribution of 2/. Ms. per sh.are upon the let of July
next, acid also a further one of of per share in the month
of Jesuary following, which would then leave 10/. vesture
to be eallei up. I'he report also stated that the successful
progress of th- tradiug operations of the company shows
exams of 35,0811. in letiO over the previous year 1839. The
report concluded by recomnieudiug that a dividend for the
b.af•year ending 31st December last, at the rate of 10 per
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SWAIM OTT.—The aggravate number of palmate relieved
duel,he week ending April 7 was : Mislical, 1,243;
sM—total, 1,172., of which 596 were new eases.