The Express.
London, England, 1861-02-20 00:00:00

PROVINCIAL WARN MARKZTS.

NUNCIO:STEW, FER 111.—Market inactive, closing dull. Eastern
Counties, 11-16—Graind Trunk of Canada. 6 7-16—Great Wes-
tarn of Canada, 111—Great Western, 70¢--Lancashire and
I Yorkshire. 1111—London and North Western, 091—Manchester„
Sheffield. and Lincolnshire 661-111dlanii, 1321—North British.
6tl—North Eastern. Berwick, lon-800J) Eastern, 25 13-le--
Thames and Mersey, p.-1111enh Central. 28 d.
Bteuisnitr, Iho. 19.—The sales to-day were of London and
North Western stock, 100—Birmingham Canal, s.l4—Birming-
ham Banks, 26—Unity Fire, 1.91: and Dudley Cu, 41. There
were buyers of Sheffield stock at 51 . and tlidiand were at 13 p.
The market was without material change. The Birmingham
Bank meetleg of to-morrow is looked lurwerd to with great
Interest.
Lintel. Fre. 19.—]Midlands, 1321 i 15.16 31-16—North Eastern,
Leeds, 54—Unto Berwicks, 102—Leeds. 112.

BOARD or THAD', WHITEHALL, FEB. 18.—The
Right Honourable the Lords of the Committee of envy
Council for Trade hereby giro notice that the French Moos.
leer of the 16th inst. contains au imperial decree permit-
ling the importation, free of duty' under the conditions
specified by Article sof the, law of the sth July, 1838, of
unbleachea tissues of cotton in the piece. intended to be
printed in France for re.exportation only. The re-exporta-
tion of the tissues, when printed, most take place within a
period in no case exceeding six months.—Gazette.
INSTITUTE or ACTUARIES.—At the last ordinary
meeting of this institute, a paper by Mr. Tucker was read,
on the subject of the returns made by the assurance com-
panies, to persons assured with them. The paper gave rise
to an animated discussion, in consequence of its showing
that under ordinary circumstances there was very little
correspondence between the payments nude and the sur-
plus returned ; and that in some cases the former were
wholly insufficient to enable the company to perform the
promises held out. The opinion was very generally ex-
=by the members present, that these promises were
Hy of an inordinate character, and that it was
not possible for any assurance company to continue to meet
them fur any long aeries of years.
SHOCKING RAILWAY ACCIDMIT AND MI7TILATION,
NEAR RUDDEBSFIELD.—A frightful accident occurred on
Monday evening last, on the London and North Western
Lar the Bradley station, a few miles from Rudders-
Mr. John Hopkinson, a manufacturer residing at
Sheepbridge, alighted at the Bradley station, and chose the
road up the line, to take the nearest route to his house.
which is situate a mile or two distant. He had proceeded
some distance, keeping to the down rails, iu order, it is sup-
posed, to avoid the train which he knew would soon
lwhen he was rad.h.nly met by • goods train.
knockedeirwt down by the eugiue awl literally smashed
to atoms, death, as a matter of course, being iustantaneous.
—Manche ter Guardian.
Another trades union outrage bas taken place at
Ashton-under-Lyne. As in the precious instance, the
brickmakers' trade has furnished the incident.
A non-union man was fired at and attacked by
five ruffians with their have blackened, and of course
supposed to belong to the union. If their purpose was
murder they fortunately failed in it ; though unfortunately
they hare not yet been.diseoyered. Au immense number
of pins and needles have been found sticking in the clay,
with the intention of injuring the brickmakers.

The wages and short-time movement has extended
to Bolt,n, and the operatives and employers have hell meet.
lags to take into consideration the " present state of trade."
The employers, according to Der correspondent, are di-
vided in opinion—sums advocating the adoption of
short time, some of ► redaction of wages, and ethers of a
conjunction of both. Nine firms in the district have
given 14 days' notice of a reduction of 5 per cent. wages,
and the operatives in public meeting have declared that they
want short time and not abort wag-ea. They have deter-
mined to sends deputation to the employers to declare their
wishes, at the same time a strong feoliog was visible is
favour of a strike if these wishes were not waded to.