The Express.
London, England, 1861-11-26 00:00:00

PROVINCIAL saARI MARKETS.

Liv karma., NOr. 2& —take te-dg—Oreat We4cni. 711 1 —law
cashire mat Yorkshire, 1014 6 I—Manchester, Slid.
field, and 'Jacobi/hire, 4/41 1— 1.1• 1524 I—North iklUsk
Stock, 1511—North Eastern. Berwick; 10)/—Mitlain and Lake
5 solll—Dutch Bbenlab, 1 p.--lireat Luxembourg, h 5411

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iIAn—CEIXOTSR,-Sdl/. 162—The market was strong fdl day. be-
coming a little weaker at the dom.—Great Northern, A. 115—
Grand Trunk of Canada, sk—Great Western, 714-14mols Cen-
tral, 39 9 die.—Lancashlre and Yorkshire, look . f 11
}—London and North Western. V4l I—Nl4m:heater, bhaC
11e10, and Lincolnshire, 451 I—Midlan 1321 I 1 I—New Yost
and Erie, Vsk 9—South Eastern, ti—Thames .ind Mersey Marine
Insurer ce, 1, p.—Dover Vim per Cent. U. paLlt. 2u. 31. p.—Bria-
tot and Exeter, 115—Ilarybort and Carlisle, 60.
Biaanoman, Nov, Y 5: The sales to-day were : Midland
Reda New Shares, 14 p.—Birtuinsham Canals. 91-4ldland
W.o,mons, 96. There ware buyers of Great North,,rii mock at
116—Great Western, Birmingham Preference, 10-4ondon and
North Western, 931—Gudley and West Brxrisrlch tbieM, 61.
Booth Staffordshire &always were quot:,l lin 11. Ver; lltUs
business was done.

THE UNEMPLOYED IN GLASGow.—Trod: in Glas-
gow is at present very dull, so that there ate on fewer
than front 8,000 to 7,11110 able-bodied men out of work there.
The misery consequent thereupon is very &peat, be-
cause from the Scottish Poor-law able-b.lied poor Lave
no claim upon the parochial autlioritiva Nor has
the wretchedaess of this numerous cline at all reached
its height, for hitherto the weather has been open, little
frost, and no !snow, so that when winter atriees it k
feared that great want and extreme coil will make eel
havoc among the pooterpopulation. at-bile, the par►
chial and other authorities are hestirring themselves to ale-
kate the distress existing, nod it is hoped they will be ebb
todrive the "wolf from the door" to Wine extent. I
order to hasten the movement for relief, a large mettiug d
the unemployed took place on Saturday, in Lluarre. They
seat a deputation to the Lard Provost, and the answer they
gut was to the effect that work or food would Le providd
for them by Monday, at 1 p.m.
Ifutt F.M la N SUPERSTITIONS. —Accortliu4 to the
Bohemian creed, the festivals of the Virgin Mary used to be
held sacred men by animals ; and birds, fur inatauce, took
particular care not to work at their nests on those daya.
The cuckoo, having infringed that eastona, was cursed, ad
was obliged to wander perpetually without ever having •
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A petition was filed to-day in the Court of Bank- I law" Its own. TI"lr followillf Man CeatOin bail stlf.
W inhen a hemia
' takes p' durin ci al
titre,
'flad.‘4B:
sired Bo in some localities the irle i
ruptcy against Mr. Peter Morrison, the manager of 1
the defunct " Deposit Bank," an it was improperly sacrificed with great ceremony. Thug of
victim is sel a a. t
kail'.
styled, being no bank at all. The chief object is fattened with the utmost care at least a fontuisitt lief
to give full publicity to the flagrant features pre- . baud. on the day preecnbed for the sacrifice, the cock is
muted by the conduct of the managers of this subjected to a regular criminal trial ; they .1...0s it up in a
diesetrous concern. I pair of trousers, a grey mantle, and a red cip ; two of the
I 600nersok uianpthersnthatanred,thpiasyprsoietonn:rta
atlliard,w. it 4,11, a
rah
this South Eastern Railway traffic return show,
this week a decrease of 2,4801. ; and the Brighton ' procounces sentence on the the
cialprit, Reale. a:, ap.
au increase of 231/. i planes of the bystanders. The cock is th, n cstri,l in great
The shares of the London Chartered Bank of Aus- Pomp, preceded by music, to the pnhlic ~ usre, where a
ratfortrif has been erec'ed, with his execiatk i,cr by hi. ~ide,,
trails and Ottoman Bank continue in demand, and
show an upward tendency. Other bank 'lmre' to- .:
eu.on, :11 thembthst:.eutlasender jenalt
ylmaisie.theltefori74 the
day were steady. In miscellaneous shares, itisdeal then the executioner performs his Office ; the &ad holy ci
Irrigation and Oriental Inland Steam continue to the victim is carried home processionally, its bead is men
meet with inquiry. to the two accusers, end the red is roasted mid eaten.
There was an advance of 10s. to-day in Ottoman ' Another siagulsz custom is observed in the villo,s of Chair
ask, where, on Shrove Tuesday, the young girls of the
Railway shares. place get up before daybreak, go and sit, distaff in head.
The closing quotations for shares in new under- upon s dog kennel, and there spin for a few iniuutos, thialt--
takings to-day were as follows ;—Ocean Marine ins thereby to secure to themselves a :real year • work.
Insurance, 5} to Of prem. ; Thames and 3lersey In order to realer this ceremony fully eitiracio3o, it is alms-
Marine, Ito l prem. ; Universal Marine Incur-
mice 11 to 0 die. ; London and Provincia. l lutely requisite that it should be performed in that panther
costume under which painters represent Mother Eve ; sighs,
Ihowever, fortunitelr casts a discreet tell over the scene.—
Marine, i to i die. ; Mercantile Fire, I to i Revue nsgemp,flaise. •