The Express.
London, England, 1861-09-02 00:00:00

PROVINCIAL SHARE MARKETS.

LIVEnvoOl., ACOVST SI. —nudes to-day: Ea Anglian. 17—
Lancashire and Yorkshire. 111e—London and North Western,
421 I—Midland. ins% -South Baster% di 1615—Grand Tank of
Canada, Mr-Great Luxembourg, a 7-16.
lLuienalrran. nuaUtir 01.—itse market wan dull. Oreat
Western 70 ex My.. Leeds, 1111 London. :el, ex die. ;
Ithedield, 44 Midland, lenj 71, ex dl r. : Berwick, capital stock,
105 . Boyers. et all Grand Trunk of Canada. 5 1.14; New
Yolk and Zile.
BlanninßAN, ACOMIT 01.—There were no transactions re-
ported In this market to-day, but prima wire firni, talPw ially for
ail descripthats of local stock'.

M. do Cimino in to visit Glasgow early in October,
when he will give s lecture in the City Hall for the benefit
of the Night Asylum for the Huu•elw. The Lord Provost
will prosaic.

The trustees of the river Clyde having invited
Admiral Smart and the officers of the Channel dart to a
public banquet, in honour of their present visit, the banquet
took place on Friday night, within the Corporation Gil-
les-kis, Sauchie liall.strest, Glasgow—the Lord Prevent in
the chair. There was a select company, and the evening
prod most pleasantly. In the earlier part of the day the
officers inspected the various works under the control of the
Clyde Trust, and also visited the cathedral.

A frequent traveller on the Brighton line says
that a signalman informed him last week that lately he
was at his post for fkirlyronseetifire /mitre Is it to be ex-
pected that a man can keep awake for that length of time
sad retain the proper use of his faculties, especially where
the utmost accuracy is required and the lives of hundreds
are at stake

We hear that Drury-laueTlioatre will open about
the middle of this month for a season of English opera, fur
which some of our leading artists and a large band and
chorus have already been engaged, with Dr. Junes Peels an
musical director and conductor.

A new opera, by Prince Peter of Ohlenburg, Cu.
titled Da. Kfttllchen rod litiAroot, baa ;set beau pro-
dined at the Court Theatre at Wiesbaden, before a select
' audience, including the King of Wertemberg, the Prince
and Princess of Goldenberg, their females, and their courts
and households. The opera, which was highly approved, is
written in a light, pleasing style. Here and there, but not
to its advantage, the instrumentation reminds one of
Richard Wagner's works. The composer does not intend
to been the open published.
An agitation baa been recomini octal in the West
Indies for the abolition of the int,:reolonial penny postal
rata on West India newspapers. . .

•
According to a census just taken, the population
in Antigua Ii ;i0,4112. The total increase since 1836 is 1,004.
The male population number 19,670, end the female popu-
lation 16,742. The number of bonnie in the island is
10,578, of which 659 are uninhabited. The number of
families is 9,916. One female in the Wand is upwards of
130 years of age ; four persons are between 123 and 180 ;
seven between 105 and 110; 12 between 100 end 105; 48
between 05 and 100 ; 77 between 90 and 9R ; 107 between
86 sot 90 ; 237 between 80 and 85 ; 337 between 75 sad
80; end 477 between 70 and 75.