The Express.
London, England, 1867-03-22 00:00:00

PROVINCIAL SHARE MARKETS.

LITIRPOOL,MARCII 21.-86141 to-day: Caledonian, 113 124
Great Eastern. Eastern. it 4 1i 1 I—Orent Western, 4141 1
!—Lancashire and Yorkshire, 12116—London and North
Western, 1174 17 II 1y 4—Manchester, She M-kl, and Lin-
colnshire. 481 4—Metropolitan, 1314—Midland, 1151 4—North
Britlah, 33--South Eastern, 6714 rd.—Booth Eastern 44 per
cent, 1850, 90—Buffalo and Lake Huron. 4—Virginia 6 per cent.,
464—Orest Luxembourg shares, 10 11-15 ll—North Western
Bank jLimited,, par—Maritime Insurance (Ited, 13-16 d.
Anglo.Amerhan Telegraph, 16—Atlantic Telegraph s per cent.,
3 7-16 946. _ _ .

Meacti 41.-The market was better, but there
was but little business doing. Anglo-American Telegraph Li-
mited', 16-Atlantic Telegraph Preference 8 per cent, 70-
Bolckow, Vaughan, and ;Limited;, 71 d. - Consolidated Bank
I District Bank, 17 p. -Mee, 391-Great Eastern,
2sl 34 i 3-Great Luxembourg, 10 11-16 f 9-16 i-Great
Northern litruad Trunk of Canada', 191-Great Western
of Canada, 131 rest Western, 411 f 2 3-London and
Caledonian e Insurance ;Limited`, 41 d.-London and
North Wagers, 117 i 1-Manchester, Shedield, and Unman-
shire, 48i Metropolitan, 1214 I-Midland, 115 j }-
Ditto New The per Cent. Convertible, f p. -North British, 331 2i
-South Eastern, 67i i-Than'es and Mersey Marine In-
surance (Limited), 3 1-16 p.- Great Northern, Ilertford, prof.,
72-Birkenhead, 89.
BlaninOgem, MARCH 81. - Badger done:-.804th Malford-
@hire Railway, at 811 Great Western Birmingham Guaranteed
3i per cent., at 63 ; Midland Platocial (Limited), at 1 11.16 dls. :
and Patent Shaft and Asletree (Limited', New, at 11 went
Closing prices : Birmingham Joint Stock Bank Limited), 304
to 31 Birmingham Town and District Bank, 11. to 111 : Bir-
mingham Wagon Limited , 104 to 11 ; Metropolitan Railway
Carriege and Wagon ;Limited 1, third issue. at i tot die,: Mid.
land Wagon, New, 24 prem., sellers; Railway Carriage (Lbnited,,
!Oldbury), 13.16 prem., sellers.
Delude, Dimwit 20 -Three per Cent. Console, 604 New
Three per Cent. Stock, 81/ f 1 i--Indka Five per Cent. Stock
stransferable at the Bank of Ireland), leaf-Bank of Ireland
AlOO paid), 3344-National Bank (A3O paid', 64i 64-
Bank )XlO paid, 331 i-Bettest and Northern Counties (MI paid),
44i-Dublin, Wicklow, and Wexford (glOO paid , 40-Great
Southern and Western ,3100 paid). 891-Slidland Great Western
(LlOO paid), 58-Waterford and Limerick (all paid, IL

The recent fire which proved so destructive to
the giraffes at the Zoological Society, by killing the male,
threatened extinction to these long.e.tablished favourites
of the fellows. But an infant giraffe was born this week,
which with its graceful mother is doing "as well as eon be
expected."—Brinek Medioal Jonnsal.
A UsErrt Cowoesss.—A general congress of
pharmaceutical chemists will meet in Paris during the
autumn, to which the president of the London Society is
formally invited. The object will be to lay down the
preliminary babes for a general formulary common to
European countries. This, if it could be accomplished,
would be "(pally • boon to patients and physicians. At
present patients travelling with English prescriptions in
their pocket on the Continent labour under serious dim.
viatica and even dangers, from the wide difference of
nomenclature and variations of strength in the preparations
need.—British Medical Journal.
THE WEATHER.—The oldest man living cannot
remember such weather an we have had during the last
fortnight. We have seen the ground covered with snow
at Devizes Green fair (on the 29th April), but never do we
remember such a continuous fall at this advanced season
as that which lasted for nearly a whole week up to Tues.
day night. So great wim the depth of snow on some of
the reeds in this neighbourhood, where it drifted, that the
passage of vehicles was rendered altogether impossible,
and at the present time the snow is in some localities
standing by the sides of the roads from fi to 9 feet deep.
By the Monument, on the Salisbury road, the drift from
the hill was very great, and traffic was entirely suspended
until a passage could be cut ; and even then only one
vehicle could peas at a time. Curves, however, were
afterwards made, and the read may now be said to be
fairly open. The same impediment occurred between
West Lavington and Tilshead and between Eaatcott and
17rchfont, and in other exposed parts ' • but we do not
hear of any accident having been caused by the storm.—
Devizes Gaunt.