The Express.
London, England, 1867-03-20 00:00:00

PROVINCIAL SHARE MARKETS.

thrgirooL. MARCH 19.--Babe today: Caledonian, 112—Great
Buten% fit $ ; 8 n--Great Northern, 115—Great Western, 401
—Laucahlie and Yorkshire, 1241—London and North Western,
1161 I 1.1 /—North British, SQ 2--South Kasten, 66h d.—
311-1111nols Central, 77}—(heat Laxembourg shares, 101
746- -Bank of Liverpool, 26y—Liverpool Marine Credit Limited ,
par—British and Foreign Marine (Limited% par - queen In-
surance, I di. —Thome'. and Mersey Marine (Limited', 81-16 p.
A nal., American Telegraph, 16 k--Atlantic Telegraph 8 percent.,
31 I 11.16—Liverpool &change, 264 a d.
1149C11.211111. MAWR 19—The market was eat, and very
little huffiness was done. Atlantic Telegraph Preference 8 per
cent., 75 71—GreatEastern, 271 • 1 8 7j—Great Luxembourg,
10 9.16 1 7.lo—Great Northern A, 12111 e 4—Grand Trunk of
Canada, 181—Great Western, 401 40 1 1 1 40—Lancashire and
Yorkshire, I•:ss—London and North Western, 1161 e 1 s—Man-
cheater. Sheffield, and Lincolnshire, 48 71 B—Meopolitan, 1204
—Midland. 1151 ll—North British, 311—PionthEsaters, 061 17
j—Thasnes and Mersey Marine Insurance Limited:, 3
215.10 3 p.—Cnited States 1-220 Years' Bonds, 741—Atlantic
and Great Western Consolidated Mortgage Bonds, 25—Union
Bank, 23 p.
MAcen 19. Business done —Lloyd's Bank
Limited , 71 prem. Clueing sprices:—South Staffordshire Rail-
way. al to 814 . Birmingham Joint Stock Hank ;Limited . 804 to
31 Birmingham Town and District Bank, 111 to 11 : Birming-
ham Financial Limited , 17 to 14 din.: Dudley On, 49 to 48.
Metropolitan Railway Carriage and Wagon ;Limited`, second
Haar. Ito 1 dia : ditto, third issue, 1 to dia. ; Munts's Metal
Limited , ; and Patent Nut and Bolt iLlinited!, 21 to
2 its _ _

61:1111X, MARCH 18.—Three per Cent. Consos, 901 I—New
Three per Cent. Stook, 8911 1 B—ditto for account. 10th April.
30i 1-14dia Fire per Cent. Stock transferable at the Bank of
Ireland tail—Munster Bank (Limited; 'F24 paid. 41—National
hank 0430 paid, 04 041—ditto for account, 041—National of
Liverpool limited £l5 paid , 14—Dnwinvisl hank 425 paid'.
44—Dublin and lielfalt Jnaction paid', 701—rhiblin and
I lDrtbels CIO.) paid 7/I—Dublin. Wicklow, and Wexford
4100 paid , 34—Great Southern and Weetero I4lou paid , 514
—Waterford and Tramore, 5 per cent. perp. ,all pald,, 10.

A meeting of the Schools Inquiry Commission
was held yesterday. Present—Lad Lyttelton (in the
chair), Dean of Chichester, Dr. Temple, Mr. Arland,
M.P., Mr. Baines, M.P., Mr. Forster, M.P., and Dr.
Storrar. The Secretary, Mr. Rohl., attended the meeting.
An amateur entertainment m behalf of the Cam-
bridge Asylum, under the distinguished patronage of their
Royal Highnesses the Prince and Princess of Wales, the
Duke and Duchess of Cambridge, the Princess Mary, his
Serene Highness the Prince Tack, and many members of
the aristocracy, is announoed to take place next Saturday
evening, 2.1r1 inst., at the Gallery of Illustration.
MAGISTIMIAL QUALIFICATIONS.—In a Parker,-
bury I West Virginia) paper there recently appeared the
following :—" Vote for General Karns, for klayor, who
was ten years out before he either wore pants or shoes."
" TALL " LEGIALATORS.—The average height of
members of the United States senate is 5 feet 10X inches ;
14 are over 6 feet. Mr. Cowan is the tallest : he is 6 feet
3i inches in height and Garrets Davis is the shortest, he
being s feet hi inches only. Mr. Sumner is 6 feet :A inches
and Mr. Wilson 5 feet 10 inches. The average circum-
ference of the heads of senators is 221 inches. The
largest heads, however, are not the beak—American
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