The Express.
London, England, 1867-03-26 00:00:00

PROVINCIAL SNARE MARKETS.

LW=Poet, MARCH "_.L—data today: Great Pastern, 271 11 ti
11 c;
1-4;laagow and South Western, 1051 xd—Oreat Western, 364
1 140 —l..tneashire and Vorkshire,l26l—London and Noeik
estern, 11(11 j j 17—Manchester, obeli, ki, and Imeolnehire,,
471 1-11kilaud. 114 131 1 I—North British, 321-Bouth Eastern,
664 7 01 ex di, Whitehme4 and Morass. 32—Ore8
Western of Canada, 13—Caked States 5-90, 1662, 74 I—Great
Luxembourg Mares, 101 1-16 I—Bank of Liverpool, 27—Nortk
Western Bank Limited, par—Attsotie Telegraph 6 per cent..
31 3-10 5-16—British Shipowners, 31-16 d.—LlVerpeol Exchange,
261 ex div.—Nationsl Steam (Limited), 161 J.—Runcorn !Map
and Alkali Limited:, 1 CI.
ninciamyrta, MARCH RC —A pretty fair business Hal done
at generally lower prima Atlantic Te Prof. 6 per cent.,
641-1101 chow, Vaughan, end Co. I Llted), 8 71 d.—Buffalo
and Lake Huron. 4—C. Canimell and Co. (Limited:. 33 2.—Bries.
361—Great Xastern, 371 Iµj1µj a I=—Orest Western of
Canada. 13 1-16 1 I—Great estern. 3111 I 1 1j 40 / I—John
Brown and Co iLlinited,, d.—Lan and Yorkshire, 1115
—London and Caledonian Marine Insurance (Limited, 41 d.
Manchester. fibeflield, and Uncolnahlre, 47114-11etttrooppoollttttaagq
is,* 411 toi i—mmund, 1144 14 131—Norik British, 31 4
South Eastern, 67 617}—Thames and -Mersey Marine Insurance
,Limited), 3 1-16 p.—Vurness six per Ceuta., In.

NEUTRALITY LANCS.—General Banks's famonsbill
for repealing the neutrality laws, the character of which
was so well exposed by Mr. Bemis in his recent pounphlet,
received its quietus in the Senate last week, when the
committee on foreign relation', at the instance of Mr.
Sumner, were discharged from the further consideration
of the subject. The country owes Mr. Sumner a debt of
gratitude for having so effectually blocked the passage of
this bill at the last session, and obtained for it the sober
second thought of the Senate. This discreditable affair
ought to be A lesson to the house in all future time, as to
the danger of pertnitting itself to accept blindly a recom-
mendation from auy quarter on a subject so important as
that which the defunct bill sought to cover.— &Mom Ad-
vertiser.
THE ATLANTIC CABLES. —The cable despatch
published in yesterday's Times concerning the success of
Mr. Field's second cable project comes with all the weight
which the personal assertion of that gentleman can gave
it. The successful laying of the cable between Placentia
(Newfoundland) and Cape Breton is now a mere matter of
time, and with its completion is given absolute secu-
rity and certainty of communication between the
United Stites and the Old World in times of
peace. But the very fact of this step looking to-
ward a double connection between this country and Great
Britain lends an additional importance to the rumour,
apparently well authenticated, that certain foreign and
domestic capitalists are negotiating with the French
Emperor for permission to lay a cable, ono end of which
shall rest at Brest, the other on American soil. There are
many arguments and potential reasons in favour of such a
scheme, not the least of which is the absolute certainty of
communication between the United States sad Europe in
case of difficulty between the former country and Great
Britain. Alarmists are by no means rare in this
country, and some member of the chum has started the
pleasant theory that in the event of war between the two
great powers it would be no difficult matter for either am
or the other to grapple the table from its ocean-bed, and
break and render it useless. All of which may be possible,
but it is hardly probable. But whatever treivies or bar-
gains, or contracts may be made, there is very little doubt
in the mind of any sensible person as to the action of the
party in possession of the ends of the cable in the event of
war, and it is against the bare possibility of this contin-
gency that it in our duty now to pros-Wm.—lino York
Timm, March 11.
It is amusing to read in the Hokitika Everting
Star the time-table of the Hokitika and Greymouth tram-
way. It is only a few months since this undertaking was
first talked of, and now cirriages run from Hokitika to
Hamhau and Arahura every hour, from 8 a.m. tab p.m.—
A agrarian paper.