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MR. DICKENS' RESPONSE. Mr. Charles Dickens then rose and said: My lords, ladies, and gentlemen,—No thanks that I can offer to you can express my sense of my reception by this great assemblage, or in the least suggest to you how deeply the glowing words of my friend, the chairman, and your ac ceptance of them have sunk into my heart (cheers); but both combined have so greatly shaken the composure that I am used to command before an audience that I hope you may observe in me some traces of an eloquence more expressive than the richest words (loud and con- tinued applause). To say that I am fervently grateful to you is to say nothing! To say that it brings upon me a rush of emotions, not only in the pre- sent, but in the thoughts of its remembrance in the future by those who are dearest to me, is to say nothing But to feel all this for the moment, even almost to pain, is very much indeed (cheers). Mercutio says of the wound in his breast dealt by the hand of a foe:—" 'Tis not so deep as a well, nor so wide as a church door, but 'tis enough 'twill serve." I may say of the wound in my breast, newly dealt to me by the hands of my friends, that it is deeper than the soundless sea, and wider than the whole Catholic church (loud applause). And I may safely add, that it has for the moment almost stricken me dumb. I should be more than human-and I assure you I am very human indeed—if I could look upon this bril- liantly representative company, and not feel greatly thrilled and stirred by the presence of so many brother artists, not only in literature but also in the sister arts —especially painting—amongst whose professors, living and, unhappily, dead, are many of my oldest and best friends. I hope that I may without presumption regard this thronging of my brethren around me as a testimony on their part that they believe that the cause of Art generally has been safe in my keeping (loud cheers), and that they think it has never been falsely dealt with by me (continued applause). Your resound- ing cheers would have been but so many cruel reproaches to me if I could not here declare that from the earliest days of my career down to this proud night I have always striven to be true (enthusiastic cheers). Never unduly to assert it on the one hand, and never under any pretence or for any con- sideration to permit it to be patronised in my presence on the other, has been the steady endeavour of my life; and I have occasionally been vain enough to hope that I may leave its social position in England better than I found it (cheers). Similarly, and equally I hope with. out presumption, I trust that I may take this general representation of the public here, through so many orders, pursuits, and degrees, as a token that the public believe, notwithstanding a host of imper- fections and shortcomings on my head, that I have, as a writer, on my soul and conscience, striven to be as true to them as they have ever been to me. And here in reference to the inner circle of the arts and the oi cr circle of the public I feel it a duty to night to offer two remarks. I have in my day, at odd times, heard a great deal about literary sets and cliques, and coteries, and barriers, and about keeping this man up, and keep- ing that man down, and about sworn disciples and sworn unbelievers, and mutual admiration societies (laughter). And I have heard of I know not what other dragons in the upward path. I began to tread it when I was very young, without influence, without money, without com- panion, introducer, or adviser and I am bound to put in evidence in this place that I never lighted upon those dragons yet (loud cheers). So have I heard in my day, at divers other odd times, much generally to the effect that the English people had little or no love of art for its own sake, and that they do not greatly care to acknow- ledge or do honour to the artist. My own experi- ence has been uniformly exactly the reverse (loud cheers). I can say that of my countrymen—though I cannot say that of my country. And now, gentlemen, passing to the immediate occasion of your doing me this great honour, the story of my going to America is very easily and very briefly told. Since I was there before, a vast and entirely new generation has arisen in the United States. Since I was there before most of the best known of my books have been written and pub- lished. The new generation and the books have come together and have kept together, until at length numbers of those who have so widely and constantly read me, naturally desire a little variety in the relations be- tween us have expressed a strong wish that I should read myself. This wish, at first conveyed to me through public and business channels, has gradually become enforced by an immense accumulation of letters from individuals and sections of individuals, all express- ing in the same hearty, homely, cordial, unaffected way, a kind of personal interest in me-I had almost said a kind of personal affection for me (loud cheers). I am sure you will agree with me that it would be dull insen- sibility on my part not to prize such a manifestation (cheers). Little by little this pressure has become so great, that although, as Charles Lamb says, My house- hold gods strike a terribly deep root," I have taken them from their places, and this day week, at this hour, shall be upon the sea. You will readily con- .ceive that I am inspired besides by a natural desire to see for myself the astonishing progress of a quar- ter of a century over there—to grasp the hands of many faitbrur friends whom I left ilie-re > -=-to see the faces of a multitude of new friends upon whom I have never looked-and, though last not least, to use my best endeavours to lay down a third cable (loud cheers) of intercommunication and alliance between the Old World and the New. Twelve years ago, when, Heaven knows, I little thought I should ever be bound upon the voyage which now lies before me, I wrote, in that form of my writings which obtains, by far, the most extensive cir- culation, these words about American notions I know full well that whatever little motes my beamy eyes may have descried in theirs that they are a kind, large-hearted, generous, and great people" (cheers). In that faith I am going to see them again. In that faith I shall, please God, return from them in the spring, in that same faith to live and to die (loud and continuous cheers). My lords, ladies, and gentlemen, I told you in the beginning that I could not thank you enough, and Heaven knows I have most thoroughly kept my word. If I may quote one other short sentence from myself, let it imply all that I have left unsaid and yet most deeply feel; let it, putting a girdle round the earth, comprehend both sides of the Atlantic at once in this moment. As Tiny Tim observed, God bless every one (immense cheering). THE LADIES. After some excellent speeches from Sir E. Landseer and Lord Justice Cockburn, the latter of whom gave the health of the chairman, Lord Lytton returned thanks for the toast, and specially dwelt upon the pleasure which he had ex- perienced in having his health proposed by one who had been connected with him in his earliest years, who had achieved, and nobly achieved, the highest honours in a noble profession, and whose talents had won the admira- tion of the House of Commons, and now reflected lustre on the judicial bench (cheers). His lord- ship next proposed the toast of the ladies, describing them as that part of the audience where every writer of polite letters was most ambitious to please, who were the gentlest critics, but at the same time the most formidable rivals whenever they condescended to com- pete with their admirers as authors. It had been said that man was born to look upwards and contemplate the stars. Now, looking upwards (to the galleries filled with I. ladies) he contemplated the stars, and proposed The Health of the Ladies." # The toast was drunk with the accustomed demonstra- tions of applause. Mr. Buckstone said he was not aware why he had been called upon to respond to the toast, as he was not particularly a ladies' man (laughter, and cries of Oh, ? Emitted, however, that there were some ladies ot his acquaintance with whom he had passed many happy hours. It was not perhaps the right thing or etiquette to tell their names, but on this occasion he would make the company present the confidants of his tender passion. He mentioned the names of Mrs. Gamp, Betsy Prig, Mrs. Nickleby, and not forgetting Mrs. Harris (roars of laughter). Having confessed to the happy hours he had enjoyed with those ladies, he hoped he might be forgiven for venturing to respond for the ladies present (laughter). They were met to say good-bye to their friend Mr. Dickens, who was about to visit America. He (Mr. Buckstone) had, as was well known, travelled through every State of the Union and visited every city, was perfectly well ac- quainted with the character of our American cousins (a laugh), and believed they might safely trust Mr. Dickens in their hands. With this the proceedings of an unusually interesting reunion were brought to a close. As Mr. Dickens left the hall numbers of his friends crowded round and shook him heartily by the hand as they wished him r. prosperous and a pleasant voyage.

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OUR CITY" ARTICLE. THE Roman question is still weighing upon the stock markets. The soreness of tone towards Italy manifested in the circular from the French Minister of Foreign Affairs caused a fresh fall of t per cent. on the com- mencement of the week in the French Rentes, and this was accompanied by a reduction of t in the English funds. The abundance of money continued as great as ever, and the corn market was once more giving way, but all inducements to confidence were checked by the deeply- rooted feeling of uncertainty and distrust which prevailed with regard to foreign affairs, and for which there can be only one possible remedy-a disarmament on the part of the great continental Powers. The public are holding al- most wholly aloof from the stock markets, so far as bond fide operations are concerned, and nearly the only business was for account of a few habitual speculators who act upon the varying tenor of the foreign news received from hour to hour. Foreign stocks, with only one or two exceptions, have been lower, weakness being especially apparent as regards speculative securities, such as Italian and Turkish. In the railway market the prevailing want of confidence in the trustworthiness of the accoimts put out by the leading com- panies form an additional ground for depres- sion. In this department there has been a further general fall, ranging from | to 1 per cent., but in Great Northern "A" and Caledonian stocks, it has been as much as II to Ii. The principal fluctuation was in 9' 4 Lancashire and Yorkshire stock, which, after being officially marked 125 and 123, closed at 124 to It is said that the recent fall in this stock, which has been attributed to several causes, has been really occasioned by sales by the executors of the late chairman. Great Western of Canada Railway shares were rather better, owing to the increase of X4,443 in the week's traffic. Bank shares have been only moderately dealt in, and prices generally have shown no alteration. Chartered Mercantile of India and Union of London were in- troduced at a decline of 10s. The amount ef business in the shares of the financial companies has been very small, and prices were as follows :—International Financial, 2§ to 2t dis. General Credit, 2} to 2 dis.; London Financial, 24 to 23 dis. and Credit Foncier, 6t to 6] dis. 4 There has been a fair demand at the Bank discount office, but the general market has been quiet, and good bills were taken readily at 1 per cent., with exceptional transactions at 1. In the Stock Exchange loans on English Government securities were offered at 1 to l per cent., with plenty of money and little demand. At Paris the Three per Cent. Rentes opened and closed at 67.45 for the account, showing a fall of fully I 4 per cent. compared with the price a week ago. In English Government securities the following is the official business report :-Three per Cent. Consols, for money, 94, t, k, t; ditto, for account, 94!, 4 Three s per Cents. Reduced, 92f, f, h New Three per Cents., 92§, 3, i, f, Bank Stock, 246, 8; India Five per Cent. Stock, 114 ditto Four per Cent. Certificates, 100; ditto Five per Cent. Rupee Debentures, 1882, 104J; ditto Bonds, 60s. prem. Indian Government securities have been quiet. Exchequer Bills were in- quired for and rather dearer, closing at 28s. to 31s. prem. Foreign stocks have been flat, with the exception of a rise of t per cent. in Russian of 1864 and Egyptian Railway Debentures, the changes in prices being all in an adverse direction. Russian of 1822 and Peruvian of 1865 declined 1 per cent.; Italian of 1861, Russian of 1866, and Turkish of 1865 (Five per Cents.), 4 Spanish New Three per Cents., Passive, and Certificates, t; and Mexican. There has been very little business in Atlantic Cable shares, and prices remain unchanged. Anglo-American closed at 171 to I Atlantic Telegraph 8 per cent. Preference, 3! to i; and Telegraph Construction, at 15t to 16!. Hudson's Bay shares were last quoted 14i to 15, and 4 National Discount 6! to a prem. Miscellaneous shares have been inactive, and prices remain unchanged, with the exception of a rise of 5s. in Universal Marine In- surance, and a reduction of 5s. to 10s. in Ceylon and China Steam. Colonial Government debentures have been rather firm, and there was a rise of t per cent. in New South Wales, Queensland, and Victorian. United States 5-20 Bonds and Erie Railway shares have slightly declined, but other American securities were quoted as follows 5-20 Bonds, 1882, 69 to ex div. Erie Railway shares, 46i to 47 Illinois Central, 80i to 81t Atlantic and Great Western Railway De- 4 4 bentures, 25ito 26k and Consolidated Mortgage Bonds, 20 to 21. We extract the following useful information concern- ing colonial markets from S. W. Silver and Co.'s Cir- cular, published monthly at their offices, 4, Bishopsgate Within, London VICTORIA.—Trade quiet. The Great Britain sailed for Liverpool on the 22nol of Åuust, with 109,756 oz. of gold, and 516 passengers. The agitation for railway extension continues. A nugget weighing 57 oz. gross found in the Sons of Freedom claim, A fine specimen found at the "Pound Bush," Amherst, weighing 36 oz,, and containing about 30 oz. of gold. Total gold export this year, 1,193,623 oz. Oranges grown with success at Beeehworth, at an elevation of about 1,800 feet above the sea level. Reports from the country satisfactory; lambing in most parts passed off well. Prospects of the wool clip highly favourable; with abundarica of trater, the settlers will get their wool up to advantage. Imports to 17th of August, £ 7,133,831; against £ 8,700,261 last year. Exports, £ 6,788,196; against £ 6,502,689 in '66. Rate of Exchange on London, 30 days' sight, It per cent.; and 60 days, 1 per cent. NEW SOUTH WALES.—Transactions limited; buyers operate with much caution; stocks accumulating rapidly. Large quantities of goods offered at auction, and prices realised seldom cover cost and charges. Pasturage abundant, and :r.ock of all kinds in excellent condition. Reports from the gold satisfactory, the hands thrown out of employ- ment by tbS-°°ds now find full work in the claims. Quantity of gold from the western, southern, and northern fields to end 'of 115.12i oz. The new leads discovered at Grenfell are rep.r:ted very rich. SOUTH AUSTRALIA.—Business in' \7-r an.^ ,°?^>RAS prejudiced by the scarcity of tonnage in tia» !^1cl "!e neigh- bouring colonies, the vessels being engaged for wuc." .,Sales for export, 4s. 6d. per bushel. Total wheat exports this year to 17th of August, 257,805 qrs. flour, 29,668 to]j' Copper nominal at £ 78 per ton at port. The wool clip this year will, it is stated, be superior to that of last both in quantity and quality. Imports at Port Adelaide this year to 17th of August. £ 1.179,135; exports, £ 1,372,992. Total cereal exports estimated at £ 761,612. Skilled and other labour abundant. Exchange on London 60 days' sight li prem. Bills bought Ilt t per cent. discount. QUEENSLAND.—Business steadier, and confidence is gra- dually being restored in commercial circles. A" 30 lb. nugget" found at the Bfiglan Diggings, Gladstone. The news from Clarke's River Diggings is satisfactory. Reports from the Bosewood Diggiags (Rockhampton) are favourable; upwards of 1,000 miners on the ground. A parcel of 140 oz. recently brought in, the produce of two days' work; one of the nuggets weighed 22 oz., and another 14 oz. Cotton cultivation continues to extend; the majority of Queensland farmers, who are not engaged in sugar growing, propese in the coming season to raise cotton; samples of Sea Island" forwarded to England to test the value. Sugars, the growth of the colony, are selling at £29 to £ 34 per ton. WESTERN AUSTRALIA. -Trade generally has improved. Flour £ 14. The cultivation of the orange has greatly in- creased within the last three years; at one orangery near Perth upwards of 13,000 were sold this year. TA.sMANTA.-Trado very depressed. There were engaged in whale fisheries nine vessels, from the port of Hobart Town, the number of men employed was 229, the produce 380 tons sperm oil, value £ 38,000. 14,309 tons of coal were raided in the colony, value £ 13,036. NEW ZEALAND.-Canterbury.- Little improvement in trade. Wheat, 3s. 6d. to 3s. 9d. per bushel; flour, £10 to 212 per ton. The estimated yield of 55,328 acres under crop in this province is officially reported at 707,268 bushels wheat; 863,176 bushels oats; 111,802 bushels barley. Stock and farm produce in better demand. Otago— Business dull during the early part of August, but a revival has taken place. Stocks of goods heavy. CAPE OF GOOD.-Cape Town.-A steady business was done during the month of August. The prospects of agricul- turists and flockmasters most cheering. Attention con- tinues to be directed to the production of silk. 726 tons copper ore were shipped hence during August, value about £ 17,000. Garnets found in considerable numbers. Port Elizabeth.—Trade has improved. A" Cotton Association" has been formed at Fort Beaufort, where some excellent samples have been produced- NATAL.-Prospects are brightening, and confidence is partially restored. Coal of good qualify has been found in various localities. Valuable copper mines discovered within five miles of a port-the" Unkomanzi River" mouth. ARGENTINE CONFEDERATION.-Buenos Ayres.—Business is at present dull; but the busy season is now at hand, and it is hoped there will shortly be an improvement. Exchange rules low; and most of the foreign houses are shipping specie. Sovereigns are at a premium of It per cent., and Brazilian gold at i per cent. for export purposes. i

AGRICULTURAL RETURNS. The aggregate of agricultural returns for Great Britain in the present year has just been made up, and under corn crops of all kinds there were in England and Wales 7,941,578 acres, against 7,921,244 acres returned in 1866; and in Scotland, 1,367,012 acres, against 1,366,540 acres in 1866. The land under wheat is re- turned for England and Wales at 3,255,917 acres, against 3,275,293 acres in 1866 and for Scotland at 11,5,118 acres, against 110,101 acres in 1866. The number of cattle is returned for England and Wales as 4,017,790, against 3,848,435 in 1866 and for Scot- land as 979,170, against 937,401 in 1866. Sheep are returned for England and Wales to the number of 22,097,286, against 16,793,204 in 1866 and for Scot- land to the number of 6,893,603, against 5,255,077 in 1866. The large increase in the number of sheep returned in 1867 as compared with the previous years is to be accounted for by the fact that the returns in 1866 were made for the purpose of the cattle plague inquiry at a date preceding the >mbing season in some parts of Great Britain.

Xjjitiitftt anb €omxixrr arfuts. —*— The Money Market. CITY, Nov. 6.—In consequence of the very favourable tenor of the news from Italy, the markets for public se- curities are generally firmer to-day. The business is chiefly speculative, and consists almost entirely of purchases to cover recent sales for a fall. The:discount market is qaiet to-day, with few transactions, but the charge for the best bills is not below li per cent. la the Stock Exchange there is no difficulty in obtaining loans for a few days on English Government Securities at 1 to If per cent. Consols are quoted 94i to J both for money and to- morrow's settlement, 94 to for the new account (-5th December). The Three per Cents. Reduced and New Three per Cents. have risen t per cent., viz., to 9Zi to 93. The railway market is decidedly firm, and nearly all the leading lines are better. Annexed are the quotations:- Metropolitan, 121f tof; Great Western, 46$to ï; Lon- don and North Western, 113f to 114t; 1171 to 118J; Lancashire and Yorkshire, 125f to 126i; Caledonian, 87i to 88i; South Eastern, 67 to t; Great Eastern,32t to i; Great Northern, 108to 109; ditto A, 1121 to 1131; London, Chatham, and Dover, 17ito 18; North British, 32 to 33t; and Brighton, 52ï to S3t. BANK OF ENGLAND.—An Account, pursuant to the Act 7 and 8 Vict., cap. 32, for the week ending on Wednes- day. Oct. 30, 1867. ISSUE I KFABTSTEKT. Notea issued _£36,570,115IGevernmen debt ell -5100 Other securities. 3*984,900 Gold coin & bullion 21^570 115 Silver bullion £ 36,570,1151 £ 36,570,115 BAN-gll;G D.VPAaTMElST. Proprietors'capit'i £ 14,553,000iGovemmentsecu- Rest. 3,072 323: rities (inc. dead Public Deposits 4,92 L ,0gG! weight annuity) £ 12,891 203 Other Deposits. 19,584,628 Other Securities 16,835 079 Seven days and Notes 11,915 260 other bills 637,768 Gold t silver coin 1,127,273 £ 42,788,815| £42,768,815 Oct. 31, 1867. F. MAY, Deputy Cashier. The Corn Trade. MARK-LANE. Nov. 6. -The fresh arrivals of Wheat from Essex and Kent were only moderate, nevertheless, the supply brought forward was more than sufficient to meet the demand. In both red aud white parcels gales pro- gressed slowly, and Monday's quotations were barely sup- ported. The market was well supplied with foreign Wheat, for which the inquiry was limited, at barely previous quota- tions. Floating cargoes of grain changed hands only to a mode. rate extent. and prices in some instances were weaker. On the whole, the Barley trade was quiet, at the kte re- duction. Milt met a slow sale on former terms. The transactions in Oats were by no means extensive. The prices realised were about equal to those current on JS3 our!ay. Beans ruled firm, and the value of Peas was well sup- ported. TI e trade for them was rather quiet. Flour moved off slowly, as barely stationary prices. Linseed was firm, but Eape.-eei met a slow sale. Agricultural Seeds were generally held for as much money. LIVERPOOL, Nov. 5.—The market well attended. Wheat in rather better demand, at 2,1 to 3d per cental decline in all qualities since Friday. Flour nominally unaltered. Beans and Peas steady. Oats and O s.tmeal very dull, and in favour of buyers. Indian Corn steady at late rates mixed, 50s. LEEDS, Nov. 5.-There was nothing doing in the Wheat trade to-day, millers refusing to buy except at a decline of Is to 2s per qr. Barley Is cheaper. Meat and Poultry Markets. NEWGATE AND LEADED HALL.—There are moderate supplies of meat, and the trade is steady. Per SIbs. by the carcase s. d. s.- d. s. d. s. d. Inferior beef 3 2 to 3 4 Capons, each. 0 0 to 0 0 Middling ditto 3 6 3 8 Chickens, each 2 6 3 6 Prime large 310 4 2, Ducklings, each 2 3 3 2 Ditto small 4 4 4 6 Babbits, each. 10 19 Large pork 3 2 3 8 Hares, each 2 6 4 0 Inferior mutton 3 2 3 6 Grouse, each. 2 0 3 0 Middling ditto 3 8 4 2 Partridges,each 10 19 Prime ditto 4 4 4 6 Pheasants,eaeh 4 0 5 0 Veal 3 8 4 6 Pigeons, each. 0 6 0 8 Veal 3 8 4 6 Pigeons, each. 0 6 0 8 Sr,- all pork 310 4 4 Ostendfr. butter, Lamb 0 0 0 0 per doz: lbs. 0 0 0 0 Turkeys, each 40 9 0 English ditto. 12 0 15 0 Goslings, each 5 6 7 6 French eggs, 100 9 0 0 0 Fowls, each 3 6 5 0! English ditto. 11 0 00 METROPOLITAN. A statement of the supplies and prices of fat live stock on Monday, Nov. 5, 1836, as com- pared with Monday, Nov. 4, 1867:- Per BIbs. to sink the offaL Nov. 5, 1866. Nov. 4, 1867. s. d. s. d. s. d. r, d- Coarse and inferior Beasts 3 4 to 3 8 3 4 to 3 6 Second quality ditto 3 10 4 4 3 8 4 0 Prime large Oxen 4 6 4 10 4 2 4 6 Prime Scots, &c 5 0 5 2 4 8 5 0 Coarse and inferior Sheep 3 8 4 0 3 4 3 6 Second quality ditto 4 2 5 0 3 8 4 2 Prime coarse-wooiled ditto 5 4 5 8 4 4 4 8 Prime Southdown ditto 5 10 6 0 4 10 5 0 Lambs 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Large coarse Calves 4 6 5 0 4 4 4 8 Prime small ditto 5 2 5 6 4 10 5 4 Large Hogs 4 0 4 6 3 4 3 8 Neat small Porkers 4 8 5 0 3 10 4 2 Fruit and Vegetables. COVENT GARDEN.-Business has not been so brisk this week as it was last, but prices remain unaltered. Impor- tations are heavy. Pears and apples still comprise the usual varieties now in season. Chestnuts also continue to make their appearance. Hamburgh grapes are still plentiful and good. Oporto onions, large and fine, realise from 128 to 15s per large case. A few peas of the Ne Plus Ultra. Yeitch's Perfection, and first crol) varieties may still be had Fiowers chiefly consist of orchids, fuchsias, pelargoniums balsams, asters, mignonette, and roses, FBOIX. s. a e a S. d. S. d. Apples, p. bushel 4 0 to 8 Of Oranges, p.108 6 0 8 0 Figs, per doz. 10 3 0 j Peaches,per doz. 8 0 15 0 Grapes, per lb. 1 6 3 0! Poars,kitchen,dz. 2 0 3 0 Lemons,p. 106 6 0 10 0 Plums,p. half sieve3 6 5 0 Nectarines p. doz.3 0 6 0 Pineapples, p. lb. 3 0 6 0 Nectarines p. doz.3 0 6 0 3 0 6 0 Nuts,cob,JOOlb 00 0 0 j Melons, each 3 0 5 0 Filberts, pr lb. 1 0 0 0 I WaJnut3, p. bush.10 0 16 0 VEGETABLES. s d sd; s d sd Artichokes,per doz.2 0 to 4 0 Mushrooms,.perpott.l 6 2 0 Asparagus,per bun. 0 0 0 0 Mustard& Cress,p.p.O 0 0 0 Beans,kidney,p.tsv.2 0 36 Onions, per bushel 4 0 5 0 Beet, per dozen 1 0 2 Oj „ pickling, p.qt.O 0 0 0 Broccoli, p. bundle 0 0 0 0 Parsley, per bunch 0 2 0 4 Cabbages, per doz. 1 3 2 0 Parsnips, per doz, 0 9 10 Carrots, per bunch 0 6 0 8 Peas, per peck 0 0 GO Cauliflowers,p. doz,3 0 6 0 i-'oratoes, York- Re- Celery, per bundle 10 1 6j gents, per ton .120 0 130 0 Cucumbers, each 0 6 1 0|Bc«ks,per ton 90 0 100 0 Endive, per doz.1 6 2 ojFlukes, per ton 130 0 140 0 Garlic, per lb 0 8 0 OiO'her sorts, p, ton 75 0 80 0 Herbs, per bunch.0 2 0 4;Kidneys, per cwt.0 0 0 0 g&t-adish, p. bn,3 0 5 0 Badishes, p. 12 bn, 0 0 0 0 0 4 Spinach, per bush. 2 0 3 0 Lettuces t>er se6r3,i'* 1 6; Tomatoes, p. doz. 2 0 3 0 Mint, perbunch .0 4 ~C Turnips, par bunch 0 4 0 6 London Pro due§lcii^r MINCING-LANE, Nov. 6.—SUGAR PYW tinuss very fiim, and suitable qua ities for <frmw again rather dearer. Befined, prices of dry goods are y, supported, owing to their scarcity; pieces continue to stiiL freely. COFFEE—The parcels offered by auction have gone off flutly at easier prices. Plantation Ceylon, good ordinary to fine fine ordinary, 64s to 71s 6 low middling to good mid- dling, 72s to 82s 6d; peaberry, 89s 6d to 91s 6d native Cey. lon, ordinary to good ordinary, 49s 6d to 53s; fine ordinary to fine bold, 57s to 61s 6d. TEA.-The public sales are progressing steadily at previous prices. BICE is dull of sale. 50 tons of Ballam sold at lis ex ship, and a parcel of broken white Bengal to arrive at 128 3d. Rum.-50 puncheons of Drmerara sold at 2s 2d to to 2s 3d; 300 casks Leewards, pale, Is 10d; hogsheads, Is lid; and 300 puncheons Penanvr, part for arrival, at Is 8d. COTTON. Only a limited business is doing, at easier prices. PRICES OF BUTTER, CHEESE, HAMS, to., at per cwt. —Butter: Frieslaud, 108s to 110s; Jersey, 768 to 92s Dorset, 116s to 122s. Fresh: per doz., lis Od to 14s 6d Cheese: Cheshire, 56s to 74s; Double Gloucester, 568 to 66s Cheddar, 66s to 768; American, 4=9 to 5Hs. Hams: York, new, SOil to 86s; Cumberland, new, 80s to 86s; Irish, new, 80s to 86s. Bacon: Wiltshire. 6S to 72s Irish, green, 60s to 64s. COTTON, LIVERPOOL, Nov. 6.—The market rather im- proved both in tone and price. Sales probably about 15,000 bales. TALLOW, Nov. 6.—The market is steady. Town Tallow 44s; Petersburg Y.C. on the spot, 43s 6d Year, 43s to 3d • December, 43s to 3d Spring, 4os 6d to 9d; March, 44s to 3d, HOPS, BOKOUUH, Nov. 6.—Messrs. Patten den and Smith report the market in a healthy state, with a bare supply of really choice samples, and for these higher prices are asked Middling and lower descriptiens are to be bought 4s to 5s cheaper than this day week. HAY MARKETS.— I Smithfleld. f Cumberland, I Whiteohapel. s. d. s. d.| s. d. s. d.! s. d. s. d. Meadow Hay.. 52 0 to 80 0 55 0 to 85 0' 55 0 to 85 0 Clover 60 0 105 0 60 0 105 0i 60 0 117 6 Straw 32 0 38 oi 32 0 38 Oi 32 0 38 0

DEATH OF MR. EDWARD JAMES, Q.C., AND M.P.—Intelligence reached Westminster-hall, on Monday morning, of the death of Mr. Edward James, Q.C., and M.P. for Manchester. The learned gentleman, at the time of his death, was sojourning in Switzerland, where he had been staying for some time in consequence of his health. The learned gentleman was called to the bar in June, 1835, and was made a Q.C. in 1853. He was leader of the northern circuit, and held the offioe of Attorney-General for the county Palatine, as well as the Judge of the Court of Passage, Liverpool. He was also a bencher of Lincoln's-inn. INTERRUPTION OF DIVINE SERIIICE. -Divine service at the Leeds parish church was interrupted on Sunday morning by a man named Charles Eastwood, a labourer. He interposed in a loud voice by declaring that he considered Ireland was an oppressed nation; that he was sent, like David to the Israelites, to deliver them from the Philistines; and that he could take the field with 900 men against Major Robinson's (an officer in the Leeds Rifle Corps) 1,000. He was immediately removed from the church, and as it was found that he was suffering from insanity, he s handed over to the Poor-law authorities.

EPITOME OF NEWS. THE WEST INDIA mail packet left Southampton on Saturday, without any mail sorters on board, in con- sequence of the prevalence of yellow fever in the West Indies. A GREAT FLOOD has inundated the districts on either side of the Ganges from Rajshaye to within 40 miles of Calcutta. Vast damage has been done, but the silt will, it is said, fertilise fields seldom or never enriched by manure. SOMETHING LIKE A TREE —An elm tree has been cut down in Geauga county, Ohio, which experts pronounce 792 years old. The tree weighed 60,000 pounds, and was over four feet in diameter, and made 7,000 feet of in. boards, clear stuff. THE REWARD OF PERSEVERANCE.—A little girl in Massachusetts has been brought to life after being half an hour in the water. She became slightly con- scious in twelve hours, under constant treatment, and fully recovered consciousness in two days. MARRYING A MOTHER-IN-LAW.—A wealthy Cuban recently died in New York, leaving all his pro- perty to his widow, who was his second wife. One of his sons by his first wife has now married the widow and the fortune, much to the disgust of his brothers. An action to set aside the marriage has failed. THE SCOTCH PEERS.—A supplement to the London Gazette of Friday contains a Royal proclamation commanding the Peers of Scotland to assemble at Holy- rood-house, Edinburgh, on Wednesday, the 27th day of November, to choose another Peer of Scotland, in the room of Henry Francis, Baron Polwarth, deceased. THE LAW COURTS.—The long vacation has terminated, and the London Superior Courts were reopened on Saturday with the usual formalities. An unusually large number of judges, serjeants, and Queen's counsel, according to ancient custom, breakfasted with the Lord Chancellor. A SPARROWS' CONCERT.—They are having a sparrows' concert every day in New York, at Union Park. It takes place between half past three and five in the afternoon. Five or six hundred sparrows engage in this concert, to the delight of hundreds of persons who are attracted there to hear their sweet evening song. Mourn KENSINGTON MusEuNi. -Visitors to this Museum during the week ending Nov. 2, 1867, were On Monday, Tuesday, and Saturday (free), from ten a.m. to ten p.m., 9,823 on Wednesday, Thursday, and Friday (admission 6d.), from ten a.m. till four p.m., 1,328; total, 11,151. Average of corresponding week in former years, 10,488. Total from the opening of the museum, 7,049,570. -=,n. LIAILWAY ACCII)ENT.—An inquest was recently

held at Newington, respecting the death of Edward Evans, a signalman on the Chatham and Dover Railway. The deceased was employed as a flagman near the Wal- worth-road Station, and appears to have incautiously moved to a place which was not so safe as the one ordi- narily occupied by him. He was caught by the engine of an express train, and killed. A verdict of accidental death was returned. THE EASTERN FISHERIES.—The catches of herrings made during the last week in October by the Great Yarmouth boats have not been large, although, on the whole, the quality of the fish taken has been up to the average. On one day 300 lasts (each last con- tains 13,200 fish) were landed at Great Yarmouth, but the deliveries on the other days of the week were not on so large a. scale. Prices have ranged at from X9 to .£26 per last. ACCIDENT WITH FIREARMS.-At Worsborough Dale, about two miles from Barnsley, on Monday, several boys were playing with an old rusty cannon, which they charged, and were attempting to fire when it burst. One of the boys, named Joseph Pickering, son of a miner, was struck on the knee by one of the broken pieces, which cut a serious gash. Three other boys who were near at the time were knocked down by the frag- ments, but not severely injured. DANGEROUS RAILWAY FOOTBOARDS. An inquest was held at Greenwich, on Monday, respecting the death of George Lock Lymes, a tradesman, who, in stepping from a train, missed his footing, and was dragged between the brickwork of the platform and the carriage. He received such injuries as resulted in death in a short time. A verdict of accidental death was returned, and the jury suggested that the railway com- pany would do well to alter the footboards to their old carriages, so as to lessen the chance of a similar accident again occurring. GUY FAWKES' DAY.-On the 5th of No- vember, effigies of Guy Fawkes were carried in various parts of the metropolis, chiefly under the management of boys. On the Surrey side a monster effigy, illustrative of certain ritualistic practices, mounted on a platform drawn by one horse, and attended by several men, was paraded, but the police, exercising their powers under the new Street Regulation Act, cut short the career of this party, and compelled them to withdraw their ex- hioition. All attempts to let off fireworks in the public streets were suppressed DJ police. THE DIOCESE OF'VINCHESTER.-Th.e Bishop of Winchester in his charge to his clergy the othei Jay, stated that there are now only 24 incumbents out of 650 in his diocese who were incumbents when he first became bishop. There are 747 churches and chapels connected with the Church of England in the diocese. 199 new churches have been built, and 120 re-built or restored during the last 40 years. There are 96 churches without parsonage houses. In 39 churches the sacrament of the Lord's supper is administered once in three months in 11, once a week; in one, daily in one, three times a year; and in all the others once monthly. CURIOUS CHARGE OF FELONY. At the recent Bury Petty Sessions, Sidney Kenyon, cabinet- maker, Bury, was charged with theft under the follow- ing circumstancesIt appeared that Kenyon had sold goods amounting to £ 5 14s. 9d. to a William Burke, who agreed to pay by weekly instalments. Burke sailed for America on Wednesday last, and Kenyon, having heard that he had left the town, proceeded the same night to the house when no one was in, and took back the furniture except the bed. He refused to return it when requested, and in consequence Burke's wife took proceedings against him on a charge of theft. The magistrates committed him for trial. DISMISSAL OF AN ALLEGED FENIAN POLICE- MAN.—An officer of the Wigan Police-force, named Harrington, was charged before the magistrate on Monday with assaulting a brother officer named Loudon, on Sunday night. It was stated that on the occasion Har- rington was drunk, and he committed the assault while Gordon was taking him home. In the course of the struggle Harrington said he was a —— Fenian. He was fined 5s. for the assault. He denied having used the expression that he was a Fenian, but the chief constable considered it unadvisable that he should remain in the police, and on his advice Harrington was dismissed from the force by the magistrates. AN EFFECTUAL REMEDY FOR SEA-SICKNESS. —A great deal of trouble has been heretofore experienced by masters of ships in making their sea-sick passengers go on deck during the voyage to obtain some fresh air, to take the exercise which their health requires, and, while they are thus engaged, to have their berths properly cleansed. Fortunately, this difficulty is to exist no longer. A master now, finding his passengers indisposed to move, has only to send one. of his seamen with a heated shovel through the steerage, while another man throws cayenne pepper upon it as he is moving along. In the words of an officer: The effect is wonderful, for the fumes make the emigrants bolt, when coaxing and loud-voiced orders would be perfectly useless." ALLEGED WIFE MURDER IN LIVERPOOL.—At the Liverpool Coroner's Court, on Monday, an inquest was held on the body of Elizabeth Jackson, the wife of the manager of a public-house in Rose-place, whose death was alleged to have been caused by her husband's violence. On the previous night, the barman of the prisoner was called downstairs from his bedroom, and then saw Mrs. Jackson lying dead on the floor of the bar, with a frightful gash upon her head, extending from the back of the skull to the front. He called the prisoner, who pronounced his wife dead, and asked the barman to go for the police. The hands and shirt of the husband of the deceased were covered with blood, which he accounted for by saying that it had come there whilst he was lifting up the dead body of the deceased, who he said had fallen downstairs whilst drunk. NEWSPAPER PRESS FUND.-A meeting of the committee having the management of this fund was held at the offices in Cecil-street, Strand, on Saturday. Lord Houghton, the president, occupied the chair. Eight new members were elected, and several grants made, varying in amount from .830 to .£10 each. Mr. Hyde Clarke was appointed joint treasurer with Mr. D. C. Macrae, and it was announced by the secretary, Mr. T. H. Taunton, that the sum invested in the Three per Cents. and in Indian Railway Stock Guaranteed by the Im- perial Government reached to £ 3,500, and that a balance ¡ stands to the credit of the fund at Messrs. Coutts's Bank of X385. j, ROBBERY AT THE PARIS EXHIBITION. A robbery was committed on the day before the final clos- ing of the Exhibition at the showcase of M. Froment Meurice of a diamond aigrette, worth £ 1,440. THE HIGHWAY ACT IN YORKSHIRE.—The new Highway Act has been adopted in North Yorkshire, at the Court of Quarter Sessions, by a majority of 32 votes 63 magistrates voted for and 31 against its adoption. THE BATTLE OF INKERMAN.—The 5th of No- vember being the 13th anniversary of the Battle of In- kerman, the Household Troops paraded in the square of St. James's Palace with their bands. The flags were de- corated with laurel, several lively airs were played, after which the troops returned to their quarters. In the evening the officers dined together. EXPLOSION AT A DISTILLERY.—The other day a frightful explosion took place on the premises of Messrs. Metcalf and Co., known as the Three Mills Distillery," Bromley-in-Essex. The explosion took place in the still-room, where a man named Daniel Stewart, aged 35, was at work, knocking him down and setting his clothes on fire. He was conveyed to the London Hospital, where his injuries were promptly attended to. It was found that he was most severely burned. SHOCKING MACHINERY ACCIDENT.-On Satur- day morning a shocking accident occurred in a carpet mill at Stourport belonging to Mr. J. Worth. John William Potter, a youth of about 18, who was employed in the mill as shearer to a rug weaver, was interfering in some way with a strap which revolved the shearing machine, which in part consists of keen blades, when he was caught in it and whirled round the shaft. The un- fortunate youth was disentangled as soon as possible, but many of his bones were broken, and he was other- wise most dreadfully injured. He was removed to the infirmary at Kidderminster, but expired in about two hours after his admission. GREAT EASTERN RAILWAY.—This company has curtailed its train service this month, and has en- tirely suspended Sunday trains on some of the small country branches the Lynn and Hunstanton, the Tendring Hundred, &c. Mr. G. Josselyn and Major Jervis, M.P., two of the directors, have published letters dissenting from the course taken by other mem- bers of the board in recommending the appointment of Mr. Watkin, M.P., to the chairmanship. The ground of objection taken by Mr. Josselyn and Major Jervis is that b9m the great pressure of Mr. Watkin's other en- gagements as chairman of the Manchester, Sheffield, and Lincolnshire, the South Eastern, and the Grand Trunk of Canada, it would be impossible for him, if he became chairman of the Great Eastern, to give due attention to the affairs of the undertaking. GREAT STORM AT LABKAOUR.—Advices from Lloyd's agent at St. John's, Newfoundland, reports that on the 9th of last month a terrible storm, with a heavy fall of snow, swept the coast of Labrador, destroying nearly all the vessels lying in the different harbours. Upwards of 37 lives were lost in the vessels that foundered. The inhabitantt also greatly suffered, their stores of provisions, &c., being swept away by the storm, and they were in a starving condition. Among the vessels were the Terra Nova, Dash, Estelle, Rapid, Roe, Mary Bell, E. M. Dodd, Rival, Mary, Dove, Charles, Syke, Elizabeth, Native Friend, Four Brothers, Sea Slipper, Atlas, Isabella, Margaret Grant, Orion, &c. A steamer has been despatched with provisions and food to the relief of the starving people on the coas A BLANK CHECK.—The Irish People publishes a letter from the soi-disant Colonel Kelly." It is dated" Sept. 21," and he says I have arrived here safely, and here I intend to remain." This is definite and decisive. He also says, You will learn through what we had to do," and he adds :-It To communicate with me he will have So that the letter is written with a good deal of dash. Now, then, policemen, wake up rush off to and capture your prey. By line and rule acts many a policemen. It may be objected that the locality is rather indefinite, but it is quite as reliable as many another clue of which the police always boast. Ad- mitting, however, that there is some little mystery about it, it is only a nut to crack. Let the police crack the nut and they will find the coloneL-Banter. SUDDEN DEATH OF A REPORTER.—A con- temporary says :—It is with much regret we have to announce the sudden death of Mr. Joseph Plowman, of Oxford, who died from disease of the heart, en Saturday morning, aged 60. A coroner's inquest was held the same day before W. Brunner, Esq., when it transpired that the deceased gentleman, who had been ailing for some days past, was taken ill at an early hour on Satur- day morning, and expired before medical assistance could be obtained, from disease of the heart." The death of Mr. Plowman will be deplored throughout Oxford and the neighbouring counties, where he was well-known and greatly respected. His connection with the press extended over a period of 40 years. He was possessed of literary abilities of a very superior kind, as his essays, articles, songs, &c., testify. He leaves a widow and three children to mourn his irreparable loss. SEAMEN'S WAGES.—A case of considerable in- terest came before the Liverpool magistrates on the 4th inst. The first officer of the ship Plover, Nathmoore by name, summoned the commander, Captain Doody, for pay- ment of £ 19 3s. 6d., which sum he alleged to be due tu him. Tn5 defendant shipped at Philadelphia last June for a voyage thenGS t8- Stettin, and thence to a final port of dis- charge either in the States or British provinces. The Plover, however, put into Liverpool, and in that port C;>;)tain Doody, who, it was alleged, wisil?(l to get rid 'or i he plaintiff, tendered him wages at the rate ih 2s. I the dollar. The plaintiff refused to accept payment except at the rate of 4s. 2d. to the dollar, and with the consideration that the tendering of a wages account terminated the contract. After lengthy legal discus- sions the magistrates awarded the plaintiff the amount claimed, the dollar to be valued at the rate of 4s. 2d., and the tendering of wages to be considered as an end of the contract. CRIME IN MADRID.- Advices from Madrid state that two young men, aged 20 and 21, named Moreno and Aguado, have just been executed at Madrid for a most atrocious crime. They lived with their parents in the garret of a house in which there resided a charitable lady named Dona Zurdo, who frequently assisted her poorer neighbours with alms. On June 20 the two men went to her apartment during the absence of her husband and her servant, under the pretext of asking for charity, and on her opening the door, they rushed on her, and, after gagging, criminally abused her, after which they murdered her and robbed the apart- ment. They were seen in the evening spending so much money that suspicion was excited, and the noise of the murder having got abroad, both were arrested on sus- picion. In the end, when pressed with questions, they confessed their guilt. On the place of execution they showed great indifference, and died by the garotte with- out any emotion. DELIBERATE ATTEMPT BY CHILDREN TO UP- SET A RAILWAY TRAIN.—At the Westbury-on-Severn weekly petty sessions three brothers, named Portlock, of the respective ages of eight, nine, and ten years, were brought up charged with attempting to upset a train on the Great Western Railway, near the Grange Station. The attempt had been made in the most deliberate and painstaking manner, the young miscreants breaking off a portion of the fencing on the slope of the line, and lay- ing it across the rails, securing it in an upright position by means of stones piled on either side. The first train that happened to approach was a special goods, and just as it neared the obstruction, a foreman of platelayers, named Rusk, who was passing near the spot, perceived the danger but though he used every exertion to get near enough to warn the driver, he was too late, and the train ran on at full speed. Fortunately the iron guard of the engine caught the hurdle and threw it off the rails, and the train passed on in safety. The magistrates de- liberated for some time upon the propriety of sending the prisoners for trial; but ultimately they decided to deal summarily with the case, and ordered them to be imprisoned for 14 days, and to be well whipped. PERILOUS ADVENTURE OF THREE RUN- AWAYS.— On Monday evening three lads, belonging to the Naval Training School at Gorey, in the Island of Jersey, being tired of the restrictions, resolved to take their departure. Providing themselves each with a re- volver belonging to the institution, they proceeded to Fliquet Bay, where they stole a boat, in which they started for the opposite coast of France. The weather turning out very rough, they were unable to cross, and were driven alongside the Ecrehos, a large bed of high-lying rocks, midway between the coast of Jersey and France. Having landed, they took refuge in one of the huts, erected by the fishermen for shelter when they are engaged in fishing near the rocks. Here the runaways remained till Wednesday afternoon without anything to eat, until they were perceived by some fishermen who passed the spot on their return to the island. The men went to the rocks, and heard the tale told by the lads, to whom they gave what food they had remaining, and then came to shore, when they gave information to the authorities at the naval school. The next morning her Majesty's cutter Jersey went off to the rocks, and brought back the delinquents. The lads had kept up a fire in their temporary residence by burning the bottom boards and lining of the boat in which they made their escape.