The Express.
London, England, 1867-05-06 00:00:00

PROVINCIAL SNARE MARKETS.

LiwintrooL, 1111 Or 4.—Sal.. to-dog : [Great Eastern, 274 I—Lan-
cashire and Yorkshire, 1211—London, ton, and South Coast,
56—London and North Western, 1111 12 111 12 111 11—Man-
chester, Sheffield, and Lincolnshire, 461 5 41—Medeptsn, 1154
—Midland, 10041—North British, 331--Bouth lantern, 614
211 1 1 2—lancaider and Carlisle, 206—Buffalo and Lake
Huron, 3 rent Western of Canada, 14/ —lrk, 411-Great
Luxemburg, 84—Nastern Cachange Bank, 24 a. —Anglo-American
Telegraph Couipsny, 181—Atlantic Telegraph s, Sper cient..4ll-16 4.
31 annaignign. MAT 4.—The market I, again lower, without
much business. Atlantic Telegraph Pref., S per et., en—
Eden. 42 2 2-Great Northern, A, 1071 1 I—Grand Trunk of
Canada, 111—Great Western of Canada. 141 3-16 1 —Great
Western, tin —lllinois. 751--Lancashire and Yorkshire, 12111 /
London and North S Meru, 1114 1 I—Manchester, Ithealald, and
Lincolnshire, 454 6 el s—Metropolitan, 115—Midland, 10P—
h ortb 331—South linatern. 621 412111 1 1 2 11
I—London, Brighton, and South Coast, 561
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Maxtoday COAX Y ales ware—ln B
Canal shams, at 80—Blnningharn ifinanclal atila has
Birmingham Wagon sharea, second tame, at 1 pin.—iletropolitan
Railway Carriage and Wagon shares, at 01—ditto, third true, at
die—Midland Contract shares closed at 0 to 4 die.
DOM" Mar 3.—Three per Cent Reduced, 891—New Three
per Cent. Stock, 904 —Ditto, for aeconnt, 9th May, Bee—Ditto,
for new account, Ms—lndia the per Cent, stock tranderabis
at the Bank of Ireland,, 188}—United States Bonds, 5-10 years,
ft per cant lamed 10821, 111. account—National Beak (ZlO paid)
for account b11132-13itto, for new acconnt,62 —National of Liver-
pool 11Jmited) eta paid), 13—Ditto, for account, 11—Provin-
cial Bank (4.2.5 pakh, 04—Belfast and Northern Counties AI
paid', 44i —Midland Great Western (Altopa d', 164—Great
Southern and Western Pour per Cent, perpetual (6100 paid), 94

MR. CHAS. DICKENS AND THE AMERICAN
PUBLISHERS.
ETp to the publication of " Dombey and Son,''
Mr. Dickens had never received anything from this side of
the water for any reprint of his books. It was understood
that he was rather more angry with Mews. Harper and
Brothers than with any other American publishers. They
had just began publishing their New Monthly Matia:ine,
and the publishers of The International Magazine were con-
testing with the Harpers the first place in our periodical
literature. After a severe and indecisive struggle of a year,
one of the conductors of the the International conceived
an ides which, if successfully carried out, would have
given the victory to that magazine ; one of its publishers
was going abroad, and was authorised to secure from Mr.
Dickens " • Ivanced sheets " of hie next novel for publica-
tion in the International. The steamer on which he had
sailed bad hardly got out of eight before Dr. Griswold, of
the international, bad given to the Erening Post a sensa-
tional paragraph stating that Mr. Dickens had been en-
gaged to write for the International Maga:ine a new novel,
for which he wee to be paid 2,000 dollars—a sum
larger in 1850 than in 1867, and considered very large for
the favour demanded. The watchful Harpers sent out on
the next steamer a messenger who went directly to Mr.
Dickens. and found him ready for any reasonable offer.
The Post with Dr. Griswold's paragraph being shown him,
heat once decided to bold the Yankees on the terms therein
set forth, and agreed for the 2,000 dollars to furnish
Harper and Brothers with advanced chests of the next
novel, which was "Bleak House." The messenger of
the International had made the very great blunderof going
1 to Mr. Dickens's publisher instead of to Mr. Dickens him-
, self, was told that Mr. Dickens was busied about private
theatricals which would possibly absorb bin attention foran
indefinite period. and that no new novel was in con-
templation. In fact, it very probable that, on
account of the bargain with Harpers. " Bleak House "
was written before it otherwise would have been. How-
ever this may be, the gentleman who represented the Inter-
national rested satisfied with what he he.l been told,
and, without seeing Mr. Dickens, proceeded to the
Continent in search of health, while Harpers'
shrewder messenger ;leer red the coveted prize,
and the publishers of the In,ernatiovol soon transferred
their subscription list to their competitors. It ap-
pears then that Messrs. Stringer and Townsend took the
first step, albeit an abortive one, in the business of pitying
English authors for advanced sheets, a good custom, and
one which seems to have benefited Mr. Dickens alone to
the extent of about 60,000 dole. 'To this let as add, as
connected with the subject, that one of the firm of Hurd
and Houghton, being in England a few years since, offered
to pay Mr. Dickens a certain share of the profits on the
"Household Edition" which they publish. This Mr.
Dickens would not receive, considering himself debarred
by his agreement with Mews. Harper and Brothers.—Nes
York Notion, April 25.