The Sun.
London, England, 1867-11-02 00:00:00

Mit. LOWE AT EDINBURGH.

EDINBURGH, Nov. 1.
This evening Mr. Robert Lowe, M.P., delivered
an address at the Philosophical Institution, Edin-
burgh, on public education. After expressing ho
views on the compulsory system of elementary
tuition, he spoke of the necessity of a complete
reform of the higher education, of breaking down
the ascendancy of Greek and Latin, and giving 3
fair stage for the neglected branches of study--
English history, law and letters, the modern
languages, and the physical sciences. He did not
despise Latin, Greek, and mathematics, but he
wished all branches of instruction to be put en
equal terms, and that parents should be left to
choose what branches should be studied by their
children. Unless our higher education was brought
into accord with the necessities of the age the
higher classes would not recover the influence they
were likely to lose by impending political changes•
The lecture was received with immense cheering.

IVIARKETS—(This Day.)

COVENT GARDEN.

Apples, 4s to 88 ; walnuts, 8s to 12s per bushel ; figS,
is to 3s; poache, 8s to 15s; pears, 2s to 3s per dozen'
filberts, Is ; grapes, is 6d to 3s ; pine apples, 3s to Os Per
lb ; oranges, Os to Os per 100; artichokes, 2s to 4s ; beet'
is to 28 ; cabbages, Os Od to Os ; cauliflowers, 3s to 66;
parsnips, Od to Os • tomatoes, 2s to 33 per dozen; carrnte,
6d to 13d; herbs, id to 4d; turnips, 4d to 6d per bunch'
celery, is to is 6d; horseradish, 3s to 5s per bundle ; endive,
Is 6d to 2s ; lettuces, is to is 6d per score ; onions, 4s 10
ss; spinach, 2s to 3s per bushel; potatoes, 80s to 150 s Per
ton.

POULTRY.
Turkeys, 5s to 8s; geese, Gs Od to 8s Od; ducks, 2s 3d t°
3s Od ; tame rabbits, is 3d to 2s; wild ditto, is to is 3d;
pigeons, 6d to 8d ; pheasants, 3s Gd to 4s 6d ; partridg 6d es,
is to is 6d ; hares, 2s 6d to 4s ; grouse, is 6d to 2s
snipes, is to is Gd ; teal, Gd to 9,x ; wild ducks, 2s 3d
t°
to
'2s 6d ; plover, 6d to 9d • Surrey fowls (per couples) Ss
lOs ; Surrey chickens, 4s 6d to 6s ; barn door fowls, 4s to
6s Od ; English eggs, lOs to 12s per 100; Tench ditto, 96
to lOs ; fresh butter, is to is 3d per lb.

NEWPORT.
3 0 to 4 6 Veal 3 6 to 4
Mutton

Per 81b8 by.the carcase.
WHITECHAPEL.
Beef
4
Mutton 32to 4 6 j Pork
Per 81b by the carcase.
HIDES AND SKINS. 31c1
Market Hides, 561 b to 641 b, 3d to 3id ; 641 b to 721 b,
to 31d ; 721 b to 801 b, 31d to 3-id; 801 b to 881 b, 31-d to 41. t
881 b to 961 b, 41d co 5d ; 961 b to 1041 b, 5d to bid; 1041 b °
1121 b, 5d to 51d ; horse hides, Os Od to Os Od. Calfskil
light, 2s •
Od to 4s Od; full, 7s Od. Sheepskins, P°ll°Ad
58 Od to 7s Od ; half-breds, 4s Od to 4s 6tl; downs, 3°
to 4s Od.

HAY.
SMITHFIELD.—Meadow hay, 52s 6d to 80s ; clover, 605 t°
105 s ; and straw, 32s to 38s per load. A fair trade. u
CUMBERLAND. —Meadow hay, 55s to 85s Od ; clover, 605
to 105 s ; and straw, 32s to 38s per load. Moderate sufPni:
WHITECHAPEL.—Meadow hay, 55s to 85s Od ; clover, 6v-
to 107 s 6d ; and straw, 32s to 38s per load. Demand /IEOI

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