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“Ade this public and private grief R‘ Is satisfactory to me to be able to name you that my relations with THE KING'S SPEECH. The King's speech was as follows:‘ "My Lords and Gentlemen: I ad- dress your for the first time at a. moment of national sorrow. when the whole country is mourning the irre- parable loss we have so recently sus- tained, and which has fallen with peculiar severiyty on myself. My be- loved mother. during her long and glorious reign. has a‘et an example before the world of what amonarch should be. It is my eon-nest desire to walk in her footsteps. The King wore a field Marshal's ohnpeau when he read his speech. His voice was clear and firm. After the reading of the spuovh the procession was reâ€"formed. the King proceeded to the robimg-room, numbed, and left Westminster inn the State carriage. The King and the Queen arrived at Westminster at 1.57. The arrival of their Majesties was greeted with an uproar of cheers and ringing of church bells, and the firing of a Royal salute, in St. James’ park. Then the great officers of State and the others who were to take part in the ceremony as- sembled in order to receive their Ma- jesties. Upon the King- and Queen alightimg from the State carriage, the procession was quickly formed, and proceeded to the robiug-room, where His Majesty donned the royal robes. The King and the robed procession advanced to the House of Lords, and as sobn as His Majesty was enthronâ€" ed the Lord Great Chamberlain reâ€" ceived the Royal command to summon thh members of the House of Com- moms to hear the speech from the throne. was filled to its capacity by the high- est and noblest of the Kingdom, the greater part of the floorspace being occupied by peeresses and other ladies introduced by peers. IThe whole scene was brilliant in the extreme. Dia» mdnds flashed out of the folds of the black dresses of the ladies, and color was added by the robes of the peers and the State officials. On the arrival of the members of the House of Commons in the House of Lords the King took the oath and then (read his speech. The assemblage stood while the speech was read. .The King did not wear the Crown. Black Red, General Sir Michael Bidâ€" dulph reached the House of Com- mons, at 2.20 p.m., and the members headed by the Speaker, Mr. William Court Gully, proceeded to the House of Lord. The Duke of Cornwall and York was not present in the House of Lords. FIVE CARRIAGES OF STATE. containing uniformed officials and la- dies of the household, each drawn by six horses, with postilions and outridâ€" era, led the procession. Next came the massive State chariot, the occupants of which were plainly seen through the plateâ€"glass windows, the King,who was in full uniform. saluting constant- ly, and the Queen bowing. The pro- cession speedily traversed the short route to an accompaniment of roars andfilmuts and reached the Royal enâ€" trance to the Palace of Westminster, beneath the Victoria Tower. at the ap- pointed time. A despatch from London says :â€"The first Parliament of the reign of King Edward VII. was opened on Thursday afternoon by the King in person. His Majesty was accompanied by Queen Alexandra, the Duke of Yor'k and Cornwall, the Duke of Connuupj'nt, and many others of the Royal family. The route of the Royal party,which lay through the Mall, the Horse Guards parade, Whitehall, and Parliaâ€" ment street, was guarded by five thouâ€" sand soldiers. Thousands of Londonâ€" elrs packed St. James’ park, bordered the route of the procession, and filled windows, stands, and roots. The cor- tege was short but spectacular. The Royal coach, drawn by eight famous cream-colored Hamoverizvns, with poatiJiozus in red and gold liveries, and footmen leading the horses, which were covered with trappings of moâ€" rocoo and gilt, was preceded and fol- lowed by Life Guards in full uniform, with silver breastplates and red- plumed helmets, and a small escort of Gentlemen-at-Arfirs. in historic cos- tumes, immether surrounded the vehicle. All the Pomp and Splendor of the Royal Court Attended the Open= ing of Parliament. KHNG EBWARD’S SPEECH THE DMINUTIVE CHAMBER "The establishment of the Austra- lian Commonwealth was proclaimed at Sydney, January let, with many manifestations of popular enthusiasm and rejoicings. My deeply beloved and lamented mother had asented to the visit of the Duke of COrnwall and York to open the first Parliament of the new Commonwealth! in her name. A separation from my son, especially at such a moment, cannot be otherwise than deeply painful, but Istill desire to give effect to her late Majesty's wishes, and as evidence of her inter- est, as well as of my own, in. all that concerns the weltare of my subjects beyond the seas, Ihave decided that the visit to Australia shall not be abandoned, and shall be extended to New Zealand and the Dominion of Canada. "The expedition organized for the suppression of the rebellion in Ashanti was crowned with signal success. The endurance and gallantry of my native troops, ably commanded by Sir James Willcocks, and led by British officers, have overcome both the stubborn re- sistance of the most warlike tribes of West Africa, and the exceptional diffiâ€" culLies of the climate, and Season of the country in which the operations were conducted. The garrison of Coo-1 massie, which was besieged by the‘ enemy, has been relieved aftera proâ€"‘ longed and gallant defence. The pring cipel Kings have surrendered, and the‘ chief impediment to the progress of the deveIOpment of this rich portion of my \Vest African possessions has5 now, I hope, been finally removed. “The demise of the Crown renders it necessary that renewed provision shall be made for the civil list. I place unreservedly at your disposal those hereditary revenues whlch were so placed by my predecessor. and I have commanded that the papers messary for a full consideration of the subject shall be laid before you. “My Lords and Gentlemen; “Proposals will be submitted to your judgment for increasing the ef- ficiency o! my military forces. "Certain changes in the constitu- tion of the Court of Final Appeal are "The prolongation of the hostilities in South Africa has led me to makea further call on the patriotism and de- votion of Canada and Australasia. l rejoice that my request has met with a prompt and loyal response, and large additional contingents from those c010- nies will embark for the seat of‘Jvar at an early date. "The suffering and mortality caused by the prolonged drought ina large portion of my Indian Empire have been greatly alleviated by aseasonable rainfall, but Iregret to add that in parts of the Bombay Presidency dis- tress of a serious character still con- tinues, which my officers are using every endeavor to mitigate. "Gentlemen of the House of Commons: "The estimates for the year will be laid before you. Every care has been taken to limit thgir amount, but the naval and military requirements of the country, and especially the outâ€" lay consequent upon the South Afri- can war. have involved an inevitable increase. "The capture of Pekim by the allied forces and the happy release of those who were besieged in the legations, results to which my Indian troops and my naval forces largely con- tributed, have been followed by the submission of the Chinese Governâ€" ment to the demands insisted on by tihe powers. Negotiations are pro- ceeding regarding the manner in which compliance with these demands in to be effected. "I greatly regret the loss of life and expenditure of treasure due to tho fruitless guerilla warfare maintained by BOG/1' partisans in the former ter- ritories of the two republics. Their earrly submission is much to be de- sired in tJheir own interests, as until it takes place it will be impossible for me to establish im those colonies the institutions which will secure the equal rights of all the white in- habitants and protection and justice tor the native population. the other powers conti'nue friendly. The waxr in Soutlh Africa is not yet en- tirely termimated, but the capitals of the enemy atn-d'hiis principal lines of commumicatriian are in my possession. and, measures have been taken which will. I must enable my troops to deal effectually with the forces by which they are still opposed. Eggsâ€"Gold weather restricts the supply of fresh eggs, but there is no scarcity, Prices are as follow-:â€" Strictly new laid, 22 to 23¢; fmh Strictly new laid, 22 to 23¢; fresh gathered, 17c; cold stored, 16c; lined, 15c. Butterâ€"Demand for choice dairies and creameries fair. and prices firm. Quotation are as toilmvmâ€"Duiry, tubs and pails, choice, 17 1-2 to 18 1-20; medium, 16 to .16 1-20; poor, 13 to 16¢; dairy prints, choice, 18 1-2 to 19 1-2c; large rolls, good to choice, 17 to 180; creameries, boxes, 22 to 23c; and pounds, 23 to 24¢. Buffalo, Feb. 19.â€"Flonrvâ€" Steady; little doing; No“ 1 Northern, small lot, 83 8-4c; No. 1 Northern, new, 83 1-40. Winter wheat â€" Dull. Cornâ€" Closing bids 1-40 under asking prices, which were:â€"-No. 2 yellow, 43c; No. 3 do., 42 3-40; No. 2corn, 42 3-4:); No. 3 (10., 42 1-20, through billed. Oatsâ€"0f- terings light, good demand; No. 2 white. 31 1-4 to 31 1-26; No. 3do., 30 l-2c; No. 2 mixed, 28 1-4 to 28 1-20; No. 3 do., 280, through billed. Barleyâ€" Noth%ng done to~day, Ryeâ€"No. 2 on track, 560; No. I'm store, 570 asked. DAIRY MARKETS. Cheeseâ€"Full cream, July and Aug» ust make, Bella at 10 1-2 to 110. Chicago, Feb. 19.â€"Wheat â€" Ruled nervouN and irregular to-day, and closed 3-8c net lower. Corn establish- ed ahother high mark for the option, and closed 1-2 to 580 over, yesterday. Oats closed 1-8c up, and provisions: 2 to 2 l-Zc improved. Oatmealâ€"Car lots of rolled oats, in bags, on track here, are quoted at $3.25 per bbl; and in wood, at $3.35. Duluth, Fob. 19.â€"â€"Wheat-â€"Cash, No. 1 hard 75 3-80; No. 1 Northern, 73 3â€"80; No. 2 do., 63 3-8 to 69 3-8c;No. 3 spring, 55 to 620; May, 75 3-80; July, 77c. Cornâ€"371-2c. Oatsâ€"26 1-4 to 260. Milwaukee, Feb. 19.â€"\Vheatâ€"Dull; No. 1 Northern. 75 1-2 to 760; No. 2 do», 72 to 740. Ryeâ€"Steady; No. 1, 530. Barleyâ€"Steady; No. 2, 600; sam- ple, 40 to 56 1â€"2c. Minneapolis. Feb. 19.â€"-Wheatâ€" Cash, 74 1-80; May, 74 5-8 to 74 3-40; July, 75 1â€"40; on track; No. 1 hard,76 1-40; No. 1 Northern, 74 1-20; No. 2, do., 69 7-8 to 71 1-20. Flourâ€"Quiet. Export agents bid $2.60 for straight roller, in buye-rs’ bags, middle freights; and $2.65 is asked by the mills, which do not do their own exporting. Choice brands are quoted from 10 to 15:: above these figures. Barley‘â€"Firm. No. 2. east, 421-20, and middle freights, 420; No. 3 extra. 40 1â€"20 east; and 400, middle freights. Toronto, Feb. 19,â€"Wheatâ€"Quota- Lions are as follows;â€"Red winter. 65 1â€"20; white, 65 1-20, middle heights; spring wheat, 671-20; goose, 65 1-20, low heights to New York; Manitoba; No. 1 hard, ovld, g.i.t., 980; No. 2. 94c; No. 1. hard, North Bay, 970; No. 2 hard Cornâ€"Dull. No.1 American. yel- low. 45c; No. 3, yellow. 450; No. 2, yel- low. 440. Ryeâ€"Steady. Oar lots, 480, west; and 480, east. Buckwheatâ€"Quiet. Car lots, west are quoted at 49c; and east, at 500 OatsfiFirm. No. 1 white, east, 29 1â€"40; No. 2 white. north and west, 28 1â€"40. 2-.Iillfeedâ€"Scarce and firmn Ton Lots‘ at the mill door, sell as follows; â€"-Bran, $13 to $13.50; and. shorts. $15. west. Peasâ€"Firm" No. 2 sold, middle freight. at 63 1-20; and east at 64c. rendered necessary in consequence of the increased resort to it which has resulted from the expansion of the Empire during the last two generaâ€" Lions. "Legislation will be proposed to you for the amendment of the law relat- ing to education. "Legislation has been prepared. and if the time at your disposal proves lo be adequate. it will be laid before you. for the purpose of regulating the woluntary sale of landlords to occupy- ing tenants in Ireland; for amending .lnd consolidating the factory and workshops acts; for the better admin- istration of the law respecting luna- tics; far amending the public health acts in regard to water supply; for the prevention of drunkenness in licensed houses and public places; and for amending the law of literary copyright. MARKETS OF THE WORLD "I pray that Almighty God may continue to guide you in the conduct at your deliberations. and that He may bless them with success." Prices of Cattle. Cheese. Gram. &c in the Leading Marxesa. Poultryâ€"Receipts light. Prices to: BREADSTUEFFS, ETC. PRODUCE. bright stock are as gallows zâ€"Turkeyl, 10 to _11(:; geeSe ,at 8 to 8 LR: chickens, at 30 to 40c; and ducks, at‘ 50 to 700. Cold stored turkeys and geese an quoted lcalb., under bright stock. Cold stored or frozen stock slow sale. There was not much doing in sheep and lambs to-day. and prices were about maintained, with the suspicion of weakness in 121mm if not strictly of the first-class. Hogs are unchanged. Hogs to fetch the top price must be of prime quality, and scale not be- low 160 nor above 200 pounds. Shippers, per cwt S 4 00 Butcher, choice (10.. 400 Butcher, com. to good... 350 ButcheI. inferior...... ..... . 275 Stockeu'a. per cwt ..... . 275 Expotrt bulls, per cwt ...... 3250 Sheep and Lambs. Expat ewes, per cwt ...... 3‘ Butcher sheep, each ......... 2‘ Lambs. per cwt ............... 4 Bucks ............... Field produce, etc.,â€"Turnips out of store, 300 per bag; onions, 700 per bag; carrots, 350 per bag; apples, per bbl. $1 to $2 ; sweet potatoes, per bbl., $2.50. Honeyâ€"Firm. Dealers quote from 9 8-4 to 100, per 1b.; for 5, 10 or (SO-lb tins, according to the size of order. honey sells at $2.40 to $2.75 per dozen sections. After getting near the doors be trween the two shafts this party was fielrced back, having encountered fire- damp, and they had to race at all speed batxlmralrd1 in order to avoid be- ing overcome by the QUICK TRAVELLING GASES. Between the two pits fires were found 'to be raging, but whether this is be- cause coul has been fired or the broken mining timber is burning is not certain. [Potatoesâ€"Steady at 280 for earlots on track here, and 350. out of store. Dried applesâ€"Dried apples sell at 3 1â€"2 to 40; and evaporated at 5 to 5 1>20. Beansâ€"Ordinary white beans bring $1.20 to $1.25 ; choice handâ€"picked beans are quoted at $1.40 to $1.45. Followimg is the range 01 qmta‘ thong;â€" At this writing volunteers and the officials are straining every effort to clear the obstruction in the shaft, and to reach the unfortunates below. ENulmber Gshatt is nearly 600 feet deep, and the wark'mg‘s are connected with the shaft of numbetr 5, which is a mile and a half away. A moumted man dashed across at once to the place, and a search party was sent down into the workings from num- The fan and hoisting gear is intact, and many look for the mine to be hot- tamed toâ€"nright. £11 hope has been about abandoned, however, that any men wouLd be taken out alive. A despatch from Victoria. B.C., says: â€"The town of Cumberland, which lies across from Union Bay, where the Alaskan liners call to fill their coal bunkers, was shaken by amnst ter- rific explosion at 10.30 on Friday morning. The source was located at No.6, which is situated right in the mining town. In a very few minutes crowds gathered at the pit-head, and workers hurried here and there the majority labouring under great excitement, doing whatever could be done, which, sad to say, was little. After the explosion there came fire and entombed in this hell of fallen coat. broken and crushed imiininV-g timbers, and debris are sixtyâ€"five men, forty of whom are whites, and the remainder Asiatic. The staff of workers known to be in the mine are oompwted at that number. and since the explosion none have reached the surface. From the force of the ex- plosion. which cowered the ground in vicinity of the pit-head witha layer of crushed and broken mine timber, men of experience fear bhe worst. Lit- tle hope is expressed that any of the unfortunates imprisoned below will be brought out alive. . A despatch from Cumberland late Friday night says a sjecond attempt Rescue parties ineffectually tried, also, from the pit of number six, to get down to the [buried men. but they were unable to get to the bot- tom, the cage not being lowered with safety more than two-thirds of the way down. 85 MEN IN BURNING MINE. Fire Follows an Explosion in the Colliery at Cumberland, British Columbia. Cattle. 300 250 250 3500 425 375 300 325 450 350 485 300 The Governmrnt is organizing medi- cal expeditions fer the territory in question, and is sending food to the people. Itisnow officially admitted that the deaths were caused by a plague outbu-eak by eatimg the carcasses of diseased cattle owing to the scarcity 0: other food. Ale the carcasses or Ill-cased (finale I0 Appraise Hunger. A despatch to the London Daily Mail from St. Petersburg says that many thousands of persons have died on the Khirgiz Steppes, of what was called hunger typhus. The scene on the top floor of num- ber 6 baffles description. Twisted pipe, scraps of iron- and wood, splinters from several pounds’ weight down to sawdust, some being blown clear from the bottom, the whole covered with black damp. One cage was near the bottom when the explosion took place, the other near the top. The latter was blown nearly to the pulleys, when the clutches held her without injury. N0 HOPE ENTERTAINED. Victoria, 3.0., Feb. 17.-â€"A second en plosion of tire-damp has occurred at the Cumberland mine of the Union Colliery Company, where sixty miners have been entombed since Friday morning. The second explosion oo- c‘u'rred in the No. 5 shaft, through which repeated efforts had been made during the day to reach the ontombed men, who are in No. 6 shaft. Everything within a radii: of hall a mile from the shaft heads is cover- ed with a deposit of black dust ton depth of several inches, like a pall 101 the desolated village. The rescm party which hastened to the mine from here on Friday are at work, but there is no hope now that any! of the miners are still alive. Brilliant Bayonet Charge by a. Body of Yeomanx’y. Av despntoh. trom Kimberley says;â€" The Boers fired on the scouts of a convoy [returning to Modder river from Koffyfontebn, in the Winter- hoek hills. Three Cape boys were wounded. Dennison’s Scout! and a party of Imperial Yeomanry then charged the enemy, who lost 17 killed and a number wounded. Vflhe charge was covered by a 15-pournder and two pom‘poms. The enemy broke and fled in two parties. to reach the men from number ishaft failed. All Mac men are out of that shaft. and a second explosion is feared. The force of the conâ€" cussion was so great that the men in number 5 shaft were nearly thrown off thuir tuet. Thu. m'ne boxes were whirled over n mule, which was killed. There were no fatalities from the second explosion, as the danger 01 that part of the mine, gm ing became so apparent‘ that the men were ordered out 01 it a half hour before. This afternoon Manager little, In- spectoa' of Mines MoGregor, Thoma! Russell. and anumber of other mi-nâ€" Lug engineers went down and were below about two hours. They report- ed on coming up that they had pro- ceeded iin Isome 800 or 900 feet or more. and had met body gas. They were pleased with the progress nude. and some ’believe that they will bemble to get through to No. Gshaft and endea‘ vent to take out bodies to- morrow or Tuesday. No. 6 shaft is flooded to a depth of 42 feet, this having been fonmd sufficient to ex- tinguish! the fire, for the party which went down No. 5 shaft found no smoke or Sign of fire. Cows, each ..................... Calves, each ..... . ........... . Hogs. Choice hogs, pert cwt...... LLtht hogs, pea- cwt...... Heavy hogs, per cwt Sows ........... . .. Stags.. 'I‘he official report states t‘hut there were 61 men in the mine at the time of the explosion. of whom 20 wean whites, nine Japanese, and 82 China- SEVENTEEN BBERS KILLED. THOUSANDS DIE 0F PLAGUE. Milken and Calves. £0 00 2 00 200 000 5'75 50 00 3 00 650 600 575 4 00