The Sun. — London, England, 1865-07-01 00:00:00

MONEY MARKET AND COMMERCIAL INTELLIGENCE. TWELVE O'CLOCK. 'I here is a very strong demand for money, and the supply does not exhibit the slightest increase. The principal borrowers are consequently compelled to resort to the Bank of England, where the rate is quite as low as in the open market. There were no bullion operations at the Bank yesterday. In the foreign exchanges yesterday afternoon there was no material alteration, although the rates were a shade higher in some instances. The application list of Barned's Banking Com pany will close for London on Tuesday, and for the country on Wednesday next. The English Joint-Stock Bank have taken over the Bideford Bank, which was established in 1844, and consisted of four partners, one of whom (Mr. Yelland) remains as manager of the bank. The Southern Insurance Company, one of the leading companies in the colony of Victoria, has opened an office at No. 2, Moorgate-strcet, under the management of an influential board of London directors. The transfer books of the Warrant Finance Company will be closed from the 3d to the 10th July, previously to the declaration of a dividend. The imports of specie during the week amount to £805,742, and the exports to £149,174. Two o'CLocK. At the Paris Bourse this morning, according to Reuter's telegram, the 3 per Cent. Rentes were 66f. 55c. Heavy. The quietude, accompanied by heaviness, has been the principal feature of the Market for the English Funds to-day, and Consols are quoted 901 for money and the 6th inst., and at 901 1 for August. The approaching elections and the disposition generally evinced by the public to take advantage of the holi day season conduce to the quietude of business. Foreign Stocks are dull, and generally lower. Turkish 6 per Cents., 1862, are 701 711 ; do. Con solides, 481 491 ; Mexican, 231 4 ex div. ; do. New, 221 g ex div. ; Greek, 201 21 ; Spanish Passive, 29i 301; do. Certificates, 14f 15 ; Italian, 661 ; and Confederate Loan, 6 8. In the Railway Share Market the dealings have been moderately active, and prices have shown a slight improvement. South - Eastern, Lancashire and Yorkshire, Metropolitan, Midland, and North- Eastern have each improved 55., while Great Wes tern have declined 1. The Foreign and Colonial lines show little varia tion of importance. Bank and Miscellaneous shares continue at steady rates. London and South African are marked 19i- ; Union of London, 554 561 ; National Discount Company, 154 4 ; and Peninsular and Oriental Steam,ll7sl. Subjoined are the current quotations of some of the principal new undertakings :—Hop and Malt Exchange Warehouses, if 14 1 pm. ; General Ex change Bank, / 1 pm. ; Steam Biscuit and Flour, 1 1/ pm. ; New Issue of 50,000 Preference Shares of £5 each of the Atlantic Telegraph Company, I pm. ; Downs Docks Shares, f 1 pm.; Grange Town Iron, 1 14 pm. ; Russian Ironworks 8 and 10 pm. ; London Bridge Land, 1 a pm. ; Northern Assam Tea Company,par / pm. ; British India, &c., Trust and Agency Company, 14 2 pm. ; London Quays and Warehouses, par 4 prem. ; London, Windsor, &c., Hotels, 18 24 pm. ; West London Freehold Ground Rent Association, 1 2 pm. ; Peruvian Rail ways, 24 34 pm. ; Blakely Ordnance, 34 4 pm. ; Barned's Banking Company, 1/ I pm. ; Gowhatty Tea Company, 4 1 prem. ; Austin Consolidated Silver Mines Company, 4 1 pm. ; Dalbeattie and Kirkconnell Granite Company, 11 2 pm. ; East London Railway Scrip, 4 14 pm. ; do., paid up, par 4 pin. ; London and Mediterranean Bank, 3 4 pm. BRITISH FUNDS-CLOSING PRICES. GOVERNMENT FUNDS. 3 per Cent. Consols Do. Account, Juno 6 a per Cent. Reduced 894 1 Now 3 per Cent B9± New 21 per Cent. Jan. 1894 Do. 5 per Cent. Jan. 1873 Annuities, 30 yrs, expire sth Jan., 1880 Do. for 30 yrs, expire sth April, 1885 — Do (Red Sea Telegraph), Aug., 1908 — Exchequer Bills, £l,OOO, 3 SL 31 per Cent Do. £5OO par 4 pm Do. £lOO and £2OO Bank of England Stock, 51 per Cent — Do Account INDIAN GOVERNMENT SECURITIES. Indian Stock, 101 per Cent., April 1874 shut Do. Account Do. 5 per Cent. July, 1870 Do. 4 per Cent., Aug. 1866 look Do. Account Do. 4 per Cont., Oct. 1888 Do. Certificates Do. Enfaced Paper 4 per Cent Do. 5 per Cent., Jan. 1872 Do. 51 per Cent., May 1879 Do. Bonds, £l,OOO Do. under £l,000 FOREIGN FUNDS—CLOSING PRICES. Austrian Bon,' 5 per Cent Ads, Brazilian 5 per Cent Do. 41 per Cent., 1852-58-60 Do. 1863 Buenos Ayres 6 per Cent Do. Account Do I per Cent. (Deferred 3 per Cent.) Chilian 6 per Cent Do. 44 per Cent — Colombian 6 per Cent. — Cuba, 6 per Cent. Danish 3 per Cent., 1825 — Do. 4 per Cent., 1863 — Do. 5 per Cent., 1773-77, £25 paid — Danubian Principalities Do £B6 paid — .Equador New Consolidated, 1 per Cent — Do., Provisional Land Warrant — Egyptian 7 per Cent 96 Do., Second Issue 969 Do. 1864 934 4 Do £lOO Bonds' 94t 34 Greek 5 per Cents., 1824-5, ex Coupons Do Account... — Do. Coupons Guatemala 5 per Cent. — Do. 1839 and 1850 — Italian 5 per Cent (Maremmana Railway) Do 1865 Do Scrip, £674 paid — dis Do 5 per Cent, 1864 — Do. Scrip, £55 paid DJ exican 3 per Cent. — Do. Account Do 1864 — 1)o 6 per Cent. Anglo-French — Do French Scrip, Ex. 25f 20c — Montevideau 6 per Cent., £3O paid Moorish Imperial 5 per Cent New Granada Do 2 per Cent Do Deferred Do Land Warrants (Hectares) Peruvian 44 per Cent. Do Scrip, £45 paid, paid in Bonds — dis Do 3 per Cent. (Uribarren) — Do 44 per Cent., 1862 Do. Account Portuguese 3 per Cent., 1853 Do Account — Do 3 per Cent., 1856, '7, '9, '6O, '62, '3, 471 Do Account — Russian 5 per Cent., 1822, £ St., Do 41 per Cent., 1850 Do 1860 Do 3 per Cent., 1859 Do 5 per Cent., 1862 Do 1864 Sardinian 5 per Cent — Do. Account Spanish 3 per Cent Do Account Do New Deferred ..... Do Account Do Passive Do Account — Spanish Cert. of Coup not funded l5 Do Account Swedish 4 per Cent. Do. 41 per Cent. 1861 Turkish 6 per Cent. 1854 Do Account .................. Do 6 per Cent. 1858 .... Do Account Do £lOO Bonds ....................... Do 6 per Cent. 1862 .......... .............. Do Account .................................... 701 1 Do £lOO Bonds Do 5 p er Cent. 1865 Do Scrip, £2O paid Do Guaranteed, 4 per Cent Venezuela 3 per Cent. Do. 6 per Cent, 186 4 Do. Account Do 6 per Cent., 1864 — Do. 11 per Cent — Dividends on the above payable in London. Austrian, 5 per Cent., Es. 10 Florins Belgia n , 41 per cent., Ex. 25f. Dutch 21 per Cent., Ex. 12 Gull — Do. 4 per Cent. Certificates — French Routes ' 41 per Cent. Do. A ccoun t Italian 5 per Cent., 1861, Ex. 25f. Do. Account TWO O'CLOCK. Consols - DO. A.QCO at 301 7 7 2 9 1 SHARE MARKETS—This day. Share Railways. I 13. H tir., \Vol., & str. Val Blyth and Tyne Bristol and Exeter Caledonian Cork and Bandon Cornwall Do. A 14- gets no div. Do. B been paid to B Dublin & Belfast June Dun,.Perth, & A b.Junc. Edinburgh & Glasgow Glasgow & S. Western Great Eastern, Ord. stk. Do. E. Angl. st. No. '2 Great North of Scotland Great Northern DA stock 95 17 1321 133 t ti 6i 62 66 16 17 90 92 106 1 , 8 48 49 7 8 100 100 100 100 100 130 132 145 1.16 128 32 Do. B . Do. I.N ew, Is. at 25 prr Gt S. and W. of Ireland Gt. Weste n Ori final t) . S. Vr.t. Rail gua. Do. South Wales Do. W. Mid.—Oxford So iS 6'.1 69i 64 6(1 46 48 45 48 !05 , 06 1211 1221 1 94 94 107 ICB 404 I'4 1231 324 981 99 6L 62 bO. Newpo-t Do. He. eford Lane ►shire k Yorkshire LDndon and Blackwali Lon., Brigh., & S Coast Lon., Chat., and Dover Lon. & North Western Lon. & South Western Man., Shet., di Lincoln Maryport and Carlisle Do. = shares .. Metropolitan.... Do. New Mid and Do, liirmin . & Derby !did Gt. W., Ireland Do. A shares Slid Kent .. No th British Do. Ed., PHI ;dr Dun Nth. Eastern Berwick Do. G.N •E purchase Do. Leeds ...... Do. York Do. Carlisle ..... Do. Stock. St Darling. De. do. 1855-58 Do. do. 1860-61 North London Do. New Do. do. 1864 North Staffordshire N. & S. W. Junction Scottish Central Scot. N. E Aber. stock Do. Scot, Mid. stock shrews & Welchpool I Shropshire Union I South Devon youth E stern Staines, Wok., & Wok Taff Vale Do. C Vale of Neath 14! 143 34 31p 134} 135 404 14.6 53 54 z4i 15 112 1121 69 74 101 105 37 38 - -p 9i 10i p 121 123 1 1 3 / 4 j) 79 81 11 3 / 4 12 145 150 it 56 131. 63 56 0 84 85 9 10 156 159 Waterford & Kilkenny West Cornwall W. Hartlepool Har.& It. Do. A irredeemable.. Do. A redeemable .. ORDINARY SHARES AND STOCKS. 4SI i 7i :32 474 8 122 91 108 i 8 41i 123: 4 143 i i3li i 1121 701 I Paid.l Closing I Business Price. done. 69j 1 8 BRITISH P Atlantic St. Lawrence Born., Baroda, Cen.ln. gu. 5 per cei3t.. Do. r shares Buffalo & Lake Huron Do. Preference Buff.,Brant, & Goderich 6 p.c. bds. Aug. 1, 872 Do. do. July 1, 1873 _ . Do. do. June 1, 1174 Calcutta 41; S. E., lim a e Town & Dock, gu Demerara, 7 p.c. per. p• East. Bengal, gu. ' 5 do East ludian, gu. 5 p.c. Do. J Extension Grand Trunk of Canada Do. Equip. Mort, Bonds I charge 6 p.c Do. Ist eref. Bonds Do. do. deferred Do. 2d Pra. Bonds Do. do. deterred I Do..?d Pref. stock Do. do. deferred Do. 4th Pref. stock ' Do. do. deterred Gt. India Pen. gua. 6p.c. o Gua. 5 per cent • _ Do. New gua. 5 p. c Gt. South of India(htn gua. 5 per cent D . 41 per cent Do Great NV, a. of Canada.. Do. New .. Do. 6 p. c. Bda. pay 1873 Do. 5, do. pay. 1877-8 Indian Branch, limited Madras, gua. 5 p.c Do. 41 do Do. 4i do Do. Filth Extension Melb. Cor. 6 p. c. Bnds. Mel. & Hudson's Bay New Brunswick & Can Class A and B .1. I.C'da, pc lst pi.bds Scindc Do. Delhi Do. do Do. Pun; aub ~s g al Do. Indus SE Flo 3 1p 104 106 47 45 79 81 ISIONS. 57 50 101 102 pr iP 41 41 98 09 70 75 100 102 104 105 102 103 iP 1V j E 8 9 0 65 6 6 55 60 57 5 S 50 5 2 45 4 43 4 5 25 2 251 2 6 102 10 3 102 103 111 11i St 8 1 1 88 VO 81 2.4 1 dd 10(1 101 i 93 05 88 90 66 68 3 5 82 81 99 100 99 1( 0 d 91 lot) 93 96 111 12} COLONIAL GOVERNMENT SECUR British Columbia, 6 per cent., Dec.3l, 1572._ Can.Gov.6 p.c.Ja.,t July 1877-`4 Do 6 p. c. Feb & 1.31,,. sp. c. Mar & Sept 1 )o. 5 p. c. Jan. & July Do. 5 p inscribed sk Cape G.Hope, 6 p.c. 1873 Do. April & Oct. 1880-1 Do. do: 1890-1 Do. Jan. & July, 1691 Ceylon, Nov. 1868, 6 p. c Do. 1878, do Mauritius, 6 p. c, 1873, Jan. and July Do. Iq7B Do. 188?, Mayls, Nov. ;5 Natal .-;ov. 6 per cent N. B. Gov. 6 p.c.Ja.&J uly N. S.W. Gov. 5 p*c., 1866 Do. 5 p c. 18 1 to 1876 • _____ Do. 5 p.c. 1888 to 189: New Zealand, 6 p. cent Do. 6 per cent.... Nova Sc,,tia Gov. 6 p. c sterling, 1875 Queensland Gov. 6 p. c S. Aus.Gov. 6 p,c 1888-9 Do. 1878 & upwards VicAlov. 6 p.c.Ja &July Do. do, A pril & Oct BRITI: Cam Consol. Gold, lim Chiverton Clifford A malgamated Devon G. Cons. (Taoist Drakewalls East Bassett (Illogan).. East Caradon as Carn Brea East Grenville East Love.l E. VPI Russell (Tavistk Gam.& StA übyn(G wen. Great L txey, limited Great South Tolgus G. Wheal Vor (Heist Grenville Herod's Foot Hingston Downs - - Margaret (Uny Lelant Marke Valley Mwyndy Iron Ore, Nangiles New Se ton North Downs North Roskear Bassett (I Ilog•an North Wheal Crotty Prosper Pr vidence Uny Lvlant S. Caradon (St. Cleer) S.Wheal Fran. (Illogan stray Park Tin Croft West Bassett (Mogan W. Caradon (L•skeard i West Chiverton West Seton Wheal Bassett 'lllogan Wheal Buller (Redruth whea Ludoutt Wheal Mary Ann (Men. Wheal Seton Wheal Tielawney (Lis Wheal nit 100 100 104 100 100 190 100 103 1 , 0 100 100 98 100 97 09 97 19 85 87 85 S 7 101 IG3 105 107 105 107 108 110 102 104 1 4 .1 109 104 106 107 109 165 107 102 104 97 99 100 102 94 96 92 94 104 106 87 90 97 100 105} 106 i 111 M. 107 10? 109. 114 2.1.0 INES. 2.14.6 3.4.0 2.7.0 2.13.6 9.10.6 60i all 1.1.0 7.8.3 8.13 4.18.0 go 4.3.0 21i 3 322 3.10.6 2.8.0 7.1.6 10.6.7 3.12.81 ol 81 25 27 595 605 1 15 18 121 131 6 Of 21 2 10 11 31 41 2 4 20 21 11 2} 30f 316 21 3 41 43 2} 3 2} 3 5 5 2f l 1 } 16 18 35 45 15 17 i 2 Li 2! 3 32 490 500 15 2) 13 15 16{ 174 6} 7, 8 101 75 5) 180 190 8# 85 15 20 11 13 200 205 16i 17i PREFERENCE SHARKS. Great Western, West Midland, Newport perp. 6 per cent. opt. till '6 , 123 North Eastern, Cons. pref., 4 per cent., Ditto, 4i per cent. red., 99k. PREFERENCE SHARES AND STOCKS. Great Eastern 4 per cent. Ditto, • per cent. pf., 100 Ditto, new, 5 per cent., 100 South Eastern, t per cent. Charing-cross, 1863, 100 LINES LEASED AT FIXED RENTALS. Chester and Holyhead, Ditto, 5 pa cent., 111 London anti Chatham, 4 per Cent., 88 Northern and Eastern, 5 per cent., 53) FOREIGN RAIL WAYS. Dutch Rhenish. 231 FOREIGN Cape Copper, Urn., Vallassasza Gold, lim., 2i Washoe Gold, lim., Ditto (£3 , 7} Yorke Peninsula, lira., Yudananautana of l. Australia, lint., lj BANKS. A gra and 31asterman e s, lim., 581 t Albion, 51 1 Alliance, 'mi.. 3(1 . Anglo A ustrian.:,6/ Brazilian and l'Ortllgileße, Um., 81 9 Consolidated Bank, lim., 101 European Bank, lim., 12 Hindustan, china, and Japan (lim.), Ditto, issued at 2 pm., Ditto, new, 91 Imperial Ottoman, 14 18 London Joint Stook, 51 London and South African, 191 Mercantile and Exchange, lim., 71 1 Midland Bank, lim., 18 South Australia, 35 1 Union of London, 541 51 MIS CELLA.N E 0 U 13. Atlantic Telegraph, 8 per cent. gua., 51 City of London Real Property, dm., 3 2} Credit Foncier and Mobilicr of England, 81 1 Crystal Palace. 39 Discount Corporation. 12 Egyptian Corn. and Trading, Urn., 31 Fore-street Warehouse, lim., let Gen. Credit and Finance of London, lim., 5; 6 International Financial society, lim., 81 Italian Land, & London Financial Associationitim., 221 Universal Marine, Insurance, Liverpool Cotton Market—This Day. - 4. Market quiet. Sales, probably 5,000 bales. The Price of Gold. The quotation of gold at Paris is about 1 per Wile pm., and the short exchange on London is 25.17 k per £1 sterling. On comparing these rates with the English Mint pries of S 3 17s, 100. per ounce for standard gold, it appears that gold 111 about 1-1 ( th per cent. dearer in rub than in London. 'OSSE 18.18.9 30.17.6 HIE SUN, LONDON, SATURDAY EYE POLICE INTELLIGENCE.—This Day. MARLBOROUGH-STREET. THE FOREIGN PROSTITUTE NUISANCE IN REGENT-STREET. Clementina Brunetti was charged before Mr. Knox with loitering in Regent-street for an immoral purpose, and also with annoying Mr. Henry Dolby, engraver, of Regent street. _ _ _ Mr. Dolby said that about 10 the previous night he saw the prisoner walking up and down Regent-street as a com mon prostitute, and accosting every gentleman who passed her. He watched her, in company with a constable, for some time, and was about to give her into custody for an noying him as an inhabitant of the street, when she came up and asked him to go home with her. He then gave her into custody. In answer to Mr. Knox, Mr. Dolby said the prisoner had been in the habit of walking up and down Regent-street for several years. Police-constable 201 C corroborated Mr. Dolby's evi dence, and proved seeing the prisoner accost several gentlemen. Mr. Knox fined the prisoner 405., or a month. ROBBERY AT THE ALHAMBRA PALACE.—James Fuller, a plumber, and Thomas Bates, his apprentice, were charged before Mr. Knox with stealing some lead, the property of Mr. F. Strange, of the Alhambra Palace, Leicester-square. Bates was seen this morning with a bag on his shoulder by Mr. Littlejohn, builder, of Central-hill, Norwood, in whose employ the prisoners were. Mr. Littlejohn asked where he was going, and he said to Norwood. His suspi cion being aroused he followed Bates as far as St. Martin's Church and then stopped him, and on putting some ques tions to him he said the bag contained "stuff," and that ho had been sent with it to Mr. Haverson's by Fuller. He told Bates he should give him in charge, and he asked to be taken back to the Palace, and on arriving there the bag was opened, and found to contain lead, the property of Mr. Strange. Fuller then admitted that he had sent the lead by Bates, and that he alone was to blame. The prisoners were then given into custody by Mr. Strange. Fuller put no questions, admitting that all that was said against him was true. Mr. Glover, in the employ of Mr. Strange, having iden tified the load as Mr. Strange's property, 176 0 said that on taking the prisoners into custody Fuller said he did not see why Bates should suffer for him. Mr. Knox remanded the prisoners, but took Bates's own recognisances to appear on the next occasion, when the prisoners will be sent for trial. THE HANDEL FESTIVAL. Israel in Egypt. The following appeared in our Late Edition yesterday : Our notice of this day's performances, we write not without profound emotion. It would be no exaggeration whatever if we were to assert that we do so after having been moved to our very soul by the divine strains of the most colossal of all Handel's sublime Oratorios. And added to the exquisite sense of the admiration produced by the wondrous choral effects of this most marvellous among the chef (rceuvres of the grandest of the world's great musical composers, there comes to us, while writing, the poignant reflection that, for another interval of three years' duration, it will be impossible now to dream of listening to a performance of Handel in any way comparable. Those who have never at tended upon any one of these occasions—upon any one of the Four Grand Full Rehearsals— upon any one of the Three Days into which each of these Four Triennial Festivals (that have now been holden in the Crystal Palace at Sydenham) have been apportioned or subdivided—may perchance be disposed to regard as extravagant the terms in which we are thus con strained to comment upon these wholly unparalleled and purely exceptional performances. Even to their imaginations, however, we might with some degree of confidence appeal for a justification of our enthusiasm—namely, by a simple reference to the statistics of the orchestral arrangements, by the merest casual allusion to the gigantic scale upon which the entire enterprise is carried out triennially. A grand organ that might almost vie with the world-wonder at Haarlem—an arched platform that, in the span of it, is exactly double the dia meter of the dome of St. Paul's Cathedral—as many as four hundred performers on stringed instruments alone, violins, violincellos, harps, double-basses, as many as five hundred instrumentalists in all armed with every conceivable conformation (for musical purposes) of metal, wood, leather, and parchment —choristers gathered together by hundreds upon hundreds, from all parts of the United Kingdom, from great cities scattered over all parts of the European Continent—and, to crown all—confront ing this magnificent aggregate of Four Thousand Interpreters of the Mighty Genius of Handel—tens of thousands of listeners (during these few days set apart for the Triennial Festival), assembled together in a Palace of Crystal that might, both by its own intrinsic beauty and by its exquisite garden-setting, have reflected credit upon the architect of Aladdin, or upon a landscape-gardener fresh from Fairyland. One additional decoration alone there is that we would venture to suggest to the organisers of the se stupendous Festivals,, a decoration that we cannot but think, they might, with advantage in the hereafter, take into their serious considera tion as really worthy, to our fancy, of being no longer overlooked ! The omission of it, indeed, ap pears to us to have been a distinct oversight ! The thought of it occurs to us purely from our sense of gratitude to the memory of that wonderful genius to whose imaginings we are—under the God who inspired them—so immediately indebted for these incomparable Oratorios. The one crowning adorn ment that we would, therefore, here suggest as not unworthy of enhancing still further the majestic appearance of The Great Handel Orchestra upon future Triennial Festivals, is simply, let us now add, some fitting effigy of Handel himself. If only it were a white marble bust, conspicuously placed above the Grand Organ in the centre of the giant Orchestra ! A full-length statue would be preferable, no doubt, but merely a white marble bust would be sufficient. It would, at any rate, be far better than having there no effigy whatever ! The rain clouds, threatening overhead during the last three or four days, at length discharged some portion of ;heir contents to a burst of thunder and a flash or two of the most vivid lightning early in the after noon. As if by way of fitting prelude to those choral celebrations of the descending darkness and the torrent of hailstones experienced by the Israelites in Egypt immediately prior to their exodus into the wilderness. The only results, however, of what at one time augured an effectual damper to the day's enjoyment were an agreeable cooling of the atmo sphere within the Crystal Palace, and an appreci able freshening of the thirsty ground and drooping flowers the garden and rosaries outside. Re membering that this was the last day of the Festival —not alone, according to a prevalent rumour, a merely nominal last day, but in only too serious truth, and, beyond all possible doubt of it, the Last Day of this the Fourth of these Triennial Handel Festivals, the number of visitors surpassed that of the preceding days of the 1865 celebration — surpassed that of " The Messiah,' and that even of the Selections. Nevertheless, the wonder with us was, in very defiance of the fact of the immense assem blage brought together, that it was not even greater yet. For—added to the consideration, that that day was the last opportunity afforded for the chance of an attendance—the Oratorio selected for performance upon it was of all the masterpieces of Handel the grandest, the sublimest, the most colossal in the majority of its choral effects. Eight and twenty choruses in all there are in this marvellous compo sition. With three Duets—five Solos—and four Recitatives. Among the soloists, still as chief so prano Madlle. Adelina Patti, as chief contralto Madame Sainton-Dolby, as chief tenor Mr. Sims Reeves, as chief baritone Mr. Santley. Together with whom were other artistes as eminent as Madame Lemmens-Sherrington, Madame Ruders dorff, Mr. Cummings, and Herr Schmid. Before commenting in any way in detail upon this the last day's performance of the Handel Festival, we would here venture to express with all loyal re spect our profound astonishment and our exceeding regret at the same time that these most wonderful musical celebrations do not as a matter of course receive triennially, we will not say the patronage of the Crown, but the countenance and personal recog nition of the Sovereign and of the Royal Family ! The custom, the regular habitude, has now come to be that the Royal Box immediately fronting the Grand Orchestra remains from first to last untenanted. A custom this assuredly that, we might presume to remark, would be more honoured in the breach than in the observance. To us the non- attendance of Her Most Gracious Majesty and of the Heir Apparent is utterly incomprehensible. H.R.H. the Prince of Wales evidences his taste for art by a sedulous attendance, season after season, at the theatres and picture galleries—but to this, the grandest manifestation of all, in honour of the most subtly beautiful among ail the Fine Arts— .H.R.H. appears to our intense surprise to be wholly indiffe rent. Apart from the glory of . the music itself, apart from the marvel of its unrivalled and unapproached . performance by this mammoth orchestra, or rather by its four thousand occupants—it could not but have yielded to the. Queen, or to any one among her Majesty's royal kith and kindred, a profound and a very exquisite sense of enjoyment merely to have witnessed the magical effect produced by the National Anthem on the First Day, namely, on Monday, and the equally magical effect produced on the Second Day, namely, on Wednesday, by the Coronation Anthem on that the twenty-eighth Anniversary of her Majesty's own happy Corona tion. Lost opportunitie they were, as affording exceptional evidences, even in this loyal and pros perous land of ours, of the enthusiasm that sweet sounds of a si gn if i cantly typical character can awaken among great masses of our population. Not until a quarter past the appointed hour of three did the inaugurative notes of the Oratorio, those constituting the Recitative (of Mr. Cummings) " Now, there arose a New King," signalize the be ginning of the end of the grandest day of the grandest of all the Four Great Handel Festivals that have now been held. This passage, however, was chiefly noticeable as being the briefest prelude to what is really the opening chorus of the master piece—the Great Double Chorus, " Andthe children of Israel." Another and a more radiant Recititive alloted to the same artiste was succeeded by that wondrous indication of choral abhorrence, " They loathed to drink of the river—he turned their waters into blood !" Madame Sainton Dolby then took up the loathely articulation of the precursive horrors of the earlier and fouler among the fearful plagues by which the land of Egypt was stricken—the abound ing frogs, and the incalculable multitude of blains and blotches disfiguring the human and brute crea- WESTMINSTER. On Saturday, in the forenoon, Mr. Sella, the presiding magistrate, had the greater portion of his time occupied with the papers of pensioners entitled to receive pensions at Chelsea Hospital. This ceremony takes place once a year at the various police courts, the signature of a police magistrate being required to the document. There were as many as beween 700 and 800 applicants. At each of the police courts of the metropolis, also, there were almost as many applications, and in consequence some slight delay took place in the regular routine of business of the court. THE PROGRESS OF INTENIPERANCE.—There were no cases to engage the attention of the magistrate but charges of drunkenness, and of these there were but seven, each of which was charged with being drunk and incapable. There were various defences set up as apologies. One stated that her husband had left her, and that in conse quence she had a deal of trouble on her mind. Another said that her husband was out all night, and that she was looking after him. A third and fourth—mere boys—said they did not know what to say, but they were very sorry. A fifth was found lying on the pavement insensibly drunk. As she was a woman well known to the police for her in temperate habits she was sent to prison for seven days. The other prisoners were fined in mitigated penalties. THAMES. ATTEMPTED MURDER OF A WOMAN BY HER PARAMOUR. —Henry Smith, a dock labourer, aged 49, was brought before Mr. Partridge charged with attempting to murder a young woman named Esther Cooke by stabbing her on the neck with a knife. It appeared that the prosecutrix and the prisoner had lived together as man and wifo. Their quarrels had been frequent, and she was subjected to great violence from him. H e wa s a very brutal fellow. They separated 12 months ago, and the prisoner since that time frequently annoyed and threatened the woman because she declined to renew the connexion which formerly existed. She obtained a comfortable living as a charwoman. Last night she went into the tap-house of the St. George Brewery, Church lane, with a female acquaintance, and they remained there two hours over a pint of beer. The prisoner was there, he did not exchange a word with the woman, but he occa sionally nodded to them and laughed at them. He left the house a quarter of an hour before them. When they left the beerhouse he was on the opposite side of the way. The prisoner asked Cooke to come across the way to him. She went to the edge of the kerb stone, and stood there. The prisoner came across the road to her, and she leant against the beerhouse door. The prisoner said, "Are you going to stick in there," to which she re plied, " Yes ; I have no other place to go." The prisoner said, " I'll be hung for you." The woman said, "I do not care." He then put his hand in his pocket, opened a clasp knife, and stabbed her on the throat. The blade of the knife went through her bonnet strings, and sho was soon covered with blood. The prisoner ran away. She pursued him a short distance, with the blood gushing from the wound, and called out "Murder, murder, stop him." She soon fell from exhaustion, caused by the loss of blood, and was raised by the bystanders, who carried her to the station house in Leman-street,Whitechapel, to charge the prisoner. Ile was captured by George Foster, a police-constable, No. 207 11, as ho vas running across the High-street. Foster said the prisoner made a laugh of the affair, and gloated over what he had done. Jane Withenall, a married woman, confirmed the state ment of Esther Cooke as to the occurrences of the preced ing night in every particular, and added that a week ago, in a conversation with the prisoner, he said, in speaking of the prosecutrix, " I'll be hanged for her. I'll do for her. I'll stab her." Mr. John Connley, surgeon, of High-street, Whitechapel, said he dressed the wound of the prosecutrix at the station house. She lost a largo quantity of blood, and had been very ill and weak all night. A severe wound had been inflicted just above the neck bone. It took an oblique direction, was an inch and a half in depth, and three quarters of an inch in width. Had it not taken the direc tion it did the wound would have been fatal. The prisoner said ho would reserve his defence, and Mr. Partridge committed him for trial. THE QUIRE OF EARNDALE.-It was a famous quire, which every year—once or twice in the year —strangers would come to listen to. It consisted of but five men, one of whom played a clarionet with bold, firm tone, that sustained the treble, and gave confidence to the crack-voiced boys and rough-voiced girls who hardly stood in need of encouragement. Another played a violon cello, to which he had attached a fifth string tuned to F F, in order to add sonority to the deeper bass. A third performer played the flute, on which he executed the counter-tenor part as it was written for him in the G clef, above the treble or air. Of the remaining two men, one sang the air with the clarionet, only an octavo lower, and the last sang the bass. But besides this, the violoncello player sang bass, tenor, or air, or counter-tenor in a screaming fal setto, one part or the other as he deemed it necessary to ornament or support the service of song. Such was the Quire of Earndale ; they sang pluckily, and made a cheer ful, if not a melodious noise. I gave them supper once a year, but could not induce them to adopt more ecclesiastical music than glees and songs set to sacred words. Still, we were better off than the Meeting, where they all sang in discordant chorus, while the parson played the big fiddle in the pulpit. Like other things in Earndale, the quire was an institution, and I did not attempt to remove it. But after five years clarionet left the valley, and we began to feel symptoms of dissolution. Flute wouldn't play the air, it was so tame ; and when remonstrated with, with drew and carried off tenor with him to the Meeting. Still we had a sturdy voice for the air, and the rural "master of song." But alas ! the master, always fond of drink, became so uproarious that we were obliged to dismiss him. The crisis came when a stranger was taking duty for me. A new tune of Abel's own composing was to be sung, one full of eccentric turns and intricate distances. The quire made a start, quavered, and broke down. Abel sounded the note anen , , and again they broke down : this time a pause. "Let us pray," said the officiating clerk, meekly. " Pmybe blowed !" shouted Abel. " Let's try again." It was Abel's last Sunday of office. For some Sundays we tried congregational singing, our one remaining voice, with the help of a pitch-pipe, leading the tune ; but bit by bit the congregation grew tired of a duty which had devolved upon paid officials, and many a tune was sung by good old Jamie and the children,—he, with spec tacles on nose and book in hand—while the other hand, hooked in his red waistcoat, beat time on his breast to the tune : save when, in some pathetic verse, it was released to cuff some youngster who gave tongue too lustily, and didn't appreciate the `temper' of the strain. Then in our perplexity we procured a small barrel organ, which had seen service in a room used for dancing on week-days, and service on Sundays. It was a peculiar instrument: the first time we tried it, it went off like a musical snuff-box, and played all the tunes successively, including a valse and " Merrily Danced the Quaker's Wife." Earndale has not forgotten that Sunday yet. The wardens and sexton managed to carry it out (it was not large) into the churchyard, but even there it fired away tune after tune amid the snow and cold till all the machinery was unwound.—Cornhill Magazine far July. The South Wales and Great Western Direct Railway Bill has been passed by a committee of the House of Lords, presided over by Earl. Amherst. The proposed line will cross the Severn near Chop stow, by a high level bridge, at an elevation of 100 feet above high Water mark. The importance of this line as providing means for bringing the coal of South Wales to London was fully recognised in its progress through both Houses of Parliament. 102 1f 1014 ITIES. ING, J LILY 1, 1865. tion alike. It is the one isolated solo in the first o the two parts of this astonishing Oratorio. After the bounding accompaniment to the apparition of the frogs—came the swarming accompaniment of the opening of the great Double Chorus then fol lowing, " He spake:the word—and there came all manna' of flies." Thereupon came the first great crashing triumpla of the day, the Hailstone Chorus, with its gleaming, flashing, thundering cataracts and rolling undulations of hail and fire streaming down and along the ground! Nothing again could be grander than the sombre, muffled, awful intonations—as if in panting horror at the unutterable tribulation—of the great chorus next in sequence, " He sent a thick Darkness—even a darkness that might be felt." Succeeded as this marvellous chorus is immediately by the next oue, " He Smote all the First-Born," it precludes all possibility of any decorous demand for the repetition of the former of the two. So that the choral chaunt of darkness passed as usual with out the chance of being encored. " But as for His People," longer than the majority of these great choruses, won its due proportion of applause—its length alone precluding it from repeti tion. " Egypt was glad when they departed" passed without a hand of approbation—accepted seemingly as alone worthy of casual note, as commemorative of the relief of the Egyptians at the passing away from the midst of them of the Israelites. A startling effect, however, was—after a very judicious pause—produced by the two Grand Double Cho ruses, first of all " He Rebuked the Red Sea," and then, yet more declamatory still, "He led them through the deep as through a wilderness," and joining on with it almost, " But the waters overwhelmed," all but secured to itself an encore—being reluctantly followed up in the hearing of many by the twin choruses closing the First Part of . the Oratorio, " And Israel saw that great work," A , And believed the Lord ;" both from Exodus. As nearly as possible, one hour after the commencement of the First Part, the Second Part began, that is, at a little after a quarter-past four o'clock, with the Double Chorus of "Moses and the children of Israel," and of " I will sing unto the Lord"—the close of the latter producing a truly wonderful effect. The duet between Mdme. Lemmens-Sherrington and Mdme. Rudersdorff " The Lord is my strength," brilliant though it was in the rendering of it by those accom plished artistes, was chiefly deserving note as intro ductory to the grand and massive double chorus, " He is my God," and its sequent chorus " And I will exalt him." The rest of the Oratorio, compris ing within it some of the choicest moreeaux among the solos, including Mr. Sims Reeves's " The Enemy Said," and Madlle. Adelina Patti's " Thou didst Blow"—passed off with acclamation. STATE OF TRADE. MANCHESTER, June 30.—The market for export yarns to-day is reported to have been a perfect blank. No transactions whatever have taken place, and it is quite impossible to say what the decline in price is as compared with Tuesday's quotations,when the reaction was setting in. To force sales to-day at least Id. to 2d. per lb. decline would have to be submitted to. This branch of the market closes with a still further tendency to decline. The market for home trade yarns is also drooping, and very little business has been effected. There is no doubt sellers would listen to offers of at least 2d. per lb. decline on Tuesday's rates, if such offers were made. In the cloth market there has been no buying, and in fact the men to whom goods are generally sold or offered are themselves rather anxious to sell. The quantity held on speculation and for re-sale is considerable, and has been offered at rates which entirely deprive manufacturers of the opportunity of taking contracts at anybutruinous rates. In such a state of things it is almost impossible to quote prices with precision, but it is pretty nearly equal to that on yarns. There has not been business enough offering fairly to test actual values. To-day many manufacturers say they observe a check to some ex , tent of the depressionin values, and a slight improve ment of tone in the cloth-market, but it does not manifest itself in any augmentation of business, and we close very quiet. The collapse of the cotton market came rather suddenly, but it had been not unlooked for, and, as stated in our later reports, a good deal of uneasiness had manifested itself, among buyers of cloth especially. LEEDS, 30th.—The following is the trade report of the Leeds Chamber of Commerce for June : " In the woollen cloth warehouses there has been a steady demand for the season. In the halls business has on the whole been better. The manufacturers continue to be fully employed preparing winter goods, for which considerable orders have been given. The cap trade has not been quite so brisk. The London sales of colonial wools closed on the 24th, when not less than 168,000 bales passed the hammer, being considerably more than was ever before brought for ward in one series. Prices though moderate have been un usually steady throughout. To this result the reduction on the rate of interest and thegeneml soundness of trade have, no doubt, contributed. The French were large buyers, the Belgian and German smaller. Altogether it is computed that two-fifths of the entire quantity have been taken for export. The home trade continues steady, without being brisk. There has been a good demand for English long wools, and prices have advanced. There is a great difficulty in obtaining as high prices in the market as have been given at the fairs. There has been much excitement in the flax trade. Prices have very quietly advanced, and are atleast £lO or £l2 per ton higher than last month. This has been partly caused by the steady advance in cotton, but much more by the unfavourable reports of the crops from the growing countries. In France and the low countries the plant has suffered greatly from the dryness of the weather, and it is now too late to expect much improvement from a change. From Russia the same complaints are received, and to some extent from England and Ireland. Tows are not in good demand, and have by no means advanced in proportion to flax. There has been an improved demand for linen yarns, and all the spinners are asking and obtaining higher prices, but not many very proportionate to the advance in the raw material. Tow yarns are dull of sale.' Threads continue steady. The demand for all descriptions of iron has been quieter, though a fair business is still being done in the commoner sorts. The machine-makers are very fairly em ployed. The engineer tool trade is good. The locomotive and railway plant makers continue busy. The inquiry for cut nails is not so good. Seed crushers have been actively employed, and a large business has been done both in lin seed and rape oils at increased rates. In rapeseed there has been little done, as stocks are exceedingly low both in Lon don and Liverpool, and the new crop on the Continent is reported as bad. Continued dry weather both here and on the Continent and the fears of a deficient crop of turnips have caused a considerable demand for linseed cakes. Baltic linseed has risen considerably in value, and an active in quiry exists at full rates for all fine seeds. Olive oil has been in good consumptive demand at full rates, and a fair business reported. There has during the whole of the month been a good demand for all descriptions of leather, except for heavy sole leathers, as is usually the case at this season. Prices are firm. The tanners are better employed. There has been a good business done in all descriptions of shoes suitable for the season, and the makers are in full work. There has been'au increased demand for paper, and the manufacturers are working to order, with a fair prospect of a good trade. The market is well supplied with material. There has been a fair supply of cattle, and prices have been very firm. Numbers shown (four rnarketsbeasts, 2,022 ; sheep, 14,050. There have been fair supplies of wheat with a good demand. Prices have recovered the fall of last month. Barley has not been much sought for, and prices are in favour of the buyers. Oats are dearer. Beam with out much change." NOTTINGHAM, 30th.—The attendance on 'Change to-day was by no means numerous, and the demand for lace yarns was limited, at rather under the rates of Tuesday last ; in some cases prices were id. to 14d. per lb. lower. The demand for hosiery yarns was less active, and prices had a tendency to re cede. Thrown silks were dearer. Spun silks have advanced fully ls. per lb, during the week. The demand for brown nets is on the whole steady, and prices remain stationary. EXTRACTS FROM PUNCH. ALL "DICKY" WITH Hi7.1. 1 -A great sensational news paper paragraph was made, a week ago, out of the fact that Mr. Richard Bethell was tapped on his shoulder by a sheriff's officer while enjoying the sport on Ascot Heath. His release should be headed in the largest type, " Richard's himself again." Fon . Mit. LEIGH MURRAY'S BENEFIT.—(A day after the fair.)—Murray's " Guide to the Continent"—Mrs. Leigh Murray., REUtER ROUTED.—The news so emphatically telegram med by Mr. Reuter of a great Russian defeat in Khokan, turns out to be a mere Khok-an-a-bull story. - - LE BELIER ET LE TAUREAU.—The Toulonnais publishes a full, true, and particular account of a new steam-ram called Le Taureau. Making a bull of a ram is surely mak-, ing a bull, indeed. • • QUERY.—Please, Sir, do the Black Ball Ships take away from England the Candidates rejected by different Clubs ? SIC SEMPER TYRANNI.—PoIand is put dOwn by the sword. The Emperor says, mockingly, "No dreams !" How can there bo dreams, when Macbeth hath murdered• sleep ? . The Salisbury Hotel. Another of those-great hotels which bay° of late sprung up in the metropolis has just been opened for the ac commodation of the citizens and visitors to London. This latest addition is named the Salisbury Hotel, and is situate in Salisbury-square, Fleet-street. The building is of the most substantial and convenient character, and everything conducive to the comfort of its occupants has been studied and provided for with the most scrupulous attention. The building contains nearly 100 bed rooms, besides private sitting rooms, private dining rooms, and ladies' coffee room, on the upper floors. On the ground floor are hotel coffee room, 50 feet long by 25 feet wide; three rooms for the purposes of the Farmers' Club, the largest being nearly 40 feet long by 20 feet wide ; a smoking room ; besides the ordinary manager's room, bar, service, &c. There is also, on this floor, a large dining room or hall for public dinners, meetings, 70 feet long by 30 feet wide, and upwards of 20 feet high; this can be used either for the hotel purposes, or let sepa rately. The basement contains the kitchens and various offices, which have been fitted up in the most complete manner by the firm of Adams and Son, of the Haymarket, the gentle men who performed such surprising work at the Langham Hotel. The larders in this portion of the building are com pletely lined with white tiles, and the cooking apparatus is distinguished by all that novelty and substantiality that so peculiarly distinguishes the work of the Messrs. Adams. One of the many improvements in this department is the great saving that is effected in the consumption of fuel for cook ing operations, as by the improved means more than one half ordinarily used is saved, whilst better results are secured. They have also provided lifts for luggage, and baths, both hot and cold, with all the modern appliances, have not been forgotten. Altogether the arrangements of the hotel are of the most perfect kind. No expense has been spared internally, for the simple reason that nothing has been thrown away on the outside, which nevertheless has an imposing and good effect. The architect is Mr. Giles, of Craven-street, and the builders of the structure the MeSsrs. Trollope, of Parlia inent-street. Owing to the difficulties of the site a great number of iron girders have been used, and the whole building is fire-proof. Taking the moderate tariff and the central and unusually quiet situation of the Salisbury Hotel into consideration, it should be among t the most successful of our modern hotels.. The whole of the man agement has been placed in the hands of Mr. Higgs, whose experience, gained at the Euston, will be a guarantee for the comfort of all patronising the new establishment. MARKETS—This Day. COVENT GARDEN. Moderate supplies of fruit are on sale, but the show of ♦egetables is good. All kinds of produce in fair request, at the annexed rates : FRUIT. S. d. e. d. s. d. s d Pine apples 8 oto 10 0 Mu - berries,pr pt 0 oto 0 0 Foreign do., each 0 oto 0 0 Cherries, per lb. 0 3to 0 g firapFs,per lb 6 oto 10 0 1 Foreign ditto. pun° oto 0 0 Foreign do 1 6to 2 6 ) Filberts. per lb .. 0 9to 1 0 Melons 0 oto 0 01 Walnuts, per 100 0 oto 0 0 Nectarines, per dz 0 o to 0 0 Cobnuts, per lb .. 0 oto 0 0 &pplcs, per ht-sv. 2 6to 3 6 , Almonds, per bus 0 oto 0 0 Pears, per do Oranges, per 100..6 oto 12 0' Peaches, per d 0... 0 oto 0 1 3 Lemons, per 100 4 o to 8 0 Currants, per b.sy 3 6to 4 6 Gooseberries hf sve2 oto 3 01Plums, per du... 0 oto 0 0 Strawberries pr pt 0 6to 1 6, Damsons, pr d 0... 0 oto 0 6 - - VEGICTABLES. Greens, dz bunch 2 oto 2 6 Shallots, per lb .. 0 oto 0 0 Cabbages, pr doz 0 9 1 3 Horseradish, pdo 1 oto 2 0 if id ditto 0 OSo 0 0 Parsley, per ditto 0 oto 0 0 Savoy do., pr dz 0 oto 0 0 Celery, per ditto 1 6to 2 0 Cauliflowers, pdz 1 6to 3 0 Beet, per doz. .. 0 oto 0 0 Brocoli 0 oto 0 0 Parsnips, per do. 0 oto 0 0 Potatoes, per ton 60 oto ;20 0 Small salad, p. pn, 0 oto 0 0 New ditto, pr lb. 0 2to 0 6 fff Mushrooms. p pt. 0 oto 0 3 Turnips, dz bunch 3 oto 3 6 Artichokes, each 0 oto 0 0 Carrots,pr do 5 6to 6 6 Cos lett, score .. 0 Bto 1 0 Cucumbers 0 3to 1 61 Mint and.savory..o oto 0 3 Garlic, per lb dorrel, per sieve 0 oto 0 0 Turnip Radishes 0 Bto 0 1 0 Green peas,ll.-sy. 1 3to 1 6 Tomatoes, doz... 0 oto 0 6 French beans,h.s. 0 oto 0 0 Chillies, per ditto 0 oto 0 o Onions, doz. h.s. 1 oto 1 6 Capsicums, per do 0 oto 0 0 New Do., dz bun 1 oto 1 6 Rhubarb, per bun 0 3to 0 6 Spinach .. 0 oto 0 0 Asparagus, pr do. 2 6to 4 6 Brussels sprouts 0 OSo 0 0 Seakale, per bun. 0 oto 0 0 POULTRY. Turkeys, Os Od to Os Od ; geese, 5s Od to 7s Od each ; goslings, 5s Od to 6s 6d ; ducks, 2s Od to 3s 6d ; ducklings, 2s Od to 3s Od ; rabbits, is 3d to 2s Od each ; wild do., 10d to is 2d ; pigeons, Os 6d to Os 9d each ; Surrey fowls, lOs Od to 15s Od ; chickens, 8s to 10s Od ; barn door fowls, 4s Od to 8s Od ; capons, Os Od ; hares, Os Od to Os Od ; ptarmigan, Os Od to Os Od each ; pheasants, Os Od to Os Od ; partridges, Os Od to Os Od; woodcocks, Os Od to Os Od; snipes, Os Od to Os Od ; teal, Os Od to Os Od ; wild ducks, Os Od to Os Od ; widgeons, Os Od to Os Od ; plovers, Os Od to Os Od each ; guinea fowls, 7s Od to 8s Od ; roasting pigs, Os Od to Os Od each ; Ostend fresh butter, is Od to is ld ; English, is ld to is 2d per lb ; English eggs, 7s 6d to 8s Od ; French do., 6s Od to 6s 6d per 100 ; leverets, 2s 6d to 5s Od ; grouse, Os Od to Os Od. BILLINGSGATE. - - - - ----- Salmon, is Od to is 6d ; trout, Os Od to Os Od ; eels, Os 8d to is Od ; prawns, Os Od ; pike, skate, sturgeon, and hali but, Od per - lb ; turbots, 2s 6d to 12s Od ; cod, 2s 6d to 5s Od ; brills, 3s Od to 7s Od ; doreys, is Od to 38 6d ; mul lets, Os 6d to is 6d ; lobsters, is Ud to 35 Od ; crabs, Os 6d to 2s Gd ; plaice and gurnets, Os Od to Os Od each ; soles, Os 6d to 2s 6d per pair; common oysters, 12s Od to 60s Od; natives, 848 Od to 90s Od per bushel ; whitings, 4s Od to 68 Od ; • haddocks, 6s Od to 12s Od ; smelts Os Od to Os Od ; flounders, Os Od per dozen ; mackerel, 40s Od to Os Od per 120 ; fresh herrings, 8s Od to Os Od per 120 ; bloaters, Os Od to Os Od per 100 ; carp and tench, Os Od to Os Od per brace. NEWPORT. Beef, from 3s 4d to 4s 6d ; mutton, 4s Od to 5s 6d ; lamb, 5s 8d to 6s 8d ; veal, 3s 8d to 4s 8d ; and pork, 3s 8d to 4s 10d per 81bs, by the carcase. WHITECHAPEL. Beef, from 3s 4d to 4s 6d ; mutton, 4s Od to 5s 6d ; lamb, 5s 8d to 6s 8d ; veal, 3s 81 to 4s 8d ; and p or k, 3s 6d to 4610 d per 81bs, by the carcase. BREAD. The prices of wheaten bread in the metropolis are from bid to 7d, of household do., 5d to 6d per 41b loaf. HIDES AND SKINS. Market hides, 561 b to 641 b, 2P to 3d ; 641 b to 721 b, 3d to ; 721 b to 801 b, 3d to 31d; 801 b to 881b,3P to 3p to ; 81b, to 961 b, 31d to 4d ; • 961 b to 1041 b, Od to Od ; 1041 b 1121 b, Od to Od. Horse hides, Os Od to lOs 6d ; calf-skins, light, 2s Od to 4o Od ; full, 6s 6d to Os Od ; polled sheep, —s Od to sOd ; half-breds, Os Od to Os Od ; Downs, Os Od to Os Od; shearlings, is 9d to 2s Od; lambs, 3s Od to 45 3d. HAY MARKETS. SMITHFIELD.—Meadow hay, £4 lOs to £slos Od ; clover, £5 10s to 16 15s Od ; and straw, £1 6s to £1 lOs per load, Trade steady. Now meadow hay has realised £4 to £5 per load. Railway Traffic Returns for the Week, Mlles Opened. Receipts. _ --,-- ~,.. --- 180. 1864. 18(5 1 864 . .€ L Belfast and N. Counties 136 135 2,053 1.760 Belfast and County Down 49 49 959 754 Blyth and Tyne 2B 28 - - Bristol and Exeter l2ll 1214 5,260 7,349 Caledonian 2 8 , 1 i4 Cambrian ' 2.8144 201:9106,7 149:455598 320 - Cock ermouth K & Penrlth - - -- C oc k erm outh and Workin Cork and Bandon 2O 2 0 362 396 27 285 230 Cork, Blackrock, & Passage 24 1,715 1.842 Cornwall 6 3 54 65 4 Deeside l7 17 470 366 Dublin & Belfast Junction.... 53 63 1,495 . 1.372 75 1 75 1,970 .8 6 Dublin and Drogheda........ 36 3 5 222 211 Dublin and Meath .......... 01i ' 4,334 2,405 Furness, &c .................. Dub. & Wicklow and Wextd. 10 5 7 , 1 5 , . 3,311 3.144 Glasgow & South-Western .. 198 198 9,819 8,691 Gt. Eastern,Nrik.,&E. Union .. 6881 663 33,329 31,190 Great Northern . 404 3 9 ( 9 5 36,473 33,094 Great North of Scotland Lit. Northn. & Westn. (Irel.) 7ll 7 1 1 754 748 rit.Soutlin. & Westn.(lrind.).. 3874 5874 10.421 9.123 _ HullGrea t a wr u e o ste rn rn se Inverness & Abeeen Juno ll7 117 1686 2403 nverness & Perth Junction 1194 1194 1, , 816 1, , 6 2 Irish North-Wester n 145 145 1952 1.902032 K e nt Coast 27 27 2 , ,4,•.:0 '2, Lancashire & Yorkshire 403 403 45,057 43, 0 15 Limerick and Ennis.. Limerick and Foynes 2 68 ,1 20 102 119 Llanelly 4 46 918 824 Llynvi Valley • 20 20 t 434 369 London & North-Western L on don and Blackwall 51 31 2,113 2, , 79 London & South-Western Lond. Brighton, &S. Coast London, Chatham, & Dover 724 . 721 7,211 6.75 Dp. Metropolitan Extension 111 104 2,860 1,8 5 Lon., Tilbury, & Southend nall..Sheffield,& Lincolnsh Manch. S.Jun.&Altrincham 94 91 1,500 1,42) Ilaryport and Carlisle " 28 28 1,399 1.536 Metropolitan 3l 81 Z 933 2,231 Midland (in& N.-Western) 6634 641 49,605 47.410 Midland GtWestn. of Irind 262 262 5,415 5.311 Slonkland 714 714 1,563 1,832 nonmouthsh. Rail. & Canal 44 44 2,410 2,697 North British, Edin., Perth • and Dundee N-Eastern and Stock. & DarL 1110 1093 65.117 61,756 North London 9 9 3,518 3,382 North Staffordshire 258 258 1;,292 8.699 Rhymney l9l 191 1,065 1,106 Scottish Central Scottish North-Eastern l3B 138 5,474 5,221 Somerset and Dorset 66 66 930 697 South Devon South-Eastern 3OB 306 25,27 ; 23,537 r aff Vale 57 V 5,•17 5,219 Ulster Vale of Clwyd Waterford and Kilkenny 3l 31 452 350 Waterford and Limerick 77,427 1,196 West Cornwall 274 7 2 7 71 1 1,058 1,012 W.Hartlepool Harbr.&Rail 524 324 4.333 4.574 W'haven,Cleator,& Egrrant lO 10 629 1702 Whitchaven Junction l3 13 67k Whitehaven & Furness Jun 35 35 909 1,017 FOREIGN AND COLONIAL. Austrian B2B 828 30,427 29,743 Bahia and San Francisco Belgian Eastern J u.nction. ,• Bombay, Baroda, & Len. India 306 1854 6,14 . 4 2,320 Detroit and Milwaukee lBO lrs 8,768 4,4 7 1081 1( 81 e, 4 5 Dutch Rhenish Eastorn of France 1176 1428 75,9 1 7 63,7, 7 Eastern Bengal ...... ... ! East Indian Grand Trunk of Canada 1377 1335 26567 2 3 , 115 Great Central of Belgium 295 272 55 34 2'o 7, ;, 2 , - 2 " . '6.478 5 . :.0 Great Indian Peninsula 234 134 5,237 4. 381 Great Luxembourg 79 673 493 Great Southern of India ... • 315 11,754 11,634 Great Western of Canada 3741)5 571 448 6,192 5.695 Madras ......... ... • 6 65 4 0 19,193 21,1,0 Madrid, Saragossa &A - Ilean .l .. - 91 8 0 9 Northern of Canada .. ..... .•- - N or thern of France Norweg i an Trunk 4 1 44 84 484 1,0 6 r 4 1,0 38 42 4 Ottoman . Paris, Lyons. & Mediterrn 1967 1784 134,161 135.230 Paris and Orleans 1616 1614 68,255 61.991 Recife and San Francisco, &c 774 774 1,262 881 Sonde lO5 105 1,148 1.892 Do. Punjab, &c 32 32 502 3SB S ou th Austrian, &c..... Southern of France 823 ' 770 27,109 25,118 Victoria - - Welland West & N-Win. of lattice Railways. RECENT WILLS AND BEQUESTS. (F o rr t t aUdy.Mjus Jervis, o f The will L' ol id° l lV il m br s o .) ok Lodge, Batheaston, Somerset, was proved in London by W. Long, Esq., of the city of Bath; and P. C. Shep pard,- Esq., of Hampton Manor House, Bath, the executors and trustees. The personalty was sworn under £5,000. Her ladyship was the granddaughter of the sixth Earl of Cavan. Her father, Captain Ricketts, R.N., assumed the name of Jervis, the family name of his uncle, the gallant Admiral Lord Jervis, first Viscount and Earl St. Vincent, and died without male issue. Lady Jervis was twice married—first to Osborne Markham, Esq., by whom she had a daughter (her only child) ; and, secondly, to Lieut.-Col. Sir Wm. Cockburn, Bart., but with out issue ; and since his death her ladyship has taken the name of Jervis. She died, on Feb. 26 last, at the age of 70, having executed her will on Jan. 19, 1865, and a codicil on Feb. 11. Her ladyship has bequeathed to her sister, Mrs. Palmer, a policy on her life for £2,000, with bonuses, and after her decease the same is to be divided between her four nieces, with contingent interest to her nephew in the event of two of her nieces not marrying. She has also bequeathed to her daughter, Martha, wife of the Rev. W. H. Pearson, M.A., a life interest in the residue of her property ; and after her decease to her granddaughter, Honora Mary Pearson. All legacies to be paid free of legacy duty. The will of Sir William Wake, Bart., of Courteen Hall, Northampton, was proved in the London court, on the 21st of June. The executors nominated are his brothers, Drury Wake, Esq., and Captain C. Wake,. R.N., together with the .Rev. M. F. Thursby, 8.A., Rector of Abington. They are also appointed guardians to his seven children (four sons and three daughters), who are in their minority. He is succeeded by his eldest son, now Sir Here ward Wake, Bart., who is in his 14th year. The testator died on the 13th of April last, at the age of 42, on board his yacht, having only enjoyed the title since Feb. 23, 1864. He executed his will March 14, 1864, and a codicil thereto Jan. 12, 1865. By virtue of a power vested in him, he has charged the family estates in counties of Essex and North ampton with the sum of £lO,OOO for younger child ren, and leaves to his wife, Lady Wake, the abso lute use of all his disposable real and personal estate and effects. The personalty was sworn under £7,000. To the abstract of the will of the Marchioness of Londonderry, given last week, should be added the bequest of £4OO a year to Mr. Clayton, the trustee and sole acting executor, for his management of the property, which is likely to extend over a lengthened period. The will of Major-General Abraham Henry Gor don, of Westbourne-terrace, Hyde-park, was proved in the London court, by his sister, Miss Amelia Gordon, the sole executrix. He directs his house and property at Everton to be sold, and, with all other moneys, to be equally divided between his brother, Major Frederick Gordon, his sister, Amelia Gordon, and his niece, Harriet, the daughter of his late brother, Augustus Gordon. There are specific be quests to a nephew and to Colonel Henry Lawford. The will of Francis Bullivant, of Eastcheap, Lon don, tea merchant, was proved in the principal re gistry, under £70,000 personalty. The executors appointed are Edward Chambers Nicholson, of Herne-hill; John Nicholson, of Clapham-common ; and Richard Lowcock, of Laurence Poutney-lane, to each of whomhe leaves a legacy of £5OO. The will is stated to have been signed by him while lying on his back in bed, at Guy's Hospital, suffering from a compound fracture of the left leg. The signature is tremulous. The will is dated April 21, and he died on the 23d. The attesting witnesses are Fred. Jas. Chester, solicitor, Newington Butts, and his clerk, L. J. Dunham. lie bequeaths to each of the children of his late brother, Thomas Bulli vant, a legacy of £2,500 on attaining the age of 21. To his brother John an annuity of £lOO. To his sister Fanny Bullivant a legacy of £4,000. To several of his cousins £5OO each, and a like sum to a godson. To his clerks, Gordon and Lampart, each £250 ; and to his porter (James) and carman (Saunders) each nineteen guineas. All legacies to be free of duty. The residue he bequeaths to his sister Ann Bullivant for her own absolute use and benefit. SHIPPING INTELLIGENCE—This day LON - DON, July I.—Wind this day at noon—North- Easterly; moderate breeze, and fine weather, but rather cloudy. FALMOUTH, June 30.—Wind N.E.—Sailed—San Joso, or London. Orr FALMOUTH, June 30.—Wind S.—Arrived—Adam, from Trinidad de Cuba. CARDIFF, June 30.—Wind N.W.—Arrived—Agincourt, from Hong Kong ; Gondola, from Cape Town. Sailed— Fargo, for Barcelona. PLYMOUTH, June 30.—Wind N.—Arrived—Eglantner, from Sagna la Grande. Sailed—City of Ottawa, for Quebec. OFF PLYMOUTH, June 30.—Wind N.—Arrived—Mer chantman, from Madeira. QUEENSTOWN, Juno 29.—Wind S.E.—Arrived—Charles Davenport, from Callao. OFF HOLYHEAD, JULIO 30.—Wind S.W.—.Arrived— Bowick, from Africa. TORBAY, June 30.—Wind S.E.—Sailed—Georgiana, for London. OFF THE LIZARD, June 29.—Arrived—City of Manches ter, from Colombo. LivEurooL, June 30.—Wind S.E.—Arrived—Borde laise, from Matamorrs. SWANSEA, June 29.—Wind W.S.W.—Arrived—Ebo, from Quebec. Sailed—Shanghai, for Valparaiso; Roman, for Monte Video. HULL, June 30.—Wind S.W.—Arrived—George Ken dall, from Calcutta. CLYDE, June 30.—Wind S.W.—Sailed—St. Patrick, steamer, for Quebec. ET MAGNETIC TELEGRAPH. GRAVESEND, Saturday Morning. Arrived, June 30, —Apphin, from St. Lucia; Lord Warden, from Madras ; Lucerne, from Gibraltar. • Arrived, Juiy I.—Vesper, from Riga ; Olive Branch, from Braken; Perseverance, from Medemblik ; Empheden, from Abo ; Catherina, from Landscrona; Hannah Andrew, from Stettin ; Isabella, from Cronstadt. Sailed.—Belgium, steamer, for Ostend ; Rhine, steamer, for Boulogne. DEAL, Saturday Morning. Passed.—Reliance, for Capo of Good Hope ; Sovereign, for Lisbon ; Ariel, for Algoa Bay—all from London ; America, bark, from North, for West. PHOSPHATES OF THALLIUM.—Our readers are aware that about two years ago a great controversy arose between Mr. Orookes, the discoverer of thallium, and M. Lamy, who - claims the honour of_having been the first to proclaim the metallic nature of that element. In a paper recently presented to the Academy of Sciences, M. Lamy returns to the charge, asserting, contrary to Mr. Crookes's experiments, that the phosphates of thallium are extremely soluble, and that that was one of the reasons which had induced him to place the new metal nearer to potassium than to lead. lie states that thallium forms not one, but se veral phosphates with the phosphoric acid, and that most of them are extremely soluble, and at least of as various com p o sition and properties as the corresponding com pounds of the alkaline metals. All these salts are white, h i os l n early all all are soluble in water and insolueblp p e nhates hol. They are distingu i s hable from the of the alkaline metals first, because hydrochloric acid produces white precipitates with them ; nitrie acid does the same, provided the solutions be neither warm nor too much diluted. Moreover, the phosphates and pyr o phosphates of thallium yield a white precipitate of tri-basic phosphate by means of alkalies, while they do not precipi tate by alkaline carbonates, nor even by alkalies in the presence o f those carbon ates. Neutral p hos p hate of thal lium is obtained by saturating at boiling point common phosphoric acid with carbonate of thallium. It is so soluble in water that its solution may be reduced to the consis tency of syrup before crystallising. Its reaction is alka line. When heated, it loses all its water of crystallisation, and is converted into a glassy and transparent substance which is a neutral pyrophosphate of thallium. The same phosphate may be produced without any water of crystal lisation, but it then presents this curious peculiarity, that it loses its solubility in a great measure. If to this salt phosphoric acid be added until the mixture be quite acid, the acid phosphate of thallium is the result. This salt crystallises in fine lumina having the lustre of mother-of-pearl. Under the influence of heat it loses from one to two equivalents of water, and is thus converted into acid pyrophosphate, or else into metaphosphate of t alkahallivam m. The basic phosphate is obta ined b y pouring an li, monia for instance, into a solution of one of the two for mer salts. This compound is not very soluble in water. M. Lamy concludes with reiterating his opinion that thal lium is an alkaline metal.—Galignani. all tO 1 100 ►oo 2 100 100 10 1 1101 II ' i~ '! .