The Sun.
London, England, 1864-06-30 00:00:00

State Ball at Buckingham Palace.

By command or the Queen a State Bull was givm
last evening at Buc.ongham Paiscet to which a
party of between 1,700 and 1,800 was invited.

The Royal Body Guard of the Yeomen of the
Guard, with their officers, Lieut.-Col. Cooke, the
Ensign, and Lieu.-Col. Patterson, the Eon in
W4iting, were on duty in the interior of the Palace.

A Guard of II )noar of the Foot Guards was
mounted in front of the Palace,

Their Royal Highnesses the Prince and Princess
of Wales, escorted by a squadron of the Royal
Horse Guards, and attended by the Marchioness of
C .rm Irthen, the Hon. Mrs. Stoner, E.rl Spencer,
the Earl of Mount Edgcannbe, Lord Harris, Lieut.-
Col. Kt ppel, and Mr. C. L. Wood, arrived at the
Palace from Marlborough House at 10 o'clock.
Their Riyai Highnesses the Duchess or elm»
bridge sod Princess Mary arrived from St. James's
aloce, attended by the Countess Spencer and Capt.
Ellis.

His Royal Highness the Duke of Cambridge
arrived, attended by his equerries.
The Pri►:cs and Princess of Wales, accompanied
by their Royal Highnesses the Prince and Princess
Louis of Hesse, her Royal Highness the Princess
Helena, their Royal Highnesses the Duchess of
Cambridge and Princess Mary, and his Royal
Highness the Duke of Cambridge, conducted by
Viscount Sydney, the Lord Cnambe:lain, and
attended by the Ladies and Gentlemen in Waiting,
entered the ball-room soon after 10 o'clock.
Her Royal Highness the Princess of Wales wore
a dress of black silk, cevered with black and white
tulle, handsomely trimmed with rich Brussels lace ;
flowers of mountain ash and. lilies; tiara of dia.,
mends; necklace, brooch, and earrings of diamonds,
Her Royal Highness the Princess Louis of Hesse
wore a lilac tulle skirt over a lilac silk petticoat,
with ruches of white and lilac tulle; a top skirt of
white tulle with silver embroidery, and trimmed
with passion flowers. Head• dress, a net of dia■
mends and passion flowers; brooch and earrings,
emeralds and diamonds; necklace, pearls, with
emerald and diamond ornaments.

Her Royal Highness the Princess Helena wore a
dress of green tulle and crape over glace silk,
trimmed with pink roses and 'Mies of the valley.
Headdress of roses and lilies of the valley, and
diamond ornaments and orders.

Her Royal Highness the Duchess of Cambridge
wore a drees of violet satin with Honitou lace.
Diadem of pearls and diamonds; stomacher, neck•
lace, and earrings of pearls and diamonds.
Her Royal Highness the Princess Mary wore a
blue tulle dress over blue glace si►k, trimmed with
bouquets of pink roses end silver wheatears, covered
with a silver tulle veil. Head dress, a diadem of
diamonds, with silver wheatears and pink roses ;
dtomautier, necklace, and earrings of diamonds.

Prince and Princrsa Gargarine have arrived in
London from the Hotel Alirabeau, Paris.

Too Archbishop of York and Mrs Thomson en-
tertained at dinner, yesterday evening, at their residence in
Bdgrave-square, the Archbishop of Canterbury, the Earl
and Lady Constance GrosveLor, Viscount and Viscountess
Stratford do Viscount and Viscountess Nevill,
the Bishop of Oxford, Lord and Lady Wenlock, Sir John
and Lady B. Johnstone, Sir William and Lady Payne Gall-
way, Mr Christopher Sykes and Miss Sykes.
'foe Matquis and Marchioness of Normanby,
Earl illuigrave, Lady Catherine Phipps, and Lady Laura
Phipps have left the Queen's Hotel, Upper Norwood, for
Mulgrave Castle, Whitby.
The Marquis Migliorati, Italian Ambassador to
South America, has left the Hotel Mirabeau, Paris, for
Lima, by way of Southampton.
Miss Kate Gordon's second morning concert took
place yesterday at Collard's Concert Rooms, Oro::
velaor.street, and attracted a very crowded fashionableau
ence. The concert commenced with a pianoforte solo by
Miss Gordon, to which ample justice was done,. and at its
kinson contributed some of
.th.eir. best songs, all
cf
principal
close Mr George Perron, Mr Renwick, and Miss E. Wil-
TEhFelat" (0p.14)
iwnhstircuh
clarionet, and viola—Mozart—by Miss Kate
for pianoforte, esra;shtea cat iTo
Trio
in
Gordon, Mr. Lazarus, and Mr. Webb ; and Mozart's
gave
r.tal petrhfeormgarenacteesswt
Morceau de Concert," for two pianos, from " Juan"—Miss
Kate Gordon and Herr Lehmeyer. These two compositions
elicited, as they deserved, the loudest applause, and we
cannot close our brief notice of the pleasant performance
without awarding great praise to Miss Gordon. Her touch
was good and her taste unexceptionable.
Tmi CITY COMPANIES.—Non-citizens have very

little knowledge of these companies : they hear occa-
sionally that the Prince of Wales dines with one compaliY•
Garibaldi with a second, some other celebrated personage
with a third, and so on; and that the companies contribute
liberally to various benevolent institutions, besides main-
taining almshouses for decayed persons. But beyond these
limits, little is popularly known of the companies. The
truth is, there is little to )snow. The companies have out-
lived the purposes for which they were originally chartered.
Each was intended to regulate some particular trade at a
time when unfettered commerce was little thought about.
It was believed in the days of the Edwards and Henrys
that there ought be some central authority in each trade, to
determine wages, prices, quality of goods, quantity of work
done in a particular time, number of persons free of the
craft, number of apprentices, and other such matters. We now
know that these things are best left to manage themselves ;
but it was a well-meant and perhaps btnefieial system
in
those days. Wealthy citizens lett estates to the companies
to which they belonged. for appropriation generally to the
needs of the poorer members of the craft. These estates
have now become enormously valuable; and as the com-
panies have very few trade privileges to exercise, or trade
duties to fulfil, the annual revenues are mainly spent in
charities and in feastings. Parliament has sometimes talked
of interfering in the matter but withaut effect, for the
estates are really and legally vested in the comp ,11,08.
Many readers will be surprised to heat that there are 80
city companies, established tq COittrel as
trades.— alcs Th'ilc. 312 dilLren t

ONEY MARKET

AND

commXILCIAL INTELLIGENCE,

CITY, TWELVE O'CLOCK.

There has been a large inquiry for monetsty
accommodation to-day, but as the brokers require
fully 6 per cent. for the best short-dated paper, the
aPPlications made to the authorities have been very
numerous. The continued demand for discounts is
awing to the payments in connection with the end
ut the present quarter, after which it will no doubt
subside.

The Edinburgh from New York has brought
4135,214.
There were no bullion operations of importance
it the Bank yesterday.
A capital of £lOO,OOO, in shares of £lO each, is
required for Cramer and Co. A minimum dividend
of 10 per cent. for five years is guaranteed, and the
directors are gentlemen of influence and position.
The obj,ct of the undertaking is to purchase the
business of the celebrated music•sellers in Regent-
street, and a conditional agreement for that pur-
Pose has been entered into with the only surviving
Partner.

It has been notified by the directors of the Im-
perial Bank of China, India, and Japan, that busi-
ness has commenced at the premises lately occupied
by the Oriental Bank Corporation.
The last week's rahway receipts, ascertained up
to this day, are, in round figures, as under:-
1864. 1863.
Great Western £68,299 £65,401
North-Western .... 113,390 103,639
south- Western
Brighton
Midland
South Eastern
Great Eastern
Lancashire and Yorkshire.. 43,015 36,650
North Eastern 61,765 58,280
Bristol and Exeter
Great Northern
North British
These returns, when compared with those of the
same period of last year, exhibit an increase on the
Great Western of £2,889; on the North Western,
of £9,751; on the South Western, of £2,170; on
the Brighton, of £404 ; on the Midland, of £4,768 ;
on the South Eastern, of £951; on the Great Eas-
tern, of £2,063; on the Lancashire and Yorkshire,
of £7,365; on the North Eastern, of £3,485; on
the Bristol and Exeter, of £lBl ; on the Great Nor-
thern, of £2,726 ; and on the North British, of
£621.

Oa and after the let of July the business of the
Agra dud United Service Bank (Limited) and
Messrs. Masterman, Peters, Mildred, and Co. will
be carried on at 35, Nicholas-lane, Lombard street,
under the title of" The Agra and Masterman Bank
(Limited)."

Two O'CLOCK.

At Paris, this day, according to Mr. Reuter's
telegram, the Three per Cent. Renter were 63t 80c.
Dull.

The market for the English Funds has been ex-
tremely dull, and although in the fore pert of the
day prices were fractionally higher, the small
amount of business transacted and thei inertness
shown to speculate have caused quotations to re-
turn to their former level. Consols for money are
90 1, and for the account 90k 1. The New Threes
and the R,duced Annuities are 89k ; India 5 per
Cents., 104 k ; and the Debentured, 984
Foreign Stocks have been generally steady, the
only change of importance having been a rise in the
Greek, viz., to 25126. Turkish 6 per Cents., 1862,
are 70k 71k; do., Consolid4s, 481 ; Mexican,
44i 45 ; Spanish Passive, 30 1 ; Russian 871 i;
and the Confederate Loan, 62 64,

In the Railway Share Market there has been
a firmer tone. North-Western have improved 10s.;
Lancashire and Yorkshire, 15s ; Great Eastern,
15s. ; North Eastern (Berwick), L 1; South Eastern,
£1 ; and Great Northern A Stock, £2.
The Foreign and Colonial lines remain very in•
active, without material change as regards values.
Bank and MiEcallaneous Shares continue in
limited request, and show little change as regards
prices. Chamounix United Hotel Shares ere quoted
f 4 prem.
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BRITISH FUNDS—ONE O'CLOCK.
GOVERNMENT rinsiDS.
3 per Cent. Consols ...... 9ok 90 I
Do Account, July: 8 9oi
3 per Cent. Reduced ........
9
Now 3 per Cent ............. 89k it
New 2i per Cent. Jan. 1894.........,
Do 5 per Cent., Jan. 1873 ..........
Annuities, 30 yrs, expire J an. 181880 —
Do fir 30 yrs, expire sth April,Bs —
Do (Red Sea Telegraph), Aug. 1908 -
March. June.

Exchequer Bills, £l,OOO, 2;d:3 per Cent.
Do L5OO ................
Do £lOO and £2OO ........ ---
Bank England Stk, ök per Ct. .......... 238 6
Do Account ........................ --.

INDIAN GOVERNMENT SECURITIES.
India Stock, 10} per Cent., April 1874
Do Account
Do 5 per Cent. July, 1570
tio Account

Do 4 per Cent., Oct. 1888 .--
Do Certificates -
Do Enfaoed Paper, 4 per Cent
Do 5 per Cent., Jan. 1872 .. ~.... ---
Do 51 per Cent., May, 1879 —
Do 4 per Cent., Aug. 1866
Li bowls Ll,tlUll..
dis
Do ruder £1,000..

FOREIGN FUNDS—ONE O'CLOCK.
Austrian Bonds, 5 per Cent
Do 1859

Brazilian 5 per Cent
Do 4 per Cent., 1852-58-60 ..... ..,
Do 1863 B6 i
Buenos Ayres 6 per Cent —
1)0 Account . —
Do 1 per Cent. (Deferred 3 per Cent.) -
Lilian 6 per Cent
Do 3 pei Cent.
Colombian 6 per Cent.....
Cuba, 6 per Cent.
Danish 3 per Cent., 1825
Do 5 per Cent. 1884
Equador New Consolidated, 1 per Cent
Egyptian 7 per Cent.. lOll 1
Do, Second Issue •
Greek 5 per Cent. 1824-5, ex-Coupons —
)
Do Account

P o C cupous —
Do Accounl,..
Guatemala 5 per Cent.
Do 1839 and 1859
Italian 5 per Cent.olaremmana Kailway,
Mexican 3 per Cent
Do Account .................. 4Do Scrip 423 paid .................. i dis
Do French Scrip, Ex 25f 200........ dis
Do 6 per Cen,. Anglo-French ........ --
dis
Ditto Scrip, 423 paid.. ..............
Nocrrish Imperial 6 per Cent ..........
New Granada .---
Do 2 per Cent —
---
De, Deterred
Do Land Warrants (Hectares) —
Peruvian 41 per Cent..
lio 3 per Cent. (Uribarren) ..
Do 41 per Cent, 1562 ......
De Account ..................
Portuguese 3 per Cent., 1853
DAccount ....................
v
I/o 3 per Cent., 1856, '7, '9, 'BO, 62,'3 —
1.,0 Account
Do 1863 Scrip, 440 paid -
Rti: isian 5 per Cent., 1822, 4 St ---
D o 41 per Cent.. 1850 —
Do 3 per Cent 1869 .
Po 6 per Cent, 1862
Do Anglo-Dutch ... •
Do Scrip, 430 paid pm
Sax lin ian 5 per Cent ....

Do Account .........

Spanish 3 per Cent ..................
Do Account ......................
Do Now Deferred ..................
Do Account ........................
Do Passive ..................... 30
[to Account ........................ 301
Spanish Cert. of Coup not funded ......
Do Account ........................ 101
Swedish, 4 per Cent ...................
lbo Scrip, £6O paid .................. Put
Turkish 6 per Cent. 1854 ..............
Do Account ..........
o 6 per Cent. 1853
Do Account
.Do £lOO Bonds
Do 6 per Cent. 1862
71
Do Account
Do £lOO Bonds..

V enezncia3 per Cent.
Do Account 221
Do 6 per Cent., 1863
Do Account
Do 1863
Do Guaranteed, 4 per Cent. .. •
Dc, 6 per Cent, 1864
Do 1} per Cent
Dividends on the above payable in London
Austrian, 5 per Cent.. Ex. 10 Florins.
Belgian 4/ per Cent., Ex. 25f
Do Account .
Dutch 2/ per Cent., Ex. 12 Guil
Do 4 per Cent. Certificates
Italian, 5 per Cent., 1861, Ex. 35 francs 69a
Do Account
Peruvian Dollar Bonds, 41 per Ct.Ez. 43.
Pielmontese, 6 per Cent,, Er. 251

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