The Sun.
London, England, 1864-07-04 00:00:00

HE SU .;X, LOND ON, MONDAY EVENING, JULY 4, 18G4.

ILLIWI'ErX:S—This Day,

MAhll-LANE.

There was less activity in the demand for whorl in the
country markets held on Saturday. Holders, generally
speaking, were not disposed to sell except at fully previous
rates; but where sales were pressed is per quarter lees
money was accepted. The spring corn trade ruled firm, at
full currencies. Flour moved off slowly, at late rates.
At New York, the amount of business doing in produce
for export is very moderate. 'The demand is chiefly con-
fined to red spring wheat of good and floe quality. On the
continent, the corn trade is generally steady.
The arrivals of home-grown produce up to our market
last week were moderate for the time of year. The imports
from abroad amounted to 27,340 quarters of wheat, 7,382
barley, 45,876 oats, 1,134 peas, 5,106 tares, 2,938 linteed,
1,900 oilseeds, 100 sacks, and 19,060 barrels of flour.
Fresh up to our market today the arrival of English
wheat eves small, both from Essex and Kent, but the
quality of the prouco on the stands was good. Oompared
with Monday last there was mush less activity in the trade,
and the marke,, was entirely devoid of excitement. Factors
however held both red and white samples at that day's ad-
vance in the quotations, but millers, generally speaking, were
indisposed to operate except at is per quarter more money.
At the close of the market, the bulk of the supply had
been disposed of at, in some instances, a decline of is per
quarter, but chiefly at last Monday's currency.
The market was moderately supplied with most descrip-
tions of foreign wheat. Red American and spring wheats
moved off steadily at full prices ; otherwise the trade was
slow, nevertheless previous quotations were supported.
Floating cargoes of grain were in moderate request, at
lull quotations.
The flour trade was decidedly quieter than on Monday
last t here was an increased supply of barrels on offer ;
nevertheless, both English and foreign qualities fairly sup-
ported previous rates.
Beans, the supply of which was small, changed hands at
fully late rates.

Peas were in short supply and steady request at lull
currencies.

On the whole the malt trade was steady, and prices
ruled firm.

CURRENCY PER IMPERJAL MEASURE,
Wheat—Essex and Kent, red, 1863, per qr 33s to Ils
Ditto, old .-5 -s
Ditto, white, 1863 i3i 493
Ditto, old __,3 .....,
Norfolk and Lincoln, red, old —s —s
Ditto, 1363
Talavera,
Rye—
Barley—Grinding 22s 253
Malting —s —s
Malt—Suffolk and Norfolk 6os 66s
Brown
Kingstown and Ware 6os COs
Chevalier
Oats —Yorkshire and Lincoinsh., Feeding lB5 23s
Potato
Yong-hal and Cork, black lss 23s
Cork, white
Scotch, Feeding l9B 23s
Beans—Tick
Pigeons,
Peas—Grey
Maple
White 34s 38s
Boilers 345 388
Floor—Town-made, per 2801 b
Suffolk 2Bs 30s
Stockton and Noriblk 26s 28s
American, per barrel l9B 25s

supported. The best Lit►colushire wool commands 2:3 7d,
per lb. Colonial wool, is tha private contact market, ie
firm in price.

Last Week's Imports,
From Algoa Bay ... .
„ New Zealand
„ Nelbourn-
„ Port Philip
„ Gruchin Bay . ... 4,605 „
„ Sydney ....
, Buenos Ayres
Current prices of English wool per lb,
Fleeces —South Down hoggets 1 111 2 01
Hall-bred do
Kent fleeces , ... .. 2 2 2 4
South Down ewes and wethers 111 2 0
Leicester do,
Sots—Clothing
. .

Combing

Particulars. 1850. 1361 1862. f 1863. 1864.
Stock this aay.... 31.059 56,60 i 34,519 37.514 4 ?.445
52591 to 52s Od to 47s id to '42661 to 40s S)d to
53s sid - and —sod, —s Od --sod
Delivery Yl'aCs; w—ee t( 1,t4 1,1 7 1,003 878 970
Ditto from June 1 9,747 5,510 7056 3,830 4,t82
Arrivals last week 8,863 151 1,, 21 1 560 S 3
Ditto from June 1 13,712 5,4.9 3,563 3,600 3,006
Price of Town .... 55s ud s
528 Od 4, 43s S)d 41a 8J

Shelled cut at bharieston,

On the 21st of August, at half-past 1 a,m,, I was lying on
my bed in the Charleston Hotel, unable to sleep from the
excessive heat, and listening to the monotonous sound of
cannonade kept up on the enemy's position from the batte-
ries on James Island. Restless and weary of the night, I
had lighted a candle in defiance of mosquitos, and sought to
pass away the time with a volume of "Les MieCirables."
It happened to be the one containing the account of the
battle of Waterloo ; and While deeply interested in the de•
scription of the rushing squadrons of cuirassiers, I was
startled by a noise that, from connection with my reading,
resembled the whirr of a phantom brigade of cavalry gallop-
ing in mid- air. My first feeling was that of utter astonish-
ment; but a crash, succeeded by a deafening explosion in
the very street in which my apartment was situate, brought
me with a bound into the centre of the room. Looking from
the window, I saw smoke and fire issuing from a house in
which were stored the drugs of the medical purveyor. A
watchman was running frantically down the street, and
when he reached the corner just below me, commenced
striking with his staff against the kerb ; a signal of alarm
practised among the Charleston police. At first I
thought a meteor had fallen ; but another awful rush
and whirr right over the hotel, and another explosion
beyond, settled any doubts I might have had—the city
was shelled. People are not generally given to laugh•
iug under such circumstances, but I will defy any one
who witnessed what I witnessed on leaving my room, not
to have given way to mirth in moderation. The hotel was
crowded with speculators who had been attracted to the city
by the sale of some blockade cargoes, and the corridors were
filled with these terrified gentlemen rushing about in the
scantiest of costumes and the wildest alarm. One perspiring
individual of portly dimensions was trotting too and fro
with one boot on and other in his hand, and this was nearly
all the dress he could boast of. In his excitement and terror
he had forgotten the number of his room, from which he
had hastened at the first alarm, and his distress was ludi-
crous to behold. Another, in a simi-state of nudity with a
portion of his garments on his arm, barked the shins of ,
every one in his way in his efforts to drag an enormous
, trunk to the staircase. On reaching the hall I found a
motley crowd, some of whom with the biggest words were
cursing the Federal commanders. Whirr l came another
shell over the roof, and down on their faces went every man
of them into tobacco-juice, and cigar ends and clattering
among the spitoons. I need not say that this is a class of
men from whom the Confederacy hopes nothing; on the
contrary, by their extortion, practised on a suffering people,
they have made themselves execrated. If a shell could have
fallen in their midst and exterminated the whole race of
hucksters, it wood have been of great benefit to the South.
The population wes now aroused, the streets filled with
women and children making their way to the upper part of
the city, where they would find comparative safety. The
volunteer fire brigade brought out their engines, and parties
of the citizen reserves were organised rapidly and quietly,
to be in readiness to give assistance shere required. The
first engine that reached the house struck by the first shell
was one belonging to a negro company, and at it they went
with a will, subduing the fire in a marvellously short time.
At every successive whirr above them the niggers shouted
quaint invectives against "cussed bobotitionists," scatter-
ing for shelter until the danger was past. Through the
streets I went, and down to the Battery promenade, meet •
ing on my way sick and bed-ridden people carried from
their homes on mattresses,and mothers with infants in their
arms running they knew not whither. Reaching the
promenade, I cast my eyes towards the Federal position,
and presently beyond James Island, across the marsh
that separates it from Morris Island, came a flash, then
a dull report, and, after an interval of some seconds, a
trightful rushing sound above me told me the path the shell
had taken ; its fligat must have been five miles 1--Cornhill
Magazine.

THE FEDERAL REPULSE AT P2TERSEURG.—The
New York Herald publishes a letter from its army
correspoodent describing the repulse of the Federals as fol-
lows :—" Gen. Pierce commanded the left of the front line
of attack, and Major Hooper, of the 15th Massachusetts, the
right. Their troops were formed in two heavy lines. The
right of the line was formed-under a crest, which protected
it from the fire from the rebel breastworks they were going
to assault, near the line of the City Point and Fredericks-
burg Railroad ; but the left was exposed to a most murder-
ous fire the moment it was in sight. The line advanced, and
the soldiers rushed over a fence along the road with which
the breastwork was nearly parallel ; they rushed forward
gallantly, but could not withstand the deadly fire of mus-
ketry, grape, and canister that was poured upon them from
that stronghold of the enemy. Oa the right of the line our
men reached to within about 75 yards of the earthworks,
and on the left to within about 200. But the fatal fire was
too much for even such gallant fellows, many of whom fell
never to rise again. The lines were accordingly compelled
to fall back a short distance to the point from which they
advanced, leaving the dead and some o: the wounded in the
possession of the enemy. Another attack was ordered to
take place at another point, for the purpose, if pos6ible, of
cutting through the rebel lines. This was a regular storm-
ing party, composed cf several brigades formed in columns
of regiments. The troops moved forward in two columns,
Col. Madell's brkade leading the advance of one column,
and Col. Champlin's the other. Shortly after 4 p.m. these
imposing columns were moved forward, and in a moment
they were moving in splendid farce towards a strong rebel
I:ne of breastworks strongly defended by infantry and artil-
lery. These immediately opened a terrific fire, and the heads
of eolums were lost in cluuds of smoke—lost in the very
jaws of death. The battery was so close, the fire so strong
as well as sudden, and the men fell so fast, that those in
front were soon cut down or scattered, end others, instinc-
tively seeking the shelter which some neighbouring build-
ings afforded, broke from the column, throwing them into
considerable confusion. The troops were then wisely with-
drawn, as a further sacrifice of human life, under these cir •
cumstances would be criminal."

INNS OF COURT,—The Benders of the Inns of
Court in December, 1863, issued new regulations
to students qualifying for the bar, and among others insti-
tuted exhibitions to be competed for by students who had
attended the lectures and classes of the several readers. The
Council of Legal Education, to whom is intrusted the duty
of superintending the instruction of students for the bar,
have directed that the examinations for exhiuitions on the
subject of the lectures delivered and classes held by the
several readers shall be commenced this day, July 4, at
Lincoln's-inn-hall. The exhibitions are of the value of 30
guineas each, to be held for a period of two years, to be
granted to the most proficient student in Constitutional Law
and Legal History, and to the most proficient student in
Jurisprudence, Civil, and International Law, and also to
the students of the advanced classes in Equity, on Real
Property Law, and on the Common Law. Junior Exhibi-
tions, to continue for a like period of two years (but to
merge on taking a superior exhibition), of the value of 20
guineas per annum, will be awarded to the most proficient
students, duly qualified, who have entered for the elemen-
tary examinations on the subjects of Equity, Real Property,
&c., and the Common Law. Mr Thomas Collett Sandam
has been appointed examiner in Constitutional Law and
Legal History, to be held this morning, the 4th of July,
from 9.30 to 12.30, and he will also examine in the afternoon
from 1.30 to 4.30 on Jurisprudence, Civil, and International
Law. On Tuesday morning, July 5, Mr. J. R. Kenyon,
Q.C., will examine in Equity from 9.30 to 12.30; and in
the afternoon of that day, from 1.30 to 4.30, Mr. James
Charles Mathew will examine on the Common Law. On
Wednesday morning, the 6th of July, Mr John Sharper,
Q.C., will examine from 9.30 to 12.30 on the Law of Real
Property, &c., and in the afternoon of that day—viz., from
1,30 to 4 30 a general paper of questions will be issued to
the students embracing all the subjects on the foregoing
heads. Students attending the lectures of any of the
readers are at liberty to attend the several examinations,
and all members of the Inns of Court who have obtained
written orders of admission from a bendier. or from one
of the readers, are also to be admitted to the oral examina-
tions.

THE FUNNY PARSON (says that absurdly named
correspondent of the Court Chronicle, Mr Burley
Hardbake) is usually a young man just in orders—too young
in orders, indeed, to be orderly. A smooth chubby-cheeked
fellow, with "a shining morning face" and a plentiful head
of hair. He is a great favourite with young ladies who take
a delight in his being " so unlike a parson," as they phrasa
it, and who lie in wait for his doing something absolutely
uncanonical and improper. He is a great man at a pic-nic—
can sing a comic song if needed, and when quite away from
his "potent, grave, and reverend seniors," he can imitate
the noises of animals to perfection, smokes furtive pipes at
night, despises his white tie, and, when he is able, obscures it
under a lay neckerchief. He indulges in a wide awake hat,
and reads novels when he should devote himself to the
Fathers. Indeed, as my friend Jones says, he doesn't care
much for the " Papas" or the Fathers either, his chief care
is the daughters. And certainly he is a very amusing man
for a select tea party of ladies who are pretty enough to
interest, and not old enough to check his unclerical mirth.
He is a very sharp fellow in his way, is an exceedingly
agreeable man for a ccrupanion in a walking tour, has one
or two smart and not very decent college stories, over
which he chuckles with an enjoyable sense of their
impropriety. He is a loud talker, a loud laugher, a
despiser of church authority and Convocations, a con-
temner of bishops, a sneerer at rubrics and saints' days__
altogether a man out of his element, one who possibly might
have rruggled into notice at the Bar, but to whose peculiar
abilities the Church is a wet blanket, which he is constantly
making efforts to throw away. Of course he usually belongs
to the Low or the Broad church party. Ho is too lazy to
sympathise with hard work and parish visiting, except it be
the visiting of the pic-nicing portion of his flock, where there
are champagne corks to be drawn and jokes to be perpetrated.
Ho quotes Sydney Smith, and delights in nothing to much as
to be thought to resemble that reverend je.ater. If he is good
locking it is ten to one that he will marry a pretty girl
with money, right under the nose of some despairing captain
or other; obtain his rectory in middle life, and subside
into a jesting old ago of pert and walnuts. Ho is one of those
men who have made our church as ridiculous as she is ca-
pable of becoming in the eyes of Romanists and dissenters.

The Visit of the Prince of Wales to the
1 London liospital.—This Day,

Precisely at five minutes past one o'clock this day their
Royal Highnesses the Prince and Princess of Wales. at-
tended by their suite, preceded by outriders in scarlet uni-
forms, passed along Fleet-street en route to the London.
Hospital, in order to witness the imposing ceremony of lay-
ing the foundation-stone of the new wing of that institu-
tion.

Upon reaching the hospital, which the royal party did
about 20 minutes after 1 o'clock, they were received by Ilia
Royal Highness the Duke of Cambridge, and the Hon.
Artillery Company, who acted as a guard of Honour. They
were conducted to a very elegant marquee, beneath which
the ceremony was to take place. Their Royal Highnesses
having most graciously acknowledged the enthusiastic
welcome, proceeded to the spot upon which the
foundation stone was to be laid, and then his Royal High-
ness the Duke of Cambridge, as President of the London
Hospital, advanced and read to the Prince and Princess en
address, to which his Royal Highness returned a reply
stating the pleasure which it gays him and the Princess
to be present that day, and to take part in a ceremony in
which they felt the most lively interest.

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After a prayer had been offered up by the Bishop of
London, his Royal Highness received an elegant silver
trowel from the architect, and with the most apparent plea-
cure proceeded to lay the foundation stone of the new build-
ing amidst the most vociferous cheering.
This portion of the day's proceeding having been most
satisfactorily performed, their Royal Highnesses were con-
ducted over a number of the wards of the hospital, and
from there to a very large marquee, beneath which a most
recherelid dejeuner had been prepared. The repast having
fluished, and the "Health of her Majesty the Queen''
having been duly honoured,

His Royal Highness the Prince of WALES rose to pro-
pose "Prosperity to the London Hospital." His Royal
Highness said it gave him and the Princess the utmost
gratification to be present that day, because amongst the
many valuable institutions which adorned the metropolis,the
London Hospital was one of the most remarkable. He said
he felt the greatest pleasure in taking part in the proceed-
ings of the day, and expressed an earnest hope that success
would crown the efforts of those to whose care the conduct
of such a noble institution was confided.

The Duke of CAMBRIDGE having replied in suitable
terms, their royal highnesses took their departure amidst
the hearty cheers of the large assembly.
The whole proceedings passed off with the greatest eclat,
The amount of the subscription announced previous to the
departure of their royal highnesses was £30,600.
The proposed new west wing will be 140 feet long
by 60 feet wide, and will contain in the basement
story a large waiting hall, for out-patientS, sur-
geons' and physicians' rooms, laboratory, dispensary,
and other offices. The ground and one or two pair floors
will contain large wards for men, women, and chil-
dren, together with separate wards for the mem-
bers of the Hebrew persuasion, and suitable offices
adjoining thereto. Oa each of the several floors are
the requisite rooms for nurses and other attendants. The
dormitories will be fitted up exclusively for the sleeping
apartments of the nurses and domestics connected with
the institution, and it is expected there will be accommoda-
tion for 200 additional patients, exclusive of the requisite
offices for the attendants.