The Sun.
London, England, 1865-08-02 00:00:00

MARKETS-- ThlB Day.

MARK-LANE.
Fresh up to our market to-day the arrivals of home-
grown wheat, of last year's growth, was very moderate ;
of new produce limited. As compared With Monday there
was certainly more firmness in the trade ; but millers
showed no disposition to operate freely. The demand,
however, both for red and white English wheat was, on
tho whole, steady at full prices.
The market was but moderately supplied with foreign
wheat. A limited business was transacted in most de-
scriptions ; nevertheless, prices ruled tolerably firm.
Floating cargoes of grain were in fair demand at late
rates.

Barley—the supply of which on sale was moderate—
was in fair request at full currencies.
Malt was in slow request, at about stationary prices.
The market was well supplied with oats. Most descrip-
tions were in good demand, and the quotations ruled firm.
Beans and peas were unaltered in value from Monday.
Both articles were in limited supply.
About an average business was transacted in flour, at
late rates.

ARRIVALS THIS WEEK.
Wheat. Barley. Malt. Oats. Flour.
English and Scotch 430 10 1510 370 1820
Irish
Foreign 4610 4000

19,850 3660 brig.
sks.

COMPARATIVE QUANTITIES AND PRICES OP GRAIN.
For the week ending July For the corresponding week
29;1865., last year.
Qrs.. Aver. Qrs. Aver.
Wheat 63,828-42s 10d Wheat 64,823-43s Od
8ar1ey......... 684-28 s 6d Barley 1,107-27s 8d
Oats

BOROUGII HOP.
Very little business is passing in any kind of hops.
Prices rule stationary.

WHIT ECHAPEL.

The supply of meat- on sale is very moderate, and the
,rade rules firm, as follows :--

Beef, from 8s 2d to 4s 10d ; mutton, 4s 2d to 5s 10d ;
lamb, 5s 4d to 6s 4d ; veal, 3s 103 to 4s 10d; and pork,
3s 8d to 68 Od per Blbs by the carcase.

GERMAN "LAMB" AND WEL* "MUTTON."—It is
a fact not generally known that one-half the Ger-
man mutton coming to this country via Hamburg is sold
in this metropolis for "lamb," at very remunerative prices.
At cost price, this meat may be purchased at from 3d. to
30. per lb., and it is selling in the butchers' shops at the
advanced price of Bd. to 9d. per lb. The Merino sheep
run remarkably small, more especially in bone, and seldom
weigh more than four and a half stone, or 361 b. each. The
superiority of their wool is the cause of their being bred.
A large portion of the above meat is, moreover, passed
off for Welsh mutton at some of the inferior butchers'
shops.
MEETING OF THE MASTER BUILDERS.--The ad-
journed meeting of the Master Builders' Associa-
tion was held yesterday at the Freemasons' Tavern, for the
purpose of receiving a report as to the strike at Messrs.
Cubitt's. The secretary reported that he had received a
notification from Messrs. Cubitt's firm that the strike had
closed on Monday, the men having resumed work at the
advanced rate of wages of id. per hour. Some discussion
then ensued upon the threatened agitation for a further
advance in the spring by the carpenters of F. per hour and
by the masons of d. per hour ; but, as no official notice
had yet been given by the men, it was considered that any
action upon the subject at present would be premature, and
the question was postponed for consideration at a future
meeting.

THE FALL OF HOUSES IN CHANDOS-STREET.—
Yesterday afternoon Mr. Langham concluded the
inquiry into the circumstances attending the death of the
man Dawson, who was killed by the recent fall of houses
in Chandos-street. Evidence was given that there were
no appearances of danger about the holves, and Mr. Dent,
. .
a surveyor, of Great James-street, expressed his opinion
that the houses were in a fair condition, and added that
he could not in any way account for the accident. The
jury returned as their verdict that the death of the deceased
was accidental, and that no one was to blame. Mr. Lewis,
on behalf of Mr. Howes, the contractor, stated that although
there was no legal liability on the part of Mr. Howes, he
had made the widow a present of 4100, and had paid her
professional expenses.

An epoch in the annals of German national fes-
tivals has just concluded at Dresden, after a dura-
tion of three days. The proposal for a confederate
singing festival, thrown out some time ago, was
accepted with such enthusiasm that no less than
20,000 singers assembled at Dresden, not only from
every town of Germany, but from different parts of
England, France, Russia, America, and even from
Australia, China, and New Zealand. The festival
commenced on the 22d, and lasted till the 25th July.
The visitors commenced pouring into the town on
the 21st, and Dresden was gaily decorated with flags,
representing the different colours of the German
States. The site chosen for the building in which
the musical performances took place was a large
expanse of fiat land on the right bank of the Elbe,
at the foot of the lovely range of hills forming the
so-called Elbe Valley. The building itself was of
vast dimensions, being capable of accommodating
40,000 people. All around this monster music hall
were strewn an immense number of refreshment
tents, station houses for fire-engines, porters, and
even doctors. The first concert took place on Sun-
day, the 23d, at 5 o'clock in the afternoon, when
the King and Queen, with the other members of the
royal family and the chief officers of State, attended.
On Monday, the 24th, the colours of the different
Sangerbunde were carried in procession from the
Mansion House to the Music Hall. There were no
less than 700 of these standards and flags of all pos-
sible colours, bearing different devices and mottoes
in gold and silver embroidery. One can best esti-
mate the great length of the procession by stating
thatit took upwards of two and a half hours to pass
any point from which one surveyed it. The crowd
was tremendous and the cheering perfectly deafen-
ing. The people composing this army of singers were
of every possible class ; noblemen, private gentle-
men, composers, actors, students, teachers, lawyers,
doctors, farmers, respectable merchants of all sorts,
carpenters, butchers, shoemakers, tailors, and
bakers. The :second concert took place at six
o'clock that evening.
•The last day of the festival, Tuesday the 25th,
was devoted by the singers to visiting the neigh-
bouring country and places of resort about Dresden.
Concerts and fetes of all sorts were given in honour
of the guests, who certainly ought to be pleased
with their reception, for, besides the public de-
monstrations of joy at their coming, the inhabi-
tants of Dresden undertook to give the whole num-
ber of 20,000 men free board and lodging during
their five days' stay there—a plan by no means easy
to put into execution, considering that Dresden is
itself a comparatively small town, but which was
nevertheless accomplished most satisfactorily. The
King himself furnished room for 300 singers in his
own palace, and all the other prominent personages
of the town likewise bore their respective share in
the business of providing lodgings for the visitors.
The weather, which had favoured the guests till
Tuesday evening, suddenly changed then ; a violent
thunderstorm came on unexpectedly, accompanied
by heavy rain ; it soon cleared, however, and to-
wards ten o'clock thousands of people streamed out
of town towards the Music Hall, where the singers had
assembled for the last time to sup together. The even-
ing passed cheerfully amid numerous toasts, speeches,
and songs, and terminated with a vote of thanks
to the inhabitants of Dresden for the cordial
hospitality and kindness shown in their reception
of the strangers. At 12 o'clock the bells pealed
forth and the guns of the garrison broke the still-
ness of the night by three salvoes. The assembly
broke up and the president declared the first San-
gerbundesfest terminated.

The report of the Commissioner of Customs, just
published, gives a highly favourable account of our
imports and exports, and shows that their values
are increasing at a rate that jg wholly unprece-
dented. For the last five years the tide of pro-
sperity has flowed steadily on without receiving the
slightest ebb ; and since 1859 goods of the value of
nearly 100 millions have been added to the annual
amount of our importations, or at the mean rate of
20 millions additional for each successive year. In
1863 there was a rise of 23 millions over 1862, . and
in 1864 there was an increase of nearly 29 millions
over 1863 ; so that our trading relations with the
world are proceeding with a steady but accelerated
ratio. The simple figures, however, tell best their
own facts, and merely require citing. The return
for the last six years runs as follows :-
1839 .C179,182,355
1860 210,530,873
1861 217,485,024
1862 225,716,976
1863 218,919,020
274,863,924
1864