The Sun.
London, England, 1867-07-20 00:00:00

HIDES AND SKINS.

Yesterday evening his Imperial Majesty the
Sultan, with his chief Alinisters and the most dis-
tinguished members of his suite, was entertained at
the new India-offices, with a splendour and mag-
nificence which quite threw into the shade all
similar entertainments in London for many years
past.
After so many disappointments it is some comfort
to be able to state that the great Ball, or, more pro-
perly speaking, the State reception of the Sultan
last evening at the India-office, was perfectly suc-
cessful, and regal in its appointments and splendour
from first to last. It would be difficult to overpraise
all the arrangements for this superb entertainment,
and almost equally difficult would it be to convey
to the general reader a fair idea of the difficulties to
be overcome before a fete so suddenly resolved on
could be carried to perfection in a building which
is nut only empty, but will for months to come be
incomplete.
A special room was set apart for the reception of
the illustrious visitors. This overlooked the Park,
and was so draped and fitted with mirrors and
gilding as to make a most elegant little saloon. Its
glories, however, were as nothing compared with
those of the chamber specially set apart for the
Sultan's reception and the Sultan's supper. This
was the India Council Room, one of the most
beautifully decorated of all the fine apartments
in the new offices. Except its superbly
carved mantel-piece, in itself a perfect monu-
ment and work of art, very little was seen of
its other decorations yesterday evening. All parts
of its walls were covered with rich draperies grace-
fully festooned, and all the treasures of Windsor and
Buckingham Palace had been ransacked to lend
additional splendour to its adornment. At the
upper end, under which his Imperial Majesty was to
sit at supper, was a trophy of massive golden plate.
There were shields, and cups, and salvers, as largo
as any shield, the rarest and most antique specimens
of workmanship of their kind, one or two being
from the hand of that great master Benvenuto Cel-
lini, and others dating as far back for their origin
as the days of Queen Elizabeth. Mixed with these,
so as to form a background to their brilliancy, were
the time-honoured regimental standards of many
regiments, all covered with glorious names of
tomes achieved, some dim and dusty-looking in their
faded glories, and others mere tatters of discoloured
silk hanging to the poles. Conspicuous at the base
of this great trophy of artistic wealth and historic
honours was a hugh tiger's head and shoulders,
about four times the natural size, in gold. It was
beautifully chased so as to resemble the markings
of the beast's skin, and the widespread open jaws
of the monster were filled with teeth of rock crystal.
This was a trophy from the treasure-house of Tippoo
Sultan.

Market hide; 56 to 641bs, 2-1,1 to 3d ; 64 to 721bs, 3d
to 3id ; 72 to 80 311 to 3id ; 80 to 881bs., 3id to 4d ; 88
to 961b5., 4d to 41(1. Horsehides, 9s 6d to lOs 6d ; calf skins
(light), 2s Od to 4s; full, 7s (k 1; sheepskin; lambs, 3s Od
to 4s 6kl; shenrlings, 2s 3d to 2s 6d.

BREAD.
The prices of wheaten broad in the metropolis are from
9id to 101.; of household ditto, 7d. to 9d. per 41bs loaf.

In artistic worth this regal trophy was incom-
parable, though in actual money value the golden
plate which covered the Sultan's supper table w,-)uld
have been a ransom for a King. All that the Royal
Palace could spare of their most costly table deco-
rations for State occasions were displayed last night.
There were gold epergnes, gold flower vases, gold
centre
pieces, gold ice pails, gold knives and forks,
gold salts, and gold bouquet holders. Everything
on the table was of gold, and although .all were of
similar patterns, some pieces were of au antiquity
that dated from a time when the Sultans were, if
not the first, at least the most dreaded Power' in
Europe, and when every Sovereign, save that of
England, sued for their friendship and trembled at
their wrath. Some idea of the value and extent of
the plate thus placed at the service of the Imperial
guest and those who accompanied him may be
judged from the fact that there were no less than
nine dozen soup plates and 16 dozen supper plates
allotted for the use of the Imperial party.
Such were the most prominent features of the
preparations made to receive his Majesty, but, as
we have said already, no amount of mere descrip-
tion would do justice to the splendour of their effect
when seen as they were last night. Amid all the
glow of thousands of lights shed upon the brilliancy
of State uniforms and Court dresses, the spectacle
of the Imperial reception was really one of grandeur.
The principal guests began to arrive, with praise-
worthy punctuality, at half-past 9 o'clock ; but
before this time the upper corridor and galleries
were well filled with visitors. The Lord Chancellor
and Lady Chelmsford and Mr. Disraeli and Mrs.
Disraeli were among the first to take their places
on the dais, which was gradually occupied by a
brilliant throng of the Great Officers of State, Am-
bassadors, and Ministers from foreign Courts. Be-
fore this time the lower corridor, from which the
procession up the hall could be seen to great advan-
tage, was crowded with ladies and their escort,
nearly all the gentlemen being in Court dress or
uniform. It was nearly 11 o'clock when His Ma-
jesty arrived. Ile was met at the Park entrance by Sir
Stafford Northcote, the Minister for India, Sir James
Fergusson, the Under-Secretary of State, and the
members of the India Council, and was ushered to the
Reception-room, where the Prince of Wales, Prince
and Princess Louis of Hesse, and other members of
the Royal party were present to meet him. After
a short interval a procession was formed, and pro-
ceeded through an open space roped off in the centre
of the hall to the dais and chairs of State which
were arranged there. The Sultan led her Royal
Highness the Princess Alice, the Prince of Wales,
the Duchess of Cambridge; and after them came
Prince Louis of Hesse, the Duke and Duchess of
Mecklenburg Strelitz, the Duke and Duchess of
Aosta, Prince Teck and the Princess Mary, the
Duke of Cambridge, and suites. His Imperial High-
ness and the Royal party having taken the seats pro-
vided for them, the band of the Coldstream Guards
struck up the first bars of a quadrille, which was
then danced in an open space formed in front of the
dais. Eastern monarchs don't dance, and are said
to wonder why other people should, when men
and women can be hired to undergo this
fatigue. So the Sultan looked calmly on while
the twelve couples who formed the only quadrille
party went through the well-known figures. The
Prince of \Vales danced with Lady Northcote ;
Princess Alice honoured with her hand the Minister
for India. The Duchess of Cambridge remained
seated on the right of his Imperial Highness, and
the Duke of Cambridge during the quadrille took
the chair on the Sultan's left, which had been va-
cated by the Princess Alice. His Excellency Fuad
Pasha, as usual, acted as interpreter in the conver-
sation between his Imperial Majesty and any of the
royal party whom he addressed.
After the quadrille came a waltz, which was re-
stricted as before to the royal party. But the waltz
somewhat languished, and was not shared in at the
most by more than six or seven couples, sometimes
only by two or three. It was kept up, however, as
waltzes are, with a fitful energy long sustained, and
the guests outside the privileged circle watched the
dancing with immense interest.
At half-past 12 the Sultan signified his pleasure
to take supper, and a new procession was formed
which proceeded up the grand staircase, and past
the pleasant cascade, with its refreshing sound of
falling water, to the chief supper room. The ap-
proaches were lined by Yeomen of the Guard and
the picturesquely-attired members of the Sultan's
body-guard ; and a stately show it was as the
courtly throng divided to allow the chief guests to
h pass, the Sultan giving his arm to the Princess
Alice as before, and the Prince of Wales and the
other members of the royal party following to the
banquet prepared for them.
The band, which had played a grand march as
the procession passed, now struck up a merrier
strain. Dancing was vigorously begun while the
distinguished guests were at table, and was still
more vigorously continued after supper. Great
statesmen and diplomatists don't as a rule dance,
and one or two whose official positions required that
they should were observed to be rather at a loss in
some of the figures. Few politicians even are
fascinated by this amusement. Since a ball it was
to be, Sir Stafford Northcote was therefore per-
fectly justified in inviting a proportion of " ball-
going people," as well as the more staid and per-
haps more distinguished persons who, like 'the
celebrated Tenth, don't dance." Sir Charles Rus-
sell, Colonel Sturt, and several officers of the

HAY.

SMITHFIELD —Meadow Os to £1 lOs Od ; clover,
.£4 Os to £3 15s Od; and straw, £2 to £2 Gs per load.
A small supply.
CU mnEiti„t xl).-11eatlow hay, £3 Os to £4 12s Gd ; clover,
£4 Os to £5 17s 6d ; and straw, £2 to £2 Gs per load
A dull sale.
WIIITECHAPEL—Meadow hay, £3 to £4 lOs Od ; clover,
£4 Os Od to £5 17s Gd ; and straw, £2 to £2 Gs per load.
Demand inactive.
Now hay is quoted at £2 10r, to £3 10s, and now clover
£3 to £4 15s. per load.

ALLEGED MANSLAUGHTER BY A SON.—On Thurs-
day an inquest was held at Macclesfield on the body of a
man named Wright. It was stated in evidence that on the
3d inst. the deceased had an altercation with his son Daniel,
who kicked him in the abdomen. On Tuesday last he died
from neglected inflammation of the bowels. The son said
that his father had been kicked by a horse, and it appeared
that the deceased made a statement to that effect to the
surgeon. The jury returned a verdict of manslaughter
against Daniel Wright, who was then committed for trial

THE BALL TO THE SULTAN AT THE Guards acted as masters of the ceremonies, and did
INDIA HOUSE. their best to prevent the ball from flagging. A
large proportion of the guests, however, were satis-
fied with having seen the Sultan and the Royal
party come and go in procession, and after supper
did not return to the ballroom. Supper was pro-
vided for 2,500 visitors.

THE VISIT OF THE BELGIANS.

Yesterday the Belgians spent one of the most en-
joyable days they have had since their arrival in
London. They marched from the cavalry barracks
in Albany-street to Highgate, where they were en-
tertained by Miss Burdett Coutts under circum-
stances which must have made the fete at Holly-
lodge thoroughly agreeable. Though the route from
Albany-street to Miss Coutts' villa lies through
what may be called a suburb, the inhabitants of the
districts through which they passed made such pre-
parations for giving them a hearty welcome that
their progress., both going and returning, was marked
by general enthusiasm. At 1 o'clock the troops as-
sembled at the barracks for a general parade previ-
ously to their march. Sir P. Hunter, Col. Warde,
Col. R. Gardner, of the North-east London Rifles,
and other English volunteer officers attended to
assist the Belgian Staff in their arrangements. Col.
Gregoire and most of his staff were mounted on this
occasion--a circumstance which added considerably
to the appearance of the column while marching. At
2 o'clock the commandant gave the order to march,
and the Chasseurs Eclaireurs, headed by their band,
passed out of the barrack gate. They were fol-
lowed by the Chasseurs Beiges, better known as
the Belgian Volunteers ; and then came successively
the cavalry, artillery, and infantry of the Garde
Civique. When the troops turned from Albany-
street into Park-street on their way to the Kentish-
town-road, they found that nearly every house
was decorated with banners, and that a number
of flags hung on cords stretched across from one
side of the way to the other. The great lamp at
the point where Park-street runs into the Kentish-
Town-road had been converted into a sort of trophy.
A very large number of people had assembled at
that spot, and they cheered our visitors with much
warmth. Along the Kentish Town-road and High-
gate-rise, up to Holly-lodge, there was a much larger
show of flags than had been made for the Belgians
within a similar length of ground in any other part
of the metropolis. Most of the shops were closed,
the pavements were crowded with people, and every
private window was filled with spectators, most of
whom wore ribands of the Belgian colours. The
cheering was continuous. When the Riflemen
reached the foot of Highgate-hill the bells of St.
Anne's began to ring out a merry peal, which was
continued till long after they had entered the
grounds of Holly-lodge. Near the entrance gates
a very handsome triumphal arch had been erected.
On a banner descending from the centre with
the words, " Welcome to Highgate." A guard of
honour composed of men of the 20th Middlesex
Rifles was drawn up outside the grounds of the villa,
and presented arms as the Belgian Riflemen filed in
through the gates. The Belgians were formed in
lines on ground which, at some distance from the
houses, slopes in the direction of the Highgate-road.
After some delay they were re-formed in column,
and, with bands playing, marched up to the lawn
in front of the villa, where they were reviewed in
presence of an illustrious and distinguished com-
pany. On the balcony, in front of the drawing-
rooms, were the Duchess of Cambridge, the Duke
and Duchess of Meckletiburgh-Strelitz, the Prince
and Princess of Teck, M. and Mdme. Van de Weyer,
the Count and Countess do Paris, the Duke and
Duchess of Aosta, the Duke of Wellington, Baron
Bentiuck, the Netherlands Minister, Lord Gran-
ville, the Marquis d'Azeglio, the Bishop of
London, Lord Mansfield, Lord Frederick Paulet,
Lord Claud Hamilton, &c. Seated under the porch
was Miss Burdett Coutts, and in her immediate
vicinity were Lord Stanhope, the Marquis and
Marchioness of Normanby, Lord Overstone, Lord
Churston, Colonel and the llon. Mrs. Loyd Lind-
the band say, Mr. Beresford Hope, M.P., Mr. Otway, MP.,Mr. J. A.
oSfintihtlei, M.P.,etre; On
ekt iureachingc
position there and played " God save the Queen,"
too tlkie
u lawnp
after which M. de I'Eau Audrimont, the command-
ant of that corps, stepped forward and presented
Miss Coutts with a bouquet of extraordinary size
and beauty which had been brought from Ghent,
a place renowned for its flowers. In making the
presentation the Commandant said he did so in the
name of the Chasseurs Eclaireurs of Belgium. Tho
name of Miss Burdett Coutts was well known in
that country. There as well as here it was identified
with philanthropy. He was proud to be the medium
of conveying to Miss Coutts the sentiments of his
countrymen, who had the greatest admiration for
her benevolence. Miss Burdett Coutts begged

that Major de l'Eau Audrimont would convey to
the Chasseurs Eclaireurs her thanks for their very
beautiful present, which, she assured them,
she received with very great pleasure. 3,1133
Coutts added that she was happy to have
so many of the Chasseurs, as well as of the
Garde Civique, her guests that day. The whole
corps having marched past in slow time, they
were conducted to the portion of the grounds
in which the tents for the dejeuner had been
erected. There were three tents. In one covers
were laid for 1,228 ; in each of the others there were
places for 488. There was another tent, very pretty
in all its details, which was fitted up for the
hostess herself and her Royal guests. It cow"
manded a view of the other three tents, and was
lined half round with mirrors, which reflected
much of the scene outside. The repast pro-
vided for the riflemen was an excellent one, aud
elegantly served. Champagne was distributed 111_
profusion, and there was an equal abundance o£
.
bitter ale. Before the close of the dejeuner each of
the tents was visited by Miss Coutts, who was ac-
companied by the Royal and distinguished per-
sonages, who were guests at the villa.

At the close of the dejeuner Colonel Gregoire pre-
posed the toast of " The Queen of England," and
the Prince of Teck that of " The King and Queen
of the Belgians." Before leaving the grounds the
entire body of the Belgians conveyed through their
officers their acknowledgments to Miss Burdett

Coutts for the compliment she had paid them, and
the pleasant afternoon she had enabled them to
spend at Holly-lodge.

THE AGRICULTURAL HALL.

The concert givenlast night in honour of our Bel-
gian visitors was a brilliant affair in its way. The
hall was illuminated and decorated precisely in the
manner described in our notice of the ball which
was given on the previous evening, and a crowd
scarcely less vast had assembled shortly after eight
o'clock, the hour at which the concert was adver-
tised to begin. Considering that the entertainment
was got up especially for the Belgian Volunteers,
great surprise was felt that comparatively s°
few of them were present. Indeed, but for the
knowledge of this fact, the Belgian element, as re-
presented last night, would scarcely have beon re-
marked. A ball, however, kept up till six or sae°
in the morning, and immediately succeeded by 3
fete champetre, like that to which our excellent
friends were invited by Miss Burdett Coutts, would
appear enough to satisfy for a time the strong
craving after amusement. And doubtless the phi-
E:ical exhaustion created by these two events, tb°
one following so closely;on the other, kept a large
number of Belgians away from the concert. Thes°
who came, however, were evidently pleased with tbe
entertainment provided for them.

BARBAROUS TREATMENT OF JEWS.—A. telegram
from Bucharest states that the Jews, comprised in the wea:
sores which the Government thought proper to take again
"
foreign vagrants, hail been condemned by the tribunals °
Jassy to return to Turkey, whore they said they were bort:
On July 13 they had been made to cross the Danube, 1-)T
they were brought back to the Remain side by a Tnrk.isu
barque. The frontier guard having opposed their landl
on the Rouniain territory, the captain of the Turkish vess°
threw them into the river. Eight of these unfortunate Per-
sons, who fell into shallow water, were rescued by t"
population of Galatz, but the two others were drowned'
THE ATTEMPTED MURDER OF A PHYSICIAN.'-'
John Jones, 70, who was tried at the Glamorgan AFsi r'3l3
on Wednesday, and found guilty of shooting at
Prichard with intent to murder him, was brought 11P °il
Thursday for judgment. Ile was sentenced by Ur. 13°•19-
n
i Channel' to ton years' penal servitude.

MONEY MARKET

A ND
COMMERCIAr_. INTIMLIGENCE,

TWELVE O'CLOCK.

The Stock Exchange being closed, there has been
a very limited attendance in the usual commercial
circles ; and scarcely any business of importance
has been entered into. No change can be reported
in the current rates of discount.

A further sum of £67,000 was taken to the Bank
of England yesterday. The silver brought by the
West Indian packet has been sold at 60s. O'd.,
showing no alteration. A small amount of Mexican
dollars has been sold for China at 595. Old. per
ounce, being an advance of id.
A first dividend of 3s. in the pound will be pay-
able to-morrow to the creditors of the New Zealand
Ranking Corporation (Limited). The bills of ex-
change remitted by Mr. Evans, the official liquida-
tor at Dunedin, it is stated, only arrived at maturity
on Monday last, and every facility has been afforded
by the chief clerk to the Master of the Rolls to
enable the dividend to be paid at this early date.
The report of the Fore-street Warehouse Com-
pany recommends a dividend at the rate of 10 per
cent. per annum, leaving £9,117 to be carried for-
ward. It also proposes an issue of debentures for
£120,000 to Mr. Morrison in lieu of that amount
payable to him.
A meeting will be held on Thursday next of
Spanish Certificate holders to consider the proposals
of the Government for the settlement of their claims,
and on the following day a meeting will take place
of the holders of Passive Bonds.

The traffic receipts on the .East Indian Railway
for the week ending the 26th• May amounted to
£38,256 17s. 2d., against £30,197 in the corre-
sponding week of 1866, showing an increase of
£8,059 17s. 2d.

The report to bo presented at the forthcoming
meeting of the proprietors of the Bank of Egypt
states that the net profits, after providing for rebate
of bills not yet due, amount to £20,145 ls. Bd.
This, added to £6,164195. 10d., the balance brought
forward from the previous half year, makes a total
of £26,310 ls. 6d. available for appropriation. The
directors recommend that £5,000 be carried to the
reserve fund, which will then amount to £50,000 ;

and that the usual dividend be declared at the rate
of 10 per cent. per annum for the half year
(£12,500), free of income-tax, leaving a balance of
£B,BlO Is. 6d. to be carried forward to the next
account. The dividend will be payable on Aug. 6.
The specie movements during the past week have
been of an extensive character as regards the im-
Ports, which have decreased to about £995,640,
including £73,000 from New York in the Palmyra,
£4,000 by the Teutonia, £288,350 by the Russia,
£105,800 by the Fulton, £150,000 by the City of
Baltimore, and £22,000 by the New York. The
Christiana Thomson, from Sydney, has brought
X 11,844 ; the Wellesley, from Port Phillip, £90,000 ;
the Tasmania, from the West Indies and Pacific,
£194,966 ; the Ottoman, from the West Coast of
Africa, £4,830 ; and about £14,850 in silver has
been received from the Continent. The exports
aye been £2OO to the West Indies by the Rhone,
and there have been remittances to the Continent
through private sources estimated at £188,733, the
total amounting to £188,933.
The following has been received by the chair-
'lin, of the committee of Spanish Certificate-
holders :

" Spanish Legation, London.
" Tho Spanish Minister presonts his compliments to Mr.
Itobertson, and begs to forward him copy of a telegram
just received from her Catholic Majesty's Minister of
Finance:—

" ' (Translation.)
" ' The Minister of Finance to the Minister Plenipotentiary

of Spain.

" 'Madrid, July 11.

`" The Qaceta publishes to-day the decree for tho
Ineut of the Certificates at 25 per cent. in the Exterior at
45, in conformity with the authority conceded by the law
of the 11th inst., and the order for the execution of this
law relative to the Certificates and the Passive Debt.

" ' BARZANALLANA.' "

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ritEFERENCE BRAUN&
Great Western, Orig. 41 per cent., 74
North Eastern, York, H. and Selby purchase, 9 9-16
North Eastern, West Hartlepool Harbour and Rail,. BGj

PREFERENCE SHARES:AND STOCKS.
Victoria Station and Pimlico, In
LINES LEASED AT FIXED BEDITALB.
Brkenhcad, 8111

FOREIGN RAILWAYS.
Central Argentine, llf
ottoman (Smyrna to Aidin), 2 3}
San Paulo, lim., gua. 6 per cent., 15;
South Austrian and Lombardo Venetian, 15:

FOREIGN MINKS.
Chontales Gold and Silver Mining, lim., 4 3-10 4
Don Pedro, North Del !ley, 3 5-16 2 pm
Pestarena United Gold, 11m., 21
United Mexican, lim., 2

BANJUL

Alliance, lien., 13i 131 --
Anglo-Austrian, 8j
Anglo Egyptian, Urn., 151
A witralasta, 63
Bank of Now Zealand, 181 18
Chartered filer. of India, London, and China, Hi 7
Imperial Bank, lim., 18j 10
London and River Plate,

Ditto, issued at
London Chartered Baltic of Australia. 23
London and County, 55
Ditto, new, 21i I
London Joint Stock, 43
London and W estminster, 103
National Provincial of Englana,
Ditto, .'d and 3d issue, 401
New South Wales, 45 4i
Provincial of Ireland,
Ditto, new, 34
Union of London, 3SI

MISCELLANEOUS;
Anglo-American Telegraph, lim., 184 I
Atlantic Telegram --
Dit o, 8 per cent., 85 04
Commercial Union, Insurance. 4 4 31
International Financial society,
London Financial Association.
Loudon General Omnibus Company, llm, 2k
Nr.tlonal Discount Company,
it' o, new, issued at 5 pin., 1 .4
New Zealand Loan and Mer. Agency, lim., 2 11-10
Pansina New Zealand, and Aus. It. Mail.
Ditto (alit, 2i
Peninsula and Oriental Steam, 421
Ditto, new, 1855, 434 4
Viceroy of Egypt (Mortgage) Loan, GS

THE LORD PROVOST OF EDINBURGH AND THE
LORD MAYOR OF LONDON.-At tho meeting of the Town
Council of Edinburgh held on Thursday, the Lord Pro-
vost read a letter he had received from the Lord Mayor in
regard to the statement made by him that the Lord Pro-
vost had iu Paris raised the question whether Edinburgh
had not precedency over London. The Lord Mayor ex-
plained that he had been informed that the Lord Provost
had raised a question of precedency when the tickets were
allotted for the Exhibition, and that he had "perhaps too
hastily inferred" that it was between the municipalities of
London and Edinburgh. lie had now, however, been
made aware that the question was between Edinburgh and
Dublin; and he regretted that ho had fallen into the mis-
take.