The Sun.
London, England, 1859-06-18 00:00:00

STATE OF TRADE.

(From the Leeds Mercury of this day.)
LEEDS, June 17.—The present being a holiday week,
the ordinary business of the town to some extent has been
disarranged. Scarcely anything was done during the first
two days; since then, a few good buyers have been in the
market, and the trade has resumed its usual course, and
for the season a fair business is doing. We have no alter-
ation to notice in the markets, or in the state of employ-
ment in the manufacturing localities.
BRADFORD, Thursday.—The demand for combing wool
has rather increased since last week, and rates are a shade
higher. Consumers view with considerable alarm the high
prices of the raw material, because in the present state of
things they see no chance of obtaining anything near cost
for yarns and goods ; and unless an improvement takes place
in these branches of the trade, production will have to be
further curtailed. Stocks of noils and shorts are very light.
and prices may be quoted fully as high as last week. In
worsted yarns for the home trade rather more business is
doing, but for export the demand continues very languid,
and few transactions are entered into. Prices are firm.
Cotton yarns remain much the same as they were last week.
The lower numbers as well as the better class of single
yarns are firm ; and the medium and fine numbers of double
yarns are stationary, at previous rates, with only a
moderate amount of business doing. The market for pieces
presents no new feature. There is a fair demand for the
home trade, and also for America ; but little or nothing is
bought for the German market. Rates are firm. On the
whole, the business transacted at present amounts to
nothing like an average.
HALIFAX, Friday.—Since last week's report there has
been greater activity in the wool market, and combing de-
scriptions especially have brought higher prices. No ma-
terial change can be' noted in the worsted trade, which,
generally, does not exhibit the buoyancy observable in the
raw material.

MANCHESTER, Friday.—There was a quiet but fair
general .business at the commencement of the week at
steady prices. The fall of the Derby Ministry, rightly or
not, gave more confidence in the feeling of peace, and there
was more disposition to business for the continent, espe-
cially in yarns for Germany. To-day, and during the pre-
vious two days, the races being on, we have had no meetings
worth noticing on the Exchange, and business has been
neglected, but there is no change in prices.
LElCESTER.—Whitsuntide is always our greatest local
holiday, and this year, owing to thefineness of the weather,
the A.M.C. of the Order of Odd Fellows, and other circum-
stances, it has been more strictly observed than usual. The
warehouses have been almost entirely closed throughout the
week. Otherwise, there is a much larger general business
doing at present than is usual at this season of the year.

PRESENTATION TO MR. AND MADAME
GOLDSCHMIDT.

The great success which attended the mission of
Miss Florence Nightingale and her corps of female
nurses during the Crimean war suggested the
establishment for the training of nurses. A sub-
scription was commenced, and in a few months the
large sum of £40,000 was collected, and the entire
amount placed at the disposal of Miss Nightingale ;
but the exceeding delicacy of that lady's health has
so far prevented any further step being taken in
the matter.

It will be remembered that, in aid of the Nightin-
gale Fund, M. and Madame Goldschmidt gave a
grand concert at Exeter-hall, which resulted in a
sum of more than £2,000 being handed to the com-
mittee ; and this is believed to haVe been the
largest amount ever realised by a single concert in
England. Not only did M. and Madame Gold-
schmidt give their own services gratuitously, but '
insisted upon paying every expense connected with
the concert, so that the whole of the amount was
secured to the fund. This generous conduct ex-
cited feelings of the highest admiration, and several
of those who took a deep interest in the success of '
the undertaking resolved to present to Mr. and
Madame Goldschmidt, as a testimony of their re-
gard, a copy in marble of Denham's bust of the ,
Queen, which was accordingly done at the Man-
sion-house yesterday, by the Right Hon. the Lord
Mayor, in the presence of the subscribers and a
few friends. We observed present to receive Mr.
and Madame Goldschmidt, Lord Monteagle, Mr.
and Madame Bunsen, Chevalier and Miss Toltie,
Mr. and Mrs. George Grote, Mr. Alderman Salo-
mons, Sir Francis Graham Moon, Mr. and Mrs.
Martin F. Tupper, Count Strelecki, Mrs. Fitz-
gerald, Mr. and Mrs. S. C. Hall, Dr. Mackay. Mr.
Griffiths, Mrs. and Miss Stanley, Mr. Bracebridge,
Mr. and Mrs. F. Bennoch, Mr. and Miss Grant,
Miss Stevenson, Mrs. Phippen, Mr. G. Godwin,Mr.
Mr.
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LORD MAYOR briefly
rje.flpelirr'PeErdevsatenonst,the establishment of the Nightingale
Fund, and drew attention to the self-denying exer-
tionsd of Florence Nightingale
sisterhood, who, in the time
relinquished the enjoymentso
f and her devoted
sisterhood, country's peril,
homes to soothe the sufferings and comfortsheheroic of their
coun-
trymen in the C • gs of their.
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times kindred and
ing the philanthropic effeocrqgs
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and Mr. and
Madame Goldschmidts, sympathetic and Mr. and
Madame Goldschmjdt, reeognisiflg
resolved, when genius was at all
Nightingale,
and appreciat-
thpresented itself, to
a system so aus
aid in founding an e opportunity .
establishment which should per-
petuateas he might say, pieiously introduced. Gifted,
Madame Goldschmidt was, with
the divinest faculty of song, she has ever been pre-
pared to devote a proportion of the proceeds of her
genius to the purposes of charity. To attempt to
reward Mr_ and Madame Goldschmidt for their
benevolent exertions by any pecuniary offering was
not be thought of, and therefore it was resolved to
present them with the bust of het Majesty, as an
appropriate testimony
of regard, which he had now
the pleasure of doing in the name of the sub-
scribers. (Cheers.)
The bust was then uncovered, and was considered
to be an excellent work of art.
Mr. OTTO GOLDSCIIMIDT feelingly responded
to the observations of the Lord Mayor, and said
he was particularly gratified to find their humble
efforts so handsomely rewarded. It was the
peculiar characteristic) of the English people to
show their gratitude in the way calculated to be
most agreeable to the feelings of those from whom
they thought they received a favour, and nothing
would by them be more welcomely received in their
new home than that bust, which would ever be by
them considered as a household god. Not only
would it be cherished by them with affection, but
he trusted that their children's children would
point to it with pride, as showing the esteem in
which their fore-parents were held in this the
country of their adoption. (Cheers.)
The company then repaired to the Egyptian-hall,
where an elegant dejeuner was provided, and at
which speeches appropriate to the occasion were
delivered.