ware, linen yarn and manufactures, silk yarn, woollen yarn, and "unenumerated" articles. The value of the imports last month was 31,948,826, against 34,028,658 in June, 1874. For the six months the total was 183,844,087 this year, against 186,398,369 in the first half of 1874, and £181,922,824 in the corresponding period of 1873. The imports of gold and silver for the month were £3,294,748 in 1873, 3,389,215 in 1874, and 65,509,727 in 1875, and for the six months, £15,534,038, 14,941,628, and 17,832,792 respectively. The exports of gold and silver for the month were 2,028,958 in 1873, 1,775,213 in 1874, and 1,537,414 in 1875; and for the six months, 16,196,222, 12,483,163, and 12,117,176 respectively. The tonnage of British and foreign vessels entered and cleared in the month of June was 1,673,442 and 1,580,513 respectively in 1873, 1,756,824 and 1,710,318 in 1874, and 1,636,958 and 1,848,489 in 1875; and for the six months, 8,407,175 and 9,168,836 in 1873. 8,763,374 and 9,216,391 in 1874, and 8,109.344 and 9,229,181 in 1875.

HOME PROSPECTS.

The Daily News remarks that "if general circumstances are favourable to cheap money, the effect of a single cause tending to produce dearness may pass wholly unperceived. Much more, only a moderately bad harvest may have no perceptible effect whatever. As regards the effect on the welfare of the masses again, the price of wheat is undoubtedly a most important circumstance. If wheat should now rise to the price from which it fell a year ago, it would remove a most important aid to the growing prosperity of the present period, and pro tanto any advance in price would diminish the assistance which has been given by cheap food to our recovery from the depression of 1873 and 1874. But the alteration in this single cause ought not to neutralise wholly or at once the numerous other causes of improvement which are now at work, and especially will this be the case if the alteration is only moderate compared with the great fall in price last year. There is enough in the facts to give interest to the problem of what the harvest event will be, but the anxiety at the present moment, except for those who are engaged in speculative operations in the corn market, is perhaps a little exaggerated. Indirectly, perhaps, a moderate rise in wheat, by stimulating the trade with America and the corn-growing countries, might do far more than compensate the mischief it might cause by enhancing the price of food."

BIRMINGHAM.

The staple trades have undergone some improvement since our last month's report, this being principally owing to the reduction in the price of iron and coal. In some instances work has been interfered with by the heavy floods, the rain having injured the factories, and the waters having even hindered the transit of the workpeople. With the exception of the jewellery trade, a fair amount of animation characterises the several branches of local industry. As regards the jewellery trade, it is exceedingly dull at the present time. So much is this the case, indeed, that some of the best houses have been compelled to put their workmen on short time. Still, notwithstanding the late failures, it is not thought that there is anything fundamentally wrong or at all alarming in the present condition of the trade, which, it is believed, will soon resume its wonted activity. Our merchants continue to do a pretty satisfactory business with foreign countries.

SOUTH STAFFORDSHIRE HARDWARES.

The leading manufacturers are, as a rule, fairly well engaged for the present, but there is less activity in the current demand than we were recently able to report. On Australian and New Zealand account a moderately steady business continues to be reported in the medium and better classes of ironmongery and metal wares, and the Canadian demand, although considerably under the average, has certainly improved since the commencement of the season. The South American and West

India markets are taking in moderate quantity some special classes of goods, but the general business doing in those directions is not of great extent. The Continental markets are generally quieter, and on United States account there is no improvement upon our last report. The home trade, though without much change, has an easier tendency.

WOLVERHAMPTON.

The ironfounders here report that their order books are still moderately well filled for tinned and enamelled hollow wares, and general castings are in fair request. Heavy iron castings have this week been reduced in price £1 per ton. Chandeliers and gas-fittings are in quiet, though somewhat improved demand. The lock trade maintains a buoyant tone in all the leading branches. The edge-tool manufacturers are well occupied alike on account of the home and foreign mar kets. There is only a quiet demand for cut nails and washers, and the manufacturers of galvanised corrugated roofing sheets are less busy than we were recently able to report.

SHEFFIELD.

As per previous reports, trade here is still very dull, especially the iron trade, and the rolling mills are scantily supplied with work. One or two of the American cutlery houses are setting on more men, but on the whole the cutlery trades are slacker, and inquiries for work increase. The stove grate manufacturers are fairly employed, and those engaged on fine works are increasing their hands. The agricultural implement makers are all busy completing season orders. The question of wages in the iron trade is likely to be settled on the basis of 9s. a ton for puddling.

DEWSBURY.

A better month than the last has been experienced in the mills and warehouses. Several representatives of English, Scotch, and Irish houses have been down, and made selections from stock for the approaching season. Shippers are doing rather more, particularly the Germans and French. The blanket makers of the district are actively employed for the time of the year. Carpets are without material change, but there is a better feeling observed in some classes, Wool rules high. Best shodies are in favour. Mungo steady.

LEICESTER.

In the hosiery branch there is no alteration to report, all hands being well employed, while there are prospects of a good autumn trade. All branches of the elastic web trade continue in about the same condition as previously mentioned. The demand for boot gusset web shows, if anything, a slight improvement, orders having been more freely placed, but braids and cords are quieter. In the boot and shoe trade the wet weather had a bad effect. Although orders are not so plentiful as they were, a fair business is being done.

NOTTINGHAM.

There is no special improvement to report from this place. All kinds of cotton laces meet with a limited demand, nothing has occurred to break the extreme dulness of the silk branch, and for no single article is there anything like an active demand. The Americans have not yet had time to forward repeat orders, the season being late, but it is not anticipated that there will be many orders from the States. The Continental trade is very dull, and no improvement is expected until the spring. The hosiery trade is, on the whole, rather quiet, no change having occurred since last month.

HUDDERSFIELD.

Every branch of trade quiet.

LEEDS.

The woollen trade has settled down into an average condition of activity; and among the clothiers the position of affairs with many of them was reported to be that they were so full of orders now that they cared for no more at present. It is unquestionable that at many mills full time is worked, and in some instances overtime, so great is the demand for, and so eagerly is speedy delivery requested of, all kinds of tweeds, low unions, and low pilots. The makers of the lastmentioned article are extremely busy. The depression caused by the large failure in London has completely passed away. There are no stocks beforehand, nor are there likely to be for a long time yet to come. It is at the mills where the force of the pressure is really felt; and as fast as goods are delivered at the warehouses they are despatched to those destinations, home or foreign, which they were bespoken for less than three weeks ago.

MANCHESTER.

The Manchester statement is that it is more than ever apparent that buyers, whether they are willing or not for business, are, for financial reasons, temporarily disabled from embarking in large operations. The price of goods is hardly enquired and no trade, except of retail dimensions, can be effected at present. The rainy weather and the unfavourable harvest prospects contributed to the dulness of the market. The continuance of full productions pressing upon holders has increased the weakness of their position, but beyond this general clue there is nothing to indicate any change of prices which may have occurred.

MIDDLESBOROUGH.

There are no encouraging features to report in the iron trade, either on Teeside or in other parts of the North of England. The great stagnation which appears to have visited all the iron districts of the country appears to have affected particularly the Cleveland iron trade. Especially is this noticeable in the pig iron trade where prices have been declining very rapidly, until now the general expression is heard that there is no knowing where they will get to. One thing is however certain, that they will not be able to get much lower, as they are now closely verging on the rates of the worst periods of six or seven years since, with all the extra charge and enlargement of the cost of production which has since taken place. It is not merely in wages that more money has to be paid. The raw materials have largely increased in cost; while the outlay for building and repairing furnaces is much greater. Bricks alone are 50 per cent. dearer than at the former period. We may, therefore, expect to see a number of furnaces blown out shortly, as that course, though very undesirable and involving a heavy loss, will be preferable to continuing to make iron, which, if it can be sold at all, must be at a sacrifice. At present the stocks of iron are increasing, and there is an exceedingly small demand.

DUNDEE.

The distrust caused by the recent failures here and elsewhere still exercises an injurious influence on the market, and transactions continue restricted in all departments of our staple trade. Owing to unfavourable accounts of the growing crop of flax in Russia, sellers both there and here have advanced their quotations considerably, which limits business to the supply of pressing wants. Jute remains in very limited request. Spinners of line and fine tow yarns ask a small advance, but only in a few instances has it yet been got. Common tow sorts are very dull. Owing to strikes at several of the mills here there is less jute yarn making, and the fall in prices has been checked. Linens continue wanted, and as manufacturers are well employed, quotations are decidedly firm. Sailcloth remains

quiet. The lessened production of jute fabrics, owing to the strike, has caused a little more inquiry for some classes of goods, but the value is unchanged.

FRENCH TRADE.

Official returns have been issued of the trade of France during the first six months of the present year. The value of the importations amounted to 1,711,000,000 francs, compris. ing alimentary products to the amount of 343,000,000 francs. Natural products and raw produce for manufacturing purposes were imported to the value of 1,056,000,000 francs, manufactured articles 232,000,000, and other merchandise 81,000,000 francs. The exports from France amounted to 1,933,000,000 francs, comprising manufactured articles to the value of 1,064,000,000 francs, natural and alimentary products and raw produce for manufacturing to the value of 763,000,000 francs, and other merchandise to the amount of 102,000,000 francs.

THE VALUE OF MONEY.

The only cause that the Economist sees likely soon to raise the value of money is the rise in the rate of discount at the Bank of Prussia. This is owing to the arrangements under the new German bank law. By it all small notes under 50 marks-nearly 50s.-were to cease to be issued from the Ist of July; and these notes amount, we believe, to nearly £8,000,000 sterling. The notes under 100 marks (or £5) are also to cease to be issued during the present year. And this immediate and prospective withdrawal causes necessarily a tendency to dear money. Under the new bank law there are to be no notes for less than 5, and therefore the place of the old smaller circulation has to be supplied by coin. We are not, however, inclined to think that the changes in the German currency will at present keep up the value of money here. The subject is new and difficult, and it would be foolish to be dogmatic, but this is the best opinion on the present facts. The German Government do not seem to be aware that the demonetisation of silver is a first and necessary step, and till they are aware of it all others will I e of very little consequence, and will scarcely be felt in the money markets of Europe.

The course of the money market (observes the Money Market Review) gives every promise of continuing in the favourable direction for some time to come. Not only is the Bank's position now decidedly strong, but the bullion current also remains remarkably in favour of this country. A large total in gold is still on the way hither from the bullion-producing centres, and in the meantime there appears to be no indication of the revival of a drain to the Continent. Under such favourable circumstances, with no further rumours of failures, the probability is that another fall in the value of money will soon take place. If any event averts it, it will probably be a rise in the corn market, attracting supplies of foreign grain, and so acting upon the exchanges.

GERMAN FREE TRADE.

With reference to the petition praying for protective duties on iron and steel manufactures, which was sent to the German Emperor in May by "the manufacturers of Berg and Mark," we learn from the Allgemeine Zeitung that a counter petition, which declares that customs duties are not needed for the protection of the trade in German iron and steel manufactures for retail is being circulated amongst those interested, and has already received 1,350 signatures. The two chief points in the petition are that protective duties will enhance the cost of the raw material of which articles for retail are made, and thus tend to hamper the export trade in these goods; and that the adoption by Germany of protective dues on iron and steel would result in similar measures on the part of foreign ironproducing countries, which would have the effect of shutting out the German goods from these markets. The petition urges further that diplomacy should exert itself to the utmost to induce foreign Powers, notably France, Belgium, Austria, and the United States, to adopt free trade principles, so far at least as

Germany is concerned, and suggests that the effectual way to attain this end will be, not by imposing protective duties on iron goods, but by threatening to levy heavy import dues on the chief articles of export of the respective countries, as, for instance, in the case of 'Austria and France, on wine and articles of luxury.

EXHIBITIONS.

SAXONY.-A correspondent writes from Dresden, that in order to give a stimulus to trade an industrial Exhibition has been opened in the Gewerbehans and Orangery, two large buildings in the Ostra Alle. He says "The Exhibition, confined, as it is, to the products of Saxony, is necessarily small; but its importance is out of all proportion to its extent, and those who take an interest in any of the special manufac tures for which the little kingdom has acquired a name would do well to visit the show. The products in which Saxony excels may be briefly stated as porcelain, lace, musical instruments, toys, hosiery, artificial flowers and feathers, pure chemicals, and cat-gut. One of the curiosities of the cat-gut trade is that cat-gut is, in point of fact, sheep-gut and that the raw material is imported from England, the entrails of English sheep making better fiddle-strings than the entrails of any other sheep. The show of artificial flowers is one of the most attractive features of the exhibition, and the cases containing them are surrounded all day long by crowds of admiring ladies. Of Meissen porcelain (Dresden china) there are some exceedingly choice specimens from the Royal Porcelain Works. An artistic soap-boiler has erected a temple of soap. It is by no means a large structure, but quite large enough probably to contain the very few Saxons who hold that 'cleanliness is next to godliness.' For such an exhibition the show of machinery is rather extensive, Chemnitz, Zittau, and Zwickau, possessing several rather large machine shops; but except the stocking-frames and the chocolate-making machinery, almost every article is below the English standard of excellence. Scarcely a single large tool-slide, lathe, drill, or steam-hammer is to be seen. The chief interest of the exhibition, as a whole, to an Englishman, consists in the evidence it affords of the sort of competition English manufacturers have to expect from the most formidable of their German competitors.

The result is eminently reassuring. Lancashire and Yorkshire have nothing to fear from Saxony. Cotton spinning, which not very long since was a flourishing industry in this district, has almost ceased to exist; English competition, has ruined it, and only about a fourth of the establishments in being at the time of the American War now survive."

BAVARIA. The Munich papers announce that a General German Art and Industrial Exhibition will be held in the summer of 1876, at Munich, to commemorate the jubilee of the Art Association of Bavaria. The exhibition will include the works of old as well as modern masters, and circulars have been addressed to a large number of the leading artists and manufacturers in Germany, inviting them to send in contributions. The King of Bavaria has informed the president of the association that as patron of the exhibition he will contribute 10,000 florins towards its expenses.

SOME fine articles of bijouterie were sold at Messrs. Debenham, Storr, and Sons' rooms in Covent Garden. Amongst the most important were-Lot 744, a fine old brilliant necklace of 40 stones in collet mounts, 382 gs. ; Lot 746, a magnificent cross of eleven large and choice brilliants, 330 gs.; Lot 747, a tiara set with numerous brilliants as five stars, 445 guineas; Lot 748, a brilliant collet necklace, 110 gs. ; and Lot 825, a gold locket with an enamel rose with diamond leaves set thereon, £43.

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1675

1822-W. R. Lake, Southampton Buildings. Improvements in buttonhole casings.

1825-A. M. Clark, Chancery Lane. Improvements in photographic printing frames. 1837-Hon. L. E. Stanhope, Charing Cross. Improvements in manufac ture of cricket bats.

meter.

1863-J. L. Sabrinjie, Manchester. Apparatus employed in printing of photographs. 1865-W. Morgan-Brown, London and Paris. Improved pocket photo1874-H. T. Davis, New Cross. Improved apparatus for registering and indicating fares received by tram conductors and other persons. 1875-D. Lane, Strand. New and improved printing machine. 1896-W. R. Lake, London. Attachments for sewing machines. 1918-T. W. Greaves, Birmingham. Improvements in solitaires. 1913-A. Browne, Southampton Buildings. New method and apparatus for manufacturing artificial foliage of vulcanised india-rubber. 1941-W. R. Holyoake, London. Improved process of transferring designs, patterns, or devices on glazed surfaces. 1947-J. Laider, South Stockton. Apparatus for facilitating the taking and reading of shorthand and other reports, notes, &c. 1951-C. Besancon, Paris. Improved spring button. 1957-J. E. Massey, Clerkenwell. Improvements in date and other stamps having moveable type, in the mode of securing the face to the body of the stamp.

other cases.

1960-H. J. Herbert, London. Improvement in means of advertising. 1964-M. Ker, London. Apparatus for supporting shelves of book and 1984-W. Thackthaite, Worthing. Improved construction of wheel skates. 1990-W. Nelson, Birmingham. Improvements in the manufacture of steel pens, applicable also in the production of other articles. 1993-E. P. H. Vaughan, Chancery Lane. Improved envelope for letters. 2008-A. Weldhen, Camden Town. Improvements in combining certain articles of furniture, as racks, shelves, cabinets, &c. 2011-T. J. West, London. Iinproved production of printing surfaces. 2019-T. Greaves, Birmingham. Improved construction of solitaires, studs, also applied to snap fastenings for gloves, boots, &c. 2020-J. T. Duncan, Glasgow. Improvements in apparatus for numbering coupons, bank notes, cheques, receipts, and like documents and

2093-J. Burgess, Birmingham. Improved lever corkscrews. 2119-G. Mueller, Brixton. Apparatus for registering the entry and exit of passengers to and from tramways or other vehicles, or of persons going out or into theatres, &c. 2137-C. Fellows, Lime Street Chambers. Improved mode of copying letters and other documents.

4140-W. Southwood, South Crescent. Improvements in date and month indicators.

2149-W. Morgan-Brown, London and Paris. Apparatus for writing, reading and correcting despatches, secret or otherwise. 2153-E. Lofts, Cambridge. New apparatus for checking the receipts and payment of moneys in shops, &c., and detecting negligence, errors, or thefts in such receipts, &c.

2156-L. Cooke, Harwich. Improved machinery for colouring, finishing, and polishing paper.

2195-W. Richard, J. M. Richard, and W. M. Richard, Edinburgh. || Improved apparatus to facilitate delivery from cylinder printing machines.

2203-J. Hare, Clapham Common. Improved apparatus for marking at billiards, pyramids, pool, and registering number of games played. 2204-R. Ashe, Boston, U.S., and Birmingham. Improvements in sewing macines for working with waxed thread.

2025-C. Clamond, Paris and London, Improvements in electro-motor machines. 2228-V. J. Feeny, Brixton. Improved apparatus applied to omnibuses, cars, and other vehicles to register number of passengers and fares. 2335-C. M. Lloyd, Westminster. Apparatus and wearing apparel for saving life from drowning.

2237-J. Gumprecht, Shoreditch. A new genera advertising calendar.

2277-H. Jewitt, London. An improved numerical toy.
2395-T. Wilton, Brandon. Improved sash fastener.

2298-W. Brockell, London. Combined collar stud and cravat fastener.
7305-V. R. Roquencourt, Paris. Preparing and printing artificial flowers,
foliages, fruits, &c.

1310-A. Littleholes, Birmingham. Fastenings for solitaires, sleeve-links,
shirt and other studs, cravats, neck-ties, &c.

2313-J. Haley, Cleckheaton. Improved card setting machines and in
cards.
2314-G. Hazeltine, London. Improvements in bag fasteners.
2318-A. M. Clark, London. Improvements in manufacture of artificial
flowers.

1335-F. Holmes, New Cross. Manufacture of lighters for domestic
purposes.

2350-A. M. Clark, London. Improvement in pipes for smoking.
2354-A. Coppenhusen, New York. Improvement in combs.

2301-N. Bottone, Manchester. New apparatus for calculating numbers

or figures.

2363-W. H. Ellis, Stratford. Improvements in safety boxes for cash and
other valuables.

2373-L. A. Valette, Paris. A mechanical contrivance for turning the
leaves of music on stands or pianos.

2375-L. Bertram, Holborn, London. Apparatus for damping copying paper.
2418-H. Jewett, Kentish Town. A new or improved toy.
2422-J. Wolfe, Wyke, and R. Betley, Wigan. Improvements in obtain-
ing aniline and in the employment of the same, or compounds
thereof.

2428-J. Simmons, Regent Street. Means and apparatus for carrying
human beings into mid-air.

LETTERS PATENT HAVE BEEN GRANTED TO
THE FOLLOWING:-

1-James Glazebrook Stormont, Birmingham, an improved bell-call.
23-Mathew Tildesley, Wolverhampton, improved construction of door-
bolts and other fastenings. 23-John Browning, Strand, London,
improved fastenings for doors, casements, &c. 95-Jacob Friedrich
Zimmerman, Red Lion Square, improvements in candle-holders. 169-
Alex. Melville Clark, London, improved kite or ærial apparatus for
military and other purposes. 603-William Thompson, Edinburgh,
improvement in lithographic and type-printing machines. 1565-William
John Hinde, Euston Road, a new self-acting bolt or catch. 1663-John
Henry Johnson, London, a new or improved process for printing photo.
chromatic images. 106-Frederick Augustus de Burgh, Middlesex,
improved pipes for smoking, applicable to cigar tubes and cigarette tubes.
137-George Hermann Lewis, Middlesex, a new method of producing a
draught through cigars to facilitate process of smoking. 145-William
Nelson, Birmingham, improved spring scarf clip or adjuster. 183-Charles
Edward Hope Vere, London, apparatus for cleansing of china, glass, and
earthenware for domestic use. 1808-William Edward Hall, London,
improvements applicable to umbrellas and parasols. 237-Richard
Thomas Lewis, Liverpool, improvements in ornamenting and hermetically
sealing the backs of toilet and other looking-glasses and mirrors.
John Alfred Bowles, Brighton, improvement in roller skates.
Howard Pratt Garland, San Francisco, sewing machines for stitching bags,
sacks, carpets, &c. 133-Joseph John Perry, Red Lion Square, improve-
ments in wheel skates. 554-Robert Alexander Melville, Islington,
apparatus for fastening windows and the like. 1059-John Edward
Campbell, Kent, improvements applicable to imitation or false neckties.
1582-Henry Oram, Bury, Lancaster, improved construction of sewing
machines.

BANKRUPTS.

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229-

BANKRUPTS AND SCOTCH SEQUESTRATIONS.
James Cairns, wholesale and retail stationer. Gordon Street, Glasgow.-
Peter Sutherland, stationer, South Bridge, Edinburgh.

LIQUIDATION BY ARRANGEMENT OR COM-
POSITION UNDER BANKRUPTCY ACT, 1869.
Thomas Parry, stationer, Rhosmaen, St. Llandilo.-Thomas Mills,
stationer and news agent, 80, Hagley Road, Edgbaston, near Birmingham.
-Charles Wilmott, stationer and bookseller, 34, Praed Street, Paddington.
-William Shackleton, draper and stationer, 265 and 267, Manchester
Road, Hollinwood.-George Fitt, stationer, news agent, and dealer in
fancy goods, St. John Timberhill, Norwich.-Edward Guy, bookseller,
stationer, tobacconist, and general agent, 180, Manchester Road, Ince-in-
Mackerfield.-James Young Hulbert, journeyman stationer and book-
binder, Clare Cottage, Chelmsford Road, Walthamstow.-George White,
stationer, Lincoln.-John Stevens and Thomas James Baker, booksellers,

stationers, and printers, High Street, Clapham.-David Meek, printer
and stationer, 4, Cable Street, Liverpool, under style of Hughes Meek
& Co.

PARTNERSHIPS DISSOLVED.

W. and T. Clyde, wholesale stationers, Glasgow.-Beresford & Havill
printers and stationers, Corporation Street and Robert Street, Cheetham,
in Manchester.-Henry Smith & Co., printers and stationers, Bush Lane.

OBITUARY,

BLANQUET-M. Albert Blanquet, a writer of "Varieties" in the Liberté,
under the assumed name of "Chrysale." He was the author of a

number of romances, among them being "Les Amours d'Artagnan,"
"La Belle Ferronnière,"
"Le Roi d'Italie," &c.

CAIRNES-Professor Cairnes, professor of political economy at the Univer-
sity of Dublin, and of University College, London.

CARSSEN-Wilhelm Carssen, at Augsburg, author of the great work on
the "Pronunciation of the Latin language."

CASTILLIO-Viscount de Castillio, poet and prose writer of Portugal.
COOPER-Mr. Thomas Cooper, of the firm of Williams, Cooper, & Co., of
London Wall.

DAVIES-Dr. Benjamin Davies, of Regents' Park College, an eminent
Hebrew scholar.

EICKHOFF-J. G. A. Eickhoff, printing machine manufacturer, of Copen-
hagen.

FILDES-Mr. John Fildes, well-known stockbroker, Manchester.
FRANKLIN-Lady Franklin, widow of Sir John Franklin, who perished
in the fatal Arctic Expedition of 1845.

HEAD-Sir Francis Head, soldier, politician, and author.
HERMANNSTHAL-Franz Hermann von Hermannsthall, the well-known
Austrian poet.

INGLE-Mr. Henry Ingle, well-known as a maker of printing machinery,

London.

JULLIEN-Madame Jullien, widow of Jullien, conductor of promenade

concerts for many years. Madame Jullien had such good judgment
of the merits of artists, that the late Mr. Lumley, Mr. Mapleson, and
Mr. Chatterton availed themselves of her services, both at Her
Majesty's Theatre and at Drury Lane Theatre. It was Madame
Jullien who, after hearing Mdlle. Tietjens in Vienna, suggested her
engagement for London to Mr. Lumley, who went to the Austrian
capital, and the German prima donna was engaged, and made her
début as Valentina, April, 13, 1858.

KEON-Mr. M. G. Keon, Colonial Secretary of Bermuda. Mr. Keon,
who was educated by the Jesuits, first attracted attention by a pane.
gyric on the Society of Jesus, which appeared in the Oxford and
Cambridge Review, and which was generally attributed at the time
to the Hon. G. Sydney Smythe, afterwards Lord Strangford. In 1846
Mr. Keon published a History of the Jesuits." He was a con.
tributor to numerous periodicals, and was several years on the staff
of the Morning Post. For a time he lived at Calcutta, and edited
the Bengal Hurkaru In 1859 he was appointed Colonial Secretary
at Bermuda. His last publication, we believe, was a novel, called
"Dion and the Sibyls," which Mr. Bentley issued in 1866.
LABROUSTE-M. Henry Labrouste, one of the most competent architects
of the French school.

LATHAM-Dr. Peter Mare Latham, physician extraordinary to the Queen.
Locock-Sir Charles Locock, first physician and accoucheur to the Queen.
LOGAN-Sir William Logan, one of our most distinguished geologists.
MCIVER-Mr. John M'Iver, Liverpool, manager of the "Cunard" line
of steamships.

MILENKO-Gritchits Milenko, accomplished Servian lyrist, at the Monas-
tery near Carlonitz.

PIKE-Mr. J. B. Pike, one of the proprietors of the Derby Reporter.
RITCHIE M. Alex. Ritchie, one of the proprietors of the Leeds Mercury.
ROWBOTHAM-Mr. T. L. Rowbotham, artist and member of the Old
Water Colour Society.

RUBEN-Herr Ruben, dírector of the Academy of Fine Arts at Vienna.
Herr Ruben was the favourite pupil of Cornelius. His most cele-
brated picture is that of the End of the Hussites," in the Belvedere
Museum at Vienna.

THACKER-Mr. William Thacker, sub-editor of the Exeter Daily
Telegram.

RAG MARKET.

A steady trade in rags has been doing the past month, and prices,
though weaker, are without notable change. The following are the
quotations:-Superfines, ags. 6d. to 30s. 6d.; Fines, 27s. 6d. to ass. 6d. ;
Super. Outshots, 23s. to 24s. 6d.; Country Seconds, 17s. to 18s.; London
Seconds, 135. 6d. to 15s. 6d. ; Thirds, 6s. 6d. to ros.; Select Prints, 135.
to 14s.; White Hemp Rope, 5s. 6d. to 12s. 6d.; Sacking, 12s. to 135.

WOOLLEN RAGS.

Tailors' Cuttings, 41s.; Waterflock, light, 24s.; Coloured Soft, 215.;
Serge, 8s.; Stockings, 20s.; Mixed Woollens, 5s. to 8s. td.; White

Tartaric Acid, Foreign, 1s. 68d., and English 1s. 6d. Citric, at
35. 7d., and Oxalic at 6d. per lb. Soda Ash, at id. to ad. per degree.
Caustic Soda 60 White offering at £13 5s., Cream at £13 105., and 70 at
£15 15s. per ton. Soda Crystals, at £5 per ton. Bicarbonate, at 135.
to 13s. 3d. per cwt. Saltcake held at £2 17s. 6d. per ton. Phosphate, at
345. per cwt. Borax: English has been reduced to £50; Prussiate
easier; yellow 124d., and red at as. 3d. per lb. Chlorate, at gld. per lb.
Muriate, at 7 per ton for 80 per cent. Bichrome, at d. per lb.
Refined Saltpetre lower; barrels 25s., and kegs 25s. 6d. per cwt. Sal
Ammoniac, 45s. per cwt. for first, and 44s. for second. Sulphate: Gray,
at 18 55., and White £1815s. to £19 per ton. Alum held; Lump £7.5s..
and Ground £8 7s. 6d. per ton. Bleaching Powder, at £7 12s. 6d. to
£7 15s. per ton for hardwood casks. Acetate dull; Brown £11, and
Distilled 18 per ton. Magnesia: Carbonate 42s. 6d. per cwt., Calcined
at is. 6d. per lb. Arsenic Powdered offering at £1 per ton. Phos-
phorus: Wedges 2s. 11d., and Sticks 3s. 1d. per lb. Sales of Copperas at
63s. (d. per ton, Copper: Sulphate, at 26s. 6d. per cwt. Verdigris Is.
per lb. Lead: Sugar, White, 42s. 6d., and Brown 28s. per cwt. Nitrate
335. td. per cwt.

METAL REPORT.

Manufactured iron remains dull. Scotch pigs have maintained their
position at about 6os. fd. cash for m-n warrants. Copper extremely dull,
Chili bars are about £80. No sales reported in Australian. India sheets
Tin shows no change for the
are held for £92. English raw is dull.
better, and the business transacted since our last confined to consumption.
We quote Straits, £78 to £78 10s. Australian, £75: English quite
nomina'. Tin Plates remain in somewhat the same position as reported in
our last. Lead has been slightly firmer for export, and prices have ranged
from 2 to £22 55. Spelter continues dull at about £24. Quicksilver
has fallen to £10 per bottle, at which price a good business doing.

A letter from Hong Kong in the Cologne Gazette says that
the rule of the new Emperor of China is now recognised by all
parties, and the chief members of the Regency possess much
influence in the country. The Empress Dowager Tzan has
been for some time unwell, and Prince Kung has been
provisionally made President of the Regency. It is stated by
the Chinese that while acting in this capacity the Prince will
use the "red pencil "—i.e., make comments on the despatches
submitted to the Regency-a duty which was performed by
the Empress Dowager since her husband's death, and which
practically confers the powers of a regent on the person
entrusted with it. Tchung-how, well-known by his connection
with the Tien-tsin massacre, will, it is said, be made a Coun-
cillor of State. A number of Russians have gone to the
Western Provinces to ascertain whether it would be practicable
to direct the tea trade to Russia by way of the River Irtisch.
The land road by Kiachta is too expensive, especially now
that Russian steamers carry tea straight to Odessa. The tea
harvest has been a good one, and upwards of 200,000,000 lbs.
will be ready for shipment in the various harbours. Unfor-
tunately there is no unity among the European traders, and the
tea will consequently be bought at prices far above its value.