25 AUGUST 1855, page 10

Musical Festivals.

The Hereford Musical Festival—or the annual meeting of the Three Choirs of Worcester, Hereford, and Gloucester—has been held this week. These meetings are of venerable......

Topics Of The Day.

THE PEOPLE AND THE PEACE COMBINATION. THE great aggregate mind of a people is stronger than the indivi- dual mtelleots which appear at certain periods to command and direct it;......

Money Market.

STOCK EXCHANGE, FRIDAY AFTERNOON. The improvement in the English Funds at the close of last week has been succeeded by a reaction, arising principally from a demand for money ;......