The Sun.
London, England, 1865-01-19 00:00:00

HAY MARKETS

SMITHFIELD.—Meadow hay, £4 4s to £5 10s; clover,
£5 108 to £6 lOs ; and straw, £1 8s to £1 12s per load.
A fair demand.

CUMBERLAND.-Meadow hay, £4 4s to £5 12s Od ; clover,
£5 lOs to £6 10s ; and straw, £1 8s to £1 128 per load.
Trade inactive.

WILITECHAPEL.—Meadow hay, £4 4s to £5 lOs ; clover,
£5 10s to .£6 12s 6d ; and straw, £1 8s to £1 12s per load.
A moderate supply.

Railway Traffic.

The last week's railway receipts, ascertained up
this day, are, in round figures, as under :

Great Western
North Western
South Western
Brighton ...
Midland ...

1865. 1864.
... £59,256 £55,688
... 97,416 90,782
• 18,768 17,136
▪ 14,936 12,860
... 44,523 42,260

South Eastern ... ...
Great Northern ... •.•
Lancashire and Yorkshire
Bristol and Exeter •.•

... 20,300 17,753
... 33,523 31,687
... 34,575 34,250
... 5,309 5,070

North Eastern ...

... 49,781 48,517

Great Eastern ...

... 30,351 28,083

These returns are in most instances of a very
satisfactory character when compared with those
of the same period of the previous year. On the
Great Western shares an increase of £3,568, on the
North Western of £6,634, on the South Western
of £1,632, on the Brighton of £2,576, on the
Midland of £2,263, on the South Eastern of £2,547,
on the Great Northern of £1,836, on the Lancashire
and Yorkshire of £325, on the Bristol and Exeter
of £239, on the North Eastern of £1,264, and on
the Great Eastern of £2,268.

The bullion operations at the Bank yesterday
comprised an influx of £32,000 in bar gold, and a
withdrawal of 17,000 sovereigns for Alexandria.
The report of the Scottish Australian Investment
Company to be presented on the 27th inst. recom-
mends a dividend at the rate of 10 per cent. per

annum.
The biddings for 30,00,000 rupees (1300,000) in
Bombay,
and
bills on India took place yesterday at the Bank of
England. The proportions allotted were, to Cal-
incuitimta,prlic6e,swoa,os,ooas
brupees;efore
Ist .° 1.17 d. 12,00,000
rupees ; and to Madras, 1,01,000 rupees. The
mini-
Madras, and ls. 110. on Bombay. Tenders on
Calcutta and Madras at Is. iild. will 8 receivein full,
and on Bombay at Is. "Fl.
above these prices in. fun. about 13 per cent. ;

--The shareholders of the Imperial Bank have help
their
atm etehteinrgatteoo-_ cflaiyo,
as being
of hornceopathY
and the and resolved to pay a divi-
dendper cent. per annum.
IZEVEILAGE.—Homes practitioners,
medical profession generally, recommend cocoa
the most healthful of all beverages. When the doc-
trinewas first introduced into this country.
there were to In obt fined no preparations of cocoa either at-
tractive to the taste or acceptable to the stomach ; the nut
was either supplied is the crude state, or so unskilfUlly
manufactured as to obtain little notice. J. Epps, of London.
Homoeopathic Chemist, was induced in the year 18.1 J to turn
his atlention to this subject, and at length succeeded, with
the assistance of elaborate machinery, in being the first
to produce an article pule in its composition, and so refined
by the perfect trituration it receives in the process it passes
thro •gh, as to be most acceptable to the delicate stomach.
For general use Epps's Cocoa is distinguished as an invigo-
rating, grateful breakfast beverage, possessing a most del:-
cious aroma. Dr. Dassill, in his wo.k, "Food and its
Adulteratio E," says -" Cocoa contai:.s a great variety of im-
portant nutritive principles—every ingredient necessary to
the growth and sustenance of the body." Again: "As a
nutritive, cocoa stands very much higher than either coffee
or tea." Directions—Two teaspoonfuls of the powder in a
breakfast cup, filled up with boiling water or milk. Secured
in tin-lined jib., lib., and 11b. labelled packets, and sold by
all groo,rs, onfectiOners, and chemists.— [Anyr.]