The Sun.
London, England, 1862-06-14 00:00:00

HAY MARKETS,

SMITHFIELD.—Meadow hay, £2 Os to £4lss Od ; clover,
£3 lOs to £5 15s Od ; and straw, £1 15s to £2
Os, per load.
Trade firm for dry stuffs. Supply only moderate.
CITIVIBERLAND.--Metvlow hay, £2 Os to £4 15s;' clove:
do., £3 lOs to £5 15s; and straw, £1 15s to £2 Os per load.
A slow demand.
WHITECHAPEL.—Meadow hay, £2 Os to £4 16s; cloves
f 3 lOs to £5 16s ; and straw, £1 15s to £2 Os per load.
A steady trade.

The cricket fixtures for next week are—Surrey
v. Cambridgeshire, at Cambridge ; All England v. 'Univer-
sity Sixteen, at Oxford, and M.C.C. and Ground v. Sussex,
at Lord's, on Monday; and Surrey y, Cambridge University
Fifteen, at the Oval; and All England v. Twenty-two of
Broughton Club, at Broughton, on Thursday.
The yachting and rowing appointments for next
week are—Mersey Rowing Club on Monday, London Row-
ing Club (" old-fashioned fours ") on Wednesday, Oxford
University Boat Club on Thursday, Ranelagh Yacht Club
sailing match on Friday, and Royal London Yacht Club
(first-class yachts) on Saturday. •
In committe on fortifications and works on the
23d, Sir G. Lewis will move the following resolution :
"That, towards providing a further sum for defraying the
expenses of the construction of works for the defence of the
royal dockyards and arsenals and the ports or Dover and
Portland, and for the creation of a central arsenal, a sum
not exceeding £1,200,000 be charged upon the consolidated
fund of the United Kingdom, and that the commissioners
of her Majesty's Treasury be authorised and empowered is
raise the said sum by annuities for a term not exceeding
thirty years ; and that such annuities shall be charged upon
and be payable out of the said consolidated fund."
PLYMOUTH, Friday.—The ship Raby Castle,
692 tons, Captain Joseph Leeman, belonging to Messrs.
Greenwell and Hall, of London, from Calcutta Feb. 10,
with 11 passengers, in charge of Lieut. C. Priestly, 86th
fullth
Connaught Rangers, and Mr Charles Adams,
cargo of rice, seeds, hides, jute, and shellao,s
long. 20 30
Channel. She spoke on April 6, lat. 34.74 •
00l from Sin •
E., the ship Alice Wilson, of and for
_L_lv!rpw.,
.0- the same
anassed up
gapore; May 25, lat. 29 10 N., lorig• the ship Aaron
ship; May 2, lat. 3 30 S., long. 20A2Ocien
Bth, the City of
Brown, of and from Liverpool for
Manchester, of Glasgow,
long
outta"; 25th, lat. 29 N., •37 W., the barque Ellerslie,
38 days from London for Cal-
June 5, lat. 43 15 N., long. 20
Sunbeam, of London, 12 days
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xvm for London;
:teamer
from the Canary Islands, tor Queenstown.
CHARING-CROSS HOSPITAL .—The interesting
ceremony of opening additional wards in this valuable in-
otitution, to be called the Children's Wards, took place on
Thursday evening. There was a large attendance of the
committee and their friends, and the chair was taken by
Mr. W. Stuart. The chairman, having briefly opened the
proceedings, read a long list of subscriptions, which
amounted to over £2,000 paid, and nearly another £l,OOO
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was close upon £30,000.
After speaking in most feeling
terms of those who had benefited the institution, he strongly
urged the claims of these wards on the attention of the
benevolent. Captain O'Brien seconded the motion, which
was carried unanimously. The company then proceeded
upstairs, and formally opened the wards.
ERROR DAYS.—The following errror days have
been appointed :—Court of Queen's Bench, Wednesday,
June 18 ; and Thursday, 19 ; Court of Common Pleas,
Friday, June 20, and Saturday, 21; Court of Exchequer, '
Monday, June 23, Tuesday, 24, and Wednesday, 25.
EXPORTS FROM THE UNITED KINGDOM TO
FRANCE,—A return has been published which shows the
value of British and Irish produce and manufactures ex-
ported from the United Kingdom to France in each of the
eight months ; and with April, 1862, ompared with the
like exports in the corresponding periodsc of the two previ-
ous years. The total declared value of such exports for the
period ending in 1860 was £2,928,393, for that ending in
1861 £3,835,058, and for that ending in 1862 £7,615,423.
The exports of course were trifling in the first two periods,
but in the last, were £791,936. The value of the worsted
stuns exported in the last period was £999,743, as contras_l!e
with sums under £200,000 in the. former periods.
riod
value of the cotton-piece goods exported in the lastfpoermer
was £621,507 against sums under £150,000 for the
periods. The value of the irons, wrought and
.ported in the lastin period, was 4739,5" against £308,046
st ought,
in
that ending
he period ending in 1861, and £239,015
n 1860. The return includes a statement of the foreign
!end colonial merchandise exported from the United King-
dom to France in the same three periods. The total values
are £3,388,620 for the first, 0,018,611 for the second, and
£6,180,846 for the third period.