The Sun.
London, England, 1870-03-04 00:00:00

MARKETS—Yesterday.

LONDON TRADE REPORT, TriunsDAY-Tallow has beellotio,
Spot and month, 465. ; spring, 455. 9d. ; and last three luu
465. 9d. a for
LONDON PRODUCE MARKET, THURSDAY.-The clemsl3,,ar
tea has been only to a moderate extent, but prices have been vet,
twined. Coffee has sold slowly ; the shortness of the supply, 11, 0",
has imparted a tone of firmness to values. Sugar has been ewe '
steady in value.
METROPOLITAN CATTLE MARKET, MONDAY.-T.“--,erasi
been a moderate supply of beasts on sale here to-day, in, reuTheeli
speaking, good condition. For all breeds the demand has ,-,00
limited, and the quotations have been barely maintained. As I.e'',aid
sheep, the show has leen moderate. Therehas been very little your
f r any treed, and the tendency of prices has been 111 'Laive!
of buyers. Lambs have sold quietly, at about late rates- wits'
have been firm in value and demand. Pigs have been in
request. Beasts have been disposed of at from Is. 2d. to 0. aus
sheep. 3s. 4d. to 6s. ; lamb, 7s. 6d. to ; calves, 4s. 2d. to 6,-.11,5--
pigs, 4s. 6d. to ss. 10d. per tabs, to sink the offal. Total suPY, 26.
Beasts, 596 ; sheep and lambs, 5,555; calves, 103 ; and
Foreign-Beasts, 205; sheep and lambs, 2,175 ; and calves, 6.1
,10.
H BOROUG AND SPITALFIELDS POTATO M-
Tnu sDAY.-Full average supplies of potatoes have been (2*,,t0 ale,
°n
The trade has been quiet, as follows ; - English shaws. 1005. ‘7.0 750,
regents, 70s. to 80s. • Scotch regents, 70s. to 10Cs. ; rocks, 700.
aud French, 60s. to '7os. per ton.
METROPOLITAN HAY AND STRAW MARKET, Tiiiira9ll„ti
-The supplies have been good, and the trade has 6n:
follows :-Prime meadow hay, 755. to 60s. ; inferior d""derSit
to 7.'5.•, Rowen, 50s. to Us ; prime clover,. 115 s. to 1208. ; iufe
ditto, 10Cs. to 110 s. ; prime second-cut clover 100 s. to Ws ;
ditto, 80s. to 9Cs. ; and straw, ns. to 3es. per load.
LONDON WOOL MARKET, Tii USDAY.-At the' Inl fibi,, ereig';
of colonial wool the attendance of buyers, both English and. hs'"
has been good. Biddings have not been animated, but Prlc-
ruled firm. English wool have been steady. • ' pot'
quiet, OIL MARKET, THURSDAY.-Linseed oil hasol)o'
quiet, at 31s. 9d. spot. Rape has been flat. English broWn, on
41s. 3d. to 41s. 6d. Other oils have sold slowly. , tee'
LONDON METAL MARKET, THURSDAY.-Iron hag t
quiet. Tin has been firm, at further enhanced rates. St'''.
£ll9los. to £l2O. Copper firm. Chili bars, £66155., buyers. dalL
LIVERPOOL COTTON MARKET, THURSDAY. -Trade
Sales, 10,000 bales, of which 1,000 for export and speculation. low
CORK BUTTER MARKET, THURSDAY.-Ordinary, I„3'sl'!Gured'
1125., 81s. Fifths and sizths not quoted ISt firkins. Dill
1365., 121 s. ; four firkins. ibF
PARIS, MARCH 2.-Wheat has been quiet at barely late ,"
(torn dull. Oats dull. Oats, 1715 to 17'50; rye, 18 to 18.50.

AMSTER,DAAI, 111A.Rca. 2.—Jana tin firm, buyers at 71.

FRW ORLEANS, MARCH 2.—Middling Upland, 223/4.

COURSE OF EXCHANGE.

Amsterdam Short ... 1117}
... 11 in
Do 3Ms .., 12 !
Rotterdam — ... 12 -,1- ... 12 ,„'
Antwerp — ... 25 85 . . 25 1,1
Brussels — ... 25 35 .. 25 n
..
Hamburgh ... 13 10 ... 13 ,i,X
Paris
Ditto
Marseilles
Frankfort-on-the-Main .•• 1208 1201
•••
7
Vienna — ... 12 70 ~. 12 °,
Trieste
Petersburg
.... 28 ... 288
Copenhagen.. .........
Berlin
Madrid.
Cadiz — ... 49 491,
•••
Leghorn
Milan — ... 26 40 .. 26 l''„
,
Genoa .. — ... 26 40 ..„ 26 `N
Iv aples
... 26 40 ... 26
.1",
Palermo • —.... 26 4, 26

-CI 45"
Messina
Lisbon
... 511 . 5
Oporto =
..... 2662 40
~..... 265:2i
•
Rio Janeiro
••• -- ••• Neve
York ....,... .... .
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The coloured National Executive Committee, at
5t
Washington, have issued an adds ess recommending ti:bo
upon the official announcement of the adoption of 'te
Fifteenth Amendment the coloured people in every Po
and Territory shall assemble for prayer and thanksgivlnfst
Almighty God. As Texas has ratified the Amendule:re
the requisite number of States, beyond all question, "a,
now secured, and a proclamation may be issued at anY
moat by the President announcing the Fifteenth ra°°4
ment to be part of the Constitution of the Uniten
OBITUARY.—The wife of the Hon. John Wrefy
worth of Chicago died suddenly at Troy on satur-
Feb. 3.—Rufus B. Kinsley, a prominent citizen of , red
port, Rhode Islind, and proprietor of Kinsley's expreusw,' itou
on Saturday morning, Feb. 3, aged 73.—The Rev. Dr.
died at the Park House, Boston, Feb. 3, after a ehort,se
ness. He graduated ac Brown University in 1813 suw„,„4
quently founded two scholarships in that institutinul,(ero
for several yearswas pastor of a Baptist church in Winds r'
Connecticut.- His Excellency Peter T. Washburn, u°'
nor of the State of Vermont, died at his residenu,e,ao
Woodstock, Feb. 7, aged 55 years. Governor WanbwA-to
was a native of Lyme, Massachusetts, but rernove":oCe
Vermont when three years of age, where he has ever si„,,a
resided. He was graduated at Dartmouth College, 'rd,
was by profession a lawyer.—Mrs. Elizabeth King I),°,rc-
wife of the Rev. Dr. Nathan Lord, ex-President of v`",,,a
mouth College, died on Sunday, Jan. 30, at Lowell, of.'„-t,
78.- Dr. Charles M. Rublee died at Montpelier, Verrn°'
on Wednesday morning, Feb. 2, at the age of 47.

BIRTHS.
Iris
ANDOVER —On the Ist inst., at 137, Ebury-street, the
countess Andover, of a daughter. ° f
STANLEY— On the 2d inst., at Ponsonby Ball, the sin"
Wm. Stanley, Esq., of a son.

MARRIAGES. n
CLARK—WILLIAMSON—On the 27th ult , at BrighL°-,,'011
W. Clark, Esq. of Maida-hill, to Antonia' Helen,, 1.1.
„fl-
daughter of A. Williamson, Esq., of Brighton, and f`'
gate, Lewes.
el%
OWEN—ANDERSON—On the 2Gth ult., mu at S• t We" n
Highgate, Frederick Augustus, eldest son of J. 13' °l)ter
Esq., of Hornsey-rise, to Ellen Augusta, fifth deer''. at
of the late G. W. Anderson, Esq., of Hamilton-terra
St. John's-wood.

DEATHS.
Eh Di
DINSDALE —On tho Ist inst., at Darlington, .0-11— °
Dinsdale, Esq., aged 71. ty
LIGHT—On the 8d inst., at Falmouth, Sir Hwy A"'"
.K.C.B , aged 88.

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Friday, March 4, 1870,