The Sun.
London, England, 1870-02-19 00:00:00

MARKETS—Yesterday.

LONDON CORN MARKET, FRIDAY.—The supplies of Engllsb
grain have again been scanty, and the allow of foreign ham
been less extensive. The wheat trade has been ver "—*
and although the demand has not been active, they Ysl
of both English and foreign produce has been well rrolliv
tallied. With barley the market has been only moderate_„ll
supplied. The trade has been firm, at full quotations. Malt 11,7
been quiet, at late rates. The show of oats has been modern{
°'
have progressed steadily, and the quotations have ruled fir''
Beaus and peas have commanded full quotations. Flour has bee."
firm in value, with only a moderate inquiry. Arrivals.
Barley, 200 ; malt, 620 qrs. Irish—Oats, 470 qrs. .Foreign -
2,490 ; barley, 2,810; oats, 7,670; maize, 2,64,1 qrs, ; and flour,
sacks.

METROPOLITAN MEAT MARKET, FRIDAY.—The supply,
meat has been rather larger, and, with less animation in the inqum/d:
prices have ruled as follows :—.Beef, 2s. Bd. to 4s. Bd. ;mutton, 3s•
to ss. ; veal, Sc, 4d. to ss. Bd.; and pork, 3s. Bd. to ss. Bd. per 81b.
tho carcase.

BOROUGH HOP MARKET, FRIDAY.- C, nsiderable ernl
ness has been noticed in the hop market, notwithstanding that
has been an absence of business in the trade, steadiness bed
engendered by the paucity of samples. bud and East Kant
£1.3 • Wealds, £6 to £8 ss, ; Sussex, £5 15s. to £7 ; Bavarians, £6
to £lO ; French, £5 ss. to £7 ; Americans, £4 10s. to X 6,
Yeazlings, £llss. to £3 10s. per cwt.
LONDON TRADE REPORT, FRIDAY.—TaIIow is flat at 46.1431 p.
for Y 0 on the spot. Linseed oil firm at £3l to £3l 10s. spot.
oil, £42 10s. for English brown, and £45 for refined. HemP,
Per quarter. Jute for arrival active.
LONDON COLONIAL MARKET, FRIDAY.—Sugar has C°!:,
tinned dull, and the general tendency of prices has been doWfd
wards. Refined goods have been little dealt in. Coffee has riled
firm, but without important sales. Tea dell and rather easier.P'"
difficult to dispose of, except for lower terms. Cotton rather easier.
MANCHESTER TRADE REPORT, FRIDAY:—The market hag
ruled quiet. Quotations for both goods and yarns are genersair
steady. In some cases, however, the turn is in favour of buyers.
LIVERPOOL COTTON MARKET, FRlDAY.—Market 02°4
Sales, 10,000 bales : of which, 2,000 bales on speculation. Sales,,Z,
the week, 61,625 ; taken on speculation, 8,250 ; taken for export, 6,6'"
actual export, 5,625 ; imports, 15 500 ; stock, 316,250.
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lIAVRE COTTON MARKET, FRlDAY.—Market quiet, ',-
price unchanged.
HAMBURG, Fgn. 17.—Wheat—February, 103; March, 103: 4.404
May, 106. Rape oil, spot, 271, ; May, 27 ; Autumn, 258.
BERLIN, FEB. 17.--Rape oil quiet, but unaltered.
AMSTERDAM, FEB. 17.—Banca tin, 68 buyers. Spiritsunchafflie
lIAVANNA, FEB. 17.—N0 12. sugar. 111 : Muscovado. 71.

THE FRENCH MINISTER FOR FOREIGN

AFFAIRS.

M. Darn, it is positively stated, has written an unofficial
letter to M. Verner de Mdrode, a friend of his, who is also
a friend of Pius IX. In it he touches upon the question
of Papal Infallibility, expressing his disaproval of the
policy of the Vatican, and giving his correspondent t°
understand that owing to the establishment of Parliament'
ary government in France, the Chamber might at any rll°'
meat compel the Cabinet to recall the French troops from
Rome. The diplomatic world has made many comments on
a simultaneous visit paid to the Emperor by M. Darn and
M. de Stackelberg, the Russian Ambassador. It
believed they were the bearers of an important and satis-
factory communication, addressed by the Czar himself
to the French Emperor. M. Darn's political position
is just now somewhat uncertain and it is rumoured
in some quarters that a new Ministerial crisis must be
looked for. MM. Darn and Buffet, who belong to the
Left Centre, are becoming impatient of their equivocal
position, and sensible that they have lost ground ill
public opinion, they insist upon the immediate
dissolution of the Chamber. M. 011ivier's friends, on the
other hand, declare that he is really the most' liberal
member of the Cabinet, but that he is anxious to avol
too roughly opposing the Emperor. Should the disaffects,(_!
members of the Cabinet resign their places, they will, it,,T
said, be filled by MM. Duvernois and de Maupas.
the other hand, the Left Centre and the Republican OP;
position are determined to press forward the question
a dissolution at all hazards.

THE ROMAN COUNCIL.—The Vatican thus sunk'
manses the proceedings of the " (Ecumenical" Council
" From the Bth of December, the day on whiff
the Council opened, to the Bth of FebruerA
two Public Sessions and twenty-four General
Congregations were held. The number of di'
courses delivered by the Fathers at the latter date was
109. Four schemata were completely examined in these
discourses—one on dogma and three on discipline. The
next subject introduced was the Little Catechism—scheme
de parro catechismo—after which the Fathers would erP,_
proach the great question of the constitution of the Church
—schema de Ecclesid. At a later period new schemata °nth('
subject of discipline will be presented. Of the seventy
.five Fathers who have spoken thus far on the schemata
repecting discipline, 21 were Italian ; 14 German i 11
Spanish ; 10 Oriental; 9 French; &Peruvian ; 2 Belgian ;
1 English • 1 American ; 1 Mexican ; 1 Bishop in partikto;
Total 75. 'Three Cardinals have also spoken : the Cardinal
Archbishop of Prague; the Cardinal Archbishop GI
Stemacon, and the Cardinal Bishop of Albano.

BIRTHS.
CLIFTON—On the 16th inst., at Balcary House, Castle
Douglas, N. 8., Lady Bertha Clifton, of a daughter.
PORTSMOUTH—On the 18th inst., at Batts' Hotel, Dover-
street, the Countess of Portsmouth, of a son.
MARRIAGES.
PRATT—ALLEN-- On the 17th inst., at South HackneYi
Charles Pratt, Esq., of Thornbury Park, Stoke New;
ington-common, to Eliza, eldest (laughter of Joseph
Allen, Esq., of DOM mark Villas, South hackney.
RESTELL —PEACOCK —On the 17th inst., at Saint Jude, s,
Mildmey Park, Mr. Thomas M. Restell, of Earlswood
Villa, Upper Clapton, and Mark-lan- city, to Emma
Elizabeth, eldest daughter of Mr. dark Peacock, O'
Kingsland, N.

DEATHS.
LAY.inn—On the 17th inst., at Bath, Frances Layard, the
widow of General Layard, aged 85.
WITT —On the 17th inst., at 40, Eccleston-squaro, Janl
M. Witt, Esq., of Swaflham PriorVambridgeshire, aged
71.

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