The Sun.
London, England, 1860-01-07 00:00:00

HAY MARKETS.

£4
SMITHFIELD.—Meadow hay, £2 LO 4s ; clover,
£3 15s to £5 Os ; and straw, £1 5s to £1 lOs per load.
Supplies short, and trade firm.
CUMBERLAND.—Meadow hay, £2 15s to £4 49; clover,
£3 15s to £5 Os ; and straw, £1 6s to £1 lOs per lead.
A steady demand.

WurrEculPEL.-31eadow hay, £2lss to £4 4s; clove/,
£4 Os to £5 5s ; and straw, £1 5s to 11 10s per load.
Trade firm.

COAL MARIi
(Prices of Coal per Ton at
s. d.
Burnhope 14 0 w.
Carr's Hartley l5 9 Hough Hall 18 0
Tanfield Moor Butes ..14 9 South Durham ll 6
Gordon
Walls End. Belmont l7 8
Whitworth 16 0 South Kelloe lB 8
Braddyll'a Hetton 18 9
Ships at market, 10—Sold, 13.

[CET—JAN. 6.
the close of the market.)
Walla End.

COURSE OF EXCHANGE.— YESTRRDAY.
Amsterdam
Ditto
Rotterdam — 11 14} 11 15;

Antwerp
Brussels — 25 201
Hamburgh
Paris
Ditto
Marseilles
_3.2_1
Frankfort on Maine —

25 27}
25 271
13 5t
25 15
2.5 3.5
25

_
Vienna
Trieste

1161f'
12 75
12' 75

1171'
12 85
12 85

Petersburgh
Madrid

344-
49a
49a
30 25
25__42i

36
491
50
30 30
25_41

Cadiz
Leghorn
Genoa

Naples
Palermo
Messina
Lisbon
Oporto
Rio Janeiro
Now York
Foreign Gold in Bars (Standard), ...per oz. £3 17 9
Mexican Dollars „ 0 5
Silver in Bars (Standard) 66 0 6 2
South American Doublons

401
121
1211
521
521

401-
1211
121
5'
53

LETTERS FOR THE ITALIAN STATES.

Information has been received from the Prussian Pest-
oflice that an alteration has taken place in the postage of
letters, forwarded through Belgium and Prussia, from the
United Kingdom to the several States of Italy.
In future the following will be the rates of postage to
which letters for the Italian States will be liable when spe-
cially directed to be sent "via Belgium," viz. :
Sardinia, Parma, Modena, and Tuscany—Not exceeding
an ounce, ls. 2d. ; above I an ounce, and not exceeding 1
ounce, 2s. 4d. ; above 1 ounce, and not exceeding 2 ounces,
4s. Bd. ; every ounce after the first, 2s. 4d. Papal States—
Not exceeding an ounce, ls. 4d. ; above }an ounce, and
not exceeding 1 ounce, 2s. Bd. ; above 1 ounce, and not ex-
ceeding 2 ounces, ss. 4d. ; every ounce after the first, 2s.
Bd. Two Sicilies—Not exceeding I an ounce, ls. 6d ;
above an ounce, and not exceeding 1 ounce, 3s. ; above 1
ounce, and not exceeding 2 ounces, 6s. ; every ounce after
the first, 3s.
Letters for Sardinia, Parma, Modena, and Tuscany by
the above route may be posted either paid or unpaid at the
option of the senders. But the postage of letters addressed
to the Papal States and to the Two Sicilies, by the same
route, must, in all cases, be prepaid.
REGISTERED LETTERS.—Lettors for Sardinia, Parma,
Modena, and Tuscany, sent via Belgium, may be registered,
if the senders desire it, and they will be liable to a registra-
tion fee of—British, 6d.; foreign, 7d.—total, ls. ld., in ad-
dition to the ordinary postage.
Letters for the Papal States and the Two Sicilies sent
by way of Belgium cannot be registered.—By command of
the Postmaster-General,
ROWLAND HILL, Secretary.
General Post-office, Jan. 6, 1860.

MR. ALBERT SMITH'S CHINA.—The public will
be glad to know that Mr. Albert Smith proposes to re-
commence his entertainment on Tuesday, the 10th inst.