The Sun.
London, England, 1867-02-14 00:00:00

MARKETS.--This day.

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METROPOLITAN CATTLE.
Although the supply of beasts on sale here, to-day, was
very moderate, the demand for most breeds ruled inactive
at about Monday's currency. The top figure was 5s 4d
per 81b. Prime Down and half-bred sheep were firm in
price. Otherwise the mutton trade was heavy at late rates.
The highest quotation was Gs 2d per 811;. The few lambs
on show changed hands at from 7s Gd to 8s per 81b. Pigs
(the supply of which was liniited) were very dull, at barely
stationary prices.

Per 81b to sink the offal.
ci s d
Crse & inf. beasts... 3 6 3 8
Second quality do ..3 10 4 4
Prime large oxen —1 6 4 10
Prime Scots. dm.. ••5 0 5 4
Crse. and inf. sheep. 3 10 4 2
Second quality do ..4 4 5 0

sd s d
Tree ers-wool sheep 5 4 5 10
Prime J'thdown d 0.6 0 6 2
Large coarse ealTes 4 6 5 0
Prime small do 5 2 3 6
Large hugs
. .3 4 3 8
Small porkers 3 10 4 4

Lamb....os Od to 0 , Od.
Suckling calve; 203 to 228 ' • and quarter-old store pigs, 24e
;o 215 each.

"lead of stock on sale.
Beasts Total supply. Foreign supply.
2 0
Cows
712 I Beasts
*— ows.
Sheep and 1amb5....., C
2,4 0 Sheep and I..mbi
Calves
101 Ca yes .
rigs . • • • 200 Pigs

MEAT.
NEWGATS AND LEADENIIALL.—Theso markets aro fairly
supplied with meat, which moves off slowly, as follows :
Beef, 3s 2d to 4s 6d • mutton, 3s 6d to 4s JAI ; veal, 48 Od
to 5s 2d ; pork, 38 id to 4s 4d per Sibs by the carcase.

ITA Y.
SMITHFIELD.—Moadow hay, £2 15s to £4 ss; clover,
£4 Os to £5 lOs ; and straw,' £1 18s to £2 6s per load.
. slow trade.
CUMBERLAND.—Meadow hay, £2 18s to £4 56 ; clover,
£4 Os to £5 10s 6d ; and straw, £1 18s to £2 Os per load.
Trade inactive.

WHITEcHAPEL.—Meadow hay' £2 18s to £4 5s ; clover,
£4 Os to £5 12s Od ; and straw, £1 18s to £2 Os per load.
Supply moderato.

COAL MARKET.
Price per ton at the close of the market.

8. d. s. d.
Original Hartlepool... 19 0 East Hartlepool
Nelson l7 0 Walls End Helton ... 19 0

Toes.
18 9 Bradyell's lietton l7
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South Wylam
Hastings Hartley l6 6
Lambert's W.llartloy 16 3
Braneepeth Cannel
()arab(' lB 0
Cassop . l7 6
Holy well Main l6 6
Ships at market, 78—sold, 21.

Walls End Haswell 19 0
Kelloo
Davison's W. Hartley 16 • 6
Hartlepool
South llartlepool l7 0
Eden Main

LONGITUDE BY
.TIIE ATLANTIC CABLE.--The
difference of longitude between England and America has,
hitherto, rested upon the-chronometric expeditions insti-
tuted by the Coast Survey during the years of 1843-51 and
1855. Fifty chronometers were transported three times in
each direction across the Atlantic. The probable error of
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sufficiently precise, is not so for the necessities of astrono-
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render the process of determining the longitude by its
moans different in many respects from that by the land
telegraph lines. Now obstacles, which made success
exceedingly doubtful, were to be surmounted, and now
sources of error eliminated; but, thanks to the genius, ex-
perience, and perseverance of Dr. Gould, these have been
implied it will give the reader a
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overcome, and results of remarkable precision elicited. The
probable error of the resulting longitude is about four
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miles has boon measured, and that
the measure is not probably more than 40 feet from the
truth. The time required for a signal to pass through the
cable has been discovered with still greater precision to be
31-100ths of a second, which is probably not in error by
ono hundredth of a second. This is equivalent to a velocity
of 6,020 miles a second, and is notably less than the velo-
city of the electric fluid upon land lines, which numerous
observations have shown to average 16,000 miles a second.
—Boston Transcript.

MORE FENIAN ARRESTS TN DUBLIN.—DUBLIN,
Wednesday Night.—This morning more than thirty per-
sons wore arrested on their arrival in Dublin from Liver-
pool. Several were subsequently discharged, having given
satisfactory explanations. The remainder are detained,
pending further inquiry. Several of the prisoners arraigned
for treason-felony at the commission court to-day pleaded
guilty.