The Sun.
London, England, 1867-01-15 00:00:00

HAY.

SMITHFIELD.—Meadow hay, 12 Os to £4 15s; clover,
14 10s to 15 15s Od ; and straw, 11 18s to £2 68 per load.
Trade quiet, but firm.
CUMBERLAxD.—Ms.Iadow hay, £2 5s to 14 15s ; clover,
10a`•to .£6 15s ; and straw, £1 18a to £2 ss_ per load.
P►ires firm.

WIIITECHAPEL.-Moadow hay, £2 5s to £4 15s ; clover,
£4 lOs to .£5 15s Od ; and straw, £1 18s to £2 5s per load.
Trade quiet.

COLONIAL.

TEL—The market has remained quint, only a small
quantity is announced for public sale to day, and prices
are not expectsd to vary to any considerable extent.
S UGAR. —A good business has been done in West India,
and prices are well maintained. The fog yesterday, how-
ever, in some measure interrupted business operations, the
stock on hand, compared with that of the corresponding
period Of last year, exhibits an increase of 2,282 tons.
COFFEE.—The demand for colouring descripti ons of
plantation Ceylon continues good, and prices generally aro
firmly maintained.
RICE. —There continues to bo a fair inquiry for cleaned
descriptions, which fully support former quotations.
SALTPETRE.—No sales have been reported in Bengal
but a small parcel of common Bombay has been sold at
13s. 6d. per cwt.

LIVERPOOL COTTON MARKET.

(This Day.)

Market opens quiet. Sales, probably, 5,000
bales.

REAL ENJOYMENT.—As the rocks grew higher and
nearer, and the sun more hot, so the breeze vlso in-
craased, until we scudded away at a famous pace, while I
stretched at full length, with my head leaning back on the
adjustable back-board (the comfort of one's life in a canoe),
and my feet spread out on deck, and bright clear waves
lapping my hands now and then, or dai:ngly kissing my
cheek. The luxuly of this rest in motion, after the hard
tugs against the east wind last week, will always be re-
membered by the passengers of the canoe. To vary the
amusement, I bant my course here and there, into this bay
on the r:ght, and round that cape on the left, now chasing
a duck that kept diving and diving before me, and again
running close to some little v:llage, where all the folks
came out, but I managed to pass through them vi:thout
even once allowing my face to be seen. Their account of
the phantom craft that pass( 1 them I should veij much
like to hear. The work of a long summer's Say, even
with its rests and detours and many stoppages, had
brought me thirty miles on my routo, and as the sun
droopd, so died away the wind; but the water clos'ng
now to the breadth of a i:ver, with a steady cu--
rent, sti'l caLied us on through the Bjorno Sje, tho
Lake of the Bears. Over the wavi-ig weeds, fast by the
dipping bushes, great rocks above us, and health and peace
within, it was all in a mellow light of gloaming, such as
that picture shows us, " With the Stream." I fished the
-whte —as comfortable in niy boat as you are on your sofa—
use makes it so. At last I was lazy, and so were the fish,
for'theylumped only half way to the fly, and seemed to
lollop about for play, and did not " mean business." We
wore all so pleasant and comfortable—the canoe, the fisher-
man, and the fish—that by consent it was agreed to "make
believe," on all sides, until, I do believe, our coxswain
nodded in the sultry air, and then ho fell fast asleep. At
this time the Rob Roy was born on the smooth current,
stern-foremost, side-foremost, any way ; all discipline was
unloosed, and no one was on the watch, as we di ifted in
among the long stakes, which were leaning down as they
bent to the stream, and murmuring at the pressure with
an audible thrill. Suddenly I was aroused bps tremendous
tug at my fishing-line. In an instant it WAS "all hands on
deck," and a rattling of paddles and spars and a clattering
of shoes. What a huge salmon it must be we are catching.
It has pulled the whole boat round! Haul away cheelily.
Ah ! my hook had caught a tree ! —The Rob Roy on the
Ba'tic. By T. Macgregor, ALA.
PUBLIC COMPANIES IN CIIANCERY.—There was
another long list of public companies under the Winding-upe
Acts before tho Cb'ef Clerks yesterday in Chanceiy. The
ca:o of Barncd's Bank again figu-ed in the paper, and the
application was by another shareholder to varytehfie
filed.
The matter stood over until after the accounts wer
EXAMINATION OF PRIVATE BILLS. on Friday.
next, the 18th inst., the examination of the petitions on
private bills by the officers of the House ofi Cana) wommons will
lith tho
be commenced, and continued, as to compare this year
standing orders, until completed. As there
only 317 bills, the examination will probably be concluded
shortly after the commencement of the session on the sth
proximo.
REFORM SOIREE AT HANLEY.—We learn, by tele-
graph, that the local members of theßllelfoorfm the Mechanics'
League held
a soirée last night in the Lectures
-
h
Institution, Hanley. R molution in favour of the pro-
gramme of the Reform League—registered residential
manhood suffrage and vote by ballot—were carried with
acclamation, and an address was de:ivered. At the same
time a soiree was hold at the Town-hall at Stoke, under
the auspices of the National Reform Union. The
the
Theresolu-
tions passed at this meeting weroi vn win o
Man-
chester programme.