The Sun.
London, England, 1866-04-23 00:00:00

only for prime grades ; sales of 599 bags Rio ex Hayden
at 15c., gold, and 250 bags St. Domingo at 121-c., gold,
both in bond. At Philadelphia, 1,800 bags Rio ex Anna
Wellington, at 15c., and Baltimore, 3,000 bags ex Amazon
at 15 to 151 c., gold, in bond.
SEEDS—The inquiry for clover seed is moderate, and the
market is heavy; sales of 40 bags at 8} to 10c., and small
lots choice at 11c. Timothy seed is in fair request and
firm ; sales of 200 bags at $4 to $4O 50 per bush. Rough
flax seed is in limited demand and heavy, at $2 50 to
$2 60 per bush.
Petroleum is dull, but prices are without change ; sales
at 251 c. for crude, and 41c. for refined in bond.

Exports in Petroleum from the United States from
January 1 to March 24:
1866. 1865.
From New York galls. 7,026,816 1,776,760
Boston
Philadelphia 3,752,257 247,629
Baltimore 356,481 157,943
Portland
New Bedford
Cleveland

Total Export from the 11. 5tate5...11,413,433 2,433,895
Same time 1864 5,595,311

Same time 1863 9,324,903

PHILADELPHIA, April 6—Petroleum dull and drooping;
sales of crl,tde at 24 to 244 c. ; refined, in bond, 40c ; refined
free, 58 to 60c. Flour steady and unchanged. Prime
wheat at $2 38 to $2 40. Corn active; sales 8,000 bush.
Yellow at 75c. Oats firm; sales of 6,000 bush. at 50 to
52c. ; 1,000 bush. Canada Barley at $1 32. Whisky dull.
QHICAGO, April 6—Flour steady. Wheat firm at $1 27
to $1273, and 86 to 93c. for No. 2. Corn firm, at 45-i to
46c. for fresh No. 1; 41 to 42c. for No. 2. Oats quiet, at
26} to 27c. for No. 1. Provisions dull. Mess Pork, $25 25
to $25 50. Lard, 17-1 to 18c. Live hogs, $9 25 to $9 50.
Receipts-5,500 bbls. Flour, 3,500 bush. Wheat 14,560
bush. Corn, 5,500 bush. Oats, Shipments-3,000 bbls.
Flour, 22,000 bush. Wheat, 2,500 bush. Corn and oats,
700 bush.

(From Messrs. E. F. Satterthwaite 4 Co.'s Weekly Circular.)
Per the Australian we have our usual advices from New
York, they are to the 3d instant, and report a good market
for all Government securities, especially for the cuurency
or 7.30 Bonds, which were last done at about a per cent.
premium. In Railroad. Shares there had been an active
business, Erie, asusual, commanding the chief attention
on large sales by- a well-known operator; they were at one
time forced down to 72, a fall of quite 10 per cent. since
previous advices; but from this extreme quotation there
was a reaction, and they closed at about 744. In other
Stocks, Michigan Southern and Rock Island were most
largely dealt in, the former on the week showing an ad-
vance of $6 ; the transactions in the latter were stimulated
by a rumour of a probable extra cash dividend at an early
date. Money was easy at 5 per cent., and gold steady.
Vid Greencastle, we have received the following quota-
tions; being to the 7th inst.:—United States 5.20'5, 104;
Illinois Centrals, 116 ; Erie, Common, 79 ; Gold, 1274.
The Great Western of Canada traffic is, for week ending
March 30, 1866, £13,176 2s. id. sterling, on 345 miles, or
£3B 3s. 10d. per mile per week ; March 31, 1865, £10,738
6s. 6d. sterling, on 315 miles, or £3l 2s. 6d. per mile per
week. _

The Grand Trunk of Canada traffic is, for the week end-
ing March 24, 1866, £25,505 sterling, on 1,377 miles, or
£lB 10s. sd. per mile per week; March 25, 1865, £26,310
sterling, on 1,377 miles, or £l9 2s. ld. per mile per week ;
March 31, 1866, £23,703 sterling, on 1,377 miles, or £l7
4s. 4d. per mile per week ; April 1, 1865, £28,702 sterling,
on 1,335 miles, or £2O 16s. 11d. per nails per week.
The Detroit and Milwaukee traffic is, for the week end-
ing March 30, 186, £6,617 Os. 6d. sterling, on 189 miles,
or £35 Os. 2d. per mile per week ; March 31, 1865, £5,911
4s. 7d. sterling, on 189 miles, or £3l ss. 6d. per mile per
week.
Fdr the bonds of the Southern States there have been
numerous inquiries, but the amount held here, with the
exception of Virginia Sixes, is so small that few transac-
tions are recorded.