The Sun.
London, England, 1866-07-02 00:00:00

SCN, LONDON, MONDAY EVENING, JULY 2, 1866,

MARKETS.---This Day.

MARK-LANE.

Tho trade for wheat in the country markets held on
Saturday was very quiet. The amount of business trans-
acted was small, yet very little change took place in prices
from the previous week. Spring corn of all descriptions
moved off slowly, at about late rates. The flour trade was
quiet, on former terms.
On the Continent, the inquiry for wheat and flour for
export has increased, and there is also a steady inquiry for
spring corn. At Now York the business doing in wheat
and flour for export is small.
A small supply of home-grown produce was received up
to our market last week. The imports from abroad con-
sisted of 29,046 quarters of wheat, 2,926 barley, 23,144 oats,
396 beans, 2,560 linseed, 4,690 rape and oilseeds, 40 sundry
seeds, and 1;717 sacks of flour.
The amount of business transacted in all descriptions of
seed was very moderate. In prices very few changes took
place. Cakes were in but moderate request at last Mon-
day's currency.
The trade for wheat in the country markets hold on
Saturday was very quiet. The amount of business trans-
acted was small, but very little change took place in prices
from the previous week. Spring corn of all descriptions
moved off slowly, at about late rates. The flour trade was
quiet on former terms.
On the Continent, the inquiry for wheat and flour for
export has increased, and there is a steady inquiry for
spring corn. At Now York, the business doing in wheat
and flour for export is small.
A small supply of home-grown produce was re-
ceived up to our market last week. The imports for
abroad consisted of 29,046 quarters of wheat, 2,926 barley,
23,144 oats, 396 beans, 2,560 linseed, 4,690 rape and oil-
seeds, 41 sundry seeds, and 1,717 seeds of flour.
Fresh up to our market to-day the arrivals of home-
grown wheat were very moderate. There was a limited
number of buyers in attendance, and there was much less
activity in the trade both for red and white qualities. Tho
transactions were mostly confined to retail parcels, at about
the late advance in prices; but to have concluded sales of
any magnitude factors wouldhave had tosubmit to a reduc-
tion in prices..
The market was moderately supplied
.with foreign
wheat. The trade was very quiet, and as regards se-
condary and inferior descriptions of wheat prices had a
drooping tendency.
Floating cargoes of grain were in fair demand, at late rates.
The supply of English barley on sale was small; of
foreign, but moderate. The trade, on the whole, was
steady, at full prices.
Malt sold slowly, at last Monday's currency.
Oats were in but moderato supply. The trade was quiet,
but good and fine samples were steady in prices.
Beans steadily supported late rates. The market was
but moderately supplied.
Peas moved off slowly, but at full prices. The show of
samples was very moderate.
The flour trade was steady. Prices were without change
from Monday last.
CURRENCY PER IMP. MEARTRE.
Wheat—Essex and Kent, red, new, per qr. 42s to 50s
Do., old s2s 60s
Do., white, old 6os 62s
Do., new
Norfolk and Lincoln, red, old s —s

Do., nev
Talavera
Rye—
ftarley—Grinding
Malting 36s 43s
Malt—Suffolk and Norfolk
Brown
Kingstown and Ware
Chevalier 66s 67s
Oats—Yorkshire and Line°lnsh., Feeding 22s 28s
28s 32s
Potato
Youghal and Cork, black 22s 27s
Cork, white 24s 29s
Scotch, Feeding 22s 27s
Beans—Tick
Pigeons ... 46s 50s
Peas—Grey,
Maple
White
Boilers
Flour—Town-made, per 2801 b
50$
Suffolk 348 8
Stockton and Norfolk
American, per barrel
French, per sack 34s 38s

METROPOLITAN CATTLE.
There was a fair show of stock here to-day from Hol-
land, under the new Order in Council. The total supply
was rather extensiva, and in fair average condition. Sales
progressed slowly, at late rates.
We were very moderately supplied with home-fed beasts;
their quality, however, by no means first-rate. The re-
ceipts from Ireland and Scotland were limited. Although
the demand for all breeds of beasts was very inactive, last
week's quotations were well supported. The general top
figure was 5s 8d ; but a few very superior Scots and
crosses realised 5s 10d per 81b.

From Norfolk, Suffolk, Essex, and Cambridgeshire we
received 1,200 Scots and crosses ; from other parts of Eng-
land, including Lincolnshire, 800 various broods; from
Scotland, 32 Scots and crosses ; and from Ireland, 53
oxen Sce.

The show of sheep was seasonably extensive and in
good condition. Sales progressed slowly; nevertheless,
the prices current on this day se'nnight were maintained.
The best Downs and half-breds sold at 5s 10d to 6s
per 81b.
Lambs, the supply of which was moderate, was inactive,
at late rates, viz., from Gs 8d to 8s per 81b.
The supply of calves was extensive, and the veal trade
was heavy, at depressed currencies. The top figure was
-5s 6d per 81b.
The demand for pigs was heavy, at last week's prices,
4s to 5s per 81b.
Per 81b to sink the offal.

sdsd s d s d
Crse. & inf. beasts... 3 10 4 2 Pme ers-wool sheep 5 2 5 S
Second quality do ..4 4 4 10 Prime s'thdown c 0.5 0 6 0
Prime large oxen ..5 0 5 4 Large coarse calveB.4 8 5 4
Prime Scuts, 6 5 8 Prime small d0......5 65 10
Crse. and int. sheep. 3 8 4 2 Large hugs .4 0 4 6
Second quality do ..4 4 5 0 Small porkers 1 8 5 0
Lamb... .Gs 8d to 8s Od.
Suckling calves, 20s to 23s ; and quarter-old store pigs, 30s
to 338 each.

Head of stock on sale.
Total supply. Foreign supply.
Beasts 3.620 Beasts 2 llO
Cows. lO5 Cows.
Sheep And haabs 24,73u Sheep and 1 mbs ...... 9,520
Calves 650 Ca yes 558
Pigs l3O I Pigs
15
The total imports of foreign stock into London, last week,
amounted to 15,608 head. In the corresponding week in
1865, we received 20,395 ; in 1864, 12,154 ; in 1863,
7,323 ; in 1862, 9,810 ; in 1861, 9,592 ; and in 1860,
11,806.
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IMPORTS INTO LONDON LAST WEEK.
Boasts. Sheep. Lambs. Calves. Pigs,

Aarhuus
Antwerp
Boulogne 342 ... 990 69 ...
Bremen ... 111 277 8 ...
Gothenburg. . 192 133 ... 41 ...
Cadiz
Calais.. 9O 45 9
Dunkirk
Caen B2 ... 8 15 8
Christiana
Dieppo.
Hamburg 741 6897 12 470
Stettin - ... ... ... ~,
Ostend. 75 ... 143 222 5
Vigo
Rotterdam

•" --- ... - .., 209

Total 2,236 ...10,915 481 972 904
The yearly comparison of weekly imports is as follows :
Beasts. Sheep. Lambs. Calves. Pigs
1865
1864 l9Ol -. 7506 1173 .- 772 ... 802
1863.: 958 .- 3639 .- 1227 .- 1082 ... 417
A statement and comparison of the supplies and prices of
fat stock exhibited and sold in the Great Metropolitan
Cattle Market on Monday, July 3, 1865, and this day,
Monday, July 2, 1866.

Per Blbs, to sink the offal.
July 3,
1863.

July 2,
1866.

s d s d ad s d.
Coarse and inferior beasts 3 6to 3 10 3 10 to 4 2
Second quality do. . 4 4 4 4 4 4 410
Prime large oxen 4 6 4 8 5 0 5 1
Prime Scots, &c.
Coarse and inferior sheep
Second quality do.
Prime coarse-woolled do.
Prime Southdown do 5lO 6 0 510 6 0
Lambs
Large coarse calves 4 2 4 8 4 8 5 4
Prime small do.
Largo hogs
Neat small porkers 4 2 4 8 1 8 5 0
Beasts 5,480 3,620
Sheep and lambs 34,200 24,730
Cal.. es
Pigs
SUPPLIES ON SALE, July 4, 1864.—Beasts, 4,730—
sheep and lambs, 27,640—calves, 410—pigs, 470.
July 6, 1863—Beasts, 5,060—sheep and lambs, 28,730
—calves, 383—pigs, 230.

The arrivals of new potatoes are on the increase. There
is a fair demand for most qualities, at from Bs. to 12s. per
cwt. Last week's imports wore 2,945 baskets from Dunkirk ;
19,108 Rotterdam; 405 Antwerp; 1,195 boxes from Lis-
bon ; and about 100 boxes, &c., from sundry quarters.
Kent and Essex regents
Scotch do.
Yorkshire do Bos to 120 s „
71 Flukes 150 s to 180 s „
17 Rocks sos to 90s „
Spanish new
Jersey and other kinds lls to 15s „

Prorogation of the Hungarian Diet.

PESTH, Juno 26.

The Royal rescript proroguing the Hungarian
Diet to an indefinite period has just appeared. Its
most important passages are the following :
" Dear and Faithful Subjects,—ln convoking at
the close of last year around our throne the faith-
ful Estates and representatives of our kingdom of
Hungary to co-operate in the work of legislation,
we were inspired by the hope that the benefits of
peace we then enjoyed would be long preserved to
all the peoples of our monarchy. To our profound
regret this hope has not been realised.
" The Estates and representatives met at the Diet
are sufficiently acquainted with the march of the
events whose final development has forced us
to defend by every legitimate means the integrity
and power of the territory of our ancestors, and to
repel an unjust attack with armed hand.
We experienced heartfelt joy at having been a
witness of the enthusiastic reception given by the
faithful people of our kingdom of Hungary to our
intention of settling pending questions, as also at
having seen the earnest goodwill with which the Diet
I! anticipated our efforts to come to an arrangement
of that portion of common affairs by which it is
affected.

" It is with not less satisfaction that we have ob-
served the activity displayed by the Diet, which,
notwithstanding the storms that accumulated at the
extremities of the empire, did not allow itself to be
disturbed in its labours by the warlike armaments
which impose fresh sacrifices upon the country.
" But we are unable to disguise the mournful

conviction that the solution of the question depends
upon the extreme tranquillity of the public mind.—
that most sublime benefit of peace ; while, upon the
other hand, the defence of the empire, whose exist-
ence is menaced, must above all form the object of
our endeavours.

" These events, independent of our will, and
which we have attempted to prevent by every means
compatible with honour, place us under the neces-
sity of interrupting the debates, which promised so
fairly, and of proroguing the Diet. While, there-
fore, giving the representatives of our Estates and
the faithful population of our kingdom the assur-
ance of our grace and Royal favour, we think fit to
decree the prorogation of the present Estates.

"FRANCIS JOSEPH."

Liverpool Cotton Market—(This Day.)

Market opens quiet. Sales probably 8,000 bales.

NEW DIGNITIES.—The services of Sir Henry
Storks in connexion with the Jamaica inquiry aro about to
bo recognised by his being made a member of the Privy
Council. Mr. Erskine May, whose useful services at the
table of the House of Commons all members of Parliament
will appreciate, is to be given the second grade—Knight
Commander—of the Bath. The Companionship of the
Bath is about to be bestowed on Mr. James Booth, lately
one of the Secretaries of the Board of Trade. It is under-
stood that Sir James Matheson, M.P., is likely to be the
new Lord-Lieutenant of Ross-shire, in succession to the
late Colonel Baillie. Mr. D. D. Keane, Q.C., has been ap-
pointed Recorder of Bedford, in succession to Mr. A. K.
Stephenson, whose appointment to the Assistant-Solicitor-
ship of the Treasury we notified in our last impression.—
Sunday Gazette.
We understand that the American monitor Mian-
tonomah will, after a short stay at Cherbourg, ar-
rive in the Thames. That she should come to the neigh-
bourhood of London was not contemplated when she left
America. This deviation from the route originally pro-
posed for her is in consequence of Mr. Fox, the Secretary
of the United States' Navy, under whose control the Mian-
tonomah has come to Europe, having been assured that
many were desirous of seeing her whose engagements in
London render it impossible for them to visit her at Spit-
head. We have great pleasure in drawing attention to Mr.
Fox's friendly and considerate act.
The MECHANICS' STRIKE AT HUDDERSFIELD.—
Another attempt, but an unsuccessful one, has been
made to bring to a close the strike of mechanics at Hud-
dersfield. A deputation of the workmen had an interview
with the employers at the White Swan Inn, on Friday
night, in consequence of an intimation they had had that
there might be an amicable arrangement effected,' and on
the part of the men an offer was made to resume work for
a present rise of ls. a week, and another rise of a similar
amount in a month—the time beitlg subsequently extended
to two months. The offer was declined, and as the masters
were not prepared to go beyond their former offer of grant-
ing the rise asked for, 2s. a week, in four months, the strike
still continues. Assistance is going to be rendered to the
mechanics by members of other trades.
THE FORTHCOMING CONGRESS OF THE ARCHEO-
LOGICAL INSTITLITE.—The arrangements have now
progressed almost to completion. On Tuesday, July
17th, the opening meeting will be held, at 12 o'clock, in
the Guildhall, when an address will be presented
to the President of the Meeting, and afterwards
members and their friends will visit two or three
of the most interesting City churches. On Wednes-
day, after the adjournment of the sections, two
short excursions will be arranged to the neighbour-
hood of London. On Thursday, Westminster Abbey
will be examined, and lectures will bo given on the history
of the Abbey, by the Very Rev. Dean Stanley ; and on the
structure, by Mr. Gilbert Scott. On Friday, after the meet-
ing of Sections, the Tower of London will be visited, under
the guidance of Mr. Hepworth Dixon, who will read a paper
on the history of this great national monument. The Royal
Institute of British Architects, in the evening, invite the In-
stitute to a conversazione. On Saturday, the excursion will
be made to Windsor and to Eton, where the Rev. Prof.
Willis will discourse on the architectural features of the
College. On Monday, after the sections, parts of London,
architecturally interesting, will be visited. On Tuesday,
after the sections, members will go to Hampton Court,
where Mr.. Scharf will describe the pictures. On Wednes-
day, the general concluding meeting will be held in the
Guildhall. Some interesting discoveries respecting
Windsor have been made of late years, both in the Re-
cord Office, by Mr. Burtt, and at Windsor itself, and
these will, of course, be made available on the occasion of

the visit.—Athenaeum. The Palestine Exploration Fund,
adds the same journal, will hold a meeting on the day suc-
ceeding the termination of the Congress of the Archa3olo-
gical Institute, when a paper will be read in which the
objects of the fund, the results of its preliminary labours,
and the plans of its future operations, will be discussed.
The meeting will be under the same auspices as those of
the Institute.

ANECDOTE OF HER MAJESTY.-01.1r Kirriemuir
correspondent writes—Among the many traits of kindness
and condescension in her Majesty's character the following
is not unworthy of a place. One day last week, while taking
a drive in her carriage, she noticed a man on the road with
a pretty large bundle, apparently very much fatigued. With
her usual condescension she entered into conversation with
him, by inquiring where he came from, and whither he was
going ; in answer to wkich he told her that he had come
from Cromarty, and was on his way to Dundee, intending
to cross the Capel, as being the nearest road. Her Majesty
then remarked that, as he appeared to be much fatigued,
and his bundle was apparently heavy, if ho would put it
in the carriage, perhaps her coachman, who was also a
Highlander, would tako him up. The weary wanderer
was thus taken a few miles on his way, and, as was ex-
pected, was greatly affseted by the considerate kindness
aEd condescension shown him by her Majesty.—Dundee
Advertiser.

ST. CLE3IENT'S AT RODIE.—Tbis upper church is
attached to a convent of Irish Dominicans, to whose
prior, the Rev. Father Joseph Mullooly, the discovery of
the remains underground was originally due. He had long
come to the conclusion that the building in which he and
his brethren sung their offices was not even a restoration
of the original Basilica, but that it was entirely of com-
paratively modern date. Further consideration induced
him to believe that the present conventional church had
been built upon the exact site of the ancient one, and, by
reason of the different level of ancient and modern Rome
(which, was shown so evidently by the Forum Romanum)
above it. Was it not possible, then, that the original
structure might still be in existence ? The conviction
that such was the case, and further, that even St Clement's
house itself might perhaps be discovered, grew upon him,
and in 1857 he was enabled to begin his explorations. He
opened a passage in a small chamber leading out of the
sacristy, on what would be the south side of tho conven-
tual church, ecclesiogically speaking, and after clearing
away rubbish to the depth of about 15ft., he came upon
some columns which had evidently helped to support the
roof of the ancient building. On a wall near these shafts
some traces of frescoes were discovered, amply sufficient to
prove that the prior's conjecture bad been well grounded,
and that the true Constantin basilica, abandoned an d for-
gotten for nearly a thousand years, had at lenth been
found.— The Gentleman's Magazine.
REVIVAL OF OLT COACHING TlMES.—Since fouhr-e
horse stage-coaches were knocked off the road!: y
adoption of steam locomotion and railway trn
osni
c,ebtphoeptould.
coaching times have sunk into oblivion, ahnsdntews
coach now
lar equipage become a ram avis until
wt
as
put on the road,
plying between London and Brighton
and since which the initative has been taken,
and other
this week to run from
four-horse coaches will com
AmAreonret i g, and other seaside
the metropolis to Hastings,
localities on the south coast, and continue on the road dur-
ing the summer.
The demand for toll on four-horsed
coaches running this route., was formerly 17s. 6d., but is
now remitted by the abolition of turnpikes. -
Victor Hugo, it is rumoured, has lost £15,000 by
the failure of a London bank.

THIRD EDITION.

SUN OFFICE, 7 o'CLocK.

TATTERSALL 3' —This Evening.

GOODWO OD STAKES.
6to 1 agst Special (taken)
Bto 1 agst Midia colt (taken)
10 to 1 agst Nu (taken)
100 to 8 agst La Fortuna (taken)
100 to 7 agst Surney (taken)
100 to 7 agst Black Prince (taken)
100 to 6 agst Othello (taken)
25 to 1 agst Harry Brailsford (taken)

GOODWOOD CUP.
5 to 4 agst Gladiateur (taken)

ST. LEGER..

6 to 4 agst Lord Lyon (taken)
Very little betting.

MANCHESTER BETTING—Tins DAY.

JULY STAKES.
2to lon Achievement (taken)
GOODWOOD STAKES.
100 to 15 agst Special (taken)
100 to 12 agst Media c (taken and off.)

No arrivals have been received up to the hour of
going to press.

(FROM OUR OWN CORRESPONDENT.)
Sir Joseph llawley's Red Shoes has arrived, and
he will be the horse that Achievement has most to
fear in the July Stakes. Wells will ride. He is
reported to be a better horse than Palmer.

THE WAR IN GERMANY.

PESCIIIERA, July 1.-

The Austrian cavalry have made a reconnaissance
from Goito to Chiese. They drove back the Ita-
lian outposts and took several prisoners.
Two Austrian gunboats, under Capt. Manfroni,
have cannonaded the encampment of the Volunteers
on the shores of Lake Garda. The Volunteers dis-
persed after sustaining considerable Joss.
BERLIN, July 2.
The following official announcement has been
made here :

"In consequence of the successful storming of
Gitschin, the junction of the armies under the
Crown Prince and Prince Frederick Charles is
looked upon as completely effected.
" Notwithstanding the recent severe and san-
guinary fighting, the Prussian army are in excellent
spirits."