The Sun.
London, England, 1866-03-27 00:00:00

COURSE OF EXCHANGE--This Evening.

Amsterdam Short. 11 18 11 19
Ditto 3 Months. 12 11 12 2
Rotterdam
Antwerp — 25 52 15 571
Brussels
Hamburg
Paris
Ditto 3 Month.. 25 471 25 55
Marseilles
Frankfort on the Maine 121 1211
Vienna. — 10 80 11 85
Trieste — 10 80 11 85
Petersburgh - 291- 291
Berlin
Madrid
Cadiz
Leghorn
Milan
Genoa — 25 62 25 67f
i Naples — 25 629 24 671

MARKETS.—This Day.

HAY

SMITnPIELD.—Moadow hay, £4 4s to £5 lOs ; mover
.£5 5s to #6 12s 6d ; and straw' £1 18s to £2 4s per load
Trade firm.

CUMBERLAND.—Meadow hay, £4 4s to £5 lOs Od; clover
£5 5s to .£6 12s 6d ; and straw, .£2 Os to .£2 58 per load.
A. active demand. ,

WHITECHAPEL.—Meadow hay, £4 4s to £5 10s; Clover,
£5 Ss to £6 12s 6d; and straw, £1 18s to £2 4s per load
Trade firm.

COLONIAL.

TEA.—Business remains very quiet, and prices generally
are unaltered.

SuGmt.—The market continues dull, and the few trans-
actions entered into have been at previous rates. In the
refined market there is little change of importance to report.
COFFEE. —There has been only a moderate amount of
business negotiated, but superior qualities of both planta-
tion and native Ceylon command fully former rates.
RICE.—A very limited business has been reported owing
to the high rates demanded by holders.

TlLLow.—This market has been much agitated of late,
an advance being paid of 2s per cwt on the previous Mon-
day's rates, which gave place subsequently to a decline of
2s Gd par cwt from the highest point. The market became
more steady at the close of the week, and to-day quotations
aro 50s Gd on the spot.

COAL MARKET.
Price per ton at the close of the market.
a. d. . 8. d.
Hastings Hartley l6 3 Hetton Lyons l6 0
North Moor Pelton South Hetton
Gas l4 0 Caradoc l9 3
Eden Main
Brancepetb. Cannel ~. 18 0 Hough Hall lB 9
N. Staffordshire
Braddyell's Hetton.... 18 6 South Kelloe
Walls End Haswell... 20 0 Tees
Walla End Hatton ... 20 0
Ships at market, 40 ; sold, 81.

COUNTRY MARKETS.

NORTIIAMPTON—MARcH 24.

There was a tolerable show of wheat at our corn market
to-day, the supply consisting of white and red sorts.
Buyers purchased slowly, and rates were rather easier.
Barley was in request, and a tolerable share of business was
done. A small supply of oats, which met a ready sale at
quite former terms. For beans extreme prices were ob-
tained.

New white wheat, 43s to 48s ; now red, 40s to 46s ; old
white, 48s to 53s ; old red, 13s to 47s per 36 stone. Barley
for malting, 405 to 44s per qr. ; grinding, 28s to 42s per 30
stone. Oats, old, Ns to 31s ; new, 20s to 28s per 24 stone.
Beans, old, 46s to 49s ; new, 408 to 44s per 88 stone. Peas,
36s to 40s per 36 stone.

CHELMSFORD•
Notwithstanding there was
its condition better than it
samples sustained a reduction
on last week, with a very li
Spring corn of all descriptions
Wheat, old white.... 455 52s
new ,•435 sls
old red ..... .39s 455 I

1-11ARcR 23.

a large supply of wheat, and
has been of late, the best
of is and inferior 2s per qr.
baited amount of business.
s remains firm at late tides.

Peas, Partridge 38s 39s
White ....29s 31s
375 415
Dun.. ....... 333 355
ditto, new —s --s
Beans, Tick, old 35s 40s
new 35s 39s
Harrow Ticks.3Bs 42s
new 365 40s
Mangan 34s :.iit

new. -
368 45a
Barley. 2ss 33a
Chevalier 28a 415
Grinding 255 30s
Malt 58a 60s
Chevalier 608 02a
Oats .. ... 2.4 20s

COLCHESTER—MA.Rcu 24.
Wheat, white ........ 401 84s Beans, Mazafan......321 961
red .......... 386 48e Middle an innall-84s 40s
Barley
. 2ey 40e Peas,
awrhey.... .
white ..........a 1121
oitt

GRANTITAM—MA.nat 24.
Old white wheat, 52s to 54e; old red, 48s to 50s ; new
white, 50s to 52s ; new red, 44;t0 47s per 36 stone. Bar-
ley for malting, 348 to 40s per qr. ; grinding, 30s to 334 per
30 stone. Oats, old, 288 to 825; new, 25s to 308 per 21
stone. Beans, old, 4778 to 495; new, 43s to 45s per 38 atone.
Peas, 388 to 408 per 56 stone.

LBERDEEN—MARcit 13.
samples shown. Oats are Gd up, otherw* •
There was but a small attendance at market to-day, and
not many
remain the same• ise prices
White wheat 4os Od to 48s Od
Bed wheat 40s Od to 15s Odf vl=lll bushel.
P oats 24s 6d to 25s 6d
Cootato
mmon oats 94S Od to 24a 64 40th 11 bushel.
Bere 30s Od to 316 Od
bushel.
Barley 31s Od to 32s Od 531 b
Oatmeal
17s Gd to 18s Gd if) boll of 140th.
Flour, find 37s Od to 38s Od 1/3 sack of 280rb.
_

HEAVY COTTON ------Th
the port of New Y°VEMENTS. e .
valued at 41 duringthe ending Tuesday,
reached
reached the unusual ' y 7 442 bales, valued at
cotton from
63,678,371, or equal tociauboanuttittwoof j,hundred and eleven dol-
lars per bale,
v 2,462,459, to the single port of Liverpool.
Included in the exports were 12,039 bales,
Thus far in the current cotton year, commencing with
Sept. 1, 1865, the exports of the staple from this port have
been 291,287 bales, which represent a currency value of
nearly sixty-ono and a half million dollars. The re-
ceipts of cotton at the port, from all sources, since Sep-
tember 1, 1865, have been 616,105 bales, worth about one
hundred and twenty-nine million dollars. Thus the
average weekly exports from the port this season have
been about 10,800 bales, against the average weekly re-
ceipts at the port of a trifle over 22,800 bales. The esti-
mated stock on hand and on shipboard not cleared at
this port is about 250,000 bales, or equal to a currency
value of fifty-two and three-quarter million dols.—New
York Times, March 10. _-

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GENERAL LEE'S PROPERTY.—Arlington Heights
still remain in possession of the Government, but
it is said that the wife of General Lee has recently
written to a friend that she intends to return there,
even if she " is obliged to live in the black quarters."
This is indicative of the strength of her determination
to reassert what she considers the rights of herself and
her husband to this historic property ; ' but among the
obstacles she will have to encounter is the fact that twelve
thousand Union soldiers have been buried upon its sod.

RAILWAY INTELLIGENCE.

GREAT WESTERN OF CANADA

The board of this company have decided on re-
commending a dividend attherate of 5 per cent. per
annum, free of income tax, for the half-year ending
31st Jan. last, leaving a balance of £ll,OOO to be
carried over, which, however, includes the surplus
of the preceding half year.