The Sun.
London, England, 1866-02-08 00:00:00

HAY

SMITHFIELD.-31eadow hay, £4 4s to £5 10s; clover
£5 5s to £6 15s Ocl ; and straw, £1 16s to £2 2s per load
A moderate supply.

CUMBERLAND.-Meadow hay, £4 lOs to £slss ; clover,
£5 5s to ..£6 15s Od ; and_straw,:.£l 18s to £2 5s per load.
Trade steady.

WHITECHAPEL.—Meadow hay, £4 4s to £5 lOs ; clover,
£5 lOs to £7 Os Od ; and straw, £1 16s to £2 2s per load,
A slow trade.

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

s. d. s. d.
Hetton ... 18 0 Hartlepool
N.Staffordshire 17 0 Bates' West Hartley.. 14 6
Shaw's Hartley lB 6 South Hatton
Holywell Main l7 0 Wylam l7 0
South Kelloe
East Hartlepool
Ships at market, 37; sold, 23.

The Great Russian Bank Note Forgeries.

THE EXTRADITION TREATY.

The public will remember the conviction of five
notorious foreigners at the Central Criminal Court,
for being in unlawful possession of forged Russian
notes, and since that time Inspector Thomson, of
the detective force at Scotland-yard, has been en-
gaged in tracing another gang of six, named Chas.
Brennus alias Colandes, Emilie his wife, Francois
Dorchies, Louis Blanchard, M. Julhiette, and
Etienne Lafonte, Comte de Mascaras, who had been
at work at Datchet, where all the stone photo-
graphing and other apparatus were seized.

It having been ascertained that the gang were
living in Paris, Mr. W. Campbell Sleigh applied to
Mr. Stuart and Mr. F. Farrar, at Slough, who
granted a warrant for their apprehension. The de-
positions, with the warrant, were laid before the
proper authoritis at Scotland-yard, and thence re-
mitted to the Home-office, from whence they were
sent to Lord Clarendon, and ultimately the warrant
was handed to Inspector Thomson, a letter having
previously been sent to Lord Cowley with instruc-
tions to facilitate the object in view. Having
arrived iu Paris, Inspector Thompson waited upon
Lord Cowley at the Embassy on Wednesday last,
and his Excellency at once communicated with M.
Drouyn de Lhuys, the French Minister of Foreign
Affairs, asking for the extradition of the alleged
forgers, in accordance with the provisions of the
treaty 6 and 7 Vic., cap. 75. Baron Budberg, the
Russian Minister at Paris, also urged upon the
French authorities the surrender of the alleged
forgers.
On Monday a reply was forwarded to Lord
Cowley by M. Drouyn De Lhuys, to the effect that
he regretted exceedingly that he could not comply
with the request of his Excellency to surrender the
persons demanded under the provisions of the
treaty of 1843, on the ground that the persons
alluded to were French subjects, and that the words
of the first section of the treaty " any person" were
not intended to include French subjects. This is
said to be quite a new reading of the treaty, which,
it will be remembered, will expire on the 30th of
June next, notice to that effect having been given
on the Ist of January last. This decision of the
French Government has caused the utmost conster-
nation to the Russian authorities, and is calculated
swindlers
the opportunities for all sorts of French
unhappily to enlarge to an almost unlimited extent
and ruffians to escape with impunity.

GUNPOWDER EXPLOSION. _An explosion, the
second within 18 months, took place at the St. Allen
powder mills, near Truro, on Monday, afternoon. Two
men were dreadfully burnt. The building in which they
were working, and in which the explosion, from some
cause at present unknown, took place, was completely de-
stroyed.
THE COMING SEASON.—Ir is stated that all the
fashionable dress and mantle trimmings for the coining
change from the jet beads which have now
season will be Mixed with transparent crystal beads. It is
a pleasing
been so long in use, and the transparency and lightness of
crystal make the gimps and ornaments with which they
are interwoven suitable for all descriptions of spring and

summer dresses.

Railway and other Companies.

LONDON AND NORTH-WESTERN,

Mr. S. Reay, the secretary of this company, states
that the accounts, though not yet finally audited or
approved by the board of directors, indicate a divi-
dend for the past half-year at the rate of 71 per
cent. per annum.