The Sun.
London, England, 1861-08-20 00:00:00

COLONIAL.

TEA.—There has been a steady demand, and prices have
been well maintained for all descriptions.
SUOAR.—A moderate inquiry has been experienced for
home consumption, and colonial descriptions have realised
full prices.
COFFEE.—OnIy limited dealings have been recorded,
without any material alteration to notice in prices.
RICE.—A more active demand has taken
_place for multi
na-s remained dull, and the few
bargains recorded were at previous rates.
TALLOW.—The market has been rather firmer, and
prices show a slight improvement. P.Y.C., on the spot, is
quoted 45s 3d, last three months. 44s 9d to 455, and Janu-
ary to March 45s 9d per cwt.

COAL MARK
Yriaea of Coal per Ton at
a. d.

.ET—Au o. 19.
the close of the market
Walls End.
s. d.
Halley 16 0
Harton l6 6
Sheriff Hill 14 6
Brs.ddyll's Hetton 17 6
Russel's Hetton 17 6
Hetton
Heugh Ha 11,....... 17 3
Haswell .. 19 0
Tunstall
Peases West ......... .14 6
Pensher ..........16 0
South Hart1ep001......17 3
63 sold, 46.

Lambert's West Hart-

--
ley l6 61
Care ay and Duffryn
Malting
Do. Anthracite 21 6
Holywell 15 6
Tantleld Moor Butes l3 9
North Pelton... 13 0
Eden Main 17 0
West Wylam l3 6

Walls End.

Kelloe ...... .. •
Ships at marker

THIS DAY'S SKIPPING.

LONDON, Aug. 20.—Wind this day at noon—North -
Westerly ; rather fresh breeze, and fine weather.
PORTSMOUTH, Aug. 19.—Wind S.W.—Arrived—E.
H. Taylor, from London for New York ; Hippogriffe, from
Newcastle for St. Paul's.
FALMOUTH, Aug. 19.—Wind W.—Arrived—Catherine,
from Bahia,
NEWPORT, Aug. 16.—Wind S.-W.—Arrived—General
Jacobic, from London for St. Thomas. Sailed—Helen H.
Cooper, for Monte Video.
BERWICK, Aug. 19.—Wind S.W.—Arrived—Pearl,
from Quebec.
HARTLEPOOL, Aug. 19.—Wind 'W.—Sailed—Bermuda,
screw steamer, for Havannah.
DUNDEE, Aug. 18.—Wind S.W.—Arrived—Amelia,
from Quebec,

(11T ELECTRIC TELEGRAPH.)
SOUTHAMPTON, Tuesday Morning.
Arrived—Alliance, steamer, from Havre ; Two Brothers;
from London.
Sailed--Isabella and Lamplighter, for Sunderland :
L'Etoile, for Carentan ; La Poule, for Cherbourg.

(BY SUBMARINE AND MAGNETIC TELEGRAPH.)
GRAVESEND, Tuesday Morning.
Arrived, Aug. 19.—Beritas, from Matanzas • Lino, from
Hudickswall ; Louisa Eaton, from Manzanillo ? Weymouth,
from Whampoa ; Sarah Thompson, from Dunkirk ; Catha-
rine, from Emden ; Itavensdale, from Vancouver's Island ;
Ealing Grove, from Grenada.
Arrived, Au g. 20—Lady Bute, from Jamaica ;
Dispatch,
from Trinidad.
Sailed, Aug. 20—Vanguard, for Hongkong ; Pestonjee
Bonanjee, for Algoa Bay.
DEAL, Tuesday Morning.
Passed—H.M. steam despatch-boat Wanderer, from
Sheerness, for the west; Chanticleer, from London, for'
Jamaica ; Richard Bustard, ship, from the west, for
London; Ellenborougb, from London, for Calcutta.
Anchored —Reynaud, from London, for Cardiff; Wes-
tern, from London, for the west ; Sarepta, from Shields, for
Barcelona; Cusar, from Shields, for Spain (is leaky, and
will put back to the river for repairs).

The advices from New York mention the failure
of Messrs. Clafflin, Millen, and Co., reputed to be the
largest jobbing•house in that city, with liabilities estimated
to exceed £600,000. The assets are stated at two-thirds
that amount.

A most destructive fire took place at North
Shields early on Sunday morning, destroying the entire
stock of two drapers, and injuring rather seriously the ad-
jacent property. It is stated that the loss will not be less
than £lO,OOO.
Private letters from Hamburg convey to us the •
intelligence that the King of Denmark, vexed and irritated
by Prussian rancour, has resolved to set aside the provi-
sions of the Treaty of London, and proposes to make the
King of Sweden his heir, in lieu of the Prince of Glucks-
bourg.
A serious fire, resulting in the destruction of pro-
en
perty to the extent of about £6,000, occurred early
turday mrning, in Long Mitigate, Manchester. The fire
o broke out in the " Old Irk Cotton Mills"—a block of build-
ings used as cotton waste stores. The main warehouse was
reduced to a complete wreck. The roof and walls fell in,
and we regret to have to state that several of the firemen
were seriously bruised by the falling bricks.
A PECULIAR MATCH.—At Tramore, the other
day, a peculiar match came off. The match, which was for
£lOO a-side, consisted of the following :—The Clown, eh.
g., the property of Captain M'Craiths, was to be ridden by
himself and an officer of the 14th Regiment (united weight
22st. 51b.), against the Baron, a celebrated hunter for speed
and swiftness, to ba ridden by the owner, and weighed at
18 stone—distance, two miles over the flat. On the day of
the race a vast assemblage of people, who.. had heard of the
coming event, assembled on the couree—when, 10, and
behold I after a well-contested race, the Clown entered the
weighing-yard with his two mounted friends, amidst a
scene of unc' Jntrolled hilarity, not slightly enhance" by
the waving c 1f pocket handkerchiefs and the cheers of the
crowd, bev lildered by the extraordinary denouementiv-.
Clonniii f Aronick.