The Sun.
London, England, 1857-06-06 00:00:00

HAY MARKETS.

SMITTIFIELD.—Meadow hay, 21 lOs to 41 03 ; clover do.,
31 lOs to 51 OA; and straw, 11 5s to 1/ lOs per load.
Both hay and straw moved off slowly, at our quotations.
CUMBERLAND. —Meadow hay, 21 12s to 41 43 ; clover
do., 31 lOs to Si Os ; and straw, 11 6 to 11 lOs per load.
A fair average supply, and a sluggish demand.
WIIITECHAPEL.—Moadow hay, 21 lOs to 41 Os ; clover
do., 3110 s to 51 53 ; and straw, 11 fis to 11 lOs per load.
Supply tolerably good, and trade dull.

The Parma Gazette publishes a decree, by which the
Duchess Regent lays a tax upon dogs, hich is to come
into operation from the Ist of July mxt.
ROMAN CATHOLIC ARCHBISIIOP OF CASHEL.—The
Limerick Reporter says that the bulls, confirmatory of
the nomination of the Most Rev. Dr. P. Leahy as arch-

bishop of Cashel and &illy, have been received from
Rome, and the consecration of the archbishop is shortly
expected to take place.
GRANTHAM AND SLEAFORD RAILWAY.—This line is
to he opened on the 13th inst. A dinner is to be given
by the directors and contractors to celebrate the event.
On the opening of the line another portion of the Amber-
gate and Boston, the works in continuation to Boston
from Sleaford, will be commenced.
FRATERNIZATION OF PATRIOTS.—Mr. Smith O'Brien
has sent, "as a token of his regard," a copy of the
journal which he wrote while in Greece, in company
with his son, to his late brother-in-arms and exile,
Thomas Francis Meagher. The latter is now proprietor
of a violent anti-English newspaper in the United States.
The Committee of the Stock Exchange have ap-
pointed the 9th inst. as the settling-dav for the shares of
the Paris Chocolate Company, but they are not to be
marked in the official list. The committee have also or-
dered the bonds of the Corporation of the town of Gee-
long and the city of Melbourne respectively to be
marked in the official list. The committee have further
oordered that the shares of the Riga and Dunaborg
Railway shall be reinstated in .the official list.
CRYSTAL PALACE, SYDENHAM.—The monstre orchestra,
prepared for the great Handel Festival, to be celebrated
on the 15th, 17tb, and 19th of the present month, has
been completed, under the able superintendence of Mr.
William Earee, the company's clerk of works. This
large orchestra ie now ta,tefully decorated in blue and
white, which harmonises with the general colouring of
the building. It is calculated to accommodate with
ease and comfort 2,560 performers. The large organ in
its centre is also now finished, and was played upon for
the first time on Saturday last. There are twelve ways
of access and egress to this musical amphitheatre, those
by the staircases at the rear being of the most ample and
substantial description.—Building Ncws.
MERCANTILE MARINE FUND.—The following are the
receipts by the Postmaster-General of the Board of Trade
on account of the Mercantile Marine Fund in the year
1856, viz. :—From the Commissioners of Northern
Lighthouses, 109,1231. ; concurrent payments, 176,5231.;
from the Dublin Corporation, 211,270/. ; payments,
166,5251. ; from the Trinity House, for lighthouses,
948,6581. ; payments, 677,5321. ; and for bailastage
rates, 144,2021 ; payments, 137,8001. The total sum
received on account of lighthouses was 1,269,0521. ;
concurrent payments, 1,020,5811. ; and the total re-
ceipts on account of ballastage rates, 144,202/. ; pay-
ments, 137p800/.