The Sun.
London, England, 1861-02-26 00:00:00

COLONIAL.

Tne..—At the public sales the quantity offered consisted
chiefly of scented descriptions, and prices went heavily at
barely late rates.
SliGAßS.—There has been no change of importance in
the general market, and prices are unaltered. In the re-
fined market steady rates have been realised for dried goods.
COFFEE.—A fair inquiry has been experienced for both
foreign and colonial, and late quotations are firmly sup-
ported. The stocks on hand compared with those of the
same period last year show very little variation.
Mon.—The dealings have been moderate, and quota-
tions have undergone no change of importance.
SALTPETRE.—Very few dealings have been entered into,
and there is no change to note in values.
TALLOW.—The market has continued steady with little
business doing. P.Y.C. on the spot 595. 9d., April to June
588. to 585. 61, and last three mor tin 565. per cwt.

COAL MARKET—FEB. 25.
Mims of Coal per Ton at the close of the market
s. d.l Walls End.
Bell's Primrose l5 0
Lambert's West Hart-
ley 17 6
Newton Main 15 6

P. d.
Thorpe . . ..20 0
Peases West .16 0
Kelloe ......20 9
Framwellgate 2O 0
Carway and Duffryn
Malting 24 0
33; sold, 31.

Walls End.
South Hetton. 2l 6
Ships at market

CRYSTAL PALACE.--The concert by Father
Kemp's Old Folks, from America, was very successful at
the Palace yesterday, and arrangements have been made
for another entertainment by them OR Friday next, with a
change of programme.

IMPROVEMENTS IN PARIS.—It is proposed by
the French Government that the following public works
shall be executed in Paris during the present year :—The
interior of the Palace of the Louvre decorated, the Cathe-
dral of Notre Dame completely repaired, a Palace erected
for the Tribunal of Commerce and the Conseil des Prud'-
hommes, the bridge Louis Philippe repaired, the Canal of
St. Martin covered with an arch, the Theatres Lyzique and
the Cirque reconstructed on other ground, the front of the
Church St. Etienne du Mont restored, the Boulevard de
Sebastopol, on the left bank of the Seine, completed ;
the Boulevard St. German opened, the square of the
Grand Opera, new cavalry barracks, a new ter-
minus for the Northern Railway, a new church to be
dedicated to St. Bernard, a new church at Montmar-
tre, a new church in Paris, Place Laborde ; the
Boulevards Malesberbes-Beaujon, the Alma, Roi de Rome,
et l'Empereur, to be completed ; a new hospital erected at
Auteuil, the cupola of St. loch decorated, an ornamental
front added to the Theatre Francais, the central markets,
the barracks of the Minimes to be reconstructed, the quays
of Gevres and the Archeveche extended, a new square to
be laid out opposite the Church of St. Nicholas des Champs,
in the rue St. Martin ; the tower of the church of St. Ger-
main d'Auxerrois to be completed, the Palais de Justice to
be enlarged, the Park de Monceau to be converted into a
pleasure garden, all the old boulevards to be reconstructed,
the Imperial library to be transformed, the Palais de l'ln-
stale° repaired, the Camp Morland, in the ancient Ile
Louviers to be removed ; the Conservatoire des Arts et
Metiers to be newly decorated, and Ole crypt of the old
Alba), Church to be restored.