The Sun.
London, England, 1868-09-17 00:00:00

HAY.

The supplies of haystuffs at Smithfield and Whitechape
were quite equal to demand, which was only moderate.
Meadow hay, 80s to 110 s ; clover, 100 s to 130 s ; straw, 28s
to 3Gs per load. •

POTATOES.
Supplies of best continue short. Trade is dull at late
rates.

COLONIAL AND FOREIGN PRODUCE.

Sugar—The market is still quiet without change in
prices. Floating cargoes are less in request.
Coffee—The sales are of only moderate extent, and the
tone of the market is steadier, but there is no activity in
the inquiry

Tea.—The auctions were resumed again this morning,
and are progressing without further change.
Rice is quiet, but in the moderate business doing steady
rates are found.

Saltpetre moots less inquiry, tut rates are steady at
198 6d to 19s 9d for fine.

COTTON MARKET.

LivEnrooL, Sept. 17.—Sales, probably 1'2,000 bales,
perhaps considerably wore. Market tendency upwards.
Good inquiry.

Foreign Alai' Packet List.

MAILS DUE.

&astral,. And New Zealand, via Bouthanipton.....oot. 1).

Ditto, yla Alarseillos

Ditto, via Panama
Bruit, Buenos Ayres, and Monte Video Sept. —.
Ditto, by Prenoh paoket
°apt Verde, by Brazil punt
Gape of Good dope, As.ienelon. and St. Helena—On . LI
(Alas, Penang, and Singapore, via Southampton Sept. 743
Gibra►tar, via Southampton..
India. via Southampton ...... ..... —Sept. 19
unto, via Marseilles
Italia, ii;gy pt, Sao Sept. 19.
Ditto, Illivseilles Sept.l7
Mauritius, Cape of Good Hope, and Natal. via
Southampton

Ditto. Sept. 13
Newfoundland • •.• .•... .• ••• •• • • • • Sept 23
rortugal ..... ... Sept. —.
United States, Canada, California. &c.. by British
packet ......5ept 19
Ditto, by Canadian packet .... •• • 13
Ditto, by L nited States packet
Ditto ditto( Baltimore)
West Indies and Palo (except Mexico and Baba.

mas)
West Coast of Africa, Madeira, and Tenerlife ...... Sept. 16
Falkland Islands .... Sept. —.

ETON COLLEGE.—At Eton College the autumnal
Vacation will terminate on Wednesday next, the 23d inst.,
when the lower boys return to the school. The fifth and
sixth forms arrive at the College on the two following
days. On the completion of the return there never will
have been so many scholars at the school since the foun-
dation. There will be about 900 boys at the College.
COTTON STATISTICS Acr, 1868.—Return of the
cotton imported and exported at the various ports of the
United Kingdom during the month of August, 1868: —lm-
ports.—Americans, 14,515 bales, 57,445 cwts. Brazilian,
42,101 ba1e5,51,606 cwts. East I ndian, 189,4,19 bales, 632,821
cwts. Egyptian, 2,072 bales, 9,311 cwts. Miscellaneous,
16,834 ba1e5,33,414 cwts. Total, 265,001 bales, 791,597 cwts.
Exports.—American, 17,772 bales, 7,210 cwts; Brazilian,
12,040 bales, 17,803 cwts. ; East Indian, 65,486 bales,
208,304 cwts. ; Egyptian, 709 bales, 3,218 cwts. ; miscel-
laneous, 1,978 bales, 3,740 cwts. Total, 97,985 bales, 303,275
cwts.--T. H. FARM, Sec., Board of Trade. Sept. 9.
Note.—The Board of Trade can on the present occasion
only publish the above import and export accounts, the
returns made by some of the largest forwarders being so
incorrect as to make it impossible for them to give even
approziraatelys coma gook SCCOUnt.

(;rest
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r'REFRRENCE SH &RES.
Northern, 5 per cent.,
,tto, i j per cent., redeemable at 10 pm., Ulf
rtiNIeItaCENUIG bliAltlGb AND STOCKS
Great Western, 6 per oent., irrd.. 1866, 1001
London, Brghton. &0., 5 per cent., 18e5, 9.1
KAILWAY2'..
Antwerp and Rotterdam, lu j
outch Rhenish. 221
Ditto, all,
Ditto, new. 71
Great Luxembourg. 111
Sambre and Meuse, 51 per cent, pf.. 01
San Paulo, gua. 6 per oent.,lBl

rotchaaN MINX?.
Scottish Australian. lira,. k
St. John del Key, lira , 20
Vancouver Coal, S
Yudavamutana of S. Australia,
BAN ht...

Agra, lim.. A, 12
Consolidated, lira,
Imperial Ottoman. 11
London and South African, 13
Slidland Bank, Lim., 191
New South Wales, 4%
Oriental Bank Corporation,'M 41
Standard of British South Africa, lim., 13f
Union of Australia, 47
Union of London, 33

111SCELLAN110 Mt.
Anglo American Telegraph, 20i
Agio-Mexican. Mint, 151
Atlantic Telegraph,
Ditto, 8 per cent , 80
Commercial Union. Insurance. 51
Egyptian 9 per Cent., Viceroy Loan, gUlt.. 95 i 41
Electric and Interliational Telegraph, 219
Ditto, new, hill
Hudson's Bay, 141
reninsuia and Oriental Steam, 5:

Dito, new, 1867, 10
Reuter's Telegram, 55
Rio de Janeiro Gas, 23
Telegraph Construct. and Maintenance, 10
United Kingdom Tel graph Co., Rm., 4 15-16
Viceroy of Egypt (Mortgage) Loan, 751 5

The engines of her Majesty's armour-plated iron
ship Northumberland, 24, Captain Roderick Dew,
were tried on Tuesday at Plymouth. The Nor-
thumberland is fitted with Mr. M'Farlane Gray's
patent automatic steering apparatus, brought out
by Messrs. Forrester and Co., of Liverpool. This
patent was tested outside the breakwater on the
11th inst. with very successful results.
The inspection of the Woolwich division of Royal
Marine Light Infantry was continued yesterday by
the Inspector-General, Major-Gen. Travers, C. 8.,
calling upon general officers to exercise a battalion,
which had been formed on Woolwich-common for
the purpose, and some of the junior officers who
have lately joined the force to wauctuYr9 a cola-
may.