The Sun.
London, England, 1868-08-15 00:00:00

11IARKE7S-7HIS DAY.

HAY.
Supplies moderate. Trade rather quiet, at quotations'
Old meadow hay, £5 to £6 6s. ; now, £4 15s. td .£6 ; closer
(old), £6 to .£7 ; new, £6 to £6 10s. Straw, 345. to °l'
per load.

TALLOW.
The market is steady. Y.C. on the spot, 445. 3d. ; last
three months, 455. 3d. Market better. Town tall"
455. ; fatling ditto, 2s. 2d. ; malted stuff, 325.; rough'
17s. Gd. Tallow (greaves), 18s. per cwt.

COLONIAL AND FOREIGN PRODUCE.
The markets, although not animated, continue
• to be
fairly supported, and increased supplies find buyers 0
they come to hand without any undue giving way' itt
price. Very extensive sales of coffee have taken Po°
during the week, but they have resulted satisfactorily",
and evidence considerable strength in the market. Tea
19 mere saleable for shipping, and common cogous, At 1!
lid to le lid, are firm. Soft grain rice is less in request.
Sugar is still a dull sale. Hemp is quiet, at £37 to £3B f°f
St. Petersburg. Clean indigo is more inquired for. Ben'
gal crop estimated at 95,000 to 100,000 maunds. Core
firmer, at £6B ; Chili bars, £79 10s. cash for Wallaroo•

MUSICAL ITEMS.—A new opera by Flotow, ell;
titled " Les Deux Compositeurs," will be performed 1_
Prague in September. M. Arabroise Thomas, the 0111,0
poser of " Hamlet," has been named commander at'
Legion of Honour.—Musical Standard.
Professor Rogers, of Oxford, accompanied
.1710
Mr John Bright, on Thursday visited the co-open3_,ltrfg
stores at Rochdale, and spent some time in inspe°'

them.
The Peninsular and Oriental Company's stosiDert
Syria, from Southampton on the Bth instant, arrivedf-r
Gibraltar at 8 a.m. on tho 14th inst., and left at 1 Po.

Alexandria. All well.
It is not expected that the silk harvest in Fr3l'o
will, on the whole, be bettor than last year. The discs
called gattino continues to make great havoc.
THE BRITISII ASSOCIATION.—At the approaellil
meeting of the British Association there will be Prese[rg,
among others, the Italian Minister for Foreign Affl'i-y,
Count Castracant, of Rome, and Sir Leopold 31,Cliat°e%
Sir Roderick Murchison is at present on the Cont u(
and will not return in time to take part in the procesul—
of the Association.
Mr. J. Nightingall has sold Pleasure Boat, 3 yrs, tel
Reeves; Pe3ltet Hercules, 3 yrs, to Captain Sturdy' 3eo
Merry Andrew, 3 yrs, to Mr P. Price for 200 sous t°

to Germany.
Lord Stamford's nelvellyn, by Newcastle out of p 0131.1:
del Lago, 3 yrs, was sold on Wolverhampton Bacecoars
f
Brown
Bs., and joins sborne's stable at Tur.
Tommy, by O
Weatherbit, 4 yrs, has %ineon 0--id
to
go to Germany.
Mr. Eyke has purchased Brown Bread, a representa"l°
of the defunct Weatherbit, for the Stanton Stud, aud B'l6°
sold a bay yearling filly by Knight of Kars out of Lil°;
flower (sister in blood to Moslem) and a brown filli(si3t:l
to Belle of Kars) by Knight of Kars out of Perfidious,
Lauercost, to Mr. Stanley. The yearlings sailed for 130131-
bay in the Windsor Castle, on the 12th inst.
THE HUNTERS' PURSE AT THE LATE WORCESTPE 1.6
MER MEETING.—Tho Spy having been disqualified for "'t
race, the committee object to pay the stakes to the ovnle
of the second, Islig.htmare, on the ground of incorrect eiltr.Y_
as to age. The stewards of the meeting have (beide('
hear the case at York, when all persons interested aro r°
quLeiceeste to be present.
d ster Races have Leon altered to Oct. 1 and 2' tltia
two days following Bedford.