The Sun.
London, England, 1839-06-05 00:00:00

THE MARKETS.-(THIS pAY•)

EXC.
The reports of aCOßNrrivals this week re aANGE small of Pear all
tiot4
sorts of Corn. The Wheat trade very dull at ci•ather
tions. The quantity of Oats for sale being small,
other
more money has been obtained for this article. In -
Grain no variation. Flour as last reported.
NEWGATE AND LEADENHALL MARKET° Ae.
These markets were well supplied, and the demand was "--
rably good ; prices remain precisely as last quoted.
CITY FISH MARKET.
.
5
, varied'
Supplies good, and so was the demand : prices little
Turbot, 4s. to 15s. ; Cod, ls. 6d. to Bs. ; Soles, 9d. to
per 0
4
~A;
per pair ; Lobsters, 10d. to 3s. 6d. ; Mackerel, sd. to h'
Whitings, 4d. to Bd. ; Haddocks, Bd. to Is. 2d.

Extract of a letter from Vera Cruz, dated the
e
7th of April, 1839 :—" The fortress of San Julio
e
Ulloa was yesterday restored by Admiral Baudin to the
Mexican authorities, and the national flag is again hois'
thereon."
DESTRUCTIVE FIRE.-About half-past three on
Tuesday morning a most alarming fire broke out at No. 26,
Chapel. street, Grosvenor-place. Police constable Laskci'
65 B, who was on duty in the street, immediately gave as
elarm, and all the inmates escaped unhurt, with the ex-
ception of Mr. Macgregor, the landlord of the house,
whose hands were severely scorched. Owing to the
tions of the police the greatest part of the furniture We 9
saved. The premises, we are happy to say, were iasureus
The penny postage, which for years past 118„,
been added to letters and papers to all places without t"-
,
fortifications of Portsmouth and Portsea, was on Saturday,
abolished, and ship letters in future arc not to be subject°
to this tax.
We have great pleasure in perceiving from
ar thee
Yorkshire papers that Miss Cooper, the young lady t);
vocal acquireotec.ts we have often had occasion to notice 1
favourable terms, is fulfilling a very successful series of
engagements at York, Lecds, &c., where she has appeared
in Fra Diavolo and Cinderella with great eclat. 21st
p.
Died, in Meadow Entry, Dundee, on the
d
May, John Robertson, aged one hundred and fourtoewe
He was born in England, but, his parents having rein was
to Morayshire, when he was nine months old, be arch
brought up there ; he saw Prince Charles, CO b's young
to the battle of Culloden, and described him as aas-ed re-
man of very prepossessing appearance. The
decethread a
tained his faculties to the last ; he could see t°
needle, and hear the slightest whisper

,ccH s.
E
THE NEW FLAT GOLD WAI
x 7 0
The price in gold cases, with vertical movement ......
Ditto, with well-finished horizontal movement, in
double-bottomed engine-turned cases, jewelled in
9 9 0
four holes, with silver dial
T. COX SAVORY, Working Silversmith and Jeweller,
47, Cornhill, London (Seven doors from Gracechurch-street).
N.B. fhs Horizontal. Construction is particularly recent"
mended for its superior accuracy.

B IRTHS.
On the °d inst., at Cambridge-terrace, Hyde-park, Mrs-
Charles Wood, of a daughter.
On the 3d inst., at Peckham, the wife of George TovrgoodP
Esq., of twin sons.
On the 4th inst., the lady of William Metcalfe, Esq., °f
Guilford-street, Russell-square, of a daughter.
On the 4th inst., in New Cavendish-street, Portland-place'
Mrs. Propert, of a daughter.
On the 16th ult., at New York, the lady of George Wilde',
Esq., Regent's-park, of a daughter.

MARRJED.
On the 2d ult., at Christ Church, Montreal, Edward Jarnej•
now Alaitland, Esq., son of William Maitland, Esq.;
;,,r
Exeter, Devon, to Mary Anne Addison, daughter of IS'ar
George Bell, Ist or Royal Regiment.
On the 4th inst., at St. Luke's, Chelsea, Mr. Edwin Starl.l_elt
Hinchliff, North-terrace, Brompton, to Melvinia, eldest
daughter of Nathaniel Robarta, Esq., of

.
On the 27th ult., Charles, youngest son of Henry 1"°(1
thorpe,
Esq., town-clerk of London, aged 23.
On the 3d inst., at Brighton, Sir Edmund Knowles Loco/
Bart., of Ormesby, Norfolk, aged 50. ces
On the 4th inst., at King's -Parade, Chelsea, Mrs. Fran
Osmond, aged 66.
On the 4th inst., Mary Anne, the wife of Ur. J. W. Cassell'
of High-street, Camden-town, aged 23

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the county of Middlesex.—Wednesday, June 5, 1 !'