The Sun.
London, England, 1839-05-29 00:00:00

COMMON PLEAS-(THIS DAY.)

This being the 29th of May, the anniversary of Charles
the Second's restoration, the Judges were arrayed in their
scarlet robes.

The Bar was nearly deserted, and the Court was occu-
pied with a long case, involving only some dry points
of law.

THE MARKETS.—(THIS DAY.)
el>
CORN-EXCHANGE.

Little English Grain fresh up, but Foreign vessels con-
tinue to arrive with Wheat. As the duty on Foreign
Wheat will be 6s. Bd. this week, and an increased quantity
will be brought into the market, there is no demand for
Wheat. In Barley, Beans, Pease, and Oats little doipg,
at Monday's prices. Flour as last reported.
ARRIVALS

Wheat.
English I 1,910 4rs
Irish

Barley.
E 39 1 qra

Oats. Flour.
000 qrs. 3,270 sacks
5,540

197-

'oreign -
NEWGATE AND LEADENHALL.

A moderate supply, and good demand, prices steady ;
Beef, 3s. to 3s. Bd.; Mutton, 3s. 2d. to 4s. 24. ; Lamb,
ss. 2d. to 6s. 2d. ; Veal, 3s. 10d. to ss. ; Pork, 3s.
Bd. to 4s. Bd. ; Irish, 3s. to 3s. 6d. ; Poultry, in good
supply-prices unaltered ; Eggs, 4s. to 4s. 9d. per 120 ;
Plover Eggs, 2s. 6d. to 4s. per dozen.
BILLINGSGATE MARKET.
Supplies good, and the demand but moderate-prices as
last quoted. Turbot, ss. to Iss. ; Cod, Is. to Bs. ; Soles,
9d. to 3s. Gd: per pair; Lobsters, Iod. to 3s. 6d. ;
Mackerel, sd. to 10d. ; Haddock, Bd. to Is. 2d.; Sal-
mon, 10d. to 2s. per lb.

DUTCH FUNDS.—AMSTEaDAM MAT 27.
Money. ?fills.
Actual Dcbt, 23l per Cent
Ditto, ditto 5 per cent.
„. Amon Sandie, 44. percent.....
Ditto, ditto, 3x per cent. lBl 60;i
Commercial Company, 4y, per cent. lBl% 192
Ditto (1532 and 1833) 5 per cent.
Ditto 1837. 5 per cent.
Loan 1537, 5 iier cent.. 99 994
Exchange on London,:One month l2
Two month. ......
PRUSSIAN FUNDS.— BERLIN, Mar :3.
Bills Money.
St. Schuld. Sch., 4 per cent. 1(3% 102 z,.
l'russian English Loan, 1830, 4 per Cent 103 162%
Exchange on London, three months 6 20%
—Prussian State Gazette. May :4.

The late Speaker, now Baron Dunfermline, is de-
scended from the ancient fami:y of Abercromby of
Birkenbog, in the county of Banff. The first of the
family on record was Humphery de Abercromby, who
obtained a charter from Robert Bruce in 1315. Sir
Alexander Abercromby, of that Ilk, had a younger
son, Alexander, who settled at Tuflibody in
Clackinannnanshire, and was father of Sir Ralph
Abercromby, who was killed at the battle of
Alexandria in 1801. Baron Abercromby, the eldest
son, inherited the title from his mother in 1821, and is
married to a sister of the present Viscount Melville.
Lord Dunfermline is the third son of the hero of Abou-
kir, and, we believe, is about 65 years of age. Some
of the names sound strangely in English ears, and Tulli-
body and Birkenbog may fairly vie in that respect with
what was considered at the time the most ridiculous
English tide—Bootle Wilbraham of Skelmersdalc.

The Times of this morning gives a long statement, at
utter variance with the fact, about the reception Mr.
O'Connell met with from the crowd on leaving the
House on Monday evening, and puts at the tail of it,

Evening Paper. It was-evidently drawn up by some
lying Orangeman, and appeared in the Standard, but the
Times knowing that not one in a hundred of even its

readers would believe a word of it on such authority,

tries to fix it upon some Liberal Evening Paper. We
rather think Grandmamma published it first. What a
low opinion the Times must have of the faith of the
public in these two Tory Journals !
TRIBUTE TO TIIE DUKE OF KENT.---We
have received the following note from a correspondent,
whose earnest aspirations for human freedom induce us
to publish it. We therefore insert with pleasure his
letter.—Sunday Paper. " Some friends of civil and re-
ligious liberty, promoters of progress in our institus.
tions, and of the improvement of the condition of tho
working classes, consider it useful in the present cir-

cumstances to pay a well-deserved tribute to the
memory of a man who, during the whole of his
life, had shown himself the friend of free institutions
—Edward, Duke of Kent. The monument erected
to his memory by the charitable institutions of which in
his lifetime be had been the patron and benefaotor, is the
most honourable that has ever been emoted to any Prince;

and the epoch at which it was erected exonerates its
authors from any charge of adulation or interested
views. It is, however, but a private tribute paid
by some individuals, and it is proper that the peoplo
should pay a more general one, by a manifestation
of their respect for the man who had in all times
been devoted to their interests—of their attachment
to the principles which be professed, which he im-
parted to his wife, who transmitted them to her
daughter, who it is hoped will for ever take them, as
the rule of her government. With this view, it is pro-
posed to convoke the friends of liberty in the several pa-.
rishes of this metropolis, on the anniversary of the corona-,
tion, and then to go in procession at eight o'cback at night.,
to deposit a crown at the feet cf the statue erected at the
eutiance of Regent's Park. Persons visiting to co-
, operate in this object are invited to send thrir name,
(under cover) to E. D., at the Weekly True Sun office,
in order to take the necessary measures. for etarying out.
the project."
INDIA.—We regret to learn. That the illness of

Runjeet Singh is but. too true. But he has had similar
attacks before, and there is tro reuson why he should not
recover from this one. A 'Morning Contemporary con-
siders the position of acrd A'Ackland at Lahore rather
ticklish, in the event. ot. 11le, ,:temise of the
of the Punjab. 'w
'•‘: OA not apprehend that any
ono of the chi-,
it advisable to nr eta to his territories would think
present ruler
of In
di
would' meddle with the Governor-General
rozepore, by ;-,, forced march or two into the Punjab,
r4e.nth,:"7 oral Duncan, With his force at Fe.
person of 1
ever poll? •"° rd
Auckland. unavailablean y
Samentt e rn lint ecdo
nrveesnt
ircani ici te on t
how_be
event of 7 happening to Runjeet—and the mem-
anxiety
' ically speaking, might be anticipated in the
bars of 1 nything
side the 0
fI ntribues ,
Government,in
jlovernmen.t. on thissi
4 at the position of the
when
when, talking over the v.
old friend in the comedy •
visit of Lord Auckland to Lahore,
,-, kill, aaturally exclaim with our.—
beeatdil
'.her difficult to answer. Wean not clear that it is '.(141-' diable alloit it faire dans cette galere? A question ra_
consist-
ent with our duty to enter, at this juncture in tho columns of
a y ,ablic journal, into any elaborate
speculations respecting
r t sults to be anticipated in our connection with the. Seik
il' ewer, in the event of the demise of its present ruler. But
, v e may, perhaps, be permitted to hazard the remark, that
:11 1%, overt act arainst the faith of nations, such as that
0) Ale ' I dat in the Florham, would eventually turn out to the
v iv aritage of the British power, at whose hands, after such
I at r,ct of aggression, the Seik nation could hope for little
amity or consideration. Such an attempt would in all pro-
bribifity end in a Lahore contingent, with a British real.
6.ent in the Punjaub.—Calcutta Courier, Jan. 10.