The Sun.
London, England, 1838-02-22 00:00:00

THE MARKETS.-(THIS DAY•)

HUNGERFORD MARKET.
Good Fish to.day were dear—common very cheap. o°
rbo7.
23, Bs., 95., 10s.; Soles, Od., 3s. per pair ; Lobsters, Is., Is. ficLi Tu
ss. to 21s. for very fine. No variation in the price of meat, and Price'
were steady. Vegetal in better supply and of better quality
h
still high. Hay and Clover firm.
HAY MARKET. and
Supplies very scarce to-day generally, trade to a fair extent, _A
prices looking up for the most part. Meadow Hay, 831. W POs, ant
103 s. ; Clover, 1088. to 115 s. and 1231, ; Straw, 3155. to 385. and 3"
for good according to quality.

COLONIAL MARKETS. it;
As the frost continues' to give symptoms of its going, there
a little more life in the Market. At present, however,
ale
there Is
but very little doing. Today we have not a single public
s
of any moment either of East or West India produce. Those that there
are are chiefly Drugs. For to-morrow we have very little advertised'
the chief are '2,700 bags Foreign Coffee, and a large sale of Matiritiuds
Sugar. Fur Foreign Sugar thei eis now a good enquiry privately, an
prices are firm. Coffee is quiet and so is Tea, but both are very 6111:
o
Rum is securing more business at full prices. For Rice, East ind
more money is asked and the enquiry after it is considerable.
Indigo and Cotton are securing some business at firm Price'.
In British Plantation Sugar there is nothing fresh, either as to the °:
tent of sales or the prices given. Canadian produce continues
any variation worth notice. The Imports of Colonial Produce of
kinds arc still slender.

COURT OF COMMON COUNCIL•

(THIS DAY.)

A very numerous Court assembled this day for the dispatch of im-
portant business.
PRESENTATION OF PLATE TO THE LATE SHERIFF'S,
SIR JAMES DUKE, AND J. JOHNSON, ESQ.
The Loan Mevoa, on taking his seat, addressed Sir James Duke, and
J. Johnson, Esq., and expressed the gratification he felt on presenting
them each with a piece of pate, voted by that Court as a testimonial 01
the important duties performed by them in the discharge of their office
as Sheriffs of the City of London—(Hear, hear)--he has felt it his duty
to take the first public opportunity of presenting it to them. Vic
Lord Mayor concluded a very neat and complimentary address, by
venturing to hope, that the future conduct of their lives would neve
tarnish the high esteem they had already gained.

Sir JA 11 ES DUKE, on behalf of himselfana his late colleague, returned
his sincere thanks for the honour conferred upon them by the Court of
Common Council. It was highly gratifying to find that their conduct
during the period they held the important offices of Sheriffs had met
with the approbation of their fellow-citizens—(Hear, hear)—and that
throughout no complaint had ever been mado of their conduct.—(Hear,
hear.) The important subject of prison discipline had engrossed. s_
great portion of their time, and for which they had receired the
thanks of the Court of Aldermen—(Hear, hear)—and they
ren-
lured to hops that they had performed those duties with satisfactO:
to all parties.---(Loud cheers.) With respect to the splendid testinr
ntals now before them, they should hereafter point to them with ,s.tig.
_
frction and pride. Sir James with his colleague, after again thank"
the Lord Mayor and the Court, retired amidst loud cheers.
contain'
p'afe presented consists of two massive silver epergnes, "
ing in the centre a handsome cut glass de,h, surrounded by six brane by
each containing corresponding glasses. Theban chew are supported
the figures of Justice, Truth, and Liberty.