The Sun.
London, England, 1838-08-23 00:00:00

THE MARKETS.-(THIS DAY.)

HUNGERFOtiII MARKET.
Most articles in good supply, and the demand fair. T11r:
bot, ss. to 18s. and 19s. ; Soles, Is. to 2s. 6d. per pair
Lobsters, ls. to 3s. ; Salmon, 101. to Is. 2d. and Is. 4d.
b. Meat :-Beef, 7 to Bd. ; Mutton, 71-d. to 80. ; Vea
d. to 9d. ; Pork, to Bd. per lb. Vegetables plentiful
and reasonable. Hay and Clover as previously quoted.
BILLINGSGATE MARKET.
d.
The supply was not quite so large as it has been of late, ad
prices were rather higher. Turbot, 53. to 255. Soles, 9j.
to 2s. 6d. per pair. Cod, Is. 6d. to Bs. each. Salmon, 81,
to Is. 6d. per lb. Whiting, 3d. to Bd. each. Haddock, 4
to ls. each. Lobster-a, 91. to 3s. each.
HAY MARKETS.
Supplies good and the demand in proportion. Prices mush
preNinisly quoted. Old Meadow Hay, 100 s. to 115,'
New, 60s. to 955. ; Old Clover, 115 s. to 1265. ; New,
7"
to 105 s. ; Straw, 425. to 455. per load.

TALLOW MARKET.
P. Y. C. to-day 48s. on the spot, and 465. 9d. to arrive.
WOOL MARKET.
Wool continues to sell steadily at public sale, but Prier.
we think, are not quite so good as those of last public Pare.. •
BALTIC AND CANADIAN PRODUCE MARK°, st
The stocks in this market are heavier than they were iao
year at this time. There is a steady business doing, 0(11
prices no variation.

COLONIAL MARKETS.
81%
There was not much done in these Markets to- day,
prices present very little variation. British plantation Sua,,
sells slowly, and prices continue to droop. Coffee.--To-dii
we had pubic sales of 204 casks, 250 bags, and 14 brls. n• I '
which sold steadily at our prices of yesterday, and the qt.%•
Cation is now from 90s. to 103 s. for good, fine ordinary uP
1155., 131 s. for good middling to fine. Mauritius Sugar."...
2,000 hags were put up, and went at prices ratheo;
lower than formerly. Ginger.-101 barrels and 2
casks of Jamaica sold at its former value.
Pimen-
to.-371 bags and 6 casks sold at fully previous rates.
The sales of Drugs for this evening are considerable. The
Ina; orts continue tight. For to-morrow we have public saleg
of Sugar. 20 hilds. Trinidad ; Coffee, 86 bags Brazil;
50 barrels Trinidad; Pepper, 600 packages Malabar; Cassis
Lignea, 600 chests; Nutmegs, 8 chests; Saltpetre, 1,650
baskets ; Cotton, 900 bales.

LIVERPOOL COTTON MARKET, AUG. 22. r
There appears no anxiety to press sales, although a pc.o
demand exists at present for Cotton. The entire quantit:
sold consists of 3,000 bags, for which our last quotations Wed,
obtained. 400 Pernam, 81d. 91d. ; 100 Egyptian' Inooo
13d. ; 500 Surai-, ; 100 Bahia, Sd. ;
American, 51d. 7id.—Total, 3,000.
•

IIY
A duel took place this morning dy H e-park
the two old fenced-in trees near the Serpentine. The pries
cipals were Mr. C. K. Ponsonby and a Mr. Sidney
Hardicg,;
gentlemen of great respectability. Mr. Hardinge stpod 'S
adversary's shot, and then fired in the air. Mr. PonsetwJA
ball passed through the skirt of his antongist's frock coat the
second shot was called for, but the seconds iuterfered, sn",iog
parties left the ground. The cause of this hostile mec-00
was an insult offered by Mr. Hardinge to Mr. PonsoribYho
Tuesday evening, for which he (Mr. Ponsonby) knocked
down with a black thorn stick, in St. James's-park. sr.
CONSERVATISM IN NEW ZEALAND.
Polack in his accouut of this country states, that one partY co,
plored " that the wisdom of their ancestors was dull); A 0
croached on by the customs of the white men—that efferuin of
occupations, such as dressing flax, were taking the Placed by
war, and that a light and incredulous spirit, introduce At.
the Europeans, manifested itself in the diminished ear
ness of their dances, cries, and religious rites." mee"
GRAND JUNCTION RAILWAY.—.At -
We
ing of the shareholders of the Grand Jun, ton Railway, on iievt
nesday, the recommendation of the directors of creating Ida
half-shares was adopted, after a short conversation. The fiches'
ter
of every 1001. share will be entitled to one share.--.1-
David Goulburn, a young man
,d3rice g
ssssergai
yGeure
rddiaany.

in a fashioraSle suit, was placed at the bai: before
,ve a,
Hardwicke and Conibe, for final examination on a eharb-his
stealing 100 sovereigns, the moneys of Zachariab Log' was
brother-in.law. The prisoner, who denied the robberYl
fully committed Un- trial. fishing
BERWICK, AUGUST 17. T h i s week
ef thecus
;,:a
jetaeoovilluisg.
has improved greatly. The take on the several days
clarsatnsh
eachas run ul..n.,oante,aoriny
Tasuefsodlaloywfsro:m-30tno Sl3at,urday f ; , from
from too I°
to 16, on Thursday from 14 to 30, and tcnaNyV
The take this morning is less, in consequence of the fish i'or the
shifted to the south, many boats had gone too far north rboor
shoal. One small nets.m the Greenses got off the ha 5, are
2,000 herrings in two This shows that the herr,gloot
rear cur olif, bay. Ili, i...•1,—: t_iv,ri by the French 11511' The
IS 14, a eran, and their cargoes'' are nut yct completed-
~ctiye
season promises well, and the fishermen keep their ropy
stations, showing that there is fish all over the coast.