The Sun.
London, England, 1840-05-01 00:00:00

THE MARKETS-(THIS DAY•)

CORN EXCHANGE. od rate,
This week's arrivals of English Grain have beeme
Wheat un-
and of Foreign Wheat and Barley tolerably good. . Beane
varied from Monday's terms. Bailey very heavy in OW.
and Pease unaltered. Good Oats scarce, and rather dearer..
Flour met a heavy trade. The duty on Foreign Who', is
13a. Bd., and not likely to he lower, as the London average
2s. per quarter less than last week.
SMITHFIELD.
Trade brisker than of late. Prime Beef fully maintained late
prices, old Downs advanced full 4d. per stone, and fine young
Veal 3d. to 4d. ; Pork stationary ; Lamb in good demand at
7s. 4d. per stone for the finest descriptions. Beef, 3s. 2d. to
4s. and 4s. 4d. ; Mutton, 4s. to 4s. Bd. and ss. ; Veal, 51. to
bs. Bd. ; Pork, 4s. 4d. to ss. 2d. ; Lamb, 6s. 6d. to 7s. 4d---
Head of Cattle at Market—Beasts, 463 ; Sheep and Lambs,
7,670; Pigs, 4go ; Calves, 219.

BILLINGSGATE MARKET.
Good supplies. Turbot, ss. to 21s. ; Cod, 2s. 6d. to Bs.;
Salmon, 2s. to 3s. per lb. ; Lobsters, Is. to 4s. ; Mackerel,
4d. to Bd. ; Haddocks, 6d. to Is.

TALLOW MARKET.
This market very quiet, and the price of P.Y.C. 519. 6d.
The season for Tallow may now be regarded as nearly over.
'Met MARKET.
Next to nothing doing, and no prices could be quoted Wlih
certainty.

COLONIAL MARKET. f
Not much doing in Colonial produce. The small stock °
B.Y. Sugar keeps prices high : very low brown 565. to 576';
mid. 635., and hue 70s ; 5,700 bags Mauritius sold firmly at
50s. and 655; some Manilla went at fair prices. But little
Coffee offering, and prices where altered lower. 2,669 bags J3C,,
Rice sold in part at 7s to 8s for inferior ; 1,000 bags Bengal 3'
about 12s. for the bulk, but the quality was not good. 248 bags
Malabar Pepper sold at 4d. for tolerable quality.
COTTON SALE--THIS DAY.
A public sale of Cotton, consisting of about 10,0Q0 bales of
different sorts, principally Surat, took place at the London
Commercial Sale Rooms, Mincing-lane. There wa6 not rl
large attendance of the trade, and the sale was dull. A °la
part sold, and about previous prices ruled.

The Earl of •Minto with Lord Melgund and
Sir Charles Adam, returned to the Admiralty on Wednesday'
from an official visit to Portsmouth.
Baron Tuyll and the Austrian Baron Von Kotze
arrived at Fenton's Hotel, yesterday, from Newmarket, where
they made extensive purchases of race horses and hunters.
Their Graces the Duke and Duelless of Buck-
ingham and Chandos gave a sumptuous dinner on Thursday, at
their mansion in Pall-mall, on the occasion of the nuptials ot.
the Lady Rosa Nugent, their Graces' relative, to Mr. Greville.
There were present the Marquis of Westmeath, Mr. and
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ville, Lord Conley, Lady Cowley, and Miss Wesley, Lord an"
Lady Braybrooke and Aiiss Niville, Mr. Scott Murray. 31.P.d
Mr. Matthew, M.P., Viscount De Lisle, Lord Tyrconnell, an
many other relatives of the united Noble families.
The Duke of Cleveland had a dnuier-party
Wednesday, in St. •fatnes's-square. His Grace, we have the
pleasure to add, has gr:atly improved in health 'during the last
ten days.
The Earl of Clarendon gave a Cabinet dinner
on Wednesday evening, at his nieesion in Grosvenor-crescent,
when Viscount Melbourne, the Marquis of Lansdowne. the
Marquis of Normanby, the Earl of Mint°, Lord Cottenhaino
Viscount Palmerston, Lord John Russell, the Right Hon. Sir
John C. Hobhouse, Lord Hollansi, and the Right Hon. ilenrY
Labouchere were among the guests.
COVENT GARDEN THEATRE.—The Merry
Wives of Windsor was revised at this house last night. I"-
mode of production was the chief thing, and the greatest
pains were taken to render the whole a picture of the times of
Elizabeth—" Of Elizabeth," we repeat, because it was FT"
bably considered that, although the time is nominally in t"e
reign of Henry IV , Shakspeare designed the comedy as $
rep. esentation of his own period, and that a going back to 00
old a period as Henry IV., and clothing ihe characters accor-
dingly, would have been a violent and an useless destruction to
early associations. The two wives were acted by Mesdames
Vestris and Nisbett. Miss Raieforth's execution in the duet,
" I know a bank," was admirable. 31r. Mathews essayed;
Master Slender. Bartley, as Falstaff, was lively, spirited, an"
never dull ; Mrs. C. Jones bustled and bridled up as Mrs.
Quickly. The scenery and decorations were accurate and beau-
tiful.
FREEMASONRY.—The Governors of the Fe,'
male Charity elected their House Committee on Thursday las•
t'
consisting of Alderman Thomas Wood, Dr. Crucefix,
Stevens, J. P. Actarn, L. Chandler, C. Baumer, W. Shadblt,
S. Staples, H. Rowe, J. C. Fouri.lrinkr, J. D. Kincaid, and
rell
rje.mTe'misbierrePT7l.. BondTli meeaebtbienlgt was‘‘as most.itniwthe
A lever from Beirout of the 27th of a
states as follows ;—" War seems threatening, if we may
judge by the extraordinary preparations which are bel,n,g
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made upon every point of our coast, not even excciL
ing our city. Ibrahim Pasha is still at Mara ch. Eign
(tha chair. It
ever
thousand men are already in garrison at St Jean d'Acre ,
the 10th and 30th Regiments of Infantry, as well as 1,000 re:
gut:lr and 1.000 irregular artillerymen, have arrived; 95 3.6-
pounders and 117 of other calibre, which were taken at Neal':
hive heen brought lo re. M. e'zultz, Lieutenant- Colooel of
Engineers, left this city yesterday. in order to rejoin Soliman
Pasha in that stronghold ; we must therefore presume that
we are on the eve of war."— Le Sud.
DISTRESS WA RR ANTS.—On Thursday, tos-
tress warrants .sere issued against, the goods of the Revels • ~
Sprigg (Baptist Minister) and W. Noteutt (Independent 311-
Disler), for Chureh.rates.— Ipereich Express.