The Sun.
London, England, 1840-04-30 00:00:00

THE MARKETS.-(THIS DO')

HUNGERFORD MARKET. 2"i;
to Good supplies, and a fair demand. Turbot, h'• to -5.
Cod, 2s. 6d. to Bs. ; Salmon, 3s. per lb.; Soles, IWO'
per pair; Lobsters, Is. to 4s. Beef, 7d. to 80.;
7id. to Bd. ; Vegetables rising in prices.
BILLINGSGATE MARKET.
Supplies good, and so was the demand. Turbot,b:;e:
20s. ; Cod, 2e. 6d. to 85.; Soles,6d. to 4s. per pair to 10'
10d. to 4s. ; Mackerel, 4d. to 6d. ; Haddocks, °U.
and Whitings, 4d. to Bd.
HAY
Fair supplies of most kindsMA RKar at mketETS,. and no alter;JO to
prices.

TEA MARKET. ff real
526 chests, for export only, at public sale, Wen' Pfie
fairly, at prices equal to those obtained at the last Xu;ooarel't
for export. For consumption very little doing. I'
price given was 2s. 4d. for Company's Congou.
COLONIAL MARKET. ast 5°
Business very limited, but prices firm. B.P. '-'°' leo °
slowly, mid. at 645., and fine at 70s. 6d. No publicYs
Sugar. There were one or two public sales of IL r• rfti.
Coffee, and prices were altered were lower. 2-'44 blest
Trinidad Cocoa sold at b4s. to 60s, 540 bags ,os. Du"
24(1. for fine quality. 300 bags Bengal Rico about
for fair quality. , .

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BRUSSELS, APRIL 2$ The temperature
nourb
we have had for some days past is without example in the 001
of April, and with a constant north wind. NVell regoi 91
thermometers indicated the day before yesterday
degrees and a half, and 19 in the shade by A
(about 80 degrees), and 74i Fahrenheit.
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OSTEND, APRIL 25.—Yesterciay --f
gentleman and lady, both English, were arrested on anineJ a
satien of having by means of a forged letter of credit t.wh'eay. were
merchant at Brussels out of 18 or 20,000 francs.
ready to set out for England, and have been thrown into-, their
It seems that only a third part of the sum was foul:*; were
possession, and that two other persons, with wham %Isbell°.
closely connected, have escaped the pursuit of the 13russ
The late Earl of Ranfurly, Viscount Nor". the
and Baron Welles, all of Dungannon, county Tyrone, hinotlis,
peerage of Ireland, and Baron Ranfurly, of Basins goo °S.,
county Renfrew, in that of the United Kingdom, w thiand 0"
the sth of August, 1751, succeeded as Viscount Noriue von,
Resumer
the sth Nov., 1818, and married, 2d June, 1711.5, tt.cinotla
Diana Jane Pery, eldest daughter and co-heiress of the
Sexton, Viscount Pery, by whom he had issue Tbomain'oth
present Viscount Northland (now Earl of Ranfurly),
April, 1786, and married, 28th February, 1815, Iv/ Jstort,
eldest daughter of the late Hon. and Most Rev. William es by
Lord Archbishop of Armagh. There are several ehildl;,%lo,
this marriage, the eldest of whom, the Hon. Thos..
(nowtheViscount h N
of p
Northland), rthul anngdan),nobn.orn 13th Nov., 1816, i,
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BENDABLE STONE.--In the Museum obegol•
Asiatic Society at Calcutta, one object of curiosity is a. . it
ing, or elastic stone. This stone is aparently of granite ciab
th and breaenj
about two and a half feet by six inches in len
and about an inch thick. This stone, beiug lifted at °ll° it-i
yields to the pressure, and from the half begins to bend a'aches
lifted, and as the lifted end is raised, the bend aPP.„oliolf,
nearer to the further extremity. On the lifting power De.'
,„,r,
relaxed, the stone reverts to its former level.—Calcutta