The Sun.
London, England, 1838-06-15 00:00:00

CORN AVERAGES.

GENERAL AVERAGE PRICES•OF BRITISH CORN,
For the Week ended. June R, GtlB, mule up from the Return', of the
Inspectors in the different Cities and 'cairns in Englaw: and Wales, per
Imperial Quarter.
Wheat Ms. 3d I Oats
Barley 3ls 4d. Rye 33s SA. temie :Xs. sd.
311'1013AL AGGREGATE AVERAGES OF THE SIX WEEKS
PRECEDING.

Wheat 62s 1
2,1. Oats
61. Beans. 16s. 71.
Barley... 533 7.1 I Rye l2s. 9tl I cease 31s. 1)d
DUTIES ON FOREIGN CORN.
Wheat ..... ... 246. Bd. Oats
Barley l6s. 10. t. I Bye

THE MARKETS.

COUNTRY CORN MARKETS DURING THE WEEK.

W heat. Barley. I Oats. Beans. Pease.
Per Quarter. 's.to s. s. S. .. to S. IS.to A 6. VI S.
Blandford --__ 61 65 27 r 5 23 24 40
Sr igg--..-- CO 66 23 74 lIS 26 34 41 39 32
Cambridge_---- 65 31 25 40 ai
Chant ----. '6O 68 21 28 20 22 38 40 31 40
fluntingdon_—.. 56 PO' 31 38 21 20 38 42
Long Sutton—.—. 58 61 111 20 30 34
Louth ....--.—.. ;54 67 21 25 18 1:6 3) 37
' ynn--..—.. •52 61 22 31 II '2,1 :30 32. 32 34
Newark .... 57 59 24 31 19 28 :31 43 32
Nottingham 44 59 21i 31 111 28 35 42
Peterborough -- 49 62 35 42 22 29 38 43
Plymouth .—......... '4O 58 30 31 20 23 -
Pontefract—....—. 67 43 i 27 43
Slealord ..........e ....... 65 70 136 38 122 28 11 43
llppingham ~--... 43 61 24 30 IS 234 32 44
Wisbeeh —„-113 62 , —I 20 30 32
CHELTENHAM MARKETS.
Per Bushel. s. d. to is. d Pet lb. d. to el
Wheat
ssarley
Oats 3 0 4 3 Veal
Beans .
Pease
_. _

Hay 5l. Os to 5/. Pk Pd. p,r tan.
OULL MARKET.-June 12.
Wheat, Old its 5,88. 645. New il's. 58s 64A.
- Foreign -s. s. -s. I n bond... -A. -A -s.
Oats, Poland -s. `.70,. 228 Old -8.2-91. '26s.
- Small or Feed.... -, 17s. 18s -6. -s. 20e.
-- I,,,reign
Barley, Norf. & Suf ... 228 265. 31s. Line. & Wold -A. 2Ss. 31a.
- Foreign - L•' 8. -14..
Beans
Pease, White.,.,. 2. s. 305.:340. Grey 2(h. 28. 30s.
l'aree
Rapeseed. In bond none Free. per last 221. Os. 241.
• I.EEI)S CORN NI AILKET.-.lune 12
Wheat, Norfolk and Sonlk, OClh. '2l . t, 69
- York. and Lincoln. 60Ib. 504. to 0.
flarlcy, Norfolk and Suirolk
-- Yorkshire and Lincolnshire
- Grinding
Beans
Eng. 12.1. to r,
P Oats, otatoe
31eallag, For. I Id. toil 1281. to 3 A :1
I d. per stone.
Shelling
Itape,eed, EngliA, 2;1. to 281 l.•.,rcign, 27 t.', 24 . per last.
L VERPOOI. CORN MARKET.-June 12.
WHEAT, Engli,h, White, per 701 b.
----. pod lO 0 10 4
---- Scotch, Welch, and Manx
--- Irish, White 9 6 10 0
___-- Red 8 0 6 9
--- Foreign
Oars, En;;lish, WelAh, and Scotch, per 451 b.. 3 4 3 9
-- Irish
- Foreign „
nA &lAA', English, Molting, per Imp. (platter 3l 0 3S 0
----- Scotch and Irish, per 60Ibs.
-- Feeding 4 3 4 6
BEANS, English, per I:nperial quarter 42 0 40 0
-- Irish, &C. 'IS 0 40 0
-- Foreign
PEASE. English, per Imperial quarter
- Foreign
_. .. .. . ..,.....

FLocit, Euglrsh, per 2.801 b
---- Irish
OATMEAL, English and Irish, per 240Ibs
INDIAN Coes, per 4401 b. .,_ :36 0 4.i 0
Rye, per Imperial quarter . ',O 0 3 i 0
MALT, per Imperial quarter
IMPORT or GRAIN fur the Week ending June II .
Wheat. Oats. 1 Barley Fleur. Oatmea'
Qrs. Qri. Qrs. Foreign, Brie. e
Irisli,&e. Seksl Load;
15,7',i7 10,0€2 1,333 3,8621 ,I 11 3,749

The Duke and Duchess of Cambridge honoured
the Mace da Ligne with their coipp4n)- at dinn4 on Wecinesday.

DREADFUL STEAM-BOILER .EX-

PLOSION ON THE RIVER.

FIVE PERSONS KILLED..
Yesterday afternoon one of the most melancholy and dia—
astrous accidents which has happened in the river since the in—
troduction of steam navigation occurred in the Pool to the
Victoria, I-lull steam-ship, the same vessel in which a most
deplorable calamity took placo on the 16th of March last,
when one of her boilers explocis-1 in Erith-reach, and caused
the death of the chief engineer and four other persons.
This unlucky vessel left Hull on Wednesday afternoon,
soon after four o'clock, and arrived about three o'clock es—
terday afternoon at Blacke all, from whence sr'o continued-
her course up the river towards Galley-quay. Wisp off the
lower tier, Hatch ff (rose, a short distance below the .astern
London-duck entrance, she was observed to go in ti;,wards
the north shore, and run foul of a collier brig, who" bow-
sprit she carried away. The starboard paddle-box of the'
steamer was at the same moment stove iii and rendered at
complete wreck, whi:e her starboard bow was injured'by the
collision. The engines were sieved directly th steamer ran
athwart the collier, and immediately an explosion, resembling
the noise of distant thunder, took place.. It was 30011 ascer-
tained that one of the boilers had burst, and the ship became
enveloped in steam, which for some time concealed her from
the view of the spectators on shore. An immense 'lumber of
wherries put off from the plying places on each side of the
river to relieve the passengers, and to ascertain the extent 01
the miscaief. Several boats belonging to private individugs
were also in requisition Our Reporter was one of the first
who got alongside the ship, which dropped anchor in a safe,
berth in the river off New Crane-dock, Shadwell, and found'
the passengers, who had been frightened by the previous.
collision and the breaking-down of the paddle-case, on deck,
in a state of great alarm, running about the vessel, some
calling for help, others fainting, and several (among whom
were persons belonging to the steam-ship) lowering them-
selves by means of ropes into boats alongside. On mounting
the deck of the Victoria, proof of the dreadful nssture of the
occurrence was fully apparent. The quarter-deck was di-
vested of every article of luggage, and the passengers imme—
diately took to the small boats which had surrounded the vessel
with their property, and so great was the confusion that seeotral
narrowly escaped falling overboard ; indeed, one person w'l3
in the water, but was instantly hooked up by a boatman. The
whole of the vessel was covered with hct water, and the dust
of coals and cinders. On going forward, the scene was the
most painful we ever remember to have witnessed. The muti-
lated bodies of two men lay on the larboard side, close to the
gangway, partly covered, but exhibiting in their blackened
faces the most ghastly appearance possible, while their bodies
were in a state that cannot be described. They appeared to
have been exposed to the whole force of the explosion, the
steam, boiling water, and the fire itself discharging upon them,.
and blowing them from one end of the engine-room to the other.
Beside these two poor fellows were laid two men apparently
in the last throes of death, scalded and blackened, and their
garments blown away. For these every exertion was made
to procure assistance. The Topaz, Captain Fox, on her way
to Gravesend, brought up close to the larboard side of the Vic-
toria, and his crew promptly offered their assistance. Tian
Topaz was made fast to the Victoria, and cushions having
been laid on the top of the deck cabins, the sufferers were
placed on them, one in a dying condition, and the others but
little better. The Topaz instantly proceeded down the rimy
to the Dreadnought hospital ship, and they were received into
the accident ward and attended to by the medical officers.
In the fore cabin the chief engineer, Jacobs, lay on the floor,
dreadfully scalded on the hands, face, and chest ; next to him
lay WilliaM Colville, the second engineer, in a more de-
plorable state of suffering, his bead, face, hands, and legs
being scalded in a most shocking manner, while the inju-
ries from the same cause he received in the chest and abdo-
men leave no hope of his reeovery. The foreman stoker was
also in this apartment, and his case equalled in severity thatof
his fellows.
Several medical gentlemen, among whom were Mr. Man-
sell, of Wapping-wall, Mr. Southeran, and others, repaired to
the vessel soon after the occurrence, and took upon themselves
the care of these three men, whose (imams and contortions ex-
cited the pity of the bystanders. We cannot but here mention
the assiduity, kindness, and presence of mind exhibited by
Mrs. Ellen Gardner, the stewardess of the fore cable ; it was
such as to command the respect and admiration of every
observer.

On quitting this scene of woe we were informed that two
men still lay in the engine-room, whom, being killed at the
time of the explosion, it was not thought necessary to remove ;
in fact more important matters took the attention of the whole
eras. The vessel was actually on fire; and the hand pump on
deck was kept in constant requisition for above two hours in
pumping water into the hold, while another pump in the fore-
part of the vessel was as actively engaged in discharging the
hot water from the same place. Captain Bell, the master of
the steam-ship, whose conduct on this trying occasion cer-
tainly merits much praise, examined the boilers shortly after
the accident, and found that one of them had burst, and that
the others were red hot. He stated that he experienced a
difficulty in getting steam all day, and had never been able to
work the engines at more than six pounds on the inch. lid
cannot account for the accident.
The pilot West, who brought the ship up the river, Attri-
butes the accident to an imperfect action of the valves at the
moment of the collision with the collier brig. That the col-
lision was a very severe one is evident, the bowsprit. of the
brig being carried away, while her anchor-flukes .damaged
the Victoria's bow and quarter bulwarks, and carried away
her paddle-box. The pilot was thrown from theleaddle-box,
and his anele was put out by the fall. Some of the crew were
also, we understood, thrown overboard. In the 'scene of con-
fusion a number of accidents of a most painful nature occurred.
Many ladies fainted, and some gentlemen could hardly be
restrained from jumping overboard ; one lady was removed in
a state from which she was not expected to recover. Two
horses were on board, upon deck, and evinced by their ex-
treme restlessness that they partook of the terror which tho
awful calamity had caused. The captain and crew appeared
wich their faces blackened by the clouds of mingled steam and
smoke which enveloped the steam- ship, which is considerably
defaced by water and smoke.
'rho Victoria is a very handsome steam-ship, and has been
lately repainted. She was launched in 1837, and had engines
and machinery made from designs and under the immediate
direction of an engineer named Napier (not the eminent firm
of the same name in Glasgow), upon a principle peculiarly
his own. It is singular that the accident, according to Cap-
tain Bell, arose from the same cause as upon the former occa-
sion ; for he stated yesterday that he had examined tho
boiler that was yet sound, and found no water in it, but that
it was red-hot. In such a state many operatives on board said
it was no wonder that an explosion teak place. The peculiarity
of the boilers was noticed upon the inquest held upon the suf-
ferers by the previous accident in March, and the question of
their safety was not only warmly debated amongst scientific
men before the jury, but it became a subject of notice in
the public journals. Mr. Penn, the celebrated en-
gineer, gave an unfavourable opinion of their safety,
and " A Volunteer," whose letter under that signature ap-
peared in the public prints, at that time stated fear-
lessly his conviction that a similar accident would occur
if the same boilers were again used. This prophecy has been
fcarfuliy realized, and the loss of life will no doubt he double
what took place on the former occasion. As we have already
stated, four were lying dead on beard the vessel when our
reporter left her ; another died of his injuries in the hospital
last night ; and we were informed by the surgeons that the
only man who has any chance of recovery is Jacobs, who was
taken ashore in a boat at six o'clock, and conveyed to his
lodgings. Two of his fellow-sufferers were taken down the
river in the Thames steam-tug, Captain Benton,-to their own
home'. Captain Bell said that no expense should be spared
upon them. Every man who was in the engine-room at the
time was burnt and scalded; and when the immense discharge
of steam and scalding water caused by the explosion of the
bo ler is taken into consideration, it is extraordinary they were
not all killed on the spot. We state as a fact that the very
same engines and boilers were in use on the 16th of March
last. The def..ctive boiler had been merely repaired.
The scene of yesterday- was one which will not soon be
forgotten in the neighbourhood of Shadwell and Wapping,
where most of the men employed as stokers reside, and off
which the accident took place. The wives and friends of the
sufferers were quickly informed of the sad event, and their
appearance on board the vessel in search of their friends was
distressing.
The Victoria made the voyage from Hull in twenty.four
hours, which is reckoned • a quick passage. The William
Wilberforce, another Hull steam-ship, started at the same time.
The Wilberforce is the property of the Humber Union Steam
Company, who have no connexion whatever with the proprie-
tors of the Victoria, which latter vessel was placed to run in
opposition to the Wilberforce, on the same day andat the same
hour—in consequence of which the Humber Union Company
issued an advertiaement in the Hull papers of the 2d of June.
of which see copy in another part of the paper, calling the at-
tention of the public to the opposition, and informing them
that their captains and engineers were strictly prohibited from
racing, or using any extraordinary means to accelerate the
vessc!s beyond their proper speed. The two vessels left Mill
about the same time ; the Wilbeiybrce called off Yarmouth to
land and receive passengers, came up with the Victoria in
the River, and had passed her a few minutes before the acci-
dent. The Wilbcriorec arrived in safety at her destination,
St. Katharine's-ii harf, at half past four o'clock, and landed
her passengers, goods, and cattle.
The floating-engine from Rotherhithe was brought along-
side the Victoria, and some of the land engines of the Lon-
don fire brigade were in attendance, but they were not required
to be put in action, as the means adopted on board were suffi-
cient to extinguish the ti:e.
The Victoria had made only two trips to Hull since her
repairs were completed. We are happy to say that, with
the exception of the lady above-mentioned, none of ti:‘' Pas-
sengers, of whom there were about eighty, received any ma-
terial injury,

ERRORS o r THE NtEss.--Sin, wc arc informed,
fliscnlefo sin—error, of the Picss beget errors of the Press. Mr. Moore,
in his recent reproduction of the " Fudges," has some ten lines of verst
recording an error or two of a very whimsical cast. It is curious that
these ten hoes of verse upon such a subject, have gone the runnel of the.
papers in the following form :—" You can't think what havoc these dG
mans sometimes make of one's sense, and, what's worse, of one's
rhymes. But a week or two since, in my Ode upon; ',Spring, where- I
talked of the ' dew droops from freshly-blown roles,' the nasty thin:a
made it, ' freshly blown n-ses:' And once, when to please my cruse
runt I had tried to commemorate some Saint of her clique, who had
just died, having said he " had taken up in Heaven his position,' they
mate it, he had taken up to Heaven his physician!'"

LINLITHGOW ELECT lON.--The Scotch papers
re' cived today do nut contain any specific intelligence by which the re.
su't of t!,c polling, can be precLi?ly determined. It is said that Mr.
Hope was upwards of one hundred.a head of Mr. Johneon ia tht roto.
noon of VkVinCWay,