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

thereby place hirnsel under the proicctiOn of TUritoy, A grand display of
naval force would by niatle by that Power. The Crocodile, sent from
.iith with hrgeht despatches, had just arrived at the Laza.
ie.td. It *as reported that she had brought a treaty, concluded be-
tween Maishal Valce and iien Ais9a:

Lethirs bad bttn received from Mexico, stating that up
p the Ist of May no hostilities had taken place at Vera
Cruz, though daily threatened by the French Admiral.
Seven or eight ships of war belonging to the United States
were then in the Gulf watching the progress of events.

It seems that the Chamber of Deputies will have terminated its le-
gislative labours on Thursday the 21st of this month. Considering
that the Session will so soon close, it appears that the project of law
relative to the Italian Theatre will be deferred till next year.
'FRENCH FUNDS.—PARIS, JuNe 13.
Five per Cents.. 110 f. 15c. 20c, :oe. 40c.
Three per Cents., 80f 80f. sc. 10c.
Bank Actions, 2,79'1.
Amite do Naples, 98f. 95c.
Roman Five per Cents., Ms.
Spanish Actives, 22%4 %.
Spanish Passives, 4?i,.
Belgian Bank, 1,15 Cf.
Portuguese Loan, Three per Cents. 24%4.
Hutch Two and a half per Cents., sd.
Thytian Loan, 350 f. 375 f.
EXCHANGE ON LONDON.
One month, paper, 25f. 42Yve.; money, 251.40 e.
Three months, paper, f. —e.; money, 25f. 3.!4jc.
LATEST PRICES.
Five per Cents. 110 f. 4)e.
Three per Cents., 80f. 15c.
Bank Actions, 2,790 f.
Romans, 101%.
Belgian Bank, 1,450 f.
Portuguese Three per Cents., 24%.
Haytian Loan, 3751.
Spanish Actives, 22%.
Spanish Passives, 4%.

Letters and papers from Madrid of the Gth instant have
been received this morning. On the preceding day the
Deputies adopted the Report of the Committee upon the
Tithe Bill, recommending the payment of that impost, by
a majority of 29—a vote which was generally regarded as
conclusive of the strength of the Cabinet.
From the theatre of war, or rather of robbery and civil
outrage, the accounts are rather favourable. On the 8d
inst. the first brigade of the army of reserve, composed of
3,000 infantry and 100 horse, arrived at Manzanares, in
La Mancha. Two other brigades, of a like number of
men, were rapidly moving for the same point. PA Liums,
terrified at the proximity of so large a hostile force, raised
the siege of Ciudad Real. To add to the perplexity of the
Carlists, BALMASEDA has been beaten by Colonel ZUR-
BANo, and lost the whole of the prisoners which he took at
the night surprise of Mayols and his company, in Ontaria.
We copy the account from the correspondence of the
Correo Nacional, a Madrid:paper. The writer dates from
Lerma, the 4th inst. :

" I avail myself of a courier who is being sent with dispatches to the
Government, to inform you that the faction of Balmaceda was surprised
the day before yesterday, at half.past two in the day, in Quintanar de la
Sierra, by Colonel Zurbano. On coming up with them he immediately
made two companies prisoners, took all their equipage, with that of the
Christino prisoners of Ontaria, and a large quantity of rations. The
remainder of the faction was completely dispersed, and such is the state
of fright and confusion into which Balmaceda has been driven, that he
permitted the Christino prisoners to go where they pleased on their pa.
role of honour to return at a given place unless they had not been pre-
viously exchanged in a regular manner. In order to effect this ridicu-
lous stipulation, he retained Colonel Mayols and about 30 of his officers
and men as hostages with him. The remainder of these prisoners marched
to this place, and commenced entering the town at eleven o'clock at
night. At the moment of writing (five o'clock in the morning) almost the
whole of the prisoners have arrived here. They appear in a state of
almost complete nudity, and are much broken down by the bad treatment
they received. I expect the day will not pass over without news being
received here of Balmaceda and the whole of his forces having fallen
into the hands of the Christino Generals, as the columns of Rodriguez
and of E,peleta are close upon them, and in flying from Zurbano may
be taken by these officers. We learn from the last prisoners who have
just come here, that the faction and Zurbano are very neat this place ;
FO that it is probable the latter may again come up with them before nine
o'clock this evening. Some firing has been heard at about two leagues
distance."

The QUEEN REGENT is reported to have quite reco-
vered from her recent indisposition. Sir GEORGE VIL-
LIERS was to give a grand diplomatic dinner to the new
French Ambassador and the Members of the Spanish Ca-
binet on the 6th inst.—the date of these advices.

Brussels and German Papers have been received to-day,
but their contents are of no general interest. The Belgian
Journals content themselves with discussing the respective
merits of several pamphlets which have appeared on the
subject of the 24 Articles. The German Papers merely
allude to letters from Constantinople of the 22d of May,
which state that the quarantine laws have alarmed the
Imauns and more scrupulous Turks, who see only in that
measure a repudiation of the doctrines taught in the Koran.
It was feared that the Sultan would be unable to quell the
storm thus raised against him, except by the abrogation of
the quarantine law, which in its turn would be a measure
fatal to all schemes of further improvement.
BELGIAN k UNDS—Bacassi.a, JUNE 13.
Actual Deist, 25a per Cent.
Rothschild's Loan, 5 per Cent. .....«....«.« lOl%
Loan of Thirty Millions.... ..........
Loan of City, 18432, 4 per Cent. 96
Society of Commerce, 4 per Cent 146
Bank of Belgium, 5 per Cent l4O
National Society .
—Brussels Papers, June 13.
AUSTRIAN FUNDS.—VIc4ma, Jesa 5
Five per Cents. Metalliques
Foor per Cents.
Three r Cents. ......... ...... ...... ...........
144
Bank shares ......................... T
a A

—AllgemeineZeitung, June 10.

THE VICTORIA STEAM-BOILER

EXPLOSION.

LATEST PARTICULARS—(THIS DAY.)
The sensation that this awful catastrophe has created in the metro-
polis, exceeds any thing of the kind for several years past.
There are various reports in circulation as to the exact cause of the
accident, which it would at the present time be unfair to allude to, as a
legal trial will take place. This morning, Mr. Baker, the Coroner for
West Middlesex, was informed of the lamentable occurrence by the
parochial authorities of Shadwell, who appointed the Inquest to be held
on the unfortuate sufferers, now lying dead in the Victoria, to-morrow
(Saturday) afternoon.
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The Victoria is considered the ',nest steam-vessel, in construction,
that the port of London can boast of. She cost 44,000/. and contains
sleeping berths to the number of 150 ; her engines are of 350 horse
power, and her tonnage exceeds 813 tons measurement.