The Sun.
London, England, 1841-05-12 00:00:00

mand steady ; a parcel consisting of 1,140 bags Bengal,
was disposed of by public auction at 27s to 27s 6d for 41
to 34 lbs refraction.
INDIGO.-36 serons Spanish were put up by the ham-
mer, and sold at 2s 8d to 5s 7d, being rather cheaper for
ordinary, but the full value for the better lots.
COCHINEAL.-126 bags were brought to the hammer,
and chiefly sold at and after the sale at steady prices ;
ordinary lacks at 5s to 5s sd, and ordinary to middling
silvers at 3s 8d to 4s 6d per lb.
Woo L.— The public sales of Colonial and other
Wools, which occupied the whole of last week, went
off with much spirit, and showed a better result than
was generally anticipated from the very dull state of trade
in the manufacturing districts. Nearly the whole was
„:Id, and prices much the same as at the last auctions.
The quality put up was 4,000 bales Colonial, and 1,600
bales foreign.
Australian fetched is to is Bd, in
grease 8c: to 10 ; Van Dieman's Land 10d to is 4d,
and fine flee is 8d to Is 10d, in grease 7d to 9. d ;
East India 2-414.1 to 70 ; Buenos Ayres 3id to 11. d ;
German Lambs
1d to is lld ; Russian sid to is 7 d ;
and Italian bid to
,w 4 per lb.
_1
-ket remains dull, and to effect
sale
ae:n9ted. The quotation of fine
T TALLOW.--The
.p—riT prices
se
are rra,
P. Y. C. on the spot, on'Ca.qnge, was 475. 3d, per cwt.
OlL.—Linseed Oil continue in limited request only,
and prices are again a shade easier ; on the spot 29s to
29s 3d accepted.

REPORTED SAFETY OF THE

--
PRESIDENT STEAM-SHIP.
On Saturday- afternotin a very great sensation was
created in this city (Exeter), by a report that C. Gordon,
Esq., a Magistrate of this county, who is now living at
Havitree, had received a letter from Plymouth, brought
by a ship from Barbadoes to that port, which stated that
the President had made Barbadoes in a dismantled state,
but with her crew and passengers all safe.
Our first impulse was to consult the packet list, where
we find that the Tyrian, which arrived at Falmouth on
Tuesday, left Barbadoes on the 16th of March, and as
the storm which mu3t have disabled the President did
not take place until the 16th, 17th, and 18th, she could
not arrive at Barbadoes until long after this packet
had sailed. This increased our hopes that the rumour
would prove true ; as a vessel coming direct from the
island would arrive here in less time than the packet ;
that is, a vessel might leave Barbadoes the first week
in April, and arrive here the first week in May. Our
next course was, to see Mr. Gordon, who, with much
politeness, gave us the following information :—lle had
received a letter from his son, who lives near Ottery, in
this county, which states that a letter had been received
at Ottery from the Bishop of Barbadoes, or through
the family or establishment of the Bishop, addressed to
his friends at Ottery, saying that the President had ar-
rived there as above stated. The difficulties to which
this account is liable are these :—The same means of
conveyance which brought a letter to Ottery, would, in
all probability, have brought other accounts ; and the
captain of the vessel by which it came would also have
given information ; still we have known so many in-
stances in which true accounts have been brought in
the most unaccountable way, coupled also with the fact
that no accounts have reached this country from Bar-
badoes since it was possible the President could have
made that island, being the best place for which she
could make, if disabled by the storm of the 17th of March ;
weighing all these things together' we must still preserve
hope that this account, which we have now given as ru-
mour, will prove in a few days to be a well authenticated
fact.—North Devon Chronicle.