The Sun.
London, England, 1840-06-13 00:00:00

NAVAL INTELLIGENCE.

(From the Brighton Gazette.)

PORTSMOUTH, JUNE 11.—On Monday the Jupiter troop.
ship, commanded by Mr. Fulton, Master, was towed out
of the harbour to Spithead by the Echo steam-vessel, and
will proceed to the East Indies and China on Thursday,
taking out an immense quantity of naval and ordnance
stores for the squadron. Despatches for Rear-Admiral
Elliot, and supernumeraries for the several ships on the
station, will be forwarded by her.
The Victor, 16, Commander atwson, remains at Spit_
head, but will sail on Thursday for the West Indies. Ad-
mirals Sir Edward Codrington and Bouverie went on
board her on Monday, and received the usual salute and
other honours, on their way to witness a further explosion
of the wreck of the Royal George. •
The Magicienne, 24, Captain Michell, will go out of
harbour in a day or two to Spithead, to await the receipt
of final orders for the Mediterranean. She is to supply
the place of the Tribune, 24, wrecked lately on the coast
of Catalonia.

The North Star, 26, and the Salamander steam frigate,
will shortly return from the north coast of Spain to be
paid off.
The Bittern, new 16 gun brig, at this port, and the
Champion, 18, at Plymouth, with the Pelican, 18, at
Chatham, are about to be commissioned.

The Cambridge, 78, Captain Barnard, is under orders
for the Mediterranean, and will leave Plymouth next week,
on the arrival of some volunteer seamen from Cork. She
will call at Spithead for final orders.
Captain Sir William S)monds, Surveyor of the Navy,
has returned from his tour to Guernsey and Jersey, and
left for the Admiralty.
The Pantaloon, 10, Lieut. Tryon, has returned to cruise
off the Sussex coast for the protection of the fishery.
The Pique, 36, Capt. E. Boxer, is on her way from
Cronstadt to Sheerness, where she will disembark the
Marquis of Clanr:carde, on leave from the Russian Em-
bassy.
The steamer Vesuvius, Lieut. Blount, has proceeded to
Liverpool to embark detachments of the 86th and 20tk
Regiments for Dublin.
At Spithead—Victor, 16, and Jupiter.
In Harbour—Britannia, Victory, Excellent, Royal
George yacht, Vanguard, Magicienne, Echo, and flag.
tenders.

STEAM-PACKET EXPLOSION AT

BOSTON, LINCOLNSHIRE.

(FROM A CORRESPONDENT.)

On Tuesday last, about a quarter past seven o'clock in
the morning, the X. L. steam-packet, plying between
Boston and Lincoln, exploded, thereby causing the delth
of two men of the names of Robson and Hancock. An
inquest was held at the Barge Inn on Tuesday, and ad-
journed until Wednesday night. It appeared in evidence,
that the X. L. steam-packet was running in opposition to
the old Steam-packet Company, and that the deceased
Robson, who was the engineer of another steam-vessel, and
who was interested in the X. L., had been at work on
board of her nearly all night, cleaning out the flues, and
constructing a new bridge, and ti at at the time of the ex-
plosion the steam was not up, but the deceased Robsou,
and Hancock (who was employed for the first time as a
stoker), were attending the tires, when a noise as of a
rush of steam was heard below by persons on the wharf,
and immediately Robson leaped on deck smothered with
soot, and shouted for help. He walked about 100 yards
and then fell down. It was immediately afterwards dis-
covered that the deceased Hancock was in the hold, lying
on his back, half covered with boiling water. He was
immediately got out, and found quite dead. Robson was
taken to the Barge Inn, but expired about ten o'clock that
morning. On examining the boiler, it was discovered that
a bolt, which formed the only stay of the back-plate of the
smoke-box to the further end of the boiler, was forced
through the boiler; and it was the opinion of two scientific
el,jineers, that probably it had by friction been gradually
wearing for some time ; and they expressed their surprise
that the maker of the boiler had not secured it by four bolts
instead of pne. It appeared also in evidence, that the
pressure she was then running at was 561bs. and some
fractions to the inch, and the boilers had been proved
at 100 lb. to the inch, None of the passengers received
any injury. Verdict—" The Jury are unanimously of
opinion that the death of the men was accidental, caused
by the insufficient staying of the back plate of the smoke-
box to the further end of the boiler, by which the only
confining bolt was drawn through the plate, allowing the
escape of water and steam through the flues and fire-place
into the stoke-bole, they being there at the time. Deo-
dand on the packet, 2.5/. on each body."
Boston, June 11.

POLICE INTELLIGENCE.

BOW-STREET.

SERIOUS CIIARGE.—A middle aged man named John
Sweeny, described on the Police sheet as a bricklayer,
residing at No. 6, Ship-yard, Temple Bar, was brought
before Mr. Jardine, by Constable West, 106 F, charged
on suspicion with having caused the death of his wife,
Honora, by strangling her.
Mary Sweeny, aged twelve years, daughter of the
prisoner, stated, that at half-past twelve yesterday morn-
ing, her mother C3Mc home in a state of intoxication,
and her father having taken off her clothes, put her into
bcd ; when she became very abusive to him, and fell out
of the bed. Witness and her two little brothers were in
bed at the time she came in, as was her father, and her
mother having joined a temperance society yesterday, she
took the medal from her neck, and threw it
in her father's face. She then took it from the
floor, and threw it again into the fire-place, which
caused her father to hit her on the head with his fist. She
then stood up for some time and tumbled down again, but
her father sprinkled some water over her, because she was
in the habit of having drunken fits. On seeing how ill
she was, her father sent for two different doctors, who
could not come, and witness, with her tether, went for
Mr. Carpenter, of Norfolk-street, who accompanied them
to their room. When the deceased was first struck she
fell back with her head against the floor, and bei father
having laid her on the bed and spriakled water ove: her,
_
she moaned three or four times. She remained on the bed
as she had been laid until Mr. Carpenter bad arrived.
None of the children were dressed when the deceased came
home, and witness was obliged to put on her clothes to go
with her father for the doctor. The deceased, when in a
drunken fit, used to kick everything about the room, and
all the family were awake waiting that night until she would
come home.

Mr. Carpenter, being sworn, said that, at one o'clock.
this morning, he was called by the prisoner, who required
his attendance upon a case of great emergency, and, on
asking him the nature of it, he said that his wife had fits
in consequence of his having had some words with her for
coming home tipsy, that he bad struck her, and he
feared she was dying or dead. Witness having
dressed himself, went with the prisoner to No. 6, Ship..
yard, where in a back room on the ground floor, he found
the deceased lying on her back quite dead, but still warm,
and on inquiring of the prisoner in which part of her
person he bad struck her, he said upon the head. Witness
then examined the head externally, and found a little blood
in the ears, and a bruise along the right side of the lower
jaw, with another extending along the right side of the
neck, although not al! the way round, which he considered
had been done by violence, and was the cause of death.
The hair of the deceased was in a %let state, and the prisoner
said that he had thrown water over her, as she was
subject to fits. He also said that be had raised
her from the floor, and had laid her on the bed
before he left the room. There were some women
in the room at the time, and the last witness said
that the prisoner had given the mother only one blow with
his fist. Witness then went out to acquaint the police with
the circumstance, and in the course of the morning the
beadle called upon him to know if a post mortcm examine-
ion, previous to a Coroner's Jury inquiring into the parti-
culars of the case, was necessary.
Mr. JARDINE-00 the prisoner)—lf you wish to say
anything you arc at liberty to cio so, although it may not
be necessary in the present stage of the case, as I intend
to remand you.
Prisoner—l have nothing to say, as everything that has
been stated is perfectly true.
Mr. JARDINE then ordered him to be brought up again
on Tuesday next.
The prisoner appeared deeply affected during his exa.
mination; he had been married 14 years, bad several men
in his employ ; and was of the most sober and industrious
habits.

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THE MARKETS.

Wheat.

s. to S.
t 76
tki 72

64 78
61 75

Ns 72
65 74.

56 SO
68 76
5s 81
56 75
( 8 SO

LARKET.
last n.arLet-day, 11.

Barley.

s. d
W. E. Braddyll's Helton 2l 0
Walls End Helton 2l 9
Walls End Lambton cl, t;
Walls End Pemberton
Walls End Russell's Hetton 91 9
Walls End Stewart's
Walls E,Jd Whitwel, '2o 9
Walls End Hartlepool 'l 9
Walls End Kelloe - 0
W. 115 End Adelaide ......
, Walla End Evenwood lB
1 Walls End South Durham 2O
Walls End Tees. 2l A
i Cowpen l9 0
) Howard's Netherten Main /8

a. to 3.
at 44
:ICI 40
3' 4.0
4t
28 4$

:3; 44
33

a. to a.
24 35
22 23
32
2a 31
26 35
25 ?8
23 31.
31 33

Beaus.

s. to'.
42 59

4) 51
40 42

70
-

I Pease.

:V 4(1
35 3g
35 4S
2) 43
30 40
32 46

S. 4.
44 4145

40 46

40 84

40 .......
- 30

30 44
M 55
40 42
36 4o

33
22 33
25 34
:32.
21 '2'l
30 35

37 43

37 46
45 50
36 46

32 4(.

- 43

40 65
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per Bushel.
rormingilam

s. d. s. d.
E 0 9 6

S d,
40 5 9

22 31

b. d. F. d
39 46

e. d, e, d,
50 74

SCI
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td. .
First
Sccond lO 0
Third SG 0
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)TCH
El CORN
Barley.
403.0 d.
35 0
22 6

ARKET S.
KA RKET.—June 19.
(MIA. Pease.
345. 04. 4..4 Od.
3'l 0 45 0
26 0 42 0

I. d. s d
60 7

Aierage pric;t of Wheat St. ss, 51
PRICES OF PROVISIONS. &-C.

Pears.
4,7 i Od
45
42 U

Beef, per IL. Os. 6.1. totls.Bd. Freslll3utter,-Its. e.lOO. to Is. 01.
Mutton 0 6 U 8 Salt Ditto-... 0 11 1 0
0 8 0 Ditto, per eut....2 0 100 0
0 5 0 7 Eggs, per dos... 8 0 0
Lanto, per yr. 4 0 511 OatStrawilf.p:.)...., 9I) 13 I/
Fallow, cwt......... 39 0 42 0 Wheat 9 6 12 0
2tiartern loaf U ti} 010 Barley Ditto II 10 0
Potatoes, 1415. 0 4 0 0 flay, per5t....... 1 3 1 4

EIANNUII(4II MEAL MARKET.—June 9.
Per Sack of 29011). Imp. Per Stone oi 141 b. Imp.
First Oatmeal £2 7 0 First Oatmeal ..............
Second ditto
2arleymeal I 12 0
Pea.,l,eineal llO Peasemeal. ..... ........ 0
Pot Barley from 325, to 555. per sack.