The Sun.
London, England, 1840-12-14 00:00:00

THE FUNDS.

Consols opened this morning at the leaving off price of
Satarday,.B9i opening ex div. ; Reduced 89i ; Exchequer
Bills, 1 3 prem. ; Bank Stock, 1561 157 k ; India Stock,
for opening, 237 239.
In the Foreign Market little doing as yet. Spanish
Active left off on Saturday 2.3 q 24k, at present may be
quoted a shade lower, 23,1-, '24 ; Deferred, 11i, 12i ; Pas-
sive fri 6 ; Portuguese, lower, left off 341, now 331- 34 ;
Three per Cents. 21k 22 ; Colombian, same as they
closed, 251 26 ; Mexican, same, 281- 29k ; Chilian, 56 58;
Brazilian, 71 72 ; Dutch Two-and-a-Half per Cents.,
51i ; Five per Cents. 931.
SHARES.—Great Western, 22 23 prem. ; London and
Brighton, 9i- 9 discount; Blackwall, 44 34 discount;
Birmingham, 81 83 prem. ; Southampton, 53 54 per
share ; Croydon, no quotation; Greenwich, 7i 8.1- per
share ; Manchester and Birmingham, 14 12 discount.
PRICES OF SHARES THIS DAY AT ONE.
RAILWAYS. Paid. Per Share.
Bristol and Exeter 6O ...... 361-..... to
Eastein Counties
Ditto Debentures - to
Great Western
Ditto New
London and Brighton
London and Blackwall
London and South Western 3Bif, 5...4 ...... to 53
70
Manchester and Leeds .
North Midland
Ditto New -
JOINT STOCK lANKS.
Australasia
Union of Australia.
Ditto New Shares 5 . 10i to
PRICES OF IRISH STOCKS, DUBLIN, DEC. 12.
3 per Cent. Consols
Three and Half Stock 9B ! Grand Canal 5t0ck.........

Ditto Reduced ...... ...

Ditto Debs. 6 per cent...

Ditto New, 1830 ...... 98i Ditto 4 per cent —
her Cent. Debs. 90-?„ I Royal Canal Stock

HALF-PAST ONE.

Private letters received this morning from Macao of the
3d August, state that the Chinese affairs are not likely to
be settled for a long period, and there is no chant::: of
coming to terms at least for a year. The people of
Macao are very anxious for news from Chusan, not having
received any for a month past.
Consols are a shade lower than in the early part of the
morning, and may be quoted 89 for the 15th January,
with little doing. Reduced, 89 ; Exchequer Bills, 1
3 prem. ; India Bonds, 13 discount ; Bank Stock 1661,
In the Foreign Market, Spanish Active is rather heavy,
at 931;-; Deferred, 11,3,-; Portuguese a shade higher 321 ;
Three per Cents., 214 ; Mexican, 29i; Brazilian, 72:
Dutch Two.and.a. Halt per Cents., 51i 4 ; Five per
98i
lit Shares some business has been done, but the prices
are lower. Bristol and Exeter 361, Eastern Counties 8;,
Great Western 87, ditto New 491, London and Brighton
301, London and Blackwall ISt. South. Western
Manchester and Leeds 78, North Midland 77, ditto
New 38.

GREAT NORTH OF ENGLAND RAILWAY.—
We understand that the Great North of England Railway
will be ready for the conveyance of coals on the 4th of
January next.—Railway Times.
EXTRAORDINARY EVENT.—On Saturday morn-
ing week, about a quarter past eight o'clock, the inhabi-
tants in the neighbourhood of Hoinscroft •Brewery,
Greenock, were alarmed by a strange noise, followed by
the falling of the brewhouse. On investigation, it was
found that the boiler, which was on the ground floor, had
exploded and gone right through the roof of the house, a
height of four stories, and alighted in a field about 120 feet
distant. When the explosion took place, Mr. Wallace,
the brewer, and his assistant, were standing immediately
under the mash-tun in the third flat, and how they escaped
with their lives is a miracle to every one, and to none
more than to themselves. When the steam and dust
cleared away, Mr. Wallace was seen walking up the field
in which the boiler lay, but how he got there he has not
the most distant idea. The under-brewer, who was talk-
ing with him when the explosion took place, was dragged
out from under the ruins. Ile was very severely scalded.
A man was working in a drain within ten feet of the boiler
when it blew up, and the stones of the buildings, fell
around him, but without hurting him. Another man was
slightly injured by some of the stones. It happened fottu-
natoly that nearly all the workmen were engaged in the
yard, at a considerable distance from the brewhouse, other-
wise many lives would in all likelihood have been lost.
Several of them had been engaged about the mash-tun
only a few minutes before. What is not a little singular.
Mr. Wallace's shoes were forced off his fact by some
means, and have not since been seen ; his bat, too, which
was on his head at. the time, was found on the following
day among the rums very much cut, and a thermometer
which he held in his hand was got at a considerable dis-
tance from the spot. A more remarkable escape than Mr.
Wallace made has rarely if ever cccurred. The mash-tun
under which he stood is now buried in the ruins, and a
large copper in a higher flat, containing thirty or forty
barrels of boiling water, was torn to pieces. In short, the
house, and the whole brewing utensils, are destroyed. --
4 Carlisle Journal.