The Sun.
London, England, 1841-05-10 00:00:00

PROVISION MARKET.

In Ii ish Butter no change can be quoted ; there was so little
in the market, that it is difficult to give prices at all. Dutch
Butter in good supply, and prices lower—fine, 935. per cwt.
Lard dull, and fine bladdered at 70s. per cwt. Bacon more
inquired after, and prices firmer. Prime parcels of Waterford
sold at 58s to 60s. per cwt.
HOP MARKET.

Prices very firm, with a good demand for all descriptions,
especially for the brown kinds, which, owing to the scarcitj
and comparatively high rate of the better kinds, attract atten-
tion, and are expected to be higher.

NAVAL INTELLIGENCE.
(From the Malta Times of April 14.)
The Bellerophon, Hastings and Implacable will sail shortly
for England, calling at Gibraltar for orders. The Thunderer is
ordered to proceed to Gibraltar and is to be stationed there.
The Magpie surveying vessel sailed on the 13th for. Candia and
will be followed shortly by the Beacon. The Dido will sail short-
ly for Suda in Candia. The Britannia, bearing the flag of Rear
Admiral Ommaney, and Rodney are hourly expected from
Marmorice. The Hydra steam frigate and Megmra steam
packet are ordered to proceed to the West Indies. The con-
tract steam packet City of Dublin arrived on the 11th inst.
with mails from the lonian Islands and Greece. Those for Gi-
braltar and England will not be sent on until the 19th inst.
The City of Dublin returns to-day with the London mails of
March 31 and April 3. The Edinburgh, which sailed hence for
England on the 4th inst. was fallen in with off Pantellaria on
the 11th, having encountered strong contrary winds. The
Trinculo, arrived at Gibraltar the 31st ult. in two days from
Lisbon. The Siren, 16, is to be commissioned by Lord Fre-
derick Beauclerk and proceed to the Mediterranean. Nine
French sail of the line, under the command of Admiral Hugon,
sailed from Toulon, and were lying in the Bay of Hyeres on
the 9th inst.

THE FUNDS.
The British Funds opened this morning at the leaving-off
prices of Saturday, with an inactive market. Consols may be
quoted at 89i 90.40ney ; for the Account 90,i. Exchequer
Bills, 5 7 prem. ; Bank Stock, 168 170; India stock, 250 252 ;
India Bonds, 2 dis, 2 prem.
Portu
Active, 24* ; Deferred, 12i I ; Passive, 5i it;iBlt
_guese,
851E7pi e 5r
8a
fil a ire r.;
69i ; Co.ln the Foreign Market the prices are rominal. Spanish
34* i ; '1 hree per Cents., 20* i ; Brazilian,
lombian, 24 23 ; Mexican, 2834 `)9- ; Dutch Twe-and•a-Half
per Cents., 52i a; Five per Cents.
d.em;* ;BNlacekwwall3l
Sila RES.—Great Western 28 2!).‘ preen.
prem. ; London and Brighton '
THIS DAY AT ONE.
16
*164 !-
Paid. Per Share.
dis. ; Birmingham 69 71 oGuttheeahmwpitcohn
share ; Croydon In 14i Pers
14
Manchester and Birmingham 15 dis.
RAILWAYS.
PRICES OF SHARES
d Gloucester ...... 100 73 ...... to
Birmingham an
FATAL STEAM EXPLOSION ON THE RIVER. Cheltenham and Great Western. 62i 34•••••• to
.65
--
Short]—y before six o'clock this morning a large ballast barge preinha.2r;e
Great Western .................... . . 92i ...... to
Awn 0 . 4 •
worked by steam, used for cleansing and removing obstruc- London andl36„
.t
ham ''„,,
..... i•••••• to 47
tior,s in the Thames, was destroyed by the bursting of the London and I3irmi •g 15308 ... 15,
...... to
South Western
boiler, and one of the workmen killed. The following are the London and i ...... 57i••• •• t°
Ditto Tenths
particulars :—The barge was moored off Dicken's coal wharf,
HINFS•
Upper Ground-street, Blackfriars, and about five o'clock the 0 liar, Imperial (at 51. pm. ) 20
men commenced work. They had net been long engaged 'if"' ..... 5
when the boiler of the engine burst with a tremendous ex 10-HALF-PAST ONE.
The agitated state of our domestic
sion, similar to a report of artillery, and scattered fragments • . in the British affairs entirely paralyses
all opeiations Funds, in ',O f
of the machinery to a considerable distance around. There
fairs, which we have no doubt likewise commerci— a•-
were three men on board, only two of whom were able to
critical state of the Minist will continue during the present
escape, which they did by jumping into an adjoining vessel
night's debate and its results. All eyes are now fixed on this
before the engine and barge, with its ponderous machinery,
in a stagnant state. All
everything retrains
sunk. The report was heard at a considerable distance along
A vessel has arrived from Antigua
the banks of the river, arid speedily attracted several water-
we we cannot learn her d , but to the present time
men and lightermen to the spot. It was then ascertained ate of sailing. It is generally supposed,
the had the President b
a man, named John Constable, had not been seen since
before
this. een there, it would have been made public
explosion, and as he must have sunk with the barge, upon
Consols at
which lay an immense mass of iron, and which must have
present are a shade lower than in the morning.
been 90 for the A g.
been removed before he could be rescued, there was no chance
of saving him. Up to a late hour in the morning several men preen. ;Bank Stock, nothing done ; India Stock, 254 251 ;
•portions of the wreck, India Bonds I dis.
but actively engaged in removing can be wholly In the ' Is'
but a considerable time must elapse before that. . Foreign Market only five quotations. Spanish Ac-
accomplished. The barge was under the direction of Mr. tive lower, receded from 24* to 23 i ; Portuguese, 34i i ;
Schooley. Three per Cents., 20*; Dutch Two-and-a-Half-per-Cents.,
SAD MISTAKE.--When a female member of 54 ; Five per Cents., 9n.
be British Royal family holds a levee, it is customary for In Shares nothing doing. Birmingham and Gloucester, 73 ex.
nobilit • and no others. I. div. ; Cheltenham and Great Western, 30%; Great Western,
her to kiss the ladies of the ),
lady of the Lord Justice Clerk was, on 2 '
' 921 • London and Bliton, 47 ; London
i and Birmingham,
happened that the 159 ; London and South N estern, 5711.
thosepresented
one occasion, among the number of to the m ••
Money 13 rather in demand. •
I,ta Princess Amelia, who, as it is well known, was very QUARTER TO THREE.
•
deaf. .. Stand by for my Lady Justice Clerk," said the Consols, Account, 89% 90;
Mexican,
283- 29 ; Portu-
man in waiting. Meanwhile, some meddling person whit. guese, 34i ti ; Spanish, 231 24. Markets have a firmer ap-
Tered him that his announcement was incorrect, the lady I pearance.
being a commoner. By this time the kiss preliminary j The following has been posted at the North and South Ame-
was about to be performed, when out bawled the man of rican Coffeehouse :
office through a speaking trumpet, " Dont kiss her, Ma- "A large steamer, under canvas, no steam, was seen on th-
din, she's not a lady 1" 10th April, tat. 13, long. 23, steering N. W., by- the '
Lord
Ponsonhy, arrived at Deal."

ArrommENTs.—Lieutenant W. C. Chamberlain from
the Stromboli to the Excellent. Mr. Francis Clifton is ap-
pointed Naval Storekeeper of Malta Dock-yard, and his situa•
non at the Admiralty is to be filled by the eldest son of T. T.
Grant, Esq., of the Royal Clarence Victualling Yard.
INDIA MAILS.--The Great Liverpool steamer arrived in
port on the 12th inst. at six A.M., with the London snails of
31st ult., and proceeded to Alexandria on the following day
with those for India, Egypt, and Syria, taking likewise those
from London of the sth, which arrived by the Alecto, from
Marseilles, on the 13th inst.