The Sun.
London, England, 1848-07-25 00:00:00

Won by a length.
THE THREE HUNDRED SOVS. STAKES.:

Van Tromp

Cossack

Won in a canter.

MARKET NEWS.— f THIS DAY.)
COLONIAL.
SUGAR.—The market for British Plantation • con-
tinues heavy, and only 70 hogsheads have found buyers,
at prices fully is below those of this day week. There
have been no public sales of importance, owing to the
unwillingness of importers to realise in the present
unsettled state of the market. 150 cases Idaroint, im-
ported in a foreign ship, have been disposed of
privately at 18s per cwt. The quantity of Bri-
tish Plantation landed last week at the East
and West India Docks was 823 hhds 38 tierces 253 brls,
there were taken for home consumrtion 1,403 Wide 175
tierces, 404 barrels. The stock in the same Place is
17,736 hhds 2,371 tierces, 4,310 barrels.
COFFEE.— 667 bags 25 casks Plantation Ceylon• were
chkfly disposed of by auction at steady rates, but 250
bags Native were withdrawn fur want of buyers at pre-
vious prices.
RUM.—The quantity landed last week at the East
and West India Docks was 522 nuns 135 hh(ls.• There
were taken fur home consumption 100 puns 10 MA:,
and exported 61 puns 82 hhds. The stock in the same
places is 17,182 puns 3,381 hhds.
RICE.-840 bags Penang at auction brought a further
advance of 3d per cwt, mid yellowish grain being dis-
posed of at 8s 6d to 9s per cwt.
SALTPETRE.-716 bags Bengal sold without material
alteration in value, Bid to aid per cwt refraction, having
brought 24s to 26s 6d per cwt.
SPIcEs.--2,900 bags Black Pepper, and 330 bags
Pimento were offered by auction; the Pepper were only
about one-third realised at lid to for ord to clean
sifted Sumatra, the remainder being withdrawn above
the market value. The Pimento were nearly all with-
drawn for want of buyers on previous terms.
TAELow.—P.Y.C. is 43s 3(1 for old, and 43s Gd for
new, per cwt on the spot, and Town 46s Gd.
TEA.—The market is quiet.

BAY MAR/MTS.
SMITLIFIELD.—OId Meadow Hay, 3/ to 3/ l ss; New
ditto, 21 8s to 31 8s; Old Clover, 41 to 51; New ditto,
3/ 10s to 41 10s; and Straw, 11 4s to 11 lOs per load.
Supply moderate, and trade dull.
CUMBERLAND. Old Meadow Hay, 31 3s to 41;
New ditto, 21 8s to 31 10s; Old Clover, 4/ to 41 15s;
New ditto, 31 lOs to 4155; and Straw, I/ 65 to 11 lOs
per load. Trade rather dull, at the above quotations.
WHITECHAPEL.—OId Meadow Hay, 31 to 31155; New
ditto, 2l 5s to 318 s; Old Clover, 4/ to 5/ ; New ditto,
318 s to 4/ 10s; and Straw, 1/ 4s to 11 lOs per load.
Supply good, and trade dull.

FATAL ACCIDENT NEAR PUTNEY-BRIDGE. On
Sunday evening an accident, which, we regret to state,
has resulted in the loss of four lives, viz., two males and
two females, occurred on the river Thames, just above
Putney-bridge. It appears that about a quarter to nine
o'clock, the unfortunate individuals were observed com-
ing down the river in a skiff, on the Middlesex side of the
stream, and when nearly opposite the Steam-boat Pier,
close to Putney-bridge, it being nearly dark and raining
fast, the boat struck against or came athwart the chains
by which a barge was moored, and instantly upset, and
the whole of the party were immersed in the water, and
almost immediately disappeared. The drags were most
promptly procured, and every exertion used to find the
bodies; but full twenty minutes elapsed before the
efforts were successful, and then the bodies of the two
men were recovered, and immediately conveyed to the
Swan, Fulham, where several surgeons were in atten-
dance, but life was then quite extinct. Up to last even-
ing the bodies of the females had not been found. From
one of the sculls being broken in the blade, it is thought
tint that ruielt have led to the accident.

BIRTHS.
Oa the lith inst., at Colwell cottage, Exeter, the lady of
Lieut.-Colonel J. A. Thompson, C. 8., of a daughter.
On the 20th inst., at Holkham, the Countess of Leicester,
of a son and heir.