The Sun.
London, England, 1856-03-29 00:00:00

LATEST PARTICULARS.

Upon making inquiry last evening at the hospital, the
young man, Francis Wright, who resides at No. 30,
Slater-street, was in a very dangerous condition from
severe scalds and contusions by the water from the
boiler and the falling of the debris.
A litt'e girl, named Eliza Turning, aged three years,
was seriously injured while sitting at breakfast with her
mother, at No. 2, Bren-street, at the rear of the saw-
mills. The unfortunate child was seen by Mr. Eagle,
of Church-street, and subsequently she was removed to
the London Hospital, where Mr. Roes, the house-sur-
geon, rendered every possible aid, and the s.ufferor is
progressing favourably.
It appears t hat immediately after the explosion, which
was of a fearful character, the boiler, which weighed up-
wards of five tons, passed through three brick walls, and
carried away three water closets, and then went through
a stable, leaving a pony uninjured, but forcing the
building down. The ponderous mass then dropped into
the cellar of the house of Mr. Wright, having previously
forced in the brick wall. When the boiler entered t'ie
latter building, the injured young man (Wright) was
writing a letter to his sister in the country. The mother
and four children were in the lower room ; the former
was discovered after the explosion under a beam in the
kitchen, and the children were fortunately playing in
the bed-room.

Last evening, Superintendent Steel, of the H divi.
sion, visited the rains in company with a Government
officer, who male an inspection of the boiler, which had
been carried by the violence of the explosion a distance
of 76 feet from its position in the saw mills ; and, from
what the reporter could glean, there appears to be a
large fracture at the inner svrfaee of t,he boiler, which
urst at the rear, and passed away forwards, which is
somewhat unusual in boiler explosions.
The workmen had been employed three hours before
the sad accident took place, and whether the misfortune
has arisen from the want of water, or neglect in another
way, remain.; to be ascertained.

The destruction of property will amount in the total
to several thousand pounds ; and such is the havoc
made on the bumbe dwellings of the industrious people
residing immediately round the scene of the explosion,
that many will be great sufferers by the disaster.
It is a remarkable faot that, notwithstanding such a
fearful explosion, no lives were lost.
The boiler had been in use several years, but was
made by a first-rate firm.

MARKET NEWS.--(Phis Day.)

COVENT GARDEN.

The supplies generally were very moderate, and the
trade was by no menus active, at last week's quotations.
FRUIT.—Dino apples, English,- tis to 12a per lb ; colonial
do., Os to Os each ; hot-house grapes, 20s to 30. s 03 per lb ;
foreign ditto, Od to Os ; melons, 2s 03 to 3s 63 each;
peaches, 2e 03 to 6s ' • nectarines, is 6,1 to 4s per dozen ;
apples, 2s 03 to 3s 03 per half sieve ; pears, is 01 to
35 per dozen ; plums, Os to Oa per sieve ; green gages, Os
per punnet; apricots, is 6,1 to 5603 per doz.; common plums,
Os 0.1 to Os 03 per sieve; cherries, Od to 01 per pound ;
lemons, Gd to is 3d per doz ; oranges, Gs to 12s per 100 ; fil-
berts, 93 to Os per doz. Ibs ; cobnuts, 12s to 15s ; almonds,
Os to Os per lb. ; walnuts, 01 to 03 per 100; figs, Os 93
to is 6.1 per dos ; strawberries, 01 to 03 por pottle ; goose-
berries, Os Od to Os 03 per half sieve ; currants, Os 03 to
Os 03 per half sieve ; raspberries, 03 to 03 per pottle.
VEGETABLEI3.—Greent, is 63 to 3s 03 per doz. bunches;
cabbages, Is to 2s 01 per dozen ; Savoy ditto, 93 to
is Gd per do. ; brecoli, is 63 to' s per bundle ; potatoes, 60s
to 904 per ton ; vegetable marrow, 03 to Os per doz. ; peas,
Os to Os 03 per bushel ; French beans, 3s 03 to Os 03 per
100 ; turnips, 3d to -41 per bunch ; carrots, 53 to 6d por
bunch ; cucumbers, 3s 03 to 5s 03 each ; garlic, 6d to
Os 83 per pc and ; spinach, 28.63 to 4s 03 por sieve ;
old cations, 2663 to 4s per bushel ; new ditto, 33 to 4d
per bunch ; leeks, 23 to 33 per bunch ; shallots,
&l to 103 ; horse-raddish, 2s 03 to 4s per bundle ; parsley,
43 to 63 per bunch ; celery, Os 93 to is 63 per
bunch ; endive, ls 6d to 4s 03 per score ; beet, is 03 to 2s
per doz. ' • parsnips, Os 63 to Is Od per dozen ; small
salad, 23 to 3d per punnet ; mushrooms, is 03 to is 63 per
pottle; artichokes, is 33 to 1s 63 per half sieve; cabbage let-
tuces, 641 to is 03 per score ; sorrel, 03 to Os per half sieve ,
radishes, Os to 0301 per dozen hands ' • tomatoes, 3s to 4s
per half sieve ; chillies, is to is 6d, per 100; Brussels
sprouts, 2s Od to 3s Od per half sieve; capsicums, is to 2s
per 100 ; walnuts pickling, 03 to Os per 100 ; cauliflowers,
is to 4s 03 per doz. ; rhubarb, 6d to is 03 per bundle ;
asparagus, 3s to 10s per 100 ; sea kail, is to 2s 6d per punnet.

NEWGATE AND LEADENHALL
Turkeys, ls 61 to 8s 61; Goslings, 6s Od to 7s 61 each ;
Ducks, 3s tsd to 4s 3d ; wild do., Os Od to Os to Od ; rab-
bits, is to is 64 each ; Pigeons, Btl to 10,1 each ; large
Surrey Fowls, Oa 01 to Os 01 ; middling, 2s to 3s 0,1 ;
Chickens, 2s 0,1 to 2s 61 ; Capons, 3t 6,1 to 4s 6d ; Hares,
3s 01 to 480 d ; Grouse, Os 0,1 to Os to 0,1 each ; Pheasants,
Oa 01 to Oa Q4i ; PWrtridges, 03 at to Os to Od ; Guinea
Fowls, 2s 9d to 3s 6d ; Roasting pigs, Os Od to 03 01 eaoh.
Ostend fresh butter, 12s Oil to 13s 01, and English 13a Od
to 16s 61 per dozen lbs. English eggs, Os to 10301 ; French
do., 6s Od to 7s 6.1 per 120.