The Sun.
London, England, 1866-05-01 00:00:00

COLONIAL.

TEA.—There has been very little business transacted
the trade having deferred their operations until the public
sales, which commence to-day, when about 8,300 packages
will be offered, chiefly without reserve.
SUGAR.—There has been a better enquiry, and prices
have shown more firmness. In the refined market also a
fair amount of business has been done at fully previous
rates.

COFFEE.—A moderate amount of business has been re-
ported in both Plantation and Native Ceylon, without
material change as regards values.

RlCE.—Business has been dull, and the few parcels that
have changed hands have been at former quotations.
CINNAMON. —At public sale, just concluded, the prices
realized were irregular; superior qualities, however,
brought an advance of 3d. to 4d. per lb., and inferior id.
to 2d. per lb. on previous current rates.

FATAL FIRE IN SUFFOLK.—On Saturday an in-
quest was held at Cavendish, Suffolk, on the bodies
of two men named Reeve and Deeks, who had lost their
lives on the preceding day at a fire in the cocoa-nut fibre
manufactory of Mr. Churchyard, at that place. It is cus-
tomary to lay cocoa nut fibre which has been wetted for
any purpose in the yard to dry previous to its being manu-
factured, and on Friday a quantity of fibre was lying in the
yard attached to Mr. Churchyard's factory for that pur-
pose. Shortly after 2 o'clobk this fibre became ignited by
some unaccountable means, and the flames communicated
with other fibre in the factory. An alarm was given, but
such was the inflammable nature of the material that the
flames spread from floor to floor with very great rapidity.
Iu less than five minutes every part of the building was in
flames. There were between 20 and 30 persons employed
in the factory at the time. All wore saved, however, ex-
cept the deceased. Decks was taken out of the third floor
window by a ladder, but he had received injuries which
terminated fatally on Saturday. Reeve's body was not dis-
coved until the fire was extinguished. The fire is sup-
posed to have been caused by some one smoking. At the
inquest on Saturday no satisfactory evidence could be ob-
tained on this subject, and the jury returned a verdict of
" Accidentally burnt."

TIIE MURDER IN IRELAND.—DUBLIN, Monday.—
The jury have found a verdict of wilful murder
against Richard Kearney, the man charged with having
shot a policeman on Sunday in this city. The report that
a soldier was with the murderer is false. A private, named
Murphy, of the sth Dragoon Guards, who was passing at
the time, tried to seize Kearney, but meveral persons pre-
vented him, and threatened him The jury commended
Murphy. Kearney is known to be a Fenian. No arrest
was made, but one of the witnesses at the inquest was taken
into custody. He was supposed to be concealing impor-
tant information.

THE EXPENDITURE ON THE BRITISH MUSEUM for
the past year was £lOl,BOB 14s. 4d., and the sum required
for the ensuing year will be about £102,744. During
the past few years there has been a continuous decrease
in the number of visitors, exclusive of readers. The num-
ber of visitors have diminished considerably. During
the past year there were 30,000 fewer than in 1861. 29,686
volumes have been added to the library. The number of de-
liveries of manuscripts to readers during the years is 2,311,
and to artists and others in the-rooms of the department to
4,199. Tho collection of manuscripts has been added to by
1,177 documents, 180 original charters, and 231 casts of seals •
The Egerton collection has been increased by forty manu-
scripts. At the sale of the celebrated collection of the late
Count Pourtales a number of antiquities were purchased
for the Greek and Roman departments. In coins and medals
we learn that the great collection formerly in the Bank of
England, and numbering with the medals collected by
Messrs. Hoggard and Cuff about 7,700 specimens, have
been deposited in the museum by the Bank authorities.
Professor Owen reports 16,700 additions in the department
of zoology, 10,078 in that of geology, and 3,623 in that of
mineralogy.
THE PRUSSIAN PROJECT OF FEDERAL REFORM.--
According to the Journal de Bruxelles the following are
the bases of the plan proposed by Prussia to the Diet : —l.
A Parliament to be elected by universal suffrage, with
some restrictions in respect of the qualifications of depu-
ties. 2. An executive power shall be constituted, in which
Austria:, Prussia, and Bavaria alone shall exercise prepon-
derating influence. 8. Germany shall be divided into
three military groups, formed by Austria, Prussia, and
Bavaria. 4. Prussia and Bavaria to have the superior
command of the military forces forming the two last-men-
tioned groups : Prussia to have command of the Federal
fleet, which will bo at once created. 5. The Diet will
cease to guarantee the possessions of Austria, but an ulte-
rior understanding upon that subject may be arrived at.
6. Tho Parliament shall have the function of voting the
contingents of the subsidies for the army and marine, and
all laws applicable to the entire Confederation. 7. The
diplomatic direction to be left exclusively in the hands of
Prussia, which, however, will allow of the different other
States retaining the power of naming their respective
Consuls.

IADYERTISEMENT.I --Holloway's Pills and Ointment.—
A frequent cause of gout and rheumatism is the inflamma-
tory state of the blood, attended with bad digestion and
general debility. A few doses of these pills taken in time
aro an effectual preventative against put and rheumatism ;
but any one who has an attack of either should use Hol-
loway's ointment also, the powerful properties of which,
combined with the effect of the pills, must infallibly effect
a cure. These pills act directly on the blood, which they
and improve. They also regulate the secretions
andpliifrgyive tone to the stomach, and thus the whole system
is invigorated and put into a condition which enables it to
stop the approach of divas°, or throw it off.