The Sun.
London, England, 1852-06-17 00:00:00

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HAMPTON RACES,
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The Richmond Handicap.

Presto ...
Firebult

Captain Parry ...

Won by a longth.
Thc Soutl-,Westeru Riilway Plate.

Kitty Mr
Flouuce
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Wt by two lengl,lls.
Her libj.qoy's Plate.

Battnfly

Selina ...

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Won by two lengths.

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ACCIDENT AT SEA TO THE MAIL SCREW•STEAMEE
TUE :QUEEN OF THE SOUTH...—`Chia morning inforniation
having, been received at, the General Post-office that-the
above vessel,.wbich, sailed from Plymouth on the 15th inst.,
with mails for the Cape of Good Hope, Mauritius, Ceylon,
India, Ascension, Sierra Leonp, an4,Capo de Verd, had suo
tained damage at sea, and had been Obliged to put bac4 to
Plymouth f r repairs, the Postiriaster-Oeneral has issued a
notice that, in all probability,letters, Scc , for the` above-
mentioned places will be in time to be forliarded, if postLd
this evening. - •

The rate of money in the Stock Exchange is
as low as from Ito 1 per cent., and out of doots it is almost
impossible to obtain any allowance whatever for deposits at
call, At the eametime there is every prospect of a steady
increase of the supply. It is expected that the Bank ac-
counts for the week ending the 12th instant will show a
further increase in the bullion of about 300,000/., and since
that date there have been numerous arrivala which -must
greatly influence the next return. These , include 228,00 W.
feoM Sydney by the Blackwell, which was .announced;:, yea-
terdav, in addition to about 150,0001. previously recelated
from Australia by the Vimiera and other vessels,. 06,004
from Brazil, and 80,000/. from New York, makin an aggre-
gate otconsiderably moie than half a million. £here have
been no further arrivals from Russia, but additienal sums
are expected; and the last quotation of the rate of exchange
at New York indicates that shipments from that side also are
now likely to continue with renewed steadiness, although the
two next packets, the Humboldt and the Cambria, owinge to
the former merely calling at Southampton, and the latter
starting from Boston, will bring less
.than if their passages
were to be from New York to Liverpool direct.
GREAT CONFLAGRATION NEAR THE ST. KAMA..
PINE'S DOCK.—Last night, at a few minutes before nine
o'clock, a fire, attended with great destruction of property,
broke out in the extensive premises belong to Messre. lltab-
bock and Sons, wholesale oil and celourmen, carrying oil bu-
siness' it No. 114, Upper East Smithfield, immediately
facing the principal warehouses of the St. Katharine's Dock.
The premises in question were three floors high, and upwards
of 100 feet deep. Several engines were soon On the spot.
'Under the personal directions of Messrs.t Fogo, Jeckson, and
Connorton, the various firemen went to work in an admirable
manner; at the same time two branches were brought to
bear on the flames from the St. Katharine's Dock. The men;
however, had not been many minutes at week when a tre
menious explosion occurred, caused, it is supposed, by the
bursting of barrels of spirits of turpentine, which made the
front wall pert at one end, and it was feared that the same
would fall. 'ln spite of the torrents of water thrown upon the
flames, they were far from being extinguished at midnight;
but the firemen had happily succeeded by that time in pt..'
ting what is technically termed the mastery over the fearful
element, so that no further destruction of property was ap-
prehended. The total losi must be very considerable—et a
moderate calculation reaching to several thousand pounds
sterling. Mr. Hubbock was at Blackwell; dining•with some
friends at the Plough, when the disaster occurred. It is un-derstood that the loss will be partially covered by an insu-
rance in the Sun Fire-office.
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for
bettingr the suggeste
.offices
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Plate—of three dozen spoons day gatlA:ksecothte:—VhoewFiloigotmasana'
eaanedh.halEf
vaedry,zseunbtsoerrki
be,erbaiosreubrnscorNi,eptit.r e oifniati
forfeit le. The Tradesmen's Cup—by initials and
subscription of crest,
each from their masters' tills by the Londo ns h men. The Butchers' Stakes—of one hundred
pounds, open
to all the metropolitan butchers' boys, . The betting ben
limited to the betting-offices, and the final settling Ne'vill take
place at one of the penal settlements.—Puna.
~The Royal Botanic Society, Regent's-part,;, gave.
yesterday an additional fete, as some recompense to those
who were deprived by the rain of the pleasure of visiting
the gardens on the 9th instant. The chief floral attractuen
of the da.Y was the collection of. American plants, chiefly
rhododendrons, callected under one vast tent. These offered
ofat • t bl
is se
oneid oni
view,s a mass really mean) cen ossoms, such as
in this country on one spot. The most beau-
tifulteat of these were from the grounda of Messrs. Wat,,,-.?,r.
fnext
I:BEDE:AN ANii'CtiAP'ffEtßbe aporßpeaor
in
nESTthEirts AD
WisToN.—The casebearing
be resumed at ;.;
oetors'-commons la , the leth
instant. •
Cann OF POISONING AT
John Nicholls, a collier,
his temily, have been poisoneindgW(l
in Wigan, and porn t
1!37 eating same ae -
GAN.—A man nneod,
cakes which
the unfortunate man stated that he had picked up acci n
tallvln the street. ,several pets
suffered severely from illness, andNicholls and a child;e
cts
poison,,which is supp -a th
four yearscld, the son of a 'neighbour, died from the Mt
who examined the cake to br arsenic. c'
medical
of the persons who partook of
acbaok.
jet
shortly be-
fore his death, expressed his belief that the poisoned .01c"
were placed in the street through' which he was in the habit
of proceeding gentlemen
to his work by a woman now called Bet Brash,
whom he had married 18 year*
h
beery separated for upwards of 10 years. This wothan and.
a man with whom she -has cohabiting rotn
hafaitin
quently arested, and are detained in custody
coroner's inquest! w whom
menrde
pending
bhts'ahed-e