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

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ACCIDENT AT SEA TO THE MAIL SCREW•STEAAIER
THE QUEEN OF THE SouTH.—This morning information
having been received at the General Post-office that the
above vessel, which sailed from Plymouth on the 15th inst.,
with mails for the Cape of Good Hope, Mauritius, Ceylon,
India, Ascension, Sierra Leone, and Cape de Verd, bad sus-
tained damage at sea; and had been obliged to put back to
Plymouth for repairs, the Postmaster-General has issued a
notice that, in all probability, letters, &c., for the above-
mentioned places will be in time to be forwarded, if posted
this evening.
The rate of money in the Stock Exchange is
as low as from Ito per cent., and out of doors it is almost
impossible to obtain any allowance whatever for deposits at
call. At the same tim 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 300,0001., and since
that date there have been numerous arrivals, which must
greatly influence the next return. These include 228,0001.
from Sydney by the Blackwell, which was announced yes-
terday, in addition to about 150,000/. previously received
from Australia by the Vimiera and other vessels, 06,0004
from Brazil, and 80,0001. from New York, making au aggre-
gate of considerably more than half a million. There have
been no further arrivals from Russia, but additional 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, owing 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. KATLIA-
luxes 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 Messrs. Hub-
bock and Sons, wholesale oil and colourmen, carrying on bu-
einess at 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. Togo, Jackson, and
Connorton, the various firemen went to work in air 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 work when a tre-
mendous explosion occurred, caused, it is supposed, by the
bursting of barrels of spirits of turpentine, which made the
front wall part at one end, and it was feared that the same
would fall. In spite. pf the tomcats of water thrown upon the
flames, they were far from being extinguished at midnight ;
but the'firemen had happily succeeded by that time in get-
ting What is technically termed the mastery over the fearful
element, so that no further destruction of property was ap-
prehended. The total loss must be very considerable—at 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.

OUR RACING PROPRECY.—If the betting offices'
are not put down before next year, we should suggest sums-.
g
a
thing like theforllhoew Footman'spLlate--of three dozen spoonsogramme for the. next Gup'
day at Ascot:_
and half a dozen forks, by subscription
each. Every subscriber to remos
of a
,spoon or a fork
forfeit ls. The Tradesmen's Cu
thei. initials and crest, or
a-crown each from their masterYtidbsubscription of half--
men. The Butchers' Stakes—Of one hundredYthe London shop-
to all the metropolitan butchers' boys. e pounds, open
limited to the betting-offices, and the final betting
will be
settling Will take
place at one of the penal settlements.—Punch.
The Royal Botanic Society, Regent's-park, ,
gave'
yesterday an additional fete, as some recompense to.thoseng
who were deprived by the rain of the pleasure of visiting
the gardens on the 9th instant. Tire chief floral attraction
of the day was the collection of American plants, chiefly
rhododendrons, collected under one vast tent. These offered
at one views a mass of really magnificent blossoms, such as
is seldom seen in this country on one spot. The most beau-
tiful of these were, from the grounds of Messrs. Waterer.
Three military bands lent au additional attraction to the fete.
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THE DEAN AND CHAPTER OF ik,OCUESTER AND R.
be
hearing of the appeal in this case is to'
be resumed at LOCIOIS'•COMITIOUS on Friday next, the 18th
instant. . .
CASE OF POISONING AT WIGAN.—A man named
John.Nicholls,
Vigan, and a portion of
his family, havoa bcollier, living ill V I vhich
man
poisoned by eating some ea -es 1.
the unfortunate a'i stated that he had picked up acciden-
tally in the street.
Several Parsons who partook of the cakes
antlered severely fron
101ness, and Nicholls and a child, about
four years old, the son f
a neighbour died from the effects
of the poison, which is
who examined the cake supposed by the' medical gentlemen
fore his death, expressed hisenienic• Nicholls, shortly be-
fore
placed in the street throughe belief
that the poisoned cakes
of ni„ceding to his work by a v which he was in the habit
whomi he bad married 18 years
ago, woman now called Bet Brash,
been separated for upwards of 19years. but from whom he had
a man with whom she has been s This woman and
biting were subse-
quently crested, and are detained i
. - - n .C3t9dy pending the
coroner's inquest. .