The Sun.
London, England, 1851-06-09 00:00:00

SHIP NEWS.

GRAVESEND, JUNE B.—Wind S.W., strong breeze,
clear, fine.

Arrived—Navarino, Apollo, Prince Albert, Mary
Louisa, Sarnia, Friends, and Dee, from Guernsey; Sybil,
from Barbadoes; Horatio, from Santa Martha; Jean
Maria, from Porto Rico; Potentate, Slanderings, and
Agestina, from Launceston; Alberton, from Penang;
Cornucopia, from Buenos Ayres; Trafalgar, from Trini-
dad; Mary Caroline, from the Mediterranean; Comet,
from Marseilles; Los Huit Freres, from Bourdeaux;
Lotus and Mary Louise, from the Havannah ; Colonist,
from Hobart Town; Antarctic, from Coquimbo; Aurora,
from Oporto; Leon and Lionne, from Gravelines; Eu-
gene and Pauline, from Caen; Jeune Victor, from
Redon ; Genova, from Constantinople; Duo Sorelle, from
Messina; Vider, from Norway; Carnatic, from the Mau-
ritius ; Viscount Sandon, from China ; Alliance,
from Guernsey ; Pearl and Clio, from Lisbon ; St.
Bartholomew, from Gottenburg ; Agincourt, from
Calcutta; Earl of Hardwicke, from Bombay ;
Alfred and Catherine, from Calcutta ; John
Scott, from Barbadoes ; Belladonna, from Alexan-
dria; Rosanna, from Jamaica; Texan, from America:
Triton, from Ostend; Seine, from Boulogne; City of
London, from Dunkirk; Menai, from Calais; Magnet,
from Rotterdam; Ranger, from Amsterdam; Diana,
from Harlingen; Stadt .Dordrecht, from Dordt; Giraffe,
from Rotterdam.

Sailed—City of Rotterdam Concordia, Batavier, Earl
of Auckland, and Attwood, for Dunkirk; William Jol-
liffe, for Havre; John Bull, Sarnia, and Thames, for
Harabargh; Sir Edward Banks, for Ostend; Albion, for
Boulogne; Fame, for Calais; Antwerpen, for Antwerp;
Lord John Russell, for Harlingen; Derwent, for Hobart
Town; Victory, for the Cape of Good Hope; Sumpter,
for Boston; Plumstead, for Monte Video; Ocean, for
Elsinore; Dispatch, for Guernsey; Hibernia, for Liver-
pool; Ann Wise, for Demerara; St. Croix, for Hon-
duras; Prince Albert, for Hudson's Bay; British Sove-
reign, for Port Philip; Sir Robert Peel, for Mysore;
Charlotte, for the Baltic; Susan E. Owen, for New York

EXTENSIVE FlRE.—Shortly after twelve o'clock
yesterday morning a fire broke out in the manufactory of
Messrs. Crosse and Blackwell, Italian warehouse and pickle
merchants, Soho-square. 'The premises are very extensive,
and run down to Sutton-street, contiguous to the large shop
and house in the square; but the doors which enter them
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from the house are large ron ones, which aro closed at the
termination of business, This precaution proved successful,
for the fire was entirely confined to the warehouse in which
the pickle is manufactured and stored. Mr. Braidwood, with
several engines from the different stations, was speedily on
the spot, and, with an excellent supply of water, in about
one hour and a half banished all fear of its extending. The
flames were seen at a considerable distance, and crowds came
pouring from all quarters of the metropolis. Soho-square and
the small streets were utterly impassable. No injury was
done to the adjacent buildings. The premises are insured in
two or three fire-offices, and the damage done is supposed to
amount to about 2,000/.

THE METROPOLITAN WATER BILL.—The Select
Committee obtained by Sir George Grey upon this Bill will
enter upon their inquiries immediately after the Whitsun
holy-days. Mr. Edwin James, Mr. Phinn, and Mr. Ellis
have been retained to conduct the inquiry in support of the
Bill on behalf of the Government. A considerable number
of members of the bar have also been retained on the part of
the various parties interested, but their UOIO have not as
yet transpired.