The Sun.
London, England, 1858-09-18 00:00:00

TIIIS DAI'S SHIPPING.

LONDON, Sept. 18.--Wind this day at noon, N. ;
light breeze, and tine.

-SOUTHAMPTON, Sept. 17.—Wind N.—Sailed—Atrato
s), for West Indies.

PLYMOUTH, Sept. I7.—Wind S.E.—Arrived—Mary
B. Rich, from Segala la Grande ; Actif, from Nantes ;
Duke of Cornwall (s), from London for Dublin ; Dublin
(s), and Ondine (8), from Dublin; Sybelle, from Water-
ford.

FALMOUTH, Sept. 17.—Wind S.E.—Admiral Wind-
ham, from Rotterdam. Sailed—Hilda, for Marseilles ;
Danube, for Bristol ; Lawrence, for Liverpool ; Swan, for
Cork.

HULL, Sept. 17.—Wind S.E.—Arrived—Prince (s),
from 'Antwerp; Anna, from Memel; Thetis, from Elsi-
nore; Indian, from Gothenberg; Occident (ss), from
Cronstadt.
DOVER, Sept. l7.—Arrived—Sophia Maria, from Havre
from Frederickstadt, with bows stove and other damage,
having been in collision on the loth, of Hythe, with a
screw steamer.

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,SOUTHAMPTON, Saturday Morning.

Wind W.
Arrived.—Fellowship, from Seaham ; Lady Constance
and Mary Lawson, from Sunderland ; Courier, steameri
from St. Thomas ; Havre, steamer, from Havre.
Sailed—South, Picton, Llangothland, Sea, and Alarm—
all for Newport ; Alliance, steamer from Havre; Despatch,
steamer, for Jersey.

LIVERPOOL, Saturday Morning.

Wind W., fresh.

'Arrived, Sept. 17.—Historia, from Kooria Mooria ;
Shakspeare, from Arica ; Ocean Pearl, from New Orleans ;
Pyramid, from St. George's, New Brunswick; Olafuge,
from Iceland ; Cynosure, from Smyrna ; Kingaloch, Sines,
Jacqueline, and Elise, from Amsterdam.
Arrived, Sept. 18—Clarence, from St. John's, New
Brunswick ; Cochituare, from Baltimore ; Ricardo and Blue
Brune, from Alexandria ; Cook, from Ostend ; Neutral,
from Riga.; Lavie, from Dantxic ; Edoward, from Ghent ;
Brevente and Little Marie, from Nantes.
Off—Canadian, Nautilus, and Agnes.
Sailed--Metear, for Melbourne ; William Tapscott, for
New York.

(BY SUBMARINE AND BRITISH TELEGRAPH,)
GRAVESEND, Saturday Morning.
_ Wind N.W. ; high water ; fine.
Arrived, Sept. 18—Prospect, from Cronstedt; Cyprian,
from Hudickswall ; Pica, from Onega ; City of Norwich,
Trident, steamer, and Swallow, steamer, from Tonning ;
Imperial, steamer, from Malaga ; Gibraltar, steamer, from
Cadiz.
Sailed, 18—Tone, steamer, for Bremen.
DEAL, Saturday Morning.
Wind N.W.. moderate, and fine.

Passed—R. . Sumner, from London, for New Orleans.
Anchored—Australian, from London, for Brixham.

EXTENSIVE CONFLAGRATION.—A most fearful
fire, destroying property to the extent of nearly £I,OOO,
occurred at Wilbrighton, near Gnosall, Staffordshire, on
Tuesday night. The principal portion of Wilbrighton be-
longs to Sir Thomas F. F. Boughey, of Aqualate-hall,
Newport, and the hon.baronet, finding that the land was
badly cultivated, has within the last few .years farmed it
himself, and by an improved system has brought the whole
into a high state of cultivation. The steward's house is
situated on a hill, and the homestead adjacent was crowded
with gigantic stacks of grain, the produce of the well-
managed estate. About 9 o'clock on Tuesday evening,
smoke was seen issuing from the stackyard, and an imme-
diate alarm was made. .The engine from the Duke of
Sutherland's at Lilleshall, the town engine from Newport,
and the engine from Aqualate, were soon on the spot,
but not before the flames had reached such a height
that the faintest possibility of extinguishing them was
hopeless. The fire spread from stack to stack
with feaiful rapidity, and the extensive yard was
soon enveloped in one huge sheet of fire, which raged so
fiercely that no one could approach it. Every possible
effort was made to save the implements, waggons, &c., in
the yard, but, with few exceptions, their efforts were unsuc-
cessful. The difficulty of obtaining water from the valley,
the stackyard being on the hill, was so great that no check
could be given to the devastating element, which continued
to rage until the afternoon of the following day, when not
a single vestige of anything but the iron from the waggons
and implements was to be seen. The heat from the flames
scorched'the trees near the stack-yard, and literally malted
the apples on the trees. The origin of the fire is at present
unknown, but there are strong suspicions that it was the
work of an incendiary. Sir Thomas Boughey was at the
spot as speedily as possible, and remained there the whole
night, and numbers of neighbouring farmers and labourers
flocked to the scene to render any assistance they could, the
flames from the burning mass having lighted up the coun-
try for a circle of many miles. We understand that Sir
Thomas is not insured,—Manchester Guardian.