The Sun.
London, England, 1861-09-18 00:00:00

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LATEST BETTING.
CESIREIVITCH. STAKES.
100 to 6 agst Paste (taken)
25 to 1 agst Rapparee (taken)
25 to 1 agst Emperor (taken)
25 to 1 agst The Roe (taken)
CAMBRIDGESHIRE.
25 to 1 agst Donner-und-Blitz (taken)
DERBY.
10 to 1 agst Buckstone
16 to 1 agst Marquis
50 to 1 agt.t Spite (to money)
66 to 1 agst Campbell
66 to 1 agst Hopbine colt

THE FATAL BOILER EXPLOSION AT
BOTHERHITIZE.

This dreadful calamity has been up to the present time
attended with the loss of ten lives. The premises occupy
a large area on that portion of the waterside which is
known as Cuckold's Point, opposite to the Limehouse
entrance of the West India Docks, and about half a mile
from the Commercial Dock pier. The boiler and engine-
house stood on the river side of the mills, parallel with the
wharf, and contained two long boilers of 50-horse power
each, laid in massive brickwork.

Only one boiler had been at work during the day, and it
appears that about the same time the night men came on, 6
o'clock, a defect was noticed in a joint of the feed-pipe to
the engine. The engine-driver, Thomas Wild, at once sent
for Thomas Spinks, an engine-fitter living in the neighbour:
hood, who was uaually employed by the firm to make good
the defects, at the same time turning the steam off the boiler.
It would seem, however, that the driver, acting under the
impression, probably, that the joint would speedily be re-
paired, had omitted to "draw" the furnace, as a quantity
of fire is stated to have been in it. The fitter arrived, and,
with the driver, proceeded down to the engine-room and
commenced their work ; but finding that they required
assistance, they communicated with one of the officials,
and the whole of the labourers who had just come on were
sent to their aid. Six of the men were desired to sup-
port the pipe which ran across the roof, while Spinks and
Wild went on with repairing the joint. There was also in
the engine-room Mr. Alfred Duvrensart, nephew of the
members of the firm, and Alec Burk, the foreman, who
were looking on. There had been three or four other
labourers in the chamber, but their services not being im-
mediately required, they had only left a few minutes before
the explosion took place.

The engine room was a small brick chamber, about Bft.
by 12, at the basement of the mills. A g'ance at the boiler
too clearly showed that some portion of it exploded, and had
sprung forward from its bed of brickwork four or five feet,
and that the inner part of the boiler with the massive iron
bars of the furnace and other plates had been blown out
direct at the poor fellows who were at work only some four
or five feet in front. Of the 10 unhappy creatures who
were in this chamber not one escaped.
The names of the persons killed are Mr. Alfred Duvren-
sart, aged 18, nephew to Messrs. Badart ; Samuel Wild,
34, engine.driver ; Tbomas Spinks, 24, engine fitter; Jas.
Keeley, 45, labourer; and Patrick Cauty, 16, labourer ;
the foreman, Alec Bark ; Charles Macarthy, 15, labourer;
James Gailly, 17, labourer; Juhn Burk, 26; and
Davis, 17.

The boiler is what is termed a Cornish boiler, and has
not been in nee any length of time. It is said the pressure
at which it had been worked during the day was from 401 b
to 50Ib the square inch. considerably below that at which
it had been worked, while it had been tested to a pressure
equal to 1001 b.
The coroner's inquiry commenced this morning before
Mr. Carttar, but it is expected that the investigation will
be adjourned to admit of an examination of the remains of
the boiler by competent parties.

The persons, perhaps, who could have given some ex-
planation, viz., the engineer and his assistant, are unfortu-
nately amongst those who have perished by the explosion.

THIS DAY'S SIIIP.PING.

LONDON, Sept. 18.—Wind this day at noon—North-
Westerly ; moderate breeze and fine weather, but cloudy
in the morning.
FALMOUTH, Sept. 17.—Wind N.W.—Arrived—Return,
from Havannah.
DUBLIN, Sept. 17.—Wind N.W.—Sailed—Arbitration,
for \1 iramichi.
KINGROID, Sept. 17.—Wind N.W.—Arrived—Ann
Eliza, from Halifax.

PORTSMOUTH, Sept. 16.—Wind N.N.W.—Arrived—
Mary Savoyer, from Wilmington ; Star of India, from
Dundee for Bombay.

CARDIFF, Sept. 16.—Wind N.W.—Sailed—Ammerland,
for Shanghai; Athos, for Pernambuco; Calmuck, for New
York.

NEWPORT, Sept. 17.—Wind N.N.E.—Sailed—Lucie,
Christopher, Rosine, Cyclope, Speculant, and Barney, for
St. Thomas's.

(BY ELECTRIC TELEGRAPH.)
SOUTHAMPTON, Wednesday Morning.
Arrived—Edward Jones, from Waterford ; Atalanta,
steamer, from Jersey ; Lady Constance, from Sunderland.
Sailed—Firefly, steamer, for Cardiff.

(BY SUBMARINE AND MAGNETIC TELEGRAPH.)
GRAVESEND, Wednesday Morning.

Arrived, Sept. 17—Anna Adamson, from Moulmein;
Orwell, from Melbourne ; Constance, from Barbados ; Carl
Frederick, from Dantsic ; Hohenzollen, from Cronstadt;
St. Johannes, from Sundswall ; Syren, from Dttntsic ;
Fortuna. from Malmo • Ocean Child, from Cronstadt;
Nina, from St. Anna ; Aurora, from Nevis ; Homer, from
Lagos ; Gefron, from Sundawall ; lack Eagle, from Pug-
wash; Emilie from Archangel; Hendrick, from Freda-
rickatadt ; Sir Chas. Forbes, from Montreal ; Luzon, from
Cardena ; Mary Stewart, from Bjorneborg ; Perseverance,
from Medemblick ; Flora, from Kongelf ; Sarah Claudina,
from Riga; G. B. Lamas, from New York; Victoria, from
Onega ; Johanna, from Riga; Queen, from Boulogne.
DEAL, Wednesday Morning.
Passed—Ann. of Middleborough, from the Mediter-
ranean, for London; Florida, ship, from Hartlepool, for
Genoa.

Aneckheden, from the Baltic, for Rochester, blown in
the North Sea, and landed pilot.
Sailed—The homeward bound, for their destination.

ACADEMY OF SCIENCES.—M. Leverrier read a
paper on the nomenclature of the small planets.
Astronomers have hitherto :been in the habit of giving
each of the telescopic planets a name, such as Flora,
Vesta, Doris, &c. M. Leverrier asks whether it would not
be better to mark them with the number denoting the order
of their discovery, and add to this the nape of the disco-
verer, thus, for instance--(8) Hind, (40) Goldschmidt, (68)
Gasparis, &c. This system of nomenclature had been ob-
jected to by Mr. Hind, on the ground that astronomers
would be confused by the juxtaposition of numbers and
names ; M. Leverrier, on the other hand, in defence of his
plan, asks whether astronomers believe that the number of
small planets is limited, or the contrary ? If limited the
present system may be persisted in; but if unlimited, it
must in the end be abandoned, and in that case the sooner
the better. M. Biot communicated two letters from M.
Valz, honorary director of the Observatory at Marseilles, in
which he repeats his assertions that the earth passed through
the comet's tail on the 30th of June last, and in support of
this opinion computes the position of the tail, the situation
of the earth, &c. It is a curious fact that on such a mathe-
matical questiou as the inclination of a comet's tail, and the
position of that body and the earth at a given moment,
there should be two, and even three, opinions ; for our
readers must recollect that Messrs. Hind, Liais, and Valz
all admit that the comet's tail swept the earth, but neither
agree as to the hour or the day ; while M. Leverrier has
cast great doubts upon the occurrence.
REPRESENTATION OF PLY MOUTH.--We have rea-
son to believe that the announcement that Mr. Earle was
about to offer himself as a candidate for Plymouth was in-
correct. Mr. Earle was invited to come forward, but de-
clined the honour of representing his party on the present
occasion.

WRECK.--The Census, of Sunderland, from
Schiedam, Evans, master, sunk yesterday off Dover. The
crew were all saved by the Carlos, and lodged at the
Sailors' Home.