The Sun.
London, England, 1855-12-17 00:00:00

LLOYD'S SHIPPING.—(This Day.)

LONDON, Doe. 17.—Wind this day at neon, N.E.,
and hazy.

PLymouru, Dec. 16.—Wind E.—Arrived—Brooking,
from Jaffa.

PRNZANCE, Dee. 15.—Wind E.—arrived—Ea:l of
Dion, from Laguna, Off the port—Hesperus, from Smyrna
for Bremen.

I ALMOUTH, Dec. 16.—Wind calm. - Arrived--Pius
IX., from Ibrail and Syra ; Bra, Candia ; Venus, Alexan-
dria. 15. Off the port —Amanda, from Santa Martha,
and sailed for Bremen.
CLYDE, Dec. 15. Wind S.W. Arrived Barque
Airian, from New York ; Crescent. St. John's, N.B.
Sailed—Martha's Vineyard, for New York.
HARWICH, Dec. 15 —Wind N.W.—Arrivod—Alert,
from London for Goole, with loss of mainbeom, &c.

(PEll YLEOTBIO TELEGRAPH.)
SOUTHAMPTON, Monday Morning.
Arrived.—Tiber, from Cardiff ; Vestries, (s.), Dublin ;
Alliance, (a.), Havre; New Speedwell, Guernsey ;
Montrose ; La Poulo, Cherbourg ; Jane Roper and ILina,
Newport ; Argyll, (a ), Carentan.
LIVERPOOL, Monday Morning.
Wind E.S.E.
Sailed.—Ondine, (steamer), for London ; Pot, Shields
Othello, Sunderland; Maitland, Australia ; Kate, Cardiff;
Ellen, Newport.
QUEENSTOWN, Dee. 15.
Wind W.
Arrived.—Mary Bradford, from New York; Randolph,
Philadelphia; Alida, Hayti; General Simpson PugwaSh •
Northam ton, New Orleans ; Haidee, Quebec% Abdalla:
Callao ; 1 urst Lewis Wellington, Honduras.

(BT SUBMARINE AND BRITISH TELEGRAM/
GRAVESEND, Monday, 10.10 a.m.
Wind NV • ; tide, two hours' ebb; fine.
Arrived, Dec. IG.—Robina, from New York ; Emma
Colvin, Calingapatarn ; Eleanor Sophia, Porto Plat ; Pe-
quot, Calcutta ; Portia, Pernambuco ; Chance, Quebec ;
Agnes Taylor, Demerara; Alfred the Great, Bombay.
Arrived, Dec. 17. —Don Colins, from Guernsey ; Albion,
Havre.

Sailed, Dee. 16. Cassange, for Madras; Janet, Tobago.
Sailed, Dec. 17. —Ann, for Genoa ; African, Bathurst.
DEAL, Monday, 9.39 a.m.
Wind N.W., light.
Anchored.—Three Bells, from Calcutta, for London ;
Christiana, Mirimichi, Shields; Nord America, Now
York, Hamburg.
Passed.—Briton (..s.), from Black Sea, for Loudon ;
Allll2, Dorothea, from the north, Rochefort ; Empress,
Cbristiansaud, Tarragona; her Majesty's steamer Vulture,
Baltic, for westward.

The Berlin Waterworks, which have just been built,
with exclusively English capital, by Sir Charles Fox and
Mr. Crampton (the latter being the actual designer and
engineer), are in process of being opened.
LOST IN A COALPIT.—On Tuesday morning, the 4th
inst., two coal miners, named John Logue and John
Anderson, went down the shaft into Croft Pit for the
purpose of commencing their labour. The two men
left their homes about 3 o'clock in the morning, de-
scended into the pit, and were not heard of again that
day. The hour had long gone past when the two men
should have returned home, but no tidings of them
could be heard. Several miners volunteered to explore
the pit, but still the men could not be found. After
searching every part of the pit the two men were di-co-
vered sitting in utter darkness almost at the utmost ex-
tremity of the mine. The two men were restored to
their homes abont 9 o'c'ock on Wednesday morning,
after having been upwards of 30 ls,,urs in the dark and
cheerless mine.--Carlisle Patriot.
A correspondent, whose semi-diplomatic avocations
take him often to the various telegraphic offices, says
that he had for some while observed a person of pecu-
liarly gentlemanly manners, but with as air of consider-
able reserve, waiting for despatches from the various
' cities of the Continent. His curiosity as to the mission
' of this individual became painfully exciting, and at every
risk,—now impelled by an anxiety for the safety of his
country, now by the mere selfish one of curiosity, and
anon for no other reason than a desire to solve an appa-
rently impenetrable mystery,— he determined to know
the stranger's objects and purpose. The other night,
while peace negotiations were rife, he found his man
waiting as usual. He was evidently anxious. This could
be seen, through all his highly-schooled imperturbabi-
lity._s
He had received and was hastening away wi th
despatch, when, says our informant, I menta,l,iy ejacu-
lated, "Now or never, and England is saved Dash-
ing alter him I snatched the document from his
hand,
exclaiming, " Sir, you have taken my answer by mis.
take." , Another second, and I had held the document
to the light of the electric lamp and read, "Bonnets
are worn. larger." It was a message from Paris to the
Maison de Nouveauttts in Regent-street, followed by
ad vices that cases of chapeaux were en, noute per steamer.
I stammered out an apology to the courier of fashion,
and went back to my duties, nut a much wiser nor a
better man, but a considerably smaller one in my no-
tions of my powers of penetrating individual purpose
and character.