The Sun.
London, England, 1864-10-04 00:00:00

SHIPPING-THIS DAY,

LONDON, Oct. 4.—Wind this day at noon—North-
Easterly; strong bran and fine weather.
CARDIFF, Oct. 2.—Sailed—Dodo, for Rio Janeiro—John
Baley, for New York--George and Henry, for Buenos
Ayres.

BRISTOL, Oct. 2.—Wind S.W.—Arrived—Minerva,
From Havannah.

PORTSISOUTIL, Oct. 3.—Wind S.E.—Arrived—Benvoir-
lich, from Shanghai.
WARRENPOINT, Oct. 3.—Wind N.E.—Arrived•—Dnie
Tylie, from New Yolk.

OFF FALMOUTH, Oct. 2.—Arrived—Hormingo, from
Halifax.

(BY ELECTRIC TELEGEAPII.)
PLY/lOUTII, Tuesday, 11 a.m.
An Austrian frigate and an Austrian steam ram are now
entering the Sound.

(BY MAGNETIC TELEGRAPH,)
GRAVESEND, Tuesday Morning.
Arrived, Oct. 3—Neptune, from Sundewall—Aeron,
from Dram—Flora, from Archangel—Sisters, from G, fie.
Arrived, Oct. 4—Mathilde, from Dram—Antoinette;
from Archangel—Vanquisher. and Guadina, from Cron-
stadt —Precious, from Gothenburg.
Sailed—Liberator, for Sydney—Z•dander, for Confer-
bu-y—Blact Watch, for Mauritius—Thomas Dryden, far
Bombay—Seine, steamer, for Boulogne,

LettErs from Scutari announce that the COU3MI6I
sion for establishing the frontier line between the
Turkish and Montenegrin territories has just
resumed its labours, which had been for some time
suspended.

COLLISION AND Loss OF LIFE.—A despatch was
received in Liverpool yesterday from Queenstown to the
effect that on Saturday night the Portuguese bark Fernan-
dez I. came into collision with the British ship G. P. Blan-
chard near the Tuskar. The Portuguese vessel sank at once,
taking a seaman with her, and the G. P. Blanchard sus-
tained such damage that she bore up to Queenstown, and
with difficulty arrived there yesterday morning.
STATE OF TRADE IN BACUP.—The cotton trade
in Bacup and district bears a more unfavourable aspect
than it did some few weeks ago, nearly all the mills work-
ing, considerably less tim3. At the meeting of the Board of
Guardians held on the 23d ult. it was thought advisable to
request the relief committees in the various townships of
the union to consider the propriety of recommencing the
distribution of relief.

FATAL ACCIDENT ON BOARD HER MAJESTY'S
SHIP PHAETON,—An accident lately happened
on board this ship which terminated fatally. On the 19th of
August, on the passage from Fortress Monroe to Jamaica,
Lieutenant Charles`A, F. Paget, being officer of the first
watch, in making sail the main topsail tye was carried away,
and ho was struck on the heaa by the fly-block, which
fractured his skull. lie remained insensible and died in
ten minutes. He was buried the next day with the usual
honours, deeply deplored by his messmatas and shipmates.
This promising young officer was the third son of Lord
William Paget and grandson of the late Marquis of
Anglesey.

THE MAILS, &C.—SOUTHAMPTON, Monday.—
The Royal Mail Company's screw steamship Tas-
manian, Copt, T. W, Sawyer (Lieutenant R,N.R.), sailed
hence to-day with the West India, Pacific, and Mexican
mails, and 283 passengers, including Lady Arundel'. She
takes out £.1,950 in English silver coin, £2,480 in French
coin (of which £2,000 is gold and £lBO silver), 970 bottles
of quicksilver, English jewellery value £1,948, French
jewellery value £10,152, and a full cargo of British and
foreign merchandise. The steamship Baroda, Captain N.
W. Haselwood, will leave on Tuesday with the Calcutta
and China mails ; the Teutonia, Captain P. 11. Hank, on
Wednesday, with mails for New York ; the Athens, Capt.
R. B. Davie, on Wednesday, for Ascension, St. Helena,
and the Cape of Good Hope, calling at Plymouth for tho
mails; and the Oneida on Monday next, with mails for
Lisbon, Madeira, Cape Verde, the Br..zile, and River Plate.
The America, Captain H. Wessels, is expected on Wednes-
day, with mails of the 24th inst. from New York.
THE BRECHIN BATHING CASE.—A few months
ago several respectable youths belonging to Brechin were
tried before Sheriff-Substitute Robertson, at Forfar, on the
somewhat singular charge of exposing their persons by
bathing in the river Suuthesk, near Breehin Castle. It
was pleaded on behalf of the youths that the citizens of
Brechin had begin in the habit of Lathing at the smte
place from time immemorial, though the Earl of Dalhousie
was now endeavouring to put a stop to the practice; and
also that it was preposterous to charge them with ex•
posure, considering that the trees at the part of the
river where they ware bathing completely shut them out
from public view. However, notwithstanding the ma-
nifest absurdity of the charge, Sheriff Robertson found
it proven, and sentenced the youths to pay a heavy fine, or
be imprisoned for a limited period—me of the lads, who
was unable to pay the fine, having to go to prison until tho
money was raised by subscription. The decision caused a
good deal of indignation in Brechin and elsewhere, and it
was resolved to take the matter to a higher court. Tho
case accordingly came up before the Lord Justice Clerk and
Lord Neaves in the Perth Circuit Court on Friday, in the
shape of an appeal against the decision of the sheriff. Mr.
J. Guthrie Smith and Mr. 13 lfour appeared as counsel for

the appellants. After a lengthened argument had been
gone into, their lordships held that the decision of the
sherifcwas not a sound one. They therefore reversed it,
ordered the fines to be refunded, and granted £l2 12s. of
expenses.—No, a British Daily Hail.
FATAL ACCIDENT AT SEA.—On Saturday Ricbard
Flaherty, a seaman on board the Robert Bruce
schooner, lost his life, under the following circumstances,
during the voyage from Scotland to London. About one
o'clock in the morning it was blowing a heavy gale of wind,
and the deceased was assisting to jib the mainsail. While
he was endeavouring to pass the main boom along, a Leary
sea struck the vessel, and broke it as it was in tho act of
jibbing, and the deceased, who was on the boom, was pre-
cipitated overboard. Every available t ff.,rt was made to
rescue him, but without success.
MYSTERIOUS DISAPPEARANCE OP ONE OF THE
CHORISTERS op ST. rAui.'s CATHEDRAL.—Oa Saturday
morning last, after the service, llenry William King, aged
13, received from the Chapter House £3 15s, hia quarter's
salary, to take home to his parents. lie, with at
chorister, walked together as far as Bancroft's School in the
Mile-end-road, where they parted company. The b3y King
intende f, he said, to take the rail from Bow home, but he
has not been heard of since. Notice has been given to the
police-stations, but it is greatly feared, from the good and
steady character of the boy, that sense sad calamity has
takes place.