The Sun.
London, England, 1864-10-05 00:00:00

SHIPPING-THIS DAY,

LONDON, Oct. s.—Wind this day at noon—North-
Easterly; strong breczs and fine weather.
PORTSMOUTH, Oct. 4.—Wind B.E.—Sailed—Her Ma-
jesty's ship Black Prince, for Portland.
WARRENPOINT, Oct. 3.—Wind
Tylie, from New York.
PLYMOUTH, Oct. 4.—Wind S.E.—Sailed—Y imeira, for
Sydney.
NEWPORT, Oct. 4.—Wind S.E.—Arrived—Fide, from
Belfast, for St. Thomas. Saiied_Albion, for St. Thomas
—Premier, for Zimaga. _ .

CLYDE, Sept. 4.—Wind N.E.—Arrived—Arrogant,
Iron Qqebeo—Chapman, from Salina. Sailed—Norwester,
for Madras.

PILL, Sept. 4.—Wind N.N.E.—Sailed—ltalia, for
Akyab.

(EY MAGNETIC TELEGRAPH)
GuAvEsEND, Wednesday Morning.
Arrived, Oct. 4—Auguste, from Stralsund.
Sailed, Oct. 5 —l3,lline, steamer, for Boulogne ; Hanover,
steamer, fur Calais.

Passed—Aurora, screw steamer, DEAL, 'Wednesday Morning.
m
from Palermo, for
London.
Sailed--Orinoco, for the river, to repair damages.

TEIGNMOUTII, DEVON, Tuesday Evening.—lt is
blowing a heavy gale on this coast from the east-
ward, causing a tremendous surf on the beach. Last even-
ing the lifeboat of the National Institutian went out with
the view of rendering assistance to the schooner Victoria, of

this port, which was found in a perilous position, with the
sea running fearfully heavy, off this place. The lifeboat
remained by the vessel, and the crew afterwards boarded
the schooner and assisted in pumping her out, and in bring-
ing her to the harbour in safety.
HEAVY GALE ON THE WELSH COAST.—Porth-

carol, Tuesday.—A terrific easterly gale, says Captain
Buchan, R.N., has been blowing since 10 a.m. on Sunday,
with but slight intermission. We are making a floating
dock, &0., hut last night our navvies could not work, all
their fires, lamps, &c., being blown out. I fear we shall

hear of much damage amongst the poor shipping, worse
even than exploding gunpowder works, and truly that was
awful enough.
LICENSED VICTUALLERS' ECHOOL.—The Gover-
nor and Committee of the Incorporated Society of
at three pay
o'clock,a for visit to
Licensed Victuallers [having accepted, for.the children of
the school, :130 in number, the kind invitation of Profes-
sor Anderson, the Wizard of the North, to attend his
they
neat, will
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James'sus
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that purpose. A full and startling programme is announced
for the occasion, not the least wonderful portion of which
will be Miss Anderson's exhibition of clairvoyance, The
lial ll on performances,
Saturday
children will be accompanied by their band, under the
direction of Mr Blackman, of the Blackfriars-r ad, their
honorary bandmaster; and it is expected that several ladies
and gentlemen interested in the school and the children
will also be present.
THE ENGLISH PRINCE OF BOOKBINDERS.—The
obituary of Novembar 20, 1798, records :—" In
Duke-street, St Martin's, died Mr Roger Payne, the cele-
brated bookbinder, whose death was a last regret to the
founders of magnificent libraries. This ingenious man
introduced a style of binding, uniting elegance with
durability, such as no person has ever been able to imi-
tate. He may be ranked, indeed, among artists of the
greatest merit. The ornaments he employed were chosen
with a classical taste, end in many instances appropriated
to the subject of the work, or the age and time of the author,
and each book was accompanied by a written description of
the ornaments in a most precise and curious style. His
chef d'oeuvre is his (t xiohylus," in the possession of Earl
Spencer, the ornaments and decorations of which are most
splendid and classical. The binding of the book cost the noble
earl 15 guineas, Those who are not accustomed to see book
binding executed in any other than the eommon manner, can
have no idea of the merits of the deceased, who lived without
a rival, and we fear, has died without a successor. His re
mains were decently interred in the burying-ground of St.
Martin's in the Fields, at the expense of a respectable and
upright bookseller resident in that parish, to whom, in a
great measure, the admirers of this ingenious man's per-
formances may feel themselves indebted for the prolonga-
tion of his life, having for the last 8 years (with that good-
ness of heart for which his, family is distinguished) provided
him with a regular pecuniary assistance for the support of
his body and the performance of his work. 'What adds to the
credit of this is,that this poor man had not a proper command
of himself ; for, formerly when in possession of a few pounds,
he would live jovially, when that was exhausted, almost
famishing. It way be proper to remark that, although his
name was spelt exactly as his patron's, he was not related
to him." Thus modestly has his biographer informed us
of the name of the famous and truly benevolent booksell r,
who for many years supported, and when dead, so respect-
ably interred Lim. Ho was his namisake, although in no
way related to hi:Lt.—City Press,