The Sun.
London, England, 1864-09-09 00:00:00

BERMUDA.

LIVERPOOL. Thursday Evening.
We have received advices to- day from Bermuda to the
21st ult. _

Trade has been exceedingly brisk, and the arrivals of
blockade runners almost unprecedented, 11 being reported
by this mail. On the 3d ult. the steamers Lynx, Captain
Reed, and Florie, Captain Gilmore, arrived from Wilming-
ton. On the Gth the steamer Alice, Captain Grant, arrived
from the same port. On the 10th there wore three arrivals
—viz., the Little Hattie, Captain Lebby ; the Flamingo,
Captain Atkinson; and the Helen, Captain Wardell. On
the 12th the steamer Mary Bowers, Capt. Horsey, arrived,
having been chased by a Federal gunboat. Sho was obliged
to throw overboard upwards of 60 bales of cotton, which
were picked up by the Federal gunboat R. Y. Cuyler, and
sold at Bermuda. The Old Dominion had also arrived with
1,025 bales of cotton. The other arrivals reported were the
Let Her Be, Let Her Rip, and the City of Petersburg, all
with full cargoes of cotton.
The Anne, Captain Taylor, arrived from Nassau on the
3d ult. It was reported that the steamer Falcon Fisher had
broken down when on her passage to Halifax, being beund
to that port for repairs. The tine ship Storm King, 1,500
tons register, was loading cotton for this port. She had a
cargo of 3.000 bales, a large portion of which was on ac-,
count of the Confederate Government, being part in liqui-
dation of the loan. It was expected that she would leave
Bermuda on the 23d ult. Most of the bales were repacked
and pressed for the vessel. The steamers Owl and Wild.
Rover (blockade runners) had arrived from England. The
Little Hattie was chased and had to throw overboard up-
, wards of 270 bales of cotton. The departures had also been
large. The Mary, Celestia, Old Dominion, Alice, Florie,
Chicora, City of Petersburg, and Ella being reported as
sailing for blockaded ports. The Annie, North Heath,
Little Hattie, and Helen had sailed for Halifax,Nova Scotia,
for, it was supposed, repairs. A telegram was sent front
Lloyd's this afternoon to the outports stating that the
steamer Lillian. was captured on the 24th July. Tlus infor-
mation is incorrect, as advises report her arrival at Der-
muda. She subsequently sailed for Wilmington, arriving
at that port about the 4th ult., and on entering she was
chased by the Federal gunboat Shenandoah. No less than
267 shots were fired at her, but she escaped entirely, owing
to the courage of her commander. Late advises report the
blockade trade almost suspended, most of the steamers either
wing been injured, or their officers suffering from fever.

SPIRITS IN PASSENGERS' BAGGAGE.—By a re-
cently issued regulation of the Commissioners of Customs,
their offlaers, throughout the United Kingdom, are in-
structed not to charge with duty any quantity not exceed-
ing a reputed quart bottle of drinkable spirits, of any
strength, when found in the baggage of passengers arriving
from abroad. The great reduction which has taken place in
the t ate of duty since the former regulation was pi omul.
gated 44 years ago—under which any quantity exceeding
a pint was chargeable—is assigned as a justification of the
relaxed rule.
ALLEGED GREAT FRAUDS,—The Shipping Gazette
alludes to reports respecting an underwriter at.
tached to a marine insurance office, who is supposed to be
now on his passage to Australia. His sudden departure is
said to be attributable to monetary affairs, variously stated
from £30,000 to £50,000. Whether the office suffers is yet
to be learned. Several members of the Stock Exchange, it
is stated, are involved in traneactione with the individual
in question.