The Sun.
London, England, 1864-10-15 00:00:00

SHIPPING-THIS DAY,

LONDON, Oct. 15.—Wind this day at noon--North-
Westerly; moderate breeze and fine weather, but rathor
cloudy.
PLYMOUTH, Oct. 14.•—Wind N.E.—Arrived—hornet,
from London for Sydney—Golden City, from London for

Brisbane.
TRoON, Oct. 13.—Wind N.E.—Arrived—Ricardo, from
Londonderry. Oct. 14—Sai'e1—Syracuse, for Demerara—.
Realm, f Havannah,
DARTMOUTH, Oct. 14.—Wind N.W.—Arrived—Lydia
Hilton, from Sunderland.
PILL, Oct. 14.—Wind N.E.—Arrived—Fanny, from
Demerara—Annie, from Havannah— Alice Wilson, from
Quebec.

SWANSEA, Oct. 13.—WindN.E —Arrived--Pathfinder,
:rm Caldera. Sailed—Florence, for Cuba.

PORTSMOUTH, Oct. 13.—Wind N. W.—Arrived—Byda-
mache (Russian ship of war), from China.
FALMOUTH, Oct. 14. Wind N, W.—Sailed—Enterprise,
from Calcutta.

(BY MAGNETIC TELEGRAPH.)
GRAVESEND, Saturday Morning.

Arrival, Oct. 14—Christoff, from Nyhamen—Margaret
and Edward, from Archangel—Milea, from Trinidad—.
Lagula, from Port Natal—Tegner, from Sundswall—Pro-
tector, from Norkiopping—Elizabeth, from thjon—Merry
Monarch, Sulina—Dawn, from Cronstadt—Favorite, from
Riga—Heindale, from Soderham—Freedom, from Denia.
Arrived, Oct, 15—Sisters, from Riga—City of Hamburg
—from Tonning—Clarisa and Allred, both from Denia—
Alert, Elizabeth Cicily, and Reaper, all from Guernsey—
Chiudine, from Marans—City of Cashmere, from Calcutta
—Magician, from Porto Rico.
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DEAL, Saturday Morning.

Passed—Marion, from New York. for London. -
Passed, Oct. 11—Plover, from London for Barbado CE-
Ozar and Albion, both from London for Cardiff—Oriental,
from London for Port Natal—llumberstone, from Sund er-
land for Venice—Elinor, from B irdeaux, and brig Melba,
from Dominica, both for London.
Passed, Oct, 15—Agnes, of Caen, from the west for the
north.

GENERAL HAMPTON.—General Hampton's late
foray upon Grant's beeves furnishes our army with
1,000,000—some say nearly 2,ooo,ooo—pounds of the best
beef which the Yankee markets afford, and will feed them
full for some time, General Hampton is understood to be
General Lee's Master of Horse. He is in the prime of life,
of a strong natural understanding, considerably cultivated,
of immense physical strength and activity, of wonderful en-
durance, and inexhaustible energy. Ho has been all his life
passionately addicted to field sports and woodcraft, in both of
which he is said to excel most men of his day, One faculty;
of the last importance to an officer holding such a command
as his, he is said to possess in a very remarkable degree—
that, namely, of becoming acquainted instantly, and amost
instinctively, with all thd features of whatever locality he
may happen to pass over. We have heard it said if he were
blindfolded and carried over 30 miles into a forest in which ha
had never been before, he would find out where he was in five
miputes after the removal of the bandage. He never camps
a day in a neighbourhood without making himself suffi-
ciently acquainted witleall the roads, bye-roads, and hog-
paths, to act as a guide. General Hampton possesses another
qualification very important in a cavalry officer, and yet not
always possessed by good cavalry officers. He is passion-
ately fond of horses, and an uncommonly fine judge of them,
takes a pleasure in studying their nature and wants, and
thus affords the best guarantee that he will make his men
attend to them. When we add that he is a splendid rider,
a practical swordsman, and an excellent shut, but above all,
that ho is what Carlyle calls " an earnest man," lievoted
with all the deep enthusiasm of his nature to the cause in,
which he is engaged, wo have said enough, we think, to
show that the cavalry of General Lee's army it, in very
good hands,—Richnioxd Desp6teh.
ALL ENGLAND PLOUGIIING MATCUES.—Since
our last notice Messrs. liansomes' men have won
further laurels by taking the Champion P:izo at Worcester,
and yesterday at Bourne, defeating twelve competitors, in-
cluding Messrs. Howard's man, Purser. Since the meeting
at Leighton Buzzard, two years ago, where Messrs. Ran-
comes' ploughman carried off the Champion Prize given by
the society and the silver cup given by the town, defeating
Messrs. Howard's crack ploughman, the Bedfordshire
Society has had no class open to All England ; aud, conse-
quently, neither of Messrs. R insomes' men could meet
Purser on the Bth, at the Bigglezwade meeting, where, hav-
ing only local competitors, he was rewarded by a victory
alter the nanny defeats he has sustoiaed this season.
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