The Sun.
London, England, 1864-02-18 00:00:00

SHIPPING—Tins Day.

LONDON, Feb. 18.—Wind this day at noon—North;
moderate breeze, and cloudy weather.
FALMOUTH, Feb. 17.—Wind N. W.—Arrived—Sir Colin
Campbell, from Para.
COWES, Feb. 17.—Wind N.W.—Arrived—Omen, from
Santander.

NEWPORT, Feb. 17.—Wind N.E.--Sailed—Harriet, for
St. Thomas.

CLYDE, Feb. 17.—Wind N.E.—Sailed—City of Amoy,
and William Kidston, for Bombay—Albion, screw steamer,
for Otago, N.Z.
HULL, Feb. 17.—Wind S.W.—Arrived—Thetis, from
Calcutta.

(BY ELECTRIC TELEGRAPH.)
PLYMOUTH, Thursday Morning, 10 o'Clock.

The Danish frigate Niels Juel, 46, which left here yester-
day morning, was actively employed all day within a com-
paratively short distance of the harbour. She was observed
to bring to and overhaul 10 or 12 merchant ships, includ-
ing an American bark bound to London, which subsequently
received a channel pilot.

At bn© time the frigate was well east of the port towards
the Start, when one of her boats was between the Eddystone
and the Ramehead to the westward. Two boats were
detached from her, each contained 30 men well armed.
The wind was then northerly ; a light breeze.
During the day the frigate was occasionally descried from
the Citadel. This morning she has not yet been seen.
SOUTHAMPTON, Thursday morning.
Sailed—Catherine Jacoba Henrietta, for Batavia.
The North German Lloyd steamers between London and
Bremen have been transferred to the Russian flag, and the
company's steamers running to New York via Southamp-
ton will probably very soon sail under the same flag.
The Hansa, having undergone a thorough overhaul, is
ready to take her departure for new York on the 2d of
March.
The New York is receiving new boilers.

(BY MAGNETIC TELEGRAPH.)
GRAVESEND, Thursday Morning.
Arrived, Feb. 17—Sidney Eggers, from Calcutta.
Arrived, Feb.lB—Clio, ftom Memel.
Sailed—Warren Hastings, for Brisbane; Annie Morice,
for Jersey.
DEAL, Thursday Morning.

Passed—H,M.S. Doe, from Portsmouth, for Woolwich;
Gurtrueda Gemine, for Santander; Florence, for Marseilles;
Canada Bell, for Bombay—all from London.
Sailed—Mary Stenhouse, for London (in tow),

Mr. Bacon, iu continuation of his excellent series
of Danish war maps, has just published ono with the Faroe
Islands distinctly laid down, and also another of Flensburg.
Both are well and distinctly coloured.

THE NEW YORE ltion.--A hard case 'las just
come to light. Last summer Colonel O'Brien had his
headquarters in Tammany Hall, and was raising an Irish
regiment. He took part against the rioters. They caught
him, beat him until he was dead, and then hung him up to
a lamp. His body was shoved into I'ottersfield. The widow
is in a most destitute condition, and has asked aid from the
city I "Hail Columbia, happy land." While the wife of
Colonel O'Brien has been left to starve, the fellow Andrews,
who led the mob, has been sumptuously provided with
lodgings at Fort Lafayette. He was brought to New York
lately to be tried, but General Dix and the district attorney
quarrelled, and so Andrews was sent back to his cell,—
Manhattan's Letter.

The SPEAXER took the chair shortly after one o'clock,
PRIVATE BUSINESS,
Several private bills were read a second time, and ordered
to be committed, and some bills were read a first time,

THE PRUSSIAN OCCITPTION OP
ALTONA.

BERLIN, Feb. 15.—A number of documents have
been published here, throwing some light upon the
history of the Prussian occupation of the three
Holstein towns. It appears that the two great
German Powers instructed their representatives at
the Frankfort Diet to lay stress upon the difficulties
which the existing state of affairs in Holstein cast
in the way of their campaign in Schleswig.