The Sun.
London, England, 1864-07-15 00:00:00

SHIPPING-THIS DAY,

LONDON, July 15.—Wind this day at noon—North.
Easterly; moderate breeze and fine weather, but a little
cloudy.

KINGROAb, July 14.—Wind N.E.—Arrived—Noz thern
Light, from Havannah. _
LOUGH FOYLE, July 14.—Arrived—North American,
screw steamer, from Quebec.

CARDIFZ, July 144—Wiud N,W.—Sailed—Martha, for
Gibraltar.

OFF HURST CASTLE, July 14.—Arrived—Ellona,
steamer, from Alexandria.

DARTMOUTH, Jllly 14,--Wind S.E.—Sailod—Adele,
for Kingston, Jamaica,

(Br MAGNETIC TELEGRAPH.)
GRAVESEND, Friday Morning:
Arrived, July 14—Achilles, from Sylt.
Sailed, July 14—Balmacarra, for Algoa Bay--Antipode,
for Shanghai.

DEAL, Friday Morning.
Passed—Gibraltar, from Cadiz—Medora, screw steamer,
from the West—both for London—Bidwell, of Nova Scotia,
from Havre, for Gothenburg—Thomas Haden, of Cowes,
from Cowes—City of Carlisle, from Havre—both for Sun-
derland—Edinburgh Castle, for Glasgow—Middlesex, fur
Calcutta—both from London.

M. HENRY 4ERWYN, a French violinist of the
highest order, now on a short visit to England, and
who first made himself known in this country by playing
several charming pieces of his own composition at the
charitable fete given at the South Kensington Museum
presided over by her Royal Highness the Princess "
has since been electrifying the musical world in several
private in
private concerts. If ever M. Herwyn should
and one that
public, we predict for him an exalted position,
must lend to a brilliant and well-merited celebrity.
.
Improved
The Duke of Newcastle is greatly
health. The noble duke during tile, last three. days has
of the most
daily.
taken walking exercise, and appears to regain aftrWenaill
TEfE DUKE OF WELLINGTON AND MR. BABBAGE
AT THE EXHIBITION.—D
her arms, et about two years old, who
aring One
crowded days we became entirely blocked up and stationary
in
nother shoulder. The Duke began
for upwards of ten minutes, Just in front of us stood a
woman
was
leaning with a
overeh
tds
to play with the infant, pretending to touch its ear with his
finger, and then to touch its nose, The mother was
grati-
fied—the child was charmed._ At last the crowd almost
suddenly broke up, and we went on After we had ad-
yenned about a dozen paces I said to the Dake of Welling-
ton—" I must step back to speak to tho mother of your
Igor who had been
young friend." I then asked her if she knew the gentle-
playing with her child for the last ten
minutes. She said " No, sir." I told her it was the Duke
VY of ellington. Her surprise and delight were equally
great. I debited her to tell her boy when he grew up that
when an infant the Duke of 'Wellington had played with
him. I then returned and told the Duke the object of icy
mission. His approbation was inciLatcd by a happy smile.
—Babboge's Autobiograpl
'IIIEIIION TRADE.—(From Ity!Gnds' Iron Trade
eireular.")—The quarterly meeting of iron masters, nas
This
ended in the reduction of II per ton in marked iron.
must necessarily lead to an improvement in ordors, end will
giva a general briskness to tha trade. It is most unusual
at a quarterly meeting to make any change, as in the pre-
sent instance, in the resolution adopted at the preliminary

meeting.
By advices from Hamburg the price of gold is 425 per mar
and the short exohanv on London is 13.5: per £1 stcrlin4'.
tandard goid at the English 3liet price is, theretoro, about
3-10ths per cent, dearer in London than in Hamburg.
The course of exchange at New York on London for hills At
60 days' sight h about 260 per cent., and the premium on
gold is 140 per.7eni. At these rates there is probably 3
small profit on the importation of gold from the un.‘e“
States.