The Sun.
London, England, 1864-01-21 00:00:00

SHIPPING—This Day.

LONDON, Jan. 21.—Wind this day at noon—South-
Westerly; moderate breeze, and fine weather.
(BY MAGNETIC TELEGRAPH.)
GRAVESEND, Thursday Morning.

Arrived, Jan. 20—John Romilly, from Marseilles—
Halcyon, from Terceira—American Eagle, from New York
—Furor, trom Gravelines—Lavonia, from Palermo—Regina,
from Buenos Ayres—Sir John Moore, from Sydney—
Abeona, from Ancona—Baronet's Family, from Bombay—
Clarissa, Andromeda, and Bell Adventure, from St. Mi-
cheel's—Surprise, Demetrius, Elizabeth, and Reward, from
Guernsey—Recovery, from Gijon—Maynards, from Algoa
Bay—Zeeblong, from Genoa—Jantjo Berg, and Rosalee,
from Taganrog—Sarah Williams, from Zante—Lizzie
Southard, from New York—Sandebah, trom Demerara—
Queen of the Clyde, from Calcutta,
Thur., Thursday Morning.
Passed—Alice Mary, from London, for Singapore,

A HINT FOR THE SUPPRESSION OF CRINOLINE.
—One of the Kings of Spain had the good taste to
be very much annoyed at the extravagant length of the
trains worn by the ladies of his Court. He tried all means
to curtail the nuisance, but his efforts were as vain as King
James's " Counterblast against Tobacco." At last he
ordered his chamberlain or corresponding officer to decree
that while trains of any length might be worn by any
woman, all trains beyond a certain length should be re..
garded as the badge of courtez ens, The order executed
itself. At once all the ladies of the Court, some of whom
were said to be well qualified for an extra ell, cut short
their trailing robes, and the halls and the presence-cham-
ber became practicable for the male animal.
THE TOWNLEY CASE.—The following memorial
has been numerously signed by the clergy, and was
sent to the Home Secretary on Monday night :—" Wo
the undersigned clergy of the Deanery of Derby, having
carefully considered the correspondence of the Right Hon.
Sir George Grey and the magistrates of this county,
respecting the circumstances under which the respite of
George Victor Townley has been granted, desire (while
offering no opinion as to the prisoner's sanity) to express
our conviction that the request of the magistrates is
reasonable and just, and our hope that a further, full,
and satisfactory investigation into his present state of
mind, and into the proceedings which led to his respite,
may be granted by her Majesty's Secretary of State for
the Home Department." The following statement, signed
" Frederick Curzon," appears in the Derby Mercury:—
4, I wish to remind Mr. Gisborne (the prison surgeon) of
a large dinner party, in November last, not very long be-
fore the trial of George Victor Townley. When the ladies
had left the dining room, I put this question to Mr. Gis-
borne :—' As you have many opportunities of seeing
Townley, will you tell me, is he sane or insane r His reply
was, ' Townley is as sane as you or I ;' and then I said,
' Will he be hung?' Mr. Gisborne's reply was, 'To a
certainty. "
EXTENSIVE ROBBERIES.—For a considerable
time pasta suspicion has existed that large quan-
tities of property have been stolen from the extensive stores
of the Cunard Company in Liverpool, and the police were
set on the hunt to ascertain, if possible, who were the de-
predators. Circumstances induced Sergeant Jas. Mooney,
detective, belonging to the county police force, on Tuesday,
to visit the house of David Armour, a fireman on board the
Cunard mail steamer Persia, now on her voyage home from
New York. On searching the house, which is situated in
Dundas-street, Bootle, Sergeant Mooney found 20 blankets,
a number of towels, several pillow cases, knives and forks,
and other articles, belonging to the British and North
American Royal Mail Steamship Company, and having the
company's mark on them. The property was concealed in
different parts of the house, and on questioning the "Ile of
Ai mour as to how the articles came into her possession she
said the property had been brought there at different timeson
by different individuals, whom sbe could. not name. Oa
and
this being stated Mooney at once took her inttnocag
istrates in
she wa3 yesterday brought before the count:
eas identified by
petty sessions at Kirkdale. The Property
rs to the
Mr. Warburton and Mr. Craven,
dsetorfeo:caP
week that tur •
com-
pany, and the prisoner was re.inau d
as it is believed that an
ther information may bo obtained,he stores has been carried
extensive system of plunder from
on for some time pest.