The Sun.
London, England, 1864-08-06 00:00:00

SHIPPING-THIS DAY,

LONDON, Aug. 6.—Wind this day at noon—South-
West; moderate breeze and fine weather.
PORTBMOUTIT, Aug. s.—Wind S.W.—Arrived—Her
Majesty's ship Geyser, and Lucifer, from the Channel
Islands.

DUBLIN, Aug. 4.—Wind W.—Arrived—Troy, from
New York.

OFF PORTSMOUTH, Aug. s.—Arrived—American Eagle,
from London for New York.

CARDIFF. Aug. I.—Wind N.W.—Sailed—Thornhii
for the Clyde.

BRISTOL, Aug. s.—Wind S.W,—Arrived—Elianth
Jaconitre, from Monte Videa—Dew, from Barbadoes—
Fortunate, from New York.

Course of Exchange,—Yesterday,

_
Amsterdam
Dit' o
Rotterdam — 12 1
Antwerp .• • 25 70
Brussels .... 25 70
liambargh
Paris .• . . Short. 25 20
Ditto
Marseilles — 25 70
Frankfort on Maine l2os
Vienna
Trieste
Petersburgh 3 lit
Berlin
Madrid
Cadiz
Leghorn
Milan
Genoa
Naples .
Palermo
Messina
Lisbon
Oporto

48k
25 72}
25 75
25 75
25 721
25 75
25 771
51k
52

Foreign Mail Packet List.

MAILS DUE.

11 19
12 12
12 2
25 75
25 75
13 10f
25 30
25 77}
25 80
1204
11 87}
11 90

48j
2b 80
25 80
26 80
25 82}
25 821
25 821
52
62k

Australia and Mauritius, via Southampton Aug. la
via Marseilles . Aug. 12.
Brazil and Cape Yards, by British packet Sept. 4.
Cape of Good Hope, Ascension, and St. Helena Aug. 29.
China, Penang, and Singapore, via Southampton Aug. —.
via Marseilles Aug. 12.

Falkland Islands
Gibraltar, via Southampton Aug.—.
India (Calcutta), and Ceylon, via Southampton Aug. —.
via Marseilles Aug. 12
India (Bombay), via Southampton Aug. 10
via Marseilles Aug. 20.
Portugal. • . • Sept. 4.
Malta, Egypt, and Aden, via Southampton Aug. —.
via Marseilles Aug. 12
Newfoundland .... Aug. 17
Oporto and Vigo ..
U. S. and British N. America, by Brit. packet Aug. 11.
by U.S. packet
by Canadian packet Aug. 12
All
California. anarts of Wed
Britiesh st Indis,
Columbia including Chili, Peru, 1 Aug. 13

ASTLEY'S.—Mr. E. T. Smith has a sensation in
store for the patrons of Astley's, in the parson of Miss Adah
Isaacs Meuthen, an American actress and equestrienne of
distinction, who is engaged to play Mazeppa, which she
does without a "double" (as it is called in theatrical par.
lance), dashing up rocks, lashed to a horse, and executing
a variety of bold feats not even attempted by male repre-
sentatives of the part. Great preparations are on foot to
make " Mazeppa" a theatrical success.—Orchestra,
A STATUE TO THE CELEBRATED FRENCH PAINTER
GREUZS, the favourite of Marie Antoinette, is to be erected
at his birthplace, Tournois, in Bourgogne. Grenze, the
author of the " Broken Pitcher," was once in very high
renown and state is France ; but he died in 1804, neglected
and in deep misery. When Napoleon I. accidentally heard
of his death, he said, "Why was he too proud to apply to
me i) I should have given him a pitcher of Sberes filled
with gold, wherewith he might have mended all his pitchers
again !" It is the Emperor's wish that the dead master
should now be honoured by a statue.—The Budder. .
OUR LONDON COSTERMONGERS.—TaIking about
the joys of a quiet street, reminds me of tlr., Coster.
mongers, who, like lawyers and other " necersary evils,"
haunt all quiet neighbourhoods: These men, women, and
children are sui generic. They aro evi.':ently elastic—all
lungs. Who can say that he ever heard any one of them
hoarse, out of voice, or out of tunP, .2
No stress of weather
daunts them ; no amount of cola or heat. They are proof
against wind, rain, and strAme ; they are never ill—no ;
nor ever ailing. Any ore of their stentorian voices would
infallibly wake up "*s® seven sleepers," 1 need not enu-
merate all their -46„i„.” Here comes one of the noisy
squad, the r"l,,hit dealer. Listen to his " Rab, rabbee,"
There: Fl'..ire enough, tho poor flabby rabbits are, ranged
cross-legged, side by side, and strung upon a long pole,
Balanced on that awful looking man's shoulder, I sea
them now, dangling behind and before him. The agonis-
ing emphasis the fellow sometime places upon the last
syllable of the word " Rab-BEE," goes through you like a
darning-needle. Having "done" the street on one sit:!s
be lingers a while at the remote end ; he then returns to
"do" the other side of the street, and is generally, by this
time, in finer voice than ever. ,Next follow appalling
shouts of all dimensions; among the most conspicuous,
" Ye-harr, mack-her-rell, yer I" " Ould Ghee-heers to
mend;" " Hanyhurnamantz for yer fire atoove ."Hinny-
hens I hinnyons 0I I" " Buy my lettiss—fine corse
lett-less I" &c. If any man doubts whether his sex
or the other bo the more powerful in the use of their
tongues, and in making themselves the more widely hoard,
let him come and pay me a morning visit in my quiet
street. Much of my philosophy, by the by, was picked up
in quiet west-end streets. But the cost of my wisdom
—Oh ! what a volume I could write—aye, and readable
too—about " The Nerves and Nervous System."--WIL-
LIAM KIDD, in" Every J[onth."

A commission has been formed, under the pre-
sidency of M. le Baron Taylor, to erect a monument to the
celebrated Fronoh poet, Beranger,

METROPOLITAN BOARD OF WORKS,

The weekly meeting of the board was held yes.
terday, Mr THWAITES, the chairman, presiding.
THE STATE OF THE THAMES.
Mr ROCHE asked it the engineer had power to
deodorise the Thames, if ccoasion should arise, while
the members of the board were on their holidays.
At the present time the river did not appear in par-
ticularly good odour, and it might be necessary
for something to be clone before the board re-
assembled.

The CHAIRMAN said that the engineer might take
all the steps he considered necessary while the
board were away. The river doubtless suffered
through the great heat and the low rainfall; but
as a large quantity of the sewage was now diverted,
the inconvenience arising had been very slight com-
pared with what it was formerly.
The engineer stated that the amount of sewage
now diverted would be further increased during the
month by the completion of the middle level sewer,
which it was already, with the exception of the
aqueduct over the Metropolitan Railway.