The Sun.
London, England, 1864-07-18 00:00:00

OHIPPING-THIS DAY,

LoNDox, July 18.—Wind this day at noon--North-
Easterly; -moderate breeze and fine weather.
CARDIFF, July N.—Wind N,W.—Arrivad—Ply, from
St. Nazarre.
CLYDI3, ,July S.E.—Sailed—Bannockburn,
fcr Quebec.
PORTS:go:n.l'll, July 17.--Wizzd S.E.—Sailed—Her Ma-
jesty's ship Hector, for the weatN:arl'e—Bankfuekin, for
Havaunah.

(BY MAGNETIC TELEGRA,YIO
GRAVESEND, Mondsy Morning:
—Alma,
Arrived, July 17—Rover, tug, from Liebon
from
from Alderney—Furet, from Oravelines--Moskwa,
Havannah.
Arrived, July Is—Jousberg, from Suns wald— i;enoord,
from Rotterdam,

DEAL, Monday Morning.
Passed, July 17—Eclipse, for Colombo—Elm, for Bat-
hurst—Dcyonia, for Moreton Bay.—Jeffy, for East London
—Anna, for New York—C.roni, for Cardiff—all from
London.

ACCIDENT TO MRS H. FENWICIC.—Mrs Fenwick,
wife of Mr H. Fenwick, M.P., has met with a rather
serious accident, at her residence in London. She WU dress-
ing for a ball, when a portion of her dress caught fire. Mr
Fenwick, hearing a loud shriek, rushed up stairs, and found
his wife enveloped in flames ; instantly throwing her down,
he succeeded, by using his coat, in extinguishing the fire,
but not until Mrs F. was severely burnt. For some days
afterwards she was in a critical state from the injuries re-
ceived by the shook which her system sustained. She is
now happily recovering, but it will probably be a month yet
before she is able to leave her room, and it is feared that
she will never be completely freed from the injuries she has
sustained,—Gateshead Observer,
SPITHRAD.—Daring the past week Rear-Admiral
Sir Alexander Milne, K.C,8., Captain Hewlett,
C,8., Colonel Jervis, and other officers, appointed
to inquire into our coast defences, visited Portsmouth, and
have reported the impracticability of erecting a fort upon
the Stourbridge Shoal, nearly opposite the town of Ryde,
in the Isle of Wight. This particular spot will, therefore,
in the event of a probable invasion, have to be occupied by
floating batteries heavily plated, mounted with powerful
guns, and supplied with the most approved and destrhctive
ammunition.—.Army and Navy Gazette.
THE AMERICAN BLOCKADE; The prize steamer
Siren, laden with liquors, iron, &c., captured at
Cape Lookout, arrived at New York. The Federal Naval
Department had been informed of the capture in the South
Atlantic of the British schooner It. S. Rood by the steamer
Proteus. Sho was from Nassau, Boston, July 6.—The
British prize steamer Jupiter, from Nassau, N.P. for Wil-
mington, N.C., arrived yesterday, and was captured on the
27th of June, in lat. 29 47 N., long. 76 30 W., by the
United states' gunboat Proteus, During the chase she
threw overboard her entire cargo. She is an iron side-
wheel boat of 180 tons, and sailed from London.
'fASSO'S AUTOGRAPH.—At Paris, the other day,
an autograph of Tasso was sold, written by the poet of the
it Gerusalemme Liberate," in the 26th year of his age. It
is worded as follows :—"I, the undersigned, hereby ac-
knowledge to have received from Abraham Levi 25 lire, for
which he holds in pledge a swore of my father's, ri shirts'
4 sheets, and 2 table-covers. March 2, 1570, Tcrquato
Tasso."

VIENNA, July 15.—The General Correspondence
declares that the news sent from Turin relative to
the existence of bands of brigands in Venetia is
completely