The Sun.
London, England, 1864-06-07 00:00:00

The arrival at Plymouth yesterday of the iron
screw steam brig Harriet Pinckney from Bermuda
has supplied considerable information regarding
the active traffic carried on between that jsland and
Wilmington, the chief port of the Southern States,
and of the internal condition of the Confederacy.
The steamship Thistle, which brought from WE•
mington to Bermuda 927 bales of cotton, and some
of the passengers who landed at Plymouth, left on
the 10th of May, and was followed by the steamers
Minnie and Greyhound, but as neither of these has
since been heard of they are supposed to have fallen
into the hands of the Federal blockaders. The
Helen and the Atalanta, which left between the 10th
and 12th with cotton and tobacco, had arrived, and
were discharging their cargoes. Ten or 12 vessels
were at Bermudareadytogoacross. Theyexperienee
some difficulty in entering the port of
night. Wilmington,
but not much in departing during adark
The rates of freight range from £3O to £6O per
ton for all descriptions of goods. Passage money
outwards 300 dols. (X6O). The restrictions of the
the Confederate Government on the traffic are very
severe; one is that fcr every 100 tons of cotton or
other produce exported in a ship she shall bring
back 50 tons of clothing, bacon, or other stores in
the quartermaster's department. Silks, wines,
teas, sugars, and similar " luxuries" are prohibited
from importation. Cotton is valued per lb. in
Wilmington at 2 dole, to 2,4 dole, Confederate cur-
rency, and the same article in Bermuda at 45c. to
48c. (about 25.) in gold. Shoes are estimated at 50
dole, per pair, Indian corn 15 dole. per bushel, and
bacon at 3 dole. to 4 dole. per lb.:Theseprices are, how-
ever, almost nominal. The recent acts on taxes and
funding have sensibly diminished the curreney, but
as yet have had no appreciable effect on the prices
of provisions. The intelligence now brought fully
confirms previous accounts of the privations en-
dured by the Southerners. They have scarcely any
wines ; coffee is a great luxury, and all ranks live
on the plainest food. The news from Carolina by
passengers who have come to England in the Harriet
Pinckney is to the effect that no indication of des-
pondency exists. They in no way relax in their pre-
parations for the continuance of war. Attention la
paid exclusively to raising provisions and to securing
a full commissariat for the army. Only enough
cotton is sown to provide seed from season to season.
The army is maintained entirely by conscription.
No one available for military service is permitted to
leave the country. The prisoners and commissariat
are in charge of men between 45 and 60 years of
age, and of lads over 17 years. At 18 they go up
to the military stations, enter their names, and
select their companies. There are few foreigners
in the Confederate army; the Germans are not
relied
and
on, as
faithful they
soldiers.
desert r
s. e n
freely
nh t
good e
plantations,
&c., were never more obedient or in-
dustrious. At the outbreak several left for the
North, but those who could get back returned to
their old masters and spread such an account of
their sufferings that all are now contented to
remain.

SHIPPING INTELLIGENCE—(This Day.)

LONDON, Jane 7. _Wind this day at noon—South-
West; moderate breeze and fine weather.
PORTSMOUTH, June 6.—Wind N.W.—Arrived—Her
Majesty's ship Racoon, from Gibraltar. Sailed—Her Ma-
jesty's ship Aurora, for Dublin.

(EY MAGNETIC TELEGRAPH,)
GRATESENI), Tuesday Morning;
Arrived, June 7—Eureka, from Havre—Hermann Hill,
tom Porto Rico.

DEAL, Tuesday Morning.
Anchored and Passed—PrinoesF, for Port Phillip—
Harkaway, for Corfu—screw steamers Maria Pia and
Turping, for Oporto—all from London.

Anchored and passed, June 6—Jane, of Oporto, from
Cadiz for London.

Sailed—Steamer Claudia; Berbice; and Wave Queen;
with nearly all the outward bound.

Foreign Mail Packet List.

MAILS DUE.
by British packet........ June 5-.
Australia and Mauritius, via Southampton .. June 18.
'aension, and
_St. Helena.. June 29
via Marseilles ......... June 19.
Singapore, vi.a SouthTnpton.June 18 *
C.clarpaeziolfanGdooCdapffeosupVede,rsmdias
China, Penang, via Marseilles ...June 12.
.

Falkland Islands ......
Id
Tgonn , .vi a. ..................... ........ ..
jJuunnel-8 I
via Marseilles.... June 12.
. _out bay), via Southampton ............ June 11,
India (2) via Marseilles ... J r
............. line J.
--
June 5.
Portuga 1....
Egypt, and Aden, via Southampton June 11,
Malta,
IndiaGibra Gibraltar,
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,ofilint
via Marseilles June 5.
Newfoundland June 8.
Oporto end Vigo
U. S. and British N. America, by Brit. packet June 8.
by U.S. packet
by Canadian packet June 3.
All parts of West Indies. including Chili, Peru, J
June 10,
California, and BritiNla Columbia

We see in our advertising columns the prospectus
of a new company, comprising the flourishing pro•
perty known as " Princes Club," distinctive for
its English speciality and the high rank of its
members. This is a noticeable instance, though
of now daily occurrence, of individual enterprise
and ownership merging into the powerful principle
of optional participation and self'-governance, and
growing favour
twe
ihtdhs
wt oh
ischho
cwortphoermataer aksesdo cat on tdi oynest are regarded by
even our very highest class.
KONIGSBURG, June 4.—The TVilna Courier an-
nounces :hat M. Stugieluki, an official of the muni-
cipality of Swalki, has been taken prisoner in a
band of insurgents and condemned to death cod
shot.