The Sun.
London, England, 1864-04-27 00:00:00

EY MAGNETIC TELEGRAPH.

GRAVESEND, Wednesday Morning.
Arrived, April 26—Alliance, from Gothenburg; Ban•
dion, from "Uddewalla—Helena, from Porto Rico.
Arrived, April 27—Neptune, from Krageroe—Prince
Albert, from Guernsey—} rederick Maria, from Nyknping
—Oak, from Ghent—Ligerleon, from Jamaica—Susan
Gray, from Oporto—Kron Pinsen, from Landscona—
..Uolus, from Krageroe—Walhalla, from Sannesund—
Neptunus, from Warborg.

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Sailed, April 27—Rainbow, steamer, for Calais—Gustaf
Wasa, steamer, for Gothenburg—Belgium, steamer, for
Ostend.

DEAL, Wednesday Morning.
Passed—Spray of the Ocean, from London for Sydney—
Ellen, for Barcelona—Sea Serpent, for Alicante—Edith,
for Shanghai—all from Shields.
Anchored—Western Bottom, from Corfu for London—
Emma Ivos, from Matanzas for Hamburg,

ANOTHER MELANCHOLY ACCIDENT THROUGH
FIRE.—A lamentable accident occurred on Monday
to Mrs Conway, residing in Satherland-street, Westbourne-
grove. Mrs Conway was in her dressing room attiring
herself for the purpose of proceeding to an evening party,
when by some means the flames of a candle on the dress-
ing-table caught a lace cap placed on the looking-glass.
Mrs Conway instantly snatched the cap from the glass,
and throwing it on the floor imprudently attempted
to extinguish the flames by trampling on them,
when the fire communicated itself to her dress.
A servant was in the room at the time; but instead of en-
deavouring to assist her mistress, she ran screaming from
the room, and on the other inmates rushing into the apart-
ment the unfortunate lady was discovered running wildly
about the room and completely enveloped in fames. Mr.
Conway, with great presence of mind, immediately stripped
off his coat and threw it over her and succeeded in extin-
guishing the fire, bat not before the greater part of the
lady's dress had been burned and various parts of her per•
son seriously injnrea. Her recovery is despaired of.
TESTIMONIAL TO A POLICE INsPEcToit.—lnspec-
tor Whicher, who for thirty years held an appoint-
ment in the detective department of the metropolitan police,
and had risen to be one of the chiefs of the detective force
at Scotland-yard, took his leave of the service on Saturday
last, retiring upon a pension of £6O per annum. Advan-
tage was taken of the occasion, and, his brother officers
having assembled in a body, presented their late inspector
with a magnificent massive gold signet ring, of the value
of £5O, manufactured expressly for him, and engraved with
the monogram "J. W." Mr. Whicher, in thanking his
brother inspectors and the sergeants who had served under
him for this proof of their regard, said he was happy to find
ho quitted the force with the Esteem and good wishes of
those around him.

FIVE YOUNG PERSIAN GENTLEMEN have arrived
in England to be educated at the expense of their own
Government, under the care of his Excellency Mahmoud
Khan, the Persian Minister in this country.

HENDERSON, in his second character in London,
Hamlet, came into more direct contrast with Gar-
rick, whose greatest idolators found heavy fault in Hendcr-
son's young Dane for flinging away his uncle's picture--
subsequent to the famous speech in which ho compares the
portraits of his father and uncle. On the following night,
he retained the picture in his hand, and the same party
ridiculed him, on the ground that if he was right the first
night, he must necessarily have been wrong the second I
Lb: was said, too, not to have managed his hat properly on
first b.9eing the Ghost; and similar carpings were made
against the new actor, only to hear those words " the fair
Ophelia I" people went, as to the most exquisite music.
But what wag that to the Garrick faction who pronounced
him disqualified, because in the closet scene he did not, in
his agitation, upset the chair. "Mr. Garrick, sir, always
overthrow the chair."—Their Majesties' Savants, by .D,..
, Doran.

THE TOILETTE OF THE EMPRESS OF MEXICO
comprises, among other things, it is sai.l, 52 splendid ball
and state dresses, one for each week in the first year of her
Majesty's reign.
THE NEW ROMANCE LEFT BY THE LATE G. P. R.
JAMES, which is about to appear under the title of " Ber-
nard Metall," contains, it is said, proofs that this eminent
writer possessed unimpaired his wonderful fertility of ima-
gination to the last.

FIELD-MARSHAL SIR EDWARD BLAKENEY,
G.C.8., the Governor of Chelsea Hospital, who has been
suffering from severe illness (luting the last five weeks, is
better.

INAUGURATION OF THE TIVEETON TOWN-HALL
RY LORD PALMERSTON.—It is the intention, we under-

stand, to ask to the dinner, on the 19th of May, the four
members for the county, as well as the members of all th©
boroughs in Devon, it being distinctly understood that this
is not to be a political banquet.

The disturbances in Algeria, although it is hoped
they will not be serious, have yet been thought a
sufficient reason for reinforcing the French array there.
The 77th Regiment, which was under marching orders from
Montpellier to the Chalons Camp, received a countermand
on Friday, and has been sent by rail to Toulon, where it
will eMbark immediately.

THE DANISH BLOCKADE.—PiIIau, April 20.
Since yesterday this port has been blockaded by Danish
vessels of war, but all the vessels lying in ibis port on the
19th of April have liberty to complete their cargoes and to
sail until the 9th of May. Danaic, April 22.—One Danish
frigate and ono steamer are in sight.
DETERMINED SUICIDE. On the arrival of the
Panther steamer yesterday morning in the river, from Bou-
logne, a well dressed man, a passenger, jumped over front
the fore part of the vessel. Ile was struck on the head by
ono of the paddle floats end disappeared. His body has
not yet been recovered. At present nothing whatever can.
be elicited respecting the unfortunate man.
M. Allard, t,. distinguished painter of Lyons, who
at the commencement of the winter went to Rome
with his mother,
wife, and four children, to study

the great maaters, has just been murdeied in his
studio. When found he wss in a dying state, hav-
ing received no less than 16 wounde an the head
with a heavy instrument. The murderer is believed
to ba a man who bad sat to him as a model for a
picture representing Judas giving the kiss to our
Saviour. The model was sitting for the figure of
the betrayer. The man he.g been since arrested at
Civita Vecchia.