The Sun.
London, England, 1864-09-14 00:00:00

TILE OAS SUPPLY TO TUE CITY.

SHIPPING-THIS DAY,

LONDON, Sept. 14.—Wind this day at noon--S )uth-
East; fresh breeze and cloudy. _ _

CARDIYP, Sept. 13.—WIncl S.W.—Arrived—Gaffredo,
from New Yolk. Sailed—Alexandra, fur Matanzas—Eliza
Nelson, for Bermuda.

BitlsroL, Sept. 13.—Wind
Filmore, from Now York.

KINGSTON, Sept. 13.—Wind N.W.—Arrived—Orchid
from Barbadoes.

Minronu, Sept. 12.—Arrived—Witeh of the Wave,
from Liverpool for Buenos Ayres.
PLYMOUTH, Sept. 13.—Wind S.W.—Arrived—Matilda,
from Rangoon—Roxburgh Castle, from London and sailed
for Melbourne.

PORTSMOUTH, Sept. 13. —Arrived—Dumietta, from
London for Rio Janoiro. Sallod—Hor M.josty's ship En-
hantress, fur Marseilles.

(BY MAGNETIC TELEGRAtII.)
GRAVESEND, Wednesday Morning.
Arrived, Sept. 13 —Adler, from Quebeo—Vlcking, from
Riga—Flora, from Caleutta—Rengi, from Riga—Sophie,
from Malmo—Marys, from Guernsey—Alphine, from
Wasa—Amor, from Dantzic—Albion, from HorsPw—An-
nnnciacion, from Porto Rico--Saxon Ville, from New York
—Pepe, from Porto Rico—Nestor, from Archangel—Reso-
lution, from New York.

Arrived, Sept. 14.—Magnum Bonum, from Colombo—
Citizen, from Prince Edward's Island—Prince Albert, from
Pugwash—Triton, from Wismar—Carrie M. Lord, from
Prince Edward's Island—Frances, from Riga—Albert and
Anna, from Dantsic.

Sailed, Sept. 11—Aurora, for St. Michael's—BoMora
steamer for Konigsberg—Cornelia Gatruda for Batavi I
Beivtdero for Madras—Early Dawn for Singapore—Lord
J. Russell and Flandre steamers for Dunkirk.
DEAL, Wednesday Morning.
Passed—John from Quebec for London.

Anchored—Helios from Uleaborg for London—Bengal
from Gtfla for Port Philip—Orient from London for Mu.-
seilles—Mid-Lothian from London for Ddmerara—lroquis
and Sacramento, American corvettes from the eastward—
Plantagenet from Sunderland to Bordeaux.
Sailed in tow to repair damages sustained by collision—
Solon fur tho river.

A letter from Mexico, 10th August, nays—" The
Emperor left this morning to commence a tour
through his empire. The first journey, however,
will not b© a long one, and the expectation is that
his Majesty will return to the capital in about a
month, after having visited Qleretaro, Leon, and
Guanajuato. He will return to be present at the fete
of Mexican Independence, which is to be celebrated
on the 16. h September, when he will lay the first
stone of a monument which he has ordered to be
erected in the centre of the open space before the
Palace, in commemoration of that event. His Majesty
will, however, soon after undertake fresh excursions,
particularly to Vera-Cruz at the commencement of
the winter. The Emperor thinks that his presence
in the provinces may materially contribute to pacify
them : in the first place because the me,.',suree
adopted to give security to journey leaves no
point unexplored, and next, because the visit of a
sovereign always induces a certain number of mal-
contents to come over to him. Moreover while the
military and finance commissions are at work, the
presence of the Emperor in the capital is less neces-
sary. During his Majesty's absence the Empress,
being named Regent, will hold the reins of Govern-
ment. Her Majesty, as is well known, is possessed
of ;great intelligence, maturity of judgment and
much tact and firmness.
ADULTERATION OF SNUFF.—Mr. Phillips, the
Principal of the Government Laboratory, states in
his report this year that while he can say that few articles
of consumption are now sold in so genuine a state as tobacco,
and that the use of prohibited materials in the manufac-
ture of snuff is now but seldom attempted, he has to repre-
sent that there is a form of adulteration of the latter article
far more injurious than the comparatively mild sophistica •
tions sometimes discovered. The law permits the use of
lime water in the manufacture of high-dried snuffs, such as
Irish and Welsh, but it does not state what proportion of
lime shall be present in the water, although there can be
little doubt that a perfectly clear solution of limo in water
was meant. Many manufacturers, however, assert that
such a solution is useless, and persist in the use of what
may be termed " lime wash," or a thick mixture of undis-
solved lime and water. Seve. al unsucceaful attempts have
been made within the last two years to suppress the very
gross practice, which is still growing, of using such a
mixture; and probably until the use of life in the manu-
facture of snuff is absolutely prohibited the fraud can
never be crushed. It has been generally understood
that lime was essential in the preparation of high-dried
snuff ; but a fine specimen of such snuff, made by an emi-
nent firm in Ireland, has recently been analysed, the re-
sult being that no more lime was present than what may
be found in normal American tobacco ; and it is believed
that the same firm strenuously opposed the legalising the
use of lime-water, and still maintain that lime, even in
small quantity, deteriorates the quantity of snuff. The
vicious form of adulteration referred to is almost entirely
confined to the north of Ireland, where it appears the habit
is very prevalent among the women employed in the linen
and other factories el taking snuff highly chat ged with limo,
and which is known as " white snuff ;" and the manufac-
turers allege, in extenuation of their dishonest practices,
that no other description of snuff is acceptable to their cus-
tomers, apparently forgetting that th. y themselves have, by
their lung continued illicit practices, engentleroi the habit
which they now seek to bring forward as a plea for their
fiau lulent transactions. There have lately beau submitted
to Mr Phillii s several samples of snuff obtained from
manufacturers in Balfast, in which it was impossible to say
flora a mere inspection whether lime or tobace) predomi-
nated ; and ho bas received information from respectable
members in the trade that some manufacturers do not even
care to use a mixture of lime and water, but actually grintl
up dry lime v,ith the tobacco in the process of manufac-
ture. The evil in question appears to demand, both capon
social and fiscal considerations, an immediate remedy. It
can never be supproesed under the existing law, and the
only effectual ccurse to be adopted is the entire prohibition
of the use of lime in the manufacture of snuff. Mr Phillips
has reason to believe that the atnoxious rractice is distaste-
lul to many manufacturers, who, however, feel compelled
in self-defence to adopt it, and that its continuance is
mainly duo to the unselui,nleu:il'Ji~pvf f
members cf the trsde.

SUN OFFICE, SEVEN O'CLOCK.

SPORTING IN TELLIGENC E,

DONCAS rER RACES—Tins DAY.
(BY ELECTRIC TELEGRAPH.)
TIIE MUNICIPAL STAKES.

Blomlina .... - 1
Siberia .
Plutus

Foul ran.

FOURTH EDITION

SUN OFFICE, HALF PAST SEVEN O'CLOCK.

SPORTING INTELLIGENCE—This Day

DONCASTER RACES—Tnrs DAY.
CORPOI ATION

Master Richard
Gazta Ladra
Lyra
Thirteen ran.
QUEEN'S PLATE.

Evelina
Alabama
Light Bob
Caller Oa
STAND HANDICAP.

Diomed
N elly Digby
Argonaut 3

Fifteen ran,
HANDICAP SWEEPSTAKES.

Aulax

Exceller
Furze Chat ....
Twenty-ono ran.

The Prince and. Princess of Wales in
Denmark,

COPENHAGEN, Thureday,

It would be difficult to state off-hand what it is
that gives to the streets of Copenhagen an aspect
different from that of almost every other Conti-
nental city, and yet the visitor walking or driving
through them will be struck with innumerable ob-
jects as he passes along. To begin with, there can
be no such thing as street boys in Copenhagen, for
flowers bloom in exposed places which in London
would be scalped in the course of one afternoon.
The Kongen's Nyetoro, or King's.. New Market, is
the central point of the city ; from this 12 of the
principal streets diverge, and in the middle of the
Toro stands an equestrian statue, round the base of
which are beds of blooming fl )were which, after
such showers as those of the last few days, shed
a perfectly delicious fragrance. Beyond a very
slight railing, altogether of an ornamental charac-
ter, there is nothing apparently to hinder any inhabi..
taut from collecting the materials for a bouquet i
not a policeman is in sight, not even a gardener with
gold-laced hat. Apropos of policemen, it will uo
doubt be interesting to mention that the peculiar-
shaped caeque which attracted so much notice
when lately issued to the force in London exists in
its integrity here in Denmark, with this exception,
that the peaks back and front are of hard shiniog
leather, sad they exhibit no pleques of bronze or
silver with the divisional numbers, but have such
distinguishing marks as are considered necessary
embroidered on the felt itself. Whether the helmet
originated in Danmark or in England is not
clearly stated; perhaps, as was said by an author
when taxed with a direct plagiarism from Shak-
spore, " the same idea occurred to two men of
genius." Thorwaldsen's Museum is a point to which
every one of course will direct his steps, and here
again something out of the ordinary course will be
seen. To the museum externally a shape and
colour are given designedly suggestive of an Egyp-
tian monument. The windows and doors all nar-
row towards the top, but the most remarkable
feature is the series of paintings on a huge black
ground that forms a belt round the exterior of the
building. Groups of figures of the heroic size and
dressed in modern garments, almost without ex..
ception of the du!l brick-red or yellow ochre lines,
aro skilfully drawn in every attitude expressive of
interest and delight at the arrival of Thorwaldsen
and his works. The population seem to have put cif
in boats to obtain a better view, and one unhappy
woman has fallen overboard in the confusion. This
aquatic procession and the greetings extended to
Thorwaldsen occupy one side of the museum. On.
the other walls the masterpieces of the great sculp•
for are represented as in the act of being landed front
a ship and carried to this building to he preserved,
the idea, doubtless, having bean suggested by the
Egyptian hieroglyphics exhibiting the mode in
which the Pyramids were constructed. The incorn.
prehensible point is that any artist competent to de-
lineate figures so well in an anatomical point of
view should have selected such repulsive colcurs for
his work; they probably are to be accounted for by
alittle pardonable vanity on the part of the Danish
artist who was the first to discover how to tnake de-
corations in coloured stucco. As regards the cont6nts
of the Museum the guide-books furnish abundant
information, but visitors should by no means cons
sider that they have acquainted themselves with all
that is worth seeing there till they have examined
the private collection of pictures, which, perhaps.
because they are modern, or because it is assumed
that statuary only ought to be admired upon that
spot, are passed over with a slighting notice. Thor•
waldsen, the son of the poor ship-carpenter from
Iceland, who by his own achievements raised him.
self to such an eminence that he was buried with the
highest honours the State could bestow, made the
acauaintance, while a student at Rome, of number-
less men of genius like himself, most of whom he
afterwards distanced in the race of life. Being in
his turn enabled to become an encourager of art, ho
appears to have selected those paintings which
yielded him the most gratification, regardless of the
' -school to which they belonged, or of the names
which night be appended to them, The c
aelo
rda a very good insight into the character and
tastes of this great Danish arti:4, and to some. ex-
tent explains the secret of the power which, with ,
very different and rnoie unsympathetic material, his
own productions have exercised in every country.
No one coming to Copenhagen should miss seeir;g
these pictures,

The Chaplaincy cf the Ironmougerb' Con 71113
has bcen conferred upon the Rev, henry Martyn E :!;er
Theologieil Associate of King's College, London, isle
curate of Nt N, I, t, I‘.lol:lZLOUthShil e.
L 1! tz has presented the Bev. Chris.
toplier Grensile, M.A.,, of St. Peter's College, CAmbritlgo,
foria,:rly Ul4ll,loiu at. Archqugel oud ut Musecg) It
"id Mahon, York.sliire.