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

SHIPPING-THIS DAY,

LONDON, July 18.—Wind this day at noon—North-
Easterly; moderate breeze and fine weather.
CARDIFF, July 16.—Wind N,W.—Arrived—Ply, from
St. Nazarre.
CLYDE, July 15.—Wind S.E.—Sailed—Bannockburn,
for Quebec.
PORTSMOUTII, July 17.—Wind &E.—Sailed—Her Ma-
jesty's ship Rector, for the westwartt—Bankfuskin, for
Havannah.

(BY MAGNETIC TELEGRAPH.)
GRAVESEND, Monday Morning:
Arrived, July 17—Rover, tug, from Lisbon—Alma,
from Alderney—Furet, from Gravelines—Moskwa, from
Havannah.
Arrived, July 18—Jousborg, from Sunswald—Fyenoord,
from Rotterdam,

DEAL, Monday Morning.
Passed, July 17—Eclipse, for Colombo—Elm, for Bat-
hurst—Dsvonia, for Moreton Bay—Jelly, for East London
—Anna, for New York—Caroni, for Cardiff—all from
London.

ACCIDENT TO MRS H. FENWICK.—Mrs Fenwiok,
wife of Mr H. Fenwick, M.P., has met with a rather
serious accident, at her residence in London. She was dross-
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 systesa 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.
SPITHEAD.—D acing the past week Rear• Admiral
Sir Alexander Milne, Captain Hewlett,
C,13., 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 destructive
ammunition.--Army and .Ifavy Gazette.
THE AMERICAN BLOCEADE,—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. Hood by the steamer
Protons. Sho was from Nassau, Boston, July s.—The
British prize steamer Jupiter, from Nassau, N.Y. 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.
:CAM'S AIITOGRAPIL—At Paris, the other day,
an autograph of Tasso was sold, written by the poet of the
" Gerusalemmo Liberate," in the 26th year of his age. It
is worded as follows :—" 1, the undersigned, hereby ac-
knowledge to have received from Abraham Levi 25 lire, for
which he holds in pledge a swora of my father's, 6 shirts,
4 sheets, and 2 table-covers. March 2, 1570, Torquato
Tease." - _ _

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 unfouided,