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

BERMUDA.

LIVERPOOL. Thursday Evening.
We have received advices to day from Bermuda to the
21st ult.

Trade has been exceedingly brisk, and the arrivals of
blockade runners almost unprecedented, 11 being reported
by this mail. On the 3d ult. the steamers Lynx, Captain
Reed, and Florie, Captain Gilmore, arrived from Wilming-
ton. On the 6th the steamer Alice, Captain Grant, arrived
from the same port. On the 10th there were three arrivals
—viz., the Little Hattie, Captain Lobby; the Flamingo,
Captain Atkinson; and the Helen, Captain Wardell. On
the 12th the steamer Mary Bowers, Capt. Horsey, arrived,
having been chased by a Federal gunboat. She was obliged
to throw overboard upwards of 60 bales of ootton, which
were picked up by the Federal gunboat R. Y. Cuyler, and
sold at Bermuda. The Old Dominion had also arrived with
1,025 bales of cotton. The other arrivals reported were the
Let Her Be, Let Her Rip, and the City of Petersburg, all
with full cargoes of cotton.
The Anne, Captain Taylor, arrived from Nassau on the
3d Wt. It was reported that the steamer Falcon Fisher had
broken down when on her passage to Halifax, being beund
to that port for repairs. The fine ship Storm King, 1,500
tons register, was loading cotton for this port. She had a
cargo of 3.000 bale", a large portion of which was on ac-
count of the Confederate Government, being part in liqui-.
dation of the loan. It was expected that she would leave
Bermuda on the 23d ult. Most of the bales were repacked
and pressed for the vessel. Tho steamers Owl and Wild
Rover (blockade runners) had arrived from England. The
Little Hattie was chased and had to throw overboard up-
, wards of 270 bales of cotton. The departures had also been
large. The Mary, Celestia, Old Dominion, Alice, Florio,
Chicora. City of Petersburg, and Ella being reported ad
sailing for blockaded ports. The Annie, North Heat?,
Little Hattie, and Helen had sailed for Halifax,Nova Scotus,
for, it was supposed, repairs. A telegram was sent from
Lloyd's this afternoon to the outports stating that the
steamer Lillian was captured on the 24th July. This infor-
mation is incorrect, as advices report her arrival at arrißer-
muda. She subsequently sailed for Wilmington, arriving
at that port about the 4th ult., and on entering she was
chased by the Federal gvnboat Shenandoah. No less than
267 shots were fired at her, but she escaped entirely, owing
to the courage of her commander. Late advices report the
blockade trade almost suspended, most of the steamers either
having been injured, or their officers suffering from fever.

SPIRITS IN PASSENGERS' BAGGAGE.—By a re-
cently issued regulation of the Commissioners of Customs.
their officers, throughout the United Kisgdoni, are in-
structed not to charge with duty any quantity not exceed-
ing a reputed quart bottle of drinkable quits, of any
strength, when found in the baggage of passengers arriving
trom abroad, The great reduction which has taken place in
the Tate of duty since the former regulation was promul.
gated 44 years ago—under which any quantity exceeding
a pint was chargeable—is assigned as a justification of the
relaxed rule.
ALLEGED GREAT FRAUDS.—The Shipping Gazette
alludes to reports respecting an underwriter at"
tached to a marine insurance office, who is supposed to be
now on his passage to Australia. His sudden departure is
said to be attributable to monetary affairs, variously stated
from £30,1400 to £50,000. Whether the office suffers is yet
to be learned. Several members of the Stock Exchange, it
is stated, are involved in transactions with the individual
in question.