The Sun.
London, England, 1863-09-03 00:00:00

(Br MAGNETIC TELEGRAPH.)

GRAVESEND, Thursday Morning.
Arrived—Hamilton, from Cronstadt ; Susan and Henry,
from Riga ; Sarah Fox, from Marsala; Iris, from Kane.
beck ; Effort, from Leghorn.
DEAL, Thursday Morning.
Passed—H.M.S. Wye, from the river, for the westward ;
Mary, barque, from the west, for London.
Anchored—John Parker, from London, for Bombay ;
Egbert, from Shields, for Valparaiso (been in collision with
the French brig Gustave, of Nantes) ; both vessels sustained
trifling damage and remain.

PROVISION FOR WIDOWS.—Among the Acts of
Parliament recently printed was one to enable pro-
vision to be made out of the funds of Greenwich Hospital
for the widows of seamen and marines, slain, killed, or
drowned in the sea service of the Crown. A sum of £5,000
annually may now be appropriated by the Admiralty out of
the funds of the hospital as a provision for the widows of
petty officers and seamen, and of non-commissioned officer
and privates of the Royal Marines, who, after the passing
of the act, may be killed or drowned in the service of the
Crown. The widows' fund is to be created by the accumu-
lations of the unexpended balances, and to be invested in
the public funds. The Admiralty may make rules for the
regulation and maintenance of the fund, which rules are to
be approved by an order in Council.
COLLISION OFF THE COAST OF CORNWALL.—A
collision took place on Sunday night off the westerly
part of the Cornish coast, between the schooner Minerva
and the smack Elizabeth. The Minerva, commanded by
Captain Rich, belongs to Scilly, and bad sailed from Car-
diff' on Saturday evening, bound for Plymouth. The Eliza-
beth, Captain M'Gowan, was sailing for Dublin, and while
between Land's-end and Mount's Bay came into collision
with the Minerva, at 6 15 p.m. There was plenty of day-
light, and the wind was blowing atr ngly from the N.E.
A heavy sea was running. The Minerva, which was struck
on the port quarter, sank in less than three minutes. The
crew were saved, although one remained in the water fur
more than a quarter of an hour before he was picked up.
The schooner Desire took the captain, his wife, and the
seamen on board.

EMIGRATION FROM LIVERPOOL.—From the re-
turns furnished by the Government Emigration
officers at Liverpool, it appears that during the month
ended on the 31st of August the number of emigrants who
left that port was 9,890. Of these there were conveyed in
ships sailing under the Passengers Act, to the United States
of America, 493 cabin and 6,477 steerage passengers ; to
Canada the number was 480 in all ; and to Victoria, 11 cabin
and 1,255 steerage passengers. In ships not sailing under
the Act, the United States of America, 743; to Canada,
650; to New Brunswick, 24; to Vancouver's Island, 10;
to the West Indies, 8 ; to the West Coast of Africa, 13 ;
and to South America, 67. The total number of emigrants
during the present year up to the end of August was 93,901
against 5,493 up to the same period of last year.
THE GALWAY PACKET SERVICE,--The Adriatic
sailed from Galway at 3 p.m. on Tuesday, with 550 passen-
gers and 21 bags of mails. It was blowing a strong gale
from the westward.

ASININE IMPROVEMENT.—Good days seem to bo
in store for the donkey, that much-abused, patient,
and uncomplaining animal, for besides the association re-
cently formed in London for the purpose of giving prizes to
costermongers who can produce sleek, well-fed, and well-
tended animals of this description, Madame Urbain Rattazzi
has taken the donkeys of Aix-les-Bains under her protec-
tion, and has succeeded in successfully carrying out a great
race meeting in which her long-eared prote'ges were
allowed to contend. Everything passed off in the greatest
good order in the presence of more than 3,000 visitors, in
order that the susceptibilities of the four-footed competi-
tors should not be wounded, everything was arranged as
for a regular race meeting, for there were grand stands and
reserved seats, clerks ut the course, " gentlemen riders,"
weighing enclosures, and the names, weights, and colours
of the riders were duly published. There were three pi izes,
two of 2ul. for doniseys of three years and over; and the
grand prize of 301. for donkeys of all ages, conditions, and
countries. The distance was something under a mile.
THE CHANNEL FLEET AT LIVERPOOL—A. lona.
was received yesterday by the Mayor of Liverpool
(Mr. R. C. Gardner) from Admiral Dacres intimating that
the squadron under his command will sail from the Clyde
on Monday, the 7th inst., for Belfast, where it will remain
for three days, and will then proceed direct for the Mersey.
The stay of the fleet at Liverpool, he says, is uncertain, but
will not be less than six days. His worship the Mayor, in
order to show due respect to the occasion, has resolved to
invite the officers and a number of distinguished guests to
a dinner and grand ball to be given in the Town-hall ou
evening of Friday,:the ISth met.