The Sun.
London, England, 1863-09-12 00:00:00

SHIPPING—This Day.

LONDON, Sept. 12.—Wind this day at noon—South-
Westerly; moderate breeze, and Ilno weather, but rather
cloudy.
PORTSMOUTH, Sept. 11.—Wind S.W.—Arrived—Her
Majesty's snip -Victoria and Albert, from Antwerp ; her
Majesty's: ship Fanny, from Woolwich. Sailed—Erabla,
for Bilboa.
SUNDERLAND, Sept. 10.—Wind S.W.—Arrived—Nep-
tune, from Quebec.
FALMOUTH, Sept. 11.—Wind N.—Arrived—Zela Maria,
from Salina.
-WEYMOUTH Sept. 10.—WindN.W.—Arrived—Granite
City, from London for Sydney.
SWANSEA, Sept. 11.—Wind N.W.—Sailed—Albert
Borsig, for St. Thomas; Cornwall, Cuba; Lady Bute,
for Bermuda,
FLEETWOOD, Sept. 11.—Wind N.—Sailed—Mariner,
for St. John's, N.B.

BY MAGNETIC TELEGRAPH.
GRAVESEND, Saturday Morning.
Arrived, Sept. 11— Kingston, from Algoa Bay ; Anjaseta,
from St. Petersburg; Emma, from Purmerland ; Ellen
Rose, from River Gambia; Marie, from Thisted ; Emily,
from 'Gottenburg ; Margaretha, from Wismar; Robert and
Mary, from Riga; William, from Dansic; Yarra, from
Colombo; Victoria, from Sannesund , Bensher, from Cron-
stadt ; Alf, from Rostock.
Arrived, Sept. 12 Alma, from Uleaborg ; Thebes, from
Jamaica ; Amanda, from Bojorneborg ; Lintu, from Chris-
tianstadt ; Johanna, from Liban ; Rebecca, fay Mornirom Riga
DEAL, Saturdng.

Anchored—lnterva, from London, for Cadiff; Telegr4h,
of Boston, from Cronstadt, ler orders ; Star of Teign, from
London, for Port Natal.
Passed—Foresters of Shields, from she west, for north.

A FRENCH FAIR.—" Messieurs et Mesdames, I
present to you at this fair, as a mark of my confi-
dence in the people of this so-renowned town, and as an act
of homage to their good sense and tone taste, the Ven-
triloquist, the Ventriloquist I Further, Messieurs et
Mesdames, I present to you the Face-Maker, the
Physiognomist, the great Changer of countenances,
who transforms the features that Heaven has be-
stowed upon him into an endless succession of surpris-
ing and extraordinary visages, comprehending, Messieurs
et Mesdames, all the contortions, energetic and expressive,
of which tho human face is capable, and all the
passions of the human heart, as Love, Jealousy, Revenge,
Hatred, Averice, Despair ! Hi, hi, Ho, ho, Lu, lu, Come in 1'
To this effect, with an:occasional smite upon a sonorous kind
of tamborine —bestowed with a will, as if it represented the
people who won't come in—holds forth a man of lofty and
severe demeanour; a man in stately uniform, gloomy with
the knowledge he possesses of the inner secrets of the booth.
" Come in, come in ! Your opportunity presents itself
to-night; to-morrow it will be gone for ever. To-
morrow morning by the Express Train the railroad
will reclaim the Ventriloquist and the Face-Maker 1
Algeria will reclaim the Ventriloquist and the Face-
Maker I Yes ! For the honour of their country they have
accepted propositions of a magnitude incredible, to appear in
Algeria. See them for the last time before their departure.
We go to commence on the instant. Hi hi ! Ho ho Lu
lu Come in. Take the money that now ascends, Ma-
dame ; but after that, no more, for we commence, Come
in 1" Nevertheless, the eyes both of the gloomy speaker
and of Madame receiving sous in a muslin bower, survey
the crowd pretty sharply after the ascending money has
ascended, to detect any lingering sous at the turning
point. " Come in, come in I Is there any more money,
Madame, on the point of ascending? If so, we wait for it.
If not, we eommence I " The orator looks back over his
shoulder to say it, lashing the spectators with the convic-
tion that he beholds through the folds of the drapery into
which he is about to plunge, the Ventriloquist and the
Face-Maker. Several sous burst out of pockets, and ascend.
" Come up, then, Messieurs!" exclaims Madame iu a shrill
voice, and beckoning with a bejewelled finger. " Come up 1
This presses. Monsieur has commanded that they com-
mence I " Monsieur dives into his Interior, and the last
half-dozen of us follow.—Dickens's "All the Year _Round."

" CANADIAN," in a letter to us, says—Admiral
Dacres truly stated at Glasgow that we wanted
Alabamas, and such like craft in our navy. The Federate
have lately launched 28 double •ended or bowed steamers,
245 feet long, of great power and speed and very light draft
of water for ocean warfare, while we have no such ships in
our service. I would say to the Secretary of the Admiralty
" Fits est doceri ab hoste."
Are may have trouble in
Canada—the War-office should send out in time a suffi-
ciency of stores, with cannon, rifles, and ammunition for
auy emergency, the Admiralty at the same time dispatch-
ing two dozen of our gunboats for the Oitowa, Quebec, and
Halifax.
THE RECUSANT SUNDAY ILtYMAKERS AT LEIGH.
Much excitement prevails in Leigh on this subject,
and two meetings have been held for organising measures
to test the validity of :he convictions. Subscriptions are
flowing in from all parts of the
.kingdom to aid the de-
fendants, who are small farmers, in testing the validity of
the legal proceedings. On Thursday morning the cow and
furniture seized were sold by public auction, at the George
and Dragon Inn. About 1,000 persons were present, and
the utmost order was maintained., The cow only realised
£4, and the sofa and drawers 355. each, the whole being
purchased by Mr. J. B. Bevington, corn merchant, trea-
surer of the defence fund, who handed the cow and furni-
ture to the defendants free of charge. Three hearty cheers
for the defendant§ terminated the proceedings.