The Sun.
London, England, 1863-12-07 00:00:00

SHIPPING—This Day.

LONDON, Dec. 7.—Wind this day at noon—South-
Westerly ; light breeze, and fine weather, but cloudy a
little.
PORTSMOUTH, Dec. 6.—Wind S.W.—Arrived—Sylph,
from Caen for Exeter.
LivicnrooL, Dec, o.—Wind S.W.—Arrived—Royal
Family, from Callao.

(BY MAGNETIC TELEGRAPH.)
GRAVESEND, Monday Morning.
Arrived, Dec. 6—Panther, from Boulogne; Lottery,
from Labrador; Idalia, from Cyprus; Eastern Chief, from
Amoy; Zetland, from Saguenay; Elizabah Gertrude, from
Groningen; Pride of the West, from Quebec; John Patten,
from Passim ; Roselle, from Foo-Chow-Foo; Circassian,
from Gaza; Waterloo, from Madras; Maple Leaf, from
Quebec; Scoresby, from Demerara; Clio, from Terceira ;
Restless, from Messina; Counna, from Mauritius ;
from Quebec; Billow, from Guernsey; Intrepid, from
Sombrero ; Kestrel, from Shanghai.
Arrived, Dec. 7—Reliance, from Quebec; Ivanhoe, from
Madras.
DEAL, Monday Morninc;
Dec. 6—Jonacen, for Cardiff ; Camerian, for'
Passed,New
York; Clarendon, for St. Manzanillo ; Rosebud, for Swan-
sea; Citizen, screw steamer, for Bordeaux; I'll Try, for
Marseilles; Wave, fur Bombay; Mary Hardy, for Barba-
does; Prospero, for Para; Villa de Blaze, for Nantes—all
from London.
The Pilgrim, for Demerara, has been supplied with
anchor and 15 fathoms of chain.
Passed, Dec. 7.—York, from London, for Madras.
Anchored.—Parrel, from London, for Manilla; Rangoon,
from London, for Hawk's Bay ; Alonzo, of Scarborough,
from the west, for the north; Chattanooga, from Quebec,
for London.

CLOWN, PANTALOON, HARLEQUIN, AND CO!;:!:
BIN E.--TOM, and Jack, and Harry, at
Dr.
Christmas
academy, have been looking forward by°, as been
as a time of holiday. Here, is one Ns•
bogy. as a time
looking forward to Christmas, quite as anxiSt
P
he has been
of a work—the Clown. For many weeks . o would bound
counting the days to the golden hour w.1711_
01 breeches, and
up'in the stage in his spotted shirt
8:4 are I" See he has
salute the audience with " liercot:v.enatb of it, and in his
bloomed into magnificence on the at
velvet cuffs and collar,
braided hat and lappeted coat,
of Brunswick. Certainly
brings back a memory of
th:great a length of watch-chain,
the Duke never sported so
°ugh as to " carats" and " water"
superior. You would think that so fine 1
or such large diamonds,
to wear those calico puff
they may have beennlsdain
would a pants- '
Calls them—which he is inspecting with
a gentleman
he
loon—" trucks"
Bat no—those "trucks" weigh heavy on
so ranch interest.
and Mr. May, of Bow-street, will
his mind just now,
.
until they are made all right, and exhibit suffi-
sacl time of it .
; ss behind. And here come his companions,
eient bagg-" .
pantaloon, harlequin, and columbine. Ah I what a glorious
- • to them
a Christmas is era I The crowd at thezallery door
on Boxing Night will not be more impatient for the rising
of the curtain than they ;:for with the rising of that curtain
will begin a period of constant employment and regular pay,
things to which these honest artistes have been stran-
gers, may be, for many months. Christmas Day has its
pleasures to these four worthies, but they are the plea-
sures of expectancy. There is not much time for cooking
or thought of eating in the homes of Clown, Panta-
loon, Harlequin, and Columbine on Christmas Day,
—even if there were anything to cook—they are all too
much occupied in fitting on their dresses and trying their
joints. They ,ill be fed when they stand in a pyramid
under the red fire ; and the bravoes and the clapping of
hands will be more satisfying to them than any roast beef,
and sweeter than any plum pudding. To the eyes that
look out from an honest and cheerful heart these Christmas
characters will always come as a vision of pleasure and de-
light. He to whom they come as aught else stands in need
of our prayers.—Christmas Number of "London Society,"
just published.
AMERICAN MAIL STEAMERS DUE AT LIVERPOOL
THIS WEEK.—The following steamers with tl:w
mails front the United States and Canada are duew With
dates this week, viz. :—The City of London.l
dates from New York to the 28th ult., is duo at
screw
Queens-
town to-morrow (Tuesday), and the Canadian screw
of
steamer North American, from Portland (thfevening of
the season from that quarter), with dates the ,
:Tuesday. On i
the 28th, is also due at Londonderry
eor Persia,
Captain
Saturday next the Cunard mail steamer
2d
December, may
Lott, with dates from New York
tlftrican Mail Steamship
be looked for at Queenstown.
The
with the mails from the
Company's ship Macgregor Laird,
rtlfe,
and Madeira, may be
West Coast of Africa,. Teneli
the
course of Friday next.
expected to reach the Many I