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.
LIVERPOOL, 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 Cypru; Eastern Chief, from
Amoy; Zetland, from Saguenay; Elizabeth Gertrude, from
Groningen; Pride of the West, from Quebec; John Patten,
from Fassien ; 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 ; William'
from Quebec; Billow, from Guernsey; Intrepid, from
Sombrero ; Kestrel, from Shanghai.
Arrived, Dec. 7—Reliance, from Quebec; Ivanhoe, from
Madras.

DEAL, Monday Morning..
Passed, Dec. 6—Jonacen, for Cardiff; Carnelian, for New
York; Clarendon, for St. Manzanillo. ; Rosebud, tor Swan-
sea; Citizen, screw steamer, for Bordeaux; I'll Try, for
Marseilles ; Wave, for Bombay ; Mary Hardy, for Barba-
does; Prospero, for Para; Villa de Blaza, for Nantes—all
from London.
The Pilgrim, for. Demerara, has been supplie
• with
anchor and 15 fathoms of chain.
Passed, Dec. 7.—York, from London. for Mad Rangoon,
Anchored.—Parrel, from London, for Manilla • h
Quebec,
from London, for Hawk's Bay ; Alonzo. of
Sc
Quebec,
from the west, for the north; Chattanooga, ^—
for London.

----------------- COMM.
CLOWN, PANTALOON, HARLECIU.rzf, AND
BIN E.—Tom, and Jack, and Harry'
to to Christmas
academy, have been looking a- Dr. Birch's
af° one who has been
as a time of holiday. Here
lila anxiously, as a time
looking forward to Christmas,
,„giany weeks past he has been
of a work—the Clown. For —ii„ur when ho would bound
irt and puff breeches, and
counting the days
upon the stage in his spate.
item we are I" See he has
salute the audience with
on
„ the strength of it, and in his
bloomed into magnifice-ci coat, with velvet cuffs and collar,
braided hat and lap
Peteof the Duke of Brunswick. Certainly
brings back a m to the golddeash
°Zed so great a length of watch-chain,
though as to " carats" and " water"
superior. You would think that so fine
tobresuDeulth
learngeevdeir_b;:Peono(B,
they may haveuid disdain to wear those calico puff pante.-
' a gentleman 17„ he calls them—which he is inspectin
loon—" trucks g with
t. But
no—those " trucks" weigh heavy on
h
so much interest.
and Mr. May, of Bow-street, will have a
sad time o
mind just now,
his f it until they are made all right, and exhibit suffi-
giness behind. And here come his companions,
c nt
pantaloon,bag harlequin, and columbine. Ali I what a glorious
time Christmas is to them I The crowd at the gallery 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 will 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 Christiana
characters will always come as vision of pleasure and de-
light. Ho to whom they come as aught else stands in need
of our prayers.—Christmas Number of ".London Society,"
jest published.

AMERICAN MAIL STEAMERS DUE AT LIVERPOOL
THIS WEEK.—The following steamers with the
mails from the United States and Canada are due at
Liverpool this week, v:z. :—The City of London, with
dates from Now York to the 28th ult., is duo at Queens
twn to-morrow (Tuesday), and the Cam,dian screw
steamer North American, from Portland (the first ship
rf
the season from that quarter), with dates to the °,vBuing
Captain
On
the 28th, is also due at Londonderry on Ttr"aY.
Saturday nest the Cunard mail steamer rers't
Lott, with dates from New York to the 2d December, may
be looked for at Queenstown. The African Dace b
Company's ship Macgreror Laird, with the mails from the
Tenerige, and Madeira, may be
West Coast of Africa,
the course of Friday next.
expected to reach the Mersey in