The Sun.
London, England, 1863-04-30 00:00:00

CLEARED.

March 16, sloop Alfred Haywood, Nark, Port Iloyal,
S.C., via Abaca, coffee, by Sawyer and Menendez; schooner
Sue, Erickson, Beaufort, N.C., assorted cargo, by ,H. Ad-
derley and Co.
gCeatit;per, St. John% N. 8.,
Beaufoit, N, C: salt,
Adderley and Co. , . .
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mores, inward cargo, by H. Adderley and Co,:; steamer
Margaret and Jersie, Wilson, St. John's, N.l34€assorted
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merchandise, by H. Adderley and Co. , .

April 7, bark Nelson, Irving, England, cottotOy Saun-
ders and Son; brig San Juan, Berretiago, Matamoras, as-
sorted cargo, by R. W. H. Meech. ~

April 9, bark Earl of Mar and Rollie, Still; 'Liverpool,
cotton, by A. Johnson; sloop Maria Biggs;Xort Royal,
S.C., salt, by the master.

(From the IVassau Gurrdian, March 2(.)

. -
There have been two arrivals from Charleston
since our last, the steamer Ruby, Captain Carlin,
having come in on Monday, and the steamer Flora,
Captain Pickernell, yesterday. Both brought dates
to the 20th inst.

The Flora, on leaving this port last trip, passed,
on the 14th inst., near the western edge of the
Gulf Stream, several casks, a panel door and two
clinker built boats. The last named were bottom
upwards and painted green, with a narq.w yellow
stripe. The steamer was stopped,:
,and a .mat
lowered for the purpose of ascertaining the name pn
the boats, if possible, but nothing Was discernible
on them or the other articles whit?: could leaf to
their identification.

On nearing the blockading Equadron, the Flora
was chased close to Fort Moultrie, having about
thirty shot and shell discharged at her without
effect. One shot passed near enough to an officer
on deck, however, to cause him to feel sensibly the
agitation of the atmosphere around. The success
of eluding the vigilance of the blockaders may be
undoubtedly attributed to the skill and persever-
ance of Captain Pickernell and his cffieers, com-
bined with the fleetness of the steamer.

The Flora is the vessel furnished with a double
screw, of which we published a description a short
time since.

(Front the assau Guardian, April 11.)

The steamer Margaret and Jessie, Captain Wil-
son, arrived from Charleston last evening, bringing
dates to the Bth instant.
The long expected attack on Charleston took
place on Tuesday last, the 7th instant. Ten Moni-
tors and the Ironsides, beside about twenty-seven
wooden vessels, were engaged in the bombardment.
The Ironsides and the iron-clad Keokuk were se-
verely injured, and Captain Wilson reports having
seen, on coming out of Charleston, a vessel sup.
posed to be the latter, with nothing but her turrets
out of water.

thepaiissaevnagnearson Thursday night, we
in the yacht Julia,
struck
whichß y onearrived
from
sunken rock (not
learn that the steamer Marion, Johnson, master, be-
e lonwginogrlteoanSspolffinoer,d
and T
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oilnestaon's New York and
put down in the chart), about nine miles north
of Double Headed Shot Cay lighthouse, at five p.m.
on Thursday, the 2d inst. She was bound from
New York to New Orleans with a valuable assorted
cargo. She passed over the rock, but was so much
injured that she was with difficulty navigated to
the lighthouse, and just on reaching it she leaked
so considerably that the fires in the engine-room
were extinguished. In this emergency the captain
was compelled to beach her, and she immediately
bilged.
Mr. J. B. Squires (of the firm of Squires Brothers,
of this city), who is engaged in the erection of a
building attached to the lighthouse, with the assist-
ance of his workmen, succeeded in saving a large
quantity of the Marion's cargo. _

Captain Johnston hailed a schooner which passed
on the day after the disaster, in which he despatched
the purser and several of his crew to Nassau in order
to procure a steamer for the purpose of forwarding
the passengers to their destination, but, all the
steamers here being engaged, the schooner Vigilant
has been chartered for that purpose. Eleven of the
passengers took passage on board a brig bound to
Cardenas ; but the rest preferred waiting for an
arrival from Nassau. They had erected tents for
shelter, and, having saved the provisions and stores
circumstancesoftheUarion ,wereenjoying themselves as well as
would allow.

Several small vessels arrived at Havana during
last week loaded with cotton from the Gulf ports.
FORTRESS MoNROE, April 16, 1863.
towards us in
and they have placed such ob-
stacles of the Nanse-
p mond river were understood by our gunboats doing
a Theying goodusa f
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of i
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that up to this time he has not
in the advance. Twice has
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all appearances, he has retired, perhaps to hatch
some plans to prosecute his designs in a different

shape.
One of our gunboats—the Mount Washington_
was coming down the Nansemond on Tuesday
night, and was completely riddled by field rifle
artillery. The first shot th:..kt struck her went clear
through her boilers; but by goo,l luck the vessel
was running with a small head of ,steam, and the
explosion caused by the ball killed ()oil?
one of the
crew. The navy tender Philadelphia, r Rey-
nolds,
being near, at once took the Mount Wat:."
ington in tow, and brought her safely to this place.
was
se
asitseoamfireerdC. W. Thomas,
coming Captain
f C. G Baker,
from Suffolk. Seve-
ral rifle shots penetrated the wheelhouse; but her
on
while
pilot, Captain Carey, never flinched, and brought
the vessel through unscathed, save a few small
holes caused by musketry. Thus far no general
engagement haa been brought on. Skirmishing on