The Sun.
London, England, 1863-07-11 00:00:00

SHIPPING—This Day.

LONDON, July 11.—Wind this day at noon—East;
light breeze, and fine weather.
PLYMOUTH, July 10.—Wind S.W.—Arrived—Hannah
Booth, from Gottenburg.
OFF FALMOUTH, July 9.—Arrived—Alexander, from
Quebeo.

QuEENsTowN, July 9.—Wind W.—Arrived—Canada,
Quebec; Sidiskgulf, from New York. Sailed--Mary Ann.
for Quebec.

OFF COWES, July 10.—Wind S.—Arrived—Teutonia,
screw steamer, from New York.

BY MAGNETIC TELEGRAPH.

GRAVESEND, Saturday Morning.

Arrived, July 10—Haven Anne Solophe, from Nykjobing;
Neptune, from Sarpsborg ; Wilhelminie, from Tunning ;
Resolution, from Aalborg ; Wanderings Minde, from
Christiana.

DEAL, Saturday Morning
Passed—Murray, fiom London for Adelaide; Tigris,
from Shields for Alexandria.

Foreign Mail Packet List.

MAILS DUE.

A.uke.ralia and Mauritius, via Southampton ..July 19,
via Marseilles July 13,
.irazil and Cape Verds, by British packet. Aug. 4.
Cape of Good Hope, Ascension, and St. Helena July 29.
China, Penang, and Singapore, via Southampton July 19.
via Marseilles July 1.?,,
Falkland Islands
Gibraltar, via Southampton July 11.
India (Calcutta), and Ceylon, via Southampton July 19.
via Marseilles July 13.
India (Bombay), via Southampton
via Marseilles July 20.
Portugal.... ......
Malta, Egypt, and Men, via Southampton July, 11.
via Marseilles July 13,
Newfoundland ....

Oporto and Vigo .....
U. S. and British N. America, by Brit. packet July 16.
by U.S. packet
by Canadian packet July 10.
W.C. of Africa, Madeira, and Tailed& July 10
Bahamas, via New York July .(/*
Mexico... • July I.'
All parts of West Indies, including Chili, Peru, } July 14.
California. and British C01umbia............
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cane, followed by a shock of earthquake, which
lately took place in the Hodna, a serious effect was produced
on different Artesian wells in the neighbourhood. Those at
Metquaouak and water,
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LITERATURE.

Alison's History of Europe, from the Battle of
Waterloo to the Accession of Louis Napoleon.

People's Edition. Part I. Blackwood and Sons.

Among all the popular editions of modern litera-
ture which have been issued from the press in a
ofh
cheapt serial form, we should imagine that this one
of e Continuation of Sir Archibald Alison's History
Europe would be certain to be welcomed the
most eagerly, and would be sure also of obtaining
for itself the widest circulation. In shilling
monthly parts, the Historian of Europe supplies
the People, through his publishers, with a
pic-
turesque and comprehensive record of the
events of
their own time. Taking up the thread of his
great
narrative at the point at which he had dropped it,
human
or at. which it was tor a while suspended
at
that grand turning point in the annals of the
race, t' e (-pooh marked in bloody characters by the
Battle of Waterloo—Sir Archibald pursues that
'bread through all its devious and manifold involu-
tions long afterwards—in tffict through a momen-
tous interval so nearly approact.ing in the aggre-
gate to a complete half century, that, when it is
again dropped, the reader may be said to have die-
inctly " sighted " his own time. The People's
Edition, of which the First Part now lies before us,
will be completed in 28 parts altogether, that is in
a little more than two years from the present
moment. We commend it to the attention of the
readers and purchasers of what is besides being one
of the most usefully instructive, ceriainly, at the
same time, not by any means the least entertaining
and attractive, among all recently completed contri-
butions to the historic literature of the age.

Once a Week. Part XLVIII. Bradbury and Evans.
In this, the latest of the monthly instalments of
Once a Week—profusely illustrated, and singularly
varied in the letterpress furnishing the themes for
these numerous embellishments—six weekly num-
bers of the periodical are comprised. What is yet
more noticeable about the June number now under
consideration, is the circumstance of its bringing
to its completion, the eighth halt-yearly volume of
the publication now dating exactly four years from
its commencement. " Eleanor's Vengeance" is still
the chief serial attraction of Once a Week, of which
tales, incidental narratives, and various kinds of
light and amusing sketches form the staple among
the contributions.

The Boy's Own Volume.. Pp. 552. Samuel 0.

Beeton.

Collected together, the twenty-six numbers
making up this half-volume of the " Boy's Own
Magazine." certainly presents to its young readers
a right goodly appearance. It may take its place
on the favourite bookshelf of the boy-student, side
by side with the Peter Parley's of old. Bound in
radihnt cloth, glittering with gilding to the very
edges of the leaves, the Boys Own Volume is crowded
from cover to cover with delightfully interesting
stories, like " Cressy and Poictiers," with narra-
tives of hairbreadth ':capes and perilous adventures,
with records of travels and voyages made in all
parts of the habitable and even of the uninhabitable
globe—the whole of the varied letterpress being
profusely illustrated with woodcuts, some of these
latter exceedingly clever in an artistic point of
view, as animated and picturesque embellishments.

BACON'S WAR MAPS.—Three new War Maps,
just now issued from the press with wonderful
rapidity, illustrate the very latest movements of the
Federal and Confederate armies respectively. One
of them shows the new seat of war or battle ground
selected by General Lee in Pennsylvania.
Another displays to view, not only Pennsylvania,
but with that State the whole of Virginia and of
Maryland. The third, restricting its range to Virginia
alone, enables those who consult it for information
to trace at once with the utmost facility every battle
field and every separate fortification, with the names
of which the English public has recently become
familiar, along the banks of the Potomac.

ENGLAND'S GREAT LANDOWNERS.—As a supple-
ment to to-day's Spectator the readers of that very
able weekly journal, receive an outline Map of Eng-
land and Wales, upon the counties, marked on
which are clearly inscribed the names of the great
local landowners. The idea appears to us to be in
every way a novel one. It is admirably wel?
thought of : and, what is more, as here given in
the Spectator's Supplement, it is admirably well
executed.