The Sun.
London, England, 1863-08-01 00:00:00

BY MAGNETIC TELEGRAPH.

GRAVESEND, Saturday Morning.
Arrived, July 31--Belfast Lass, from Brussels ; Arran,
from Quebec ; Favourite, from Stettin; George Town, from
Barbadoes ; Mary Ann, from:Leghorn ; Baron Strathsby,
from Dantsic ; Specalant, from Memel; St. Anthony, from
Rouen.

Arrived, August I—Martha, from Groningen; Fidelity,
from Helsingborg; Dawn of Day,:from Porto Rico; Ceres,
from Golding; Gratitude, from Crohstadt; Celia, from
Nassau.
Sailed, August I—Hanover, steamer, for Calais.
DEAL, Saturday Morning.
Passed--Ceres, from Hamburg, for Callao; Victory,
from London, for Shanghai; Mona, screw steamer, from
Hartlepool, for Singapore.

Her Highness the Maharanee Jendau Kower,
the widow of the late Maharajah Runjet Singh of the Sikhs,

and the mother of the Maharajah. Duleep Singh, died this
morning at a quarter past six, at Abingdon House, Ken-

sington,
We have much pleasure in announcing that the
National Guard of Syra, has spontaneously elected
M. Stefanos hon. sec. of the Philhellenic Committee of Lon-
don, one of its captains. The news of this flattering dis-
tinction was forwarded to Captain Xenos by the Mayor of
Syra, who, in a very complimentary letter, says, " Syra does
honour to herself in conferring honour on one of the truest

of Greek patriots,"
THE WORK OF THE LATE SESSION.—In the re-
cent session, which commenced on the sth February, and
ended the 28th July, there were 125 public acts passed,

against 114 in the preceding year.
THE LONDON AND BRIGHTON RAILWAY.—The
public will learn with pleasure that the directors
of the Brighton Railway have resolved upon making a
general reduction of fares between nearly all their stations.
The new scale of charges comes.into operation to-day, and
there can be little doubt that a large increase in the number
of passengers will soon prove that the reform is a wise one.
This course of conduct on the part of the directors is all the
more commendable, inasmuch as the traffic is under their
own control, and nit in any way disputed with them by a

rival company.
THE SCOTCH PURITANS.—The Free Presbytery
of Edinburgh have determined to apply to the Lord Pre•
vost of Edinburgh and the Provost of Leith, requesting
them to make a representation to Admiral Dacres to secure
that the Channel squadron be not opened to visitors on
Sunday, so long as the squadron remains in Leith Roads.
—2llanchester Guardian.

A FLYING MAN.—The Journal de Constantinople
publishes the following strange story :—" One
evening last week two young men of the Isle of Prinkipo
were returning in a caique from a sporting excursion on the
coast of Asia, when they suddenly heard a noise for
which they could not account; but soon after they per-
ceived over their heads an enormous bird, the sight of
which filled them with alarm. Seizing their guns they
both fired at it, and were rtill more amazed when they
heard broken words and cries which could only proceed
from human organs. They at once steered for the spot
where the supposed bird had fallen, and were struck
with stupefaction on finding that what they had taken
for a volatile was a man with an immense pair of
mechanical wings, They took him into their boat, and
were not a little relieved on finding that he had only
received a few small shot in the legs. This new Icarus
was flying from Antigone to Plati to visit a young person
whom he wished to marry, but whose parents were opposed
to the match. To visit his lady love ho had invented and
made the wings he wore, and had already twice crossed
the strait between the islands. On his third journey his
flight was cut short by this untoward accident. Ho is now
at Plati."
LAMENTABLE SUICIDE.—Last night Dr. Lankes-
ter held an inquest at the King's Head, Swinton-
street, on the body of James Twohig, a corrector of the
press, aged 68. The deceased had formerly been a hard
drinker of spirits, and had what the coroner said was called
a gin liver. One of the witnesses attributed all the mischie,
to dram drinking. He lived at 30, Swinton-street, Gray's-
inn-lane. He had suffered for some time in the kidneys.
He could not rest at night. On Thursday morning about
4 o'clock he got out of bed from the room on the ground-
floor, ran up stairs, and threw himself out of the second-
floor window. His wife was horrified to find that it was
the body of her husband that passed her bed-room window.
He was dead. The coroner said that persons who drank
upset the nervous system. It was much better to remain
in bed when sleepless than to get out, and so increase the
restlessness. Verdict--Temporary insanity.

The Court of Assizes of the Seine yesterday trie
two commission agents, named Krieg and Verel, the
former residing at Marseilles and the latter at Parie, both
representatives of the firm of Nadiroff and Co., silkmer
chants at Tiflis (Georgia), for forging and despatching two
telegrams to Tiflis, on the 18th April last, with intent to
injure the brothers Stepham and Martiros Termykertit-
chiang. silkmerchants at Tiflis and Paris. It appeared
re-
from the evidence that on the 27th of April, Stepan
ceived at Tiflis two telegrams from Paris, apparently
from his brother Martiros. One of theme
following sent off
at 10 am. on the 18th, and contained
lower ; silk
words :—" Wool and cotton, much
higher, , receiving two bales wool; bus "This morn-
iness very bad at pre-
sent." The other was couched as followe :--
ing's Cespatch annulled; await letter." On May 14, Mar-
tiros received a letter from his brot Martiros at once
her stating that these two
despatches had greatly embarrassed him.
endeavoured to discover the authors of them, and traced
them to the prisoners, who forwarded them to promote
the interests of the into ofdei principals, Nadiroff and
Co., by keeping Terms
time. out of the market for a
time. Krieg at once confessed that he had forwarded the first,
despatch to -Veva in Paris by letter, requesting him to send
it to Tiflis, and had been enabled to give it an appearance
of reality by seeing the two bales of wool inscribed in a
ato he
same
had
practised,
ship's manifest. Verel confirmed this statement, and added
that having,
after reflection, repented oefs
p the
despatch fraud h
he sent off the second
d
day to prevent its doing any mischief. The me
prisoners
both declared that they were not at first aware of
the gravity of the act they hadcommitted,
seemed very penitent. The counsel for the defence and
argued
that their clients had not been guilty of forgery in the legal
sense of the word, and denied that the brothers Termy_
kertitchiang had any claim for dam
that view of the case, broughtinaavgeersd The jury, taking
verdict of not guilty,
and the Coart, in pronouncing their
must be decidedby a Civil Tribunal.
acquittal, said that the
question o damages
A pleasure yacht built for the Empress by MM
Mazeline of Havre was launcheu the day before yes-
terday in the Vauban Basin, Its dimensions are—length,
18 metres, and breadth, 3m,75 c. It has two screws, both
aft, worked by engines with tubular boilers constructed after
designs by M. Cody, an engineer attached to MM. Maze-
-
lines's establishment
the internal fittings are mahogany. 1
he hull is made of sheet steel, and
any. This yacht is intended
for the use of the Empress between Paris and St. Cloud. Its
draught of water is about 24 inches, and its speed nine knots
an hour.

The French Minister of the Interior has awarded
one first cicss gold medal, three first class and 70
second class silver, for acts of courage and devotedness per-
formed during the month of April last. The Minister of
Marine has also given two first class and nine second class
gold medals, 16 first class and 44 second class silver, and 66
official certificates of satisfaction, for similar acts in saving
vessels from sh Lr_d clLtivikt.