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

Messurier, arrived at this port last night from
Havana and Nassau. The dates from the former
are to the 11th and from the latter port to the 13th
inst.

The news from Havana is of LO importance. Two
French vi ssels of war had arrived there from Vera
Cruz, whence they sailed on the 4th inst., but our
correspondent could not learn that they brought
any news. This rather dissipates the report rela-
tive to the capture of the city of McKie° by the
French.
The news from Nissan is interesting, as indicat-
ing the activity and success of the blockade runners.
We give a list of the arrivals aril enpli tures of these
vessels at and from that put for two or three
weeks.
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ARRIVALS AND CLEARANCV AT NASSAU, N.P.
ARRIVED. ,
March 16, steamer Granite Cityrwan, Wilmington,
cotton, to H. Adderley and Co.
March l7, steamer Eagle, CapperoVilmington, cotton,
to H. Adderley and Co.
March 21, steamer Stonewall Jackson, Black, Havana,
ballast, to H. Adderley and Co.
March 27, steamer Gertrude, Balm*, Charleston, cotton,
to 11. Adderley and Co.

March 28, steamer Charleston, Robinson, Charleston,
cotton, to Sawyer and Menendez. .-
L
March 28, schooner Convoy, Rob ' s, Wilmington, cot-
ton and turpentine, to Saunders and qn.
Care)
rMarch 30, sloop Express, -1 ieston, cotton, lo
1 .
11. Adderley and Co.
April 2, schooner James R. Pringle, Hecklinbcrg,Charles-
ton, cotton, to H. Adderley and Co,
April 3, steamer Ellie and Annie, Carlin, Havana, as-
sorted cargo, to H. Adderley and Co.

April 3, sloop Richard, Mooney, Charleston, cotton, to
Saunders and Sen.

April 6, steamer Eagle, Capper, Charleston, cotton, to H
Adderley and Co.

April 9, schooner Victoria, Wickland, Matamoras, cot
ton, to T. Darling and Co.

April 10, steamer Margaret and Jessie, Wilson, Charles
ton, to H, Adderley and Co.

April 10, schooner Julia Gordon, Wilmington,, cotton, to
Saunders and Son.

CLEARED.

wood, Work, Port
er and Menendez; schooner
S.C.,Marveiha
Al6b,acslao,ocpoffAeel,frbeyd
sHawayy
Sue, Erickson, Beaufort, N.C., assorted cargo, by H. Ad
derley and Co.

March 19, schooner Inez, Edgett, Beaufort, N.C., salt,
by the master; steamer Eagle, Capper,. St. John's, N. 8.,
Adderley Co.
March
2 2merchandise,
Granite
dderley
assorted merchandise, by H. Adderley a,EndCno:
St.
John's,
N .
Hyer, Marsden, Matti-
moras, inward cargo, by H. Adderley and Co. ; steamer
Margaret and Jersie, Wilson, St. John's, N. 8., assorted
March
"assortedlo, schooner steamer
Wr ma be
. 1137 City,,
merchandise, by H. Adderley and Co.

April 7, bark Nelson, Irving, England, cotton, by Saun-
ders and Son; brig San Juan, Berretiago, Matamoras, as-
serted cargo, by R. W. H. Weed',

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

(From the Aassau Gurrdian, March 26.)

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 la3t 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 narrow yellow
stripe. The steamer was stopped, and a boat
lowered for the purpose of ascertaining the name on
the boats, if possible, but nothing was discernible
on them or the other articles which could lead to
their identification.

On nearing the blockading squadron, the Flora
was chased close to Fort Moultrie, having about
thirty shot and shell discharged at her without
cffect. 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 Piekernell and his cffieers, com-
bined with the fleetness of the steamer.

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

(From the Aassau 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.

By one of the passengers in the yacht Julia,
which arrived from Havana on Thursday night, we
learn that the steamer Marion, Johnson, master, be-
longing to Spofford and Tileston's New York and
New Orleans line, struck on a
sunken rock (net
put down in the chart), about nine miles north
of Double Headed Shot Cay
Newon hyunr sr
kd a
to New
the 20dr
Orleans
na
ns ts.
withhe
a valuable assorted
S was bound from
lighthouse, at five p.m.
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 am ched 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 Le 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
saved the provisions and stores
Cardenas; but the rest preferred waiting for an
arrival from Nassau. They hid erected tents for
oshretlhteeri‘,
Marion,
nh,awvienrge
enjoying
themselves as well as
circumstances would allow.

Several small vesselsaorrNinveodE,aAtplirialv:67ldBu6r3i.ng
t
last week loaded with cotton from the Gulf ports.
FORTRESS
m
wireendulnyderstoo visit by way of the Nanse
d by our gunboats doing
duty The good intentions of the enemy towards us in
pmaoyni cln gr
i av
se
ra he
placed such ob-
stacles thaivsetime he has not
made much headway in the advance. Twice has
aty in
in that
his stream,
way
t h andßt
up theyo have
Longstreet laid down pontoons, and each time have
our Parrott guns played such havoc in his ranks
that the attempt vies given up as futile, and, to
all appearances, he has retired, perhaps to hatch
some plans to prosecute his designs in “ different
shape.
One of our gunboats—the Mount Washington—
was coming down the Naneemond on Tuesday
night, and was completely riddled by field rifle
artillery. The first shot that struck her went clear
through her boilers; but by good luck the vessel
wus running with a small head of steam, and the
explosion caused by the ball killed only one of the
crew. The navy tender Philadelphia, Captain Rey-
nolds, being near, at once took the Mount Wash-
ington in tow, and brought her safely to this place.
The steamer C. W. Thomas, Captain C. G Baker,
was also fired on while coming from Suffolk. Seve-
ral rifle shots penetrated the wheelhouse; but her
pilot, Captain Carey, never flinched, and brought
the vessel through unscathed, save a few small
holes caused by musketry. Thus far no general
i engagement has been brought on. Skirmishing on