The Sun.
London, England, 1863-08-24 00:00:00

SHIPPING—This Day.

LONDON, Aug. 24.—Wind this day at noon—South-
Westerly; light breeze, and fine weather, but rather
cloudy.
FALMOUTH, Aug. 23.—Wind S.W.—Arrived—Pilau,
from Savannah; Trafalgar, from Montreal. Sailed—
Malta, for Mauritius.
PLYMOUTH, Aug. 21—Wind S.W.—Arrived—Essex,
from Sunderland for Quebec.
PORTSMOUTH, Aug. 23.—Wind S.W.—Arrived—James
Bates, from Shields for Alicante, leaky. Sailed—Express,
for Calcutta.
TORBAY, July 23.—Wind N.W.—Sailed—Akbar, fcr
Kurrachee.
KINGROAD, Aug. 23,—Arrived—Florist, from Montreal
for Gloucester. _ _

V
SCILLY, Aug. 22.—Wind S.W.—Arrived—Carsite •
sides, from Cardiff for Mauritius, with loss of fore and main
topmastyard, sails, &c.
BRISTOL, Aug. 23.—Wind S.W.—Arrived—Twilight,
from Cuba. Sailed--Norge, for Montreal. Consul, for
Quebec,

(BY ELECTRIC TELEGRAM)
PLYMOUTH, Monday, 10 a.m.
The transport Akbar, which was in collision off Start
Point with a Spanish bark,' and has been since repaired at
Dartmouth, passed down Channel off this port at noon yes-
terday on her voyage to liurrachee, with troops; all well.
(BY MAGNETIC TELEGRAPH.)
GRAVESEND, Monday Morning.
Arrived, Aug. 23—Emilie Minde, from Frederickshall ;
Plover, from Barbadoes ; Louisa, from Guernsey ; Reform,
from Uleaborg ; Reliance, from St. Vincent ; Bocelos, from
Dantsic ; Jason Maria, from Copenhagen • Rosebud, from
St. Petersburg; Eucharis, and Emmanuel, from Quebec;
Harry, from Bathurst.
Arrived. Aug. 24—Belle, from Leghorn; Harfruen,
Thule, and Persia, from Quebec ; Lionne, from Graveiines;
George, from St. Petersburg; Zama, from Guernsey.
Sailed, Aug. 23—Daniel F. Feming, for Otago; Mar'
garet Evans, for New York.
DEAL, Monday Morning'
Passed—Fortuna, steamer, from London, for Genoa.
Anchored—Marchioness of Bute, of Poole, and Faith,
schooner, from north, for west; Glengarifff from London,
for Montreal.

CAUGHT AND CAGED.—In this city the substi-
tutes for draughted men are kept in a large room in
Marble-block in the second storey, and are strongly guarded.
The guard carry Springfield muskets loaded with cartridges,
in which the powder is topped by a bullet and several buck-
shot. Any attempt at "skedaddling" would be pretty sure
to result in a wounded substitute—or a dead one. When-
ever one of them wants to go about town on any errand,
he is accompanied by one—generally two—armed soldiers.
It is not the policy to let a large number of substitutes
accumulate here. As soon as they have been provided
with uniforms they are quietly taken off in squads of six
to 20 to the cars, and sent to the conscript camp at New
Haven.—Hartford Times.
SINGULAR CHARGE OF MURDER.--•At the Liver-
pool Police-court on Friday a man named Richard
Hall Garratty was charged with having stolen a shawl,
and also with having shot a magistrate in Ireland in 1845.
Eliza Iluckle stated that she cohabitated with the prisoner,
and then went on to say—" He came home one night
between 11 and 12 o'clock, when we were living in William.
street, Birkenhead, and he said to: me, Hefty,' says he,
I am very unhappy; can I trust a secret with you ? '
Yes,' said I, you may trust your life with me. • Well,
then,' said be, ' I shot a man 1 " Good God,' said I,
' Dick, you shot a man ! ' and he said, Yes, it was a magis-
trate—his name was Bell,' " Witness here said "that Bell
has been ringing in my ears ever since. I have bean
away from the prisoner twice, but Bell's ghost so haunted
me I was obliged to go back to him." Witness continued
—The prisoner said the reason he shot the man was that a
piece of land was taken away from an old man by Mr. Bell.
That he (prisoner) and others drew lots who should shoot
Mr. Bell, and that the lot fell to him. The deceased was
shot near Clones, and the pistol used was afterwards buried
in a hedge. Maale, an Irish detective officer stationed
in Liverpool, produced a file of the Irish lute and Cry, in
which an advertisement appeared offering a reward of £lOO
for the apprehension of the murderer of George Bell Booth,
a magistrate, as be was returning from church on the 9th
of July, 1845. Huckle said she dreamed that the prisoner
shot some one, and she "carried hint in her eye until he
divulged it." A general remand was granted.