The Sun.
London, England, 1862-04-25 00:00:00

SHIPPING-THIS DAY.

LoNDos, April 25.—Wind this day at noon—West;
light breeze, and fine ; weather close. There was a heavy
storm early in the morning, with thunder and lightning.
NEWPORT, April 24.—Wind S. W.—Arrived—Borodino,
from Garrucha.

P 0 RSTS mot TH, April 24.—Wind S.E.—Arrived--Her
Majesty's ship Rhad .manthus, from Wooolwich. Sailed—
Tier Majesty's ship Visage, for Plymouth.
PLYMOUTH, April 24,—Wind S.E.—Arrived—Maria,
from Havannah,

(BY ELECTRIC TELEGRAPH.)

SOUTHAMPTON, Friday Morning.

Arrived—Leader and Edward, from; Sunderland.
Sailed—Lord Riversdale, for Quebec ; Southampton,
steamer, for Jersey ; Ganymede, for Shields.
(BY SUBMARINE AND MAGNETIC TELEGRAPH.)
GRAVESEND, Friday Morning.
Arrived, April 24—Sussex, from Antigua; Ocean, from
Sandesund; Tartar, from Guernsey; Rambler, from De-
merara; Sea Mew, from Alexandria ; Diana, from Trinidad
and Cuba; Rucker, from Trinidad; Villa de Cardiff, from
Nantes; Erromanga, from Matanzas.
Sailed, April 25—Saturn, for Shields and Cagliari.
DEAL, Friday Morning.
Passed—Flying Fish, for Babados; Seine and Tamise,
for Paris—both for London.

BRITISH MUSEUM.—The National Collection will
be closed from Monday next, April 28, until Monday, May
7, when the whole of the galleries, including the library,
will continue to be accessible to the public every day, ex-
cept Thursdays and Sundays, until the 16th August.
SACRED HARMONIC SOCIETY.—The usual Friday
rehearsal will be omitted this evening, on account of the
preparations necessary for the musical performances at the
opening of the International Exhibition.

The following Secessionist cities and towns have
been taken by the Federals since the American war began,
viz. :—Elizabeth, Edenton, Winton, Newbern, Beaufort,
and Morehead, in North Carolina; Bowling-green, Paint-
villa, Nashville, Clarksville, Columbia, Paris, Dover, and
Savannah, in Tennessee ; Fayetteville and Bentonville, in
Arkansas; Martinsburg, Leetown, Lovettsville, Smithfield,
Bolivar, Charlestown, Harper's Ferry, Big Bethel, Hut_
r( nsville, Leesburg, Manabsas, Cextreville, Winchester,
Occuquan, and Windsor, in Virginia ; Florence, in Ala-
bama; Cedar Keys, Fernandina, San Augustine, Jackson-
ville, in Florida ; Eastport, in Mississippi ; Springfield and
New Madrid, and Point Pleasant, in Missouri. The fol-
lowing Secessionist forts, batteries, and fortifications have
been captured by the Federals this year, viz. :—Forts
Johnson, Beauregard, and Evans; and Pigs Point, Ship-
ping Point, Cockpit Point, and Acquia Creek batteries, in
Virginia; Forts Clinch, St. Mark, and Warren, in Florida;
Forts Henry and Donnelson, in Tennessee; Columbus,
Bowling-green, and Mill Spring fortifications, in Kentucky;
Fort Macon and Elizabeth City batteries, in North Caro-
lina ; St. Simon's fortifications, in Georgia ; also the bat.
teries at Roanoak, and the fortifications at Manassas.
THE INEVITABLE SKELETON.--Some masons en-
gaged in rebuilding the house No. 42, Rue St. Louis au
Marais, had occasion to make a hole for supporting their
scaffolding in the roof of the adjoining house, which is oc-
cupied by a community of Franciscan monks, when they
were surprised to discover through the opening a human
skeleton, with a medal attached to the neck; it is supposed
to be the remains of a young woman. The skeleton has
been provisionally deposited at the police station in the Rue
St. Anastase, and an inquiry opened into this mysterious
diBc"OrYi—Galignatri's Messenger.