The Sun.
London, England, 1862-08-11 00:00:00

SHIPPING-THIS DAY.

N.--
LONDON, Aug. 11.—Wind this day at noon—North-
Westerly ; light "reeze) and fine weather, but rather
cloudY.
"r.ORTSMOU
-T Aug. 10.—Wind N.W.—Arrived—lier
M Majesty's s,nannon, from Queenstown. Sailed-- lien-
ri, far Ss
Pea-
pr, _ILAND ROADS, Aug. 10.—Arrived—Hammon, from
,nce Edward's Island, for Hull.
FALMOUTH, Aug. 9.—Wind N.W.—Arrived—Ramon,
from Havanna.
NRWPORT, Aug. 10.—Wind N.W.—Arrived—Rill-
guenlly, from Gariucha.

(13Y MAGNETIC TELEGRAPH.)
GRAVESEND, Monday Morning.
Arrived, August 10—Mary Pring and Branch fro Dantsic • Mica, from Memel ; John Gray, from Riga;
Balaklava, from Tuticorin; Clara Katenka, from 'Wester-
% ick.

Arrived, August 11—Hannah and Margaret, both from
Dantsie ; Caterina, from Groningen; Garland, from
Narva; Augustine, from Oporto.

- DEAL, Monday Morning.
Passed—Olamon, from New York, for Landon ; Emma
(brig), from Rio Grande, for Antwerp ; Belvidere, from
Taganrog; Rosa (barque), from Odessa; Perseverance
(schooner), from Prince Edward's Island ; Fortitude, from
St. Lucia; Janet Kidson (ship), from Belize • Three Sisters
(schooner), from St. John's—all for London; 'Clio, of Shore-
ham, from north, for west ; Fraser, of Jersey, and Stanley
(schooner), from the westward, for ihe northward ; Caldera,
for Quebec; Jenny Lind, for New York; Elvira, for Bar •
celona ; Grenda (screw ,teamlr), for Genoa—all from Lon-
don ; Anna, from Oporto, for London ; Albertina, from
Kramfaro, for Maioom.

We are enabled to state that the marriage of the
Prince of Wales will take place some time next year. At
the present moment, no positive arrangements have been
made, and we are aware that nothing will be positively
made known in regard to the Prince's choice until his re-
turn to Emgland from Germany. The probability is, that
the Princess Alexandrina of Denmark will be the future
Princess of Wales. The Princess Alexandrina is in her
eighteenth year, having been born in December, 1844. She
is the eldest daughter of his Royal Highness Christian,
Prince of Denmark, who is the son of the Duke of Schles-
wig-Holstein- Sonderburg-Gluksburg, successor to the
throne of Denmark on the death of the present King,
Frederick VII.—Court Journal.

THE BRISTOL CHANNEL DEFENCES.—The pro-
jected fortifications for the defence of the Bristol Channel
and the estuary of the Severn are at once to be erected. On
the English side of the Channel a heavy battery will be
erected on the extreme western point of Brean Down, a
promontory which runs out a considerable distance into the
Channel, having a high elevation throughout. The second
defence will be batteries on each side of the Steep Holmes,
the third similar batteries on both sides of the Flat Holmes,
and the fourth defence a fort mounting heavy ordnance at
Lavernock Point, a promontory just below Penarth Roads.
Between these defences a very formidable crossfire could be
maintained. In no case would the ordnance be required to
command a greater range than 2,000 yards.
NOVEL MATCH.—On Friday evening last, Capt.
Coates, of the 6th Caribineers, undertook, for a heavy
wager, to walk a mile, run a mile, and ride a mile, in
18 minutes, which feat came off near Guildford. lie walked
the mile in eight minutes; ran the mile in six minutes;
and, after losing some little time in mounting his horse, he
accomplished the feat in 16 minutes 12 seconds—thus win-
ning the match easily, and having one minute and 48 se.
conds to spare.

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two other parties, named John Hall and Mary Murphy,
also in his employ, all of whom
we
arrested, and committed for trial at nextimm ecdaiastelyconnafteeir
petty sessions.--Freeman,
BAY WASHED
AWAY.--A singularly unfortunate
calamity has been added to that which has already over-
taken the manufacturing populationh oftCaarlilsarlegefrhoamy
has
a
cotton famine. About l
for years intercepted the rivere f
Craerdetweaeindyturned thewater
along a danacourse, by which about a'dozen pleas of busi-
ness were more or less kept gcing. The first is the beetling
works of Messrs. Ferguson Brothers, Holme lead, where
the bay was situate. The dam then ran along to the flour
mill of Messrs, Carr, next to another beetling establishment
belonging to Messrs. Palmer and Co. ; from this it passed
successively Messrs. Donald's steam looms, Messrs. Ro-
binson's flour-mill, Alessrs. Dixon's cotton factory, Mr.
Blaylock's beetles, two breweries, an alabaster mill, a
woollen mill, and finally emptied itself into the Eden, about
two miles from where it left the Caldew. For some time
the bay has been in a dilapidated state, and the owners
were only waiting for favourable weather to put it into
substantial repair. But on Friday afternoon the river,
which had been much swollen by heavy rains, made a
breach in the "apron" of the bay. The rushing waters
were not long in widening the gap, and eventually the en-
tire structure was swept away. So complete was the de-
struction that the mouth of the dam was left high and dry
in a very short time, the great body of water flowing to the
other side of the river. The whole of the works mentioned
will,
cons€quently, be more or less affected by this catas-
trophe, and some of them will have to stop altogether for a
time. In order, however, to make the stoppage as short as
possible, efforts will be wade to lay down a cofferdam to
direct the water into the old damcourse. This will be no
easy task in the present flooded state of the river ; but it is
hoped that in a few days the temporary structure will be
completed.
TEIE HARVEST IN CAMBRIDGESHIRE.--Thoseg of last
weekwho commencede
two hu
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ebreeg itnono
asty,
i h, and
n
as the crop is slow in ripening they have been obliged to
desist, and defer further operations for a week or more.
One or cut wheat
Cutting early
has
recolikely
raraenoad, and the
are to be consider-
ablemajority of farmers will be in their harvest at the end of
loserssc' thereby.whe
this week. Barley and oat crops will be as forward as the
wheat in many instances, therefore, should the weather be
favourable, the harvest men will have full work on their
hands during the next three or four weeks. We fear that
the strong wind of Thursday last has beaten down most
.of
the heavy crops. The report of the mangold and turnip
plant is very good, and that of the P°tatecsoieetnhtenactliiessease
fa-
vourable ; in tact, we have not yet
heard
and cheapness in this commodity is talked o
f.—Camliridg;
Independent.