The Sun.
London, England, 1865-03-24 00:00:00

SHIPPING INTELLIGENCE—This day.

LONDON, March 24.—Wind this day at noon—North-
Westerly; blowing a strong breeze and fine weather, but
very cold.

NEWPORT, March 23.—Wind S.E.—Arrived—R. M.
from Stormano for Rio Janeiro. Sailed—Heinrick, for
Belize.

LIVERPOOL, March 22.—The Stadtsraad, from Cagliari
for this port, lost part of her deckloop, and sustained other
damage.

CARDIFF, March 23.—Wind S.E.—Anived—Penson,
from Bilboa. Sailed—Lorenzo Sunfrau, screw st,eamer,
for Bilboa.

COWES, March 22.—Wind N.E.—Sailed—Ernestine, for
St. Jago de Cuba.

SHIELDS, March 23.—Wind S.E.--The cargo of the
Border Chieftain, of Hartlepool, which went ashore near
the North Pier, on the 15th March, has been recovered and
sold..

PEXZANCE, March 22.—Wind S.E—Arrived—Adven-
,ure, from Demerara for London.

BRIDGEWATER, March 23.—The Eliza Beymon, from
Newport for this port, was driven ashore on the night of
the 21st inst.

(By ELECTRIC TELEGRAPH.)
DOTER, Friday Morning.
The hired transport Alumbagh, Capt. Dale, having on
board the head-quarters of the 52d Regiment, has arrived
in the Roads, and is expected to land her troops to-day.
(BY MAGNETIC TELEGRAPH.)

GRAVESEND, Friday Morning.
Arrived, March 23.—Queen of the West, fro St.
Mtchael's ; Christina, from Drobeas.
Arrived, March 24.—Southern Cross, from Penang; Cal -
cutta, from Calcutta.

DEAL, Friday Morning.
Passed—Narawaud, from Lagos; Lady Valiant, from
Rangoon ; Blind Bonny, from Plymouth—all for London;
Arthur Pardew, from London, for Algoa Bay; Meggie Arm-
strong, from Shields, for Ancona.

ARRIVAL OF THE KING OF THE BELGIANS.—HiS
Majesty the King of the Belgians arrived at Dover
shortly after 7 o'clock last night, en route for Windsor on a
visit to the Queen. His Majesty came from Brussels by
way of Calais, being a shorter sea passage than his usual
route via Ostend. On arriving at Calais by Railway at a
quarter past 5 o'clock, the King embarked in the Belgian
Government steamer Belgique, Commander Picard, then in
readiness to convey his Majesty across the Channel. The
Ostend mail packet Topaz, Commander Gerard, followed
the royal boat as an escort. After a favourable passage, the
steamer, having on board King Leopold, his aide-de-camp,
Dr. Capel, and suite, drew alongside the Admiralty pier,
Dover, where his Majesty landed, and was received by tho
Belgian Envoy and Minister Plenipotentiary, M. Van de
Weyer ; Lord Alfred Paget and Lord Torrington, of the
Queen's household ; the Belgian Consul at Dover, Mr. S.
M. Latham ; Lieutenant-General Ellice and staff ; Colonel
Commandant Marriott, R.A. ; Col. Wynne, RE. ; Capt.
Bruce, R.N. ; the Secretary of Legation, M. Delfoss, &c. A
royal salute from the Castle battery announced the land-
ing. A guard of honour of the 37th Regiment lined the
pier and the approach to the Lord Warden Hotel, and the
space appropriated for spectators was crowded with a
fashionable assemblage, who cheered his Majesty on his
way to the Lord Warden Hotel, where he remained for the
night. A special train was ordered on the South-Eastern
Railway for this morning, to convey his Majesty and suite
direct to Windsor. The Hon. James Byng and Mr. J. P.
Knight, chairman and traffic superintendent of the South-
Eastern Railway Company, arrived at Dover last night to
accompany the royal train.

SINGULAR ACCIDENT.—A few days since a singu-
lar accident occurred to a little boy about four years
of age while travelling on the Great Western Railway, and
it is marvellous that it was not attended with fatal conse-
quences. It appears that the child was in the charge of his
mother, and they were passengers in a Bristol train for
London. He was near his mother leaning against the door
of the carriage while the train was proceeding at full speed
between the goading and Twyford stations, when suddenly
the door opened and the poor little fellow fell out. The
feelings of the mother may be better imagined than de-
scribed. She was greatly distressed, and imagined that of
course he had been crushed to death beneath the wheels of
the remaining carriages in the train. Fortunately the train
stopped at Twyford, and she there alighted and made known
to the company's officials the sad occurrence of the loss of
her child from the carriage. Acting upon the advice given
her, she returned by the earliest train to Reading, and on
her arrival at the station and making inquiries of the
officers she was astonished to learn that he was safe, and
received with unbounded feelings of joy her child without
having sustained any injury whatever by the fall from the
train. The little fellow, it seems, after the accident set off
to walk towards Reading, and was very fortunately quickly
met by one of the company's men at work on the line, who
took charge of him and conveyed him to the station at
Reading. The early discovery by the man was most timely,
otherwise the poor child might have been killed by some
of the subsequent trains.

THE EDMUNDS COMMITTEE.—Their lordships re-
assembled yesterday morning (all being present). The
only witnesses that have been examined up to the present
time have been Mr. Greenwood, Q.C., the Assistant-Soli-
citor to the Treasury, Mr. Leonard Edmunds, the Master
of the Rolls, Mr. Lemon, the private solicitor of Lord
Brougham, and Mr. Edmunds ; and Mr. William Brougham,
who was examined yesterday. Tho Scotsman publishes a
history of the Edmunds case, founded on various official
reports issued at intervals during the last eight months,
and which are now being sifted by the lords' committee. Our
contemporaty,:summing up the details, says :—" It will be
seen that there is something unsatisfactory or unexplained
as to the conditions on which Mr. Edmunds was appointed
to his first office ; but on that point all judgment should
be reserved till we know the defence of Mr. W. Brougham.
Meanwhile two points seem clear—that the pecuniary
transactions between Mr. Edmunds and Messrs. William
and James Brougham, of which we have not yet full ex-
planation, had reference to a debt of Mr. James Brougham;
and that, beyond having signed a document as security for
his brother more than thirty years ago, Lord Brougham
knew nothing of all these complicated matters, and has
derived nothing from them but a vast amount of annoy-
anca, and the liability to pay another man's debt."

There is still a break in the receipt of Indian tele-
grams by the new line via the Persian Gulf. The delay,
however, is believed to be on the land route belonging to
the Turkish Government—an inference which is strength-
ened by the fact that for the last two days no messages
have been received oven from Pera.—Times.

The Oce'an of Brest gives the following details of
the accident which happened on Sunday to Admiral
Reynaud and his family :—" They were in an open carriage
and descending the hill at Kerinau, when the horse took
fright, and ran away with such violence that all control
was lost, and the animal struck against a grocer's shop on
the right-hand corner. The carriage was broken, and the
four persons it contained were much injured. The Ad-
miralty's right arm was dislocated, and ho received a
violent contusion on the right eye. Madame Rey-
nand was much hurt on the forehead, her nose
was broken, and she received a considerable con-
tusion on • the cheek. Mlle. Reynaud was violently
pupilth cc a a
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shaken, and, being seized with a violent nervous affec-
tion, lies in a precarious state. M. Archibald Kennedy was
likewise much shaken. M. D
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to the assistance of the injured
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persons, and administered
proper remedies. The next morning
that the Admiral and his son were better, but that the
young lady remaineu in the same state."
The half-yearly interest on the Bonds of the
Venezuela Six per Cent. Loan of 1864 will be pay-
able on and after the Ist April next.