The Sun.
London, England, 1862-05-07 00:00:00

SHIPPING---THIS DAY.

LONDON, May 7.—Wind this day at noon—North-
Westerly; moderate breeze, and cloudy weather, with a
heavy shower of rain. There was a thunderstorm last
night.
CLYDE, May 6.—Wind S.—Sailed—Kate X oarney, for
Batavia and Singapore; Lotus, screw steamer, for Singa-
pore and Hong Kong.
PLYMOUTH May 6.—Wind S.E.—Arrived—Lloyd's,
'
from London, for Vera Cruz.
NEWPORT, May 6.—Arrived —Sarah Park, from South-
ampton, for Rio Janeiro; Black 8a;..71e, from Bristol, for
St. Thomas; Mary Melia, from Liverpool, for Havan-

nah.
SUNDERLAND, may. 6.—Wind S.E.—Sailed—Mary
Eliz tbeth, for Rio Janeiro; Emily Caroline, for Para and
Trinidad. _ _ .

(BY SUBMARINE AND MAGNETIC TELEGRAPH.)
GRAVESEND, Wednesday Morning.
Arrived, may 6—Wave, from Dantzic; Alma, from
Christiana; William and Susannah, from Dunkirk; Active,
from lielsingborg; Grace Darling, and William and Mary,
from Guernsey; De Vrow Hermina and Gertrude Marga-
retha, from Middlehurst ; Henrietta, from Volo ; Sarah,
from Antwerp,

Sailed,lSlay 6—Concordia, steamer, for Boulogne.
Sailed, May 7—Belgium, steamer, for Ostend.
DEAL, Wednesday Morning.
Passed—Senator, from Alexandria; Swanley, from Ja-
maica—both for London.

FOREIGN MAIL PACKET LIST.

MAILS DUE.

------
Auraalia and Mauritius, via Southampton. May 19.
via Marseilles May 13.
drazil and Cape Verde, by British packet. June 4.
Cape of Good Hope, Ascension, and St. Helena June 1.
China, Penang, and Singapore, via
via Southampton Mayay 1
19.
Marseilles M3.
Falkland Islands
Gibraltar, via Southampton May 11.
India (Calcutta), and Ceylon, via Southampton May 19.
-- via Marseilles May 13.
India (Bombay), via Southampton May 11.
via Marseilles May 20.:
Lisbon May 11.1
Malta, Egypt, and Aden, via Southampton
via Marseilles May 14.
Newfoundland
May 11.
Oporto and Vigo •
.
U. S. and British N. America, ty Brit. packet... •
.—by U.S. packet .. May 14.
by Canadian packe

STRANGE FREAK OF A LUNATIC.--on Friday
gagdalen-street,
last a poor woman named Ellis, living in
Mr. Wolton,
Colchester, hurriedly entered the sheePenof
herself beneath
grocer, High-street, and ran as if to sccf
the
shop. One
of
some packages standing in the cenetr when he found:pott
th assistants instantly went to
goon a quantity of gunpow-
that she had emptied upon the
der from a flask, and had a lucifer match, which she was
the powder, when her hand was
about to strike to ignite
seized. and
atbfteernclaoongnewr averted.
rSdhede
twoatshfeouEnrdenttowboeolduAnastyic
and .
1 lum.—Essen Telegraph-
FATAL ACCIDENT BY DROWNING.—A. correspon-
dent writes:—" ~Ws:_ , -Walking along the banks of the Lea river
this (Tuesday) morning, between 10 and 11 o'clock, I saw
a son
of Mr. lienilwort, employed at Mr. Adams', silver-
smith, nosier-lane, playing. Suddenly the child saw same
wild forget-me-nots, and leaned over to pick them, when
unfortunately he fell in. He was in the water fully 15
minutes, before his body was recovered. Dr. Summers,
of Homerton, attended ; and during his absence his body
was rubbed with hot flannels and brandy. The remedies
proved unavailing."
Great alarm was caused in the Church of St.
Francois, at Havre, the other evening, by the artificia
l flowers decorating an altar to the Virgin suddenly catcht,i_hyg
fire from a wax taper burning near them. Fortzinae:l,ir
there were not many people in the church at the
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the rush caused by the panic might havesproquielyi tet
All present escaped unhurt, and the fire
tinguished, the damage being limited to
the altar. the ornaments of