The Sun.
London, England, 1862-09-04 00:00:00

SHIPPING---THIS DAY.

LONDON, Sept. 4.—Wind this day at noon—North.
Westerly ; moderate breeze and fine weather, but rather
cloudy.
OFF QEENSTOWN, Sept. 4.--A:rived—Alm:ma, from Bar-
celona, for London.
Cow Es, Sept. 3.—Wind W.—Arrived—Emma Jane,
from Callao,

(By
xvoTETIC TELEGRAPH.)
GRAVESEND, Thursday Morning.
3—Monarch, from Riga ; Tar, from
Arrived, Sept.t
4 from Madeira Harkaway, from Foo-
cDheomwe-rFaLproeaoroi
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ea', from Cardenas.
from Barbados; Otillie, from New
from R angoon ; Emma Goodwin, from
Sept. New y4--o-rkS.t.
c4.**.vespatch, from St. Vincent; Augusta, from
YSioerrrk;
Arrived, from Groningen; Melons, from Havana;
Fronwittv
Montevideo:
Katharine, from Bathurst ;
Sept.b 4—lgnis Fatuus, for Cape Coast Castle;
oiventwater, for Canterbury, New Zealand.
DMaSr6ielied* '
DEAL, Thursday Morning.
passed, Sept. 3—George Peabody, from New York ;
Oanonoque (In two), from Whampao; George Stevenson,
from Taganrog; D. H. Watjen (in tow), from New York;
Oregon, ship (in tow), from the westward—all for London.
Anchored—Marlborouh for Calcutta ; Echunga, 7,
Canterbury—both from London; H.M,S. Rhadamantlow
from the westward, for Woolwich.

EXTRAORDINARY AFFAlR.—Yesterday some ex-
citement was produced at Lloyd's, as well as at the Jerusa-
lem and other public establishments in the city, by the
posting of a telegram received from the secretary of the
Peninsular and Oriental Steam Navigation Company, re-
lating t? the company's steamer Massilia, which left
Southampton last week for Alexandria with a very large
amount of treasure on board. The telegram is to the fol-
lowing effect:—" Gioraltar, Sept. I.—The Massilia, screw
steamer, has arrived here from Southampton and leaves
to-day at noon for Alexandria. She reports she was
chased by two steamers at night in the Bay of Biscay, but
escaped." The Massilia, when she left Southampton, had
on board 1,326 boxes of specie and jewellery, value £376,776
--viz., for Alexandria, sovereigns, £2,500 ; for Aden, sove-
reigns, £501; for Bombay, bar silver, £257,400; bar gold,
£13,400; sovereigns, £2,600; jewellery and watches, £725.
It is surmised that the Tuscarora may be one of the vessels
which gave chase. It will be remembered that she left the
Channel a taw days since for Cadiz. It is also rumoured
that they may have been two Confederate steamers, and
that one may have been the No. 290, and the other the
Ovieto; but it is all conjecture.
THE LAST OF THE QUEEN'S PRISON.—This day
(Thursday) the debtors in the Queen's Prison will be re-
moved to Whitecross-street Prison; and that venerable
institution, connected with imprisonment for debt, closed
as a place of confinement. The order of removal was
made by Lord Chief Justice Cockburn, under the recent
act of parliament, to " discontinue" the prison, and to vest
the same in the Crown for more beneficial purposes.
Wretched as is the condition of the ruins of the Fleet Prison,
it is much better than when a poor debtor was forced to
shake a lantern-like box in a cell, with afew coppers in it,
and cry to the parsons passing, "Pray remember us, poor
debtors.' There are only 20 persons to be removed, souseof whom have been confined for long periods—one for
and another for 20 years. The inmates do not seem
ta
fancy the removal to closer quarters ; and attempt
settle settle matters have been made. By virtue h
of
tt Prison;
prison can be substituted for Whitecrosfs
Slate can order
and when one is provided the Secretary oritable gifts and
the removal of the prisoners. All charity
can be ap-
bequests for poor debtors in the Queen'sth
plied for the relief of discharge
additional number there will
land, in such manner as may
Court of Chancery. With th. e
injsueOrndsg:ena and lit
Ithg:"
not be 100 persons in
L wards of 300 hate /gal S‘w."
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