The Sun.
London, England, 1865-08-14 00:00:00

BY ELECTRIC TELEGRAPH.

GRAVESEND, Monday Morning.
Arrived, Aug. 13.—Aberdeenshire, from Dieppe; Strelna,
steamer, from St. Petersburg ; Mary Lawson, Galanai,
Abergeldi, and Grenville, from Colombo; Candidate, Sylph
and Constance, from Barbadoes ; Daphne, from Kurrachee
Roberts, from Dunkirk; Devondale, from Penang; Alwyn-
ton, from Adelaide ; Westboro, from Ceylon ; Calliope,
from Mauritius ; Clara Richmond, from Prince Edward's
Island ; York Town, from New York ; Napoleon, from
Gravelines ; Cornet, from Ilavannah ; Rifleman, from
Guernsey ; Fortuna, from Quebec.

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Passed.—Excelsior, from St DEAL
Vincent; Monda
Thirza,Morn in
from Prince Edward's Island; Onward, from Bordeaux; Sultana,
from Akyab ; Augusta, screw steamer, from Liverpool ;
Wave of Guernsey, from West ; Truant, from St. Lucia ;
John Doull, from Jamaica; Willie and Ettie, froni Prince
Edward's Island—all for London ; Chowdean, barque, from
Pomeron ; Vesta, from Carthgenia—both for Shields.
Anchored.—Triumfo, from London, for Barcelona.

MR. AND MRS. GOURLAY AT THE BRIGHTON
NEWBURGH ROOMS. " Positively for one week
only!" is the announcement met with on the bills and
programmes issued by the above artistes,: and we must
confess we took advantage of the first night, fearing, from
our previous experience of ent.ertaintnents in the above
rooms, that their stay would not exceed, if it reached, the
announced limit, but conceive our astonishment on arriv_
ing there and finding the rooms filled to repletion. Re_
served seats were not to be had for love or money ; second
seats uncomfortably full ; whilst the third seats were
" crammed" with a highly-respectable audience. Our
humble self was stowed away upon a side-stool, only get-
ting " a view" by a painful distortion of our person, but
we were content therewith, being ;obliged ,4 to g and
bear it." The burthen of the evening is pretty equally
borne by each artist, though Mrs. Gourlay is herself
throughout, and by her really charming manner gives great
effect to the entertainment, whilst the presentation of the
characters devolves upon Mr. Gourlay, and they are al
marvellously.clever personations.—Brighton Gazette.
ArrouN'S SUCCESSOR.—The names of several
candidates for the Edinburgh chair, left vacant by the
death of Prof. Aytotm, have reached us; and it is evident
that Sir George Grey, with whom the appointment rests,
will have a large and varied list of men to choose from.
We think it fairest in this vacation time not to give those
candidates who are at home an undue advantage over those
who may be abroad by mentioning any names. Next week
the list will, no doubt, be complete.
TIIE DIPLOMATIC SERVICE.—Lord Lyons has been
appointed ambassador to Constantinople. Mr.
Thornton, now minister at Buenos Ayres, is to be minister
at Rio de Janeiro. The Hon. Richd. Edwardes, now charge
d'affaires and consul general at Caracas, is to be minister at
Buenos Ayres. Mr. Fagan, now charge d'affaires and
consul general at Quito, is to be charge d'affaires and con-
sul general at Caracas. The Hon. F. J. Pakenkam, now
secretary of legation at Buenos Ayres, is to be secretary of
legation at Rio de Janeiro. Mr. F. Clare Ford, now secre-
tary to the legation, Japan, is appointed secretary of lega-
tion at Buenos Ayres. Mr. Phipps, a third secretary at
Washington, is transferred to Munich; and Mr. Smyth, a
third secretary at Washington, is transferred to St. Peters-
burg. Mr. H. Gunion Macdonnell, a second secretary at
Constantinople ; Mr. Lenox Conyngham, jun., a third
secretary at Munich, are transferred to Rio de Janeiro.
Mr. R. Watson, a second secretary at Wheran, is trans-
ferred to Constantinople. Mr. Henry Howard, son of Sir
H. Howard, our minister at Hanover, has passed his exami-
nation for an attacheship in the diplomatic service.—
Observer.

SUICIDE OF A HORSE.-A correspondent writes :
—A. few days ago a poor` creature, worn to skin and
bone put an end to his existence in a Vary extraordinary
manner. His pedigree is unknown as he was quite a stranger.
A very worthy gentleman here met him in a public market,
and thinking he could find employment for him put him to
work but it was soon discovered that work was not his
forte; in fact, he would do anything save work and go
errands. His great delight WAR to roam about the fields
and do mischief. People passing him used to ejaculate,
" Ugh, you ugly brute," when they saw the scowl which
was continually on his face. His master tried to win him
by kindness. He remembered the old song, "If I had a
donkey that wouldn't go, do you think I'd wallop him ?
Oh no, no." The kindness was lost upon him. He next
tried the whip, then the cudgel, but all in vain. Work he
would not.. And as a last resort the punishment of Nebu-
chadnezzar of old was tried. He was turned out, "but
house or hauld," to eat grass with the oxen. With hungry
belly and brokan heart, he wended his lonely way down by
Point, and still held on his lonely way, regardless of the
the Moor's Shore, passed Luckyscaup, turned the Moor's
wondering gaze of the Pool fishermen. At length he ar-
rived at a point opposite the wreck of the Dalhousie, where
he stood still ; and while the curiosity of the fishermen
was wound to the highest pitch as to what was to follow,

he, neighing loudly and tossing his old tail, rushed
madly into the briny deep, got beyond his depth, held his
head under the water, and soon ceased to be. The fishers

conveyed the true, although strange and startling tidings,
to the respected owner, that his horse had committed Stli-

cide.—Dundee 'Overflow.