The Sun.
London, England, 1865-10-06 00:00:00

SHIPPING INTELLIGENCE—This day.

LONDON, Oct. 6.—Wind this day at noon—North-
Easterly; moderate breeze and fine weather, but rather
cloudy in the morning.
PORTSMOUTH, Oct. s.—Wind S.E.—Arrived -Cordelia,
from Rostock.

OFF SCILLY, Oct. 4.—Wind
Spor, from China.
CLYDE, Oct. s.—Wind S.W.—Arrived—Orion, front
Trinidad de Cuba.

SWANSEA, Oct. s.—Wind S.E.—Sailed—Enterprise, for
Valparaiso. "

CARDIFF, Oct. S.E.—Sailed—lronsides, for

Shanghai.

PLYMOUTH, Oct. s.—Wind S.E.—Her Majesty's brig
Squirrel, which went ashore whilst beating out of Ha:-
moaze yesterday, got off on the tide.
PILL, Oct. 4.—Wind WS.W.—Arrived—Juno, from
New York.

YARMOUTH, Oct. s.—Wind S.E.—Arrived—Elizabeth.
Ferguson, from Belize.
DOVER, Oct. s.—Wind S.E.—Arrived—The Concord,
from Cowes, for Shields.
[BY ELECTRIC TELEGRAPH.]
GRAVESEND, Friday Morning.

Arrived, Oct. s—Crimea, Ocean, Integrity, Lady Have-
lock, Graces, Eugenie, and Erva, from Cronstadt ; Reck-
less, from Colberg. •
Arrived, Oct. 6—Prima, from Sundswall ; Providence,
from Caen ; Wave, from Riga ; Spinner, from Windau ;
Azuline, from Quebec.

DEAL, Faiday Morning.
Passed, Oct. s—Empress, baque, from Sunderland, for
Alexandria.

ANOTHER ACCIDENT ON THE THAMES EMBANK-
MENT, THIS DAY.—Another fatal accident occurred at the
Thames Enibitnkment at Hungerford Pier. The poor fel-
low was engtged pile driving, and by some accident fell
in the water. It was three quarters of an hour before the
body was recovered from the Thames.

ALL ENGLAND PLOUGHING MATCIIES.--The two
crack men from Ipswich and Bedford met at Peter-
borough on Tuesday, when Messrs. Howard's man, Pur-
ser, carried off the silver cup, against Messrs. Ransome's
man, Barker, thus heating the Ipswich man three times
out of five within a week. On the same day, at Wis-
beach, Ransome's new man, Dale, met Howard's man,
Brown, and, after a severe contest, Dale took the first
and Brown the second prize. At Sleaford, yesterday,
Howards, with their man Brown, once more carried off the
All England Prize. Another large gathering was held
yesterday, at Maidenhead, under the presidency of John
Walter, Esq., late M.P. for Berks. The All England prizes
were carried off by local men, with Howard's ploughs—
Mr. Gillett's man, J. Ryling, taking the first, and Mr. Mill's
man, W. Brothers, the second; the crack man of Ran-
some's, Barker, being placed third. Twelve competitors
contended for these prizes.

ARCHEOLOGICAL DISCOVERIES.--In a report ad-
dressed to the Emperor, M. M Millet, a member of
the Institute, gives an account of an important scientific
mission to Greece on which he was sent last year. The
island of Thasos, visible from Mount Athos, contains a
vast number of unexplored remains of towns, theatres, and
temples, and M. Millet was fortunate enough to find there
several works of art which had escaped destruction at the
hands of the peasants, who, seeing Europeans so anxious
about large stones, imagine them to contain treasures,
and therefore not unfrequently break them into small
fragments, in the hope of finding
some. This was
the case with a large and splendid bas-relief, repro_
senting a woman in a sitting posture, and holding a casket
in her hands. On the freeze the words—" Philis, daughter
of Cleomedes," were sculptured. The islanders,
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ments, put together again, revealed the beauty of the com-
position, and the head having escaped all injury, the whole
was immediately shipped off to France, together with three
bas-reliefs, representing Apollo, Mercury, and eight of
the Muses, each bearing articles connected with the
toilet, and dressed in long robes with small folds, and
diadems of pearls on their heads, the pearls being
represented by grains of some metal. These bas-reliefs
are about three feet high and eight in length, and bear
inscriptions in the old lonian dialect. Besides these, Id.
Millet has sent over five bas-reliefs, two of which repre-
sent funeral banquets, and the three others heroes on horse-
back, also forty marble slabs bearing inscriptions, many of
which are of the time of Alcibiades. The number of
hitherto unpublished inscriptions collected by our author
amounts to about 200, nearly three-fourths of which were
found in the island of Thasos, the remainder being from
Latish& and Saloniki. The latter place was especially
remarkable for a large monument adorned with four groups
of statues which were daily threatened with destruction or
mutilation ; they they now safe at the Louvre, with a con-
siderable nuniber of antiques of minor interest, such as two
lions, a marble seat, &c.
THE REPRESENTATION OF BRECON. --- The an-
nouncement in our impression of Tuesday that Mr, Howell
Gwyn, who unsuccessfully contested Barnstaple at the last
general election, was a candidate for the representation of
Brecon, was, it appears, premature, Mr. Gwyn not having
yet issued an address. The Earl of Brecknock is the only
candidate actually before the
electors, and his lordship
highly popular in the borough.