The Sun.
London, England, 1862-10-09 00:00:00

SHIPPING-THIS DAY.

LONDON, Oct. 9.—Wind this day at noon—North-
Easterly; moderate breeze, and fine weather.
PORTSMOUTH, Oct. B.—Wind N.E.—Arrived—Her
Majesty's ship Exmouth, from Cowes.
CARDIFF, Oct. B.—Wind N.E.—Sailed—Etoile de Maha.
for Bilboa ; Solio, for the Cape of Good Hope ; Concord,
for Portland ; Olive, for Portland ; Herald, for Boston ;
August, for New York.

NEWPORT, Oct. N.E.—Arrived—Ocean Wave,
from Grenada; Progressive Age, from St. Thomas.

(BY ELECTRIC TELEGRAPH.)
SOUTHAMPTON, Thursday Morning.
Arrived—Courier, steamer, froM Havre; La Melange,
and L'Etoile, from Carentan.

(BY MAGNETIC TELEGRAPH.)
GRAVESEND, Thursday Morning,
Arrived, Oct. B—Falcon Jobings and East London—all
from Cronstadt; Monte Sinai, from Taganrog ; Remem-
brance, from `Vyborg ; Helke Joanna, from Helsingborg ;
Eastern State, from Wood Point; Tagner, from Lulea;
Min, from Coo-Chow-Foo ; Veritas, from Guernsey.
Arrived, Oct. 9.—Doncaster, from Archangel; Peter
Lewn, from Cronstadt.
Sailed.—Point, for Jamaica.

DEAL, Thursday Morning.
Passed.—Point, from London, for Jamaica.

READING CHEESE AND HOP FAlR.—This fair,
which commenced on Tuesday, was brought to a close yes-
terday, and proved successful to an extent beyond the ex-
pectation of the committee. Stalls were arranged for the
hop merchants in the spacious Corn Exchange, and cheese
was pitched in the general market. Every convenience and
Accommodation were afforded by Mr. Smith, the clerk to
the fair, and the utmost satisfaction in that respect was ex-
perienced. The show of hops was large, and much better
than last year, the firms in the Borough being well repre-
sented. On the first day buyers were not numerous, but
there were more on the following day, and trade was car-
ried on with more spirit than previously, a good number of
pockets having exchanged hands. The prices realised were
as follow :—Country Farnhams, £9 to £9 9s ; Mid and East
Kent, £6 6s to £9 9s; Sussex, £6 6s to £8 8s; and foreign,
£slos to £7. A considerable quantity of cheese was dis-
posed of, the best Cheddar fetching 72s per cwt.; other
sorts of cheese, 56s to 60s. As the Farnham hop fair has
failed, there is every reason for believing the Reading fair
will be much more successful in future years, growers from
the district of Farnham having promised to give it their
support.

THE SILLOTH LIFEBOAT.—This lifeboat, which
belongs to the National Lifeboat Institution, having been
presented to that society by Miss Burdett Coutts, had its
quarterly exercise on Monday. The officer of coast guard
at the station. thus reports:this valuable trial of the boat :
" Silloth, Cumberland, Oct. 7. The lifeboat at this station
was successfully launched to-day under most trying cir-
cumstances. We started from Silloth by land at 2.15 p.m.,
and reached Beckfoot at 3 p.m. The wind was blowing half
a gale, a heavy sea rolling in, and dead low water. The
horses had to take the water, and we had to launch th•
boat for nearly a mile, over the sand, which was quickly
and cheerfully done. The boat surged so much that one
man was thrown out, but he fortunately received no injury.
Everything went off well, and I can only say that what-
ever may occur we are prepared to go off tinder any circum-
stances. I have to mention that the coxswain of the life-
boat, John Duff, and the crew behaved in a manner which
called for the highest praise, for had it not been for their
determined resolution and seaman-like conduct the boat
could not have been got off the beach."

ATTEMPTED IClußDEß.—About ten o'clock on
Saturday night a most diabolical and deliberate attempt at
murder was made by a man named Wilkinson, an ex-
member of the null police force, his intended victim being a
young married woman named Emma Barker. It appears
that for some months past the unfortunate woman, whose
husband is at sea, and whose, return is shortly expected,
had been cohabiting with Wilkinson. A week or two ago,
however, a quarrel having arisen between them, she deter-
mined to leave him. On Saturday evening he found out
her whereabouts, and went to the house with a view of in-
ducing her to live with him. She most positively refused,
when he drew forth a large clasp knife and threatened to
" do" for her. A lodger, however, interfered, and he put
the knife in his pocket. During this altercation the woman
made her escape. The villain, however, met her about
half an hour afterwards, and renewed his request for her
again to live with him. Fearing that he meant to do her
injury, she consented to do so, when he placed one of bis
arms round her as if in reconciliation, and with the other,
inflicted a severe wound in the back. Such WAS the force
the blow that the point of the knife was broken by coming
in contact with the backbone. He then raised his hand
to deal a second blow, 'when the unfortunate woman put up
her hand to ward it Off. The knife, therefore, penetrated
the left side just above the heart, inflicting a wound of about
two inches. Surgical aid was at once. procured, and the
poor woman conveyed home. The prisoner was apprehended
a few minutes afterwards, brought up at the Hull Police
Court on Monday, and formally remanded fir eight days,
as the prosecutrix was in a very precarious condition.

VALETTA, Oct. 3.—The Bombay mail has just
been signalled as having passed Jubal. As it cannot,
therefore, be expected here until Tuesday, I take the
opportunity of the French steamer due to-night of
sending you a summary of the local news since the
departure of the last mail. In the first place, I must
tell you the Naval Commander-in-Chief, who has
rehoisted his flag on board the Marlborough, 131,
Capt. W. H. Stewart, C. 8., has received orders to
return to Malta, from Corfu, for the winter. He is
expected to be here in about a fortnight, or at the
latest by the end of October. The Alacrity, 4, Com-
mander K. E. Baird, has made a passage to Corfu,
and returned on Monday last. She brought the
above intelligence, and also that the Algiers, 89,
Capt. E. B, Rice, had left that island on the 22d
for the Pirmus, to relieve the Queen, 76, Capt. F.
C. Hillyar, which ship was to take her place at
Corfu. The Pelican, 17, Commander P. Brock, had
previously left, to be stationed at the Piraeus, the
Scylla, 22, Capt. R. Lambert, having been ordered
to the coast of Syria to relieve the Mars, 10, Capt.
J. M. Strange, ordered home to be paid off. The
Mars is looked for at Maltabefore the end of October.
The Wanderer, 4, Commander M. C. Seymour, has
also been ordered to Malta from the coast of Syria.
Besides the Marlborough, there were at Corfu, on
the 27th September, the latest date received, the
Shannon, 50, Capt. 0. J. Jones, and the Trident, 3,
Commander C. J. Balfour. The Foxhound, 4,
Lieutenant Doughty (temporarily commanding in
the absence of Commander the Hon. A. Hobart, on
leave), left Malta on the Ist inst., for Corfu, with
despatches for Admiral Martin, and is expected
back with the next mail in a few days. The only
other naval movement in this port is the depar-
ture of the Magicienne, 16, Captain his Serene
Highness the Prince of Leiningen, on the 24th
ult., for Messina and Naples, with instructions
to await orders at the latter place. It is ru-
moured that this vessel has been selected to
convey the Countess of Elgin from Marseilles to
Alexandria—her Ladyship, it is said, being about
to join her husband, the Governor- General of India,
at Calcutta. No official intimation has, however, I
believe, been yet received here on the subject. The
Amphion, 36, Captain A. C. Gordon, is daily ex-
pected from Sicily. The London, 86, Captain H.
Chads, the Neptune, 86, Captain G. T. B. Hornby,
and the Doris, 32, Captain Sir F. L. M'Clintock,
remain at Naples. The Edgar, 86, flagship of Rear-
Admiral
Dacres, C. 8., Captain the Hon. F. F. Foley,
has been expected from England for service in the
Mediterranean for some time past. The discovery
of a formidable leak, existing somewhere near her
sternpost, will probably still further delay her de-
parture. It is thought that the Liffey, 51, Captain
George Parker, which is also under orders to join
the Mediterranean fleet, will most likely accompany
her out to Malta, and that both vessels will be here
about the end of this month. The only vessels of
war at present in Malta harbour are the Hibernia,
receiving ship (bearing the flag of Rear-Admiral
Codrington, C. 8.), her tenders Boxer and Growler;
the Icarus, 11, refitting; and the Alacrity, 4. The
following officers have returned to Malta since the
23d of September :—Col. Crofton, R.A., and family,
and Major Bloomfield,by the Delta, from Southamp-
ton ; Lieut. H. H. Vivian, 22d Regiment, and En-
sign E. W. Grove, 22d Regiment, by the Capitole,
-from Italy ; Col. Mitford, Town Major, and family,
by the Assyrian, from Leghorn ; Lieut, Carey and
Lieut. Losack, by the Valetta, from Marseilles ;
Lieut. Palliser, Capt. Farrell, and Capt. Tapper, by
the Ceylon, from Southampton and Gibraltar ;
lieut. Bishop, 22d Regiment, by the Quirinal from
Naples ; Ensign G. E. Osborne, 22d Regiment; and
Lieut. H. B. Pitman, 22d Regiment. The Rev.
Dr. George Tomlinson, Bishop of Gibraltar, arrived
here in the Euxine, from Marseilles, on the 22d
inst., and left again on the 29th, in the Olympus,
for Gibraltar. Col. W. Elliott, R.A., proceeded in
the same vessel for Liverpool.
The paddlesteam-frigate Leopard, 18, fitting at
Keyham for the first division of the Steam Reserve,
is ordered to be put in commission for foreign
service, with, a complement of 310 men. She is
rigged, and. is receiving her guns, carriages, spare
spars, &c. The Leopard will probably be sent to
China.

The screw steam-trigate Liverpool, 51, now in
the second division of the Steam Reserve in
Haryaoaze, is ordered to be brought forward for the
first division in place of the Phoebe, 51, just com-
missioned at Plymouth.

The screw corvette Pylades, 22, 350-horse power,
having completed her repairs at Chatham dockyard,
was undocked yesterday afternoon, During the
time the Pylades has been in dock, extending over
a period of several months, she has undergone a
most thorough repair to make good her defects
during the lengthened period she had been in corn-
mission. She is expected to hoist the pennant in
the course of a few weeks. She is to be furnished
with the following armament—viz.:-16 8-inch
60cwt. cast-iron guns, each Bft.loin. in length, and
four 40-pounder naval Armstrongs, each of 28cwt.
and Bft. in length, on her main deck; on her upper
deck she will carry one of the large 110-pounder
Armstrongs, of 82cwt. and 10ft. in length. Her
boat armament will include one 12-pounder Arm-
strong, of Bcwt. and one 9-pounder Armstrong, of
6 cwt., together with a field armament of one 12-
pounder Armstrong of Bcwt., with field-carriage,
and one 6 pounder smooth-bore brass 6cwt. gun,
with elevating carriage, for short practice.
The fourth dock at Chatham is ordered to be
immediately prepared for the reception of the
-paddlewheel steamer Prometheus, 5, 200-horse
power, which is to undergo a thorough repair, pre-
paratory to being again placed in commission.
Capt. W. R. Annesley, of the 97th, has been ap-
pointed instructor of musketry at the camp at Col-
chester, in the room of Capt. Chapman, of the 34th,
who has been ordered to join the service companies
of his regiment. Major-General Hay, Inspector-
General of Musketry, commenced his annual inspec-
tion at the camp on Tuesday morning. About 40
invalids have arrived at the camp from India for
the purpose of being discharged from the service.
The following appointments were made yesterday
at the Admiralty :—Capt. Charles F. A. Shadwell,
to the Hastings ; Lieut. T. K. Mackenzie to be Flag
Lieut. to Vice-Admiral Hope Johnstone, Comman-
der-in-Chief at the Nore ; Lieut. R. B. Lambert,
to the Galatea; Lieut. F. C. E. Baker, to the St.
George ; Lieut. W. H. Goold, to the Euryalus ;
lieut. A. S. Montagu, to the Virago; Lieut. A. H.
Tumor, to the Leopard; the Rev. John Cawston,
chaplain and naval instructor to the Sutlej ; Daniel
Fludeane, M.D., James D. Oronin, M.D., and Jas.
Holt, surgeons to the Meander ; Andrew Leitch,
acting second-class assist.-engineer to the Asia, as
supernumerary Win. Hallowell, acting second-
class assist.-engineer additional to the Indus, for
the Liverpool ; and Frank H, Conning, assist. clerk,
to the St. George.