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.—Arrived—Unova, from Bar-
celona, for London.

COWES, Sept. 3.—Wind W.—Arrived—Emma Jane,
from Callao,

(Dy MAGNETIC TELEGRAPH.)
GRAVESEND, Thursday Morning.

Arrived, Sept. 3—Monarch, from Riga ; Tar, from
Demerara ; Comet, from Madeira ; Harkaway, from Foo-
chow-Poo ; Constance, from Barbados ; Otillie, from New
York, Princess, from Rangoon; Emma Goodwin, from
Sierra Leone ; Despatch, from St. Vincent ; Augusta, from
Montevideo; Eurydice, from Ca,.denas.
Arrived, Sept. 4—St. Katharine, from Bathurst ;
Fronwke, from Groningen; Melons, from Havana;
Marcia, from New York.
Sailed, Sept. 4—lgnis Fatuus, for Cape Coast Castle;
Derwentwater, for Canterbury, New Zealand.
DEAL, Thursday Morning.
Passed, Sept. 3—George Peabody, from New York;
Gananoque (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—Marlborough, for Calcutta ; Echunga, for
Canterbury—both from London ; H.M.S. Rhadamanthus,
from the westward, for Woolwich.

FOREIGN MAIL PACKET LIST.

MAILS DUE.

4rAuLliriaalniadacnadpMe Mauritius, via
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rSiotiisihth
pamacpkteotn..
Cape of Good Hope, Ascension, and St. Helena.. oScetp.t2..lB.
via Marseilles "O pt. 12.
China,
FC a lkl ad Penang,
Islands,aa t. 4.
Singapore, via Southampton. Sept. 18.
via Marseilles ...Sept. 12.
Gibraltar, via Southampton Oct. : . Oct. 4.
Sept. 14
India (Calcutta), and Ceylon, via Southampton Sept. 18.4
-- via Marseilles Sept. 12.
India (Bombay), via Southampton Sept. 14.
via Marseilles Sept, 8.
Lisbon
Malta, Egypt, and Aden, via Southampton Sept. 14.
via Marseilles Sept. 8.
Newfoundland Sept. 17.
Oporto and Vigo
U. S. and British N. America, by Brit. packet Sept. 11.
by U.S. packet
by Canadian packet. Sept. 10.
W.C. of Africa, Madeira, and Teneriffe Sept. 10.
Bahamas, via New York Sept. 23.
Mexico Sept. 29.
All parts of West Indies, including Chili, Peru, 1 Sept. 13.
California, and British Columbia..

The papers state that a very rare phenomenon, a
femme sauvage, has lately arrived in Paris. This wild
woman of the woods has been shown to the different learned
societies. Her hair measures five feet in length, and, being
thick and woolly, forms an immense mantle, and gives her
the appearance of being of an enormous size.
A FRENCH DUEL.—A hosti!e meeting has just
'Like place between M. Victor Mangin, editor in chief of
the _Mare de la Loire, and DI. J, Delachaise, sub-lieutenant
in the 38th Regiment of the Line, arising out of an inci-
dent which we lately mentioned, whieh also led to the trial
which has just taken place at Nantes. The arm chosen
by M.Victor Mangin was the pistol,when, after shots being
exchanged by the combatants, without result, the seconds
declared the affair terminated, in conformity with the con-
ditions decided on beforehand.

A WORD ON AGRICULTURAL STATISTICS.—Society
suffers from our constant and universal uncertainty about
the supply of food. I believe and trust that the prejudice
is giving way. Year by year we read of one or other parish
or district in which the farmers consult on the subject of a
system of agricultural statistics, and in which there is a
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so many who object that no general scheme
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persons, npnesaor,
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can yet be established. What society wants is to learn,
year by year, bow much of the land of the kingdom is de-
voted to wheat growing, and barley, and oats, and roots,
and what live stock we have to depend on for animal food.
Once a Wok,