The Sun.
London, England, 1862-10-28 00:00:00

SHIPPING-THIS DAY'

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LONDON, Oct. 28.—Wind this day at noon--14

Westerly; light breeze, and cloudy weather. we*
PORTSMOUTH, Oct. 27.—Wind S.W.—Arrived", from
from London, for Melbourne; Leda, screw steare.eirlotorit
London, and left for Dublin; her Majesty's shipchaeileo
and Albert, from Woolwich; Speedy, from the ear th
Islands. Sailed—Her Majesty's ship Eclipse,
Westward.
PLYMOUTH,c°'
Oct.oot 27.—Wind W.—Arrived-o°ra
from New York. fr 0133
et*,
LOUGH FOYLE, Oct, 28.—Arrived—Jura, steamer'
Qaebec.

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GRAVESEND, Tuesday - A
Arrived—Lily, from Guernsey ; Gipsey, from Sirues.
DEAL, Tuesday Morning'
Passed—Britannia, from Cadiz, for London.
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The plague at Wilmington, North Carolina,
18
increasing in violence. The Jewish citizens of that Plsc t) ei
I now at Charlotte, have contributed 1,100 dole, to the reli
of the sufferers. last
MURDEROUS ATTACK.-- Friday afternoon o
five privates of the 2d battalion of Coldstream Guards, ii,„
, riison duty at Windsor Castle, committed a na"-P.
Great
I oilsttack on one of the royal keepers in Windsor ci
Patii, named Mortlake, whose life is despaired o .
bra
f Trritste
it is supposed by his cautioning the
down the trees in getting chestnuts, thin against b 7,130,5
with five of their comrades, the on the daY: the
came
fellow we want," and immediately saying-4; You are and
while on the ground kicked him knocked him down
and
in the most savage
ner about the head and body, , and
his front teeth kicked out. his skull being fracture 7000
il
at Old Windsor, e was removed to bis, ow
where he
received
tion, but now lies in a most dangeroupressmtaptte.surTgwiT :ft tt111306
five have already been apprehended, and the offices° !dee
barracks, by sending
out
pickets and otherwise, ars
vouring to apprehend
GREAT DEPthe others. ..A°
RESSION OF THE BA.RODLET,'„,z —' 011
i
the great depression the the barometer on. the 19th an t the
inst.
seems to have attracted
attracted some attention, wein,e,_eri Re'
following note, furnished to us from the Meteorologl'o. tv
gister at C •
ulloden ;—The barometer fell rapidly dol 4t
19th, 606 of an inch in 14 hours, and at 11 o'clock at,ll_o,lbest
the recorded height was only 28 550. This was thew _or
depression of the mercurial column, and lower than onio'iter
occasion since the 31st March, 1560, when the baro b
. ef
fell to 28.544 inches, and on the 21st Jan. and 27111 f, :or 90
that year, to 28335 and 28.285 inches respectively. t)",.,vea
these readings are, they were exceeded by several. 'I
joi
still lower in previous years; but the most semi b 1
greatest depression of all, within the last 21 years, ece
_eter
on the 27th Dec., 1852, on which occasion the bat erecues.
fell .939 of an inch in 13 hours, and sank to 27 995 inches.
fell
No particular storm accompanied this most unusualisitoa
of the barometer in this latitude ; but England WO vii tio
by a most severe and destructive hurricane. A' gted to
b iroxnettical readings at ove given have been correct() the
the temperature of 2 deg. Fahrenheit, and reduced, and'
level of the sea, they can easily be compared svita ig,
taken elsewhere On the repective dates.--Inverness CoSi