The Sun.
London, England, 1856-12-08 00:00:00

LLOYD'S SHIPPING.—(This Day.)

LONDON, Dec. B.—Wlnd this day at noon. S.W. ;
fresh gale. It has blown a heavy gale for the hut two
days.
PORTSMOUTH, Dec. 7.—Wind S.W.—lt blew a heavy
gale all last night and this morning, with tremendous
squalls. The Cruiser drove on the beach and is discharging.
MARGATE, Dec. 7. —Wind W.S.W., strong gale.—
Off the port—Cynthia, from Rio Janeiro ; Henry Duncan,
Quebec.
SWANSEA Dec. 7.—Wind W.S.W.—It blew a complete
hurricane all last night and this morning, but it is now
(6 p.m.) more moderate. Thebarque Richardsons, of and
for this port, from Coquimbo, went on shore and remains.
PILL, Dec. 7.—The Swedish barque Andreas drove foal
of the Alexander Edmonds, from Quebec, and lost mizen-
mast.
SOUTHAMPTON, Dec. S.—Wind S.W.—Arrived—North
Briton, from Quebec.
YOUGHAT, Dec. 7.—The schooner Margaret, of Cardi-
gan, drove ashore in Ardmore Bay and went to pieces ;
four of the crew saved.

(PER ELECTRIC TELEGRAPH.)
LIVERPOOL, Mouday Morning.

Wind S.W.
Art iced—Annapolis, from Baltimore; E. A. Soullard,
Callao.
Sailed—ltalian, steamer, for Hare.

(BY SUBMARINE AND BRITISH TELEGRAPH.)
GRAVESEND, Monday, 10.0 a.m.
Wind, W.S.W. ; tide high water ; fresh.
Arrived, Dec. 7.—Alice Jane from Genoa ; Countess
of Yarborough, Odessa ; Queen and Snake, St.
Michael's ; Prosperity, St. Übe's ; Julia, Shanghai ;
Foam, Terceira ; Turk, Rouen ; Borrys, Cape of Good
Hope ; Red Rose, Colombo; Neptune, Coringo ; Louisa,
Chincha Islands ; Jassy, Oporto ; Charlotte, Terceira ;
George, Genoa • Norwegueesa, Bilboa ; Mary Ridley,
Bimlipatam ; Alise, St. Michael's ; Ocean, Guernsey ;
Spray, Guernsey.
Sailed, 7th.—Aurora, (s.), for Harlingen; Patrick
Henry, New York ; Scorpion, Corfu.
DEAL, Monday, 9.30 a.m.

Wind S.W., strong.
Passed—Thames, from Rio Grande.
Anchored, ith—Queen, (s.), from London, for Lisbon ;
Loire, (s.s.), London, for the westward. 7enice, for
Anchored, Bth—Princess Royal, from \
London.

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REFORNATOUT FOR LIEDII.—The committee appointed
some time ago to take steps to establish a Juvenile Re-
formatory for the borough of Leeds have determined to
erect the building upon a site at Adel, about four miles
from the town, and subscriptions have been commenced
for defraying the necessary expenses.
THE STOWE ESTATES.—That part of the Stowe pro-
perty called the Sackville estate, which has been twice
offered by public sale, and which consists of the Castle
Farm and some other lands and houses, has been sold
to Mr. Vernon, formerly of Towcester, but now of
Northampton, for the sum of 23,51101.
JUVENILE STREET SMOEING.—A meeting was held in
the Vestry-hall of St. Pancras on Wednesday last, when
a
legislature
gis Ta t ure Parliamentto
o pass was proposedan ac
t prohibiting
ol
praying e
w street smoking. A letter from Dr. Hodgkin as read,
b pointio, out the injurious effects to the h
petition the t
human constitu-
tion produced by smoking tobacco.
On Friday morning there was one of the densest
at Southampton ever known there. Early fogs
noon it began to blow hard, and the in the fore-
noon wind increased to a
gale that lasted nearly 48 hours with little intermission.
On Friday and Saturday nights the wind blew with
intense fury. The damage done
The wind blew chiefly from the W.S.W.I there was but trifling.
FORGING A RAILWAY p
George Nash, who 4sB.—LITERPOOL, Dec. 6.—
railway newspapers, was describes himself as a reporter for
on charged at the police court to-
day, remand from the previous with having
week,
travelled from London to Liverpool on the London and
North-Wester
n Railway with a forged pass.
'7 . 3 The case
he was ordered to pay the fare, -
was proved, and - 1 5
and was also c.onvicted in the penalty of 40s, and costs,
for two months.
or to be committed nths.
LIVERPOOL, Dec. 6,—The British and North Ameri-
can Royal Mail steamship America sailed from this port
today for Boston with a full cargo and 59 passengers.
The Baltic for New York, sails on Wednesday next,
and the Europa (which may be expected to arrive to-
morrow or Monday) will take her departure for the same
port on Saturday. The Gipsy Bride, a fine clipper ship,
belonging to the Liverpool line of packets, will sail
hence for Melbourne, on Monday, with 300 passengers
and a large cargo.
The Chancellor of the Exchequer has appointed Mr.
Drummond his private secretary, in the room of Sir
Alexander Duff Gordon, Bart., who goes to the Board
of Inland Revenue. The Royal Commissioners to in-
quire into the practice and procedure of the superior
courts of law have appointed Mr. H. W. Walton, Master
of the Court of Exchequer, to act as secretary to the
commission. The Rom Edwin Berkeley Portman has
resigned his appointment as private secretary to the
First Commissioner of Public Works.—Observer.
We understand that Mr. Sheepshanks has munificently
presented to the nation the whole of his collection of
paintings and drawings for the purpose of public instruc-
tion in art. Mr. Sheepshanks, disapproving irrespon-
sible management by boards like the trustees of theßrl.
made a•t a tish Museum and National Gallery, has con-
dition that the responsibility for his collection
must
wi, II an individual :Minister—the Minister for Education.rest
Mr. Sheepshanks considers that a crowded thoroughfare
is not a suitable site for quietly studying or
and has stipulated that his collection must
tbk of
es
keptart,
in
the neighbourhood of its present locality at Kensington.
He is willing that the pictures, &c., should be lent to
those provincial towns which provide suitable places to
exhibit them. Upon these conditions, which we believe
Lord Palmerston has cordially
has signifiedaccepted on behalf of the
Government, Mr. Sheepshanks - his
readiness
to hand over immediately the whole of his very fine col-
lection, which is especially rich in the best works of
Mulready, Landseer, and Leslie, and contains fine
examples of the principal modern British painters in oil.
The value of the collection may be estimated at about
60,0001.