The Sun.
London, England, 1860-03-12 00:00:00

THIS DAYS SHIPPING.

t.otinorr, March 12.—Wind this day at noon, S. to
S.S.E. ; light airs and hazy.
The report of the arrival of the Saldanha from Melbourne
at Liverpool yesterday is incorrect.

CARDIFF, March 11.—Sailed—Albatross, for Rio Janeiro
—Princess, for Bahia,
SWANSEA, March D.—Wind, S.E.—Sailed—Tarquine,
for Ceylon.
DOVER, March IL—The Wagoola, of and from London,
went ashore yesterday a mile to the eastward of Folke-
stone. Is discharging, and two powerful steam tugs will
attempt to got her eff. If they fail, it is expected she will
not be got off till next spring tides. The Woodcote, Lon-
don to Adelaide, S.A., went ashore last night at llym church.
Is being lightened, and attempts will be made to get her off

(BY ELECTRIC TELEGRAPH.)
SOUTHAMPTON, Monday Morning.

Wind S.E.

10.—John and Jane, from London ;
Eliza, from Newport , Alarm, from St. Breux ; llavre,
steamer, from Havre; Dispatch, steamer, from Jersey;
Lady Eglinton, steamer, from Dublin.
Sailed, March 10.—Madeline, for Swansea ; Industry, for
Newport ; Euxine, steamer, for Lisbon ; Lady Eglinton,
steamer, for London; Havre, steamer, for Havre; Cornet,
for Jersey.
Arrived, March 11.—Pera, steamer, from Alexandria ;
Atalanta, steamer, from Jersey; Wonder, steamer, from
Havre; Tamar, from Cardiff; Brothers, Frolic, Alarm,
Susannah, Mechanics' Own, Lavinia, H•ro, Gertrude, Salt-
ham, and Danube, all from Newport.
Sailed, March 11.—Jeune Agness and Jeune Armand,
for Carentan ; Georges, for Chabourg ; Dove, Friends, and
Walford Alice for Newport,
Sailed, March 12.—Anacreon, for Swansea ; Paul, for
Cardiff.

(BY SUBMARINE AND BRITISH TELEGRA.FH.)
GRAVESEND, Monday Morning.
Wind, S. ; tide, five hours' ebb ; weather fine.
Arrived, March 11—Billah, from Shanghai; City of
Peterborough, from the Mauritius ; Halpina, from Chris-
tiana.

Arrived, March 12—Lionne, from Gravelines ; Morning
Star, from St. Vincent; Veritas, Dublin Lass, William
and Mary, and Rover, all from Guernsey; Sara, from
Emden; Welcome, from Dunkirk; Nautilus, from Rostock.
Sailed, March 11—Adonis, steamer, for Amsterdam.
Sailed, March 12—Matura, for the Cape of Good Hope.
DLAL, Monday Morning.

Wind, S.S.W.; moderato.
Anchored—Alma, of Bordeaux, from west, for Antwerp
and Swerver, from Rotterdam, for Cardiff.
Passed—Rebecca, from Porto Rico, and Oregon, from
Brunswick, U.S.—both for London; City of Brussels,
from Rouen, for Shields.
Put Back—Furst, from Wittgenstein, for Newport.

The Bombay Gazette, of the 9th ult., contains
the followi▪
ng reference to the opening of a section of the
Bombay and Baroda Railivay :—" The railway from Am-
rolee to Poorwadi. 30 miles in length, was opened on Tues-
day last wi▪ th great eclat. Invitations were issued to the
Rajah of Baroda, the resident, the civil and military offi-
cers, the Government native servants of rank, and most of
the respectable people of the district."
We believe that Major-General Sir William
Mansfield has declined the appointment of second in com-
mand of the China expedition to which he was gazetted at
home some two or three months since. He will now in all
probability remain with Lord Clyde as Chief of the Staff
until his resignation, when Sir William will have the chief
command at Bombay in succession to Sir Hugh Rose.—
Army and .Navy Gazette.
Lord Farris was the first who wore a Volunteer
uniform at Court. His lordship attended the second levee
of the season—that preceding the special Volunteer Court—
and, instead of appearing in his gorgeous official costume,
as Governor of Madras, his lordship was habited simply as
an officer of Volunteers. The uniform, of course, attracted
muck attention from its novelty and the circumstances under
Which it was worn.
It is stated in the French papers that arrange-
ments are in contemplation for the conveyance of the
.acce-
lerated day mail between Landon and Pan! in 11 hour? 9a
Calais, and that this improved service is likely to begin
in
May. To carry it out the railway speed must be increased
to a point not yet attained, and less margin will be left. for
delays and contingencies than at present, so that uniform
regularity can hardly be looked for at first, especially when,
with the much greater margin now allowed, the mail is so
frequently late. Still, the proposed acceleration will be of
great advantage, and it is only to be regretted that, although
the low-water landing is completed at Boulogne, measures
have not been taken to utilise it, by organising a fixed postal
service by that route, accomplishing the journey in less
time and under less pressure than by the plan now men-
tioned.
A subscription is on foot for the erection of a me-
morial window to Mrs. Hemans, to be placed in the church
where she lies buried—that of St. Anne, Dublin. The
estimated cost is £250, of which about one-fifth has been
already promised to lead the subscription.
TOTAL DESTRUCTION OF A SPINNING MILL AT
PRESTON.—.About a quarter before six on Friday morning,
a.fire was discovered in the third story of the cotton .spin-
rung mill of Messrs. J. and J. Haslain, in Parker-street,
Preston. The mill was four storeys high, and about 40
yards long by 30 yards in breadth, contained 29,000 spin-
dles with preparations, and gave employmenti to from 150 to
200 hands. Immediately after the discovery of the fire and
when the gas had only been turned on about five minutes,
an alarm was given by one of the spinners, who ran for a
bucket of water, but on his return he found that the room
was a mass of flames. The engines, with the brigade and
Mr. Marriott, the superintendent, arrived at the firein abont
20 minutes, but the fire had then so spread—having laid
hold of the whole building—that the efforts of the firemen,
either to extinguish the flames or to save any portion of the
main building were utterly powerless. In 15 minutes after
the discovery of the fire the roof had fallen in, the windows
were all burnt out, the flooring of the different storeys gave
way almost simultaneously, and, along with the mules,
carding frames, &c., fell to the ground floor with a fearful
crash, nothing of the main building being left standing
but a portion of the north and south walls. The engine
and boiler houses, at the east end of the mill, were left un-
touched by the fire. Nothing. definite is known as to the
origin of the casualty. The building anal its contents were
insured for £20,500, which sum it is thought will barely
cover the loss.