The Sun.
London, England, 1860-03-06 00:00:00

THIS DAY'S SIIIPPIIVG.

ownort, March 6,—Wind this day at noon, W. to
W.N.W.; fresh breeze, and fine

PORTSMOUTH, March s.—Wind, W.N.W. to N.N.W.
—Arrived—Caduceus, from Hong Kong, and sailed for
L3ndun. Sailed—Neptune, for Havana.

Cow's, March s.—Wind, N.W. —Sailed—Mutlah, for
Algoa Bay.

PLYMOUTH, March s.—Wind, N.—Arrived—The Mary
Miller, from Honduras. Sailed—France for Guadeloupe ;
Atalanta, for Molhourno. ,

FALMOUTH, March G.—Arrived Firman, from Aux
Cayes.

DARTMOUTH, March s.—Wind, N.—Sailed—Jan Van
Galen, from Batavia.

TORBAY, March s.—Wind, N.N.W.—Sailed—Bambery,
for New Orleans ; her Majesty's steamers Royal Albert,
Algiers, Donegal, and four others of the Channel fleet, and
all the windbound.

(BY ELECTRIC TELEGRAPH.)
SOUTHAMPTON, Tuesday Morning.

Wind N.W,
Arrived, March s.—La Plata, steamer, from St. Thomas ;
Courier, steamer, from Jersey; I-laTre, steamer, from
Havre; Ralph, steamer, from Swansea; Robert, from
Cowes ; Fox, from Jersey.
Put back—Wellington, emigrant ship.
Sailed—Pomona, for Aberdeen; Wonder, steamer, for
Havre ; Dispatch steamer, for Jersey ; Vectis, for Sunder-
land ; Swift, for Hull ; Light and Sign, for Newport ;
Teutonia, steamer, for New York.

(BY SUBMARINE AND 13/lIIISM TELEGRAPII.)
GRAVESEND, Tuesday Morning.
Wind W. ; tide 3 hours flood ; weather fine.
Arrived—Seinc, steamer, from Boulogne.
Sailed, March s—Verbena, for Hongkong.
Northflee
Sailed,
t, March 6—Spult of the Deep, for Hongkong;
.

DEAL, Tuesday Morning.

Wind N.W., moderate.
Passed—Symmetry, from St. Michael's, for London ;
Sultan, from London, for Cardiff; Madelina, from Sunder.
land, for Caldera ; Zalkyrian, from Konigsberg, for Rouen;
Maid o the Mist, from London, for St. Michael's.
Sailed—Queen of the West,
and Aerolite, for London ;
Island Queen, for Hull. With all the outward bound west-
ward, except two or three foreigners, names unknown.

VESSELS SPOKEN WITH.
The Hillman Scharstorf, Hamburg barque, Mauritius to
London, Feb. 12, let 46 N, long 20 W.
The Sandwich, Mauritius to Cork, Feb. 13, lat 17 N, long
is W.
The Clifton Belle, Liverpool to Yurrachee, Jan. 12, lat 3
S, long 72 E.
The Bales Family, Liverpool to Bombay, Jan. 23, let 30
N, long 82 E.
The Anglia, Islay to London, Dec. 1, lat 14 S, long
30 W.
The Wolverine, of Groeneck, for Cape of Good Hope,
Feb. 26, let 48 N, long 9 W.
The Lesmahagow, of Scarborough, Fob. 20, lat 49 N,
long 8 W.
The Margaret d
Blain, Liverpool to Sney New south
Wales, Feb.
1, lat 3N, long 21 W. y ,
The Governor, barque, of Shoreham, from Swansea to
Caldera, Feb. 11, let 21 N, long 27 W.
Tho Solomon, Mauritius to Marseilles Feb. 19 lat 36
S, long 20 V. , ,

During the month of February, the number of
wrecks was 154. In the month of January there were 229,
making a total during the present year of 383.—Shipping
Gazette.

POLICE.—It has been suggested that leggings
similar to those in useby the Military, but somewhat longer,
should be dispersed amongst the police. The health of this
body, its saving of trousers from wet and tear, together
with extra cleanliness and comfort, are urged as all-suffi-
cient reasons for their adoption. The notion is not new,
but it has been hitherto deemed out of the question from
the high price of leather. The introduction of the patent of
the Spills, of Stepney, however, has got rid of this objec-
tion. Another of the advantages is a protection of the legs
from the kicks of the desperate. With the leggings they
can plod through the filthiest alleys and courts of our towns
and cities, and through country lanes in winter, and the
immediate neighbourhoods of farms hitherto inaccessible in
bad seasons. They, moreover, afford warmth at night, and,
being light, can, when not in use, be folded with the cape
or put into the pocket.—Globe.
CHARGE AGAINST A CLERGYMAN.—The Leek
case, in which the Rev. Mr. Ribbans and Mr. Sievier were
accused of conspiring to leave an illegitimate chill charge-
able to the Leek union, was re-heard on Saturday. , The
nurse, Mrs. de Berriere, who brought the child from Lon-
don, was put into the witness-box, but no new evidence
was elicited. Who was the father of the child, and how
the infant was disposed of, were pretty clearly made out,
but the magistrates thought there was no evidence of can-
'piracy. It was a disgraceful case, they said, but there
was not evidence sufficient to establish a criminal intent.
The offenders must be left to the punishment of their own
consciences, for the law could not take hold of the offence.
TRAVELLING.—Professor Lowe, of New
York, who gave out last year that he intended to make a
trip to Europe in his mammoth air-ship, has written to the
Charleston papers stating that he had been compelled,
through unforeseen circumstances connected with the me-
chanical apparatus and other equipments of the ship to
poctpone his first experiment in aerial navigation until
spring of the year, when he intended to solve the problem.
He had been engaged for some time past in examining
the upper currents, and had ascertained a current setting
from west to east as reliable as the Gulf Stream. He was
now seeking to discover a return current from east to west,
in the existence of which he had a strong faith.
SINGULAR DEATH OF A THIEF.—One of the
Custom-house officers, near the Waterloo Dock, Liverpool,
noticed, on Saturday, a man running away from the James
R. Keeler. The officer's suspicions were aroused by the
fact that the body of the man appeared unnaturally bulky,
and, grappling the runaway, they had a tough aid despe-
rate struggle on the margin of the dock. Ultimately the
supposed smuggler, or thief, eluded the grasp of the officer,
and plunged headlong into the dock, He disappeared be-
neath the water, and, though the officer sought anxiously,
did not rise again. When the body was at length reco-
vered it was found that no less than thirteen sheets of cop-
per had been wrapped round it. In the pockets of the de-
ceased were £4 Is, 6d., and a large clasp knife. His name
is unknown.