The Sun.
London, England, 1858-12-24 00:00:00

THIS DAI'S SHIPPING.

LONDON, Dec. 24.—Wind this day at noon, W. ; strong
breeze, and very fine.
FALMOUTH, Dec. 23.—Wind S.W.—Arrived—Lord
Palmerston, from Rio Grande ; Mathilde, from Havannah;
Neptune, from Havannah.
DARTMOUTH, Dec. 23.—Wind W.S.W.—Arrived--Free
Trade, from Shields for Matanzas.
OFF THE NORTH FORELAND, Dec. 23.—Arrived—Do
Seicla, from Rotterdam for Rio Grande.

YAR:vouni, Dec. 23.—The competitor (schooner), of
Ipswich, in passing through the Roads this morning, ran
into the Highland Chief (brig), of Wisbeach, at anchor,
and has been assisted into port.

(BY ELECTRIC TELEGRAPH
SOUTHAMPTON, Friday Morning,

Wind W.

Arrived—Lady Eglinton, steamer, from London ; South
Western, steamer, from Jersey ; Havre, steamer, from
Havre ; Argyll, steamer, from Carentan.
Sailed—Lady Eglinton, steamer, for London ; -Artisan,
steamer, for Cardiff.

LIVERPOOL, Friday Morning.
Wind W. ; fresh breeze. I t blew a heavy gale last night
and early this morning from W.
A fiat has capsized at Holylake.
The Jersey Tar, from Youghal, dragged alongside Prin-
cess-pier, but was got off into the basin, with bow smashed,
loss of figurehead, anchor, Scc.; and, in trying to dock,
sprang a leak and sunk.
The Columbia, from New York, is ashore at Knott's-hole
Dingle, and dries with the tide.
Arrived, Dec. 23.—R. L. Lane, from Savannah; Colum-
bia, from New York ; Diego Casfi, from Venice ; Baraza,
ftom Sines; Isaac H. Boardman, from New Orleans.

(EY SEEMARINE AND BRITISH TELEORAPIt.)
GRAVESEND, Friday Morning.
Wind W. ; tide last hour's ebb ; very fine.
Sailed—Seine and Tamais, steamer, for Paris ; Mowe,
steamer, for Bremen ; Albion, steamer, for Boulogne.
DEAL, Friday Morning.

Wind W., moderate.

Passed—Alice, screw steamer, from London, for Chrt-
mite ; Excelsior, from London, for Bahia, slipped from
anchor and chain to avoid colliti-n, and has been supplied
with others.

PROPOSED DOCKS AT GREENWICH.--A, project
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at low water, the entrances to consist of locks 90 feet and
50 feet in width, which will be capable of taking and float-
ing larger vessels than any other docks uptn the harnes.
It is proposed to construct three docks in the first instance,
comprising an Grea of about 48 acres of deep venter, in
addition to which land will be taken for quays' graving
docks, waraionses, timber ponds, &c. ; the total lefigth of
frontage for dock quays being about .9,200 feet. The cost
of the docks is estimated at £.500,( 0), or £10,418 per acre
of water. The board of directors of the South-Eastern
Railway Company, appreciating the results likely to arise
to the traffic of their line f •orn the establishment of the pro-
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Surrey, and Sussex, and by the narrow gunge junction at
Reading with the pottery and hardware districts, South
Wales, and the western counties. It is proposed also to
combine with the ducks a steam-ferry, thus affording a
connection with the Blackwall- Railway, and a eenvenient
access to ,the docks for merchants and. others from the
EMIGRATION.—Her Majesty'sni
eastern Gov oisaf Londe
Emigration Commissioners chartered two ships yesterday
afternoon, the 23d instant—viz., the James Jardine, 810
tons, to sail from Liverpool for Adelaide,-South AUstralia,
at ill_las, 11d. par statute Adult; and,the Glentanter, 610
tens, to sail from SoUthampton for Moreton Bay, New
South Wales, at £l4 9s. Bd. per statute adult—bothvcssels
to be ready for the reception p$ passengers on such day as
the Commissioners may appomt between the 7th and 14th
of February,