The Sun.
London, England, 1858-11-06 00:00:00

THIS DAI'S SHIPPING.

LONDON, Nov. 6.—Wind this day at noon, N.E. ;
strong breeze and fine.
FALMOUTH, Nov. s.—Wind N.E.—Arrived—Lord
Nelson, from Algoa Bay.
PORTSMOUTH, Nov. s.—Wind N.—Sailed—Her Ma-
jesty's ship Centaur, for Davenport.
SOUTHAMPTON, Nov. s.—Wind N.E.—Sailed—Athens
(screw steamer), for the Cape of Good Hope.
OFF FALMOUTH, Oct. s.—Arrived—Cordelia, from
Porto Rico.
OFF BONDSEY, Nov. s.—WindN.E.—Arrived—Niagara,
frinn Montreal.

PLYMOUTH, Nov. s.—Wind N.—Arrived—American
(screw steamer), from the Coast of Africa.
CARDIFF, Nov. s.—Wind N.E.—Sailed—Pendickering,
for Bombay.

(BY ELECTRIC TELEGRAPH.)
SOUTHAMPTON, Saturday Morning.
Wind E., blowing strong.
Arrived—Despatch, steamer, from Jersey; Le Coq, from
Cherbourg.
Sailed—Alliance, steamer, for Havre ; Wonder, steamer,
for Jersey.

LIVERPOOL, Saturday Morning.

Wind, N.N.E.
Arrived, Nov. 6—Commodore, from Rouen ; Condor,
rom Dieppe.
Off—Melita, screw steamer.

(Br SUBMARINE AND BRITISH TELEGRAPH.)
GRAVESEND, Saturday Morning.
Wind N.E., tide two hours' flood, very strong.
Arrived, Nov. 6—City of Norwich, steamer, from Ton-

Sailed, Nov. 6—Daniel Webster, steamer, for New
York.

DEAL, Saturday Morning.

Wind N.N.E., a gate.
Paseed—Valetta, screw steamer —from westward for
London.

•
THE AFRICAN MAILS.—The • following is the
answer which has been received from the Treasury in reply
to Mr. Collier's remonstrance against the withdrawal of the
African mails from Plymouth. It is most unsatisfactory
and evasive. The contract was not only removed from
Plymouth, but an additional £lO,OOO (on £20,000) was
given to the contractors: It will be. seen that, although
Mr. Collier wrote to the Treasury on the 6th, he received
no answer till the 29th : " Treasury .Chambers, Oct. 29,
1858.—Sir,—In reply to your letter of the 6th inst., I am
commanded by the Lords Commissioners of her Majesty's
Treasury to state that their lordships,.before• consenting to
the change of the port of departure and arrival of the
African mail packets from Plymouth to Liverpool, gavethe
subject their fullest consideration ; and I am directed also
to state, that the circumstances as regards the com-
munication with the West Coast of Africa, are so•peculiar
that their lordships, in assenting to . the alterations com-
prised in the modified contract, were not influenced solely
by postal considerations, and that it was an essential part
of the new arrangement that Liverpool should be the
port of departure and arrival for the packets.—l am, sir,
your obedient servant, GEORGE A. .HAMILTON.—To R.
P. Collier, Esq., M.P., &c., Plymouth. We may also state
that Mr. Collier wrote another letter to Rowland Hill, who I
replied that the Post-office had nothing to do with the ar-
rangements—indeed, it is welliknown that Mr. Hill warmly
opposed the change.—Lly)nouth Journal.
GUY FAWKES' DAY IN LONDON.—The sth of
November, which, in consequence of the lawless outrages
committed by the mischievous and idle characters of London,
has been up to the present time a period of apprehension to
many, seems at length to be undergoing a change in the
manner of its celebration. Yesterday the old-fashioned Guy
Fawkes was seen only at rare intervals, his place upon the
ayffoermwaloe
perambulating truck being supplied with effigies of blood
slier Irtbyloar boaYsf sepoys slaughtering young children, and bearing aloft the
inscription, inscription, " The Butcher of Cawnpore." In some in-
stances
a gun
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thespectacle
gaze o fofa t
buzz like a swarm of bees around such shows ; or
before Nana Sahib might be seen imploring mere
children, together with other dainty incidents of the Indianller
campaign. In fact, it would appear that, if in
rishsalkloefschae
being
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annually Gu y Fawkes
bored
with and gawavapon.ewtydeorf,
meaningless.
exhibitions ten times more absurd and utterly wpfeeunti:itimparetethwtiece