The Sun.
London, England, 1867-05-14 00:00:00

SHIPPING INTELLIGENCE.

SOUTHAMPTON, Tuesday Morning.
Arrived—The Germania, steamer, from Hamburg ;
Southampton, from Havre.
Sailed—The Veranda, for Elsinore.
The Normandy, steamer, arrived last night from Jer-
sey; passed at 2.15 p.m. yesterday. 15 miles south of St.
Alban's Head, the Dutch bark Leidritche, showing a red
colour No. 412, wishing to be reported.
GIUTESEND, Tuesday Morning.

Arrived, May 13—Electra, from Grenada; Astrea, from
Christiania; Josephine, from Hibau; Isabella and Mary,
from Malmo ; Racoona, from Sines; Adriena, from Ros-
tock ; Sef, from Frongreim; Mercur, from Wismar ; Rika
Ann, from Rostock; Minerva, from Kolding ; Princess
Gyula, from Dram ; Erna Johanna, from Stralsund.
Arrived, May 14.—Concordia, steamer, from Boulogne.
Sailed, May 13.—Lanarkshire, fur Melbourne; Fulton,
steamer, for Dunkirk.

Sailed, May 14.—Tonning, steamer, for Geestemunde ;
Anglesea, fur Melbourne.

DEAL, Tuesday Morning.
Passed—Anna, from Shiela3, for Palermo.
Anchored—Georgina, from Cyprus, for Cronstadt.

" THE RING" ought to disappear at last. Our
contemporarn Bell's Life, must eventually leave its patrons
to their own devices. We read that the editor, or his
representative, was brutally threatened, if not directly
assaulted, oa account of a recent decision by a referee, and
that the office was the scene of a free fight. The ruffians
have neither the discretion nor the sense to understand
that the moment Bell's Life drops them their occupation is
gone.—London Review.
THE MINIATURE BALTIMORE CLIPPER.—The
miniature Baltimore-built clipper ship of two and a half
tons burden, designed for a trip to the Paris Exposition,
we are informed, rapidly approaches completion, and
is pronounced by those who have examined her as the
beau ideal of a perfect model. She will be supplied with
two large tanks, holding 150 gallons water each, a cabin for
two persons, store room, &c., and will be of the " surf
boat" model. Mr. James Weeden, sailmaker, has presented
a handsome suit of colours to the vessel, which were to
bo ready by May sth, when her crew of three would
embark upon their daring cruise.

Soundings are now being taken for the proposed
submarine cable between Kurrachee and Bombay.

Sir Samuel Baker writes to the Pall Mall Gazette
in support of the proposed expedition to Africa to
ascertain the fate of Livingstone. "There was a
time," he says, "when an Englishman was respected
in all countries, both savage and civilised, as a re-
presentative of a nation that watched over the safety
and rights of every subject ; but at the present day
this honourable pride of nationality appears to have
passed away. Not only may an Englishman be
missing, killed, or imprisoned, but an English Con-
sul, the representative not only of the country, but
of our Government, may be kept in chains for years
(as in Abyssinia), or murdered by a tribe in Africa,
and there are Englishmen (vide 'Blanco') who would
pass over the event without inquiry, and without
redress, who would receive the native accounts of
Livingstone's murder without demanding proofs, and
who would reward the toil of a long life expended
in hardships and the dangers of African research
by ignoring the man who has won the honour of the
civilised world, if not the protection of his own country.
Blanco' may rest assured that the British lion
will no longer inspire respect when his teeth are
drawn and his claws are cut, and that Africa will
be closed to Europeans should we allow English-
men, especially consuls, to be murdered or insulte
with impunity. It is therefore the first duty of the
country to inquire into the fate of Livingstone,
whatever may be the cost or risk of the expedi-
tion. This has been already proposed by the Royal
Geographical Society, and seconded by Lord Stan-
ley. Is it possible that the voice of an Englishman
should be raised against the search ? I would sug-
gest that the man Moosa,' who was the eye-wit-
ness of Livingstone's murder, and if possible some
of the Johanna men who brought the report of his
death, should be compelled to ac:ompany the pro-
posed expedition, to point out the spot where the
attack and reported murder took place."
What the Overends, Gurneys, Wilkinsons, and
many others have done for the reputation of Eng-
lish commerical credit may be gleaned from the
following patagraph extracted from Frank Leslie :
—"The characteristic of English financial manage-
ment is supposed to be stability. This, at least, is
the opinion of all Englishmen, in comparing Lom-
bard-street with Wall-street ; but the recent dis-
closures of the rottenness of some of their leading
banking an bill broking concerns, together with
that of many of their leading railroads, show that,
for insolent inflation and the obtaining of money
and credit under false pretences, England takes the
lead of the world. Yet still there is a solemness of
respectability in beef-eating and crusty port which
deceives many."

ARTISANS' VISITS TO THE PARIS
The Moniteur announces that the subscriptions to
assist French workmen to visit and study the Paris
Exhibition already exceed £4,000. The Society of
Arts have started a subscription with 100 guineas
to assist British workmen in like manner, and de•

sire to receive subscriptions.
The constables emptied 1,600 gallons of good
liquor, worth $6,000, into the gutter at Boston, Wednesday,
April 17.
SOMETHING WITTY FROM THE CITY.---Why is
Smithfield like Rome in the days of Cicero ?-I.l2cause it is
threatened by a Oattle-lino;—Punch.