The Sun.
London, England, 1858-12-04 00:00:00

THIS D4l'S SHIPPING.

LONDON, Dec. 4.—Wind this day at noon, S.W. ;
moderate breeze, with rain.
COWES, Dec. 3.—Wind W.—Arrived—Australia, from
Moulmein.
POOLE, Dec. 3.—Wind W.N.W.—Arrived—Juno,
from Newfoundland.
CLYDE, Dec. 2.—Wind S.W.-Arrived—Daylight,
from the Mauritius ; Envoy, from Quebec ; Lidan, from
Newfoundland; Hermine, from the Mauritius; Mantura,
from Callao ; Mary Ann Margaret Anglea, from Quebec ;
Fenella, from Callao. Sailed—Edinburgh (screw steamer),
for New York.
WARRENPOINT, Dec. 2.—Wind N.W.—Arrived—
Elgin, from Quebec
BELFAST, Dec. 3.—Wind S.—Arrived—Effingham, from
Kooria Mooria

QUEENSTOWN, Dec. 2.—Wind W.S.W.—Arrived—
Maica, from Rio Grande ; Rake, from St. John's, New-
foundland, for Liverpool.
Orr QUEENSTOWN, Dec. 2.—Arrived—Marie Leocadie,
from Manzanillo.

OFF WEYMOUTH, Dec. 3,—Arrived—Dover Castle, from
Victoria.

NEWPORT, Dec. 3.—Wind, S.W.—Arrived—Palmyra,
from Quebec.

(BY ELECTRIC TELEGRAPH.)

SOUTHAMPTON, Saturday Morning.
Wind W.S.W., rain.
Arrived.—Dispatch, steamer, from Jersey ' • Saxonia,
steamer, from Hamburg ; James Kennedy, steamer, from
Cardiff; Havre, steamer, from Havre.
Sailed—Wonder and Atalanta, steamers, for Jersey ;
Alliance, steamer, for Havre.
LIVERPOOL, Saturday Morning.

Wind W.S.W.
Arrived, Dec. 3.—D. L. Choate, from St. John's, N.B.
Arrived, Dec. 4.—Gomelza, from Moulmein.
Sailed, Nov. 29.—Angelique, for Cadiz ; South Carolina,
for Bombay ; Fides Ciudad, for Bolivar.
Sailed, Dec. I.—Laurence, for Port au Prince.
Sailed, Dec. 2.—Richard Taunton, for Rio Janeiro.
Sailed, Dec. 3.—Ronaldes, for Monte Viueo.

(BY SUBMARINE AND BRITISH TELEGRAPH.)
GRAVESEND, Saturday Morning.
Wind westerly ; tide three hours' flood ; fine.
Arrived, Dec. 3.--Peace, from Odessa; Assuante, from
Catansara ; Austria, from Odessa ; St. George, from
Demerara ; John C. Ives, from Picton ;• Emanuel, from
Port Neuf ; Harriet, from Maiona 'Lon on, from
Trinidad; Amelia Hill, from Marseilles ; Bolder, from
Quebec ; Souvenir, from Praestow ; Pilot from Marseilles ;
Sonne, from Nyborg ; Donneborg, from Taganrog ; Pre-
mier, from Demerara; Sprite, from Guernsey; Conquest,
from Archangel.
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DEAL, Saturday Morning.

Wind S.W.; fresh.
Anchored—Neville, from London, for Shanghai.
Passed—Europe, screw steamer, from London for Lime-
rick ; Tangore, barque, from Demerara ; Ottawa, Abigail,
from Quebec; Amathea, from Akyab—all for London.

MINES.—It is an old saying, "It never rains but it
pours ;" and since the discovery at East Basset scarcely a
day has passed without improvements and discoveries being
reported in other mines, and, in consequence, the Share
Market has been in a state of the greatest activity through-
out the week, and a great advance has taken place in
several stocks. Another cause of this activity may, per-
haps, be traced to the fact that many speculators have been
realising large profits in East Basset, and re-investing in
other progressive mines. Among those in which important
improvements and discoveries have been reported since
our last are—Hingston Down, East Rosewarne, Lady
Bertha, Wheal Charlotte, Trelawny, Providence Mines,
South Condurrow, Gernick, and Tolcarne. Hingstons
have been largely dealt in, and advanced from 3 to 4,4 A ;
the improvement is in the 100, where the lode has been
valued at from £6O to £lOO per fm., and it is to be hoped it
may be of a more lasting character than that which caused
a rise to £7 a few months since. From 1854 to 1856 the
mine paid £15,900 in dividends. , The ground afterwards
became very hard, and the lode poor, but is now opening
out again ix a very favourable manner, and further west
than any former discovery. Wheal Charlottes have been
in considerable request at 91 to 10, and the mine it is ex-
pected will soon be in a dividend state again.—Mining
Journal of this day.
THE MORFA COLLIERY. EXPLOSION.—PORT
TALBOT, Thursday.—The inquest on the bodies of the four
men killed by an explosion in the Morfa, colliery of Messrs.
Vivian, on this day week, was concluded on Thursday
before the coroner for the district, Mr. Cuthbertson. The
evidence clearly showed that the explosion had been occa-
sioned• by two of the colliers having, contrary to orders,
uniocked or taken the cover from their lamps, thereby ex-
posing the naked flame to the explosiVe gas; and the jury,
without any hesitation, returned a formal verdict of acci-
dental death ; • adding, that they considered the explosion
was caused at the lamp of one of the deceased, the top of
which was found at some distance from the bottom. The
frequency of these colliery catastrophes has caused a good
deal of feeling in, the principality, and the recent inquests
haie all been attended -by Mr. T. Evans, the Government
inspector of mines of the district,