The Sun.
London, England, 1858-05-24 00:00:00

LLOYD'S SHIPPING.—(This Day.

LONDON, May 24.—Wind this day at noon, S.W.;
strong breeze and cloudy.
PORTS1100:11, May 23.—Wind
Urgent. for Gibraltar
CARDIFF, May 22.—Wind W.—Sailed—Florist, fo:

Rio Janeiro.
OFF PORTSMOUTH, May 22. —Arrived -Nore Castle,
from Havannah for London; John S. Harris, from Shields
for Philadelphia; Clara, from Haitlepool for Rio
Janeiro.
TORBAY, May 22.—Wind W.S.W.—Arrived—Austra-
lian, from London for St. Kitt's.

(BY ELECTRIC TELEGRAPH.)
SuuTiLimPToN, Monday Morning,

Wind W.
Arrived, May 21—Lady Eglinton, steamer, from Dublin ;
Argyll, steamer, from Caranton ; South- Western, steamer,
from Havre.
Arrived, May 23—L'Etoile, from Cberbom g
from Hartlepool ; Jessie, from Sunderland.
Sailed—L Ady Eglinton, steamer, for London ; Lady
Stewart, for Cowes ; Alliance, steamer, from Havra ;
Eliza, for Sunderland.

Speck

LIVERPO, L, Mon lay Morning.

Wind W. S. W.
Arrived, May 23.—Henry Moore, from Calcutta; Ama-
zon, Rangoon ; Joseph Rowan, New Orle.ns ; Coup ess,
Apalachicola ; Emily,
.Newfoundland ' • Laconia, (e.s.),
Smyrna ; Orpheus, Gergenti ; La ly Sale, Santander ;
Circassian, Eu.
Arrived, May 24.—John Curtis, from Matanzas; Robert
Jones, Cardenas; Ebro, (s. s.), Corunn3; Lepenthew,
Ruuen ; Express, New Orleans ; Admiral Napier, Stettin.

(BY SUBMARINE AND BRITISH TELEGRAPH.)
GRAVESEND, Mobday Morning.
Wind N.W. ; tide three hours' flood; weather fresh and
fine.
Arrived, May 23--Slento, from Demerara; Poline,
Golding ; Anjewel, Antwerp; Josephine, St. Kitt's ;
Inrisa, Holmstadt ; Latton Bride, Cavorna ; August,
Gravelines ; Sir R. Peel an Burtons, Dunkiik ; Donor,
Lagos ; Theodore Voss. Odessa ; Codau, Libau ; Spring
Flower, Alexandria ; Maria, St. Kitt's ; Marine, Th;
Loohiel, Sydney.
Sailed— London. (s.), for New York.
DEAL, Monday Morning.

Wind W., moderate.
Arrived—Bucephalus, from Demerara for London.
Auchored--Sealark, for Port Philip ; Chieftain, Kelso ;
Aceni, Colombo ; Amisted, Bilboa ; Moultan, Newport—
all from London.
Passed off Dungeness, May 23.—Jacobsen, from Monte
Video ; Sarah Maria Ann, ,inyrna ; May Flower, Deme-
rara; British Merchant, Sydney—all for London.

GARDENS V. CATS.—A corre.pondent of the Field
offers the following horrible susigestion' which we com-
mend to the Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to
Animals, and to the Horticultur.d Society :—" A corre-
spondent of yours writes to know how he can get rid of
cats, I cannot tell him how to get rid of them ; but I
can tell him bow to collect around him all the cats in the
neighbourhood—viz ,by buying sixpennyworth ( f the
herb valerian at any druggi-ts, and, atter putt ng as
much as he can take up between his finger aud thumb
in some boiling water, throw it out anywhere—if be likes,
over a trap lightly c vered (or half-a-d, zen traps, if be
prefers it)—and he will have troops of cats assemblicg
every night around the maeic herb. The hest plan is to
get a largo slab of iron hung about two feet over the
ground, which might be freed easily by a j,rlc of the
string whichfastens it. Under this put the valerian,
and kill five or six cats at a tiete."
A DISEASE IN PEARLS.—An alarm of a most saicus
nature was spread throughout the Tuik ries on Mot clay.
The Empress having expressed her intention of wearing
the beautiful pique of pearls at the ball givenin honour
of the Queen of Holland, it was discovered, on opening
the ecrin which contains the necklace, that two of the
precious gems were discoloured, and sickening of tha'
disea.e, the terrcr of jewellers and guardians of crown
jewels, the cure f.,r or preventative of which has yet b
be discovered. By this di-ease the rails change col )or,
then become scaly, and finolty mumble powder.
The
Malady is contagious, aid if %hi: firs, pearl attackea he
removed, every one confined in the same ecrin
soon be lost. In the present ca,e, the separat'.on of four
of the diseased pearls from the necklace was speedily re-
solved upon by Kramer, the court jeweller,as the-0113,
means of saving the rest.—Court Journal,