The Sun.
London, England, 1866-09-08 00:00:00

BLUFFING INTELLIGENCE—This Day.

LONDON, Sept. 8.--Wind •this day at noon—North-
Easterly ; modoratel breeze and cloudy weather, with
rain.

TROOP, Sept. Z.—Wind S.E.—Sailed—Sea Spray, for
Mossina.

FALMOUTH, 'dept. 7,—Wind S.W.—Arrived—lrio Cog-,
nato, from TrAganrog.

BY ELECTRIC TELEGRAPH.
GRAVESEND, Saturday Morning.
Arrived, Sept. 7—Cervantes, steamer, from Dealt'
Confi.deuee, from Leghorn.

The marriage of the Earl of Mar with Miss
T.lamilton, of 'Elston Park, Monmouth, will take place on
Wednesday, the 12th inst.

Tho marriage of Sir Edward Sherlock Gooch,
Bart., of Benacre Hall, Suffolk, to the eldest daughter of
Major Hirst, of Tattingstone Place, near Bentley, is fixed
for the 9th of October next.

MUSICAL EXODUS TO THE UNITED STATES.
The Cunard steamer Java, which sails to-day from Liver-
pool for New York, will take out to America Mr. Bateman's
musical party, which includes the following popular artistes:
—Madame Parepa, Signor Brignoli, Signor Ferranti, and
Mr. J. L. Hatton, who will act as musical director of the

tournee in the chief cities of Canada and tho United States.
Mr. raid Mrs. Howard Paul sail from Liverpool for New
York on the 13th inst., and remain on the other side of the
Atlantic about six months.

EXTRAORDINARY SToRy.—A singular instance of

the effect of lightning occurred at Whalley Range,
near this city, on Sunday afternoon. Three boys, named
Edwards, Greonhough, and Jones, the first two residing in
Cedar-street, and the last in Erskine-street, were over-
taken by tho severe storm which raged during the greater
part of Sunday, and took refuge under a tree having largo
overspreading branches. They had not been long in shelter
when a vivid flash of lightning illuminated the atmos-
phere, and the lads were more or less stunned by the force
of the shock. The electric fluid seemed to have circled
round the tree in a curiously serpentine fashion, and what
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accuracy. Tho impression of the tree was reproduced in a
less determined form on the lad's right side—that which
it would seem had been less exposed to the power of the
lightning ; but both picturesgraduated from the knee, ter-
minating and joining at the apex of the chest. Jones ap-
peared to have had a still more narrow escape from death,.
as the destructive fluid was attracted by his scarf-pin—
which was twisted in an extraordinary manner - and tra-
versed his person, scorching him severely.— Manchester
Courier.

AMERICAN PYRA3IID.—An American paper states
that a party of five young men, while on an exploring ox-
that
throe
hliennittehtiwhckai-ss
pedition recently along the Colorado' River, discovered an.
immense pyramid on a barren Plain. It was composed. of
inches to nearly
fitinbe,r,d, than seoOmfpeleetter
and that
rttehhsneotnutenie
layers of steno from 18
ness, and from five feet to eight feet in length. It had a
levelevident
that
a of
great
convulsion of nature had displaced its entiro top, as it wag
evidently lying on ono of its sides, a huge and broken
mass, nearly covered by the sand. Its
104 feet; and it must have been formerly u f 11
20 feet higher.
This pyramid differs iu some respects from
pyramids. It is, or was, more slende the Egyptian
while those of Egypt are composed f r or pointed, and
o
re-
ceding as they rise, this American steps or layers
pyramid
edly, a more finished s was, undoubt-
edly, The
blocks was evidently cut to a outer surface of the
n angle, that gave the structure,
when new and complet
top to bottom. e, a smooth or regular surface from

CANADIAN COPPER.—.A report has just been
issued, made last month by a select Committee of the
Canadian House of Assembly, on the subject of the copper

mines of the north side of Lake Superior and Lake Huron.
The copper-bearing;series on the north shore of Lake Huron
extends over a surface of 2,000 square miles, and nearly the
same extent of country on Lake Superior is endowed in the
same manner. It is thought not improbable that new
surveys will prove that even this estimate is far short of
the actual fact. Iron also exists in largo quantity and of
superior quality on the north-east end of Lake Superior.
The land where the minerals are found is generally moun-
tainous and rocky. The land best adapted for agricultural
purposes is chiefly in the valleys of the rivers, and is of
sufficient extent to support large settlements, but the open-
ing up of loading roads is an essential condition of the rapid
development of the country. The 'committee, therefore,
recommend that land bo granted to such persons or com-
panies as are willing to construct railroads and open up
the country.
Baron de Talleyrand-Perigord, French Ambas-
sador at St. Petersburg, has arrived at Berlin on his
way to join the Baroness at Baden. He intends
visiting Paris .