The Sun.
London, England, 1859-03-23 00:00:00

THIS DAY'S SHIPPING.

LONDON, March 23.—Wind this day at noon, N.W. ;
light breeze, and fine weather.
PLYMOUTH, March 22.—Wind N.E.—Sailed—Shali-
meer, for New York.
FALMOUTH, March 22.—Wind
Corry, for Rio Janeiro ; R. M. Mills, for New York.
COWES, March 22.—Wind N. by E.—Sailed—Blenheim,
for Madras.

CARDIFF, March 22.—Wind N.—Sailed—Olive Branch,
for Callao ; Eugene, for Havannah ; Southern Chief, for
New Orleans.

CLYDE, March 22.—Wind N.W.—Sailed—Nary Stuart,
for Rio Janeiro ; Margaret Smith, for Demerara; Bdin•
burgh (screw steamer), for New York.
SHIELDS, March 21.—Wind N.E.—Sailed—Gulterult
for China.
SUNDERLAND, March 22.—Wind
chymist, for Hong Kong.

(BY ELECTRIC TELEGRAPH.)
SOUTHAMPTON, Wednesday Morning.
Wind N.N.W.
Arrived—Clara, Lamplighter, Nancy, and Bartley, from
Sunderland ; Tagus, steamer, from Lisbon ; Fox, froza
Newport.
Sailed—Hotspur, for Australia ; Lady Constance, for
Sunderland ; New York, steamer, for New York ; Ata-
lanta, steamer, for Jersey ; Europe, for Cardiff; Argyll►
steamer, for Carentan ; Vectis, for Sunderland.
LIVERPOOL Wednesday Morning.
Wind W.N.W.
Arrived—Jane Brown, from Matanzas; Sarah Princesh
from Alexandria.

Sailed, March 22.—Phoenix, for New York; Vittorio?
screw steamer, for Malta; Tigress, for Boston; Peter_
James, for Marseilles.

Sailed, March 23.--Sverige for Batavia.
A vessel, bottom up, from 50 to 60 feet long, was passed
between the two light ships, this morning, by the Windsor, ,
steamer, from Dublin.
The Nummeri Drei, for Rio Janeiro, has returned into
dock, from the river, with loss of cathead, bulwarks, &c.,
having been in contact yesterday with the Phoenix, for New
York, which proceeded.
A flat sunk off Seacombe this rnornino-b, after drifting
athwart the Royal Mail steamer Ethiope, for Africa; the
'steamer did not receive any damage.

(BY SUBMARINE AND BRITISH TELEGRAPH.)
GRAVESEND, Wednesday Morning.
Wind W. ; last hour's ebb ; fine.
Arrived, March 22—Humanity, from Hamburg.
Sailed, March 23—Lord John Russell, steamer, for Dun'
kirk; Jessy Craig, for Mauritius; Clarissa, for Bombay
Eugene, for Mauritius; East Anglian, steamer, for Got.
tenburg ; Seine, steamer, for Boulogne.
DEAL, Wednesday Morning.
Wind, N.W. by N. ; moderate.
Passed—James M'Queen, from London for East Lon
don; Seine, from London for Paris; Vivid Light, from
Alexandria for Hull.

Sir Charles Trevelyan's appointment to Madrso
is received most favourably by the Indian press.
Miss Victoria Balfe has been engaged for "the
approaching season of the Italian opera, and will make her
debut at Drury-lane Theatre in "La Sonnambula," our
ported by the new tenor, Signor Mongini, as Elvino,
In a letter to the Bradford Advertiser, General.
Thompson, M.P., says he has given his assent to a sur
gestion that " in the event of any change of government,
the friends of the ballot should persist in occupying their
present sittings, by way of demonstration that they will not
march through Coventry with any government which doe'.
not show signs of establishing the ballot."
The illness of the Bishop of Rochester continues
to be of the most serious character. With the single es'
ception of the Archbishop of Armagh, the Right Rey. pr.
Murray is the oldest bishop of the episcopal bench, having
been consecrated Bishop of Sodor and Man in 1813, all
translated to the see of Rochester in 1827. For a long tinle
past he has been anxious to retire from his see could a
favourable arrangement to that effect have been made wi:
the government, and the subject was entertained by the last
ministry before they quitted office.