The Sun.
London, England, 1866-09-07 00:00:00

The Great Ship Race from China.

The arrival yesterday in the Downs, off Deal, of three
out of the five clipper ships engaged in the great ocean race
from China, created much interest in the City, and was
looked upon as a most extraordinary and unprecedented
circumstance.

The ships engaged in the contest were—The Ariel, a
new ship, 853 tons, commanded by Capt. Keay, owned by
Messrs. Phillips, Shaw, and Lowther, of Royal Exchange-
buildings.
The Fiery Cross, 689 tons, Capt. Robinson, belonging to
Messrs. J. Campbell, of Liverpool.
The Taeping, 797 tons, Capt. Kinnon, commander, be-
longing to Messrs. Rogers and Co., of London.
The Taitsing, 815 tons, Capt. Nutsford, master, belong-
ing to Messrs. J. Findlay and Co., London.
The Serica, 708 tons, Capt. Jones, master, belonging to
the same owners.

The ships are laden with the first cargoes of teas of the
season. Au additional freight of 10s. per ton is allowed
the owner by the consignee of the cargo to the first ship
arriving in dock; hence the competition for the prize.
Taking Lloyd's list as an authority, the Serica, Ariel,
and Taeping passed Foo-Choo-Foo bar for London, all on
one day, the 30th of May. The Fiery Cross sailed from
the same place on the previous day, the 29th, and the
Taitsing left on the 31st. The last heard of them was
from Anger, Straits of Sunda, as follows :—Fiery Cross
passed through on the 19th of June, the Ariel, Serica,
Taeping, and Taitsing on the 22d of June, all within a
few hours of each other, running the distance from Foo-
Choo-Foo, about 2,780 miles, in 23 days.
Yesterday Lloyd's agent telegraphed the arrival of three
of the ships in the Downs. The Ariel and Taeping arrived
at 8 o'clock, and the Serica passed Deal at 1 o'clock at
noon. They had all steam tugs in attendance on them,
and were pushing on for the river with all expedition
They are expected at Blackwall to-day. Up to late last
evening no news had been received of the Fiery Cross
(which won the race last year) or the Taitsing.
The distance, 14,060 miles, was run in 99 days, and it
would appear that the Ariel and Taeping ran almost neck
and neck tha whole passage, the Serica following close in

their wake. •
The time taken in last year's race was—Fiery Cross 109
days, the Serica. 110 days, the Taeping 115 days, the Black
Prince 121 days, and the Flying Spur 131 days.

The Countess Cowley, the Brussels journals state,
has passed through that city, on her way to the
Hague. . . .

The Prussian troops are returning home from all
directions. By the 18th there will not be a single
soldier in Bohemia and Moravia, except the wounded.
The first corps has left by Oderberg, the second by
Gorlitz, and the fourth from Brunn by Prague.
The fourteenth division will proceed to Gera, Zeitz,
Camel, and Hanover, and the second reserve corps
to Hof. The Guard will arrive in the environs of
Berlin about the 15th. All these troops are tra-
velling by railway. The army of the Maine re-
mains in its present quarters.
" There is no shame to our manhood if we distrust
our own ability to endure the anguish of the body. . . It
is no secret that of late local annthesia has been produced to
such a degree that the patient, retaining his consciousness,
m"—orrealinly-
can watch the surgeon's knife as it cuts to cure, and yet be
ofn opnhey ell: atlhseu ffpeurbi
public
go .
without
joulilgyhlt3e,slt;:an.sa.t.iTono
debted than to Mr. Day."—lllustrated News, page 826, June
9. "Mr. Day has suoceeded in robbing tooth extraction of its
horrors, and we think we are only fulfilling an act of duty in
Painful teeth, or diseased stumps extracted without pain,
giving publicity to the fact."—CforaormtJtohnerpnaoelyolitiveBheBnulicrM)..satrye2egt.,
No chloroform, and perfectly safe. Every description of
teeth, combining the latest inventions and improvthents i
dental mechanism, may` be procured lreen Mr. DAY, dentista
in eovterey
(late principal assistant o Mr. Eskell, of 8,
stage, are only ag-
gravates 291, Regent-street (3 doors
[AnyzaxiscmErtT.]—Consumption, and all n
stomach, and liver complaints, ervous,bilious,
and accelerated by drugs
perfecsay curable by Du ilarry's health restoring
description. but
Arabica Food, as proved by thous restoring Revalenta
' been considered hopeless ; such ands of cases which had
cough, asthma, consumption, has indigestion (dyspepsia),
diarr-
hoea, all gastric derangements,, habitual constipation
plaints, flatulency, nervousness, hcemorrhoida, liver corn-
throats, diphtheria, cater usness, biliousness' fevers, sore
head and ears, rheumatism,
colds, influenza, noises in the
gout, impurities, eruptions,
hysteria, neuralgia, irritability,
pit ation sleeplessness, acidity, pal-
, heartburn, headache, debility, dropsy, cramps,
spasms, nausea and sicknesssinking even in pregnancy or at sea,
fits, bronchitis
pains in the pit of the scrofula,bronchitis,
stomach
dtilgpettness of the chest,
&e. We quote a Sew.—Cure, No. 46,270. Mwer
enjathmeesshßouoldeerrtss,
timber merchant, of Prim ley Surrey, of Ihirty years' diseased
lungs, spitting of blood, liver derangement, and partial deaf-
ness.—Cure, No. 47,121. Miss Elizabeth Jacobs, of extreme
nervousness, indigestion, gatherings, low spirits, and nervous
lancies.—Cure, No. 1,771. Lord Stuart de Decks, Lord-Lieu-
tenant of Waterford, of many years' dyspepsta.—No.4o,S32.
Fifty years' indescribable agony from dyspepsia., nervousness,
asthma, cough, const patien, flatulency, spasms, sickness, and
vomiting—Maria Jolly.- Cure No. 54,816. The Rev. James T.
Campbell, Fakenham, Norfolk, of indigestion and torpidity
of the liver, which had resisted all medical treatment.—
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also Phillips, tea dealers, 8, Wing William-street ; likewise
at 81, Gracechurch-street ; 4, Cheapside ;
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Within ; 63, 150, and 298, Oxford-str B3O, Strand;
64, Upper Baker-street ; Ic3, Tottenham-court-road ; 96,
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London; and all
Brothers, 65, High-street ; and Stubbs, Queen's-terrace, St.
John's-wood,
QA oPttrious imitations. respectable grocers and che.
mists.—Beware