The Sun.
London, England, 1859-06-08 00:00:00

TSB NAVI'.

The Pearl, 21, screw steam corvette, Captain L. S.
Sotheby, arrived at Spithead late on Monday evening from
Calcutta, Trincomalee, and the Cape of Good Hope. She
was 37 days from Trincomalee to the Cape, and, after stay-
ing there 10 days, sailed on the 12th of April for England,
calling at St. Helena. The weather has been fine the
passage home, with light winds until in about 37 N., when
strong north and north-east winds were met with. The
Pearl was commissioned on the 21st of December, 1855, by
Captain Sotheby, her present commander.
Preparations were being made at Plymouth for docking
the iron screw steam storeship Himalaya, Commander John
Seccombe, hourly expected.
The following Austrian ships, wlich have escaped the
vigilance of French and Sardinian cruisers, arrived at Fal-
mouth on Sunday, and will remain there, viz.,—the
Armenia, from Alexandria, with cotton seed ; the Dussan,
from Matanzas, with rum ; and the steamer Beppi, from
Marathonisi, with timber and oil; the first and last were
bound to London direct.

The cargo of the Austrian brig Ljubica, consisting of
sugar from the Havanna, is being transhipped by the steam
vessel Metropolitan for Glasgow, after remaining some timo
at Falmouth.

The Danish barque Herrmann, Ceptain Andresen, from
Hayti, April 28, for Copenhagen, was off Plymouth on Mon
day, and reported that on Sunday afternoon, about 16 miles
south-west of Scilly, she passed a ship of war lying to—she
was barque-rigged and of the same class as the steam sloop
Virago.
The following appointments were made at the Admiralty
yesterday :—Captain E. G. Fanshawe, to the Trafalgar,
commissioned ; Capt. Sir W. Hoste, to the Neptune, com-
missioned; Lieut. C. 0. B. Hall, to the Victory; Lieut. C.
R. Buckle, to the Aboukir ; B. J. Hooper, Master, to the
Trafalgar; D. Mg/ Jago, Master, to the Neptune; J. B.
Wells, Master, to the Cornwallis ; R. P. J. Simpson,
Master, to the Dauntless; John Thompson, Master, to the
Himalaya ' • W. H. Richards, Paymaster, to the Dauntless ;
and F. M. Luther, Acting Assistant-Surgeon, to the Hima-
laya. Mr. C. R. Buckle, Mr. R. G. S. Pasley, and Mr. E.
J. Jermain, Mates, were yesterday promoted to the rank of
Lieutenants.

Her Majesty and the Prince Consort honoured
the Royal Italian Opera, Covent-garden, last evening, with
their presence. The Royal suite consisted of Viscountess
Jocelyn, the Hon. Beatrice Byng, the Hon. Emily Cath-
cart, the Earl of Verulam, Lord Colville, and Captain the
Hon. D. de Res.

THE GREAT NORTHERN COAL MONOPOLY.—The
directors last Saturdaythaimneed to open the trade in coal
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STATE OF TRADE.—MANcuEsTER, Tuesday.—
The market is quieter in tone, and there is not S go-oda
demand as there was last week ; nevertheless
less firm, and producers might sell largely
accept somewhat lower rates than they ask. Nlostpro-.
ducers are pretty well under contract, hence the stiffness
MR. CHARLES OLLIER.—Those who are ac-
quainted with the literature of 40 years ago will learn with
regret the death of Mr. 011ier, the original publisher of all
Shelley's poems, with the exception of Alastor" and the
ss poems
posthumous works • of the first volume of Keat ' ;
and of several of the writings of Leigh Hunt.