The Sun.
London, England, 1866-06-02 00:00:00

Death of Mi. Kenyon Parker.

We regret to state that Mr. Kenyon Parker, one of the
Examiners in Chancery, died yesterday at 1 o'clock, front
the injuries he received on Thursday in Chancery-lane when
the learned gentleman was knocked down by a cab. The
office held by Mr. Parker was a highly important one, and
his income was £1,500 per annum.

LONDON GAZETTE. —Last Evening.

RAISING OF THE BLOCKADE OF THE PORT 0
VALPARAISO.
FOREIGN-OFFICE, JUNE 1.
It is hereby notified that the Earl of Clarendon, H.G. ,
her Majesty's Principal Secretary of State for Foreign
Affairs, has received a despatch (dated April 16), from her
Majesty's Charge d'Affaires and. Consul-General in. Chili,
enclosing a copy of a notification received from the Com-
mander-in-Chief of the Spanish naval forces in the Pacific,
that the blockade of the port of Valparaiso was, from the
14th day of April last, and is for the present, raised.

ADMIRALTY, 111", y 29.
Royal Marine Light Infantry—Captain and Brevet-
Major George Drury to -be Lieutenant-Colonel, Nice
Stewart, retired on full pay.
First-Lieutenant and Adjutant Ponsonby Ross 'Holmes
to be Captain, vice Drury.
Second Lieut. Geo. Fred. Henry Rule to be First Lieu-
tenant, vice Holmes.
The Rev. Henry Coulson Lory has this day been ap-
pointed a Chaplain in her Majesty's Fleet,

COURSE OF EXCHANGE—Last Evening.

Amsterdam
Ditto,.,, .................. Short. 11 16i 11 17
Rotterdam ....................... g Months. 12 0 12 1
...............
Brussels
Antwerp ............. 12 0 12 1
........ 25 50 25 60

3 _Sh—oort 25
15°09
Hamburg
Paris
Dittol3 9+
Al nths• 25 421 25 2(.)
Marseilles - 25 474 r
Frankfort on the Maine ", 45 25 60'
4.181
Vienna — 13 ' !19
Trieste — 13 5 13 20
Petersburgn - 241 13 30
Berlin
Madrid . — 46
Cadiz - 16i
..7

Leghorn
Milan
Genoa
Naples

28 i 0
28 50
28 20 28 50
28 20 28 50
28 20 28 50

Foreign Mail Packet List.

MAILS DUE.

Australia and New Zealand, via Southamptoa June 19.
Ditto, via Marseilles June 13.
Brazil and Cape Verde, by British packet June 4.
Ditto, by French packet .. June 24
Cape of Good Hope, Ascension, and St. Helena.... June ',2.
China, Penang, and Singapore. via Southampton.. June 3.
Ditto, via Marseilles June 13,
Falkland Islands •
Gibraltar, via Southampton June 3.
India (Calcutta), and Ceylon, via Southampton June 3.
Ditto, via Marseilles
India (B9mbay), via Southampton. June 13.

Ditto, via narseilles .. June 7
Malta, Egypt, and Aden, via Southampton June 3.
.
Ditto, via Marseilles June 28.
June 13
Mauritius, via Southampton

Ditto, via Marseille& June 7.
Newfoundland
Portugal
Ditto, by private chip to Lisbon..
United States and British North America, by Bri-
_

tish packet
Ditto, by United States packet, via Southamp-
ton
Ditto, via Cork
.....
Ditto, by Canadian packet, via Londonderry ..June 1.
;Vest Coast of Africa, Madeira, and Tenerife June 10,
West Indies and Pacific (except Bahamas and
Honduras) June 13
Cuba and Mexico June 28.
Bahamas, via New 1 ork. June 28.
Bermuda, via Halifax .June 6.

SHIPPING INTELLIGENCE. Ths Day.

LONDON, Juno 2.---Wind this day at noon—South.
Westerly; moderate breeze, and fine weather.

PLYMOUTH, June I.—Wind S.W.—Arrived—Rover,
from Bahia.

OFF PLYMOVTFI, Juno I.—Arrived—Ocean, from Dun-
kirk for Caen.

PORTSMOUTH, May 31.—Wind E. to S.E.—Arrived—
Her Majesty's ship Pallas, from Madeira.
OFF PonmsmouTnr, May 31. Wind S.W.—Arrived—
Nordlryn, from Trinidad.
LtvEnvooL, Jane I.—Wind S.W.—Sailed—Favourite,
for Monte Video.
OFF ST. ALBAN's HEAD, May 31.—Wind S.E.—Arrived
—Heroine, from —.

QUEENSTOWN, June I.—Arrived—China, screw steamer,
rom Boston.

(BY TELEGRAPH.)
GRAVESEND, Saturday Morning.
Arrived, Juno from Marsala; Kiar, from

Christiana.
Arrived, June 2—Clarendon, from Antwerp ; Doretto,
from Konigsberg.
Sailed—Velocity, steamer, for Calais; Holland, steamer,
for Ostend.

DEAL, Friday Morning.
Passed, Juno I—Levian, from London, for Madeira ;
Electra, from London, for Grenala.

Passed, June 2—Esperanza, from Port Canning, for
London ; North Star and Mary E. Rowland, from W., for
London ; Elizabeth Anne, from Leghorn, for London; Ann,
from Rouen, for London ; Queen of Peace, from Colombo,
for London; Esperanza, from Guernsey, for London ;
Ettrfck of Shields, from Carthagenia, fur Shields.
Passed in Tow—Malabar, from London, for Madras.

Mr. Whymper intends to attempt penetrating
along the surface of the glaciers of Greenland into the in-
terior, being convinced, from the great quantity of deer
that find their way to the coast, that there are, within the
glaciers, well-grassed valleys and recesses. The prelimi-
nary trip, in company with a well-trained Danish guide, is
to be made in the summer.—Tits Reader.
MONITORS CROSSING THE ATLANTIC.—By letters
just received from America it appears that the monitor
Miantonomob, a sister ship of the Monadnock, is about to
leave that, country for England, and may be expected in
Portsmouth about the 20th June. Mr. Pox, -the able and
energetic Assistant-Secretary of the American Navy, is
coming over in the vessel, which at least shows that ho
has no doubt of the seaworthy qualities of that kind of
craft, although the sides are so low that the deck is not 18
inches above the water. The impregnable character of the
monitors, from the lowness of their sides, an d th the immensekno;
wn
thickness of their armour, has
long
the public faith in the
pv
excellence of the European typo of war
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butmos
ti
superficial Europe d ocuobn tssi
considerations
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shave
vegb
beenenwidely
seaworthiness,persbi
persistently
loy pro-
pagated, 0e
pagated, in the
idea, perhaps, that
voyage
ehuouf
the Monadnock round bo maintainable. These illusions,
ow
Cape Horn, and the intended voyage
of the Miantonomoh across the Atlantic, will no doubt do
something to dispel.
SOLDIERS AT SEA. Two soldiers told an extra.
ordinary
were James Smith and John Rall, and
day. Their names
story to thetliGelo6u2deersetserimmeang:atrdaettaeeshyliesientetro.l
belonged to
now at Portland. On Thursday
which is Week, while
taking a stroll together on the beach, the cap of one of
ereffodirtfas
them was blown off into the sea. In trying to recover it
he fell into the water, and his companion took a boat and
ctuoltryegaairnoseth.e
beach
they both
rescued him. But thenallanthoetihr
had only one oar, and
were futile, and they quickly drifted out into the ocean.
At last they hove in sight of land, but were unable
to reach it. Not a sail was in sight, and they gage
themselves up for lost. All that night, the next day, and
the succeeding night they were drifting about the
open sea 'without a morsel of food or a drop.of
water. On Saturday morning, when they were
hopeless and exhausted, David Pershand, captain of a Jer-
sey cutter, while making for the port of Gloucester, des-
cried their red jackets and brass buttons glittering in the
sun 55 Miles off Portland. He made towards them with as
much haste as the wind and his small supply of canvas
'enabled him to make, and succeeded in rescuing
a
them.
one of
They were in such a condition that Per! hn
The
kind_
hearted captain, with
them could not have lived another night.
all the ready generosity ever marks
a sailor, treated them to the best of his provisions, and
under his care they revived. They reached Gloucester in
his cutter on Thursday.
No specific charge was made
against them. The facts were proved, and they were
ordered to be detained in custody until their commanding
officer at
Gosport had
been communicated with. Their
sunburnt faces and general appearance testified fully to t
truth of their story.

'STRIKE OF WASIIERWOMEN.—The washerwomen
at Workington, in. CUJILIMIandt are aulv ou strike for
higher wages.