The Sun.
London, England, 1859-05-17 00:00:00

THIS DAY'S SHIPPING.

LONDON. May 17.—Wind this day at noon—N.W.;
fresh, with dull, rainy weather.
FALMOUTH, May 17.—Arrived—Esperanza, from Sagua.
la Grande ; Samuel, from Cape Hayti ; Julia, from Ha-
vannah.

SHIELDS, May 16 —Wind N.N.E.—Sailed—Alliance,
for Rio Janeiro; Jean Paul, for New Yolk.
OFF FALMOUTH, May 16.—Arrived—Daniel, from
Elfstrand ; Persson, from Batavia for Amsterdam.
CARDIFF, May 16.—Wind S.W.—Arrived—William
Cory, screw steamer, from St. John's, Newfoundland.
Sailed—Flora, for Kurrachee.
SWANSEA, May 16.—Wind E.N.E.—Sailed—Jenne Al-
bert, for Ceylon.
PORTSMOUTH, May 16.—Wind N.E.—Arrived—Her
Majesty's ship Colossus, from Sheerness.
PLYMOUTH, May 16.—Wind W.—Arrived—Solide,
from Havannah.

(BY ELECTRIC TELEGRAPH.)
SOUTHAMPTON, Tuesday Morning.
Wind, N.N.E. ; rain.
Arrived—Hammonia, steamer, from Hamburg; Havre,
steamer, from Havre ; Courier, eamer, from Jersey.
Sailed—Margaret Lloyds, for Newport; Dispatch and
Atalanta, steamers, for Jersey; Alliance, steamer, for
Havre; William Andrews, for Stockton.
LIVERPOOL, Tuesday Morning.
Wind N.N.W. _ _

Arrived, May 16.—Jura, screw steamship, from New
York, has 862,949 dols. specie ; Middleton, from New
Orleans.
Arrived, May 17.—Sophia and Arrow, from Nantes.
Off the Port.—Bosphorus, from Calcutta, and Queen,
from Nantes.

(BY SUBMARINE AND BRITISH TELEGRAPH.)
GRAVESEND, Tuesday Morning.
Wind, N.W. ; tide, two hours' flood ; raining.
Arrived, May 16.—Irene, from Adelaide ; Damascus,
from Sydney ; Disraeli, from Bombay ; Glenalmond, from
Bahia ; Hotspur, from Calcutta; Indemnity, from Geelong;
Leguan, from Grenada; Zone, from Demerara ; Pandora,
from Gijon ; Bee, from St. Übe's.
Sailed, 17—Seine, for BoUloglie.

DEAL, Tuesday Morning.

Wind N., moderate
Passed—Gustav, from London, for Quebec.
Passed in tow—Winifred, from London, for Liverpool.
Sailed—Coringa, for London.

CORK, MONDAY EVENING.—The Cork Examiner,
in announcing the death of Mr. Fagan, M.P. for this city,
says the Liberal party are prepared with a candidate in the
person of Dr. Lyons, usho is certain to solicit their suffrages.
An address from Mr. B. H. Carroll appears this evening.
Mr. Wood, it is said, is also canvassing ; at all event a con-
test is inevitable.

DR. SMETHURST.—Our readers cannot fail to
have observed the distressing inquiry that is now pending
respecting the alleged death, by poison, of a lady of the
name of Bankos, at Richmond, Surrey. The party accused
of the horrible offence has been represented in the reports
of the public journals to be " Dr. Thomas Smethurst,' and
also as "Mr. Thomas Smethurst." Now, on examining
the medical directories for England, Ireland, and Scotland,
we do not find any person of that name as a member of any
department of the profession in this kingdom. In fact, the
name of " Smethurst" is not to be found in any of the
directories we have mentioned.—Lancet.
DRINKING FOUNTAINS FOR LONDON.—In the
interest of the metropolis, since a gentle hint is unheeded,
and many other drinking fountains are about to be put op
under the same direction, we are compelled to speak plainly,
and to say that what is done is exceedingly unsatisfactory
in an artistic point of view. A Norman window-opening
appears to have given the suggestion, but so ill-proportioned
a Norman window was never seen. The central portion—
two short columns and semicircular arch—is of Aberdeen
granite and marble; a shell of the latter material, from
.
the water runs, being stuck flat against the wallund whicher the
arch. Around this are other concentric arches in Portland
The central
and flowers, in the same enduring substance.
cement, including a coarse eg7...ag ornament of stem, leaves,
rrysurtue thatfuld
bee decently profiled,
portion alone, if the mouldings had.
for the absurd shell, would
and a proper spout substituted _
with an additional moulding round it of graniteormarble,
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will himself
Erected 1859 by S. Gurney,
regret that the words
" trebly gilt—have been placed Esq.,
it will not be long before the munificent donor •
on this very unsatisfactodesire as their honorary Placed so
that the excellent ry produc-
egentlemen who
prominently as aarie they
are moving in the . d .
sacra
i tion. We are
tray has said in a published letter, that these fountains
quiltemetastaertrSre:
should " present an elegant and attractive exterior," and
we therefore counsel them most urgently, before making
their selection when the designs are sent in for which they
have advertised, to obtain the best possible advice, and be
I guided by it.—The Builder.