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

;lIIPPING INTELLIGENCE. Ths Da

LONDON, June 2.—Wind this day at noon—South.
Westerly; moderate breeze, and fine weather.
PLYMOUTH, June I.—Wind S.W.—Arrived—Rover,
from Bahia.
OFF PLYMOUTH, June 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 PORTSMOUTH, May 31. Wind S.W.—Arrived—
Nordkyn, from Trinidad.
LrvEßroor., June 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,
from Boston.

OW TELEGRAPH.)
GRAVESEND, Saturday Morning.
Arrived, June I—Emily, from Marsala; Blar, from
Christiana.

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

DEAL, Friday Morning.
Passed, June 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, for Shields.
Passel. in Tow—Malabar, from London, for Madras.

The Temperance Permanent Land and Building
Society have transferred their account to the Union
Bank of London, where all their drafts drawn upon
the Bank of London will be paid.
M. Oubry, banker, of Auxerre (Yonne), was
struak with apoplexy two days since, while overlooking
some workmen employed en his garden. Medical aid was
immediately procured, but without success, as he expired
two hours after.
The Aew Free Press of Vienna states that Mar-
shal Benedek, on his departure from Vienna to
assume his command, was received at the station
with enthusiastic cheers ; amongst the persons pre-
sent to witness his departure were many ladies, to
one of whom, who presented a wreath of laurels
. _

ornamented with the Hungarian colOU;;:"fsha11
keep this wreath with especial care," he replied,
"and I shall make every effort in order to be able
one day to wear it worthily ; provisionally I con-
sider it not as merited, but merely as an offering."
These words were received with loud cheers.
The voting for two medals of honour for the
French Exhibition of the Fine Arts in the present
year took place the day before yesterday at the
Palace of Industry, but no artist obtained an
absolute majority. A second vote will take place
on Monday next.
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 deor
that find their way to the coast, that thei.e 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.—The Reader.

AIONITORS CROSSING THE ATLANTIC.—By letters

just received front 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 iu
Portsmouth about the 20th June. Mr. Fox, the able and
energetic Assistant-Secretary of the American Navy, is
at lea sto
f showstiat kindthat he
f
has no
coming
doubt
ino
ft the
seaworthyevessel ,
which
craft, although the sides are so low that the deck is not 18
inches above the water. The impregnable character of the
qualities
monitors, from the lowness of their sides, and the immense
thickness of their armour, has long been widely known ;
but in Europe doubts of their seaworthiness, based on the
most superficial considerations have been persistently pro-
pagated, in the idea, perhaps, that the public faith in the
excellence of the European type of war vessel would thus
be maintainable. These illusions, however, the voyage of
the Monadnock round Cape Horn, and the intended voyage
of the Miantonomoh across the Atlantic, will no doubt do
something to dispel.
SOLDIERS AT SEA.—Two soldiers tol d an extra-
ordinary story to the Gloucester magistrates yester-
day. Their names were James Smith and Joehtnizlhlmalel,na d
t
they both belonged to the 62d regiment, a d
beach, the cap of one of
of
taking a stroll together on the
which is now at Portland. Ou Thursday week, while
them was blown off into the sea. In trying to recover it
They
efforts regain the beach
had only one oar, and all their d
he fell into the water, and his companion took a boat and
rescuod him. But then another difficulty arose.
were drifting about the
but were unable
a:
in sight, and they gave
to reach it. Not a saiAl w
ll that night, the next day, and
were futile, and they quickly dfrifftaend,otoutinto the ocean.
At last they hove in sight
themselves up for
ht they lost.
morsel of food or a drop of
On Saturday open sea without
morning, when they were
water.
less and exhausted, David Pershand, captain of a Jer-
sey
the succeeding nutig n
hopemaking for the port of Gloucester, des-
cried while
cutter,
red
jackets and
cried their ja brass buttons glittering in the
sun 55 miles off Portland. He made towards them with as
much
haste as the wind and his smallof
supply canvas
enabled him to make, and succeeded in rescuing them.
They were in such a condition that Pershand said one of
them could not have lived another night. The kind-
hearted captain, with 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 to4:a3 detained in custody until their commanding
officer at Gosport had been communicated with. Their

mbnrut facet; and general appearance testified fully to the
.uth of their story.

THE METROPOLITAN BOARD OF WORKS AND THE
BANK OF LONDON.—The Bank of London, at the
time of its suspension, had for the Metropolitan Board of
Works the general account of the Board, the Covent-garden
approach, the Southwark and Westminster communication,
the Victoria-park approach, the Finsbury-park, main
drainage rate collection, Southwark-park, metropolis sew-
age and Essex reclamation, fire brigade, Whitechapel im-
provement, and Holborn (31iddle-iow) improvement ac-
counts, amounting to £164,540 19s. Gd. in the hands of the
bank belonging
.to the board, and £929 12s. Gd. cheques
issued, but not paid, making altogether £165,470 12s. The
board holds as security for these funds the deeds of the
bank premises, valued at £lBO,OOO. A
meeting of the
omniittee of the whole board has been held to consider the
position in whickthe board has been placed by the sus-
pension of the ifank of London and of the Consolidated
Bank, and the course proposed to be adopted is to be sub-
mitted to the -fall board to-morrow (Friday).