The Sun.
London, England, 1866-03-13 00:00:00

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The above aro all the telegrams received up to the hour
of going to press.

SHIPPING INTELLIGE NCE— This Day.

LONDON, March 13.—Wind this day at noon—North-
Easterly; moderate breeze, and fine weather, but rather
cloudy.
PLTmouTu, March 12.—Wind N. to N.E.—Arrived---
Fruiterer, screw steamer, from Arklow for St. Serval'
to coal.

QUEENSTOWN, March 12.—Wind N.E.—Arrived—Aus.
tralian, screw steamer, from Liverpool, and then pro
ceeded for New York.

PORTSMOUTH, March 12.—Wind N.E.—Arrived—Frede
rick Wilhelm, from Berbice. •

LIYERPOOL, March I.2.—Wind E.—Arrived--Blazer,
steamer, from Islay.

IBY ELECTRIC TELEGRAPH. I

PLYMOUTH, Tuesday Morning.
The Russian corvette Bogatir, 17, Capt. Baron Brick-
holty, from Japan, last from the Cape and St. Helena, ar-
rived in the Souud this morning, bound for Cherbourg.
GRAYESEND, Tuesday Morning.
Arrived, March 12.—Clara Catherine, from Nesvig ; Elite,
from
Arrived, March 13.—Caldbeak, from Singapore ; Louisa
Jane,
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Guernsey.
uern Memento, from Oporto.
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DEAL, Tuesday Morning.
Passed—Alida, from
London, for Rio Janeiro ; Seaton,
screw steamer, from Sunderland, for Bordeaux ; Eleanor
Isabella, brig, and Alfred of Arundel—both from north,
for west.

Sailed—Berwickshire, Lady Octavia, Queen of the
North, with most of the outward-bound, for westward.

L'AFRICAINE.—The hundredth representation of
the " Africaine" took place on Friday night at the Paris
Opera. The bust of. Meyerbeer was on this occasion
crowned with laurel, and a cantata sung in his honour.
CAPITAL PUNISHIIENTS WITHIN PRISONS. —Mr.
Ilibbert's bill, to provide for the carrying out of capital
punishments within piisons, has been printed. The exe-
cution is to be witnessed by certain officials, and their cer-
tificates of the fact are to be exhibited outside the prison,
and afterwards transmitted to the Secretary of State. , The
Government intends to bring forward a measure on the
same subject, and also to adopt the recommendations of
the Royal Commissioners.

TILE ORE TRADE WITH SWANSEA. An
effort is being made by the more enterprising
of the Swansea firms to attract the ores obtained
from the Lake Superior copper mines and other
United States mineral products to their market and
smelting works in South Wales. The cheapness
and completeness of the reduction of ores at the
Swansea works, and the ready sale and profitable
market for the metal extracted, are the inducements
offered. California has already availed herself, to
a limited extent, of the advantages offered by
Swansea, and we believe that the results have been
such as to warrant the expectation of a large in-
crease in the shipments of copper ore from that
and the produce of other Nevada silver mines have
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than there would have been had the ores been re-
duced on the spot. We recently learnt that a quan-
tity of rich silver ore sent from one of the Nevada
districts to Swansea was found to contain a sufficient
quantity of othervaluable metals to defray the whole
expenses, including carriage from the mines. This,
and probably 25 per cent, of additional silver ob-
tained, constituted a good profit to the exporter.
The rapidly growing importance of those mineral
States, whose natural outlet is the Pacific, will no
doubt lead to the construction, in some central part,
of large smelting works, which, in their extent and
importance, will surpass those of time-honoured
Swansea ; but for the present South Wales offers
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se ofcheaper and more perfect reduction
than found within the States. During the
month of December last, as we learn from the
Circular of Messrs. Richardson and Co., the fol-
lowing vessels from California arrived at Swansea
laden with copper ore :—the Barracouta, with 772
tons ; Viscata, with 1,243 tons ; the Gipsey Queen,
584 tons ; the Derby, 1,200 tons ; total for the
month, 3,799 tons, which, taken at an average
value, would be worth over £40,000, forming
another of those small items to the credit of the
United States which were omitted by the Times in,
its recent international balance-sheet. It is difficult
to estimate the value of the Nevada silver ores
shipped to Swansea via San Francisco, as they are
sent to a number of consignees, and are sold to the
smelting firms by private contract ; but we are in-
formed that the amount is considerable, and that
it is rapidly increasing.