The Sun.
London, England, 1859-02-18 00:00:00

THIS DA I S SHIPPING.

LONDON, Feb. 18.—Wind this day at noon N.W. ;
strong breeze and fine. Dublin, W.S.W. ; Cork, S.W. ;
Queenstown, W.; Waterford, /1•1 .I\. E . • Limerick, W.N.W. ;
Belfast, N.W. ; Londonderry, ; Coleraine,
W.S.W. ; Dundalk, N.W.
PLYMOUTH, Feb. 17.—Wind W.N.W.—Arrived—Agin-
court, from Melbourne.
PORTSMOUTH, Feb. 17.—Wind W., blows hard.—Ar-
rived—Nina, from London, for Buenos Ayres.
RAMSGATE, Feb. 17.—Sailed--James, for Bermuda,
after repairing.
SOUTHAMPTON, Feb. 17.—Wind
Parana; (s.), for the West Indies.
FAustoirrir, Feb. 17.—Wind W.—Sailed—Marianne,
for tho West Indies.
CLYDE, Feb. 17.—Wind W.—Sailed—Bruce, for Mel-
bourne.
SUNDERLAND, Feb. 17.—Sailed—Ancient Mariner, for
Calcutta.

(BY ELECTRIC TELEGRAPH
• LIVERPOOL, Friday Morning.
Wind W.S.W. ; strong breeze.
Arrived, Feb 17—Cestus, from Huslva ; Aga Sofia, screw
steamer, from Smyrna; Emelia, from St. Übes.
Arrived, Feb. 18—Esther, from Monte Video ; Alpha,
from Leghorn ; Bridget, from Latakia.
WHITEHA.VEN, Feb. 17.
The Flat Bay, .from Ardrossan. for Liverpool, with pig
iron, is ashore at the entrance of the liver Buddon. All
hands drowned.

(BY SUBMARINE AND BRITISH TELEGRAPH.)
GRAVESEND, Friday Morning.
Wind, N.W. ; tide, first hours' flood ; fine.
Arrived, Feb. 18—Aspasia, from Berbice.
Sailed.—Admiral Kanaris, screw steamer, for Constan•
inople ; • Moselle, steamer, for Boulogne.
DEAL, Friday Morning.
_ .

Wind, N.W. by W. ' • moderate.
Anchored.—Lady of the Lake, from London, for Port
Natal. _
Passed.—Marmora, screw 'steamer, for Genoa ; Penin-
sula, screw steamer, for Gibraltar.
Sailed.—Ranger, Harold, Restless, and Plover, with
others outward bound.

SINGULAR ACCIDENT.—As some bulls belonging
to Mr. Wilkes, of Shrewsbury, which had been purchased .
at a neighbouring fair, were being driven home the other
day over the bridge at Llangollen, three of them ran down
a narrow defile towards the river and were precipitated over
a rock 30 feet deep into the Dee. Ono was killed on the
spot and the others very seriously injured. The beasts had
to be conveyed half a mile down the river, and were then
landed with the „neatest diffieulty.
K. DREADFUL ATTAC BY A SON UPON lIIS MOTHER.
—Yesterday merning;tho inhabitants of the Edgware-road
and Lisson-grove were considerably alarmed by a report that
a most shocking murder had_been perpetrated by a on
son up
his mother, and that he had made his escape. It appears
that at 3, Slatton-street, Lisson-grove, there has resided
for some time past, along with her husband and a family
of young children, a woman named Mary Barrett, who has
' been in the habit of going out to work at a laundress's as an
ironer. Latterly she has
given way to drink. The son is a
sailor, 21 years of age. He had been engaged in the Crimean
war, for which he had received a medal and clasp. He had, ,
since quitting the service of her -Majesty, been to New
Zealand, and after making a little money there returned to
England, with a determination to take his parents and
brothers and sisters out to that colony. With this view he
gave his mother a sum of money to provide for their outfit.
From what the son heard yesterday he went to his
boxes and missed some of his clothing, and he
was afterwards told that the money he had handed
over to his mother to provide herself and the younger
ones with an outfit had been spent in drink. He at once
sought her out, and upon taxing her with the above she
flew into a rage, and began to quarrel, when the son be-
came so exasperated that he took up a sharp-pointed table-
knife and threw it at his mother. The mother, perceiving
what her son was about to do, made an effort to escape, but
while so doing the knife, which was thrown with great force,
entered the right side of her neck, inflicting a deep wound,
from which the blood flowed profusely. The son, seeing
what he had done, along with his father and neighbours
went off for a surgeon, and after half-an-hour or more
elapsing, and no medical man arriving, the poor woman
was conveyed in a cab to St. Mary's Hospital, Paddington,
where she now lies with but faint hopes of her recovery.
The son, after the mother was put into the cab, absconded,
and has not since been heard of.