The Sun.
London, England, 1861-11-16 00:00:00

PORTUGAL.

A despatch from Lisbon, dated the 14th inst.,
announces that the steam corvette Bartolomeo-Diaz,
having on board the new Sovereign of Portugal,
the young King Louis 1., and the Duke de Beja, his
brother, had cast anchor in the roadstead. The
corvette had been delayed by strong winds from the
westward, which have prevailed along the coast.
A Portuguese frigate, which had been sent to
meet her, came up with her about 20 miles off the
mouth of the Tagus.
The same despatch says :
"The Royal Family of Portugal has received in
its misfortune marks of the most lively sympathy
from every Court in Europe, without exception.
"It is said that the body of the late King will
lie in state in a chapelle ardente for six days, from
the 15th, and that the funeral will take place on
the 21st of November."

AMERICA.

QUEENSTOWN, Nov. 15.

rru„ vnrk. and Philadelphia
Company's steamer City of Baltimore has
at Cork with 170 passengers.
She left New York on Sunday, the 3d just , hav-
ing been detained by a heavy gale.
She received her despatches off Cape Race.
The steamer City of New York arrived at New
York on the morning of the 3d inst., after a run, of
9 days 20 hours from Cork.

NEW YORK, Nov. 3.
(PER CITY OF BALTIMORE VIA QUEENSTOWN.)
There is no war news of special importance. It
is stated from St. Louis that Generals Price and
Ben. M'Culloch had united their forces, numbering
together 30,000 strong, at Neostro, and that Gene-
ral Price intended giving battle there to General
Fremont, and would, if he defeated him, march on
St. Louis.

Great numbers of Kentuckians, who had joined
the Confederates, are reported to be returning home,
ill clad and half-starved.

Two hundred and thirty-eight dead bodies of
Confederates were buried by the Federals after the
battle at Frederickstown.

Some fears are entertained that the gales may
have interrupted the progress of the naval expedi-
tion, which on the evening of the 30th ult. was off
Cape Hatteras.
The Powhattan arrived at Washington yesterday
from Annapolis. She passed the Confederate bat-
teries without being fired on.

Secretaries Cameron and Chase arrived yesterday
at New York from Washington.

Money easy. Foreign exchange dull. Stock
fell this morning, but subsequently recovered. Nevi'
York Central, 791 ; Erie, 331, ; Illinois, 62i.
Cotton advanced Ic.
Flour heavy, and 6c per barrel lower.
Wheat and corn heavy, and also lower.
Pork steady. Sugars firm.
Coffee and freights unchanged.
(LATEST BY TELEGRAPH TO CAPE RACE.)
NEW YORK, Nov. 5.

The Monticello has arrived at Fortress Monroe,
and reports passing the naval expedition on the 2d
inst., 30 miles from Bull's Bay.

It is rumoured that the expedition reached Bull's
Bay, 25 miles from Uharloston, on the 3d inst.

General Floyd has engaged General Roseneranz
in Western Virginia.
It is reported that the Confederates were re.

pulsed:

COMMERCIAL INTELLIGENCE,

Cotton buoyant, fe. higher. Breadstuff's and
provisions dull.

Exchange, 1071. Stocks firm. New York Cen-
trals, 791 ; Illinois, 621 ; Erie, 32.

ST. PBTERSBURG.

The season is rapidly drawing to a close. The
ships now loading at St. Petersburg are the last
that will be despatched this season, for winter 110
already set in, a telegram received by Messrs.
Wilson, Sons, end Co., Hull, announcing the fact
that the navigation between Cronstadt and St.
Petersburg is closed; although, according to s
telegram received by Messrs. Brownlow, Lumsdent
and Co., on Tuesday, the communication with Cron"
stadt was still open. All the steamers loading
there were expected to leave for Hull or London is
the course of the week. Freight had on Tuesday
last fallen from 45s per ton to 20s per ton for tallow.
The Humber and Emperor steamers have arrived
at Hull this week, and the latter, as she has done
on many previous occasions, fully demonstrated
her seaworthiness. She brought a full cargo of
wool, flax, seed, and tallow; and Capt. Brown states
that on the 9th inst., being then on the way to Hull,
about 12 30 a.m., while in lat 56 20, long 4 50
east, wind variable, during a light breeze from the
N.N.E, he observed in the, distance a dark cloud to
the westward, which suddenly broke over the ship,
with heavy thunder,vivid lightning, and strong hail.
The lightning struck the ship on the foretopgallant-
mast truck, and then descended by the lightning
conductors over the ship's side into the sea. The
speed (91 knots) was reduced to half, and the vessel
examined, when it was found that, beyond the
breaking of the foretopgallant backstay, she had,
sustained no damage, thus showing the utility 01
lightning conductors on board ship. The owners
of the Emperor, Messrs. Gee and Co., received on
Wednesday a telegram stating that there were 12
degrees of frost at St. Petersburg. Messrs.
Wil-
son, Sons, and Co. give a remarkable statement as
to the effect of the present civil war in Ame-
rica on the cotton market. The mail steamers
to Sweden, which have taken from Hull cotton to
Gottenburg in large quantities, have brought—the
Hero, 867 bales of American, and the Argo, 339
bales of American and 100 bales of East India cotton
from Gottenburg. More importations are expected,
the importers in Sweden preferring to take advan-
tage of the present high prices they can obtain in
England to consuming it at home, thus showing
that high prices will attract supplies from a quarter
where it could be least expected. Instead of import-
ing, they are sending their stocks to England. The
Riga season is almost over. ; the last steamer that
will be despatched from Hull this season will be
the Gertrude (Messrs. Pearson and Co.), on the 22d
inst. The Riga freights have during the major part
of the season been very good, but have declined
within the last week or two, owing to the scarcity
of goods. There has, however, been plenty of out-
ward freight at good prices.

THE COINS OF THEMISTOCLES.--We all Ictioc
the history of the exile of Themistocles, how he fled to
the King of Persia, and had allotted for his mainte-
nance the cities of Magnesia, Lampsacus, and Myus, in
Asia Minor; but it has never been certain whether be
was really a traiar to Greece, or only a pretended
scrvaat of her enemies. A late discovery probably throws
new light upon his character, and aids us to determine
this question. Two coins, struck by him at Magnesia,
have been identified by Mr. W. H. Waddington. They
show that he had such an authority that he
could strike his own money, a right allowed to
no Persian satrap, excepting on extraordinary wee •
sions for the payment of troops, although conceded to
powerful vassals and to cities ; and one of them leads to
a far more interesting inference. The latter is in the
British Museum. It is remarkable as a plated coin,
being of copper covered with a thick coating of silver.
Ancient plated coins were intended to pass as
silver pieces. They are in general either forgeries of
well-known currencies, as of Athens, or else they were
issued by authority, as seems to have been done by
the Tarentines, judging from their coins, during the
war with the Romans. The coinage of Themistocles
could scarcely have been common enough to induce for-
gers to imitate it. The piece was, therefore, pro-
bably issued by
him, and as the revenues of his terri-
tory must amply sufficient for his sustenance,
therecan
have have b
beeneenno reason but covetousness for recourse
to this expedient. Strange that after so many ages a coin of
Themistocles should be unburied, to add weight to the evi-
dence againbt 1315 houepty,--onco heck,