The Sun.
London, England, 1859-09-09 00:00:00

(BY SUBMARINE AND BRITISH TELEGRAM)

GRAVESEND, Friday Morning.
Wind W. ; tide 21 hours' flood ; weather fine.
Arrived, Sept. B.—Hercules, from Archangel ; Loden
Celia, from Porto Rico • Susan Dixon, from St. Peters-
burg; Hope On, from Leghorn ; Augusta, from Memel;
Minna, from Archangel; Marthine, from Pugwash; Roman,
from Riga; Concordia, from Rotterdam.
Arrived, Sept. 9.—Dannebrog, from Cronstadt; Morn-
ington, from Hamburg; Alfred and Mary, from Faro
Isles ; General Wyndham, from Demerara ; Berbidor, from
St. Petersburg ; Matilda Wattenback, from Bombay ;
Brow Diewke, from Worcum ' • Eleanora, from Memel ;
Ninue, from St. Petersburg; Catharine, from St. Peters-
burg; Vanessa, from Cronstadt; Anna, from Dantsic.
Sailed, Sept. 9—Surrey, for Calcutta ; Victoria Regina,
for Sydney.

DEAL, Friday Morning.

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Wind S.W. strong. _
Anchored--Selina, from London, for Port Natal; Susan-
nah, from London, for Havre ; Madeira Pet, from London,
for Guernsey ; Antonio Maria, from Shields, for Leghorn.
Sailed=Galilee, French war steamer, for Dunkirk.

DRURY-LANE THEATRE.—The renewal of the
lease of this theatre was yesterday signed by the solicitors
of the committee of management and Mr. E. T. Smith, the
present lessee, for the term of eight years, at an advanced
rental of £4,500 per annum, and £l,OOO premium.
THE MEDITERRANEAN. MALTA, SEPT. 3.
By the last mail from England, ordets most- unexpectedly
came for the immediate return of Sir J. Pennefather to
England, to assume the command of the northern district,
and that the command of the troops would be for the future
vested in the Governor, making Malta a Military command,
as it was before the appointment of Mr. O'Ferrall as civil
governor; and that Sir Gaspard Lechonhart was promoted
to the local rank of lieutenant-general. During Sir John
Pennefather's command he has made himself very popular,
and directly it became known, steps were taken to present
Lady Pennefather with a piece of plate previous to her
quitting Malta.
41 THE MUTINOUS SEAMEN OF THE MARLBOROGH.
—On Saturday morning the condemned sailors were brought
up for the infliction of the flogging part of their punish-
ment, when they proved to be so much the worse for
liquor, supplied to them surreptitiously, as we understand,
by some of their shipmates, that the punishment had to be
postponed. On Monday morning, at half. past seven o'clock,
they received on board the Marlborough the number of
stripes awarded them by the court, and a few minutes after-
wards (we trust after their backs had badn dressed, for
blood was visible on their shirts), were conveyed on board
her Majesty's steam troopship Urgent, which vessel left at
half-past eight the same morning for Portsmoth, having
on board other fourteen military and naval 'convicts, eight
maniacs, a number of invalids, women and children, and
others.—Malta Times.
CONFESSION OF THE LEEDS MURDER.—The pri-
soner Charles Normington, the evidence against whom we
have already reported, made a statement to Mr. English,
chief constable of Leeds, after the examination on Tuesday.
As already. reported, Normington said, as he passed through
the crowd in the corridor, that " he would tell all about it
before he had done with it ;" and when he got into the
police office he called Mr. English aside, and said he had
something to communicate. Mr. English called in two
clerks, and there was also present Mr. Barr, clerk to the
magistrates. The prisoner then volunteerel a confession
of some length. After giving an account of his being
in company with another man, whom he fully de.
scribes, he states that the murderous blows were not
struck by himself but by his companion ; that he was then
distant from Mr. Broughton a number of yards, and that
after the attack he refused to travel in company with his
" pal" again. This is tantamount to a confession of his own
guilt, for the stick with which the blows were struck was
his own, and he is found dealing with the pawnticket imme-
diately afterwards, or rather the same evening. Mr. Eng-
lish subsequently gave a description of the second man to
Mr. Superintendent Pollard, of the West Riding police, who
at once proceeded to Wakefield and saw Colonel Cobbe, the
chief constable of the West Riding, in relation to the sub-
ject. We may add that the evidence against the second man
is very strong, and that he is expected to be speedily cap-
tured.—Matichester Guardian.
DEATH FROM FOUL AIR IN A WELL—Yester-
day afternoon great excitement prevailed in the neighbour-
hood of Walworth-common, in consequence of a report that
several persons had been suffocated in a well upon the pre-
mises of Mr. Wood, proprietor of the Havelock, omnibuses,
which run from Camberwell-gate to Hackney-road. On
inquiry on the spot, it was ascertained that Mr. William
Plummer, aged 28 years, of the Albany-road, Camberwell,
an engineer, who had been engaged in the superintendence
of the fitting-up of a steam chaff-cutting machine, which he
had sold to Mr. Wood, had lost his life by suffocation,
through foul air in a well, which he had volunteered to de-
scend for the purpose of stopping a leak. His brother,
4ohn Plummer, aged 20 years, and four other persons,
three of whom were in the employ of Wood, had narrowly
escaped with their lives, having suffered severe injuries in
their attempts to rescue the deceased. From the latest in-
quiries, it had been ascertained that John Plummer is still
in a serious condition, but the othermen aro in a fair way of
recovery.
THE CORONER IN A FlX._Some weeks since,
as Mr. Fry, the coroner, was holding an inquest en an
Irishman, named M'Clancy, at Congresbury, three jury-
men, all named George Baker, appeared on the panel.
Senior and junior might do very well, but then about the
third George Baker, A moment's thought allewed him to
designate them Geo. Ist, Geo. 2d, and Geo. 3d, when George
Baker, the witty foreman, assured him that George the 4th
was expected to arrive shortly.—Bath Chronicle.