The Sun.
London, England, 1861-10-17 00:00:00

THE; SUN, LONDON, TFIURSDAY EVENING, OCTOBER 17, 1861.

The new organ set up in the parish church of
St. Paul, Southwark, near the London-road, will be used
at the next Sunday's services, when sermons will be
preached on behalf of the organ fund by Revds. Wm. Cur-
ling and McConnel Hussey. The instrument, from the
factcry of Hunter and Webb, organ builders, of Lambeth,
was "opened" on Sunday last. The neighbourhood is far
from a wealthy one, but a good deal of interest has been

ahewn by the inhabitants, who must hope for assistance
from their richer neighbours to fully carry out the com-
pletion of this desirable assistance to divine service.
NOTICE FOR A GENERAL MOURNING.—Great

Chamberlain's-office.—ln consequence of the demise of his
Imperial Majesty Bien Fling, Emperor of China, all persons
who have charge of the tea-pot are invited to show their
feelings by putting a decent black tea into the said pot, and
a decent quantity of it, until further notice from those who
have hitherto had to complain of an opposite line of Conduct
—(Signed) PUNCH D'ERESBY.
A WARLIKE CARGO.—The Gree,iiock Advertiser
says :—The screw-steamer Fingal, which cleared at this
port last week for Madeira and the West Coast of Africa,
had on board 11,341 rifles, 60 pistols, 24,1001 b. gunpowder,
409,000 cartridges, 555,000 percussion-caps, 500 sabres, a
quantity of wrought leather pelts, 4 cannon, 11 tons of lead
shot, 7 tons of shell 4
Zao .swords, a quantity of wearing ap-
parel, and 9,982 yiidO, of blankets. The cargo is valued at
£49,000.
SAILING O. THE CITY OF BALTIMORE.—The
Liverpool, N'ew York, and Philadelphia Steamship Com-
pany's screw steamer City of Baltimore sailed yesterday
from Li•verpool for New York. She took out about 50
cabin
rLiassengers, and had 8,56,200 in gold on freight ; she
had also on board 300 bales of wool and 800 bags of rice.
The Grand Jury have returned a true bill against
Mr. Train, the projector of the street tramways and 12
members of the vestry of Lambeth parish, for a nuisance
by obstructing the Kennington-road and the Westminster-
bridge-road, by placing the tramway upon these roads, and
thereby preventing the public from passing along them.
THE GOVERNORSHIP OF WHITE CROSS-STREET
PRISON.—At the Court of Aldermen, held yesterday, the
resignation of Lieutenant-Colonel Hicks was accepted. 11l
health and the duties of the gallant officer as Commandant
of the London Rifle Brigade are the causes of the resigna-
tion of the office.

The rumours to which certain recent publications
have given rise have attracted the attention of the French
Government, who will take into consideration what mea-

sures to adopt against anonymous pamphlets.
It is stated that the French contingent to the land
forces to be employed in the expedition to Mexico is to con-
sist of four battalions, with a battery of artillery, which
agrees with the information of the Monde, which puts the
whole expeditionary force at 6,000, half French and half
Spaniards.

Persons who are curious in Scottish stories of wit
and humour, speak much of the sayings of a certain "Laird
of Logan," who was a well known character of the west of
Scotland. This same laird of Logan was at a meeting of
the heritors of Cumnock, where a proposal was made to
erect a new charchyard wall. He met the proposition with
the dry remark, " I never big dykes till the tenants com-
plain." The laird sold a horse to an Englishman, saying,
" You buy him as you see him ; but he's an honest beast."
The purchaser took him home. In a few days he stumbled
and fell, to the damage of his own knees and his rider's
head. On this the angry purchaser remonstrated with the
laird, whose reply was, " Well, sir, 1 told you he was an
honest beast; many a time has he threatened to come down
with me, and I kenned he would keep his word some day."
—Reminiscences of Scottish _Life and Chat acter.
MIDDLE TEMPLE LIBRARY.—The day for the
inauguration of this magnificent structure by the Prince of
Wales has now been fixed. On the last day of the month

his Royal Highness will proceed to the Temple and inau-
gurate its new library. The members who intend to be
present will do well to notify their intention to the Under-