The Sun.
London, England, 1868-01-13 00:00:00

MERCANTILE SHIP NEWS.

Liverpool, Jan: 2.—Sailed, the Marebmont, for Mobile ;
he Glasgow, for Philadelphia ; the William Woodward,

`or New Orleans.

Newport, Jan. 2.—The Desire, from Antwerp, for New
York. Queenstown, Jan. 3.—Arrived, the Alaska, from
San Francisco ; the City of Boston, screw, steamer, from
New York, and left for Liverpool. Sailed, the City of
Baltimore, screw steamer, for New York.
Liverpool, Jan. 3.—Arrived, the Milbreck, from New
York ; the Ann, from Mobile.
Newport, Jan. 2.—Arrived the Seaman, from Bristol,
for Mobile ; and the Duke of Buccleuch, from Barrow, for
Rio Janeiro. Clyde, Jan. 2.—Arrived, the Simcoe, from
Demerara. Sailed, the Europa, screw steamer, for New
York. Queenstown, Jan. 2. —Arrived, the Juliana, from

Ilavannah.
Jan. I—Arrived, at ten p.m., the Russia, screw steamer,
and the Virginia, screw steamer, from New York, and both

[eft for Liverpool.
London Custom House.—Eutered outwards, the Cella,
for New York.

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Liverpool, Jan. 4.—Arrived, the Rnssia, steamer, from
New York ; the Topgallant, from San Francisco ; the Vir-
ginia, screw steamer, from Now York. Sailed, the Kitty
Glidden, for Porto Rico ; the Jane Bishop, from Galveston ;
the La Place, for Rio Janeiro ; the Cuban, screw steamer,
for Colon ; the Australasian, screw steamer, for New York;
and the Etna, BMW steamer, for New York and Halifax.
Southampton, Jan. 4.--Sailed, the Bavaria, steamer, for
New Orleans.

Liverpool, Jan. 6.—Arrived, the Levant, screw steamer,
from Savannah.
Queenstown, Jan. 3.—Arrived, the Mary Ann, from New
York. J.tn. 6.—Arrived, the Nauphante, from Valpa-
raiso; the Sultana, from Rio Grande; the E. F. Marr,
from Uavannah ; the J. H. Harris, from St. John's, Now
Brunswick.
Swanjea, Jan. 4.—Sailed, the Wanderer, for Rio Ja-
neiro ; the Eliza Marie, for Monte Video, and the Malta for
Havannah.

Clyde, Jan. 4.—Arrived, the Columbia, screw steamer,
from New York.
Portsmouth, Jan. 4.—Arrived, the Agra from New York
for Antwerp with cargo shifted, &c., having experienced
heavy weather.
Crookhaven, Jan. 4. —Arrived, the Vanguard, from
Callao. Of Crookhaven, Jan. 6.—Arrived, the Tarifa,
steamer, from New York.
Antwerp, Jan. 4.—Accounts from St. Thomas state that
the Helios, from Liverpool, which arrived at St. Thomas
Oct 22, and the Edouard, from —, arrived at St. Thomas
Oct. 23, were reported from that place ashore there
and partly dismasted, and would probably be condemned
on account of the cost for their repairs being too consider-
able.
New York Dec. 24.—The Jennie Acorn, brig, from
London to Philadelphia, was abandoned Dec. 14—crew
saved.
Custom House, Jan. 6.—Vessel Entered Inwards—The
tionstance, from San Francisco. •
Vessels Spoken With.—The R. M. Sloman, Callao to
Liverpool, Oct. 9, lat. 29 S., long. 9 W.; the William
Wright, Callao to Rotterdam, Dec. 7, lat. 24 N., long, 36
W. ; the Sophie, Lagos to Liverpool, Dec. 16, let. 31 N.,
long. 35 W.; the Stewart Lane, Valparaiso to Queens-
town, Dec. 23, lat. 45 N., long 20 W. ; the Queen, screw
steamer, from New Orleans to Liverpool, Dec. 21, lat. 27
N., long. 79 W.; the Drum, barque, Gulf of Mexico to
Falmouth, Dec. 21, lat. 35 N., long. 6 W. ; the City of
Cork, screw steamer, bound west, Dec. 80, lat. 48 N., long.
36 W.
Deal, Jan. 7.—Sailed the Missouri, for New Orleans.
Liverpool, Jan. 6.—Arrived, the A. B. Wayman ; and
the Southern Chief, from San Francisco. Sailed, the
Jessica, for San Francisco; the Flor de Sam Simao, for
Pernambuco.
Jan. 7.—Sailed, the Highland Mary for Now York.
New York, Dec. 25.—The British brigs Asia and Hen-
rietta, R. Scoles and W. A. Blacks, have been condemned
at St. Thomas, and were sold Dec. 12.
Vessels Spoken With.—The Chancellor, Liverpool to
Mobile, Dee. 7, 12 miles N.W. of Bell buoy ; the Crest of
the Wave, Newport to New York, Dec. 7, lat. 43 N. long.
51 W. ; the Glenlee, American, Liverpool to Hong Kong,
Sept. 15, lat. 8 N., long. 25 W. ; the Nevala, American,
Liverpool to Bombay, Oct. 7, lat. 17 N. long. 6 W.
Off Dever,' Jan.. 7—Arrived, the Effort, from Phila-
delphia. Liverpool, Jan. 7—Arrived, the Majestic, from
San Francisco ; sailed, the Fleur de Meurice, for San
Francisco; the Hope, for Charleston ; the Highlan Mary
and the Energy, for New York ; the City of Bostond , sertehur
steamer, and France, steamer, from New York.
Sou
ampton, Jan. 7—Sailed, the Weser, steamme.rt
York. Off Rardsey, Jan. 7—Arrived, the
San Francisco to Liverpool. A tug which had
jPstihefrroinin
tow was obliged to let go at 5 p.m. owing to the strong

wind.
New York, Dec. 27.—Tho Edwin, British barque, from
New York to Aspinwall, with coals, was totally lost Nov.
27, on the south-east reef, Turk's Island. The Loyalist,
Jlritish brig, ll•Lvanuah to St. John's, N. 8., ran ashore on
the‘ north end of Fishermen's Island on the
the rocks
24th December, and stove a hole in her bottom; the crew
were taken off the next morning. . The vessel will pro-
bably go to pieces. The Palmerston, British schooner,
Boston to Hillsborough, N. 8., Went ashore on Squirrel
Island, Booth Bay harbour, Dec. 24, and the stove cap-
sizing she was burnt ; first officer and two men lost. A
letter from Rio de Janeiro, dated Nov. 24, reports that a
Brazilian steamer had arrived that morning from Monte
Video, bringing intelligence of the loss of the Saturn,
ironclad English mail steamer. Out of 400 persons (in-
cluding the British Minister) on board only 14 had been
saved.— (News having been received in England 21 days
later, this intelligence is considered improbable.)
Custom House, Jan. 8. Cleared out with cargo, the
Pontecovo, for Philadelphia.
Liverpool, Jan. B.—Arrived the Majestic, from San
Francisco. Sailed.—The City of Boston, for New York
—the Adept and Ihe Advance, both for Mobile—the Ar-
bitrator, for Charleston. Shields, Jan. B.—Sailed, the
Jessie and Henrich, for New York. Bridlington, Jan.
B.—Fifteen cases of rock oil, marked " Tusco burning oil,"
were picked up at Albro and Garton beach, Dec. 8. Clyde,
Jan. B.—Sailed the United Kingdom, screw steamer for
New York.
New York, Nov. 27.—The George Green, of this port,
from Baker's Island to Queenstown, which put into Tal-
cahuano previous to Nov. 14 in distress, would proceed as
soon as she had been supplied with new sails ; the master,
Kirby, and most of the crew had been sick.
Custom House, Jan. 9.—Vessel entered inwards,
.the
Nora, from 13altimore.

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The Duke of Edinburgh proceeded from the Capf
Hope to Adelaide, South Australia. It was arranged that
he should stay there a fortnight. During the interval
preparations were pushed forward with the greatest
ardour. Carpenters, joiners, painters, gasfitters, artists,
and every daring dauber on paper or canvas who could in
such trying times assume the name of " artist " without a
downright insult to our perceptions of form and colour,
were at tremendous premiums ; tailors and dressmakers
wrung their hands at their inabiliVy to:execute one tithe of
their orders in time for the Governors ball, th'e Sailers' Home
ball, or the fancy ball of the Mayor alidv Corporation.
Curiously panctual to time, for the distance by sea from
Adelaide to Port Philip is some 600 miles, the Galatea
arrived off the Heads at twenty minutes to twelve on the
forenoon of Saturday, Nov. 24. The bay being:abor.l; forty
miles long by very nearly the same width in the broadest
part, a flotilla of steamers left their anchorage very early
on Saturday morning, and were steaming do-,7n in consider-
able force as the Galatea arrived. Nothing could be more
exhilarating than the appearance of the bay at this time.
The day was fine, and the water nearly as bliie, in fact, as
the Bay of Naples is sometimes painted. The steamers
were crowded with well-dressed company, some of them
provided with bands of music, and as the whole flotilla was
under the command of Captain Norman, of the Victoria,
each ship had her appointed place. According to theizo-
gramme, the Galatea was, on entering the Heads, to find
herself suddenly between two rolls of seeing steamers—
" the port and starboard diyisions," as they were called-aiid
so to be taken in a sort of affectionate custody on towards Mel-
bonnie. The Galatea, however, steamed rip the bay at such a
pace as to leave her anxious and devoted escort some Hiles
behind, as the commodore's ship, the Victoria, was obligedto
consult the slower capabilities of some among his little fleet.
The escort, therefore, for some mileswas turned into a pursuit,
and many among the various steamers' crews found their
loyalty rather tried, as the Galatea steamed up the bay as
• conscious of the existence of any escort at
The grimblings, however, were afterwards effectually
allayed when we learnt that the Galatea had only been
going at her slowest rate of speed. .Aq, however, she
approached the anchorage off -Willi-anstown she came to
a halt, the flotilla of steamers closed in on her, and here
the sight became very imposing. Every ship and boat in.
the .harbour was in full dress of flags, and the shores were
lined-with tens of thousands of spectators. The air was
rent with cheers of welconie from sea and shore.; alla amid
all the din 014 colonists might now and then be overheard
contrasting their recollections of the Hobson's Bay of
thirty years back, then a solitude, with the crowded and
brilliant muster of vessels of all nations which were now
making their obeisances to the sailor son of our
Queen. The arrival took place on Saturday.
His Sunday the Duke spent on board the Galatea.
Monday came, and with it still fine weather. His Royal
Highness made his progress from Sandridge to Melbourne,
a distance of two miles. At twelve o'clock precisely the
Duke, accompanied by Lord Newry and the Hon. Mr.
Yorke, landed at the railway pier at Sandridge. Sp was
received by a military guard of honour, and by tre Go-
vernor, the Ministry, and the members of the Reception
Commission at the landing-place. After receiving and re•
sponding to an address from the Mayor and Corporation oi
Sandridge, the Duke was escorted to an open carriage pro.
vided for him by the Governor, and drawn by four fine
bays, and so, accompanied by his suite, commenced his
progress of two miles to Melbourne. A long procession,
consisting of members of the Government, of the Commis.
sion, of the Victorian Volunteer mounted troopers, and
many voluntary societies, accompanied him to the Trea-
sury. In the large open space before this building,
and extending a long way down Collins-street, were
assembled a vast number of well-dressed and pros-
perous-looking people, variously estimated at from
40,000 to 60,000 in number. Here the Duke re-
ceived addresses from the two Houses of Parliament,
amid the acclamations of a crowd declaredsby his Royal
Highness to be one of the most orderly and well-conducted
he had ever seen. At the conclusion of the ceremonial at
the Treasury, he, with his suite, accompanied Sir Henry
Manners Sutton to Government House, where the Duke will
be domiciled during his stay in Melbourne. On the follow-
ing day, the 26th, he held a levee at the New Exhibi-
tion building, at which about double the number of persons
usually attending such ceremonials, and many addresses
from public bodies, were presented to his Royal Highness.
Nearly two hours elapsed before the work showed any
signs of coming to an end. So the Duke, looking slightly
fatigued, withdrew for a few moments, attended by the
Governor and suite, to a private room for some refresh-
ment, and after about ten minutes' interval returned to
continue the receptions. The lower portion of the vast
hail (in its entire length from end to end longer than WeA-
rninster Hall) and the galleries were occupied by ladies,
who sat out the ceremonial until the withdrawal of the
principal attraction. In the evening the city and suburbs
were brilliantly illuminated and the streets were crowded
with their tens of thousands, so vast a number of persons
never having been seen congregated together in Melbourne
since the existence of the colony. Not a single person
was put into the lock-up that night for misbehaviour.
While the ball to the Prince was proceeding, a number of
Irishmen were getting up a sow about an " Orange " trans-
parency at the Protestant Hall. It commenced in an
attempt to destroy the transparency, and the assailants
were fired upon from the building. One man was shot—it
is said mortally—and three others wounded. The next
day the Duke attended a cricket match, and in the even-
ing he was the Governofs guest at a grand ball given by
him in the Great Exhibition building. There were about
2,000 persons present. The Duke opened the ball with
Miss Manners Sutton, waltzed frequently, and at an ad-
vanced period of the evening danced a Scotch reel with a
vigour which fairly enraptured many an old Highland gen,
tleman present. Amidst a perfect storm of cheering he
left the room about two o'clock in the morning. On the
day:of the mail's departure he was to attend " the Free
Banquet," which was to be opened by him at the Botani-
cal Gardens. Other entertainments in rapid succession
were to come off in town and country.
The reception at Adelaide was equally enthusiastic.
Loyal addresses were presented to his Royal Highness in
both colonies.

It is stated that the offertory at the cluirch of St.
Peter, Streatham, amounted to over £750 on Christmas
Day. On Sunday week a cheque for £l,OOO was found in
the bag. The sum of £3,200 has been collected in the past
few months towards the erection of a new church.
THE RULING FAMILIES OF EUROPE.—During the
past year the ruling families of Europe have been in-
creased by eleven births (four boys and seven girls) and
three marriages—those of King George of Greece with thq
Grand Duchess Olga of Russia ; of Count Philip of Flan,
ders, brother to the King of Belgium, with the Princes‘
Mary of Hohenzollern-Sigmaringen ; and of Don Carlos,.
Infante of Spain, with the Princess Margaret of Parma.'
The number of the sovereigns of Europe is now thirty-
eight—viz., three emperors, the Sultan, the Pope, ten
kings, two queens, six grand-dukes, five dukes, and ten
princes. The oldest of these is the Pope, who is 75. After
him come the King of Prussia and the Duke of Anhalt,
both of whom are over 70. The average age of the Euro.
peen sovereigns is 44 years, and twenty-two of them have:
already exceeded that age. During the past year two
sovereigns, the Princes of Reuss (younger line) awl
Schwarzburg-Rudolstadt, ascended the throne. Four
sovereigns are unmarried besides the Pope, namely, the
King of Bavaria, the Duke of Brunswick, and the two,
Princes of Lichtenstein and Reuss (senior line).
TILE DISCOVERY OF GREEK FIRE AT COML.--;
The discovery of Greek fire at Cork has produced 'serioud
alarm. It is the first occasion on which that destructive
compound has been discovered in the South of Ireland in
the hands of suspicious persons. On Saturday night an
Sunday the military were again brought into the
city to aid the police in protecting the banks and public
buildings. The fellow who, in dread of an explosion,
abandoned his coat in the street, containing two bottles of
Greek fire, is known to the police through documents
rescued from the pockets of the burning garment. To
this cause of alarm in Cork must be added another.
A very bad spirit has manifested itself on several octal
sions among the lower orders in Cork. It is not long since
they assaulted some police officers when discharging their
duty in public, and now the Cork Examiner again de-
scribes what it calls an enteute of an equally aggravated
character. The police were engaged in searching some
houses, when the mob which soon collected began to throw
stones and to hoot them. "Execrations, hooting, and
other expressions of anger," says this paper, " accompanied
each discharge, and the affair began to assume formidable
proportions as the police continued passive, while their
assailants chewed each moment more determination."
After a number of stones had been discharged, Mr. Gunn,
the inspector, advanced from his pally, and, addressing
the people, remonstrated with them on the clurse they
had taken, and advised them to disperse quietly and
permit the police to prosecute their duties unmolested.
Mr. Gunn's remonstrances were, however, greeted with
shouts of derision and defiance. The crowd, nothing
daunted, still continued to throw stones at the police and
to press more boldly around them. In this dilemma the
sub-inspector ordered hisj men to charge, which they did,
without, however, inflicting any injury. This movement
caused the crowd to retire somewhat, and the police,
having completed their search, left the place, whereupon.
the people dispersed. It was reported that an order to
fire on the people had been given, but there is no founds,:
tion for such a rumour. `the Edadir CAlUed groat excite 4
meat in tiro locality,

OYAL OLYMPIC THEATRE,
et) New Management.
Sole Lessee, Mr. B. Webster; Manager, Mr. H. Wigan.

TIIIS EN ENING, FROM GRAVE TO GAY. Messrs. Ashley,
H. Wigan, Addison, and C. Mathews; Mesdames L. Moore and
Stirling.
To be followed by IF I HAD A THOUSAND A YEAR.
To conclude with PETTICOAT PARLIAMENT. Messrs. R
Soutar and G. Vincent; Mesdames L. Moore, St. Henry, and E
Farrell.