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Charleston Blockading Squadron, &c. Charleston, Oct. 22. --The Courier says that a change has taken place among the blockaders. The Roanoke is now the flag ship. Captain Dupont, who is to take command of the Southern coast, has not yet arrived. There is cause to believe that the schooner recently captured off Stono was the British schooner Alite, from the West Indies, with a cargo of molasses, fruit, &c., &c.
72,360 bales, the largest quantity ever attained in one week. The London Times, of the 2d of October, says: By the ship Asia, of New York, a cargo of crust guano has lately been imported from the Island of Sombrero and landed in the West India Docks. Sombrero is situate near the Dutch island of St. Martin, in the West Indies, and is the property of Messrs. Wood & Sons, of New York, who are said to hold it under the protection of the United States Government. The discovery of the guWest Indies, and is the property of Messrs. Wood & Sons, of New York, who are said to hold it under the protection of the United States Government. The discovery of the guano deposits on the island is of recent date. Hitherto the shipments have been chiefly to the Southern ports of the States, but as those are now blockaded the supply may probably be directed towards England. Accounts from Malaga of the 14th ultimo state that business was rather more brisk for the United Kingdom and the North, or Balue ports, but as regards the United States it continued dull. There is to be a rifle match between the best shot of Scotland and France. Mr. Ed. Ross is t