The Sun.
London, England, 1855-08-10 00:00:00

Rate of Dividend
for Half-year
Just Ended.

per cent. per an-
num, and bonus
of 4 per cent. for
half-year, mak-
ing distribution
at rate of 14 per
cent. per annum,
and leaving
7,7251. to be car-
ried forward.
123 i per cent. per
annual, leaving
35,124/. appli-
cable for A bums
at the usual
period.

20 per cent. per
annum for the
past year.

10 per cent per
annum, leaving
13,6931. appli-
cable for a bonus
at the usual
period.

,0 per cent. per
annum for the
past year.
•

k _ _
6 per cent. per
annum, leaving
1,1621. to be car-
ried forward.

LLOYD'S SHIPPING-(THIS DIY.)

LONDON, Aug. 9.—Wind this day at noon, N.W.
by W light airs and iron.
DOVER, Aug. 9. Wind, W.N.W.—Arrived—Cassan-
dra, from Hamburg for Guernsey, very leaky, and with
pumps choked.
HAMBURG, Aug. 7.—The Antuka, from Callao to Eng-
land, leaky, and steering for Bahia, was spoken with, '2sth
June, in 13 S., 34 W.
WEYMOUTH, Aug. 9. Wind, N.W.—Sailed—Miramichi,
for Quebec.
SALCOMBR, Ang. 9. Wind S.W.—Sailed—Briton's
Pride, for Balaklava.
PLYMOUTH, Aug. 9. Wind, S.W.—Arrived—Sussex,
from London for Melbourne. •
KINGROAD, Aug. 9.—Put back—Britannia, for Quebec.
MILFORD, Aug. 9. Wind N.W.—Arrived—Jo,eph
Steel, from Liverpool, for Calcutta, to repair, having been
in contact on the night of the Gth, and received slight da-
mage to hull.

(PER ELECTRIC TELEGRAPH.)
SOUTHAMPTON, Friday Morning.
Arrived.—Queen (a.), from Oporto; Brunswick (a.),
Plymouth ; Johns, Waterford.
Sailed.—Brunswick (s.), for Portsmouth.
LIVERPOOL, Friday Morning.

Wind, S.W.
Arrived.—Garland, from Bonny ; Iver, Integrity, and
Sultan, Requijada ; Margaret, Havre.
QUEENSTOWN, Aug. 8.

Wind, N.W.
Arrived.—Blyth, from Constantinople ; Alberl, Moga-
dore.

Sailed.—Usk, for Cape de Yards.

DUBLIN, Aug. 9.

Wind, E.
Arrived.—Sophie, from Odense.

(BY SUBMARINE AND BRITISH TELEGRAPIT.)
GRAVESEND, Friday, 19.6 a.m.
Wind, E., tide, half flood ; fine.
Arrived, Aug. 9.—Martha Jane, from Cape Town ; Pro-
videntia, Stockholm ; Wave, Modemblick ; Ida Maria,
Darzic ; Aurora, limes; Fred Simony, Aalborg; Wash-
ington, Quebec; Nile, Britannia, and Plantagenet, Cal-
lao; Fortune, Christiania; Tonne, Ystadt ; Maria,
Malmo.
Arrived, Aug. 10.—Caledonia, from Hamburg.
DEAL, Friday, 9.54 a.m.
Wind, S.S.W. ; light and fine.
Anchored.—Petite Susanne, from Hull, for Sierra
Leone; E. D. T., Shields, for Constantinople.
Passed.—Fortitude, from Newcastle, for Malta.

Viscountess Palmerston has left town for St. Leonards
on• Sea.

The Duke and Duchess of Bedford have arrived in
town, from visiting the Duke and Duchess of Norfolk,
at Arundel Castle.
TUE TRANSPORT SERVICE.—It is understood that in
all renewals of steam contracts for the k,rovezurnent
transport service the terms are now reduced from 50s.
per ton to 455. or 40s.

WHITTINGTON CLUB.—The half-yearly meeting of the
members was held at the Freemasons'-hall, on the 6th
instant, J. J. Mechi, Esq., president, in the chair. The
report congratulated the members upon the success of
their efforts to raise the sum required to complete the
new club-house, the rebuilding of which had at length
been commenced. From the correspondence which was
read. to the meeting, it appeared that difficulties had
been raised in an unexpected quarter with respect to the
adoption of alterations and improvements ; the club-
house, however, even if built exactly as it was before
the fire, would be in every respect an improvement
upon the old one. The meeting, which was numerously
attended, terminated with a vote of thanks to the com-
mittee and the president.
HOUSES FOR THE CRIMEA.—GLOUCESTER, Thursday.—
An order has just been received here for the construc-
tion of a large number of houses for wintering the army
once more in the Crimea. The order has been sent down
by the Government to Messrs. Price and Co., the exten-
sive timber merchants of this port, who, it may be re-
membered, constructed a number of huts last summer for
both the English and French Governments. Mr. Lid-
dell, who laid down the Balaklava railway, is here to
superintend the arrangements. Five hundred houses
are to be constructed for the soldiers, and 100 of a supe-
rior kind for the use of the officers. Gloucester is conve-
niently situated for works of this kind, being the most
inland port in the country, one of the largest timber im-
porting places, and possessing extensive steam apparatus
for its conversion. It is thought not improbable that
the houses will be shipped from Gloucester direct, in-
stead of being sent by railway to Southampton, as was
done last year.
NASIITTII'S WROUGHT-IRON GUN.—We understand
that the first of the two gigantic pieces of artillery to be
made at the Bridgewater Foundry is now nearly forged,
but how long the succeeding operations of turning and
boring may take, and the gun be ready for shipment to
the Baltic—for that, we believe, is its destination—is
more than we or any one, we presume, can tell. At all
events, it cannot be practically tested this year. The
mass of iron, composed of small slabs, welded together
by the four-ton steam hammer, is at present a huge
shapeless lump, apparently from 8 to 10 feet long, by 3
or 4 feet in diameter. The process of forging presents a
grand sight ; the enormous mass of white-hot iron
being turned and shifted under the hammer with
as much ease and dexterity as if it were a common axle-
tree. Indeed, the whole apparatus, the hammer, thes!q:
draftlic crane, &c., is quite a triumph of-meobaniealThkei;
and genius. Several of the balls are now ready
weigh a little more than half a ton, and are
oft
anunlike the
spheroid shape, cut at one end—in factino oblate
common •Minie ball. Should the.gun answer, its
power and range must
necessarily nloakese.fmaeatnchhajtoccr
when directed against stone fortl eatin
Guardian.