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

LLOYD'S SHIPPING-(THIS DAY.)

LONDON, Aug. 9.—Wind this day tA noon, N.W.
by W. ; light airs and free.
DOVER, Aug. 9. Wind, W.N.W.—Arrivod—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, 25th
June, in 13 S., 34 W.
WEYMOUTH, Aug. 9, Wind,N.W.—Sailed—Miramichi,
for Quebec.
SALCOMBE, Ang. 9. Wind S.W.—Sailed—Briton's
Pride, for Balaklava.

PLYMOUTH, Aug. 9. Wiad, S.W.—Arrived—Sussex,
from London for Melbourne.

KINGROAD, Aug. 9.--Put back—Britannia, for Quebec.
MILFORD, Aug. 9. Wind N.W.—Arrived—Joseph
Steel, from Liverpool, for Calcutta, to repair, having been
in contact on the night; of the 6th, and received slight da-
mage to hull.

(PER EL:TCTRIC TELEGRAM.)
SOUTHAMPTON, Friday Morning.
Arrived.—Queen (5.)., from Oporto ; Brunswick (s.),
Ply mouth ; Johns, Wa torford.
Sailed.—Brunswick (s.), for Portsmouth.
LIVERPOOL, Friday Morning.

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

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

- -;
Sailed.—Usk, for Cape d e Verds.

DUBLIN, Aug. 9.

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

(BY SUBMARINE AND BRITISH TELEGRAPH.)
, GRAVESEND Friday, 10.6 a.m.

Wind, E., tide, half flood ; fine.
Arrived, Aug. 9.—Martha Jane, from Cape Town; Pro-
videutia, Stockholm; Wave, Medembliek ; Ida Maria,
Dar zie ; Aurora, Unlea ; Fred Simony, Aalborg ; Wash-
ington, Quebec; Nile. Britannia, and Plantagenet,
; Fortune, Christiania; Tonne, Ystadt ; Maria,
Malmo.

Arrived, Aug. 10.— Caledonia, from Hamburg.
DEAL, Friday, 9.54 a.m.
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 Palmorston has left town for St. Leopards
on• Sea.
The Duke and Dtrchess of Bedford have arrived in
town, from visiting tl e Duke and Duchess of Norfolk,
at Arundel Castle.

THR TRANSPORT STUMM—It is understood that in
all renewals of stearct contracts for the Government
transport service the terms are, now reduced from 500,
per ton to 455. or 40s.

WHITTINGTON CUM.—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 re-building 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.
NASMYTH'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, the hy-
draulic crane, &c., is quite a triumph of mechanical skill
and genius. Se ieral of the balls are now ready, They
weigh a little more than half a ton, and are of an oblate
spheroid shape, cut at one end—in fact, not unlike the
common Minie ball. Should the gun answer, its
neust
necessarily make great havoc
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