The Sun.
London, England, 1853-08-01 00:00:00

LLOYD'S SHIPPING.-(THIS DAY.)

LONDON, Aug. I.—Wind this day at Noon, S.W. to
W. ; lighi breeze, and fine clear weather.
DEAL, Aug. I.—Wind, W.S.W. Arzived--Adelaide,
Demerara; Bank of England, Trinidad; Castle Lochlin,
'Jamaica. _ _

RAMSGATE, July 31.--Arrived--Duff, Portsmouth, for
Hartlepool, with damage to bowport and bulwarks, from
contact with H.M.'s st. Barracouta ; Eto, London, for
Trieste, with loss of bowsprit, &c., having been in contact.
SOUTHAMPTON, July 31.—Arrived--Queen of the South,
Calcutta ; La Plata (s), West Indies, on freight 701,576
dollars.

FALMOUTH, July 31.—Arrived—Ada, St. Helena ; Alchy-
mist, Quebec Brutus, do. ; Maria Theresa, Havannah.
PORTLAND ROADS, July 31.—Arrived—Captain, Lon-
don, for Cape of Good Hope ; Sylph, Barbadoes.
BRISTOL, July 31.—Arrived—Lavina, Rio Grande;
Lady Seymour, Quebec ; Ocean Queen, do. ; Countess
of Mulgrave, do. Sailed—Mary Ann Peters, New York.
LOWESTOFT, July 31.—Arrived—Fame, Sunderland, for
Maldon, leaky.
SHIELDS, July 31.—The Diadem, of this port, is making
water, having been on the Middle Ground.—Arrived—
Agnes, Quebec.
DUBLIN, July 31.—Princess Victoria (not the Princess
Royal, as reported), Liverpool to Trieste, which put into
Kingston, on the 28th inst., leaky, has discovered, and
stopped the leak.—The Eleanor and Alice, from New•
castle, got in contact with the Sister Ann, and had her
stern stove.

Oromo, July 25.--The Mary Taylor, Alexandria to
Falmouth, foundered SO miles to the Southward, on the
21st inst. ; crew saved.

CRONSTADT, July 23.—The Alfred, Newcastle to this
port, is on shore on the Island of Oesel, and, it is feared,
will be a total wreck.

HALIFAX, N.S., July 21.—The Florence, of London,
for Pugwash, was stranded on a reef off M`Quarrie's
Point, near Toney River, on the Bth inst., and has been
condemned and sold.—The Corrib, of Galway, Cardiff to
New York, put in here leaky, on the Bth inst., and is re-
pairing.
VALPARAISO, June 14.—The Teleraph, hence to the
United States, put back on the 4th inst., having struck
on some hard substance on the 28th May, in lat. 46 S.,
long. 79 W., and is repairing.

THE POTATO CROP.—The universal esculent, the po-
tato, we (Gloucester Journal) regret to say, is very gene-
rally affected with the mysterious disease, some of the
tubers, indeed, being already rotten. —We (Bristol
Mercury) are sorry to say that the potato blight has
again appeared in this neighbourhood. Nearly every
grower of potatoes here will feel its sad effects in a
greater or lesser degree. The Carlisle Journal says,
potatoes are said to be affected, and already serious mis-
givings are felt with regard to the ensuing harvest.
Reports, vary, however, in different districts. Some of
our correspondents speak hopefully, others are despond-
ing enough, but as yet we have not sufficient data to
enable us to arrive at any positive conclusion.
THE POTATO CROP IN IRELAND.—The Clare Journal
states that the fatal blight has appeared in three dis-
tricts of that county. In Ennis the signs are perceptible
" but so slight that there is really no cause for alarm."
At Corofin "the disease has appeared unmistakably in
several gardens." At Kilrush it is stated that "until
within the last few days ardent hopes were entertained
by many that the potato blight had taken its farewell of
this locality ; to what extent they were mistaken can
best be conceived by seeing, on the Kilkee road, Mr.
Dowling's gardens, which, though a few days they were
fresh and green, are now black and withered." These,
happily, are so far but exceptions to the rule, as all the
other accounts by this day's post continue to be of a
favourable character. Last year the disease had gene-
rally manifested itself on the 20th of July.
THE HARVEST.—The corn crops on the field land have
a luxuriant appearance, whilst the prospects on the ex-
tensive breadths of low grounds are such as to
.caur
general despondency. The potato epidemic is visible in
the early sorts now got up for use. Employment is
somewhat above par, and labourers are quickly taken
up for turnip-hoeing and other farming operations,—
Doncaster Ocgette.