The Sun.
London, England, 1854-08-23 00:00:00

LLOYD'S SHIPPING-(THIS DAY.)

LONDON, Aug. 23.—Wind this day at Noon, S.W.'
light breeze, and cloudy.
PLYMOUTH, Aug. 22.—Wind, W. Arrived—Forerunner
(s), fr.m London, for West Coast of Africa ; Maid of
Yarrow, Newcastle, for Adelaide, S.A. Sailed—No. 1, for
Adelaide, S.A.
FALMOUTH, Aug. 22.—Wind, N.N.W. Arrived—Char-
lotte Reed, Matanzas; Lely, Havannah. Put back —Mer-
maid, for Leghorn; leaky.
QUEENSTOWN, Aug. 21.—Arrived—Australia, from
Buenos Ayres ; C. H. Brockleman, New York. Off Port
—Princeton, from St. John, and sailed for Liver-
pool.
COWES, Aug. 22.—The crews of the Mary Caroline, of
Liverpool, from Quebec to London, waterlogged, were
taken off by the Davenport, arrived here from Quebec.
Arrived—Henry Warren, from Havannah.
PORTSMOUTH, Aug. 22.—Wind, W.N.W. Sailed—
John Hendrick Hudson, for New York.
LEITH, Aug. 22. Arrived—Diadem, from Quebec.
Sailed—John Ritchell, Melbourne.
HARTLEPOOL, Aug. 22. Arrived—Percy, from Quebec.
GLOUCESTER/ Aug. 22.—Arrived—Collins, from St.
Stephens, N. 8.; Elbing, St. Andrews, N.B.

(PER ELECTRIC TELEGRAPH.)
SOUTHAMPTON, Wednesday Morning.
The Indiana, screw steam-ship. from New York, has
just rounded Calsliot Castle. The Indiana having left
New York on the same day as the Africa, which arrived
at Liverpool cn Sunday, her news, of course, has been an-
ticipated.

LIVERPOOL, Wednesday, 10.45 A.M.
Wind. S.S.W. ; moderate, and light rain. •
The William Vail was got off Pluckington Bank first
tide, and docked, without apparent injury.
The steamer Marietta, for Smyrna, and the Amor, for
Hamburg, have put back.
Arrived—Wm. Stevenson, from Bombay ; Douro (s),
Oporto • Elizabeth and Adeline, Smyrna ; Pelican (s),
Rotterdam ; Newton, Antigua.

(BY SUBMARINE AND EUROPEAN TELEGRAPH.)
GRAVESEND, Wednesday, 10.34 a.m.
Wind, W.N.W ; tide, 2 hours' flood ; fine.
Arrived.—Colon)! Evans, from Rotterdam ; Juliana,
Hamburg; Qaeen of the West, Antigua; Ma.ssaniello,
Alexandria.
Sailed.—Panther (s.), for Boulogne; Belgium (s.), Os-
tend; Alar (s.), Dunkirk.
DEAL, Wednesday, 10.15 a.m.
Wind Westerly ; light and fine.
Passed.--Alice Tarlton, from St. Croix for Lodon • Hey-
worth, from Quebec for London • Blenheim, from Loudon
for Calcutta ; Samuel Pasquiel, from Newca-tle for Genoa.
Passed Dungeness, 20th.--Mercury, from St. John's for
London ; Pontiff, from Akyab for London ; Sarah Ann,
from Leghorn for London. 22.—A Spaniard, from Ha-
vannah for London ; Sago, from Quebec for London.
Anchored.—Espoir, from Ostend for Villa Nova ; Os-
prey, from London for Naples.

THE WEATHER.—At the Royal Observatory, Green-
wich, the mean height of the barometer last week was
29 813 in. The mean reading on Friday was 30.022 in.
The mean temperature of the week was 59.9 deg., which
is 1.2 deg. below the average of the same week in 38
years. The mean daily temperature was below the
average, except on Sunday, Monday, and Saturday. It
was so much as 6.4 deg. below it on Thursday. The
highest temperature of the week occurred on Sunday,
and was 79.8 deg. ; the lowest was 43 deg. on Friday.
The mean dew-point temperature was 51.2 deg., and the
difference between this acd the mean temperature of the
air was 8.7 deg. The temperature of the water of the
Thames rose to 66 deg. on five days of the week. The
wind blew generally from the south-west. The whole
amount of rain was 0.15 in.
A lVfnaltarn.—The following story has been published
at Berlin under quasi•official sanction :—" On the 15th
The wife of a painter in Old Schonhaus-street brought
into the world a most wonderful creature. This was a
child born only a few weeks before the regular time,
which had the regular human form down to the loins,
and thence downwards that of a fish, but without
scales. Its fingers were webbed, but otherwise perfectly
well formed. It died half an hour after birth, in the
presence of the accoucheur, Dr. Hoffmann."
PERILOUS ADVENTURE ON MOUNT HELVELLYN.—
Two gentlemen from the vicinity of London, making the
tour of the English lakes, met with a perilous adventure
last week while crossing Mount Helvellyn in Cumber-
land. They had ascended this lofty mountain from the
village of Wythburn, with the intention of descending
into Patterdale by gwirrel-edee. After a toilsome ascent
they reached the summit ; but mistaking a circular pile
of stones for the land mark known as the "Helvellyn
man," they soon strayed from the regular path, and
shortly found themselves on the edge of a frightful pre-
cipice, leading down into the vale, it is true, but without
either path or track. As, however, night was fast ap-
proaching, retreat was impossible, and the two travellers
male their perilous attempt to slide down the face of the
rock as they best could. After many narrow escapes,
they neared the bottom of the valley, but only to find
themselves immersed in a Belies of mnaasses, filled with
large and rugged stones. Our tourists at length reached
Patterd .le after dark in a state of extreme exhaustion.
It will be remembered that it was on this side of the
i mountain that Mr. Gough lost his life nearly fifty
• years ago.