The Sun.
London, England, 1853-08-05 00:00:00

LLOYD'S SHIPPING.-(TITS DA Y.)

LONDON, Aug. s.—Wind this day at Noon, N.N.W. ;
light breeze, and cloudy.
DEAL, Aug. 4.—Wind, N.E. Arrived from the River
—Cybele, for Berbice ; John Bull, Montreal.
Aug. 5 (9.12 a.m.)—Wind, N.E., light. Passed—Mirzs-
pore from Calcutta, for London, in tow of steamer.
Charlotte Reed, from River St. Lawrence, for London, 10
tow of steam ; Christiana, New York, for London, in af
of steam ; Matilda, from Laguna, for Hamburgh ; Medors,
from London, for Jamaica ; Meotede, from London, for
Constantinople.

RAMSGATE, Aug. 4.—Wind, E.N.E. Sailed—Waldo'
mar, Singapore.

OFF DOVER, Aug. 4.—Wind, E. Arrived—Charlotte,
Manzanillo.

FALMOUTH, Aug. 4. —Wind, N. Sailed—Emenld,
Antigua. . . .

GLOUCESTER, August 4.—Arrived —Falcon, Quebec ;
Avar, do.
PORTSMOUTH, Aug. 4.—Wind. S.E. Sailed—Patrick
Henry, New York ; Rochester, South Seas ; Bolivar, Dr
merara.

SHIELDS, Aug. 4.—Sailed—Victory, Bermuda ; Etiwan,
New York.
MILFORD, Aug. 4.—The Maria' for Quebec, is badly
strained, having been aground on White Horse Reach.'"
Sailed—Hebe, Quebec.
HULL, Aug. 4.—Wind, W.S.W. Arrived—AvondaLe,
Richibucto ; Orion, Greenland, with 5,000 seals, and
puns. of oil.
PETERHEA.D.—Arrived—Dublin, Greenland, with
tons of oil.

CLYDE, Aug. 3.—Wind, W. Arrived—Robertili*
Trinidad ; Argo, Quebec.
NEWPORT, Aug. 4.—Arrived—Henrietta and Rebeool2
London, for St. Thomas. Sailed—Y, St. Thomas ; _
wedge, do. ' • Marianne, St. Jago de Cuba.
Dumax,Aug. 3.—Wind, E.S.E. Arrived—Glaminure'
Barbadoes. Sailed—Ganges, New York.
CoRK, Aug. 4.—Wind, S.E. Arrived Argo, Lond-Wit
U.S. Off Port—Canada, Quebec.
MANDAHL, July 20.—The Anne Marie, of and fro°
Aalborg to London, has put in here leaky, and must di
charge.

MAP OF CAB FARES.--A portable little distance torr,
of the metropolis—contrived for ascertaining cab fart',
under the new enactment—has just been published, we
serve,by Messrs. W. H. Smith& Son, of the Strand, and
doubt not will soon command pretty general attention°,
the hands of the various booksellers. It presents to 12'
a pink map of London under a blue web-work of lines".
each angle representing a direct half-mile, and thus iren-
dering almost any distance traversed a matter of ee7i
calculation. In the margin of this flysheet (wlllell.ble
compressed, by the way, in a cloth case suitable for
waistcoat pocket) there are given, in separate par-
graphs, the new cab laws and regulations.
LAUNCH OF A WAR STEAMER AT BLACKWALv•
screw steamer the Beberebe, built for the Brazilia:
Government by Messrs. Green of Blackwall, was Yeti,
terday launched from the building yard of those C.tli
tlemen. This vessel was constructed under the skt,
management of Captain Delamare of the Bran -
navy, and has engines of 130-horse power from the In
nufactory of Messrs. Penn, of Greenwich, made 1410
their improved principle. The Beberebe is what"
styled in nautical phrase a " rakish-looking c'''jjf
art°
beautiful in appearance, because constructed c
and tastefully, with all the modern appliances of A be
tectural skill, and with due regard to solidity 31' f
purposes for which she is intended. The dimension:4;i
the vessel are—length over all, 178 feet ; breadth/ t
feet ; depth, 15 feet ; and of 600 tons. Her arul_.„.anile
is one 68-pounder on slide, and six 32-pounder oar'—t ed
guns. The Beberebe will be rigged as a three-10'10r
schooner, and will sail for the Brazils in about three-10'{00
months. Two other steamers for the Brazilian G°ll_, of
ment are in course of construction by Messrs. Greo.",:ve,s
larger dimensions. The ceremony of christenint,
performed by Miss Ma ceda, the daughter of the 13114,z
Minister. The launch was effected in the best StY'l Aug,
THE RON. ARTILLERY COMPANY.—WooLicrioatof
4.—The members of the Hon. Artillery Courainwess
London, of which Field-Marshal his Royal teoral,
Prince Albert, K.G., is Colonel and Captain- , (ion-
and the Hon. Henry Fitzroy Lieutenant-Colonel el,;daif
manding, arrived at the Woolwich marshes Ye 4Thoe
for practice with 9-pounder and 6-pounder gurin',..ed at
hundred rounds of 6-pounder round shot wer!nrr from
the range of 650 yards, with a strong side In The
fire'
the east, or at a right angle to the line of sor 1
, ,
number of shots put into the target was toget
to 4. The remaining shots that did not strike the or
were, in every instance, within a few feet on the _T.' been
left, and some under or over, but all would bvver
gun
considered very good practice. Four.trhoushn
rdaslo-Pel
were fired from two 9-pounder guns ,"11 ctice ; gis
at 930 yards' range, and made excellent Pr3wiers w"4
rounds per gun were fired from two 9-1:ond „raetioef
tinned five t
o
round shot at 900 yards' range and made good cow
the practice.
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