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

LLOYD'S SHIPPING.-(TIIIS DAY.)

LONDON, Aug. s.—Wind this day at Noon, N.N.IV• ;
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—Mir/A'
pore, from Calcutta, for London, in tow of steamer ;
Charlotte Reed, from River St. Lawrence, for London,
tow of steam ; Christiana, New York, for London, in told
of steam ; Matilda, from Laguna, for Hamburgh ; Medor*,
from London, for Jamaica ; Meotede, from London, for
Constantinople.
RAMSGATE, Aug. 4.—Wind, E.N.E. Sailed—Wolde'
mar, Singapore.
OFF DOVER, Aug. 4.—Wind, E. Arrived—Charlotte,
Manzanillo.
FALMOUTH, Aug. 4.—Wind, N. Sailed—Emerald,
Antigua.
GLOUCESTER, August 4.—Arrived -Falcon, Quebec ;
Avar, do.
PORTSMOUTH, Aug. 4.—Wind, S.E. Sailed— Patrick
Henry, New York ; Rochester, South Seas ; Bolivar, Pe.
merara.
SHIELDS, Aug. 4.—Sailed—Victory, Bermuda ; Etiwant
New York.
MILFORD, Aug. 4.—The Maria, for Quebec, is bacilf
strained, having been aground on White Horse Reach.
Sailed—Hobe, Quebec.
HULL, Aug. 4 —Wind, W.S.W. Arrived—AvondalA
Richibucto ; Orion, Greenland, with 5,000 seals, and u`
puns. of oil.
PETERHEAD.—Arrived—Dublin, Greenland, with 70
tons of oil.
CLYDE, Aug. 3.—Wind, W.

Arrived— Roberto'

Trinidad ; Argo, Quebec.
NEWPORT, Aug. 4.—Arrived—Henrietta and Reboot
London, for St. Thomas. Sailed—Y, St. Thomas ;
wedge, do. ; Marianne, St. Jago de Cuba.
DUBLIN, Aug. 3.—Wind, E.S.E. Arrived—Glammilre'
Barbadoes. Sailed—Ganges, New York.
ConK, Aug. 4.—Wind, S.E. Arrived Argo, London'
U.S. Off Port—Canada, Quebec.
MANDAHL, July 20.—The Anne Marie, of and fro;131
Aalborg to London, has put in here leaky, and must
charge.

MAP OF CAB FARES.—A portable little distance OAP
of the metropolis—contrivedfor ascertaining cab ft'regh
under the new enactment—has just been published, We We
serve, by Messrs. W. H. Smith& Son, of the Strand, and t
doubt not will soon command pretty general attention ties
the hands of the various booksellers. It presents to
a pink map of London under a blue web-work of linseri,
each angle representing a direct half-mile, and thus ...re
dering almost any distance traversed a matter of el's
calculation. In the margin of this flysheet (whichthe
compressed, by the way, in a cloth case suitable for roe
waistcoat pocket) there are given, in separate P$
graphs, the new cab laws and regulations. ,
i--A
LAUNCH OF A WAR STEAMER AT BLAckwAL-.00
screw steamer the Beberebe, built for the 13razo•
Government by Messrs. Green of Blackwall, was
terday launched from the building yard of thnse,gal
tlemen. This vessel was constructed under the sititlia
management of Captain Delamare of the Brno- a-
navy, and has engines of 130-horse power from ,tue,,,„an
nufactory of Messrs. Penn, of Greenwich, mane, 7 is
their improved principle. The Beberebe is synaitft,
styled in nautical phrase a " rakish-looking eroy
beautiful in appearance, because constructed ue'rerchi-
and tastefully, with all the modern appliances of
d the
tectural skill, and with due regard to solidity of
purposes for which she is intended. The dimensnl, 27
the vessel are—length over all, 178 feet . breadtat
feet ; depth, 15 feet ; and of 600 tons. Her arr;rii-ige
is one 68-pounder on slide, and six 32-pounder oateci
guns. The Beberebe will be rigged as a threkeft four
schooner, and will sail for the Brazils in nue,- ~ernm-
onths. Two other steamers for the Brazilian L'resi,, of
ment are in course of construction by Messrs. Gre was
larger dimensions. The ceremony of christen_iniip
performed by Miss Ma ceda, the daughter of the Jstrs4.
Minister. The launch was effected in the bes Auk.
THE HON. ARTILLERY COMPANY.— WOOLIVIC."any
4.—The members of the Hon. Artillery Company
London, of which Field-Marshal his Royal
Prince Albert, K.G., is Colonel and Captain-I:, cow
and the Hon. Henry Fitzroy Lieutenant-Colo
o:tercior
manding, arrived at the Woolwich marshes Ys One
for practice with 9-pounder and 6-pounder .6x.ed at
hundred rounds of 6-pounder round shot we7ria from
the range of 650 yards, with a strong side,Tre. 'lll
the east, or at a right angle to the line ni '2, or t
number of shots put into the target was
g the target
to 4. The remaining shots that did not strikea right of
were, in every instance, within a few feet o_
.Iffve been
left, and some under or over, but all woutilnddr
per gen
considered very good practice. Four.
arnlithaetilivie shi(icileavl'er:nerl4:clie4
water,e3fioreydarfrdsopratnwgoe,9-paonudndmeardgeuenxseweilit.erh;sp_hrar:letnirseel
stci,l3;l4l.sty7r:
rounds per gun were fired from two
d9e Pgeouod pracee;
round shot at 900 yards' range,
tfiivneuedhavtoingblostwrufcrkomthie.htearegaepitt,
dailitarihnnodug
the practice. , . '