The Sun.
London, England, 1840-06-17 00:00:00

COLONIAL MARKETS.

More lifct in the produce markets. The home trade were the
chief operators, and prices for most articles were firmer. Raw
Sugar was in stem}, demand, and former rates were fully main-
tamed. Not much demand for Coffee. The imports were
light ; the deliveries of goods on the increase. •

LLOYD'S SHIPPING.-(THIS DAY.)

DEAL, JUNE 16 —Wind W.S.W.—Arrived the Iris
Blackwood, from Ceylon.
PLYMOUTH, JUNE. 16.—Wind N. W.—Arrived H.M.S.
Apollo, from Quebec.
FALMOUTH JUNE 15. —Wind S.W. to S. S.W., fresh
breezes,—Arrived the Cray! packet, from the West In-
dies, left Trinidad 2d ult., Grenada 4, St. Kitts 7, St.
Thomas's 9, Porto Rico 10, and Cape Hayti 19.
COWES, JUNE 16.—Arrived the Soalen, Boman, from
Maranham ; Sarah, Foster, Matanzas.
DARTMOUTH, JUNE 15,—Arrived the Fox, Fox, from
Newfoundland. Off port the Odessa, from Rio Janeiro ;
Margaret, Probs, St. Jago de Cuba; Axel, Westman,
New York.

LIVERPOOL, JUNE 16.—Wind W. S. W., fresh.—Ar-
rived the Celia Large, Moran, from Jamaica; Mary
Wa'k:?r, Livingstone, Trinidad; Columbus, Cropper, New
Yo.k, with $50,000, sailed 224 ult. ; Rochester, Wood-
house, ditto, sailed 25th ult. ; Shiredande, Paysler, ditto,
sailed 15th ult. ; Blackness, Murray, ditto; Talleyrand,
Ta\ler, New Orleans; George, Minot, Savannah; Queen
Victoria, Black, Charleston ; Isabella, Virginia; Sally,
Alexandria; Dash, Newfoundland; Monongahela, Tur-
ley, Philadelphia, with upwards of $500,000. Sailed the
Hannah Grayson, Penrie, for Jamaica. The Balance,
Brownrigg, from Savannah to this port, which put into St.
Thomas'.; in distress, was condemned there previous to the
6th ult.

PLYMOUTH, JUNE 16.—The Marquis of Huntley in
coming down Harnoaze, yesterday, missed stays and stove
in her larboard bow, against the Victualling-office.
A large ship ws seen on shore in Caryafort Reef, 12th
ult., with wreckers alongside, and apparently one only re-
cently got on shore.
The I. 0. took pratique at La Guayra April 30, having
been in quarantine 30 days.

Monn.E, MAY 9.—The Euxine, from the Clyde to this
port, is on shore on Dauphin Island, and likely to become
a wreck.

111!E Ai CHIMED SCREW PRO

PELLER STEAM SHIP.

This important experimental vessel, of which we have
recently heard so much, and which may yet be the fore-
runner of a revolution in steam navigation, made her
appearance at the Bromielaw on the forenoon of Sa-
turday last. the left Liverpool on Thursday morning,
and steamed to Douglas, in the isle of Man, a distance
of at least 70 miles, in seven hours and a half, beating
the Mona'i Isle steam-packet full two hours in this
passage:- The Archimedes left Douglas on Friday
'morning, at a quarter past nine A.M. and without loosing
a sail, by the assistance of the screw alone, reached
Greenock at half past twelve the same night, though
during the latter part of the voyage, from Ailsa Craig,
the wind blew a strong breeze directly a-head. The
distance from Douglas to Greenock is not less than 135
miles, which was performed as already stated, in fifteen
hours and a quarter.

At a quarter-past nine on Saturday morning, the
Archimedes left Greenock for Glasgow, which she
reached at 11 A.m. As the vessel passed the various
ship-yards and steamers in the Clyde, her appearance
was greeted by the same round of welcome cheering,
which may be said to have echoed from port to port in her
circumnavigation of the kingdom. Mr. Smith, the in-
ventor of this application of the Archimedean screw,
has attended the vessel in all her trips, and he is accom-
panied by Captain Chappell, R.N., who superintends
the trials, and has been sent down specially by the Lords
Commissioners of the Admiralty to report thereon. Ot
the courtesy of these gentlemen, and their readiness to
grant every information regarding the workings of the
steam-screw, we can speak in high terms.
The appearance of the Archimedes in the Clyde is
an event of no ordinary importance, considering that it
was upon these waters that the genius of Henry Bell,
as applied to steam navigation, first developed itself, and
that ever since our river has worthily maintained its sta-
tion rs the nursing mother of the art. Steam naviga-
tion, however, despite its mighty results, is yet only in
its infancy ; and in this quarter the trial trips of the
Archimedes will be regarded with much interest. Indeed,
it is scarcely a proper term to speak of trig! trips, for
Captain Chappell states that the experiment has been
neither more nor less than L triumphal voyage from one
end of the kingdom to the other.
We believe we are justified in stating, that in all her
trips the Archimedes has come up to the expectations of
Mr. Smith and those connected with him. As she was
not built for speed, she has been beaten in a few in-
stances in calm weather by first-rate steam-boats ; but
she roust be a crack vessel notwithstanding, and her fine
points are seen to best advantage in a stiff gale and an
angry sea.

As relates to the Clyde in particular, Capt. Chappell
states that the importance of the Archimedean method
of propulsion is manifest. First, the getting rid of pad-
dle boxes leaves more space for vessels passing each
other ; second, there being no commotion of paddle
wheels, boats can go alongside without danger of swamp-
' int?, even when the vessel is going at full speed ; third,
the Screw Propeller, throwing off water from every part
of the periphery, is bound to stir up the sediment from
the bottom of the rivers and canals to a considerable
depth below the keel, so that, should the principle he
adopted, every oteamer would be acting as a scouring
machine in keeping the deposit agitated, by which
means it would be prevented from accumulating. The
advantages of the Screw over paddle wheels in ocean
steamers are of greater consequence ; as the propelling
instrument not being affected, or lessened in power, by
the leaning over of the ship when under sail, admits of
the same taunt masts and heavy rig, as in ships wholly
propelled by canvass—consequently, in leading winds,
which are upon 20 points of the compass out of 32
points, the fires might be extinguished, all the fuel saved,
and the vessel be navigated as a sailing vessel in all re-
spects. These are a few of the chief points arising out
of a first consideration of the Screw principle, to which
we shall probably advert more fully hereafter.
On Tuesday (to-morrow), she will proceed into the
Gairlocb, and land her passengers at Greenock. She
afterwards pursues her course northward, and will run
through the Caledonian Canal on her way to Aber-
deen, Leith, Hull, Amsterdam, and Antwerp.
The Archimedes haring been built, not for speed,
but to show how effectually steaming and sailing qua-
lities can be combined in the same vessel, all racing with
river canoe steamers, constructed expressly for speed,
has been, awl will ha, strictly avoided. An iron canoe
boat, however, is now building in London, to test the
power of the screw against paddle-wheels, when em-
ployed to obtain great river speed ; and this vessel when
finished will be immediately placed in cAupetition with
the fattest paddle-wheel bolts in the kingdom.
A German gentleman, sent by a company at Ham-
burg for the express purpose, joined the Archimedes
yesterday, and will proceed in her upon her cruise round
to Leith, to witness the action of the Screw upon an
extended scale.

Should the B ritannia sail from the Broomielaw at
the some time with the Archimedes, she will form a
beautiful point for witnessing the evolutions of the
latter. It is one remarkable feature in the Archimedes
that she answers the helm with amazing rapidity, and
can thread her way throughout an intricate channel or
amidst a crowd of shipping, with the ease and safety
which belongs to a thing of life.—Glasgow Herald.

A Correspondent calls attention to the singular
coincidence that the 21st of June, once suggested as a day of
thanksgiving to God for preserving the nation in peace for a
quarter of a century, should be the very day set apart as a day
of thanksgivingfor the preservation of our beloved Queen from
the hand of an assassin.