The Sun.
London, England, 1860-09-28 00:00:00

THE WEATHER AT PORTMADOC.

The following was the prevailing direction of
the wind at Portmadoc from the 20th to the 27th
of this month :-
20th.—Morning, N.W. 9 a.m., changed to S.W., with
heavy misty rain, which continued all day.
21st.—Wind N., very fine until 4 p.m.;, changed to S.W. ;
an immense halo round the sun; rained all night from 12
o'clock.
22d.—Wind N.W., very fine.
23d.—N.W. in the morning, veered to the S.W. towards
mid .day ; heavy squalls and showers.
24th.—N.W. and N.E., fine and cool.
25th.—Wind N., very fine.
26th.—N. and E., very line.
27th.—The wind N.E., fresh and cool.

WIND AND WEATHER REPORT.

THURSDAY
Inverness, N. ; fine
Aberdeen, N. ; fine and cold
Dundee, W. ; has
Edinburgh, N.N.E.; dull
Berwick, N.E. ; fine
Newcastle-on-Tyne, N.E. ;
cloudy
Hartlepool, S.E. ; cloudy
York, N. W. ; fine
Hull, E. ; rain
Derby, N.E. ; fine
Peterborough, S.W.; foggy
Yarmouth, S.E. ; fine
Harwich, S.W. ; fine

SEPT. 27.
London, S.S.E. ; fine
Brighton, S.W. ; cloudy
Southampton, S.E. ; rain
Weymouth, S. ; unsettled
Plymouth, S. ; very fine
Falmouth, S. ; very fine
Bristol, S.E. ; fine
Cardiff, N.E. ; unsettled
Milford Haven, S.B. ; fine
Holyhead, E.S.E. ; fresh
gale and rain
Liverpool, E. ; rain
Whitehaven, N.E.; fine
Glasgow, S.W. ; foggy
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Inverness, S.E. ; dull
Aberdeen, N. ; fine
Dundee, calm ; fine
Edinburgh,N.N.E.; showery
Berwick, N.E. ; fine
Newcastle-on-Tyne, N.W. ;
fine
York, S.W. ; up to noon very
wet ; since dull, but not wet
Hull ; fine, after much rain
Derby, S.S.W. ; fino
Peterborough, N.N.W.; fine
Yarmouth, S. ; fine
Harwich, S. ; fine
London, N.E. ; fine
Brighton ; fine, after several
showers during day
Southampton, S. ; cold
Weymouth, S.E.; light wind
Plymouth, S.S.W. ; Ins
Falmouth, N. ; light and fine
Bristol, S.E. ; fine
Milford Haven, S.W. ; fine

Cardiff, E.N.E. ; cloudy and
windy
Holyhead, E.S.E. ; fresh
breeze and cold
Liverpool, E.N.E. ; fine
Whitehaven, E. ; cloudy and
cold
Glasgow, E.; very fine &cold
Manchester, N.E. ; dull
Leeds, N.E. ; fine
Wakefield, N W • dull after
••

rain
Cambridge, S.E. ; cloudy
Chelmsford, S.; cold
Norwich, S.W.; cloudy
Stamford, S.E. ; fine
Salisbury, S.; fine
Bath ; very fine
Hereford, calm ; rain
Sheffield, N.B. ; fine
Guernsey, E.; windy and
cold
Hertford, S.; cloudy

TEIS DAY'S SHIPPING.

LONDON, Sept. 28. Wind this day at noon, N.,
strong breeze, with rain.

FALMOUTH, Sept. 28.—Arrived—Elizabeth Jane, from
Hull for Naples, to stop a leak. •

CLYDE, Sept. 27.—Sailed-- Geegoria, for Demerara,
Dicky Sam, for Jamaica.

DUBLIN, Sept. 26.—Arrived—Eugenie, from Quebeo.
LIVERPOOL, Sept. 28.—The Regalia (screw steamer) of
Almwich, is a complete wreck at the entrance of Almwich
Harbour—crew saved.

OFF PORTSMOUTH, Sept. 27.—Wind S.S.E. to S.—
Arrived—Dover Castle, from Melbourne, with 67,000 ozs.
of gold ; Isca, from Hartlepool for Kurracheo.
MILFORD, Sept. 27.—Wind S.S.E. —Arrived—Ayrshire,
from Belize.

SUNDERLAND, Sept. 27.—Wind N.E. Arrived—
Kalima, from Quebec ; Summer, do.

(BY ELEOTRIO TELEGRAPH.)
SOUTHAMPTON, Friday Morning.

Wind E.

Arrived, Sept. 27—Thomas and John, from Waterford;
Duke of Cornwall, steamer, from London ; Courier, steamer,
from Jersey ; Triton, from Quebec ; Mechanics' Own, from
Newport.
Sailed—lndus, steamer, for Alexandria; Tagus, steamer,
for Lisbon ; Atalanta and Dispatch, steamers, for Jersey ;
Duke of Cornwall, steamer, for Dublin.

(BY SUBMARINE AND MAGNETIC TELEGRAPH.)
GRAVESEND, Friday Morning.
Wind E., weather cloudy, with rain.
Arrived, Sept. 27—Circassian, from Rotterdam ; Falcon,
from Foo-chow-Foo.
Arrived, Sept. 28—Star, from Marseilles.
Sailed, Sept. 28—Admirali Traveras, steamer, for Con-
stantinople ; Gibraltar, steamer, for Cadiz ; Black Swan, for
Melbourne ; Miles Standish, for New York.
DEAL, Friday Morning.
Wind N.E., light.

RIFLED CANNos.--7Mr. Lywall Thomas's rifled
cannon—the largest rifled weapon ever made—has been
tried with complete success this week at Shoeburyness.
This cannon weighs upwards of six tons, and fires a shot of
1741 b. weight, with a charge of powder of no less than a
quarter of a hundred-weight 1 We are unable to say what
range was attained, but, judging from the initial velmocuidtey ofa
the shot and its time of flight, it must have been enormously
great, and altogether unprecedented. The gun is
the Mersey pudclled steel by Mr. Clay, and stood the im-
mense strain brought upon it with perfect success, show-
ing no sign of weakness anywhere. The heaviest rifled
can-
non ever made prior to this of Mr. Thomas's is the Whit-
worth SO-pounder; but the weight of this is but 41 tons—
rfedtilferomnewa n7lleeadpcoannn.oTnhies
heaviestne a r tons—
nearly a
projectilethird
s ever before
et
fhoar
et
fired
Sir W. Armstron's 100 lb. shot from a cannon of consider-
ably less than four tons. It wiil be seen, therefore, that
another great advance has been made in the art of gun con-
struction, ann one which will bear seriously upoq the
,much-agitated question of iron-cased ships.--Hechanks'
Magazine.