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
misty rain, which eentinii.3 .11 "I.r
21st.—NV ma very fine until 4 p.m.; changed to S. `V. ;
anirumense halo round the sun ; rained all night from 12

o'clock.
211.—Wind N.W., very fine.
23d.—N.W. in tho 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 fine.
27th.—The wind N.E., fresh and cool.

WIND AND WEATHER REPORT.

THITRSDIY,
Inverness, N. ; fine
Aberdeen, N. ; fine and cold
Dundee, W. ; hazy.
Edinburgh, N.N.E.; dull
Berwick, N.E. ; fine
Newcastle-on-Tyne, N.E.;
cloudy
llartlepool, S.E. ; cloudy
York, N. W. ; fine
Hull, E.; rain
Derby, N.E.; fine
Peterborough, S.W.; foggy
Yarmouth, S.E. ; fine
llarwich, 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.E. ; fine
Holyhead, E.S.E. ; fresh
gale and rain
Liverpool, E. ; rain
Whitehaven, N.E. ;" fine
Glasgow, S.W. ; foggy
I H T.

Inverness, S.E. ; dull
Aberdeen, N. ; fine
Dundee, calm ; fine
Edinburgh,N.N.E.; showery
Berwick, N.E. ; fine
Newcastle-on-Tyne, N.W. ;

Cardiff, E.N.E. ; cloudy and
windy
Holyhead, E.S.E. ; froth
breeze and cold
Livercool, 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

fine
York, S.W. ; up to noon very
wet ; since dull, but not wet
Hull ; fine, after much rain
Derby, S.S.W. ; fine
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. ; fine
Falmouth, N. ; light and fine
Bristol, S.E. ; fine
Milford Haven, S.W.; fine

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.E. ; fine
Guernsey, E.; windy and
cold
Hertford, S.; cloudy

TIIIS DAY'S SHIPPING.

LONDON, Sept. 2S. —• Wind this day at noon, N.
strong breeze, with rain.

FALMOUTH, Sept. 2S.—Arrived—Elizabeth Jane, from
Hull for Naples, to stop a leak.

CLYDE, Sept. Geegoria, for Demerara,
Dicky Sam, for Jamaica.

DUBLIN, Sept. 2G.—Arrived—Eugenie, from Quebec.
LIVERPOOL, Sept. 28.—The Regalia (screw steamer) of
Almwich, is a complete wreck at the entrance of Almwich
Harbour—crow saved.

OFF PORTSMOUTH, Sept. 27.—Wind S.S.E. to S.—
Arrived—Dovor Castle, from Melbourne, with 67,000 ozs.
of gold ; Isea, from Hartlepool for Kurrachee.
MILFO up, Sept. 27.—Wind S. S.E —Arrivel—Ayrshire,
from Belize.

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

(BY ELECTRIC TELEGRAPH.)
SOUTHAMPTON, Friday Morning.

Wind E.

Arrived, Sept. 27—Thomas and John, from Waterford ;
Duke of Cornwall, steamer, from London ; Courier, steamer,
from Jerscy ; 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, stealer, for Dublin.

(Ey 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—Admiral Traveras, steamer, for Con-
stantinople ; Gibraltar, steamer, for Cadiz ; Black Swan, for
Melbourne ; Miles Standish, for Now York.
Friday Morning,
Wind N.E.,

---
RIFLED CANNON.—Mr. Lyn2ll Thomas's rifled
cannon—the largest rifled weepon 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 I We are unable to say what
range was attained, but, judging from the initial velocity of
the shot and its timcof flight, it must have been enormously
great, and altogether unprecedented. The gun is made of
the Mersey puddled steel by Mr. Clay, and stood the
im-
mense strain brought upon it with perfect success, show-
ing no sign of weakness anywhor?. The heaviest rifled can-
non ever made prior to this of Mr. Thomas's is the Whit-
worth 80-pounder ; but the weight of this is but 4 tons—
nearly a third less than that of the new weapon. The
heaviest projectile ever before fired from a rifled cannon is
Sir W. Aruistron's 1001 b. shot from a cannon of consider-
ably less than four tons. It will be seen, therefore, that
another great advance has been made in the art of gun con-
struction, ann due which will bear seriously upon the
much-agitated enestiou of iron-cased PLiPS,-4/Cchq/lIVI