The Sun.
London, England, 1856-09-01 00:00:00

LLOYD'S SHIPPING.—(This Day.)

LONDON, Sept. I.—Wind this day at noon, W. ;
light breeze and fine.
PORTSMOUTH, Aug. 31.—Wind W.S.W.—Arrived—
Queen, from London, for Madras and Calcutta ; Clyde
(s. tpt.), Jersey. Sailed—North Britain, Quebec.
PLYMOUTH, Aug. 29.—Wind W.S.W.—Arrived—Abby
Blanchard, from Matanzas. 31. Wind S.W.—Sailed—
Anglesea' for Australia ; Espindola, Shediac ; Severn,
Portland Bay ; Wave of Life, Sydney, N.S.W.
FALMOUTH, Aug. 31.—Wind N.N. W.—Arrived—Ches-
terfield, from Rio Grande.

COWES, Sept. 31.---Wind W.—Arrived—Josiah Quin
coy, from Havana.

(PER ELECTRIC TELEGRAPH.)

SOUTHAMPTON, Monday Morning.
Arrived -Oak, from Sunderland; Anne, Newport.
Sailed—Matilda, for Constantinople; Caledonian, Sun-
derlAnd ; Purveyor, Portland ; John Daniel, Cardiff;
Edith and Two Sisters, Llanelly.
LIVERPOOL, Monday Morning.
Wind S.W.

Arrived—Messrs. Kimball, from New York; Clarissa
Currier, St. John's, N.B. ; Agram, Iceland; Providence,
Casabianca; Cintra, Lisbon; Emma, Iteigkjaien ; Wil-
liam, Havre.

Sailed—Atlantic, for Belize.

Wind W. QUEENSTOWN, Aug. 3).
Arrived—Palermo, from Parsborough.
WATERFORD, Aug. 30.
Wind S.W.
Arrived—Juno, from Odessa ; Queen and TrieLtino,
Trieste.

(BY SUBMARINE A.ND BRITISH IrELIGRAPTIO
GRAVESEND. Monday, 10.15 a.m.
Wind W., tide 1 hour's flood ; weather fine.
Arrived—Ravensbourne, steamer, from Antwerp.
Sailed, Aug. 31—Triton, steamer, for Calais; Planet,
Jamaica.

DEAL, Monday, 9.57 A.M.

Wind N.W. ;
Passed in tow—President Filmore,'and Christiania, from
New York, for London.

Passed—:Jane and Catharine, from London, for
Santander; American Congress, from London, for Now
York ; Sommereen, from London, for Lisbon; Trinity,
schooner, from the north, for the west.
Anchored—Dolphin, from London, for Swan river.

COMMUTATION OF SENTENCE OF DEATH.—The sentence
of death passed upon Andrew Bracken, at tne last Li-
verpool Assizes, for the murder of a man named Bales,
has been commuted to tra,,sportation for life. The pri-
soner, who was in a state of frenzy from intoxication, at-
tacked the deceased, whom he casually encountered, in
a violent but unpremeditated manner, and inflicted upon
him, by kicking him upon the head, injuries of so serious
a character as to result in death.

THE BELGIAN TRANSATLANTIC MAIL STEAMERS.—
SOUTHAMPTON, Aug. 30. —The steam-ship Belgique,
Capt. Tack, belonging to the Belgian Transatlantic
Steam Navigation Company, sailed to-day for Antwerp.
This steamer, it will be recollected, put back to South.
ampton from an attempted voyage to New York in
January last, and has ever since been under repairs at
this port. She is now pronounced to be in a sound and
seaworthy condition. An examination into the state of
the vessel proved her to be more extensively faulty than
was even at first reported, the defect being in the pri-
mary construction of the ship. The repairs that have
been effected here by Messrs. Summers and Day have
been of the most extensive and costly nature. The
caulking of the iron plates and the riveting had to be
renewed almost throughout the entire ship. Two new
pistons and cylinder.covers, with new bilge pumps and
pipes and a pumping engine, have been fitted to the ma-
chinery. A new three-bladed screw propeller, and stern
pipe, with new screw shaft and couplings, have been
added. The boilers have been s'.rengthened by addi-
tional stays. The iron lower masts of the ship have been
lited out and strengthened. The hull has been strength-
ened by stringer plates, and many improvements made
both in the ship and machinery under the superin-
tendence of Mr. Jobling, the surveyor of Lloyds at this
port. At a trial trip in Stokes Bay, on Thursday last,
the Belgique attained a speed of 10.192 knots, the en-
gines working with great smoothness and efficiency.
We understand, after her arrival in Antwerp, the Bel-
gique will be placed upon the Antwerp and New York
route, to be followed by three or four other ships of a
similar class—viz., of 2,250 tons burden, and 300 horse
power. The whole of these steamers, immediately after
the disasters which happened to the Belgique, were
withdrawn from the proposed line, and were placed
under a course of repair s!milar to that adopted in the
case of this steamer. It is proper to add that this large
fleet of iron steamships were not of English build, but
were constructed in Belgium and Holland ; and to this
fact, and the presumed inexperience of the foreign
builders in constructing large iron ocean steamships, the
misfortunes of the company have been attributed by
English professional engineers. Should the ships uncleer
their new conditions of efficiency-prove successful in their
passages, there is no doubt that a good traffic in passer),
gers and freight will be secured at Antwerp, where the
want of a direct communication between that part of the
continent and the United States of America has long
been felt.

OPENING OF THE ADDERLEY-PARK, NEAR BIRMINGHAM.
—Oa Saturday the land recently appropriated by Mr.
Adderley, M.P., in the neighbourhood of Saltley, as a
" people's pa:-k," was, for the first time, thrown open for
that purpose, when the occasion was celebrated by a
dinner and other becoming festivities. At 1 o'clock the
prov'sional committee of management assembled at the
market-hall in Belmont-row, and, accompanied by some
thousands of artisans, and headed by a band of music,
proceeded to inaugurate the park. In the procession
were Lord Lyttelton, Mr. Adderly, M.P. ; Mr.
C. H. Bracebriclge, Mr. Hodgson, the Mayor of Bir-
mingham, Mr. J. Walsh, numerous members of the
corporation of the borough, the Coleshill troop of Yeo•
weary, of which Mr. Adderley is the captain, and a
host of respectable gentlemen residing in the neigh-
b oirhood. The park, which is pleasantly situated con-
tiguous to the Saltley Training College, and about two
' miles from the centre of Birmingham, was fitted up with
capacious tents for dining, concert, dancing, &c. At the
dinner Mr. Adderley, presided, having as his im-
mediate supporters the Hon. Misses Leigh, the Mayor
of Birmingham, Lord Lyttelton, Mr. Bracebridge, Mr.
J. W. Whateley, Mr. Wright, Mr. C. Ratcliffe, Mr.
Marshall, Mr. Walsh, and other well-known friends of
the working classes. Mr. Adderley explained that his
sole object in giving the park was to bestow on the work-
ing classes a healthy locality in which they and their
families might enjoy the benefits of fresh air and exer-
cise. The affairs of the park, he observed, were now
managed by a committee of operatives, but so soon as a
sufficient number of subscribers was obtained to defray
the small amount of annual expenses which would be
necessarily incurred a committee from among the sub-
scribers would be appointed, and he would then con-
vey over the land in perpetuity upon a mere nominal
rental. The bon. gentleman was loudly cheered in the
course of his observations. After dinner the cricket-
ground, the dancing-tent, and the concert afforded ample
amusement for the people, who enjoyed a very agreeable
afternoon, the greatest decorum having prevailed
throughout,