The Sun.
London, England, 1858-09-08 00:00:00

THIS DAY'S SHIPPING.

LONDON, Sept. B.—Wind this day at noon, N.W.;
light breeze, and fine.
COWES, Sept. 7.—Wind S.S.W.--Arrived—Atlantic,
from Callao.
SOUTHAMPTON, Sept. B.—Arrived—lndus (a.), from
Alexandria.
PLYMOUTH, Sept. 7.—Wind W.S.W.—Arrived—
Onward,...fw Monte Video ; Ascension, from Havannah
for FalmOitels ; Norman (ss), from Southampton for Cape
of Good Hope.
TORBAY, Sept. 6.—Arrived—Wind S.W.—Lotus, from
,Porto Rico.
OFF PLYMOUTH, Sept 6.—Arrived—Huguemont, from
Melbourne.
PILL, Sept. 7.—Wind W.—Sailed—Agamerauon, for
Charleston.
BRISTOL, Sept. 7.—Wind W a7e,
from Montreal.
CARDIFF, Sept. 7.—Wind W.—Sailed—Sidon, for Monte
Video.

(BY ELECTRIC TELEGRAPH )
SOUTHAMPTON, Wednesday Morring.

Wind W.
Arrived—Northern Light, steamer, from Bremen, and
sails to-day for New York ; Indus, steamer, from Alexan-
dria ; Foyle, steamer, from Dublin.
Sailed—Atalanta, steamer, for Jersey ; Foyle, steamer,
for London ; Tagur, steamer, for Gibraltar ; L'Etoile, for
Carentan.

LIVERPOOL, Wednesday Morning.

Wind N.N.W.
Arrived, Sept. 7—Fanny, from Old Calabar • America,
Bonny ; Jane Morice, Port Natal ; Village Girl, Surinam.
Arrived, Sept. B—William Owens, Benin; Anne Marie,
Seville.
Off—Balbec, screw steamer; Tamaulipas, screw steamer;
and Francis.
Sailed, Sept. 7—Apollo, for Newfoundland ; Loochristie,
Ghent, Vitruvius, Dalhousie.
Sailed, Sept. B—Ellen Stuart, for Melbourne.

(BY SUBMARINE AND BRITISH TELEGRAPH.)
GRAVESEND, Wednesday Morning.
Wind W. ; tide first hours' flood ; weather fine.
Arrived Sept. 7—Britannia, from Savanna;, Princess
Louisa, Quebec.
Arrived, Sept. 6—Lady Head, from Archangel ; Emma,
Guernsey ; Perseverance, Midemak.
Sailed, Sept. B—Lord John Russell, steamer, from Dun-
kirk; Ranger, St. Petersburg; Sir Edward Banks, Calais.
DEAL, Wednesday Morning.

Wind, W.N.W. - light.
Passed, Sept. B—Gambia,8—Gambia, from Kooria, for Leith ;
H.M.S. Rhadamanthus, from the Westward for the River,
towing Leader (schooner), with which vessel she has been
in collision, which has been damaged with loss of boom;
Leader (schooner), of Plymouth, from the Westward to the
North, in tow, as above stated.
Anchored, Sept. B—Dia Feliza, from London, for Bor.
deaux ; Eliza Robinson, Shields, Ferioni.

THIS DAY'S MARKETS.

An Admiralty order has arrived at Sheerness to
dismantle and dismast the flag ship Waterloo, pre-
paratory to her being taker,. into No. 2 dry dock,
there to be cut down to a two-decker, andconverted
into a screw line-of-battle ship with two decks, each
to carry guns of the largest calibre.
The Commander-in-Chief at Sheerness, on the
6th inst., inspected the Colossus, 80 guns, the Royal
George, 102 guns, the Emerald, 51 guns, and the
Scout, 21 guns, all advanced screw steamships, an
Admiralty order having been received to report
what time would be required to get them ready for
.foreign service.

The new screw steamship Hero was taken into
the basin at Sheerness yesterday, and put into No.
1 dry dock for the purpose of being coppered, and
of being brought forward ready for commission.
The new screw steam corvette Clio, recently
launched at Sheerness, and now in the fitting basin
under the factory sheers, has nearly all her heavy
machinery put on board by the contractors, Her
engines are of 400-horse power (nominal), but are
so constructed that they may be worked up to
1,200-horse power.
The new screw line-of-battle ship Mars remains
in the basin at Sheerness, under fitment, to bring
her forward as an advanced ship ready for com-
mission.

The Admiralty have ordered the Goodwin to be
broken up in No. 5 dry dock at Sheerness. The
Griper gunboat remains in No. 4 dry dock at
Sheerness under repairs.
The new boat house and anchor wharf at Sheer-
ness, in the North Basin, now being
.erected by
Messrs. Kirk and Parry, will soon be available for
use.

The Victor Emmanuel, 91, screw, Capt. Willcox,
C. 8., made a trial of her speed in Stokes' Bay yes-
terday.
The Archer,. 13, screw sloop, Captain John
Sanderson, came into Portsmouth harbour yester-
day afternoon to make good some repairs in her
engine department.
The Queen Charlotte, 104, • was brought down
alongside the dockyard at Portsmouth yesterday, to
be jury rigged and to be taken round to Sheerness,
to take the place of the Waterloo, the flag ship.
The Ithadamanthus, 4, steam storeship, Master
ComMander Brown, sailed fi om Portsmouth yes-
terday morning for Woolwich.
The Hero, 91, screw steamer, is ordered to be
taken into dock at Sheerness to e fitted for the 3d
division of the steam reserve, instead of being sent
to Chatham. ^s previouly ordered. All the guns,
stores, and machinery provided for her at Chatham
dockyard are to be forwarded to Sheerness.
The paddlewheel steamer Adder, Mr. Maugham,
acting second-master, in charge, has returned to
Chatham with a part of the seamen and riggers em-
ployed in navigating the screw frigate Mersey, 40,
from Chatham to Portsmouth. The remainder of
the men employed on board the Mersey were sent
round to Gravesend in the Osborne steam yacht, and
arrived at the dockyard yesterday.
The lincLof-battle screw steamer Hood, 91, build-
ing at Chatham, has ten gangs of shipwrights
placed. on board, orders having been received from
the Admiralty for this steamer to be completed
with all despatch, so as to be launched before the
close of the present year.
The line-of-battle sailing ship Trafalgar, 120,
which is being converted into a screw steamer at
Chatham, is to be supplied with machinery of 1,000-
horse power, and is ordered to be completed by the
end of March next.
The Duck freight ship, Weald master, has left
El Chatham for Woolwich, where she will take in
naval stores for Devonport dockyard.
The screw steam frigate Euryalus, 51, Captain
J. W. Tarleton, from the eastward, arrived in Ply-.
mouth Sound on Monday afternoon.
Yesterday being the birthday of the Emperor of
Russia, and the Russian screw corvette Bazan,
lying at Spithead, with the Russian standard at
the main, the. squadron in Portsmouth harbour,
dressed ship at noon and saluted the Russian ensign
with 21 guns.
The following appointments were made yester-
day at the Admiralty :
J. T. Jenkins, surgeon, to the Cumberland ; C.
H. C. Langdon, Master's-Assistant, to the Virago ;
F. A. Medwin, Master's-Assistant, to the Renown ;
R. Towers, Master's-Assistant, to the Royal
Albert ; E. H. S. Bray, Master's-Assistant, to
the Cumberland ; B. V. C. L. Pratt, Master's-
Assistant, to the Victor Emmanuel ; T. F. Martin,
Master's-Assistant, to the Indus ; D. M. Browne
and H. G. Words, Masters' Assistants, to the Bos-
cawen ; W. Parker, J. R. W. Quin, W. Scrivcn,
and A. Thomas, Masters' Assistants, to the Impreg-
nable; and H. T. Gimson, Master's Assistant, to the
Archer.