The Sun.
London, England, 1844-06-20 00:00:00

LLOYD'S SHIPPING.

LONDON, JUNE 19.—Wind this day at noon, light south-
easterly breeze. It rained hard from sto 7i A.M.
DEAL, JUNE 18.—Wind, A.M., light and various;
N.E., light—Sld. Gode, Venvaching, Batavia.
PORTSMOUTH, JUNE 18.—Wind S.S.E. to W.—Arrd. her
Majesty's ship Apollo, Quebec.
SormAsirrox, JUNE 18.—S1d. Tweed (st.) West Indies.
POOLE, JUNE 18.—S1d. John, Thompson, Quebec.
FALMOUTH, JUNE 18.—Wind variable and light.—Sid.
Comet, Ichaboe.
WATERFORD, JUNE 16.—S1d. Harmony and Velocity, St.
John's, New Brunswick.
BALLINA, JUNE 17.—The Stormont, of Perth, hence to
London, in putting to sea yesterday, struck en a spit of sand,
thumped heavily, made much water, and is now breaking up ;
cargo not expected to be saved.
TRALEE, JUNE 16.—The Palmyra, of and for London, in
coming to the quay, got on some rocks, and remained some
time.
SHIELDS, JUNE 16.—S1d. Goshawk, Bordeaux and Mau-
ritius.
Conic, JuNE 10.—Arrd. South Esk, St. John's. Sld.
Kangaroo, Quebec.
LwEErooL, JUNE 18.—Wind light.—Sld. Geo.
Bucknam, China; Orpheus, Batavia; Jessie, Miller, Calcutta;
Pickwick, Lima ; Garrow, Ichaboe ; Prout, Buenos Avres ;
Rapido, Ilavannah ; Eliza, Virginia ; Monmouth, Phili-
delphia ; Margaret, St. John's, New Brunswick ; Ben Nevis,
Quebec; Robert Benn, Bombay. Off, Susquehanna, Phila-
delphia; Robert Burns. The Ritson, bound to Maryport,
carried away mainmast, &c., by getting in contact with a
ship at anchor in the river.
CLYDF„—Acrd. Clydesdale, Campbell, Antigua ; Hallyard,
Trinidad.

DUBLIN, JUNE I6.—Arrd. Indian Queen, Incker, Barba-
does; St. Martin, Vaughan, St. John's, New Brunswick.
WATERFORD, JUNE Is.—Russia, Lane, New York.
NEWRY, Jul*: I7.—Arrd. Abeona, St. John* New
Brunswick.

SUNDERLAND, JUNE 17.—S1d. Hawthorn, Bathurst.
HULL, Juxs 17.—Arrd. Hildebaran, St. John's, New
Brunswick; Majestic, New Orleans.

LAUNCH or THE GIPSET QUEEN.—On Monday,
at high water, the launch of the Gipsey Queen steam-ship,
from the yard of Messrs. Samuda Brothers, of Blackwall,
her builders, took place. The usual interest excited on
those occasions, was, in this instance, increased by the fact
of the vessel being the largest iron steamer that has hitherto
been launched in the river Thames. The following are a few
of her leading dimensions and particulars :—Length from
figure-head to taffrail, 197 feet 6 inches ; between perpen-
diculars, 175 feet ; breadth between paddle-boxes, 24
feet ; burthen, 495 tons. She is to be fitted up with a
pair of Messrs. Samuda's patent engines, which have been
constructed by them at their factory at Southwark.
They are of the combined power of 240 horses, and their en-
tire weight, including boilers (which are tubular), water,
and paddle-wheels, is only 87 tons. The steam cylinders are
placed fore and aft, directly over the keel, and the two en-
gines are in one frame work, so that all strain to any part of
the ship is avoided. Her great rise of floor, very fine lines,
and model generally, were greatly admired by the assembled
company, amongst whom were many scientific and practical
men. Her build seems calculated to combine the advantages
of a good cargo boat, and at the same time she promises to
be a very fast ship. She has been built for the Waterford
Steam-packet Company, and is intended to sail regularly
between the port of London and the city of Waterford.
After the launch, an excellent cold collation was given by
the builders to a distinguished party of visitors at the Bruns-
wick Tavern.
A WEST INDIAMAN.—A novel specimen of what
may be safely navigated across the wide Atlantic arrived in
the St. Katherine's Dock on Tuesday. The vessel is only 41
tons burthen, and has come from Bermuda with a cargo in
the short space of 31 days. She is built of cedar, and when
closely examined, is evidently of amazing strength, consider-
ing the size, for she is in appearance actually more like one
of the small steamers which ply between the bridges on the
river, than a ship capable of journeying a voyage from
the West Indies. She has not the appearance of half the
strength of one of the small Mediterranean fruit vessels, the
sides are not raised more than a foot from the deck, having
a hand-rail about a foot higher, and the stern part of the
deck quite fiat and open, after the manner of some of the
small steam-boats on the Thames. She is manned entirely
by blacks, was built at Bermuda, has not the slightest vestige
of paint or ornament, and her cargo consists almost entirely
of arrowroot. Altogether this lilliputian vessel is quite a
curiosity, and is exciting a treat deal of attention.
The railway communication between London and
Newcastle (303 miles) was travelled throughout, for the first
time, yesterday, by a deputation of the London and Bir-
mingham Railway Directors, headed by Mr. Glyn, their
chairman, who started from Euston-square about five o'clock,
after an early breakfast.
SOUTH SHIELDS.—During the last week or two a
" sensation" has been created in the Long-row, by the simul •
taneous disappearance of a currier, and the landlady of a
public-house, from that street, and, by what can be traced,
they are en route for America. On the day before leaving
the town, the landlady managed to lay black-mail on the
most of her friends, and ease the box of a fund, held at her
house, of some 15t., and on that account has left behind a
host of lamenting friends. The currier has left a sickly wife
and five children, almost destitutc—Tyne ittercuiy.