The Sun.
London, England, 1842-05-17 00:00:00

although the firing was very good, considering the ob-
structions by vessels passing on the river, it was re-
solved to fire the red-hot shot 32-pounders at a range
of 800 yards. The first of these entered at the bottom
of the coal-box nearly perpendicular with the bull's-eye,
and set fire to the wood-work, which continued to burn
slowly along with the ignited coals.
The second red-hot shot entered about three feet from
the bull's oye, and so lodged amongst the coals, that it
was fully a quarter of an hour before the smoke of the
ignited coals could make its way through the hole where
the shot entered, and at the top of the box, but it after-
wards rapidly gained an ascendancy, and would have;
consumed the whole had not the fire been put out by as
party of men with the fire engine. The experithents
concluded by firing an eight-inch shell from a battery at.
a distance of 950 yards, and it struck in a horizontal!
line with the bull's eye, tearing the eastern side of the-
coal-box, and exploding when it reached the back part
of the box, scattering the coals, fragments of shell, and
wood, to a considerable distance

LLOYD'S SHIPPING.
LOEDON, MAY 16.—Wind this day at noon, N. to N.E.
DEAL, MAY 14.—N.W. to N.E. light.-15, N. 8., mo-
derate.—Arrd. Horn, Shields, and sld. for Havanna
Arrd. from the River and sld.,Buteshire, Calcutta; Duke.
of Wellington, Calcutta; Nelson, New Zealand ; Belfast,.
St. Vincent ; Ocean Queen, Cape.
PORTSMOUTH, MAY 14.—Wind, N.W. to 8.-15„
S.S.E.—SId. 11.M.5. Comus, eastward; ditto Resistance,
Quebec. Arrd. cam, Westminster, Moore, New York.
COWES, MAY 14.—Arrd. Swiss Boy, Blaiseuse, Ma-
tanzas. The Actress, from Youghall, which was ashore.
on the Shingles, is in the harbour, with apparently very
little damage, but leaky.
SOUTHAMPTON, MAY 25.—Arrd. Braganza (steamer)
Gibraltar ; left Ist inst., Cadiz 6th, Lisbon 9th, Oporto
10th, and Vigo 11th ; Sailed Liverpool (steamer), Gib-
raltar.

FALMOUTH, MAY 13.—Wind S.W. to S. light breezes..
14th. S. to S.E., ditto.—Arrd. Arethusa, Tuckey, Aux_
Cayes, sailed 3d nit. ; Esperance, Odessa,, Arrd. af,
Picciola, Port-au-Prince, for Hamburgh.
LIVERPOOL, MAY 14. —Wind S.W., I igh t. 13, R.N. E.,.
moderate.—Arrd. Parker, Resieu, Demerara and Barba-.
does, sailed 16th ult.; Mobile, St. Domingo ; Ulster, Ma—
racaibo ; Tyne Jamaica ; Challenger, Laguayra ; Sylva—
nus, Jenkins ; Seymour and Hermann, Allen, Mobile;;
Rose, Tucker, and Robert Isaac, Apalachicola ;
Morgan ; Olive Branch,Dyer,and Ellen,Brooks, Savannah ;,
Siddons, New York. Sailed, Prince Dean,Valparaiso; Cora, ,
Pernambuco ; Mary Ellen, Barbadoes ; Denison, An-
tigua; Susquehannah, Philadelphia; Chatham, St, John's,.
New Brunswick; Chronianeter, Montreal; Clutha, New-.
foundland ; Espindola„ Sobieski, New Orleans ; ROSCILL•R
and New York, New York. Arrived off, Chaos, Nc,sw
Orleans ; Helen,. Mobile ; Britannia steamer, Bosun.
and Halifax.

CLYDE, MAY 13.—S1d. Jane, New York; Rainbow.
Montreal.
DUBLIN, MAY 13.—Arrd. Jonathan Fell, Tale Tri-
nidad. Sid. Trial, St. John's. ,

KINGSTOWN, MAY 14.—Arrd. Santos, Liverpool, for
Valparaiso.

CORK, MAY 12.—Arrd. Glenlyon, Ancona. Sid. Lord
Ramsey, New York ; Eliza Ann, St. John's.
STROMNESS. MAY 9.—The Brooke, Stirling, from:
Alloa to St. Thomas, has put in here with loss of top -
masts in a gale off Bona yesterday, and after having
touched the ground in Hoy Sound.
. BRISTOL, MAY 15.—S1d. Nestor, Africa ; Feliza, Tri-
nidad ; Fanny, Barbadoes.
NEWPORT, MAY 15.—The Leda, Tope, fell over on her
broadside this morning, carried away topmast, &c., but.
is expected to be righted next tide.

SAVANSEA, MAY 14.—Arrd.Cireassian, Cuba.
RAMSGATE, MAY 15.—Arrd. Blyth, Sunderland, and
sailed to the westward, after being on shore on the
Goodwin Sands.

OFF TEIGNMOUTILMAY 14.—Eliza Keith, -New Orleans,
and sailed for Hull, after being supplied with provisions.
PLYMOUTH, MAY 15.—Wind N.W.---Arrd. Eliza,
Vandebrot, Sierra, Leona. Sld. Cosmopolite and Pris-
cilla, Quebec. Arrd. off, Lady Rounce, 13arbadoes.
PETERHEAD, MAY 12.—The schooner Enterprise, of
this port (wine laden) caught fire this morning, and burned
to the water's edge—part of the materials saved.
BERWICK, MAY 14.—The schooner Tid, from Stettin
to Shields, with wheat, with loss of foremast, sails, &c.,
off the Naze of Norway.
NOTICE TO MARINERS.

A circular is posted at Lloyd's, containing instruc-
tions for entering Table Bay by night, on the plan con •
strutted on the observations made by her Majesty's ship
Leven.