The Sun.
London, England, 1822-10-24 00:00:00

MERCANTILE SHIPPING.

DEAL, OCT. 23.—Wind E.S.E.—Arrived and sailed for the
River the Ganges, from Madras and Bengal ; Rambler, Ulyer,
from the South Seas; Loyal Briton, Purtis from St. John's,
N. B. Arrived and remain the Grenada, Dick, from Chili for
Amsterdam ; and Canadian Packet, Ilodart, front Jamaica
the Loyal Briton sailed the 11th September, and left the follow-
ing vessels taking in cargoes, v. :—Stackton, Elizabeth,
Zodiac„Fairiteld,liebry, antLa
ior&Collitigwriod. Sailed this
,morning the whole -of the
.ouilpard-hound for their different
destinations, with a fine breeze frOth S.E.

Poit TS mOUT , Oct S. E. —A rri ved the
Laurel, Sphinx, from Virginia. • Sailed the Flora, for Charlstone ;
Lively, Hodgson, for Africa ; Marquis Hastings, Barclay, for
Madras and Calcutta ; Comely, New Orleans • John Shand,
Jamaica ; Lucy Dawson, Gregory, ditto ; Cyrus, Bilboa ;
Travellor, Maracaybo ; and his Majesty's ship Forte on a
cruize, and Iphegenia to the Eastward. ,-
FALAIOUTH' Ocr. 22.—Wind S.W.—Arrived the Surrey,
Raine, from London for New South Wales ; Lady Arabsla
packet, from Lisbon, in 10 days ; Friendship, M'lver, from:
Cuba, in 76 days.
LivERPOOL, OCT. 22.—Wind W.—The Hero, Hudion,'
from New Orleans for this place, was driven on shore the 20t1r.
inst. on Forlan Rock, near the Saltees, and it was feared the .•'•
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vessel would go to pieces.

Yesterday a Court of Directors was held at the East India
House, when Captain John Paterson was sworn into the coin_
wand of the ship Repulse, consigned to St. Helena, Bencoolen,
and China.

A vessel, the Honduras Packet, is about to sail with between
60 and 70 settlers for Poyais Land. They are composed of
families from Scotland, and who go out under the auspices of
Sir G. Macgregor. This will be the first vessel that sails direct
for that quarter.

The herring fishing is now about over. There
has been a considerable falling off in the take of herrings tl i >
year. According to the statements of experienced fish-curets,
there have not been quite two-thirds of the usual quantity taken
on the Caithness coast this season ; owing, it is supposed, to
the prevalence of strong easterly winds, when the fish we -e
spawning. The fishing season has already failed at Dunbar
and the opposite coast. The fishers have also met with littl.t
success in the West Highlands. In consequence, hers ings hay:
lately risen from 30s. to 325, and 345., and good wcst.c.ountt y
herrings are selling readily at 355. and 365. a barrel, wholesale.
—( Caledonian illereztry.
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During the last week several large shoals of
pilchards have made their appearance in St. lye's Bay, but did
not approach near enough to the shore for the seaners to inclose
them. Great quantities were caught on Tuesday night with
the drift nets ; some of the boats had as many as ten thousand
each. Amongst them are thousands of mackarel of a small size,
but of very fine quality.—(Cornwall Chronicle, Oct. 21.)
A Letter from Skye, of date the 12th instant,
says,—" We had the finest harvest weather in this island eve
remembered. The crop was most abundant, and is now almost
secured ; only a few stooks here and there to be seen out. This
tract of tine weather was, about a week ago, succeeded by gales of
W. and S. W. wind, accompanied by continual rains, and on the
opposite mainland hills, showers of snow. Last week, th
sloop Hope, of Larne, .'Cambridge, maser, timber laden,
from Christian Sound to Culrain, was cast away in the en-
trance of the Sound of Kyleakin. The crew and cargo are
saved. Disastrous accounts are in circulation of losses dur-
ing the late severe gales, which we fear are not• without
foundation, as many of the Baltic traders are about this
time returning home. The herrings have entirely deserted.
our coast this season ; many vessels fitted out for prosecuting
the fishing have returned home, with but a few lasts of her-
rings and we at present see no prospect of a winter fishing.
On Monday night a fine male child, apparent-
ly not more than six or seven weeks old, was observed by the
passengers lying near the iron gates in Connaught-place,
Uxbridge-mat:. The deserted infant was dressed in an
old lilac bed-gown, and had a cap on its head. It was
wrapped in an old piece of flannel. A female of very youthful
appearance, was observed, a few minutes before, near the spot,
in a stooping position, and no doubt she was the unnatural
mother. The child now remains in Paddington workhouse.
ANCIENT HELMET AND CREST.—in Nether,
bury Church, in this county (Dorset), is an ancient steel helmit,
with its crest, which is a falcon. Although many ancient mo-
numents in this country have the original helmet of the deceased
warrior as an appendage; yet this is, we believe, th only in..
stance of the crest surmounting the helmet as when worn by the
Knight. The most complete collection of ancient armour ever
seen in this country was that exhibited a few years since at the
Gothic • Hall, Pall-mall ; but even that collection could not
boast of a helmet with its crest remaining. From this it should
seem that the helmet in question must be a great curiosity. It
appoars to have belonged to the mutilated tomb of a Kniol t
in the same Church, though certainly not now in its primitive
situation. The account given of it by the parish clerk is too
marvellous to be either believed or repeated.--(Dorchester
Gazette.)