The Sun.
London, England, 1825-10-22 00:00:00

MERCANTILE SHIPPING.

DEAL, OCT. 21.—1 t has blown hard all day from the N.W.,
and most of the ships in the Downs are riding by with their
second anchors. Arrived the Gates, Hudson, from St. John's,
N. B.; and Venus, Roberts, from Memel, each been supplied
with anchor and cable. Arrived from the River and remain the
Bredalbane, Burgon, for Jamaica, and the Sandwich, Adland,
for Grenada. The Tally Ho, and an American ship with the
letter "X" on her foretop-sail, passed this afternoon. The
brig Sarah, of Wexford, passed to the westward with loss of
anchors.
PORTSMOUTH, OCT. 21.—Wind N.—Sailed the Planet,
Barclay, for Lasuayra ; Rising Sun, Baker, for Cape Coast
Castle ' • Apollo, Blyth, for Berbice ; Wm. Manning, Smith,
for St. Kitt's • Sovereign transport for Cork ; Kanes ditto for
the Isle of iralue ; Thetis ditto for South America; and his
Majesty's ship Pyramus for Vera Cruz. Remain the Prince
Regent for Van Diemen's Land ; Ann, for the South Seas ;
Tropic for Barbadoes ; Snepherd for Neves, and some coasters.
PLYMOUTH, OCT. 20.—Wind S.W. to N., blowing hard.
—Arrived the Nepos, Foster, from London for the Cape of
Good Hope. Put back the Sappho, Smith, for St. John's N.B.
leaky. Sailed the Enterprise for Vigo.
FALMOUTH, OCT. 20.—1 t has continued incessantly since
we last wrote, yesterday 2 r.se., to blow tremendously ; the
wind shifted at five this morning from W.N. W. to N.N.E.,
and is now (2 r.st.) about N.—We have as yet heard of ens
damage. The squalls are as heavy as we have experienced for
some years. Arrived some coasters.
SHEERNESS, OCT. 21.—Arrived the London, Hudson, with
loss of anchors and cables; Thetis, Newham, loss of anchors
and cables, and boats ; Jupiter, 'Wiseman, loss of anchor and
cable; Betsey, Dooter, ditto; and Kitty, ditto.

The Manley, Sayers, from London to Barbadoes, put into
Whitstable rather leaky, and with loss of anchor and cable.;
also, the Ann Elizabeth, from Lynn to London, very leaky,
and cargo much damaged.
The Rochester, Laing, from Shields to London, was lost on
the Corson Sand on Wednesday.
The Mary, --, from Liverpool to Bristol, was bilged at
Holyhead on Wednesday.

The General Steam Navigation Company's vessel, the
" Hylton .lolliffe " arrived last night from Hamburgh, after a
passage of five days and six nights, during a continued gale,
or rather hurricane, from the W.N.W. and N.W. points, the
force of her engines fortunately enabling her to keep on het.
course. She observed several brigs at about mid-channel under
close-reefed main-topsails; and last night a ship and a brig
were riding in the Lower Swin with signals of distress flying.
The Hylton Jollitfe encountered violent hail-storms on Tues-
day and Wednesday nights, and on the latter especially, when
the hail-stones were of the size of common marbles.

The KING has admitted to a private audience,
Mr. HusiussoN, President of the Board of Trade
in England. This audience lasted an hour and
three quarters.—(Consfiltitionnel of Tuesday.)
On Tuesday a French corvette arrived in Leith
Roads for the purpose of conveying the body of
Madame GRASIMONT to France. It is also to
take one of Mr. MORTON'S slips for vessels, which
has been purchased by the French Government.
Yesterday the William Gall brig, Capt. Lori.,
cleared out for Falmouth and Port.au.Prince,_
having on board implements, &c., for working
the gold and silver mines granted by the Presi7
dent Boyer to the llaytian Company. She pro.
ce,,ds from the River to Falmouth, where she
takes in two captains of the mines, an assayer of
metals, and a gang of miners.
KEIGHLEY, Ocr. 17.—The demand for wor.
sted stuffs is still on the decline. Pieces are from 3s. to 4s.
each lower than they were two months ago. Some of the
principal manufacturers in this town have wrought up their,
wool, and their embers are now out. of employ until such -
time as wool can be bought, so as to leave a fair profit to the
manufacturer : how long the trade may continue in this state
is uncertain, but its effects are already seriously telt in this
neighbourhood.

R ATNER THE COMEDIAN.--This
distin-
guished actor, we understand, was among the
losers at the last Doncaster races. Betting and
playing during the week was, of course, the or-
der of the night as well as the day ; and Mr.
RAYNER deeming the latter not out of his line,
engaged one evening with a company of spirited
performers in one of the theatres, where boxes
were in much request by noted persons. The
character he sustained in the piece, which was
Fortune's Frolic, obliged him to take out his
pocket-book soon after he commenced playing,
and transfer a small portion of its contents to
the gentleman filling the opposite part.- The in-
terest of the scene speedily increased, and• it
again came to Mr. Rayner's turn to dta4.—
But, as ill luck would have it, lie found that
the necessary attribute of his dress for that
purpose had vanished under the magic influ-
ence of some •f the property-men of the corps.
Such an important and unexpected deficiency -
immediately tamed the tables, and intro-
duced a general search of the wardrobes of
the company. None of the dramatis persona
had left the stage from the moment of Mr. RAY
NER'S entre, save a celebrated actor, who 31)1-
peared as an innkeeper on the London road, and
with whom it would have been out of character
to have performed in a suspected line of business.
Among the ether members of the Green-room,
however, no vestige of the stray property could
be found, but upon one was discovered a " flash
note." This had nearly occasioned a striking,.
situation—the bustle of the Piece thickened, and
the icence terminated by a w atchman entering and
leading off the doubtful gentleman to a NIA.;
gistrate's. The next Act discovered the two
characters violently struggling in the street, froir.,
whence the scene suddenly changed Co a watai4,,
house, when the curtain dropt, never since tis'
rise upon the fate of Mr. RAYN ER's pocket-boiski,
Such is the story related by our " Reporter."—.
(Leeds Intelligences-)
CLIMBING BEHIND A Co ACH.—As John
a servant in the employ of Mr. George Winch,
proprietor of the stage-coach which runs from'
Laleham to London, was returning up a lane at. •
Laleham from the Thames, where he had taken
the coach, drawn by one horse, to be washed,
about one o'clock in the afternoon of Sun-
day last, two girls, named Roach, sisters, one_
about twelve and the other about four years of
age, followed the coach, and the eldest caught
hold of the splinter-bar, there being no horse on
the offside, and tried to swing on it, but was
driven away. Both the girls then went behind
the coach, and the man who was proceeding with
the coach at a walking pace, did not see any
thing of them afterwards until he heard one of -
them cry out ; he immediately stopped the
coach, and looking under the off hind-wheel, saw
the youngest girl lying in the road with the
wheel close upon her head ; he backed the coach
and took her up off the ground she did not ap-
pear much hurt but bled at the nose, and cried
very much. She was taken home to her parents,
and a medical man sent for, who attended.
unfortunate child lingered until Wednesdays
when death put a period to her sufferings.