The Sun.
London, England, 1825-02-17 00:00:00

IVIERCANTILt SHIPPING.,

DEAL, FEB. 16.—Wind S.W.—The Honourable Coniz
pany's ships Kent and Scaleby Castle, remain wind bound,
with the Gilmore, Ocean, Columbine, George, and a TranspOrt.
PORTSMOUTH, FEB. 16.—Wind S.--His Majesty's ship
Wellesly, of 74 guns, went out of harbour this morning, and
brought up at Spithead, preparatory to her departure for Lisbon
and the Brazils.—No arrivals or sailings.
FALMOUTH, FEn. 15.—Wind S.S.E. to S. fresh breezes.—
Arrived the Stanmer Packet from Lisbon, sailed the 6th inst.
Highlander, Le Brun, from St. Domingo, in 30 days ; Ebene-
zer, Bastard, from Cette, in 32 days; and the Cambria, Cook,
from the Downs for Vera Cruz. . .

Lt VERI'O o 1., FE S.S.E.—Arrived the Danube
Huntington, frOm Wilmington, sailed tile 19th of January.

Arrived off Weymouth the Ocean,
riffle.

from Tene-

Yesterday a Court of Directors was held at the East India
House, when the following Commanders took leave of the
Court, previous to departing for their respective destinations,
viz. :—Capt. John Hine Atlas; and Capt. Wm. Hope, Here-
fordshire, for .Madras aril]. China.

[Extract of a Letter from the British Consul at Havre de
Grace to JOHN BENNETT, Esq., Secretary of Lloyd's,
dated Feb. 10.1
I have the
_honour to enclose you a letter from my Con-
sular Agent at Treport, a small sea-port in the department of
the Seine Inferieuse, respecting the loss of the English ship
Four Sisters, Stockell, Master. The very handsome manner
in which M. Hoitrel, clergyman of the village of Mers, came
forward on the occasion, I hope will be noticed in the
newspapers. M. Hoitrel hating come to the wreck, had all
the surviving crew, 13 in number, carried to his house, and not
only gave them every thing their case required, but even gave
them up his own bed and a quantity of his clothes, and for these
three days has subsisted them all in the most noble and disin-
terested manner, having refused to receive the money offered
him for the reimbursement of his expences he has incurred on
their account; and it is one of those acts of Christian puma=
pity and charity which deServe to be noticed. I leave this to
your care, as such actions cannot be made too public."

The following is a copy of a communication
from the Board of Trade to the Chairman of then
Ship Owners' Society :
" Office of the Committee of Privy Council for Trade+
January 11, 1825.
" SIR-I am directed to acquaint you, for the information of
the Committee of British Ship Owners, that it appears by a
communication to this Board froM the Foreigh Office, that a
Royal Order has been passed in Spair, directing that foreign
vessels shall not enter the Spanish Ports without a Muster
Roll and Bill of Health.

—«I am, Sir;
" Your most obedieht humble Servant; •
" GEORGE LYALL4 Esq." " THOS. LACK.

' i
ARCTIC LANt) EXPEDITION.— Capta ti
FRANK
LIN, accompanied by Lieutenant Back and Mr. Kendall, have
left town for Liverpool, where they will embark, with Dr.
Richardson and the other individuals composing the expedition,
in the Colombia packet for New York, from whence they pro.:
ce.d to Upper Canada, and then to Fort Chepewyan, on their
way to the Polat Sea, by the Mackenzie River. On reaching
its northern extremity, Captain Franklin and Lieutenant Back,
with part of the expedition. proceed to the westward, in the
hope of reaching Behring's Straits while Dr. Richardson and
Mr, Kendall, with the other party, proceed to the eastward,
tracing the coast of America, if possible, to the Coppermine
River. .Not long before the departure of Captain Franklin
from town; he received a message froth Akaitcho, the Indian
Chief who accompanied him on his former journey, that he
and his tribe were perfectly satisfied with the stores and addi,
tional presents which bad been sent td them, and that they
would be willing to accompany him on another expedition.

Mt.
WiLBERtontE is; in eOnsegnence of the
declining state of his healthy about to retire fro►n
Patliamelit.

The Josephine,Colombian vessel, is arrived at
Liverpool, from La Guayra, with coffee,
This is, we believe, the first instance of a Co,
lombian ship arriving in a European port, She
left the bth of January, and brings accounts
therefrom, only two days later than those re=
ceived by the Leeward Island packet.
AUTO43IOGRAPIIY:—FREDERICIi REYNOLDS,
the veteran Dramatist, and MICHAEL KELLY, the
veteran Musician, are now employed in writing
their lives, and the work of the latter is said td
be ready for publication. The biography of
REYNOLDS will, of course, be the history of his
own dramatic times, with anecdotes of Managers,
Actors, and his early gay companions. There
will doubtless be originality in his mode of relates
ing them, as his own character is sui generis, and
humorous. honest MICHAEL KELLY, who has
been an enemy to nobody but himself, by his
former generous, but improvident, hospitality,
having lived much abroad, and having a quick
perception of characters may be expected to pro,
duce a very entertaining work, particularly as it
Is to be revised by a Gentleman well known itt
the - literary world, and highly esteemed fot'
learning, talents, and integrity.
Mrs, Onte, it seems, perseveres in being one
of the Society of THE FRIENDS, or Quakers, as
they are vulgarly styled, and assumes their sim,
plc garb, but the spirit of her character and
the vivacity of her conversation remain the same,
nor has her new faith lessened her propensity tch
literary pursuits.
ENGLISH AND BRISTOL CHANNELS; Oft
Tuesday a Deputation from the Committee of Manage-
ment of the important and national undertaking for a Ca-
nal between the English and Bristol Channels, had an in-
terview with the Earl of LIVERPOOL, for the pUrpote of sub-
mitting to his Lordship an explanatory account of the scheme,
with the reports of Mr. TELFORD and Captain Nicnotts
upon it, and were most favourably received.
SHOCKING ACCIDENT AT THE PORTABLE GAS
LIGHT COMPANY.—An inquest was held in the Committee-
room of St. Bartholomew's Hospital, before T. SHELTON, Esq:
Coroner, on the body of Frederick Thompson, aged 30, who
came by his death under the following dreadful circum-
stances i—lt appeared by the evidence, that the deceased
was employed by the Portable Gas Light Company, on
whose premises he was at work on Saturday last, when a
person Visited the place to whom the deceased was describing
the works of the steam engine, which at the time was rapidly
at work. The deceased, during his description, was stand=
ing near the fly wheel, which was at work, and in ordet
to get nearer to some of the works he got under the wheel.__.
In an attempt to rise, his head came in contact with it, and
an endeavour to release himself he was completely drawn into
the machine and dreadfully mutilated. His head was fractured
in a horrid manner ; his ribs were also broken, and he exhibit-
ed a most frightful spectacle. Every assistance was procured,
and he was carried to the Hospital, but he was quite dead
prior to his ariival there. Several witnesses gaVe evidence to
prove that there was no blame attributable to any party, but
that the accident happened through his own incaution: Th.=
Jury returned a veruict of " Accidental Death."
ATTEMPT AT DROWNlNG.—Yesterclay evening,
between nine and ten o'clock, an elegantly dressed femalwe,. apo.
parently about the age of forty, drove in a hackney-coach
Wellington-street, when she alighted at the toll-;;
ate
she was
terloci-bridge, and discharged the driver. 0
by a by.
ed the first flight, when her progress was, intercepted
.tier reply was in.:
gander, who inquired what she
wanted to convey her
stantly, that she was looking for some
waterman
likely to ply at that
observed to descend the steps leading to the river, and lead pass-
over. Being told that no waterman 4
hour, she returned to the psaasws ehde
rwith d theea..
man, called for on the occa-
t its Sad extre-
mityavowed intention of
watched by. two young women,
from the second seat upon tl
vouring to jump into the water, from
st
mfelancholy design upon h
sbiroind,ges.h
she was
herself,
nackney-coach with the tw
and atterwards put into ayoung
her to her home.
proceetdailing-gtaoteV'auxhall ;but her stepswere
According to
not only married,
who wwhaitcslhensgh length
differences.' She had
women, lady is
rumour the unhappyeitLildren and was driven t I •
by matrimonial
with sovereigns in it, one of
pursewhich she had changed
when she discharged the hackney-coach.
mother of several
With
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agreed tthePPei assistanceton h.
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TILE LONDON JOURNALS.

DAILY
txtractsfront the Morning Papers,Feb.l7,lS2s.

[MORNING POST.]
French Papers to the 15th instant, with the
I.:0ile of Tuesday, reached us last night by ex-
press. They contain intelligence from Madrid
to the 4th, which is of some importance. It ap-
pears that the King of Spain was so dangerously
ill that prayers had been put up in all the
Churches for his recovery, and the Holy Sacra-
ment exposed during the service. The cause of
his illness is said to have been a violent fit of pas-
sion into which he had fallen during a Council of
State on public affairs, probably our recognition
of South American independence. He is report-
ed to have deplored " the sad fate which had
placed him at the head of the Government," and
thus to have once in his life entered into a com-
munity of feeling with his people. He complained
of never having been properly seconded by his
Ministers, though he had selected them from the
individuals whom he thought most attached to
Ids person. Ile declared that every body de-
ceived him, and that he was not without uneasi-
ness for his own safety and that of his family.
Much alarm, if that word may be applied to the
feeling with which the anticipation of the decease
set* such a man as Ferdinand must be viewed
'by his subjects, had been experienced during
the three last days, as the gout seemed
disposed to fly to the stomach ; but the
x ertions of the Physicians, or those of Nature,
glad At last arrested its progress.—lt appears that
an evil spirit continues to actuate the Royal Vo-
lunteers in various parts of the country. At
Corunna they had been disarmed by the French,
and even the Spanish troops of the line had
been sent out of that city to prevent open
quarrels with its garrison. Both operations
had been carried into effect much to the satis-
faction of the inhabitants, and without any re-
sistance on the part of the volunteers or the
troops, though their discontent was visible and
their hatred of foreigners ill disguised. Troubles
of a serious nature are said to have occurred at
Grenada, where the military having been called
to repress the populace who wished to break up
by force a Constitutional Club, they had on the
contrary joined the offenders in open defiance to
the Authorities. A courier had in consequence
been sent by General Quesada to the Govern-
ment to inform it of the necessity of immediate
assistance.