The Sun.
London, England, 1825-05-18 00:00:00

MERCANTILE SHIPPING.

DEAL, MAY 17.—Wind N.E.—Sailed for the River the
General Harris, from China. Passed through from the River
the Amphitrite, Abbott, for Quebec; Ann, Reed, for New-
port ; Eliza, Sutton ; and 'William Miles, Beadle, for India.
PORTSMOUTH, MAY 17.—Wind S.E.—Arrived the John
Reed, Feathers, and Rider, Lewis, from Ilavannah, in 49 days;
and his Majesty's ship Tweed, from Cork. Passed by the
Wight the Crisis, Mead, from Jamaica.
FALMOUTH, MAY 16.—Wind N.W.—Sailed the Plover
packet for the Brazils.
LtvrnrooL, May.l6.—Wind S.—Arrived yesterday the
Pacific, AN:lowan, from Macaio, in 42 days; Lucy Ann,
Andrews, from Nassau, N. P.; Bingham, Fleming, from New
Orleans; and Edward, Cormoris, from Savannah ; also, to-day.
the Mogul, Bradshaw, from New York ; and the Thomas Par-
sons, Bragg, from New Orleans.
COWES, MAY 17.—Arrived the American brig Niger, Luce,
from Matanzas, in 44 days, has experienced easterly winds for.
the last 30 days; the Master states that, two days'. previous to
his sailing, a Pirate had been taken off that place by the United.
States armed steam-boat Sea Gull, one of the squadron em-
ployed on that coast for the suppression of Piracy. The Pirate
. mounted six guns, and engaged the steam-boat two hours, when
she finally sunk, and had seven men killed during the action.

Arrived off Dartmouth, the Larch, Crews, from Demerara.
The... Molly, from Kilrosh to Liverpool, was driven on some
rocks, near Ballywater, the 12th inst. and bilged ; most of her
cargo damaged.

The KING'S gout, we regret to say, continues
to so inconvenient ft egree, that it has been
deemed advisable to postpone his MAJESTY'S
Drawing Room still further, from Monday Bev
to Thursday, 9th June. his MAJEsTY's general
health; however, we are happy to state, i 3
rrniAa-
paired and excellent.
Yesterday Prince PorAGNAc, the French
Ambassador, transacted business, with Mr. Se-
cretary CANNING, at the Foreign Office, for a
considerable time, previous to his Excellency's
departure for Paris, to be present at the Corona-
tion of his Royal Master.

CORN EXCHANGE, MAT 18.
The arrivals of all descriptions of Corn this week are 'neon-
slderable. There is scarcely any business doing in the Wheat
trade to-clay, and prices remain as last reported. The Barley
trade is excessively dull ; Beans and Peas are without varia-
tion ; fine fresh Oats command ready attention at the rates last
quoted, but other sorts sell very heavily.
A RitlV ALS.—English Wheat, 2,2oo—Barley, 400..-Oats,
1,900 qrs.—Flour, 2,900 sacks.

COURSE OF EXCHANGE, May 17.
A nate, dam
Ditto, at Sight l2 19
Rotterdam l2 3
Antwerp l2 3
Haniburgli 36 9 24 Us.
Altona
Paris,3 Day's sight
Ditto
Boni deaux, ditto
Berlin 7 0
Fi ant; fort on the Main
Pete' stnirgli
Vienna
Trieste

9i
9 52
9 52

Madrid . 364 Effect iv'
Etirctir•
. 364 Mei ive
35
-

Cadiz
Bilboa
Barcelona
ieville
Clamsßat
Leghorn 491
11a1. I.lr 47
Malta
Palermo
Lisbon
Oporto
ItioJarleiro
Bahia SO
Dotblits .... 9f CliFii 9 pet Cent.
BULLION.

l'orttigal Goldin Coin I .0 0 0 per Ot.
Foreign Gold, in Bars
New Doubloons
New Dollars 0 4 11}
S;lvilr Standard in Ikrs.

On the 17th inst., in Gloucester-place, the Lady of Chula*
Parke, Esq. of a daughter.
On the 16th inst., at Wembley Park, Middlesex, the Lady
of the Rev. John Edward Gray, of Gayton, Northampton, of
daughter.