The Sun.
London, England, 1822-09-27 00:00:00

MERCANTILE SHIPPING.

DEAL, SEPT. 26.—Wind N.E.—Came down from the River
.`and sailed the Diligence, Edwards, for Teneriffc ; Elizabeth,
Pickhouse, St. John's, N. 13. ; Antelope, Sheriffe Gibraltar ;
Oporto, Carey, Oporto • Dispatch, Finley, Malta ; Venus,
' R owe, Seville • Dart, White, Newfoundland and Demerara ;
Dutch frigate Eurydice, for Batavia. Remain the Brothers,
Vibelia, Nepos, and Caledonia, for the River.
PonTsmouTll, SEPT. 26.—Wind N.E.—Arrived the Sur-
rey, Rine, from the Downs, for New South Wales; Robert
Edwards, Sherbound, ditto, for New York; Hiram, Watt,
Leghorn ; and his Majesty's ship Larne, from the Alediterra-
ne.n. Sailed his Majesty's ships Seringapatam and Redwing
to the Westward.
Conic, SEPT. 23.—Sailed the Ocean transport for Gibraltar,
with troops.
FAL m o TH, SEPT. 25.—Wind N.W.—Arrived the Prince
Regent Packet, from the Mediterranean—sailed from Corfu •
the 12th August, Malta the 19th, and Gibraltar the 7th Sept. ;
Marquis of Salisbury Packet, from Jamaica—sailed the 6th
August, and from Crooked Island the 14th August. The fol-
lowing vessels have sailed for London:.—Ann, Blenheim, Bet-
sey, Louisa, Whim, Rockingham, Desire, Trio, Four Friends.
Sailed the Duncan Forbes, Lovie, for Hamburgh.—The vessel
which we reported yesterday as being run down off' the Ma-
nacles proves to be the smack Ann, Mills, from Bristol to Lon-
don, with a general cargo ; and the brig which ran on board of
her was the Lively, of Sunderland, which ship sheered off with-
out rendering her any assistance. The smack has received con-
siderable damage.

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DEeTronn YAHD.—The establishment of ar-
tificers, &c. now upwards of 1000 men, is to be reduced to
400, by dischargin',!. 33 every fortnight.—(Rochester Gazette.)
When the Ukase of the late Emperor of
Russia appeared concerning the form of the hat, the son of an
English merchant, with a view to baffle the police, appeared in
the streets of Petersburgh, having on his head an English hunt.
ing-cap, at sight of which the police officers were puzzled.
It was not a cocked hat," they said, " neither was it a round
hat." In this embarrassment they reported the affair to the
Emperor. An Ukase was accordingly promulgated, and level-
led at the hunting-cap; but not knowing how to describe the
anonialy, the Emperor ordained—that " No person, should
appear in public with the thing on his head worn by the flier-
chant's son."
On Friday (20th inst.) the Equestrian Statue
of his late MAJESTY, executed by Mr. WEST.
mA corr, arrived here from London, and we under-
stand will be immediately erected on the pedestal
which has been some time prepared for it in Lon-
don-road.—(Liverpool Advertiser.)
Sir JOHN SINCLAIR mentions an Hebridean,
who was employed by the Lord of Coll as post
to Glasgow or Edinburgh. His ordinary burden
thence to Coll was 16 stone. Being once stopped
at a toll, near Dumbarton, he humourously asked
whether he should pay for a burden ; and upon
being answered in the negative, carried his horse
in his arms past the toll.

The remains of a Roman Villa, with a beau-
tifully tessilated pavement, have recently been
discovered between Farley Castle and Ilford.
Indeed the existence of the remains have been
known for a considerable time by persons in the
neighbourhood ;—(a record is given, in the his-
tory of Somersetshire, of some pavement of the
above description having been sent from this
place to the Museum at Oxford, in 1689)—but
for many years they have lain unmolested. Seve-
ral small coins have been found, bearing the name
of " Tetricus," together with some other curiosi-
ties, which are now in the possession of the Rev.
Mr. RICHARDSON, Rector of Farley.—(Both
Chronicle.)

It is said that within the last twelve months
above ten thousand sheep, and near a thousand
bullocks, have been shipped off at one port in
Devonshire for the neighbourhood of London.
A number of those beautiful little birds, the
golden-crested wren, have recently been caught
in the streets in _Harwich, and on the shipping off
the coast.

Last Sunday evening, as a commercial gentle-
man was taking a walk, at Huntingdon with one
of the frail sisterhood, she found means to pick
his pocket of notes and cheques to the amount of
2031. However, on Tuesday morning, he was
fortunate enough to get possession of the whole
again, with the exception of 41. the money being
found by a person on going through a close,
where it had been dropt for that purpose: