The Sun.
London, England, 1823-10-10 00:00:00

MERCANTILE SHIPPING.

The Brilliant, Belin, from Guernsey to Southampton, is on
shore on the Warden Lodge, near the Needles.

INFORMATION FOR NAVIGATORS OF TUE GULF
OF FINLAND.

2 $
3 3

The tleneral likewise Hatters me with the hope, that next year
a Light-house will be erected on Stiestuiden Paint, a favour for
which I have been applying ever since the *hips were wrecked
a few years ago in that neighbourhood. Seskar Light is last
sight of for some time, before that of Talbuchin can be din.
cerned ; and in that space, the current, which often sets two aril
three knots an hour into %Vyborg Hay, carried the ships to the
northward of their course, and leads to their destruction.
I am, &c.

(Signed) JOHN BOOKER,
Mr. llonnett, Secretary to Lloyd's. Agent to Lloyd's.

THE MARKETS.

CORN EXCHANGE, OCT. 10.
The arrivals of all icinds of Grain this week are only nip..
Berate ; prime dry samples of Wheat are inquired after, and
obtain rather more mon ; Barley sells heavily at Monday's
quotations; Beans and Peas remain much as last reported;
good Oats meet buyers, but such parcels as are damp do not
support the prices of Monday.

SMITIIFIEI4D 51A111i.ruiT, OCT. 10.
The supply was good this morning, but it was with difficulty
that sales could be made, owing to the trade being very dull,
and the prices may be quoted much the same as on last Monday.
To sink the Offal, per stone of
Beef 2s Od to 3,4 4dl Veal . . ... 4$ Od to /is Od
. . 3s Ott to'4ll tit: I Pork ......... 4s Od to Int 44,1
band) as 4 to Is 4d.

nAy Al4ll STRAW, PER LOAD.

'AY X4 10s to X 3 10,1 I elt;ver
Straw X 1 Ins to 41 4s.

thaotNLY NVednesday night,
ton early its iligween seven and eight o'clock, a young Lady re.
torning /moreover Westminster-bridge, was accosted by a man,
rather fashionably attired, in a very uneeremoniotts and famatar
manner, to which, however, she paid no attention, observing
that the freedom was unauthorized by any previous acquaint-
ance; finding that his advances were not received in the man.:.
ner he wished, or perhaps expected they might have been, he
changed his style, and continued to offend the ears of a sensi-
tive and accomplished female in language of the most abhor.
rent and disgusting character. Still she attbcted not to hear
hint, and pursued her way, when, at length, this fiend in
,ha. .
man shape, taking advantage of her unprotected situation,
seized her roughly with one hand, whilst he shook front a cane
that he held in the other a small sword or dirk, with which he
twice stabbed her in the fleshy part tif the arm i near the shoulder,
and made off, leaving the hapless victim ot his brutality isro,
Stride and bleeding profusely. - Two gentlemen, who came up,
had the terrified and trembling girl conveyed to a neighhourr.,
ing surgeon's. when the wounds were dressed, which, thougly'
deep, are by no means dangerous. Having swallowed some
restoratives, and recovered in some measure from the agitation.
into which the
abominable ~,expected act had
her, she informed the flentlemen as to the nature of the aasttolt,'
and further stated, that she remembered:having been addressed
by the same fellow about three months ago when walking in
the linen Park, in teats equally. shocking and obscene r but
that he did not then proceed. to any other act of violence.
.'Sitit
described the.barbarian as having both the air and idiom of a,
roreigner, though his
i.ress is in every respect conformahle to
the English fitshion. 'The young Lady Inability to make the..
tbleisicLittl,s)guctearroutseeriepsrzytttetfleirouw%t!itiansgithwadoutilmd
othiron,neowe.

el-Ice/at-lel:: tut Courtre, yes eranr4y, tats4l;olitegroaiwoulLasCilashstettnillivid:brterrtlockef:tinri
15s. the /Ince of a stputre of plate.glass,
in Passing the shop tit Mrs. Parker, in (heat Newpori.street,
The gentleman contended, firat, that the Commissioners had
no jurisdiction, and next, that he could only he called on (as it
had been decided at conitnon law) for the price of a common
widow square. 'rho Court, however, adjudged him to pay 7s,
and .is. costs.

DEAL, -Oct. 9..:-.Wind W.S,W.--Arrired and sailed for
the River, the Redman, Freeman, from St. Kitts; Regent
Packet, Collins, from Malaga; Livinia, Sims, from the Cape
of Good Hope; also, and remain, the 31artha, Thomson, from
St. Lucia ; and Alfred, Wilton, from Ancona. Put back this
day, and remain, the Hope, Dean ; Swift, ; Crai Ela-
chie, Taylor; and lledleys, Crackly, outward.bound
PORTSMOUTH', OCT. 9.—Wind W.—Arrived the William
Manning, Smith, from London ; Arab, Brown, from Batavia ;
Cato transport, from 'Halifax; his Majesty's brig Snapper,
from Africa; Marshal Blucher, Davis, Malaga ; Ellen Doug.
las, Rice, Sumatra, with loss of anchor and cable. Sailed the
King George the Fourth, Brissett, for the Isle of France.
PrNstatirtr, OCT. S.W.—Sailed the Francis,
fits Teneriffe; Trafalgar, for Africa ; and Briton, for Constar).
tinople. Off the Port the Ann, Williams, from Palermo Traveller, Bowman, Peraatnbuce ; and Lord Wellington,; Guise, from Malaga.
Fa Orotritr, OcT. o.—Wind S.W.—Sailed the Dart for
the South Seas; and the Fanny, for Lisbon, ,

Cn o srsTa DT, Atl a. 31, 1823.
Sii,--The late losses in the Gulf of )inland have directed
my attention to a fact, pretty well known, but I believe not
sufficiently laid.down in the charts, namely, the force of the
currents which pervade this gulf, and generally follow the wind:
ia,
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trrio,el:iposntbtolaylint
They draw with great violence into the Smarm; commencing
extending the
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their
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tieletreuelwisartendrealoßfl tLesgt: netic rocks in the Gulf of Finlatiti, and, I am told, in that of
Bothnia, which have a great effect upon the compass, and which
appear but little known to our Captains • and while I dismiss
generalities, permit me to refer particularly to those of Maness,
to which I have been led to attend, in consequence of the loss
of the James, Captain Perrier. .
In the Russian charts it is expressly stated, near the island
Jussari, that " here the compass arts ill," which is ti warning
no human being could avoid attending to. On the Swedish
charts, the self-same remark is matte in the. following words—
" Hoe Familiar Cam/Nissen ;" but on referring to my English
chart, liy' Illachford and Co., Tower-hill, London, 1319, which
is a compilation from the Swedish charts and those of General
Spafarieff, Director of the Light-Houses, I find the Swedish
vrords are copied verbOtini, instead of being translated, which is
a very serious ()Mission ; especially as an old pilot assures me,
that all the rocks in that neighbourhood are more or less magne.
tic, and of course very apt to change, by acting on the compass,
a vessel's course. I cannot learn at what distance they begia
to Wet; but I shall try to ascertain this point.
While every book that is published is exposed to criticism, it
is a pity that charts, on which the line and fortunes of thou.
sands depend, are not subject to the inspection of judges con-
verdant in the original languages from which they are copied, in
order to prevent what is meant as a warning being turned into
the name of' a place.
I have further to inform you, that a beacon is erected on the
very _northernmost point of llogland, .furnished with a bell,
which will commence ringing on the 25th of September, in
dark and hazyweather, till it clears up.
To distinguish the sound of this bell from all others, it will
be struck every fifteen seconds, Siy four times in a minute: a
pause will then take place, during the space of five minutes,
after which period, the ringing will recommence till the weather
clears up or the lights become visible.
The following subjects, I take the liberty of writing to yon
about, are the points of a correspondence with Gen. Spafarieff.
'and which he wishes to be known :
Nargin light-house is now 45 feet high, but it is the 'neon-,
tion of Government to raise it next year to 70 feet, as a better
guard against the danger of the Reval stone.
It is also determined to establish, next year, on the island of
Fieltand, near the south end of Oesel, In die room of the pre-.
sent revolving light, two common light-houses, bearing north
and south of one another, that ships coming from the westward
may see both lights distinct from one another. The new light.
house will be erected due north of the 'present one, and will be
15 feet lower, which will be a distinguishing mark, u one will
be opened a short time before the other, and will .prevent its
being taken for the light of Daggemit. It sometimes happens
that ships make this mistake, and by hauling ton soon to
the eastward, get between Daggeroit and Oesel. The error
may be instantly discovered, by having a light sots the larlavrti
side, which cannot be the case if the ship is in the right phut..
nel, besides which the use atilt! lead would instantly dlaroVer
the mistake, as the draught of water Is so different on ;he
respective skies of Daggeruit. It is also to he remarked, that
be ascertained by a cast oldie lead. The current, also, often
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sets direct on the island of Oesel.