The Sun.
London, England, 1837-08-08 00:00:00

EAST INDIA SHIPPING.

Arrivals at ilobirt Town (Van Dielwm's L nd) —The
John Pirie, Martin, M trch 13, froM South Australia, and
sailed April 4, on her return ; the Crgnet, /Much 19,
from South Australia; the Amity, Maid' 22, and the Prince
of Denmark, March 25, from the Sperm Fisln-ry ; the Black
' \Vat vier, Ma,-ch from Baton ; the Arab, March 28, from
the Mauritius; the Sarah, Whiteside, March 29, from Ports-
mouth ; the Mtrs, March 31, from LaunceAoa; the F.ancis
Feeding, April 2, from Sydney; the Ornall„Anril 5, f,om
SourabVa; the Merope, April 6, from Twofold Bay ; the
Maria, April 6, from Hope Bay. •
Arrivals at Launceston.—The 11...becca, M troll 7, from
Western Ports ; the Isabella, March 8, from Kangaroo Island,
arid sailed Ma-ch 21 for Gulf Sr. Vincent ; the Africaine,
Doff, March 13, from Gulf St. Vincent, and sailed March 28
on her return ; the Sllacia, March 22, from Sydney.
D.partwes from Launceston.—The Adelaide, M .rel.) 6
Lowestoft. March 6 ; Gem, March 8; and Enterprise, Malch
; all for Po: t ; the Boadicea, March 14, for London;
the Henry, :larch 18, for Souriebaya.

In a scale, of female beauty, constrtictoci about five-
and-furry years ago, two conspicuous statilo are assigneJ •43
lalics slid livisg—the DucheAs of o!otics.ter, then Printegs
Thry, and Mrs. Daw, then recently married to the late Leid
E.leaberJugh.

About two o'clock in the af:ernoon of August the
Ist, the inhabit .nts of bale Long-street (Aungcr.strest),
Dublin, were thrown for a considerable time into. the utmost
dismay by the fail of the house, ,No. 1. It crumbled from a
ft,urth story to the foundation-stone, almost clicking up the
street, and, dragging a great part of the house No. 2, adjoin-
ing, and its enkre side wall from the top to bottom along with
it, left that edifiee a .complete wreck, and in a most dange.ous
eate. At the other side of the house which fell was an open
seacr, part of which was occupied by a temporary shed. A largo
quantity of the rubbish, Which would otherwise have been in all
probability precipitated into the street, tumbled in this direc-
tion. NJ. ) was only partly tenanted, and was it, a ruinous
state. The lo dyers consisted, as we' have learued, of two fe-
miles (servants cut of place), named Maria Close and Eliza-
beth Gerrard (both of shorn were in the two pair room at the
time of the aecident), and a poor tradesman, his w ife. and three
children. This :ran happened to be out at his work, and
it is said his wife most providentially escaped with her chil-
dren into some of -the neighbouring dwellings, when the first
crash of the roof was heard above. 'As soon es the intelligence
of the accident reached the Paying Board house, a body of
labourers was immediately sent to clear away the timber and
brick- work, and in less than the eeurse of a, hour they sue-
ceeled in extricating the wernen Close and Gerrard from this
mass of ruins. They had fallen together through the flooring,
and were found under a small angular recess, caused by the
descent of the staircase, which mast luckily peeserved them
front being buried beneath the weight of the old walls. One
of theei was immediately removed to Mercer street Hospital,
apparently not very severely injured, although her head was
cut and her body bruised in various places. The other was
brought into an oKosite house, ant we believe, did not re-
ceive any serious hurt. She was, however, as may be sup-
posed,
touch frightened, but was able to speak in a short time
after the occurrence. The Paving Board men, under the
superintendence of an officer belonging to thAt establishment,
had cleared away the passage in front of the street about fire
o'clock.—Dublin paper.

FIELD SPORTS OF THE GAEL—The Chili of
True highlanders, an association in. London which combines
the preservation of the national dress and customs of their an-
' ewers, with affording occasional pecuniary assistance to
• the less fortunate of their countrymen, at so great a distance
from their homes, had their annual gathering oa Black-
heath, to enjoy their favourite, manly, and invigorating
• game of Camachd, or Shintie, on the 19:h ult. The spec-
facie of a body of Gael, assembled in their ancient garb,
arrayed in various coloured tartan—each bearing on his
" Bennet cheek" the respective badge of his clan—heath,
pine, whins, broom, braolag, &c. never fails to attract
numerous spectators, and the fineness of the day brought
together numerous groups of the respectable inhabitants of
this fashionable neighbourhood, the animation of the scene
being enhanced by the thrilling notes of the mat tial piobraclid,
and the evolutions which precede the cemmencement of the
play. Indeed, a view of the wild Scots" from the .. far
north," excites more interest among our southern friends than
a similar muster of Poles, Greeks, or Turks, whose costume,
it must be allowed, is certainly imposing. The philabeg is
peculiarly well adapted for this game, and the performers are
all obliged to be kilted to the knee. It. is not in London,
p.n-ish meeting pnrith, or clay challenging elan ; but although
it is a friendly contest among country men, .the ardour with
which they strive to gain the hale is equally keen, while many
awkward falls are given, and not unt-equently well mauled
shins bespeak the earnestness of the struggle. A dance be-
fore the tent usually concludes the exercise of the field, when
the party march to the inn, and sit down to dinner, terminat-
ing the day's enjoyment over a social glass t f toddy, dedicated
to auld acquaintainship and the cement of friendship, recalling
to each other's recollection the transactions of youth, and the
events of " the days that they have seen," not forgetting the
friends who sojourn " beyond the mouth," end within the hos-
pitable gerbh criechan. —lnverness Cuarier.
THE NIGER.—Mr. Laird, in his narrative of the
last expedition into the interior of Africa, describes the scenery
of the Niger as bring in many places of the mo-t magnificent
description. Towns and villages, populona as bee-hives,
ahound'on its banks, some on a level .with its waters, aid
some perched on high tablelands, or nestled among steep
crags, so as almost to bid defiarice to attack. Generally speak-
ing, he found the waives of tK: mountain districts active, bold,
intelligent, and as straightforward AS it is possible for savages
to be; but the inhabitants of the lowlenda, ceuite the reverse,
being made up of fraud, cunning,- and cowardice, so that it was
n xt to impossible to trade with them on any satisfactory basis.
The following is one of the many striking landscapes that the
expedition beheld in the course of their long and troublesome
voyage up the Niger lu the morning We were again utader
weigh, and a few minutes afterwards opened one of the noblest
reaches that the imagination could have conceived. AA
im-
r. ease river, about three thousand yards wilt', extending as
far as the eye could reach, lay before us, flowing majestically
between its banks, which rose graduAlly to a considerable
height, and were studded with clumps of trees arid brushwood,
giving, them the appearance of a gentleman's park ; while the
smoke rising from different towns on its banks, and the num-
ber of canoes floating on its bosom. gave it an ac:net of secu-
rity and peace far beyond any African scene I had vet wit-
nessed. The confluence of the Sherry is just in' sight, and
arange of low hills on the northera bank teedereal east-north-

east while on the wcstern bank of the were'tvro re-
markable, isolated table-lands of a romantic and beautiful ap.

rearance, giving a finish to a picrure to which no clescription
can do adequate justice." Tho whole populathm of the Niger
is, it seems, of a commercial character, men, woman,' and chil-
d, cn being all busily engaged in carrying )rit• ado. The trafL
fic in shares, cloth, and gold, hcwevcr, i 3 cocauci to the men,
but every thing else is managed by the women, who are as ex-
pert as Jews in the art of overcharging,