The Sun.
London, England, 1838-11-22 00:00:00

EAST INDIA SHIPPING.

Arrived the Larkins, Ingram, from Bengal, at Falmouth,
19th inst., with eight feet water in the hold, having struck on
a sunken rock off Scilly ; sailed from Bengal July 9, and the
Cape of Good Hope Sept. 14. The Claudine, Kemp, fromi
Madras, off Portsmouth ; sailed July 21, Cape of Good Hopes
Sept. 16, and St. Helena Sept. 27.
Arrivals at St. Helena.-The Pauline, Saillant, Sept. 25,
from the Mauritius, and sailed Sept. 26 for Bordeaux ; Co-
mala, M•Neill, Sept. 25, from Singapore, and sailed Sept. 25
for Liverpool • Takley, Mallory, Sept. 25, from China, and
sailed for London ; Cluttru, Richard, Sept. 26, from Bombay,
and sailed Sept. 26, for Greenock.
Departures from St. Helena.-The Commodore Decator,
Wood, Sept. 24, for whaling ,• Jacobus, Romine, Sept. 24,
for Rotterdam ; Maastroom, Schuyl, Sept. 24, for Rotterdam ;
Senator, Grindley, Sept. 24, for Nantes; Pekoe, Gellies,
Sept. 24, for London ; Rolla, Waters, Sept. 25, for Boston ;
the Justine, Young, was to sail Sept. 29 for London.
Arrivals in Table Bay (Cape of Good Hope).-The Nar-
issus, Curry, Sept. 4, from Moulmein, for Scarborough, with
a carg' of timber ; Blake, Thomson, Sept. 7., from China
for London, put in for refreshments.
an„.4 Timor,
.
• :lion's Bay.-Her Majesty's ship Forester,
Arrive.° In 3 from Struy's Bay. Passengers-Mr.
Campbell, Sep., .
Mr. Blewell, Mr. Soulby, and 29
-
Lowen, Mr. Armst;nng, rthumberland.
seamen, late of the Duke Of Nu-
, T'eform, Salmond, Sept 3,
Arrivals in Algoa Bay.-'l..!'e
and Hero, Wright, from Table Bar.
Departures from Algoa Bay.-
,+{
Catherine, Brown,
•+, 5, for Table Bay.
Sept. 2, for India ; Comet, Rodara, Sep
era be, Departures from Simon's Bay (Cape of G,'od.
Del-
Dordtenaar, Abbema, Sept. 4, for Holland; Te• p
.
g ept. 7,
le
langue, Sept. 6, for Bourbon : Senator, Grindlaj S.
for Nantes ; Endeavour, Sept. 7, for whaling ; Nort4.er,
M' Clear, for Table Bay.
Departures from Table Bay (Cape of Good Hope).-Re•-
nown, M'Leod, Aug. 29, for Hobart Town ; Briton, Harring-
ton, Sept. 2, for Singapore ; Transit, Cobern, Sept. 3, for
Algoa Bay; liarOony, Douglas, Sept. 6, for L'Agullas ; Sir
William Heathcote, Duthie, Sept. 6, for Ruysna ; Ligonier,
Reede, Sept. 6, for Breet:o River; Csrnatic, Laird, Sept- 9
for Bombay ; China, Biddle, Sept. 10, for Madras and C•01'-
,
cutta ; Apprentice, Cadenhead, Sept. 10, for the Maurit...
Regent Packet, M' Donald, Sept. li, for Mossell Bay ; Arab,.
Lowe, Sept. 11, for Algoa Bay.
Arrivals at Madeira.-Walmer Castle, Boi.lrebier, in Oct.,.
from Portsmouth, and sailed for Bombay ; Zen.,7bia, Owert.,
Oct. 11, from Portsmouth, for Calcutta.

Arrivals in the Straits of Sunda.--Claudius, Whitney, July
22, for New York ; Regia, Johnstone, July 23, for Sydney ;
William Ludwig, Kuhne, Sept. 23, for Bremen ; Italy,
Durham, for Philadelphia; Gerard, Duncan, July 29, far
Co
Chandler Price, Dubbs, July 30, for Philadelphia.
ntl;
Departure
from Batavia.—Cecilia, Lebesque, July 31, Q^a
Bourbon.
.
Arrivals at Samaran
g„—Moffatt, Bolton, and William Jar-.
dine, Crosbie, July 22, from ..,:!,
urabaya, and sailed July 25 for
China ; Aigle, Avid, July 23, from Havre.
Arrivals at Bordeaux.—Bonne Fitl,e, Denvel, Nov. la,
from the Mauritius.

The Royal Saxon, Town!, for New South Wales, passed
through the Downs on Tuesday night, at eight p. 03-) witty vi.
strong easterly wind. _ _

Passenzers-by the Larkins, Ingram, for Bengal and the-
Cape of Good Hope :—Mrs. Mackay, Mrs. Bryant, Misses
Tucker, Mackay, and Herwood ; Captain Stokenstrum, Major
M‘Kinnon, 42d. B. N. I. ; Rev. Mr. Pearce, Dr. Stephenson,
54th regiment ; Lieutenant Bryant, 68th B. N. I.: Lieute-
nant Wood, 20th M. N. I. ; Lieutenant Rattray, her Majes-
ty's 72d Regiment ; Lieutenant Walsh, 4th B. N. I. ; A.
Mackay, Esq., merchant ; I. Winser, Esq., G. Watermeyer,
Esq., H. Mating, Esq., Master C. Farqubarson, two females,
and one native, servants. Miss Stainforth landed at the Cape.-

A young man named Bulten, waiter at a tavern in
Butcherhall-lane, City, was yesterday committed for trial
from Guildhall, on a charge of having administered can-
tbarides to the barmaid and her sister.

M. Malthus, a German political economist, has
published the following comparison of the working of the
Savings' Banks in the different countries in Europe, at the
end of 1837 :

Savings' Banks. Florins.
Austrian States (including Italy) 8 with 30,325,99
Prussian do. (Posen has none) BO „ 9,544,296
Independent States of Germany
Switzerland
Belgium
5 yl 6,466,365
Holland
Duchy of Sleswig 22 „ ;00,000
France
British Islands
Independent Italian States

Total number of Banks .. ..... 1,600 Total fl. 495,344,796
CURIOSITIES OF THE COINAGE.—The word
guinea, that goodly, but now obsolete piece of gold, owes
its origin to a circumstance which sheds almost unparal-
leled lustre upon the naval records of our country. In
the year 1666, Sir Robert Holmes, a highly-distinguished
Admiral, having contributed to the total discomfiture of the
Dutch, under De Ruyter, was sent with a strong division
of the victorious fleet to the coast of Holland, where he
had the good fortune to capture or destroy, in Schelling
Roads, 166 sail of rich merchant ships, valued at
1,200,0001., part of which being freighted with bullion
and gold dust from Cape Coast Castle, an African set-
tlement belonging to the enemy, this rich prize was soon
after coined into 21s. pieces, and acquired the name of
Guinea, with reference to the country from which it was
derived. About this time Our copper currency was first
struck with a figure of Britannia upon the obverse, in
compliment to Miss Stuart, one of Charles the Second's
most memorable beauties, and is said to have originally
borne a striking resemblance to that lady, from whose per-
son it was expressly modelled.

STATE OE TRADE.—There has been very little
change in our market this week. Some counts of yarn
are in moderate request for the East Indies, at slightly in-
creased rates ; but, owing to the continued advance in
cotton, the prices are still unremunerating to the spinners.
The demand for printing cloth continuesgood ; but in most
other fabrics there is not quite so much doing.—Manchet-
ter Guardian,

At a special meeting of the Committee of the So-
ciety for the protection of life from fire, held yesterday,
Captain Manby, V. P., in the Chair, the Secretary an.
Bounced that he had received a communication from Sir
H. Wheatley, announcing. that her Majesty was graciously
pleased to grant ten guineas a year in aid of the Society.