The Sun.
London, England, 1838-10-22 00:00:00

EAST INDIA SHIPPING.

Arrivals.—The Agrippina, Rodgers, from Ceylon, in the
Downs. sailed from Colombo March 7, arrived at the Cape of
Good Hope May 22, and_sailed July 31 ; St. Helena:Aug.
21, from Siam; Boadle, from Singapore, in the Downs,
sailed June 3, and St. Helena, Aug. 27.
Arrivals at Singapore.—Her Majesty's ship Larne, Blake,
May 18, from Penang, and sailed the 21st for China; Earl
of Balcarras, Vaux, May 19, from Bombay, and sailed the
20th for China; Water Witch, Reynell, May 20, from Cal-
cutta, and sailed the 20th for China ; Cownajee Family, May
20, from Calcutta, and sailed the 23d for China ; Le Gaspe,
Bruz, May 23, from Siam • Rob Roy, M'Kinnon, May 23,
from Calcutta, and sailed the 23d for China ; Charles Forbes,
Wells, May 27, from Bombay, and sailed the 30th for China;
Glenelg, Langley, May 27, from Bombay, and sailed the 30th
for China; Adelaide, Tackee, May 27, from Bombay; the
Soujee Family, Rowband, May 29, from Bombay.
Arrivals at Siam.--The Ariel, De Luz, Conqueror, and
Glasgow, Hamilton, from Singapore, the latter to sail on the
Ist of June for London.

Arrival at Batavia.—The Chipewa, Miller, in July, from
the Clyde.

Departures from Penang—Marinus, Patterson, April 13,
'for New South Wales.

Arrival at the Bay of Islands, New Zealand—The Hope,
Riley, June 4, from London, with 1,100 barrels of cioil.Departure from New Zealand.—Her Majesty's ship Buffalo,
Wood, June 15, for England.
Arrivals at Madras.—The Addingham, Sedgwick, June 2,
from Mauritius; Lord Auckland, Wylie, June 5, from Mauri-
tius; Amherst, Jump, June 5, from Negapatam ; Augustine,
Perry, June 13, from Mauritius; L' Artemis° frigate, Lo
Place, June 14, from Pondicherry ; Claudine, Kemp, June
14, from London; Tropic, Roux, June 25, from Bordeaux
and Pondicherry ; her Majesty's ship Favorite, Croker, June
27, and her Majesty's ship Victor, Crozier, June 23, from Pe-
nang ; La Gloire, July 4, from sea, in a leaky state; Phoenix,
Vedal, July 7, from Mauritius.
Departures from Madras.--The Anna Robertson, Hamilton,
June 6, for China ; Addingham, Sedgwick, June 11, for Cal-
cutta; Herefordshire, June 17, for Calcutta.

LIVERPOOL COTTON MARKET, OCT. 20.
There was only a moderate amount of business transacted at
this day's ma►ket, the entire sales not exceeding 3,000 bags,
for which, however, fully our last quotations were paid:-
9,400 American ; 300 Surat, 4id. to Sid. ; 100 Pernam, 80-
to 94d• ; 200 Egyptian, 10Id. to 11:V.—Total, 3,000.

FALSE ALARM.--A most unpleasant circumstance
occurred at St. Mary's Church, on Sunday evening last,
which produced a good deal of confusion and alarm, but,
providentially, was not attended with any fatal consequence.
rush shouted
to
In about ten minutes after the Rev. G. Cotton] bad taken his
text, a shriek was heard in the space immediately under the
smith gallery, made by some children, and t
e one
d , a
that the roof of the church was falling in. Part of the congre-
gation, near the place immediately rose from their seats to as_
certain what was the mattes. The cry b
the door ensued from all parts of the church, and was persisted
l in
the
peop o their seats.
ort to keep
in, although the Venerable Archdeacon Wilkins (who was in the
reading desk) used every effort
the utmost confusion prevailed, andseveral
thrown down and trodden upon, and in some instances very
severely bruised, but happily had no bones broken. Bonnets,
shawls, veils, and books, were scattered in every direction
and the clothes of many persons were extensively torn. Every
report was set afloat by the nervous and timorous, and crowds
afterwards went to the church, expecting to find that a great
partion of the sacred edifice had fallen, and that numbers were
' killed. It appeared, however, upon investigation, that nothing
more had happened, than two pieces of cement, twice the size
of a person's hand, had fallen from the upper part of the south
window, and alighting upon the heads of two or three chit-
ikon, had caused them to give a false alarm,—Nottingham
Journal,