The Sun.
London, England, 1838-10-18 00:00:00

EAST INDIA SHIPPING.

Arrivals.—The Severn, Wake, from Bombay, off Dover—
sailed May 21, St. Helena August 25 ; Seppings, Rawlings,
from Van Diemen's Land, in the Downs ; Frankland, Webb,
from Bengal, at Liverpool, sailed June 8, St. Helena Sep-
tember I—the Frankland sailed in company with the Lady
Clifford, Grainger, Calcutta, Bentley, New Grove, Johnstone,
and Alfred, Jameson, all for London, experienced very severe
weather in the Bay of Bengal.

Arrivals at Bu;hire.—The John, Adam, and Belhaven,
previous to May 31, from Calcutta, and were ready to sail for
Bussorah.

Arrivals at Colombo (Ceylon).—The Africa, Skelton,
June 23, from London, and sailed from Trincomalee ; Madras,
July 21 ; Orestes, Smith, and La Belle Alliance, Aickoll, are
expected to proceed to China.

Princess Soutzo, the Lady of the Greek Minister,
accompanied by her daughters, the youthful Princesses Soutzo,
left town on Sunday morning for Greece. Prince Soutzo did
not intend accompanying his Lady as was stated. Previous to
the Princess leaving she was honoured with an audience of her
Majesty at Windsor.
The borrowing of newspapers is very unfair, and
hardly an honourable practice. Suppose the principle should
be extended, and that people should take it into their heads
to borrow the wares of tradesmen, instead of purchasing
them, what a pretty pass would things come to. How would
a shoemaker stare, if one should ask him for the loan of a pair
of shoes, saying that he only wanted to wear them I Yet peo-
ple borrow a newspaper—they only want to read it.--Dum-
fries Courier.

A MECHANICAL PUZZLE.—A clock, the dial
and bands of which appear perfectly detached from any me-
chanical power, has attracted much attention in the window of
Mr. Cox Savory, the clockmaker, of Cornhill. The difficulty
is to understand by what means the hands are made to move,
seeing that they are placed in the centre of a perfectly trans-
parent pane of glass, and no communication with any mecha-
nical power passes through the pane of glass. The figures
denoting the hours are painted on the glass, thus rendering it
obvious that the glass is stationary.

LEAMINGTON SPA, OCT. 13.--Lady Hatherton
has arrived in Lansdowne-crescent, accompanied by the Hon.
Miss Lyttleton, from the family seat
in Staffordshire. Lord
Dynevor, who has been sojourninghere for some time past,
will shortly take his departure for Dynevor Castle, Llandilo,
where Lady Dynevor has been residing during the past month.
The Duke and Duchess of Somerset will leave the latter end
of this or the early part of the ensuing month, for, it is under-
stood, their seat Stover House, Newton Abbot, Devon. Vis-
count Holmesdale has taken the residence of Mr. Granville,
Wellesbourne, in this county, during the hunting season,
but is at present at Earl Amherst's seat in Kent, Lord
and Lady Marsham, and the Hon. Miss Marsham, have left
after a brief sojourn. Sir William Sommerville, Bart, M. P.,
has left, to be present at a dinner given by the Honourable
Baronet's constituents at Drogheda. Sir John and Lady
Forbes, and Lady Frances Kerr, who arrived a few days back
from Scotland, have taken their departure. Lady Teynham
has arrived, and occupies a mansion in Beauchamp-square.
The Hon. Miss Yelverton has arrived in the same square.
Lady Carnegie and family occupy Dynevor House. Sir George
Back, R. N., has arrived in Regent-street from Cheshire.
Lord Somerville is among the recent arrivals. Count and
Countess de Castres have left for Malvern Wells, &c. The
Marchioness d'Harcourt and son have taken their departure,
after a short say. Viscount Eastnor and family have been
staying several days at Eastnor Castle, Worcestershire, but
are at present residing at Victoria Cottage; the Noble Vis-
count leaves on Monday for Somers Castle, Herefordshire, to
attend a Protestant meeting at the Shire Hall, Hereford, on
the following day; his noble father, Earl Somers, owing to
indisposition, cannot attend, but the following patrons are ex-
pected to be present :—Viscount Eastnor, M. P., Sir Edwin
F. Stanhope, Bart., Sir William Cockburn, Bart., Sir John
Cottrell, Bart., Mr. H. Burr, M. P., Archdeacon Wetherell,
&c. The Rev. Mortimer O'Sullivan, D.D., and the Rev.
Hugh M‘Neile are to attend.
CHURCII-RATES.—The parishioners of Lenton,s
Nottinghamshire, the other day postponed for twelve months
a proposition to grant a Church-rate of a halfpenny in the
pound, by a majority of 100 to 6.