The Sun.
London, England, 1822-09-26 00:00:00

EAST INDIA SHIPPING.

Yesterday a Court of Directors was held at the East India
House, when the under-mentioned ships, taken up for the en-
suing season, were thus stationed, viz. :
For Bengal and China—General Kyd, Capt. Alex. Nairne ;
Hytke, Capt. J. P. Wilson ; Windsor, Capt. Thos. Ilaviside ;
Kent, Capt. Henry Cobb ; Royal George, Capt. Charles S.
Timins.

For Madras and China--Atlas, Capt. Chas. 0. Mayne ;
I•rellie Castle, Capt. Edwd. 1.. Adams.
For Bombay and China—lnglis, Capt. Saml. Serle ; Here-
fordshire, Capt. Wm. Hope ; Farquharson, C. W. Cruick-
shank ; Scald)), Castle, Capt. David Newall ; Waterloo, Capt.
Richd. Alsager.
For St. Helena, Bombay and China—Bridgwater, Capt. W.
Mitchell.

For St. Helena, Remo°len and China—Repulse, Capt. John
Paterson.

For China direct—Vansittart, Capt W. H. C. Dalrymple.

LINEN TRADE.—The Report of the Select
Committee upon the Linen Trade of Ireland
has been printed, by order of the House of Com-
mons. It states, that the Committee " have
found the subject to be deeply interesting to the
welfare of Ireland ; that they are warranted in
stating, that the Linen Trade of Ireland has
mainly contributed to the introduction of moral
habits and peaceable conduct in those parts
where it has become established for any length
of time; that it has promoted industry in a man-
ner the most beneficial to society, exciting the
families of the cottager and the farmer through-
out the year to profitable occupation, male and
female, old and young, within their respective
homes, procuring for them a subsistence (although
hard earned,) as well as the means of discharging
their obligations to their landlords." The Com-
mittee, after examining into the constitution of the
Board of Trustees, the laws for regulating the trade,
the quantum of bounties, and their application,
and expressing their opinion on several points,
observe that the trade has apparently advanced
under the encouragement of the bounty on ex-
portation, and that the evidence of all those exa-
mined on the subject pronounces the continuance
of the bounty to be essential to the interests of
the manufacture both in Great Britain and Ire-
land. The amount of this bounty paid in last
year was above 252,0001. The Report thus con-
cludes :—" Your Committee cannot close this
Report without again impressing upon your con-
sideration the very great importance of the linen
manufacture to the prosperity of Ireland ; and
that in their opinion it is the duty of the Trus-
tees of the Linen Board, by every possible
means, to extend this manufacture to the South
and West of Ireland; for wherever it has ob-
tained a footing, industry, moral habits, content-
ment, and tranquillity, have followed."

MUSICAL ANECDOTE.-The celebrated HANDEL
being once in a country church, asked the organist to permit
him to play the people out, to which he of course consented.
HANDEL accordingly sat down and began to play in such a
masterly manner, as instantly to attract the attention of the
whole congregation, who, instead of vacating their seats as
usual, remained for a considerable space of time fixed in silent
admiration. The organist began to be impatient, (perhaps his
wife was waiting dinner) and at length addressing the performer,
told him he was convinced HE could not play the people out,
and advised him to relinquish the attempt; which done, a few
strains in the accustomed manner operated like reading the
Riot Act, by immediately dispersing the audience.
IMURDEROUS PUN.—A stag, having taken hold
of the Emperor BASIL by the girdle with his horn, one of his
retinue drew his sword, cut the girdle, and saved him; upon
which he ordered that person's head to be cut off, for having,
said he, drawn his sword against his Sovereign.
A countryman about to alter his condition, ap-
peared last week before a Magistrate to swear the affidavit re-
quired
by the New Marriage Act, when, on its being read to
him, he complained that he didn't understand it. " Not un-
derstand it," said his worship; who was not over burthened
with sense —" Not understand it ; why, you must be quite a
fool." " No, I be'nt quite ," said honest Clod dryly, " but
I be very near one."

An Englishman and a German both fell in
love with the same lady, by whom they were both equally be-
loved—the parent of the young lady was equally satisfied with
both. They possessed equal talents, fortune, character, stand-
ing, and all the rest of the world's goods--in short, they
stood on the ground of such equality, that no other mode
was left to decide the controversy than a duel. The father, how-
ever, to save the lives of two such valuable men, proposed this
substitute, that whoever was capable of putting his antagonist
with force of arms into a leather bag should be the fortunate
candidate. These terms were accepted—the parties met in the
presence of a numerous crowd of spectators, and the contest
began. The German proving the stronger hero of the two,
took his English antagonist, and with main strength put him
into the bag, tied him up with a handsome bow knot around
the mouth of the bag, to prevent his escape, shouldered him
as a man would shoulder a dead hog, and laid his whole length
at his mistress's feet, and amidst the shouts and congratulations
of the spectators, bore off' the prize in triumph.—(American
Paper.)
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On the 9th of September, between six and
seven o'clock in the evening, a wolf flew at a child, about five
years of age, as she was sitting at the corner of a field, near the
road from Pondeveaux to Saint Laurent (in the department
of Ain.) The animal seized the child by the head, fixing
his teeth above the left eye. Its screams gnickly brought
Andre Monier, her father (who with his wife were at work
in the same field), to her assistance, who immediately attacked
the wolf with his spade. The animal hopped the child, and
rushed upon her father : but he succeeded in keeping him at
bay, having received a severe wound in his right hand, until
the arrival of several labourers, who were drawn to the spot by
the cries of the wife. On the appearance of this reinforcement,
the wolf instantly receded about a hundred yards, which being
perceived by a young named Claude Boyer, of Replanges, he
stole behind it, and killed it by a blow from an iron-bar. Several
wolves had been seen the same day along the banks of the River
Saone, which committed various ravages in the neighbourhood
of Pondeveaux. As Monier and his family were going to the
neighbouring village for medical advice, they were overtaken by
sixteen persons who had received severe injuries from wolves,
and were going to that village for the same purpose. The re-
covery of the child is very doubtful ; it is feared that Monier
must undergo the operation of amputation. The Authorities
have ordered a vigilant execution of the laws for the destruc-
tion of these venomous animals.—( Journal de l' Ain. )