The Sun.
London, England, 1836-12-23 00:00:00

EAST INDIA.

The Adelaide, Guthrie, from Bombay, in the Downs--
sailed August 25, St. Helena, November 2; the Malabar,
Forbisher,-from Bombay, at Liverpool—sailed September 12;
St. Helena, November 10 ; the Crown, Ponsonby, from Ben'
gal, off Holyhead—sailed from St. Helena, November 10.
Arrivals at St. Helena—The Iris, Malkwood, October 31,
and sailed for London; the Sarah, October 31, from Singa-
pore, and sailed November 1, for London; the Antelope, No-
vember 2, from the Cape ; the Brant, November 3, from
whaling, and sailed November 6, for New Bedford; the Nep-
tune, November 4, from Batavia, and sailed November 4, for
Havre ' • the Reform, November 5, from the Cape, and sailed
November 7, for Liverpool ; the Louisa, November 7, from
Caicutta, and sailed November 8, for Boston; the Genera/
Chasse, November 7, from Batavia, and sailed November 8,
for Rotterdam ; the Mercurius, November 8, and sailed for
Amsterdam; the Janet, November 8, from the Mauritius, and
sailed November 10, for London ; the Blake, November 9
from Bombay, and sailed for Liverpool ; the Parsee, Novem-
ber 10, from Calcutta and the Cape, and sailed for London;
the Warwick, November 10, from Madras, and sailed for Li-
verpool ; the Asia, November 10, from Batavia, and sailed for
Rotterdam.

The Dutch ships Holland and Java, had both been seen be.
tween the Cape and St. Helena.
Arrival at the Cape—The Wellington, Liddell, on the 15th
of Sept. from Portsmouth.
Arrivals at Bombay—The Tory, in Aug. from Liverpool;
the Huddersfield, on the Bth, from Liverpool ; the Weimer
Castle, from London ; the Euphrates, from London ; the
Surrey, from New South Wales ; the Asia, from Rio ; the
overland mail of the Ist of July, arrived out on the Bth of
September; the George Canning, on the 12th of August,
from London.
Departures from Bombay--The Europe, on the alst of
August, for London ; the Blake, on the 3d of September, for
Liverpool ; the Symmetry, on the 9th, for Calcutta; the Sir
C. Malcolm, on the 4th, for Bengal.

ELEGANT PRESENT.—One of the most elegant
presents we could name for this season is, undoubtedly,
" The Book of Gems," which has just appeared. It con-
tains nearly double tho number of engravings usually given
in illustrated volumes, and is, besides, so intrinsically valu-
able in its contents as to render the work an important ac-
quisition in the library, as well as one of the most beautiful
specimens of the present state of art. Great as has been
the demand already experienced for this splendid work, we
calculate its merits, as they become known, will carry it much
further ; and that, for the reasons we have assigned, a de-
cided preference will be given to it at this season, in the
selection of a present or prize book.
On Monday morning a steamer from Hull arrived at
the Custom-house-quay, having among the passengers a
woman, named Mary Massey, recently tried in Yorkshire
for felony, and sentenced to seven years' transportation ;
she was accompanied by Joseph Bashforth, an officer, who
was about to convey the convict to the Hulks at Woolwich,
but by some means or other she contrived to effect her es-
cape. Information of the circumstance was immediately
communated to the police, and a reward was offered for
the conviceo apprehension. Nothing was heard respecting
her, although every inquiry had been instituted, until a late
hour on the same evening, when she was, in the following
singular manner, reseognised and retaken :—A police con-
stable of the D divisito, named Gore, was dispatched to the
S station-house with son;e particulars relative to a robbery,
and while in conversation with the sergeant on duty, a
woman was brought in on the eLarge of being drunk and
disorderly in the streets. Notwithsta,3ding the dirty and disar-
ranged state of her dress Gore felt coovineed, from the de-
scription sent round to the police, that she was no other
thanthe fugitive in question, and accordingly, on Tuesday
morning,delivered
when she had become somewhat sober, she was
up to the Hull officer, by whom she was at once
identified and secured.
HENRIETTA TEMPLE.—One of the most interest
ing portraitures in this new novel, by the author of " Vivian
Grey," is the sketch of Lady C—, under the name of
Lady Bellair, which is much too graphic to be mistaken.
It possesses the rare merits of fidelity andgood nature. The
eccentricities, the kindliness, the shrewdness of the original
are admirably depicted ; and not a few of her strange re-
marks recal the past century and those who flourished then
—great persons, who were the familiar friends of a woman
who, now in her ninety-second year, retains so many of the
feelings and remembrances of youth.
ROCKING STONE IN LANGUEDOC.—In the
neighbourhood of Castres is a remarkably curiosity, le
rocker tremblant, or the rocking-stone ; it is of an irregular
figure, somewhat approaching to that of a flattened egg
standing on its smaller end. Its greatest girth, which is at
about two-thirds of its height from the ground, is 27 or .28
English feet ; the smallest, which is at the base, is about
13, the height is about 12 feet, and the weight is estimated
at GOO quintals, of 1001bs. each. The base is convex in
the direction of its longer diameter, so that at each extre-
mity of that diameter it rises eight inches from the sup-
porting rock ; along the smaller diameter of the base
the stone is supported throughout, so that it is only
in one direction that it is susceptible of motion. It
requires several smart pushes to put this stone in motiou,
but when the movement has once commenced, a small force
suffices to keep it up. Le rocker trcmblant is near the
corner of the rock which serves for its support, and over-
hangs it ; it is on the top of a hill, at the foot of which 1.5
a remarkable grotto that once served as a retreat to St.
Dominick.—Penny (yclopeedia.

PATENT LEVER WATCHES.
Price, at T. COX SAVORY'S, 47, Cornhill, London. _
sILVEIt CASES.
With double-bottom cases
With hunting cases
Coral CASES.
Size for ladies, with elegant gold diai
Size for gentlemen, with enamel dial
This celebrated construction (the most accurate on which
watch can be made) is now offered at the above price, with the
latest improvements, i. e., the detached escapement. jewelled
four holes, capped, hand to mark the seconds, and inainta`n4,D
power to continue going while winding up.
T. COX SAVORY,
Working Silversmith, Goldsmith, and Watchmaker, 47, Coolll3l'
London.

BIRTHS.
On the 14th inst., in Edinburgh, the lady of Charles Brownlorry
Esq., of a son.
On the 22d inst., at May Place, Kent, the lady of Lieutenant
Wingfield, Royal Horse Artillery, of a son.
On the 21st inst., at Kilburn, Mrs. John D. Dickenson, of
daughter.
On the 18th inst., at Boom Hall, Londonderry, the lady of the
Rev. T. Lindesey, of a still-born child.

MARRIED.
On the 21st inst., at Marcbam, John Edward Armstrong, E.s(l','
of Lincoln's Inn, barrister-at-law, to Elizabeth, second daughter 0,
the late Benjamin Morlana, Esq , of Sheepstead House, Berks.
At North Ferriby, the Bee. J. Mendham, of Clophill, Bedford
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shire, only son of John Mendhara, Esq., of Richmond, Surrey.,
to
Sophia, daughter of the late C. Turner, Esq., of North Ferriby,
Yorkshire.

DIED.
On the 17th inst., on board H.M.S. " Brune," at Chatham.
Richard Sholl, Esq., Purser of the Ordinary there, aged 51.
On the 18th inst., Emily, the youngest daughter of Mr. John
Gibson, of Islington, aged 4.
On the 19th inst., at Walcot-place, Lambeth, the infant son of
Mr. J. W. Peppercorne.
On the 20th inst., at the Terrace, New-street, Kennington, Marls
widow of Mr. J. Mathvson, of the Stationery-office, and Church-
street, Milbank, aged 7b.
On the 20th inst., at Stoke Newington, Mary, relict of data
Clarke, LL.D., aged 76.
On the 19th inst., aged 58, Charles Moss, Esq., of Henrietta..
street, Cavendish-square, late of Somerset House.
On the 22d inst., aged 54, Charlotte, wife of H. Solly, Esq., of
Tividale, near Tipton, Staffordshire.
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