The Sun.
London, England, 1814-10-01 00:00:00

EAST INDIA SAII;P:IN*G

Yesterday a Court of 'Directors wars held at the
East India ilouse,%Vhen the undermeutioued ships.
were thus timed, viz. :

Charles Grant, David Scott, Inglis, E sex, Martpf!s Cam-
den, and Vanittar';, for Bowthly and China, to he Afloat Oc-
tober, 13, sail to Gravesend 00.425, stay there 40 days, and
to be in the Downs on the 15th Deccaher.

Lowther Castle, Bridgewater, -Gentl7.llffarris, and Atlas,
for Madra,s, Prince of 11'a and ,China; General
Itrd,Thr St. T.lelena, Princ4 of Wale,:' 1,,1att,1 and China, to lie
atioat Nov. 28, slit to Gravesrad Dee. 11, stay there 4U days,
and be in the Downs on the 28111 January, 1815.
Lord Melville, and Princess Charlotte of Wales, for Ma-
dras and Bengal ; to be all nit Dee. 26, sail to Graresen:l2an.
10, stay there 30 days, and he in the Dawns on the loth
• Princess Amelia and Alnwielt Castle, for China direct ; the
rdarqui. and William:P.ll, for Madras and Ben-
gal ; and the Ca,-,a St..ildena and Bengal, to be allinA
-Jan.'24;1815 ; sail to Gravesend Feb. 8, stay there 3Q days,'
and he in the Downs, March 16. - '

Lord Castlereagh, fur Bengal direct, to be afloat March JO,
sail to Gravesend March 24, stay there 30 days, and be in the
Downs on the I t of Maw.

Northumberland, !RlCldart, and Lord Eldon, for Madeira,
Madras, and Bengal ; to be afloat Jan, 10, and sail to-Graves-
end Feb. 10.

Carmarthen and Sir Win. Puiteney; for Madeira, Bengal,
and Bombay; to be afloat Feb. 8, and sail to Gravesend
March 8. • -

BRITISH NAVY.—The following is the amount
of the British Naval Force up to this day ;
Ai
sh, 39 ships of the line, 11 cif 44 guns, 104 frigates, 8G
sloops, 7 binnbs, 13 1 htigs, G enacts, 24 schooners, gun-
vessels, luggers, &c. Total 411.—1 n Port and fitting, 33 of
the line, ;1 of 4:1 guns, iii frigates,
.82 sloops, 1 bomb,
93 brigs, 5 cutters, 11 schooners,
.&c. Total 146.—Guard-
ships, 4 of the line, 3 of 50 gnus, 4 frigates, 6 sloops. Total 17.
Hospital and Prison ships, 30 of the line, 3 of 50 guns, 1 fri-
gate, 4 sloops.. Total 35.—Ordi nary and repairing' for Service,
97 of the line, 13 from 50 to 44 guns, 69 frigates, 32 sloops
and yachts, 2 bombs, 26 brigs, l'catter, 3 schooners. Total
243.—Building, 22 of the line, 3of 44 gnus, 8 frigates, 10
sloops, &c. 2 brigs. Total 45.—Grand Total NO.

The Paris Papers contain- a curious story of a
contest between an English Gentleman and a
French hackney-coachman. The coachman is re-
presented as having justice on his side, and as
having triumphed over the unfortunate English-
man, who is styled the Boron-, in the battle—by
his superior strength, and after it—by his supe-
rior politeness.

A 'brilliant fNe is preparing at the. Court of the
Prince of MOLDAVIA, on account of the Prince
ACHMET, SOIL of the-Sultan AlAnmoun.
The Windsor Castle packet has arrived, at Fal-
,mouth in thirty ►lays, with a 'Mail fro►u St. Tho-
mas. She left Guadaloupe on the 7th, and St.
Thomas on the 28th August, and has brought no
polit►cal intelligence.
'Yester►lay letters were received from Gibraltar
to the 9th ult. There was no material alteration
in the state of the fever, excepting, perhaps, that
it had.diminished in a small .degree as to its ma-
lignant character.

'The PRINCE REGENT is expected to leave town
for Sadborn, in Suffolk, on Monday.
Dispatches were sent fron► the Secretary of
State's Office yesterday, for Sir 11NRY WELLEs-
LEY, at Madrid.

Yesterday Monsieur Le Count de CIIARTRE, the
French Ambassador, had a long interview.with the
Earl Of LIVERPOOL and the Earl of,BATnuEs-r, at
the Foreign Office.

Yesterday the LORD CHANCELLOR waited upon
the Pimlce REGENT at Carlton House. •
Yesterday afternoon the -Earl of LP:Enron,
accompanied the Eirl of BATHURST to his sc\at,
at Putney, where they dined with a select party
of friends.

We hear the Princess CHARLOTTE. of `VALES is
to remain at Weymouth six weeks longer ; that
Mr. KEATE has lately proceeded to that place,
for the purpose of being in constant attendance
on her Royal Highness.
Colonel ADDENBROOK, we understand, is ap-
pointed Chamberlain to her Royal Highness the
Princess ClimmoTTE Of WALES.

"Vester.!av tl►e Spanisl► .Atnbassad6r entertained
a select party witl► an elegant dinner, at his house
in Grafton-street.

Colonel Eowtotros,. fate of the Commander-in-
Chief's Office, is appointed Chairman to the New
Board of 'Military CoMmissioners.
The'King of FRANCR has 'sat several times to
TURNERELLI, Since his visit to Paris, for his bust.
Capt. E. PALMER, of the liebruk frigate, whose
officer-like promptitude is so waruily extolled by
Rear-AdMiral COCKBURN, is the gallant Com-
Inander, who,- at the close of the French war,
took the L'Etoile frigate in so skilful and bril-
liant a style.

jotiirAi., OP A TRIG' TO, iiiiii§:

(No. XYYIII.)

otir last Letter, foici-detitilt read soi=dithitt.
I 'drove tins triOrning-to' the Celebtated tnanu-
factory •of GOBELINS TOoebtry, which luos,a-
nwrg had procured to be denontinated-=" The
JruperialManufactory of Tapestry for the t.:rown."
This Establishment, of more thati three centuries,
and a half in age; is well known throughout
tope for the unrivalled beauty and value of its
productions. It is open for inspection every day,-
from ten to one o'clock, and is worthy the atturi-;
tion of the Traveller. The, chief works in No,-
gresS at the period of the entrance of the Allies
into: Paris, were copies of the best pictures,

painted by various Artists; representing the in-
-61)4 exploits of the Corsican in his .vvOntkrfttl
career. SOUIC of these are finishetk—others are

in the state at which they were stopped by the
event I have alluded to, and the "overthrow and
banishment of the Usurper. .•Among the former
is a counterpart of the picture of BUONAPARTE
visiting the infected sick—(nor at Jaffa !)—it is a
siiperh and mas.erly production, vying in colours
with the finest painting, and rich and beautiful
beyond imagination. Among the latter is the in-
terview on the raft at Tilsit, nearly one-third
finished, namely, from the ground up to above
the knees of
.the figures. ,'Phis labour promises
fair, from the specimen which has been ex-
ecuted; but it is unlikely that either it, or aiiv
of -its political companions, will ever he car-
ried 'any furtlit'l.. The representations of ani-
mals in this Exhibition. are gorgeous in the
extreme, and as effective as can be produced by
the pallet. A portrait of the young King of
Rome forms Also one of the curiosities of the
place : it is said .to lie an admirable likeness, and
if so, his ci- decant Majesty is a fine, fair, healthy
child, with light hair and blue eyeS, a little of
the Austrian trick lip, and, as every old nurse

‘vould protest, the image of his tattier.
The warp of the finest of these ‘vorks is very
strong twisted silk it is fastened perpendicularly
iiito a frame of the required size, and the artist,

seated liehiva, proceeds to copy the picture by
single threads, which he works with his fingers

into this ground-work. This tedious process is
also of considerable difficulty, owing to the itn-
tueuse_number of shades neceksary, and the con-
sequent incredible multitude of variously tinged
thrqads employed. One Subject is the work of
year; for a man can do no inure, with the titrai;st

industry, than cover the extent of his pllin in a
week labour. The less-valited productions are
wrought more quickly in a loom horizontally.
From the Work-rooinsi went to the Magazines,

cvhere the materiAls aTe kept in store, which pre-

sent almost as curious a sight as the Manufactory

The various hues• of threads of all colours,
arranged in shelveS, from the lightest to the
de_epest tints, present a singular and beautiful gra-

itself.

dation of shades, which is only surpassed by their

effect when exquisitely wrought into the flush-
colour of some Venus, or the most dazzling fruits

and flowers

Front • the Gobelins I drove to the Catacombs;
but not being aware of the previous steps needful
in order to procure admission,. .1 found