The Sun.
London, England, 1838-01-09 00:00:00

EAST INDIA SHIPPING.

Arrivals.—Jan. 8, the Parsec, Nl' Kellar, from Bengal, off
Portland ; sailed Aug. 30 ; Faerie Queen, Hookey, from the
Mauritius, at Liverpool ; sailed Oct. 17, and from Ascension,
Nov. 21 ; Hereford, Reaburn, from Bengal, off Liverpool;
sailed from Calcutta, Aug. 2, and from St. Helena, Nov. 15.
Arrivals at the Mauritius.—The Hooghly, Bayley, Sept.
29, and the Westmoreland, Sept. 30, from Calcutta.
Departures from the Mauritius.—The Onyx, Nicholson,
Oct. 14, for the Cape and Liverpool. The Stirling was to
sail Oct. 18, for London.
Arrivals at Singapore.—The Haidce, Aug. 23; Patriot,
Aug. 25 , General Kyd, Foord, Aug. 26 ; and the Aber-
crombie Robinson, Scott, Aug. 29 —all from Calcutta. The
two latter sailed again for China.
Ships Spoken.—The Bengal, Wilson, from Bengal to Lon-
don, Oct. 28, in lat. 29. 25. S., long. 40. E. ; Barossa,
Grey, from Ceylon and the Cape, to Cork, Dec. 15, in ht.
23. 38. N., long. 34. 31. W. ; Lady East, Emery, from
Bombay to Liverpool, Nov. 17, by the Faerie Queen, arrived
at Liverpool.
Arrivals at the Mauritius.—The Richard Mount, Smiles,
and Eliza, Jane, Walker, from London ; Hesperus, from Liver-
pool ; George and Mary, from London ; and the Janet, Chal-
rnerc, from Pondicherry.
Arrival at Pondicherry.—The Edward Robinson, Parsons,
from the Mauritius, in 20 days.
Arrival at New York.—The York, Meyer, Dec. 13, from
Batavia, sailed Sept. 15.

CORPORATION FOR MANCHESTER.--Sheffield
has, we perceive, imitated the example of Birmingham, by
holding a public meeting to petition the Privy Council for a
Charter of Incorporation. We hope that before another week
shall have elapsed the Reformers of this town, the only place
of magnitude without a prospect of a Corporation, will have
taken steps to place the municipal affairs of the borough in
the hands of housekeepers. Manchester is at present under
the same form of government as in 1301, when Sir Thomas
Grelle, the then Lord of the Manor, placed the first borough-
reeve and constables over his vassals, dwelling in what then
consisted of a few hovels 1 For nearly three years an Act of
Parliament has been in existence, offering us, at the price of
asking only, a republican form of self-government; giving to
the householders the election of their own magistrates, the
chief of whom takes precedence of even the Sovereign on the
throne, in his own borough—yet the freemen of Manchester
have hitherto spurned the boon ! Well may the Tories taunt
the Irish patriots, who are contending for similar Corporation
Reform for Ireland, with this supineness and indifference on
our parts.—Manchester Times.
The following notice was once posted upon the
estate of a Noble Marquis in Kent :—" Notice is hereby given,
that the Marquis of Camden (on account of the backwardness
of the harvest) will not shoot himself nor any of his tenants till
the 14th of September."

\Ve are enabled to supply our readers with informa-
tion, on which they may implicitly rely, as to the exact num-
ber of additional troops which are destined for Canadian ser-
vice, viz.:—Six troops of the Ist Dragoon Guards, of 50 rank
and file each ; four troops of the 7th Hussars, of fifty rank and
file each ; the second battalion of the Grenadier Guards, con-
sisting of 800 rank and file ; the second battalion of the Cold-
stream Guards, of 800 rank and file ; six companies of the
11th Foot, of 100 each ; six companies of the 73d Foot, of
100 each ; and six companies of the 93d, of 100 each. It will
thus appear that the entire fc rev destined for Canada at pre-
sent does not exceed 3,900 men.—United Service Gazette.