The Sun.
London, England, 1841-09-04 00:00:00

EAST INDIA SHIPPING.

Arrivals—Delhi, Byron, from Singapore, off Torbay,
sailed April 27, Anjer May 18, Cape July 6 ; Arab,
Westmoreland, from Van Diemen's Land, off Kings-
bridge, sailed from Launceston April 4, Pernambuco
July 20 ; Birman, Cleland, from Bengal, off Plymouth,
sailed April 15, St. Helena July 11.
Arrivals in Table Bay, Cape of Good Hope—Transit,
Coberin, June 9, from Rio, and sailed June 29 to
Algoa Bay; Regent packet, M`Donald, 13, from Algoa
Bay ; Agenoria, Le Gresley, 18, from Rio ; Panope,
Candler, 20, from London ; Speedy, Adams, from St.
Helena ; Tyrian, Clarkson, 22, from. London ; Queen
Victoria, Clarke, 22, from Algoa Bay ; Briton, Barrow,
from Algoa Bay, and sailed 29 back ; Jean, Clarke,
27, from Port Philip ; Senator, Kerr, from London, and
sailed 39 to Ceylon.
Departures from Table Bay.—The Bertha, June 9,
for Sydney ; Harmony; for Algoa Bay ; Lahant, 15, for
Rio ; La Paix, for the Mauritius ; Louisa, 16, for Algoa
Bay ; Le Cygne, 16, for Bourbon ; Couch, 20, for
Algoa Bay ; John Graham, Turner, 20, for Madras and
Calcutta.
Arrivals in Simons Bay (Cape of (400 d Hope).—
Venus, A. R. Elliott in charge, June 8, from Brazil, de-
tained by her Majesty's ship Fawn ; James Matthews,
Roberts, il, from London, and sailed 17 to Swan River;
Lord Lowther, Pattenson, 25, from Calcutta to London.

Departure from Simons Bay.—Anna Robertson, Ha-
milton, June 15, for Madras.
Arrivals at St. Helena.—Premier, Were, from China,
sailed July 16, to London ; Rothschild, Lockett, from
Bombay, and sailed 15, to Liverpool ; Chanticleer, Wil-
son, from Shields ; Prince Albert, Bruton, from Madras
and Alleppy, to London.

FEATS Of A POSTURE-MASTER.—With a
pair of French post-boots, under the soles of which are
fastened quart-bottles, with their necks downwards, Mr.
Macdonald exhibits several feats of activity on the slack
wire ; after this, he poises a wheel on his right toe, on
the top of which is placed a spike, whereon is balanced
by the edge a pewter-plate ; on that a board with six-
teen wine-glasses ; and on the summit a glass globe,
with a wheaten straw erect on the same. He then fixes
a sharp-pointed sword on the tip of his nose, on the pom-
mel of which he balances a tobacco-pipe, and on its
bowl two eggs erect. With his left fore-finger he sus-
tains a chair with a dog sitting in it, and two feathers
standing erect on the nos ; and, to show the strength of
his wrist, there are two weights of 1001bs. each fastened
to the legs of the chair.—Mr. Daniels " Merrie Eng-
land," in Bentley.
A letter from Munich informs us that the cele.
brated Bavarian sculptor Stigelmayer has brought to
such a pitch of perfection his galvano-plastic process,
that its effects would be deemed fabulous, were they not
publicly exhibited in the museum of the Society of Arts.
In the space of two or three hours, colossal statues in
plaster are covered with a coat of copper, which takes
with the greatest accuracy the most minute and delicate
touches, giving the whole all the appearance and solidity
of the finest casts in bronze. M. Stigelmayer has also
applied his process to the smallest objects, as flowers,
plants, and even insects, bringing them out with such
accuracy, that they seem to have been executed by the
hands of the most skilful artists.—Literary Gazette.

SIR R. PEEL'S WELCOME AT WINDSOR.—
Sir Robert Peel had an opportunity. on Tuesday of veri-
fying the justice of the commendations bestowed by the
Duke of Wellington on Lord Melbourne, for the suc-
cess which had attended his les..ons to her Majesty on
her duties as a Constitutional Queen. It appears that
the interview between the Premier and her Majesty
lasted exactly eight minutes, during which brief interval
she was able to transact the important business which
required the presence of the Right Hon. Baronet at the
Palace. Not being prepared for this promptitude, Sir
Robert had a considerable time on his hands before the
arrangements he had made would allow him to leave
Windsor, which he devoted to a minute survey of the
state apartments.—Chronicle.
Yesterday afternoon, the men employed by Mr.
Coniston on Roundway-hill in making an embankment,
in digging came to what proved to be an iron coffin.
On opening the coffin, a skeleton which was in it, on
exposure to the air, immediately fell to dust, with the
excepton of the skull and teeth, which are in good pre-
servation. In the coffin were a great number of trinkets,
such as gold brooches set with stones like garnets, and
pins like those now used.— Wiltshire Independent.
THE SPIRIT SELF-PROTECTING.—.What can
we see or acquire but what we are ? You have seen a
skilful man reading Virgil. Well, that author is a thou-
sand books to a thousand persons. Take the book into
your two hands, and read your eyes out, you will never
find what I find. If any ingenious reader would have a
monopoly of the wisdom or delight he gets, he is as se-
cure now the book is Englished, as if it were imprisoned
in the Pelews' tongue. It is with a good book as with
good company. Introduce a base person among gentle-
men : it is all to no purpose ; he is not emir fellow.
Every society protects itself. Tl-e company is perfectly
i safe, and he is not one of them, thou:;1.1 his Ludy is iu the
room,—Emerson's Essay on Spiritual Laws,