The Sun.
London, England, 1840-04-23 00:00:00

EAST INDIA SHIPPING.

Arrivals.—The Patriot Queen, Hoodless, from Bengal,
at Liverpool, sailed 31st December, St. Helena 2d March ;
Thomas Blyth, Hay, from Mauritius, off Dartmouth, sailed
23d January, St. Helena 25th February ; Mary Bulmer,
Cant, from Mauritius, off Falmouth, sailed Ist January,
Cape of Good Hope 29th January • Ranges, May, from
the South Seas, in the Downs, sailed from Tiraol 3d Nov.,
St. Helena in February.
Arrivals at St. Helena.—The Shepherd, Jardine, 2sth
Feb. from Swan River, and sailed 29th for London ; Fre-
derick, Hath, 28th Feb. from the Cape, and sailed 29th
for London ; Sir Colin Campbell, Pentecost, 29th, from
Bombay, and sailed, 29th, for Liverpool ; Hooghly,
Roubon, March, from Calcutta, and sailed for Marseilles.

Arrivals off the Cape of Good Hope.—The Hereford.
shire, Chapman, Feb. 16, from Bombay to London;
Cygnet, Purss, from Mauritius to Bristol.

Arrivals at Mauritius.—The William Gales, Jolly; Sep.
pings, Rawlins, from Calcutta ; Countess of Durham,
Johnstone, Jan. 14, from the Cape, and sailed 17th, for
Calcutta ; Gironde, Pacilly, 15th, from Bordeaux, and
sailed, 17th, to Bourbon ; Argo, Billing, 16th, from New
South Wales; Olive Branch, Lindsay, 16th, from the
Cape; Hooghly, Bayley, 19th, from Calcutta; Alcide,
Jude, 26th, from Bourbon.

Departures from Mauritius.—The Jeunc Antoinette,
Jan. 13th, for Seychelles; Hero of Malown, Grunde, for
Coborn, ditto ; Quatre Freres, De Vanarin, for Bourbon ;
Isabella, Dickinson, for Calcutta; Theodore and Eugene,
17th, for Nantes ; Elizabeth, Hare, 17th, for London ;
Olympe, Dupeyaat, for Bout bon; Sarah, Walker, 18th,
for Pondicherry ; Paris, 18th, and Gol, 19th, for Bour-
bon ; Richard, Mount, 19th, for London ; Donna Crame-
lita, 20th, for the Red Sea ; Christopher, Rawson, for
Moulmein.

Vessels Loading.—The Tar, Onyx, Malabar; Fifteen,
Ruby, Irwell Grove; Falcon, and Olive Branch, for Lon-
don ; Venerable, for Cork ; Dawson, and Potentate, for
Sydney ; Mary Ann, for Port Adelaide.
Arrival at Pont de Galin, Ceylon.—The Isabella, Sex-
ton, Jan. 17th, from Colombo, and sailed, 19th, for London.

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Departures from Table Bay, Cape of Good Hope.—
The Tartar, Edwards, Jan. 11th, for London ; Warrior,
12th, for Mauritius.

Departures from Sydney, Now South Wales.--The
Psyche, Stephenson, Oct. 24th, for Singapore ; Sultan,
Poole, for Manilla.

SPORTING IN IRELAND.-Among the nume-
rous claims which Ireland presents to the attention of the
summer-tourists, none are so conspicuous, yet so little known
and appreciated, a 3 her sporting attractions. The want of
specific information on this interesting point is about, we un-
derstand, to be very ably and agreeably supplied by the pub-.
lication of an entirely novel and original work, entitled " The
Sportsman in Ireland." It opens, we are assured, entirely
new ground to the British Sportsman, at the same time that
it presents the reader with views of the actual condition .of
the Irish peasantry in the remote and little-known districts,
which are as curious and interesting as they are anomalous.
The angler, in particular, will, we believe, find this work pecu-
liarly to his taste.

WOMAN AND HER MASTER."—The regret
which has long been felt at the temporary cessation of Lady
Morgan's literary exertions is at length removed, by the publi-
cation of a work, the title and subject of which promise a most
happy adaptation to the display of those brilliant qualities which
have ever characterized the pen of this most popular and dis-
tinguished of our female writers. Woman—her rights and
duties—her position and influence in society—her capacities
and characteristics—her relative claims as regards the natural
or assumed position of her would-be Lord and Master, Man.
Such is the theme which this accomplished and eloquent writer
has chosen for her latest and most matured work ; and she pur-
sues it through all times and countries, with a boldness of
thought and a brilliance of style that promise the most striking
results.

CORN-LAWS.—In two days, the 30th and 31st
of March, 1,309 petition■ were presented for the pelmet of the
Corn-laws, with 510,914 signatures, a fact perhaps without
precedent in the annals of Parliament. The whole number
of petitions to the 31st of March inclusive, for the repeal o
these laws, was 2,141, the signatures, 980,353. Tho peti-
tions against repeal to the same date were 2,886, the signa-
tures, 188,051. The petitioners for the repeal are, to the
petitioners against it, fully as five to one. It is worthy of re-
mark that the Times has at last completed its apostacy by
abandoning its opposition to the Corn-laws. For some years
it had in its city article at least once a fortnight, a compa-
rison of the prices of the best and second qualities of wheat
in the London, Dantzic, and Hamburgh markets, which ge-
nerally showed that corn was dearer in London than on
the Continent, by 60, 80, Sr even 100 per cent. The dif.
ference was, perhaps, always exaggerated and the per cent-
age was not left to be inferred, but was put down distinctly
and paraded in the most conspicuous manner. These ar-
ticles, which must have been peculiarly offensive to
the supporters of the Corn-laws, were continued for some
years after the journal changed its politics, but they have at
length been quietly dropped, and at a time, too, when, from
the state of the markets, they would have told more powerfully
on the public than at any period for the last ten years. Dr.
Paley, who was honest in many things, acknowledged that he
could not afford to keep a conscience—meaning a whole con-
science ; but our brother of the broad-sheet is in a still more
unfortunate predicament, for he has parted with the last rag
and tatter of his ! Scotsman.
DANCING GIRLS OFTAIIORE.—In the course
of the afternoon, the Maharajah's head man came by his
master's orders to know if we should like to see his dancing
girls, adding, that four of them who had lately arrived from
Cachemere were very handsome. Accordingly, after dinner,
we repaired to a terrace on the banks of the canal, where we
found eight young ladies assembled, and a display of fire-works
prepared for our amusement on the opposite bank. The four
Cachemerian girls were very pretty; and one of them, Sabhoo
by name, would have been thought beautiful anywhere. They
were richly and gracefullydressed in scarlet and gold embroidered
shawl dresses, with large and enormously loose petticoatsi of
handsomely worked silk. Their head ornaments -
werrdsin!uthaer
and very becoming; their glossy black hair hangingarr
small
back in a number of long plaits, with gold coins
strqoas
bunches of pearls suspended to the ends, enormousra
I pearls and
of
pearl for ear-rings, and large gold rings, with several
are emeralds
very
fair,attachedw with
o expressivethem,
countenances, throught o cobndy9stee
lovely eyes, but their beauty is much disfigurednen of covering the
which prevails amongst all the Mogul largeeu 'theystaonm
lower ey Phil with gold leaf, whirls
appear-
ance.— Osborne's Court and Camp of u
gives'nl women of
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