The Sun.
London, England, 1842-10-20 00:00:00

GAS METERS ; their DEFICIENCY and
INJUSTICE DEMONSTRATED. The Second
Edition is published this day, price Is. To which is added the
method of Naphthalising (a bona-fide saving of 20 per cent.)
and thoroughly Purifying Coal Gas.
" It is made perfectly clear that the public is deeply gulled
by the Gas Companies."—Monthly Review, August.
" This pamphlet plainly points out the ease with which the
gas-meter can be, and is, made the means of the most extensive
fraud."—Atlas, Ju'y 23.
" The nature and construction of a meter is lucidly ex-
plained, and the mode of detecting its errors, and we have nc
hesitation in recommending Mr. Flower's Work."--Dispatch,
July 17.
Small as is this work, its importance is great ."—Catholic.
" The subject is important."—Metropolitan, October.
G. Mann, 39, Cornh ill.

LLOYD'S SHIPPING.
EAST INDIA SHIPPING.

Arrival—Reliance, Hall, from Bombay, off Liver-
pool, sailed 17th June, St. Helena 24th Aug.
Arrivals at St. Helena—Prevoyante, Aug. 18, from
Bourbon and Cape, and sailed 18th to Cayenne ; Emu,
Howard, 18th, from Launceston, and sailed 21st to
London; Vixen, Palmer, 19th, from London ; Sarah,
Parker, Codman, 20th, from Singapore, and sailed
2lst to New York ; Imogen, Bissett, 23d, from Cal-
cutta, and sailed 24th to London ; Bourgainville, 24th,
frou Bourbon to Bourdeaux.

Departures from St. Helena—George Ryan, Stacey,
Aug. 16, to Cowes; Resolution, to London.
Arrivals at Rio Janeiro—St. George, Sughme,
Aug. 7, from London, and sailed 11th to New Zea-
land ; William Wise, 12th, from Port Philip.
Departures from Rio—General Kyd, Onslow, Aug.
7, to Madras ; "Union, Allen, 10th, to the Cape ;
Day, 12th, to Sydney.
Arrivals at Bahia—Cairo, Wardell, Aug. 14, from
Sydney, and sailed 19th to London.
Departures from Bahia—Eden, Boyce, Aug. 13
to Sydney.
Arrival at Valparaiso—Mathesis, Gordon, June 17,
from Sydney. •
VESSELS SPOKEN WlTH.—Eden brig, from London,
Aug. 21, lat. 23 S., lon. 37 ; Atkinson, Rio to Cowes,
7th inst., lat. 49, ion. 14, by the Penguin packet, ar-
rived at Falmouth. BrigWoodpecktr, oF Bristol, Ist
inst„ lat. 46, lon. 11 ; Cottager, of Newcastle, for
Cork, by the Wm. Gales, arrived at Cork. Thomas
Naylor, Havannah for Cowes, 28th ult., lat. 47, lon. 25;
Irlam, Barbadoes to Liverpool, 30th ult., lat. 49, lon.
22_; Grampian, from America, (short of bread) Bth
inst., by the Simeon Hardy, arrived at Cork. Akyon,
bound to the Brazils, Sept. 6, lat. 12 N., lon. 26 ;
Hadalheid, Bahia to Cronstadt, 27th, lat. 42, lon. 33 ;
Emu, Van Diemen's Land to London, 6th inst.,
let. 48, lon. 20; Theodosia, Quebec do., 11th, 45 miles
W. of Cape Clear, by the Warren, arrived at Liverpool.
Larne, Callao to Liverpool, with part of cargo thrown
overboard, and having been into Chloe to repair,
July 24, lat. 56 S., lon. 75 "W.; Gazelle, Liverpool
to Mauritius, Aug. 22, lat. 24 S., lon. 30 ; Duncan,
London to Calcutta, Aug. 22, by the Valparaiso,
arrived at Liverpool. Andrew, of London, from
Antigua, by the Beccles, arrived at Cork. Cora, Per-
nambuco to Liverpool, 10th inst.; Johan, Africa to
Liverpool, 11th inst. ; Ladosia, St. Lawrence to Lon-
don, 12th inst. ; Commodore, Cuba to Swansea, 13th
inst. ; Ann Elizabeth, from Troon, 4th inst., lat. 35,
lon. 6, by the Morton, arrived at Crookhaven. Eng-
land, from Quebec, lat 51, lon. 12, by the Canning,
arrived at Crookhaven. An American ship (supposed
the) Francis Whitington, lat. 34 S., lat. 61 E.
ST. JOHN'S, NEWFOUNDLAND,
iD SEPT. 28.—The brig
Earl Grey, Cabes, of Spaniards' Bay, Conception Bay,
was totally lost in Placentia Bay 14th inst., crew saved.

THE WAR IN CHINA.—We are requested to state
that Mr. Colburn, of Great Marlborough-street, has
this day published the " Narrative of the Late Expe-
dition to China, from the commencement of the war
to the present period ; with Sketches of the Manners
and Customs of that singular and hitherto almost un-
known Country," by Commander J. Elliot Bingham,
R.N., Late First Lieutenant of her Majesty's Ship
Modeste, in .2 vols. small Bvo., with Illustrations, 21s.
bound. Mr: Colburn has also just published the
following Letters of Mary, Queen of Scots, 11-
lustrative of her Personal History, now first pub-
lished, with an Introduction, by Agnes Strickland, 2
vols. small Bvo., with Portrait, 21s. hound-2. The
fifth volume of Miss Strickland's " Lives of the
Queens of England," comprising the Lives of Queen
Katharine Parr and Queen Mary-3. Lord London..
derry's Steam Voyage to Constantinople, by the
Rhine and Danube, In 1840-41, 2 vols. Bvo., with Il-
lustrations-4. Newfoundland in 1842, by Lieut.-
Col. Sir Richard Bonnycastle, 2 vols. small Bvo., with
Map and numerous Illustrations—and 5. Russia and
the Russians in 1842, by J. G. Kohl, Esq., 1 vol.
small Bvo. _

CORONER'S INeuEs.r.—LYesterday an inquest was
held at the Hero of 'Waterloo Inn, Waterloo-read,
Lambeth, before William Carter, Esq., the Coroner
for Surrey, on view of the body of William Collinson,
aged 75 years. The deceased resided at No. 64
Cornwall-road, Lambeth. He had formerly been in
good circumstances, hut latterly was supported by his
nephew. He was addicted to habitual intoxication,
and between seven and eight o'clock on Saturday
evening last he returned home, excessively drunk, and
fell down stairs. From that time, although he had
not sustained any apparent 'injury from the fall, he
remained in a state of insensibility until his death,
which took place on Sunday evening. Verdict—
" That the deceased died from apoplexy, occasioned
by a fall he received while in a state of intoxication:'
The turkey fair of Aughrim took place on the 14th.
This fair, following so soon after, is remarkable for
improved prices over Ballinasloe ; but keeping pace
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V:ry fine birds, and at this
season of the year, plump
and fit for the table, sell from 2s. 4d. to 3s. each.