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MAILS FROM BOMBAY TO EGYPT.

The annexed correspondence has taken place between the
Chairman of the East India and China Association and the
Directors of the East India Company :
" London, Aug. 25, 18:38.
" Sir,--I have to acknowledge your letter of the 23,1 inst.,
addressed to me as Chairman of the East India and China As-
sociation, and that there may be no mistake on the part of the
public upon a subject so deeply interesting, I take the liberty
of putting the following questions:—
" 1. By what ship, schooner, or steamer, was the mail from
Bombay, which it was understood was to have left that port
about the 20th of June, to be carried to Egypt either by the
Red Sea or the Persian Gulf ?
" 2. What arrane-ements have been made for the despatch
of the July and August mails from Bombay ?
" I need hardly point out to the Hon. Court the extreme
anxiety on every account, mercantile and private, that exists
as to the system adopted by the E ist India Company for the
conveyance of the mails from Bombay to Egypt generally,and
especially during the strength of the south-west monsoon, as
the 1 üblic consider this part of the arrangement to have been
left to the exclusive management of the East India Company,
and that nothing but the utmost urgency of the public service
should interfere with its regularity.
" I am, &c., "G.G.DE H. LARPENT.
" James C. Melvill, Esq., East India House."

" East India House, Aug. 30, 1838.
" Sir,—l am commanded by the Court of Directors of the
East India Company to acquaint you that the letter which, by
their order, was addressed to you on the 23d inst., contained
all the information which the Court possess respecting the
arrangements made by the Bombay Government for transmis-
sion of the mails between Egypt and Bombay during the
south-west monsoon.

" Whilst the Court regret their inability to afford more po-
sitive and satisfactory replies to the inquiries of the East India
and China Association as to the conveyance of the mails from
India towards the Mediterranean during the adverse season,
they have no doubt that the local authorities in India, with
whom the details of such arrangements must necessarily rest,
and who are anxiously alive to the importance of the subject,
will use every exertion and avail themselves of every means in
their power to preserve regularity in the packet communica-
tion.—l am, &c. " JAMES C. MELVILL.
" G. G. De H. Larpent, Esq., &c."

THE LATE EXTRAORDINARY
SEIZURE OF MR. PATERNOSTER.

The following is a copy of a letter (the original being in
the possession of the Editor of a Sunday newspaper) addressed
by Mr. Richard Paternoster to his landlady, Mrs. Scott, after
the outrage committed on his person by two men in the em-
ploy of Finch, the proprietor of a Lunatic Asylum at Ken-
sington. It is evident from the style of the composition that
Vie writer (as is alleged) does not: 'abour under an abe ration
of intellect:_

" 27th August, P. M. Finch's Lunatic Asylum,
Kensington.
My dear Mrs. Scott-You will, I know, be very anxious
to hear how I am, and what has become of me, and I am
equally so to alleviate, if possible, the distress you may feel
on my account. Do not be agitating yourself; you must not
indeed let my misfortune be a source of grief to you. Much
as I have suffered myself, I assure you I have felt nearly as
much at the anxiety and distress I saw you suffer on Friday.
Be comforted, I entreat you. You have behaved like a
mother to me, and if ever I forget you and your children's
kindness to me, I deserve to be myself forgotten by God.
Say all that is kind for me to Rachael and Gilderov. I hope
we may meet again ; but you would not be allowed to see me
here, so it is of no use coming. If Sir William Ogilvy
should call, pray tell him ell that has happened. I know
what has taken place about my house and effects. It has
hurt me more than any thing else, but I can do nothing.
Need I tell you that I am perfectly wretched ? But you
must indeed bear up in duty to your children, and in hope to
SC.'. me again. 1 have hardly any sleep at night, and you can
imagine what I felt at being deprived of my usual diet and
my accustomed occupation and comforts. I try to bear up
as well as I can, but to a nature like mine, this life is insup-
portable, and I find I sink rapidly with pining. If you should
write to me your letter will be opened. You know how par-
ticular I am in my little accounts, and pray tell Koller and
Mrs. Wood, and the rest, the reason why they have not been
paid. I cannot send them their money ; but let them not
think that it is my inaccuracy. Would to God I were once
in my own dear room amongst you all ; but if this is not to be,
I must submit, and trust to a benevolent God to make me hap-
pier in another state. If Colonel Cook should call, (as I
think he may) tell him, too, all. Indeed the more that knows
it the better pleased shall I be. I must not say all I wish in this
letter, but I wrote it, such as it is, rather than that
you should be labouring under anxiety and grief. So
long as I live I can never forget you and yours. I entreat
you once more not to afflict yourself. Do mind what I say.
Rather keep up your spirit° and strength, in the hope of being
of greater service to me. Of food I have abundance, more
than I could eat ; but that is useless, as I have no appetite.
Should Gilderoy pass by Mr. Waite's, in Old Burlington..
street, I should like him to call and say a word about me,
Once more God bless you. I thank you a thousand times
for all your kindness to me, and am your sincere,
"RICHARD PATERNOSTER."
It is presumed that Mr. Paternoster found means to pcn
the above epistle by stealth, and that he also got it clandes-
tinely conveyed to Mrs. Scott.

TILE FIRE AT CROYDON.—We yesterday gave a
brief statement of an alarm having reached the metropolis of a
fire having broken out at Croydon. The following additional
particulars have been furnished to us by one of our Correspon-
dents : —The fire was first discovered, about eight o'clock, in
the workshop of Mr. Ingram, a cabinet-maker and carpenter,
situate at the back of the High-street. The alarm was given
by a lad in Mr. Ingram's employ, and the inhabitants and the
police were immediately upon the alert, and the parish engtnes
and the Croydon fire brigade were soon on the spot ; but ow-
ing to the quantity of wood and combustible materials upon
the premises, the flames had by this time reached a frightful
height, and these engines were not able to stay their progress.
A messenger was then dispatched to the barracks, and the bar-
rack engine, accompanied by a number of the Coldstream
Guards, who are at present quartered in the town, soon ar-
rived, and they exerted themselves to the utmost, but unfortu-
nately- there was a very scanty supply of water, and the engines
could not be worked with proper effect. The fire in conse-
quence attained an alarming height, and at onetime fears were
entertained that a considerable portion of the High-street would
be destroyed. The engine from the Eacr India Company's esta-
blishment at Addiscombe soon afterwards arrived, attended by a
number of the cadets and Colonel Stannars and Major Rither-
don. These gentlemen used every exertion in their power to
assist in working the engines. About eleven o'clock a large
engine, escorted by a detachment of the fire brigade, arrived
from town, but the exertions of the firemen were paralyzed
by the scarcity of water. At this time the premises of Mr.
Ingram were completely gutted, and the fire had extended to
the back premises of Mr. Langford, the printer, and Mr.
Corker, the leather-dresser, and the fire-brigade directed
their endeavours to cut off the communication by pulling down
some sheds and other buildings. The wind fortunately
favoured their exertions, and they were enabled to restrain
the fire within the limits above mentioned. The fire was
completely subdued by half-past twelve o'clock. The amount
of damage done is estimated at nearly 2,0001., a considerable
portion of which sum is, however, insured in the Sun and
Pacenix offices.

THE FRENCH SUGAR TRADE.—The French
Papers contain the copy of a letter which has been addressed
by the Governor of Martinique to the Commissary-General of
Marine at Havre, respecting the sugar trade in that colony and.
in the island of Guadeloupe. It appears from this communi-
cation that an immense stock of sugar has accumulated in the
warehouses of the proprietors, in consequence of the great diffi-
culty which has been experienced in procuring the necessary
shipping to convey it to France, and the Commissary-General
is requested to lay a statement of the matter before the Cham-
ber of Commerce at Havre, in the hope that measures may be
taken to remedy the evil complained of. He remarks, that un-
less the Government charge itself with the removal of the pro-
duce of these colonies, it will he fur the local authorities to.
concert such measures as may appear to them to be indis-
pensable in order to prevent their total ruin. He suggests,
at the same time, that vessels may, even during the winter
season, take in goods at Point-a-Petro (Guadeloupe), and at
the anchorage at Martinique, concluding with the remark that
he waits the arrival of an ordinance relative to colonial entre-
pots, and that he has, in the meanwhile, opened a corre-
spondence on the subject with the French Consuls stationed in
different parts of the American continent and in the principal
islands. The sugar trade in Martinique and Guadeloupe is,
from all accounts, in a very dec!ining condition, in whatever
point of view it is considered. The scarcity of shipping for its.
transportation to the mother country here alluded to is no
doubt consequent upon the serious falling off which has taken
place in the demand for the commodity, the use of which is in
a great measure superseded by that of beet-root sugar.
Yesterday afternoon, between four and five o'clock,
a man threw himself off Waterloo-bridge into the Thames.
Some watermen immediately put off in their boats, and, after
some difficulty, the tide running down strong at the time,
succeeded in rescuing hint. He was taken to the Spotted
I)og, Strand-lane, in an insensible state, when Mr. Keni,y,
surgeon, of Surrey-street, attended, and the usual remtoercleides
having been applied, in three hours animation
Covent-garden
garden
The man's name is 'l'hwaite, a fruiterer in C
market.had
led
to tthael and.oo. intoxication
attempted
SUICIDE.—Oti Thursday an inquestßeddow,
tl that foatmoifl ys
.ffde
Fr
se
tnrcueest
was held at
on the body of
Brook Farm, in the parish of Great
whoß
in a fit of Mr. Fitch, a small farmer, aged 3,80,
on
Monday. The body
derange-
ment put a period to his existe
the windpipe being corn-
presented a frightful appearance;
found impossible to administer nourish-
ment severed, it was
He was sensible for some hours and
mnit of any description.
wrote sentences upon a
slate legibly in his acc'estomed hand..
writing, express in ing a wish to see his
wife, and entreat-
ing that she
withsmif is children might bc taken care of. " I
cannot, deceased
added, " tell how I. came to commit the rash
act, but"
I hope the Lord Jesus wnt " have mercy on me." De-
ceased
has left an afflicted widow with four children under six
Years of age. It is a singular fact, that a brother of Sarah
Smith, the witness, him..
on Monday last, attempted to hang
slf at Galleywood Common ; his mother, how( ver, for,
tunately cut bun down in time to save his life. —Essex litrale.„
A cabbage, of what is called the " flat-pole" .s e_
cies, was sold last week, in Ashburton market, meassiring
three feet eight ineltes. and weighing seventeen ponade. It
should have been sent as a present to the Merchant