The Sun.
London, England, 1847-03-16 00:00:00

TO THE LADIES,

This lady had the following letter Inserted in the "Times" news-
spar on Aug. 7, 1846. Reader, remember, this letter was put into
the paper by the lady herself, as a testimony to me.
" Mrs. Weekley, of No. 3. Swan-street, Borough, takes this oppor-
tunity of publicly thanking Mr. W. Grimstone, of the lierbary, High-
gate for the efficacy of his Aromatic Regenerator, in having com-
pletely restored the hair on her head, after using it about tour mouths,
nd the whole of her hair is much stronger and mere luxuriant than
ever was before the baldness appeared.
" Mrs. Weekley inserts this testimony to the virtues of Mr. G.'s
Regulator, feeling assured that many ladies would gladly purchase
an I is. bottle if they were as certain of its virtues as she is, from ex-
perience, not only in the restoration and produotion of hair in ahund-
exec, bat as a cure et nervous headache ; as a toilet perfume it is far
beyond any to her taste. She will feel a pleasure in answering any
lady of respectability to the above fact:,-3, Swan-street, Borough."
In cases of the hair becoming thin, weak, or turning grey, a few
drops oa the crown of the head occasionally, every week, will pre-
vent the hair from coming away with the comb, make it strong, and
lrevent it turning grey, rendering the hair luxuriant and curly. A
few drops on your hairbrush before brushing the hair, will give the
hair brilliancy, causing it to curl.
The most delicate ladies may use this delightful product of the
most aromatic herbs and flowers with confidence ; its refreshing
odour removes headache and makes it a most necessary companion
to the toilet. In cases of nevous headache, pour ten or twelve drops
an the crown of the head ; if v. ry bad, repeat it every quarter of an
hour. In most cases relief is certain in ten minutes. It produces
hair on children's heads in a few apppllcations. It used on infonts'
heads, it has such a peculiar cooling influence on the brain as to pre-
vent convulsions, as well as promoting the growth of hair.—See
pamphlet of testimonials.
All letters addressed to William Grimstone Herbary, Highgate.

IRISH WASTE LAND IMPROVE-

MENT SOCIETY.

On Saturday the half-yearly general meeting of the Irish
Waste Land Improvement Society was held at the King's
Head Tavern, Poultry, for the purpose of receiving a report
as to the condition of its affairs and future prospects. The
Earl of Devon in the chair.
Colonel Roins;sox, R.E , read the report, from which it
appeared that, in the month of March last, the Gallant
Colonel went on a tour of inspection over the Society's
estates in Ireland, with a view of ascertaining the system of
management pursued and the future prospects of the Society.
The stewards had been requested to induce the tenants, ,it
possible, to abandon the sowing of potatoes, as it was im-
possible to distinguish between the good and bad seed. The
appeal, in some instances, was successful, but the Connaught
peasantry could nut be induced to give up their favourite
potato, and hence, compared with others, they had suffered
frightfully. Some lost a fifth, and others the whole of their
crops. The society employed 200 able-bodied men, ex-
clusive of women and children, and the population of the
estates numbered 3,000, not one of whom had been
an inmate of a workhouse or gaol. In Ballinakeel
seven new tenants lost the principal portion of their crops,
the remainder 25 per cent., and the average loss upon the
estate was 75 per cent. It would require 7501. to maks up
the deficiency. On the Glencaske estate the average loss was
90 per cent., and it required 1,9601. to supply it. On the
Kelkerron estate the loss averaged between 80 and 90 per
cent., which required 8001. to supply it. In Galway the price
of Indian meal rose from 91. to 171. a ton during the months
of September and December. There was 1,7841. due upon
the shares of the society.the balance in cash was 6911. 18s. Id.,
and the liabilities figured -12,4611. 18s. ld. The report, after
giving a vivid and painful picture of the " misery and deso-
lation now existing in the sister kingdom," and after express..
ing fears that the worst was not arrived at, stated that the
society's tenants would be remunerated for their improve-
ments, would not be charged their rents, and would have
seed given them of all kinds on loan ; and also that there
was little danger of their being visited by the unparalleled pri-
vations which were inflicting and destroying the other inha-
bitants of Ireland.

The Noble CIIAIIIMAN after commenting on the report,
and stating that, if possible, the society would borrow money
of the Government to carry out their object, said that it was
satisfactorily proved that Ireland had within itself ample
resources for its wants, if they were properly developed.—
(Hear, hear.) If those resources had the benefit of capital,
and the personal superintendence of its own landlords, they
would convert the present horrors existing in Ireland into a
medium for the future advancement of that country and the
amelioration of her people.—(Hear, hear.)
The report was adopted unanimously, and on the motion
of Mr. Maude, seconded by Mr. Smith, a vote of thanks was
passed to Col. Robinson for his able and useful information.
Colonel RonitisoN, in acknowledging the compliment, ex-
pressed his belief that although the public works in Ireland
had seduced the people from tillage, with proper superin-
tendence, Ireland would be enabled to recover herself, and
meet the awful calamity with IN hich she had been visited.
The Rev. NVilliatn Harness was elected a director in the
lepiaerda, tett anks were voted to the
hi .
room of Mr. Handel, deceased ; arid the other officers for the
l)
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BATTERSEA.
About one o'clock yesterday morning the inhabitants of
the other end of Nine Elms, about a quarter of a mile beyond
the terminus of the South-Western Railway, and its vici-
nity, were thrown into great alarm by a violent explosion,
which, upon inquiry, was found to have been caused by the
outburst of a tire in the kyanizing premises of Mr.
Beg ell,
on the banks of the Thames. At that hour all the initte-
tants were fast asleep; and therefore, upoiebeing aroused by
the cause named, it is easy to conceive the state of consterna-
tion into which they were hurried. It is not very often that
anything else than praise can he bestowed on the Fire Bri-
gade; but in the present instance, according to the statement
ut some of the nearest residents to the spot at which the fire
commenced, for upwards of an hour that body remained alto-
gether inactive, declaring, when urged to take steps in order
to bring their engines into play, that it was utterly impossible
for them to do so. Several engines were driven home, not-
withstanding the fire was raging in all its fury, and in spite
of the entreaties of Mr. Hutton, the proprietor of sonic large
cern-mills, and Mr. Carne, an extensive timber-dealer, both
of whose premises were threatened with extreme danger.
The only replies Mr. Hutton has informed our reporter he
could get, even after he had upon several occasions pointed
out to the brigade the way by which they could get their
engines down to the share, and so arrest the progress of the
flames towards the timber-yard and his own mills, were that
there was no water, that the tide was too low, and that they
did not choose to run the risk of breaking their engines in
getting them down to the water's edge. Mr. Hutton dig •
bested that the horses should be taken out, and that he bee
an abundance of power, with the assistance of his own and
his neighbours' men, to draw the engines down the bank
by means of planks on to the beach. The entreetics
were of no avail, and therefore several of the engines
drove off. There was, however, one engine which arrived
at the scene of desolation later than the others, and to the
men attached to it Mr. Hutton was enabled to bring home
conviction as to the feasibility of his suggestion. The
horses were taken out, all hands went to work, and in a
few minutes the engine was, without the slightest injury,
drawn to the water's edge, and was at work. This ex-
ample induced two others of the four engines still remaining
to accede to Mr. Hutton's request, so that within half an
hour there were three engines playing with all their force
upon the threatening hale,' And a providential circumstance
it was that this etep wee- taken : for at the moment the first
of these machines was brought into operation the flakes of
fire by the aid of the wind were being carried ever to Carne's
timber-stacks, and soon towards Mr. Hutton's mills.
Had these places ignited, no act but the interposition of a
superior Power could have prevented the devouring element
from laying in ruins the whole of the factories and houses be-
tween Battersea-fields and the railway terminus. The latter,
doubtless, would have fallen a sacrifice. From Mr. Hutton's
mills to the terminus there is scarcely a yard's length of
groand along the bank of the river which is not occupied by
whiting-factories, lime-burners, timber merchants, ship-
breakers, malt-houses, and old wooden-buildings. Indeed,
as is well known, the whiting-factories are wooden erections,
which, from their peculiarity of construction, are more than
usually favourable to the prejudicial reception of fire, whilst
the other purposes to which the intermediate spaces are ap-
plied are, as will be observed, of an inflammable character.
The complaint of Mr. Hutton is, that there appeared to be
no one who was in command of the brigade, and that, had
it not been for the subsequent steps, and the wind had con-
tinued to blow as forcibly at it did at the period when thetirst
engine was taken down, so far as that corps was concerned,
the whole range of buildings and timber-stacks between
the spot where the fire originated and the railway terminus
must have been destroyed. That the accomplishment of the
proposition made by that gentleman was to be gained, and
that, if adopted, it was calculated to prove of benefit, were
established by
.the result of the operations when it was
ultimately carried out, and therefore there is the less excuse
for that portion of the brigade which abandoned the
place. There was an increased exertion made by the police
under the directions of Superintendent Bicknell. But for
their arrangements, the destruction of property, large as it
was, must have been much greater, for we never saw such a
collection of thieves as had congregated on the occasion, and
as the length of the fire, perhaps 100 yards, was so extensive,
numerous opportunities were offered for the exercise of their
peculating vocation. There is, however, reason to believe
that in the end the visitants were disappointed.
The fire, it appears, broke out at Mr. Bethell's. Upon
that gentleman's premises were numerous casks of tar,
11 pitch, and some persons also said of naphtha, from a corn-
, bination of which he ebtained a certain solution, which had
been found to be a preserver of wood by the process of
saturation. There were too, when we walked round the
place, between one and two o'clock, several large tanks filled '
with this inflammable solution, and it was the explosion of
one of them that it is imagined gave warning to the
neighbourhood of what was going on. The banks and
yards of these premises were covered with railway
sleepers piled up to a considerable height, some of which
had undergone the process of saturation, whilst others,
which had been but recently landed from barges, had not
been submitted as yet to the treatment. Every stick
of these which had been stacked between the
boiling-house, or whatever it may be called, and
Mr. Hutton's mills, was at ene and the same time,
and for hours, in one general blaze, the brilliancy
of the picture been frequently enhanced by the ig-
nition of a stray barrel of pitch, of tar, or of the kyanizing
combination. Shortly after the outbreak the flames com-
municated themselves to the limeworks of Mr. Pass, aml
from them to some barges which were aground off the wharf.
A density of tire was now arrived at, which time alone, and
the natural consumption of the materials, could put a stop
to. Had the engines been on the beach prior to this, the
probability is, from the peculiarity of the position of the
yard, that a very large quantity of the property might have
been saved. In a few minutes there were two extensive
lengths of wharfs and fear or six barges in a blaze, and it
was against the two end barges, and the burning mass at the
eastern end of Mr. Pass's wharf, that the engines which :Mr.
Hutton had got down upon the water's edge directed their at-
tacks. This proceeding, accompanied by a temporary tunnel.;
of the wind, was attended with the happiest effects; fur
when we left the spot, at five o'clock, all danger of a further
extension was at an end. The smoke, from the nature of the
combustible materials, was so dense, that we were unable to
make out the names of any of the engines on the water's
edge but that of the County. One of them, however, be-
longed to that company to which the younger Campbell and
Howell, both of Westminster-bridge stairs, are attached.
All the men connected with these engines displayed extra-
ordinary activity and diligence.
The extent of the loss will not be ascertained for some
days, but it must be very considerable. Great anxiety was
felt lest the flames should make their way to the dock at
the back of Mr. Pass's limeworks, wherein lay several steam-
boats, of which the locomotive Richmond and Hampton
boats were two. The measures taken by the police and by
the firemen referred to fortunately eventually set the minds of
those interested at ease.
The sky was illuminated over the whole of the western
part of the metropolis, whilst the opposite side of the river,
along Milbank and Cheyne-walk, Chelsea, and Vauxhall
and Battersea-bridges, Were crowded by spectators. The
river, too, was thronged with boats filled with spectators,
and such had been the arrival of company, that by 3 o'clock
there was a double row of cabs reaching for upwards of a
quarter of a mile along Battersea-flelds. A singular spec-
tacle was presented by the flocks of skylarks— for which
Battersea is celebrated—which hovered for hours over the
fire.— Ti mes.

We regret to addd that Mr. Bethell is entirely uninsured.
The nature of his business was considered so hazardous that
no office would undertake his risk for less than a treble rate
of premium, and he, therefore preferred a close system of
watching. His loss must be enormous; independently of the
buildings and stock of naphtha, he has lost fourteen thou-
sand railway sleepers, the
present contract p
ss. 10d. each. rice of which is
The following is a copy of the official report of the
damage :
" Mr. J. Bethell, creosote and naphtha distiller and saw-
mills, Battersea-fields.—Engine-house, rectifying-house, saw-
mill, about 14,000 railway sleepers, and a large quantity of
pitch, tar, &c. destroyed. Still-house nearly destroyed.
" Mr. Robins, timber dealer, ditto.—Furniture-shed and
contents destroyed ; stock in open yard damaged by fire, and
furniture by removal.with
" Widow Pass and Son, lime-burners.—A large shed, d
contents, and two lug-boats destroyed a sailing barge a
two other craft nearly destroyed.
" Two barges,respectively belonging to Mr. Hetherington,
of Lambeth, and Mr. Lee, of Rotherhithe."

THE PUBLIC FAST.
!Es Grace the Archbishop of Canterbury has issued a
form of prayer " to be used in all Churches and Chapels
throughout the United Kingdom of England and Ire-
land, on Wednesday, the 24th inst., being the day ap-
pointed by proclamation for a General Fast and Humi-
liation before Almighty God, in order to obtain pardon
nodrdon
of our sins, and that we may, in the most_ devout
solemn manner, send up our prayers and supplications
to the Divine Majesty for the removal of those heavy
u j dgments which our manifold sins and provocations
have most justly deserved, and with which Almighty
Cod is pleased to visit the iniquities of this land, by a
grievous scarcity and dearth ot divers articles of suste-
nance and necessaries of life."
The service appointed to be used commences with
certain sentences adapted to the occasion; then follow
the usual prayers for holydays; after which, instead of
the '6 Venite exultemus," a form peculiarly appropriate
to the occasion is substituted. The proper psalms are
the 32d, 39th, and 86th; the first lesson is the Bth
chapter of the Ist Book oF Kings, verse 22 to 24. Then
follows the eTe Deum;" the second lesson is St. Ma-
thew vi. to verse 22, after which " The Benedictus;"
and, instead of the first collect, will be said the two
collects expressly set forth. Then will follow the collect
for Ash Wednesday-, and the second and third collects
at morning prayer, and the; Litany. After the Litany
will be said one of the prayers appointed to be used in
the time of dearth and famine, which prayers may be
said continually at morning and evening prayer during
the time of the present visitation. Then will follow the
three collects next appointed; then the. prayer for the
Parliament, and the general thanksgiving, 84c., to the
end of the morning prayer, as usual.
In the communion service, after the prayer for the
Queen, instead of the collect for the day, shall be used
that which is set forth. The epistle is Joel , 12; the
Gospel of St. Luke xiii , 1; then will follow the Nieene
Creed, and after the sermon. In the offertory thine
are special sentences; and after the prayer for the .whole
Church of Christ there are six final prayers appointed
to be.said.
The order for evening pray er is then appointed, which
contains all the prayers adapted to the morning service.
The proper psalms are the lxxxviii., xc., cxxx.;
lesson Jonah iii.; the second 2 Cor. ix. the first
The above form of prayer, printed by her Majesty's
command, may be obtained at all booksellers and other
shops for three-halfpence.
A form of prayer will shortly be issued by the Kirk
of Scotland.

THE ELECTRIC TELEGRAPH --TheLords of the
Admiralty have at length directed the extension of the South-
Western itailway subterranean electric telegraph to the Ati-
eokalty at Whitehall. It will branch ozT in the Strand near
the toropoy'l preont OfEcer.

(From the South African Comma vial Advertiser, Jan. 7.)
The state of the country within the ancient border, now
delivered in a great measure from the inroads or marauding
parties of the enemy is at present very little understood,
at lent at this distance. Private letters throw scarcely any
light upon it, and Government is entirely silent. There can-
not but be much suffering and distress, not so much amongst
the poor," who readily find employment at good wages,
nor amongst traders of any description, as business is
becoming every day mote active, and certainly less lucra-
tive than in former times of peace, nor amongst mechanics ;
nor, in short, amongst any class accustomed to live by serv-
ing the community by the distribution of the necesoaries and
luxuries of lite ; the distress must be chiefly amongst the
producers, the farmers'on whose herds and flocks and crops
it'd houses, the whole force of the enemy's destructive powers
fell in the first instance. These, by their position in a new
country, the most respectable class of the community, may
be at this moment, in hundreds, at the very bottom of the
scale, distressed and helpless. The boards of relief, the
liberality of Government, and the noble sympathy of their
fellow colonists, have carried the " poor" safely, even com-
fortably, over the dark season of invasion. Merchants,
traders, and dealers of all sorts, carriers, mechanics, and the
like, have taken, and will continue to take, good care of
themselves. They have not been outwitted by the commis-
sariat. The former class would feel it the greatest of all
misfortunes to be compelled to approach the Board of Cha-
rity; bat, with the spirit and position of independent men,
they are for the time in the least favourable of all imagin-
able situations. The instruments and means of prodveoo4.,,
have been swept off or destroyed. They haVe neither sheep,'
cattle, horses, nor seed corn. The least unfortunate are
crippled in all these respects, and many are wholly disarmed.
To the restoration of this class, in the first place, should the
whole energy of Government be directed; to their resto-
ralion, that is, to make good to them the direct losses sus-
tained by the presence of a foreign enemy within the colony.
This compensation, as far as it is practicable, is to be taken
out of Kafirland. The Kafirs are in the same position as the
Chinese were in the recent war. They provoked hostilities,
they destroyed or seized private property, and they must, as
far as they are able, pay for both. 'I he charges of the war,
on the part of Government, form one claim ; the private pro-
perty seized or destroyed forms another. Private claims,
however, must first be satisfied, as the public, through its
representative, the Government, have the charge of private
property within its territory, or under its flag, as against
foreign enemies. Government is the grand insurance office
of the people, to which every individual pays an annual pre-
mium under the name of taxes. This may not appear in any
printed form ; it may not be set forth in any Act of Parlia-
ment; but it is ih the spirit of the common law of England,
and it forms the first article in the code of political common
sense. That such is the opinion of her Majesty's Ministers
may be inferred from the appointment of Sir Henry Pottin-
ger to be Governor and High Commissioner for winding up
the war. He did this very thing in China. He made them
pay for the private property they had seized and destroyed,
and then presented a bill of costs incurred for conducting the
case to judgment and execution. In the present case the bill
of cost, which is understood to be rather heavy, will
probably be laid aside for a time, or at least • till the
private claims are satisfied. t is with this view,
amongst others, that Sir Peregrine Maitland has
now stepped over the Kei. He wants back 20,000
head of cattle for the farmers, or more, but . certainly
not less. About this number, or more, may have been al-
ready recovered, or rather taken from the Kafirs and Tam-
bookies, in the course of the war, some of which are distri-
buted amongst the sufferers. By the way, where are the
Kafir horses? They were said to have exhibited a formid-
able cavalry at the commencement of this quarrel. Very
few of them have been killed or captured, yet of late nothing
is heard of them. A great number of colonial horses were
also carried off during the war. These will not, of course,
be lost sight of. Besides their value to the colonists, they
are instruments of war in the hands of the Kafirs, who can-
not be considered as disarmed as long as they are mounted.
The commissariat is said to be now in a most efficient state
on the frontier. The mules and horses, but especially the
mules sent from this end of the colony, have been of signal
service, not only for draught and carriage, but for offensive
operations in the field. This monster, it seems, was unknown
to the Kafirs; and upon one occasion, when a strong body
of them were rushing down upon a train of waggons, one of
the mules of the party, by accident or instinct, opened his
mouth and uttered that peculiar voice, which the poet Cowper
supposes may form one of the punishmentsi of wicked souls
in the next world. The enemy turned and fled as if five
hundred lions had been at their heels.

This service has not yet been acknowledged in any official
dispatch, but it rests on a pretty broad bottom of private,
intelligence. If true. it illustrates the credibility of Herodo-
tus, who relates how an army of Scythians was put to flight
by the braying of an ass.