The Sun.
London, England, 1846-02-04 00:00:00

No. 16,684. LONDON WEDNESDAY, 1703 '7 C
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MIDLAND RAILWAY.
The Midland Railway Company are prepared to receive
LOANS on SECURITY of their DEBENTURES, for periods of
Three, Five, or Seven Years, in sums of not . less than 1,0001. each,
at interest after the rate of 41. per cent. per annum, papable half
yearly.

PETITION ! PETITION 11 PETITION !I
ALT a SPECIAL MEETING of the COUN-
CIL of the NATIONAL ANTI-CORN-LAW LEAGUE,
held on Tnuasnsy, January 29, 1846, it was unanimously resolved—
" That the announcement of a new Corn-law renders it desirable
that the friends of Free Trade throughout the kingdom should be in-
vited to originate Petitions for the Total and Immediate Abolition
of all Laws imposing Duties on Foreign Corn and Provisions."
By order of the Council,
JOSEPH HICKIN, Secretary.
Manchester, Jan. 29, 1846.

Applications to be made to the Secretary, at the Company's
Office, Derby. _ _ _

By °r am',

J. F. BELL, Secretary.

January 28, 1846.

A T a SPECIAL GENERAL MEETING of
the PROPRIETORS of the ABERDEEN RAILWAY COM-
PANY, held within the Royal Hotel, Aberdeen, on Wednesday, the
21st day of January, 1846,
THOMAS BLAIKIE, Esre, Lord Provost of Aberdeen, in the Chair ;
The advertisement calling the meeting having been read, the fol
lowing report was presented by the Directors :
The Directors have called the present meeting of the Proprietors
for the purpose of submitting to them, for their sanction, an agree-
ment now on the table, entered into between them and the Directors
of the Arbroath and Forfar Railway Company.
By this agreement, the Arbroath and Forfar Company undertake
to lease, in perpetuity, to the Aberdeen Company, the Arbroath and
Forfar Railway, including the whole property and plant connected
therewith, at the rate of N. ss. per centum per annum on the whole
cost, and one-half of the surplus profits of the line, after deducting
thirty-three and one-third per cent for working expemses, the Aber-
deen Company having the option of taking the average profits of the
first five years after the opening of both lines throughout, as the
rule of payment, so far as regards the profits, in all time thereafter ;
and in the event of such option being taken, the Arbroath and Forfar
Company is then to merge in the Aberdeen Company, and the Aber-
deen Railway Shall be held to extend from the city of Aberdeen to
the towns of Arbroath and Forfar.
The Arbroath and Forfar Company undertake to alter the gauge
of the Arbroath and Forfar Railway, so as to correspond with the
proposed gauge of the Aberdeen Railway, to alter their engines,
carriages, and waggons, to suit the new gauge, and to lay down a
double line of rails throughout, all under the superintendence of the
Aberdeen Company's engineer.
The lease to commence on the 2d day of February, 1848, or as
soon thcreafter as the alterations above mentioned shall be com-
pleted.

LOYAL POLYTECHNIC INSTITUTION
Lectures OR CHEMISTRY, with Brilliant Experiments,
by Dr. Ryan, daily at Half-past Three, and on the Evenings of
Mondays, Wednesdays, and Fridays, at Nine •'Clock. A Lecture
on the ATMOSPHERIC RAILWAY, by Professor Bachoffner, a
Working Model of which, carryieg several persons, is exhibited
daily. The additions to the OPAQUE MICROSCOPE, DIS-
SOLVING VIEWS, and CHROMATROPB are very effective. The
PHYSIOSCOPE. Submarine Experiments by means of the 'DIVER
and DIVING BELL. Among the various additions to the Working
Models is Coleman's NEW AMERICAN LOCOMOTIVE ENGINE,
for ascending and &mending Inclined Planes. A magnificent Col-
lection of TUOPICAL FRUITS. Mr. Downe, the celebrated Flute
Player, will take part in the Music, conducted by Dr. Wallis. Open
from Eleven to Half-past Five, aid from Seven to Half-past Ten in
the Evening.

'The Directors have much satisfactien in submitting this agree-
ment, by which, if sanctioned, you will attain the entire manage-
ment and control of the Arbroath and Forfar Railway, which the
Directors have always considered of the highest Importance for your
interests, as affording a key to the Scottish Midland, Central, and
Caledonian Railways on the one hand, and to the Dundee and
Arbroath, Dundee and rerth, Eelinburgb and Northern, and North
British on the other, and which, in the hands of any other party,
might be made to affect prejudicially the efficient working of the
Aberdeen line.

The length of the Arbroath and Forfar Railway is 15;4 miles, the
present capital is 142,0001., and will, when the alterations referred to
in this report are completed, be about 180,0041/. The free revenue of
the lino is already equal to four per cent. of the present capital, and
when the large imerease of traffic consequent upon the opening of the
railways south and north, the facility and economy with which the
Aberdeen Company will be enabled to work the Arbroath and Forfar
line, and the other inducements already referred to are considered,
the Directors have no hesitation inrecommending the agreement now
submitted as a measure of the highest imrortance for your interests,
at the same time that it is one equally desirable and advantageous
for the Arbroath and Forfar Railway Company.

(Signed) THOMAS BLAIKIE, Chairman.
The following resolution was then moved by the CHAIRMAN
seconded by JAMES MADDEN, Esq., and unanimously adopted :—'
That this meeting approves of and confirms the agreement entered
into 'by the Directors, for the lease of the Arbroath and Forfar
Railway, and authorises them to take all necessary steps for the
completion if the same.
THOMAS BLAIKIE, Chairman.
N. T. CHRISTIE, Secretary.

PROVISIONALLY REGISTERED.
LYMOUTII GRE A.T WESTERN DOCK
COMPANY.

Capital, 150,0007., in 7,500 Shares of 25/. each,
Deposit, 11.25. 6d. per Share.

Liability limited to the amount of subscription. The whole de-
posit to be returned in the event of the Company not obtaining
their Act.

PROVISIONAL CONSIITTIIR.
The Earl of Mount Edgecumbe
Charles Russell, Esq., M.P., Chairman of the Great Western Rail-

way Company
Frederic Pratt Barlow, Esq„ a Director of the Great Western Rail-

way Company
Christopher Harris, Esq., Naval Bank, Plymouth
Dceble Boger, Esq., Plympton
Erving Clark, Esq., Efford Manor
Joseph Read, Esq., Upland
Thomas Gill, Esq., M.P., Chairman of the south Devou Railway

Company
Patrick Miller, Esq., M.D., 2 Directors of the South Devon
John Rundle, Esq., s Railway Company
David Derry, Esq., Devon and Cornwall Bank, Plymouth
Robert M`Calmont, Esq., London
Alexander Beattie, Esq., London
William Dougal Christie, Esq., M.P.
George William Bolton, Esq., Little Effard.
ENGINEER—I. K. Brunel, Esq.
BANKERS.
Messrs. Harris, Mudge, and Co., Naval Bank, I
Devon and Cornwall Bank, Plymouth
The National Provincial Bank,
Messrs. Hodge and Norman, Devonport
Messrs. Gill and Bundle, Tavistock
Messrs. Glyn, Halifax, and Co., London.
SOLICITORS.
Messrs. Whiteford, Bennett, and Tucker, Plymouth
Messrs. W. O. and W. Hunt, 10, Whitehall, London.

The position of the port of Plymouth, its facility of access in all
conditions of weather, and at all hours of day and night, the extent
of its anchorage, and the security of the harbour, which have long
maintained its pre-eminence as a naval station, promise to obtain
or it, in the improved state of its land communications, the same
distinction as a commercial port.
By the completion of the South Devon Railway, Plymouth will,
in the course of a few months, be brought within six hours' journey
of the metropolis. The distance of the port from Birmingham' is
somewhat less than from London ; and the Bristol and Exeter Rail-
way, and its extensions eastward and northward, afford a ready
communication with the manufacturing districts of the north ;
whilst, locally, the projected Tavistock, Launceston, and North
Devon Railways, will effect an immediate connexion with the whole
of North and Central Devon, and the ports in tie Bristol Channel.
The advantage to passengers of embarking at a port from which
they can proceed directly to sea in almost any state of wind, and of
being landed almost at the entrance of the Channel, can scarcely be
over- estimated, and the saving of expense to the shipowner in both
cases is at once apparent.
The saving of time in the transit of goods is equally important,
especially in those branches of trade in which the utmost acceleration
of the voyage is often essential to tHe preservation of the cargo, or its
advantageous sale. From communications which have been had
with commercial houses in London engaged in the fruit, and the Le-
vant and Mediterranean trades, it appears certain that a large pro-
portion of their imports will, on the completion of the South Devon
line, be landed at Plymouth, and conveyed by railway to all parts of
England.
In the event of war Plymouth would obviously receive an im-
mense influx of shipping of all descriptions.
There are no port charges, and the rates of pilotage and lights are
very low, the latter being only 2d. per ten. The numerous builders'
yards in the port afford the means of repairing shipping to any ex-
tent that may be required. Provisions of every description axe
cheap, and the markets abundantly supplied.
From its very advanced position in the Channel, and the extent to
which Plymouth possesses all the requirements of a public mail-
packet station, its large Government establishments, its dockyard
and arsenal, and as the station of naval and military commanders-in-
chief, it can hardly be doubted that this port will, when the railway
communication with Bristol and London is complete, become the re-
sort of the vessels of the great steam-packet companies conveying
the Peninsular, Mediterranean, East and West India, and other
Colonial mails.
The internal growth and development of the population and trade
of the pert are indicative of a high degree of prosperity. The popu-
lation of Plymouth has nearly doubled within the last twenty years ;
and the increase in the assessable value of property subject to the
local rates has exceeded that ratio. New streets and buildings are
rapidly extending in every direction, and numerous joint-stock and
private trading and manufacturing companies have been recently
formed, and are in successful operation. The trade of the port for
the year 1844 is given by an official return as follows :—lnwards,
3,339 vessels; goods, 450,626 tons; outwards, 2,124. vessels; goods,
327,815 tons.
To meet the requirements of a trade and commerce thus advancing,
and to secure all the advantages which the port of Plymouth so pe-
culiarly presents, it is proposed to provide a capacious wet dock, with
extensive ranges of wharfage, for which Millbay, by its position, pe-
culiar formation, and general circumstances, presents extraordinary
advantages. _ .

llbay occupies a position perfectly central to the three towns of
Plymouth, Devonport, and Stenehouse, and is in immediate prox-
imity to the terminus of the South Devon Railway. Sheltered from
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the dock.
The Millbay branch of the South Devon Railway is designed to
extend along the sides of the dock, so that the embarkation and
landing and removal of goods can be conducted without the expense
of cartage, and with the greatest facility.
The considerations already adverted to are sufficient to establish
the remunerative character of the work, and these views will derive
additional force from considering the identity of interests between a
company
formed for the purpose of this undertaking and the power-
ful combination of railway interests which have been so successfully
d in promoting the .South Devon line, and tO whom th in-
'gate of traffic with the port is manifestly of the greatest im-
portance.
Piovisional agreements have been concluded for purchasing nearly
the whole of the land required for the undertaking, the consideration
being made payable, in great part, in the form of annual rent-
charges, secured on the property of the Company. This arrange-
ment, and a cart, • .ful revision of the estimates, have enabled the Com-
mittee to make a considerable reduction in the amount of the pro-
posed capital.
An Act of Incorporation will be apt lied for in the ensuing session
of Parliament, and as the Committee have complied with all the re-
quirements of the standing orders, and entertain no doubt that the
application will be successful, they feel justified in engaging that if,
from any unforseen circumstance, the Bill should fall to be carried,
the shareholders shall be entitled to receive back their deposits,
without any deduction for expenses.
Power will be sought by the Act to allow interest at 41. per cent.
on the deposit and all paid up calls, until the opening of the dock, and
no subscriber will incur liability beyond the amount of his sub-
scription.
Applications for shares in the- form subjoined (accompanied by a
satisfactory reference where the parties are not personally known to
members of the Provisional Committee), may be addressed to the
solicitors, or to the following sharebrokers :—Messrs. Westropp,
Princep, and Melhado, 75, Old Broad-street ; Messrs. Sutton, Grib-
hie, and Sutton, Royal Exchange, London; Messrs. Ilopwood and
Palmer, or Messrs. Tyeth and Luscombe, Plymouth, of whom copies
of the prospectus may be obtained.

To the Provisional Committee of the Plymouth Great Western Dock

Company.'
Gentlemen,—l request that you will allot to me shares of
twenty pounds each in the proposed Plymouth Great Western Dock
Company, on the terms and conditions of the prospectus, and I
undertake to pay the deposit of 11. 2s. 6d. per share, and sign the
necessary deeds when required.
Dated this day of -, 1846
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Place of Abode
Reference ..................
Address of Referee

se, RITISH COLLEGE of HEALTH, NEW
a I ROAD, LONDON.
Messrs. MORISON have much pleasure in publishing the follow-
ing letter with the writer's permission.
It is well-known to all the world that Lady Sophia Grey has been
following the Hygelan treatment for the last ten years, and therefore
her opinion must be admitted as highly valuable in a matter of
such vast importance. Her Ladyship's letter is as follows :
" Sandiway, near Northwich, Cheshire,
December llth, 1845.
" Gentlemen,—This has been such a dreadful sickly year amongst
the poor, that the demand for your most excellent pills has been
very great, and I shall therefore be thankful fur the usual supply of
them.
" I take this opportunity of enclosing the SI. for 1846, towards the
Exeter Hygcian Dispensary.
" I think nothing can be more satisfactory than the progress that
your medicine makes; and wishing it may in time gain a complete
victory. " I remain, Gentlemen,
". Your sincerely obliged,
" SOPHIA GREY."
" To Messrs. Morison, British College of Health,
New-roll, 1.23 n Ion"
Caution—No Chemist or Druggist is authorised to sell Morison's
Medicines. They are only to be had of the appointed Agents. She
that the words " Morison's Univeral Medicines " are engraved in the
Government stamp, in white letters upon a red ground, without
which none can be genuine,

NATIONAL LOAN FUND LIFE ASSUR-
ANCE SOCIETY,
26, CORNITILL, LONDON.
Capital 1;500,000.
Empowered by Act of Parliament.
This institution offers important and salastantial advan-
tages with respect both to Life Assurances and Deferred Annuities:
The assured b.as, on all occasiens, the power to borrow, without ex-
pense or forfeiture of the Policy, two-thirds of the premium paid,
(see table) ; also the option of selecting benefits, and the conversion
of hi, interests to meet other conveniences er necessity. Assurances
for terms of years are granted on the lowest possible rates.
• DIVISION OF PROFITg.
The success and increasing prosperity of the Society has enabled
the Directors, at the last annual investigation, to declare a third
Bonus, varying from 30 to 7d per cent. on the premiums paid on
each Policy erected on the Profit scale.
EXAMPLES.

Tie division of proilta is annual, and the next will be made in De-
cerelier of the present year.

F. FERGUSON CAMROtrX, See.

UNITED KINGDOM LIFE ASSURANCE
COMPANY,
8, WATERtOO-PLACE, PALL-MALL, LONDON.
Established by Act of Parliament in 1834.
DIVISION OF PROFITS AMONG. THE ASSURED.
This Company, established by Act of Parliament, affords the most
perfect security in a large paid-up Capital, and in the great success
which has attended it since its commencement in 1834, its ANNUAL
INCOME being UPWARDS of 82,0001.
In 1841 the Company added a Bonus of 21. per cent. per annum
en the Sum Insured to all Policies of the Participating Class from
the time they were effected.
The Bonus added to Policies from March, 1834, to December 31,
1840, is as follows :
Sum Time Sum added! Sum Time Sum Added
Assured. Assured. to Policy. !Assured. Assured. to Policy.
05000 6 yrs. 10 mths. £683 681 £5OOO 4 years £4OO
5000 6 years 600 00, 5000 2 years 200
The Premiums, nevertheless, are on the most moderate scale, and
only one-halfneed be paid for the first Five Years, where the Insu-
rance is for Life.
Every information will be afforded on application to the Resident
Directors, Edward Boyd, Esq., and E. Lennox Boyd, Esq., of No 8,
Waterloo-place, Pall-mall, London.

BRITANNIA LIFE ASSURANCE
COMPAIFY.
1, Princes-street, Bank, London.
Empowered by special Act of Parliament, 4th Viet., cap. 9.
ADVANTAGES OF THIS INSTITUTION.
MUTUAL ASSURANCE BRANCH.
Complete security afforded to the Assured by means of an ample
subscribed capital, and the large funds accumulated from the pre-
miums on upwards of 6,000 policies.
Half the amount only of the annual premium required during the
first five years, the remaining half premiums being paid out of the
profits, which, after dye years, will be annually divided among the
Assured.

PROPRIETARY BRANCH.
The lowest rates consistent with security to the Assured.
An increasing scale of premiums, peculiarly adapted to cases where
assurances are effected for the purpose of securing loans or debts.
Half-credit rates of premium, whereby credit is given for half the
amount of premium for seven years, to be then paid off, or remain a
charge upon the policy, at the option of the holder.
EXTRACT FROM THE TABLES,
Annual Premium required for au Assurance of 1001. for the whole
Term of Life.

Age. For One Year.
20 £0 17 8
30 1 1 8
40 1 8 0
BO 1 14 1
60 3 2 4

For Seven Years. 1 Whole Term.

£0 19 1
1 2 7
1 6 9
1 19 10
3 7 0

£1 11 10
2 0 7
2 14 10
4 0 11
6 0 10

One-third of the " Whole Term" Premium may remain unpaid at
5 per cent. compound interest, as a debt upon the policy for life, or
may be paid off at any time without notice.
In Assurances for Advances or Money, as security for debts, ot
as a provision for a family, where the least present outlay is desirable,
the 'varied and comprehensive tables of the Argus Office will be found
to be particularly favourable to the Assured.
The Medical Officers attend daily at a Quarter before Two o'Cleck.
EDWARD BATES, Resident Director.
1 liberal Commission to Solicitors and Agents.

MECHI'S TABLE CUTLERY has long been
famed for its admirable qualities, combined with cheapness.
His manufactory is at No. 4, Leadenhall-street, four doors from Corn-
hill. Balanced handles, in sets of 50 pieces, 21. 10s., 3/. 10s., 41. 1 Os.
Common kitchen, per dozen, Os. 6d., 125., 16s. 6d., 215., 255. Table
steels, patent sharpeners, cases of dessert knives, Sheffield plated
goods, &c. Mechi's penknives are excellent and economical, from Is.
upwards. His peculiar steel razors and magic strop and paste have
given comfort to many a suffering shaver; and the ladies pronounce
his scissors to be unequalled.

NICOLL'S PALETOT of LLAMA CLOTH.
Registered Prince
so
6th and
Prince
iLicetGoreioar,
gceaopr.
C6/mbridge,
&c.
Patronised by the
" In its appearance there is a gentlemanly neatnesa, and an ab-
sence of all unsightly vulgarity. It has met with the highest appro-
bation in the Court circle."— (See Morning Post.)
This invention is an over-coat, adapted for a variable climate,
composed of the purest Llama wool. The fleece of this singular
animal is naturally repellent of water, yet is amply porous to admit
a due escape of bodily heat, and is allowed to be lighter, softer, more
durable, and more elastic, than any other description of cloth.
Registered Paletots of this fabric, in colours black, blue, brown,
olive, Oxford grey, &c., are to be had of their recognised agents in
the country, and in London only at the extensive ware-rooms of
the Patentees, who are tailors to the Court, and makers of the most
fashionable plain dress garments, with Foreign and British diplo-
matic and regimental uniforms. In these the same spirit for mo-
derate prices is maintained as exemplified by the Registered Paletot.
The patronage so generally bestowed on this patented invention,
has induced some unprincipled persons an attempt the fraudulent
imposition of assuming a similarity of name; being an attempt to
deceive the public with some trashy substitute. A reward of Fifty
Pounds is offered for the actual detection of an infringement.
Messrs. Nicoll think it due to their own reputation thus respect-
fully to caution the Public, and to request a close observance of the
address, and that each Registered Paletot is distinctly marked on the
inside, 11. I. and D. NICOLL, 114, Regent-street, London.

ROWLAND'S KALYDOR, an eminently
balsamic preparation, is equally celebrated for ite safety in
application, as for its mild and soothing operation, in thoroughly
purifying the skin a all redness, pimples, spots, freckles, tan, and
discolourations ; producing a healthy freshness and transparency of
complexion ; and an admired softness and delicacy on the hands,
arms, and neck I
In cases of chilblains, chapped skin, or incidental inflammation, it
is pre-eminently successfbl, and gentlemen after shaving will find it
allay all irritation and tenderness of the skin, and render it soft,
smooth, and pleasant. Balmy, odoriferous, and creamy, its purifying
and refreshing properties have obtained its exclusive selection by the
Court and the Royal Family of Great Britain, and those of the Cont-
inent of Europe, together with the " "elate" of the aristocracy, and
"haute voles."

• ____.
Its high reputation induces unprincipled shopkeepers to offer the
spurious " Kalydors" for sale, composed of mineral astringents,
utterly ruinous to the'complexion, and by their repellant action en-
dangering health. It is, therefore, imperative on purchasers to see
that the words "Rowland's Kalydor" are on the envelope (an en-
graving of exquisite beauty from a steel plate by Messrs. Perkins,
Bacon, and Co.) and that A. ROWLAND and SON, 20, Hatton-
garden, are engraved (by authority) on the Government Stamp affixed
on each bottle. Price 4s. 6d. and 6s. 6d. per bottle. Sold by the
Proprietors, and by chemists and perfumers.
*** All other Kalydors are fraudulent imitations I

FOGS AND DAMP AIR.
IiARCLAY'S ASTHMATIC CANDY has, for
many years, been proved an effectual pretierrative from the
lreffects of the fogs and damp air which, in the. winter season, are
so prevalent in this climate. Its effects are to expel. wind, to pre-
serve the stomach from the admission of damps, and to relieve those
who suffer from difficulty of breathing.
Prepared only by Barclay and Sons, 95, Farrir igdon-street, Lon-
don ; and sold retail, by their appointment, by S. finer, 150, Oxford-
stroe ; '. 10t, and IL Iturfichl, I,q), !,,tri and ; Johnston, 68,
Cornhill ; Ilallows, druggist, 2, High-street, Isling tots; 11eihlubourck,
druggist, Church-street, Hackney ; and all ret imitable Medicine
Venders in town and country.

•
Observe-47one can be getinlae unless the nu m Cfrf "Barclay and
Sons" are on the &nip affixed to each box.

`CITILL SHORTLY BE CLOSED, AT THE
KING, with its unrivalled PORCELAIN TOWER ;
V Panorainma Royal, Leicester-square, the VIEW of NAN-
the Yang-tse-Keang River, and portraits of Sir 11. Pottinger, Su 11.
Gough, Sir W. Parker, Lord Saltoun, and other officers, in friendly
communication with the Chinese Commissioners.
The view of ATHENS, which is universally acknowledged by the
press to be a complete triumph in the panoramic art, and ROUEN,
era also now open. comprising also,

WALLSEND COALS BY RAILWAY.
TO THE EDITOR OF THE SUN.
Sea—We beg, through the me4lium of your paper, to Inform the
public that the METROPOLITAN is the only Coal Company who
deliver the Best Screened Munderland Wallsend at 255. per full ton,
unmixed with inferior sorts ; Prime Newcastle, commonly sold for
best, 235. screened ; Coke, 17s. Delivered free of extra charge
within five miles.—Your obedient servants,
279, High Holborn. BEARDSWORTH and CO.

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rig " Premium * 0 W P.
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60 1000 74 3 4
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Published by the Authors, and may be had at their residence
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Sold by Strange, 21, Paternoster-row ; Hannay and Co., 63, Ox.
ford-street; Gordon, 146, Leadenhall-street ; Purkiss, Compton-
street, Soho; Sanger and Co., Oxford-street; and all Booksellers.

"We regard the work before us, the ' Silent Friend,' as a work
embraeing most clear and practical views of a series of complaint,
hitherto little understood, and passed over by a majority of the me-
dical profession, for what reason we are at a loss to know. We must
however confess that a perusal of this work has left such a favourable
impression on cur minds, that we not only recommend, .but cordially
wish every ono who is the victim of past folly, or suffering from indis-
cretion, to profit by the advice contained In its pages."—Age and Argus.
The CORDIAL BALM of SYItIACUM is exclusively directed
to the cure of nervous debility, irregularity, weakness, loss of ap-
petite, indigestion, consumptive habits, and debilities arising from
excess, &c. In bottles, price l le., or the quantity of four in one
bottle for 335., by which I Is. are saved. Tho tive-pound cases may
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GREAT ANZ'TI-MILITIA MEETING
AT ROCHDALE. '
On Friday eve Ding, the 30th January, a public meet-
ing was held in the public hall, at eight o'clock, for the
purpose of protes Bing against the present outrageous at-
tempt to raise up wards of 40,000 soldiers, and exposing
absurditylarge
ehailwas 3
o,rfv, dad
: rking men joining militia clubs. The
ill.
every part, and a number of
individuals could no t gain admission. John Petrie, Esq.,
was called to the ch air, and after a few introductory ob-
servations, the
.sbll. owing gentlemen were respectively
called upon to 8111 )113 it the following resolutions :
JACOB BRIGHT,. jun., moved, and OLIVER ORDIEROD
seconded —" Thar this meeting protest against the
present attempt to raise the militia of Great Britain,
¢+in to pres heavily upon the working
because it is cart
classes, affect the p rosperity of the country, and foster
a military spirit,
ii. hich is bad in principle, inconsistent
with British Jibe rty. and totally at variance with the
spirit of the times. .'
WILLIAM Loa oi -then proposed, and JOHN Ash-
WORTH seconded- —" That this meeting, believing that
the system and pr tcfice of war are directly opposed to
the spirit of Chri istianity; calculated to promote un-
cleanness, intempe ince, together with every species of
immorality; to uns e, ttle the peace of families; to arouse
the jealousy of fore, ig n nations and increase their armies;
to augment the e. ac )rmous military burdens of this
kingdom, do solemnlp protest against the present move-
ment to raise the milit< ice"
The Rev. GIBBO3 's then proposed, (which was sup-
ported by Messrs. Jame sH. Midgley, jun., and C. Towns-
end) "That, should the, proposed enrolment of the militia
actually take place, th. vs meeting earnestly recommend the
friends of peace to co tis ider whether it be not their duty
peacefully to endure all the legal consequences, rather
than consent to set.; Le or take any steps to provide a
substitute, or sanction Isle assumed right of Government
to compel men to take arms against their conscientious
convictions, or to subj ieet them to any penalty in conse-
quence of. refusal"
At this stage of the proceedirisVirfeirbfga
CIrAIR-
MAN suggested the ful towing resolution, which was car-
ried in the most' ent It asiastic manner, viz., " That a
subscription be raised k support the families of working
men who may conscie iously refuse to serve when bal-
loted for the militia."
EDWARD TAYLOR t h en proposed the following peti-
tion, which was supp. z rted by Messrs. Doyle and E.
Mitchell, and is to be ertj rusted to S. Crawford, M.P. for
the borough:—
"To THE HON. THE; ( 7:0MBIONS OF GREAT BRITAIN,

As I EMBLED.

PRICE SD,

" The petition of t le Inhabitants of Rochdale,
sheweth—That decided' y and conscientiously believing
that the system and p rs 3tice of war are contrary to all
sound principles of rea: toy 1, morality, and religion, they
can never look at the e xistenee, much less at the ex-
tension, of this system, t with the most unfeigned dis-
satisfaction and regret.
" It is, therefore, wii 31 extreme pain that your me-
morialists have learned t ha t instructions have been given
to enrol the militia of C Treat Britain for immediate ser-

mature and wrong to offer any comments, but we are
positively informed that upon one floor, a large room,
barrels of flour, averaging about 2 cwt. 201bs. each,
were piled seven deep, independent of a very large
quantity of other goods.
As it may, to•persons not acquainted with the circum-
stances, appear strange that the back part of the building
did not also fall, we may observe that there may be two
reasons assigned for this. In the first place, we under-
stand, it was not so heavily laden; and in the next, that
the house was flanked on either side by buildings of modern
date, and that in the back part these were built close up:
whilst in the front, on the Fenwick-street side, there
was a narrow distance intervening, so that when the side
wall gave way, the beams natur,-.lly became unsupported,
and the building toppled and fell in the manner described.
It must be remarked, that the part of 01.2 wire'aouse
looking into the Old Ropery is much bulged out and
cracked, and will, of course, have to be taken down. At
present it is supported by props, and is in a very dan-
gerous state.

Since theabove was put into type we find that we have
been somewhat misinformed in stating that all the work-
men have been accounted for. The man Tracy has not
yet appeared, and it is now almost beyond a doubt that
the poor fellow is buried beneath the ruins, as his coat,
which hung in the warehouse near to where he was
working, has been found. Yesterday carts were engaged
removing the rubbish, but in doing this, little progress
has been made. It is right to say, however, that we have
heard that Tracy was seen in the Haymarket after the
time of the accident.—Liccrpool

NARROW ESC APE OF LIFE FROM
ME FALL OF A WALL AT DOVER.
(From the Dover Telegraph.)

vice.
" Under any circum. itances, your memorialists hold
such system of militar k training to be altogether at
variance with the spirit ; and acquirements of the Chris-
tian religion, and fraugl it with danger to the liberties of
British subjects, and se peace of the empire ;as well
as greatly detrimental to public morals, subversive of com-
mercial prosperity, ant I peculiarly oppressive to the
working classes of the a community ; besides adding
largely to the pecuniary riurthens of the whole nation.
" But your memorialia 's are more deeply concerned
that such measure shout I be proposed at the present
time, when peace hag so : long been preserved among all
the great nations of the earth ; when no valid reason
exists for expecting its it iterruption ; when in so many
instances the possibility at id advantage of settling inter-
national disputes by al tration, without any resort to
arms, have been practic a 1 iy proved ; and when, betides,
so large a standing arm y is actually embodied and sus-
tained at a coast of so n 11 .ny millions of pounds sterling
per annum.
" Your memorialists s re constrained, therefore, by
their most deliberate cor ictions, respectfully but firmly
to record their protest a; gainst the proposed measure ;
and most earnestly to ask . of her Majesty's Government
that it be not carried i Ito effect, either in whole or in
part. And your memori: si ists, &e.
The interest of the me A ing was sustained with great
spirit until about half-pa st ten o'clock, when a vote of
thanks having been prop, )se d to the chairman, the large
assembly quietly separate d. At the close of the meeting
the following individuals were appointed a Committee,
for the purpose of carr3 ril ig out the fourth resolution,
and adopting every moral n leans in their power to crash
the war spirit and pro, pA;ate the principles so plainly
taught by the Prince of Pe ace :—Messrs. John Petrie,
Henry King, Oliver Orin trod, James 11. Midgley, jun.,
John Ashworth, Edward Taylor, Jacob Bright, jun.,
Jesse Hall, and William ogan.

One of the. most miraculous preservations from im-
pending danger and death that it has ever fallen to our
lot to record occurred in Snargate-street during the
present week.
Almatardileightou:Monday Mr. E. Bottle, grocer, of
Snargate-street, was disturbed by a noise, apparently
like the falling of bricks, in the rear of his premises.
Supposing that depredators were endeavouring to effect
an entrance, he aroused the male inmates of his
establishment, with whom he searched the yard, &c.,
and for a while watched the back of the premises; but
observing no indications rendering further precaution
necessary, the whole then retired to rest, totally un-
conscious of their critical and perilous position. About
three o'clock (Tuesday morning) Mr. Bottle was
awakened by a loud crash, and on proceeding towards
the supposed spot a brick struck his hand, and knocked
out the light which he held. The fearful truth now
flished upon his mind—that the wall at the back had
fallen against the house, and alarming the inmates,
whose exit by the staircase was stopped by bricks, &c.,
he then called the assistance of the police, who promptly
repaired to the spot and procured ladders, by which all
in the house, via., Mr. and Mrs. Bottle, two Miss Frys
(who were staying on a visit), two young men, and
a maid-servant effected their escape in their night-
clothes from the front-window. After some time had
elapsed it was found, on an examination of the
premises, that the wall erected against a bank at
the base ofs the cliff, about thirty feet in height,
and the same in length, as well as some of the bank, had
fallen, and partially destroyed a range of storehouses,
and the parlour, some of the furniture of which was
driven into the cellar, while portions of the fallen mass
bad forced their way into the very apartment where the
Miss Frys slept, and who, but fur the fortunate position
of their bed, must have been crashed to death. At the
dawn of day the removal of the rubbish was commenced,
and upwards of two hundred loads have been already re-
moved. We hear that Mr. Bottle, who has recently
purchased the premises, is a sufferer to the extent of
about 4001., and that the re-building of the destroyed
property, &c., will require an expenditure of 3001 or
4001. more.

The premises adjoining Mr. Bottle's also experienced
the destructive effects of the calamitous occurrence. At
Mrs. Brewer's (the Bee Hive) large masses fell on a
workshop and the kitchen, driving the materials into the
tap-room, ever which Mrs. Brewer was sic eping ; but
the head of the bed being placed against the wull, the
progress of the large stones was checked. Some loose
rubbish fell, however, on the head of Mrs. Brewer's bed.
and slightly grazed her face, while two pigs were actually
forced into her bed-room.

At Mr. Elgar's, fruiterer, a quantity of rubl;.sh also
fell through the roof into an attic, where two of his sons
were sleeping. The whole family were immediately
aroused, and in a state of alarm 1..11 rushed into the
street with only their bed clothes on.

THE TEN HOURS' BILL.
TO JOHN BRIGHT, ESQ., M.P.
Sir,—l have marked your public progress with con-
siderable anxiety and attention. I have joyfully watched
you emerge from your privacy at One Ash, to become
the Honourable Member for Durham, Since then, I
have seen you warmly, zealously, and eloquently plead
for the emancipation of Commerce. Your course was
rugged—indomitable perseverence hath rendered it com-
paratively smooth, and you are now on the eve of wit-
nessing our virtuous Queen sign the death warrant of
monopoly. Through this you have deservedly earned
and won the esteem, admiration. and gratitude of your
countrymen. They have beheld a young and earnest
pleader of their rights, nervously confront a titled
oligarchy, in language rendered doubly beautiful
by its intensity of vigour and truthfulness.
You have appeared as " the poor man's guardian ;" and
helpless intellect—because destitute of worldly wealth—
hath silently prayed for you and yours. The pale
cheeck of poverty and destitution have hung with un-
fading hope upon your holy denunciations of wrong and
misrule. You have thus created a fair and spotless
fame in the brief period of seven years. Why, will you
blight it ? You advocate the establishment of mental
institutions for working men. But of what avail are
they if time is not allowed for the feasting of the mind ?
You assert " that a majority of the working classes are
not in favour of a Ten-hours' Bill." Fain do I trust
that you did not mean it. The vast majority of the
operatives in manufacturing districts are heart and soul
for the Bill unimpaired. This being the case, who else
onght to be asked ? If the tenant-farmers were
for unshackled trade in corn, you would hold
that alone as sufficient for its repeal. Opera-
tive cotton spinners are tenant labourers for
millowners, as tenant-farmers are for landowners, and
they request a Ten Hours Factory Bill. Will you
grant it ? Will it bring suffering ? Hear yourself :
"He (Mr. Bright) did believe that many years would
not pass by before the operation of the eleven hours'
system would become universal. * * * And no one would
rejoice more heartily than he should to witness such a
state of matters." Why, then, retard, the benign con-
summation? Sir Robert Peel says, three years before a
repeal, and you reply, now ? You say a few years, and
then shorter hours of labour,; but the operatives say,
" now I" Either procrastination is good or it is not ;
and if you will not allow Sir Robert to defer, how can
you expect the working-classes to permit you to post-
pone ? They join you, Sir, and ejaculate, Now ! It is
truly painful to witness you sacrifice yourself thus.
Whether right or wrong, the feeling will go abroad that
you are determined to " protect " your call at all hazards?
I incline to the contrary. I attribute your unfortunate
support to long and tedious hours of labour, to
mistaken views which reflection will cure ; and, to pre-
serve your unblemished reputation, reflect in time. In
your speech you say, " On one point we were all agreed,
_
that for men to work ten hours was a more comfort-
able and a more desirable thing than to work twelve,."
If, Sir, you are all " agreed " that it is more de-
sirable " ,
for men to work ten hours instead of twelve,
why don't you support the ten hours ? I simplyaosrk.
you, why ? I don't wish to " parade" a dish of h
ribles, but yet I have seen factory operatives, when
leaving their emplopment, jaded, fatigued, and ex-
hausted, and totally incapacitated for intellectual en-
joyments. It has appeared as if
" Their very pulse of life sto'd still,
And nature made a pause."

I wish you, respected Sir, to consider this brief effu-
sion as the spontaneous proNetion of half an hour, and
not as a studied or elaborate piece of composition, meant
for critical analysis.—l am, Sir, your faithful friend,
3, South-street, Manchester, J, E.
Opposite the Free Trade Hall.

MURDERS at the CAPE of GOOD
HOPE.

(From the South. African Commercial Advert; set. Dec.l3).
MURDER OF CAPT. SUEPIIERD, R.A.
The following shocking intelligence has just been
transmitted to us. WO give the account in the words
of our correspondent, who writes from Port Beaufort,
under date 31st ult.
" Information has just come in from Post Victoria, of
the murder of Captain Shepherd, RA., supposed by a
man of his own corps, and who is said to have shot him
as he passed his quarters about two o'clock in the after-
noon. No person saw the act committed, but on going
immediately into the room of the suspected man, his
gun was found quite warm, and had other appear-
ances of having just been discharged. The man himself
was found lying on his bed, apparently quite uncon-
cerned and unconscious of what had taken, place. It
seems that the ball entered the side of the deceased, and
taking a slanting direction passed out at the shoulder
blade. His death was instantaneous."

On Tuesday, the accused, under a strong military,
guard, was brought into Graham's Town. He is at-
tached to the unfortunate deceased's company as an ar-
tificer, or what is technically called a wheeler. It is
said that he had been on bad terms with Captain Shep-
herd and that the evidence of his guilt is very strong,
if not altogether conclusive.
MURDER OF THE REV. MR. SCHOLTY.

The following most distressing intelligence has been
received from the Rev. W. J. Davis, Wesleyan mis
sionary at D'Urban.

" D'Urban, Nov' 29 1834, Noon.
"In much haste and great distress I ;end ou an ac-
count of an affair of the most painful nature, bze h occur-
red., w
in this neighbourhood last night. Three newly ar,.
rived German missionaries, of the Berlin Society s
Mission, reached the top of the Fish flyer Heights,
about seven miles from Port Peddle, with three wag-
gons, on their way to join their brethren in
Kaffirland. They retired to downing their wag-
gons, and the men in charge lay the fires_ as

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usual near the waggons. All were at peace, until about
two o'clock this morning, when the men by the fires
were alarmed by the barking and baying of the digs.
They thought, as the dogs ran towards a small clump of
bushes adjacent, that a wolf or some beast of prey was
near, and two of the men proceeded towards the spot,
when suddenly a rush was made on them by three or
four Kaffirs, and who stabbed at them with their
assegais. The two men instantly retreated towards
the fire, where lay two other men. Their assailants
followed them, and one of the men had an assagai
thrust at his chest, but which he parried by a
bough of a tree, behind which he had taken refuge.
At the same time, one of the men, who was lying
near .the fire, endeavoured to escape, but was struck
by an assagai in the back, He call out for assistance,
and the missionaries hearing the noise, two of them
leaped out of the waggon to ascertain its cause. In-
stantly one of them received a severe wound in the ab-
domen, and the other retreated into the waggon. An
attack was then made on the other waggon, in which
Were sleeping two of Mr. Tainton's sons, to whom the
waggons belonged. The Kaffirs tore off tt:e front flap of
the waggon, and almost at the same instant mounted the
waggon behind, taking away a large coat from under the
head of Tainton, jun., and a counterpane by which he
was covered. Mr. Tainton's two sons then sprang ont
of the waggon, and ran round the thick bush to alarm.
the people of some other waggons who were near at
hand, and obtained their help. On their arrival at the
waggons, the Kaffirs had already disappeared and were
not again seen.
" This morning early, a report was sent into Peddie of
this affair, and Mr. T. Shepstone, the diplomatic agent,
accompanied by Dr. M'Grevan, and Capt. Campbell.
91st Regiment, proceeded to the spot. I accompanied
them, and the first news I heard was, ti a' the man who
was stabbed was found about ten yards from the waggon
dead. He had run to the jungle, to hide himself, where
he was found dead with his clasp-knife open in his hand,
with which he had doubtless endeavoured to defend
himself. The missionary was yet alive, but appeared in
a very dangerous state. Arrangements were imme-
diately made to remove him to the mission station of
D'Urban, and the doctor remained with the waggons to
render any assistance which might be necessary on tho
road. Tne waggons proceeded, but had not travelled
far when he was found to be in a dying state. He
called his brethren, bade them farewell, and resigned his
spirit into the hands of Him who thus called him early
to his great reward.
"Mr. Shepstone is using every exertion to find some
clue to the murderers, but I fear he will not succeed.
searching tlyttbalutG4 and,
Still as he has 200 men at this moment engaged in
has s9ntmes.lctges to
all the Kaffir chief;, urging' oiciViiitlie tif •
operating with him in endeavouring to apprehend the
murderers, and as his known activity in these matters
promises much, we have yet a faint hope that he will be
successful.

" P.S. The name of the missionary who is murdered is
Ernst Scholtz, and the other man murdered is Mr. Ste.
phenson's own servant."
In addition to the foregoing we have to state that the
lieutenant-governor proceeded to the scene of the outrage
early on Monday last, accompanied by Kama, the Kaffir-
chief, and who happened to be in town on the receipt of
the intelligence. No information of his honour's move-
ment has been received, up to the time we write, since
his departure.

ORIGIN AND PROGRESS OF THE
WAR BETWEEN BUENOS AYRES AND
MONTE VIDEO.

General Rivera was the first president of the Banda
Oriental. He was elected in 1831, after the Orienteles
had got rid of the Buenos Ayrean and Brazilian armies.
His term of office expired in 1835, and by his influence
one of his officers, D. M. Oribe, was elected his successor.
Rivera had been no friend to Rosas, President of Buenos
Ayres. He had refused in 1831 to deliver up such of
the Unitarianos as had sought refuge in Monte Video.
Oribe, on the contrary, not only proscribed these
men at the request of Rosas, but formed a plan for
destroying the independence of his country by an-
nexing it to the Argentine Confederation. This was
in 1836. The national party took the alarm, and Rivera,
whom Oribe had attempted to deprive of his em-
ployment as commander in chief, putting himself at the
head of those disaffected to the Government, obtained
possession of the whole country, except the towns of
Monte Video and Paysandie, to both of which he laid
siege about the months of August and September, 1838.
Soon after Oribe made a formal renunciation of his
presidency, which being accepted by the Congress, he
retired into private life in Buenos Ayres. Rivera was
elected President in 1839 ; Oribe in the meantime
having protested formally against the validity of his
act of abdication. Unhappily, the new President was
persuaded by the French, then blockading Buenos
Ayres, to declare war against Rosas, under pretence that
ho had abetted the intrigues of Oribe ; but in 1840, whin
that great power adjusted its quarrel, ".nothing was
done about the auxiliary war declared by Rivera, who was
thus left to his own resources and the effects of the folly
of the French had all but forced him to commit." Oribe
thenceforward entered into the service of General Rosas,
assisting him in all his wars, and styling himself the legal
president of the Uraguay republic, although he wears the
Buenos Ayrean badge of servitude, a portrait of General
Rosas, stitched on his coat, on a red merino ground,
surrounded by a motto, " Death to the savage Unita-
riancs." This is also inscribed on the flag of the
despot ; which once, and we hope once only, at
the house of a British minister, mingled its folds
with those of the banner of St. George. Without this
portrait and this device no person in the dominions of
noses may enter a church, establish a school, fill any
public office, or serve in the army. Even the Uruguay
officers who have joined Oribe must tarnish their
honour by wearing it, or pay the forfeit of their lives.
Oribe, then, as Rosas' General, entered the Banda
Oriental ; and of the horrors of that warfare, General
O'Brien enables us to judge. He says, "At the time
that Oribe invaded the Banda Oriental with the army
and the Massorca Commissioners of Roses, I was then
residing on my estate in the country. I am aware of
wretches being staked into the ground 48 hours, before
their heads were sawed, not cut off ; of the lasso being
flung over persons' necks, and then dragged by a horse at
full speed, until life became extinct ; of spikes being
driven into the mouths of human beings, and they,
whilst living, thus nailed to trees!" After various
fortunes of war, Rivera, in 1842, sent agents to London
and to Paris entreatiug foreign intervention to arrange
an accommodation. In consequence of this Mr.
Mandeville, then British minister at Buenos Ayres,
on the 16th of December, 1842, addressed a note to
the Government of Rosas, requiring him to abstain from
marching a fresh army into the Oriental territory.
The Monte Videans at this took heart, strengthened
their defences, enrolled their citizens, liberated and
armed their slaves, and prepared to resist the land and
naval forces already investing their city. But Rosas
paid not the smallest attention to the requirements of
the representative of Britain. His troops marched on
as before, and Mr. Mandeville, fearful of having al-
ready exceeded his instructions, did not even lift
up his voice in protest against this insult to his
Sovereign. Not so Commodore Purvis, who, in the
Alfred frigate, had come from Rio Janeiro to sup-
port, if need were, the representations of diplomacy, by
a show of British guns. Thus have matters remained
up to the present year, when the British and French
Governments undertaking at all risks to restore the
blessings of peace to the Banda Oriental, have sent
troops to compel the bands of Roses to retire. This, at
their bidding he is unwilling to do, preferring to trust
to the natural defences of his country in the event of
hostilities with the two great Powers.—Thc Union Ma-
gazine.

EAST INDIA SHIPPING.
The East India and China Association
of theationh nuavejmbr
ustepub-
lished their comparative statement of
British ships, with their tonnage, entered inwards and
withinin t%
et he
yearslimits
l 8404 f
tcilieearEedasoturnadriads
efroommpaannyd,sto placescharter
and 1845. The result of the tables of the entries
inwards show, for the port of London, an increase
in 1845 of 60 vessels, with 29,773 tonnage,
the .respective numbers for the respective periods
being 538 vessels, with 221,122 tonnage, and
598 vessels, with 250,895 tonnage. Liverpool
figures for an increase of 19 vessels, with 564 tonnage,
the numbers in 1844 being 210 vessels, with 90,496 ton-
nage ; and in 1845, 229 vessels, with 91,960 tonnage.
Bristol tolancl Hull show a decrease of 6 vessels, with
tonnage. The entries at these ports in 1844
were 18 vessels, with 6,391 tonnage ; and in 1845,
only 12 vessels, with 4,798 tonnage. The Clyde
and other ports show a decrease of 18 vessels,
with 6,089 tonnage. The entries were 39 vessels, with
13,596 tonnage, in 1844 ; and 21 vessels, with 7,507
tonnage, in 1645. The gross results of the return are
a total increase in the entries inwards of 55 vessels,
with 22,655 tonnage. The great increase appears to
have been in arrivals from Calcutta, Madras, China,
and the Cape of Good Hope ; and the decrease appears
to be in arrivals from Bombay, the Philippine Islands,
and Java and Sumatra, The statistics of the clear-
ance outwards give an increase in favour of the port
of London for 1845 of 51 vessels, with 35,629 tonnage,
the number for 1844 being 449 vessels, with 186,917 ton-
nage ; and for the latter period, 500 vessels, with 222,556
tonnage. The return for Liverpool gives an
increase of 18 vessels, with 151858 tonnage.
The departures from this place in 1844 were 350
vessels, with 119,340 tonnage ; andin 1845 they amounted
to 338 vessels, with 135,198 tonnage. The clearances
from Bristol and Hull were 14 vessels, with 2,796
tonnage less than last year, the number of vessels
leaving in 1844 being 24, with 7,014 tonnage, and in
1845, 10, with 4,218 tonnage. The return for the Clyde
and other ports shows a decrease, in 1845, of 13 vessels
with 468 tonnage, the respective numbers being 172
vessels with 60,644 tonnage, in 1844, and 159 vrr;-"i,
in with 60,176 tonnage, in 1845. It will berfsesrg bas
in this case, that although the number °aftehed is not
decreased, the amount of tonnage e_
clearances
1845 of
that the increase in favour of
greatly deficient. The gross results despatched
floe• A considerable
„,33 tone—. •
' wards is 42. vessels, with 48,-
lace in the clearances for
e return are,
increase appears to have en
tak P
dNew South Wales, which,
Calcutta, Ceylon, Arabia' a
bia,
certain degree by the decrease
however, is balanced J
in the departures to Arabia and the Cape of Good Hope.

co; THE BRIGADE FIREMEN.--Under the
LIBRA -13j-iiidwood, the stuperintendent of the London
ganction o
Establishment, a library has been established at
Fire ErOnefon in Watling-street, City, to which the whole
the chief sta.
of
the men in the force have access. There are at present
033 works at their command. The men eagerly employ their
leisure time in reading the books. and every opportunity of
improving their minds is afforded them by the superinten-
dent of the establitlinent, Mr. Braidwood.
Dispatches were sent off yesterday evening From the
Colonial Office for the Governors of the North Ameri-
can Provinces.

THE WEATHER.—SUN ()Price, FEB. 4.
TalinstumETEn, Lowest, 39 ; Highest, 44 ; Noon, 51.

BAROMETER, 30 15.
WIND W., fine sunshiny weather,

"Inn WATER AT LONDON-BRIDGE THIS DAY.
33 t
ucs atter 7. I Evening .. I minutes atter 8.