The Sun.
London, England, 1844-12-30 00:00:00

THE INDIAN MAILS, &c.

The following notice was issued on Saturday at the
General Post-office, St. Martin's-le-Grand :
" The next mails for Malta, Greece, the lonian
Islands, Egypt, and India via Southampton, will be
dispatched from hence on the morning of Friday, the
3d of January. By the overland closed mail to India,
&c., via Marseilles, on the evening of the 7th of
January.
Liz PENINSULAR MAILS.—The mails for Vigo,
Oporto, Lisbon, Cadiz, and Gibraltar, will he made
up on Thursday morning next, the 2d of January,
via Southampton.
THE WEST INDIES.—The mails for Madeira, the
West Indies, Mexico, Honduras, Havannah, Vene-
zuela, &c., will be made up on the morning of the
2d of January, to be forwarded by the Clyde steamer,
via Southampton.
AMERICA, &c.—The next mails for British North
America, Bermuda, and the United States, will be
made up on the evening of the 3d of January, to be
forwarded by the Cambria steamer, via Liverpool,
Halifax, and Boston.

SYDNEY, &c.—The next mails for Sydney, New
South Wales, and Port Philip, will be made up on
the evening of Tuesday, the 31st inst., to be for-
warded by the Amelia, via Gravesend.
NOTlCE.—During the continuance of the present
severe weather, the mails for Hamburgh will be sent
by a special messenger via Holland, the approach to
Cuxhaven being impracticable.

LLOYD'S SHIPPING.
EAST INDIA SHIPPING.

Arrivals—Mary Sharp, Mills, from New South Wales,
off Plymouth, sailed from Sydney Aug. 3 ; Courier,
Whitley, from the Cape of Good Hope, off Penzance,
sailed from Table Bay Oct. 25 ; Anne Armstrong, Gra-
ham, from Bombay, off Liverpool, sailed Sept. 9, Mauri-
tius Oct. 8 ; Neptune, Ferris, from Madras, off Port-
land, sailed Aug. 26, St. Helena Nov. 4 ; Constellation,
Brown, from Ichaboe, in the Clyde, sailed Oct. 27 ;
Douglas, Giles, from Ichaboe, at Plymouth, sailed from
St. Helena Nov. 4 ; Asiatic, Barlow, from Bengal, in the
Downs, sailed July 27, St. Helena Oct. 25; Thomas Lee,
Woolf, from Bengal, in the Downs, sailed Aug. 26, St.
Helena Nov. 3 ; Bidston, Harmer, from Bengal, at Liver-
pool, sailed July 26, Cape Oct. 20, St. Helena Oct. 31 ;
Syren, Hosken, from Bengal, at Liverpool, sailed Aug.
27 ; Anjer, Bell, from Bengal, at Dunmore East, sailed
July 27, St. Helena Oct. 24 ; Gemini, Mardon, from
Bengal, off Miz,n Head, sailed July 27.
Arrivals at Mauritius—Atiet, Rohomon, Sept. 29,
from Calcutta ; Derwent, from Muscat ; her Majesty's
ship Conway, Oct. 2, from the Cape ; Swallow, from
Calcutta ; Montefiores and Earl Grey, 3d, Elizabeth and
Pleiades, sth, all from London ; Washington, sth, from
Marseilles ; Augusta, Jessie, from Massowah ; Fatima,
from Calcutta.

Departures from Mauritius—City of Sydney, Sept. 28,
to Nicolars ; Tynwald, Oct 1, to London.
Loading for London—Avoca, Emma Eugenia, Spec-
tator, Graham, Vanguard, Lynher, Maria, Dublin,
Essex, Stork, Trusty, Briton.
Arrivals at Sydney, New South Wales—St. Vincent,
Young, July 31, from London.
Arrivals at St. Helena—Vindicator, Oct. 29, from
Manila, and sailed to London ' • Helvellyn, 30th, from
Singapore, and sailed 31st to Cork ; Earl Stanhope,
31st, from Calcutta ; Orleana, Nov. 1, from Calcutta,
and sailed 2d to London ; her Majesty's steamer Pene-
lope, Nov. 2, from west coast of Africa to Ascension.

THE CALAMITOUS FIRE IN
GUILDFORD-STREET.

DEATH OF MR. MAY OW, THE SOLICITOR OF

EXCISE.

The Holborn division of the Fire Brigade have
been actively engaged in removing the ruins of Mr.
Farey's late premises, No. 67, Guildford-street, during
the past week.
In turning over the immense pile of burning
rafters, &c., a number of valuable models, con-
nected with machinery, have been recovered, besides
a quantity of scientific works, which, although
much damaged, are not so extensively injured as to
be rendered valueless to the professors of science.
Perhaps not the least prized relic that has been
saved is a sliding side rule for measuring cylindrical
steam-boilers, &c., presented by the renowned Mr.
Watt, of Bolton, Lancashire, many years since, to
Mr. Farey, senior. The workmen continued their
labours up to five o'clock (Saturday), and at that
time they had completed their examination of all the
ruins, with the exception of those in the back parlour
and book kitchen, without finding the trace of any
human bones.

It will be recollected that Mrs. Auste's
residing at No. 68, Guildford-street, on the eastern
side of Mr. Farey's, took refuge in the house of
Mr. Mayow, No. 54, opposite, on the night of the
fire, and where they have since continued to re-
ceive the greatest kindness and hospitality.
Mr. Mayow, who has been so many years
known to the public as the chief solicitor of
Excise, was far advanced in years, and was on Satur-
day morning found dead in his bed. Mr. Mayow
was much alarmed on the night of the fire, and had
since been attended professionally by Dr. Latham.
His loss will be severely felt in the public department
of her Majesty's Excise, to which the deceased has
been for so lengthened a period such an useful officer.
Mr. Braid wood, the superintendent of the Fire Brigade,
made a close examination of the ruins on Saturday
morning, and expressed his decided opinion to be,
that the fire was occasioned by a hot air flue becoming
over-heated, and setting fire to the beam in the back
parlour. The deaths of the unfortunate persons he
attributes to the falling in of the upper stories,
through the insufficiency of the building, the timber
and joists, &c., having been, as he says, too light for
so capacious a residence.