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No. 1G,387. LONDON, SAI UR DA Y EV E N NG S N 7 ,
EBIt U ARA _2, 1845.

ADVERTISEMENTS INSERTED in ALL THE THREE PAPERS, Mornlig, Noon, and Aright, thereby insuring a TOWN and COUNTRY CIRCULATION at ONE CHARGE.

OYAL POLYTECHNIC INSTITUTION.

PUBLICATIONS.

1.1) PHILLIPS'S PATENT FIRE ANNIHILATOR, illustrated
by Dr. Ryan in his daily Lectures, and on the Evenings of
MONDAY, WEDNESDAY, and FRIDAY.—A Series of LEC-
TURES on ASTRONOMY by Professor Ilachhoffner, on the More-
ings and Evenings of Mondays, Wednesdays, and Fridays. during
Lent, accompanied by Dr. Wallis on BRABY'S CA LOTONE,—ICI TE'S
PATENT SMOKE-CURING and VENTILATING ROOF, COWLS,
LAMP, and CHIMNEY-SWEEPING APPARATUS. Two beau-
tiful Pictures of the SHRINE of the NATIVITY are just added to
the NEW DISSOLVING VIEWS. -CHILDE'S CHROMATROPE.
THE PROTEOSCOPE. The PHYPIOSCOPE. t EXPERIMENTS
by means of the DIVING HELL and DIVER, &c. &c.

RAILWAY BUSINESS IN PAR-
LIAMENT.
FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 21, 1845.
Railway Clauses Consolidation Bill—Committee deferred
till Tuesday next, at Twelve o'clock.
London and York Railway Bill—" for making a Railway
&Om London to York, with Branches therefrom providing
for the.counties of Hertford, Bedford, Huntingdon, Northamp-
ton, !Rutland, Nottingham, and the three divisions of the
county of Lincoln, a railway communication with London
and I ork, and with the manufacturing districts of Yorkshire
and Lancaskize, to be called "The Great Northern Railway,'"
presented, and read a first time.
Brighton and Chichester Railway (Portsmouth Exten-
sion)—Petition for ; referred to the Select Committee on
Petitions for l'rivate Bills.
Norwich and Brandon Railway Deviation and Diss and.
Dereham Branches—Petition of the Corporation of Norwich,
against the application •, to lie on the table.
Direct Northern Railway—Petition for Bill ; referred to
the Select Committee on Petitions for Private Bills.
Blackburn, Darwen, and Bolton Railway—Petition for
Bill ; referred to the Select Committee on Petitions for Pri-
vate Bills.
PRIVATE BUSINESS FOR MONDAY, . FEB. 24, 1845.
SECOND READINGS.
'est Yorkshire Railway.
Leeds and Bradford Railway.
Richmond (Surrey) Railway.
Leeds, Dewsbury, and Manchester Railway.
Leeds and West Riding Junction Railway.
NOTICES GIVEN AT THE PRIVATE BILL OFFICE.
Cockermouth and Workington Railway—Second Reading,
Tuesday, Feb. 25.
Shrewsbury and Birmingham Railway—Committee on
Petition, adjourned till Monday, Feb. 24.
London and York Railway—Second Reading, Tuesday,
Feb. 25.

YORK CATHEDRAL.
THE BUILDER, No. 107, for February 22,
contains :—.lnfluence of the Window-tax on Morals, Health,
and Cleanliness—Mr. Cockerell's Lectures on Architecture (specially
reported)—Gothic Ornaments In York Cathedral, with Four Illustra-
tions—Dissolution of the Cambridge Camden Society—Machine tin*
Raising Stones (Illustrated)—Covent-garden in the 16th Century—
London Burial-ground Practices—Protit arising from Gas applied to
Public Improvement—New Tool for Chamfering Tracery (Illustrated)
—Notices of New Books, Contracts, Tenders, Competitions, Timber
Sales, &c. Price 3d.

Admission, Is. ; Schools, Half-price.

Office, 2, York-street, Covent-garden ; and of all Booksellers,

GRESHAM AVENUE ASSOCIATION.
Provisionally Registered.
Notice is hereby given that the Committee will, on MONDAY, the
24th inst., proceed to ALLOT the SHARES in this Association amongst
the applicants.

On March Ist, price 6s. cloth,
VOL. I. of a NEW EDITION of
T" THOUSAND A
By SAMUEL WARREN, F.R.S.
Revised and Corrected, with Notes and Illustrations.
To be completed in 3 vols.
William Blackwood and Son, Edinburgh and London,

YEAR.

By order of the Committee,
W. C. CRANE, Secretary,
. . _

30, Ilucklersbury, Feb. 15, 1845.

VICTORIA-PARK CEMETERY COMPANY.
Registered Provisionally, pursuant to 7 and S Victoria, c. 110.
Capital 20,0001., in 2,000 Shares of 101. each.
Deposit 10s. per cent.
DIRECTORS.
George Offor, Esq., Charles Salisbury Butler, Esq.
Joseph James Foot, Esq. Frederick James Calling, Esq.
James Collier, Esq. Robert Becton, Esq.
This Company is established to afford the means of sepulture to
the population of the metropolis, and the eastern parts adjacent
thereto, having for its object the securing an ultimate and protected
resting-place for the dead, and a preventive against infection to the
living. The necessity of promoting. the health of towns, by prohi-
biting interments within their walls, is too universally admitted to
need comment.
Applications for shares, &c., to be made (p. p.) to
JOHN HUMPHREYS, Esq., Solicitor and Registrar,
6, Spital-square.

On the 28th of February will be published, price Two Shillings,
OLMAN'S MAGAZINE. No. I.
It. I. Correspondence with Sir It. Peel on Irish Agrarian Outrages.
2. The Eternal City.
3. The Policy of Catholics.
•
4 Floral Symbolism.
5. The Anglo-Saxon Church.
6. The Countess Cletnenco. Chap. I. By the Editor.
7. Vices, Sins, and Crimes.
8. A Peep at all Things, and a Few Others. By 80-Peep.
9. Reviews of New Publications.
_ _

London : C. Dolman, 61, New Bond-street ; sold by T. Jones, Pa-
ternoster-row; Cumming, Dublin; Stevenson, Edinburgh; Booker
and Co., Liverpool ; and all Booksellers.

FOURTEENTII EDITION of the SILENT FRIEND on Human
Frailty, with Coloured Engravings.
Just published, price Is. Gd., free by post (in a sealed envelope) 3s. Gd.,
THE SILENT FRIEND; a Medical Work on
the Infirmities of the Generative System in both sexes ; and
on the loss of the reproductive powers, with means oh restoration.
The banefhl effects of solitary indulgence, neglected syphilis symp-
toms, &c., are fully pointed out. Illustrated by Engravings ; followed
by observations ou Marriage, with plain directions for the removal of
certain disqualifications. By It. and L. PERRY and Co., Consult ng
Surgeons, London. Published by the Authors, and may be ad at
their residence, 19, BERNERS-STREET, OXFOBD-STREET.
Sold by Strange, 21, Paternoster-row ; Hannay and Co., 63, Ox-
ford-street ; Gordon, 146, Leadenhall-street ; Purkiss, Compton-
street, Soho; and all Booksellers.
" We regud the work before us, the Silent Friend,' as a work
embracing most clear and practical views of a series of complaints
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 our minds, that we not only recommend, but cordially
wish every one 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 authors of the Silent Friend' seem to be thoroughly con-
versant with the treatment of a class of complaints, which are, we
fear, too prevalent in the present day. The perspicuous style in
which this book is written, and the valuable hints it conveys to those
who are apprehensive of entering the marriage state, cannot fail to
recommend to it a careful perusal."—Era.
The CORDIAL BALM of SYRIACUM is exclusively directed to
the cure of nervous and sexual debility, irregularity, weakness, loss
of appetite, indigestion, consumptive habits, and debilities arising from
&c. In bottles, price I Is., or the quantity of four in one
for 338 , by which 1 ls. are saved. The five-pound cases may
bottlebe xe cueas s,
bad
as nsnal.
The CONCENTRATED DETERSIVE ESSENCE, an anti-syphi-
litic remedy for searching out and purifying the blood from scurvy,
blotches en the head, face, and body, ulcerations, and those painftd
affections arising from improper treatment or the effects of mercury,
removing secondary symptoms, and all eruptions of the skin. Price
115. and 335. per bottle.
PERRY'S PURIFYING SPECIFIC PILLS, price 2s. 9d., 4s. Gd.,
and I le. per box, are the most effectual remedy for strictures, inflam-
mation, irritation of the bladder, &c., without hindrance to business.
Consultation fee, if by letter. IL Minute detail of cases necessary.
Messrs. Perry are in daily attendance, for consultation, attheir re-
ridenee, 19, Berners-street, Oxford.atreet, London, from 11 tlll2, and
cessary to effect a permanent cure.
5 till 8. On Sundays from 10 till I*. One personal visit is only ne-

BRITANNIA LIFE OFFICE, 1, Princes-street,
Bank and 448, West Strand, Lordon, January 1, 1845.

Notice is hereby given, that the BUSINESS of the LONDON and
WESTMINSTER MUTUAL LIFE ASSURANCE SOCIETY has
been TRANSFERRED to this Company ; and all persons holding
policies issued by the said Society are informed that, as soon as the
renewal premiums thereon shall become payable, new policies will
be granted to them by the Directors of this Company, at the same
rates of premium which they aow pay, and without any charge for
stamp-duty; and all claimants on policies issued by the said London
and Westminstor Mutual Life Assurance Society are informed that
such claims will be discharged by the Directors of this Company, a
soon as the the same shall have been substantiated.
PETER MORRISON, Resident Director.

Manchester and Burton Railway—Committee on Petition,
postponed from Monday, Feb. 24, till Wednesday, Feb. 26.
Scottish Central Railway—Committee ,on Petition, post-
poned from Thursday, Feb. 27, till Friday, Feb. 28.
Sheffield and Lincolnshire Junction Railway—Committee
on Petition, postponed from Monday, Feb. 24, till Tuesday,
Feb. 25.
. Cornwall Railway—Committee on Petition, postponed from
Monday, Feb. 24, till Wednesday, Feb. 26.
Chester and Birkenhead RaiAvay—Second Reading, Tues-
day Feb. 25.
Blackburn, Darwen, and Bolton Railway—Committee on
Petition, Tuesday, March 4.
Brighton and Chichester (Portsmouth Extension) Rail-
way—Committee on Petition, Tuesday, March 4.
Lynn and Ely Railway—Committee on Petition, post-
poned from Thursday, Feb. 27, till Friday, Feb. 28.
Belfast and Ballymena Railway—Committee on Petition,
postponed from Thursday, Feb. 27, till Friday, Feb. 28:
York and Scarborough Railway Deviation—Second Read-
ing, Monday, Feb. 24.
Lancaster and Carlisle Railway—Second Reading, Mon-
day, Feb. 24.
Kendal and Windermere Railway—Second Reading,- Mon-
day, Feb. 24.
Hull and Selby (Bridlington Branch) Railway—Second
Reading, Monday, Feb. 24.
Ashton, Stalybridge, and Liverpool Junction (Ardwick
arid Guide Bridge Branches) Railway—Second Reading,
Monday, Feb. 24.
Manchester and Leeds Railway (Burnley Branch, Oldham
and Hey Wood Branches Extension) Railway—Second Read-
ing, Monday, Feb. 24.
Manchester and Leeds Railway—Second Reading, Mon-
day, Feb. 24.
London and South-Western Railway, No. I (Metropolitan
Extension )—Second Reading, Monday, Feb. 24.
Manchester and Birmingham (Ashton Branch) Railway—
Second Reading, Monday, Feb. 24.
Trent Valley Railway—Committee on Petition, Monday,
March 3.
•. West Cornwall Railway—Committee on Petition, Monday,
March 3.
Oxford and Rugby Railway—Committee on Petition,
Monday, March 3.
South-Eastern Railway—Committee on Petition, Monday,
March 3. •
COMMITTEES ON PETITIONS FOR PRIVATE BILLS
FOR THE ENSUING WEEK.
MONDAY, FEB. 24.
Shrewsbury and Birmingham Railway.
Eastern Counties (Ely and Whittlesea Deviation) Railway.
Eastern Counties (Hertford and Biggleswade Extension)
Railway.
Eastern Counties (Cambridge and Huntingdon) RailsVay.
Blackburn, Burnley, Accrington, and Colne Railway.
Chester and Holyhead Railway.

CREASE ofPOSTAGE on LET TERS

BRITANNIA LIFE ASSURANCE COM.
I'ANY, 1, Princes•street, Bank, London, empowered by ape•
cial Act of Parliament, 4 Vic. c. 9.

HALF CRP PIT RATES OF PREMIUM.

Persons assured according to these rates are allowed credit (with-
out security) for half the amount of the first seven annual premiums,
paying interest thereon at the rate of 5 per cent. per annum, with the
option of paying off the principal at any time, or having the amount
deducted from the sum assured when the policy becomes a clahn.
Policies may thus be effected at lower rates than are generally re-
quired for the term of seven years only ; whilst the holders have the
same security for the payment of their claims, whenever death may
happen, as if they paid double the amount of premium, which would
be charged for assurances effected in the us utl way.
Extract from the half Credit Rates of Premium.
Annual Premium required for an Assurance of 1001. for the Whole

Term of Life.

Half Premium for
seven years.

£ s. d.
1 1 9
1 4 11
1 9 2
1 14 10
2 2 6
2 12 9
3 6 8

Whole Premium.
after seven years.

£ s. d
2 3 6
2 9 10
2 18 4
3 9 8
4 5 0
5 5 6
6 13 4

PETER MORRISON, Resident Director.

HORIZONTAL WATCHES, VERY FLAT,

A B. SAVORY and SONS, Watchmakers, 9,
A
Cornhill, London, opposite the Bank. Price, in Silver
Cases, Three and a-Half Guineas each ; or, in Gold Cases, Six Guineas
each. These Watches are accurate and durable, the Horizontal
Escapement being peculiarly suited to combine those important requi-
sites. They are jewelled in four holes, and continue going while
being wound. A twelvemonth's warranty is given with each. •

EMPLOYMENT.—Persons having a little time
to spare are apprised that Agents continue to be appointed in
London, and country towns, by the EAST INDIA TEA COMPANY,
or tho sale of their celebrated teas.

Offices, No. 9, Great St. Helen's-churchyard, Bighopsgate-street.
They are packed in showy leaden canisters, from one ounce to a
pound, with the price Ind weight marked on each packet, andAtut
little trouble is occasioned by the sale. The license Is only Its. per
nnum, and many during the last nineteen years have realised con-
siderable incomes by the agency without ene shilling let or loss.
Application to ire made (if by letter post-paid) as above.

Via Southampton—Not exceeding half an ounce ,ls. 4d. ;
exceeding half an ounce and not exceeding one ounce,
2s. Bd. ; exceeding one ounce and not exceeding two
ounces, ss. 4d. Newspapers—British colony, 2d. ; foreign
possessions, 4d.

" This charge will apply to all letters and newspapers to
and from Australia, Bourbon, Cape of Good Hope, China,
Hong-Kong, Java, Madagascar, Mauritius, New Zealand,
Sumatra, and Van Diemen's Land.
" Letters and newspapers, however addressed, to Aus-
tralia, Bourbon, the Cape of Good Hope, Madagascar, Mau-
ritius, New Zealand, and Van Diemen's Land, must be
specially directed rid India,' or they will not be dispatched
by that route.
" Letters of soldiers and sailors, forwarded in conformity
with the Act, will not be liable to this additional rate.
" General Post-office, Feb., 1845.

THE IRON TRADE.—A further advance of twenty
shillings per ton in the price of iron was declared by most
of the large houses in the South Staffordshire district on
Thursday last. This rise, notwithstanding the recent and
rapid advances, did not, however, come altogether unex-
pectedly on the trade, as the principal ironmasters have for
some time past declined to execute orders at the former
prices. No fresh orders to any extent will, we believe, now
be taken, unless at the advanced rates, and even these will
be difficult to execute, as we are informed many of the
manufacturers have more orders on hand than they can sup-
ply for the next twelve months. Whether the rise will be a
permanent one, we cannot, of course, undertake to say, but
the trade is regarded as in a most unsettled and feverish
state, from the uncertainty as to the continuance of the
present prices. As might be expected, under these circum-
stances, a corresponding advance has takenplace in nearly all
descriptions of manufactured goods, including nails, in which
a rise of fifteen per cent. has been declared. We are glad to
find, as regards the nailers—a class of persons whose labour
has been greatly depressed—an advance of ten per cent. on
their wages was decided on at a meeting of the masters, held
at Dudley, on Tuesday. Of manufactured goods for the
foreign market, we may observe that the orders are compara-
tively light, the great demand being for iron rails, chairs, &c.
—Birmingham Journal.
THE BRITISH PLATE GLASS COMPANY. The
liberal and comprehensive plan of Sir Robert Peel, so far as
the recognition of free-trade principles is concerned, are
already about to be brought into practical operation in this
neighbourhood. Owing, in a great measure, to the restric-
tive and vexatious duties levied on glass, the above company
relinquished business about two years ago, it being found
impossible to carry on the manufacture without loss to the
shareholders ; and their extensive works have, up to the
present time, been at a stand-still. Since, however, the an-
nouncement of the Premier's plan of commercial reform, it
has, we understand, been determined to bring the works
once mere into operation ; the effect of which will be to give
employment and bread to hundreds of families in the neigh-
bourhood. Independently of the demand which the home
trade will create in a material which is susceptible of appli-
cation to almost every conceivable purpose of use or orna-
ment, our manufactures, released from the restrictions which
pressed so heavily upon the trade will be able to enter into
successful competition with our continental neighbours, and
regain those markets abroad from which they were all but
excluded by the policy or impolicy of our rulers.—Birming-
ham Journal.
DINNER TO MR. BARON PLATT.—Last evening a
sumptuous banquet was given at the Albion, Aldersgate-
street, by the members of the Home Circuit, to Mr. Baron
Baron Platt, on his elevation to the Bench. The chair was
taken by Mr. Sergeant Channell, the leader of the circuit,
supported by a very large party, who assembled on this oc-
casion to do honour to the new judge. After the company
had done justice to the entertainment, which was most ad-
mirably arranged by Messrs. Staples, the proprietors of the
Albion, and the usual loyal toasts had been duly honoured,
the Chairman proposed "The health of Mr. Baron Platt,"
which was received with enthusiasm. The healths of Mr.
Sergeant Channell, Mr. Sergeant Shee, and other, leading
members of the circuit were then proposed, and the company
did not separate until a late hour. An apology was received
from the Solicitor-General, expressing his great regret at
being unable to attend the meeting, on account of the pres-
sure of his Parliamentary duties.
MARRIAGES IN ENGLAND.—It appears from very
elaborate tables, prepared by the Registrar-General of births,
deaths, and marriages, and on Tuesday laid before Parliament,
that the total number of marriages, in 1842, in England and
Wales was, 118,825 ; of these 17,689 were in the metropolis
alone. Of this number, 26,198 were persons who had been
married before, the proportion being 15,619 widowers, and
10,579 widows. Thus, the proportion per cent. of those who
were remarried was 11.02 for the whole of England, and 12.34
or the metropolis. The proportion of annual marriages
to persons of all ages was 1 in 130 in all England, 1 in
102 in London; the annual marriages were to the persons
aged from 20 to 40, nearly as 1 to 40 in England, 1 to 37
in the metropolis; or, more exactly, 2.515 per cent.; and
2.675 (as regards London). Taking 100,000 persons, it
further appears, that in England, 1,473 were married of
that number, all ages, 4,814 between 20 and 40, and 4,278
were " bachelors and spinsters married to 100,000 persons
living, aged 20 to 40." There was, altogether, one marriage
to 136 males and females living in 1842, but only one person
married for the first time to 76.3 persons living, which may
be considered equivalent to one marriage to 153 persons
living. Eleven per cent. of the persons married had been
married before, and had been enumerated in the returns of
previous years. In 1839, the number married out of 100,000
males was 1,625; and of 100,000 females, 1,553 ; in 1840,
1,597 males, and 1,526 females • in 1841, 1,574 males, anti
1,504 females; and in 1842, 1,506 males, and 1,439 females.
Thus, it will be perceived that there has been a yearly de-
crease during that period. The annual average has been,
however,
...1 in 64 out of 100,000, and 66 females.
THR BUDGET.— SUNDERLAND, FEB. 17.—Copies of
the Times, containing a full report of Sir Robert Peel's thumcial
statement, with the subsequent discussion, arrived here by
railway-train on Saturday night, and It has been ever since
the theme of conversation in political and commercial circles.
Its interest exceeded that of the Premier's statement on the
11 th of •March, 1842, and its receipt was much more grati-
fying. Almost without exception, the statement is favour-
ably received. It is true, many regret that Sir Robert has not felt it
his duty to remove the tax irons incomes derived from trades and
professions, which, by the bye, in consequence of there being no ap-
peal-courts nearer than Durham, presses with unusual incon.vezuilteitile.e
, and harshness upon men engaged in business at Sunderland I
removal of the export duty on coal and the duty on re such excel-
lent propositions—so well calculated to extend the trade of the'
country,
and
a
and especially of this district—that not a fewi arctl content,,nthat tl tie be
entire
obnoxious income-tax a little longer, rat.'" -gradual
the ,
budget should be lost. From 1834 to 1842fitolineireti liscasT3a.nlarge
e,
Near,
0 f tons,
the
increase in the quantity of coal export.ed
and the Tees ; in the former year thschlueantthitey
imposition of 615,255
in the latter
year 1,852,000 tons.
duty there has and this has operated extremely
been a slight decrease,
prejudicially, inasmuch as a
considerable portion of the coal exported
is small and of inferior quality, and the owners have net been able to
obtain a market for it at lope. The Coal Trade Association (the
owners union)
and the 31iners Association (the 'Mittens' union) ILave
equally petitioned for a remission of this duty, and its remission
at this period is the more gratifying, perhaps, because it was unex-
pected, the last deputation who waited upon Sir Robert Peel having
reported unfavourably as to their interview. There can be no doubt
that tho coal trade will now greatly increase, and if the coalowners
would only take the Premier's advice, and break up the vends,
all expectation,
the increase would be so enormous as to exceed
it is reported that, should the proposed measures pass, the
manufacturers on the Tyne and Wear will materially enlargebtgtlaiessi;
works, arid, in consequence, employ a great additional lim
freights
off
hands. Trade in every department here is still reviving,
coastwise have been lately rather lower, owing to the l of
ow priers o
coal in the London market, but it is supposed this will be only tem-
porary, as it no doubt arose from the large fleet of ships which lately
entered the Thames together. Ship-building is again brisk, the po-
pulation well employed, and Sunderland, which was elle of the most
depressed towns in the kin
pert ty.— Times. gdOM, is now enjoying a fair share of pros-
VIENNA, FEB. 11.—A piece of intelligence has just
become known which causes extraordinary joy here—it is, that hhis
Majesty the Emperor has been graciously pleased to abridge the
period of military service from fourteen years to eight years, in all
parts of the empire, except Hungary and Italy. The time of service
in Hungary, as fixed by the Diet, is ten years, in Italy it is only
EU yens.

TUESDAY, FEB. 25.
Glasgow, Paisley, Kilmarnock, and Ayr Railway.
Glasgow Junction Railway.
Yorth and North Midland (Goole Branch) Railway.
Huddersfield and Sheffield Junction Railway.
Barnsley Junction Railway.
Leeds and Thirsk Railway.
London, Worcestershire, and South Staffordshire Railway,
Manchester, Bury, and Rossendale (Heywood Branch;
Etailway.
Bridgwater Navigation and Railway.
Sheffield and Lincolnshire Junction Railway,
WEDNESDAY, FEB. 26.
Clydesdale Junction Railway.
Newcastle and Darlington (Brandling Junction) Railway.
York and North Midland (Bridlington Brunch) Railway.
Cambridge and Lincoln Railway.
Manchester and Buxton Railway.
Cornwall Railway.

FRIDAY, FRB. 28.
Scottish Central Railway.
Lynn and Ely Railway.
Belfast and Ballymena Railway.
Newcastle and Berwick Railway.

MORTALITY in the METROPOLIS.
The following are the results of " A Table of Mortality
in the Metropolis, showing the Number of Deaths from
all Causes registered in the Week ending Saturday, the
15th of February, 1845." The Table is issued from the Office
of the Registrar-General

Weekly
Total. Average of
• Epidemic, Endemic, and Contagions Diseases 178 Five 184 Years
Diseases of variable or uncertain seat l2O 106
Diseases of the Brain, Nerves, and Senses 175 159
Diseases of the Lungs; and other Organs of
Respiration
_292
Diseases of the Heart and Blood-vessels 44 24
Diseases of the Stomach, Liver, and other
Organs of Digestion B2 71.
Diseases of the Kidneys, &c 9 6'
Childbirth, Diseases of the Uterus, &c. l5 10
Diseases of the Joints, Bones, and Muscles l4 6
Diseases of the Skin, &c
Old Age, or Natural Decay B6 70
By Violence, Privation, or Intemperance
Causes specified 1110 954
Deaths from all Causes ..... lll2 963
DEATHS FROM THE PRINCIPAL DISEASES INCLUDED UNDER

71E SUN is Published EVERY MORNING at FIVE 0 cLocK, in Tillie for the EARLY TRAINS and TOWN DELIVERY; a SECOND EDITION (Even;ng Sun) is Published in Time for the AFTERNOON TRAINS
and a THIRD EDITION at SEVEN O'CLOCK, for POST, Containing PARLIAMENTARY and all other NEWS in LONDON up to that Hour.

LATEST FROM CHINA.
(From the Devonport Independent.)
By the Overiand Mail we have received letter s from China,
from n hich we glean the following intelligence :
" Hong-Kong, Nov. 1, 1844.
" The N.E. monsoon has set in early this year, and Bong-
Kong is again very sickly. Tilt 4th Madras Native Infantry
have 105t152 men in the last five months. Twenty more
soldiers have been sent on board the Minden, which gives
her the appearance of a military hospital, there not being
more than fifteen sailors out of sixty on the sick-list. The
98th Regiment have lost 187 men. Lieutenant Viscount
Suirdale (eldest son of the Earl of Donoughmore) is ill, and
not being able to obtain leave, has sold out, and is going to
England. Captain Edwards, of the 98th, died on the 13th
October ; Mr. Lester is also dead. :Chief-Justice Hulme, his
lady, and two children, are very ill. The Java, transport,
has not yet arrived, although six months out from England ;
she has Mrs. McKnight, (wife of the Naval Storekeeper)
and family, on board. The Castor, 36,,has arrived, and her
Captain (Graham) is the senior officer in command until
Rear-Admiral Sir T. Cochrane returns, in January. The
Iris, 26, is gone to join the Admiral, at ,Chusan. The naval
and vic:ualling establishments there and at Amoy are broken
up, and these places Will be given up after the payment of
the last instalment, in August next. Intelligence has just
reached here (Hong-Kong) that Admiral Sir T. Cochrane is
on his way from Chusan, in the Wolf, 18, his flag-ship, the
Agincourt, 72, being at sea cruising. They are preparing
furnaces on shore for red-hot shot, in the event of the }much
causing us any trouble ; they have four frigates, one cor-
vette, a brig, and a large steamer in these seas. We have
only the Castor, frigate, here at this moment. The French
are endeavouring to force an envoy on Pekin, but the Chinese
Minister, Keying, will not hear. of it. Mr. Tetley, of the.
Ordnance department, is gone to Chusan, as acting store-
keeper ; Mr. Boate has left for Manilla ; and Mr. Pett is
principal storekeeper here. The Minden's establishment is
reduced to a master, and it is reported that the agent-
victualler is to live on board ; it is also rumoured that she is
to go to Trincomalee."

AND NEWSPAPERS (OVERLAND) 'lO INDIA.
On Friday the following notice was posted in the hall of
the General Post-office, St. Martin's-le-Grand:—
•" On and from the Ist of March next, an additional rate
of 4d. -per half ounce, over and above the present postag
will be chargeable on all letters, and an additional rate of 2d.
on every newspaper forwarded by the overland mail, whether
rid Southampton or vid Marseilles, to or from places to the
east of Calcutta, and also to and from the Mauritius, the
Cape of Good Hope, Bourbon, or Madagascar, when dis-
patched to such places from ports in India, or rice vcrsci, this
sum being levied to defray the charge made by the East
India Company for the dispatch and receipt of such letters
and newspapers.
•' The rates of postage chargeable from the date above •
mentioned on letters and newspapers transmitted between the
United Kingdom and India, and dispatched from ports in
India to places to the eastward of Calcutta (as well as those
forwarded to the Mauritius, the Cape of Good Hope, Bourbon,
or Madagascar), and vice versa, will therefore be as follows :
" On a letter forwarded rid Marseilles, weighing under
a quarter of an ounce, 2s. 2d. ; not exceeding half an
ounce, 2s. 7d. ; not exceeding three-quarters of an ounce,
4s. 9d. ; not exceeding one ounce, ss. 2d. ; exceeding one
ounce, and under one ounce and a quarter, 9s. Id. ; news-
paper rate, sd.

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