The Sun.
London, England, 1844-08-29 00:00:00

CHANGES.

The Marquis and Marchioness of Douglas and suite, at
Brodick Castle, Isle of Arran, from Leamington Spa ;
Sir Digby and Lady Mackworth, from Bath, on a tour ;
Sir W. M. Stanley, Bart., at his shooting quarters, Glen-
shiero, Inverness-shire, from Hooton Hall, Cheshire ;
the Brazilian Minister and Madame Lisboa, from the
York House Hotel, Bath, on a tour ; Sir Richard Sut-
ton, Bart., on the Moors of Killin, from his seat in
Derbyshire ; Lord Ossulston, at the Earl of Malmes-
bury's shooting-quarters, in Inverness-shire, from the
south ; Lady Noel Byron, from Clifton Hot Wells, on a
tour ; Lord and Lady Villiers, from the Baths of Ems,
on a visit to Prince and Princess Nicholas Esterhazy,
at Vienna ; the Rev. Sir Cecil and Lady Bishopp, at
Malta, from a tour ; Colonel Richardson, Royal Horse
Guards Blue, on a visit to the Duke and Duchess of
Richmond, at Gordon Castle, N. 8., from the south ;
Hon. Burrell, from Bath, on a tour.

UNIVERSITY INTELLIGENCE.
UNIVERSITY OF LONDON.
MATRICULATION—EXAMINATION FOR
HONOURS.
(The names are arranged in the order of proficiency.)
MATHEMATICS AND NATURAL PHILOSOPHY.
Edwards, William Finch (Exhibition),King's College.
Rosher, Henry Gladdish, University College.
Porter, George, Stonyhurst College.
Halley, Robert, Manchester New College.
CHEMISTRY.
Habershon, S. 0. (Prize of Books), King's College.
Statham, Sherard Freeman, University College.
Reid, John, King's College.
Bridgwater, Thomas, King's College.
Hugo, Charles Sayer, Private Tuition.
Manley, John, King's College.
Skinner, George Robert, King's College.
ZOOLOGY.
Reid, John (Prize of Books), King's College.
CLASSICS.
Greenwood, George, King's College.
Edwards, 'William Finch, King's College.
Jackson, Edward Steane, University College.
Rees, John Charles, St. Edmund's, Ware.

BACHELOR OF MEDICINE.—FIR 3T EXA-
MINATION.
EXAMINATION FOR HONOURS.
ANATOMY AND PHYSIOLOGY.
Cadge, William (Exhibition and Gold Medal), Uni-
versity College.
Copeman, Arthur Charles (Gold Medal), King's
College.
Hicks, John Braxton, Guy's Hospital.
Fotherby, Henry Isaac, Guy's Hospital.
Greenwood, William Henry, Guy's Hospital-
Elam, Charles, Leeds School of Medicine.
Ody, John, King's College.
Duncan, Peter Martin, King's College.
CHEMISTRY.
Grimsdale, T. F. (Exhibition and Gold Medal),
University College.
Ody, John (Gold Medal), King's College.
Greenwood, William Henry, Guy's Hospital.
Copeman, Arthur Charles, King's College.
Matthew, Charles Reeve, University College.
Hicks, John Braxton, Guy's Hospital.
MATERIA MEDICA AND PHARMACEUTICAL CHEMISTRY.
Hicks, J. Braxton (Exhibition and Gold Medal), Guy's
Hospital.
Greenwood, William Henry (Gold Medal), Guy's
Hospital.
Fotherby, Henry Isaac, Guy's Hospital.

MELBOURNE--PORT
---
PHILIP.
We give the following letter, as a curiosity, from
the Edinburgh Advertiser. The cry of repeal is
heard on the opposite side of the globe. Poor Eng-
land ! Even the convicts of Botany Bay cry out for
repeal :
" Melbourne, Port Philip,
" 27th March, 1844.
" This colony, I hope, is rising again. The boil-
ing or rather steaming down cattle and sheep is be-
coming quite a business, and the tallow, I hear, is
beautifully white and hard. There are now three or
four large establishments formed for the purpose
below this town on the banks of the Yarra, some of
which boil down two or three hundred sheep every
day. The legs are either sold fresh at 6d. each, or
are salted and cured. This makes a sheep worth
much more than it used to be; and I really believe
the average value nqw is about from 65. 6d. to 7s.
each.

" They are also commencing to boil down cattle,
Which will
Pay the settler much better than at the
prices the butchers at present give. The process is
simple, but the stench is dreadful. Pigs are fed with
the offal—which makes no difference to me—not
being a pork eater—but I don't envy those who do
eat such meat.

~ There has
ex-
ported this season
veryooi
hmuchhas
been l a r ge
earlier
been a great amount of tallow
people say enough:and next year the quantity will be. '
supeplhyavoef likewise exported this
ierdispatchedthis
year a very
Mimosasaas obnar,kb—utso
growersl think to
is glut
not quite
etehuopmteo market.
the m aru T; haes
large
quality I ratherthe
the wool
obliged to hurry the being so short of cash, have been
might obtain the advamo'aoshing and shearing that they
few persons "buy out" tei; I may explain to you that
and banks, instead, advance e wool here—the merchants
per lb. to the grower, and
a certain sum, say 10d.
from home, the settler receives anything that may be
over the 10d., after deductingbroker, expenses and the corn-
bring the said 10d., then the. If the wool does not
bring has to make up
the difference. I believe, s
however, that this year
only 9d. has been advanced, and the settler will,
therefore, most likely have to
receive.
"The people of Port phiiip_avi are loudly crying out for
' separation'—the Governor h
treasury of 20,000 L—the fact is,
just drained this
is, that almost all the
revenue of Port Philip is
csrpent in Sydney, and I
really cannot wonder at the Port Philip, strange
to say, was made in Sir George. Gipp's time, and yet
he treats it as a changeling.
C4A good deal has been said lately about the desir-
ableness of making this the central depot for the
troops quartered in the3e coloie . It seems rather a
good idea, for it would be very
of men here at a moment's notice to throw easyto have a body
into either
of the older colonies. I cannot say that I should
fancy Van Diemen 's Land much
as a place to live in
-of
now. The enormous numberconvicts at present
at lame on wages is rather fearful, and robberies, &c.,
are becoming very frequent. It •
men have broken out from a
stockisdreported that 400
aeand are in pos-
session of a road, and that the military are in full
march to oppose them—also that the Government
i vessel (a large brig) has been seized by sixty convicts,
who have obliged the master to stand off with them
for some place as yet unknown to the authorities : how-
ever, we have no correct tidings
yet of all this."
The

was driving from the station after the
A SECRET ATTAr .—FOLKSTONE.—On Monday
evening as Mr. Broderick, superintendent of the com-
pany's fellow, who had se-
creted himself under the trammed arch leading to the
139a.ritsroarrinii,baudsegs'one down,
North Foreland, threw a brick, which struck Mr. Bro-
derick on the loins with such force as nearly to knock
him off the box, and severely injured him. The proba-
bility seems that the attack was made by some disap-
pointedted
vagabond to revenge himself for some grievance,
and it is supposed mistook the party. If discovered,
such ruffianly and Immanly eonduct merits a severe
punishment,—..Maidsteno Gazette.

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ELEMENTS AND DISCOVERY OF
THE WEATHER CYCLES.

Since our last notice of this important discovery,
published in The Sun of the 15th instant, a great
sensation has taken place with respect to it in the
metropolis ; and it is gratifying to perceive that Mr.
White, Secretary to the Meteorological Society of
Great Britain, has taken up the subject, and that it is
now in the course of illustration by that gentleman in
the Lecture-rooms of the Adelaide Gallery, an ex-
ample which is likely to be followed by other scientific
and literary institutions throughout the country.
Last week, in the course of one of his lectures upon
" Physical Astronomy," Mr. White took a compre-
hensive view of the different theories of the almanac-
makers, from the first imaginings of Francis Moore to
Mr. Murphy ; and after pointing out to' his auditors
the inconsistencies in the speculations of these writers
—with many more, such as Messrs. Legh, Richard-
son (Mercurius), &c., &c., who all differ one from the
other—he proceeded to enlarge upon the recent expli-
cations on the law or origin of storms, and to account
for the occurrence of violent atmospheric phenomena
in certain or in different latitudes of the earth; upon
which, we believe, Mr. White expects, in the progress
of more extended and correct observation, to harmo-
nize the'conflicting theories of this hitherto irrecon-
cilable topic of speculation.
Mr. White then at once introduced to the assembly
the " Cycle of the Weather," as a system altogether
separate and distinct from all that preceded it. The
author of this discovery he described as a solitary
individual, now in advanced years, who formed a sys-
tem of observation and induction, without recourse

to, or dependence on, any ancient or modern mode of
computation. After devoting nearly half a century
to the study and prosecution of his own peculiar sys-
tem, Mr. Mackenzie came before the world with re-
corded daily observations on the weather, from his
own band, upon which he founded his " Cycles of the
Winds, Weather, and Prices of Corn "—a system, the
truth and value of which, from its continuity, there
can exist no doubt whatever, and which, when brought
into familiar observation and practical application,
will confer greater benefits on mankind than all the
theories that ever were propounded on this highly
interesting, all-important, and indeed wonderful dis-
covery.
In the course of the present and next week, Mr.
White proposes to go more fully into the subject of
the " Weather Cycle," and to explain the fundamental
principles of the system, by a magnified diagram of
the circles of comminuted and compressed seasons,
with the effect of these seasons on the produce and
prices of corn, for a period of fifty-four years, be-
ginning with 1801, and ending with 1854. As soon
as these lectures are delivered, we will endeavour to
find space for a condensed notice of them for the public
benefit, being already satisfied, from the numerous
extracts of our former article in the provincial papers,
that great anxiety prevails throughout the country on
this important subject.