The Sun.
London, England, 1849-02-14 00:00:00

PUGILISM.

ROBERTS, OF BIRMINGHAM, AND !TINE; Fon 25S A
SlDE.—These bantams settled the question of fistic su-
periority yesterday, in Plumstead-marshes—their voyage
thither being per steamer. The men were both little
ones. After 'a gallant contest of three hours and one
minute, the Brummagem lad struck his flag, and Tiney,
who is a protege of Jemmy Shaw, of Bunhill-row, was
declared the victor.

JAS. BAILEY AND CON. PARKER.—These heavy
weights, who fought without the preliminary question of
going to scale, met yesterday, at Erith. Bailey is well
known as a Portsmouth champion, and has been for years
past thought " rayther stale." On this occasion he came
uut against youth, which will be served, and strength
which cannot be denied, except by consummate skill—
the result was, that et the end of 91 minutes, wherein 51
rounds had been contested, Bailey was defeated, but not
without a gallant struggle.

BATHS AND WASIIHOUSES FOR THE LABOURING
CLAssEs,—Yesterday afternoon a meeting of the sub-
scribers and committee of the above institution was held
in the Board-room in George-street, Euston-square. The
report sated that, during 1848, the bathers had been
111,788; washers, dryers, ironers, manglers, &c., 61,690;
individuals washed for, 246,760;partieles of clothing
washed, 2,220,840; making a total since August, 1846,
of 255,057 male, and 26,158 female, and washers, &c.,
106,814, making a total of the latter, of articles washed,
amounting to no fewer than three millions and a half in
all branches, which is a vast increase over the previous
year. The statement of receipts for the year was
2,315/..155, 9d.; and the expenditure, including the re-
payment of a loin of 5001.,*left a balance of 3/. Is. in the
hands of the bankers. The loans and liabilities amount
to 276/. To extend the operations for the accommoda-
tion of 5,000 poor
,persons weekly, a building is in pro-
gress, to which her Majesty the Queen, Prince Albert,
the Queen Dowager, the Duke of Bedford, the Arch-
bishop of Canterbury, &c., have already subscribed up-
wards of 1,0001. •
METEOROLOGICAL OIISERVATIONS.—MeSII reading
of the barometer from-four observations, corre9_!pdanlc
reduced to 32 degrees, Fahrenheit 30.286.
Thermo-
meter mean highest dry 50.1, lowest 40.8, nltn from six
0.8; 'high
observations corrected 45.0,
mean dew poi,
n
est in the sun, as shown by a self•regi thermome-
sterine4B
ter read at midnight 53.0, lowest on V: grass 38.0: Wind,
variable.
THE WeaznEn.-I.resterday and Monday mom-
Mo. when the sun 'rose, his red rays were retloetetl so
brihiantly from the hoar frost on the grass, - that early
ri,ers were impressed with the idea that snow had fallen
during the night. The pools also were crisped with ice,
and soutething like a temporary winter reigned over the
land bJore breakfast. Speedily, however, the hoar frost
disapp, ared, and the sun, as he sealed the heavens in 'an-
clouded lustre, was not only seen but felt. on Sunday,
at noon, his rays were inconyteenniseintit, ly powerful.
Monday also • bristled up into a b
frost heat;
but yesterday, oven iu the fiercest rays of the sun, the
atmosphere was somewhat chilly throughout the whole
day. In this aspect it was slightly all
general rule. ' Spring is un exception to the,
questionabyfar advanced for
the season. No 4 •to speak of early, flowers, which are
now rushing up like enchantment, the pendulous willows
which overhang the Cain
at the aollego bridges are be-
ginning to bud and assume
thevernal hue.sy The lark.
and his fellow warblers are
ci
ting, after all, the best- " ehlow very n
Ora
lsociety," a
and
noisy—constitu-
ting, i-ceonrtst.
certainly
affording the cheapestof all
is
the month in which the zodiacal light is visible in the
west, about three-quarters of an hour after sunset. —le
Cambridge Advertiser,

The National Bank of Ireland have issued notice
that deposits of small sums, from 10s. upwards, will now
be received at any of their branches, and that interest on
such deposits will be allowed at the rates and under the
terms to be posted up from time to time' at the several
branches of the bank. Deposits of fractional parts of
10s. will not be received. This arrangement for receiv-
ingdeposits so•much under the usual minimum •has been
adopted, it is understood, in consequence of the failure
of several of the Irish savings' banks, and the unfavour-
able opinion entertained of them in consequence, in many
parts of Ireland.

PRESERVATION OF LIFE FROM SHIPWRECK:-••
Some months ago public attention was drawn to a series
of experiments on the floating properties of shredded cork,
when used .for the stuffing of seamen's beds, bolsters,
and every other kind of squab or cushion in ordinary
use on board ship, and applied as a means of preserving
life in eases of shipwreck or sudden casualty. It will be
recollected these experiments took place in the Serpen-
tine, in the Thames, both at Chiswick and Blackerall,
and subsequently in her Majesty's dockyard at Wool-
wich, last spring, in the presence of Admiral Sir G.
Bremer, and other naval authorities. The succese of the
experiment was complete, demonstrating satisfactorily
the adaptation of the material, for the first time ex-
hibited in so useful a form, to the humane purpose of
saving life under circumstances where human aid has
hitherto been considered unavailing. The extended ap-
plication of this most important invention has, however,
been retarded by practical difficulties of a mechanical
nature, which prevented the fibre from being produced
in marketable quantities, and in sufficient abundance to
meet the orders received by the patentees. It appears,
however, that these mechanical difficulties have now been
entirely overcome, and that machinery has been con-
structed so as to manufacture any quantity of the fibre
that may be required. The application of the buoyant
principle of cork to purposes of saving life in shipwreck
is no novelty, but the bulk of the material has hitherto
been fatal to the hope of bringing it out for general use.
But by converting the cork into fibre stuffing and using
it for beds on board ship a ready means is offered to
passengers and crew of saving life in sudden emergency.
The awful destruction of human life in the Avenger and
Ocean Monarch might, no doubt, have been averted, or
at least much diminished had these vessels been itted up
with this important life-preserving agent.
STATE OF TRADE, MANCHESTER.--The continued
upward tendency of the cotton trade is still operating
injuriously to commerce in this market. Cotton having
risen to a greater extent than manufactured goods, the
producer is in a worse condition than he was soma
months ago, when rates were considered ruinously low.
There was yesterday a good demand, at last week's
prices, but few such offers are accepted, and purchasers
have had to give an advance for nearly all kinds of
goods. Shippers generally are doing as little as possi-
ble, being quite unable to comply with the present rates.
Neither the home nor the foreign houses are doing BO
great a business as they were some weeks ago, or as
they would do were prices not so high. It is impossible
to obtain a remunerative profit so long as the raw ma-
terial maintains its present rates, except by a conside-
rable advance in manufactured goods even upon the
present advanced rates.
. NEW PRINTING TELEGRAPIL.—AVE yesterday had
the pleasure of privately inspecting a new printing tele-
graph, on the hydraulic principle, the invention of Mr.
W. H. French, of Cardiff, which, for simplicity tend
certainty, is far Superior to any other, either hydraulic
or electric, that has yet come under our notice. The
invention being as yet unpatented, we cannot, of course,
go into any description of it; but we may state that,
without the use of any arbitrary signs, or the necessity
of receiving answers from the various stations as to
whether or not a message can be. understood, a com-
munication can be made, at the will of the operator, to
one, two, three, or a dozen stations on the-main-line or
branches of a given district of country, which will be legi-
bly printed on a slip of paper, something like the column
of a newspaper, to any length, or a conversation can be
carried on on the same paper between two points—the
intermediate stations, by a simple contrivance, being
thrown out of the line of communication. One advan-
tage of this system is, that the telegraph becomes the
registrar of the communication, and prevents any dispute
as to its real import; while another, and, perhaps the
most important, is, that should an attendant at any
station be absent from his duty he will, should any mes-
sage be given in the meantime, find it on his return
legibly printed in the ordinary character, a bell continu-
ing to ring from the commencement of the comunication
being made until observed by the attendant, and, to
use a familiar expression, thrown by him out of gear.
IR point of economy this telegraph must, .when
tented, excite universal attention, as it can be erected
for less than one-fourth the charge of the exposed elec-
tric wires, and for something like one-tenth the price
now charged for laying those wires under the streets;
while its station machinery is so simple that any child
who can read at all can manage it with the utmost cer-
tainty; and we believe the day is not far distant when,
irrespective of its application on lines of railway for com-
municating from station to station, from town to town,
or one portion of a town to another, most of the large
manufacturing and mining establishments in the kingdom
will be fitted with these printing telegraphs from one
part of their premises to another with which it is neces-
sary to have frequent communication.—Post.
SOUTH DEVON ELECTION.--EXETER, TUESDAY.--.
Sir Ralph Lopes, Bart., was this- day elected without.
opposition, to serve in Parliament to represent the
southern division of the county of Devon. The Hon.
Baronet declared on the hustings that he was.in favour
of retrenchment in the public expenditure, as far as it
could be carried with safety, and that he would not con-
sent to any further endowment of the Roman Catholies
in Ireland. With regard to free trade he considered it
" a visionary scheme," which marks the folly and delu-
sion of the country. He would not vote for the repeat
of the navigation-laws, which he considers " the pali-s
dium of our national security, and a tower of strength
which no enemy could ever overthrow." The speech of
the Hon. Baronet was received with much cheering, and,
after a vote of thanks to the High Sheriff, the proceed-
ings closed.
THE INDIAN MAIL.—The Semaphore states that
the last English mail which left Marseilles for India
contained such a quantity of letters that the additional
postage amounted to the enormous sum of 120,000 franca
(4,8001.). Previous to the reduction in the postage of
letters the mail for Algiers consisted at most of five
bags; since then the number has increased to eleven, and
that tor Philippeville from three to eight.
The inspectors of Messrs. Reid, Irving,
her estate have recommended the payment ofaltidof ls. 6d.
divi-
dend of 6d., making altogether a distribution from. the
ibsf or ma goy:
ud
in the pound, and it appears to be anticipated
oduce. markets that
and Co.'s
late improvement in the colonial p
though some little
sugar properties and other resources; though
available far the,
considerable assets may yet be reaelisri:edfrom the sale of
.ssaesamaobuinlitsadditional dividend,
time will be necessary to rend
largo fund in hand specially
creditors. There is also
lwill obueg
shortlyto p e yd some
is t.
nearly in full and
by the suspended, fi
9 Feb. 12.
applicable to certain
othersc
rx,
is
Texh
that we propose, with
is appended:— ral
an-
nouncing the,,second dividend
16, T aokte.tnshluoeudse-yard, London
banudteidt.
beg. to -9
peeectierdenthlar
of, our
the concurrence inspectors, to
pay a further di
(lend o
6tl. in the pound on and from Mond ay, the 12th
of March, between the ho
re hours of twelve and three O' k The holders of bills of exchange a oc . ,
requested to brin
with them' the set upon which the first dividend has been
n
marked. We are sorry it is not in our pourer` to an•
nounce a larger dividend at this time.
The continued depression of Commerce hitherto and
of colonial property has prevented sales of estates and
impeded etions ; tut en the other band our- estates
have been efficiently sustained without a permanent out-
lay of funds -from home, and we hope that upon a revival
of confidence and a steady improvement in markets they
•be etir.vc:rted into money, which, up to this time,
nos been impracticable, unless on terms that would have
em-eluted to an ainabst total sacrifice. We are, &c.,
" REID, IRVING, AND C 0.,"
ATTACKS BY lIIGHWAYMEN.—On Saturday mrer,..
ing, 116 n returning home from 13uckinghara /Market,
Mr. Lines, of Water Stratford, farmer, was pullt•d•from
his horse by three men, and robbed of his watch, about
71. in gold and silver, and a cheque for 50i on the Lon-
don and County Bank at Buckingham, On pulling Mr.
Lines to the ground, the thieves foroed mud into 'his
mouth. Ho reAseed, and knocked down ono of 'the men
twice; but by the combined strength and aid of, blud-
geons, they completely overpowered him. Mr. Tread-
well, miller and farmer, of Westbury, .crag on .the-slime
evening (when on his way home from the above market)
stopped near the turn to Shalestone, by two men who
fortunately did not succeed in pulling him from ,his
horse. After striking one of the fellows a violent blow
across the face with his stick Mr. Treadwell rode off
with the loss of his hat-and stick only, Which were [Rib.-
sequently found in the road. .
Duke. Bernard of Saxe Weimar arrived at -Mar_
seilles on the 7th, on his way to Batavia, where he
assume the command-in-chief of the Dutch re.
India. in
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