The Sun.
London, England, 1841-01-14 00:00:00

THE LITE CAPTAIN HEWITT.

We have been favoured with the perusal of a letter
from the Secretary of the Trinity House, the follow,
ing extract from which will show the estimation in 14 hith
the services of the late Captain Hewitt were held by
that Corporation :

" The numerous occasions which have brought that
officer in communication with this Corporation have if-
furd..d its members the means of justly estimating the
value of Captain Ilea itt's extensive labours in the peculiar
branch of piofessional duty to v 4 hich his later years have
been zealously and ably devoted, and from which this
Board has derived imrortant assistance in maturing various
measures for promoting the safety of ships and vessels of
all classes, and of all countries, navigating those dangerous
parts of our cJasts to which his scientific examinations
have been principally directed."

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This testimony from a body so well qualified te,
judge of the merits of Captain Hewitt, as a surve)it.g.
officer, is alike honourable to them, and to the taf,nted
individual whose lamented death has elicited, it, and
cannot fail to impress on the public mind a deep sense
of the ion the country has sustained by that event, and
to awaken their sympathy for his bereaved widow and
children.

We rejoice to havo it in our power to state that, in
addition to the above handsome testimony, the Corpo-
ration of the Trinity House have liberally subscribed
the sum of 1001., and the Elder Brethren the same sum
from their private fund, in aid of the subscription now
on foot for the widow and children of Captain H.

SPORTING INTELLIGENCE.

NIANCIIE,STER.-..TUESDAY EVENING.

Although the attendance was highly respectable this af-
ternoon, the Chester Tradesmen's Cup was not even com-
plimented with a passing word; but, as the weights must
be made public at the latest on Thursday, we shall not have
again to notice silence on the point.
TILE Denuy,—A variety of off2rs, but very few engage-
ments were absolutely set down ; 100 to 7, by a Cheshire
gentleman, was offered on the field ; he accepted 1,000 to
20 on Morning Star; 500 to 12 was also laid against this
colt ; and 200 to 7, twice over, against the Knight of the;
Whistle; 15 to 1, in scores, appeared the top offer on Ps,
lemon ; IS to 1 was accepted in tens, and repeated Ow S,
the room broke up), on Marshal Soult—this may be con.
sidered the extreme of the market ; 30 to 1, to 4 sum, was
offered against Prince Caradoc—five points more would
have been taken, The Duke of Wellington would have
been backed at 40 to I—ten points less was offered in
hundreds; 400 to 10 was the highest proposal we hoard
o
agenainstto i the Darieletta c01t.,2 several influential parties even:
0 ; 1,000 to 15 was offered
against &mews, and 1,000 to 10 against Ben Brace; 5OO
was otrered against Van Amburgh ; 30 to 1 was of-
nvest 1,000 to
of-
fered against Wallah. Proposals against several out-
Lidera were repeatedly made, but to no eff'.*:et. Eringo and.
Coronation were just named ; the latter would have beers
backed at 23 to 1 ; 500 to 10 was offered against Hawk's..
eye ; and takers wore present of 500 to 5 on Belgrade and
Ermengardia, or 29 to 1 on " all the fillies."
Oaks, &c., not named,

Mr. •StiUttiatt, the Secretary of the East India
and China Association, h'ts prepared a comparative state-
ment of the number of British ships, with their tonnage,
entered into, and cleated outwards, from and to places
within the limits of the East India Company's charter, in
the yeas 1839 and 1840 By this statement it appears
that the tonnage inwards for 1839 was 246,758 ; and in
1840, 235,440, which shows a decrease of 1 1,313;
and the ships were 640 for 1839, while they wwra
592 for 1840, giving a decrease of 48. Irk
1639, the ships entering the London port were
463, and in 1940 they were 404 ; this is a decrease of 50.
The ships entering Liverpool show an increase of five, the
number for 1939 being 138, and for 1840, 143. The tan-
nage outward for 1840 was 359,567, which, as noun-Area
with 1839, which was 279,322, gave an increase snr the
former period of 80,235. The number of ships aut*red
outwards was 932 for 1840, and 708 for 1839, being an
increase of 224,
Alderman Darley is about to retire from the
iit.md Office of Police, and is to be succeeded by Alderman
Fleming. Mr. RAtron is to succeed to the vacancy ere-
' ated by the death of 11r, Hamilton ; and Mr. F. Thorpe
Porter in the room of the lataMajor Sirr,--Dubiin Even-
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