The Sun.
London, England, 1848-09-30 00:00:00

SATURDAY EVENING, SEPTEMBER 30, 1848.

lesrved with the late Lord Collingwood, a lieutenant of
his Majesty's ship C— had the presumption, in the
presence of the Admiral, to apply the phrase " Yen,
sir!" to one of the afterguard of the quarter-deck. The
admiral reiterated the offensive appellative " You, sir—
you, sir!" The lieutenant, at a loss for the admiral's mean-
ing, approached his superior, hat in hand. " You, sir!"
continued the admiral, emphatically repeating the obnox-
ious phrase as he stared the lieutenant full in the face—
" How do you, sir, like to be you-sir'd? That man has
a name as well as you, Lieutenant —." The author
was a boy at the time, but from that period to the
present he has invariably forgotten to " you-sir" a man.
—Glasscock's Naval Officer's Manual.
The mercantile accounts from Batavia represent
business as dull, with little prospect of immediate re-
action. The sugar and coffee crops would not, it was
feared, prove so good as had been anticipated. In the
former case the weather for the manufacture has turn, d
out unfavourable. The crop of rice, on the other hand,
promised an excess over previous years, and the quality,
was described as excellent. Freights were flat, nume-
rous arrivals of vessels, Dutch and foreign, having lat-
terly taken place.
STRANGE Fish.—Two fishermen, named Ross
and Nichol, from Larne, have now in their possession
in this town a curious fish, which they intend to
exhibit to the public. It is of a very peculiar con-
formation, the shape being nearly oval. It
measures nearly feet in length, and about three
feet in depth in the side, and weighs rather
more than four cwt. The skin is very hard and of a dark
green hue, and on pressing it with the finger feels as
rough as the surface of a file. The head is very hard
and thick, with a small projecting snout, beneath
which is the mouth—an aperture of about four
inches in length by one and a halt' in breadth when
opened. It has no nostrils, and the eyes, which
are not large, are situated in the upper part of the
head. It has but two fins, a dorsal, and a ventral, of
a triangular shape, about eighteen inches in length,
and standing quite erect. The tail is of a most
peculiar form, having five circular or rather eliptical
indentations, the skin being granulated and nearly
as hard as the upper part of the body, and some-
what resembling a lady's frill. The fishermen don't
know the name of the fish, having never seen any •
thing of the same species before, but they state that an
old seaman who examined it gave it the name of " Devil
Fish." It was taken on Thursday evening, about four
o'clock, at a place called Hunter's Buoy, a short distance
from the " Maidens." It was observed floating lazily on
the surface of the water, and suffered the boat to approach
it very closely. One of the men having in his hand what is
called a " clip," to which was attached a small piece
of rope, struck it on the back, and it then darted
away with great fury, never attempting to go un-
derneath the weather. It took the boat a run of
about three miles, and having been nearly ex-
hausted, as they thought, they managed to throw
another rope about it, and then hauled it into the
boat with great difficulty. When in the boat it nearly
broke the sides in its struggles to get free, which were
so great that two of the fishermen became alarmed, and
ould very 'gladly have launched it overboard again
into the sea. They succeeded, however, in killing it,
by sticking it repeatedly with the " clip," and brought
it into Belfast, where it now may be seen by those who
are any way curious in icthyological monsters. After
exhibition, the fishermen purpose selling it.—Belfast
paper.
SPIRIT TRADE IN THE CHANNEL ISLANDS.—The
last return moved for in the last session by Lord George
Bentinck was issued after the death of his Lordship, on
Saturday. It contains a copy of the report of the Board of
Customs to the Lords of the Treasury, dated the 29th of
February last, on the subject of admitting to entry, at a
duty of 7s. 6d. per gallon, or any less duty, certain quantities
of sugar made in the Channel Islands and Heligoland, &c.
A " GREAT FACT " FOR HENNVIVES..—A 'cute
Yankee has invented a nest, i❑ the bottom of which
there is a kind of trap- door, through which the egg,
when laid, immediately drops; and the hen, looking
round and perceiving none, lays another!—Boston (New
England) Paper.
TURNPIKE TRUSTS.—By a return made to Parlia-
ment and just printed, it is shown that there are
1,108 turnpike trusts in England and Wales-1,063 in
England and 45 in Wales. The length of:roads in Eng-
land is 19,942 miles and 148 yards, arid in Wales, 2,382
miles, 2 furlongs, and 197 yards, making in England
and Wales 22,324 miles, 3 furlongs, and 125 yards.
CHUBB, THE REGISTRAR'S CASE. --- A mandamus
from the Court of Queen's Bench was received by Mr.
Rushton, the stipendiary magistrate of Liverpool, yes-
terday, Friday, September 29, requiring him to accept
bail for the appearance of the prisoner at the next Liver-
pool Assizes, provided the sureties were in accordance
with the requisition of the said mandamus, which is, that
Mr. Chubb enter into his personal recognizance in the
amount of 3,0001., and procure four sureties of 750/.
each, making together the extraordinary sum of 6,0001
It further requires that three days' notice of the place of
residence of each bailee, and the time at which he will
tender bail, be given to the court by the prisoner's attor-
ney. As yet there has been no notice tendered.
lirmoyar, OF THE MINT.—A meeting of the rate-
payers of St. George the Martyr, Southwark, was held
yesterday, in the vestry-room of the parish, for the pur-
pose of considering a proposal of the Rev. J. F. Bullock,
the Rev. C. G. Watson, and Major-General Sir Henry
Watson, to pull down a portion of the Mint belonging
to I hem, to erect in lieu thereof new streets, and other-
wise improve the locality. The Rev. John Horton, the
rector, having taken the chair, Mr. Anderson, the sur-
veyor of highways, said that the owners of property in
the Mint were extremely desirous of improving the state
of that long notorious place, and that if the vestry gave
them power to carry out their wishes, it would he of
great advantage to the parish. It was their wish to
build a better class of houses, making them third-rate
instead of fourth-rate, and the residents would then be
ratepayers instead of rate receivers, for many of them
now receive d workhouse relief. The memorial of the
owners of the property was, that "in consideration of
their being allowed to convert to their own purposes
Dirty-lane and the two corners of Mint-square, they
proposed to widen Peter-street from the Southwark-
bridge-road to King-street to the extent of 22 feet 5
inches, to widen Queen-street 2 feet 6 inches, and to
wide❑ King-street 6 feet 8 inches." After some discus-
sion a committee was appointed to consider the expe-
diency of adopting the proposal of the leaseholders, and
to report at a future meeting. They then separated.
A Court of Directors was held at the East India
House on Wednesday, the 27th inst., when Mr. Charles
Robert Mitchell Jackson was appointed to the office of
Advocate-General of Fort William, in Bengal.
THE CHOLERA.—A letter dated Odessa, the Bth
inst., announces that the cholera has totally disappeared
from that city. A 7'e Deum was sung in all the churches
on the occasion.
THE IRON TRADE OF SOUTH STAFFORDSHIRE.—
BIRMINGHAM, FRIDAY.—The ironmasters of these dis-
tricts held their usual preliminary meeting at the Hotel,
Dudley, yesterday. The attendance was numerous.
After a long and animated discussion it was resolved not
to make any advance on the prices of iron fixed at the
last quarter day. The first of the ensuing quarterly
meetings takes place at Walsall, on Tuesday, the 10th
of October. The masters appear to have arrived at a
wise determination. A rise was unquestionably, from
the state of trade, expected, but should it occur, there is
little doubt but that it would lead to:an agitation ot• the
question of wages in a more aggravated form than it has
yet assumed. After all, however, some of the masters
will unquestionably decline orders except at an advance
of price upon certain descriptions of iron. Orders are
represented to be plentiful, and contracts which for some
months have been suspended are now in the course of
execution.

FATAL ACCIDENT ON THE EASTERN COUNTIES I
RAILWAY.--Yesterday, Mr. Baker held an inquest at the
London Hospital, on the body of Charles Felton, aged
forty-two, a labourer late in the employ of the Eastern
Counties Railway Company. Thomas Hakes in the
same employ, stated that about four o'clock in the after-
noon of Tuesday last, he and the engine-driver took an
engine into one of the sidings of the Eastern Counties
Railway, at the Tottenham station, for the purpose of
removing some trucks. They took the engine from the
down line on to the up line, and deceased had nothing
to do with this operation, but witness saw him at the
time between the up and down line, and on coming out
of the siding to the point of the rail, the deceased in-
cautiously endeavoured to get on the break, when he
was knocked down, and the wheel passed over his leg,
smashing it completely. The poor fellow was conveyed
as speedily as possible to the above hospital, but in con-
sequence of the excessive hemorrhage, he became too
weak to undergo the process of amputation, and he ex-
pired the same evening. After much evidence, show-
ing that the occurrence was purely accidental, and that
if any one were to blame, it was the deceased himself,
the jury returned a verdict of " Accidental death."
APPROACHING MARRIAGE IN HIGH LIFE.—The
nuptials of Lord Burghley, M.P., eldest son of the Mar-
quis and Marchioness of Exeter, and Lady Georgina).
Pakenham, daughter of the Countess (Dowager) of Long-
ford, and sister of the present Earl, are to be solemnised
on the lath proximo.
The Earl of Westmoreland is daily expected to
arrive from Berlin, having obtained leave of absence
from his diplomatic duties at the Court of Prussia. The
Countess came to town yesterday, from Apethorpe,
Northamptonshire, in order to meet the Noble Earl.
THE FOURTH DRAGOON GUARDS. Brevet-Col.
Chatterton, K.H., is about to retire from the command
of this regiment. He will be succeeded in the Lieute-
nant-Colonelcy by Major Hodge. Colonel Chatterton's
services extend over a very long period of time. Having
entered the army as cornet in 1809, he served in Por-
tugal, Spain, Flanders, and France, from 1811 to 1818,
including the sieges of Ciudad Rodrigo, and Badajoz ;
the actions at Usagre, Llerena, Salamanca, Heights of
San Christophal, Rueda, Castrajon, to the battle of Sala-
manca ; affairs at Tudela, Valladolid, and Celada del
Camino, to the investment and siege of I3urgos ; the ac-
tions at Monasterro, Quintana, Palls, and Cabezon, upon
the retreat from Burgos to Salamanca ; thence the out-
posts at the passage of the Hubera to Ciudad Rodrigo.
Upon the advance of the army from Portugal, Colonel
Chatterton was present at the action at Osma, the
battle of Vittoria, and at the siege and capture of San
Sebastian. The Gallant Colonel was also engaged at
the battle of the Nive, the occupation of Bordeaux, the
passage of the Garronne, and lastly at the battles of
Quartre Bras and Waterloo.

QUICK PASSAGES EY A CLYDE SKIP.—The Geelong,
Captain Wyse, has made a very extraordinary voyage
—we believe the quickest yet on record—between Cal-
cutta and Great Britain. She left Cooley Bazaar on the
sth of December, wen t;to Liverpool, discharged her cargo,
took in a cargo of salt, and returned and moored at Cooley
Bazaar on the 14th of this month, being seven months and
nine days on the voyage home u.nd out! We understand
that this quick passage was performed without the loss
of masts or spars, or injury of any kind. The ship has
performed three passages in ten days less than twelve
months, making together a distance of 40,000 miles.
This is equal to steam,—Glasgow raper.