The Sun.
London, England, 1846-09-09 00:00:00

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I SEPTEMBER 9) 1846.

NAVAL INTELLIGENCE.`
The following circulars have been issued for the
guidance of officers of the:Royal Navy, and in order to
explain circular No. 21, it is necessary to give circular
No. 12, dated Admiralty, Feb. 27, 184G:— -
" Memorandum.—Her Majesty has been graciously
pleased to direct that the sea pay and harbour pay of
third-class engineer§ on board her Majesty's ships shall
be increased to 6/ 'los. a month and 41. 101. a month re-
spectively, commencing from the 25th inst.
" The pay of engineers on board her Majesty's ships
will therefore be according to the following rates:—Sea
pay, first-class, 121. ; harbour pay, first-class, 71. 17s. a
month ; and IL Bs. a month when on sea pay, as com-
pensation for the instruction of boys. Sea pay, second-
class, 81."; harbour pay, second-class, 41. 18s.; sea pay;
third-class, 61. 10s.; harbour ply, third-class, 41. 10s.
"And when within the tropics, engineers will be al-
lowed, as usual, half the sea pay when the steam is up
in addition.

"By command of their Lordships,
"H. CORRY.
" To all Captains and Commanders of her
" Majesty's ships and vessels."
In the above memorandum the position of third-class
engineers was raised to be nearly i equal 'to second-
class engineers, and their Lordships having very con-
siderately taken into consideration the rising importance
of.that branch of the naval service, has caused to be
issued the following circular, dated, Admiralty, August
31st, 1846, raising the pay of second-class engineers 14s.
a month

" Memorandum—Referring to their memorandum,
No. 8, of the sth of November, 1845, and No. 12, of
the 27th of -February, 1846, their Lordships are pleased
to direct,
" First—That all second-class engineers shall in future
be allowed 14s. a month as compensation, in lieu of the
allowance formerly given for instructing an engineer
boy; and,

Second—That all third class engineers, whether re-
ceiving an allowance in lieu of provisions or not,-shall
be considered entitled to the increased pay granted by
her. Majosty's order in Council, as notified in the said
circular, No. 12.

" By command of their Lordships,
" Ff. G. WARD.
" To all Flag-officers and Commanders-
, in-Chief, Captains, and Command-
ing Officers of her Majesty's steam-
vessels."

The following circular, No. 22, dated Admiralty, Sept.
1, 1846, cannot be too extensively promulgated, convey-
ing as it does information of the utmost importance to
the men of the Royal Navy :
" Memorandum.—ln all future cases when any of
ber Majesty's ships are about to be paid off, their Lord-
ships desire it may be distinctly explained to the men
that if they choose to continue in the service they may
have a month or six weeks' leave of abienee, during
which time their time and pay will go on, and that they
will be at liberty to join any of her Majesty's ships fit-
ting out at any ports upon their return from such leave.
" Their Lordships further desire that every facility
may be given to the men to deposit their hammocks,
clothes, &c., in the dockyards during their stay on shore,
in the manner prescribed by their Memorandum, dated
April 13, 1842, the object of which their Lordships
desire may be .fully impressed upon the men, and the
regulation strictly attended to.
" By command of their Lordships,
" H. G. WARD.
"LTo all Flag-officers, Commanders-in-
Chief, Captains, and Commanders of
her Majesty's ships and vessels."
SIIEERNESS, SEPT. B.—The Bulldog, Commander G.
E. Davis, arrived from Chatham yesterday morning, and
immediately proceeded to Greenhithe to, have her com-
passes adjusted, after which she goes to Portsmouth to
be paid advance wages before proceeding on foreign
service.

The Fornaidafile, 84, late the flagship "in the Mediter-
ranean, was towed,down from the moorings at Stand-
gate-creek yesterday, to be refitted for commission.
The Raven cutter, Lieutenant J. Stephen, has gone to
Chatham to await the paying off of the North Star
(which is to take place to. dtsy), when she will convey
the marines to their division at Portsmouth.
The Horatio, 44, has had a number of hands put on
her again, to complete her fittings as a steam guard-
ship. The Blenheim,, 74, fitting as su,:h at Wigram's,
of Blackwell, under the Superintendence of officers of
the dockyard, will be ready for her machinery in a
fortnight.

The Dragon steam-frigate is under the shears to ship
her paddle-box boats. She has been reported ready for
the pendant.

Commander Gould took up his commission as Com-
mander of the ordinary on Saturday.
Captain Sir Thomas Bourchier, K.C.8., will supersede
Captain Shirreff in the superintendentship of Chatham
DocirMrd_on the 27th inst.

quhrtfttitthe-§ratiffirlitt'gMbante-irrZek, 'has been re-
appointed to that command fur another term of five
years.

- PORTSMOUTH, SEPT. B.—The Hound, 6, Commander
Wood, sailed this afternoon for the coast of Africa,
calling at Plymouth.
The Scourge steam bomb-vessel, Commander Caffin,
hauled alongside the dockyard to-day to embark de-
tachments of the 74th Highlanders for Aberdeen.
The Orestes, 18, Commandor Cannon, was paid off
into ordinary this morning.
The Aid navy lighter; Smaliman master, arrived last
night from Chatham with stores.

The America, 50, is rapidly refitting at Devonport, and
will be again ready for sea in a few days.
The Carysfort, 26, Captain Seymour, sailed from
Simon's B3y, Cape of Good Hope, on the 16th of June,
for Sydney, New South Wales.
The Thunderbolt steam-sloop, Commander Boyle, ar•
rived at Simon's Bay from Table Bay on the 17th of
June.

The United States frigate Constitution, about whose
armament and weight of metal such feverish anxiety
was manifested by one or two members of the late
court-martial upon Captain the lion. J. Gordon. of the
America,. left Mazatlan prior to the 28th of June for
one of her home ports, her timbers being so rotten as
to preclude her from making any further display with
safety.

The Lords of the Admiralty are contemplating an
alteration in the naval uniform, having during their re.
cent official visits to this and other ports experivnced ex-
treme difficulty in discovering the real rank of officers
from their uniforms, the juniors especially, owing to the
extraordinary profusion with which the late board epau-
lotted the service.

The Inflexible steam sloop, Commander Hoseason,
arrived at Madeira on the 16th ult., from Plymouth, en
route to the Cape of Good Hope. She put in merely to
land letters. A letter from her says—" We have had a
beautiful trip, the weather having been fine and the
passengers cheerful and in good order. We have steamed
all the way, in consequence of light winds, and I think
we stand a very fair chance of reaching the Cape with
some coals to spare in our bunkers. I like my ship very
much: our accommodation is superb." After landing her
letters the Inflexible proceeded on her course for the
Cape direct.

DELIGHTFUL CONSEQUENCES OF THE GAME-LAWS.
—On Sunday morning last, between four and five
o'clock, as the under-keeper, named Cook, in the
employ of Mr. A. Fontaine, of Narford, was crossing a
turnip field near the Secots, he saw a dog taking a hare,
and presently a man started up with a view to seize it,
but seeing the keeper he made off. The latter pursued
the deg, which travelled rather slowly from the weight
of the hare, and at length he secured him. This brought
the pcacher up, who demanded to have his animal re-
leased, but this the keeper refused. The result was a
scuffle, and ut length they drew their knives, and with
these weapons they fought dreadfully for half an hour.
At length the weapon of Cook entered the side of
'Mason (that being the poacher's name), and he fell.
The keeper then wrenched from him the knife, and threw
them both away, keeping his man, however, pinned to
the ground, and calling lustily for assistance. Mr.
Spanton, sen., happened to be up; and hastened to
the spot from which the 'cries came. They all
proceeded towards the house of the latter, but
they had not gone far, when Mason complained
that he could walk no further, as his bowels were pro-
truding. They undid his clothes, and this was found to
be actually the case. Mr. Spauton then procured a
horse and cart, and sent them both on to Swabham under
a proper escort, both men being so dreadfully wounded
that it was not thought they could survive many hours.
Cook's face was literally hacked to pieces, so much had
the poacher the 'vantage ground of him in the onset of
the affray. The last information we received was, that
both men are still alive,' and that Mason has been re-
manded.—Lynn Advertiser.
In the morning of the 31st ult., while the work-
men at the Hamburgh Theatre wore hoisting to its place
a splendid bronze chandelier for gas lights, just brought
from London, and weighing above 10,8001b5., the rove
broke, and the enormous mass, falling to the ground,
was broken to pieces, crushing two Englishmen who had
come over to superintend its being suspended.
Mr. Sheriff Laurie a few days since had the honour.
to receive an invitation to dine with his Majesty the
King of the French, at his palace at Neuilly. The worthy
Sheriff accepted the royal invite, and we understand was
most worthily entertained by King Louis Philippe.
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ftICE' SD.

Cif t RCH PREFERMENTS.

His Grace the Archbishop of Canterbury has insti-
tuited the Rev. T. 0. Blacksll, M.A., to the Vicarage of
Kempsing, near Sevenoaks, Kent, on the presentation of
the Earl Amherst.
The Lord Bishop of Carlisle has instituted the Rev.
Joseph Chapelhow, M.A., to the Rectory of Musgrave,
near Brough, Westmoreland, vacant by the cession of
the Rev. Alfred Heslop.
The Ray. C. A. A. Lloyd, M.A., has been instituted
by the Lord Bishop of Lichfield to the Vicarage of Se-
battyn, near Oswestry, Shropshire, on the nomination of
William Lloyd, Esq.
The Lord Bishop of Chester has licen,sed the Rev.
Henry Short, M.A., to the Incumbency of Admarsh,
Lancashire.

The Lord Bishop of Ely has instituted the Rev.
Nicholas Simons, M.A., of Christ's College, Cambridge,
to the Vicarage of Bramfield, near Halesworth, Suffolk,
on the nomination of the Very Rev. the Dean and Chap-
ter of Canterbury.
The Rev. John Lomas, M.A.. senior curate of Wigan,
has been licensed by the Lord Bishop of Chester to the
Incumbency of the Church of the Holy Trinity, Walton
Brecic, Liverpool.
The Rev. J. W. D. Merest, M.A., has been insti-
tuted by the Lord Bishop of Hereford to the Vicarage
of Stottesden, Shropshire, with the Curacy of Farlow
annexed, on the nomination of his Grace the Duke of
Cleveland.

His Grace the Archbishop of York has licensed the
Rev. A. R. liamilton, M.A., to the Perpetual Curacy
of Knottinglev, near Pontefract, on the nomination of
the Vicar of Pontefract.

The Rev. Matthew Pugh, M.A.' of St. Catherine's
Hall, Cambridge, has been appointed to the Head Master-
ship of the Free Grammar School, Congleton. Cheshire.

FATAL ACCIDENT ON THE NOT

TINGITAM AND LINCOLN
On Monday last a fatal accident occurred on the Not-
tinghatu and Lincoln Railway, at Gonalstone, a distance
cf eight or nine miles from Nottingham. At twelve
o'clock the train left the station at Nottingham for Lin-
coln, and proceeded as usual till reaching that portion of
the line near the village of Gonalstone, when a spring
underneath the fore part of the engine snapped, and
caused the engine to oscillate and jump up and down in
a fearful manner. The engine driver in a moment of
time shut off the steam, and at the next instant he was
precipitated head foremost off the engine upon the
ground. The stoker, a young man of the name of
Henry Glover; unable to keep his feet, fell and was
caught between the tender and the engine, upon the
upper part of both his thighs. Here he was fixed, and
could not extricate himself, the engine and tender at the
same time being whirled off the rails, and as it were
actually doubled up ; but owing to the chain attaching
them to the engine suddenly breaking, and there being
two or three trucks and a luggage van between the en-
pine and the passenger carriages, the mischief did,not
extend to the pas,eegers' and the train came to a stand
without any other individual sustaining damage. The
alarm was almost unprecedented ; the shrieks and cries
of the passengers rent the air, and were heard many hun-
dred yards distant ; diirectly afterwards numbers were
seen running in all directions across the fields
for safety, and they could not be induced - to
go near the train again. The poor unfortu-
nate stoker could not be removed from his
awful situation by human strength, and horses were
obtained from Gonalstone to separate the engine and
tender to set him at liberty. He remained in this de-
plorable condition for more than a quarter of an hour ;
some of the passengers think half an hour must have
elapsed from the first moment of the accident to the time
when he was removed. Many of the passengers re-
turned to Nottingham on foot, and would not venture
again in the train. The stoker was conveyed to the
General Hospital, s ith his thigh bones protruding, and
with the flesh dreadfully crushed. On leaving his
engine-driver, the dying man shook hands and bade him
farewell. On arriving at the infirmary, at half-past two
o'clock, it was found that the injury was so close to his
body that amputation was impossible. He only sur-
vived a few hours. He was twenty six years of age,
and has left a wife, but no family.
The fatal accident which occurred on this railway
has brought to light circumstances clearly showing
that there is a very culpable degree of negligence in the
manarment of this line, which ought to be forthwith
inquired into. At seven o'clock on Tuesday morning a
train left Nottingham fOr Lincoln, and on approaching
the Burton Joyce Station, a passenger happened to look
out of a carriage window, and seeing a smoke before,
rising as if from something upon the line, he cried out
and gave an alarm to the engine man, who instantly
shut off the steam and put on the break ; had he not
succeeded at that very moment in stopping the engine,
the train would have gone smash upon au engine that
had been carelessly left upon the line. It is said the

however, do not feel eaf'e, as more th.an one instance has
occurred where the gates across the line have not been
opened in time, and the engine dashing through has
smashed them to pieces. We have heard repeated com-
plaints that it is very seldom the requisite signals are
given upon leaving a station after stopping fur a time.

SPORTING INTELLIGENCE.

RADCLIFFE RACES.-MONDAY.

Heaton Park Stakes Of 5 sous. each, with 25 added. Mile

and a half.
Mr. Wood's Maid of Auckland

Sir J. Gerard's LadV Shrewsbury -
Mr. Sutcliffe's Alice-
The Wilton Cup, value 70 soya., added to a handicap of
15 sore. each, 10 ft, and 5, &e. TwO miles and-a quarter.
Mr. Worthington's Horton, 7st 21b
Mr. Johnstone's Rowena, 7st Est
Mr. Leigh na. Mies Coaling, 4st 10lb
Tile Bancroft Stakes of /0 sous. each, with 20 added, for two
-

yrs old. Three quartersofa mile.
Mr. IL Peel's Credential
Mr. Cranston's Comme ii faut
Mr. L. Brook's f by Liverpool, out of Rachel
A Maiden Plate of 501. was won in three heats by Mr.
Jones's ch f by Revolution, beating Sir Henry, A1p.14, and
c by Stansty.
ROCHESTER AND CHATHAM RACES. TUESDAY;
The Maiden Plate of 40 sovs.; three yrs old, 7st 41b; four,
Bst 71b ; five, 9st ; six and aged, 9st 41b ; mares and
geldings allowed 31b.- Heats, once round. (7 Subs.)
Mr. .Nunn's f by Samarcand, out of La fine mal
gardie, 4 yrs
Mr. Bainbridge's Sir Peter Laurie, 3 yrs ..... I 2 2
Mr. Hawkes's Primrose, 3 yrs 2 3 dr
Mr. Spong's Norma, 6 yrs
Mr. Jenkins's Pug, 0 yrs
First heat won by half a length, the second by two
lengths, and the third easy.
The Rockingham Stakes .of 5 sovs. each, with 50 added ;
three yrs old, 7st 81b ; four, Bst 121 b ; five, Oat 51b ; six and
aged, 9st 91b. Mare's and geldings allowed Ms. The
winner to be sold for 300 sovs. Heats one mile and a half.
(9 Subs).
Mr. Dockeray's Polka, 3 yrs ...... (Hornsby, jun.) 1 1
Mr. Booth's Tit-bit; 3 yrs
Dir. Ramsbottom'a Pineapple, 6 yrs 3 3
Colonel Best n Muster, 3yrs
The Medway Stakes of 2 sovs. each, with 25 added ; three
yrs old, 7st 81b;. four, Bst 121 b; five, 9st 51,5; six and
aged, Oat 91b. Mares and geldings allowed .:31b; once
round and a distance. (8 Subs.)
Mr. Rolt's Alexa, 3 yrs
Mr. Astley's Sylph, 6 yrs.
Mr. Nunn's Dalesman, 5
yrs
Mr. E. Haworth's York, -4
yrs
The Handicap was not concluded when our account left the
course.

(O3bon2e) 1

LICHFIELD RACES.—TUESDAY.
The Members' Plate of 50 soy P. The second to save his

Stake. Heats. Two miles.
Hon. E. M. Mostyn's Stream, 4 yrs (Marlow) 1 1
Mr. Stubb's Hyacinth, 3 yrs
Mr. Fowler's Old George, 5
.yrs dis
The &affordsh ire Stakes of 20 soya. each, 10 ft, and 5 only
if declared, &c., with 50 added. The second to save his
stake. Two miles.
Mr. Mostyn's Camera Obscure, 3 yrs (Kitchener) 1
Mr. Ongley's Roderick, aged
The following also started but were not placed :—Mr.
Johnstone's Lord Saltoun, 5 yrs—Lord Chesterfield's Jenny
Wren, 4 yrs—Mr. Fowler's Baronet, 3 yrs.
The Two year-old Stakes of 10 soya. each, with 50 added ;
colts, Bst 71b; fillies, Bst 41b. Winners extra. Last half
mile.

Mr. C,peland's Ch•-•apside
L rd 'Warwick's Ai i wol
Mr. A. W. Hill's fby Plenipo, out of Twilight ... 3
Critcliley's Atalanta and Mr. Fowler's. Ranthos also
started, but were not placed.
A Gold Cup, by subscription of 10 sovs. each. Two miles.
Mr. Osbaldeston's Sorella —walked over
Queen's Plate of 100 guineas. Heats. Two miles.
Mr. J. Day's The Hero, 3 yrs ..(A. Day) I w o
Mr. Copeland's Arthur, 4 yrs
Mr. Meeson's Dart, 4 vrs 3 dr
ABINGDON RACES.—TUESDAY.
Handicap Sweepstakes of 10 sovs. each, h ft, with 50 added.:
The second to save his stake. Two miles.
Mr. Ramsbottom's Queen of Cyprus, 4 yrs (S. Mann) 1
Mr. Elves ns Regalia, 3 yrs 2
Mr. Robins's Sweetbriar (h b) 3 yrs .
Mr. Dumble's Rasin the Beau (h b) 3 yrs
Mr. Tren's Wild Rose, 4 yrs
Mr. Menzies' Teetotaller, aged
Produce Sweepstakes of 50 sovs. each, h ft; colts, Bst 101 b;
fillies, Bst 71b. One mile.
Mr. Tren's Buttress
The Holme Park Stakes of 10 sovs each, h ft, with 15 added ;
three yrs old, Gst 13lb ; four, Bst 31b; five, Bst 111 b; six,
and aged, 9st 11b. The winner to be sold for 100 sovs, if
demanded, &c.
Lord Barrington us Carissim a, 4 yrs • ...(Hutchinson) 1 1
Mr. Robins's Sweetbriar (It b),3 yrs
Mr. Pussy ns"Zela, 5 yrs
Mr. Palmer ns Etona, 4 yrs 3 dr
The Cup, by Subscription of 10 sovs. each. The whiner to be
sold for 500 sovs, if demanded, &c„ and the second to save
his stake. About two miles and a half.
Mr. Tren's Buttress, 3 yrs
Mr. H. Duffield's Milliner, 3 yrs...
The Town Plate of 30 sovs., added to a Sweepstakes of 5
says, each. The second' to save his stake; the winner to
be sold for 200 sovs., if .demanded, &c. ; heats. The
Abingdon Course.
Mr. Brown's Pretender, 3 yrs . ...(Thackle) - 3 2 1 1
Sir C. Cockerill's Amazon, 3 yrs
Mr. Hill's Brunell, 5 yrs ... 5 3 2dr
Mr. Waller's cby Coronation, 3 yrs ..
Mr. Rainsbottom's cby Hetman Platoti, 3 yrs. 1 brk down
LATEST BETTING AT MANCHESTER.
- ST. LEGER.
7 to 2 agst Mr. W. Scott's Sir Tatton Sykes—taken
6 to 1 agst General Shubrick's Brocardo
8 to 1 agst Mr. O'Brien's The Traverser
9 to 1 agst Mr. Meiklam's Fancy Boy—taken
10 to 1 agst Mr. O'Brien's Grimeton
12 to 1 agst Col. Anson's lago
14 to 1 agst Mr.,Cranstoun'sCranebrook
15 to 1 agst Lord,Chtsterlield's Free Lance