The Sun.
London, England, 1866-01-15 00:00:00

THE CHAMPIONS OF ENGLAND.

(BETWEEN JAMES FICK} AND TOM SAYERS.)
1. James Figg (Immortalised by Hogarth) l7

2. George Taylor 1730
3. Jack Broughton (The Father of the English P.R ) 1732
4. Jack Slack April, 1750
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5. Bill Stevens (The Nailer)
6. George Meggs (The Bristol Collier) 3 months later, 1760
7. Millsom
8. Tom Juchau (The Paviour)
9. Bill Darts
10. Lyons (The Waterman) June, 1769
11. Peter Corcoran 1771
12. Harry Sellers
13. Harris
14. Tom Johnson
15. Benjamin Brain (Big Ben) 1791
16. Dan Mendoza
17. Mr.JohnJackson(GentlemanJackson),lsthApril, 1795
18. Join Belcher
19. Harry Pearce (The Game Chicken) lBO4
20. Mr. John Gully (M.P. for Pontefract) lBOB
21. Tom Crib (First Holder of " The Belt") Ist Feb , 1809
22. Tom Spring lB2O
23. Josh Hudson 1824
24. Tom Cameron
25. Joni Ward July, 1825
26. Peter Crawley 2d January, 1827
27. Jem Ward (A Second Time) 4th January, 1827
28. Deaf Rurke-(The Deaf Un) May, 1832
29. Bendigo l2th February, 1839
30. Nick Ward (Jem's brother) 22d September, 1840
31. Ben Caunt llth May, 1841
32. Bendigo (A Second Time) 9th September, 1845
33. Bill Perry (The Tipton Slasher) 17th December, 1850
34. Harry Broom 29th September, 1851
35. The Tipton Slasher (A Second Timely 1853
36. Tom Sayers
*** Three of these-viz., Join Ward, Bendigo, and the
Tipton Slasher being twice numbered above as having
each of them twice held the belt-it follows that between
James Figg and Tom Sayers inclusively there havo been
altogether Three-and-Thirty Champions of England.

THE IRON TRADE.

DUDLEY, Saturday Evening.

The concluding meeting of the frown asters of
district was held here this evening ; there was a very
small attendance, and few transactions of any kind
took place, almost the whole business of this qaar-
ter-day having been transacted at Birmingham on
Thursday. At all the works in this locality they
are fairly supplied with orders for all descriptions
of finished iron with the exception of sheets. The
Earl of Dudley's extensive works at Round Oak aro
in full operation.
It was stated to-day that the price of pig iron, all
mine, is firm, as reported at Birmingham, and that
a large portion of the quarter's make is sold.
The quarter-day accounts have been promptly
paid at all the towns in the district.

OFFICIAL APPOINTMENTS.—The Hon. Henry
Edwards has been appointed an attache at the
Foreign-office. Mr. Randal Callender, her Majesty's Con-
sul at the Dardanelles, has been appointed Consul at Ma-
nila. The Consulship at the Dardanelles will not be filled
up. The Queen has appointed Henry Ernest Bulwer, Esq.,
to be Receiver-General for the Island of Trinidad. Mr.
Cridland, Acting Consul at Mobile, has been appointed
Consul to that port.

THE CAVOUR CANAL, one of the greatest public
works in Italy, is now completed. The waters of the Po
have been admitted into the channel, and now fill its whole
extent of 53 miles.

ANOTHER OF PRITCHARD'S VICTIMS —A corres-
pondent writes—" Mr. Campbell, druggist, Sauchie-
hall-street, Glasgow, died a few days ago, it is said from
the effects of the recent Pritchard trial. It will be remem-
bered that ho was examined as to the quantity of antimony
he sold to Pritchard, when he stated that ho was surprised
at the large amount the doctor used in his practice. An
emPioyd of Messrs. Duncan and Flockhart, again, stated
that he saw nothing unusual in the quantity he sold to
Pritchard. The apparent discrepancy—explained by the
fact that tho ono was in the retail and the other in the
wholesale trade—it is said has had such an effect upon
Mr. Campbell that his friends attribute his death to this
causQ."— .Edi:riburg4 Eveitilig Courant.

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HER MAJESTY•

OSBORNE, Saturday.

Her Majesty drove out yesterday afternoon in a
carriage-and-four, accompanied by their Royal
Highnesses Princess Louise and Princess Beatrice.
In the evening M. Van de Weyer and Count de
Lannoy had the honour of dining with her Majesty
and the royal family.

M. Van de Weyer, Count de Lannoy, Count
Cornet, and Count Ferdinand do Lannoy returned
to London this afternoon.

SUNDAY.
Her Majesty drove out yesterday afternoon With
her Royal Highness Princess Louise.
Princess Leiningen and Prince and Princess
Hermann of Hohenlohe visited her Majesty yes-
terday, and stayed to luncheon.
The Queen, Princess Helena, Princess Louise,
and Princess Beatrice attended Divine service at
Whippinghain Church to-day.

The Prince and Princess of Wales at
Holkham.

HOLICHAM, Saturday.
Yesterday morning a party, which comprised his
Royal Highness the Prince of Wales, the Earl of
Leicester, the Marquis of Bowmont, Earl Spencer,
the Earl of Dunmore, Viscount Powerscourt, Lord

Suffield, Viscount Hamilton, Hon. F. de Grey,
Hon. Edward Coke, Lieut.-Gen. Porter, Hon. Col.
Coke, Hon. Capt. Elphinstone, Sir E. Kerrison,
Admiral Sir Henry Keppel, Capt. Stephenson, Ad-
miral Seymour, Mr. Powell, and Mr. Tredcroft,
commenced shooting in the preserves. In the after-
noon the Princess of Wales and many noble ladies
joined the sportsmen in the covert. Upwards Of
2,000 head of game were killed.
A perfect storm of wind, snow, and rain raged
this morning, so that there was no out-door sport.
At about 3 in the afternoon their royal highnesses
took their leave of the Countess of Leicester and
the Ladies Coke, and proceeded to Burnham Market
station of the West Norfolk Junction Railway, ac-
companied thither by the Lord Lieutenant, who
conducted the princess to the saloon carriage, where
their royal highnesses took a very cordial leave of
his lordship. The special train, which was under
the care of Mr. James Robertson, general superin-
tendent of the Great Eastern Railway ; Capt. Tyler,
inspector of the Board of Trade; and Mr. Valleu-
tine, C.E., engineer of the West Norfolk Junction,
left Burnham at 340, and, after a capital run of
about three-quarters of an hour, conveyed their
royal highesses to Wolferton, where private carriages
being in waiting their royal highnesses proceeded
to Sandringham in an open carriage, arriving there
at about half-past 4 o'clock.
The distinguished guests invited to Holkham to
meet their royal highnesses took their departure
yesterday.
The promised visit of his Royal Highness the
Prince of Wales to Lieut.-Gen. Hall's shooting boa
, at Weston Colville, in Cambridgeshire, is arranged
to take place during the early part of this week, for
which purpose his royal highness will proceed fronl
Sandringham to-morrow to Weston Colville.

TIIE PRINCE OF WALES is to have a residence
built for him in Windsor Great Park, near Cumberland
Lodge. The new lodge will be ready to receive the
Prince and Princess with their suite at the end of the
summer.
The marriage of Prince Christian and her Royal
Highness the Princess Helena will take place in July.
No appointment has yet been made, says the
Saturday Gazette, in succession to Mr. Goschen, as Vice'
President of the Board of Trade.

di Shocking Lifeboat Accident.

GREAT YARMOUTH, Jan. 13.
A dreadful accident occured to the Gorleston life;
boat Rescuer this afternoon, resulting in the loss 0'
twelve hardy beachmen. It seems that a brig Wg;
onservea passing tnrough the roadstead with signal
of distress hoisted. Two of the Gorleston lifeboat°l
the Rescuer and the Friend of All Nations—wbic./1
belong to private companies and not to the R03T71
Lifeboat institution—were immediately launcheut
and they proceeded under sail out of the harbour
towards the roadstead. Each boat was manned by
about sixteen men, the Rescuer being under the
command of Coxswain Robert Spilling. There 10°
a strong breeze from the S.S.W., and a heavy 0
rolled over the bar—a spot at all times very danger'
ous, but more particularly so at low tide. At WI
time the boats left the piers the tide was at three'
quarters ebb. The Friend of All Nations, by bentillgt
to leeward, got out to sea ; but the Rescuer cang'su
upon the bar, and instantly capsized, turning betWp
upwards. Four men out of the sixteen forming her
crew managed to scramble out and to I hold on to
the boat, but the other twelve remained under
The accident had been observed from the piers,
which were crowded with spectators, and the utmost
distress prevailed. The Friend of All Nations bore
down with a view of rescuing their comrades ; bu,
by the time they reached the scene of the est3ila
trophe the twelve men under the capsized boat 115_
sunk to rise no more, and the four others before r°o
ferred to only were saved, even these poor felllt
being in a very exhausted state when landed. If
the time of the accident the ill-fated men wore the h
usual heavy dress and sea boots, so that in a rough
sea there was but little chance of their escape WI
life. The names of the men saved are Woods, n
Austin, Warner, sen., and Palmer. The names;
the drowned men are James Woods, CharlesVircl°
Edward Woods (father of Woods, jun.), Auciriev
Welton, Abel Newsome, Christopher %Owe,' t
Christopher Parker, William Dawkins, 10bna
Spilling, William Manthorpe, James Fleming,
Benjamin Harris. They leave eight widows to
twenty-seven children in a destitute condition 66
deplore their loss. The Rescuer was built in 18,,
on the prize plan adopted by the Duke of NorthuTie
berland, and not on the self-righting principle. I'l3.
boat drifted later iu the afternoon on to the be3co,
The heart-rending occurrence has created aPr
found sensation in the town.

It is currently reported that Mr. Stansfeld, rf
for Halifax, will succeed Lord Clarence Paget as t;
Secretary to the Board of Admiralty.—Army and
Gazette.
SAD EFFECT OF THE RECENT SNOW AND RAIN t
Yesterday (Sunday, the 14th of January ilastiaf to
the waters of the Grand Junction Canal began vi6il7
the
rise, and towards noon rose so high as to cause part °";eil
town of Rickmansworth, Hertfordshire, to be el3t-fa
inundated with water to the depth of several feet ; 6° -0
so, that people were prevented attending the aftereew-0'
Divine service at the parish church, the railway stet'4,
also the meadows adjoining, and the vicarage, the reibo
deuce of the Roy. Alleyne H. Barker, the vicar of; so
parish, together with a new road called Talbot-road, c'°ol
to the church, in which the new police-station and selretila
houses are erected, being entirely under water.
the flood not speedily abate a sad amount of damage the
be done to property, and it will seriously impede

traffic of passengers to and from the railway station.
ACCIDENT ON THE METROPOLITAN RAILNOf.
On Saturday evening the 6.5 train leaving Farr'l3;;
don-road for Hammersmith, from some unexplained ctiorle
got off the metals before reaching King's-cross, and c,i-the
pletely blocked the line. For upwards of three heer%tit
thousands of people who form the usual Saturday" motion
traffic flocked into the sation only to wait in exPeevf:o
for a time and then depart. At about 10 o'clock the

was got clear, and trains began again to run.
Ar e srs;
PRIVATE BILLS IN PARLIAMENT.—The heet
Vaeher, of Parliament-street, have just publiP;
their annual list of the private bills deposited for the, ;,11'
liamentary session of 186 G. The different project°'-;; in
ways, improvement, gas, and water bills are arracr,oo
two divisions, alphabetically and in numerical order
the Examiner's list, so that reference for au)" 11,4-05'•
cular scheme is rendered more than ordinarily rice
The fact of this being its twentieth annual aPP°
speaks highly in favour of its utility. r
fn the
THE RAILWAY AND BANKING ALMANACIC
present year will be found to contain a great varie':.citil
useful and interesting information to the coppeiia-
world. It is, in fact, an annual record of the nultefiA Pc'
terests of the United Kingdom, to which is attach°% is
tices of cotton, iron, and agricultural machinery'. tetoi
the varied contents of the almanack that it will be
of great assistance to the merchant, the luanufticturerl
well as to the general public.