The Sun.
London, England, 1845-06-13 00:00:00

OXFORD.

R. Honey wood, Esq., b Wroth... 5 b Rippingall
P. Williams, Esq.. run out 2 b Wroth
V. Smith, Esq., run out 9 b Rippingall
M. Ainslie, Esq., run 0ut......... 0 b Wroth
C. Randolph, Esq., b Wroth... 1 c Randolph, b Rippingall 8
H. Hildyard, Esq., b Rippingall 19 run out
G. Hughes, Esq., c Hughes, bdo 12 b Rippingall
B. Moberley, Esq., c do., b Wroth 2 not out
G. Yonge, Esq., c do, b Rippingall 0 not out l3
C. Redding, Esq., c Nichol-
son, b ditto
L. Randolph, Esq., hit wicket,
b ditto

Byes 2, wide (Rippingall 4, Byes 1, wide (Rippingall
Wroth 2) 6 8 2, Wroth 1) 3; no
balls (Wroth 1, Rip.
pingall 1) 2 ....., ..... 6

CAMBRIDGE.
S. Campbell, Esq., b Randolph ll
G. Ottey, Esq., c Williams, b ditto
Hon. F. Grimston, b Yonge
J. Nicholson, Esq., b ditto lO
E. M. Dewing, Esq., c Redding, b Yonge ...... 5
T. Wroth, Esq., c Williams, b ditto 3
C. 0. Pell, Esq., b ditto 4
R. Long, Esq., b ditto
F. L. Currie, Esq., b ditto 6
F. Hughes, Esq., b ditto
S. T. Rippingall, not out
Byes 6, wide'(Randolph 1, Moberley 2) 3 9

NARROW ESCAPE FROM DROWNING OF AN ETON
BOY, AND HEROIC CONDUCT OF A FELLOW-STUDENT—WINDSOR,
DlURSDAY.—Yesterday evening, an Etonian, named Greenwood,
aged 16, of the upper division at Eton College, was bathing with
two other gentlemen at Boveney Lock, one of the deepest and most
dangerous parts of the river Thames, when he was observed by his
companions to have got into a dangerous worley hole, and, not
having strength to cross it, was taken round by the stream, and
was about to sink from exhaustion. One of the gentlemen,
named Luttrell, immediately swam to shore, for the purpose
of pushing a punt off to his assistance, and the other, Mr.
Codrington, boldly swam to him, and succeeded in laying
hold of his companion, when both sank together. Codring.
ton fortunately extricated himself from the grasp of his now almost
lifeless companion, and on coming to the surface of the water eb•
served that he had again risen, and, notwithstanding his perilous
situation, again swam to his assistance, and succeeded in catching
hold of him as he was in the act of sinking. One of the watermen,
who are placed in this part of the Thames by the college authori-
ties, fortunately came up at this juncture, and succeeded in bring.
ing both to shore. Surgeons Clark and Soley shortly afterwards
arrived, and administered the necessary restoratives, and in the
course of the evening Greenwood was so far recovered as to be re-
moved to his dame's house (Mrs. Horsford's), but in a very ex.
hausted sate, _

MAD DOGS.—At Greenwich Police•court yester-
day William Wagner, a person employed in the Commercial
Docks, appeared to a summons at the instance of Mr. Inspector
Frowd, of the M division of po.ice, charging him with keeping a
dog In a rabid state, and suffering the same to go at large to the
imminent danger of the public. Mr. Thomas Steers deposed that
he is a cowkeeper and carman in High-street, Rotherhithe. The
defendant's dog had bitten his dog, and it became rabid. The dog
bit a valuable young horse in his stable, and the horse became
rabid. and kicked and tore to pieces everything in the stable.
Ho killed his dog, and sent for a veterinary surgeon, who sug.
gested killii.g the horse at once, as in a few hours the danger
would be much greater. The animal escaped from the stable into
the yard, and bit nesrly through a post. With great difficulty he
got an apron over the animal's eyes, and held him by th• nose
while a slaughterman killed him. Wagner assured the magistrate
that he had killed the dog since he received the summons. His
dog had been bitten by some rabid animal in the neighbourhood,
and he believed that there were many others at large in that vicinity
which have also been bitten. Mr. Grove said most prompt and
effectual steps ought to be taken to secure all loose dogs. In the
prosent case he should dismiss the summons, on the assurance that
the animal had been destroyed.

FORTH IRON WORKS, FlFE.—Never has tip&
aspect of any other locality in the kingdom of Fife been so com-
pletely changed in so short a time as the estate of Oakley. A few
months ago Oakley was a place remarkable for its solitude. But
its solitude has been intruded upon by hundreds of workmen and
labourers from Ireland, and almost every county in Scotland, and
hundreds of houses are now rearing, or about to be reared. The
estate of Oakley has been purchased by Mr. Allison, at 14,000/. ;
the estate of Blair, in the parish of Charnock, at 12,000/. ; and the
estate of Blair'; in the parish of Culross, at about 20,0001. Besides
the buying of these estates, Mr. Allison has purchased or made an
agreement for the minerals in the estates of Connie, Carnock, In-
zievar, Kinnedar East, and we believe he is in terms for the
.minerals in other estates. Several furnaces and about two hun-
dred houses have seen contracted for. There are, we believe, to
be from ten to fourteen furnaces. A row of about thirty of the
houses contracted for is nearly finished ; another row of about
forty houses is now rcofing. There are at present, though the
mining operations have little more than commenced, upwards of six
hundred men employed at the works, besides masons, wrights,
slaters, &c. ; and when the works are carried on to their full ex.
tent, were only two thousand to be employed, we may calculate
upon a population (including women and children) of three times
that number; or six thousand. Thus we may soon see a town or
group of villages of no mean appearance rearing their heads in the
midst of wonted solitude.—Fifeshtre Journal.

THE DEPARTURE OF THE GREAT BRITAIN
STEAM.SIIIP.—Yesterday afternoon being fixed for the departure
of the Great Britain steam.ship from the river, the vicinity of
Blackwall was much crowded to witness her leaving. The nume-
rous river steam-boats and the railroad brought down thousands of
people from the metropolis. Three o'clock was the hour named
for her starting, but from some unexplained cause she did not cast
off' her bow moorings until full half.past four o'clock, when a
strong hawser from her starboard how having been attached to the
Ariel Woolwich steamboat, which had a large party on board to
accompany her as far as Sea Reach, she was just towed clear of the
huge mooring buoy, and then proceeded at a very steady pace in
the middle of the stream down the river. On her several masts
were hoisted the English white ensign, the American, French, Bel-
gian, and Russian colours. The bands on board the small steamer
which accompanied her played" See the conquering hero comes,"
"Off she goes," and other enlivening airs. On passing Woolwich it
seemed as if the whole population had turned out to behold her.
The dockyard was lined with the naval and military of con-
nected with that dep6t, whose cheers were loud and long continued,
and were as heartily returned by the passengers and crew. Near
Erith the tide turned, and the expanse of water being larger, her
rate was increased considerably, and she passed Gravesend shortly
after seven o'clock, with a slashing tide that would carry her well
out to sea. Throughout her whole progress down the river she
was hailed in the most gratifying manner, and the rapid speed of
her screw-propeller, unaccompanied by any apparent agitation of the
water, rendered her progress particularly interesting. She had on
board between seventy and eighty passengers for a trip round the
coast, and should the weather prove favourable, she will reach
Cowes in the course of to-day. From Cowes, after landing and
embarking passengers, she will continue her course on to Ply-
mouth. After staying there two or three days for public inspec-
tion, she will go on to Dublin, and thence to Liverpool, from
which port she will start on the 26th of July, on her first trip
across the Atlantic.

AERIAL TUNNEL OVER THE MENAI.—The project
to throw a huge tube, composed of sheet iron, across the Menai
straits, for the transit of a railway train, has, we understand, been
abandoned, owing, doubtless, to the probable disastrous effects of a
gale of wind pressing upon such an extent of surface as so large a
tube would necessarily present. It is in contemplation, we believe,
to erect in its stead two bridges of solid construction, both of them
uniting on the Britannia Rock, and to throw out piers from each
side of the Straits.—The Builder.