The Sun.
London, England, 1845-11-22 00:00:00

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Captain—H. B. Martin, to the Grampus.
Master—J. Hutchings, to the Grampus.
Surgeons—J. H. Patterson, M.D., to the Helena; Robert
Butler, M.D., to the Star.
Mate—W. G. Herbert, to the St. Vincent.
Midshipmen—H. Freeman, to the Endymion ; S. C. H.
Robinson and H. R. D. M'Murdo, to the Alarm.
Naval Cadets—G. G. Lomax, to the Agincourt; C. E.
Batty, to the Bloodhound; F. Law, to the Crocodile; R.
Purvis, to the. Alecto; G. Borlasse, to the Blazer; A. Gillet
and E. C. Miller, to the St. Vincent.
Boatswain—J. Hall, to the Vesuvius.
Master's Assistant—A. C. Webb, to the Lizard.

The Royal Society and Society of Antiquaries each
held their first meeting for the session at their respective
apartments in Somerset-house yesterday evening. The time
of each meeting was chiefly occupied by the announcement
of presents which had been received during the recess. At
the former, Professor Faraday will on an early evening read
a paper on his new theory of the identity of light with heat
and electricity.
ACCIDENT TO Two MEN AT ROTHERHITHE.—
Yesterday morning an accident, attended with very melan-
choly circumstances, occurred to two men, named John Hogg,
aged 19 years, and James White, aged 30. They were en-
gaged with several other men on board a brig named the
Mary, of Bridport, which was unshipping her cargo at the
Lavender Dock, Lower Rotherhithe. The two men alluded
to were weighing heavy stones for making cement, when the
crane or machine for that purpose gave way, and fell with
an awful crash upon them. They were extricated, after con-
siderable difficulty, in a deplorable state. The young man,
Hogg, received a fracture of the skull and extensive lacera-
tion of the scalp. He was placed on a shutter and conveyed
to Guy's Hospital. Very slight hopes are entertained of his
recovery. The other man received a compound fracture of
the right thigh, and other serious injuries about his body.
He was removed with all speed to the Dreadnought Hospital
ship, where he was readily admitted and attended to by the
surgeon on board. He lies in a very exhausted state.
Ltricomes INN, Nov. 20.—The undermentioned
gentlemen were called to the bar, and were sworn in :—Mr.
J. Browne, Mr. E. W. Robertson, Mr. E. Martin, Mr. E. N.
Ayrton, Mr. D. Stuart, Mr. M. Ware, Mr. M. H. Power, and
Mr. A. B. Richards.
THE AMAZING CARELESSNESS or COLLIERS.—
It was Professor Faraday, we think, who amused the
British Association by stating that when he was in the Has-
well pit, observing the preparations for a blast, and holding a
candle in his hand, he inquired, "Where is your enp9wer ?"
when a collier answered, " Yon are sitting upon
it, A
still grosser act of incaution, and, unhappily, disastrous in its
consequencies, may now be recorded. Two pitmen, named
Dickenson and Crozer, were last week " decanting" some
gunpowder, and one of them was smoking his pipe at the
time. The powder exploded, the men were blown up by the
blast, and they are now totally blind.—Gateshead Observer.
DESPERATE AFFRAY WITH POACHERS.—On Tues-
day morning about one o'clock, a gang of about ten or twelve
poachers were discovered at their vocation in Sandridge
cover, Melksham, by Bell and Ponting, Mr. Bruges' keepers,
who in trying to take two of them into custody, were set
upon by the whole gang and very roughly handled. Two
shots were fired at Wells, which fortunately missed their
aim, though one of them carried away the skirt of his coat.
The poachers lost the barrel of a gun, some bludgeons, &c.,
in the affray. Eleven men have been taken into custody by
the police on suspicion of being engaged in this affair, and
are awaiting their examinat ion.—Wiltshire Independent.