The Sun.
London, England, 1844-08-05 00:00:00

FISHER'S COLONIAL MAGAZINE.

In the article on the subject of " Sir Charles Met-
calfe
in Canada," a complete exposition is given of the
question in dispute between this Governor and his
Executive Council, apparently by a writer who has
had peculiar means of obtaining authentic information.
This is the most important feature in the Number,
which contains, in addition, a vast mass of the most
recent colonial and commercial intelligence, drawn
up minutely and circumstantially.

SPORTING INTELLIGENCE.
GOODWOOD RACES.
That our return of the four days' racing went less
into detail than its extraordinary interest merited, is
attributable solely to the little time allowed to collect,
put in shape, and forward the results for publication the
following morning. Commencing each day at half-past
twelve, and with only half-hour intervals between the
different events, the racing was not over until half-past
seven o'clock on Tuesday, half-past five on Wednesday,
six o'clock on Thursday, and half-past five on Friday—a
profusion of entertainment that has never been equalled
at this or any other meeting. Without the most rigid
attention to the order of running the proceedings would
have been wearisome to the company, and it is due to
the professional riders to state that the wishes of the
stewards in this respect, as in all others, were strictly
obeyed. The amateurs were also kept up to the mark
on the first and second days, but on the last were evi•
dently impressed with a notion that time was made for
slaves, not for gentlemen, of which they were only dis-
abused by a wholesale infliction of 5/. penalties. We
trust Sir Watkin Wynn, who evinced as much impar-
tiality as rigour in this respect, will see that the fines
are not nominal—the paid jockeys, we suspect, receive
no mercy, nor should those who ride only for amuse-
ment. Of the stewardship altogether, from first to last,
it is impossible to speak too highly; it was active,
efficient, and courteous. We are not aware that its
power was enforced in more than two cases of default.
One as against an individual (Mr. A.) who lost a large
stake on the Derby, in Coronation's year, but who has
lately been tacitly admitted into the " ring " on payment
of a composition of half a crown in the pound; and the
other against a Mr. J., from Hull ; the half-crown com-
promise was not recognised, and the second party not
having even this excuse, both were warned of The
starting, with two or three exceptions, was creditable to
Mr. Bayly—of the judge's decisions it is scarcely neces-
sary to speak. Mr. Clark's character for impartiality
and correctness is too firmly established to require a
word of commendation. The arrangements, however,
admirable on the whole, were not exactly faultless ; the
numbers of the starting horses and the names of the
jockeys were exhibited on the first three days with all
necessary dispatch, but it was otherwise on the Friday ;
the numbers were slow in making their appearance, and
in some races the riders names did not appear at all.
This arose from the multiplicity of duties forced upon
the judge, and the almost indiscriminate admission into
the weighing stand of persons who had no business there
whatever. This may be prevented next year, by the
employment of a regular clerk of the scales, and by sta-
tioning more competent men at the entrance. In respect
of the racing we have hitherto spoken in general terms ;
a few figures will help us in proving the correctness of
our original estimate of the number and value of the
prizes to be contested:—
Number of Races. Number of Starters Value.
Tuesday.... 12
Wednesday 7
Thursday... 12
Friday

Total... 40 244 £24,900
In the above we have included forfeits, walks-over, and
the winners' stakes, but not dead heats, or more than one
heat for the plates, amounting, in addition, to seven races.
The greatest winners (their own stakes included) were
the Earl of Eglintoun, 5,1851., Lord Stanley, 3,600 k, Mr.
Wreford, 3,205 k, the Duke of Richmond, 3,1721. 10s.,
Lord G. Bentinck, 2,815 k, Mr. Gully, 1,752/. 10s., Mr.
Gratwicke, 1,1504, Mr. Salvin (the Cup included), 1,040 k,
Lord Chesterfield (the Chesterfield Cup), 630/, and Cap-
tain Harcourt (Stewards' Cup included), 5704
The Goodwood stable, which started nearly eighty
horses, won thirteen races, John Day's four, Fohert's
(Lord Eglinton's) four, Scott's two, Boyce's two, Forth's
two, Hesseltine's, and several others, one each.
Lord Stanley is one of the stewards elect for 1845.
The Goodwood Stakes already . has nearly 120 sub-
scribers, the Cup upwards of 30, and the March Stakes
nearly 50k

LATEST BETTING AT GOODWOOD.
ST. LEGER.
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6 to 1 agst Colonel Anson's Bay Momus
10 to
evening 3,5001. to 1,0001. was laid agst
1 agst Mr. Vane's Valerian—taken freely
10 to 1 agst Duke of Richmond's Red Deer
12 to 1 agst Colonel Anson's The Princess
16 to 1 agst Mr. Irwin's Foig-a-ballagh
LoMrr.aSsatalvninle'syT,shiethCururieei
The Cure, the bet, we believe, to be void unless the
money be posted this day (Monday), and the party
failing to forfeit 1001. 1,4001. to 8001. was laid agst The
Cure and Ithuriel.
Ons3:rill

THE DERBY.
9 to 2 agst John Day's lot
18 to 1 agst Colonel Peel's Cobweb colt-20 to 1 t freely
25 to 1 agst Captain Delme's Alarm—taken
25 to 1 agst General Yates's Seaman—taken
25 to 1 agst Mr. Mostyn's Pantesa—•taken
25 to 1 agst Lord Chesterfield's Newsmonger—taken
30 to 1 agst Mr. Gully's Nutbourne—taken
35 to 1 agst Lord Chesterfield's Twig—taken
40 to 1 agst Mr. Gully's Weatherbit—taken
40 to 1 agst Mr. A. Johnstone's Rebecca colt—taken
40 to 1 agst Lord Westminster's Somers.

40 to 1 agst Mr. Ferguson's Clear• the-way—taken
50 to 1 agst Mr. Irwin's Connaught Ranger—taken
50 to 1 agst Mr. Mostyn's Black Prince—taken.
1,000 even laid between the field and the following lots—
John Day's, John Scott's, Colonel Peel's, and Boyce's.
The betting very heavy.

THE LATE JOHN TRAVERS, ESQ.
A meeting of merchants, bankers, and traders, took
place, on Saturday, at the Hall of Commerce, Thread-
needle-street, for the purpose of adopting some mode of
testifying the respect entertained for the public and pri-
vate worth of the late Mr. Travers, the City supporter of
the Reform Bill.
Amongst the company present we noticed Mr. Patti-
son, M.P., Mr. Forster, M.P., Mr. B. Hawes, M.P., Mr.
S. J. Loyd, Mr. G. W. Norman, the Baron de Roths-
child, Mr. J. A. Smith, M.P., Mr. C. Pearson (City
Solicitor), Mr. R. Gibbs, Mr. G. M. Simpson, Mr. S.
Amory, Mr. G. H. Heppell, Mr. J. Underwood, Mr. W.
Wansey, Mr. D. W. Wire, Sir G. H. De Larpent, Bart.,
Mr. J. H. Denied, Mr. T. H. Hall, Mr. J. Towgood,
Mr. J. Lister, and many other distinguished and wealthy
citizens.
Mr. J. PATTISON, M.P., having been called to the
chair, expressed in a few brief and emphatic words the
high value he set on the public and private worth of Mr.
Travers, and said that in that most excellent individual
he had lost a sincere friend, and the public had lost a
most able and upright man. He thought something
ought to be done to perpetuate the sense entertained by
all parties of his eminent public and private services.
Mr. G. W. NORMAN, Bank Director, in rising to move
a resolution, said, that he did so under a strong sense of
duty. It was difficult, if not impossible, to find a man
with qualifications so rare, and so admirably fitted to
adorn both public and private character. It would be a
source of deep regret if so excellent a man should pass
away from the scene of existence without record or no-
tice of his eminent services.—(Hear.) Although he (Mr.
Norman) had not had the honour of a personal acquaint-
ance with the late Mr. Travers, so as to be able to estimate
his character fully, he had looked at it both as a political
and a commercial man. With respect to his public cha-
racter, none could deny that he was a good citizen and art
upright merchant, and that in all his views he was only
actuated by one object—the welfare of his country and
the common happiness of all.—(Cheers.) In the share
Mr. Travers took in the public affairs of the City, he
was equally worthy of love and admiration. His extra-
ordinary high mindedness—his perfect negation of self
—the absence of all personal ambition, were most dis-
tinctly marked in him, and shone out more conspicuously
in him than in other men. Some were actuated by
motives of personal ambition, some desirous to obtain
office, distinction, or power, but Mr. Travers, throwing
all these aside, looked only to the common weal, and
sought only those measures and supported only
those men whom, he believed, were anxious, like
himself, to do good to all.—(Loud cheers.) He should
be sorry, indeed, that such a man should be forgotten, or
that the citizens of London should not adopt some means
to recal his public and private virtues to the notice of a
future generation.—(Cheers.) Mr. Norman concluded
a speech of great feeling, of which we have room to
give but a slight sketch, by moving " That the late John
Tracers, Esq., during his life, by his high commercial
enterprise and skill, his spotless honour as a merchant,
his large and benevolent views as a citizen, his public
services, his unostentatious charity, and his general
kindness and suavity of manner, having won the esteem
of his fellow-citizens in an eminent degree, his death is
a public calamity."
Mr. R. GIBBS said it was with mixed pain and plea-
sure be rose to second the motion. He had almost a
daily acquaintance with Mr. Travers for twenty years,
and he solemnly believed that the equal of that most
excellent man, in all things, was not to be found in the
city of London.—(Cheers.)
Mr. S. J. LOYD moved the next resolution, " To ap-
point a committee to consider the best mode of carrying
the wishes of the meeting into effect." He said that it
was with deep regret he was called upon to express his
sentiments on this occasion from his inadequacy to do
justice to the subject. He admired so much the high in-
tegrity of Mr. Travers's character, and was so struck by
his perfect sincerity in all that he undertook, and by the
absence of all personal and selfish motives, that he
thought some means ought to be devised to show the
sense entertained by his contemporaries of his exalted
merit.—(Cheers.)
Mr. FORSTER, M.P., seconded the motion.
Other resolutions were moved, seconded, and adopted,
by Mr. Ashurst and Mr. Heathfieldi and the names of
Mr. A. W. Roberts, Mr. Dillon, Mr. W. J. Denison,
MP., Mr. Raikes Currie, Mr. W. G. Prescott, Mr. E.
Divett, M.P., Mr. J. Masterman, M.P., Mr. H. J.
Prescott, Mr. D. W. Harvey, and others, having been
added to the Committee, the meeting adjourned until the
Sub-Committee should be prepared to report what
means should be adopted as most likely to meet the
wishes of all parties.

THE LATE DR. DALTON.—The death of this
amiable and distinguished philosopher and Iphilanthro.
pist is mentioned in our obituary. Dr. Dalton had been
for more than half a century an active and invaluable
member of the Literary and Philosophical Society of
Manchester, having, together with his friend Dr. Edward
Holme, M.D. F.L.S., been elected on the 25th April,
1794. Indeed, they were the oldest surviving members
of the Society, with the sole exception of Sir George
Philips, Bart., who became a member in 1785. Dr.
Dalton had been president of this Society since 1817. In
1788, he commenced his " Meteorological Observations,"
which have been continued to the present time. In
1793, he published a volume of " Meteorological Ob-
servations and Essays;" a work which displays much
original thinking, and the germs of some of Dalton's
after discoveries. Some time afterwards he was ap-
pointed to the situation of Professor of Mathematics and
Natural Philosophy in the New College, Mosley-street,
Manchester. He resided for about six years within this
Institution, with which Dr. Barnes was contempo-
raneously connected as Theological Professor, and con-
tinued to hold his office until the college was finally
removed to York. On withdrawing from the college,
in the year 1799, Dalton began to teach mathematics
and natural philosophy, at his own residence. The
deceased was a member of the Society of Friends.
During the present week several meetings have been
held in Manchester with a view to devise some public
tribute to the memory of the deceased.—Liverpool
eery.
SALE OF THE MANUSCRIPTS OF THE LATE DUKE 00
SUSSEX.—The principal lots sold on Saturday, which
closed the sale, were the following :—A Greek New
Testament, written in the 13th century upon vellum,
with an illumination at the commencement of each Gospel
and the Acts of the Apostles, written in 1295 by Thee.
dore, the fellow countrymen of the saints, purchased by
Messrs. Payne and Foss for 70/. ; the New Testament,
translated by Wickliffe, a very fine manuscript on vellum,
r size 7i inches by 5f inches, 91/., Pickering ; and a col-
lection of 800 letters referring to the Synod of Dort,
16L, purchased by Mr. D. Turner, the banker of Nov,
with. The first day's sale realised 871/. Is. 6d., the
second day 877/. 7s. the third day 936/. 75., and Satur•
day's 4501. 10s., making a total of 3,134/. 15s. 6d. The
catalogtie of the third and last division of the late Duke's
library will be issued on Monday. This division is corn.
posed of works in general literature, and embraces many
books of extreme rarity. In one book, a copy of Hall's
Chronicle, to be sold early, is an autograph of the un•
happy Darnley, husband of Mary, Queen of Scots, which,
is supposed to be unique.
TWENTY HOUSES CONSUMED AT EXETER: OM
Saturday, the various insurance offices throughout the
metropolis received information of a most disastrous fire
breaking out at Exeter on Friday morning, and destroy-
ing upwards of twenty houses, besides other property of
great value. From the few particulars received it op•
pears that on the alarm being raised, at about half past
ten o'clock, the fire was found raging in the extensive
warehouse, tallow stores, and melting-house, belonging
to Mr. Tackett, which were situate in the centre of the
most densely populated spot in the city of Exeter, eallod
St. Mary Arches-street, opposite the Jew's Synagogue.
It was supposed to have originated in consequence of the
foul state of the furnace flues of the melting-house, for.wheX
discovered, the flames were issuing out of a crevice in the
chimney, and the fire had communicated to several tons of
tallow, straw, and reeds deposited in the floors just
above. From thence the flames extended with awful
velocity to other parts of the manufactory and the ware.,
house, which was soon alight in every direction. The
numerous engines belonging to the city, were brought to
the scene soon after the alarm had been made, as well Al
three engines from the barracks, with about two hunw
dred and fifty privates of the 13th Dragoon Guards. The
latter rendered the most important services to the inha-
bitants in saving their property, but the engines stood
useless in the street for an hour and upwards for a sup.
ply of water, the conflagration in the meantime destroy.
ing no fewer than twenty of the surrounding houses,
some in Garden
T-square and the
remainder in Synagogue-lane. The loss of property
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bol'clock e
men. After
Friday
anight
the fire had not been entirely subdued.
WithinTu
the tones of the organ were sounding
to
comfortable meal and an hour's chat by the fire, we were
shown to our chambers, and slept well, after a fatiguing
day, on the good clean beds of the convent. Next morn-
Wthee
i n el 3 roseM l"
early,As
while without the wind vas howling
as it does on the wild over
p snow-clad
December nights
at home. How beautiful • it was—the worship of
God on this dreary mountain top ! I felt its beauty,
as I listened to those
deep organ tones, and heard
the solemn chaunt of the priests in the mass ; and I
honoured in my heart these holy men, who devote them•
selves to this monotonous and self-denying life in order
to do good, in the spirit of their Master, to the bodies and
souls of men. Nor did I honour them the less that they
were Romanists and monks of St. Augustine ; for well I
knew that for a thousand years Romanists and monks ofSk
Augustine had done the good deeds that they were doing—.
and that when none else could do them. A man must be
blinded indeed by prejudice or bigotry that cannot see
the monuments of Catholic virtue and the evidences of
Catholic piety in every country in Europe; and worse
than blind must he be that will not acknowledge and
honour them when he does see them."—Dr. Durbin'a
Observations in Europe.—[Dr. Durbin is a Wesleyan
minister, and the President of Dickenson College, in the
United States.]
On Friday, Mr. Edward Manning, of Gaytoni;
whilst on a visit at his brothers, at Massingham, put
an end to his existence by shooting into his mouth
with a gun. Although his face and neck were dread-
fully mutilated, the unfortunate young man survived
four hours after the rash transaction, when death put jui
end to his sufferings. A Coroner's inquest was held eaa
the body, and a verdict of insanity returned.—lpswich
Mercury.
A youth named Frederic Goat, about eighteen
years old, was accidentally drowned at Massinghato
Friday. Verdict accordingly.—lpswich Mercury.
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REGULATION OF STEAM-BOATS
ON THE RIVER.
A Committee of Aldermen was held on Saturday at
Guildhall, for the purpose of hearing. any objections
parties interested in the steam navigation of the River
Thames might have to the draft rules suggested to the
Court of Mayor and Aldermen for the regulation of
steam-vessels, pursuant to the provisions of the Water-
men's Act, 7th and Bth George IV., cap. 75.
The Lord Mayor, Aldermen Sir John Pirie, Thomas
Wood, Gibbs, Farebrother, and John Johnson, formed
the Committee, and the Chairman and Members of the
Navigation Committee and several of the proprietors of
the steam-boat companies, and a few of the body of the
Watermen's Company, were present. Solicitors also
attended on the part of some of the steam-boat com-
panies. Mr. Cooper, the Secretary to the Watermen's
Company, appeared for that company.
The LORD MAYOR stated that he had received a letter
from Sir John Hall objecting to one of the rules, which
went to interdict any steam-vessel from being placed
alongside any ship whilst towing her within certain
boundaries. Sir John urged the indispensable neces-
sity of using steam tugs under certain circumstances
alongside of vessels, and added that the prohibition
might 'vitiate the policies of insurance, which demanded
that every protection should be yielded.
Mr. Newbon, the Solicitor to the Watermen's Steam
Company, said the company he represented, although
the smallest company on the river, was seriously inte-
rested in the regulations. He was anxious to know
whether the rules emanated from the Court of Aldermen
or from the Watermen's Company ?
The LORD MAYOR said the Court of Alderman had
seen the necessity of making arrangements for the better
regulation of steam-vessels, and had deputed the City
Solicitor, in conjunction with the Watermen's Company,
to frame a body of rules for the approval of the Court,
and before the Court would agree to these rules, they
were desirous to hear any objections which might be
made.

Mr. Newbon then suggested that the Committee
should postpone the consideration of the rules, that the
various steam companies might have opportunities of
producing evidence on matters of such great importance
to them.
The LORD MAYOR said the Committee considered they
were justified in making rules adapted to the altered
condition of the river, and for the public safety, which
was seriously endangered by the present steam-boat
practices of over• crowding and rapid speed.
Mr. Matthews (solicitor to the Star Steam-vessel
Company), objected to the proposition that the Water•
men's Company should have the power of compelling the
licensing of steam-vessels, and of inflicting penalties in
case of refusal. He saw nothing in the Watermen's
Act to justify the exercise of any authority of the kind,
that Company's power being limited in its operation to
watermen themselves.
The LORD MAYOR said the Committee contended that
all those who are to come under the operation of the
rules must be watermen, and no others had a right to act.
Mr. Matthews submitted that time ought to be
afforded to produce evidence on so important a subject.
His objection was to the authority of the Watermen's
Com pally.
The LORD MAYOR asked whether Mr. Matthews
denied the right of the Court of Aldermen to make regu-
lations for the improvement of the navigation of the
river?

Mr. Matthews replied, that he did not deny the
right of the Court of Aldermen, but he disputed the
right to delegate such authority to the Watermen's Com-
pany.
The LORD MAYOR said the rules should be carried
out if some practical objections were not shown. It -;,,as
quite clear that somebody had the power, whtbrer 'that
power existed in the Court of Aldermen or in %be Water-
men's Company, and it was as evident that the time had
arrived for exercising it.
The TowN CLERK read several regulations, the prin-
cipal of which (that which related to the number of
persons to be allowed to be taken on board, and that for
the regulation of the speed of the vessels), ruled that no
steam-vessel, whose voyage was within the limits, should
be licensed to carry more than one passenger for every
four square feet of the deck; and that the speed should
not exceed six miles an hour with the tide, nor fuur
miles the hour against the tide. By the second of these
regulations, the dangers hitherto so imminent in the
pool would be averted, and by the first the nuisance and
inconvenience, as well as the danger to the passengers,
would be completely obviated.
In explr;dation of the rule on the subject of carrying
the passengers,
Mr. Cooper (the secretary, to the Watermen's" Com-
pany) stated (and particularised some) that the steam-
vessels which were now notorious for carrying 1,000 or
1,100 passengers would, according to the calculation
made, be permitted to carry no more than about 635.
It was stated that in order to prevent a greater num-
ber from going on board than would be admissible by
• the regulation, it would be absolutely necessary to have
- the whole body of police in constant attendance at the
places of embarkation.
The LORD MAYOR said that the proprietors of steam-
' boats were under no necessity of troubling their heads
upon that subject, as the necessary preparations should
be made.
It was objected that the steam-vessels might, with
perfect safety, be allowed to carry at the rate of four
passengers per ton, and that the speed might be per-
mitted to be at the rate of eight miles an hour with the
tide, and six miles against the tide.
The Committee ;fated that the objections should be
• taken into consideration with all possible expedition, so
that the public may rely on an early decision. There
can be no doubt as to the result.
It is proper to state that the readiest disposition was
expressed upon the part of the several steam-boat coin-
, panies to agree with.the Committee in any regulations for
. the security of the public.

• REGULATIONS RESPECTING EN-
GINEERS IN HER MAJESTY'S STEAM-VES.
. SELS, PAY, &c.
(From a Correspondent of the Shipping Gazette.)
. The following important regulations respecting the quali-
fications of engineers in the Royal Navy have been issued, by
order of the Lords Commissioners of the Admiralty, which
_ prove how anxious Government is to have an efficient corps
of engineers for our steam-vessels :
First Engineers.—No person will be considered qualified to
• hold the warrant of a first-class engineer, who is not able to
- keep accounts, and to make notes in the log of every particu-
- hr of the work of engines and boilers. He must be tho-
. roughly acquainted with the principles on which the ma-
. chine works in all its parts, and capable of setting right any
. defects which may arise in the engine or boilers, and also to
adjust the length of the various rods and motions, slides,
valves, and eccentrics. He must have been at sea as engi-
neer, and be capable of working, starting, and stopping the
engines, &c.. and able to make rough sketches, correct in
proportions, of any part of the machinery, and willing to take
• charge of and teach the apprentices.
Second engineers must not be inferior in education to the
first engineers, and but little behind in mechanical acquire-
- ments, with the exception of the nice points of adjustment of
slides, parallels, motions, &c.
Third engineers should be equal in education to the second
and first engineers, and will be selected either from the
senior class of apprentices, or appointed direct from a factory.
They must be accustomed to engine work, and acquainted
with the principles of the engine, with the names of all its
parts, their uses, and effect in producing motion.
- Aer•ourramgr.—Engineers to be appointed, after exami-
nation, by warrant from the Lords Commissioners of the
Admiralty, or by commanders• in chief on foreign stations,
on vacancies occasioned by death, &c., in the same manner
as othe4vvarrant officers of the navy are now appointed.
No person to be deemed eligible for an appointment as
engineer of any class until he shall have passed such exami-
nation as the Lords Commissioners of the Admiralty may
from time to time think proper to require for such class,
• before the chief engineer and inspector of steam machinery,
or such other officers as they may appoint.
RANK.—Engineers to be distributed into three clases, and
. to rank next below carpenters, and with each otheraccording
to their standing on the official list.
PAY AND ALLOWANCES.—To engineers when serving on
' board one of her Majesty's steam-vessels in commission, or
in any of her Majesty's dockyards, whenever their services
may be required there ; or in repairing their own or any
other vessel in the home dockyards, Holyhead, the River
Thames, Portsmouth, or Plymouth harbour ; or where the
vessel to which they belong is paid off, and they are still re-
tained on board :-
Ist class, 12/. per lunar month, and 6d. a day extra for each
engineer's boy whom they instruct ; 2d class, 81. per lunar
, month ; and 3d class, 51.65. per lunar month.
When serving on board one of her Majesty's steam-vessels
within the tropics, while the steam is up, one-half the amount
• of the pay of the respective classes in addition.
Engineers of vessels in commission, when employed in re-
pairing defects of other vessels than those in which they are
serving, except in the home dockyards, Holyhead, the
River Thames, Portsmouth or Plymouth Harbour, to be
allowed extra pay as warrant officers in addition, according
to the scale established by her Majesty's regulations, when
borne on the books of the guard-ships of the ordinary, and
not actually employed in the charge or repair of steam ma-
chinery :-
Ist class, per month, 7/. 17s. ; 2d class, per month, 4/. 18s. ;
and.3d class, 3/.Bs. per month.
Pay of Engineer Boys-Ist class, 1/. 14s. per lunar month ;
2d class, 11. 6s. ; 3d class, 11. 3s. ; and 4th class, 14s. 6d. per
lunar month.
The superannuation of engineers to be upon the scale esta-
blished for warrant officers of the Royal Navy.
By command of their Lordships,
SIDNEY HERBERT.

Admiralty, Aug. 1.

A RAT KILLED BY A H—
EN.A curious circum-
stance occurred at the low end of Stramongate, near the
river, during the week, which shows the courage evinced
by a hen in defence of,hoeordyeorutnhg brood. A nest of duck-
lings, nine in number, charge of a hen, whilst
• basking in the sun, where pouncedWeauori by a large rat
and at the moment when he Within reach of his
prey, Dame Partlet bristled up her feathers, with spur
y put him to
and beak flew at the marauder, and
flight. Following; up the success of letter:7, in the first
come
eeanteing to his
• instance, the hen intercepted her enemtoy
hole, which she would not allow him
beat-
ing him off on every approach towards it, till inath
Mr. Rat was fairly laid upon his back, and the heneceonred:
spot,—Kendal
pleted her work by killing him on the sp
Mercury.
On the 19th instant, the son of Mr. Greathead,
exciseman of this place lost his life while bathing in our
river below the town. It appears he had got out of his
depth and was sinking, when his father, who was sitting
on the bank, jumped in immediately to his assistance,
and was drawing him into shallow water, when he un.
fortunately slipped, and lost hold of his son. He saw
him rise (to the surface again, but could not reach him
The body was picked up by some men almost imme-
diately, but life was extinct. An inquest was held, and
a verdict of " Accidentally drowned" was returned.—
Norwich Mercury.
The new comet has been seen at Bois le Duo, with
the naked eye.
Low PARES ON RAILWAYS.—We understand that
the
.. • -class passengers on the Brandling Junction
nallway are carried at lass than one-halfpenny per
mile.--Railway Record.