The Sun.
London, England, 1844-09-24 00:00:00

CRICKET.

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WEST SURREY V. COBHAM, WITH WORDS.—Tbis
match was distinguished by some very fine play on the
part of each side. It came off at Cobham on Thursday,
and was won by the West Surrey, by 45 runs upon the
first hands.

SOUTH HANTS V. WINCHESTER.—This match, which
was a " day's play," was played on Day's ground, South-
ampton, on Wednesday last, and was won by the South
Hants club. The wetness of the weather, however,
voided the game.
lircß7 SCHOOL 7. WELLESBOURNE CLUB.—The
match between these parties was played on the Rugby
ground on Thursday last, when the school eleven won in
one innings, with 46 runs to spare ; a result which is
mainly attributable to the fine slow bowling of Mr.
Rippingall.
WORCESTERSHIRE v. SmtoesnreE.—These two coun-
ties played their " return match" on the Shrewsbury
ground, on Wednesday and Thursday last. The " Sa-
lopians" won by 61 runs, and having been the victors in
the first match, have thus placed themselves in the
triumphant position of conquerors of the year. To en-
able them, however, to maintain this rank, let us advi,e
them to be early and actively in the field next season.
for we have heard that their opponents will not only be
so, but are likely to gain an accession of strength.
THE NORTHAMPTON, WIND-UP MATCH.—There are
few counties or towns in the United Kingdom, wherein
the disposition to support the game of cricket has been
manifested, during the present season, so strongly and
so effectively as in that of Northampton. It affords us,
therefore, more than ordinary gratification to find that
the occasion of their " wind-up" match for 1844 was to
well attended, and that the dinner went off so admirably.
The latter was not only partaken of by the players, with
the Hon. Captain Spencer (the brother of Earl Spencer),
as ttie president of the club, at their head,, but the event
was honoured by the presence of the Mayor, and upwards
of fifty of the leading gentry of the neighbourhood. The
spirited manner, indeed, in which the Northampton Club
got up the grand match between the " northern and
southern counties," demands the admiration of all
cricketers, and the thanks of the inhabitants of the sur-
rounding districts. Such fineness of play, and such a
display and illustration of the science of the game, had
never been seen in that part of the kingdom. It rejoices
us, therefore, to learn that that match has had the effect
of gising an impulse to this English pastime throughout
this portion of her Majesty's dominions. To the ext r-
tions of the Hon. Captain Spencer, 0. Nethercote, Esq.,
backed by the very able and efficient efforts and arrange-
ments for the management of the club, made by Messrs.
Ileitis and Ellis, of Northampton, is attributable the
great success and prosperity of the game in the county
of Northampton. The " wind-up" match was a contest
between the " married and single," the latter winning,
with six wickets to go down.

FIRE NEAR RED LION-SQUARE.—Sunday morn-
ing a fire was discovered by police constable E 126 upon
the premises belonging to Mr. F. Taylor, wholesale
candle manufacturer, carrying on business at No. 3,
Orange-street, Red Lion-square. When first seen the
flames were raging furiously in one of the storehouses on
the basement floor. The intelligence was promptly for-
warded to the engine stations, and shortly after five
engines of the London Brigade were at the scene, as
well as the West of England one. An instant supply of
water pees procured, and the firemen set to work most
-vigorously, and soon extinguished the flames ; not, how-
' seer, until considerable damage was done, the greater
part of the stock in that part of the building where the
fire originated being destroyed, and the remainder
seriously injured. The origin of the fire is not known.
One fortunate circuii'atance was the early discovery of
the fire.; had it been a little later, to say the least, a
most perfect and destructive conflagration must have
been the result. Mr. Taylor is insured in the Union
and Hand-in Hand offices. The same premises were
consumed by fire about four years since.
DEATH ' OF Mn. ROSS, THE COMEDIAN.—It is
with sincere regret we announce the death of this little
favourite. A little before the Christmas of last year he
was megaged by illr. Webster for the Liverpool Theatre.
On his journey thither he caught a severe cold, dan-
gerous symptoms appeared,- and in May he returned to
London. At his own request': be was conveyed to Guy's
Hospital, Wee:o his case received every attention. He
*expired about twenty minutes to seven on Friday night.
.t‘lr. Rees for many years supported his aged father and
ntether. He has left a widow to lament his loss, but no
children. Mr. Ross was a member of the Drury-lane
'Theatrical Fund, from which source we trust his widow
mey obtain, if not a competence, at least assistance, in
this I:er hour of trouble and deprivation.
ALLOWANCE TO INSOLVENTS UNDER THE NEW
Acr.—On Seturday, in the Court of Bankruptcy, Mr.
Sturgeon applied, in the case of an insolvent named
he ppard, for an allowance out of his estate, to obtain
his final order. The insolvent was a prisoner in Bury
Sr. Edmund's gaol, and now appeared on his interim
order, to which no opposition had been made, and the
final order was appointed. Mr. Sturgeon said there was
• :24/. in Court. and he asked for a small sum for the ex •
wises to be incurred, and for the support of the insol-
vent'e family. The Court found that on a final order an
allowaece could be made, and the official assignee might
consider whether the fees could be advanced to the man.
At present he made no order.
ANTI-COILS-LAW TRACTS.—Mr. William Grice, of
Uiverstone, has been employed for several days past in
distributing extensively- in Illverstone, and the surround-
ing neighbourhood, a variety of tracts and papers i.eib-
lished by the _League ; and while so engaged at Dalton,
was accosted by an individual well known for his mono-
polist opinions, who asked what he had got, to which
Grice repheel. " Anti-Corn-law tracts;" and said " will
you have one?" " Yes," was the reply ; and imme-
diately on receiving it the person abode-mentioned tore
it in pieces, saying Grice ought to be beaten out of the
town with a stick. Grice civilly said he thought no one
woelei venture to do that, and then coolly turned his
back on this specimen of vulgarity and impertinence.
This incident shows in some degree the limited amount
of intelligenee possessed by many of the pro-corn-Jaw
men in this district. A repetition of such-like occurrences
will . tend, however, more to arouse attention ; and
aespxte every effort to suppress facts, they will show
themselves with a bold front, and each and all exist-
ing -' protection " fallacies must and will ere long ex
plole.—Lancaster Guardian.
Bishop Philipotts, at the Christian Knowledge So-
ciety,.the other day, reported that he bath a brother who,
although an officer of Artillery at Ceylon, is yet such a
tremend•Ais Christian, that he loves him more for that
than his consanguinity. Asa proofof his Christian feeling,
he wrote to inform his bishop-brother that there were a
entitle of bishoi s wanted for that island alone.— Western
TirUes.
The Epiac opal Free Church will be opened in this
elty on Thursday next, by the Rev. H. B. Bolteel, formerly
Fellow and Tutor of Exeter College, Oxford. The
intent excites much interest. Mr. Bulteel is reported to•
be an admirable and eloquent preacher.— Western Times.
FIRST IMPORTATION OF WEST INDIAN SUGAR.—A
large and line West Indianian, the Codrington, belong-
ing to the grin of Lioeins and Co., arrived from the
West Indies, and entered the Southampton docks on
Monday morning, to discharge her cargo ofsugar. This
is the first nrrivel in our docks of a West Indiaman
homeward, and we hail it as the commencement of a new
and extensive branch of trade at our port. Its superio-
rity as a port of departure for emigrants has already
been fully acknowledged, and acted upon, by that pubhe
spirited gentleman, Mr. John Marshall ; and we have
zo doubt that many London houses will soon follow the
example now Tot by Mr. Liggins. We understand that
. several verse's are expected speedily to follow the Co-
dringee— II eneeshiee Independent.
DRATII FROM FIGHTING —On Sunday morning, a
• littie bjore eight o'clock, a man named George Benson,
a labour.-r, 22 years of age, was killed in a fight which
took . place by appointment, between him and a man
marned Henry Jones, aged 21, also a labourer, at a place
much used for similar encounters on a Sunday morning,
situate on the east side of the Kensington-canal. The
spot is a hollow screened from observation of the neighbour-
inis houses by banks of earth. Jones stated, on being
Isken into mist sly by the police, that on the previous
night he and deceased, with others, were at the Welles-
iey ArmS pubic-house, Robert-street, Chelsea, when a
dispute arose concerning some work upon which they
were all engaged, in the course of which he and de-
ceased can to blocs. After having two or three rounds
they were parted ; and they then agreed to meet in the
morning near the Canal-basin, to decide which was the
better man. They met accordingly, and fought for
about a quarter of an hour, during which three or four
Itnock•deven flows were given. It was stated that a
e:an named Hele was second to Jones, and a brother of
the deceased seconded him, and that in the last round
Jones struck deceased a violent blow under the left ear,
when deceased fell to the ground partly on his head.
Ile was immediately lifted up, and placed on his second's
knee, when he; said, " I shall have no more of it ; I am
done for," and initantly fell down dead. Jones and his
aecond, and the deceased's second, with two other per-
sons who ware present aiding and abetting at the fight,
aye itt, easiody of the police. Jones is represented to
tare been by two stones heavier than the deceased. In
the course of yesterday hundreds of persons visited the
hollow in which the fight took place.
THE GREAT BRITAIN W learn •
. e with great plea-
sure that there is now every prospect of a speedy libera-
tion of this magnificent vessel. At a special meeting of
0111 Monde%y the guarantees required
the dock board ,
from the Great Western Steam-ship. Company were sa-
tisfactorily arranged, and only wait reduction into a for-
mal legal shape, which will be done without delay. It
is hoped that by the 16th of October the necessary al-
teration in the gates and masonry will be so far effected
as to admit of the egress of the vessel from the floating
larbour into Cumberland-basin.
—Bristol Mercury.
A CURE FOR HYDROPHOHIA.--The following is
glean in the Pulitique se a fact, but wemayhepenrgmittoteda
to doubt it:—" A valuable sporting dog belo
- gentleman named D—; having been bitten by a mad
dog, and sickened, its owner determined to destroy it by
administerine- a large quantity of arsenic in the form of
a bolus. The poison, however, instead of producing
death, produced a radical cure."
THE MOUTON MURDER.—OH Friday last, the in-
quiry into the death of Thomas Robson, the unfortunate
pitman who was shot dead b.r some person unknown, on
the Wthmlr., was resumed before Mr. J. M. Fayell, the
coroner, at the Red Robin Inn, Wrekenton. Some wit-
nesses we-e examined, but their testimony did not tend
to implicate any individual parties in the dark transac-
tion. After a tedious investigation, the jury withdrew
about half-past eight in the evening to consider the evi-
dence, and at ten minutes to eleven returned a verdict of
" Wilful murder against some person or persons un-
known."—Curlixle Journal
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A STARVED CLERGY I—The Canterbury chapter,
consisting of a dozen canons, enjoys about 15,0001. per
annum ; at Durham the same apostolic number share
about 30,0001, a year. London is nearly the same.
Westminster and Windsor come very close to 20,000/
a year each. The warden and ten Winchester fellows
share about 10,5001. for positively doing nothing.
Nut a sermon can be extracted from one of them
that we are aware of. The entire income of our ca-
' thedral and collegiate bodies stands in the I'arlia
mentary reports at 284,241/, exclusive of fines,
leases, residences, and the like ; which, as is well
known, and was demonstrated in the House of
Commons by Lord Monteagle, would add another
250,000/. of annual' revenue to the amount by a fair
change of leaseholds into freeholds. It is not too much
therefore to take the gross sum, comprehending within it
about sixty sinecure rectories, at 550,0001, representing
a capital of about eighteen millions sterling, at the pre-
sent prices of landed and real property.—Eclectic Review.
TRIAL UNDER LORD ASHLEY'S ACT.—A case, at
the instance of the Procurator-Fiscal of Claekmannan-
shire, against one of the workman in the service of the
Clackmannan Coal Company, for the employment of a
~'-‘eale in one of the coal mines belonging to the com-
eras tried on Wednesday last before John
John
Tait, Esq:, gheriff of the county. About a month
previously o.e owner and manager of the col-
liery had been
triedfor the same offence of em-
ploying. • among o:.lie rs, the same female; but after
a long trial, the sheri.: we,Gilaied the owner on the
sufficient evidence of his
the woman to work,
ground that there was not
having authorised or permittej
In the coal mines in Clackmanna.7shire, the women
wrought as wheelers to the workmen, w.ho, it appears,
both employed and paid them ; and the defcmlant in
this case was charged with having employed a inanale
in the month of June last, under ground, in violation
of the 13th section of the Act, which enacts, that if it
shall be made to appear, to the satisfaction of
the sheriff, that the offence was committed by or
under the authority of a workman, without the per-
RAILWAY CASUALTIES sonal consent or knowledge of the owner, it shall be
lawful for the sheriff to summon the workman to answer
So much is done to circulate exaggerated accounts for such an offence, and convict him in lieu of the owner.
of accidents on railways, tending to prejudice the pub- Various objections were made to the relevancy of the
lie mind against the system and management, that we libel, but they were repelled by the sheriff, and, after a
have thought it our duty to exclude from our columns proof, the workman was found guilty and sentenced to
all such statements as are not vouched for by offi- pay the minimum penalty of Si., with 31. 2s. of' costs,
cial authority. None but practical men can possibly and in default of payment within one month, to be corn-
conceive the extreme thoughtlessness with which mul - mitted to prison for one calendar month. A great num-
titudes are ready to expose their lives ; it is scarcely ber of colliers being present, the sheriff took occasion, in
pronouncing judgment, to state that while lie believed
possible for the strictest vigilance to prevent men
the execution of the Act in this county, as in others,
from throwing themselves in the way of danger, and
wastghtto atbe
better
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t'hnefl.cc,taidnidtiiovind
ouarloheardsh colliers,lp,thaen objectdt
eclT it
nearly all the accidents which occur on railways may m 1
be directly traced to individual perversity or reek- females from an employment which was;ith respect relieve
tevtoe
• lessness. It is desirable, where this is the case, them, both unsuitable and degrading. But he padded,
that it should be publicly known, in order that the that whatever the colliers might think of the Act, it was
management may be acquitted in public opinion, and the determination of the Government to put it in force,
also that precautions may be taken on other lines and unless the practice was discontinued, other prosecu-
against the recurrence of similar danger. In this tiona would undoubtedly take place.—Berwich Advertiser.
view an authentic register of accidents may be useful STATE OF THE HOSIERY AND LACE TRADES.—
The condition of some of the hosiery branches has
both to railway property and railway management.
We have great pleasure in referring to the two fol-
slightly improved. The bobbin net trade in some de•
lowing statements.
partments has also improved. The plain net factories
have latterly had a fair market for their goods, which,
MANCHESTER AND LEEDS. though at very low wages and profits, has kept them
Victoria Station, Sept. 14. going. The fancy branch keeps progressing, but we
Your note on the subject of the recent accident understand that the demand is principally for narrow
near this station has been received. In the present breadths. Attention is now principally directed to the
case I cannot, I think, do better than inclose the fol- guide bar system, though ere long this will in all proba-
lowing paragraph from the Guardian, which contains bility be superseded by other inventions, for which
the substance of the coroner's inquest :—" On the 4th patents will be shortly obtained. The warp lace trade
inst. a fatality occurred on the Manchester and Leeds is in a flourishing state.—Nottingham Review.
Railway, near the Hunt's Bank station, to a porter DANGERS OF THE AFRICAN GUANO TRADE.—A.
letter, dated Sunday, received at Liverpool on Tuesday,
in the service of the company, named Samuel Mil-
lington. It appears that when the six o'clock passenger id'rionitnFaelniloruaethte,rcotnbteaitnras oftbansftwatbeimebenttbe
r e easveerzsenxntrareonr:
ar
train started the deceased was standing on the foot-
son to doubt. bdoubt. It is as follows :—The Sam Slick, of Lon-
board of the second carriage, on the near side; and don, arrived off here (Falmouth), reports that Mr. W.
after the train had proceeded about 300 yards he Vaughan, master, of the merchant brig Courier, of
jumped off, but unfortunately fell, both his legs lying London, having touched at Bathurst (Gambia) on
across the rail on that side. The near wheels of five the 15th of June, whence the Sam Slick sailed Aug. 7,
carriages passed over his thighs, fracturing them made a declaration to the authorities there that nearly
severely, and he died from the effects of the injuries the whole of that vessel's crew, as well as the master and
about two hours afterwards. On Friday, the 6th inst., some of the seamen of the barque Margaret, of London,
Mr. Chapman held an inquest on the body of the including the captain, had been captured by the Moors
deceased at the Manchester Royal Infirmary, when it batatliroguin,upon the western coast of Africa, where they
was stated that he had been frequently cautioned
chief mate o
gone
eto pf
therocuereongruiaenro. had Sevenbeenmkeiinledii: e
The Afri-
g the
against standing on the foot-boards after the trains
canus, of London, Captain Isembnger, lying off Porten-
had started, and that he was liable to be discharged die, having heard of the tragedy, had ransomed a party
for disobeying such order. A verdict of `accidental of nine persons, including the captain of the Margaret,
death' was returned." In addition I have only to for 3001.: and six of the party
_arrived at Bathurst on
say that every precaution is used to prevent the ser- J the 6th of August, including the captain of the Marga-
rants of the company and others from recklessly ret. Three remained behind, unable to travel in conse-
endangering their lives by such very imprudent and quence of their wounds. The captain of the Margare
was three months in captivity."—lilanchester Guardiant totally unnecessary exposure.
GEORGE HALL, Chief Inspector. KIRRSANTON.—On Sunday morning last this place
presented a novel and awful appearance, the highway
MANCHESTER AND BIRMINGHAM.
and adjoining fields being inundated to the depth of
Manchester, Sept. 16.
lam directed to hand you the following particulars some feet. Almost all the grain that was out
was saved by great exertions,- but in a damaged
of the accident on this line at Alderley Edge. On Mon- condition It may be mention( das a somewhat curious ,
3 d'i ' , the 9th inst, there wa's a cheap trip from Manches- circumstance,. that Anthony Myers, the parish clerk of
ter to Alderley Edge and hack. About half-past; 10 in
.Whicham, who is well nigh fourscore years old, had to
the morning a train was dispatched from Manchester, be conveyed to his hebdomadal duties in a boat for uP-
IN hich, in consequence of the number being so large
wards of half a mile. Worthy old Anthony, in spite of
upwards of 2,000, consisted principally of box wag- the unusual mode of locomotion he h9d been compelled
ions, opening behind. On arriving at , the to use, performed the functions of his o
Alderlev
fore part of the train being required to go for-ward, office witn.l.4,
• wall-known ability. He electrified the congregation,
the carriages were unshackled, and directly after an however, when the usual prayer was being offered up
or der given for that part of the train to proceed for- 1 for th preservation "of all that travel by land or by
wateorie,' his
suddenly making the response at the very
ward. After the usual signal by the engine whistle
eluded thepssonorous voice, before the minister had con-
had been twice given, the train started, when it was
sentence. Honest Anthony's ideas were
found that some person, without any authority, had I evidently running upon the dangers he had so recentl
resbackled the train, in consequence of which a , incurred in his voyage—Lancaster Guardian.
y
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