The Sun.
London, England, 1845-10-14 00:00:00

WINDSOR ELECTION.

Wninson, MONDAY.—Colonel Reid has been actively pur-
suing his canvass during the day, accompanied, in the after-
noon, by Sir William Fremantle, of Holly-grove, Winkfield.
Colonel Vyse of Stoke, the Hon. Mr. Ashley, a son of the
Earl of Shaftesbury, and several of the neighbouring gentry,
as well as many of the clergy connected with Eton College,
have also been exerting themselves in favour of the Govern-
ment candidate.

A meeting of the electors of the borough and the friends
of Sir John de Beauvoir has been advertised to take place
this evening, at the Adelaide Hotel. Sir John has announced
his intention of being present.
Mr. Walter arrived in Windsor this morning, and has
issued an address to the electors, in which he says :—" My
political life is already before you, and numerous have been
the acts and expresssons of personal kindness which I have
received from many of your body; whilst at the same time
my own conscience informs me that I cannot, by any chance
—by any error of act or word—have created any enemy to
myself among you. I have also represented the county in
two Parliaments, and I hope not altogether without honour.
I retired from that distinguished situation because I did not
find that my own opinions on subjects of internal policy of
great moment received that support throughout the county
to which I thought them entitled. The manifestations of re-
gard, however, which I have since witnessed, lead me to
believe that thcse views and opinions will now find a more
favourable reception. Indeed, I may say, they have already
prevailed to such an extent as has shown that the system
which I deprecated could not be enforced in its menaced
severity, but the laws for the government of a free nation
must be humane as well as stringent."

A NEW COMET.
TO THE EDITOR OF THE ESSEX HERALD.
Great Wakering, Essex, Oct. 12, 1845.
Sir,—Do me the favour to inform your astronomical
readers in the next number of the Essex Herald, that a
comet is now visible to the naked eye, in the constellation
Cancer, and that the best time for seeing it is from two to
four in the morning; at the former hour it will be found due
east, about 30 degrees above the horison, and about 11 de-
grees to the left of and a little below the bright star Pollux
in Gemini.—l am, Sir, your very obedient servant,
—Essex Herald. CHARLES MILLER.

BIRTIL—In York-terrace, Regent's-park, on the
13th instant, the lady of John Fraser, Esq., of a daughter.
CORK ELECTION.—The constituency of Cork seem
to have lost no time in looking out for successors to Sergeant
Murphy and Mr. O'Callaghan. At a meeting of the elite of
the repealers held on Friday, the names of Alderman Thomas
Lyons, Mr. Joseph Hayes, Alderman W. Fagan, and Captain
Broderick were mentioned. The meeting adjourned without
coming to any decision, but it was generally considered that
Messrs. Hayes and Lyons were the favourites.
Among the prisoners for trial at the Essex Quar-
ter Sessions, which commence this day at Chelmsford, is a
lad, thirteen years of age, charged " with endangering the
safety of persons upon the Northern and Eastern Railway,
by throwing a stone on the said railway at Sheering."
A GHOST.—An absurd rumour having got abroad
that for the last few nights a ghost appeared in white, and
possessing, among other ghostly qualifications, the power not
on:y of übiquity, but of invisibility at will, was to be seen
wandering about Chapel-field. A number of the curious in
such matters assembled on Tuesday and Wednesday even-
ings, in the expectation of seeing it. Neither were they
disappointed (if their own statements can be believed), for
between eleven and twelve o'clock an apparition was observed
coolly to walk through a wall at the east side of the field,
cross the road, hop over the wooden pallisades, and glide
along the grass, under the old elm-trees that waved myste-
riously at the time, and pass into one of the ancient towers,
which was, as usual, wrapped in impenetrable gloom. A
whole army of little boys, and a pretty fair sprinkling of
children of a larger growth, are said to have witnessed this
interesting exploit. After the apparition had thus
unaccountably disappeared, the little boys grasped their
sticks, exchanged incoherent expressions of wonder and
alarm and appeared indignant that the ghost had not
boldly advanced among them, and given battle.
A council of war was then held, and it was deter-
mined to ascend, en masse, the grassy eminence on which the
old tower is situate,:and either take the building by storm, or
make the ghost capitulate on honourable terms. With this
intention, the whole body—now about four hundred—with a
gallant intrepidity, alike creditable to themselves and worthy
the heroie cause in which they were embarked, moved in
formidable precision along the field, across the gravel walk,
and actually up the ascent, and finally stood, with palpitating
hearts, under the old tower itself. Alas, however, for the
lovers of the marvellous—no ghost, not even the wave of a
white garment, or even the smell of brimstone, could be
traced. It is true a few vagrant and unhappy rats scampered
away, and in their hurried exit almost frightened to death
the front rank of the detachment; but beyond that fact
nothing could be seen or heard. After lingering about an
astonishing length of time to no purpose, these daring spirits
retired, much crest-fallen at the unsuccessful termination of
the evening's adventures.—Norwich Mercury.
OCULAR DEMONSTRATION.—During the late con-
tinued wet weather, a country laird in the upper ward of
Lanarkshire, became very uneasy for the safety of his crops.
But, if the honest laird's anxiety was great on account of the
weather, his mind was still more perplexed by the state of
his barometer. Morning, noon, and night, did he come from
the fields dripping with wet, and as often visited and tapped
his " weather-glass," which, to the daily increasing surprise,
and notwithstanding the rain continued to pour down in
torrents, always indicate fair weather. This state of matters
continued for nearly a fortnight; when the laird, one very
wet day, having determined to put an end to the miscon-
ception, lifted the barometer from its position on the wall,
and presenting its face at the door, exclaimed with an oath,
" Will you believe your ain een?"— Scotsman.
By the death of Lora Spencer a pension of 1,3401.
granted to the late Edmund Burke, for the lives of the
Princess Amelia, the last Earl Spencer and the late William
Cavendish, Esq., determines.
• NUMEROUS PRIZE FIGHTS.—No fewer than seven
prize fights took place last week, six of them coming off on
Tuesday last. The first was between two novices, Phelps,
of Brighton, and Barnash, of Westminster, for 251. aside.
They are light weights, about siA stone each, and fought
near the Three Bridges station, on the Brighton line. The
fight lasted about an hour, when Phelps won gallantly.
The second.fight was between Charley Jones, of Manches-
ter, and Biddulph, of Macclesfield, for 25/. aside. They
fought on Bradshaw-hill, Derbyshire, twenty-four rounds,
during which Jones had the best of it, but the battle ter-
minated in a dispute, in consequence of an alleged foul
blow on the part of Jones. Each party claims the stakes.
The third contest was between Williamson, of Halifax, and
Beaumont, of Huddersfield, for 50/. aside. They fought
Lindend-common, near Sheffield. Beaumont was beat-
ing his man easily, but to the surprise and indignation of the
spectators, he gave in in the nineteenth round, not half beaten,
Williamson was theidore declared the winner. The fourth
fight was between Tom Davis, of Liverpool, and Keeney Ma-
lone, an Irishman, for 251. a side. They fought at Woodhead,
near Manchester. They fought 54 de, Aerate rounds, when
Davis knocked his opponent out of time, and won the battle.
The fifth fight was between Dick Holmes and Birmingham
Davis, for 501. a side. Only two rounds were fought, for
in the second, after an exchange of hits, Davis rushed to a
close, when Holmes retreated to his corner, and steadying
himself as Davis came to him, hit him on the left side of the
head, knocking him right off his legs, and as he was falling
striking him severely on the ribs. Davis: was carried to his
corner in a senseless state, and when lime was called was deaf
to the summons. The sixth fight, fought also on Tuesday,
between two Oxonians, named W. Godfrey and Artful Allen,
took place near Wheatley. It was a severe fight of ninety-
nine rounds, and an hour and forty-five minutes' duration.
Allen won, but Godfrey, a novice in the ring, proved himself
throughout game, by fighting twenty rounds after his seconds
gave in for him. The seventh fight, which took place on
Monday last, ended fatally. It took place near Saffron
Walden, between John Woodlay, a labourer, and Michael
Manning, a mason, both employed on the North-Eastern
Counties Railway'. They fought about twenty rounds, when
Manning struck Woodley right and left in the breast. The
latter fell, groaned once, and died. An inquest was held upon
his body, and the following verdict returned—" Natural death
from disease of the heart, accelerated by excitement.of prize-
fighting."
MELANCHOLY AND FATAL OCCURRENCE.—It is
with feelings of deep regret that we have to record the occur-
rence of. a most distressing accident,'which occasioned. the
death of Mr. Colin Dunbar, principal clerk to Provost Ca-
meron, of Dingwall. Happening-to be in Inverness on
Saturday, Mr. Dunbar went, accompanied by a friend, to see
the steam saw-mills, at the Shore, and having gone into the
engine-room, he was unfortunately struck by the regulator.
He fell upon the large fly-wheel, and was dragged beneath it,
and afterwards thrown upon the floor where he had been
previously standing. Dr. Manford was on the spot in a
short time, but life was extinct. The body was carried
into Mr. Anderson's, and thence to 111 r. Ithiners,
Castle-street. Mr. Dunbar had a peculiar desire
for examining improvements and machinery of eosa-errbeearly
kind—
hence his visit to the saw mill.
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family to
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universally respected. His remains were, brought to Ding-
e all on Monday evening, and on Wednesday followed to
their final resting-place by a large and very respectable con-
course of friends, the magistrates, and a large number of the
town and county gentlemen —Ross-shire Advertiser.
THE MANCHESTER ATHENZUM SOIREE.—In ad-.
di.ion to the distinguished persons who have already ac-
cepted the invitation to the soiree on the 23rd instant. Mark
Lemon, Esq. (the editor of Punch), and Gilbert A'Beckett,
Esq , one of its most distinguished contributors, have ex-
pressed their intention to be present. With these gentlemen,
Douglas Jerrold and Charles Dickens, the soiree bids fair
to be a glorious " Night with Punch."—Manchester Guar-
dian. 'We have looked over the list of the guests as ad-
vertised, and observe, much to the credit of theo tMenmeheensteorf
people, that the foremost names are
_ticok!eens,f h
D. Jerrold,
genius who have been invited—Q. v
rs of Parliament for the
Lover, and then come the
.111eT
teed townsmen and neigh-
Mark Lemon, Gilbert A'Beckett,b Charles Knight, Samuel
borough, of their distinguished
.115rlight, and Mr. Brotherton.
also to be present, but, with
neigh-
bours,
municipasal
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who is one of the society
,r_zuest. The Lanca-
the exception of Sir B.
al been reproached with enter-
shire gentlemen have in ge
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too profound a r 1
itself, we do not observeriaenTs'esriZle titled
twining
may, therefore,
proofs that they are reforming themselves.
Atllenxum.as
look on the meetings of the 3fanchester
Atl ieum They have, therefore, come to
Last year, if we recollect correctly, Mr. Disraeli was their
chief guest at the ien
the right conclusion that talents and genius ennoble what-
ever they mingle with, and can receive no additional dignity
irom mere conventional and political titles.—Chroniek.
INCREASED POST-OFFICE COMMUNICATION WITII
INntA.—G ENERAL POST-OFFICE NOTlCE.—Arrangements
having been made for the conveyance of letters direct to
Bombay twice a month, instead of once, as at present, mails
for that Presidency' will accordingly be made up in London
twice a month, and transmitted'for conveyance from Aden to
Bombay by steam-vessels, to be provided by the East India
Company.
SUPPOSED SUICIDE IN THE SERPENTINE.—Yester-
day morning the body of a man named James Knight, a but-
ler, recently residing in King-street; Park-street, was dis-
covered by the police floatittg in the upper part 'of the
Serpentine river. It was ultimately removed to the dead-
house at Knightsbridge, to await the inquest.
Matthew Bell, Esq., M.P., it is currently rumoured,
will shortly retire from public „life, with an understanding
that Mr. Itodgson Hinde, M.P., shall succeed him in the re-
presentation of South .Northumbef and. Newcastle is to fail
to Mr. Richard Hodgson's lot.—Gateshead Observer.
RAILWAYS IN YORKSHIRE AND LANCASHIRE.--•
The railways in operation in these. counties are 23 ; in pro-
gress, 27 ; projected, 100 ; of the latter, 22 havebeen surveyed
and settled as to the lines, but the remainder-Ire not yet in
a definable state.
A Frenchman is said to have invented a machine
capable of doing every description of sewing exceit
sewing of Mitten-holes.