The Sun.
London, England, 1845-08-02 00:00:00

WINCHESTER.

R. J. Bateman, Esq , hit wicket ...... 9 run out ...... 24
F. Bathurst, Esq~ b Jones
E. Twopenny, Esq., run out
C. W. Kendall, Esq., c. Vernon .. 0 b. Jones ... 0
A. Ridding, Esq., b. Tedway lO run out 2
E. Barchard, Esq., b. Jones
R. J. Baker, Esq., c. Platt
R. Morris, Esq., b Tudway
J. W. Dewar, Esq., h Jones 7 b. Blayds ... 11
J. Piggott, sq., b. Blayds
J. Randall, Esq~ not out
Byes 1, wide (Jones 2, 11PKenzie 2, Byes 2, wide
Blayds 1) 5
Blayds4,Tud-
way 1) 9, no
balls (Ver-
non) 4 ...... 15

HARROW.
E. Blaydo, EFq ,c. Ridding, b. Kendall 12 b. Dewar ... 26
H. Vernon, Esq., c. Randell 0 hit wicket... 3
T. Platt, Esq., b. Dewar
E. Currer, Esq., b. Kendall
C. 0. Eaton, Esq., b. Kendall
A. Cameron, Esq., b. Dewar 3 b. Kendall... 0
G. Gurney. Esq., b. Kendall
H. M'Kenzie, Esq., c. Bathurst
A. M'Kenzie, Esq., b. Dewar
M. Jones, Esq., not out 2 b. Dewar ... 1
A. Tudway, Esq., b Dewar 0 not out 5
Byes 6, wide (Kendal 10, Dewar 3) 13 19 Byes 3, wide
(Baker 4,
Kendall 1,
Dewar 6,
Morris 1,
Barchard 5),
23. No balls
(Dewar e,
Baker 4), 10 36

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The Winchester won by 12 runs.
The match yesterday was with Eton v. Harrow, and corn.
menced at eleven o'clock.

CITY STEAM BOAT COMPANY.—A new fleet of

Thames steamers commenced plying upon the river on Wednesday,
and the occasion was celebrated by a dinner at the Tivoli-gardens,
Battersea, at which the Di ectors and principal Shareholders in
the Company were present ;;C. L. Francis, Esq., chairman of the
Directors, presided. About 100 gentlemen wete present. Upon
the removal of the cloth the usual loyal and patriotic Oasts were
given and duly honoured. The principal toast of the evening,
" Prosperity to the Citizen Steamers," was then given, and in
doing so the Chairman intimated that it was their intention to
build twelve boats to represent the twelve City companies; how-
ever, six only were at present completed. The toast was drunk
with all the honours. The Chairman's health was then drunk,
followed by that of the Lord Mayor and Corporation of London.
After passing an evening of great conviviality, the company
separated.
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As before mentioned, the unfavourable state of the
weather during this critical season of the year has caused many to
feel no little alarm, thinking that a deficient crop may, as on former
occasions, exercise an injurious effect on the currency. But it is
to be recollected that this is the first harvest season under which
the new banking system will be fairly tried, and that the country
issues will now be able to counteract to an unlimited extent
the endeavours of the Bank of England to influence the ex•
changes. Hitherto, when the Bank have endeavoured to
prevent as far as possible the efflux of gold caused
by a short harvest, by raising the rate of discount, the
country issuers have steppsd in to supply the gap, and the de-
si ;ned reaction has been impossible. Now, on the contrary, these
have lost their expansive power, and the Bank will be enabled to
exercise their restrictive power to a much less extent and for a
more limited period, so that the exchanges would speedily right
themselves under all ordinary circumstances. There is, to be sure,
one argument on the other side, and that is, that the country
banks have not yet issued to the full amount authorised. But all
will see at osice that this power of expansion exists only to a
limited extent, being, as shown yesterday, only 850,8951., with
which no great mischief can be done.—Timer.
A BOY SHOT.—On Tuesday afternoon, during the
cobtest which took place at the Horileydown Regatta, a party
towed across the river to the Tower.stairs, where, having

landed, they proceeded across Tower-hill, preceded by a band
of music, to the house of one of the successful competitors
of last year, for the purpose of regaling themselves. One of
the party had a large pistol, which he was nourishing about,
when it suddenly exploded, and its contents lodged in the
arm of a boy named John Marshall, of Red Lion-street,
Wapping, who, with several other lads, was walking with the pro-
cession. The poor boy was completely stunned by the shock, and
fell senseless to the ground. On being lifted up it was feared he
had been mortally wounded, from the quantity of blood which
issued from the wound. He was conveyed to the nearest cur

geon's, who found that the wadding of the pistol (which fortu.
nately had been loaded with powder only) had lodged in the upper
part of the arm. He was subsequently removed to St. Thomas's
Hospital.
THE FATAL STEAM BOILER EXPLOSION AT LON-
DON-BRIDGE.— An inquest was held on Wednesday evening, at
Guy's Hospital, before Mr. Payne, on the body of Samuel North.
Cott, aged forty-five, an engineer, employed on the Wasp, Rich-
mond steamboat. Thomas Clark, an engineer, said that on Fri-
day last he was in the engine-room of the Wasp, Richmond steam-
boat, which had just arrived at Dyer's.hall Wharf, London.bri.lge,
when he heard an explosion, and saw a rush of steam and ashes
from the fire door and ash.plt. He immediately ran up to the

deck, calling to the deceased and another man in the engine-room
to follow him. Witness thought he had come up, but in a few
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minutes, not finding him on deck, he went again to the engine-
room, and saw him crawl up severely scalded. He could not tell
from what cause the explosion occurred, excepting from a defect
in one of the tubes. Mr. Thomas Meacham, managing engineer
to the Greenwich Ironworks, said that on the day after the explo.
sion, he made an examination to discover the cause of it. Lie had
not sought long before he discovered that a tube used to convey
flame through the boiler had given way. It was defective from
having been burnt too much, but whether before or after it was put
in use, he could not say. The witness said that the tube had been
proved to bear 14elb. to the inch, and had been in use only about
ten weeks. Explosions of the kind were of very frequent occur-
rence, but the engineers usually escaped unhurt, and no investiga.
tion taking place, the public knew nothing about them. The
house surgeon of the hospital said the deceased died from the effects
of the scalds on Tuesday. Verdict, " Accidental death."
MURDER AT EASINGWOLD, YORKSIHRE.—An ad-
journed inquest was held at this place on Monday last to inquire
into the circumstances of the death of Joseph Windsor, a child
seven years of age, who had died on the 17th ult., after having par-
taken of something which his stepmother had administered to him
under the pretence that it was brimstone and treacle. Before
taking the mixture the boy was in excellent health, but after he
was seized with excessive sickness and purging. He refused to
take the stuff at first, and it was not until his schoolmistress had
been called in to intimidate him to take that which she beiieved to
be wholesome, that he was forced to swallow the mixture, which
afterwards proved to be poisonous. A surgeon was called in, but
the boy died in a few hours, and a post mortcm examination being
made, left no doubt that poison had been administered. The re-
sult of the inquest was a verdict of " Wilful nsurdcr against Jane
Windsor, the deceased's stepmother," and on Tuesday last she was
committed to York Castle to take her trial at the next assizes.
ETON COLLEGE, THURSDAY.-- t'he following are
the names of those who have appeared in the intermediate exami-
nation for 1845, arranged according to years :-17. Stanbrough.
16. Booth, Headlam, Smith, Still, Joynes. 15. Wayte, ma. ;
Borradale, James, Eq. ; Green, Constance, Wolferstan, Cole-
ridge, Bidwell, Coke, Earle, mi.; Page. 14. Stacey. Not
classed, Williams, Brown, Hankin. The above classification im-
plies only the relative merit in those of each year, but not the re-
lative merit of those in different Tears toe4cft letter.