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til the
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sinking state—the water was ascending high in the Majesty's colonies, at an uniform rate of British postage
_eriiner
room—and in this last extremity of distress the of hi. each.
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Miles from land, and having no means of keeping the either alone or together with a supplement or additional
vess
eus afic'et. They then after a laborious and danger- or any separate printed supplement or addition to a
eljassage in the boats, the sea running very high, sue- newspaper, or any printed price current or commercial
obefeuth!:id at two P.M. in reaching the brig, which proved to list, shall be conveyed by the post under tee regulations
Jane, of Sunderland, having only saved a portion of this present warrant, unless the same shall be sent
r clothing. On leaving the steamer there was without a cover, or in a cover open at the sides, and
More than five feet of water in the hold, so that it was unless there be no word or communication printed on
Impossible she could live three hours afterwards ; they the paper after its publication, or upon the cover
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or
stated la the commencement, the Jane was bound cover of it, except the name and address of the person
stresswansea, but was driven up to Penarth roads by to whom sent, nor any paper or thing inclosed in or
gett_ of weather, bringing with her the crew of the with the same.
hunt The means of furnishing our readers with this The other clauses relate to the powers of the Treasury
was only placed at our disposal at a very late Commissiorn-rs, or any three of them, to alter the rates
hursday night, so that, as it has been !nest as they may see fit.
"urriedly compiled, it possibly may be found to be inac-
curate in
tiny be f some
of its details, which inaccuracies, should
net
to exist, we shall be moat happy to correct
wTicuil; number, as also to supply any particulars
Guard.
am, Sept. 19.
RE

THE LATE FIGHT FOR THE

CHAMPIONSHIP.

(From Bell's Life.)
Very great excitement has prevailed respecting the
termination of this fight. Fresh instances are reported
of the disgusting scenes and the gross outrages perpe-
trated on the roads to and from the field of battle.
Almost every person having the semblance of respecta-
bility was hustled or stopped, and every pocket cleaned
out, while some were actually thrown down, and their
boots taken off, to ascertain whether they had there
concealed their cash. The toll-keepers were in many
places surrounded, and "cleaned out" of all their takings,
in search of which visits were paid, with unblushing
effrontery, to their houses. Almost every publican was
robbed, the upstairs rooms often ransacked, and resist-
ance treated as a serious offence ; such gangs of preda-
tory marauders were never before let loose on the pub-
lic. It was openly said at Nottingham and elsewhere,
that any money betted against Cauut was safe, as it was
never intended to let him win.
It appears that the referee, who was present in the
Subscription Rooms at Doncaster daring the week, still
adheres to the decision he goore_respectiug the battle on
the field. He appeared to be strongly excited by the
statements that had been made with regard to his eon-
duct, particularly by what Spring said in his speech at
the benefit of Caunt, " that the referee decided under
the influence of intimidation, and that in fact from his
own acknowledgment in the presence of several persons,
he had not seen the last round." This the referee
repudiates very strongly. He acknowledges that
he said that he knew his- own-life-and-the lives of the
Editor of Bell's Life, as well as Tom Spring, Molyneux,
and several others would have been placed in jeopardy,
had he not decided in favour of Bendigo; but he states that
no apprehension, arising from this knowledge had in any
respect biassed the opinion he gave upon the last round.
He denies that any appeal was made to him when Bendigo
struck Caunt on!the abdomin in the 92d round. He described
Caunt as a great, big, overgrown fellow, awkward, and
no fighter, who could neither hit nor stop with precision,
and who depended on catching and hugging his man at
the ropes, aneLliaaging_or-falling=upon-frma. He spoke
with indignation of the length of the spikes in his shoes,
and designated him as a man in every way objectionable,
and said he would not mind fighting him himself " on
horseback," a positioni vi.rh—therefel•ee, it is under-
stood, has already signalised himself. In answer to these
statements, it is urged that Caunt had no other means
of opposing his man but by the system he adopted, for
Bendigo invariably endeavoured to fall and elude him
immediately upon having delivered a blow, and that
Bendigo's plan of falling to avoid a return, and,
after a round was finished, jumping up again to
catch his opponent treacherously and unawares, was
unmanly, and contrary to the rules of fair fighting.
The report is, that Bendigo, who was himself in the
town of Doncaster, apparently quite recovered from the
consequences of his late conquest, has, however, suffered
severely from the punishment given him, and that one or
two of his ribs were broken in the falls to which he was
exposed. During the last week a letter was addressed
to the editor of Bel's Life, as the stakeholder upon the
occasion, from a solicitor on the part of Caunt, giving
him notice not to pay over the stakes without his con-
sent, under the penalty of legal proceedings being com-
menced against him ; but this, it is supposed, will be
withdrawn, after the decision of the referee, which is
contained in the following letter addressed to the editor
of Bell's Life, stakeholder, &c., and which, it is pre-
sumed, will terminate the disputes upon this knotty
question :

PL BISHOP of EXETER
.AeGetinA! AGAIN.
heldtl,ro3l-d):7,RinStEheTVleBs.t—ryAofveSr3t.for
the yurpo" Andrew'slnimerens Church,f
of considering the Bishop
°Pialons relative to the questions of church-rates '
Pew-rents, the Exeter's
created
, Much and no little
throognopromulgation of which has.n recentlyatisfa etaion nd
ondence between
thel
readiuntgt the
atisohr diocese.re surprise,:poT he discussion, dto"gseth.ehrnwreihth.
wardens and the
rief desctipti op
great
tach
144, to
tiveotithof the mainreeeapnoPiinedts severali
I l issile hours,wthlelperobbuatblya
it'll() trtanee whicehgtehneerahlihabidtearntsr of thisidea toofwtnheat
rtileatlenient of the church-rate q.ucesrtiol,n..ho
presided,
eXplaineren4lN HATCHARD, thF Vina a
Bider*, 1 - 'Ned of the meeting i
arr. A.
ei,ngth• speech of
tchoenn-
read th QINGSTON one of the churchwardens, then
Vi a,
,l° cOrresn edence which has passe
The
tli,--i'llti the Bishop,c and also between the wardens and
gist ofth;_ r.Martin, Chancellor
• -et*
the
riai to the correspondence is, perhaps,
44141 rt..e.,untearnebilsien. o rietc oarPdPoe; having been
omfastet-.
arsnythehatricn
dthe fabric, the
ht-har ael it
Pet hahraaitvs is
. n
mate-
s 'rota 160 3to 1817, and then only resorted to i
iaeidere!ice of a storm which damaefl
The practice
eoif„_ [fit expeeses for repairs of the
tesurch having been
had defrayed out of the pew-ren .
d as found
to sanctioned by previous is ,
same time,
"anwer
at the ,
"4
Prete every purpose, obviating,.
between the church
- 'll
. ' b• hops an w
ituth.i.xet fur strife and contention
the yr t.' 8 and those who conscientiously
however, be
seen,P4teeut of church-rates. It will,from a letter ad-
dress by the following extracts
nt Bishop object to
• hop of
sea to the churchwardens by the present
the
prZte,r, that his Lordship is resolved to discontinue
ee
be coin-
of -wlFe,_ cif Pew-rents in parish churches, the consequence
Pelledien would be, that the churchwardens would
fl. to make a church-rate however repugnant to the
0 e parishioners. Ilis
teeethillogs f h • • ' • Lordship, in alluding
, custom of pew-rents says :
,7, , ,
and
in it',le present practice I cannot but condemn, as wrong
en, 'elf, and contrary to the laws, both ecclesiastical
iag to ,•, t as not even the excuse
usage,
for r uell.eve it had, of long and uninterrupted
'13°41 I h which I was will-
heti t
s of the several
P eef is now before me, by the evidence of former
naves,P 8, subscribed by the churchwarden
und
t..,tha,t_ fr9rn the year 1826 (how much earlier I know
wttv
lian iaaa inclusive, a ch7ch-_rate of 6d. in the po
practice is
series ipially raised, and in the lastfonr years of the.
there 20 per cent. in addition. The existing
haft ,ore a recent departure from re-established legal
ge, and recent return to an old and illegal abuse.
* * *
as a bishop
/ sZtrPon the whole, it is most manifest, thatled
ge of such
heitould depart from my duty, if the knowledge
longer
forbid the
them being forced upon me, I should any ger tolerate
ella', I do, therefore, hereby absolutely
I afßxin
• ' di church ; and
renWardens of St. Andrew's to continue the practice
4he --g rents to the seats in their paris
htycreby require them to order__,
on
fi just consideration,
deem 111 such manner as they h
parishioners.
the seats according to
. 11. EXETER.
moat suitable and convenientsa to all, the
(Signed) „
I'llishopstowe, Sept. 13, 18-1.
1 e Bishop was
,T remarked 1
The I/ v CHAIRMA ,
having
the conclusion of the reading otfltahtet.documents,
For hi., own part,
geti :1- e in'ihin the time specified.
Z‘blie re error as regardtd. a_ church-rate..
regret to find a
should
.aoei made
was to preserve harmony among his pa-
eGod blessed him
Cill,anerVand most deeply
rotect the
be his business to p
aiti'ich-rate introduced. So l'aig as
be lth it should
tihta a '
viw,„_
the practice of
s objected to
Cl rich and poor indiscriminately. lie was aa,,,1 that some person ,
and therefore an ob-
lelszyz:a•rate was a compulsory, _
t11.:1111, but that was a source of voluntary, whereas
lewos i,„
food-will in the
• 4rish!),.w peace, harmony, and &o
b " 'lost. He should regard it as the funeral
Ache 1,40 d
Of -NI p
Iconfident that the subs'i '
'tution
a ehtirch nicheers..)
Lurs te-t
the other
Z),est st . -rate fur pew-rents, would tend to raise up
t, ripe
p. 11 th itild he rtburning. It was only
of w Is op uLondon sanctioned
for the
sole
rimest liackney in adopting pew-rents,
church-
ti-.
4t
--e
I/. h a f
ettmg ri
_o e Feat he
t
a man of
'shop of Exeter was undoubtedly
.i.
ex.
lte'lltlTl, s,l3°.f g • rid _of the necessity for a
ee.lent ell, ts, but he had met with his match in their kri%hi vicar and the churchwardens, whom take.
Poruhteeer3 were bound to support in that most i
4,kftercontest.
PrePosed4 inng discussion, a series of resolutions
Putt the
tend agreed to, pledging the meeting to h P,s
ssvnere-
ent'der, theetirehwardens in their resistance of the Bisloror
ett),e tap.: eb.viaus object being to furnish a pretex
. ,44:1 of church-rate. It was further resolved,the
lalio, -c„)ls3' of the resolutions be forwarded to
A ‘,llol°l tseter for his Lordship's consideration. _
tlhtioa eOf thanks to the vicar was carried by accla-
meeting separated.
' ead the
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th s'aY's G POSTAGE.
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Al %of
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'hlttr: or r:bitttate) within the United Kingdom and
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try klttt 14437 of Panatna, there shall be charged and
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la at 81441 1:311u, aild third clauses of this present war-
kt,„' fiervie et extend to the letters of soldiers or sailors
in if:, Pro 4 I her Majesty or of the East India Corn-
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TO THE EDITOR OF "DELL'S LIFE IN LONDON,"
STAKEHOLDER, &C.

Sir,—An appeal having been made to me as referee,
through the medium of your paper, by Mr. Spring, to
reverse my decision in the late tight between Bendigo
and (;aunt, on grounds unworthy of my consideration, I
request you will confirm that decision by paying over
the stakes to Bendigo, who, in my opinion, is justly en-
titled to them. It was with the greatest reluctance, and
at the particular request of my friends, and the una-
nimous solicitation of the backers of the men, that I
accepted the office ; but I shall always consider it one
of the greatest acts of fully I ever was guilty of in my
life. In discharging my duty, I endeavoured to do justice
to the contending parties to the best of my abilities and
judgment ; and, arriving at the conclusion I did, and now
confirm, I was actuated only by a complete conviction of
the justice of my decision, and not from the intimidation
of the " roughs, as Mr. Spring states in his letter. It
would redound more to the credit of the ex-champion, if
he termed my decision an error in judgment, rather than
a direct robbery. Such insinuations against a gentle-
man who undertakes the office of referee, merely to
oblige both parties, and unanimously chosen by them,
are not ca!ulated to induce any gentleman in future to
accept it ; and, in taking leave of the ring, I should ad-
vise all my young friends to avoid so thankless and un-

satisfact )ryan office.
.1-Iltd I been under the intimi

dation of (he " roughs," I had several opportunities of
putting an end to the fight before the conclusion, by acts
on the part of Count.
A noble lord and several gentlemen who stood close
to me during the whole fight can corroborate this state-
ment. I most positively deny that I stated to any ono
that a man going down without a blow, after he himself
had treacherously delivered blows, was fair. In no one
instance, in my judgment, did Bendigo break the laws of
fair fighting. I must also contradict, in the most positive
manner, that I even stated to any person that I did not
see the last round, which Mr. Saunders, of St. Martin's-
lane has advanced. I saw every round distinctly and
clearly, and when Caunt came up the last round he had
evidently not recovered from the 92d. After the men

were in position Bendigo very soon commenced opera-
tions, and Caunt turned round directly and skulked
away with his back to Bendigo, and sat down on his
nether end. lie never knocked Bendigo down once in
the fight, nor ever got him against the ropes in the last
round. In my opinion Caunt got away as soon as he
could from Bendigo, fell without a blow to avoid being
hit out of time, and fairly lost the fight.—l am your
obedient servant, TUE OLD SQUIRE.
Doncaster, Sept. 18, 1845.

H YDRO PHOBIA.
THE LATE DUKE OF RICHSIOND.

The following particulars, given by Mr. Tolfrey, in
his recent publication, will be read with interest, par-
ticularly by those (and there are many in Brighton as
well as in Sussex) who personally knew the estimable
Nobleman to whom the melancholy details refer.
It will lie necessary to observe that the conversation,
with which the account opens, took place at a tent
dinner-party in the woods, given on the occasion of hy-
ing out the site of a new town :

-"
As the Duke was sipping his claret, he observed to
Colonel Cockburn, I don't know how it is, Cockburn,
but I cannot relish my wine to-night as usual, and I feel
that if I were a dog, I should be shot for a mad one."
" What must have been the feeling that could have
dictated such an extraordinary speech Was it the re-
sult of disease operating on the nervous system, and af-
fecting the mind in connexion with the accident itself ?
This is scarcely conceivable ; fur, up to the moment of
the utterance of this singular expression, the Duke had
never alluded in any way whatever to the circumstance
of having been biten. The insidious poiso❑ lurking in
the veins may have given rise to sensations which called
forth the observation ; but under any circumstances it
must be quoted as a remarkable instance of prediction, if
not prescience. To the majority of the party present
the words were unheaded, or perhaps looked upon as a
quaint and passing observation. Not so, however, with
Colonel Cockburn and Major Bowles, who viewed the
matter in a more serious light ; for as soon as the meet-
ing broke up and the Duke had retired to his tent, they
held a consultation, and communicated their thoughts as
well as apprehensions to each other.'
The disorder unhappily made progress ; and the fatal
result is thus described by Mr. Tolfrey:—
" Colonel Cockburn and Major Bowles pressed the
Duke to partake of some nourishment: but the tea and
coffee were untouched, and an impatient gesture of the
hand betrayed the sufferings of the object of their soli-
citude at the sight of liquids. The meal was hurried
over with all practicable dispatch, and the Duke con-
sented to accompany the gentlemen down to the river
and embark in the canoe ; and it had been decided upon
that Major Bowles was to attend the Duke while Colonel
Cockburn rode from the place of embarkation to the
Rapids, there to make arrangements for the Duke's being
conveyed down the Ottoway to Lachine, about nine
miles from Montreal. Leaning on the arm of his com-
panion the Duke walked to the river's side, but the
moment his Grace saw the water, a spasmodic seizure
told the agony he was enduring. He was turning away
from the obnoxious element, when his Grace was en-
treated to muster resolution and enter the canoe. With
a desperate effort he did so. exclaiming, as he rushed
into the frail bark, Charles Lennox never was afraid
of anything.'

"Siajor-Bowles quickly followed ; the Canadian boat-
men shoved off, and the canoe, with its illustrious freight,
was soon floating down the current. Its course, how-
ever, was bat or short duration ; for a few seconds
a l sear!ely cre tile Duke, in a paroxysm of
' -_,ne of the Canadian boatmen by the
ling hika with frantic earnestness to row

zon y

.oat, coin

rho mandate was of t.
ve,n del

imperative a nature to ad-
: it wa3 obeyed on the in-

mit of a rt

start ; and the canoe had scarcely grated on the strand
before the Duke had kaued upou the hank, and was
making for the woods. Col. Cockburn, who had mounted
his horse for the purpose of apprising the Batteliers at
the station at the head of the Rapids of the Duke's ap-

preach, had not proceeded half a mile, when he caught
a glimpse of his Grace through the pine-trees, running
at the top of his speed in an opposite direction
from the river. To turn his horse and gallop after the
Duke was the work of a moment, and having succeeded
in his object, the next point was to place the unhappy
Nobleman under shelter. One of the boatmen who had
followed the Duke into the woods having reached the
spot where Colonel Cockburn had overtaken his Grace,
under to to conduct the party to a farm-house, about a
quarter of a mile lower down the stream.
" To this humble dwelling the Duke was taken ; but
when laid npon a sofa in the only habitable apartment
of this building, his Grace's agitation increased to a
violent degree ; and, while labouring under frightful
spasmodic affection, he entreated to be removed further
from the river, as he could hear the rippling caused by
the current. In compliance with this request, the Duke
was supported by Major Bowles and Colonel Cockburn
to a barn, about one hundred yards in the rear of the
dwelling-house, and a rude bed of clean straw having been
piled together in one corner, his Grace was laid upon it. It
became evident to those around the sufferer that the
dreadful crisis was approaching; indeed, the Duke him-
self was aware that his last hour was at hand. His
Grace was perfectly calm and collected and resigned to
his fate; so much so, that a very short time before he
breathed his last, the Duke wrote a letter to Lady Mary
Lennox, his eldest daughter, the contents of which re-
' lated to family matters of a strictly private nature.
From the moment this task had been accomplished, the
Duke grew gradually worse, and appeared to be sinking.
Towards evening his Grace was seized with shivering-
fits, and the extremities became cold ; but his senses
never forsook him: he recognised every one around him,
and prayed to he released from his sufferings. About
eight o'clock this revered and lamented Nobleman
breathed his last, with the resignation of a Christian,
and the fortitude which is inseparable from the just and
the good.—Brighton Herald.

THE NAVAL RETIREMENT.
TO THE EDITOR OF THE SUN.
Sin,—Your well-known advocacy of the claims of the
navy induces me to lay before you a few remarks on the
naval retirement, which is about to be consummated
only with respect to the Post List, to the exclusion of
the commanders and lieutenants, which must be pre-
mised from the fact, that not a word has been said of
the other rank, either in the way of promise that their
case shall likewise meet with due consideration now, or
at some future period, or even a word of consolation to
the effect that they are not wholly forgotten. Standing
as their claims do in many cases preeminently superior,
to their seniors in rank, it can hardly be believed that
such partiality as this can be intended, and that such an
extensive and sweeping retirement as to include nearly
half of the captains, should be only extended to one
class, and that class, already possesing all out of the few,
verp few rewards, that have been doled out, at various
periods to the British navy.
The present limited retirement of the captains alone,
besides disorganising the service and causing an undue
disparity to exist between the captains and commanders
inconsistent with their relative ranks with the army,
both with respect to pay and widow's pension, is calcu-
lated to cause much discontent, as the old commanders
should at least be justly compensated, ere innovations
calculated to depress their rank are introduced ; there-
fore, should it be found that this long-sought for retire-
ment is to be confined to the captains alone, the only
conclusion we can arrive at is, that what has been done
was not done from a sense of justice and gratitude to
those veteran officers, but only with a view to remove
the impediment, which they constantly presented to the
advance of the younger and more fortunate scions of the
aristocracy, who have crowded into the service since the
peace, and that it is to make room for these favoured
sons of fortune that the old war officers are to be thrust
aside.
If it is the intention of our rulers at the next session
of Parliament to treat the other Lists as they have that
of the captains, no one would complain at the delay, as
the poor can never hope to be served at the same time as
the rich, and Lazarus must await until Dives has dined,
that he may partake of the crams that may remain. Not
that I would be understood to detract from the merits of
those fortunate officers who are to partake of the sum
granted ; which, though tolerably liberal, as it is, when
applied to one rank only, is in amount such as many of
our nobility could give their ladies as pin money, and
when coming from a great nation to that nation's chief
support, her pride, her boast, her glory, is but an in-
glorious testimony of her gratitude.
If the other ranks of the navy hope to obtain that
compensation for their services which is so justly their
due, now is the time to make the effort, before the next
session of Parliament, while the subject is under the
consideration of the House. An appeal should at once
be made against the injustice of leaving them wholly
unconsidered ; and, with the aid of your valuable advo-
cacy, and that of tthe press in generAl, which should:be
invoked in their behalf, I doubt not of success, as it is
to be hoped that the spirit of equity, justice, and con-
sistency will influence the Government to go on with the
good work which they have so boldly begun.—l have
the honour to,be, Sir, your obedient servant,
Exeter, Sept. 19, 1845. JUSTITIA.

on an impartial report of that kind that it can come to a
satisfactory decision. Two communications from M.
Payen and M. Phillippon were made on the disease
which has attacked the potatoes in Holland, Belgium,
some parts of Germany, and the northern and western
departments of France. The information now given
dots not add much to that which we previously pos-
sessed. It seems to be admitted on all sides that the
disease is a parisitical vegetable, and that it exists only,
although to a great extent, in certain localities. Equally
certain is it that the disease is apparent where it does
exist, and that no danger can possibly result from the
eating of potatoes which, being boiled, present no appear-
ance of taint or decay. M. Payen is of opinion also,
that, where the tubercle is only partially diseased, the
sound parts may be separated for use, by the extraction
of the diseased portion, and that, where the potatoes
are only slightly attacked, they may be given safely
as food to animals, if the water in which they are
boiled be thrown away. This, however, is reasoning
without knowledge of the precise operation of the poison-
ous principle, and of its being taken up by the water.
It would, we think, be very dangerous to act upon the
opinion of M. Payen to any extent without first trying
the effect on a small scale. M. Biot presented to the
Academy an apparatus which is used in Germany by
the sugar manufacturers to try the strength and cha-
racter of their syrup, and also by medical men as a test
in diabetic urine. It is of very simple construction.
It consists of two concentric prisms of nickle, one of which
is fixed, whilst the other, to which the eye is applied, is
moveable. They are separated by a tube, which is filled
with the solution to be examined. The two prisms are so
placed that the light polarised by the first may be refused
by the second. The solution is now introduced. A coloured
object is seen, which is at first blue. The moveable prism
is now turned until the object is yellow. The angle of
rotation to arrive at this tint gives, by means of a table,
the quantity of crystallisable sugar contained in the
solution. M. Bourguy read a paper to prove the exist-
ence of nerves in the serous membranes. M. Arago read
a communication from Professor Owen, of London, and
corresponding member of the Academy, on the fossil
teeth of a monkey of a particular species. A paper was
received from M. Matteuci on the electrical powers of the
torpedo. He shows that the discharge proceeds from a
particular part of the body, between the back and the
belly, and not, as has been asserted, from all parts of the
eel.

Hall, Owen, Wocd, Knox, Peto ; TPaymaster Court,
Lieu:;. and Adjutant Bicknell, Quart. i master Hickson,
and Surgeon ill-Bean. Effective str( mgth of six com-
panies and head-quarters, 1 sere ant-major, 28 ser-
geants, 11 drummers, and 409 rank a' Recruiting
—4 sergeants and 8 rank and file. Colonel Love and
Captain Pinkney arc on the staff at Ca rmarthen; Captain
Parkinso❑ is on leave till he retires orr, half-pay.