The Sun.
London, England, 1845-09-13 00:00:00

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COWES, ISLE OF WIGHT.
(F.O), OUR OWN CORRESPONDENT.)
ROYAL YACHT SQUADRON INTELLIGENCE.
ARRIVALS.
SEPT. 9.—Maud schooner, Thomas Legh, Esq., from Dartmouth ;
Columbine yawl, J. H. Smith Barry, Esq., from Dartmouth.
11th.—Heroine cutter, J. R. Carnac, Esq., western ports; Iris
cutter, Robert Rodney, Ern., Plymouth, and other ports.
SAILINGS.
SEPT. B.—Noran cutter, Sir H. B. Iloghton, Bart., for Cork; Sea•
Sower cutter, Thomas Gibson, Esq., for Cherbourg; Gitana schooner,
J. Dishy Murry, Esq., for the Mediterranean.
10th.—Columbine yawl, J. H. Smith Barry, Esq., for Cherbourg.
11th 'Nautilus cutter, R. S. Wardell, Esq., on a cruise to the west-
ward ; Maud schooner, Thomas Legh, Esq., for Cork.
YACHTS AT AND ABOUT THE STATION.
Schooners—Galatea, Ariel, Flirt, Esmeralda, Zephyretta, Wyvern,
and Emmeline brigantine. • 1
Cutters--Charlotte, Avenger, Forest Fly, Corsair, Elizabeth,
Breeze, Will-o'-the-Wisp, Turquoise, Medina, Gauntlet, Iris, Heroine.
Albatross yawl and Gulnare lugger.
A sailing match for 1,000 guineas will take place on the 18th inst.,
between two of the Royal Yacht Squadron schooners, viz., the
Zephyretta, Henry Hope, Esq., and the Wyvern, his Grace the Duke
of Marlborough. The course is to be from the Nab Light vessel
round the Eddystone, and back.
A. splendid new schooner, of 126 tons, to be called the Ondine, built
by Mr. Michael Ratsey for Captain Ponsonby, of the Royal Yacht
Squadron, will be latiliched on Wednesday next.
Mr. Ratsey has also had the keel of a new cutter of 100 tons laid
down durin,i, the week.
Mr. Joseph Willie has laid down the keel of the schooner he is
about to build for the Emperor of Russia : she is to be 250 tons, and
completed in June next.;
Earl and Countess Ferrari, and several other fashionables, are at
the Vine Hotel.
AnarvALs AT THE GLOBE HOTEL.—Sir R. B. and Lady Phillipps,
Sir John and Lady Hanbury,' Hon. Mr. Hanbury, Lord 11. Loftus,
Countess Poulett, Hon. Miss Dormer, Lord Hinton, Captain Lyons,
Mr. and Mrs. Page, and Mr. Hart.
The following fashionables have houses for the bathing season
Thomas Dent, Esq., Wood Vale ; Sir L. Shadwell, Egypt House ;
Mr. Knox, Gothic Hall; Mr. Congreve, Beach Villa; Captain Hou-
stoun, 9th Cottage ; Captain C. Hamlyn Williams, Bth Cottage ; Mr.
Moxton, 7th Cottage ; Mr. Smith Barry, 6th Cottage ; Sir B.
Graham, Norfolk House ; Sir W. Montagu, Grantham House ; Mr.
Talbot, Trafalgar House ; Mr. Sergeant Shea, Gothic Villa ; Lady
Galloway, 3, Bath-buildings ; Sir W. Lane, 2, Bath-buildings ; Lady
Pigott, 1, Bath-buildings; Lady Ashbrook, Small Pavilion; Sir E.
Paget, at the Castle ; Lord Loftus, Vine Cottage ; Lady Poulett,
South Parade ; Mr. Hambrough, Oak-hill House ; Mr. White Hedges,
Prospect House ; Mr. Vivian, Sea-view House ; Mr. C. Loder, White
Rose Cottage ; Mr. Smith, Rose Lodge.
DEPARTURES.—Lord Clonbrock, from the Parsonage ; Mr. Weld,
from the Pavilion ; Mr. H. Hamoud, from Rose Mount ; and Mr.
Thomas Legh, from South Parade.
The harvest has been secured in excellent condition; the only
complaint we hear is that the rickyards are all too small for the crops.

TO THE EDITOR OF THE SUN.
Sia,—A report having appeared in your paper of the 11th inst. re-
specting the trial and conviction of a Mrs. Bland (an actress), at the
Middlesex Sessions on a charge of picking pockets in the streets of
London, and it having been reported (somewhat gratuitously) that
the husband of that person was an actor in the Dublin Theatre, I beg
you will I6se no time in doing me an act of justice by publishing this
letter, which is particularly called for, inasmuch as I have had the
honour of being a member of the Theatre Royal, Dublin, under the
management of J. W. Calcraft, Esq., for the period of three years,
during which time my wife has never left Dublin, and is at the
present moment residing in that city.
I also beg to say that I am the only performer of the name of
Bland connected with the Theatre Royal, Dublin, although there are
two or three minor theatres in the city to which performers of the
same name may possibly bo attached.
As it is sufficiently evident that the report in question is calculated
to injure myself and wife, I trust you will comply with the request
of, Sir, your obedient servant,
HARCOURT BLAND, of the Theatre Royal, Dublin.
Theatre Royal, Bristol, Sept. 12, 1845.

The FIGHT for the CHAMPIONSHIP.
The following " Remarks" on the Fight for the Championship,
between Caunt and Bendigo, which took place on Tuesday last, aro
extracted from The Sporfraun's Magazine and Life in London, a spi-
rited and admirably-conducted weekly publication
"REMARKS.
" The style of both the men may be best judged from the particu-
lars of the rounds ; Count seemed ever eager, and occasionally lost
his temper, by which he threw away a chance which moderation,
steadiness, and coolness might have given to him. His physical ad-
vantages—height, weight, length, and strength—were too great to
allow of that deviation on his side which was accorded on the other;
for it was impossible to repress a feeling for the boldness, dexterity,
and quickness of the lesser man, whose escape from utter annihilation
seemed little short of a miracle. Hence much of the imputed unfair-
ness. Yet we must here record our deliberate conviction that, although
Bendigo was often sailing too near the verge of unfairness to be alto-
gether pleasant or proper, yet this only occurred in the earlier rounds,
and that it must be viewed as a set-off for natural qualifications which
the lesser man supplied by activity and skill. To have stood up and
exchanged blow for blow in half-arm rallies with an overwhelming
giant like his opponent must have quickly terminated the contest
without a hope on the part of the lesser man. Indeed, it would have
been the very hammering game at which a thorough staunch man
like Cauut, with unmatched strength, must annihilate an adversary :
he was, therefore, expected to shift and get down ; and it argues
little for Caunt's skill or gift of hitting, that a man of twelve
stone should fight for two hours and eight minutes, and leave off
with a few slight contusions. Bendigo, however, declared, pre-
vious to entering the ring, that, win or lose, he would not fight
again, a resolution we sincerely commend. He is thirty-three
years of age, a time at which professed pugilists, especially of the
heavier weights, should retire. He may well repose beneath the
shade of the laurels he has won, although we doubt not that there
aro many wits would fain pluck the leaves from his brow. Both
sides cannot be satisfied ; the London division, and the most expe-
rienced members of the corps pugilistigue, have large odds in favour
of Count, whose science,; it was declared, was so much improved
that Bendigo would be served ala Nick Ward ; the result proved
their error. Bendigo is a bolder man than Ward—ready, cool, and
courageous ; the first fight with Ward, which Nick won, was but 11
or 12 minutes ; the second, which he lost, 47 minutes of manoeuvring,
while Bendigo, on the first occasion, fought Count 22 rounds and
47 minutes; and on the second, after 75 rounds, occupying
1 hour and 20 minutes, he lost by getting down too quickly ;
this third time ho contended for 128 minutes, a pretty convincing
proof of the difference between Caunt's two competitors. Count
will, of course, challenge the championship, and in the present dearth
of big men we do not know of any one who could contest the claim.
Independent of ill-health, wo cannot think the Tipton Slasher, slow
and navigatorish, could have the ghost of a chance with so resolute
and two-handed a fighter as the mighty Ben—mighty, although for
the present, fallen. That the losers. will grumble and seek to re-
vise the decision, we doubt not, but it is a duty which the press
owes, without fear, favour, partiality, or affection, to support ri-
gorously the decision of the appointed judge, when acting, as Mr. o—n
unquestionably did, with perfect bond fries. If this is not done, a most
dangerous and destructive precedent is introduced, which can involve
no lesser consequence than the utter ruin of the ring. No one can impeach
the uprightness of the judge, and the absurd rumours about the in-
tention to retain the stakes, divide them, or to adjourn the affair to
another day and another trial, are as foolish as they are mischievous.
If those who have always supported this authority are the first to
renounce, deny, and Invalidate it, what can be said ? That they are
the worst enemies of tile system they profess to uphold. In con-
clusion, we may observe that the result of the battle was known in
London before eight,-by means of pigeons and the telegraph. Many
clever people, however, knew it for certain.long before it took place.
The lateness of the hour, half-past six—it was dark a little after
seven—precluded the possibility of the second contest, that between
Maley and Merriman, from being proceeded with. Indeed, as those
worthies have proved rather long-winded in their former battles, it
would be as well to give them a long day.' "

STATE OF TRADE.—The demand still continues
fair and steady. Wools remain firm. Lamb's wool yarns have again
advanced Id. per lb., and are still scarce. There is a greatly
diminished supply of wrought country hose, arising from the circum-
stance of most of the hands being employed hi the harvest. The
present demand may be fairly expected to continue for two or three
monis at least.—Leicestershire Mercury.
CAUTION TO PRINTERS.—We ndvise printers to be
on their guard against a tramp named M`Donald, an Irishman, who
last week had a few days' work at our office. Ho had been kindly
treated by the men, although without a card ; notwithstanding
which, the fellow decamped with a couple of composing-sticks from
the office (one marked "W. T. G., Swansea)." lie offered the sticks
for sale to some of the printers in the town, at the same time present-
ing a plausibly-written begging letter, to which he had affixed Mr.
D. Rees's name as a contributor for 4s. Gd. He effected his retreat
before the loss of the sticks was discovered, otherwise he would, ere
this, have taken up his quarters in the Rouge of Correction. He is
a seedy-looking fellow, about sft. 3in. high, and wears a broad-
brimmed hat.—Cambrian. •

LORD PANNIURE.—We regret to learn that this
patriotic Nobleman was seized with serious indisposition last week,
while at his shooting quarters, Millden, nigh the Grampians. Dr.
Guthrie, of Brechin, the most eminent medical man in the district,
has since been in daily attendance on his Lordship, who, it is to be
earnestly hoped, will be enabled to rally from this attack.—Caleck-
nian Mercury.
REBECCA AGAIN.—In carrying out the provisions
of the late Act of Parliament relating to the Turnpike Trusts in
South Wales some of the gates in the neighbourhood of Brecon have
already been removed, the tolls reduced, and the distances between
other gates are about being equalised. Among the latter the turn-
pike-gate near the ninth mile-stone on the Merthyr road, is to be re-
moved and a new toll-house erected this side of the Story's Arms.
This building was last week in course of erection, and in a few days
expected to be finished ; but lo ! on Monday morning last, upon the
workmen going to their work, the new toll-house had disappeared,
and the men were struck with astonishment at the industry displayed
by the parks who had in so short a period levelled their work.—
Hereford Journal.
METROPOLITAN FAIRS.—The fairs hitely held and
are now holding in various suburban districts of the metropolis, in
the place of those held by ancient usage, which were suppressed a
few years since by magisterial influence, are the speculation of a
single individual, long connected with the show trade, who rents the
land, and then sub-lets it. In several instances this has proved a
profitable speculation. _ _

The koyal Devon and Cornwall Horticultural So-
ciety held its third and last meeting for the season on Thursday, in the
assembly-room of the Royal Hotel, Plymouth. The display of flowers
was large and beautiful, anti comprised some very choice specimens
of those now in season. There was an excellent display of fruit and
vegetables also, especially of the former, which were the more
abundantly tbrnished, probably, from the circumstance that the fruit
was to tbrm the principal attraction: at a grand dejefini, which
was to be held at roar o'clock. The company was a brilliant and
fashionable one, comprising most of the county families; of South
Devon and East Cornwall. q he ddefine was presided over by the Earl of
Morley, who was supported by 31alerGeneral the lion. H. Murray,
Admiral Pym, Thomas Gill, Req., M.P., and a number of other gen-
tlemen. There was also a large attendance of ladies present, headed
by the Countess of Mbriey, &c. The Noble Chairman presided with
considerable ability, and the usual loyal toasts were drttnk bn the
occasion. About 200 sat down, and Um pleasures of the day were
closed in the evening by a dance.
The Duke and Duchess of Roxburghe will receive
a large party at Fleurs Castle at the close of this month, when the
Royal Caledonian Iltmt meeting is to take place at Kelso, the Noble
Duke being President this year. The Dowager Duchess Is prolong-
ing her residence at Brighton. _ _

CHIMNEY ox FIRE.—In consequence of the great
increase and prevalence of tire, from foul chimneys in the 'vicinity of
Spitalfrelds, the churchwardens of Christchurch have published and
distributed bills drawing the attention of the inhabitants to the sub-
ject. They quote the Act of 14th George 111., cap. 78, sec. 78, by
which all lodgers, tenants, renters, or holders of apartments, are
liable to the expenses incurred in case of any alarm of fire, trout such
a cause, which may be recovered by the churchwardens by distraint
upon the goods or chattels, if the amount be hot paid within fourteen
days, and expressing their Intention to carry the provisions of the Act
strictly into operation.

A GENTLEMAN BITTEN BY A RABID Doe..--
Yesterday morning, between eleven and twelve o'clock, it scrams ac-
cident occurred to Mr. Thomas Yandervelde, a law student, residing
in University-street, Tottenham-court-road. It appears that the
young gentleman had been fondling a pQ,t clog of the tenier bitis),
when the animal suddenly made a spring, and bit hfin lit tht hand.
He did not, however, at the moment pay any partietilftr attention to
the circumstance, attributing it to mere plat,. A few hours after-
wards, the arm becoming painful and inticaneil, he was induced, at
the suggestion of his friends, to send for Inedical assistance, when it
was feand necessary both to
excise, and afterwards cAnteriat, the
injured parts. As the symPtincs have since ahattd, strong hopes are
entertained of Mr. Yalerervelde's recovery. The dog, haVing
Silichent
unequivocal sign Of hydrophobia, was destroyed Witheet its" of
time.

INORDINATESIS DRINKING bk lititAleDY BY FIVE
YOUTHS.—Last night at eight o`elbek, Mr. Baker held an inquest at
the City Anna, Millwaih Miler, on the body of Henry Stroode, aged
seventeen years, sail apprentice on board the ship Tigress, now lying
in the West Ihiila export dock. It appeared by the evidence, that but
Thurwloy evening, about eight o'clock, the deceased, with three other
suttths, were invited on board the William Glllits by 11,,Wenno
Cott, an apprentice of the latter ship, to partake of tome brandy.
They remained on board about an hours (Wring Width brief space of
time they drank between them threre Wilts of strong brandy. They
drank the liquor out of a thinbler. Deceased, when he quitted the
ship, appeared to bti kather Intoxicated, but he contrived to regain
his own Ship, where he was shortly afterwards seen by John Suther-
land, the night watchman in the dock, in the act of taking off
his boots, near the cat-head of the vessel. In the morn-
ing following, at about six o'clock, on one of the seamen of the
Tigress going on deck, he found the deceased lying at the head
of the ship quite dead and cold. Mr. Smith, surgeon, deposed that
he was called to deceased. He found that he had been vomiting.
He was quite dead. On being informed of the circumstances attend-
ihe ng his death, witness inquired into the state of the other lads, when
was informed another named Dewes was in an insensible state.
wasdeel t
enabledl e liquor,
tattend was s seriously r o
beforeu l y
ie promptly administered the necessary remedies ; he was, alter
fouro
hours unremitting attention, pronounced out of danger. Weniae-
afterth
Coronere
to give
exces-
siveelt, potations, ohnads, provided
the
evidence. The other two boys fortunately
Serious consequences. Witness attributed l'aecaathedtot without
determination
very
blood to the head, brought on by inordinate draughtseerminat on o
of brandy.
The Coroner admonished the youths upon their conduct, and trusted
that the unfortunate result of their carousal would prove a serious
warning to them for the future. Verdict, " Found dead on the
deck
of the ship Tigress, apparently from the effects of au over draught of
brandy."

LARGE THISTLE.—There is now to be seen in the
Post-office garden, Wick, a scotch thistle, which has reached the
great height of seven feet six inches ! It Was lately in full bloom,
but the late storm was rather injurious to its Rather growth. There
are still, however, about 150 blossoms upon it. This is one of the
finest specimens of the real " Nemo me impune lacessit,"- which has
yet been produced in the far north. It appenno to have reached its
full height,--Nin evat hurnak