26 SEPTEMBER 1846, Page 12

Sir William Symonds, the Surveyor of the Navy, had a

very narrow escape during a recent collision between the Phoenix and Herald steamers, in the narrow channel of the Swash. Sir• William was in the bows of the Phoenix, and when the vessels parted, was carried off astride of the cut- water of the Herald. Much alarm was felt on board the Phoenix when he was missed, as he was thought to be drowned. Fortunately, he suf- fered no injury from the accident.

Sir Edward Lees, late Secretary to the Postmaster-General in Edin- burgh, died very suddenly on the morning of the 24th instant, at his cot- tage at Broughty Ferry, near Dundee. Sir Edward had suffered for years from a complaint of the heart, and it is supposed that he died in his sleep without a struggle.