The Express.
London, England, 1860-08-04 00:00:00

ETON AND WESTMINSTER BOAT Adel.

Next in intermit to the University boat race has
ever been considered the aquatic contest between the
public schools of Eton and Westminster, and an additional
nest was given to that of yesterday from the circumstance
of its being the first that has taken place for many ream
and the revival was hailed with much gratification by all
gentlemen connected with river sports, and br none more
than those who were to be the principal actors in the scene.
Much pain had been taken to render both crews as effec-
tive as pomible, and the anticipation of good sport induced
• vast number of persons to be present ; but the event, so
far from being a realisation of the general expectation, was
very disappointing. The following were the crews :
Eros. 98111133113.
at 11) at lb
1. Garnett: 8 1
5. Lord narington
9 12 1. A. H. Tontitown 9 19
A R. Kasjecs
4. Y. H. 10 3 3. A. C. Oaslow lO 0
10 8 J. C. Hawkshawl. lO 0
6. B. L
6. H. B. Rhodos
7. C. B. Laws 9 7 7. W. 8. Wright
R. H. B. Humtrey. stroke 10 6 1.1. Forster, stroke
HopwOod. coxswain 66 I Yates. coaswala 6 8
The match was determined upon early this season, and
very little alteration took place in the crews selected The
Westminsters' tmining water was mainly between their seat
of learning and Putney. and although they were unsuccess-
ful in their race of yesterday it was from no lack of patience
or practice on their part, besides which they had the advan-
tage of instruction from old Weetrainatens, who 'cook
an interest in their advancement towards perfection as c.o.s.
men. The Etonians trained on their own water until
Monday. when they went to Putney, and practised over the
course which they were to row, and both parties within the
last few days have had the advantage of trials with crews
composed of gentlemen amateurs, in which they much dis-
tinguished themselves.
Until the arrival of the Etonians at Putney the West-
minster. were slightly the favourites, but after two or three
days the Etonians were taken for choice, sod yesterday be-
fore the start 2 to I was in many cases offered up them
The distance contested was not the university course from
Putney to the Ship at Mortlake, but from Putney to Chis-
wick Eyot, which was certainly quite far enough, and was
very well chosen. There were several steam Loan &mom-
nying the nice, and on their crowded decks many ladies,
but the weather was unfavourable: there being • drizzling
all the afternoon. Mr. J. WW. Chitty, of Exeter Col-
lege, Oxford, was umpire, and Mr. E. Searle starter.
The Etonians won the choice of place, and took the Middle-
sex aide some minutes before the Westminster* made their
appearance ; they were soon iD readiness, and off at • greet
pace, Westminster, if anything, having the advantage; but
it was only momentary, for, after the first hundred yards,
the Etonian" were beginning to draw in front, and in little
more than the next hundred had pulled their boat dear;
and although they kept very close into the shore, their op-
ponenta certainly being more in the centre and having
what was still running of the flood tide, the Etonian'
greatly improved their lead, and went two or three
away from their opponents in • very few strokes ; tens
arriving at the point the Westminster, put oe •
very fine spurt sad decreased the lead of their
opponeuts a length ; but still there was • lab
pp between them, and the Etonian went on
rotes in` it. Again and again the Westminster*, with the
most
buttpraiseworhy spirit, endeavoured to change the fortune
d the day, it was melees; they were not only over.

(TWOPENCE.

'matched, but did not row in anything like the usual excel-
lent style for which the school has long been celebrated.
The Etonian', on the oontraty, were very finished, very
r, and all exercised the same amount of power. and
eortontinned their lead t winning by about 160
pants, and doing the &Maims in 3 minutes 50 seconds. We
repeat that the Westminster', although losers, exhibited
ths most thorough game.

BRITISH CHESS

tOCIATIOY.

the meeting of this association will be held at
Cambridge on the 28th, 29th,. 30th, and 31st inst., under
the premamcy of the Wit Mos. Lord Lytteltom with
Laid cremorms sad Sir John Bland" Bart., as vice pre-
sidents ; sad a local oceernittee eormsting of the Rev. P.
EOM, M.A.. 9t. John's College ; Rev. M. M. U. Wakinson,
ILA., Trinity College; C. D. Livemg, Es q., M.A.,St. John's
Collage; B. W. Home, Esq., M.A. St. Johns College
B.
'Arr. Z. W. Wilkinson, Christ'. College • C. B.
Clarke,
cftit M.A., Queen's College; W. Everett, Bay,.
secretary and treasurer being Edwardl
Walker Esq., MA., Trinity College. The proings will
be inaugurated at ten o'clock a.m. on the :Nth with a
meeting of the subscribers, and immediately ou its termina-
tion will commence the grand tournament, consisting of a
series of matches between sixteen players.
This will be followed by the matches between clubs,
which will be contested by a limited number of players on
cash side, and will consist of game' played either single-
headed or in consultation ; in the latter case it is recom-
mended, for the gypge of saving time, that the allied
pier= on, each side shall not exceed two in number. The
prime In time easseeters ert ileashi of eels of
chessmen, in ivory, the awl:intim contributing, in each
instance, one-half of the cost, and the contending clubs the
other half, in equal proporticas. Clubs intending to take
a part in these matches ass requested to communicate with
the secretary at an early period. The names of competitom
are to tie seat is to the lead emosittee on or before the
18th day of August next, after which period the committee
reserve to themselves the right of rejecting, if they
think proper, all applications for admission. Every
competitor, on entering his name, is to pay an entrance fee
of one guinea, unless he shall hays previously paid a sub-
scription to that amount : and, if more than is gentlemen
enter their names, the local committee are to select that
umber out of the gentlemen eo entering their names to
form the tournament. Should more than the required
number of names lie entered, it will be competent to the
local committee to arrange a supplemental tournament,
with prizes dependent in amount on the hinds at their
disposal.
'the whole of the players are to he present at the close of
the meeting of subscribers, on the 28th day of August next,
when they will be paired by lots; and any player who shall
not then be in attendance is to be considered to have re-
; signed his place in the tournament, and the local committee
are to nominate another player in his stead.—/l/earreted
London Neter.

NAVAL AND MILITARY.

THE VICTORIA CROSS.

(nom LAID Nloll7'lll oiserri.)

Wes-oencs, AIIMAT 3.—The Queen lute been
graciously pleased to signify her intention to confer the de-
coration of the Victoria Cmss on the undermentioned
office's of her Majesty's Indian forces, whose claims to the
same have been submitted for her Majesty's approval, in
consideration of their gal entry and distinguished conduct
during the operations of the expeditionary force in Persia,
in 1856-57, as recorded against their several names, viz. :
20th Bombay Native Infantry—Captain John Augustus
Wood. On the 9th December, 1856, Captain Wood led the
°moodier company, which formed the head of the assault-
ing column sent against Bushire. He was the first man on
the parapet of the fort, where he was instantly attacked by
a large number of the garrison, who suddenly sprang on
him from a trench cut in the parapet itself. These men
fired a volley at Captain Wood and the head of the storm-
ing party, when only a yard or two distant from that
officer ; but &Moues Captain Wood was struck by no less
than seven musket balls, he at one threw himself upon the
enemy, passed his sword through the body of their leader,
and being dewily followed by the men of his company,
speedily overcame all opposition, and established himself in
the place. Captain Wood'sdecision, energy and determined
valour undoubtedly contributed in a high degree to the
anemia of the attack. Hu wounds compelled him to leave
the force for a time ; but with the true spirit of a pod
soldier he rejoined his regiment, and returned to his duty
at Bushier, before the wounds were properly healed.
3rd Bombay Light Cavalry—Lieutenant and Adjutant
Arthur Theca-Moore, and Lieutenant John Grant Ma.
column. On the swam of an attack oe the enemy on the
Bth of February, 1867, led by Lieutenant-Colonel Forbes,
C.Et., Lieutenant Moore, the adjutant of the regiment, was,
I=, the first of all by a horse's length. His horse
I"into the square, and latently fell dead, crushing
down his rider, and breaking his sword as he fell amid the
broken rake of the enemy. Lieutenant Moore speedily
extricated himself, and attempted with his broken sword to
force his way through the press ; but lie would aasuredly
have lost his life had not the gallant young Lieutenant
Malcolmson, observing his peril, fought his way to his dis-
mounted comrade through a crowd of enemies to his
rescue, and, giving him his stirrup, safely melted him
though everythiug out of the throng. The thoughtfulness
for others, cool determination, devoted courage, and ready
activity sham in extreme danger by this young officer,
Lieutenant Maloolmson, appear to have been most ad-
mirable, and to be worthy of the highest honour.
Her Majesty has also been graciously pleased to signify
her intention to confer the decoration of the Victoria Cross
on the undermentioned seaman of the royal navy, whose
claim to the same has been submitted for her Majesty's
approval, in consideration of an act of bravery which he
performed in the recent operations against rebel natives in
New Zealand, es recorded against his name ; viz. :
William Odgers, leading apeman of her Majesty's ship
Niger. On the 28th of March, 1860, William Odgers dis-
, played oonspicuous gallantry, at the storming of a Pah
during operations against rebel natives in New Zealand ,
having been the first to enter it under a heavy fire, and hav-
ing assisted in hauling down the enemy's colours.

ADMIRALTY, AIIOUST 3.—APPOINTMENTB. —Lieu-
inaot R. H. 1). King, to the Orion.
Paymaster E. Harris, to be additional to the Impreg-

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noble.
Assistant Paymaster J. N. Harvey, to the Royal Adelaide.
Experiments with a pontoon bridge, invented by
Captain Fowke, R.E., will be made on the Serpentine this
day (Saturday), at four o'clock, in the presence of his Royal
Highness the Duke of Cambridge and staff. The bridge will
be formed by a mixed forts of the Royal Engineers and of
the lst Middlesex Engineer Volunteers, under the oommand
of Captain M'Lsod of M'Leoi, they haying been especially
trained in this branch of their duties under the inventor's
personal superintendence.
THE Taoora uo CHlNAL—General Sir Hope Grant
has notified the following appointments :—Lieutenant-
Colonel Saumarex, 21st Madras Native Infantry, to be com-
mandant of Hong Koh; Captain Lynch, 87th Foot, to be
town major; Major Cobb, 87th, to command the provisional
battalion; Captain Vincent, 19th Punjaub Native Infantry,
to command Native Indian Depot at Hong Kong : Lieute-
nant Beasley, 87th, to command the Chinese coolie corps-
The The whole of the troops serving in Chins are to receive the
allowances gives in India.
Tun WkILANFFICK—Mr. W. Browne has been
appointed aceountant-genend of the Waroffice, vice Mr.
Kirby, who retires; Mr. John Milton succeeds Mr. Browne
SS assistant socountantleneral.

UNIVERSITY COLLEcE, LONDON. Yesterday
afternoon the annual distribution of prizes to tho pupils of
the junior school, in connexion with this college, took place
under the presidency of Mr. Edgar Bowring, son of Sir John
Bowring, who was amongst the earliest supporters of the
institution. A report detailing the operations of the reboot,
which were deicribed to be highly satisfactory, having been
read, Mr. Bowring briefly addressed the pupils, and then
presented prises for efficiency in classics, mathematics, and
various other branches of instruction.
Eros Cow-Bor.—The examinations for King's
which commenced on Monday last before the Provost and
Vice. Provost of Eton, the Provost of King's College, Cam-
bridge, the two posers the Rev. 0. Waterfleld end Mr.
Borer', fellows of King's, and the Head and Lower Masters
of Etoo, terminated this morning, and the result was an-
nounced by Dr. Goodford (head master) as follows.—
Placed on the indentures for King's College, Cambridge—.
Merrindin, Mosley, Hollingwoeth, ma., Young, ma., °seek%
Austin-Leigh, mu., Cobbold, aged respectively
Is yews ; Durntord, Churton, Daman, Cameron, aged re-
spectively 17 years. Rejected— Yhillpotts, no., Wilson,
and Constance. Arranged in order of merit for Eton
Foundation as vacancies occur :-1. Maude, 2. Blakrsley.
& Wood, 4. Morris, & Tindal, 6. Gambier, 7. Philp., 8.
Wilkinson, 9. Duruford, 10. Cheraside, 11. Walter Ware,
12. Sevier, 13. Giles, 14. Dowding, 15. Hawtrey, 16. Har-
rison, 17. Coleridge, 18. Foley, 19. Kewley, 90. Arthur Ware,
Superannuated—Ainger, Bosanquet, Pickering ; the latter
gentlemen has since been presented by the Provost of King's
to a scholarship.
" Mr. Frederic Jones has published a set of
Stereoscopic Views of the Interior of the Chapel Royal of St.
George*, Windsor. They are of remarkable merit. The depth
it long desk colonnades, with the mystic obscurities
dental Realms of light, is rendered with a fidelity to nature un-
equalled by anything we have ever seen In stervoscopes.—Athe.
meum. June 2S, IMO. "Highly Interesting and valuable."—Daily
News. The Beres complete (IS, scot free on receipt of a post-
Moworder for 275., or two samples for Is 2d. Wholesale and
for exportattoO.—Prederic loses, 148. Osfoid4ddeet, London,
Wel opposite Bondsweet.—sdragssment.