The Sun.
London, England, 1837-08-09 00:00:00

A Q /TA TICS.

GREENWICH REGATTA.—This matA amongst the watermen
at these stairs was very sell contested, but it is much to be
regretted that there were not more men to compete. Six
seullers in five beats is an absolute infliction, nor is it calculated
to increase the beauty of rowine.. It is a match invariably well
attended, and that too by the most respectable res'Alents
of
Blackheath and its vicinity. Three started for each of the
two first heats, and the first man of each laid by • the othcr
four then contended for the third heat, an.ti the two by;
of this
and the winner of the first and the winner of the second, rowed
for the fourth, In this heat they came in thus :—Robert
Wilson (green), first; Thomas Read (pink) second; Har-
rison (yellow), third ; and Perceval (light blue), fourth. In
the grand heat, which was between Read and Wilson, there
Was but little difference until rounding with the tide, when
;Wilson came up. The second 'man was impeded by some
craft, and the victory was won by Wilson.
COOMBEI AND CAMPBELL.—There was an immense atten-
dance of the leading clubs on the River yesterday, although
there was wind enough out to have made a repetition of the
accidents which occurred a few days since, when Mr. Col-
quhoun and Mr. Jones attempted to row. The attraction was
great, and independent of the merits of the two men, the
purse for which they contended had been filled by the gentle-
men of the Leander and other clubs the night the Funny Club
wager was decided, which, it will be remembered, was won by
Coombes and Kelly. Coombes, when out of condition, suc-
ceeded in defeating George Campbell, but the gentlemen
were of opinion that the latter had improved, and might stand
a reasonable chance of success. They are both little men,
neither weighing ten stone, and, as far as regarded personal
appearance, looked nearly matched. Coombes rowed in the
beautiful wherry of Mr. Layton, and Campbell had the black
boat belonging to another gentleman. At half-past five the
men were at their stations at Westminster Bridge. Campbell
won the toss for station, and took that on the north shore ;
Coombes was at the next pier to the southward. At twenty
minutes to six they started ; Coombes made the stroke first.
but there was hardly a shade of difference, a:nd they were scull
and scull until they reached the road above Chandler's. Here
Coombes went to work with power which surprised many, and
grit two lengths a head in about twenty strokes. He had im-
Foved his advantage to four lengths at Vauxhall Bridge. He
continued leading, and at the Red House was at least eight
lengths before his opponent. The fate of the day was decided.
Cuombes won by a quarter of a mile, and jumped out of his
boat nearly as fresh as when he had entered it.
Ti It IF

_ae .oya, Pamily are expected at St. Cloud on the
21st inst.; and the Duke of Orleans will set out, it. is said, on
the 24th, for the camp at Compeigne.—French Paper.
The Duke of Devonshire was expected in town
from the Isle of Wight last night. His Grace intends to visit
Bolton Abbey, in Yorkshire, next week.
The Duke and Duchess of Northumberland returned
to town on Monday evening ; and yesterday morning his Grace
eeparted for Alnwick Castle. The Duchess goes on Monday
next.

The Marquis of Tavistock, Lord Nugent, and Dr.
Boa ring had interviews with Viscount Melbourne yesterday
in Downing-street.
The Marquis of Los Llanos has left Misaree, Hotel
for Paris, where the Noble Marquis will sojourn until the be-
ginning of March next, when he intends to revisit London.
The last dinner for the season was given by the
Duke and Duchess of Sutherland on Sunday last to the Prince
and Princess Schomberg, Earl and Countess of Carlisle, Count
Maurice Esterhazy, Viscount Melbourne, Viscount Palmerston.
Lady Elizabeth Howard, and Mr. Ralr,h Sneyd.
The Earl of Mountcashel is expected in a few day's
at Moore Park, his scat near Cork, from a visit to his father-
id-law in Switzerland.
The Countess of Cadogan and the Ladies August
aud Honora Cadogan left their mansion in Piccadilly Yester-
day for Dover, en route to Dunkirk, from whence they
to proceed to Cologne.
Count and Countess Lottum are expected in town
from Holland. The Noble Count is the Prussian Minister at
the Hague.

Count Vcitheim had an audience of her Royal
Highness the Duchess of Kent yesterday.
Lord and Lady Lyndhurst were expected to return
from Fontainbleau to Paris on Tuesday, and then to set out for
Baden- Baden.

The Earl and Countess of Burlington have gone to
Holkar Hall, their magnificent chateau in Lancashire ; there
the family will remain till the end of February next.
The King of Wurtemburgh will arrive in town this
afternocn from Germany, accompanied by a numerous suite.
The Prince Schomberg left Stafford House yester-
day morning, to visit the cotton manufactories at Manchester.
The Princess goes down to Ramsgate to take the benefit of
the marine baths.

The Grand Duke and Duchess of Oldenburg had
a select party at dinner on Monday evening at Mivart's Hotel.
Baron Bulow and several persons of distinction visited their
Highnesses yesterday at the above hotel.
M. Martin du Nord, the French Minister of Com;
nierce, has left the Carlton Hotel, accompanied by a party 01
]French engineers, for Liverpool, Manchester, &c., to Inspect
the railroads in the neighbourhood of those great commercial
towns.

A cause is before a French Court of Justice (the
Tribunal of Coutances), in which a lady claims redress from 6
young Counsellor, who, for want of something better to do,
appears to have amused himself by drawing her picture one day
while in Court.
At the Cork Assizes Miss Arabella Leader obtained
a verdict for 2001. damages in an action against her uncle, MT,i
Thomas Leader, for violently assaulting. her, because she VW'
he had lost 504 to Mr. DunsCombe at play.
Sir David Davis has been to the Isle of Wight, in
order to find, if possible, a suitable residence for her MajestY
the Queen Dowager, who had been recommended by ber phY'
sicians to try the genial air of that beautiful island. Unfor"
tunately, however, he has not succeeded in finding any man;
sion staciently capacious for the reception of her Majesty at
present, although it is probable that ono may be found before
long.

Miss E— was one evening busy writing beside
her father, when a servant brought in the tea equipage. T"
authoress measured the due spoonsful into a china cup, the;
" turned on" the boiling water into the tea-pot, let it stall
the time proper for infusion ; put into other cups their creaal
and .±uff'ar, ponying thereon—what? In her literary abstre.c:
tion she had omitted to put in the hyson, so that the draft 57
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now offered her parent was very milk-and-waterish indeed'
you writing on Irish bulls that you made such a bills
der, ,Maria?" asked the sire. " No, papa."- returned
witty girl, " 'twas Irish Absent-tea-ism."
Thursday evening a meeting of the friends of Lotd.
Belfast was held in the Exchange-rooms, Belfast,when a crowded
assemblage was in attendance. Shortly after the Chairman
had opened the proceedings, between eight and nine o'clock, 3
portion of the floor about the platfo..m gave way with
a tre'
mendous crash, and several hundreds of individuals, densely
crowded together, were precipitated to the floor beneath. Ts"
men were killed, and several others received dangerous ink'',
ries, some of which may probably prove fatal. Lord Bella'`
h was in
ithe room at the time, but happily escaped with'
out any material injury:
Tory Radicalism is a malady which has manifestetl
itself more or less in most of our large manufacturing tower
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within the last few years. It is
generally- supposed to ar=o
from a disordered state of the spleen.
Those who are Bfi
filmed with it, seem to obtain relief viola"
during the more
.0.
paroxysms of the disorder,
by railing against their old naz
ciates and friends. The premonitory • • genera"
mptom is in
at•
a tendency to grumble because Reformers are not all p-b.
feet men. This disposition gradually becomes stronger' tOf patient in the meantime takinr, a most charitable view b,
the most atrocious acts committedb b Tories while t-
y
t
slightest peccadillo on the part of a Reformer is ennl is
plated through a hundred power microscope. A Liberate,
assailed by him with every foul epithet, unless he advocavvill
the. entire repeal of the New Poor Law Act • but hedopo
assist the return of a Tory to Parliament, who has vie
his best to get that Bill carried, and never asked a %Feb
pledge from him. Such are a few of the symptoms by ee•
e •
this horrible complaint may be detected. Where the cas
eaoy
sumes a decided character, the death of all principle all Lre
ensues, and the miserable victim generally terminates hisvile
fortunate career as an Operative Conservative.—Bolton
Press. nue
On the 11th of April the inhabitants of the
roke
Menilmotant were annoyed by some riotous fellows who boat'
the shop and other front windows, forcing all that wasbreo
them into the middle of the rooms, destroying nearly `OO4
hundred panes of glass, &c. The police came up, but flees
secure only two of these worthies, Cognar,,, a dealer in
at the doors of the the:iires on the 13,
.mlevards, and Louts'
lad on en
.--g"..Ment at that of Saqui, at the bigcor-
ry "g. era
'ten sous a day. They were brought before the rigor
rectional Tribunal erl Saturday, and condemned to in't.
stn
mend fyr 18 'eoliths, and to remain for five years under tu'
veillaitec of the police.— Galisnattk.