The Sun.
London, England, 1837-09-05 00:00:00

AQUATICS.

DEPTFORD REGATTA.—Yesterday the scullers' contest for a
boat, given by Mr. Attwood and the other gentlemen of the
steam Navigation Company, was admirably arranged, and
attended by persons of the first respectability. Every facility
was given to view the match, the Company having moored five
or six steamers off the town for the accommodation of the
public. The competitors, by their exertions, evidently felt
that they were rowing in the presence of the most respectable
persons in the environs. They rowed hard and well the en-
tire distance, which is not insignificant. The match was rowed
in five heats with six pairs of sculls. For the grand heat they
came in thus

Ezekiel Gilbert
George Ogden
The loser had the lead, but lost it after about forty strokes.
The spectators expressed themselves highly satisfied with the
accommodation and attention they received by order of the
Company. There was a. brilliant display of fireworks.
STAIRS WAGER ♦T WAPPING.—The annual Stairs wager
for a purse of 25 sovereigns, amongst the watermen of Wap-
ping, came off yesterday, with twelve pairs of sculls in three
heats. The interest was entirely local, but the match was
well attended. In the grand heat they came in thus:—
Thomas Bailey and Wm. Brydges Green.
Robert Wilson and John Adams Pink.
Benj. Little and Lear Aladin
Thomas Goring and John Conan Light Blue.

half an hour, in a field belonging to Mr. Stevens, at Nun-
head, in the parish of St. Paul's, Deptford. The
Royal Nassau and its more diminutive companion em-
braced terra firma near the same place—the three within
three-quarters of a mile.
IRELAND.—The Dublin Correspondent of a Con-
servative Contemporary states—with what degree of truth
or falsehood we cannot determine—that Mr. O'Connell is
at present employed in the production of an answer to the
several charges brought against him by Mr. S. Crawford.
The following exquisite niorceau of moonshine, from a
source equally pure, the Limerick Standard, is found in
company with Mr. O'Connell's reported intention of reply-
ing to Mr. Crawford's objurgatory series. It is modestly,
headed thus :—" Most important ! Dublin Election.'
and then proceeds—" We have this moment been confi-
dently put into possession of the following piece of intelli-
gence by a gentleman possessing the best possible opportu-
nity of ascertaining it ; and, from other sources of informa-
tion to which we have had access within the last few days,
we have no hesitation in giving it the fullest credence—
' That it is not the intention of Mr. O'Connell to defend
the petition against his return for the City of Dublin !' "
THE HARVEST.—The harvest is proceeding with
an extraordinary degree of rapidity in this neighbourhood,
particularly towards the south and .south-east. The crop
of wheat is remarkably fine ; and that of barley, although
varying according to the nature and situation of the sod,
promises abundance. With proper exertions the whole is
likely to be secured in excellent condition. In the course
of a very short time, if the weather continues favourable,
an immense breadth of land will be completely cleared, and
the labours of the year crowned with an abundant produce.
The turnip crop is excellent ; and that of potatoes will be
remarkably productive.—Doncaster Gazette.

Yesterday morning, about half-past nine o'clock, as
a respectable tradesman, named William Marchand, was
proceeding across Smithfield, he was surrounded and hustled
by a gang of thieves, two of whom seized him by the arms,
while a third turned his trousers pockets inside out, taking
their contents, which fortunately happened to be only silver
to a small amount. Mr. Marchand, on getting his arms
free, endeavoured to seize hold of one of the scoundrels,
but he received a tremendous blow on the back of the
head from one of the gang, which felled him to the
ground, where he lay completely stunned. On being
raised up his right thigh was found to be fractured in a
very severe manner. He was immediately removed to
St. Bartholomew's Hospital, where he at present re-
mains. The thieves all succeeded in getting clear:off. Mr •
Marchand is about 65 years of age.

NINE LIVES LOST.—On Friday a severe storm
of wind and rain was experienced in Inverness.' The rain
fell in torrents during the whole of the day, and the at-
mosphere was loaded with a thick heavy fog. Early on
Saturday the wind blew a perfect hurricane from the
N.N.E., which, besides throwing down trees, injuring
crops, and occasioning several accidents, has in the county
of Moray been accompanied with a lamentable loss of life.
About five o'clock A.M., a herring-boat, the Georgina, be-
longing to Lossiemouth, attempted to make the shore in
that place ; the sea was rolling dreadfully, and the gale was
so tempestuous that the boat could not carry canvass, and
all attempts at managing it were fruitless. The boat ac-
cordingly foundered among the breakers. Six persons were
on board, and of these only two were saved. The names
of the deceased were James Henry, aged 50, who has left
a widow and five children ; John Stewart, 25 ; James Ed-
ward, 16 ; and Thomas Stewart, 16. One of the bodies
has since been found in the sand at Burghead, and another
has been cast ashore about two miles east of Nairn. About
two hours after this time, at seven, a vessel, the Beatrice
of Leith, was caught by the gale off Stotfield Point, and
struck on a rock. The men took refuge in the rigging,
but the mast broke and fell over the side, precipitating them
into the sea. The master of the vessel, John Winchester,
Ile(' his wife and child, the latter a fine girl, eight years of
age, on board. He made every effort to rescue them from
the awful fate which was impending over them, but in vain ;
both perished, and when he was taken on shore himself he
was in a state of utter insensibility. The unfortunate man
was carritel to Lossiemouth, where he now lies dangerously
ill. The master of the ship is the only survivor ; his wife
and daughter, two men, and a lad have perished. None
of the bodies have been found, except the corpse of the
girl ; and it appears that she had placed her father's pocket-
book, containing some money, in her breast, before being
committed to her watery grave.—lnverness Courier.
A singular instance of severe justice has lately
occurred in Sweden. John Ormaasen, a man holding a
confidential situation in the silver mines at Konigsberg, has
been condemned to three months' imprisonment for a theft
committed many years ago. At the trial of one of the per-
sons employed at the mine, and who had been detected in
the act of pilfering, Ormaasen was called as a witness. As
soon as the latter appeared the prisoner exclaimed—" Am
Ito be condemned on the testimony of a thief ?" These_
words led to an investigation, the result of which has been
to show that many years ago, when the parties were bcsth
boys, they bad been out fishing together, and Orma.asen
attempted to appropriate to himself a fish which the otb er
had caught. As Ormaasen enjoys a very high character
he is not to be dismissed from his office, and a petition, to
the King for a free pardon has been signed by al't the
employes of the mines.
Abraham Ettlinger, the son of a Hebrew merchant
in Carlsruhe, is at present serving in the Turkish horse
artillery. He originally went to Greece as a volunteer in
the Greek army, but soon afterwards deserted to Larissa.
His family lately made application in Constantinople,
through the Austrian embassy, for his discharge. The
answer of the Turkish Cabinet was to the effect, that the
young artillerist in question appeared to have renounced
the Mosaic faith, and to have embraced Islamism, and was
so well satisfied with his present situation as to be in no way
desirous of quitting the service. Master Abraham is said
to have promised to pay a visit to his family as soon he has
attained the rank of a Paella of three tails.
A man of the name of Anderson had procured some
poisonous mixture, strongly impregnated with whisky, to
wash the feet of some cattle, and carelessly left the bottle
partially concealed on the way-side. Two unfortunate
men—named George Armstrong and Watson—discovered
the bottle, and drank the contents. The sequel is already
told—the oee died twenty-four hours afterwards, and the
other about the middle el last week.—Dumfries Courier.
When ballooning, about forty years ago, was in its
infancy in this country, many individuals were anxious to
distinguish themselves by an ascent, and, among ot'ners, a
person of the name of Arnold, who belonged to the Navy,
was one, and took with him a little fellow of the name of
Appleby, who was a messenger at Drury-lane Theatre, but
very consequential and full of self-importance. On the
day of the ascent they took their seats in the car, but in
crossing the Thames the balloon began to descend, amidst
the jeers and hisses of the crowd. Arnold, much an- ,
'toyed, threw all the ballast out of the car,itrid finding this
would not do, he had recourse to another expedient, and
actually flung his companion, poor little Appleby, into the
Thames, who was, however, saved from being drowned.
The balloon then rose, and passed over the houses, but in
a short time fell to the ground to rise no more. The bare
mention of the circumstance to Appleby used to make him
almost frantic.
Church land is always worth little when returns are
asked of the amount of the ecclesiastical revenues ; but it
recovers its value amazingly when any of it is wanted for
public purposes. When any one inquires how much the
clergy put into their pockets, the cry then about their com-
modity is, what it was three thousand years ago—" It is
naught—it is naught I" We have now, however, obtained
the means of judging of the real value of the lands of the
collegiate 'oody ; for their own valuator, in an assessment of
damages between them and the Leeds Railway Company,
said that the 160 acres possessed by them in Newton are
worth. 100,000/., and the jury awarded them at the rate of
5701. per acre, which is equal to 91,200/. for their land in
that township alone ! They possess, we elieve, about
1,200 acres near Manchester, and supposing ibt
to be worth
one penny per yard per annum, their revenue from land
alone, independent of tithes, would be 24,0001. a year !
We recommend an attentive perusal of the trial to Minis-
ters before they bring forward another Church-rate Bill.—
Manchester Times.
CONIMON
TIIIEVES.—In consequence of the in-
terest which the Lord Chancellor Camden took in behalf
of Mr. Wilkes, he became so popular, that the parishioners
of Chiselhurat, where he resided, in the zenith of their
patriotism, made him a present of ten acres of the com-
mon, on which the avenue leading to the seat now stands.
His Lordship was a very early riser, and was the first to
discover, in one of his morning walks, that a poor widow
who resided on the common had all her geese stolen the
preceding night. Meeting a labourer going to work, and
thinking, from being wrapped up in his great-coat, that he
was unknown to the man, he inquired of him respecting the
geese, and asked him if he knew what punishment would
be inflicted on the offender who stole the geese from the
common. The nein answered, " No." " Why, then, l'll
tell you," said his Lordship ; " he would be transported for
seven years." "If that is the case," replied the labourer,
" I will thank your Lordship to tell me what punishnieut
the law would inflict on the man who stole the couunon
from the geese?"
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autumn
aufuurtther distance of fifteen miles to Dudcott will be -com-
pleted, where the line passes within ten miles of 0)d 'ord.
Considerable progress has also been made between :Bath
and Bristol,.