The Sun.
London, England, 1822-07-27 00:00:00

ROWING MATCH.

Yesterday the Gentlemen composing the Funny Club gave
their Annual Prize. Wherry to be rowed. for by seven'pair of
oars, which was decided in two heats, as follows : the first
heat commenced soon atter five o'clock, when the candidates
started from Westminster-bridge, round a boat moored off the
second windmill beyond Vauxhall, down the Surrey shore,
round the beacon off Hungerford, and through the centre arch
of Westminster-bridge, the three first boats only being entitled
to contend for the prize, which was declared in favour of
Yellow, Purple, and Light Blue.—About seven o'clock the
successful parties in the preceding heat having arranged them-
selves in readiness, started from Westminster-bridge fir the
prize, round,a boat moored below Battersea-bridge, and down
the Surrey shore to the. Prize Wherry moored off Cumber-
land Gardens, which was decided in favour of Yellow, who
instantly leaped into their prize amid loud applause. The boats
on the river were very numerous, and an immense concourse
of spectators appeared on the bridges anti along the banks of
the shore.

DUEL-Yesterday morning a meeting took
place at Wormwood Scrubbs, between Mr.
B—k—, a medical student living within less than
an hundred miles of Sloane-street, and Mr. K—,
a private gentleman, respecting a dispute which
took place in a billiard room at the west end of
the town. Mr. B. had lost a large sum at one
game, Mr. K. being his partner at the time, and
next day it was talked of that the latter had
been paid to sell him (in other words, to lose the
game). An accusation followed ; Mr. K.'s ex-
planation was not thought satisfactory, and a
challenge was the result of all. They fired two
shots, and in the last fire both being slightly
wounded, the affair terminated.

It is with feelings of great pain we learn, that
some persons lately posted a threatening letter
over a public-house door, at Ulcomb, in this
county, addressed to Mr. LEDGER, a respectable
farmer, and parish officer of that place. The
letter is of the most diabolical nature. Nor do
the threats,appear to be made without intention,
for on the night of the 13th inst., the binds of
400 hop-hills belonging to Mr. Ledger were cut
and destroyed. Mr. L. has offered 101. reward
for the discovery of the miscreant, and the
parish haB offered 401. for the same purpose. It
is to be regretted that the narrow escape of
Cruttenden, who was cast for death at the Kent
Summer-Assizes of 1819 (and who.was only re-
prieved on account of some very peculiar circum-
stances connected with his case) is So soon for-
gotten.—(Kentish Gazette.)
A very lamentable occurrence toOk.place a few
days ago. William Goodwin, a mechanic, ,and his family,
consisting of a wife and four children, had been intrust-
ed with the care of the house, late Sir Matthew Bloxam's,
in the Walworth-road, for some time. About seven weeks
ago the eldest daughter, who is about fifteen years of age,
and had been in service, returned home ill, and wassoon pro-
nounced to be in a brain fever, which speedily affected the
whole family. The father, who was the last and the most vio-
lently attacked with the distemper, before he felt the effects of
it, applied to the officers of Newington workhouse to take
his family under their care, but the malady was of too formi-
dable a nature to justify the parish in permitting the unfortu-
nate persons who were afflicted to come in contact with their
poor. The wife and children began to recover, but Goodwin
began to feel the disease in its most violent shape. When the
fury of the fever had abated, a person unfortunataly called upon
him and spoke on some pecuniary subject, which when the Visitor
disappeared, so violently affected poor Goodwin that' he dashed
his head against the wall, became outrageously mad, jumped
out of the window upon the lawn, and threw himself into a
pond. Some persons saw this dreadful occurrence from the road,
and observed his wife struggling in her feeble state with him
to prevent him from destroying himself, but overpowered in
a short time by his great strength. A young man who was
amongst the spectators contrived to enter the lawn, and leaped
into the water after Goodwin, who had sunk, and remained
about four minutes under the water before he was reached. Life
was for a short time preserved. Poor Goodwin was made to
breathe again by the means suggested by the Humane Society,
but his fever returned with aggravated violence, and he died
on 'Wednesday last in a state of delirium. The wife is wretch-
edly poor, but we believe the respectable people in the neigh-
bourhood have been kind to her and her children, and sup-
plied their present wants—( 411"orntng Paper.)