The Sun.
London, England, 1836-07-05 00:00:00

AQUATICS.

THE DUKE OF BUCCLEUCH'S GRANDREGATTA.—That " the
race is not always to the swift, nor the battle to the strong," was
fully exemplified in the match of yesterday. That the victor
is a good man, and that he possesses unquestionable game, is
certain, but that he was opposed to men of superior tactics—
of strength that could overwhelm any man of his weight—that
he ought never to have been pitted against, where a reason-
able comparison could exist is certain, and yet he has won.
Watts and Norris were taken 'for choice against " the field."
Jem Castles was deputed Master of the Ceremonies. The
men were placed for the grand heat 20 minutes past 8. They
had been thus entered :

FIRST HEAT.—T. Royal, Millbank, orange; Phelps, Ful-
ham, green ; Norris, Hungerford, scarlet ; Watts, Waterloo-
brige, black ; Ellis, Wapping, lilac.
SECOND HEAT.—Cobb, Putney, pink; Brown, Greenwich,
white ; Bartlett, Vauxhall, dark blue ; Lewis, Horsleydown,
yellow; Coombes, Millbank, light blue'.
The contest was the strangest affair, both in heats and dis-
tances, that ever was seen in a wager above bridge. There
were our heats for the ten pair of sculls, just one more than
any reasonable person would contemplate. Five started for
the first heat, the same number for the second, then the three
last of each of these heats went of for the third heat, and the
two best of these started with the two first of first, and the first
of the second heat, for the fourth and final heat. The distance
was to start from Hungerford, round a boat moored off Mill-
bank, round a boat off the Adelphi, back round a boat off the
House of Lords, back round the boat off the Adelphi, and
finish facing his Grace's house.
Phelps and Watts won the first heat, and Coombes one of
the winners of the second coming in close astern of Bartlett.
The last heat was admirably described : it was " awfully ambi-
guous ;" it was merely reversed. At 20 min. past eight Watts,
Phelps, Bartlett, Norris, Coombes and Lewis were placed for
the grand beat. On the signal being, given the start was like
lightning. Each did all he knew, and were scull and scull.
Bartlett and Watts fouled. Coombes went in close to the flag
boat, astern of Norris, and Watts was turned out. Norris led
the way up, but he went too far out in the tide, and facing
Whitehall-stairs, Coombes had just got his head in advance of
the others, when Norris resigned. Coombes won by half a
minute, Phelps was the next, Bartlett 45 seconds after him,
and Watts a minute later.—Never was a match so hardly con-
tested; or in which the changes were so singular.

Married this morning, at St. George's, Hanover-
square, by the Rev. Dr. D'Oyly, D. D., Rector of Lambeth,
Colonel D'Oyly, of the Grenadier guards, to Caroline Maria,
youngest daughter of Colonel Gore Langton, of Newton Park,
M. P. for the Eastern Division of the County of Somerset.
44 HOME, SWEET HOME."—I have travelled some
little in my day ; and I never yet saw the place over-seas where
I could say, here will I live and die. My steps have been ar-
rested by beautiful spots--by savage spots—by treat and
luxurious cities ; a week, a month, I could spend in many—a
year in some, and spend it happily ; but not life—not all my
days. This may be prejudice, but it is the only prejudice I
have no wish to part with. I know of no pleasure that will
compare with going abroad, except one—returning home. I
pity English colonists wherever I find them, whether at Tours,
or Pau, or Lausanne, or Brussels, or Nice, or Florence. They
all talk of delightful climates, and delicious wines, and cheap
living, and excellent society; and yet, I believe, there may be
but two, or one, among them all, who, if they dared to appear
poor, would not turn their backs upon the climate, and wines,
and society of foreign lands, and seek the shores of England.
Travelling is a charming recreation, but, after all, England—
to an Englishman—is the only country to live in.—Derwent
Conway's Tour in Switzerland, 6-c.

Fairlop Fair, which Commenced on Friday, conti-
nued, with all its fun and merriment, until Sunday evening.
The " sports and pastimes " were extremely rational, and the
order and simplicity with which the amusements and recrea-
tions of the vast assemblage of the people conducted themselves
would have commanded the approbation of even Sir Andrew
Agnew.

In addition to the strait-jacket and pantaloons, Ali-
beau's head has been wrapped in a thick turban, in order to
prevent him from destroying himself by dashing his head
against the wall. His legs have also been tied, so that he can
take only very short steps.—Galignani's Messenger.

MR. COOPER'S " EXCURSIONS IN SWITZER-
LAND."-" These two entertaining volumes may be read with
advantage by those who prefer the honest
.description of the
scenery, politics, &c., of a country, given in the full spirit
of the first impressions they make upon an impartial observer,
to that monotonous sameness which constitutes the character
of one-half the books which annually issue from the press,Knowing by delightful experience (as what reader doe not ?)
the great descriptive powers of Mr. Cooper, we may safely
conclude that whoever peruses them will do so with an ad-
ditional satisfaction when he reflects that they are described
by the same pen which has drawn such animated portraits of
man and of nature before. When ho rambles through one
of the most romantic:portions of the Old World with one
who has faithfully painted many of the beauties of the New,
he cannot fail to read with peculiar zest the description of the
varied feelings with which such a man viewed the natural
grandeur of Switzerland. It is, indeed, a most lively narratlye
of travels,"— Times.