The Sun.
London, England, 1847-09-30 00:00:00

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FLANDERS MAIL.
Tus HAGUE, SErr. 28.—8 y a decree of the 22d
September, his Majesty tlppoioted the Minister of
State and Chancellor of the two orders, Baron Von
Schimmelpenick, to the government of Guelderland.
The Baron took the oath at the hands of his Majesty
on the 24th, and will enter upon the functions of his
office on the Ist of October. By another decree of
the '24th, his Majesty has nominated Count de Rech-
teren the present Governor of Overypel, which office
he will enter upon on the Ist of November.
Their Royal Highnesses the Prince and Princess
Frederic, of the Netherlands, and their august chil-
dren, and the Princesses Louisa and Maria, arrived
at Berlin on the 25th instant, from St. Petersburgh.
I\re are happy to state that the King has sanctioned,
and declared applicable by a royal decree of the
11th instant, to the navigation of the Netherlands-
Rhine, the conclusion of the Protocol No. IV. of the
Session of the 17th August of the Central Commis-
sion of the Rhine at Mayence.
BERLIN, SEPT. 27.—Bettina Von Arnheim has
resolved, by the advice of persons in authority, to
avail herself of the right of appeal from the sentence
imposed on her on her trial for slandering the ma-
gistrate, for which purpose she has selected as her
counsel the Polish Commissarius, Mr. Lewald. She
expects that, if not acquitted, she will nevertheless
obtain a mitigation of her sentence.
BRUSSELS, SEPT. 28.—The new five franc pieces
which, by order of our Government, have been lately
issued, have, we are assured, been refused acceptance
by the French Government. We do not like to give
credit to an assertion of this kind till it is fully
established, but we cannot think that so great a slight
would he put upon us, especially at this commercial
crisis.
ST. PETERSBURGH, SEPT. 18.—A manifesto has just
been issued, dated the 13th, which commands a levy
of troops in the Western Government of 7 men in
every 1,000.
The Emperor has transmitted the order of St.
Alexander Newsky, set in brilliants, to Baron
Brunnow, his Majesty's Ambassador in London.
Orders have likewise been conferred on Lieute-
nants Strom, Wergeland, and Herzberg.
THE POLISH TRIALS. _

The noble Polish ladies of Posen, and of the other
states of the Grand Duchy of Posen, have collected all
their jewels and ornaments, which they have sold
for the benefit of the Polish state prisoners and their im-
poverished families.—Dutch Papers, Sept. 28.
DUTCH FUNDS.—ADISTEaDAIII, SEPT. 29.
Money. Bills
Actual Debt, *4 per Cent.• •• •• • .... 541 A 55
Ditto, 3 per Cent ••••• • • • .• ........ 653,1 66%
Ditto, 4 per Cent... •••• •• • • ........ 853 y 86'A
Amort Syndic, 4 per Cent •.• . • • .... 841,1 8111
Commercial Company, 43.4 per Cent 1641 A 165
East India Loan, 4 per Cent...... •• • .
Exchange on London, at sight .• .• 12 07
Two months.• •••• • • • ...... 11 87
On Ilamburgh, at sight .... 35 37
Two months.•. ••• • • • ...... 35
On Paris . ••• • • • ........ 56 75
Twomontbs. ...... • . 56 25
PRUSSIA:Si FUNDS.—BnaLiN, SEPT. 25.
Bills. Money.
St•Schuld Sch., 3 per Cent •• • • •. • • 9214 91
Truss. English Bonds, 1830,4 per Cent....—••
Foreign Exchanges.. • . •• • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • •
Exchange on London, F 1 Sterling, 3 Months 6 241,4 6 2414
BELGIAN FUN DS.-11ausstr.s, SEPT. 28.
Actual Debt, *4 per Cent ••••••• • • • • • • •
Rothschild's Loan, Five per Cent •••• • • • • --
Loan of Thirty Millions, Four per Cent •. • .
Ditto Three per Cent • ••
Ditto Thirty-seven Millions, ditto .. • • .
...... ........ 981/4
Ditt0,ditt0,1842.......• •• • • .......... 98%
Ditto, 1844............. ... 91
Ditto, 1836. •• •• • • ............ 8914
Ditto, 1838 ........ • 66%
Ditto of the City, 1832 .
Ditto, 1843 93%
Bank of Belgium...—. •• ••••• • ••
—Brussels Papers, Sept. 29.,
AUSTRIAN FUNDS.—VIENNA, SEPT. IS.
5 per Cent. Metalliques.. • . •• • • ........ 104%
4 per Cent.ditto.. • . 94
3 per Cent. ditto ............ • • 67
Loan, 1834 .. • • •• • • • • • • • • .............. 153
Ditto, 1839
Bank Shares ...• • .
Esterhazy's Loan ........ . •...........
RAILWAYS.
The Northern, or Ferdinand
Gloggnitz • • • • .4, -• • • •• • • • • • . • 120
Vienna—Milan .. • •• • • •• • • 108
Leghorn
Sienna
Grosetto .• ••••..• • • • .• • .............. 97
Pesth Bridge .. • • .............. • .....
Apeiminen .
HAMBURGLI BORSENHALLE,SEPT. 25,

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Bills. Money.
Austrian 5 per Cents ................ 10‘
Bank Shares • • •• • • • • • • • • ............ 1600
Anglo-Russian Loan ..... • ......... 101%
Russian 5 per Cant., llanab. Certificate. 101
Ditto Ist series Inscription .. • • • • .. .. .. 104%
Ditto, ?lope and C0.,3d and 4th series.. 96
Ditto, in Certificate ••••• • • • • ........ 96
New 4 per Cent., Hope and Co. ••• • • • 88 BB
Ditto Stieglltz .. •...•• • • • • ......... 88
Spanish New 5 per Cent.• ••.• • • ...... 12% 12%
Ditto 3 per Cent .. •••• • • • • ........ 211,E
Anglo-Portuguese Loan, 2% per Cent •. 25
Dutch Actual Debt, 21,4 per Cent.. •• .. 51
Ditto 3 per Certt• •••• • • • • ........
Polish New 4 per Cent. Loan, 1844.... 80
Anglo-Danish Loan, 3 per Cent .. • ... 8214
National Bank 5hare5................

COUAT ciRCULAIL
At the Privy Council held by the Queen at Os-
loorne, Isle of Wight, on Tuesday, Parliament was
ordered to be further prorogued from Tuesday, the
12th of October, until Thursday, the 11th of Nov.
Her Majesty and Prince Albert, accompanied by
the Prince of Wales and the Princess Royal, walked
yesterday in the pleasure grounds of Osborne.
Prince Alfred and the Princess Alice took walking
and pony exercise yesterday forenoon on the beach.
Her Majesty the Queen Dowager, accompanied by
his Royal Highness the Duke of Saxe Meiningen,
and their Serene Highnesses the Duchess Ida, Prince
Gustavus, and the Princesses of Saxe Weimar, and
attended by the Countess of Brownlow, Hon. Miss
Hudson, Earl of Denbigh, Captain Somerset, and
the Rev. J. R. Wood, visited the New Palace at
Westminster yesterday, and inspected the new House
of Lords. The august party afterwards drove round
the parks.
Her Royal Highness the Duchess of Kent, attended
by Baroness de Speth, arrived at her residence, Cla-
rence House, St. James's, at one o'clock yesterday
afternoon, from Frogmore House, Windsor. Her
Royal Highness visited the Queen Dowager at Marl-
borough house, and partook of a dijeune with her
Majesty and the Duchess Ida of Saxe Weimar. Her
Royal Highness the Duchess of Kent left town at
half past three o'clock, on her return to Frogmore
House.

His Royal Highness Prince George arrived in town
on Tuesday evening. Yesterday the Prince visited
the Queen Dowager and the Duke of Saxe Meiningen
at Marlborough House.
The American Minister and Mrs. Bancroft re-
turned to Eaton-square on Tuesday evening, from
the Continent.
Viscount Palmerston returned to his seat, Broad-
lands, Hants, on Tuesday evening, from Osborne.
The Lord Chancellor returned to his residence at
Copse Hill on Tuesday evening, from Osborne.
Dispatches were received yesterday at the Colonial-
office from the Governors of the North American
Colonies.

CONTEST FOR THE CHAMPION
SHIP OF THE THAMES.
The scullers contest for the championship of the
Thames and 2001., came off yesterday, and was de-
cided, after a most gallant contest, in favour of
Coombes.
The event was one of a most important and in-
teresting character, and added one laurel more to the
champion, who has, step by step, in a series of con-
flicts, climbed the ladder of aquatic distinction. N ever
was the maxim, Palmarn qui meruit ferat, more ge-
nerally dispensed than on this occasion ; men of all
grades, apart from motives of interest, earnestly
wished that the race would be such as to determine
the question of superiority in such a way as to leave
no doubt as to which was the better man. It was
feared that something might occur illustrative of the
axiom, "The race is not always to the swift;" but
we are happy to say that it was a fine, straightfor-
ward race in every respect, and must at once set at
rest a matter over which men of all conditions have
more or less had some dispute. The combatants of
yesterday, Robert Coombes, the champion for some
time past, and Robert Newel, who aspired to that
very enviable distinction, havetwice before been pitted
against each other. The first of these races was about
five years ago, when Newel, with a slight lead
in his favour, was swamped within a mile of the
winning post, and Coombes vent in a winner. A
second race was got up, we believe, almost imme-
diately afterwards, which was also won by Coombes
by dint of fair rowing. Thegreat power exhibited
by Newel, who has for a length of time taken an
oar in the family manned boat of Lord Kilmorry's,
and the science he exhibitel as a sculler, coupled
with the impression that h had much improved
since his last defeat, found bin in a condition to test
kis claim to aquatic superiority at the very large stake
of 1001. aside. We are not disposed to inflict any
lengthened exordium upon tie reader, in the way of
a narrative of the performanc?, of each; it may suffice
to repeat that Coombes has ascended the ladder of
aquatic celebrity, step by step. He began about
twelve years ago by winnlig the Duke of Buc-
cleuch's sovereigns, defeated nan after man, including
the struggles we have mentioned with Newel, and
last season easily beat Charl!s Campbell, the many
years' champion of the Thanes. Since that, about
two months ago he defeated, with the aid of
his brother Thomas, tie celebrated Claspers,
of Newcastle, in an oars wager. Robert
Newel has taken his shsre of work ; but, upon the
whole, he has not had tie difficult up-hill game to
fight which has characterised the career of his oppo-
nent. He has beaten a great many—has, as well as
Coombes, defeated Henry Clasper, and until the
event which we are now about to record, been con-
sidered of late by many equal, by some superior, to
his opponent in the yesterday's struggle. We never
remember to have seen so vast a concourse of spec-
tators as that assembled to witness this great trial of
strength and skill. The Citizea L, the Childe
Harold, Lelia Rookh, Sunbeam, Lasrei, and Citizen C,
were filled with company. The London, the Thames,
and many other gentlemen amateur eights, were
afloat, and everything which, by a stretch of down-
right good-nature, could be called a boat, was put into
requisition on the Thames—whilst thousands, and
many too, equestrians and pedestrians, were anxiously
awaiting the issue on the bridges And shores. It was
the gayest and most animated scene that ever presented
itself to our view in aquatic matter. Until the final
deposit at Tennent's, the Westminster Arms, Horse-
ferry- road, on Monday night, we are disposed to say
that, although much had been said about speculation,
but little had been done ; but after that " a change
came o'er the tenor of the scene." F to 5, and in some
instances 5 to 5, was the order of the day at that
meeting; and it having been fairly established that
this was the price, hundreds who had" hung fire" went
to work at that figure, and a .arge stake must have been
dependent upon the issue of the race. While on this
portion of the subject it may be as well to say that
sto 4 was the current betting at starting. Mr.
Roles was umpire for Cocmbes, Mr. 'Williams for
Newel, and Mr. E. Searle referee. These gentlemen
having taken their station ea the paddle-box of the
Childe Harold at a little before five, preparations were
made for

THE S'ZART.
Both men looked in the most beautiful condition.
Coombes rowed at about 9st, 3 or 41b., his opponent
at about half a stone over that; the former is in his
38th year, the latter two years his junior.
Coombes took his station, having won the choice,
on the Fulham side of the centre arch of Putney-
bridge, his opponent being at the next on the
Surrey side, to row from there to the Ship, at Mort-
lake. The men started themselves at nine minutes to
five o'clock, and never did men go away finer. It was
as even a start as ever we witnessed, and the pace,
something like a mile in four minutes. For the first
twenty or thirty strokes it was difficult to detect the
slightest advantage, but in the next two minutes, op-
posite the Half Moon, Newel had got the nose of his
boat about four feet in advance of his opponent's. The
next half-dozen pulls brought them again as level as
at the moment of starting, and the dozen strokes that
followed, as quick as lightning, placed the bow of
Coombes's boat in front. Another minute served to
give him the increased advantage of half a length ;
and abreast of the Crab Tree Coombes went like a
shot clear of his adversary, and took his water almost
immediately afterwards. After this, stroke by stroke,
Coombes went further in advance, and won by about
120 yards, accomplishing the distance of four miles
one furlong in 23 minutes 30 seconds. Newel rowed
a most gallant stern wager, but his opponent's pace
was too great for him.

THE BANK OF ENGLAND.
ELECTION OF DIRECTORS.
A General Court was held yesterday at the Bank of
England, at eleven o'clock, for the election of three
directors for the remainder of the year, in the place
of Henry James Prescott, Esq. (Deputy- Governor),
Sir John Rae Reid, Bart., and Abel Lewis Gower,
Esq., late directors.
The following gentlemen were recommended by
the Court of Directors, namely, Alderman W.
Thompson, Christopher Pearce, and John Gellebrand
Hubbard, Esqs.
After the usual preliminaries, the ballot was com-
menced, and terminated at four !)'clock, when, after
the usual examination, the scrutineers reported that
fifty-eight votes were given in favour of the candi-
dates recommended, who were declared duly elected.

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WINDSOR, TUESDAY EVENING.—Her Royal High.
nHeosws
strhde
anDducshierssGeoof Krgeecnt, oupaetrtr,
returned eturnbey Ladydto} Fanny,rogmo
re
House this morning, from a visit to her Majesty a; Os-
borne, in the Isle of Wight. The Royal Duchess, who
eras accompanied by Prince Leiningen, travelled by
special train on the South-Western Railway, from Gos-
port to Farnborough, where her own travelling carriages
and horses were in waiting to convey the party to Frog-
more. Her Majesty and the Royal Family were fully
expected to leave Osborne for Windsor Castle on Friday
next, but from letters received at the Castle from Os-
borne this morning, it appears that in consequence of an
instance or two of fever having appeared among
the children of some of the grooms in the lower lodge,
the royal departure from Osborne is postponed for a
few days beyond that period. It is positively affirmed,
however, that the danger is over, the disease among the
I children in question having entirely disappeared.
DISCOVERY OF MANUSCRIPT.—The workmen
while repairing some wainscotting in the mansion of Mr.
C. Bathurst, of Sydney Park, Gloucestershire, in re-
moving one of the panels, fell upon a recess, in which
they discovered an old table, on which were laid several
books of the fifteenth century, a pile of manuscript
sermons, many of which had been preached before
crowned heads ; a silver chalice, which appeared as
though it had been burnt, and an old newspaper. The
mansion was formerly in the possession of Sir John
Wintour, a distinguished Catholic and Royalist in the
time of Charles I. ; so that, in all probability, the docu-
menta were hidden there in the days of the revolution.