The Sun.
London, England, 1841-08-07 00:00:00

MORNING- SUN.

CHAMPIONSHIP of the THAMES. -
TIIE GREAT MATCH BETWEEN THE GEN-
TLEMEN OF THE UNIVERSITY OF CAM
BRIDGE AND LEANDER CLUB.
This great and interesting trial of strength and
skill, which will take place this day, at the present
moment engrosses the attention of the sporting
world more than any event in aquatics which has ever
preceded it. The- interest is-not-confined to men who
are alone engaged in river sports, but to the whole of
the members of the respective Universities, to those
who patronise the turf, and to all, indeed, who deserve
the appellation of sportsmen. The rival crews, on whom
nests the honorary struggle to decide the championship
of the Thames (we might without much impropriety say
the world), are well known, and, as might be expected
first-rate. We subjoin their names :
CAMBRIDGE. LEANDER.
Messrs. Brett, Caius Col.—stroke Mess's. Dalgeish—stroke
7. Abercrombie, ditto 7, C. Pollock
6. Yatman, ditto 6. Ommaney
5. Cobbold, Magdalen Col. 5. Jenkins
4. Anson, Jesus College 4. Romayne
3. Selwyn, Trinity College 3. Julius
2. Hon. L Denman, ditto 2. Wallace
1. Shodrill, St. John's Col. 1. Layton
Egan, Coxswain. Sheppard, Coxswain.
This match may bo fairly said to have emanated from
the regatta at Henley-on-Thames, on the 25th of June.
The Leander and Cambridge gentlemen met there op-
posed to each other, for the 2001. grand challenge cup,
and we regret to say, that within three minutes of the
time of starting, very much to the annoyance of thou-
sands of anxious spectators, the boats fouled by accident,
and the Cambridge claimed the victory, under the lien-
ley regulations that whether a boat fouled another by
accident or design, they should lose all claim to the
stake. The Leander were most desirous to have another
match with the Cantabs, and after several meetings in
London, the present contest was agreed upon, and the
time appointed, as we have stated, for Saturday next,
the distance being as usual from Westminster to Putney,
with tide. Day after day, during the last fortnight,
both parties have been bard in traininc, ; and although
their rowing has been closely watched' by first-rate
judges, it has been found impossible to form a de-
cided opinion as to which are the better men, and
they are left to select their favourite from a knowledge
of the previous performances of each crew. The Can-
tabs have three times, within the last four years, de-
feated the Oxonians; but it must be borne in mind, that
the crew of the former is not composed of the same
individuals as it was on either of those occasions, nor
is it indeed the same crew who rowed at Henley, when
the fouling we have alluded to so unfortunately occurred.
Since that period, Mr. Abercrombie, Mr. Cobbold, Mr.
Selwyn, and the Hon. L. Denman, have been selected in
the room of Mr. Vials (once the stroke of the Cambridge
crew), Mr. Jones, Mr. Cross, and the Hon.- G. Denman,
but the gentleman who has charge of the yoke lines is
the same. The Leander has been considered for many
years the first of the many great London clubs. They
are experienced and scientific oarsmen, but, like their op-
ponents, have, since the regatta at Henley, shifted some
of their members, Mr. Jenkins, Mr. Ommaney, and Mr.
C. Pollock having been substituted for Mr. Wood, Mr.
Sherrard, and Mr. Gibson, the latter of whom steered at
Henley.
The start will take place at a quarter to five in the
afternoon, and, for the information of the thousands of
spectators who are expected to be present, we beg to state
that the boats may be distinguished in the following
manner :—The Leander boat is pink within, with a
streak, and the oar-blades are vermillion ; the Cambridge
boat is lilac within, and the oars lilac or light blue.
There are about half-a-dozen steamers advertised to ac-
company the match ; the principal of these are the
Anthracite, chartered by Searle fora select party of the
gentlemen frequenters; and the Era, by Parish, the cele-
brated coxswain of the Leander Club, and Jack Williams,
the veteran who rowed the match to Gravesend against
time. May the best men win.

HORSLYDOWN REGATTA.
This wager took place on Thursday, but ended in a man-
ner very discreditable to those engaged in it. After four
heats had been got through wish a great deal of contro-
versy and fouling, Henry Hopkins (pink) and George
Radford (green) made a second start at dusk for the
grand or final heat. They fouled shortly after starting,
and on a sudden Hopkins s boat was seen bottom upper-
most, its occupant being immersed in the water, from
which he was rescued in two or three minutes, and car-
ried, in a very precarious state, to a neighbouring pub-
lic-house. It was too dark, and there were too many
boats around for us to distinguish the reason of the cap-
size, and different causes were assigned. Radford, after
the unexpected stoppage of the other, rowed the dis-
tance, with his boat half full of water, to claim the first
prize. At the time our reporter left, all was confusion,
and the police were busily employed in endeavouring to
quell the rioting and fighting which were going on, much
to the disgrace of those concerned, and to the annoyance
of the neighbourhood. _ _

A regatta upon a very grand scale is to take place
above the bridges on the 17th inst., the cost of which is
to be defrayed by the proprietors of the Mather Thames
steam-packet plying upon the river. A purse of sove-
reigns and other prizes will be given on the occasion, to
be rowed and sailed for by free watermen. Various
other amusements are to take place, and several steamers
are engaged to take the numerous friends of the Directors
who will be invited to witness the sports, and to partake
of the hospitality of those gentlemen.

TO NON-ELECTORS.

HOW TO GAIN _A VOTE, AND USE IT WITH-

OUT INTIMIDATION.

Every Reformer who is excluded from the list of
voters, and does not possess the necessary qualifications
to get his name on the register, may as effectually contri-
bute to the return of a Reform Candidate as if he had a
vote for himself, and that vote was protected from inti-
midation by the ballot, if he will examine the list of
voters, which may be seen at the house of any overseer
at all reasonable hours, any day bey the 15th of
August, and make a note of the naWW.tind address of
any Tory that appears on the register and is not in
every way qualified. He should immediately forward
the information, with ground of objection, to some active
Reformer or Registration Committee, who will object to
him ; and if he is unable to prove himself qualified, will
be excluded from the register, the onus of proof lying
entirely with the person objected to.
Thus the Tory vote struck off will be one gained to
the cause of Reform, and given as secretly, if not xnOr•
so, than a vote given by the informant under the protec-
tion of the ballot.

Surely the thousands in the metropolis excluded from
the franchise, and those who have been compelled to
sacrifice their consciences, and submit to the most shame-
ful as well as shameless intimidation, will avenge them-
selves upon their intimidators, and thus regain the vote
their private interest compelled them to give against
their own honest conviction,

EXTENSION OF TIME OF POSTING LETTERS.
—Additional facilities for posting letters in London are
about to come into operation. On and after next Tues-
day, letters may be posted half an hour later than at
present, namely, till a quarter past six, at the Branch
Offices at Charing-cross, Old Cavendish-street, and the
Borough; and till half-past six at Lombard-street, on
payment of a late fee of a penny each letter. But in
order to enjoy this convenience, the charge for which is
only proportionate to the additional trouble it will give
the Post-office at the busiest time of its duties, it is ne-
cessary that all inland letters should be stamped, and
that the fee of Id. should be paid by an additional stamp
affixed to the letter. Foreign letters may be thus
stamped or pre-paid in money at the option of the sender.
Any letter not conforming to this regulation, and posted
without an additional stamp, must of course be treated
as though they were intended for the next doy's post.
AN AFFAIR OF HONOUR ON WORmwoon
T h Thursday sodn ylva moormrnl‘i,nogo,dasteariux
SCRUBBS, ATTENDED WITH SERIOUS CONSEQIJENcEs.—
Esq..
and Captain Anthony --, residing in Stanford-sheet.
!Ling; tool-
place
Lambeth. At six o'clock precisely Mr. L. arrived on the
,s
I ground, accompanied by his seconds, and in a. fw
minutes afterwards Captain B. with his secont et 16
Im-
mediately afterwards the ground was measured
and
paces, and the hostile parties took up their position.bel 11 s inn'
fired without either shot takinc, effect.
dTro".ur to obtain
mediately interfered, and used every
Theyene fired a second
a reconciliation, but without effect.
antyonist.s shot in
time, when Captain B. received
: h hisnd fell the ground.
the fleshy part of the right th.g..,a
extracted the ball in ten
A surgeon being in attendarnocbee,i,
and he was removed to
minutes afterwards withp
accompanied by his seconds,
a carriage in waiting, and,
to which the hostile parties
proceeded home, previousd
t transpire what was the cause of;
shook hands. It id no
the meeting.
FURTHER
EXPERIMENTS WITH PERCUS-
SION SHELLS,WooLwicx,AUG.S. —Several A other
i ion to the gentlemen who recently made
parties,
! in addition
percussion shells in the Marshes at
experiments n
applied to the Master-General and
Woolwich, having
ee to be permitted to make further ex-
Board of Ordinance
shells constructed by them, their requests
perinients w
have been complied with, and the experiments will take
place immediately after the hay crop is got in, which
lof the weather. There are still
will depend on the state
about 20 acres to cut.
BREAK DOWN or SIR ROBERT PEEL.—A
meeting of the Clarence Railway Company was held at
the George and Vulture Tavern, Cornhill, London, on
Tuesday last, to inquire into the management and state
of affairs of the Ccmpany. The 'engineer, Mr. Child,
having
• been asked in the course of the inquiry whether,
during the past six months, coals had been lost for want
of: engine power, replied, " Frequently ; but it arose
from our having only a limited number of engines on
the road, many of them having to undergo extensive re-
pairs. • We have the Coxhue, the Cornforth, and the Sir
Robert Peel in the shed. The Coxhue is undergoing a
thorough repair, and will soon be ready for service."
A Proprietor : Is Sir Robert 'Peel in good repair ?
Mr. Child : No ; Sir Robert Peel is always breaking
down.—(Loud laughter.) So with the machine and so
with the man, who, we verily believe, is likely to experi-
ence a greater break down before many weeks elapse
than he ever encountered before.

ANIMAL MAGNETISM.--. The aristocracy, as
the London papers tells us, are filling up the interval
between the elections and the meeting of Parliament,
by crowding to the Hanover-square Rooms, where M.
Lafontaine puts people to sleep by the wave of his hand..
As Sir Robert Peel passed through town the other day,,
a worthy friend of his—one of that good class who take
a man by the button, and bestow all their tediousness on
your worship—wished him to stop and take a lessen.
Me !—no, mon ami," said Sir Robert—" M. Lafon-
taine may put his audience to sleep by a wave of the
hand ; but when I dare wave my hand, I rouse 300 hor-
nets." Poor Sir Robert

A lady belonging to the Church last week re-
fused to have her baby inoculated with vaccine virus
taken from a Methodist's child. She said she would not
allow her children to b© made Methodists of.