The Sun.
London, England, 1823-10-02 00:00:00

ROWING. MATCH FOR 24 SOVEREIGNS.

This disputed wager between six prize watermen for a purse
of twenty-font sovereigns, the gift of Air. Mann, landlord at the
,Ni4nllll4ll:7l.`tnrtdittteeirrtienithey.,
11:a7cIldtulsattes'a. °T.Sirre6sgutwioodn an, oc,ny..
ington and. Farlow distanced their opponnents, and in the
grand 'heat, which was. a truly scientific one, the former can-
didate having, by exertion and strength heeded his antagonists,
maintained hp distance, and finally Won the prize in gallant
Another watch for a prize wb.erry,ctid tbe 'Lift of the inhabit
tents of. Putney, was rowed for, • and ileedin three heats by
Nix young wstermen, and won, after a smart struggle, by .1 übcpb
%Volsencroll. •

The King of Po RTLIG AL has prohibited. the
entrance of all foreign newspapers into his
kingdom.
The schooner lately purchased by Sir WIL-
LIAM CORTIS is no'W in dry dock, undergoing the
necessary reparation, preparatory to thu worthy
Baronet's embarkation for Naples, ,to which
place, by the, advice of his physicians, be 'will
shortly repair, to reMain during the winter
Season. .

MUNDEN is returned to town from his sea side
excursion, with his health much iniprOved.

The eleCtion. of one .of. the sixteen Peers of
Scotland, in room. of FRANCHI lord Natema; takes place on
Thursday-in •the Palace of HolyrOodhouie. ,The number of
Scots Peers at the Union in 1707 was about P2O ; at present
there are only 90. Of these, two arc disqualified, being Ca-
tholies, the Lath of Traquair and Newburgh t ten are tumors,
viz. Dukes of Itucclemih and Roxburghe, Marquis (Earl} of
Abercorn, -Earls of Itothei',' Winton, Selkirk, and Hoperoun,
Viscount Falkland; end linds Elphinstone and Cranston ; and
fbur are-Peeresses, the Countesset .Sutherland, lAwdon:
Dysart, and Orkney.. The number of Scots Peers, Nia ate,
Peers of Great Britain; h 28.=—It ksupposed that the'Eali hf
Errol will. be elected ttifillthe Vaci artcy.—(linburgh Cciurant,
Ai4Fast 29.) . • • - • -
fhe long
_disputed question relating to . tl.n
place Of interment of " O Rare 'Jo xso X" in Westruin.
ster Abbey, is set at rest for ever. The grave in which Lady
WILSON, the wife of Sir ItonEtrr, was. buried the other day,
was dug in the Abbey -adjoining. the atone on whiCh. is. 'the
Poet's memorable inscription. The root of the coffin of Lady
WiLsox rests against the narrow cell, in nhiCh the Piietc.
bones were found in an upright condition with the head down-
wards, the skull and must of the bones were perfect. fls
JONSONappeant to have been avery•little rutin:

The sloop of war which was dispatched by the'
Lords of the Adrhiraity to Frillier, to convey to this country
the remains of the Earl of Ilona 'routs, in Leith Roads
on Saturday: All the vessels inthe Roads end in theliarbeur
hoisted their flags half mast I tth out of respect to the memory
of the worthy and lamented Nobleman. The vessel is to pro-
ceed to-day to Port Edgar ; but as the water is too shallow to
allow her to crime close in to the pier, a lighter from the Naval
Yard is to accompany her, on which a platform has been
erected, for the convenience of landing the body of, Ida Lord.
ship-4RM nintrgh Coirrani, Avast 2J.)
A gentitniall of considerable eminence in the
literary world, is said to have undertaken- to write a Life of
George Steevens, the celebrated Commentator on iihakspuve,
and the coadjutor of, Dr. Samuel Johnon: George Steevens
was an early Member of the Literary ChM. and the associate of
411 the brilliant wits of the last century ; but this distinguished
critic suppressed the prostitutionof his talent for satire to Ma
levolent purposes, until the majority of those eminent persons
with whom' he associated in early life were dead. •
Since the opening of the Caledonian Canal, the
increased facility for viewing Our romantic scenery hat attracted'
sore visitors, many of them of rank, than has been known for'
any preceding period. On Friday last, his Serene Highness
Prince Frederick of Lippe Daltwold and suite, having arrived
.here tho preceding day, proceeded to Vert Williarti,• through
the Canal, by the Stirling Steam Packet.-4//tve:ruess.fouratit.)
'ACADEMIC DIA LOGU E.-1 t is said .that the fol-
lowing dialog-tie lately passed between a great astronoinv7,
de 14 Place, and another academician, whose philosophic It at,
tainrnents are not reckoned of the first order. The acne of it
was in the study of M. de la Place, who was sitting at, his
'table, while his friend, the academician, stretched himself
with great rumehaknce upon 'the sofa t—A. " Pray,- de Is
Place, wrist is your opinion of the Greek paintbox about the
impossibility of motion ?" , M. de la Place. " The 4111,', of tic
word paradox' relieves me froM the necessity of answering the
oestion." A. Does mono. then really move in Spam'?"
(Stirring himself.) M. de la Place. a Yes Sir • it sometimes
moves on a sofa."