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

THE START.

Both men looked in the 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 c!f 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 Go% er,
Esq., late directors.
The following gentlemen were recommended by
the Court of Directors, namely, Alderman W.
Thompson, Christopher Pearce, and John Gellebrand
Hubbard, Esgs•
After the usual preliminaries, the ballot was com-
menced, and terminated at four o'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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borne, in the Isle of Wight. The Royal Duchess, who
was 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 fcr 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 scarlet fever having appeared among
the children of some of the grooms in the lower lodge,
the royal departure from Osborne is postponed for a
for days beyond that period. It is positively affirmed,
however, that the danger is over, the disease among the
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 bid several
books of the fifteenth century, a pile of manuscript
sermons, many of which had been preached ;,fore
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. ; FO that, in all probability, the docu-
ments were hidden there in the days of the revolution.

TURKEY.

EXTENSIVE AND FATAL CONFLAGRATION
AT CONSTANTINOPLE-SUMMARY PUNISH-
MENT OF DEPREDATORS..

CONSTANTINOPLE, SEPT. 14.—Yesterday, the 13th
September, at half• past three in the afternoon, a
dreadful fire broke out at Pera, in the immediate
neighbourhood of the Galata Serail. The wind,
which was high at the time, increased to a hurricane,
and in a few minutes the fire had extended itself over
a considerable portion of Pera. At five o'clock it
had gained the houses near the new British Palace
on the one side, and I3aluk Bazar on the other, a
distance of 50 houses in a straight line. At six the
alarm was given that the fire had broken out in the
very centre of Pera, in the direction of the small
burying ground, a considerable distance from the
original seat of the conflagration itself. Fortunately
for us the wind turned to the east, and the fire was
thrown towards an open space in the Picolo Campo.
At half-past six it was announced that another fire
had broken out in a Turkish quarter at Orta Kuey,
and thus the surplus of the spectators, firemen, and
water carriers, &c., were attracted towards that direc •
tion. At half-past ten the fire was mastered on all
sides, having consumed upwards of 250 large houses,
inhabited by the elite of our Perote families. Six-
teen of these were large stone mansions, which had
consequently become the depot of furniture and
goods. The British chapel, and several outhouses
appertaining to the new palace, were consumed. in
all, it is calculated the loss of property must exceed
a million sterling. Several persons perished on the
occasion, and among others, it is said, a young Eng-
lishman, who had remained in a house with the hopes
of saving some important papers belonging to a per-
son who was himself absent in the country. It is
likewise said that three villains, who were caught by
Fetri Ahmet Pacha, profiting by the misfortune to
rat) the unfortunate sufferers whose houses were
taking fire, were by his orders thrown into the fire
and burnt.

By the Austrian steamer which arrived yesterday,
we have received the important intelligence of the
death of Coletti. It is very probable the Greek ques-

tion now approaches towards an arrangement; but
some time will elapse before it is finally settled, on
account of the obstinacy of King Otho.
The news received from Albania is favourable to
the preservation of peace. The army of the Sultan,
which was in vast force, had advanced into the moun-
tains of Malacastro, and had defeated the insurgents
in several engagements. _ .

There will be some very important changes in the
Turkish high functionaries immediately after the Bai-
ram, but the exact nature of them can as yet be only
matter of conjecture. It is confidently stated by some,
that Mehemet Ali Pacha and Hosref Pacha will again
be brought forward.