The Sun.
London, England, 1824-08-04 00:00:00

GRAND ROWING MATCH.

Yesterday the grandest display of aquatic competition of the
season took place on the River, for the wherry, &c. given by
the Noblemen and Gentlemen composing the Funny Club.
Some very distinguished patrons of the aquatic art appeared
in their pities. Among the cutters were the " Guards," the
" IYhitehall Club," and indeed nearly all the principal ones ;
the gallant band who rowed the great match from Oxford to
London were in their galley.
The Moving scene from the bridges presented a most pleasing
and animated spectacle ; the bridges and banks were lined with
spectators, and Cumberland-gardens were thronged with merry
grouper.
The conditions of the wager were as follow :
The match to be rowed by seven pair of oars, in two heats,
the distance of the first heat being from Westminster-bridge,
to a boat moored off the second windmill beyond Vauxhall,
down the Surrey shore, round the beacon on the same shore
below Westminster-bridge, and through the centre arch of that
bridge.
The second heat—To start from Westminster-bridge, and
round a boat moored below Battersea-bridge, down the Surrey
shore to the prize wherry off Cumberland-gardens. The three
first boats in of the first heat were only allowed to start for the
second.
The following watermen having agreed to those terms were
at five o'clock arranged for the starting :-
1. Wm. Parry (Ilungerford), and John Goatly (Temple)—
Scarlet. _ _ _ .

V :. Charier
Maynard (Lambeth), and James Joyce (Arunde'
stairs)._-Purple.
3. James Alellatt (Temple), and George Jones ( Ilankside)—
White.

4. W'm. Campbell (Whitehall), and James Staples (West.
minster>.—Light Blue.
5. William Unwell and Charles Bannister (Westminster).—
Pink.

-6: William Illickefr(Bankside) an George Butcher (Ilan,
gerfortl)—Pea Green.
7. George Maynard (Lambeth), and Thomas Cole (Chelsea:
—Yellow.

After some preliminaries had been adjusted, the signal, by
the firing of a gun from the umpire, was given. Purple took
the lead and kept it, followed by Yellow, who did not precede
Scarlet very much ; the contest was between these boats, and
they came in the same order. Purple evidently by great ex-
ertion had gained the lead.
The second and last heat was at half-past six o'clock, started
for by Yellow, Purple, and Scarlet ; and perhaps such a trial
of skill and strength has not for a ong time been witnessed :
the heat wax at length terminated by Purple coming in first,
Scarlet second, and Yellow last. The winners were loudly
cheered.

The Carlisle Paper of Saturday last says—
" The weather is still all that we can wish it
The corn harvest treads closely on the heels of
the hay harvest ; and (thanks to the Giver of al

Good) the farmer has now an almost certain
prospect of filling his granaries with such grain

as he has not seen for many seasons."
HARVEST A cctuaNTs.---Although for the mos
part our hay-fields have displayed highly gratify
ing scenes of rustic labour and enjoyment for se-
veral weeks past, a few of them have been the
theatres of disastrous and lamentable accidents.
A labouring man, residing at Stone, Staffordshire,
was on Monday week employed in a field in the
vicinity of that town, on a waggon loading buy,
for which purpose he used a pikel, and not his
arms only, as is most common ; when he slipped
from the top of the load and fell upon the handle
voit-',4l,;er,',Aiwittrarrea-set,, which be bed beep work-
ing with—it having left his grasp, and the
fork fastened in the earth in un horizon-
tal position. The handle broke in the centre,
and the lower part entered his body ; he had
only time to utter, " Lord have mercy on my
s"oluthl t" before
sixchildrie died.etn,s
tateslllsthat
wife,
ath eha‘h
had
some
is left
pre-
sentment of his awful fate. She says, in the
night preceding the day of his death, he rose
four different times, and engaged himself in exer-
cises of devotion ; and when she enquired in the
morning his reason for such an unusual proceed-
ing, he answered tier only by this
prophetic ex-
clamation—" 1 wish this day teas over!"--A poor
fellow was brought to Stafford Infirmary in the
dead of the night of Saturday week, from the
neighbourhood of Acton-hill, in a pitiable state
of pain and helplessness, having fractured his
skullby fulling off a rick
late
he reached the ground
boneAs
head foremost, less dreadful consequences could
that his
evening, breast
not possibly have attended the accident. Every
necessary surgical assistance was rendered at the
Infirmary ; but all proved unavailing, and after
lingering in extreme anguish until Thursday, he
expired. He has left several motherless children,
who will doubtless be the objects of the commis-
seration of their benevolent neighbours.—(Ches-
ter Courant, July 31.)
FAMILY QUARRELS AND ATTEMPT TO POISON.
—On Monday last a labouring man, named James
Barnett, applied at the shop of Kimber, druggist,
of this city (Gloucester), for an qunct' of oxalic
acid, with which he was served by Mr. K., but
not until he had very properly questioned the
man closely as to the purpose for which it was
intended, and warned him of the deadly nature
of the poison ; to which Barnett, who was cool
and collected in his manner, replied, that he was
quite aware of its effects, and that it was for the
purpose of cleaning boot-tops. The acid was then
delivered to him, with a printed label on the
outside, specifying that it was 46 deadly poison."
Barnett immediately proceeded to the house
of his mother-in-law, with whom he had
some quarrel respecting his wife, and dis-
solving the substance in a pint bottle of
beer, drank it off, at the same time announcing
that he had poisoned himself. In a few minutes
the poison began to operate, and Bartlett, who,
as he has since acknowledged," had calculated
that it would take a week to kill him," repented
of his rashness; he was therefore easily persuaded
by his dreadfully alarmed mother-in-Jaw, to ac-
company her back to Mr. Kimber's, where, upon
Powerful antidotes being copiously and promptly
administered, his stomach was soon relieved from
its deadly contents, and he is now in a fair way
of recovery, though his mouth and throat stilt
continue in a horrible state, from the corrosive
action of the acid.--(Gloucater. Journal.)

LAW INTELLIGENCE.

COURT OF CHANCERY.—(Tuts bAY.)

DETENTION OF PAPERS BY SOLICITORS.
COLEGRAYE V. MANLEY.
The Loan CHANCELLOR observed, that this
case was one of really very great importance,
and he had given it very close attention. One of
the affidavits inferred, that a Mr. Bishop, who
had been a clerk in the office of the aefendant,
had in his hands certain papers. An affidavit
must be made us to this fact, and also whether
he (Mr. Bishop) meant to make any claim on
them. The facts of the case were, dial Mr. Cole-
grave having employed a gentlenum as his soli-
citor, that gentleman assigned over his business
to another, and with them his clerk, &c. and
papers belonging to Mr. Colegrave, that did be-
long to tl►e then pending cause, and papers that
did not belong to it. Ilis Lordship, however,
could not understand how Mr. Bishop could have
any claim, and he now laid it down as a rule,
from which he trusted the Court would never de-
part, that all persons acting as managing
clerks to solicitors, their employers must be
answerable for their acts. With respect to
the committal of the defendant to prison,
his Lordship felt it to be a very strong
measure, and one he would not pursue, without
there were the most strong grounds made out for
his so doing. The order he should therefore now
make was, that all the parties concerned should
make affidavits as► to how the papers were situ•
ated, and as to what claim they had upon► them:
hut he never would permit Solicitors to detain
papers in their hands that were as these impor-
tant and necessary to the cause.
GREGORY V. MICHAEL.
The LORD CHANCLLLOR gave judgment in this
cause, which was an application for an issue at
law to try the value of certain premises, part of
the estate named in the pleadings. His Lordship
refused the issue, and directed the deposit to be
paid over.

[PROCEEDINGS OF YF.STERRAY.]
TENNANT v. vAtuail.AN.
The Lonn CHANCELLOR had published an order empower.
ing parties to take petitions in bankruptcy • before the Vice.
Chancellor, and in his absence before the Master of the Rolls,
with the consent of parties, and without prejudicing the right to
a rehearing before his Lordship, in case they should think it
necessary.
Mr. HOU PELL said, that in this case, which concerned a
ward of the Court, and of which the particulars have been fre-
quently before the public, there were two petitions, which by
consent of parties it was desired to bring before his Honour the
Master of the Rolls. Hut the order before mentioned only
gave that liberty as to petitions in bankruptcy. Ile wished to
have his Lordship's leave to have these petitions heard by the
Master of the Rolls, sitting in the Court of the Vice-Chancellor.
The Lows CHANCELLOR said that it was not his intention
in issuing that order to restrain parties in cause petitions front
going before the Master of the Rolls. The order must be taken
generally where the parties chose to consent.