The Sun.
London, England, 1847-06-19 00:00:00

JUNE 19, 1847.

Thursday this regatta, so far famed, and so anxiously
expected, " came off" with great éclat. The number of
the prizes, celebrity of the men, and the severity of the
contests leaving nothing to be desired, and the assembly
of visitors was numerous and fashionable.

The committee, in addition to the usual prizes, have
this year given a valuable Challenge Cup, to be awarded
to the winner of the trial heats in the grand challenge
cup race; and a sixty-guinea challenge cup, for amateur
four-oared subs. H. Wood, Esq., of the Leander Club,
officiated as umpire, and accompanied the matches in a
cutter manned by eight crack London watermen.
The Diamond Sculls.
First Heat.

Mr. W. Mauls, Trin. Coll., Cambridge (Light blue) 1
Mr. S. Wallace, Amateur Scullers' Club, London
(White, with red cross)
Second Heat.

Mr. E. G. Moon, Mag. Coll., Oxford ...(Dark blue) 1
Mr. J. N. Lambert, London (Red) 0

The pace was first rate. Time, 10m. 325.
Town Challenge Cup.
Walked over by the Dreadnought Club.
The Grand Challenge Cup.
Trial Heat.

Oxford University Boat Club (Dark blue) 1
at. lb.
Messrs. E. G. Moon, Magdalene . lO 4
2. M. Haggard, Christ Church
3. J. Oldham Brasenose ll 7
4. F. Royds, Brasenose
5. E. Griffiths, Worcester
6. W. King, Oriel ll 0
7.

G. Wenlie, Brasenose ll 3
E.C. Burton (stroke),ChristChurch, 10 13
C. Soanes (steerer), St. John's
Cambridge University Club (Light blue) 0
st. lb.
Messrs. W. Maule; Trinity
_

2. T. Gesborne, St. John'slo 10
3. E. P. Wolstenholme, Trinity
4. A. Garfet, Trinity
5. C. A. Nicholson, Trinity
G. Harkness, St. John's
7. Vincent, Trinity lO 10
Jackson (stroke), St. John's ll 0
Murdock (steerer), St. John's

Much anxiety was evinced to witness this race, but
the race was unfortunately of a very monotonous cha-
racter. The Oxford, a fine powerful crew, who swing
well together, had the middle station, and at the word
" off" took the lead without procrastination, and kept up
the practice till the bridge was `• shot.' This was not
effected without many plucky attempts on the part of the
Cambridge to wrest this position from them ; but from
the very commencement the Cambridge were over-
powered. The pace in this race, as in the Scullers'
Heats also, was remarkably fast, 18 minutes 8 seconds.

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Five o'clock.—Stewards' Challenge Cup.
Christ Church Club rowed over, the Worcester College
Club having withdrawn.
At Half-past Five the race for the Silver Wherries
came on.
Pollock and Fellowes, London (Red). H. S. and T.
Polehampton, Oxford (Blue).
Blue took the lead instanter, and kept it up to Poplar
Point, when Red, who had been rowing "within them-
selves," shook off their lethargy, and pushed ahead.
Second Heat. _

W. S. Falls and W. Coulthard, St. George's Club,
(White, Red Cross)
E. P. Wolstenholme and R. Vincent, Trinity College 2
A pretty race ; the St. George's, who had the Berks
station, took a very slight lead at the start, held, but
could not increase it, until they had covered half the dis-
tance, but then by beautiful rowing, and watermanlike
handling of their boat, they realised a lead of two boats'
length.

Final Heat for the Diamond Sculls.
W. Maule, Cambridge

J G. Moon, Oxford— 2
This heat drew all the stragglers in by-ways, &c., to
the river aide, each university prompt to cheer on its
champion. Mr. Moon had the Berks station and the
best of the start, and having been the favourite before
starting, his backers now, naturally enough, became
very sanguine, but Mr. Mamie was not to be shaken off.
Scull and scull they dashed along the Reach, now one
and now the other gaining a trifling advantage, but
at Phillis-court Mr. Maule at last obtained a decided
lead, which from that point he improved to three boats'
length, and finished the race without much distress,
Mr. Moon being dreadfully exhausted at the Steward's
Stand.
The sports of the day were concluded by the
Final Heat for Silver Wherries.
W. S. Falls and W. Coulthard, St. George's Club

(White, Red Cross) 1
Pollock and Fellowes, Cambridge Subscription Rooms,
Leander Club (Red)
Red, on Berks shore, at the start jumped off with the
lead, which they speedily converted to a boat's length
and a half; but at Remenham Bay the St. George's pair
crawl up to them, and stick to them likes burr-I'lp to the
point, when they make a rush to pass them, but here
Mr. Fellowes was somewhat too powerful and very
much too energetic for his partner, and by picking his
boat up too quickly, bored the other pair almost to the
^ther side of the river; who, to avoid collision, "eased
[lttf," but chimed the foul on the ground that though no
actual collision bad taken place, they had been hin-
dered from passing Messrs. Fellowes and Pollock,
owing to their being out of their proper course. This
the committee allowed, and the cup was awarded to the
St. George's men.
To-day the racing will be continued, when the
final heat for the Grand Challenge Cup will be rowed
by the Thames and Oxford University.

ATTEMPT DY A SERVANT TO POISON HER MISTRESS
—A case of this description has just been heard at the county
magistrates' office, at Worcester. The accused is Mary Ann
Tandy, servant to Mr. Nicholls, a farmer, residing at Powick,
Worcestershire, who was charged with administering poison
to her mistress with intent to kill and murder her. It ap-
peared from the depositions of the several witnesses that
Mrs. Nicholls had been in the habit of drinking a little
warm water on going to bed, which the servant brought
up into her mistress's bed-room. On Thursday last she
took up the water as usual to her mistress's room on
being requested, and Mrs. Nicholls drank a small por-
tion of it. She immediately discovered that the water
had an unpleasant taste, and exclaimed, " What's in
this water ? I am poisoned." Mrs. Clewes, who was
on a visit to Mrs. Nicholls, hearing her screams,
went to her assistance, and the inmates of the house
having been aroused, some mustard and water was ad-
ministered as an emetic, and had the desired effect. Mr. J.
F. Turnberrow, a lodger in the house, administered a further
dose of the same, and subsequently gave Mrs. Nicholls the
whites of three eggs, which further relieved her. Mrs.
Clewes, on tasting the water left in the cup, found it very
unpleasant, but the water iti the tea-kettle from which the
girl had been seen to pour it into the cup was good. The
remainder of the contents of the cup were handed over by
Mr. Turnberrow to Dr. Turley, who on the following day
analysed them, and on applying the usual tests discovered,
without doubt, that oxymurlate of mercury was contained
therein. Dr. Turley stated that a fitth of the solution
left in the bottle was sufficient to destroy life. He
visited Mrs. Nicholls on the same day, and found
her labouring under symptoms which left no doubt
on his mind that she had taken poison of the same
kind as that contained in the solution, part of which Mrs.
Nicholls had drunk. Mr. Nicholls had I..id mercury in the
house for some days, for the purpose of dressing sheep, and
the prisoner was fully aware that it was kept in a certain
cupboard. Mrs. Nicholls had noticed that the paper which
contained the mercury had been disturbed, as though it had
been opened and wrapped up again. The prisoner was ap.
prehended on the following day at the house of her father,
at Welland, whither she had proceeded. On being informed
of the nature of the charge against her, she said she had not
put anything into the cup, and that if there was anything
else in the cup, it must have been put in before she poured
the water into it. At the termination of the inquiry the
prisoner was fully committed to take her trial at the ensuing
assizes at Worcester, on the charge of attempt to murder.
Mrs. Nicholls had scolded the girl in the course of Thursday
morning. We are happy to add that Mrs. Nicholls is in a
state of convalescence.
THE LATE CONFLAGRATION IN THE STRAND.-

OFFICIAL itF.POR.T.—The tire which broke out en Thursday
morning in Angel-court, Strand, briefly noticed in this jour-
nal of the same date, was attended with a far greater de-
struction of property than was at first imagined. At a
moderate calculation the loss will amount to several thou-
sand pounds, and the whole of the insurances effected upon
the buildings and their contents do not exceed 5,0001. The
following is Mr. Braidwood's official report of the damages :
—" Thursday, halt-past twelve, A.M., a fire occurred in
Angel court, Strand, upon the premises belonging to Messrs.
Leighton and Sons, bookbinders. Cause unknown. Goods in
trust insured in the Imperial Fire-office. The stock in trade
insured in the Sun. Tne whole range of workshops nearly
destroyed and their contents burned. No. 6, Angel-court—
Mr. C. Smith, map-seller and globe-maker ; contents in-
sured in the Imperial, the building unknown ; damage to
contents by fire and water, roof slightly damaged, the doors
and windows burned out. No. 7, Angel-court—Owen Owen,
shoemaker; windows and doors burned out, some damage to
contents by fire and water; uninsured. No. 5, Surrey-street
--Captain Swinton, insured in the Dissenters'-office ; roof
slightly damaged by fire, rest of building and contents by
water. No. 6, Surrey-street-- Mrs. M. Laws, building and
contents insured in the Sun •, small roof over closet on second
floor damaged by fire, and contents by water. No. 173,
Strand—S. Morgan, glover, building and contents insured in
the Phcenix; slight damage by removal.
FIRE IN YORK-ROAD, LAMBETH. Yesterday,
shortly after twelve o'clock, a fire, which at one period
threatened very disastrous consequences, broke out upon the
premises in the occupation of Mr. Collins, a stationer and
bookseller, carrying on business at No. 49, York-road, Lam-
beth. 'The discovery was made by Mr. Crake, who lives in
the adjoining house, to whose exertions may be attributed
the escape of the several persons on the premises. The fire-
men succeeded in getting the flames extinguished, but not
without considerable damage being done to the stock in trade
and building. How the fire originated could not be ascer-
tained. Mr. Collins is fortunately insured in the County
Fire-office. The police, under Mr. Inspector Arnold, kept the
doors of the building closed until the arrival of the firemen,
or the damage would have been far more extensive.
NECESSITY THE MOTHER OF INVENTION.—After
the Snake, Levant packet, was wrecked on the reef near the
Cosmoledo rocks, the crew nearly perished from thirst, when,
fortunately, they met with an old iron pot and the barrel of
an old gun ; the former they converted into a boiler, which
they filled with salt water ? they then formed a steam pipe
of the barrel of the gun, one end of which they introduced
into the lid of the boiler, and the other end they fixed in the
stump of a hollow tree, filled with cold water for condensa-
tion. Thus, in twenty-four hours, they distilled through
the nipple of the gun ten gallons of fresh water.—Decora-
tor's Assistant.

PRICE SD.

GUILTY—BUT DRUNK."
Many years ago, while the state of Georgia was still
in its infancy, an eccentric creature, named Brown, was
one of its circuit judges. He was a man of considerable
ability, of inflexible integrity, and much beloved and
respected by all the legal profession, but he had one
common fault. His social qualities would lead him, de-
spite his judgment, into frequent excesses. In travel-
ling the circuit it was his invariable habit, the night
before opening the court, to get " comfortably corned,"
by means of appliances common upon such occasions.
If he couldn't succeed while operating upon his own
hook, the members of the bar would generally turn
in and help him. It was in the spring of the year ;
taking his w fe—a model of a woman in her way—in
the old-fashioned but strong "carry all," that he jour-
neyed some forty miles, and reached a village where
" court" was to be opened the next day. It was late in
the evening of Sunday that he arrived at the place, and
took up quarters with a relation of his " better half," by
whom the presence of an official dignitary was consi-
dered a singular honour. After he found many old
friends, called to the place, like himself, on important
professional business, and who were properly glad to
meet him. " Gentlemen," said the Judge, " 'us quite a
long time since we have enjoyed a glass together—let us
take a drink all round. Of course, Sterritt (addressing
the landlord), you have better liquor than you had the
last time we were here ; the stuff you had then was not
fit to give to a dog." Sterritt, who had charge of the
house, pretended that everything was right, and so
they went to work. It is unnecessary to enlarge upon
a drinking bout in a country tavern; it will quite answer
our purpose to state that somewhere in the region of
midnight, the Judge wended his very devious way towards
his temporary home. About the time he was leaving,
however, some young barristers, fond of "practical jokes,"
and not much afraid of the bench, transferred all'the
silver spoons of Sterritt to the Judge's coat pocket.
It was eight o'clock of Monday morning that the Judge
rose. Having indulged in the process of ablution and
abstertion, and partaken of a cheerful and refreshing
breakfast, he went to his room to prepare himself for
the duties of the day. " Well, Polly," said he to his
wife, "I feel much better than I expected to feel after
that frolic last night." " Ah, Judge," said she, reproach-
fully, "you are getting too old—you ought to leave off
that business." "Ah, Polly, what's the use of talking?"
It was at this precise instant of time that the Judge, hav-
ing put on his overcoat, was proceeding, according to
his usual custom, to give his wife a parting kiss,
that he happened, in thrusting his hand into his pocket,
to lay hold of Sterritt's spoons. He jerked them out.
With an expression of horror almost indescribable he
exclaimed, "My God ! Polly !" " What on earth's the
matter, Judge ?', " Just look at these spoons ?" " Dear
me, where d'ye get them ?" " Get them ? Don't you
see the initials on them," extending them towards her,
"I stole them." " Stole them, Judge ?" " Yes, stole
them." "My dear husband it can't be possible ! from
whom ?" " From Sterritt, over there, his name is on
them." " Good heavens 1 how could it happen ?" "I
know very well, Polly ; I was very drunk when I came
home, wasn't L" " Why, Judge, you know your old
habit when you get among those lawyers." " But was
I very drunk ?" " Yes, you were." " Was I remark-
ably drunk when I got home, Mrs. Brown ?" " Yes,
Judge, drunk as a fool, and forty times as stupid."
" I thought so," said the Judge, dropping into the
chair in extreme despondency. " I knew it would come
to that at last. I have always thought that something
bad would happen to me—that I should do something
very wrong—kill some one in a moment of passion, per-
haps, but I never imagined that I could be mean enough
to be guilty of deliberate larceny." " But there may be
some mistake, Judge." "No mistake, Polly. I know
very well how it came about. That fellow, Sterritt,
keeps the meanest sort of liquor, and always did—liquor
mean enough to make a man do any sort of a mean
thing. I have always said it was mean enough to make
a man steal, and now I have a practical illustration of
the fact," and the poor old man buret into tears. " Don't
be a child," said his wife, wiping away the tears, " go
like a man over to Sterritt, tell him it was a little bit of
a frolic—pass it off as a joke—go and open court, and
nobody will ever think of it again." A little of the
soothing system operated upon the Judge, as such things
usually do; his extreme mortification was inally.sub-
dued, and over to Sterritt's he went with a tolerable face.
Of course he had but little difficulty in settling with him
—for aside from the fact that the Judge's integrity was
unquestionable, he had an inkling of the joke that had
been played. The judge took his seat in court, but it
was observed that he was sad and melancholy, and that
his mind frequently wandered from the business before
him. There was a lack of the sense and intelligence
that usually characterised his proceedings. Several
days passed away, and the business of the court was
drawing towards a close, when one morning a rough-
looking sort of a customer was arraigned on a charge of
stealing. After the clerk had read the indictment to
him, he put the question, " Guilty or not guilty?"
" Guilty, but drunk," answered the prisoner. "What's
that plea?" exclaimed the Judge, who was half dozing
on the bench. "He 'loaded Auilty,, but says he was
drunk," replied the clerk. " What's the Charge against
the man?" "He is indicted for nrand larceny." "What's
the case?" " May it please your honour," said the pro-
secuting attorney, " the man is regularly indicted for
stealing a large sum from the Columbus Hotel." " How
is this, and he pleads —" "He pleads guilty, but
drunk." The Judge was not fully aroused. " Guilty,
but drunk! that is a most extraordinary plea. Young
man, you are certain you were drunk?" " Yes, sir."
" Where did you get your liquor?" "At Sterritt's."
" D'ye get none anywhere else?" " Not a drop, sir."
" You got drunk on his liquor, and afterwards stole his
money?" " Yes, sir." " Mr. Prosecutor," said the
Judge, " do me the favour to enter a nollc prosequi in
that man's case. That liquor of Sterritt's is mean
enough to make a man do anything dirty. I got drunk
on it the other day myself, and stole all Sterritt's spoons!
Release the prisoner, Mr. Sheriff. I adjourn the court.',