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

COURT CIRCULAR.

At the Privy Council held by the Queen at Os-
korne, Isle of Wight, on Tuesday, Pariiament was
ordered to be. further prorogued from Tuesday, the
12th of October, until Thursday, the 11th of Nov.
Her Majesty and Prince Albert, accompanied by
the Prince of Wales and the Princess Royal, walked
yesterday in the pleasure grounds of Osborne.
Prince Alfred and the Princess Alice took walking
and pony exercise yesterday forenoon on the beach.
Her Majesty the Queen Dowager, accompanied by
his Royal Highness the Duke of Saxe Meiningen,
and their Serene Highnesses the Duchess Ida, Prince
Gustavus, and the Princesses of Saxe Weimar, and
attended by the Countess of Brownlow, lion. Miss
Hudson, Earl of Denbigh, Captain Somerset, and
the Rev. J. R. Wood-, visited the New Palace at
Westminster yesterday, and inspected the new House
of Lords. The august party afterwards drove round
the parks.
Her Royal Highness the Duchess of Kent, attended
by Baroness de Speth, arrived at her residence, Cla-
rence House, St. James's, at one o'clock yesterday
afternoon, from Frogmore House, Windsor. Her
Royal Highness visited the Queen Dowager at Marl-
borough House, and partook of a dejeune with her
Majesty and the Duchess Ida of Saxe Weimar. Her
Royal Highness the Duchess of Kent left town at
half past three o'clock, on her return to Frogmore
House.

His Royal Highness Prince George arrived in town
on Tuesday evening. Yesterday the Prince visited
the Queen Dowager and the Duke of Saxe Meiningen
at Marlborough House.
The American Minister and Mrs. Bancroft re-
turned to Eaton-square on Tuesday evening, from
the Continent.

Viscount Palmerston returned to his seat, Broad-
lands, Hants, on Tuesday evening, from Osborne.
The Lord Chancellor returned to his residence at
Copse Hill un Tuesday evening, from Osborne.
Dispatches were received yesterday at the Colonial-
office from the Governors of the North American
Colonies.

CONTEST FOR THE CHAMPION-

SHIP OF THE THAMES.
The scullers contest for the championship of the
Thames and 2001., came off yesterday, and was de-
cided, after a most gallant contest, in favour of
Coombes.

The event was one of a most important and in-
teresting character, and added one laurel more to the
champion, who has, step by step, in a series of con-
flicts, climbed the ladder of aquatic distinction. N ever
was the maxim, Pall-awn qui nzeruit feral, more ge-
nerally dispensed than on this occasion ; men of all
grades, apart from motives of interest, earnestly
wished that the race would be such as to determine
the question of superiority in such a way as to leave
no doubt as to which was the better man. It was
feared that Something might occur illustrative of the
axiom, " The race is not always to the swift;" but
we are happy to say that it was a fine, straightfor•
ward race in every respect, and must at once set at
rest a matter over which men of all conditions have

more or less had some dispute. The combatants of
yesterday, Robert Coombes, the champion for some
time past, and Robert Newel, who aspired to that
very enviable distinction, have twice before been pitted
against each other. The first of these races was about
five years ago, when Newel, with a slight lead
in his favour, was swamped within a mile of the
winning post, and Coombes went in a winner. A
second race was got up, we believe, almost imme-
diately afterwards, which was also won by Coombes
by dint of fair rowing. The great power exhibited
by Newel, who has for a length of time taken an
oar in the family manned boat of Lord Kilmorry's,
and the science he' exhibited as a sculler, coupled
with the impression that he had much improved
since his last defeat, found him in a condition to test
his claim to aquatic superiority at the very large stake
of 1001. aside. We are not disposed to inflict any
lengthened exordium upon the reader, in the way of
a narrative of the performance of each ; it may suffice
to repeat that Coombes has ascended the ladder of
aquatic celebrity, step by step. He began about
twelve years ago by winning the Duke of Buc-
cleuch's sovereigns, defeated man after man, including
the struggles we have mentioned with Newel, and
last season easily beat Charles Campbell, the many
years' champion of the Thames. Since that, about
two months ago he defeated, with the aid of
his brother Thomas, the celebrated Claspers,
of Newcastle, in an oars wager. Robert
Newel has taken his share of work ; but, upon the
whole, he has not had the difficult up-hill game to
fight which has characterised the career of his oppo-
nent. He has beaten a great many—has, as well as
Coombes, defeated Henry Clasper, and until the
event which we are now about to record, been con •
sidered of late by many equal, by some superior, to
his opponent in the yesterday's struggle. We never
remember to have seen so vast a concourse of spec
tators as that assembled to witness this great trial of
strength and skill. The Citizen L, the Childe
Harold, Lalla Rookh, Sunbeam, Laurel, and Citizen C,
were filled with company. The London, the Thames,
and many other gentlemen amateur eights, were
afloat, and everything which, by a stretch of down-
right good-nature, could be called a boat, was put into
requisition on the Thames—whilst thousands, and
many too, equestrians and pedestrians, were anxiously
awaiting the issue on the bridges and shores. It was
thegayest and most animated scene that ever presented
itself to our view in aquatic matters. Until the final
depesit at Tennent's, the Westminster Arms, Horse-
ferry road, on Monday night, we are disposed to say
that, although much had been said about speculation,
but little had been done ; but after that " a change
came o'er the tenor of the scene." 6 to 5, and in some
instances 5 to 5, was the order of the day at that
meeting ; and it having been fairly established that
this was the price, hundreds who had" hung fire" went
to work at that figure, and a large stake must have been
dependent upon the issue of the race. While on this
portion of the subject it may be as well to say that
sto 4 was the current betting at starting. Mr.
Roles was umpire for Coombes, Mr. Williams for
Newel, and Mr. E. Searle referee. These gentlemen
having taken their station on the paddle-box of the
Childe Harold at a little before five, preparations were
made for