The Sun.
London, England, 1846-07-01 00:00:00

Second Heat.

Mr. Stratton, Thames Club
(Yellow) I
Mr. Lambert, Thames Club
Mr. Woolstenhohne, Trinity College, Cambridge....... t. 2
Mr. Vincent, Trinity College, Cambridge...
T. H. Fellows, Leander Club (MA) 0
E. Fellows, Exeter College, Oxford
They all took the start beautifully together, and off
Finch's, red was first by a boat's length or nearly so; yellow
second, and about as much in advance of the third paLt!
Alm,st immediately after this, the Messrs Fellows rowed
them,elves right into the bight on the Surrey shore, and as
a consequence were doomed to the unpleasantness of a stern
ch,,se. Yellow took it up at the upper part of Finch's
grounds, and kept it throughout, rnd woa by three or four
lengths.
WATER:IIEN SCULLEPS' MATCII, FOE 50 GUINEAS.
First Heat.

Cooke, Hungerford (Red) 1
Leach, Lambeth
Richmond (Red ana IVlii!e) 0
M'Kinney, Richmond (Black and White) 0
F. Phelps, Putney (Green) 0 ,
Immediately after the start, purple, red; and red and
white, dashed off in slight advance of the others. The two t
first were unable to continue the pace, and Missam went
ahead of the whole party. Leach then challenged him.
Cooke was at this time closely pressed by 111‘Kinney, and the
rowing on all sides, exceptiag Phelps's, was of the most
spirited character. Cooke went gradually and beautifully in
advance, and then a severe, and, if possible, a more desperate _
struggle occurred between Leach, Missam' and APliinneY'•
for the second position, and after rowing half a mile so closely
that a blanket would have covered the three at any part of-';
the distance, Leach was successful by a length.

Second Hear.

Pocock, Lambeth (Light Blue) 1
F. Lett, Lambeth (Yellow) 2
Forrest, Greenwich. (Stripes) 0
Cobb, Greenwich ................. ....... (Pink) 0
Watts, of Waterloo-bridge, was rowing to the station in
his wager wherry, when he was run down by some awkward
or ill 'designing below-bridge men in a skiff, and a steamer
coming up at the moment, he was fortunate in escaping with ,
his life. He was much hurt, and unable to come to tho
station.
Stripe, yellow, and light blue got off together. Pink hung
a length astern. When about twenty yards Stripe went out
in rdvance by a quarter of a boat's length, pink nearing the
second and third by great exertion. Light blue then dashed ,
off in advance of the whole party, and opposite the Crab
Tree the third man came up to Lett and challenged him, but
was unable to overhaul him, and fell astern, Cobb seemed
out of sorts, and too light for the wind, which was blowing ;
heavily, and hampered him considerably. Won by four
lengths with the most perfect ease, the second man well ,
ahead of the third.

WATERMEN PRIZF: BOAT PAIR OARS' MATCH.
First Heat,

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Williams and Collier .,..
(Black) 1
Doyle and Prince (Green) 2
•oLitley and Pate (Stripe) 0
Maynard and Arthur • (Light blue) 0
G. Maxwell and Garratt (Pink) 0
Black went off at first, but had scarcely been a minute at
work, when light blue shot out, and became level with them.
Stripe came next in order. Black, however, went away,
maintained the lead, and won hy half a length.
Second heat. '
11. Campbell and R. Barrow (Red) 1
H. Long and Joseph Smith (Purple) 2
Larkin and Johnson (Red and white) 0 1
H. Barrow and Powell (Black and white i 0
J. Jones and Wing
It was a poor race. Rad took the lead, and won by several
lengths. a ~

AMATEUR PAIR OARS' MATCH.
Final Heat.
Messrs. Strutton and Lambert (Yellow) I if
Messrs. Woolstenholme and Vincent (Light blue) 2
Messrs. Conant and Stapylton (Purple) 0
Messrs. J. Allen and Dodd (Green) 0
Purple, yellow, and green, went off together at a fine 'I
pace, light blue not getting under weigh so soon. They, ,/
however, soon put on the steam, to make up for lost time;
purple then drew out a trifle in advance, and next came I
yellow, and a smart brush occurred between these pairs,
light blue waiting t4o closely upon them to render the t
matter pleasant. Yellow took the lead a little above
Spriugate's, light blue being close upon them, and they t,
were stroke and str,ke for some distance, making a most
beautitul race. At the Crab Tree purple made up to yellow*,
and kept them at very smart work. Light blue aso nearcd
the two leading boats, and the whole formed a very pretty .1
picture. Won by two lengths.
Apprentices Match, in one heat, for a Coat, Badge, and •
Freedom, presented by Evan Morris, Esq.
George Potoek (Light blue) 1
C. J. Campbell (Purple) 2 1
William Platt
Two others started. It was a very well contested race, and t
the young men deserved much credit for their rowing. Won ,1
by three lengths. ►
WATERMEN SCULLERS' MATcrr
Final Heat.
The start was splendid, the contest beautiful throughout.
On the signal being given light blue shot out, but before ;
they had rowed sixty yards, red, purple, and light blue were
as level as when at station. Light blue then took the lead, t
and then purple came up alongside, and showed a trifle in
advance. Pocock again went in advance, and Leach and
Cooke made a most determined struggle for second, which
ended in Leach dropping astern. Cooke then rowed with
great spirit after Pocock, and off the Vice-Chancellor's resi-
dence was scull and scull with him, but Pocock put on a de-
termined
spurt, and although pressed hard by his opponent, ;
won by half a length only. They came in thus—
W. Pocock (Light Blue) 1
Cooke
Leach (Purple) 0
. .

Final Heat for Watermen's Prize Boat Match.
Doyle and Prince (Green) 1
Williams and Collier (Black) 2 .•
H. Campbell and R. Barrow. (Red) 0
Black took the lead but soon lost it, purple went too near
the shore throughout and were entirely lust sight of. The
two first boats kept within a length of each other nearly the
whole distance, sometimes, indeed, closer. Won by a length
only.

WESTMINSTER HALL STILL IN DANGER. An in-
structive corollary on our quotation from the Times'in last
impression, respecting the wooden erections surrounding
Westminster Hall, has occurred at Bristol, where the ex-
tensive military barracks, now approaching towards com-
pletion, ran an imminent risk of immediate destruction by
the conflagration of a collection of wooden buildings which
surrounded them.—The

A horrible case was brought before the Court of
Assize of Chartres on the 20th. The circumstances, as proved
by the evidence, are as follow :—At the end of 1844, Louis
' Clairet, a soldier of the 2d Regiment, obtained an indefinite
congd, and returned to the house of his brother, a labourer,
but with a property of his own, at La Plesse. Louis Clairet
was well: received by his brother Jacques, although his
conduct had been very bad, and he had been detected in
adultery with the wife ofJacques. This crime had been forgiven,
and the two brothers worked top ether as labourers on a neigh-
bouring farm. One evening, in January last, as they were
returning home from labour, Jacques in front, and Louis
some paces behind, a pistol, loaded with entail shot, was
fired, and the charge struck against the head and shoulders
of Jacques, but, the shot being of small size, no mortal
wound was inflicted. Jacques turned round, and, not sus-
pecting that his brother was the criminal, called to him
for aid, but Louis Clairet ran off. Jacques recovered, and
still pretended to have no suspicion of his brother, but .ue
authorities made inquiries, which convinced them mat he
only could have fired the pistol, which was
found near the spot, and which belonged tr Louis Clairet,
and had been purchased by him ono-four days before
the attempted murder. It was
~:so ascertained, soon
after the arrest of Louis, that he had previously en-
deavoured, but in vain, to rirchase some arsenic, and
failing in this mode of A. etting rid of his brother he
resolved to shoot him. Not long before the attempt,
Jacques Clairet had been induced by his wife to
make
a will, leaving to her the whole of his little property; and
there was reason to believe that this was done by her in an-
ticipation of his death. Several witnesses were called, and
amongst , who did every thing in his
power
them Jacques
exculpateClairet, his brother, but the proofs were too
strong for his g.,aernsity to be of any avail. The prisoner
could say very little in his defence, for he could not bring a
to
witness to disprove that he had purchased the pistol, and
was compelled to admit that he had endeavoured to obtain
arsenic; but this, he said, was at the request of his sister-in-
law, and for the purpose of destroying rats. He was found
guilty, but with extenuating circumstances (the verdict of
nine jams out of ten, from the increasing dislike to the in-
fliction of death, no matter how heinous the crime), and was
sentenced to imprisonment with hard labour for life.—French
paper.

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