The Sun.
London, England, 1846-06-01 00:00:00

GRAND ROWING MATCHES.

On Saturday the village of Putney was the scene of
two spiritedly-contested matches—one between five-
pair-oared boats, manned by members of the Thames
Club, and the other by four-oared boats, manned by gen •
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handsome silver cups;
tlemen of' Guy's Club. The prize for contention by the
taost
hrettiwtenor s and colours:—Light
Blue—R. E. Kew and L. A. Kew. Purple—B. Curtis
and H. Field. Tri-colour—S. S. Robinson and J. Davis.
Yellow—J. Podmare and T. Playford. Blue and White
—R. Cobb and W. Field.
The start was bgautiful, and the boats were equal up
to Wandsworth-reach, a slight lead being taken by blue
and white; but light blue ultimately got ahead, and won
cleverly by about four boats' lengths.
The Guy's Club four-oared scratch match, the course
from Putney-bridge to the upper part of Chiswick Ait.
Prize, a pair of silver oars and rudder.
The following were the crews and colours:--Green--
Squire, Marthope, Weltje, Brently; Forster, Coxswain.
Yellow—Gagger, French, Wallis, Yardley ; A. Pollard.
coxswain. Peach—Cooper, Cole, Cox, Rose ; J. Pol
Evans, Collins, Belt;
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Purple, at starting, took the lead, and shortly after
fouled with green, carrying away the rudder of the lat.
ter, but she nevertheless came in a winner by four boats
lengths.

The whole scene was very gay, and the cutters of the
various clubs were out.

The Duke and Duchess of Beaufort leave town to-day
for Badminton, Gloucestershire. The noble Duke and Duchess
return on Wednesday, and that evening will receive a distin-
guished circle at dinner.
The Duke and Duchess of Buckingham, accompanied
by the Marquis of Chandos and Lady Anne Grenville, lett
Buckingham House, Pall-mall, to pass the holidays at Stow;
near Buckingham.
CLOSING OF THE TRANSFER BOOKS AT THE BANK
OF ENGLAND AND SOUTH SEA HOUSE.—The following no-
tice was issued on Saturday at the above monetarvestablish-
ments :—" Bank of England : Annuities due sth July, 1846.
going into new ledger; Consolidated Three per Cen.ts._ will
be closed from Friday, June 5, to Friday, July
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June, to Friday, 10th Jul).
SCANDAL.—An extraordinary sensation has 'been
created in a rural district in the vicinity of this town, in con.
sequence of a Rev. Gentleman, who has been exceedingly
popular as a preacher, being caught in too close intimacy, for
one of his cloth, with a lady of fortune, The Rev. Gentle-
man is gone, it is said, to France, and the lady has retired
into strict privacy in the domestic circle of her friends. The
Rev. Lothario is a married man.--Brighton Herald.
DEPARTURE OF THE GREAT WESTERN.—On Satur-
day afternoon, the steap-ship, Great Western, sailed from
Liverpool for New York, crammed with passengers, besides a
very heavy cargo.
Since the committal to Newgate of William Henry
Norman, who accused himself of robbing his employer, Mr.
William Hoof, of Madeley House, Kensington, it has been
satisfactorily ascertained that he has been in no way con..
cerned in the murder of Mr. IL Westwood, the watchmaker.
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in the reports that Norman was concerned in the murder of
Mr. Westwood, circumstances have been communicated to
the police which lead to a hope of an elucidation of the
mystery in which that dreadful crime has been so long en-
veloped.
PROFANITY AT A. PREMIUM.—A few days ago, an
auction of birds took place at the Wallace Fens, Perthshire.
As the exposer holds a high reputation among ornithologists
as a bird-trainer, rather more than the usual number of
would-be purchasers appeared upon the spot. Several
to
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his being offered at such a low price; and before the auc-
tioneer
canaries sold at ss. each, and parrots from 255. to 30s. A.
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of
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latter
self-esteem class
had time to utter any recommendationsin her favour,
the bird commenced a round of swearing that would have
seemwedas
unlooked-for display of the bird's powers. Every oath
" beat Banagher." The audience seemed electrified by the
raised his value a crown, till he was finally knocked dowel
At 84 ON.