The Sun.
London, England, 1870-09-16 00:00:00

THE INTERNATIONAL BOAT RACE.

The great match between the Tyne crew and the crew
which won the prize offered to oarsmen of all nations at
the Paris Exhibition took place yesterday at Montreal.
In anticipation of the contest the New York Times made
the following remarks :—The members of the Tyne crew
are all veteran rowers, though all under thirty-five years
of age. Renforth, the stroke, is the champion
oarsman of England ; Taylor and Winship are
the champion pair ; and Martin is well known as
a sculler. These Englishmen bring their boat with them,
and row in much the same style as the Oxford men did in
their match with Harvard—a long, swinging sweep, with
a quick recover. The St. John's men do
not row as long a stroke as the Tyne crew ;
and as the course is a long 'one—six miles—it
is quite possible that the rowing championship
may be transferred to England. Whatever may be the
result of the coming race, there is very little doubt that
the English have reduced rowing much more to a science
than we have, as was clearly demonstrated in the Oxford
and Harvard race. Our boys in that contest certainly laboured
under many disadvantages, but it was the superior science
of the Oxford men that carried the day in the end. It is
noticeable that the boat in which the Tyne crew will
probably row is steered by the bowoar, after the American
fashion. After their race with the " Paris crew," the
English boatmen will be willing to row against some well-
known American sculler. Walter Brown won a race when
he was in England, and a match between him and Ren-
forth would be an interesting event, as would pair-oar
contests between Renforth and Taylor for England, and
Brown and Tyler, or Coulter, for America.

THE HEALTH OF THE EMPEROR
NAPOLEON.

The correspondent of the Manchester Examiner
says To great a change has taken place in
the appearance of Napoleon that he is hardly
recognisable. His face is swollen and of bilious
colour. He is dark about the eyes, which seem to have
no speculation in them. His gait is forced
and mechanical in a word his whole appearance is
such as to produce a painful feeling in
the beholders. He goes to bed late and rises early. The
windows of his bed chamber are often seen lighted at
midnight, and before dawn he is observed walking in the
garden."
The correspondent of the Telegraph says the daily life of
the Emperor Napoleon proceeds with its customary regu-
larity. In the forenoon, between eight and ten, after an
early breakfast, he may be seen as a quiet-looking elderly
gentleman in civilian attire—for he has laid aside his
regimentals—taking his constitutional in an enjoyable
manner. At two o'clock is the luncheon hour, and the dinner
is at eight, when covers are laid for sixteen persons. The
Governor of Cassel, Graf Monts, and the commander
of Wilhelmshohe, Captain von Dupenbrock-Gruiter,
commanding the squadron of hussars stationed at the
place, have seats at the Imperial table reserved for them,
Of which they can avail themselves daily. All the
servants engaged in the kitchen, as well as those
whose business it is to wait at table, have been
sent from Berlin. The house steward, under
whose supervision all Irmsehold details are ar-
ranged, is also from the Prusisan capital. The
Emperor receives all the outward deference and
respect which Royal etiquette demands. There
is no apparent personal surveillance exercised towards
him. He moves about at his own pleasure, and mostly
without an attendant to remind him of his position.

DIEING AT SEA.—The Scotsman says consider-
able excitement was created on Tuesday by the report of
guns heard at sea, north from St. Abb's Head, and it was
rumoured that a fight was going on between some French
and German war vessels. The heights about Eysmouth
were visited, but no vessel could be seen, though the firing
continued. From the rapidity of the firing and number
of shots heard. it had all the appearance of a return fire ;
but no particulars of any kind have come to hand, and no
confirmation of an engdgement having taken place has
been received.

NARROW ESCAPE OF MR. BUCKSTONE AND THE
HAYMARKET COMPANY.—An accident of a serious nature
occurred to the Glasgow mail train a few days ago. A.
number of trucks were being shunted about a mile from
Preston, in order to allow the mail to pass. But before
this could be done the express dashed up, and, coming in
contact with the last truck, nearly left the metals. For-
tunately, the speed had been slackened, and the force of
the collision was thereby considerably lessened. As it
was, the whole of the steps were torn off the passenger
train, and considerable damage done. The company of
the Haymarket Theatre were travelling to Manchester,
a.nd so greatly was the carriage in which they were jour-
neying damaged that they had to be transferred to another
upon arriving at Preston. Beyond a severe shaking, how-
ever, they sustained no injury.