The Sun.
London, England, 1834-08-25 00:00:00

a distance.

Mr. Barrow's Catharina
Mr. Cooke's Red Rover 2
Colonel Cradock's Fanny 3
The Hunters' Stakes of 7 sovs. each, and 30 added, were won in
three heats by Mr. Batty's Tally-ho, beating Mr. Hornly's br. g.
by Antonio, and 5 others.
The Consolation Stakes of 5 sovs. each, ,and 30 added, for the
beaten horses, were won by Lady Moore Carew in two heats,'beat-
ing c. by Lottery, Lilly of Smedley, and Palmflower.

BRIGHTON REGATTA.
This town was enlivened on Friday with a Regatta, and it is
somewhat remarkable that this was the first that ever took place off
this " the Queen of watering places." Admiral Sir R. Otway,
one of the Stewards, with his daughters, were present the whole
time, and appeared to be highly gratified with the scene. The
weather was exceedingly favourable for the sailing-boats, but the
rowers had a stiff pull. In the evening fireworks were discharged
from the pier head.

COWES REGATTA.
(From the Hampshire Telegraph.)
COWES, AUG. 23.—0 n Thursday, at our Regatta, his Majesty'.
cup was sailed for by the undermentioned yachts of the Royal Yacht
Squadron, and won by the Harriet, of 67 tons, G. W. Heneage,
Esq. The competitors arrived at the goal of decision as follows :
Hours. min. see.
Harriet G. W. Heneage, Esq... 3 51 16
Hebe A Corbet, Esq 3 51 30
Witch
The Emerald, Mr. Symonds, and Mary, General Johnstone,
gave in ; the former from carrying away her gaft, and the latter
having her bowsprit sprung.
The Royal Yacht Squadron Dinner took place at the Squadron
House on the 21st inst. Amongst the company were—His Grace
the Duke of Norfolk ; Vice Commodores the Earls of Belfast, ll-
ehester, and Cavan ; Lords Deerhurst, Foley, and Corry • Admirals
Sir G. E. Hammond and Sir P. Halkett ; General johnstone ;
Captains G. Pechell, Corry, Fullea, Lynn, Saunders, &c.
A royal salute, in honour of his Majesty's birthday, was fired at
noon from the Royal Yacht Squadron Battery; and at one p.m.,
the Vice Commodore's brig Waterwitch, and other yachts in the
roadstead, followed the same example, and were all dressed in
colours. _

Yesterday there were rowing matches by four and two-oared
boats belonging to the squadron, which created much interest.

HARWICH REGATTA.
(From the Essex Standard.)
11ARWICH, Auo. 21.—This day was ushered in by the ringing
of bells, and at an early hour in the morning all was bustle and
preparation. By nine o'clock the beautiful harbour was filled with
boats and vessels of all descriptions, trimmed with their best
colours, and filled with company from the surrounding ports
and neighbourhood. The. Ipswich steamer brought 300 of the in-
habitants of that town to witness the sports of the day ; and at
eleven o'clock the scene was interesting and brilliant in the extreme.
At that hour, the vessels of the first class having taken their station,
the firing of a gun announced the commencement of the sailing.
The four rowing matches by six-oared galleys, four-oared galleys,
skiffs, and gunning punts, were admirably contested, and exhibited
a degree of strength and skill seldom witnessed.
The town was filled with visitors to overflowing, and can iages of
all kinds were ranged along the streets in every direction. Many
who arrived late had great difficulty in finding room for either man
or horse. Among the Company we observed—Sir G. H. Smyth,
Bart. ; Sir G. Webster, Bart.; C. T. Tower, Esq., M. P. ; J.
Disney, Esq. ; F. Nassau, Esq. ; and other gentlemen of the
county.
The town, we are happy to learn, has been well frequented by
visitors during the season.

THE CONVICT SAMPSON.—The Sherborne, Dor-
chester,and Taunton Journal, says—" We witnessed the trial
of Sampson, now under sentence of death for the robbery of
Mr. Knight, and a more awful display of human passions we
never beheld. The change from bravado, with which he en-
tered the box, to the bitterness of rage with which he gnashed
his teeth at Marltr, then to tears, when the Judge kindly ad-
vised him not to waste his energies on useless questions—his
attempts to conceal his inward agony--his gradually failing
powers, until he leaned back and cried bitterly—and then
his groans—his horror while sentence was being passed on
him—none who beheld that scene can ever forget it. Marler
returned to Taunton on his release from confinement, but was
immediately attacked so furiously by the companions of him-
self and Sampson, that he was obliged to fly for his life.
ATTEMPTED SUICIDE.—Mr. Morgan Munden,
brother of the late Mr. Munden, the comedian, was on Satur-
day received into St. Bartholomew's Hospital, under the fol-
lowing melancholy circumstances :—lt appears that the unfor-
tunate man is 72, and for many years past was a pauper in the
workhouse of the lower liberty of Saffron-hill. As two boys
were passing by the New River, near Islington, they saw him
sitting on the bank, with his legs in the water, and cutting his
throat with a penknife. They gave an alarm, and a police-
man arrived and took him to the station-house, where Mr.
Semple, the parish surgeon, attended, and rendered every as-
sistance, and he was conveyed to St. Bartholomew's Hospital,
where we on Saturday saw him in a most helpless and deplor-
able condition, with a dreadful wound in his throat. The
miserable old man, it appears, anticipated that his late brother
would remember him in his will, in which, it seems, he was
disappointed, and the circumstance weighed heavily on his
mind, and caused him to contemplate suicide. He was a wi-
dower, and about three weeks ago left the workhouse with one
of the female paupers, and was not heard of until he was found
in the above hospital.