The Sun.
London, England, 1869-08-06 00:00:00

St. Albans..

OCTOBEIL

Ancaster and Willoughby, Lincolnshire 5, 6.
Ortuesby 19, ,ttc.
Huntingdon Ulub.. :6, 27.

REGATTAS AND MATCHES TO COME.
AUGUST
5-Ariel Rowing Club: Sculls, River Lea
5-Worcester Regatta
8-Albion Rowing Club ; Senior Sculls, River Lea
6-Sunderlaud Regatta
7-Barnes and Mortlake Amateur Regatta
7-Wakefield Regatta
9- Beccles Regatta
9 -Bala Lake Regatta
10, 11-Glenbrook Regatta : Cork Harbour
11-Vesper Rowing Club: Senior Sculls, River Lea
11-Hastings Regatta
12 -Brighton Regatta
13-West Loudon Rowing Club: Junior Sculls
13-London Rowing Club: Virtue Sculls
14-Oscillator's Rowing Club: Pair-oared Gigs
14-Lurline Boating Club: Mr. Whyman's Fours
14-Thames Rowing Club: Pair-oared Gigs without cox-
swains • -
14- Hope Rowing Club : Senior Sculls
18-Dover and Cinque Ports Regatta
19-Alexandra Rowing Club : Senior Pairs, River Lea
21-Scottish National Regatta
2 i-Deal, Waliner, and Kiugsdown Royal Annual Regatta
25-Vesper Rowing Club: Senior Fours, River Lea
27 - Albion Rowing Club: Senior Fours, River Lea
28-Oscillators Rowing Club: Senior Sculls
28-Lurline Boating Club: Senior Sculls
30-Thames Rowing Club: Four-oared Gigs
30-West London Rowing Club: Senior Sculls
31-KingstonTown Rowing Club : Junior Sculls

SEPTEMBER.
4—Hope Rowing Club: Eights
4—Oscillators Rowing Club : Junior Sculls
B—Orion Rowing Club : Senior Pairs, River Loa
10—Manchester Nemesis Rowing Club : Four-oared Race
11—West London Rowing Club: Eights
11—Lurline Boating Club : Vice-President's Pairs
11—London Rowing Club : Tub Fours
21—Alexandra Rowing Club: Scratch Fours, River Lea
25 —West London Rowing Club: Eights
25 —Vesper Rowing Club : Club Fours, River Lea
25—London kowing Club : Twelve-oared Race
25—Oscillators Rowing Club : Eights
OCTOBER.

2—Manchester Nemesis Rowing CIO : Eight-oared Race

YACHTING FIXTURES.
AUGUST.
5, 6—Royal Yacht Squadron Regatta
s—Norfolk and Suffolk Yacht Club: Regatta at Oulton
7—Cheshire Yacht Club: Third Match
9-14—Royal Victoria Yacht Club Regatta
10—Great Yarmouth Regatta
13—Shoreham Regatta
21—Clyde Yacht Club: Corinthian Match
21—Cheshire Yacht Club: Fourth Match
24, 25—Dartmouth Regatta
27 Torbay Royal Regatta
28—Clyde Yacht Club : Closing Cruise

SEPTEMBER.
14—Prince Alfred Yacht Club: Closing Cruise
17—Victoria Model Yacht Club: Second Class Match

SHOCKING SUICIDE A 7 THE cff.4l-tr:va-

CROSS HOTEL.

This afternoon, shortly after four e'clock, a gentlatuan
put an end to his existence in the most determined man-
ner. A few minutes previous to the unfortunate affair,
the occupants of the smoking-room in the Charing cross
Hotel, observed a gentleman enter, and having placed
his hat and cane on one of the tables, he walked to the
windows overlooking the departure platform of the South
Eastern Railway. He then passed into the balcony, ap-
parently to survey the busy scene beneath, but suddenly
he was seen to mount the stone balustrade in front, and
throwing up his hands he plunged himself head foremost
to the ground. His head struck the iren edging of the
steel weighing plate and crushed in his skull, so that death
was instantaneous. Mr. Wire, one of the directors at-
tached to the hotel, instantly ran to the spot, and
with the assistance of some other persons lifted the gen-
tleman from the pool of blood in which he was lying
aid conveyed him to the Charing-cross Hospital, but ho
was beyond all human aid. On searching the deceased, a
letter addressed to "Captain Bowk(er" was found, but
nothing further was found to lead to his identity.
Inquiries are now being made to discover the friends of
the deceased, and from the letter containing references it
is expected thep will prove successful. The occurrence
of an event of such a terrible nature, at the busiest mo-
ment of the day, at this extremely public place, caused
the utmost excitement.

Race Glasses, byVoigtliinder, are now no longer the ex-
c:usive luxury of the rich. Since the great demand for
photographic lenses has diminished, an opportunity has
been afforded for applying mechanical power with the
greatest success, whereby the cost of that-co beautiful and
most perfect instruments is reduced in price in some
instances to as much as 20 per cent. In fact they are now
no dearer than those of the best French or English makers.
At the depot Callaghan, 23A, New Bond-street, corner of
Conduit-street, the patrons of the Derby may indulge
their taste in the possession of a veritable Voigtliiuder at
comparatively trifling cost. It is superfluous to say the
quality is as ever matchless.