The Sun.
London, England, 1860-09-18 00:00:00

rBE SUN, LONDON, TUESDAY EVENING, SEPTEMBER IS, 1860.

'firHl.lg EDITICoN.

SUN. OFFICE, Scven o'clock.

CHAMPIONSHIP OF THE THAMES.

CHAMBERS AND WHITE FOR £2OO A-SIDE.

The grand contest for the Championship of the Thames
between the above men took place this afternoon. The
weather was very unfavourable, consequently there was
not so many pre§ent as there would have been had the day
been fine. White, who is twenty-five years of age, and
stands 5 feet 10 inches in height, trained at Mr. Wilcox's,
the White Hart, Barnes. Chambers came to London about
a fortnight ago, and trained at Mrs. Heath's, the Star and
Garter, Putney. Both men were in excellent condition.
The start having beau effected, Loth men set vigorously
to work amidst the cheers of their respective backers, but
the superior rowing of the Newcastle Champion soon began
to show itself, and before they had gone many yards he
obtained a clear lead, and kept tt the remainder of the dis-
tance, defeating the London man for the second time by
about twenty boats lengths.
Betting at starting-3 to lon Chambers.

To show the vast interest taken in this contest, we may
state that a great many steamers were chartered for the
occasion. Among them may be enumerated—Tom White's
" special," tho Victoria (Capt. Bean) ; Geo. Drewitt and
Blake, the Lalla Rookh (Capt. Barratt) ; Robert Bain, the
celebrated oar and scull maker, of Lambeth, and C. Will-
cox, of Barnes, Citizen (Capt. J. Johnson) ; T. White and
A. Ross, Bermondsey, Citizen P. (Capt. Turner). Capt.
Sharplin of the Venus, took up the members of the London
Rowing Club. Messrs. Garlick and Green chartered the
Matrimony for Chambers and White.
We understand that Harry Kelly, who was defeated by
Chambers last year, is now prepared to make another match
with his old opponent. This match, if made, will be looked
forward to with great interest, as it is supposed by many
good judges that Kelly held his opponent too cheap, which
of course led to his defeat, thus alllowing the Champion-
ship of the Thames to be held by a Newcastle man.

ARRIVALS AT LEICESTER.

[BY ELECTRIC TELEGRAPH.]

Balham, Miss Melbourie filly, Lurline, Maid of Honour,
Confession, Orcus, The Monk, Drogheda, Cheery Chap,
Vixen, Emblem, Fawn, Ipswich, Lava, Miss Julia,
Brandy Ball, Flirtation, Cheesecake, Mixture, Clemanthe,
Pagoda, Newcastle, Athos, Thornhill, and Embomatic.

LONDON GAZETTE-( THIS EV.ENING).

TREASURY CHAMBERS, WHITEHALL, Aug. 17.
The Queen has been pleased to direct letters patent to be
passed under the Great Seal appointing the Right Hon.
Edward John Stanley, Baron Stanley of Alderley, to be
Postmaster- General.
FOREIGN-OFFICE. Aug. 31.

The Queen has been pleased to approve of Mr. Reinhard
Francksen, as Consul at Brisbane, New South Wales, for
his Royal Highness the Grand Duke of Oldenburgh.

WAR-OFFICE, PALL-MALL, SEPT. 18.
Royal Regiment of Horse Guards—Assistant-Surgeon
John Crown Agnis, from the 3d Light Dragoons, to be
Assistant. Surgeon, vice Kerins promoted in the 2d Life

Guards.
Ist Dragoon Guards—Thomas Albert Quin, Gent., to be
Cornet, by purchase, vice Gore, promoted.
3d Light Dragoons—Peter Hubert Daly, Gent., to be Cor-
net, by purchase, vice Gore, promoted ; Assistant-Sur-
geon James Parr, from the Staff, to be Assistant-Sur-
geon, vice Agnis, appointed to the Royal Horse Guards.
6th Dragoons—Lieutenant-Colonel Thomas R. Crawley,
frem the 15th Light Dragoons, to beLieutenant-Colonel,

vice Wygram, who exchanges.
7th Light Dragoons—Francis Massy Drew, Gent., to be
Cornet, by purchase, vice the Hon. A. W. E. M. Her-
bert, promoted ; John Lawrence, Gent., to be Cornet,
by purchase, vice Scrope, promoted.
11th Light Dragoons—John Cecil Russell, Gent., to be
Cornet, by purchase, vice Saunderson, promoted.
12th Light Dragoons—James Stevenson, Gent., to be
Cornet, by purchase, in succession to Lieutenant James
Henry Bourdieux Vaughan, who retires.
13th Light Dragoons—James Alexander Ford, Gent., to be
Cornet, by purchase, vice Bagenal, promoted.
15th Light Dragoons—Lieut.-Col. Frederick Wellington
John FitzWygram, from the 6th Dragoons, to be Lieu-
tenant-Colonel, vice Crawley, who exchanges ; David
Maxwell, Gent., to be Cornet, by purchase, vice Ricardo,
promoted.
18th Light Dragoons—William 0 wen Whiteside, Gent., to
be Oornet, by purchase, vice Filgate, promoted ; Assis-
tant-Surgeon Robert Brown Forsyth-Brown, from the
Staff, to be Assistant-Surgeon, vice Collins, appointed to
the Staff.
Grenadier Guards—Lieutenant and Captain Wm. Earle to
be Adjutant, vice Robert Anstruther, who resigns that
appointment.
4th Regiment of Foot—Lieutenant Charles Thos. Wilson
to be Captain, by purchase, vice Boehmer, who retires ;
Ensign Wm. Paul Bridson to be Lieutenant, by pur-
chase, vice Wilson.
11th Foot—Lieutenant Francis W. Osborne to be Adju-
tant, vice Henry Joseph Webb, who resigns that ap-
pointment.
13th Foot=Ensign Dudley Thomas Presso to bo Lieu-
tenant, by purchase, vice Ruck, who retires ; Stephen
Flower, Gent., to be Ensign, by purchase, vice Presse.
22d Foot—Assistant• Surgeon Wm. Ligertwood, M.D.,
from the Staff, to bo Assistant-Surgeon, vice Adrien, ap-
pointed to the Staff,
23d Foot—Louis James Wainwright Hadden, Gent., to be
Ensign, by purchase, vice Bacon, promoted.
25th Foot—Assistant-Surgeon Henry Thomas Sylvester,
M.D., from the Staff, to be Assistant-Surgeon, viee
13eaufoy, placed upon half-pay.
40th Foot—Ensign Henry Swanson, from the 78th Foot,
to be Ensign, vice 'Whelan, promoted.
60th Foot—Major Peter Burton Roe to be Lieutenant-
Colonel, by purchase, vice Brevet-Colonel Maurice
Griffin Dennis, C. 8., who retires, Captain and Brevet-
Major
Charles Alexander B. Gordon to be Major, by pur •
chase, vice Roe ; Lieutenant -William F. Carleton to be
Captain, by purchase, vice Gordon; Ensign John Gus-
tavus Crosbie, to be Lieutenant, by purchase, vice Carle-
ton; Robert Dalrymple Elphinstono, Gent., to be En-
sign, by purchase, vice Beadon, promoted; Cecil John
Shepherd, Gent., to be Ensign, by purchase, vice Mar-
shall, promoted ; Thomas henry Duncombe, Gent., to
be Ensign, by purchase, vice Crosbie; Lieutenant Wm.
Grier Turle to be Instructor of Musketry, vice Northey,
promoted.
filth Foot—Assistant-Surgeon Edwin Parsonage, M.D.,
from the Statr,,to be Assistant-Surgeon, vice Lundy, ap-
pointed to the Staff.
79th Foot—Lieutenant Alexander Chas. Hughes Tovey to
be Captain, without purchase, vice Jackson, deceased ;
Ensign Charles Clarke Richardson to be Lieutenant,
without purchase, vice Tovey; Harvey Lambart Man-
ning Ravenhill, Gent., to be Ensign, without purchase,
vice Richardson.
UNATTACHED.—Major Thomas Wright Hudson, from
:he 39th Foot, to be Lieutenant-Colonel, without purchase.

THE MURDER AT STEPNEY.

cab, but some person instantly knocked it out of his
hand, and with great efforts the cab was driven away to
the police-court amidst the loud execrations of the crowd,
who continued following it fur a considerable distance,