The Sun.
London, England, 1867-08-05 00:00:00

THE CAXTON ROIT/I.NG CLUB.

. _
This old established club rowed a four-oared race on
Saturday afternoon, from Putney to Chiswick Eye
accom t, for
sundry priz?s. The Citizen R (Captain Hawkius)--
panied the race. Th? following crews contended :
Red —Heaton, W. Foster, J. F. Cross (stroke), uud
T. Murray (cox).
White—H. Prudames, F. G3llllOll, G. Howard, G. Chap-
man (stroke), and T. Carlisle (cox).
Blue—E. Greenwood, A. Whittle, D. Heaton, J. Lewis
stroke), an. Wignll (cox)
Green—A.d J
Headinegton, B. Jones, W. Hill, W. Morris
(stroke), and J. Wignel (cox).
At the start red took the lead, closely followed
ed by the
by white,
who, at Simmons's, was most shamefully foul
blue crew of the Cygnet R)wing Clu
they made up before
reaching the Point, after which they took the lead, blue
and rod rowing a good race for second place, half a length
separating them at Hammersmith-bridge, white winning
by three or four lengths ; blue second, two lengths ahead
of red ; green last.

THE GOLD FIELDS OF NOVA SCO

the
Sherbrooke e lain , ,
We last week promised our readers a furtner
supply of information relative to the auriferous
regions of the above British colony, commencing
with the district of 'rangier.
Tangier is a very large gold field, situate in
Halifax county, about sixty miles from the city of
Halifax, on the Atlantic shore of the province. A
number of mines producing gold and silver in con-
siderable quantities were opened during the last
two years, and the results were very satisfactory
as far as the explorations went. A want of
capital was, however, severely felt, and a great
portion of the lessees, being poor men, have since
transferred their property to moneyed Americans
and Canadians, who have ascertained the fact
that skill and money combined render these gold
fields the most remunerative investments that can
be found. It is stated that several Americans
have recently commenced operations. on some of
the quartz lodes of this district on a scale of mag-
nitude and with a degree of energy not hitherto
witnessed since the first discovery of gold in the
colony.
Next to Tangier is Old Tangier, which promises
to become a fine agricultural settlement, as well
as a gold-field. Much labour has recently been
which was indispensable, and great expectations
expended in forming roads, the conTshtriuscdtiiosntrioeft
are now entertained with regard to this portion of
report (1866) that the result of the
art Ylht.eliefimCthiebfeeCnoma mciosnsitoinnuer:smiya
successfulr k s i n hi s
stands next on time list of gold dis-
;psas:ast year. As a conclusive proof of this the
but never before to such an extent as during
the
t tesct
r,t
operations is most gratifying.
yieldf ei ofl
u r
returns,
s t, oh
aesacbheenniannoelnegssagaesdl,unactehoardn
according to
official
1,382
dollars per annum. This is something like three
times the amount that has ever been realized
either in California or Australia, taking the
Sherbrooke on the avelvraignee per
Barbour man en
fogl
laogl
le. ds .
At-
lantic shore, presenting a large surface of country
to the gold pioneer. Situated in the county of
Guysborough, with a large harbour running in-
land for some miles, it offers great facilities for gold
mining, being more distant, however, from the
capital than most of the other gold districts it has
not yet had so much attention paid to it as many
of the other localities. Several of the quartz lodes
som
opened up have yielded largely, eof them
showing a return of 110 ounces of
gold to the
ton of quartz. These are, however,
exceptional
cases, the averageyield being somewhat under 3
y however, pays
ounces of gold to the ton. This,
well, and will pay better as more science is brought
to bear on the working. This district is very
similar in character to the Ovens gold district, and
similar operations ill the shape of tuofnnelling,z, soare
as
to cut the numerous cross-veins quart
about to be carried out.—Westrnitister Gazette.
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John Ball states that Lady Dudley'a house was
loft in a fearfully dirty stato by her Eastern visitors; but
it is said that the Viceroy gave her ladyship a necklace a
diamonds worth £20,000 to add to her already not small
stock of jewels. There is no longer any use concealing
the fact that the Viceroy's abrupt departure was hardly
voluntary. Perhaps had the Lord-Lieutenant of Ireland
in former clays been at a foreign Court with his sovereign,
lie might have been thought de trop,