The Sun.
London, England, 1867-06-04 00:00:00

IMPERIAL PARLIAIENT

lIOUSE OF COMAIONS.—THIs DAY.
The SPEAKER took the chair at two o'clock.
PRIVATE BUSINESS.
The following bills wore read a third time and passed :
—Central Cornwall (No. 2), Devon. and Cornwall Rail-
way, Glasgow (City) Union Railway, Richmond Gas Bill,
and Towns and Sowago Utilization.

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BOAT RACE FOR .£4OO.

Another of the many great races that have taken place
between the best scullers of the Thames and men of at, least
equal roputalion on the Tyne came off yesterday over the
established four-mile *course from Putney to Mortlake.
The Londoner in this match is Jo2eph Sadler, of Putney, a
sculler who of late years has been thought worthy to
be-
come the successor of Kelly, the present champion of the
rivers of the world. Sadler is 26 years of age, scales lls
41b, has great length of reach and remarkable flexibility of
movement. His performances have varied considerably.
In some first class sculling races be has figured well, and in
private trials, as reportgoes, he has done wonders. Bo that as
it may, in his greatest attempt, when he dared Chambers, the
Newcastle champion, to a trial of strength and skill, he was
beaten hollow and shut up rather ignominiouslyjust after t he
first mile, leaving Chambers to ulnas he pleased. Whether
or not this was what, in the detestable slang of the sport-
ing world, is called "a fluke" is not known, but it is clear
that Sadler has found those to back him who thought £2OO
a safe investment on his chance. Percy, the Northern
sculler, after practising for some years as a pedestrian, and
with success, took to the sculls a few years ago, and has
somewhat distinguished himself in matches with second-
class men on the Tyne. He is older than his opponent,
about the same weight, and is a strongly knit and com-
pactly built man. The batting on the event has latterly
been 6 to 4 on Sadler, but since the supporters of Percy
came up from the North with the money advanced there to
back him, even money has been nearer the mark of actual
transactions.

The weather yesterday forenoon was so gloomy and wet
that it would have been matter for surprise had the atten-
dance on the banks at Putney been more than the 2,000 or
3,000 persons who were to be seen there. Five or six
steamboats, by no means full, were afloat, and for once
wore kept in fair order. At half-past two o'clock, which
was the time fixed for the start, the water, hitherto smooth
was disturbed by a stiffish nor'-wester, which rose about
that time, and brought a decided swell on. The tide was
extraordinarily high, and somewhat sluggish. The men
got to their stations at a quarter before three. Percy had
the northern, Sadler the southern place, but both at start
and during the race the lateral space between them was
never greater than it ought to be if fouls are not intended.
James Messenger was umpire for Sadler; James Taylor
for Percy. In the absence of Mr. Ireland, who was ex-
pected to act as referee, Mr. C. Westall, the well-known
pedestrian, was, at a moment's notice, appointed to that cri-
tical office. The skiffs rowed in by Sadler and Percy were
both of Jewitt's build, and were pretty specimens of the
racing outrigger. After a few minutes' delay in the heaving,
water and strong wind, the two scullers got off at eleven
minutes before three o'clock. For the first hundred yards
it was impossible to say who was leading, the partisans of
each loudly asserting the advantage for their man. Both
were rowing hard against the wind, and for a time it was
a question of strength rather than of skill or style. Percy
was the first to show fairly a head, and ere two hundred
yards of the course had been traversed ho was half a
length in front. All the way to the Craven Point, a dis-
tance of over a mile, he held command, but so closely was
he pressed by the Londoner that his advantage was again
and again reduced from half to a quarter of a length, and
more than once to a foot or two only. Sadler, rowing
rather wildly, but with desperate strength, would ever
and ADM turn his head to look athis man, and would then
put on all his force to catch him. At times, however, he
faltered, and at one point, just before Craven Cottage was
reached, he positively stopped for a moment and al-
lowed Percy to got a length and a half away. The excited
shouts of the backers of either of the two scullers were
tremendous as the half-dosen steamers puffed up along-
side and astern of the race. Both men were labouring
hard, and so difficult was it still to say who would win
that only short odds wore offered either way. From the
Craven Point the ordinary course lies athwart the river
to the south side, and this Percy took, leading by three
parts of a length. Sadler still lying very close to his
rival's boat, steered up rather than across, and it was clear
that unless one of them changed his lino a foul was
likely to ensue. Sadler did, in fact, get so near to
the Northern man's sculls, or vice versa—as the um-
pire had to decide that Percy halted for a moment,
and held up his hand in token of claiming a
foul. This was in mid river, rather more than a mile from
the start. They both went on again, aiming for the south
shore, Percy still leading. Again, when about another
hundred yards had been done further, both were steering
straight up the river, Percy stopped, and Sadler going on
brought the blade of his scull across the Northerner's
chest. Virtually the race ended here. Sadler went on,
while Percy waited until he got seven lengths to the front.
Percy followed at that hopeless distance, and in the last
few hundred yards between Barnes-bridge and the Ship at
Mortlake, he reduced the interval to three lengths, by
which distance he was beaten. The umpire on being
appealed to, decided that Sadler had won, and the deci-
sion was received without demur. Sadler is engaged to
row Cooper, another Tynesider, on the 22d inst.

TIIE EMPEROR OF RUSSIA.

PARIS, June 3.

After the races yesterday the Czar expressed a
wish to pay a visit to the Prince Imperial. The
Czar and the Emperor Napoleon; with the Russian
Grand Dukes, thereupon went to St. Cloud, where
they remained for half an hour.
The King and Queen of the Belgians left this
morning for Brussels.