The Sun.
London, England, 1859-04-21 00:00:00

THAMES

Mr. Selfe resumed his magisterial duties this morning,
after an absence of four months and one week, caused by
severe indisposition contracted in the discharge of his duties
as Chairman of the Commission for inquiring into the state
of Military Clothing and Stores at Weedon, the Tower, and
Woolwich. Mr. Selfe left the court very ill on the 17th of
December last, two days after the termination of the
Weedon inquiry, and to the great regret of the suitors and
practitioners in this court, has not been able to preside since
until this morning. After the hearing of a great many
applicants who sought advice, relief, and summonses, Mr.
Joseph Smith, Mr. Charles Young, Mr. Stoddart, and Mr.
Fletcher, solicitors, with their clerks ; Mr. Saunders,
managing clerk to Mr. Maddock, solicitor, who
were seated at the table of the court, rose, and
Mr. Smith said, as the senior member of the profession in
court, he begged leave, on his own part, and upon theirs,
to express their sincere and hearty congratulations on the
magistrate's recovery to health. They all believed his wor-
ship had undergone a good deal of suffering, but the solici •
tors present could assure him that their sympathies had
been with him, and they did earnestly hope and trust that
his worship would be enabled to retain that health and
strength so necessary for the discharge of those important
duties imposed on every magistrate.
Mr. Selfe, who was deeply affected at this unsolicited and
spontaneous mark of respect, which was delivered by Mr.
Smith, with faltering voice, said in reply—Mr. Smith,
and all the gentlemen before me, I thank you very
much for your kind congratulations and sympathy.
I have suffered much, but I have received great kindness
during my long illness from my colleague and others. I
thank you very heartily It has been a great comfort to
me during some three years I have been here that so re-
spectable and intelligent a body of gentlemen have been
practising before me, and I trust that our intimacy may be
continued with the same good feeling on both sides.
, The solicitors and their clerks then bowed and retired.

THAMES SUBSCRIPTION CLUB-
UNIVERSITY BOAT RAC.?

A very numerous party of members of this influ-
ential club and their friends partook of a handsome
dinner at the Freemasons' Tavern, on Tuesday
evening.

The-Hon. George Denman, of the University of
Cambridge, President of the Thames Subscription
Club, took the chair. There were present nearly
all the Oxford crew, who 'yere victorious last Fri-
day in the great University race, and one of the
Cambridge party, and while on this subject it may
be as well to state, that the report that fatal conse-
quences had resulted to No. 1, in the latter boat,
owing to the immersion during the race, is un-
founded, that gentleman having perfectly recovered.
The most interesting toast of the evening was
" The Contending Crews of Oxford and Cambridge,"
which was given by the chairman, who at a subse-
quent period strongly reprehended the dangerous
practice of rowing m such light outriggers as those
used in the late race. He warmly eulogised the
courage the Cambridge gentlemen had displayed in
continuing to row until their boat dropped from
under them, and, at the same time, entertained no
doubt that the honour of their university would
have induced the Oxonians to do the same.

a-Mr.ARKELL, the captain of the Oxford boat, and
Mr. BARRACK, of the Cambridge, replied. The
former said they were proud of winning a race over
those by whom they would have been proud to
have been beaten. Ife explained that an offer had
been made by the Cambridge crew to reverse the
course, which he felt bound to refuse, for the hon-
our of his university, as their best prospect of suc-
cess was the state of the weather ; he, however,
much regretted that it was not a more befitting
day.
Mr. BARRACK, in replying for Cambrigde,
honestly declared the conviction of the whole of
his crew that they must be swamped ere they com-
menced the race; but' they felt bound, for the honour
of Cambridge, to row, and no one did so more
cheerfully than a' gentleman in the boat who could
not swim.

A great number of other toasts were given, and
in the course of the evening the chairman handed
to Mr. R. N. Phillips, many years an enthusiastic
promoter of boating, a silver cup, presented by the
Thames Subscription Club, of which he was pre-
sident, and a pair of silver oars from the Christ's
College (Cambridge) crew, of which he was many
years ago the captain. The plate, as well as the
inscription, bore undeniable proof the high esteem
in which Mr. Phillips is held.

THIRD EDITION.

SUN OFFICE, Seven o' Clock.

AUSTRIA AND PIEDMONT.

We have ree2ived the fullowing most important

elegram from Turin :

" Gyulai has been ordered to present an ulti-
matum for disarmament, and the sending away of

volunteers.

" If refused, war is to be declared in three days.
" Two more divisions of the Austrian army of
80,000 men have been ordered to the Tincio.
"The English proposal for a Congress upon the
same conditions as that at Laybach has been
refused."

We have reason to believe that the same intelli-
gence has been received by the Government.
A Cabinet Council has been summoned.