The Sun.
London, England, 1859-10-27 00:00:00

SCULLERS' RACE. FOR SIXTY POUNDS.
One of the most extraordinary races ever seen came oft
yesterday, betsVeen. Walter-Bell, a, waterman of Richinond,
'and Joseph \Vise, also a waterman, of Kew. The result, we
may say, was totally unlooked, for. It is years since such
a race has taken place. That for the championship of the
Thames between Messenger and Cole, in 1854, being the
last bearing a similitude to the contest of yesterday. Bell
and Wise are both well known to the rowing world, although
the number of their races are very few. They are fine
strong young fellows; Bell, however, being a very awkward
puller compared to his opponent, whose style is exceedingly
pretty, fast, and strong, They rowed for £3O aside, from
Putney Aqueduct to the ship at Mortlake, and betting.was
level. 'They were accompanied by Citizen K (Captain
Hawkins), to whom great credit is due for his keeping his
boat well . astern to the last minute throughout the race.
On board were the umpires—Thomas Mackinney, for Bell;
and George Williams, for Wise ; James Messenger,
ex-champion of the Thames, being referee. The men got
to their stations. shortly after three o'clock, both dressed in
jerseys, having the best place ; and the water being
rough at Starting. They got away well together, and re-
mained so for 100 yards, when Bell drew so rapidly in ad-
vance that he led at the Star and Garter by more than his
own length. Wise began steadily to overhaul, and at Sim-
reens't was a yard or more ever his after canvas, but this
state of things only lasted fora dozen strokes, when. Bell,
putting on some of his desperate pulls, cleared himself, and
in another 100 yards was nearly two lengths ahead. The
water at the Crab Tree was very rough, but Bell, who was
now some half-dozen lengths a-head, seemed to improve
on it, for at Hammersmith-bridge there was quite a dozen
lengths between them, and te,llp. ' all added two or three
more in next hundred yards. Bell had all this time
been rowing very hard, Wise more evenly, although not so
fast, so that off the Doves the Kew man began to decrease
the gap between the boats, and as Wise gradually neared
his man, the latter "seemed to grow weaker and weaker, till
at the bottom of Chiswick Ait he left off rowing, cora-
Plaining that he had lost the use of his left arm. Wise
was, therefore, left to finish the distance alone, a feat he
ultimately accomplished, although the tide had turned, and
he had a dead noser against him. The race was in old-
fashioned beats.

MR. DRUMMOND, 31. P., A 1 CD MR. BRIS-
COE, M.P., IN SURREY.

DORKING, Wednesday.
The annual show of the West Surrey Agricultu-
ral kssociation took place at Dorking to-day. In
the evening a public dinner took place, at which
both the him members for West Surrey were pre-

sent. Mr. Cubitt occupied the chair. -
The usual loyal toasts having been proposed,
Mr. DRUMMOND, M.P., said that having been
desired to give the toast of the "Army and avy"
he had no other alternative than to comply. In

giving this toast he did not wish them merely to
drink the health of a class of men who were most

useful to the country', but he wanted them to be
satisfied that their whole existence depended upon
them. He was not one who would propose a toast
merely for the purpose of wasting a glass of wine,
and in proposing this toast he wished to impress
on them the necessity when the time came of fighting
for themselves. \Vint 'he said to the farmers of
England was " Don't call upon the army and navy
to help you, but help the army and navy." There
were numerous ways in which they could do this.
He had lately heard a great deal about the estab-
lishment of rifle corps in various parts of England,
and was glad to find thet Surrey had been behind
no other county in that respect. At the same time
it was necessary in forming a rifle corps to take
care that it should be efficient for the public service.
The members of that corps must be of a certain
calibre, and they must also be of a certain age. When
he looked round the room he must say than he saw
many young gentlemen whose waists he thought were
a little too stout for a rifleman, and who would have
some difficulty in hiding behind a tree or a bush.
Until their waists got a little less he would advise
them not to " adventure themselves.% (Laughter.)
But there was another way in which they could
most materially help the cause, and that was by
" forking out." (Laughter.) The best way to pro-
vide for the national defences was to improve the
condition of the soldier and the sailor. They ought
not to try how cheaply they could get a man to be
killed for them, but they ought to try how they
could bring their moral force to bear so as to in-
sure that those who fought for them should be well
treated, instead of having Gcl.or. 8d: poision a-day
when their legs and arms. were shot off. It was
very.well known that the people of England were
enormously rich, and n very long ago a very
awkward little return ha ' ,been made showing that
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the increased income tax paid by the landed and
manufacturing interests amounted to a great deal
more than the sum required for keeping up an effi-
cient force, and that withdut trenching at all upon
their personal comforts. i
Mr, WISE returned thl,mks, observing that he
was quite sure that the rifle corps movement in this
country was a genuine one, and that he could ven-
ture to say that, at all events, not a man of the
Surrey Rifle Volunteers would hide behind a bush
or a tree. (Cheers.)
The CHAIRMAN next proposed " The Health of
the County Members," which was drunk amid the
cheers of the meeting.
Mr. BRIScOE,
MT-, in returning thanks, ob-
served that he came before them not only as a pub-
lic servant, but as a brother farmer. lie had been
trying his hand at farming for 40 years, and he had
found it a very pleasant, if not a very profitable
thing. He was greatly gratified at the progress
which had been made in agriculture, as evinced in
the ploughing field that day, and he very much re-
gretted the absence of the steam plough. He looked
upon meetings of this kind as being most valuable
for the interchange of scientific acquirements, and
he thought that no one who had watched the pro-
gress of agriculture for the last year, but must ac-
knowledge that science:had been ofthe greatest value
to agriculture. (Hear.) He should have been glad to
refer them to no other subject than that of agricul-
ture, but his hon. colleague had alluded to a topic
which at the present moment attracted the attention
of all minds—namely, the defence of the country.
He must confess that for some time past he had felt
Re small anxiety respecting that subject. He must
say that in the present critical state of affairs he
most thoroughly approved the formation of rifle
corps throughout the kingdom, and he was very
glad to find that Surrey was' not behindhand.
(Cheers.) If British hearts value British homes,
they could not do less than defend them— (cheers)
—and he should be sorry indeed to see a movement
which he believed to be so indicative of the general
feeling Of the people checked. (Hear, hear.) He
had always been iu favour of training the great
body of the people to -ariai, but lie was bound in
the present conjuncture of affairs to look upon the
matter in a more 'serious light. Rifle corps were
all very well, but they could only resist an invasion
of armed men by men who were accustomed to act
in large bodies under the control of their officers.
Tho volunteer corps would not be able to repel an
invader from our shores, but they must have an ade-
ciliate number of troops to meet them. They had
already voted no less a sum than £13,000,000 for
the army, quite exclusive of the sum voted for the
navy; but, although our troops amounted to 133,000,
about two-thirds of that number were in India. It
was for that reason, he said, that we had not suffi-
cient troops to defend us from invasion. This was
a serious question for the people of England, for
upon their will it depended whether their represen-
ointeustmsluiopNpuotil
tatives should speak boldly in the House of Com-
mons, and say to-the Minister that there must be.a
large increase in the expenditure of the army and
navy, or whether they would content themselves to
leave things as they are. As it seemed to him, the
small number of troops they had were to be dimi-
niahed, because 15,000 of them were to be sent on
several gunboats and other vessels were to be de-
He observed, also, that
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spatched on that expedition, but lie still entertained
hopes that matters might be satisfactorily arranged,
and that we should not go to war with the Em-
peror of China and a populat'on of 300,000,000
of the human race. With respect to continental
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how excessively tiresome it is to hear
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of the "Army and Navy" addressed you once, I
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