The Sun.
London, England, 1835-08-13 00:00:00

AQUATICS.

GREAT SCULLERS' WAGER.-The match between Campbell,
Coombes, Phelps, and Kipping, four of the crack men who are pa-
tronised by the Noblemen and Gentlemen who indulge in aquatic
sports, came off yesterday. The match had been made over the
juice of the grape, at Avis's, the Bells Tavern, Putney, and it had
from its first announcement more than usual sporting interest.
Phelps was taken for ehoice against the others. He had rowed with
Campbell against Parish and Godfrey, and won. He had after-
wards nearly beaten the celebrated Watts ; and had also been, in a
scullery' wager, a good second to him, and had kept him on his
mettle. The distance to be rowed yesterday was the fashionable
ene, from Westminster to Putney. Phelps was the first in station
northward; Kipping, Coombes, and G. Campbell (the brother of
the champion), were next in succession. The start was splendid ;
sculiers never went off finer. Phelps soon went slightly a head, but
seeing that he could not clear a barge, determined to pick up his
opponent. This he did, and they were locked in the foul. Phelps
got away as soon as Kipping would let him, but the other two had
gone cleats away. Phelps worked like a man bent on victory, but
he hr,d lost the main chance, and his opponents were too good even
to give him a hope of retrieving it. Coombes earns in first by half
a minute, Campbell was second, Phelps was a minute and a half
afterwards, and the fourth man had evidently come to the conclu-
sion that it was at well not to try.

The contemplated marriage between the Hon.
John Brabazon Ponsonby, the Member: for Derby, eldest son
of the Noble First Commissioner of Woods and Forests, and
Lade Frances Lambton, will, it is expected, be solemnized
within a month. Her Ladyship is the only surviving daugh-
ter of the Earl tit' Durham by his first marriage with Miss
Cholnionde)'4. Mr. Ponsonby was an Attache to Lord Dur-
ham's P-eecial misssion to the Court of St. Petersburg in 1822.
The Right Hon. H. Goulburn and his family have
removed from Whitehall-place to his former residence at
Montague House, the abode of his brother-in-law, Lord
Rokeby.
We regret to say that Lord Frederick Beauclerk is
labouring under a severe fit of gout, on account of which his
Lordship has left St. Albans for Buxton, which is at pre-
sent unusually full of sufferers from the same malady, as no
other Spa in England is considered so efficacious a remedy.
Sir Francis, Lady, and the Misses Burdett, are re-
siding at present at Harrogate, in consequence of the indis-
position of a part of the family. Miss Burdett proceeds
with the Duke and Duchess of St. Albans on their tour
through the Highlands this autumn.
MR. IiECKFORD'S NEW WORK —" In a short ad-
vertisement to this Excursion to the Monasteries of Alcobaga
and Batalha,' Mr. Beckford states, that in examining some
papers recently he had met with some slight notes Flat-
tering myself that, perhaps, they might not be totally unworthy
of expansion, I invoked the powers of memory.' The invoca.
tion was fortunate. It has raised up a volume of great power
and b, auto of description, in which the impressions of nearly
fifty years ago are conveyed with the lively truth and freshness
of yesterday. We have rarely met with any volume that may
be read with such a feeling of interest—we were almost going-
to say of positive enchautroeut."--Zrantitier.