The Sun.
London, England, 1835-07-30 00:00:00

AQUATICS.

BRITISH YACHT CLun.L.--This Club gave a Cup to be sailed
for yesterday, by small class yachts. The victory was worth
gaining, it being for as pretty a cup as ever was filled with
wine. This club is certainly in the back-ground ; but it is
getting up, and from its merits will soon be more appreciated.
There was plenty of betting, the Selina being the favourite.
One gentleman at a celebrated boat-builder's near Stangate
was so sweet upon the Oberon as to take her against the field.
Of course it was accepted. They started their match from off
the Temple, the usual distance, to Wandsworth, and back
through Waterloo-bridge. The undermentioned yachts had
been entered:—

Margaret, 8 tons, R. Holliday, Esq. owner,white with red border.
Secret, 7 tons, W. Harvey, Esq., owner, blue with post letter.
Gem, 9 tons, A. Bode, Esq., owner, blue with white cross.
Selina, 9 tons, I. Southern, Esq. owner, black and white stripes.
Oberon, 6 tons, D. Davidson, Esq. owner, red with white cross.
They were all placed, the Oberon taking the most northward
station. Mr. Weston was Commodore on the occasion, arid
the signal for starting was fired at a quarter-past four. The
moorings were slipped and sail was immediately made. The
Margaret and Oberon went away together, the Selina fourth,
and the Gem last. This position, with slight variations, was
continued until facing Lambeth Palace, when the Margaret
took the lead, with the sternmost vessels coming well up. On
arriving off the Spread Eagle, the Oberon and Secret fouled
each other, and the result was that the Secret became last, a
situation she never had an opportunity of retrieving. In this
order they continued until just below Battersea-bridge, when,
by a most judicious board, the Selina, who had been working
her way up, became first, and the Margaret, missing stays, lost
her advantage. The Gem led for a short time, but was soon
replaced by the Selina, and they thus continued, rounding the
flag-boat at Wandsworth at intervals of nearly two minutes,
the Selina, the Gem, the Margaret, Oberon, and Secret. In
this order they kept for a considerable distance, and even then
the match was between the Selina and Gem, but the Selina
was first in passing Vauxhall-bridge. Between that and West-
minster-bridge the Gem made play, and opposite Mr. Searle's
roads she had got the advantage by two or three lengths. The
Gem won by about 200 yards. The Selina was next, but the
others were not well up. The wind was pretty steady, being
generally moderate, inclined to light with occasional puff; ;
and, being the N. or N. N. W., it gave the crews as little
trouble as possible, only one tack being made upon returning.
The wind was occasionally heavier, and they hoisted some out•
rageously large jibs. In one of these slight gusts the Marga-
ret laid on her beam-ends. She seemed desirous of giving
her crew an immersion in old Father Thames. Most of them
had plenty of sail, but it was beautifully light. The day went
off with eclat, and it is seldom that a match of this sort has given
so much satisfaction.

THE WANDSWORTH WADER.—The first cup in this wager,
which we gave a short account of on Tuesday, has been given
to the Wandsworth men (the Union), who created the wrangle.
The Old Diana, the crew of which really won the first cup,
have refused to take the second, the smaller one. A very
competent solicitor has been applied to on the occasion, and the,
giver will be sued for the prize.

THE UNITED SERVICE JOURNAL.—This perio-
dical is uniformly distinguished for the variety and importance
of its information on naval and military subjects, conveyed in
so pleasing a manner as to be attractive to readers of every
description. Among other articles announced to appear in
the August Number, are the following :—On Promotion in
the British Army—Recollections of Rough Work, including
an Original Account of the Expedition to the Algarves—
The Death Ship—Rough Sketches of Malta and London, by
a Maltese Officer—Polar Scenes, No. Iy.—The Continua-
tion of the Sketches of the Cape de Verd Islands, by a
Passenger on board the Sir Thomas Munro, wrecked there
in December last—On the Health-of Troops, by Dr. Fer-
guson, Deputy Inspector of Hospitals—Scenes in Colombia
(continued)—Remarks on Nautical Surveying—Nelson and
the Dukedom of Bronte.

MR. BULWER'S " PAUL CLIFFORD."—We arc
glad to see this powerful work now published in a single
volume, and at a price which places it within the reach of
all. " After having reflected upon men as we have seen
them," observes the Spectator, " and upon all the creations
of the novelties in their various reproductions of human nature,
.we declare that one of the most powerful and truest pictures
ever drawn of a ,bad man of great talents, is the character,
portrait, and life, of the lawyer Brandon, attorney, barrister,
judge, and all but chancellor. It shows in its author a deep
knowledge of human nature, not obtained from books, but by
looking right through the hearts of men—not the „men of
poetry, or the men of history, but the men of reality, who
live the life, who strive and struggle, spoak, write, lecture,
wheedle, time-serve, trim, barter, smile, assert, retract, deny;
but still push on, deceiving and deceived, to their great end
—power or wealth—on the arena of this oar most vicious,
most glorious metropolis, the great bot-bed of exaggeration,
r effort, stimulus, toil, and tic doloreux."

" That the plan and estimate submitted to the Committee
by Sir Robert Smirke be adopted.
" That a book should be kept in the custody of some per-
son appointed by the Sergeant-at-Arms, in a place made for
that purpose, at the door of the entrance of the proposed
Gallery.
" That no Member be allowed to introduce more than two
Ladies in the course of one week, unless the Gallery should
not I,: fully occupied, as specified hereafter.
That the names of the Ladies be written down in the said
book on the db.; previous to their admission, or, in the event of
the adjournment o: the House on the last day of sitting, pre-
vious to its next sitting; and that the signature of the Member
be attached to the names of the Ladies so written down by him,
and that he do state whether h proposed that they should be
admitted at the morning or afternoon sitting.
" That two printed tickets be issued to each Member so en-
titled, which tickets are to be presented by the Ladies at the
door of the Gallery, without which they cannot be admitted,
and that such tickets shall not be transferable. _ _

" That in case it should happen that the said Gallery
should not be fully occupied within one hour after the meet-
ing of the llouse, any Member may, on writing down tho
names, and receiving the tickets as aforesaid, introduce two
Ladies during the sitting of the House until the Gallery shall
be full.

" That the said book be kept open for the entry of names
for admission on the following day, from half-past eleven
o'clock in the morning till three o'clock in the afternoon : and
that the same shall not be re-Gpened unless the Gallery shall
not be filled at the hour specified in the foregoing resolution.
" That the Gallery so proposed to be set apar('be called
the Ladies' Gallery, and be kept exclusively for their accom-
modation.

" That the alterations necessary, in order to provide for the
accommodation herein contemplated in the Strangers' Gallery,
be proceeded with without delay, in order that the same may
be completed for the reception of Ladies previously to the
commencement of the next Session of Parliament.

" That, in the new House of Commons, a Gallery should
be constructed capable of accommodating not less than forty
Ladies."

EAST INDIA HOUSE.

(Concluded from The Sun of yesterday.)
THE GOVERNOR-GENERAL OF INDIA.

The CHAIRMAN stated that, in consequence of the result
of the ballot which took place yesterday for the production of
a copy of all the proceedings of the Court of Directors re-
lating to the resignation of the Right Honourable Lord
William Cavendish Bentinck, as Governor-General of India,
and to the appointment of a successor to his Lordship, the
papers referred to were laid before the Court of Proprietors.
Mr. MILLS moved that the papers be printed for the use of
the Proprietors.
Sir C. FORBES said he wished to call the attention of the
Court to something which he was supposed to have said at the
last General Court upon the subject of these papers. It was
asserted that he had said Lord Glenelg had not used his in-
fluence or power as President of the Board of Controul to
promote any objact he might, have in view of obtaining the
appointment as Governor-General of India ; and secondly,
that he had restricted the communication on this subject to
the Chairman of the East India Board, as being quite of a
private nature. With respect to the first statement he was in
the recollection of the Court as to what he had said. With
respect to the second question he ( Sir C. Forbes) was per-
fectly certain that he did not say, as he did not know, that Lord
Glenelg had restricted his communications to the Chairman.
What he had wished to state was, that if there had been any do-
cument upon this subject transmitted to Mr. Tucker, it should
have been produced—but when the Hon. Gentleman said
that there was no such document be ( Sir C. Forbes)
was perfectly satisfied. His Hon. Friend appeared to have
been a little warm upon the subject, and it would have been a
matter of surprise to him if one so high-minded and sensitive
as his Hon. Friend was should not have been annoyed at being
even for a moment supposed capable of betraying private con-
versation. He (Sir Charles Forbes) had now the authority of
Lord Glenelg for stating that the Noble Lord had made this
communication not as of a private nature, but that he (Mr.
Tucker) had his authority to communicate it to the rest of the
Court of Directors. Lord Glenelg had said that he was per-
fectly satisfied with Mr. Tucker's conduct. He (Sir C.
Forbes) felt confident that his Hon. Friend would be the last
man on earth who would be guilty of a breach of confidence.
After a few words from Mr. MILLs and Mr. TUCKER,
Sir M. DOYLE said he would move as an amendment, that
all correspondence that bad passed between the East India
Company and the Board of Control, in 1805 and 1806, on the
recal of Sir G. Barlow, and the appointment of a Governor-
General to succeed him, should be laid before the Court, to-
gether with the papers relating to the appointment of a suc-
cessor to Lord William.

Mr. TUCKER submitted whether the Gallant Proprietor had
not better submit a substantive proposition for the production
of the papers be had referred to.
Sir P. LAURIE thought the amendment ought not to be per-
severed in.

Sir M. DOYLE withdrew the amendment, and said he should
take lime to consider if he should introduce a substantive mo-
tion on the subject. _ _ _

The question was them carried for printing the papers com-
prised in the original motion, only four hands being held up
Against it.

SUTTEES IN INDIA.

Mr, PovNnEe said there had been received in this country
from Bombay a very important document, in which it was
stated that on the ith or Bth of February last a Suttee of a
very atrocious character was perpetrated, in which five un-
happy females were burned to death to satisfy a Rajah of
drunken and proft;gate habits, some of the females having been
married but a short time before. They were forced to the fu-
neral pile under the most barbarous circumstances. The case
was one of peculiar atrocity—it was a murder of the foulest
description, and worse than any other that bad occurred since
that of Abadulla, when seventeen individuals (as we under-
stood the Hon. Proprietor) of hod, sexes had been sacrificed.
He begged therefore to inquire if the Court of Directors were
in possession of any official information of the sacrifice of these
five females ?—( Hear.)
The DEPUTY CHAIRMAN said it was true that the atrocious
Proceeding referred to by the Hon. Proprietor had taken
place ; but it was also true that the local Government took im-
mediate measures and were using their best exertions to prevent
such scenes in future.
The Court then adjourned.

The Common Council of the City of London in-
tend to-morrow to take into consideration the present position
of the Ministerial measure of Corporation Reform, and steps
will be taken to convene a Common Hall immediately. The
citizens of Westminster, and the electors of the metropolitan
borough of Finsbury, are also preparing meetings, and Mary-
lebone will not be far behind. Plain speaking and wholesome
counsel will alone convince the Lords of the moral determina-
tion of the people to secure Corporation Reform and a Liberal
Administration.

GERMAN WORKMEN IN SWITZERLAND.
BERNE, itILY 20.—The Government of the Confederation has
just been on the point of being again placed in a difficult si-
tuation. A very numerous political union of German artisans
was formed in the neighbourhood of Lucerne. The Austrian
Ambassador, who was speedily informed of it, made a com-
plaint to the presiding Canton, before it had received any in-
formation on the subject. Soon afterwards, however, official
notice was sent by Lucerne, with an assurance that a strict
inquiry should be instituted into what had taken place. The
same was notified to the Austrian Ambassador, who declared
himself satisfied. Several of the journeymen artisans have
been already conducted over the frontiers.

The English public are at present very anxious to
learn some particulars connected with the recently-estab-
lished steam-vessels, which now ply on the magnificent
waters of the Danube. Mr. Quin having performed a voyage
on that river to the capital of Turkey, through Hungary,
Wallachia, and Servia, has just returned home, and is on the
eve of gratifying his countrymen with a narrative of his ex-
cursion. The novelty of, the journey, and the romantic cha-
racter of the countries through which the writer passed, will
doubtlessly induco many Englishmen, at the present period
pf the summer, to undertake a voyage abounding in so many
rare attractions, and for which Mr. Quin's work Will furnish
so acem..ate and interesting a guide.

A CANi.IDATE FOR TRANSPORTATION.—Yes-
terday, a labottring man named John Griffiths, was charged
before the magistrate 5 with stealing a new suit of clothes
belonging to Mr. James J-luntley, of No. 3, Garden-terrace,
Chelsea, in whose house he /aged. The prisoner it ap-
peared left his lodgings at an ear► hour the previous morn-
ing, taking with him the suit of clothes, which he purloined
from a trunk in his landlord's bed room, and in the even-
ing he was taken into custody with part of the stolen pro-
perty on him. He made not the slightest resistance, but
on the contrary expressed the greatest delight at the pros-
pect he had in view of being transported, he having long
cherished a with to see " life in New South Wales."

On Monday evening between the hours of four and
five o'clock, the inhabitants of Stratford were alarmed by the
appearance of a large mastiff, which was evidently in a furious
rabid state. The animal was first observed to come from to-
wards the London Marshes, and to enter the London road,
close to the Green Man public house. A quantity of froth
was issuing from his mouth, and he kept snapping at and
biting everything that came in his way. A cry of " Mad
dog !" was instantly raised, and several shots were tired at him,
but without success. lie turned down towards Bromley Mills,
and was proceeding along Bromley Wall, when Samuel
Barker, a waiter at the Three Pigeons public-house on Strat-
ford-green, armed with a large bludgeon, struck him a violent
blow on the head, which felled him to the ground, and he re.
peated the blows until he killed him, to the great gratification
of the inhabitants, who were dreadfully terrified. It was sub.
scquently ascertained that the animal had bit no less than
seven dogs and two oats during his progress, and their different
owners bad them destroyed yesterday morning, at the request
of Greenwood, the constable, who had been sent to them for
the purpose by the parochial authoiiti-ee.- - .