The Sun.
London, England, 1844-08-23 00:00:00

SCULLERS' CONTEST.

The Royal Academy, the Union, Thetis, Argonauts,
some of the Leander, and many others of the most influ-
ential clubs and leading patrons of river sports, yesterday
evening assembled to witness the great scullers' contest
between Mr. Allen, Mr. Dodd, and Mr. Peachy, three
gentlemen amateurs, whose claims to superior skill in
rowing are of no mean order. It was the best race that
we have witnessed for a long period of time. Mr. Dodd,
who had a few months since defeated Mr. Allen, was the
favourite, but Mr. Peachy was spoken of as a very dan-
gerous customer. At a little before seven, the three
gentlemen took their stations off Noulton and Wyld's,
Lambeth, to row to Putney-bridge. Mr. Dodd was
nearest to the Surrey shore, next Mr. Peachy, and Mr.
Allen to the Middlesex side, but the buoys were so ar-
ranged as to afford no advantage in the choice of station.
Mr. Yeo started the gentlemen from his gig, and Mr.
Allen went off with the lead, closely pressed by Mr.
Dodd. Off the Penitentiary the latter challenged Mr.
Allen, and went into the first place, passing through
Vauxhall-bridge with nearly his own length a-head.
Mr. Allen was not so easily shook off, and right round
Thames-bank a gallant struggle was carried on, Dodd
working his opponent pretty close to the point. During
the time they were so engaged Mr. Peachy crossed over
to the Nine-elms side, a trifle too much out of the tide,
and made some sharp rowing for the first place, Off
Royal's, the Messrs. Dodd and Allen, having had enough
of the eddy, had rowed themselves into a distressed state,
and a beautiful struggle ensued for the lead, which was
obtained by Mr. Allen, who then gradually drew in ad-
vance, kept it throughout, and won by eight or ten lengths.
Mr. Dodd was second, Mr. Peachy third. The gentle-
men were each accompanied by a crack watermen (of
course not in their boats), Coombes attending upon the
winner, Noulton upon Dodd, and IL Maynard upon Mr.
Peachy. Mr. Allen rowed in an out-rigged boat, simi-
lar to the Newcastle men's cutter, built by Cownden '
and Wentzell.

THE FUNDS—(CLOSING PRICES.)
BRITISH FUNDS.
Bank Stock
3 per Cent. Red 09% Ditto Bonds 93 pm..
3 per Cent. Cons
2% per Cent. Red 102% Ditto New Annuities ...
New 3% per Cent. lOl% EL Bills, 1,0001. I%d ... 75 pm
New 5 per Cent. — Ditto 5001.
Long Annuities to expire Ditto Small 72 pin.
Jan 'lB6O 12% Bank Stock for Acct....
Oct. 1859.... .........
Jan. m 0........
FOREIGN FUNDS.
Austrian, 5 per Cent — 'Portuguese,s per Cent —
Belgian, 5 per Cent — :Ditto, New Ditto
84% Prussian, 5 per Cent
Brazilian Bonds —
Buenos Ayres, 6 per Cent., — Russian, 5 per Cent ...... ...... 121
Chllian, 6 per Cent .......
Colombian, 6 per Cent
Ditto, 1824 — Ditto, 3 per Cent 33%
Cuba Bonds, 6 per Cent 'Ditto, Deferred —
Danish, 3 per Cent
Greek, 18'4, 5 per Cent — 'Exchange .......... ....... —f. —c.
Mexican, 5 per Cent
Ditto, 6 per Cent., Ifk37 Dutch, 2% per Cent.... 61%
Peruvian, 1825, 6 per Cent — Ditto, 5 per Cent ........100%
SHARES.
Birmingham and Gloucester (100 paid). ........ ..... 105
Fe item Counties (23 paid) j. ll%
Ditto Registered (Si 6s 8d paid)
Grand Junction, 100 paid
Great North of England. 100 paid
Great Western (75 paid;
London and Birmingham (Stock)
Ditto, New Thirds, 2 paid
Ditto, Quarter Shares ( 2 paid)
London and Brighton (50 paid)
London and Greenwich (Wt. !Ls. 4d. paid) 9
Lawlor. and South Western (411. 6s. 10d. paid) , , 136
Manchester and Leeds (70 paid)
Ditto. Half Shares, 30 paid
Ditto New Quarters ( 2 paid)
Manchester and Birmingham
Northern and Eastern (45 paid)
Norwich and Brandon, 4 paid
South Eastern and Dover (33 2s 4d paid) .....
Ditto New Shares, 4 paid
Yarmouth and Norwich (18 paid)
York and North Midland (50 paid) lO5
Paris and Rouen, 20 paid
Rouen and Havre, 11l paid ....... lB

NVe are enabled to state that Messrs. Cobden,
Bright, and other members of the Anti-Corn-law League
intend visiting Plymouth in the course of a few weeks.
—Plymouth Journal.