The Sun.
London, England, 1850-08-26 00:00:00

NORWICH REGATTA.

This regatta took place on the 19th instant, with a
programme nearly sufficient for two days' sport, viz.:—
Two sailing matches, two sculling-matches in heats, two
four-oared matches in heats, and an amateur sculling
match. The first was—

A sailing match, by cutter-rigged boats not exceeding
28 feet; the prize, a beautiful silver tankard of the value
of 15 guineas ; time allowed for length, 15 seconds per
foot. The course sailed for both sailing matches was
from stakes in the New Cut up to a buoy placed oppo-
site the first fixes railway bridge, down to a buoy in
Whatlingham Lower Reach, tour rounds, making a
distance altogether of about ten miles,
finishing at the
stakes from which they started. Five were entered, viz. :
Wallace, 19 feet, Burroughes, E.g.—Norwich
Eliza, 16 feet, Morton, Esq._Ayt„bam.
Venus, 19 feet, R. Francis, Esq.-13eccles.
Long-looked-for, 16 feet, J. Bly, Esq.—Yarmouth.
Tantivy, 19 feet, II Morgan, Esq......Noewich.
The starting gun was fired about half-past 12 P.M.
Eliza made a capital start, and was nearly up to Wal-
lace before she got off the mud, to which she laid too
close; Venus followed well up, while Long-looked-for
and Tantivy paired off behind the others. Shortly, how-
ever, Tantivy gained upon her companion, and, after
trying three or fear times to pass her (it was blow-
ing half a gale of wind from west by north, and the
boats were beating up), she ran her bowsprit through
haltiihntaeldylieraaEibtluoelipurz a very exciting match
the Long.looked-for'e quarter, carrying away washboards
and letting in daylight where it was not welcome. This
superior
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sallnsioatochene
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ofirstld
upon
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put her entirely out of the match, and delayed the Tan-
Wallace came in the
winner by three minutes and a half, Venus second,
Tantivy only five secs. after her.
Next followed the amateur mulling race, which excited
a gnat deal of interest, as a good race was expected to
take place between Mr. Diver, the Yarmouth champion,
and Mr. Cater, of Queen's College, Cambridge, a gentle-
man hitherto unknown on the Norwich waters. Mr.
Diver, we are sorry to say, did not contend for the
prize, which was a massive silver cigar-ease, elaborately
embussed, and but three gentlemen came to the post.
The course was about a mile-and-a-half in length from
the Norfolk Railway, Swing-bridge, to King's Meadows.
The boats started behind each other at intervals of about
forty yards.—Mr. P. Palmer,- Mr. F. Foster, Mr. W. E,
Cater last. The race, however, was all one way, for at
went ahead and won with ease, by
yards. Mr. Winter pulled in a boat
the bottom of the New Cut Mr. Cater, having passed
tbhoitrhtyhiosropfoprotnyontr,
built by Mr. Logan, of Cambridge.
The next Sailing Match was by boats not exceeding
About ton minutes silver cup, value 8 guineas.
four the following started :
Esq.—Norwich.
16 feet, rigged with latteen foresail and mizen; prize, a
Marie, 16 feet, L. Garland,
IBEC 1
I—orwig es'
Leander carried away her
Lfloorins,e,l6l6fefeete,t,J
J.
Leander, 16 feet, R. Chalker,bl9. LlUDgay.
Astiphalia, 16 feet, W. Crowe, Esq.—EU-ping.
Shortly after
put her out of the match • Lotos
mizen-haulyard, which i
ed by ' which
had the lead, and was I°l ow Astiphalia, which
and must have b.Es.
aWpeeyb,sEte,rq,...E_
__
oat nearly 60
yards. After a sharply-contested match L otos won by
boats not
_exceeding 25ft,
in boats
the first, 2/. to the second.
a very bad start, and
about a length.
Match,
413 itcher's I'll-try, Amy's Who-
Britcher'a Chalice. In the
knews (a new boat), ar
d some damage at the Railway-
bridge,first heat, I'll- try recessed some
ance.
fTohrAreaeFePonuutrers-rece Four-oared
z6.MI:. --- J. d r
J.
W ho- knows won the
which spoiled her
i nho.
but by scarcely half a
first prize, beating h
our eared boats, for Si —The
The Military
• • Match, in
of men of the 11th Hussars, from
crews were composed
length, after an exciting(i
E drew No. 1, D No. 2, and
the C, D, and E troops.
created much amusement, the men,
C No. 3. This race
staining`
did not " give a long
not having been lung in
match.itf.
pull, and a pull altogether,
although strong enough.
It was won by E troop,
D second. A bye match alter-
wards took place between
C and D, which was won by
C. Next came
ur entered, viz , R. Battle, of
A Punt Match.—F°
, and Samuel. Aldred, of Yar-
Norwich, Curtis Aldroera_
ogan,
for we heard him called
by both names), of
mouth, and A. Rutt( L
Cambridge. Only three started,
with the lead, which he main-
tained,race. Bottle went off
through one of
C. Aldred, passing the small
forcis•SAmuel Aldred took the
30 YU' •
Butt withdrawing tol usband his strength for the skiff
arches, lost at lOW
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Pcilad File, Wag 62 66°'""" "v r

Watslmcn's Sculling Match.—R. Battle, S. Field,
and A. Hutt tered. Bustle won the first prize of 51.,
and Field the second.

THE EAST INDIA COMPANY.

The accounts of the Bengal presidency which we on
Friday abstracted compose fully two-thirds of the whc le
territorial accounts of the East India Company, the re-
mainder being divided in unequal proportions between
the financial statements of Madras and Bombay. The
net revenues of Bengal, including those of the north-
western provinces, amounted, it will be remembered, to
about 12 millions sterling, more or less, and the charges
thereupon to about 11 millions, more or less, leaving a
surplus of somewhat more or less than a million, as the
case might be. In the presidency of Madras the total
net revenues are less by two-thirds than those of Bengal,
being under the sum of four millions sterling, though
they exhibit a small but steady rate of increase for the
last four years. Of the gross amount fully three-fourths
are contributed by the land revenue, which even exceeds
that derived from Bengal proper, being somewhat above
three and a half millions sterling. Opium does not
figure among the sources of revenue in Madre., but the
p ivileged sales of tobacco and salt produce yearly
least half a million. The next considerable
item is that fu Dished by the subsidies, which are drawn
annually from Mysore, Travancore, and Cochin, to the
amount of some 340,0001. On the other hand, the
Nabob of the,Carnatic, the Raja of Tanjore, the Mysore
Princes, and other stipendiaries, draw upwards of half a
million yearly from the treasury of Fort St. George, and
certain obligations consequent on the insolvency of one
of these dignitaries are represented by charges amount
ing to 40 0001. more. The reader is -not likely to have
forgotten that we are creditors to a considerable extent
of the Court of Hyderabad. The assets of the Madras
presidency thus e quivocally constituted are breught to
bock under the head of " interest of debt due by the
Nizsm's Government, " and, including other similar
items, amount for the past year to more than 30,0001.; but
whether this entry refers to sums actually realized, or only
to sm-tainable claims, we cannot say. On the whole amount
the gross revenues of this presidency slightly
exceed five millions, from which about 570,0001.
is subtracted for assignments and allowances, and
650,0001. for the costs of collection, leaving the net total
such as we have specified above. Comparing Madras
with Bengal, we observe that the costs of collection are
considerably smaller in the former presidency, where five
millions are re alized at a charge of 650,0001., while in
Bengal little short of two millions are consumed in col-
lecting less than ten. The subsidies received by the
Madras Government exceed those of Bengal by 50 per
cent., but, on the other hand, its obligations in the
shape of pensions and assignments are more than double.
Turning now to the expenditure of the presidency, we
find that the civil and political charges are reckoned at
380,0001., little more than one-third of the sum allotted
to the same purposes in Bengal; the judicial and police
establishments absorb some 340,0001., about half the
Bengal charge; while the army is maintained at a
cost of two and a half millions, being also exactly
half the expenditure of the superior presidency on this
important head. We have brought a few of
these charges into contrast with each other, but it must
be bcrne in mind that the political liabilities of the se-
veral presidencies are so different that it would be alto-
gether unfair to institute an unconditional comparison
between their respective expenses. Madras is as peace-
ful and untroubled as Yorkshire, while, not to mention
the incidental obligations of the seat of government,
hostilities have recently pressed with unremitting ur-
gency upon Bengal. Still there is, doubtless, something
attributable to what may be termed the national cha-
racters of the two presidencies. As a general result of
the accounts, we find that while the income of the Ma-
dras Government is steadily increasing, its charges are
diminishing with equal regularity, so that every year
brings a considerable augmentation to the surplus. In
1845.6 this was about 65,0001.; in 1846-7, nearly
200,0001.; in 1847.8, above 270,0001.; and last year,
upwards of 460,000/. Up to this point, therefore, we
have a total surplus income of something like 1,300,0001.
upon the whole of India, exclusive of Bombay.
The Bombay revenues amount, in the gross, to about
3,800,0001., composed of contributions similar to those
described in the accounts of Madras and Bengal. The
land-rents furnish, as before, the bulk of the sum—that
is to say, some 2,250,0001. Opium again re-appears as
a productive commodity, and yields more than half a
million annually. The salt duties are less considerable,
and the subsidies enjoyed by the presidency consist of
no more than 20,0001. contributed by the Government of
Cutch. Per contra, the ex-Peishwa of the Mabrattas
and his Minister, in conjunction with other claimants,
make yearly demands upon the treasury to the amount
of 180,0001., and more than five times this sum is
devoted to " district and village officers, including
charitable grants to mosques, pagodas, &c.
The cost of collection is under 10 per cent.—
a smaller proportion than we have hitherto met
with, but which, taken together with the other deduc-
tions, suffices to bring the total net revenue of Bombay
down to some 2,400,0001. The charges incurred by the
presidency are unfortunately not circumscribed in the
same ratio. The civil and political services absorb
about 420,0001., a larger sum than is required at Madras;
the judicial and police establishments carry off 250,0001.,
and 1,600,0001. is demanded for the maintenance of the
army. The marine, too, though not a very serious item
in Indian accounts generally, figures considerably by the
side of the other charges in Bombay. The navy esti-
mates for Madras are brought within a compass to
which few financial reformers would take exception-
-10,0001.; but the Bombay' marine demands nearly
210,0001, a sum e xceeding .._tjiat to which pilotage
charges swell the same item at Calcutta. Altogether,
expenditure s gainst income, the balance-sheet of the
Bombay presidency admits • deficit of some 680,000/.
We have reserved the mention of certain charges in
each of the presidencies in order that they might be
more instructively exhibited in juxtaposition. We find
that upon " buildings, roads, and other public works,
exclusive of repairs," there were expended during the
year to which these returns relate 45,000/. in Bengal,
48,(,00l. in the north-weatern provinces, 23,000/. in
Madras, and 38,0001. in Bombay. The proportion of
outlay thus borne by the smallest presidency is satis-
factory, considering the importance of its cotton districts
and its ports; but the reader will probably be of opinion
that the total investment on this head falls considerably
short of its due magnitude. Perhaps it may facilitate
some calculations if we mention that the population of
Ben,- "

engal, exclusive of the Punjaub, is 10out sixty millions,
or somewhat less; that of Madras about ftlteen or
sixteen millions; and that of Bombay about three mil-

lions. This estimate is formed for the British terri-
tories alone, but it does not include districts of recent
acquisition tither in the Deccan or towards the north-
west. The population of the Punjaub has been rated,
perhaps by a low estimate, at five millions; that of
Sinde, perhaps by a high estimate, at the same amount;
and eight millions more may be added on account of
southern districts not comprised in the estimates given
above.

On the whole, it would seem to follow that since Ben-
gal and Madras show an aggregate surplus of more
than 1,300,0001., against which Bombay only presents a
deficit of less than 700,0001., the balance of the Com-
pany's account should be on the right side of the sheet.
And this, in point of fact, is in some sense the case, for

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the total charges of all the governments in India are
only, by the last accounts, 17,004,431 t, whereas the
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total revenues and receipts in India are 17,692,6101.,
showing a surplus, in proportion to the figures, quite as
handsome as our own. There remains behind, however,
a heavy demand under the head of " Charges disbursed
in England," exceeding three millions sterling, and
creating an ultimate deficit on the total account of no

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less than 2,324,7291. The analysis of this charge will
sufficiently explain its character, but we must reserve
the WI for a future occasion.—Times.

NARROW ESCAPE.—On Thursday week, as a boy
named Alfred Revile, in the service of Mr. William Parsons,
solicitor, Sherwood-rise, was crossing the race-course, on his
return home, at one o'clock, he was suddenly attacked by a
horse in the following singular manner: —The animal laid
hold of him on the arm near the shoulder, and lifted him from
the ground. The boy cried loudly for help, and the horse
letting go his hold, he fell upon the course, and endeavoured
to crawl away on his hands and feet. The horse, however,
followed him, and tried to tread on him with his fore feet,
but the boy instantly got up and had the presence of mind
to se.ze the horse by the nose, and retain his hold until a
" friend in—deed" came to the rescue and drove the animal
away. The boy soon fell again from weakness, and was with
difficulty got home. The wound on the arm caused by the
teeth of the horse was found to be very serious, and, without
proper treatment, might have been injurious to the boy
through life. He is, however, out of danger, and is rapidly
recovering from the effects of his curious accident.—Nottinq-
ham Mercury.

THE GUNPOWDER MAGAZINES AT WALLASEY.—
The commissioners of Wallisey; in-their memorial to Sir
George Grey, have made • eat a strong case for the removal
of the gunpowder magazines to Hilbre Island, or some other
more remote or isolated district. It appears that the amount
of powder kept in deposit by the various lessees is about
16,000 barrels, or between 700 and 800 tons; and that, on an
average, the receipts and deliveries are about 2,000 barrels
weekly. Traffic in se explosive a commodity has been too
long permitted on the shores of the Mersey, and in the im-
mediate vecinity of a large number of the residences and of
the summer resort of the merchants of Liverpool and their
families. If we may judge from the melancholy results of
recorded explosions of gunpowder, few persons from Sea-
cc mbe to the Rock Perch would survive a single accident to
the magazines at Wallasey; whilst it is more than probable
that the shipping and property on the Liverpool side would
suffer materially. We trust, therefore, that after the repre-
sentations which have been made to Government, no delay
will take place in the removal of this dangerous store from
the banks of the river Mersey. Since writing the above we
have ascertained, from the best authority, that the memorial
has been forwarded by Sir George Grey to the Board of Ord-
nance, who have ordered a colonel of engineers to proceed to
Liverpool, in order to report on the construction of the build-
ings, and on the probability of danger from storing there
large quantities of gunpowder.— Liverpool Mercury.

TILE STATE OF THE IRON TRADE.—In the main
the exhaustion of the iron trade is but the natural collapse
of a temporary system, fostered for a special purpose— that
of railway formation ; and although some of its forced
branches must wither, the root will remain as before, and the
trade will again flourish, when reduced once more to its legi-
timateand permanent dimensions. Builder.

TUB TRADE OF LEEDB.—Grood3 suitable for the
winter trade have sold freely at our cloth-halls, both on Sa-
turday and on Tuesday, but the supply continues short in
consequence of the manufacturers being engaged to order.
Prices are steady, and the stocks in all hands are much
lower than usual at this period of the year. Business in the
warehouses has been pretty brisk, both with the wholesile
buyers and the country drapers, and there is more doing by
the shipping houses than usual so late in the season...—Leeds
Mercury. - -

GLUTTONY.—At a Midsummer treat, given not
100 miles from St. Austell, four men, one boy, and three
women consumed the following :-541bs. of beef, 141bs of
ham, 11 cabbages, 9 gallons of potatoes, with bread and pud-
ding, 16 gallons of porter, 6 gallons of bear, and 4 gallons of
cider.-ILoyal Comma Goz,ette.