The Sun.
London, England, 1850-07-27 00:00:00

Final Heat.

Sons of the Thames ... ... ... ... ... 1
The Wandsworth Crew ••• ... ... elle 0
Barney Sheppard's ... 2•• ... ••• ... 0
Chelsea Waterman ... ... ... ... ... 0

The three last went away in advance of -the winners,
who, however, soon picked up, and came in first by a
couple of lengths, or thereabouts. The whole of the
crews rowed extremely well and deserved much praise.

APPRENTICES' MATCH.
First Heat.
H. R. Short, Fountain- stairs ... ... ... ...

G. Meggits, Legal-quay ... 2
W. Dexan, Cuckold's-point ••• ••• 0
W. Messenger, Cherry-garden ... 0
W. H. Jones, Legal-quay ... 0
The winner took the lead, and kept it.
Second Heat.

S. W. Jameson, Light-stairs 1
R. J. Savage, Horselydown . . ••• 2
G. Berry, Legal•quay... ,„ 0
R. C. Davis, Fountain-stairs 0
The young men, as in the previous heat, rowed very
well. Won by about two lengths.

Final Real.

This was undecided. After great deal of dispute
between the parties, there having been some fouling, the
waterman who officiated as umpire (gentlemen being
scarce, or unwilling to take the office) at length, after
much talk, was of opinion the heat had better be rowed
again—apparently a reasonable conclusion; and it was
therefore fixed for two this afternoon.

THE LATE FATAL PUGILISTIC ENCOUNTER.—AD
inquest was held yesterday at the Rose and Thistle, Frimley-
green, on the body of Thomas Griffiths, aged 23, a moulder,
late of Woolwich Dockyard, who was supposed to have died
in consequence of injuries received in a pugilistic encounter
with William Gill, of Coventry, on Tuesday last. From the
evidence of the constable of Frimley, and another witness, it
appeared that the deceased, after a protracted contest, fell
heavily on the ground, and was thenceforth insensible, and
that he never rallied. They further stated that, after the
battle, he laid for nearly half an hour on the grass on the
common, in a sharp shower, the bystanders considering it
" best to keep him cool." That he was afterwards put to
bed, and carefully attended by his brother, a friend, and a
medical gentleman, who had come down by the same train.
That, being left by the last-named gentleman, the local
practitioner was called in, but he sunk rapidly, and expired
at a few minutes before ten on Tuesday night. The surgeon
deposed that he had made a post mortem examination, and
found the deceased had received severe contusions from
blows and falls. There was also a slight fracture of the
edge of the orbital bone over the right eye. The brain
exhibited partial congestion, and a considerable extravasa-
tion had taken place, from blows, falls, or excitement.
Concussion of the brain was the immediate cause of death.
The coroner finally adjourned the inquiry until this day
week, in order to afford time for the collection of further
evidence from parties known, or suspected, to have been pre-
sent at the battle, which is stated to have produced this me-
lancholy result.

EXTENSIVE CONFLAGRATION AT POOLE.—A very
disastrous fire broke out on Thursday morning last in the
Steam Flour Company's mill, which for a time threatened
the destruction of nearly a quarter of the town, and which
was not subdued until property in the building in which it
had originated, as well as several others adjacent,-amount-
ing in value to several thousand pounds, had fallen a sacri-
fice to the limes.