The Sun.
London, England, 1844-07-20 00:00:00

COURT CIRCULAR.

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WLYDSOR, FRIDAY.—The Queen and Prince Albert, accom-
panied by the Princess Royal, walked in the pleasure grounds
of the Castle this morning. Prince Albert, attended by Co-
lonel Bouverie, afterwards inspected the battalion of Scots
Fusilier Guards stationed here, in the Great Park.
Their Royal Highnesses the Prince of Wales and the
Princess Alice were taken their usual daily excursion this
forenoon.
Her Royal Highness the Duchess of Kent returned to her
residence, Frogmore Lodge, in a carriage and four, at six
o'clock this afternoon, from town. Her Royal Highness was
attended by Lady Anna Maria Dawson, the Countess Wra-
tislaw, and Sir George Couper, Bart.
The Queen, accompanied by the Princess Royal, and at-
tended by the Countess of Mount Edgcumbe and the Hon.
Miss Paget, took an airing in the afternoon in an open car-
riage and four. His Royal Highness Prince Albert ac-
companied her Majesty on horseback. The Equerriei in
Waiting, Colonels Buckley and Bouverie, were also on
horseback.
The Royal party returned to the Castle at six o'clock.
The Prince of *Wales and the Princess Alice were taken
airings in the afternoon.
The Royal dinner party at the Castle in. the evening in-
cluded her Royal Highness the Duchess of Kent, Lady Anna
Maria Dawson, the Countess Wratislaw, the Earl of Liver-
pool, and Viscount and Viscountess Emlyn.
The band of the Scots Fuisilier Guards was in attendance
at the Castle, and performed during dinner.
Her Hajesty's private band attended during the remainder
of the evening.

Yesterday the birth-day of her Royal Highness the
Hereditary Grand hess of Mecklenburgh Strelitz. The
Duchess of Kent, and the
Dueless of Gloucester, laid congra-
tulator'.' visits to her Royal 1116:111?ess, at Cambridge House.
The Duchess of Gloucester dill.ed with the Duke and
Duchess of. Cambridge last evening.
The Duchess of Kent left Clarence Housd ,Festerday, about
four o'clock, for Frogmore. Her Royal Highncss was at-
tended by Lady Auna Maria Dawson, and the countess
Wratislaw.
The Duke of Cambridge paid a visit to the Duchess .of
Kent yesterday morning at Clarence House.
Dispatches were sent off on Thursday night from the
Colonial-office to the Governors of the North American Co-
lonies.
Mr. Brickwood, of the South Sea Company, had an in-
terview with the Chancellor of the Exchequer yesterday, at
his official residence in Downing-street.
Lord and Lady Mahon, Lieutenant-General Sir Edward
and Lady Kerrison and family left town yesterday for Mel-
bury, in Dorsetshire,, where the marriage of Mr. Kerrison.
and Lady Caroline Strangways takes place next week.

GREAT OARS RACE AMONGST THE GENTLEMEN
OF THE LEANDER CLUB.
The great oars race yesterday, amongst the gentlemen of
the Leander Club, was certainly one of the most dashing and
spirited contests of the season. It is to be regretted that the
threatening aspect of the weather for an hour or two before
the start, deterred many gentlemen, patrons of aquatics,
from attending a race which, from its first announcement,
had given promise of first-rate sport. As it was, however,
the Guy's first and second crew, and several other long boats,
were afloat, and their occupants amply compensated for any
little inconveniences they might have sustained by being
afloat a trifle earlier in the afternoon than usual. The cir-
cumstance of the lottery of partners having taken place a few
days before, instead of being delayed until an hour before the
race, gave an opportunity of speculation not often presented,
and necessarily increased the interest of the race. The dis-
tance differed also from that of former years, the start taking
place from Vanxhall, instead of Westminster, and the contest
finishing at Putney-bridge, an alteration which it was deemed
expedient to make, in consequence of the frequent crossing of
steamers in the lower part of Lambeth-reach, and the number
of craft moored there. The gentlemen having waited until
the violent thunder-storm had passed over, rowed from Ro-
berts's to the starting-place, accompanied by two eights-
Messrs. Jefferies and Newman 1
Messrs. Wood and Dalgleish • . 2
Messrs. Shepherd and Fellowes •.. 3
Messrs. Bumpstead and Lea 4 •
Messrs. BPDonald and Soames
The race, as we have before said, was admirably contested -
Mr. Shepherd and his partner had the No. 1 station on th;
Middlesex. shore ; Bumpstead and his partner next, then
Macdonald and his partner, and Jefferies and Newman out-
side, nearest the Surrey shore. A beautiful start was effected,
all oar and oar at the moment ; a few rapid strokes followed,
and then Shepherd and partner took the lead, closely fol-
lowed by Bumpstead's boat, the others being nearly level, or
Wood and his partner being a trifle astern of all ; the latter
pair were, however, in a few more strokes, showing sliglit
improvement of place, when, owing to the heat of the CO*.
test, Jefferies' boat accidentally fouled Dalgleish's, and botk
were of course delayed a little. Jefferies and his partner them
drew up to 13umpstead's boat, and challenged them to a very
severe struggle, the result of which was Bumpstead's boat
taking the third place. Jefferies and partner then laid down
to their work again in gallant style, and off Chelsea College
took the first place from Shepherd and his partner, who had
held it from the start, and did not part with it without a
severe struggle. Jefferies and his partner retained the lead,
and one of the most plucky contests ever witnessed occurred
between Bumpstead's and Shepherd's boats. They were oar
and oar, with alternate. leads, if they might be so termed, of
a few inches, the entire distance from Battersea to Putney.-
bridges, Shepherd's boat just contriving to draw a-head ;
but the rowers, despite their utmost exertions, being unable
to do any more. While the three leading boats were in the
positions above described, Messrs. Wood and Dalgleish drew
upon the two last named, and off Wandsworth, having
shipped their oars, Dalgleish taking the labour forward, they
rowed right by Bumpstead and his partner and Shepherd and
partner, while in the middle of their struggle, and took the
second place, which they retained, Jefferies and Newman
winning by four lengths.

RAISING THE MADRAS TRANSPORT.—This vessel;
which took fire, and was scuttled off Deptford Dockyard,
having a cargo of stores and ammunition on board for her
Majesty's troops at the Island of Ascension, has at last, by
means of Government chain lighters from the Royal Dock-
yards, by the direction of the Lords of the Admiralty, been
weighed and brought alongside the Dockyard-quay. She is
much burnt, more particularly the fore-part, and she has
also received considerable damage by the chains which raised
her slipping, and breaking her upper parts. As for the stores,
they are completely destroyed, but their loss will fall on the
Government. The troops which she was to have conveyed
from Gravesend to Hong-Kong, have since sailed in another
vessel. The Madras will be forthwith taken into dry dock to
be overhauled.