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

SC ULLERS' 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 scullcrs' contest
between Mr. Allen, Mr. Dodd, and Mr. Peachy, three
gentlemen amateurs, whose claims to superior skill in
rowing are of no n an order. It was the-best race that
we have witnessed Tor 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 H. 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-(CI
BRITISH
Bask Stock ........... 119
3 per Cent. Red 99%
3 per Cent. Cons. ...... 98%
2% per Cent. Red 102%
New 3% per Cent. lOl%
New 5 per Cent.
Long Annuities to expire
Jan 'lB6O. 12% i
Oct .1859

lOSING PRICES.)

FUNDS.
Indian Stock 2Bl
Ditto Bonds
Ditto Old Annuities
,Ditto New Annuities
'Ex. Bills, 1,0001. I%d 75 pm
Ditto 5001.
Ditto Small 72 pm.
Bank Stock for Acct —
Consols for Act. 983
India Stock for Acct --
1 FUNDS.
Austria's, 5 per Cent — !Portuguese, 5 per Cent ......
Belgian, 5 per Cent — !Ditto, New Ditt0..............
Brazilian Bonds 84% Prussian, 5 per Cent ...... ...
Buenos Ayres, 6 per Cent — 'Russian, 5 per Cent. ....... .... 121
Chinon, 6 per Cent — !Ditto, Metallic
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.
Mexican,s per Cent
Ditto, 6 per Cent., 1837. .....
Peruvian, 1825, 6 per Cent — !Ditto, 5 per Cent .......100%
SHARES.
Birmingham and Gloucester (100 paid) lO5
Eastern Counties (23 paid) i.
Ditto Registered (8165 8d paid)
Grand Junction, 100 paid
Great North of England, 100 paid
Great Western (75 paid)
London and Birmingham (Stock)

Jan. 1860
FOREIG

Ditto, New Third's, 2 psaid ' 37%
Ditto, Quarter Shares ( 2 paid)
London and Brighton (50 paid)
London and Greenwich (12t. 15s. 4d. paid) 9
London and South Western (414 6s. 10d. paid) B6
Manchester and Leeds (70 paid)
Ditto, Half Shares, 20 paid
Ditto New Quarters ( 2 paid)
Manchester and Birmingham
Northern and Eastern (45 paid)
Norwich and Brandon, 4 paid 13.3i
South Eastern and Dover (33 2s 4d paid) .....
Ditto New Shares, 4 paid A. 111,4
Yarmouth and Norwich (18 paid)
York and North Midland (50 paid) lO5
Paris and Rouen. 20 paid
Rouen and Havre, 10 paid lB

We 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.