"A ROWING MATCH AMONG WOMEN.--The proposed wager among women came off yesterday. It was said that the contest was for a purse of sovereigns given by the ladies and gentlemen of Lambeth; but it is believed the proprietor of a public-house near Lambeth Palace was the donor. The females were the wives and daughters of fishermen. The _canaille_ mustered in shoals, and never did we see a rowing match so attended. The purlieus of Westminster and St. George's Fields had poured forth their population, and Billingsgate had supplied its oratory. To attempt to describe the rowing, or to give the names of Sal this, or Mary that, as they were bawled from the shore in a tone of encouragement, would be a gross insult to the understanding of our readers; but the lady who wore a blue bow in her cap as large as a sunflower, and who had her garments tied round her legs with a rope, had the distinguished honour of being declared the victor." We are used to hear each newspaper vieing with another as to its circulation, but the following list is authentic, as every newspaper had to be stamped by the Inland Revenue, and the numbers as officially declared must needs be correct. It also supplies an authentic list of the ephemeral publications of the day. It covers from January 1, 1832, to June 30, 1833. --------------+-----------------------------------------------+------------ Period of | Title of Newpaper. | Number of Publication. | | Stamps. --------------+-----------------------------------------------+------------ Daily | The Times } | 5,727,987 Thrice a week | Evening Mail } | | | Daily | Morning Herald } | 3,949,991 Thrice a week | English Chronicle } | | | Daily | Morning Post | 1,047,000 | | " | Morning Chronicle } | Weekly | Englishman } | " | Observer } | 2,682,297 " | Bell's Life in London } | | | Daily | Morning Advertiser | 1,696,500 | | " | Guardian and Public Ledger } | " | British Traveller } | 433,218 Weekly | Weekly Times } | | |