The Sun.
London, England, 1806-07-22 00:00:00

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At half after 5 o'clock yesterday evening the fol-
lowing 7 Gruletnen''i sailing -Pleasure. Boats, of va-
rious dimensions, started for the Proprietor of Vat:t-
-h:111's annual gift of a Silver Cup and Cover.

The Mermaid

Capt. W. 61LE..

G. GUNSTON.
NOAKIS.,
" W. btASON.
W. WALIKAR.
• ••••••••••-••••••• T.. HUNT.
• FAittlißoTti ER,
; Westminster.
Three of the,lieats were as small as 4 tons burden
each, three were of the dimensions of seven tons
each, ,•nd the other, belonging to Mr. FARE/MOTHER,
the sail-maker, was' built to carry as much as 17
tot-is. Mr., FAREBROTHER stood well by for the
signal, and started dire6ily it was given.—This
gave him the.lead at the outset. The St. George,
'Capt. GUNSTON, however, was an excellent sailer ;-
she was clean built, and .carried spanking sails-; she
was also Steered. with judgment, and pressed 'very
clOse upon Captain FAREBROTHER'S quarter. The
Amelia carried her bowsprit away below Westmin-,
'stet Bridge, and three others gave It in before they
reached so far. The contest was then confined to
so few competitors that many would have thought
the attraßion considerably lessened, The Duke of
MANCHESTER'S cutter, however, and several other
Gentlemen's pleasure-boats were out ; and from the
first of the race to the last, the weather-was so in-
viting, that the Thames could be walked across by
stepping from boat to boat at some places.
Capt. F. continued his superiority to the end, and
cattle in at half after eight; the St.,George was about
ten minutes behind, and the other two did not come
in until it was near nine o'clock. All the most
fashionable part of the company, which was really
very numerous, then finished their day's pleasure by
going to. Vauxhall.- -
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St. Geoige
Bucepttalus
Fame
Amelia
Vetius
Beilissima

Yesterday several persons floated through the cen-
tre arch of London Bridge, with a newly-invented
Machine for preserving life during shipwreck, &c.
The procession, consisting of several barges, and a
great number of boats, then proceeded to Whitehall,
where the men again appeared in the water, playing
on the violin, bugle-horn, and some smoking their
pipes. Several persons of distinthon belongina to
the Admiralty were among the spectators. When
the tide served, the procession returned to Gun-
dock, Wapping. No accident, that we heard of,
occurred.. The Bridges and each side of the River
were coVered with spe&ators.
SINGULAR ATTEMPT AT SUICIDE.--A servant-
maid in the family of Mrs. Hookham, No. 8; Ar 7. -
gyll-street, Oxford-street,, who had lived some tirne
in her service, was discharged eight days since, and
never afterwards heard .of I:lThu- friends, who reside
in the Edgeware-road, nor by any other person, un-
til yesterday morning. There is a back kitchen in
Mrs. Hookham's house, which has been converted
into a lumber-room, and is seldom entered.
The servant of the house, however, hadioccasion to
go thither yesterday morning, and in searching for
what she wanted, she discovered the late servant
sitting' in a chair, in an upright posture, as if dead.
The persons in the house were alarmed, and on- ap-
.proaching the unfortunate woman, it was discovered
her throat had been cut. Thefe appeared to be a
wound of three inches in length, and one inch deep,
which had Severed part of her windpipe, but it was
perfectly dry, and, the Surgeon, who afterwards ex-
amined it, supposed it to have been inflitaed several
days. The unfortunate woman was unable either
to move or speak, but she did not appear to be alto-
gether senseless. In this situation she was conveyed
to the Middlesex Hospital without the slightest hopes
of recovery. It is not ascertained by what means
she got into the house.
Yesterday morning a Mr. Edmonds, a Baker, in
Wardour-street, Soho, at eight o'cloCk, put a period
to his existence, by cutting his throat from ear to
ear, with a-razor, in his parlour. • The unfortunate
man was observed, for some time past, to labour-un-
der a mental derangement. He has left a "widow
with six children, and far advanced in pregnancy,
with her seventh.
During the storm on Wednesday last, a rem: rkablY
strok dash ot lightning,- followed by a tremendous
crash of thunder, attraded particular attention 'at
Salisbury, about v. o'clock in the aftersoOn : shortly
after which we learned, that at the moment when
thiswar of ele,nents was thus observed to be most
awful, a' poor,man named Whitlock, servant to far-
Jner Maton; of Pitton, was struck dead by the light-
ning. He vas at the time in the house of Mr.:Read,
of that villrge. Three or four other persons were
in the same. partment, none of, whom received the
least injury.

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