The Sun.
London, England, 1839-08-03 00:00:00

SAILING.

JULY 27, at Noon.—Kestrel, yawl, Commodore the Earl
of Yarborough, for Portsmouth and Sheerness; strong wind
from W. S. W., and squally.
YACHTS AT AND ABOUT THE STATION.
Schooners—. Dolphin, Merlin, Harriet, Mischief, Ariel, Ga-
latea, Norna, Wanderer.

Cutters—Ann, Nautilus, Alarm, Lord cf the Isles, Eliza-
beth, Hebe, Emerald, Earl St. Vincent, Mary, Breeze, Al-
batross, Phebe, Aurora, Sultana, Fanny, Zebra, Julia, Ga-
nymede, Matilda, Midge, Zephyr.

Mr. G. H. Ackers' new three-mast schooner yacht, Brilliant,
of 396 tons, was launched from Rubec's yard, at Southampton,
on Saturday last; on Tuesday she was towed to Portsmouth by
the Monarch steamer, to get her masts in by the 'beers at the
Dock-yazd, and returned the same day to Southampton, to,fit
out with all expedition.
The Earl and Countess of Durham returned to Harriet Lodge,
on Sunday evening. His Lordship, we are happy to hear, finds
his health greatly improved since his residence in the island.
The Marquis of Westminster, and Lord Robert Grosvenor,
left for Goodwood on Monday. The Marchioness for town, on
Wednesday.
Lady Stevenson and family arrived on Monday at Elm Cot-
tage, for the season. _

Lord Delawarr, on Tuesday, at Oak Hill House ; Lady
Corry, on Wednesday, to the Sixth Cliff Cottage; and A. Mur-
ray, Esq. and family, to the Pavilion.
A malicious report has gone the round of the London Papers
(with the exception of The Sun) that " the small-pox is raging
in the Isle of Wight to an alarming extent, and that within
these few days several children have fallen victims to this dread-
ful disease." Yet those residing inlthe Island never heard one
word of it till they saw it in the Papers ! We have made in-
quiries of all the medical gentlemen of this town and neigh-
bourhood, and they declare that they have not heard of one,
case of small-pox having occurred ; that no children have died
lately from that or any other cause ; indeed, that in this town,
with a population of 5,000 souls, only two deaths have taken
place since the 25th of last May—one an old man of 77, the
other a young gentleman from Scotland of consumption. Please
beg these dreadful accident and disease manufacturers to lay
their plets in some other place.
The late tremendous gales have done serious injury to the
wheal on the high lands. To-day the weather has set in
beautifully fine.

printing-tiouse,
We are credibly informed, that amongst the Tory
claims at the ensuing Registration for this Borough, will
be one on behalf of the ci-dev ant Radical, Mr. sa st
Wells, in respect of his occupation of a
in recollect,iseif
for
Cambridge, that INlr ._ 17:mei
as one of the trustees of the Independent Press II 1 Mr.
[ Some of
Wells has also announced his intention of becoming a can-
didate for the Borough at a future election.—....
our readers `yells on a former
of the term, for as he could obtain
the electors, he was compelled to b
the hustings. Mr. Wells has l e his own proposer at
occasionofferemdal);
an unsuccessful candidate far Peterborough, Eye., Sud-
bury, Canterbury, Dundee
places, a and h • , and some half-a-dortra other
s inufTectuall ' ) endeavoured to obtain a seat
in the Common Council of
t 1-e ward of Faari • London, as represe_ntative for
ngdon without... T.— Cambrid, e Advertiser.
ATTEMPT AT ROBBERY
AND *MURDER.
On Tuesday ev •
ening, shortly after nine o'clock, as Mr.
Henry Buckwcll, a gentleman residing at Ham,
was
pass-
ing along the Petersham meadows immediatel
below the
Star and Garter, en Richmond Hill, he was attacked by
two fellows in the dress of bargemen. The first man, who
demanded his money or his blood, he knocked down, and
he was then immediately attacked by a second, who, from
the darkness of the evening, he had not before seen, and
on his grappling with his new antagonist, the man snapped
a pistol at him. The two then got him down, and whilst 1
struggling- with them on the ground, he received a severe
stab from a knife; fortunately, however, from his havirvg
on a double-breasted coat, and his handkerchief buttoned
within it ,the coat only was injured. The fellows on he ax-
ing some one coming, ran off towards the river, and were
seen to get into a boat and make across to the Twickenham
side of the river. This audacious attack was made within
a few hundred yards of Petersham poor houses.
The remains of Samuel Rogers, who was illed
at Trowbridge about a month since by a man named Nap..
per, have been disinterred, examined, and identified by
some of his relations, who came up for the perposp.
Nappe, who was acquitted the last assizes, because no
f could be obtained that the '
proof deceased's name was
Rogers, has absconded.— 11ilts independent.

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