The Sun.
London, England, 1853-04-14 00:00:00

COWES, ISLE OF WIGHT-.April 13-

(IPROM OUR OWN CORRESPONDENT.)
ROYAL YACHT SQUADRON INTELLIGEN,
The annual general meeting of the members o ("3
Royal Yacht Squadron is to take place, at the Tha'
House Tavern, on Friday, the 13th of May. AO
noblemen and gentlemen have already been propos r,p'
candidates for election on that day. There is eves 900
pearance of the summer of 1853 being one of the
.nefl
brilliant yachting seasons known ; all the yacht bt dl
have been busily employed all the winter
constr, u* o
new yachts, independent of which a great number t
old vessels are being Americanised. The build(lrs,4l
Cowes have more on their hands than they will-
through with, and have been pressed to undertake'
more.

Ratsey has turned out a beautiful schooner,
Viking, of 110 tons, for Major Sterling (on the line?
the celebrated American pilot-boat, the Mary Tarei
She is a sister vessel to Mr. Gee's Glorianna. She srtili
out of harbour this day, and appears to sail "like
wind.
He" launched, of the patent slip, the Julia cl;
111 tons, for W. Peareth, Esq., on Friday, fie
getting her ready for sea with all possible dispate • fit
The Caprice yawl, of 55 tons, he will have rea, ly
launching in about a week.
He is lengthening the Marquis Conyngham's
yacht Sultana, of 125 tons, 16 feet by the bow. f9O
Mr. Wood's scho"Oder-yd,cht Lily of the Test,.
tons, he has in a very forward state.
Mr. Joseph White has hauled up Lord Godooe'
yacht on the patent slip.
He has lengthened Sir H Bold Hoghton's Bello fif
yacht the Gipsy Queen, of 160 tons, and she is Der
ready for launching.
Lord Wilton's new schooner-yacht in the same

is progressing, and the noble Commodore, we eS4
will this season have a fleet one. of
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White is also building a yacht for Mr. Good
120 tons ; one of the same tonnage for Captain W 10,1
and the Plover, of 70 tons, for Lieutenant-Cc
Browne. He has a keel ready to lay down for a y
of 100 tons, for Mr. Hammbrsley, and is length V
the Phantom for Mr. Lane, and the Cruiser for Ca r,r)
Berkeley. The two latter were run down last weep
are in a very forward condition.
Mr. Hansen is lengthening the Aurora cutter,
tons, for Le Marchant Thomas, Esq. The Ospr( Pie
45 tons, for Lieutenant-Colonel Huey, by the bow'ill
stern ; and he is also drawing out the Pandora yaviof
both ends for Captain Smith Barry, and has haul'
the Bittern cutter-yacht.
The Flirt schooner-yacht, 155 tons, Sir C. F. Ma(1.1))
Bart., is nearly ready for- sea. Lord Mountcharlo
purchased the Bianca schooner. Mr. Foster has ar fl; c!,
here for the season in his yacht Marina. - The F
schooner-yacht, 105 tons, arrived yesterday, and
sail for Madeira to-morrow.

FEARFUL ACCIDENT ON THE LONDON AND S
WESTERN RAlLWAY.—Yesterday afternoon an ac Cref:
of an alarming nature, which caused consideral bleei
oiteiLent amongst a great number of persons, har edtlr
at the Southampton station of the London and ; 5°,1,
Western Railway. From the inquiries made it a Fri
that whilst a train of carriages was being shunt'-de's
the main line, a female, supposed to have been wilt),
the passengers, incautiously attempted to cross ' iepc
line of metals. In so doing the time was not cuff°ter
for her to accomplish that object, and as she was !),
ping across the rails the tail part of the train struci',oo
on the right shoulder, threw her across the metals; ito
she was in consequence so dreadfully injured th.o
feared she cannot recover. She was picked up 1
company's servants, and removed to the Southa rlitde
Infirmary, where she at present remains in a vei
carious condition. The accident was wholly bey°,
control of the company's servants, and was °wiz
tirely to the recklessness of the unfortunate woman
tempting to cross the line at such a time of danger. 0
OUR VOLUNTARY CORRESPONDENT.—His nanov:oo
Legion. He writes everything—on every deseript• i
of paper, and with every conceivable and inconcely3o
quality of illegible ink. Like the players in Hard F
nothing comes amiss to him ; " tragedy, comedy,
tory, pastoral, pastoral-comical, historical-pastoral,
gical-historical, tragical-comical, historical-pastoral, se 4
individable, or poem unlimited." But if he partico,?
excel in any one species of composition, it is perhaP%
to our experience, in the poem unlimited. He 113, i 0
general idea that literature is the easiest amusemea,!,oB
the world. He figures a successful author as a raalY
personage whose whole time is devoted to idleness
pastime who keeps a prolific mind in a sort of eclo
sieve, and lightly shakes a bushel of it out someti°loo
in an odd half-hour after breakfast. It would anlBo,le
incredulity beyond all measure, to be told that sucli,Dor
ments as patience, study, punctuality, determinat;),
self-denial, training of mind and body, hours of aPP
tion and seclusion to produce what he reads in Willi., 0
enter into such a career. He has no more concepti7o
the necessity of entire devotion to it, than he has ‘l'ree
eternity from the beginning. Correction and re-Or off
tion in the blotted manuscript, consideration, Deli!, oil
servation, the patient massing of many reflealoo
experiences and imaginings for one minute purpose, 00
the patient separation from the heap of all the fragile, or
that will unite to serve it—these would be Unicorn'
Griffins to him—fables altogether. Hence, he can (304'
afford to dispense with the low rudiments of ortil°Poofi
phy ; and of the principles of composition it is oblol4
that lie need know nothing. He is fond of aP,Piiiis
himself to literature in a leisure hour, or a "few le'ver.
moments." He " throws his thoughts" upon
He rarely sends what he considers to be his best Pr° tit
tion. His best production is not copied—somehL,'lo,l°
seldom is. He is aware that there are many reins:P-00k
defects in the manuscript he encloses, but if Or 0:
insert that, "on the usual terms," he has anal° Dli;
home that will astonish us. He is not at all
he "knows he has it in him." It is possible that it,
be in him ; but it is certain that under these devil
stances it very, very, seldom comes out,—Pic
Wousehold Words."
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