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

COWES, ISLE OF WIGHT-April 13'

(FROM OUR OWN CORRESPONDENT.)
ROYAL YACHT SQUADRON INTELLIG'
The annual general meeting of the members c'tfAd
Royal Yacht Squadron is to take place, at the Tha Teo
House Tavern, on Friday, the 13th of May. v'
noblemen and gentlemen have already been prol)°sv gQ
candidates for election on that day. There is eve',
pearance of the summer of 1853 being one of thf'.oel4
brilliant yachting seasons known ; all the yacht 1342 tia
have been busily employed ail the winter constrvetty
new yachts, independent of which a great number °!d!
old vessels are being Americanised. The buildey
Cowes have more on their hands than they `Dill 60
through with, and have been pressed to undertake
more.
Ratsey has turned out a beautiful schooner, 0,
Viking, of 110 tons, for Major Sterling (on the luiesfl
the celebrated American pilot-boat, the Mary TaY °Ol
She is a sister vessel to Mr. Gee's Glorianna. She,,
out of harbour this day, and appears to sail "liD-°

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wind." •
He launched, of the patent slip, the Julia cud'
111 tons, for W. reared), Esq.. on Friday, an
getting her ready for sea with all possible dispatell. fo
The Caprice yawl, of 55 tons, he will have ready
launching in about a week. tf
He is lengthening the Marquis Conyngham's cu
yacht Sultana, of 125 tons, 16 feet by the bow. f 9'l
Mr. Wood's schooner-yacht Lily of the Test, °
tons, he has in a very forward state.
Mr. Joseph White has hauled up Lord Godo/P

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yacht on the patent slip.
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He has r H Bold Hoghton's selv,o
yacht the Gip-y Queen, of 160 tons, and she is 11`
ready for launching.
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Lord Wilton's new schooner-yacht in the sans°
is progressing, and the noble Commodore, we 433
will'tflis season have a fleet one. of
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Arhite is also building a yacht for Mr. Goodes'el
120 tons ; one of the same tonnage for Captain Wiwopel
and the Plover, of 70 tons, for Lieutenant-o°'j
Browi.e. He has a keel ready to lay down for a 9
of 100 tons, for Mr. Hamntersley, and is lengthen
the Phantom for Mr. Lane, and the Cruiser for C3Poi
Berkeley. The two latter were run down last weep'
are in a very forward condition.
Mr. Hansen is lengthening the Aurora cutter, (3flo,
tons, for Le Marchant Thomas, Esq. The Ospre•eV
45 tons; for Lieutenant-Colonel Huey, by the bootiol
stern ; and he is also drawing out the Pandora 31111
both ends for Captain Smith Barry, and has haul
the Bittern cutter-yacht. le°
The Flirt schooner-yacht, 155 tons, Sir C. F. Mac Di,
Bart., is nearly ready for sea. Lord Mountcharlesioi
purchased the Bianca schooner. Mr. Foster has 3,r1;14
here for the season in his yacht Marina. The Y'd
schooner-yacht, 105 tons, arrived yesterday, allu
sail for Madeira to -morrow.

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FEARFUL ACCIDENT ON THE LONDON AND s, a-Ait,
WESTERN RAnwisv.—Yesterday afternoon an acc,:eC,
of an alarming nature, which caused considerabil
eitersent amongst a great number of persons, haP,l);so'
at the Southampton station of the London and LL-s?,
Western Railway. Prom the inquiries made it vPl', OP,
that whilst a train of carriages was being shunte°ec+l
the main line, a f Annie, supposed to have been °ell
the passengers, incautiously attempted to cross id
line of metals. In so doing the time was not sulfc,i'd
for her to accomplish that object, and as she was :tef,
ping across the rails the tail part of the train struv"g!
on the right shoulder, threw her across the metals' iOl
she ,was in consequence so dreaslfully injured tlV't
feared she cannot recover. She was picked up bid
company's servants, and removed to the South:oV
Infirmary, where she at present remains in a veril'Elle
carious condition. The accident was wholly 'Nye's` sf
control of the company's servants, and was °will
tirely to the recklessness of the unfortunate woman 1
tempting to cross the line at such a time of danger'
OUR VOLUNTARY CORRESPONDENT.—His navled
Legion. He writes everything—on every descii.Psll
of paper, and wish every conceivable and inconeely
quality of illegible ink. Like the players in 11°Isp
nothing comes amiss to him ; " tragedy, comedy' td
tory, pastoral, pastoral-comical, historical-pastortoc,
gical-historical, tragical-comical, historical-pastoral,
individable, or poem unlimited." But if he partievm
excel in any _one species of composition, it is perhaP:l,
to our experience, in the poem unlimited. He 11't
general idea that literature is the easiest amuseineV
the world. He figures a successful author as a ra(100
personage whose whole stime is devoted to idlene9sose
pastime who keeps a prolific mind in a sort 01104
sieve, and lightly shakes a bushel of it out some",l'F
in an odd half-hour after breakfast. It would aril ele
incredulity beyond all measure, to be told that svc
meats as patience, stuily. punctuality, . determivA
self-denial, training of mind and body, hours of al/Poolh
tion and seclusion to produce what he reads in o%o°
enter into such a career. He has no more concept'{ $ll
the necessity of entire devotion to it, than he has °lse.,
eternity from the beginning. Correction and re-c°o, oP
tion in the blotted manuscript, consideration, lletiol
servation, the patient massing of many reflec st's
experiences and imaginings for one minute purposc..:,l,o;
the patient separation from the heap of all the frago
that will unite to serve it—these would be Unic°l.ooB4
_Griffins to him—fables altogether. Hence, he elisf;
afford to dispense with the low rudiments of ertu'irfo
phy ; and of the principles of composition it is °
that lie need know nothing. He is fond of arreisly;
himself to literature in a leisure hour, or a "fesv 40
moments." He " throws his thoughts " upon 11.70(100
He rarely sends what he considers to be his best Eoss
to
tion. His best production is not copied—sorne'fistbill
seldom is. He is aware that there are many relll3s 110
defects in the manuscript he encloses, but , `lEi
insert that, "on the usual terms," he has anc`s ,
home that will astonish us. He is not at ali Tit 01!1.,.r
he "knows he has it in him." It is possible tll3`ciscol2l
be in him ; but it is certain that under thes° • kill"
stances it very, very, seldom comes out.--)94C
Vioussliad Words,",