The Sun.
London, England, 1838-08-18 00:00:00

COWES, ISLE OF WIGHT.

ROYAL YACHT SQUADRON REGATTA.
Tw THIRD DAY.
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elve yachts were entered to sail for her Majesty's Cup o f
guineas started this day, but six were withdrawn; the following
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it. M.
Union ll 3
Blue-eyed Maid and Harriet
Columbine
3)olphin
(13Alarm ll 42
;1.! unfortunately there was not a breath of wind, and they
alto
ddown to Yarmouth ; a light breeze brough them back
aru_oer. At sn. it. they proceeded towards the Nab, but
biuu gotexpected in before midnight. The Alarm and Colum-
aivn ate favourites; the Dolph'n at present (7 ♦.M.) has the
Intage.

The Princess Augusta is on a visit to the Queen
be,„.f—ager, at Bushy Park. Her Majesty will sail for Malta
maore the equinox. She is in good health at present, but her
Jestra physicians recommend her to ass the winter in a
'Wamer climate than England. p
ATheir Royal Highnesses the Prince and Princess of
i:1),1-t and the infant Prince and Princess de Bourbon are
ii. hYing at Topham's Royal Hotel, Richmond. His Royal
teta
e' fleas generally drives to Mivart's Hotel, where he still
ins a splendid suite of apartments, four times a week, in
3,,41' elegant Neapolitan barouche drawn by two beautiful Ara-
'"ltta horses, recently sent from his stables near Naples.
t, His Excellency Prince Schwarzenberg (Ambassador
R.xL-aordinary from Austria) and the Princess Schwarzenberg
Ire ex Pected in town on Tuesday next from a tour of three
weeks.
.in the northern counties. His Excellency and the
princess will shortly after their arrival proceed to Windsor on
a Visit to Lher Majesty.
The Countess of Bridgewater is entertaining a large
Party at Ashridge Castle, Hemel Hempstead. Prince Ester-
y was amongst the company assembled a day or two ago.
Mr. Henry Aston (Ist Life Guards), who arrived
a few days since at Mivart's Hotel from Cheshire, has quite
recovered from his recent indisposition, and was able to head
his regiment on Thursday last, at the prorogation of Parliament.
Mr. Fox Lane has, it is said, purchased all the
hunters and shooting ponies of the late Duke of Leeds.
The Earl and Countess of Erroll are entertaining a
lan all circle at their romantic seat, Slains Castle, in Aber-
dee.-ishire, where his Lordship has arrived for the autumn.
The Noble Earl is to continue in the possession of his apart-
raents in St. James's Palace, which were assigned to him by
the late Sovereign.
The Duke of Grafton and Lady Laura Fitzroy and
'Viscount And Viscountess Beresford are still sojourning at
Buxton Wells, Derbyshire.
The Countess of Chesterfield has arrived at Cowes,
•4711.1. e, the Marquis and Marchioness of Londonderry and
Lord Scaham have arrived, from the Kent Hotel, at Ryde.
The venerable Earl Macclesfield leaves town to-day
Tor Sherbourne Castle. His Lordship, although in his 84th
"Year, is in the enjoyment of the best of health.
A subscription has been set on foot, headed by the
A ,chhishop and the Dean and Chapter of Canterbury, for the
Phi 'Dose of raising a sufficient sum to erect a church, and der-
RYnt Th's residence, in the ville of Dunkirk.—Kentish Observer.
[This is the scene of the murders of mad Thom.]
Liellt. W. H. Vyse, of the 2d Life Guards, whilst
the ac,.' of fishing at his father's residence, in Buckingham-
-4a hiTe, was hieized with a fit of apoplexy, and fell into the water ;
d before as istance could be procured he was a corpse. This
unfortunate' young man was the son of Colonel Vyse, of the
14 lie regiment.
The yacht squadron at Cowes has sustainnd a se-
rious loss this season, hz, the secession of four of their leading
hernLers, namely, the Doke of Norfolk, the Earls of Dur-
;am, Belfast, and Errol. Earl de Grey, also, we believe,
.lees not intend to go afloat this season. The Duke of Nor-
-911e3 cutter yacht Arundel has been purchased by William
"anhatn, Esq.
At a recent marriage in high life a very singular
acjircurnstance occurred, that has occasioned great talk in the
„:11 monde. After the whole of the family eicle had assem-
;A.., d in the vestry room, preparatory to proceeding to the altar,
!1..e bridegroom discovered that he had entirely forgotten the
"se. A hackney cab was immediately procured', when the
rt. Gentleman, in company with a friend, went with all
asto to Doctors'-commons. The parties left the Church for
their mansion in C--__.h-square, and after a delay of one
1,1! uv and a half returned, when the marriage was solemnised.
The Noble father of the bridegroom, during the interval, went
r a neighbouring jeweller's to purchase a ring, saying, " Per_
'laps the silly fellow has forgotten that also."