The Sun.
London, England, 1825-07-11 00:00:00

SAILING MATCH.

The sailing match from Blackwall to Graves-
end and back to Blackwall for a silver cup and cover, given by
the members of the Thames Yacht Club, which was appointed
to take place on the 23d of June, but not decided on that day
for want of sufficient wind to carry the vessels down in time for
the tide, was again contested on Saturday by the following gen-,
tlemen's pleasure-boats :
Vessels' Names. Owners' Names. Tons. Places belonging.
Lady Lohisa, .31r. Thomas Smith, 13 Rotherhithe.
Royal Eagle, Charles Stokes, 11 Ditto.
Deception, Riad. White., 18 Vauxhall..
Greyhound, —J. Vinck, 21 Itotherhithe.
St. George, Edward Codd, 12 Stangate.
The Favourite steam-boat, with the members of the Club, and
a party of their friends, on board, arrived at Blackwall, from
the Towere.at ten o'clock. She found the boats ready for ,
starting, and upon a signal-gun being. fired, they hoisted their
sails and got away, the St. George taking the lead, which she
kept for a short time, when she was passed by the Lady
Louisa.. This latter was the vessel that won the match last
year, and appeared to be a decided favourite, being admirably'
,adapted for sailing with light wind. However, for a consider-
able part of the way there was little or no odds between four of
the vessels. The Deception, which was the fifth, deceived no-
.body, thr everybody said she would be last, and she was. Indeed
she very soon lost sight of her competitors, and after sailing
" cheek by jowel with herself" (as the Irishman said) for about
12-3ds of the distance, she wheeled round and made the best of her
way back., At one time the Lady Louisa was nearly half a mile
la-head of the rest; but a fresh breeze brought the other three
nearly up with her. As they approached Gravesend, the St.
' George lost so much ground that she gave up the match, and
tacked about ; but so close was the contest between the re-
maining three, that shortly before they reached the point for
turning they were all abreast. The Royal Eagle, however, ran
foul of an Indiarnan, and broke the gaff of her mainsail, and
having lain to to splice it, she lost all chance of success. Before
the accident oce.urred she had become the favourite. In the mean
time, the Lady Louisa had shot a little a-head of the Greyhound,
and gained the turn, closely followed by her rival. For a great
part of the way back, the chances of success seemed pretty equally
divided between these two boats, until the wind falling nearly
altogether, the Lady Louisa evinced her advantage in such
weather, and taking the lead, she retained it until they leached
within a mile or two of Blackwall, when a slight change in the
wind again brought the Greyhound up with her; and after a
great deal of nautical skill and address displayed by the crews
Of the two vessels, the Greyhound at length, having caught a
steady breeze, shot a-head, and finally. came in first, by about
a dozen lengths. The bills stated that the boats were to sail
inside a buoy moored off the Artichoke; but upon the steam-
boat (which accompanied the sailing vessels all the way) arriv-
ing at Blackwall, the Commodore found that since morning
some ships had been moored to the buoy, and therefore, con-
sidering it dangerous to attempt sailing inside it, he dispatch-
ed the secretary in a boat to meet the vessels, and inform
them they were to sail past the Favourite's stern. The Grey-
hound acted upon these orders, but the other vessel sailed inside
the buoy, and her owner, therefore insisted he had a right to
the prize. The Commodore, however, decided that the Grey-
hound fairly won the match, and accordingly delivered the cup
to her owner, very much to the dissatisfaction of the other.
But we afterwards understood that the quibble raised on behalf
of the Lady Louisa was abandoned, (as she could not possibly
have won the match if the Commodore had not interfered), and
the decision acquiesced in. A hand of music attended on board
the steam-boat, and dancing was kept up on deck the greater
part of the day. She reached the Tower between nine and ten
o'clock at night. The fineness of the day added greatly to the
pleasure of the exclusion. ,

EXTRAORDINARY COINCIDENCE.—(hViI
.of Sudden Death.)—About twelve months ago, Mr.
BAKER, a tradesman living in Parker-street, Drury-lane, went
out on the morning of Sunday to take a walk, and as he was
proceeding along in good health and spirits, he suddenly ex-
claimed " Oh ! my wife !" and, falling back, instantly expired.
Mrs. BAKEIt, about six, months ago, havng a large family to
support, again married a man named Lawler, a sheemaker, and,
extraordinary to relate, he went yesterday to dine with his sons
by a former marriage, at their house /in Denzell-street, Clare
Market. The dinner having been placed on the table, the sons
requested their father to take the head of the table. He at first
I rejected, but finally acceded, and, just as he was about to apply
the carver to the joint, he suddenly fell back in his chair, and
expired without a groan. This awful visitation has produced
suclran effect on the widow and the unfortunate deceased's chil-
dren, that their situations are truly deplorable, arid their dis-
tress is felt the more, in consequence of Mr. Lawler's dissolu-
tion having occurred on the very day twelvemonth to that of the
former husband. •An inquest will be held on. the body.
GALVANISM.—A bout three weeks ago;a dread-
ful accident happened at Linton, in Kent, to Mr. Orford, of
Maidstone, by the falling of part of a new house, by which ho
was precipitated to the ground amdist the surrounding frag-
ments of brick and stone-work, and so much injured in his
wrists and fingers, as to he rendered incapable of continuing his
employment. He remained in this situation until Tuesday
sennight, suffering considerably from pain, and unable to
bend his fingers ; the skin of his wrists also being tense and
hard. The galvanic tractors were applied in the usual man-
ner' and -in Jess than an hour and a half he was able to open
and shut each band, and move his fingers with perfect ease in
every direction, expressing the utmost astonishment and grati-
tude, declaring that if a thousand guineas had been offered him
to do so, before the tractors were applied, he could not have
accomplished it. The pain, also, from which he bad had no
cessation since the accident, was entirely removed, and has not
am:, returned..