The Sun.
London, England, 1841-10-14 00:00:00

CORONER'S. INQUEST.

DEATH OF A CHINESE SEAMAN.—Yesterday an in-
quisition was taken before Mr. Baker, at the Queen's
Head, Poplar, on view of the body of James Attye, aged
25, a nativv.of Macao, and sailor lately on board the
schooner Osprey, in the East India Docks, who was
found in the basin of the dock, with a large rope coiled
round his body,- under, the following mysterious circum-
stances.

John Bowles, chief mate of the Osprey, stated that de-
ceased was employed in repairing the sails of the ves-
sel. Witness last saw him alive on Saturday night,
when he received 18s. for his wages. On Monday morn-
ing witness was on board the•vessel about ten o'clock,
shortlyafter which time he heard that the deceased was
not to be found. About three o'clock witness was aft
the vessel and saw a body in the water. He immediately
hauled it up and discovered that it was the deceased.
There was a thick rope coiled round his body, at the end
of which a sail had been attached. The rope went
round his left arm and twice round one of his legs.

By the CORONER - Shortly before the body was
found I saw some blood on the deck of the vessel.
There were several spots of clotted blood within two
feet of the spot where the deceased was at work. In
my opinion another person had been engaged in a strug-
gle with the deceased, who had received some cut or
wounds.

Mr. Edward Polmar. surgeon, Poplar, said that he
had examined the body, and found no external marks
of violence, nor any appearance of a struggle having
taken place, . _ . . .

Mr. Dixon, Superintendent of the police in the Dock,
said that it is believed that the deceased was clearing
the sail when he got drawn in, and the rope got en-
tangled round his legs. The rope was 20 feet in length
and a part of it was on the deck.
Verdict—Found Drowned.

SHIPPING INTELLIGENCE.
(LLOYD'S.)

VESSELS SPOKEN `VlTA.—Romanoff, from London,
3d ult., lat. 42, lon. 33 ; Elizabeth, Liverpool to Dal-
housie, 24th, lat. 42, lon. 30, by the Thalestris, arrived
off Cork. Richard, of Liverpool, out twenty.eight days,
lat. 44, lon. 51, by the Theresa Jane, arrived at Mil-
ford. Satara, Liverpool to Philadelphia, 16th, lat. 46,
lon. 44, by the Bedford, arrived at Boston. Lively,
Liverpool to Pernambuco, 3d, lat. 12 N., lon. 25 W. ;
George Canning, Plymouth to Savannah, lat. 30 ;
Growler, of Thomastovrn' lat. 40, lon. 31 ; Daniel,
Brazils to Bremen, lat. 43, lon. 26, by the Potter, ar-
rived at Kingroad. Mary Ann (ship), of Bremen, 21st
ult., lat. 47, lon. 35, by the Arid, arrived at Limerick.
Troubadour, London to New Zealand, 7th August, lat.
22 S., lon. 39 W., by the George and Henry, arrived at
New York. Thomas, Calcutta to Newcastle, lat. 21,
lon. GS E., by the:Abel Tasman, arrived in the Downs.

RAILWAY FROM LANCASTER TO GLAS-
GOW AND EDINBURGH.—An important meeting was
held in Carlisle, on Saturday, for the promotion of this
great national work. It has at length been taken up
in earnest ; and parties are engaged in it who are not
likely to suffer it to be set aside, or allow its execution to
be delayed. The Directors of the Grand Junction Rail.
way have come forward with .a most liberal offer in aid
of the undertaking ; namely, to take shares to the
amount of 200,0001., on condition that the landowners
along the line take shares to the amount of the value of
land required. The Directors of the North Union Rail-
way.
in a similar spirit of liberality, offer to subscribe
50,0001. The Preston and Lancaster Railway Di-
rectors, it is expected, will do the same. The London
and Birmingham Railway Directors, who are deeply in-
terested in the undertaking, will no doubt come forward
with a liberality commensurate with the largeness of. the
funds at their disposal and the magnitude of the work to
be accomplished; the assents of no less than six hundred
landowners on the line have been obtained; and it is a
matter of sincere congratulation that not one dissentient
has been found—so that there will be neither an expen-
sive Parliamentary opposition to encounter, nor any
great man to buy off, or be bribed to allow his neigh-
bours to enjoy the benefits of the greatest of modern im-
provements. That the funds requisite for this great na-
tional work will be obtained we now entertain no doubt.
—Carlisle Journal.

ROBBERY IN NORTH SHIELDS.—On Friday
night, between six and seven o'clock, the shop of Wil-
liam Blackwood and Son, silversmiths, in Tyne street,
was robbed of four gold and silver watches, worth above
100/. The robbery was effected by some ono outside
cutting a corner out of one of the panes, large enough
to get a hand in. While this was going on—although in
the most public part of the town, and on the side of the
.street that is always throng—Mr. Blackwood's attention
was taken up inside by a man who was looking at some
seals, who kept him attending to him till, no doubt, he
saw the robbery was effected. lie took Mr. B.'s attention
from the window by repeatedly bating him down in the
price asked, and ringing his money on the counter, to
cover the noise of the breaking of the.glass. Up to this
time we have not heard whether any persons have been
taken up for the robbery. This is unfortunate for Messrs.
Blackwood, as they have been robbed to a large amount
before. This, we think, is sufficient to satisfy the.publie
that we have not a sufficient police.—Tyne Mercury.

SPORTING INTELLIGENCE.
NEWMARKET.
(FURTHER PARTICULARS OF TUESDAY'S RACES.)

The races fixed to come off to-day were not numer-
ous, being limited to a Match, the Clearwell, 'and the
Cesarewitch Stakes. What was wanting in quantity
was made up in importance, and the last-mentioned
event proved sufficiently attractive to bring together a
large assemblage of company on the heath, including not
only the distinguished individuals mentioned yesterday,
but several others of equal rank: The visitors from
Cambridge and more distant localities, notwithstanding
the very unpropitious state of the weather, also fully
equalled our anticipations, and gave a happy relief to the
gloom which arose from the occasional heavy showers.
The sides of the course were studded with fashionable
equipages, while the equestrian corps mustered in for-
midable force, although the motley character of their
costume was anything but calculated to give grace to
the assemblage. At the ditch, from whence a view of
the start, as well as the most interesting part of
the race for the Cesarewitch Stakes could be obtained
the Guerilla squadron were posted in imposing numbers,.
and the vigour with which they charged across the plain
after the contending nags had passed, was not the least
animated part of the spectacle. Fortunately at this in-
teresting moment the clouds had disappeared, and a bril-
liant sunshine gave additional splendour to the scene—a
scene of intense excitement, scarcely surpassed, if
equalled, on any former occasion, for we can find no
record of so large a field as twenty-seven horses having
previously started at Newmarket for any one stake. The
success of Iliona, respecting whose name so much learned,
discussion has taken place, was hailed by the friends of
Lord Palmerston with undisguised pleasure, indeed the
shout of exultation which burst from all parties, proved
that on the turf, at least, there is no political bias. We
may mention that the Noble Lord himself anticipated
the defeat of his mare, and he will no doubt be agreeably
disappointed by the issue, an issue which will at least
afford some trifling consolation for his want of success
elsewhere, as well as for the mistake into which his Lord-
ship had been led in giving a false pronunciation to the
name of his favourite, a mistake the abettors of which
this day acknowledged by repudiating the long 0, and
paying the forfeits incurred by their adherence to false
quantities.
The only drawback on the day's sport was the trickery
practised on the Squire, which we have noticed in the
following details of the running for the two principal
events:—

CLEARWELL STAKES.

Wiseacre took the lead at a good pace, followed by,
Attila and Robin nearly abreast, and the Hester colt
well up ; in these positions they ran to the cords, where
Attila went to Wiseacre, headed him after a short
struggle, and won cleverly by a length, the same dis-
tance separating Wiseacre from the Hester colt. Robin
was about a length from the latter, and was a long way
in advance of Gazelle.