The Sun.
London, England, 1840-06-12 00:00:00

COWES-ISLE Or WIGHT.

(FROM OUR OWN CCA.i%ESPONDENT.)
ROYAL YACHT SQUADRON INTELLIGENCE.
ARRIVALS.
JUNE 6th, 4 30 P. M.--Row ena cutter, George Simpson,
E-q., from Southampton ; Pearl cutter, the Marquis of
Anglesey, from Southampton.
Bth, 1 15 P.M.—Falcon yawl, Rev. Denis George, from
Gravesend. Fresh breeze S. S. E.

10th, 4 r. m...—flebe cutter, A. W. Corbet, Esq., from
Southampton. Fresh breeze W. S. W.
11th, 4 A.m.—Columbine cutter, J. H. Smith Barry,
Esq., from Ireland. Fresh breeze W. S. W., and fine.
I P.m.—Elizabeth cutter, the Hon. Augustus Moreton,
from Southampton.
3 pant.—Cynthia cutter, R. Frankland, Esq., from the
Cove of Cork. Fresh breeze_ W,S. W., 51 hours passage.

SAILINGS.
sth, 3 P.m.—Osprey cutter, Captain George Keane, for
Torquay. Light breeze S. E.
6th—Clown ketch, his Grace the Duke of Portland, for
Lisbon. Light breeze S. S. E., and rain.
Bth, 6 A. W.—Pearl cutter, the Marquis of Anglesey, for
London. Fresh breeze S. S. E.
9th, 11 cutter, Sir R. B. W. Bulkeley,
Bart., for Guernsey, Ireland, and Wales. Light breeze
W. S. W.

10th, 7 P. M. —Kestrel yawl, Commodore the Earl of
Ysrborough, for Woolwich. Fresh breeze \V. S. W.
YACHTS AT AND ABOUT THE STATION.
Cutters—Ariel, Nautilus, Hebe, Emerald, Forest Fly,
Plebe, Aurora, Rowena, Guilia, Columbine, Ganymede,
'Matilda, Midge, Fanny ; Albatross yawl, Ariel s2hooner.

Ampngst our recent arrivals are the Prussian Ambas-
sador and suite, the Marquis of Anglesey, Lord Hather-
ton, Lord Dunmore, and the Earl of Yarborough.

DOVER. JUNE Io.—The Earl of Durham has taken
Norfolk House, at Cowes, for many years the favourite
re,idence of the Duke of Norfolk. His Lordship is gain-
ing strength, and intends to proceed to Cowes in a steamer,
hired fur the purpose, and will embark (should his health
continue to improve) the latter end of this week or the
beginning of next. His Lordship's present illness has
been inflammation of the lungs, of so serious a nature that
recourse has been had to bleeding.

LLOYD'S SHIPPING.-(THIS DAY.)

DEAL, JUNE 1 I.—Wind NY. S. W.—Arrived the Thomas
!Hook, Stacey, Mauritius.
LIVERPOOL, JUNE 11.—Wind W,—Sailed the Charlotte
White, Jamaica • Robert, Lawson, Demerara ; Virginia,
Talbot, Havannal ; Viola, Palmer, and Denmark, Trast,
New Orleans; Pocahontas, Higgins, Baltimore; Adiron-
dack, Hackstaff, New York • Cumberland, Hatch, New
York ; William Roger, Nicholson, Halifax ; Washington,
M'Lee, Quebec; El.zabeth, Neagle, Newfoundland;
Warsaw, Sheffield, Madura.—Off Port, Mansfield, from
Africa.

PORTiNIOUTII JUNE 11.—Wind W. S.W. and W.N.W.
—Sailed the Baltasara, Kirton, for Valparaiso.
COWES, JUNE IL—Arrived the Bellona, Lo Feuvre,
.om Rio Janeiro.

CARDIFF, JUNE 9.—Sailed the Thomas, Spain, Quebec.
WHITEHAVEN, JUNE 9.--Sailed the Wilson, Sloup, for
Montreal ; having partly stopped her leak.
FALMOUTH, JUNE 10.—Wind S. to W. S. W.—Ar-
rived the Fortunato, Caccace, from Gallipoli.
HULL, JUNE 11.—Wind W. by S., fresh.—Arrived the
Aticl, Ritchie, from Riga ; Eliza, Burn, ditto.
MILFORD, JUNE 10.—The Fortitude, Nicholas, from
Sunderland to Cork, sunk about two miles from the land,
on the ith inst., and it is feared all on board perished.
Some papers, and the stern of the boat,ihave been washed
on shore, near St. Govan's Head.

CORK, JUNE 9. —The gale from the S. S. E. continued
five p. m. yesterday„when it moderated.

THINfELE-RIGGING- MELANCHOLY AF-
rikiit.--We have often been called to record the evil conse-
quences arising from the folly of individuals in being induced to
gamble with thimble-riggers, but we do not remember to have
heard of a case the end of which waa so tragical as that vre are
about to mention. A young man nomed Manners, in thser.
vice of Mr. Sawers, Bell's Mills, having received ho 'Half-year's
fee at the term, fell in with a gang of thinahjie-riggers, who
lured him to play with them, and, in a shor. time, stripped him
;f all his money, He returned horn •in a melancholy state,
and remained in that condition ts-r some days, till he disap-
peared from the place, and w':s trot again heard of til: the fore-
noon of Sabbath last, v' -s
his body was found in the canal.
He was a sober, s':Laily young man, much respected by his master
and fellow-workmen.—Edinburgh paper.
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4.'11 ORTH MIDLAND HAILwAY.---The works
connected with this line of Railway, so far as regards both the
line itself and the Leeds terminus, are now in a very forward
state, the permanent line being laid down the whole length.
On Wednesday, the 10th instant, the first engine that ever
passed on the line was placed upon it by two of the Directors
of the Company. On the morning of that day those two gen-
tlemen, accompanied by Messrs. Land, Kitson, and Co., the
manufacturers of the engine, proceeded from Leeds to Oaken-
shaw, near Wakefield, a distance of twelve miles and a half.
They left Leeds at a quarter before eleven, and arrived at the
Oaltenshaw station at twenty-two minutes past eleven, having
traversed the line in thirty-seven minutes. They returned in
a period of thirty-four minutes, having found the works
throughout well constructed. This is the only portion of the
hue between Leeds and Sheffield on which an engine had not
been tried, the remaining portion having been traversed some
time ago. The railway is to be opened on the 30th of June
instant, when the inhabitants of Leeds will have an opportu-
nity of travelling by railway to London the whole of the way.
The average time of performing the journey used to be from
twenty-four to thirty hours; it will now be accomplished in
ten hours.

THE OPENING OF THE ATMOSPHERIC
RanwAy„—The opening of a portion of Clegg's Atmospheric
Railroad, which r .ns from the Great Western Railway to the Ux..
bridge Road, and which has been looked forward to withlgreat
interest, took place yesterday, and in every spect succeeded.
A very large proportion of the Members of both Houses of Par.
liament were present, and Wormholt Scrubbs presented all the
animated appearance) of a day at Epsom. The absence of the
Ministry was alone occasioned by the meeting of the Privy
Council, to investigate the attempt to assassinate the Queen
and Prince Aibert. Some of the peculiar features of this dis-
covery are the absence of all noise and smoke, the ease and
rapidity of motion, and the facility of ascending greater incli-
nations than locomotives are enabled. to do, the impossibility of
collision, and the great economy in all its arrangements. 'this
Railway is capable of carrying 10,800 passengers a-day in trains
started every five minutes, calculating the day at l 2 hours. As
a perfectly new feature in science, it must be viewed as a most
important and interesting discovery.
BRAVE CONDUCT OF A LAD-HIS OWN
LIFE SacarricEn..___Yesterday an inquest was held before
Mr. W. Carter, the Coroner for Surre at the Surrey Canal-
house, Camberwell, on the body of James Maddix, aged 18,
who, having saved the life of one boy was drowned whilst
bravely attempting the rescue of another., On Tuesday after-
noon, about half-past three, an alarm was given that two boys
were drowning in the Surrey Canal, near the Peckham bridge.
The deceased went in and rescued one, whom he had broughte
to the shore ; he proceeded again for the other, w.lisossenrkirg
was Olkenfoot, but it is supposed the latter, as hel
caught the deceased by the neck, and ultimate.ny"upta(us!led
him
down, as his back could be seen for nearly
The
up the body of 0 n_
dragsdived
downere obtained
and
br,ebuugth
ti. in the mean while takwboomyrnoni named Doran
olrvaans
d after two hours
taken to Mr. Heyward's, the King's Armsa,l
of incessant application byasenurgeon, and Mr.
It Heyward, he was restored. 11r. Brown,me
time before the body
bravelife wa was totally extinct.
The
remarked
,p 0
oTfhe poor
uArlyadhdai xv
having
s found, anudwantshteshone
deceased, returned a verdict of Accidental death.