The Sun.
London, England, 1840-07-17 00:00:00

SAILLNG MATCH-YEtTERDAY.

ROYAL THAMES YACHT CLUB.-1 he above-bridge sailing
match took place yesterday. and afforded a very high treat. to
the admires of y.-chine,. The pize 'Ras a very handsome sil-
ver cup and cover, and the contest was confined to yachts not
exceeding nine tons, • the fallowing of which hall been en-
tered :
Yachts. Tons. Owners. Colours,.
Brilliant 8 H. Fowler, Esq. White. blue vertical
st ripes.
Yellow.
over white.

Dauntless
Bermudian Maid 7 H. Hades

The smallness in number i,f the contending craft may be ac-
counted for by the prevalent taste amongst gentlemen for
yachts of a larger .class, so that, in point of fact, there is much
difficulty in getting boats together of light tonnage. Still this
wag a great sporting match, and some large sums depended
upon the restut. The Brilliant airs the favourite. and' so con-
fident were the best judges, that sie was backed 3 and 4 to
against the field—odes not warranted. At a quarter to three
the yachts took their stationi, facing the Temple Gardens, to
sail round a boat off Wandsworth Meadows and back.
SW. Harrison. Esq., the Commodore, having given the signal
from the club cutter, at eight minutes past three the signal was
oiveli for starting. In their haste to get under weigl,, the
Dautoiw and the Brilliant fouled in canting round, th (bow-
-1 grit of the t,;:e catching the bobstay of the other. Thi y were
soon clear, but gave the Bermudian Maid an advantage,
and she led the way Through Waterloo-hriolge and up to Vatia-
hal, win re the Braant came close up, but, in going, about,
the Maid kept her station, anJ winded her adversary in several
bow ds ; indeed the tactics displayed by both captains were
first-rate, and muds in crest prevailed. Off Nine Elms the
Brilliant carried away her fore hanlyanis, and after settii.g her
sail again went in pursuit of the Maid, but at Battersea she got
in irons, and her opponent in advance gained considerably. The
Bermudian Maid first rounded the flag-ho,ll at Wandsworth,
ran Leautiful.y through the different reaches, atA won by nearlY
half an hour, the Brilliant being second. The cult was pre-
sented in the evening to Mr. Banes, at the British Coffee- how°

LATE FATAL STEAM BOAT

ACCIDENT.

ADJOURNED CORONER'S INQUEST.

Yesterday, at nine o'clock, the investigation relative f 0
the death of Mr. Whistler, aged twenty-one years, the sots
of Mr. Whistler, outfi.ter, of,Nelson street, Greensick.
who was drowned on the Ist instant, in atempting to g°
on bard the Princess Victoria steamer was resumed,
the Mitre Tavern, Greenwich.
William Drcdder, master of the brig Restless, was in
own b. at upon the river oppt,site the Hospital, on Wednes-
day, tit • Ist of July. It was about deven o'clock in lb°
day, and he saw the Princess Victoria coming dow°
the river at full speed. It was a rough day. with the
wind blowing very hard from W. S. W. ,There
were a great many coal ships about dropping up o'l4'
.he ,0,1-tide but they were past the Princess Vii'
to, ia lr•fore the accident took place. There was another
steamer over to the northward, and a barge, but
tt at all in a dangerous position. He observed a boot
with six p rsons in it, two females, three Inen'
and a boy, mad he saw the people on board the steamer
nook the boat on to ti cir larboard side, the steamer easing
to do so, but went on suddenly again. by which means tb°
hot was swamped, and the whole of them immerstd
to
the water. Witness rowed up immedtatele, and found
:Item screaming for acsistance; he succeeded in catchirg
hold of one young lady just as she was sinking. and WIC
her into t! e b at, and afterwards saved the waterman
his ; the brat was then hanging to the steamer, a°4
the latter was going on at full speed. He saw the deceits'.
once, but could not get near to him its tole to lay hold;
hi. saw no net essity for the rteam-boat going on. and bey
lieved no danger could arise from her stopping to take o'
her passengers in the usual rya).
The CORONER—You do not think that there wag Olt
danger to the steamer or the barge ham the former 0
going on ? Wi!ness—C,rtainly not ; and if there 06''
the lives were of more value that. the barge.
John West— Was mate of the Mary, a barge of Guild
end, and just before the accident took place the emit
s.eamer, which was going up the river, struck the MI;
in which he was, off Greenwich, and carried away t
m'z"nmast, and just afterwards the Victoria came 0:4
the river, and witness then saw the boat hooked
i mediately afterwards the Captain of the Princess Pf e ;
toria sung out, ‘. go on," and ,mtnuclia7ely the stesiDeT
went on at till speed, and the boat was in conseqiienj
sunk. The runken boat went under their boat, end drifof
up with the tide. Witness said that the carrying awsqe
the rnizenmast of the barge by the Emerald, and to
saameing of the boat by :he Victoria. happened at op
and the same time. If the Victoria • had not gone 00
suddenly the barge n 'hi have run into her, but he did P°
think it would have hurt the steamer. tagCa!,tait. R. Fairbairre of East-lane, Walwortl4 saw
danger likely to re 5, It from the lrrge striking them-r s
was induced by that to 'allow the vessel to proeceitto
little a head ; he acknowledged th,,t lie did not go t° ip
hack of the paddle-te.x to a,certain the safety of those.,a
the boat, as was his usual custom, but said (that Greenly:oo
Reach was very full of vessels, and the navigation
dangerous. He always kept three men to the gene be
Riddell, Lovegrove, and Ifinmond, and le was sorry
bo
had not brought Rtddcll. If the men at the gangway
obeyed his (riders, all w. uld have b. en well
The J.rry returned a v. rdict of manslaughter •g
Captain Fairbairn ; and the Coroner immediately itts
his warrant for his apprehension.