The Sun.
London, England, 1851-08-19 00:00:00

TILE SUN,

accident be saw two men cut off the broken end of [he
rope next to the drum, and Mr. Stewart carried it
away ; there was no splice attached to it ; he would
swear the piece produced was not the piece so cut off.
Some other evidence of a like nature was given,
chiefly relating to the alleged defective state of the
rope, after which
The CORONER summed up, and the jury returned a
verdict of manshughter against Moses Gilderoy
Stewart and Henry Pilling&r, who were accordingly
committed fur trial on the coroner's warrant.

CHALLENGE OF THE NEW YORK YACHT
CLUB ro fHE ENGLisH. ROYAL YACHT
SQUADRON.

Cowes, AuG. 13.—The yachting world here is in a
state of excitement as to the course which will b. taken
by the owner of the America. who as yet hes rathsr
mystified it. On the other hand, the owners having
given a general challenge, are waiting till it is taken up.
S) far as I ceald come at the truth, and make out the
result of a good deal of correspondence, the case stands
thus:—When the America ',raved, on the 2d of Au-
gust, at Cowes, Commsdure Stevens issued the following
challenge:—
" The New York Yacht Club, in order to test the re-
lative merits of the different models of the schooners of
the Old and the New World, propose, through Commo-
dore Stevens, to the Royal Yacht Squadron, to run the
yacht America against any number of schooners belong-
ing to any of the yacht squadrons of the kingdom, to be
selected by the Commodore of the Royal Yacht Squad-
ron. The course to be in some part of the English
Channel, outside of the Isle of Wight, with at least a
six-knot breeze. This trial of speed to be made at an
early day, to be selected by the Commodore of the
Royal Yacht Squadron. The fact whether there be
such a breeze on the appointed day to be decided by
the Commodore of the Royal Yacht Squadron. And, it
on that day there shall not be at least a six-knot breeze,
then on the first day thereafter that such a breeze shall
blow."
Here is the gage thrown down to the whole kingdom,
the only stipulation being that the America is to be
matched with schooners, and that she must at least have
a six-knot breeze. The Royal raeht Squadron immedi-
ately made Commodore Stevens and his brother, who is
owner of the America, and Colonel Hamilton, who had
come over in her, honorary members of the club; and in
a letter dated the Bth of August, Commodore Stevens
thanked the committee of the Royal Yacht Squadron for
their courtesy, and stated that he would sail in the re-
gatta of the 13th. 'The greatest interest was cf course
felt in the forthcoming event, which certainly promised
to be the most important in the annals of yachting; but
on the 11th of August Cemmodore Stevens wrote to Mr.
Bates, secretary to the Royal Yacht Squadron, stating
that after he had signified his intention to run on the
13th, ho had declared he would start against cutter,
schooner, or vessel of any other rig of the Royal Yacht
Squadron, on any day before the 17th instant, and that,
therefore, he must beg to be permitted to withdraw from
his entry on the 13th. The reason assigned is by no
means satisfactory—at all events, it has not much
force about it, and the yachtmen are half inclined to
regard it as a " dodging excuse;" but meantime the
Americans rest eonfident in their challenge, and declare
they will run against any yacht for any stake up to
10,000!. It is believed the America will start for the
Royal Yacht Squadron Cup, value 100 guineas, on Fri-
day; and meantime it is reported that Mr. Wild, of the
Alarm cutter, 193 tons, has sent in a reply to the chal-
lenge, though et three o'clock to day Commodore
Stevens knew nothing of it. The Americans have sent
in a request to the R )yal Yacht Squadron's sailing com-
mittee to be allowed to " boom out," which is against
the rules, but it is believed the csmmittee will grant
the request, the same liberty, of course, being granted
to her competitors. The reason assigned for wakin::
the applioation that the great rake iu the America's
masts prevents her having the full advantage of her
rails in a mach unless she " booms them out." She has
remained quietly at her moorings ever since her arrival,
with one exception, when she took it stretch towards
Spithead unO,r easy sail, cad crept :away, nevertheless,
from several yachts on the same course. It is
rurnuured that on her way from Havre she literally
ran away, hand over hand, from a new cut
ter of 60 tons, and that si,e " sailed round
another," and, truth to tell, some gentlemen connected
with the clubs have a wholesome dread of her, and
think we have caught a Tartar. The owner is most
courteous to all visitors, and conducts them over his
yacht, which, whatever may be her sailing powers, must
be regarded a model of el-gant comfort inside. Her
csibies, berths, &c., are fitted up in tee best taste, with
every attention to economy of space, and in a sty le of
luxurious simplicity. It would be difficult to describe
her appearance without the aid of the pencil. She has
a low black hull, two noble "sticks of extreme rake,"
without an extra rope, and is altogether the beau idial
of what one is accustomed to read about in Cooker's
novels. When close to her you see that her bow is as
sharp as a knife blade, and is "scooped away," as it were,
outwards, till it swells towards the stern, the sides gra-
dually springing outwards, as round as an apple, till a
little forward of the mainmast, where she has her
greatest beam, being there 22 feet and some inches across.
Her stern is remarkably broad and wide and full, afford-
ing great accommodation on deck as well as below. She
has no bulwarks—at least, they are not above nine or
ten inches high. Thus she differs most materially from
our vessels, and if she be right (as the Marquis of
Anglesey said) why we must all be wrong." Standing
at the stern and looking forward, the deck is nearly of
a wedge-shape, the extreme beam being, as I have stated
it, the bow as sharp as the apex of a triangle, and the
stern not very much less than the extreme breadth of
beam. Her crew are very fine active looking seamen,
and altogether, sail when she will, she is not to be de-
spised by the beat boat we have seen, if appearances go
for anything.
During the regatta at Ryde, on Friday last, the squa-
dron of vessels which followed the sailing yachts were
joined by the celebrated American yacht America, which
has buried such defiance to all competitors; and, from
the manner in which, one by one, she soon distanced
them, she satisfactorily proved that the pretensions of
" Brother Jonathan " to superiority was no idle boast,
and the numerous spectators had a most convincing de-
monstration that her clipper-build and swift sailing had
not been overrated. In tact, the " Great American
was the theme of general conversation, and attracted as
much attention as the match itself.

LONDON,

IRELAND.
DUBLIN, SATURDAY.

FURTHER DEFIANCE OF TUE PENAL LAW.—
Whatever technical doubts may have arisen as to
the legality or otherwise of the prefix assumed by
" Paul Cullen, Archbishop, Primate of all Ireland,"
the name of a see or a locality being omitted, Dr.
M‘Hale has resolved that none shall exist as far as he
concerned, and in order that there may be '• no this-
t,k- on his part, and that no lack of " pluck " shall
be laid to the ch.trge of so veritable a "
" his Grace" has addressed another letter to the Des-
fence Committee, from which it will be seen that the
well-known signature is app.ncled in the teeth of
the recent Penal Act of Parliament. Tne following
is a copy :
" St. Jul 4th'4, Team, Aug. 13, 1851.

" Gentlemen,—l beg revectfully to acknowledge your
kind letter of invitation to be present at the corning
gr. at aggregate meeting of the Catholics of Ireland.
" As the hierarchy has been the body at which in the
first instsnce the recent persecuting enactments have
been aimed, and as they are the persons peculiarly con-
e rued in these results, we ought to f,el grateful tor the
affectionate solicitude with "nick the laity, ever faithful
to their pastors, are now rallying round them to guard
them from dangers in which their own dearest interests,
civil as well as religious, would not fail soon to by
,involved.

" No doubt it will be a matter of surprise that you
should invite to your meeting defunct persons, a'ter
having first nobly combated, and then sorrowfully wit-
nessed, the passing of the decree that doomed them to
civil annihilation.

"It appears from this that you entertain still a strong
conviction that the Catholic hierarchy is not deed not-
withstanding the reoent Act of Parliament. Though
there may be a diversity of opinion as yet on that point,
I trust that numbers of these venerable individuals,
whom the bigotry of the English Ministers deems mere
phanthoms, will present themselves at your meeting, in
vested with all the attributes of life, cheering by their
presence and their sympathy the generous people who
are resolved, as often betore, to share the vicissitudes of
their fortune; and, as for me, I hope to be able to form
an humble member of the disowned body, in the un-
changed identity of the same person with which ',leave
the honour to subscribe myself, gentlemen, your very
faithful and obliged servant,
"'1 JOHN, Archbishop of Tuam.
' " John Reynolds, Esq., M.P.
" William Keogh, Esq., M.P."
The Tablet expresses its perfect "delight" with
the letter of the venerable archbishop of the " west,"
but what most tickles the fancy of this ultramontane
organ is the "unchanged courage with which his
Grace persists in assuming the style end title of
Archbishop of Tuam." The " Bishops" of Notting-
ham and Flexham are in equal favour as violators of
the Act of Parliament. " The signature of this latter
Prelate" to his recent letter, it seems, "is incorrectly
given"—it was signed "Hexham" only, " but it is
obvious that he, as well as his two co-prelates, means
to assume the titles which are forbidden by the new
law." This, at least, is satisfactory. But particular
attention is requested to a still brighter gem which
adorns the columns of the Tablet. Speaking of the
aggregate meeting, the writer commences in the fol-
lowing strain of true orthodoxy :
" As the time for holding the aggregate meeting
draws near it becomes more and more certain that the
demonstration will be worthy of the occasion. Our
reader, already know that the Primate, the Archbishop
of Armagh—the only Archbishop of Armagh (a certain
Lord Joh❑ George Beresford, who sometimes recei►es
that title, being the merest of shams and impostors)—
the successor of St. Patrick, the representative of the
Holy See and of St. Peter's chair, the chief teacher of
Christlawiy in this island, authorised and commissioned
,s such by our blessed Lord and Saviour, his been n-
dnested and has kindly given his consent to occupy the
chair, Cardinal tt isen a,. and all the other arehbio,h,.p.
and bishops in the thrte kingdoms—not, we repeat, in-
cluding in that description the superintendents of certain
Protestant c ,ngregatiuna appointed by the State to re.
et.ive stolen goods and to teach falsehood, but all the
archbishops who are archbise ,ps, and all the btshoos
who are btahops, have been invited to support his Grace
on this occasion, and to lend the weight of their influence
and authority to this great event."
THE " CATHOLIC UNIVERSITY:9

The Lord Cardinal has at length held up his h-ad
end made sign. His Eminence has addressed th,
subjoined letter to the University Committee express-
ing his sympathy with their labours, and intimating
his intention of giving them his aid in the great
work of fostering religious dissensions between the
two classes of the Queen's subjects in Ireland. Here
is the manifesto of the " illustrious metropolitan of
the British Church," as the Freeman's Journal styles
him :

" 25, Cadogan-street, Chelsea, Aug. 18.

" Having perused with sincere interest the address of
the committee appointed by the Synod of Thurles for
founding a Catholic University in Ireland, to the Catho-
lic clergy and laity in England, dated the Feast of St.
James of this year, we hereby warmly recommend it to
the consideration of those to whom it is directed, as
sured that its own earnest and glowing words will plead
more powerfully than any that we can write. The noble
and truly Catholic sympathy which Ireland has shown
I with our trials claims from every English Catholic a
corresponding feeling, and now especially, that we may
say of the children of the Church and their pastors in
both islands—'Eadem fides et pasAio vere Jecit esse yer-
manos: Whatever is done in Ireland to protect the
faith and secure a pure religious education must be con-
sidered as a common work, perfomed for a common
goad. In this sentiment of the address we heartily
agree: and though multiplied are our wants at home, we
trust that the generosity of English Catholics will not
fall below the high estimate which the Irish prelates
have formed of them.
"While thus we venture to address our sentiments on
this subject to all our Catholic brethren in England, we '
further authorise collections to be made in all places
within the limits of our spritual jurisdiction among the
faithful by the Rev. Michael Hope and the Rev. Francis
Nl.Gunty, who have been appointed by the University
Committee to solicit contributions.
" N. Cardinal WISEMAN."