The Sun.
London, England, 1844-07-11 00:00:00

SAILING MATCH.

The river yachts mustered in great force. yesterday at
Greenwich, for the purpose of contending for the most costly
prize that has been sailed for since the establishment of the
club. The cup was a splendid silver gilt tankard of large
dimensions, and exquisite workmanship, and for costliness,
beauty of design, and execution, was iimneasurably superior
to the ill-designed Brummagem-looking cups which are ge-
nerally contested for by the yachts of the club. This elegant
tankard was purchased some time past at Messrs. Mortimer
and Hunt's, by Captain Cocksedge, one of the members of
this liquid fraternity (people are getting tired bf the word
aquatic), and was by him presented to the club to be sailed
The vessels slipped their moorings off Greenwich at about
twenty minutes to twelve, the competitors being the Gazelle
for by yachts belonging to the squadron.
of 25 tons, Thomas Rutherfoord, Esq. ; Mystery, 25, Lord
Alfred Paget ; Champion, 26, H. Gunston, Esq ; Gnome,
25, T. Meeson, Esq. • Enigma, 25, Josiah Wilkinson, Esq. ;
Phantom, 20, A. 0. 'Wilkinson, Esq. The Phantom got a
good start at the beginning,
and was followed by the Mys-
tery ; whilst the other craft were all becalmed, and clustered
together in most admired disorder. The boats drifted down
Woolwich Reach, where the Phantom was obliged to
let go her kedge, as the tide was setting her OR to the
shore, and unfortunately the man in the bow, instead of
taking a turn with the rope round a cleet, endeavoured to
hold on, and let the warp go with the kedge. However, she
went on keeping the land until Halfway Reach, when the
Mystery caught a light air of wind, and carried it up to the
Phantom, which she passed to windward. In Erith Reach
the Phantom lulled in to windward of the Mystery, and
passed her, maintaining her position up to Coalhouse Point,
. where she rounded the buoy at forty-four minutes twenty
seconds after four. The Mystery was barely half a minute
astern of her. The Enigma followed at fifty minutes ten
seconds after four, the Gnome twenty-five seconds after, the
Gazelle and Champion bringing up the rear, all within six
or seven minutes. As the boats hauled their wind the match
increased in interest, and it was expected that the well-
known capabilities of the Mystery, under the auspices of
Stokes's extraordinary skill, would have enabled her to
overhaul the Phantom, but this little vessel kept the lead,
and the Mystery did not appear to-fore-reach, or weather
on her in the least. At length, in HalAvay Reach, Lord
Alfred Paget carried away the jaws of his gaff, and
he was consequently obliged to douse his topsail whilst
two hands were sent aloft to splice the spar to the mast,
and as soon as the damage was repaired, he got a smaller
topsail set; but meantime the little Phantom was bowl-
ing along, soaking well with the tide, and occasionally jam-
ming up into windward, and it now became evident that
the redoubtable iron Mystery must yield to her smaller
wooden adversary, and accordingly, at twenty-five minutes
past seven, she rounded the buoy at Greenwich, amidst the
joyful acclamations of the assembled multitude, for the fre-
quenters of the river still retain a lurking tendresse for the
old-fashioned wooden vessels, and are glad to see a small
minutesl4 radfte Alfred
seven,Paget
boat of this class triumph over the most powerful iron yacht
that
severalot twenty-nineunder
minutes aftweigher., then the Champion,
then the Gnome and the Gazelle, but these four latter vessels
were several minutes astern.
Notwithstanding the great disadvantages under which the
Mystery laboured from carrying aways
the jaws of her gaff,
roundednh aa
followedtehe r
buoyy yet
t agt
it must be acknowledged that she was fairly beaten by fair
sailing—Lord Alfred Paget might have raised a protest
against the cup being given to the Phantom, as that vessel
had let go her anchor during the race, and had lost it,
whereas by the laws of the club it is not allowed to any
vessel, to throw anything overboord during the race. Lord
Alfred, however, with excellent taste and a generosity which
cannot fail to be appreciated, at once waived his claims, and
refused to avail himself of what was unquestionably a valid
objection. The cup was accordingly presented to Mr. Wil-
kinson by the munificent donor, Captain Cocksedge, and the
yachts returned to their moorings.
The next match will take place on the 25th.

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ABDUCTION FROM GRAVESEND.—In the course of
yesterday information was forwarded to the several police
statjonsinthA y
e ineoturnopgofliel respecting the following .case of
abduction : ale, who has barely attained her
sixteenth year, the daughter of Mr. Hodgson, the proprietor
Boweresend du Saloon,in in Lambeth, was staying with a friend
the past week, when late on Friday she
owaftatGv
shresauddenly missed, and on inquiries being made, it was
ascertained that she bad embarked on board the Sapphire
steam-boat, for London, in the early part of the afternoon, in
company with a Mr. Sharp, a comic singer at Tulley's
Bazaar. On arriving at London-bridge, they proceeded on
board one of the iron steam-boats to the Southampton rail-
way station, where all trace of them has been lost. The
police are making every endeavour to discover the retreat
of the parties. They are supposed to be secreted in London,
and a reward is offered for their apprehensioit
EXTENSIVE ROBBERIES.--Information has been re-
ceived at the metropolitan police offices that, on Saturday
last, an extensive robbery was committed in Minshull-street,
Edge
cu, engraved
the property stolen consisting of a large
silver ve(l‘
on
one side with a ship, and on the
other an inscription, importing that the cup had been given
by the underwriters at Lloyd's, to Captain George Lyon, of
the ship Favorite, for saving the ship and cargo in the river
Delaware; also six large silver dinner forks, ten or twelve
table spoons, dessert and tea spoons, sugar-tongs, sauce and
cream ladles, two silver half-pint cups, aad various other
articles. On Saturday the shop of Messrs. Perrin, of Temple
Cloud, near Bristol, was broken into and robbed of a large
quantity of silk handkerchiefs, shawls, black silk velvet,
satineop p e waistcoat aco iofsi ttnch. oe a
depredators.
reward pieces,
of 201. has been offered for the dis-
covery
apparel, hats, &c., and a quantity of