The Sun.
London, England, 1828-08-08 00:00:00

COWES REGATTA, Aua. 7.

SECOND MATCM-This Match was for a Cold Cup,
value 1001., given by the Club. Stewards—The Right
Hon. the Earl of Ilchester and the Right Hon. Viscount
Deerhurst. The following vessels started :—Elizabeth, (35
tons; Mary, 53 ; Charlotte, 66 ; Emerald, 58 ; liebe,
66. Course, round a vessel moored off Cornet Bay, with
a Dutch flag flying ; thence eastward, through Cowes
Roads, passing the buoy of No-man's-land, round the Nab-
light vessel, and returning back to the starting vessel.
The Hebe was the first round the Point, and maintained
her station and came round the starting vessel, and, by the
fire of the gun, was proclaimed the successful yacht. Shp
was round five minutes before any other vessel. There was
some contention between the Elizabeth and Emerald, which
terminated in favour of the latter, by tacking across th,
former, thereby taking all the wind from her.
The Match was not interesting, the Hobo being so much
before the others : she performed her distance, which must
have exceeded 60 miles with the tacks she made against
the wind, in four hours. Cowes is very dull, on acenunt
of the bad weather, and there is not above 20 sail of yachts
in the harbour. The members of the Royal Yacht Club
amuse themselves, for want of something better to do, wit h
playing at pitch and toss, outside of their Club-house.
However, we are happy to see them killing time, but thinl:
it would be much better to play such school-boy nonsense
under cover.

The OBSERVER, price only Sevenpencep will
give the best account of CORDER', Trial.

The Montreal Gazette of the 10th ult., con-
tains the following compliment to the SUN London News-
paper :—" The London SUN, containing the Debate at
full length on the Catholic Question, was distributed io
Dublin in less than 37 hours after the vote was taken—full
Q 4 hours earlier than it would have been by the regular
modes of conveyance. This paper, though not the largest,
is certainly the best newspaper in the world. It is con-
ducted in the most extraordinary spirit of enterprize, and
the selection of the most important news, awl the disposal
of it, is done in the most judicious manner possible.
Mademoiselle SONTAG has refused the en-
gagement tendered to her to sing fur the ensuing year ut
the Konigstadt Theatre, at Berlin, at a salary of eleven
thousand crowns.

NORTHAMPTON, AUG. 7.—At an assembly
of the Corporation of Northampton, held this day, Joi-tx
BEA UCLE ILK, Esq. was elected Recorder of the Borough for
the ensuing year, in the room of the late Marquis off;
NORTIIA3IPTON, and the Corporation immediately votetl
him an honorary freeman of the town. Mr. Jonx MAR-
SHALL was elected Mayor, and Mr. W3I. IN'irriN and Mr.
HueN HIGGINS, Bailiffs, for the year ensuing. A vote of
censure was passed on Mr. Alderman BROWN, for several
statements respecting the Magistrates of the borough, made
in an affidavit sworn in the Court of King's Bench on a.
recent trial. The sum of 1001. was likm,wise voted in a;tl
of the Funds of the Free Grammar School in this place.
The Corporation afterwards diued together at the George
Inn, and the evening was spent with the most enlivenin..
traits of humour and good neighbourhood. The following
ate a small portion of the toasts :—The King—Duke of
Clarence and the Navy—Duke of Wellington and his Ma-
jesty's Ministers—Lord Hill and the Army—That Host a
Patriots, Lord Eldon—The Mayor—The Recorder—ll,.
Mayor Elect—The Bailiffs—The Bailiffs Elect—&c.

SIIOCKING SUICIDE.—This morning, about
ten minutes before 12 o'clock, a young woman, apparently
about 27 years of age, threw herself off the top of Waterloo
Bridge. She had been observed wandering about for some
time before, crying, and in a very distressed state of mind
her intentions were therefore suspected, and she was almost
immediately brought to shore, to the Feathers, where shn
now lies in a very doubtful condition.

GREENOCK BANK ROBBERY.-Our corre-
spondent in Greenock thus writes to us :—" It is reported
here, .that another of those who robbed the Greenock Banl:
has been apprehended at Birmingham. This, however, is
only report, although, from the quarter whence I had it, I
believe it to be correct."— Glasgow Free Press.

BUILDING.—DuII as the mason trade is in
this quarter, it is considerably better than it was at this
time last year. In Edinburgh_ and Leith there are at pre-
sent nearly three hundred operative masons employed. The
labourers are plentiful, and have 95., and the masons have
I:3s. a week. Building is going on with spirit in the
western counties, and in ccusequence a mason is rarely
seen idling about the streets of this city. Encouraged
by the scarcity of hands and the increase of business, the
workmen here are beginning to talk of an advance of
wages.—Scotsman.

teeyeka,sreprices is not con..
THE HA R VEST.—Though the quantity of
btouybien go,f andthe thesa'thaed voapnicaeitoohnon'ulaaaissit a
rain since our last has not been very considerable, the un,
settled state of the weather has prevented the farmers.
great deal has been sea,
making rapid progress in the harvest ; their labours, how-
-7c.oorncester, Journal.
ei
sv er,
cut; h aNa• en
veryot beensmall
proportion andis
spurted,m
cuchtivnrh3:aet
nahci:ausnttuadi 2
aot
statement
barley
tt•tl, eitattly,:
whole, we continue to think that the injury (loot) to the
crops by the rains has been over-rated• The dealers seem
for sea,' and they will all be afloat
siderable. The provincial Pa:rsu
that the wheat crop will be rather below an average, hilt
thefishbaevrernen will be successful this season,
that barley is more abundant.
There has not been as yet any appearance or
pilchards at Newquar, •
The utmost activity prevails in getting
the course of the ensuing Week. It is to
att
the
edthmsee
aawnneen_bedtoawiailready
ereparations . ben larger than usual, and tho
uttnent would be proporti
tlisapp? .. onably great.—PlymoutA
Jaurnd,
lobe thhoep ea
'that

EXE
Riut::eoNs:ll—e
withinyieted atthtehecoAn Yesterday, about half-past one
o'clock, PRP:XnEuGAsT, the unfortunate old man con_
Assizes for this city, which have just termi.
need, of the murder of MARGAR,ET LYONS, on the 4th of
The
eril last, Went through the awful sentence of the law.
twentyl.
exectition
placerreo
000nnuie: htsheuepdiprvoe,
supported
ttecodbfe
bdt
yhveitchtceiomußialetpvyp.
egilurfoAt
e,
Monnlssr. The old man appeared dead and insensible,
at least he showed not the least symptom in his counte-
nance of being in the least degree powerfully moved, al-
though by no means showing indifference to his situation.
The executioner, who was masked, now proceeded to fix
on the fatal rope, which he closed so tightly upon the
wretched old man's neck, that his face became instantly
red ; the cap then was pulled over his face, which he him-
self assisted in adjusting, and he was moved forward on the
platform.
tnin H
minute
ehe
was launched
stoo on
d iint
teoreectt andern
ity. firm,T had in about a
not
more than two feet, but the unfortunate man was not in
the slightest degree convulsed, and expired without a
struggle. He is said to have eaten heartily and slept
soundly since his conviction. Very shortly after the exe-
cution, one of the most dreadful and furious showers of
rain that we have experienced fell, and dispersed the crow d
in every direction. The sight, under the circumstances,
was truly awful,.... Waterford Chronicle of W 00.56,1-.