The Press.
London, England, 1857-06-06 00:00:00

tirorolitan.

THE FIRST YACHT MATCH of the season of any
importance came off on Tuesday, and was well con-
tested by all the crack yachts of the Thames Club.
A fine day brought but light, variable winds. At 1112,
Lord Clarence Paget having reached Erith, the
signal gun was fired, and the eight contesting yachts
were under way in a moment. From Erith to the
Nore the lead was held now by one, then by another,
till at length the famous Mosquito (Thomas Groves,
Jun., Esq.) overhauled the Emmett, gave chase and
passed the Extravaganza, and, rounding the Nore
Light first by 50 secs., held her lead the whole way
home, coming in the winner by Din. 385., the Extrava-
ganza, Thought, and Emmett following at short
intervals. Lord Clarence Paget then presented the
prizes,—a 100• guinea tankard for the first prize, and
a 50. guinea claret-jug for the second—when the pro-
ceedings of the day terminated.

THE IMPROVEMENT OF THE DWELLINGS OF THE
LABOURING CLASSES has been taken up by an asso-
ciation, under the Labourers' Dwelling Act, 1855,
which is about to erect " The Strand-buildings," a
model lodging-house, in Eagle-court, Angel-court,
Strand. The object of the company is to prove that
investments in the erection of improved labourers'
dwellings can be made profitable when the neigh-
bourhood and site are judiciously selected. A more
fit and appropriate site than Eagle•court for the
experiment it would be difficult to find in the metro•
polis. The neighbourhood is densely populated,
and the rents paid for inadequate accommodation
extremely high. The site has been granted by the
Duke of Bedford to Viscount Ingestre, M.P., the
chairman and promoter of the company, upon highly
advantageous terms.
THE ASSOCIATION IN Am OF THE DEAF AND
DUMB held their annual meeting on Saturday after-
noon, at Willis's-rooms. Lord R. Grosvenor pre-
sided. The report was highly satisfactory. An
address prepared by Mr. Bather, a deaf mute gen-
tleman, who holds a responsible situation in the
Admiralty, was afterwards read to the meeting, and
was justly applauded for the soundness of its rea-
soning and the force and propriety of its diction.
This address, and all the speeches on the occasion,
were interpreted with the fingers for the benefit of
the deaf and dumb present in the room.
THE RIVER last Monday presented the most ani-
mated appearance, from the large arrival of grain
and timber vessels from various ports in the north
of Europe. About 150 came up, all under canvas.
The larger portion of these vessels were from the
Baltic ports, and had been frozen in during the
winter. They have brought some thousand quarters
of grain. Such a large importation, almost in one
tide, has not been known for some time. Most of
the fleet went into the West India Docks to discharge.
A FANCY SALE is now holding at Willis's-rooms,
under very distinguished patronage, in aid of the
funds for carrying on the objects of the Refuge for
Homeless Boys and the Ragged Schools m St.
George's, Southwark. There can be no question as
to the good done by institutions which teach 2,000
children and adults not only reading and writing,
but shoemaking, tailoring, knitting, and sewing. It
is proposed, we believe, to build a new school-room,
and we trust that the receipts of the sale will be
sufficient to meet the wants of the charity.
SOME UNFORTUNATE RAILWAY ACCIDENTS have
happened in and about London within this week.
At the Eastern Counties station on Sunday nigh
one passenger, in his foolish haste to jump out be-
fore the train stopped, tripped and fell in between
the carriage•steps and the platform, and of course
was so horribly crushed that he died soon after. On
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train was found lying between the rails at Breutford
dead. He is believed to have fallen from the roof of
the last carriage, the wheels of which passed over
him and killed him on the spot. His wife was tra-
velling by the train, and knew nothing of the acci-
dent till she arrived at her destination. On the
Great Western another train, on Wednesday, ran off
the rails on the curve coming into Windsor; but
happily no lives were lost.
THE ROMAN CATHOLIC CLERGY have lately bought
a piece of ground at the end of Charles-street,
Drury-lane, which for some years past has been
vacant, on which it is intended to erect a building
for schools, and to be called "The Schools of Com-
passion." The cost of their erection, it is stated,
will be upwards of 10,0001.
AN ESTATE EXCHANGE, for the convenience of
auctioneers and land-agents, and for creating faci-
lities for the transfer and sale of land, &c., has been
opened in the City. The commemoration dinner
was held on Thursday at the London Tavern.
THE REGISTRAR-GENERAL'S RETURNS for the week
exhibit a further decrease in the mortality. The
deaths of last week numbered only 915 ; the average
number would be 1,069. The births for the same
period reached 1,436.