The Express.
London, England, 1852-10-14 00:00:00

1 YACHT RACE BETWEEN THE AMERICA

AND SWERIOE SCHOONERS.

PORTSMOUTH, WZMILBDAY.

The match between the America and the Swedish
yacht Swirls* came off yesterday. It had been postponed
twice owing to the absence of sufficient wind, and would
have 'gain been put off yesterday had not the parties be-
come impatient of waiting. The start took place at
about a quarter past eleven, from off Ride Pier, the
Imam being thence to the Nab, light-vessel, and
round a steamer placed twenty miles to the south
of the latter. The America, which was throughout
the match extremely well handled by her crew, got a fair
start nearly three minutes sooner than her opponent, of
which she made good advantage. The wind being light,
and about north-easterly, the ruff to the Nab was not very
exciting. By her good start, however, the America was
enabled to round that vessel first, and getting a leading
wind, she began to farther gain on the Swede, until the
latter succeeded in also making the light ship. The Swerige
then exhibited her qualities more clearly, and commenced
an interesting struggle with the America down to the steamer.
She gradually gained upon her, at length coming
up with and passing by her. The Swede rounded the slum
vessel at 3.32 p.m., and the America at 3.35. Some long
and tedious reaches had now to be made back to the Nfb, in
the course of which a fog set in, which did not improve the
matter, but in the midst of which the America gained an
advantage, and rounding the Nab, arrived at Ryde about
20 minutes sooner than the Swede, getting there at 8 o'clock.
The latter part of the match, being performed in the fog and
dark, could hardly be considered as calculated to test the
merits of the two vessels, whilst the light wind rendered the
1 winning of the prize more dependent on a knowledge of the
set of the tide and currents than almost anything else.
The America and the Swerige are of the same schooner
build and general rig, but the latter vessel some 30 tons'
heavier of the two.

THE YACHT AHEEICA.—Lord Do Blequiere, the
owner of the celebrated yacht America, in a letter dated the
llth inst., has declared that up to that time rri challenge
has been received by him from any English yacht owner or
yacht builder, to sail a match with the America ; but that •
challenge had been given by the owner of the Swedish yacht
Swerige, and immediately accepted. The noble lord thus
throws down his gage to all the world: My yacht has
been kept afloat and in sailing order since I became
the owner of her last September, and during that time
it has been my wish to afford all who desired
it, the opportunity to us her, to examine her,
and to matt sketched and drawings of her, if they
pleased, whenever I can do so consistently with personal
and other indispensable considerations. And I was, at
the same time, ready to entertain any proposal to sail
her against any other properly qualified vessel. Taking
into consideration the many imitations that have been
made, or attempted to be made, of the Feculiaritiee of I
the build of the America, I, as a yacht owner, apart
from all personal feeling in the matey, have felt de-
I *irons that the effect of such imitations should be weer-
tabled in some decisive manner, because herein the
question seems to be involved, as to the superiority of
the American or English modes of building craft for
fast sailing and other important and essential qualities.
I do not see bow the above question can be better or MOM
satisfactorily settled than by • fair trial of sailing with the
America. I, therefore, now challenge the yachts of all
' countries—America excepted—not exceeding the America
in tonnage, to sail with my yacbt, for a sum not lees than
6001. and not more than 1,0001., on any day and in any
plard—in short, over any course (the inside of the Isle of
Wight excepted) that would give scope for testing the sail-
ing qualities of the America and her opponente, under all
points, in a nine knot breeze. In conclusion, I beg testate
that this challenge will be open until the 15th of Nev., and
cannot be extended beyond that day, as the America (if she
be still my property) must g, into harbour to refit (or an-
other trip to the Mediterranean.

THE "EXODUS" FROM LIVERPOOL.
The emigration from Liverpool this year bids fair
to show a very large increase over that of last, or of any
preceding year. the following are the monthly returns of
the fint three quarters of 1851 and 1832, as mule to the
Canon-house by the government emigration officer:

1852.
Ships. Passengers. Ships. Passengen.
January .... 38 .... 12,126
February .... 39 .... 11,986
March
April B2 .... 25,447
May
June 6l .... 17,263
July
August 44 .... 18,717
September .. 68 .... 20,219

1851.

T0ta1..... 483 —.156,174 485 ....179.736
Increase In 1852, 2 ships and 23,590 passengers.
The total emigration of last year, ending the 31st of
December, was 195,932. That of nine months of the pre-
sent year, therefore, is only 16,196 below the whole of 1851.1
Two other facts may be noted connected with these returns.
Iu the first place, they do not include cabin passengers, of
I which there were 958 sailed from Liverpool last year; end
it is most certain that there will be a great increase of this
'clue in the present year, composed of the more respectable
emigrants to Australia. In the second place, it should be
borne in mind that the return purports to give only the
number of adults, not persons; that is, it counts u one
adult the proportion of children allowed according to the
scale laid down by law. We may, therefore, safely add'
one-fifth to the number returned, as the total number of
I human beings who have left their country during the past
nine months. We bare no means of arriving at the precise
number of emigrants who have gone to Australia. On very
I g:od authority, however, we may state it in round num.
re at 15,000.
This, then, accounts for part of the increase of 23,590 ;
and, adding those who have been shipped hence by the
emigration commissioners from their depot at Birkenhead,
and the increased German emigration, this, the Irish Eso-
I due to the United States, would not seem to have in-
creased. There are, however, two lights in which to re-
' gard this fact. If we could be certain that the present rate
of emigration from Ireland to America was at its culminat-
ing point, there would be a reasonable hope that it would
in time can. We are not certain of this fact, however,
and are more inclined to think that Irish emigration is
limited only by the means of the people, and that the drain
of population will be a regular one for years to come, until
the bulk of the Celtic race of that country have been
poured into the wilds and prairies of Western America.—
Liverpeol Bearniord.

UNIVERSITY AND CLERICAL.
OXFORD, Our. 13.—1 n a convocation, holden this
morning, the University seal was affixed to the instrument
of election of the Right Honourable the Earl of Derby, as
Chancellor of the University. It was afterwards entrusted
to the care of George Valentine Cos, Req., M.A., Bedel
of Medicine sad Arts, who will have the honour of pre-
senting the tome to his lordship.
In the same convocation the name of the Rev. Robert
Walker,
_M.A., of Wadham College, Reader in Raped-
mental Philosophy, whose nomination to the ones of Pub-
lic Rzeralner is Diseiplinis Mathesastiess et Physicte "
has bees sppu by congregation, met with the unani-
mous appeobstisa of the home.
In a lion hoiden immediately afterwards, the
degree of kyr sad Doctor of Divinity, by accumula-
tion, was conferred on the Rev. G. A. Jacob, of Worcester
College, Had Master of the llbefileld Collegiate School.
lila MAJZIITT'S RBTURN PAWL BALMOIRAL.—The
Vice-Chancellor has received an official communication from
the Secretary of State, stating that her Majesty will not
stop at Oxford on her return to Windsor. The royal
cortige will par through this city about half-past Ave
o'clock tomorrow afternoon.

CAMBIUM); OCT. 12.—TEE CAPUT.—At a con-
gregation, hold's this day, the following gentlemen were
elected of the Caput:—The Bev. the Mater of Trinity
College,•divinity; Dr. Abdy, Trinity Hall, law; Dr. Driver,
Caine, medicine; the Rev. lames Geo. Mould, B.D. Corpus
Christi Collate , senior non-Regent; the Bev. Jima Jeffreys
Bumpeted, M.A., King's College, senior Regent.