The Express.
London, England, 1853-06-01 00:00:00

ROYAL LONDON YACHT CUT.

This spirited club commenced its regatta season
yesterday by a sailing match on the River. There were
eight entries, but only six yachts actually competed for the
prix, a purrs of 20 sovereigns. These were Mr. Bain's
Julia (8 tons), Mr. Kirby's Mischief (10 tons), Mr. Legg's
Britannia (7 tons), Messrs. Knight's Romp (8 tons), Mr.
Bayley's Alpha (10 tons), and Mr. Harvey's Kitten (10
tons). It was a time match, one minute per ton being al-
lowed for the difference of tonnage, and the distance being
from Erith to Hole Haven, and back, in all about 50 miles.
The steamer Meteor csnveyed the officers of the club and a
select party of their friends from London to Keith, and ac-
companied the tiny fleet on its trip. At 11.46 a.m., the
signal was given, and the little vouch instantly bounded
away, the Julia getting up her mainsail first, but owing to
her traveller fouling she at once lost all chance of the nice,
and from the first was hopelessly behind her fellows. The
start was an exceedingly fine one, the yachts forming a
graceful crescent in the following order :—Britan-
nu, Kitten, Alpha, Romp, Mischief, end the up-
lucky Julia. Kitten, however, succeeded is getting
up her topsail first, glided past Britannia, which
gradually fell into the rear; Romp and Mischief very
soon likewise passing Alpha. In Long Roach Mischief
boldly challenged Romp, and won her place. Off Broad-
ness the yachts first began to stand to windward, and in
Northfieet there was some clever mancsuvring between
these two vessels; but the efforts of Romp to regain her
position proved quite fruitless. Alpha at this point like-
wise made a gallant struggle to retrieve her prospects, and
was all but successful; but alter this the Beet settled down
into the following order:—Kitten, Mischief, Romp, Alpha,
Britannia, and Julia. The steamer having reached Hole
Haven, cast anchor, in order to afford the company an op-
portunity of seeing the vessels round the flag boat, which
they did at the following times : Kitten, 1 h. 53 min.
30 sea. ; Mischief, 1 h. 59 min. 0 secs. • ltomp; 2 h. 2 min.
20 secs. ; Alpha, 2h. 4 min. 10 secs. As for the other two,
their case had become so desperate that the steamer did not
condescend to wait for them. In the rate back Romp passed
Alpha, and the final result stood thus :-
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1. Kitten fh O. 40eee.

2. Mischief . 4 12 20
3. Romp 4 15 0
4. Alpha 4 14 8
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The two other yachts were not placed. The owners of
the competing vessels having come on board the steamer.
the commodore of the club, Mr. J. Goodson, handed the
stakes to the winner with some pertinent remarks ; and a
few toasts appropriate to the occasion concluded the busi-
ness of the day. Although not very brilliant, the weather
was on the whole extremely plasmas; erg Mere Wag •
fresh northernly breeze, a very favourable opportunity was
atbrded to the members of the club to exhibit the sailing
qualities of their boats, the speed of which, as will have
been seen, was exceedingly sattafactory.

WATERYOEII AND KILKENNY RAILWAY. The
half-yearly general meeting of this company took place
yestirday at the London Tavern, Bishopegate-street; Mr.
liadow in the chair. A report was reed, of which we give
the followifig abstract:—The delay which has occurred in
completing the line from Knockwilliam to Dunkitt, for •
period so much beyond the time alluded to in former re-
ports, has been a source of deep anxiety and disappointment
to the directors; they have, however, at length the satie-
faction to state that the farther extension to Dankitt,
within two miles of Waterford, was opened for public tittle
on Saturday, the 21st May. The directors regret to state
that there his been a falling off in the receipts for passenger
traffic during the last half-year. This is chiefly attributable
to the very unfavourable weather which has prevailed