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London, England, 1856-06-16 00:00:00

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ROYAL THAMES YACHT CLUB.
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The annual match of this distinguished club, the
meatiest "Derby" {tithe reason, came off on Seturday last,
ostler eircumetasees very favourable to the sailing, bet not
quite so comfortable fee the pay company that crowded the
dark of the Prince of Wales, the elate ateemee, to wittier,.
the exciting straggle. • stiff breeze from the WB. W. sent
the vowels dews to the Mouse light ship at a speaking
rate, but it was also acconspeeimt by sureerom sudden
squalls and heavy Amen, which while they brought out in
bold relief the seamanship and skill of our snasteur naviga-
tors in the yacht*, frequently cleared decks in the Priem of
Wales with the celerity of magic, the ladies flying to the
lower regions t • pr :Met their gay bonnet, and rich dresses
from the rage of the pluvial de Wee. The order I f proceeding
was the same as in previous striven.. The etch had se
cured an excellent vessel (tie Priam of We're) for the accom-
modation of their friend*, and the rend e rrom w as at Adelaide.
wharf, Londoo.bridge, at the early hour of half past nine in
the morniag. Upwards of 260 ladies sad pastimes availed
themselves of the isvitaties of the club, sad the band of
the Royal Artillery, ender the 'coy cleeerhoulership of Mr
Smyth, wee in attendence, prepared to disonoree "most elo-
quest music " during the holiday voyage. The happy con-
vey wee seder the chief command of lard Alfred Paget,
the highly popular commodore of the club, who, although
specially invited by the Freseh Emperor to be present a.
the baptiemal fife of the yours' King of Algeria, hoe
hurried away from Paris to preside over this animal millet
match. The noble lord was the object se ones of mach
sympathy end eougratslation—eympathy for the low of his
beautiful puler, on whore construction he bad Writhed the
fruits of twenty years' experiesee and congratulation Put
be himself elm had not bees the ;Maim of the ueskilfulnew
sad hrntality of the chipper, who, after running
the yacht down in a manner that showed the grown
'increases of seamanship, actually refused to take
the noble lord and his crew from the stoking
vessel, leaving them to make their way to the nearest shore,
three or four miles distant, in an open boat. It is to be
hoped that the Belgian government, to whom the matter hes
bees submitted, will slake the only reparation In their
power, by at once giving the noble lord fell compenastioe
for the loss of hie beautiful mewl. But to return to mar
mottos. The Prince of Wales having got all her gay eons-
Pony on board, steamed rapidly down to Gravesend, the
bend the air with the 'Malabo( the Tromfors and Tea-
end the members of the ebb indulging in convene-
tics so profoundly netaticel es to be almost unintell;gible
to all tee mere landsmen es board. It is only anther
Friel of the miraculous effects of salt water, that gentlemen
who, if you meet them fa Fleet-street or the Strand, have a
mild parochial air, sad doe's is the quietest of costumes,
the moment they join • yacht club, and begin to 'Mead
'Alia, matches, become at once transformed Into: so
many Paul Jones's or Admiral Benbows. Their pea-jackets
are senile, their 'weenier, would alarma Deal pilot, sad
their Ligon are large enough to serve se bowsprits for the,r
own little vessels. One or ewe of the most enthusiaatte
ham beets known, we believe, to venture on s qu d, but the
espaiaisat is not Otto very thcceseibl, teed In rough
weather is sometimes attended with distressing r. sults. This
is all very amusing to the real " salts" of the club, and has
also so ethnological value, as 'bowing that the b'o-ed of the
old ego-kings hie sot yet quite departed from the most lard
lovingof their demensleats. Even le the conotiegthosees
of Tateshonse.yard. or amid the parchments of Chancery
lane, the modern Iliklager yearns for hie pristine home,
joins a yacht club when be eta, disports during his holiday,
la easonnets that T. P. Cooke might euvy, and lards hie
ordinary conversation with the choicest phrases of the
quarter deck. The few landsmen who participated in
Saturday's trip were profoundly impressed with the movie-
don that there were anemia the c :repay many navel
genlosee who ouly wanted opportunity to triable Britannia
mem again to role the waves after her old mlorioa. Whin.
One of the prettiest of the marine tableaux which the
day's maim afforded was the arrival at 0 d, when
the greedy' wager yachts were draw. up at interval arrow
the river, their delicate lines sad gemamer rigging mouthing
the most faneifel descriptioes of the Am' risen novelist The
pier of the great cockney watering pltm wee crowded with
sweatier', each with ea opera-glass in one hand end a beg of
shrimps In the other, who watched the proceedings on the
water es If it were the departure of the Baltie fleet that wee
about to come off. Watches were soon mat, with the um-
signals were arranged, tad the preliminary gee her•
ing been let off with the customary poker by the courageous
eall-hoy of the Priam of Wales, the following acetate:led for
tie lass:

leme. Tem. fort. Omar.
Wildfire SO Owes 1. T. Turner, gaq.
Lena boot \.........1 lie Osims Viscount %ague.
Vital ........ ........ fit.......... goathaasproa T. 0. Marshall. geq.
Sappho ......... 104 rartemonath..... 0. T. Naylor. DI.
Amami 33 Barwick J. C. Cardinal), keq.
Quarter mMote Use pm too tar &germs, of tonnage.
The wiad, which had been gredeally feerhening to a stiff
Meese daring the morning, now blew right aft, end pro.
polled the yachts with such speed, that ti e steamer bad
immesh to do mimeo up with them. Little re .matsbip was
required in this part of the rem, @worst in g. fling the v.
eels onderweish, which was done with mach rapidity and
dexterity. From trot time there was nothing to d
during the outward course, but fiy before the impetus of the
favouring gals, until we arrived at the Mouse. The Vestal
had the lead slightly at starting, hat the greater tonnage ~1
the Lalla Rookie soon told, sad established a position for
that yowl which she nialntained mitt we rounded the
lightship. Nor Blanker of performing that evolution we.
one of the most beautiful things that could possibly he
imagined. From tbi deck of the steamer she mime., almost
to grass the stern of the lightship, and no experienced
whip mold tarn a four-in-bead round a oorotr Moser, or
with greeter pretension. Her white calls swelled to th- gale
premier the gnow.le down to the water. and the wh ,I• of
the deck was visible from the Prom of Wales, seeming for
a moment as it It had adopted • vertical position. In
soother, the little vessel had skimmed raced like • sea-bird,
the cell-boy again pled his poker, sad the signal gee
annoueord thee the first of the noses had tamed home.
wards. The Wildfire followed next, and between her
end the Lolls Rooth 'ho interest hencelivh was
divided. The sails of the Lehi Rookh were of the
old Baldish rubies, grace fel to look at, sod adaptable for
" off " the wind, while those of the Wildfire had the
modem Yankee cut, were tight lad fiat as a tea-tiay, and
therefore capable of =akin the nearest pomade approach to
what esperrieneed 'schemes w mild call 'ailing "dead in
the wiad's eye." The al vantages of this shape of sail w. r•
soca peroeptihle in bearing up opium the strong westerly
wind, as the Wildfire lay closer to the wind and made fewer
tacks than any of her ottopetiton. Ths interest was new
beginning to culminate, bat became sadly per/its:big ti the
lard's*. sad Indies on booed the steamer. The ruffle,
tacking perpetually as hest suited their purpose, were every•
where and nowhere In a moment, at one time apparently
making for Southend, at soother seemirgly bent on coming
to anchor la Sheenier. Thin, they would omen as if about
to perform a rimier "mintiest round the steamer, so that
altvither, the most careful regimen to card, sad hungers
failed to enlighten inezperiented pe pl. as to which was
1-kely to be the wiener. In toe mra,tme the
weather was diversified with sadden squalls thet
*evenly tried the opus, and et oos time
was eatheritotively proommeed that the Wildfire
had spring" her forename. Ooe of the compsay, who
faecied he knew a lit,le shoot these matters, expremed a
different opinion, hat the co ijotity were against him. sad it
• m mot mai the close of the dsy, when the Wilitfi-e woo
the nee, with her Tars at stellate', that it was r. 'intently
admittedthat seen tee Aocieat mariner" himself might
sometimes be mistahro. N thing scold b. me. n irrikiery
beautiful than the wide reach of Father Thfiatie, in which
all this mimic Mal end diseassiots woe carried on Lome '
paddle steamers, outwsrd bound, were meiotic,: mist c.lly
does thmagh the little yam te, while equally large ser.ws
were gltding noieelis ly up, reminding one, with their
loan, low, block, iii ld..king hull., of those de-
! seriptions of the American eta-serpent that s use
times smile's the parliamentary mass. The way.P,
of a bright green colour, tacked 111 over with
white, relied sullealy, end with se sammat of ea,ulstion
'hot made sensitive p °pie clap their hands u. on their dia-
phragm., and O• t 1 • or heads a superb rainhow co-opletely
spanned Ike river, mil` mot there to make a fittlog frame for •
the animated picture beneath. Mesawhile the yachts
straggled ea, almost head to wiad, and reel og in their
desperate attempt' to carry sail et all heard. People
began to make net row amidst the deviations of a ales
up"siaree that Wildfire was overhauling Vestal. and pre-
dually lessetalog the diva, co betweea herself anti Lelia
She seemed to be handled with w rederful s till,
and Ler meets, although beading like twigs, would art break
tel phrase the coriuoissetare. A. last, teen's come within a
distance of the 1 eget eompett•or that made gee suers s
NMI a, she composedly sh Wooed mil at her tonveairt en,
sad sate in wise, rby time end t ,sage over all competi-
tor.. Some time eispied before the tale was romp), tr. a.d
it was loot mail past 8 o'el,ek that the hand wrack up,
°The trl I lot behind me," es a etweplimentary
iatima-
Itles that the last yacht had &nicer'. The following are the
easel times:

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Lolls Rookh..
Wlhißre
V. otal

B.pi.i.
Agedia•
The dsy's primed's,/ terminated with the presentation
by the semmodore of a silver *potpie, valte.l 100 salaam,
to Kr. Toner, the owur el the Wildfire.