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..--).PultAir-IX-6.71r DON YACHT CLUB.
The ,crushing defeat of our best yachts last year seems
rither to :have stimulated than depressed a Species of
amusement peculiarly appropriate to a maritime- people
hke ourselves. The u.,eal matches of the season are
taking place with as much animation attending them as
ever, and the Thames swarms with p!casure vessels of
all szes, forms, and rig, which tech and wheel about
. through the panorama of our commercial marine, per-
petually moving up end down the river with a dexterity
and a brilliancy at once admirable and surprising. Only
a fortnight ago the Royal Thames Yacht Club held its
first race for the year, and we had to record how, with a
smart gale of wind blowing, the Volante came off the
, winner, the Mosquito getting disabled at the Nore, and
the two new boats started being both signally beaten.
The day was very agreeably spent, and so far the club
may be considered to be an excellent mode of taking
several hundred ladies and gentlemen within the
influence of sea air, reminding them by the
sight of the fl ,gsbip at the Nore that Brie
tennis rules the waves, giving them an excuse for
indulging in a few mild aquatic fopperies, and sending
them home to digest as best they may the awful quan-
tities of lobster salad that they have consumed. Un-
doubtedly this is something to effect, 'but yacht clubs
have more to do now. They have a purpose of great
public utility to serve, one which touches nearly the
sources of our maritime power, and which therefore they
must not be permitted to lose sight of. The science of
naval architecture still remains among ns in a moat un-
certain and unsatisfactory state, and we can best hope
to arrive at a knowledge of its true principles by the
experimental advantages which yacht builders and yacht
clubs place within our grasp. All our yachts, the Volante
included, were beaten to sticks. lest year by the America;
yet, after the lapse of many months, the Volante is
till the best boat in the fleet of the Royal Thames
Yacht Club. Fortunately, this club is not the only
one that our river boasts of; and, unless its members
exert themselves, younger and more vigorous com-
petitors will take its place in public estima-
tion. The time has gone by when the welfare of this
national amusement can be considered at all dependent
upon aristocratic patronage or upon the toadying arta
which that dependence too often entails. A practical
illustration of this took place on Saturday, when the
Royal London Yacht Club held a match—the first of the
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tended, and the spirit of invention is becomes vastly
wider surface, and at a greatly stimulated over a
diminished cost.
The weather on Saturday was certainly very unfa-
vourable for the occasion, partaking, as it did
sure trip character. It rained almost continuously
throughout a plea-
nuously
throughout the day, and the members of
the club and
their friends were anything but a dashidg and gay
com-
pany, as in the Meteor they steamed down to witness the
match. Sou-w esters, dreadnoughts. and every variety
of India-rubber and oilskin integument formed the pre-
vailing costume on the occasion, and, so far, there was a
sufficiently striking muster of Dirk Hatteraik looking
figures, and pilots that appeared prepared to weather
any number of storms without allowing their cheerful..
ness to be disturbed thereby. Some thin, light muslin
dresses might be detected at intervals, and there were on
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board a few so insensible to aquatic proprieties as to
sport umbrellas. The start took place from Erith, in
which pretty reach the following flotilla of yachts was
gracefully ranged:—
Traveller ... ... 10 tons—G. H. Jackson.
Julia ... 8 „ —W. Bain.
Waterwitch ... 8 „ —W. H. Campbell.
Romp ... 9 „ —R. and J. Knight.
Valentine 8 „ —B. Wallis.
Britannia ... ..• 7 e —C. Legg. •
Kitten ... 10 „ —T. Harvey, set.
Calliope ... 3 „ —W. Tuckwell.
When the signal was given at half-past twelve o'clock,
by the Commodore tote tiny little vessels spread their
sails like so many lapwings, and away they went down
the river, running keenly on the wind, which was
coming up to them briskly from the sea. They wire
accompanied in their course by many yachts of larger
tonnage, and among them the Volante, the Avalon, the
Eclipse, the Will-o'• the Wisp, the Marina, the Phantom,
the Fleur de Ds, the Frolic, and the Mouse, so that the
reader may easily concieve whit a pretty animated scene
the match formed. From the outset the straggle for victory
lay between the Remp and Kitten. The latter took
the lead at first, but did not bold it long. The Romp
passing to the windward of her opposite Greenhithe,
and manifesting remarkable weatherly qualities, which
excited gene's! admiration. While beating down the
river against a head wind it was observed that her sails
were as flat as a board, and that, notwithstanding the
height of her mast, she passed liehtly, steadily, and up-
rightly along. There was no headlong plunging through
the water. but a firmness ot pace which gave her the
tell bent fit of her lines. It was then ascertained that
her sails were cut upon a new principle, patented by Mr.
Gilbert, the seams graduating in such a manner as to
produce the effect otealued in the America by lacing.
The Lower Hope was the turning point of the race, and
its practical interest terminated there, as the return was
before the wind, and, therefore, a less effective test of
speed; The rourding of the • buoy there took place in
the following order:—

[PRICE SD.

canture of 1,500 head of Gaika cattle on the Thomas
River, on the 30th of March.
"sth. Lieutenant-Colbnel Eyre's pursuits of the
enemy with his herds across the Kei, capturing 1,386
head of Gaica cattle and 15 horses, On the 33 instant by
one of the must enterprising and successful forays of the
eamplign, in which Major Armstrong, Cape Mounted
; Captains Cureton and Oakes, 12th Lancers,
greatly distinguished thenrelves.
'l3. During these several operations many of the
enemy were killed; he is dispersed and flying in scat-
tered parties, and offered such feeble resistance that no
casualty has occurred among the troops.
" The troops
ioccupy every stronghold in the Amato-
las, and it is mp misible the enemy can retain even a
footing—so is he pursued in every direction.
The Commander-in-Chief is very sensible of the
service of the Burghers who have turned oat and aided
in these operations, especially those under Commandants
Gilfillan, Bowker, Delaporte, Bower, and Plessie.
" A. J. CLOETE, Q isrtermaster-General."

AL IN TELLIGENCE.

PROMOTIONS.
Clerk—W. T. Biddlccombe (1842) has been promoted
to the rank of paymaster.
William Dore has been promoted to be acting gunner.

Romp
Kitten
Britannia
Julia
Valentine

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... 2 50 45
... 2 55 10
... 3 4 30
... 3 4 50
... 3 11 50

On the way back the Kitten) took the lead at Cole-
bmve Point, and maintained it to the close of the match,
which she would have won by half a minute, allowing a
miuu-e per tou for difference of tonnage. By a stupid
blunder, however, instead of steering Inside the buoy,
bhe passed ou'side, and before she could retrieve this
tatal mi,take, the R imp had made such progress to-
wards the winning post that_she was declared the victor.
The owner, Mr. Knight, on receiving the purse of sove-
reigns, acknowledged that his success was due to Gil-
bert's sails. Notwithstanding the wetness of the day,
all who had the courage to attend the match appeared to
enjoy themselves thoroughly. The Royal Artillery
band, as the weather permitted, played above decks or
below for the amusement of the company, and Mr. Gore,
the Soya of the river, had as usual provided an inex-
haustible supply of cold lamb, chickens, pigeon-pies, and
lobster salade.