The Sun.
London, England, 1865-08-16 00:00:00

THE GREAT SAILING-BARGES' RACE.

The first sailing-barge match suggested by Mr. Harry
Dodd, the contractor, took place in 1863, and so well did it
succeed that it was repeated in 1864. It was then under
the management of the Prince of Wales Yacht Club, and
was a great improvement on that of the preceding year,
nearly 40 barges competing. This year, however, the
management of the affair was intrusted to a committee
composed of the following gentlemen, well known on the
Corn Exchange, and members of the Thames and Medway
General Craftowners' Association .—J. H. Downs (chair-
man), H. Dodd, J. Flower, W. H. Fuller, E. Shelbourne,
W. Vokings, and T. W. Rogers (secretary). Besides the
necessary expenses of a steamboat, &c., the committee were
enabled to give away £llO in prizes.
Tho first class of vessels competing consisted of topsail
barges, maximum tonnage, 100 tons burden. For these
were given—First prize, £lB cup to the owner, and £lO
10s. to the crow ; second prize, £l2 cup to the owner, and
£5 ss. to the crew ; and third prize, £8 cup to the owner,
and £3 3s. to the crew. No time was allowed for differ-
ence of tonnage. The following barges entered :—The
Waterloo, 60 tons, Mr. Boakes ; the Perseverance, 100 tons,
Mr. Bromley ; the British Queen, 75 tons, Messrs. Lee,
Son, and Smith ; the S. Taylor, 90 tons, Mr. Wood, jun. ;
the Surprise, 90 tons, Mr. West ; the Britannia, 100 tons,
Messrs. Court and Co. ; the Esthor and Jessie, 80 tons,
Mr. Collyer ; the Matilda and Amy, 90 tons, Mr. Willett ;
the Robert, 80 tons, Mr. Sivers ; the Agnes, 100 tons, Mr.
Parker ; the Arthur, 85 tons, Mr. Brand; the Henry, 100
tons, Mr. Hill ; the Harriet, 85 tons, Mr. Blake ; the, John
and Sarah, 90 tons, Mr. Hall ; the Frances, 88 tons, Mr.
Burley ; the Caroline, 90 tons, Mr. Howard ; the Now
Fairy, 70 tons, Mr. Eltham ; the Swale, 100 tons, Mr.
Jordan; the Jabez, 100 tons, Messrs. Ellis and Son; the
Robert Stone, 85 tons, Mr. Stone ; the Sara and Eliza, 70
tons, Mr. Watts; the Henry and Clara, 85 tons, Messrs.
Stone and Co.

Thesecond class of vessels competing were stump-rigged
barges, maximum tonnage 80 tons burden. For this were
given :-Ist prize, £l5 cup to the owner, and £lO to the
crew; 2d prize, £lO cup to the owner, and £5 to the crew;
3d prize, £7 cup to the owner, and £3 to the crew. No time
was allowed for difference of tonnage. The following barges
entered :—The Emma, 80 tons, Mr. Peters; the Henry,
Messrs. Ellis and Son ; the Jesse, 75 tons, Mr. Jacob ; the
City, 42 tons, Mr. Dodd ; the Volante, 50 tons, Mr. T. F.
Woods ; the Maria, 75 tons. Mr. C. Wood ; the George, 70
tons, Mr. G. E. Wood; the Samuel, 75 tons, Messrs. Leo,
Son, and Smith ; the Rose of England, 70 tons, Mr. Eltham;
the Charles, 75 tons, Mr. C. Wood; the Elizabeth, 70 tons,
Messrs. E. Downs and Co. ; the Blackfriars, 80 tons, Messrs
Lee, Son, and Smith ; the Elizabeth, 80 tons, Messrs.
Peters ; the Tyne, 70 tons, Gray's Chalk Quarries Com-
pany ; the Queen Charlotte, 77 tons, Mr. Depcke ; and the
Joseph, 80 tons, Mr. Peters.

The course in both classes was from Erith to the Noro
lightship and back. The Sea Swallow (Capt. Read) was
the committee boat ; the Elfin carried Mr. 11, Dodd and a
large party.
Mr. George Harrison, Commodore of the Prince of Wales
Club, had consented to bo -umpire of the match, and he, as
office: of the day, was received on board the Swallow at
Erith.

The signal to start was fired at 10 53. Tho Prances,
Sarah, Eliza, Henry and Clara, and Arthur being far below
the others, and all with their heads down, there was no
fouling as they got away with a good breeze from south,
and a little rain.

The following woro tho times at which the vessels rounded

the Nore:—

11. M. S. H. M. S.
Agnes (topsail) 1 44 0 Natilda and Anny... 1 46 50
Surprise (topsail) 1 45 7 Henry (topsail)..... 1 47 30
Francis (topsail) 146 8 llobt. Stone(tpsail) 147 40
Several others followed in close order, the time of the
first four stump barges being as under :

H. M. S. H. M. 8.
Maria 1 57 10 Volante 2 2 20
Charles

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Tho time of the others was not taken. The wind had
now strengthened considerably, and as the topsail barges
rounded in the squalls they struck their topsails ; the Agnes
carried away her back stay falls, the Henry's topmast came
down with a run as she jibed at the Nor° with her topsail
up; the Swale rounded minus her bowsprit, and other
casualties occurred too various to mention. Tho Persever-
ance rounded much the best of the lot, and considerably
improved her position, and the Surprise, which had rounded
badly, fell off considerably. Tho wind had gone more to W.,
and the barges reached to the Mucking Light. The British
Queen, and Sara and Eliza created considerable excitement
bycoming to the buoy together, and so rounding; the Queen
being the nearest to the lightship, made the cleanest turn,
and soon left her consort astern. Various were the changes
in position as they reached up to the Hope, and then made
two boards. The Swale passed the Robert Stone and S.
Taylor. The barges were timed as follow at the finish :
Topsails. u. M. S. Stumps. M. M. s.
Winner, Agnes
2d, Surprise 5 24 45 2d, Charles
3d, Matilda and Amy 5 28 30 3d, Elizabeth 6 11 45
The prizes were then presented by Mr. Harrison with the
usual compliments.

The first six barges will contend on Tuesday, tho 29th.
inst., over the same course, for two prizes, value £25 each,
ono presented by Mr. Dodd and tho other by tho fund
The winner of each will be entitled to rank as tho cl-
- bargo of 1865.

FISHING AND SPIRITUALISM.--Messrs. Sothern
and Addison, the celebrated mediums, who have
laboured so successfully in disabusing the publio respect-
ing the Devonport impositions, &c., have been exercising
their talents in regard to the denizens of the deep in a
most startling manner—no less than 5 cwt. being taken
by them with three lines in the short space of six hours
and a half. How can the Spiritualists account for this?—
&arboraugh Mercury.

A YEAR IN CHANCERY.—The number of people
who get into Chancery in a year is considerable, and
the business done in Chancery in a year swells up to a large
amount. The clerks of records and writs report that last
year there were 2,280 suits instituted by bill or information,
and administration and other originating summonses bring
the number to 2,969, which is almost precisely the average
of the preceding five years. The Lord Chancellor's secre-
tary reports 1,539 attendable petitions, and the secretary
at the Rolls 539 petitions set down for hearing, under rail-
way and other Acts, and not being petitions in causes.
The courts heard in the course of the year 2,066 causes in
some stage or other, and though the number is above the
average, more were waiting for hearing at the end of the
year than at the beginning. 3,905 orders were made upon
the hearing of petitions or special motions; 12,356 orders
wore drawn up in the registrar's offices ; 367 cases were
referred to the conveyancing counsel of the court and at
chambers ; 416 titles and other matters were directed to
be investigated by the conveyancing counsel. Some idea
of the business done at " chambers" may be formed from
an item in the returns, showing that 43,842 appointments
by summons, adjournment, or otherwise, were disposed of
in the year ; 494 sales of estates were made under orders
of the Court. The Lord Chancellor sat in court GO days,
the Lords Justices 148, the Master of the Rolls 154, the
three Vice-Chancellors 166, 167, and 169 days respectively,
making a total of 864 days, being 32 more than in the pre-
ceding year. The money and securities brought into
court reached the large amount of nearly £21,000,000, ex-
ceeding by nearly £1,500,000 the amount taken out of
court. 7,210 bills of costs wore taxed, amounting together
to £756,139. Tho eagles gather to the carcase, and 428 new
solicitors were admitted in the year; they were charged 375.
each on the occasion. With the exception of the first item
in this paragraph, all the numbers are above the average of
the preceding five years, some of them greatly above it.
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