The Sun.
London, England, 1849-08-28 00:00:00

TUESDAY EVENING, AUGUST 28, 1849.

REGATTA AT LOWESTOFT.
(Abridged from the Norfolk Chronicle.)
On ililonday and Tuesday, a grand regatta came off
at Lowestoft, now one of the most thriving se port
towns in Suffolk. The sports were under the patrortege
of the Marquis of Dourou, 'M.P., and S. M. Veto, Esq.,
M.P., the members for the city of Norwich. The
stewards were Sir E. H. K. Lacon, ILO., R. IL Resve,
Esq., Captain Ellis, R.N., and Captain Andrews. W.
Clay. Esq., was the honPrary secretary. To there gen-
tlemen the public were much indebted fur two days'
excellent sport; during which prizes to the amount of
1201. were offered to be sailed or rowed for by boats of
various descriptions.:
On Monday morning, the Norwich railway station
was surrounded with thousands of people, waiting to
obtain tickets for the cheap trains. Three lines of
carriages were drawn up in the interior of the station,
which were speedily fillcd with passengers intent
on a day's pleasure, the majority being women,
including an immense number of the factory operatives.
It seemed as if all Norwich had turned out fora holiday.

It was quite amusing to see people running about in all
directions on the platform seeking for places, and some-
time elapsed before all were accommodated. Besides
the two trains of open carriages., there was one train of
first and second class carriageF, including a handsome
saloon carriage, which attracted a good deel of attention.
This carriage was engaged by the city sheriff, R. Cham-
berlin, Esq., and his party. Before ten o'clock three
trains of carriages were started, one after the other,
comprising altogether seventy seven carriages, conveying
more than 4,000 people to the scene of recreation.
Early in the morning the sky was beclouded, but it
cleared up and ushered in a day of bright sunshine. The
journey was, therefore, a very pleasant one. The mul-
titudes of people spread in a long line across the sands,
and amused themselves in a variety of ways. All was
cheerfulness and hilarity and boisterous mirth. There
was a complete abandonment to pleasure.
THE YACHT MATCH—Was for a piece of plate, value
30 sovereigns, to be sailed for by cutter-yachts, under
30 tons. This was an interesting match. Six yachts
entered, namely—Fanny, 17 tons, W. Clay, Esq., of
Lowestoft, red flag—Little Eastern, 10 tons, Captain
Andrews, of Lowestoft, white flag—Kestrel, 10 tons,
Captain Coster, of Norwich, blue flag—Pearl, 12 tons,
Sir W. Beauchamp Procter, Bert., red and white flag—
Water Witch, 9 tons, R. H. Reeve, Esq., of Lowestoft,
red and blue flag—Red Rover, 14 tons, Mr. Parmeter, of
Yarmouth, blue and white flag. They all got off well
except the Fanny; she was nearly five minutes behind,
in consequence of having, by mistake, cast anchor. The
Red Rover took the lead, followed by. the others, close
up to the first flag-boat, when the wind shifted to the
west. The Red Rover being in a good position for
catching the breeze, then went tar ahead, and continued
to keep the lead, and left the others far behind, coming
in at 3h. 5m.; Kestrel, at 3h. 30m.; and the others some

time after. The Red Rover consequently won by 25
minutes.

The YAWL MATCH.—This was a prize of 14 toys., to be
sailed for by yawls from all parts. The entries were as fol-
lows:—Eclipse, 54* ft., Mr. W. Roberts, of Lowestoft, red
flag—John Bull, 57 ft., Mr. J. Woodhead, of Southwold,
white flag—Swiftsure, 49 ft., Mr. B. Spencer, of South-
wold, blue flag—Royal Victoria, 60 ft., Mr. F. Hood, of
Yarmouth, red and white flag—Leverett, 40 ft., Mr. W.
Birbett, of Lowestoft, red flag—Royal Sovereign, 60 ft.,
Mr. R. Kemp, of Yarmouth, blue and white flag—Grey-
hound, 44 ft. 10 in., Mr. G. Yallop, of Lowestoft, blue
red, and white perpendicular—Naiad, 38 ft. 10 in., Mr.
N. Coleby, red, white, and blue, horizontal. They had
to sail the same track as the yachts, and while the yacht
match was going on, they started at 12h. 34m. They
were all in a line at starting, and when fairly off, and in
full sail, they presented a very pleasing spectacle. In the
first round, the John Bull had the lead, followed close
by the Royal Victoria and the Royal Sovereign. The
others were far behind, having been becalmed. They
came in as follows:—John Bull, 4h. 2 1 m.—Eeliime, 4h.
33m. 30s.—Royal Sovereign, 4b. 35m.—Greyhound, 4b.
41m. The latter yawl won the third prize, on account
of the Royal Sovereign having to allow 7/ minutes for
difference of length. This allowance of time is not ge-
nerally understood by spectators of these matches, and
they are, consequently, often mistaken as to the winning
boats.
PUNT MATCH —This was a match between sailing
punts from all parts, for a prize of 5/. The entries were
as follows :—Grace Darling, Mr. Rose—William and
James, Mr. Spurgin—Finish, Mr. S. Mews—Fawn, Mr.
E. Ellis—Providence, Mr. Fletcher—Bruce, Mr. Lewes.
They had to sail the same course at the ;yawls, :and
started at 26. 10m., while the previous matches were
going on. The punts finished the first round as fol-
lows :--Bruce, 4 hours 20 minutes—William and James,
4 hours 22 minutes—Finish, 4 hours 24 minutes—
Providence, 4 hours 24 minutes 30 seconds. The others
were far behind. The second round was not finished

till after dark, there being very little wind. The boats
passed the pier head as follows :—Bruce first, Fawn
second, Willi and James third, Finish Fourth. The
others were not placed.
ROWING MATCH.—This was for a prize of seven so-
vereigns, to be contended for by six-oared beach gigs,
open to all. Three were entered ; but as the crew of
one gig were in the yawl match, not likely to be finished
for some time, only two were started, at 3h. 32w. 255. ;
namely, the Cricketer, of Southwold, and the Jenny Lind,
of Lowestoft. The crews had to row once round the
same course as that sailed over by the yachts and
yawls, a distance of three miles. Both boats
had a double bank of men, and they rowed with deter-
mined resolution ; but the Southwold men took a long,
strong, and regular pull, sweeping through the waters
with a united and simultaneous action, far superior to
their competitors, whose pull was short and irregu-
lar. Nevertheless, the contest was severe, and the.
Southwold men only won by a few seconds. This match
excited much interest, as it could be well seen along

shore.
In the evening, the green adjoining the Suffolk Hotel
was full of people, to witness the gymnastic perform-
ances by M. Ricardo, and a display of fireworks, under
the superintendence of Mr. Page, of Heigham-gardens,
in this city.
THE DINNER.—At six r.m., there was a subscription
dinner at the Royal Hotel, when about 40 gentlemen sat
down in the new billiard.room to a sumptuous repast.
There was a ball in the evening at the Maid's Head
inn, where a party of about 70 ladies and gentlemen
assembled.

The obj_ect of the trial was to test the skill of the
crews in getting their boats smartly under stiq, and by
using oars, to show the sailing qusliiies of the boats
when full of water. They are all timber built boats,
with cork upper works, to increase the buoyancy, and
are fitted up with foremast and wizen, having a fore and
aft rig; and when not sailing they are Props led by long
oars. Those of Southwold, Pskcfithi, Lowestoft, and
Yarmouth, are yawls, fitted up with air-barrels, or
boxes. The ciews consist of about sixteen men in each
boat; all robust brave fellows, and from the pier-head
the company had an opportunity of witnessing their
extraordinary smartness and dexterity in handling
their boats, hoisting and lowering their sails, getting
up and taking down their malt, and many other evo-
lutions.

The first signal, a red flag, baring been given, for the
exercise of the life-boats, they assembled at the place
appointed, opposite the pier-head, in a line at right
angles with the beach; and came to anchor. The masts,
sails, and oars, were all boated. At the second signal,
one black ball hoisted to the top of a pole, all the boats
weighed and made sail, proceeding round the course.
At the third signal, two black balls, the boats struck
their sails and masts, boated them, and got their oars
out, still continuing their course as before. At the
fourth signal, a black ball over a rod fig, the boats
again boated their oars and made sail. At the fifth
signal, a red flag over a black ball, the boatmen drew
their plugs and held them up, and in this state filled
with water came to anchor at the appointed place, when
the plugs were replaced and all expedition used. in
pumping and baling the boats out, ready for the
rocket and gun lines to be thrown over them. The
course sailed was from the flag opposite the pier,
round the Stamford Light, and back again. All the
exercises were admirably performed. The Caister boat
was the first under sail, and the Lowestoft boat first
struck her masts. After they had started they were
some time in returning against the tide. The Lowestoft
boat was in first, and the Southwold second. The others
came in some time after; and then, in the bay in front of
the new esplanade, they went through the remainder of
the exercises. The Lowestoft men, while going through
their evolutions, upset their boat, and several of them got
into the water, but were soon out again. This accident
happened in consequence of the air-casks in the boat
being imperfect; they became partially filled wick water,
and served to sink, instead of buoying her up. The
rockets and gun lines were fired over the boats with great
precision.
The prizes to these boats were awarded as follows:—
Lowestoft and Southwold, the first in, received 61. each;
Caister and Pakefield, 41. each. Every man acquitted
himself well, and the exertions of all were very great,
owing to the strength of the tide.
A rowing match between ships' boats, and a duck
hunt, which afforded much amusement, finished the
sports of the day.

The days' proceeding wound up with a select dinner
party at the Royal Hotel, Captain Andrews in the chair.
After which there was a grand display of the pyrotech-
nical art, on the Battery Green, by Mr. P. N. Baxter, of
Norwich. The whole reflected great credit on that artist,
particularly the finale, which was a splendid figure of
the hero of Trafalgar, under which was beautifully dis-
played those memorable words, "England expects every
man to do his duty."
In the evening a number of long trains conveyed the
people back in safety to the city. During the two days
Mr. Newell, the superintendent, and Mr. Taylor, the
station master, Norwich, were indefatigable in their ex-
ertions to promote the comfort of passengers, and to
facilitate the departure and arrival of the various trains.
We would remind the people of Lowestoft, that it is
owing to Mr. Waters' exertions that they will have the
opportunity of visiting Norwich on the 24th and 31st
instant, at the exceeding low rate now being charged
from Norwich to Lowestoft. A failure, therefore, would
be placed to the debit of Mr. Waters' account, which
surely will not be allowed. The various hotels and inns
in the town were on both days filled with company, es-
pecially the Suffolk, where there was much to attract the
lovers of sight and song.
It is worthy of note, that, notwithstanding the numbers
present on each day, such was the propriety of conduct
manifested, that not a single disorderly case came under
the notice of the extra body of police on duty. We are
also happy to add, that not a single accident occurred
on either day to mar its ploasure.

CRICKET.

ELEVEN OF ENGLAND V. TWENTY OF DERBYSHIRE.

This match was commenced at Derby yesterday
morning. The following is the score at the close of the
first day's play:—

ENGLAND-FIRST INNINGS.
A. Mynn, Esq.—run out ... ... ... 11
Clarke—b Tinley ••• ... ~. ... ... 19
Parr—c Potter, b Paxton ... ... 16
F. Pilch—b Tinley 3
Box—b Paxton . . 1
N. Felix, Esq.—c Hunt, b Paxton . 0
Guy—c Horsley, b Paxton ... 0
Captain White—c Paxton, b Tinley 2
Martingell—b Paxton... ... 4
Captain Lautour—b Clark 14
Hillyer—not out
B 25, w 3 28

Total

". ”.104

TESTIMONIAL
TO THE HUNGARIAN REFUGEES.

THE HUNGARIAN NATION COUNTS ON THE SYMPATHY
OF EVERY NATION WHICH LOVES RIGHT AND Ll-
BERTY."—Kosszah's Protest against Russian Interven-
tion.

Subscriptions may be sent to the following bankers:—
Messrs. Coutts and Co.
Messrs. Drummond.
Messrs. Smith, Payne, and Smith ;
or to any one of the members of the committee recently
formed to carry out the Testimonial.
***All further Post-office orders to be made payable toMurdo
Young, Esq., at the Money Order Office, Strand.

Subscriptions already received ... ...963 10 4i
Per the Editor of the Examiner:—
Friends at Kelvedon 1 0 0

The Compositors at Messrs. Reynell & Weight's 1 10 6
Mr. Wm. A. Long, jun., Wotton-under-Edge 1 0 0
Second Subscription of Working Jewellers' Work-

3 15 9

men

A Few Chartists, per Samuel Boonham ... 0 3 6
Per K. L. J., Limerick, second remittance „.. 0 18 0

Total ... ... ... £971 19 1i

THE CHOLERA.
RETURN OF CASES, AUG. 26 AND 27.
Attacks. Deaths.

.n London and vicinity, viz.:—
Lambeth ... . . ... ... 111 49
Southwark .., ... ... 96 52
Bethnal-green ... ... ... 57 39
Bermondsey 9
Shoreditch ... ... ... 16 6
Whitechapel ... ... ... 36 9
Chelsea ... ... ... . . 12 8
111arylebone 3
West London Union ... ... 9 2
St. Giles in the Fields ... ... 14 3
Greenwich ... ~. ... 19 7
Clapham ... ... ... ... 3 3
Other localities ... ... ... 273 144
:a England and Wales, viz.:—
Liverpool ... ... ... 93 28
Merthyr Tydvil ... ... ... 14 7
Dowlais ... ... ... ... 9 3

Plymouth ... ... ..• ... 31 16
Bristol •• • ••• 410 • ••• 11 6
Newcastle-under-Lyme ... ... 9 4
Leeds ••• ••• ••• ••• 21 10
Wisbeach ... ••• ••• ... 12 5
Tewkesbury ... „.. 6 4
York ••• ••• "do ... 2 0
Birkenhead ... ••• 0
North Shields ... ... ... 12 14
Ilertfoid ... ••• ••• 3
Sheerness ... ••• ••• 1
Mortlake ... ••• ••• ••• 4 1
Other towns ••• ••• ... 233 119
In Scotland, viz. :
Dundee ... ... ••• „.. 32 17
Perth ... 23 8
Hawick •.• ••• "• ••• 5 2
Wilton-by-Bawick ••• ... 6 1
Inverness ... ••• •• • ••• 6 2
Dunbar ... ••• ••• ... 2 1
Other towns ..• .•• ... 9 3

Total

... ... 1,215

THE CHOLERA IN HULL AND

THE DISTRICT.

The number of deaths from cholera in Hull from the
lith to the 24th inst., inclusive, have been 104; a
number which, however large, is insignificant compared
with that reported from the small town of Gainsborough,
viz., 85 in 14 days. Ten deaths are reported from
Bdverley, several from Lincoln, and isolated ones in the
division of Lindsey. The following table presents the
number of deaths in Hull on each day of the week in the
various districts of the town. We may again repeat that
the deaths have almost exclusively occurred in courts,
passages, and narrow streets and lanes. Many of the
deceased were persons of intemperate habits, no regular
means of subsistence, friendless, neglected, or destitute.
Several have died without a medical man ever being
called in:—
Districts.

Dates—August.
17 18 19 20 21 22 23 Total.

RAILWAY INTELLIGENCE.
WILTS, SOMERSET, AND WEYMOUTH,
BATII, MONDAY, AUG. 27.—•1 he eighth half-yearly
general 'meting of the above company was held this
clay, at the White Lion Hotel, in this city; Sir John
W. Awdry (vice-chairman of the company),
presiding.
The notice convening the meeting having been
read, and the seal of the company affixed to the list
of proprietov,
The SECRETARY read the directors' report:—"ln
consequence of the depression to which all railway
property has been lately subjected, the directors have
thought it advisable to reduce the present expenditure
on the line to the lowest possible limit. The works
between Westbury and Frome are being prosecuted
without intermission ; but on all other parts they
have been checked or temporarily suspended. This
has been done with the advice and concurrence of
the Great Western Railway Company, who urged
upon the board the propriety .of discontinuing
every expenditure, excepting that which might be
required for finishing the line—first, to Frome, next
to the collieries, and afterwards to Warminster. Your
directors thought it right to bring to the notice of
the Great Western bcard,that the time was approach-
ing when some arrangement should be made as to
the mode in which, under the altered condition of
railway prospects, the agreements between the two
companies were to be carried into effect. No arrange-
ment, however, can be concluded without being
brought before a special meeting of the shareholders
of this company, with whom, rather than with the
directors, after full consideration, the decision must
rest. The shareholders will remember that there
were a number of shares, the calls on which the regis•
tered owners had, from various misfortunes, become
unable to discharge, and which it was the intention of
the board to take the first convenient opportunity of
declaring forfeited. These shares, 494 in number,
and on which 3,270/. had been paid, have now been
a
forfeited, and special meeting will be summoned,
according to the provisions of the Act of Parliament,
to confirm the forfeiture. The whole of the remaining
arrears on the company's shares will in due course of
time be recovered.
GENERAL STATEMENT OF RECEIPTS AND
PAYMENTS TO JUNE 30, 1849.
RECEIPTS.
, Received on calls, and payments in ad-

vance of calls
Loan account ... ..•
On account of interest payable by the
Great Western Railway Company,
in respect of the line opened to
Westbury for the half•year ending
31st December, 1848... ... 2,564 8 0

X. s. d.
... 1,150,075 0 0
32,500 0 0

1,185,139 8 0