The Sun.
London, England, 1836-05-27 00:00:00

THAMES YACII7' ('L ÜB.

Yesterday the first match for the season of the yachts of the
Royal Thames Yacht Club came off. The City of London
steamer was moored off the Tower-stairs for the accommoda-
tion of the commodore and stewards of the Club, and the
visitors who were invited to be present. A military band was
on board, and a vast quantity of all kinds of meat and drink
was provided for the exigencies of the voyage. Ever) thing
was con,lucted in a style of elegance and profusion. The
steamer reached Greenwich shortly after 10 o'clock, when the
commodore went ashore to give Admiral Sir J. M. Hareyi
the vice-patron of the club, an opportunity of seeing the Am
Cu') cu:l cover, the prize of the successful vessel. The oup
was, of very elegant manufacture, the handl,a Tepreaenting
dolphins, and the top surmounted with A Wkwn and flags.
The start took place from Greenwich, and the matoh was for
the boats to round the flag,boat qt Oravesend, and return to
the place of starting. The boats that started were the fol-
lowing :
Messrs. Swain anti 'Mak;
stotanrs.; owners,
blue, iJtahn se:b

Pi;ncess Victoria, 25 tons; owner, G. Barron, Esq. ; im-
perial crown, on white ground.
Telemachus, 21 tons.; owner, J. Williams, Esq. ; scarlet
and white, diagonally severed.

Rob Roy, 16 tons; owtlor4 a, gouthatn, Esq.; black and
scarlet, checkered,

ALrt, la Wiwi awrior, W. Lyon, Esq. ; white with 'green
cross,

Lady Louisa, 13 tons ; owner, B. T. Smith, Esq. ; blue.
The start took place at eight minutes past 11 o'clock, the
wind blowing due east and very fresh. The favourites were
the Princess Victoria and the Lady Louisa. The Alert was
also backed to win, The start was managed in beautiful
style ; the vessels wore all abreast, and so continued for a few
minutes, when the Lady Louisa broke away and took the
load. It, however, very soon became apparent that the Prin-
cess Victoria was making the running, and that the wind,
which increased every moment in strength, was in her favour.
The Lady. Louisa was in a short time obliged to take in a reef.
In Bugsby's hole the wind was too much for her, and she was
obliged to he laid-to, In consequence of an accident by which
the Teets of the mainboom were carried away. From this
time she became hors de combat. The Princess Victoria now
took the lead, and was running away from her competitors.
She was followed by the Ada Jane, the Rob Roy, the Alert,
and the Telemachus. At Long-reach an accident occurred
to the Princess Virtorla ; the end of her bowsprit snapped
short oil', and before the jib could be again rigged out she
had lost upwards of a mile of way. The Ada Jane then
took the . lead. At 27 minutes and a-half past 3 she
rounded the flag-boat at Gravesend. She was followed by
the Rob Roy at 31 minutes past 3. Next came the
Princess Victoria, within a minute after. Tho Alert was
the fourth. At 33 minutes past 3 o'clock the Telemachus
was, in the technical terms, nohere, and the •Lad
Louisa was no more aeon. On retuwrning, 'the Ada -Janey
still maintained the lead which the disaster of the Princess
Victoria bad given her. The latter, however, was so
excellently handled, and her speed was so great, that she very
soon distanced the Rob Roy, and began to gain upon the
Ada Jane. Both she and the Ada now hoisted their galf-
topsails. The Ada had, however, so greatly the lead, that it
was plain the match was safe, and that she would be the win-
ner. At a quarter before 6 o'clock, she rounded the winning
flag off Greenwich, amidst the shouts of thousands of specta-
tors. Within a quarter of a minute she was followed by the
Princess Victoria: next came the Rob Roy; the Alert was
fourth. This match, from the state of the weather and the
freshness of the wind, was extremely. interesting. The cir-
cumstance of the accident which occurred to one of the fa-
vourites, and the incapacity of another to contend with the
wind, caused some heavy sums of money to exchange owners.
The arrangements, under the direction of W. H. Harrison,
Esq., were highly satisfactcry to everybody. The accommo-
dations on board the City of London steamer were also of
that character that nobody was long in search of what way
required. The whole scene was peculiarly animating and de-
lightful.

MATCH AGA INS7' TIME.
Tho matoh of Townsend's, to walk six miles forward and
four wiles backward, each within an hour, was decided on
Tuesday, at Lower Tooting. lie did the four miles.
ward in Ilfty-one minutes, and the six miles fe,pward In fifty-
epg lit minutes, inning eleven minc'ei tc,i,pare. Ile then rested
a couple
of hours, and vieut (Mt° do another match, which had.
been rPtldp i4j the course of the day. It was to pick up 40 stones,
a yard apart, with his mouth ; walk a mile ; run a mile ; walk
backward a mile ; draw a barrow a mile ; and. 4401 c! 4 hoop
a mile all which ho performed I seC, within 'the
It was rather wartn vt ti.;;; p;i4tb.:slonal " did not ap:
p 12.4 kw; at all at *ult. He'is a most astonishing lasting man.

" Of upwards of 300 Poles who arrived at Trieste
front Cracow," saws the .21/cssayer, "only 120 are to come to
France, and the rest are to be 'sent to America, at the Ciipose
of the Austrian Governmeni. A pi..,:oltsotx4qqisio',‘ issl{d to
have Ye r "ititbb tyffii (,?41,)1twtq pf earls and
,
the i;slt'iintite destiny pr thew c.xi)es, The
12P '‘lto, are i'ii:cnnie into base, it iikmrivrted, obtained
tbis hospitality unly un 'Agning declaration in presence of the
Fsencti aeTricste, that they arc so far provided with
means of subsistence as to be able to dispense will all pecuniary
ald from the Geverurrie4t,"

0 *CONNELI: DINNER AT B Git Y.

On the 21st of May, it was annoutne.l in the Suffolk
papers that Mr. O'Connell intended to dine at Ipswich on
the 2701. The Reformers in Bungay in the middle class
of society immediately sent the followintr invitation to the
Honourable Member : _ _ _

Bungay, :',lst May, 1 536.
TO DANIEL O'CONNELL, ESQ•, M.P.
SIII,—We beg .the himour of your coal:mu; at a public
dinner in Bungay, on an ea,ly day, during your aornaching
visit to Suffolk. We shall be gratified by an onartunity
of testifying our admiration of the consistency hrul the
effect with which you have advocated the p inciples of
liberty and justice.
We arc interested in. requesting your a' ter:dance, as we
believe your presence, and the vigorous ex session of yonr
sentiments, would rouse the sympathy of a d 4riet
and torpid beneath the influence of a clerical and landed
aristoc racy.

Our tow- n is central to an extensivi. agri !uliur .1 tract,
and a number of considerable towns.

We beg your reply, with thetappointment of the first
convenient day, if compatible with your engagements, by
return of post.

On the 2t:d, t'ic following reply was se to Mr. Jol.n
Childs :

London, May :13. 1836.

- .
Sir,—l feel honoured and delighted with the invitation
to I3ung-ay, but regret that I cannot name Monday as you
desire, because the House sits that day, and I have busi-
ness of the first importance to bring before the Commcns
at the sitting. If Saturday had answered your purpose, I
could have fixed that day ; but the reasons you state are
all-sufficient to prevent your assenting to it. Should that
day, however, afford no insuperable objection, you can
command me. I will be.at Ipswich on Friday.
I beg you will express to the gentlemen who signed the
invitation my deep sense of the honour and kindness done
me. I, am personally grateful ; I am doubly grateful for
the sympathy expressed in the object of my political efforts,
namely, the establishment of equal rights and liberties in
all parts of the British Empire, and the full enjoyment of
civil and religious freedom by all classes, creeds, and per-
suasimr,freed equally from tests and taxes.

I have the honour to be,
Your most faithful and obedient servant,
DANIEL .O'CONNELL.
Saturday was immediately fixed on, and intimatio❑ to
that effect sent to Mr. O'Connell.
The Dinner takes place at. Four o'clock, at the Theatre,
Bungay.