The Sun.
London, England, 1870-05-25 00:00:00

ENGLISHMEN ABROAD.

The Cologne Gazette tells a sad story which reflects no
credit upon the doings of Englishmen whilst travelling.
On November 24, 1869, an Englishman and his wife en-
tered the Hotel de Russie of Frankfort, the husband
giving himself out to be a man of great literary impor-
tance in the service of " the far-famed house" of
Murray. The hotel keeper was quite taken
in, and received his guests with unusual dis-
tinction. By and bye, when a large accoun
had been run up, the literary man was suddenly called
away on business, His wife, however, was left
at the hotel. Very soon she received a tele-
gram from her distinguished spouse, informing her that
a sad accident had happened—broken bones and other
misfortunes. With streaming eyes she came to
" the only too philanthropical hotel keeper,"
and explained her terrible case. Her hus-
band, she said, had omitted to leave money with
which to pay the bill, and she did not know what to do.
The landlord's heart was touched ; he opened his purse,
and generously presented the lady with sixty thalers.
She then went to join her husband. It soon occurred to
the landlord, after her departure, that it was time
he had heard from his grand English friends,
but no letter came. He therefore wrote to them to their
London address. No such name was there known. In
vain inquiries were made in every direction. No traces
of the couple were to be found till early in the present
month, when they were discovered in an hotel in the Strand.
As the hotelkeeper happened to be in London at the time,
he confronted the culprits ; but they only pointed to their
empty purses, and he had to be satisfied with reproaching
them for their baseness. The Cologne Gazette says that
this is no exceptional case ; that almost every year
Englishmen visit the German baths, live expensively at
first-class hotels, and then decamp without paying their
bills.

ROYAL THAMES YACHT CLUB,
The first match of the season of this club took place yes-
terday. The prizes were three pieces of plate, of the value
re pectively of £lOO, £3O, and £2O, the course being from
Gravesend round the Noro Light and back. The following
vessels entered :—The Julia yacht, 113 tons, Mr. G. F. Moss,
owner; Rose of Devon, 148, Mr. E. Johnson ; Christabel,
52, Earl Annesley ; Muriel, 40, Mr. H. Bridson ;
Oimara, 167, Mr J. Wylie; Vanguard, 60, Col. Verschoyle;
Viudex, 45, Mr A Duncan; Fiona, 77, Mr E. Boutcher.
There were three prizes—one of £lOO for the first vessel,
£5O for the second, and £2O for the third. Time allow-
ance, 20 seconds per ton, but no time allowed for ton-
nage above 100 tons. This arrangement with regard to the
time allowance was not approved of by the owner of the
Fiona, and he consequently declined to start his vessel.
The steamer Eagle, which accompanied the match, reached
Gravesend at 11 o'clock, and Lord Alfred Paget directly
started the yachts at a little more thin half-spent ebb. They
all cast to starboard, and made a short heard on the Essex
shore, and commenced a hard beat down the river
against the south-east breeze. The Nore was
rounded by the Oimara at 2h 52m 40s; Vanguard,
2 54 8; Rose of Devoe, 3 7 25 ; and Vindex, 3 15.
The yachts ultimately got back to Gravesend and terminated
the match, as follows:—Rose of Devon, 6h 18m 50s; Van-
guard, 6, 19, 4 ; Oimara, 6, 21, 3 ; Julia, 6, 30 ; Christabel,
6, 30, 10; Muriel, t, 31; Vindex, 6, 31, 14. The Van-
guard won the fit at prize by time, the Muriel the second,
and the Vindex the third ; but Mr Duncan protested against
he Vanguard taking the prize, on the ground that she had
iolated the "rule of the road." The protest has been to
ferred to the Sailing Committee.

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SECOND HOUSEAIAID in a Nobleman's family,
or Single-handed,'where a footman is kept. Age 24. Good
character.—A. H. GRICES, Post-office. Gloucester-road, South
Kensington, W.