The Sun.
London, England, 1870-06-03 00:00:00

THE RECENT CHANNEL RACES.

We are astonished that the British press does not see
the real points of significance in the remarkable victory °
the Sappho over the Cambria in the Channel races.
What these races exhibit is, first, the immense superiority
of the American model of yachts for all qualities of 6°.
going boats, for general seaworthiness and clear sPFedi
next, the superior spirit, nautical skill and seamanship°
American yachtmen and sailors. As to the first of these
points, the Sappho's victories are demonstrations thstisl
sane sailor could not dispute. In the two races in
the Cambria went over the course the victory was so el
and the Sappho was so much ahead that she would st,,
have been the victor if she had been compelled to make
allowance for time of her opponent's size. In the other rse
of the three her victory was, perhaps, a finer one beanso
purely intellectual. It was the victory of a spirit readY, t
venture any sea over the sentimental sailor who likes t!a:
" soft and gentle gale" for which the gentleman in th
song "heard a maiden sigh." Is it so strange, after aP,'
that they do not recognize this on the other side ? 113,.f"
do not like 'unpleasant facts. In what contest of inter
national character, of the many in which we have beaten
them, have the English ever handsomely acknowledr;
their defeat ? It was almost worth our while to have tbo
Harvard boys beaten last year for the sake of the geoe„r°,4
example they gave ; but it has had no effect.—New
Herald.
It is now admitted in England that no schooner thell'e,
can sail with Mr. Douglas' yatch, the Sappho. Mr. "te,,,,a
bury will also come to the conclusion by and bY,Fi`tit
Americans were really able to teach him something au°t,e
yachting. In betting circles long odds would probably
given that in a fresh wrangle about measurement, °e
tonnage, or the wind or some other fuss and nonseli%
which nobody can understand, Mr. Ashbury will
pretext for spreading his sails for Norway instead of Nei
York next July.— New York Times.

WHAT HAS THE PACIFIC ROAD DONE F°

CALIFORNIA ?
The effects of new channels of commerce are always
ari/1
capable of being accurately estimated before hand. °A
years since, if any one on the Pacific coast had utter':
any financial prophecy with perfect confidence, it ivo°l
have been that the immediate results of the expected act
tinental railroad would be unmixed prosperity to Call
fornia and San Francisco. Another prediction 170°ci
also have been made, though with less confidence-:1i
that is, that the increased traffic and travel by land wC`",i
have have its usual effect on competing water routes, 10
that, after a temporary depression, the line of steamersii.
San Francisco would prosper as well as the r
road. This certainly has been the experience on ti,
Sound and the Hudson River in similar comp t,
tion. It certainly seemed a rational forecos;
that a road which could transfer a laboureo
for sixty dollars from New York to San Francisco, W°°olJ
at once cheapen labour on the Pacific coast, and make
productions more profitable. Settlers, too, would un
doubtedly be attracted by the delicious climate and chl
lands, or by the new chances of business, and would
.„
up town and country. All these reasonable expectatil;
however, were doomed to disappointment. Cong,ressi„
its rich subsidies of land to the Pacific Railroads, 0194
them, in fact, to compete at ruinous rates with the racig
Mail steamers. The latter did not apparently
sufficient popular efforts to turn the new tide of freigoi
and travel, so that at present the great current both A.
commerce and of --passenger business passes.,overlso4'
Undoubtedly in a year or two more this will
‘all chilal;a
as California itself recovers ; but at present, the I°o3B
route has won the race in competition with,hthe sea. But 03
effects on California itself are the most singular. So farfroit
the State prospering under the new order of things, io
has not been for years in a worse condition.. Businetg.
San Francisco is flat ; town lots ,are, dow ;it trade is too
gush, and a multitude of unemployed labourers have 1-;iibe
besieging the city' authorities. foi heipand7work. the
explanation seems,totbe that the, railroad bringstwho,b,.,.ol
economists call " the distributing clasgini , the Cer",,a
West in competition with that of 'the Pacific coast, o'oo
the wastefulness and extravagance of the latfer,hoYetio
chance against th&'econo my of the former. That is,
exchangers, retailers, an d wholesale dealers of Chicap,,en
supply inner California-''and Nevada with goods Ito
cheaper than the San F ranciscans can-do it, and juin)
beaten them out of the field. Thisvaleaves tradedw e
the city, and everpthing suffers in consequence. Prodlij
too, from the interior near the railroad, goes eastll-„0
instead of to the ca pital. Too many labourers Iv!,
crowded the city, and wages have not yet adjusted tlietiTy
selves. The whole State is in a condition of hea'bol
transition. When it is over, she will resume more
her old prosperity.—. New York Times.

Several diplomatic changes are intimated as ro'
bable. Prince de la Tour d'Auvergne, who is gett to
better, is again designated as the probable Ministfte'
Vienna in the place of the Duke de Grammont. be
again reported, too, that M. Prevost-Paradol virw
appointed Minister at Washington. M. de Barth6le.,;ce
will probably be appointed Minister at Brussels,
Viscount de la Gu6ronniere, who goes to Madrid.
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BIRTHS.
Noel
On the 31st ult., at Cheltenham, the wife of Lieut.-0
C. Brown Constnble, of a daughter. be°
On the Ist inst., at Park-road, Dalston, Mrs. G.
of a daughter.

MARRIAGES. 00°1
On the 3"st ult., at the University Church, Stephen'---on
Dublin, Thadeus E. Ryan, Car ain R.A., eldest -c"ir, l°
the late John Ryan, Esq., Scarteen, county Lip' power'
Gwendoline Agnes, second daughter of Sir James
Bart., Edermine, co. Wexford. it?
vise e
On the Ist hitt., at St. Paul's, Covent-garden, rr• Fa
of
of 62, Chandos-street
toAnna Maria, datightdroo6
bite T. L. Henderson,and niece of W. M. Mead "
Leyton.

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