The Sun.
London, England, 1851-08-15 00:00:00

THE ROYAL VICTORIA YACHT CLUB

REGATTA.

RYDE, THURSDAY EVENING.—The attendance of
fashiunables ou the pier this clay was by no Meand so
numerous as on Wednesday, partly caused by the heavy
showers of rain that have lalln at intervals during the.
day, and,partly in consequence of the only matter in
teierence to the Victoria Yacht Club being the annual
dinner at the club house. Several fresh yachts, however,
arrived during the day, who will contend for :he prizes
to-morrow.

At the closing•of the report on Wednesday evening
only some slight facts were given as to the progress of
the race for the prize of 1001. for achts of ell nations,
in cons quenco of the lateness of the hour at which they
were started and the excessive length of the course, being
completely round the Isle of Wight, which deficiency
will now be supplied, and to give as connected a detail
as possible it may be necessary to recapitulate the
movements of the vessels from the starting point im-
mediately opposite to the pier. • At the time of starting,
et forty minutes after two, it was nearly a dead calm,
with light airs from the eastward, and but little progress
was made by any of the yachts for nearly half an hour,
when the wind " flying" round to the west, and the Arrow
being at the rime the weathermost vessel. she took the
lead, but with a very trifling advance,' followed closely
by the Cygnet, who took close on her quarters the Bac-
chante. After her at some distance came the Icelia, and
in close company the Secret, Alarm, and Brilliant. The
latter yacht schooner, being 393 tons, in the absence of
sufficient wind to tighten her large mainsail, fell into
the rear, the lighter cutters not experiencing the same
difficulry in maintaining their relative positions. They
continued in this order, with a difference of a slight na-
ture elf Lymington, when the Cygnet shifting her jib,
tho Alarm weathered her off this point by about oee
board._ The advantage was but of temporary duration,
ror soon after the Alarm slightly touched the ground and
split her jib; but this latter accident was speedily reme-
died, and it can hardly be considered to have altered her
chances in the match. The Cygnet soon after recovered
her place, and in workirg through the Needles, took
the advance of the Arrow, rounding it first in the fol-
lowing order:—

Cygnet
Arruw
B ice h an to

b. m. s.
... 7 45 0
... 7 43 0
... 8 12 0

Shortly t.fter the two leading vessels bad passed Ly-
mington. the .I.aota cutter, 75, Twyscien flodgcs,
gut egroun4, and so much time being lost through this
oireucnstaueue, she here gave up the contest acid pro
cetded no further. This was much to be regretted, as
,0 test of tier sailing could then be obtained.
The remuinin'g vessels did not arrive at the Needles
until nearly halt an hour after the three above named.
and in cons, quence of a thick fog coming on, it was im-
possible to ascertain how they arrived. The Cygnet and
trrow having now got round to the back of the iskno,
wall a fair course before them, a must interesting con-
eat ensued b.tween them as to who abould claim the
onz,, as the pretensions of all the others were now corn
piece'', out of the question, and nothing could exceed
he beauty of their sailing qualities. so nearly balanced
were their respective merits. They kept their position
ogether until arriving off 'Ventnor, it blowing a fine
:feah breeze from the west at the time, when the Arrow
vegan slightly to advance, and this without any demerit
,;o the Cygnet when it is considered that the Arrow is
84 tons, and the Cygnet but 35. The Arrow now hoisted
.n immense amount of 'canvas, and by this mellis she
was enabled to overpower her smaller rival, arriving at
he ITab,Light as follows:

h. m. 8.
Arrow ... ... ... reit 0 0

C 3 gnet ,11 5 0
The 3 achts then took the wind at nortn-west, and
bating itbwards from the Nab Light to Ride, the Cyg
.et again pruved her excellent sailing qualities by reco-
,ring two minutes and a half upon the Arrow, which
,muunt of time was gained in the short distance between
he Nab and ley deg, the Arrow reaching the starting
potta, at the pier little more than twu minutes in advance.
rhe time officially declared was—

h. m. s.
Arrow ... ... 12 13 0
Cygnet......... 12 15 15
At the time the gun from the committee's yacht was
tired there was scarcely any person to witness their arri-
val, and the pier that bad been only an hour or two be-
q:ire crowded with beauty and fashion, who bad remained
until a late hour to witness the display of firewollts, was
now all but deserted.

On the —startingof the yachts the Wildfire, not en-
ered. took a weather station of the yachts in the match,
fur the purpose of terving her qualities, which place she
kept until nearly off Hurst Castle, when the wind fresh-
,,ned, and she was soou left in the rear.
the celebrated American yacht America, J. R. Ste-
phens, Esq, joined the squadron in the Cowes roads, in
eompahy with the Pearl, belonging to the Marquis of
Anglesey, having only her staysail and foresail sit, and
continued with the c, ntending vessels up the West
Channel, and again gave proof of her good qualities and
excellent trim, and there can be no doubt that she will
be a tormidable rival to any yacht who will take up
her challenge and contend against her. So sanguine
are her owners of her superior prowess that they
are ready, we understand, to back her to almost any

amount.
The club dinner is to be held this evening at the club-
house, and is expected to be very numerously s'tended,
and the performances at the theatre were wider the pa-
tronage of George Holland Ackers Esq., the cwino•
done of the Royal Victoria Yacht Club, 'mes Chum-
oerlayne, Etq., vice-commodore, and the members of the
club. _ _

At a late period in the day a novel species of amuse-
ment was provided for the visitors. A pig was fastened
up in a barrel, which was lashed at the end of a pole, pro-
j- cling from the pier into tne sea, the surtsce of the pole
being thickly greased, and whoever could walk along
the top and liberate the pig was entitlei to receive
the same. Innumerable attempts were made to reach
the required spot, the con,equence in euch case being a
good quilting. After a great number of trials, a boy
named Shirley was fortunate in reaching the spot, and
lei out the pig into the water amidst roars of laughter.
It was soon recovered, and he walked off ,n t6ttinph with
his prize.
I tie sports for to-morrow will be a 501. rem) for fore
and aft schooners, the property of members of the Royal
Victoria Yacht Club, the course on this occasion being
varied,
pasing round the red buoys off the Brlmb'es.
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round Calshot light vessel, thence to the eastward of the
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Another 501. race will also take niece for cutters, the
property of members of the Royal Victoria Yacht Club,
above 75 tons to 105 tons, old measurement, inclusive.
There will also ba several minor priz,s for galleys and
other boats, and some excellent sport is anticipated.
present on the occasion. The
regatta ball will take place in the evening, and from the
number of tickets already disposed of, it is believed that
A el large t
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will
beo distinguished personages, it is
fully
it will be of a most brilliant description.

SOUTH-EA%TkIiN RAILWAY.-1 he number of pas•
sengera conveyed on this line to and from the Loudon• bridge
terminus on Tuesday was 16,524—namely. 8,138 to London,
and 8,386 from London. On Wednesday, 15,712 passen,ers
were conveyed—namely, 7,010 to London, and 8,202 from
Imadon.