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gr&s. 96 tons, and manned by
run in to take on board 250 slaves the same to
her slave captain and superenrgo'were on
vas fitted with slave decks, slave irons, ae lees, and
.ad 150 bags of rice, &c. She was taken to Sierra Lone
in convoy of the Penguin. In order to escape, they
tshaewebdoaatlsl, theircrew sbepedaumllsanldikeuptrigigehrst,s
andne erarwlyte hrough, but
determined
to have their prize. The Penguin was to leave Sierra
Leone on the 12th of April for the river Sherbro, but she
was to return again on the 28th to take the mail from
England to the Commodore.
DOCKYARDS.—TnE FOREMEN'S GRATUITY.—The
Admiralty have awarded Mr. Monday, of Woolwich
Dockyard, and Mr. James Creed, of Devonport Dock-
yard, foremen of shipwrights the annual 501. gratuity
for their zeal, activity, and ability in the public service
during the past year. This gratuity, we may remark,
creates more heart-burning throughout the dockyard
than any other obnoxious and invidious regulation; and
the sooner it is abolished and the money absorbed in the
salary of the senior foremen of each establishment, the
Ripon,
ip
on,
better.—United Service Gazette. We are sorry to add ,
that Mr. Creed died on Friday last at his residence.
Devonport, after a very short illness.
MALTA, MAY 2.—The two freight ships Edward
and Athenian have both arrived, the former on trio 28th
ult., after a passage of 21 days; the other this morning.
These vessels had on board the 3d Buffs, to relieve the
44th. Yesterday the Ist detachment embarked, and
yth sail
nit.,on
during the day the Edward will sail for Gibraltar. The
bead-quarters
wiwiltlhemeubtewrkareanlMedoinadmaaneilw, earrheivaedr, ahnedrperoon-
thhae,
idhagy
steamed
tOel
al following.
g.
The
11 and 12 knots all the
pro-
bably
30th
way out. She left for Alexandria the same night.
On Friday last a boat accident took place, fortunately
not of any serious importance, since of the crew, under
the command of Lieutenant Dunbar, of the Ganges, no
lives were lost, all having been saved by a pilot boat. ,
PORTSMOUTH, MAY 11.--The Hecate steam-sloop,
Commands!' G. s.;. Hand, arrived yesterday from Shield,
where she has been stationed during the strike of the
seamen in the north. She will refit for other service.
THE CAPE OF GOOD HOPE SQUADRON.
Her Majesty's ship Castor, Commodore Wyvill, re-
turned to the Cape of Good Hope after an absence of
12 months, 10 of which shehas been cruising on the east
coast of Africa, but, unfortunately, had made no captures
of consequence, though the Commodore has most une .
doabtodly stopped the slave trade.
The Dart reached Simon's Bay on the 29th °Match
having been centinually on the:toast- from the tith-nt
June last. She had bern unsuccessful, although eiiir.
near to a slaver.
The Herald, Captain Kellett, arrived on the 6th of
March, end sailed again for England on the .26th;
all well.
The °reales. and Pantaloon were still in the Mezim-
bique channel.
The Dart will return again in ten days to the Mozam-
bique.
Captain Drew, the new naval storekeeper, bad re-
lieved Mr. Breaks, who will return home by an
Indianian.
'rhe Hermes and Dee are constantly running between
Cope Town and East London with troops, horses, and
stores, for service against Kafirs.
APPOINT3IENT.
WOOLWICH, 'MAY 10.—Commander Horatio Blair
(1841) to the Coast Guard.
Tao Antelope, 3, iron paddle wheel steam packet, ar-
rived at Woolwich on Friday afternoon from the Me-
diterranean station, and is to be paid off at this port in
the latter part of next week, having been in commission
since the 27th of July, 1847. Immediately after her
arrival she went down the river again to enable Mr.
Trickett, assistant to the chief engineer, to report the
state of her engines. The vessel and crew were in-
greeted to-day by Commodore Henry Eden, and
she now remains under the sheers preparatory to being
di muntled and paid off.
The Brisk, 14, screw steam-sloop, building at Wool-
wich, has had her ways laid down preparatory to her
being launched in the course of the latter part of the pre-
sent month. The day day is not yet fixed, but it is ex-
Feaedit will be on the 28th or 30th inst.
Tee Feizi Saari, Turkish war-steamer, was taken
under the sheers at the west end of the yard, and bad
her intermediate shaft taken out, and it has been
conveyed to Messrs. Maudalay, Son, and Field, the
makers of the engines, to have the crank of the shaft
repaired.

[PRICE SD.

thought '
generally
Yfspeaking too little attention was
paid that body.—(Hear.) He thought
i
reports of that body, and the mea-
sures
founded upon those reports, that
fthetoy
w htl thatihocoe
which
exertionse
hadd
g e t
o b theeere o
it would bs found that they had done a great deal of
good, if they had not done all that it was expected • they
should do.—(Hear.) There could be no doubt that those
who had embarked in this cause of social improvement
had, up to The present time, done so with the view of
benefiting the majority of the people. The Noble Lord
continued at some length to enforce the necessity of
improvement with regard to the religious and moral%
condition of a large portion of the people, as the only
means of giving a tone to the character of the other por-
tion of the public—stating that it could be hardly esti-
mated how close the political and social condition of the
people were conjoined together. He believed that a
groat deal had been done by that association to improve
the condition and habits of the people, and he therefore
had great pleasure in proposing " A long life and effi-
ciency to the Sanitary Association."—(Cheers.)
Mr. MONCHTON MILNES proposed " The health of
their Noble Chairman."

ROYAL LONDON YACHT CLUB.
The first match this season of the Royal London
Yacht Club came off on Saturday last, the course being,
as usual, from Blackwell Reach, round a flag-boat
moored off Gravesend, and back to the starting point.
The contest was for the Challenge Cup, presented to the
club by Mr. J. T. Hewes, which was won last year by
the Frolic, belonging to Mr. A. Cox. It was a time
match; yachts exceeding ten tons allowing a minute to
all not exceeding that tonnage, and half a minute to
those exceeding it; yachts under ten tons allowing half
a minute to those of lesser tonnage.
The morning was beautifully fine, and the temperature
genial, so that it would have been surprising indeed if
there had not been a large muster of the members of the
club and their friends (amongst whom were a large
number of ladies) to witness the match. The party ac-
companied the yachts in the Meteor steam-boat, on
board which every arrangement (including the engage-
ment of the Royal Artillery band) had been made for
their comfort, convenience, and enjoyment. Several
yachts belonging to members of the club, including the
commodore's yacht Avalon, were cruising about the
river, their graceful forms, light and fragile rigging, and
spotless canvass, flitting to and fro in the bright sun-
shine, and bending gracefully to the fresh breeze, con-
trasting strongly with the heavier and more sombre-
looking vessels of our warlike or mercantile marine, and
certainly, as we thought, harmonising much better, in
this " merry month of May," with the picturesque
scenery with which either bank of the Thames abounds.
Seven yachts had been entered for the match, but only
six came to " the starting post," a point in Blackwell-
reach, a few hundred yards above the railway pier.
They took their places in the following order, beginning
from the Blackwell side of the river:—
Traveller lO tons Mr. G. H. Jackson, owner

Whisper l9 „ Mr. Thos. Eveleigh „
Mazeppa l2 „ Mr. Chas. Bromley ~
Phantom 2l „ Mr. Samuel Lane „
Frolic .......
Mows l5 „ Mr. G. E. Brown 19
The start, which took place about twenty minutes past
eleventie g
atmoy'cltioroskt., wsa
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first position, as the Frolic led round the point, pretty
closely followed by the Phantom and Whisper. As the
wind at starting was a few points to the east of north
(blowing freshly), the qualities of the boats for beating
to windward, rather than for " going free," were dis-
played in the early part of the match. Of course these
are the circumstances under which the seamanship of
the crews would be most tested. Aa far as we could
judge, and we believe also in the opinion of others better
fitted than we are to judge of matters nautical, they
one and all acquitted themselves in a most creditable
manner. During this part of the match the Phantom
(which soon passed the Frolic) had considerably the
advantage. Off North Woolwich, however, the Pea.k
halyards of the Phantom gave way, and the tinieerlorostoirne
refitting of course threw her far into the rear n
kept the lead until the veering t
of hh d the char-
alteration in the course of the rive!, c a g
immediate rivals. The Frolic then b
ecame no df fi
andsl' and
eecotnimdesplace. The fol-
-ng," she wh
" running " rather than " beating,
passing her in Gal-
upon hor rival, and suc9ed dn
Increasing
y her lead from
lion's-reach, and in
c""naatiOn of the match. As soon
that point until trnamt
refitted she began to draw very
as the Phantom bas re e
Frolic, so that before the yachts reached
fast upon the
pretty clear that she would, even
actor of the contest. As soon as it becamle
.aismpearttdarreowf
Gravesend it became p .
anndtheths at which the
lowointgs
h came up to the flag-boat :
y 4
after her
rr scisisathsteere,rodbertal

h. m. s.
Whisper ... ... ... 1 55 45
Frolic ..• ••• ••• •• • 2 430
Phantom ... ... ... 2 722
Mazeppa ... ... •.. 2 10 30
The Frolic rounded the boat in much the best style;
neither the Whisper nor Frolic lay suffieiently to wind-
ward,
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of
id
the
theh
e T
matchmh eo
uca oe n
bytes heysa tvi
carryingnwga s
b ne
uw
awayu
Be o n fif 0
.herrnt eu d.
ward, and therefore had to make a short tack before
-reach, and the Traveller having given
uttumohapt
tett:sehtiooycnis anetufihfHl
nord
odua
wilr
nf get
nwgy
ayit hopeless to struggle with her swifter
rivals. The breeze having fallen off considerably, the
vessels, after rounding the boat, crowed on every possible
sail, for the long free run before them. The Phantom
now rapidly gained upon the Frolic, which she P ed
lead of
about Purfleet, though she did not diminish
.th:be
psi-
tbe Whisper. No other change took p
- lace•ivnee present
tions of the yachts, nor did the run up e
falling off of the
match was in fact much lessened by the e
tb latter part of
wind, and several showers of rain i
from the pleatere of
the afternoon somewhat detracted fro
any features calling for remark. The inter
trip. . r and ;be timer at which
The following were the or
• ning post :"
the vessels came up to the "wn3 h. m. s.
.•• ... 4 54 10
Whisper... •••
...
••• 5 7 20
Phantom •••
... ••• 5 9 30
Frolic ... "'
... ... ... 5 18 30
Mazeppae...Frolie came in third, she was placed
Although th
as will be seen by the terms of the
nrtlerest of the
second, heeerwe's have given above, she was entitled to
match,
allowancewh from the Phantom on account of
a greeter ,_difference in their times of coming in.
size, than the
edh
Immediately after the termination of the race, Mr. J.
commodoreof the club, in a complimentary
b presente t
seerp to Mr. Thomas ve eig ,
°Peec ' ' h Wh-
et t e p, in whose possession it will of
owner
arse remain durieg the the ensuing year; .
ter-
mination of which another contest will decide whet:into
shall become his property or pass for the next Yea
;he hands of some more fortunate rival._ E 1 • b the
Goodson,

earn?
poverty of complainants, where
MAGISTRATES' CLunKs.—The notion of placing
magistrates' clerks upon salary is another of the unsound
" fits and fancies" of the day. " The labourer is worthy of
his hire," and why, therefore, in the name of common sense
remuneration.
and, of justice, are magistrates' clerks to be deprived of a
surrender a portion
portion of what, by their talents and industry, they
In many instances they get but a trifle of the fee due to
them (in consequence of the
a defendent goes to gaol), and in many other instances they
aseTinndcoglerks, it would be a
that fund it would
If some magistrates have a desire to
getivofa
nh avail nyi o,f
little,
theirtfheee fees
jwsauarhlsteliitsc
ehttth,e.hyei
ne ltdao;blitedna
u. a
llotsyta
county"
ittteheodoitr
the
act upon such a plan, the public, no, even, the public, willd
not thank them for it; Were it their own case, what woul
they say then ?--Frem a Correspondent.