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Queen of England," and er toasts, hay
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jesty the
,i been duly honoured Colonel Hamilton made the
following statement :-
1 e Colonel Hamilton began by saying, that inasmuch
ES there had been some imputations of presumption
cast upon the enterprise of the America, as though
the New York Club had rushed unbidden into the
is contest, he thought it right to say that it was only in
acceptance of an invitation, and not as a volunteer,
that the America had gone to London, and he read in
proof the following correspondence :
"" ' 7, Grosvenor-square, London, Feb. 23, 1851.
• Sir,—Understanding from Sir H. Bulwer that
a few of the members of the New York Yacht Club
are building a schooner, which it is their intention to
bring over to England this summer, I have taken the
liberty of writing to you, in your capacity of com-
modore, to request you to convey to them, and any
friends that may accompany them on board the
yacht, an invitation, on the part of myself and the
members of the Royal Yacht Squadron, to become
visitors of the Club House at Cowes during their stay
in England.
" For myself, I may be permitted to say that I
shall have great pleasure in extending to your coun-
trymen any eivility that lies in my power, and shall
be very glad to avail myself of any improvements in
shipbuilding that the industry and skill of your na-
tion have enabled you to elaborate.
" I remain, Sir, your obedient servant,
" V.Tivrorr, Commodore of the R. Y. S.'
"`New York, March 26, 1851.
"My Lord,—l regret that accident prevented the
reception of your letter until after the packet of the
12th had sailed. I take the earliest opportunity
offered to convey to the gentlemen of the Royal
Yacht Club, and to yourself, the expression of our
warmest thanks for your invitation to visit the Club
House at Cowes. Some four or five friends and my-
self have a yacht on the stocks, which we hope
to
launch in the course of two or three weeks. Should
she answer the sanguine expectations of her builder,
aad fulfil the stipulations he has made, we propose to
avail ourselves of your friendly bidding, and take with
a good grace the sound thrashing we are likely to get
by venturing our long. shore craft on your rough
waters. I fear the 'energy and experience of your
persevering yachtsmen wf ittlohlemipreroetve an overmatch for
Shouldthe industry ysachn
schooner
skillne
failo
the aspiring
expectations competitors.of
her builder, not the least of our regrets will be to
have lost the opportunity of personally thanking the
gentlemen of the Royal Yacht Squadron and yourself
for your considerate kindness. With the hope that
we may have the pleasure of reciprocating a favour
so frankly bestowed, I remain your Lordship's most
obedient servant,
(Signed) " JOXIN C. STEVENS,
" Commodore of the New York Yacht Club.'
" There had previously been some talk of a race
with yachts of England, and .H. Brown, the
well.knownthe Wm
and skilful shipbuilder, had undertaken
to build a schooner that should outsell any vessel at
home or abroad, and he agreed to make the purchase
of her contingent upon her success. His offer was
accepted by the Yacht Club, and the America was
built, but she failed in repeated trials to beat Com-
modore Steven's yacht Maria, and, of, course, the
club were not bound to purchase. But the. liberality
of Mr. Brown's original offer was so great in assu-
ming all the risk, and the vessel, in fact, proved her-
self so fast, that several gentlemen, the Commodore
at the heads determined to buy her and send her out.
She was purchased accordingly and sent to Havre,
there to await the arrival of the members of the
club who were to sail her, they following in a
steamer. Being completed and made ready at
Havre, we sailed thence to Cowes.. Our arrival was
greeted with every hospitality and courtesy,
not only by the noblemen and gentlemen of the
Royal Yacht Club, but by the officers of Government.
Lord Palmerston sent down an order that the Ame-
rica should be admitted in all the English ports ois the
footing of English yachts—the Custom-houses were
all free to her—and the Admiral of the station at
Portsmouth offered every assistance and civility. The
Earl of Wilton and the veteran Marquis of Anglesea,
now eighty years of age, were among the first visitors
on board, and they and all the members and officere
of the Yacht Club, and numberless others, evinced in
every manner the kindest feelings, and showed us the
most delicate attention. As the America was an ob-
ject of great interest, the Admiral applied to our Com-
modore to know if there would be any ohjettion to
taking the line. The Commodore, with his instinc-
tive sense of right, replied that he 'considered the
lines and model of the America as the property of the
builder, and that he did not feel at liberty to per-
mit them to be copied. The Admiral instantly ac-
quiesced in this view, and gave an order that none
under his command should attempt to take the
lines of the America. When the time for the re-
gatta came, which was to take place on the most
dangerous course possible for a stranger, in the waters
of the isle of Wight—with their currents and eddies,
familiar only to those accustomed to tbe water—
great solicitude was naturally felt as to the pilot that
was to be employed. Warnings of all sorts from
various quarters reached us not to rely too much on
any pilot that might offer, and our Commodore was
naturally perplexed. But here again the Admiral,
with an intuitive perception of the difficulty—of
which no mention, nevertheless, was ever made to
him--told Commodore Stevens that he would furnish
him with a pilot, for whom he himself would be
answerable. The offer was as frankly accepted as it
was honourably made. The pilot came on board, and
never for a moment was there a suspicion on any
mind that he was not as thoroughly honest and re-
liable as any one of ourselves. Yet so strong was the
distrust among our countrymen outside that, even
after the pilot was in charge, the Commodore was
warned, by letter, not to trust too much to him, and
urged to take another pilot to overlook him. His own
loyal character would not entertain such a proposition.
He gave his confidence to the pilot the Admiral sent
him, and it was most completely justified. Bat
no one now can realize the anxieties of that contest,
for we knew the g; ound was most unfavourable for us.
When the yachts got off, while the wind was fresh
we went away easily; but twice the wind failed us,
and, with a strong bead tide, we were actually drift-
ing back, while lighter vessels, with a greater and
lo ttier spread of canvass, taking advantages of small
draught of water and eddies known to them, were
gradually overhauling us. But at last the wind
came, and with it victory, and we sailed away from
our competitors far and fast. The Queen, in her
steam yacht, was there to witness the race; and after
entering the Needles, so great was the anxiety of the
Sovereign to ascertain the state of the race that Lord
Paget was stationed off the point to make signal to
the royal steamer as to who was ahead. Then oc-
curred those questions and answers—' Who leads ?'
The America.' Who is second ?" No one.' The
return of our vessel, far in advance of all the squad-
ron, was greeted with as much warmth of acclama-
tion as though it had been in our own harbour; and
it is only fair to say that fair play and manly acknow-
ledgment of a fair beat were never more honourably
exhibited.—[Mr. Hamilton sat down amidst pro-
longed cheering]."

[PRICE SD.

MARINE SOCIETY.

Yesterday afternoon a general court of governors was
held at the premises of the society in Bishopsgate-
street, Capt. T. P. Clarke, R.N., presiding. The report of
the committee stated that on the Ist of July last there
were 108 boys on board the society's ship, and 118 had
I)en received during the quarter, giving a total of 226.
Of these 20 bad been sent into the Indian navy, 69 were
apprenticed to the merchant service, six were dis-
charged, and one was dead, leaving 120 still under the
society's care. During the quarter 22 boys were re-
warded with clothes for twelve months' satisfactory ser-
vice ; 17 young men received certificates and medals
for good conduct during their apprenticeships, and seven
girls and four boys were apprenticed from Hickea's
Charity Fund. Several gentlemen were elected life
governors on payment of the necessary subscription. The
committee noticed with an expression of regret the de•
cease of Mr. John Deacon, the trustee of the Marine
Society's funded property, and Mr. Edmund Pepys was
5
elected in his stead. The receipts for the
_m the
quarterro in-
cluded 1,1811. Bs. Bd. from donations; 2151. from
Widow's Fund ; 2481. 4s. 6d. from
981. 15s. from fisher dues, the total
fallen short of
ae
lresceived being
'a Fund and
1,8911. 12s. Bd. The expenditure
this amount by 2221. ls. Id., which remained as a ba-
lance. This report having been approved,_. other business
the court adjourned
followed, and