The Sun.
London, England, 1851-09-08 00:00:00

COWES, ISLE OF WIGHT.

(FROM OUR OWN CORRESPONDENT.)
CHALLENGE TO ALL THE YACHT CLUBS

OF THE UNITED KINGDOM.

It is not perhaps generally known that the cele-
brated American yacht " America," was not the' pro.
perty of one individual, in fact was not a gentleman's
yacht—but was built by the members of the New
York Yacht Club expressly to sail against the yachts
of the English yacht clubs, to beat them and to be
sold. She challenged them all and beat all that dared
show to her—carried off the Royal Yacht Squadron
Cup, and was then sold for a good round sutn,
5,0001.!! ! The builders have returned to America
to be ready to act over the same scene again next sea-
son. Will our yacht clubs be any better prepared
next year ?
THE ROYAL YACHT SQUADRON.

A proposal has been made to the members of the
Royal Yacht Squadron to act as the New York Club
did, and to try to get a:yacht or yachts built to be
equal in sailing qualities to any the Americans can
send, but it has not yet been taken up with so much
spirit as might have been expected. One gentleman
has certainly come forward handsomely. C. M. Talbot,
Esq., M.P., though he has as fine a yacht as any one
can wish for ; she has every possible accommolistion
and comfort in her, a good sea boat and a floating
mansion (the Capricorn schooner of 313 tons), be h
offered to be 1,0001. towards the expense of building
a yacht to be constructed entirely for swiftness, if two'
other gentlemen will put down 1,0001. each--3,0001.
being fully sufficient for the purpose. This is a good
beginning, and we have much pleasure in publishing
it, hoping that our yachtsmen will be up and doing•
before next season, and put the abilities of our.ship-
builders and sailmakers to the test.

COURT CIRCULAR.
BALMORAL, FRIDAY, SEPT. 5.
Her Majesty visited her Royal Highness the
Duchess of Kent yesterday at Abergeldie.
His Royal Highness Prince Albert went out deer-
stalking.
The Princess Royal and Princess Alice went to
Abergeldie to visit the Duchess of Kent in the.
afternoon.
Lord John Russell left Balmoral yesterday for the
south.

SATURDAY.
Her Majesty drove yesterday in the open carriage
and walked, attended by the Hon. Miss Byng.
His Royal Highness Prince Albert went out deer-
stalking.
The Baroness Speth had the honour of dining with
her Majesty yesterday.
The Countess of Desert left Balmoral yesterday,
and will be succeeded by the Marchioness of Douro,
as Lady in waiting to her Majesty.

The Earl and Countess of Eglinton are entertaining
a succession of visitors at Eglinton Castle, Ardrossan, where
they have arrived from his Lordship's marina villa, the rs-
vilion, Ayrshire. The Castle is reported to be full of conr—
pany during the races.
EXTENSIVE ROBBERY or POSTAGE STAMPS.--A
few months ago, during some alterations in the Liverpool
Post-office, large parcels of postage stamps, amounting in
value to between 4001. and 5001., were mysteriously ab-
stracted, and all efforts of the police to trace the perpetrators
were ineffectual. On Saturday, however, Ann Collins, an
elderly female, hitherto moving in a respectable sphere of
life, was brought up before the magistrates at Liverpool
Police-court, charged with having sold large quantities of
Postage stamps, without being able to account satisfactorily
for their possession, and also with intent to defraud the in-
land revenue. The superintendent of the detective fwes
intimated to the magistrates that although there was nso
doubt these stamps were part of those stolen from the Post
office, there was no clue at present to connect Mrs. Collins
with that transaction, and the charge would at present be
confined toselling stamps without a licence. The prisoner,
in defence,said she received the stampsonfreommohnetrhso,anat
Cal-
cutta; and the magistrates, after remarking that Calcutta
was a very unlikely place to receive stamps from, convicted
her in the mitigated penalty of 5/. or
imprison-
ment.

THE PALLING-IN OF THE OLD SEWER NEAR WEST.
MINSTXR-BRIDGE.—The very dangerous appearance of the
carriage-way near the foot of Westminster-bridge, on the
Surrey side, occasioned by the sudden breaking-in of an old
sewer a few weeks since, has at length been ahanged for
one of perfect security. The whole of the loose soil has
been withdrawn, and the entire aperture filled in with good
hard rubbish and concrete—the course of the drain has been
diverted, so as to form a junction with the recently con-
structed sewer which intersects the Westminster-road from
Stangate.street across to Pedlar's Acre. On Saturda?;:t
the work having beers made good, the hoarding Ivo rteLne Iva
and the stream of vehicles in that crowded thorougll:mr w the
thus enabled to proceed with the same facility ee Pr
accident.
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