The Sun.
London, England, 1851-07-31 00:00:00

THURSDAY EVENING,

I Reindeer m. .
...
Royal Victoria
... ••• ... h. 3
37 30
1 Queen Victoria ... ..• ... 337 50
A prize of Ten Sovereigns, fir latteen boats, belonging
to Ncrfolk and Suffolk ports.
The following vessels, which appeared to be excel-
lently assorted, started for this prize at lh. Eini. 203. :
Maria, 24 :eat, Sir J. Preston, Bart.—White, with red
cross.
Widgeon, 16 feet, 11. Green, Esq.—Blue and white.
Kathleen, 19 feet, Lound, Esq.—Blue, white, and red.
Zephyr, 19 feet, H. Dowson, Esq.—Blue and white.
Osprey, 20 feet, E. Meatman, Esq.—Red.
On starting, the Zephyr took the lead, but it was
but of temporary duration, for the Maria soon dis-
tanced her, which place she kept, and on the first
round passed the buoy in gallant style, at least, half-
a-mile ahead of the Widgeon, that had now taken the
second place, which was followed at a very respectful
distance by the Kathleen and Zephyr, which p,sitions
were unchanged during the second round, the vessels
coming in as follow :

Maria h. m. s.
Zephyr ... 2 7 4
... 2 16 30
Widgeon „.2 14 20
Kathleen ... 220 16
The Osprey gave up on the second round.
On arriving off the pier head the winner was received
with enthusiastic cheering.
The great match of the day was for a purse of twenty
sovereigns, to be sailed fur by yachts not exceeding
fifty tons. Three to start, or no race. Half a minute
per ton allowed for difference of tonnage. The follow-
ing yachts were entered, and started at 1.30:
Fanny, 20 tons, W. Clay, Esq.—Red.
Waveney, 15 tons, R. N. Bacon, Esq.—Blue.
Little Eastern, 10 tons, Captain Andrews—White.
Iris, 10 tons, R. A. Reeve, Esq.—White with blue
square.
Pearl, 12 tons, Sir W. B. Proctor, Bart.—White with
red cross.
Red Rover, 14 tons, Thomas Palmer, Esq.—Red, white,
and red.
Kestrel, 10 tons, Charles Crawshay, Esq.—Red cross,
white ground.
Salute, 10 tons, T. Cardinal, Esq.—Nag's head.
The Tan tivy was entered for this race, but did not ap-
pear at the starting buoys. The yachts had a gay ap-
pearance on taking their places, and on the signal gun
being fired the Pearl was the first to get underweigh,
followed by the Red Rover, and at some distance from
them by the rest. The Waveney, being unable to
weather the pier, nearly got across the moorings, los
considerable time before she could join in the costes
The yachts came in in the first round as follows:
b. tn. s.
... 3 36 0
... 3 45 25
... 3 51 4
.. 3 54 25
... 4 5 45
4 11 7
... 4 19 35

Pearl
Kestrel
Red Rover .
Iris ...
Salute
Waveney
Fanny
The second round was as follows:

Pearl ...
Kestrel ...
Red Rover ...

~. 5 23 34
... 5 28 0
... 0 0 0

A match took place between the following ships' boats
for prizes; the successful boats being—
Fruiterer 1
Sidney Packet
John and Sarah ... 3
These prizes were well contested, and afforded great
amusement.

The match for a purse of fifty sovereigns for yachts
not exceeding 50 tons, half-a-minute time, did not fill.
There were also rowing matches for 6-oared beach
gigs, and a match for sailing punts for a prize of 101.
The vessels in the harbour and the pier were enlivened
during the day by several bands, who performed some
very choice music at intervals.
The sports were brought to a close soon after six
o'clock in the evening; and if numbers of persons col-
lected to witness them, and hearty cheering that greeted
the several winners can be taken as a criterion, the
amusements gave general satisfaction, and the caterers
for the " creature comforts" in Lowestoft must have
reaped an abundant harvest.
The Regatta dinner took place in the evening at the
Royal Hotel, on the Esplanade, at which about 150 gen-
tlemen sat down. The chair was taken by S. M. Peto,
Esq , M.P., supported by Lord A. Paget, Sir Edward
Lake, Captain Gooch, D. Waddington, Esq., chairman
of the Eastern Counties Railway Company, and the
members of the Eastern Yacht Club. Several excellent
speeches were made, and the evening passed off with
satisfaction at the present success and future prospects
of the harbour of Lowestoft.

In the evening the front of the Royal Hotel was bril-
liantly illuminated with appropriate and complimentary
devices, and at night the inhabitants and numerous
visitors were gratified by a splendid display of fireworks
from the Esplanade, with which the amusements of the
most successful regatta ever witnessed at this place
was brought to a close.
It was computed that not less than 20,000 persons
were among the visitors from Norwich and Yarmouth
alone, to convey whom, every possible vehicle was
brought into requisition, in addition to the frequent
trains on the railway, varying from 36 to 40 carriages
each.