The Sun.
London, England, 1856-08-11 00:00:00

CO WES, ISLE OP WIGET.-Aug.

(FROM OUR OWN CORRESPONDENT.)
ROYAL YACHT SQUADRON REGATTA.
MATCH FOR THE QUEEN'S CUP.
The old days of yachting seem to have returned to lie.
The yachts are again well matched, and nothing could
exceed the excitement of this day, nor could a finer
breeze have been wished for. The following vessels
were entered
Yachts. Tons. • 0 wnere.
Ceci1e.......
......... s Conynghan3.
Marqui
L0tu5............... 188
......... Earl Vane.
Urania ........... 140
Gloriana ......... Sir A. Bannerman.
Lalla Rookh 126 ... 134
..... Joseph Gee, Esq. ,
Viking
...... Col. Stirling.
Columbine
......... Capt. Smith Barry.
But the Gloriana, Lalla Rookh, Viking, and Urania only
started. The Viking's qualities had not been tried, and
though she had many admirers the Gloriana was decid-
edly the favourite. On the starting gun being fired the,
Lalla Rookh (which bad the southernmost station) rounds,/
off before the wind, and went away to the eastward
before a fresh S.W. breeze. The Gloriana crowded van
closely after her, followed by the Viking. The Urania
took the thing very quietly, got her sails up leisurely,
and followed the other three at a respectful distance ;
indeed appeared only to be entered to make one in mum.
her, or perhaps for the chance of half a gale of wind,
when she might have proved an awkward customer,
particularly as the Gloriana, calculating on light winds,
had landed four tons of her ballast. The struggle was
between the Gloriana and the Lalla Rookh, the) former
having passed the latter off Ryde, kept it for the :remain-
der of the race of fifty miles, and eventually beating by
little more than one minute in the day's sail I
The match for 200' sovereigns a side, between Lord
Conyngham's yacht Cecile, of 198 tons, and Lord Vane's
Lotus, of 188 tons, is also to come off tcemorrow. Two
finer yachts no club can boast of ; and, as tyaey are well
,natched for size, we Dope that they may be favoured
Nith a spanking breeze to try their sailing qualities.
THE CHALLENGE Cur.—The committee report favour-
ably of the progress they are making, and we find that
lit is creating considerable interest arnone;st yachtsmen,
MA.TCII FOR 100 SOVEREIGNS.-The following Engliele
and foreign yachts have been entered to sail to-morrow
(Monday) :
Lulworth 9O tons—Joseph Wild, Esq.
Arrow ll7 „ ...T. Chamberlayne, Es.
Glance
...T. Bartlett, Esq. q
Mosquito 69 „ ...A. J. Young, Esq.
ildfire
...J. T. Turner, Esq.
Cyclone
Whirlwind BB „ ...F. Tynne, Esq.
Aureraßorealis(Swe-
dish) . 286 „ ...David Carnegie, Esq.
Vesta
...F. Marshall, Esq.
Amazon
..,T. Groves, Esq.
Extravaganza 57 „ ...Sir Percy Shelley.
The Town Amusements commence at one o'clock, awa
several "American sailing boats" have been entered %o
sal. There are prizes for yachts' gigs and watermenes
boats with four oars and two oars, duck hunts, dings'
races, shipwright apprentices' boats, boats with ruddelea
and beats without rudders, washing tubs, and evfiry
other machine that will swim will be made to go ahead
on this occasion.

AUG. 10.
Her Majesty embarked from Osborne, on board the
Victoria and Albert, this afternoon, and at a quarter
before five o'clock she steamed away to the 'westward,
the Fairy and nine Government steam-ships leading, for
the Channel Islands and Plymouth. It is very naughty
of the Royal party sailing on a Sunday, but we suppose
it was their only leisure day.