The Sun.
London, England, 1867-12-13 00:00:00

ROYAL LONDON YACHT CLUB.

The annual dinner of the above club took place yester-
day at Willis's Rooms, King-street, St. James's. The as-
semblage was, as usual, very large, and included many dis-
tinguished yachtsmen, and was presided over by Mr. A.
Areedeckne, the commodore.

After an excellent dinner the Chairman gave the usual
loyal asd patriotic toasts, which were succeeded by " The
Ropl London Yacht Club," "The Commodore," " Tho
other Yacht Clubs," " The Vice-Commodore," " The Rear
Commodore," "The Treasurer and other Officers," &c.
In giving "The Royal London Yacht Club," the COM-
moronE, in his usual happy vein, which is popularly ac-
knowledged, said the Club was established in 1838, and
had 6iPCJ that time steadily progressed. It had conferred
great advt.ntages upon yachting, and was likely to confer
more. Flom the usual small beginning, it now had a fleet
of yachts rnounting to about 1,000 tons; and while good
fellowship, good feeling, the happy union which had
hitherto distinguished it prevailed, there could be no doubt
that the club would still rise in importance and character.
(Loud cheers.)
Mr. EAGLE proposed " The Health of the Commodore,'
and dwelt upon his high qualifications for the office, which
were fully acknowledged by theapplause that greeted him
fie said it had been his good fortune to bo associated with
him for years, and every one in tho club knew how he had
exerted himself in its behalf ; his position, his worth, his
amiable qualities as a man and as a gentleman had endeared
him to them, and he was sure they would give the toast of
his health a hearty welcome. (Loud cheers.)
Mr. ARCEDECKNE briefly returned thanks. He said ho
had, nine or ton times, at their annual dinners, had a simi-
lar honour to the present—an honour which ho hoped
would be repeated for years to some. Ile assured them
that while he had the honour of heading them it would bo
his constant study to advance the interest of this great
body. (Much applause.)

The other toasts wore then given and duly responded to
especially that by Mr. CILAIMEWOOD of " The other Yacht
Clubs."

BENDIGO, THE EX-CHAMPION OP ENG-

LAND IN TROUBLE AGAIN.

On Thursday (yesterday) William, Thompson, alias
Bendigo, an ex-champion of England, was brought before
the borough magistrates at the Nottingham Police-court
charged with being drunk and disorderly early that
morning.

Police-constable Jennings said he was on duty in
Broad-street at two o'clock in the morr.ing, when he saw
the prisoner, who was ♦ory drunk. He was making a
great noise. He said, amongst other things, that he would
knock witness's head off. Upin this statement b •iag
made by witness in court prisoner exclaimed, "You are
telling a lie—are you a Fenian, telling such stories ?" and
added that he (prisoner) was- drunk at the time. Tho
witness and prisoner w re standing close together in
court, when Bondigo started a few stops away and ex-
claimed, "He's going to hit me, the blackguard--the's going
to hit me before the Court."

Tho ex-champion then began to square his fists amid
roars of laughter, and said ho was only singing a Christ-
mas carol at the time, being "on the spree;" and that ho
was quiet enough when let alone. He had paid 40s. when
last he was before the Bench, and they now ought to let
him off, as ho meant nobody any harm.
The prisoner, who appeared still the worse for liquor
was remanded.

THE CAPTAIN OF THE UNIVERSITY EIGIIT.—He
ought to be a refined diplomatist, to have a rapid and de-
cisive judgment, and the power of enforcing discipline.
He should have the courage to hold firmly his own opinion,
and the rarer courage to make c'l, ;es wh:•u it is neces-
sary. A captain requires as much skill in composing a
crew as a Minister in forming a Cabinet. It is not enough
that the mon separately should be good—and the break-
down of any one at a critical moment may ruin the whole
plan—but each must fit into its proper place. There aro
in finite difficulties in soothing small vanities and propitiat-
ing silly jealousies; as in the larger world, each man
chosen is apt to make one grumbler at his selection, and
half a dozen grumblers at their exclusion ; and the mere
task of keeping eight mon in good temper who aro all in a
feverish state of hard work and excitement, and who have
to take all their meals and pass most of their vacant hours
in each other's company, is itself enough to try an angel.
Bow is an unpopul ,r man, and ill-natured people main-
tain that he has boon put in out of favouritism ; Two takes
the captain aside every morning to reveal to him—not
without gloomy satisfaction—a sure symptom of some new
and fatal disease which h 3 has just detected in a vital
organ ; Three is a picture of health and strength, but is o
clumsy that no one knows whether ho can bo licked into
tolerable shape in time ; Four is a heavy good-tempered
giant, who serves the invaluable purpose of being a butt to
the rest of the crew at feeding times, but be is apt to lose
his head, and then he is about as dangerous in a boat as a
startled elephant in a caravan ; Five would be unimpeach-
able, but for the dark hints that he has a private score at 1;
some unknown publiehouse ; Six labours under a chronic
grievance, declaring with much loss of good temper to
all his fellows that Four does not take his share of the !
work ; Seven is really delicate, as Two professes to
be, and will conceal his ailments till it is too late to
find a substitute ; and if the captain does not himself
row, Stroke probably considers himself to be the one I
man in the University who understands the art of rowing,
and has to be coaxed and wheedled into a decent subordina-
tion ; the coxswain has been chos!n after long deliberation
on the ground that it is worth securing an ounce more
brains at the cost of a stone more flesh, and all the crew
are profoundly convinced that if they lose it will be owing
to that superfluous weight in the stern-sheets. Then there
are perplexities about the boat, about the details of the
work, about the examiners who will torture some members
of the crow, about the food supplied, and about a hundred
other matters which are a constant tax upon the unlucky
captain's fund of good humour. —St. Pours Magazine.

TALLEYRAND'S TABLE.—Prince Talley-rand had
in his household a culinary organisation of the most
complete kind that could bo secured by a division of labour
for there were heads of four department—rotisseur, saucier
patissier, as well as an qA:ier for the dessert. Ho ate but
once a day, to secure an appetite, and tasted every dish,
taking wino after it to prepare his palate for the next deli-
cacy. This establishment was kept up regardless of ex-
pense, and the fortunate guest knew that the greatest
triumphs of French cookery would be placed before him.--
Lift, of Thomas S. Duncombe.

Au audacious robbery of jewellery has just
taken place in the Rue RambuteAu. The
police, in going their rounds the night before last,
remarked that a shutter in a shop window had been
forced from its place and turned aside so as
to leave exposed one of the squares of glas3,
which NI as then fractured ; the thieves had thus
been aide to carry off all the articles in the imme-
diate vicinity, consisting of watches, chains, and rings.
The individuals by whom this act had been committed
had evidently cut their hands or arms with the broken
glass, asa velvet cloth in the window was stained with
blood. Several articles of jewellery were found on the
pavement before the shop, and twelve rings and
a pair of ear-drops were afterwards picked up in
the Rue du Temple close by, where they had been
dropped by the thieves. The value of the property
taken away amounts to about 35,000 fr.
M. Chilly, manager of the Odeon Theatre, has
written to the journals that the authorities have
prohibited the performance of Victor lingo's " Ruy
Blas."