The Sun.
London, England, 1867-01-21 00:00:00

OUR LAST TRIUMPH AT SEA.—The suncess-
ful termination of the great ocean. yacht race
is announced in our telegraphic columns this
morning, Jan. 1, and will be read with delight and
exultation by all those whose hearts are stirred
with the thoughts that Columbia rules the sea, in
peace as well as in war. It was no holiday pastime
this crossing the Atlantic in mid-winter, on board
these trim little vessels. Nor yet was it foolhardi-
ness, for we had the assurance of that long-experienced
and able Philadelphia yachtman, Captain R.
F. Loper, that these now triumphant yachts
were staunch as they were pretty, and per-
fectly safe and sea-worthy. On the part of the
yachtmen who made the adventurous trip it was a
manly defiance of the winds and the waves, at the
season of the year when they are most aggressive ;
an indubitable proof that real pluck and genuine
daring are an essential component of the American
character. Our English cousins received the brave
young sea sovereigns with American hospitality,
with cheering and firing salutes, tender of Govern-
ment dock-yards and congratulatory letters, and
dinners and banquets innumerable. Even the
Queen took such a deep interest in the enterprise of
the young American sea kings that she gave special
orders to be promptly apprized of the arrival of the
yachts. Of course the Henrietta won the race, carry-
ing off the snug little sum of $90,000 as a substantial
laurel of victory. We accept the good fortune of
the Henrietta as a matter of course, because she is
owned by an American journalist, who accompanied
his vessel on her long race. The national triumph
is, that we have proved to the world that the United
States can build and navigate sailing vessels that
can cross the Atlantic, at the worst time of the
year, in thirteen days and twenty-two hours. Our
own merchants and shipowners will profit from
this nautical lesson, and all will honour the staunch
yachts Henrietta, Fleetwing, and Vesta, their cap-
tains and able crews, and heartily congratulate
Captain J. G. Bennett on his well-earned victory
and handsome New Year's gift of $90,000.—Phila-
delphia
The New York correspondent of the Times says
that the American people are paying more attention
to what is going on in English politics than to the
urgency and pressure of their own affairs. The
lat Reform meetings have excited the deepest
interest. Long telegraphic messages through the
cable were despatched concerning them, and most
of the speeches have been printed in full. The
result has been that Americans are greatly shaken
in their belief that Reform was imperatively needed
in England. An enlargement of the suffrage may,
they seem to think, be desirable, but they also
believe that the masses of the working classes
neither desire nor are fit for the suffrage. " Our
principle is," said a gentleman not connected with
political life to the writer, " not that all men are
fit to vote, but that it is our duty to educate them
so that they may make a proper use of the privilege.
Evidently, these men of yours know nothing of the
duties or responsibilities of self-government. Our
people are trained, by their incessant control of
local governments
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We hear that Col. H. E. Gooch, formerlfoef it.
Coldstream Guards, and a Waterloo officer, died on Friday
at Melbourne Hall, Derbyshire. The late Col. Gooch
sorvvd in Holland in 1814, and commanded an advanced
party in protection of the ladders at the attack on Bergen-
op-Zoom. Ho was also present with the light companies
of the 2d brigade of Guards at the battle of Quatre Bras,
and assisted in the defence of Hougoumont at the battle
of Waterloo. Ho retired from tho army in November,
1832.