The Sun.
London, England, 1859-07-11 00:00:00

THE ARMISTICE.

In reply to Mr. DISRAELI, -- --
Lord J. RUSSELL said that the Government had re-
ceived official information relativelto the armistice, but no
thing in addition to what was contained in the lioniteur.
That armistice appeared merely for military purposes ; but
as it was to last for five weeks he hoped that during that
interim the helligerent Powers would be ready to receive
the suggestions from other Powers, or would be ready
themselves to propose some terms that would put an end to
the hostilities.

[LEFT SITTING.]

AQUATICS.
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ROYAL THAME§-YACHT CLUB.-THE
SCHOONER RACE.

The schooner race of this distinguished club his been
generally hailed as the . great feature of the aquatic season,
but the disparity of size in the yachts for the race last
Saturday detracted from the interest of the match, the mani-
fest superiority of the winner over the rest enabling it to
achieve an easy, victory. 'The ;course intended to be sailed
was as usual, from Gravesend.ound the Mouse_Light, and
back to Greenhithe, and the Eagle, which liad been char-
tered to accompany the race, was convenientli, filled with a
very 'fashionable assemblage, headed by the noble bommo-
dere of the club, the Right Hon. Lord Allred Paget, M.P.
The following were the boats entered :—.
Yachts. Tons. Clubs. Owners.
1. Alarm ; 248 R.Y.S Mr. Joseph Weld. '
2. Zouave ..... 105 R.T.C. .. . Mr. Richard Arabin.
3. Vestal .... 75 R T.Y.c Mr. F. Ord Marshall.
4. Destiny.... 120 R.S.Y.C.. • Lieut.-Colonel Grinies.
As there was no time allowance, the Alarm, the van-
quisher of the America, and of many other clippers was
the favourite at 2to 1. The Alarm had the best station,
being well over to the southward, off RosherVilla Pier, but
there was actually not a breath of wind to moire them. The
gun to prepare was fired at oh. 2 min. 30- sec., and the
starting gun at .0 h. 7 min. 30 see., when a. splendid sight
was presented to the admiring gaze of the- spectators on
board the steam boats and elsewhere. The Vestal was
liveliest, and had her mainsail up in 33 sec., the Destiny
being the second to set her after canvas. The Vestal was
first rigged, the Destiny second, and the Alazin last. -The
Vestal, after canting, drifted away with a slight -lead,.fol-
lcwed closely by the- Alarm, who presently fbrged ahead
off the Town,Pier, and with her thirty hands and crowd
of canvas she was something grand to look at: Zonave came
up, and went by the Vestal to windward, and in a few
more minutes pressed hard on to the Alarm. Off the
Terrace Pier a slight breeze sprung up east and. by south,
and the Vestal made the first board, the Zouave following
suit- immediately., This older was preserved to Coal
House Point, when the Zouave headed the fleet, with the
Alarm close up, Vestal a furlong astern; and Destiny no-
where already. For about a mile some skilful manoeuvring
went on between the two headmost craft, till in the middle
of the. Lower Hope the Alarm showed her Self not at all
behind what she has been. The Alarm tacked, as if to
make a board, Zouave close by, like a wise general
followed suit ; Alarm was immediately shaken up, in-
stead of being allowed to go about, and the Zouave
not having the opportunity of following up this feint,
the Alarm came but to windward well ahead.
The Vestal was now nearly a quarter of a mile -astern to
the Zouave, and right ahead were some splendid• vessels in
company, including the Coquette, Zoe, Halcyon, Colum-
bine, Mosquito, Amazon, Volante, Avalon, and Whisper.
A good breeze springing up from east south=east, the
Zouave had again approached the Alarm very closely, but
now the latter began to feel her old friend, a wholsome wind,
and sped along well under a mainsail, fore and aft foresail,
fore gaff-topsail, stay, sail, and jib. Vestal sticking to the
Zouave, but the Destiny being between three miles astern.
Thames Haven was passed at lh. 57m., Alarm half a mile
ahead, and increasing her lead the further she went. The
Vestal now ,made it appear tQ be a close thing between her
and the Zouave, and about a mile anti a lf down Sea
Reach she became second, going ahead well to leeward,
but at Hole Haven she again succumbed to' her larger op-
ponent. Off the Chapman the Destiny went-aground, and
it being found, between Leigh and Yantlet Creek, that the
tide had run out some time, a boat was dropped for the ves-
sels to round, which they did in the following order and
time :

Alarm.
Zouave
Vestal.

h. m. s.
3 41 55
4 21 45
4 25 0

Great excitement was caused at rounding as to which of
the last two would be first. The Zouave came up well to
round at 4 h. 15 min. 30 sec., but fell short, and had to
make a long board. The Vestal was coming down very
fast behind her, and passed, lookinm6 much more likely to do
the turn, but falling off near the boat than the Zouave had
done, she had to make a much longer board, and the
Zouave; as seen above, went round 3 min. 15 sec. in ad-
vance. The Vestal immediately sent up an enormous top-
sail, but failed to improve her position ; with every stitch
of canvas set the Alarm was going home at the rate of
six or seven knots an hour, and the vessels arrived at
Greenhithe as under :

Alarm ...
Zouave
Vestal

h. in. 8.
5 43 40
6 42 50
6 52 45

LOId ALFRED PAGET, in presenting Mr. Weld with the
cup (a very handsome silver-gilt one, valued at £lOO, ma-
nufactured by Garrard and Co., being a vase surmounted
with Neptune holding a trident, with serpent handles, and
ornamented with marine subjects), said that that day was
a very gratifying one to him, not only because Mr. iVeld
had afforded him and other members of the club the oppor-
tunity of seeing the magnificent vessel he had brought there
that day, but he had additional gratification in seeing an
old and much-loved friend of his (Lord Alfred's) late and
much-respected father. His father and Mr. Weld he might
call two original sailors of that day. Mr. Weld had out-
lived his father. They said the term of man's life was
threescore years and ten. Mr. Weld had passed fourscore
years, and was hale and hearty yet, and he (Lord Alfred)
only hoped he would come among them and sail again in
their matches.

Mr. WELD responded, signifying his intention of be-
coming a member of the club.
Ihe band of the Blues, under the able direction of Mr.
Tutton, band-master, applied themselves most indus-
triously throughout the day to amuse and enliven the
company. The club expressed their warmest approbation
of the commissariat department, under the direction of Mr.
May, the steward. Captain Brain, of the Eagle, is also
entitled to his meed of praise for the excellent view of the
race which he afforded, under the direction of Lord Alfred
Paget ; and he materially shortened along day by bringing
the company from Greenhithe to• London in an hour and
20 mimes.

A well-contested race took place on Saturday evening
last, between two four-oared boats, the rowers being ap-
prentices of Messrs. Myers, the eminent builders of Lam-
beth, the distance being from Westminster-bridge to Bat-
tersea new bridge, for money prizes. The following are the
names of the crews that contended :
First—Blue.

D. Garnsey. I H. Grasby.
J. M'Hugh. A. Crouch.
H. Tammabfre, coxswain.
Second—Red.
J. Hunt.
I M. Norris.

T. Reed.
J. Lewis.

W. Land,. coxswain.
They rowed level for the first half mile, wheungße ;du::
to draw away, and at Millbank-pi 'er were two lengths
ahead ;at this point Blue put on a tremendous gad
at Pimlico they were rowing oar and oar, when, after as
fine a race as ever was seen, Blue eventually won by a
length and a half.

MURDEROUS OUTRAGE IN TH.
STRANGERS' BOMB.

who is better known
negro named Owlee Ojun, but
T llaAn.l Ea
acquitted
u—A
ittedat the Central Criminal Court,
as John I3urdoe, who was
triedon Thursday, on a charge of cutting and wounding
Charles Oliver, _ a City policeman, was charged be-
fore. Mr. Yardley with murderously assaulting and
wounding William
Frederick,
and a Mohammedan named Kurrim,
with a knife and a razor, in the Sailors'
West India Dock-road, Limehouse.
The prisoner, who, it is
seared, has become a
hopeless lunatic, in consequence of
he received as a slave by a Genoese
captain, and
further injuries in a conflict in an attempt to kid-
nap him on board another vessel, was se weak
that he could scarcely stand, and his head was
bound up with plasters, as well as one of his hands.
It appeared that after his release from Newgate
on Thursday he was taken to the Sailors' Home.
During Friday night the prisoner, having watched
where a man had placed a knife with which he
had eaten his dinner, and also seen a blind man
with a razor, got up, and having secured those
weapons, made a furious attack, first on the' maii
with whom he was sleeping, and then upon three
others, who, before they could get the weapons from
him, were frightfully cut and wounded—two so
severely that they are now in a dangerorts state in
the hospital. On the arrival of a policeman the
accused was found beating the blind ma .n with a
and it was only by bringing tho
poker; prisoner
down with his truncheon that his fury Ns,' is stopped,
and himself secured from further mischiE S.
Lieutenant-Colonel
Hughes, secretary
to the
Sailors' Home, at whose expense the prisoner was
defended on Thursday, expressed a bel tief that the
ill-usage the poor creature had received had driven
him mad. He was under an impressi on that he
was about to be dragged again into sla.very.
Mr. Yardley expressed his convicti on, that the
man must be insane, and remanded the pot. ,r fellow
to be taken care of in the House of Det ent ion until
place as t( )
a proper investigation can take . the state
of his mind.