The Sun.
London, England, 1859-06-27 00:00:00

ROYAL THAMES YACHT CLUB.

On Saturday one of the chief matches of the
season was sailed over the usual course from Erith
to the Nore and back to the starting point. This
was what may be fairly called a double event.
There were two prizes. One the open prize, which
is contended for by yachts of comparatively high
tonnage, but we believe free to all. The other the
Broadwood prize, for craft of a smaller class. For
the first prize the competitors were cutters. The
Amazon, 46 tons, of London, belonging to Mr. J.
H. Johnson • the Mosquito, 59 tons, of London,
owned by Mr.i J. Turner; the Mini, 68 tons, of
Cowes, Mr. F. R. Magenis owner ; and the Osprey,
59 tons, also of Cowes, the property of Colonel R.
W. Haly ; and the schooners Wildfire, 59 tons, of
Cowes, and Vestal, 74 tons, of Southampton, be-
longing respectively to Mr. J. Turner and to Mr.
F. 0. Marshall.

The Broadwood prize was contested wholly by
cutter-rigged vessels, including the Zayde, 25 tons,
of London, Mr. G. Evans, owner ; the Delta, 21
tons, of London, Mr. W. H. Hartley, owner ; the
Chimera, 19 tons, of Teignmouth, Mr. Sanderson,
owner; the Whisper, 21 tons, of London, belonging
to Mr. W. nudge ; and the Violet, 9 tons, of Har-
wich, owned by Lord De Ros.
The weather was delightful ; there was wind
enough to temper the intensity of the sun's rays,
with those occasional gusts or " capfuls," as the
sailors call them, which call for some display of
seamanship, and add to the excitement of the race
by constantly varying the chances of success. The
contest for the first prize was, however, wholly
confined to the Osprey, the Mosquito, and the
Amazon, which long before rounding the buoy at
the Nore showed their superiority. On the return
the Osprey very soon took the lead, and ultimately
came in the winner by fourteen minutes.
For the second prize it can hardly be said to have
been a match at all. The Whisper took the lead
almost immediately after starting, was never over-
hauled, and won as she pleased.
There were three steamers engaged by the club
to accompany the match, which were crowded with
members and their friends.

EMBEZZLEMENT BY A STATION-
MASTER AT CANTERBURY.

On Saturday morning George Roles, station-
master, in the employ of the South-Eastern Rail-
way Company, at Canterbury, was placed at the
bar at the Guildhall, before the Mayor and Alder-
man Brent, and Mr. E. Holtham, on a charge Of
having embezzled certain monies, the property of
the said company, his employers.
It appears that the prisoner has filled the office
of master of the Canterbury station for the past
three years, and that latterly his , habits. have been
somewhat irregular and expensive, and he has suf-
fered from attacks of delirium tremens ; but nothing
transpired
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purposes money benevolently subscribed in behalf
of a poor widow, whose husband lost his life in the
service of the South Eastern Railway Company, on
the Whitstable line, about six months since. About
£5O was subscribed by the servants on the railway
for this poor woman, but not one farthing of this
amount, it is said, ever reached her. The first
witness called was John Nerling, the cashier of the
locomotive department of the South Eastern Rail-
way, who deposed that on the 15th March last he
sent an account (which was produced) for £6 19s.
Bd. for breeze, to the prisoner, to collect the amount.
It was his duty to collect the money and pay it
over to the locomotive superintendent of the Ash-
ford Works. No money had been paid on account
of that bill, nor had the witness received anything
from the prisoner since the 15th of March. William
Clayson, in the employ of Mrs. Beard, brickmaker,
Vauxhall, Canterbury, proved paying the prisoner
a check (produced) for £6 19s. Bd., for breeze, about
seven o'clock one evening during the month of
March. The defendant gave him a receipt for the
money on the bill (produced).—James Cudworth,
locomotive superintendent, proved ;that he had
received no money from the accused since the 15th
of March. Sergeant Moyes, detective officer, in the
service of the South Eastern Railway Company,
spoke to apprehending the prisoner at Gravesend
about six o'clock the previous evening. In answer
to the charge, the prisoner said he had been very
ill for some time and unable to attend to things at
the Canterbury station, but if time were allowed
him he could make arrangements so that every-
thing would be satisfactory. He left Canterbury
not to avoid being apprehended, but for change of,
air.—When asked if he wished to put any ques-
tions to the witnesses, the accused said—l did not
take the money feloniously. What the witness has
said about my leaving Canterbury for change of air
is quite correct. I was advised to do so by Mr.
Holtham.—The prisoner was remanded till Monday
in order to afford the company's solicitor time to
complete the charge.