The Sun.
London, England, 1826-08-16 00:00:00

NORTHERN YACHT CLUB.

GLas9pw, Auu. I.—The meeting of this club has eommene-
ed ; the strung interest it it calculatedfthe trials of nautical skill and
fir excite increases ; much
pleasure is anticipated to flow
deXterity
which are to be exhibited during the week.
It gives us pleasure to learn that the expectations entertained
are not likely to be disappoi
nte
d
.
Since last year the chili has
being now 31 yachts be-
increased considerably in strength, there_
20 wt assemble
members,
of
winch about ll nu this
lunging to the
occasion. Among these, there are, _
built. many fine vessels,
and, we believe they are chiefly' I
of course,
Our readers hive
already been made,
which a Very general
acquainted wiCthlytthee excellent arrangement' nd
judicious distribution of the instates, 1.
the inhabitants of
participation in the scene may be obtained _by to the
the dent. We shall therefo're confine.ourselves chiefly
in-
formation we have gathered, with regard to theintended move
nients in the vicinity of Greenock. The yachts were.
a rowing
dezvous in }bitingly Bay yesterday, and purpose having -
to ren-
nremock
match at Large the same day, starting from thence for -- -,-
ii
at ten o'clock
,this day. . They will round. the Great Onno.rae ,
and almuld come in at. Greenock early. in the afternoon,
betweeutwo boats moored of the harbour. To-morrow, a grand,
arriving
rowing match by fnur,oared boats is to take place at Greeneclt
and promises to excite much local interest, as seven of
which are to competebelong to Greenock, and of these six have been
the boats
built on purpose: there will likewise be two trent Glasgow, and
fivefrom Ireland. We have heard that the officers of the Lancers,
at present stationed in Olasgow, and whose dexterity in this
manly exercise is well known, are likely to enter the lists as
'competitors in this rowing match. The heats, of which there
are to he three, will he three miles each ; the boats starting from
opposite the Rope-work Quay, passing . round a signal boat in
Caroalike Bay, and front thence to the starting point round an-
. other placed below the tail of the hank. A number Of athletic
rowers hays been training for the occasion for some time past.
A sailing match is appmnted for Thursday, in which, should the
wind be flivottretile, the competing Veasels will steer a course en-
tirely within sight of the harbour, the signal boats being stationed
so as to direct them in a triangular circuit. Vor this, as well as
the other'oceasione, during the week, hands of music haste been
provided to enliven the scene ; and those accommodating attendants
upon public amusement and convenience, the steam-vessels, will ,
. be in very general requisition, to follow, with their burdens ofj
speetatore, the movements of the competing home. In the various
sailing and rowing matches, prizes are to he given by the Club. I,
The liberal spirit which actuates the Members of the Northern
i wtt
Yacht Club, ,
, we trust, extent' ascii, and by 'Producing, an
accession to the strength of that body, and exciting the auxiliary
aid of the public, blend utility inairextensive sense with recreative
piiiiii„;e, Ms Majesty his set litt excellent example in his patron-
age of, and partiality for, this species of amusement; and we
know, that so enthusiastically is it pursued by some of the Eng-
lish aristocracy, -that one pleasure yacht is said to have cost, the
immense sum of 25,000/. and employed a crew of nearly seventy
min. We doubt if the. turf, °- e
the many more questionable
Modes by which the fortune* of the nubility are difftwed, can offer
so good an argument, on the score of utility, as marine votive-
gime, which tend to the iniprovement of navel architecture as
well as nautical skill, and to
the
employment ' of a nutuber tit
r 'elle in the diveriity of occupations courequently put in action.
:
-- cottmiln.

A Parisian Evening Journalist says, that an ex-
traordinary courier had arrived in that city, who brought
the dreadful intelligence' that the city of Grenada had
been destroyed by eaith9uake. It will not be for-
gotten, that since the month of April, that unfortunate
city has experienced three shocks, an&that its inhabi-
tants have in consequence been obliged to encamp
without the walls.