The Liverpool Standard and General Commercial Advertiser.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1853-07-19 00:00:00

THE YACHT RACE YESTERDAY.

Though a cloudy sky and drizzling rain are not the most
cheering auguries for a water/Re, the yachtsmen congre-
gated on our river, yesterday, at the appointed time hope-
fully bent the sails of their -craft ; and, in spite of unpro-
pitious circumstances, did their hest to woo the north-west
breeze which was blowing steadily about eleven o'clock.
The occasion was the sailing -match for a challenge cup of
£lOO, and purse of £25, the preparations for which have
occupied. of late, so prominently the attention of the Royal
Mersey Yacht Club, and particularly their indefatigable
honorary secretary, Mr. Henry -Melling. in connexion with
the regatta which is to take place to-day. The fleet of
yachts was larger than any previously assembled on the
Mersey,
anti several clipper schooners and cutters, excln-
sively of the vessels intended to run, had arrived. The
Ariel schooner yacht, belonging to the commodore of the
Royal Yacht Club, T. Littledale, Esq , was eta-
tioaed 3er
as theflag-ship, opposite the Birkenhead slip. The
course was from Birkenhead down Victoria Channel,
leaving the black buoys on the starboard and the red
port hand, the bell beacon buoy on the port
and the
dthe north-west lightship also; the bell beacon
bhaunoyds, o
buoy again on the port hand, and the north-west lightship
again on the port band; again to the hell beacon buoy,
leaving for the last time on the-starboard hand, and so up
channel, leaving the black buoys on the port, and the red
buoys on the larboard hand, to the flag vessel off Birken-
head, leaving her on the port hand, and so end.
The Windsor had been placed at the disposal of the
club by the company during yesterday's race, and they
were thus enabled to accommodate a large number of
their friends. :Notwithstanding the dulness of -the weather,
the scene at -Birkenhead was lively enough, and large
numbers of people assembled on the piers, and the lawn
in front of the hotel, watching the preparations of the
yachts.
The following were the vessels entered for yesterday's
contest :

Station. Yacht. Tons. "Owner's Na;ne. Distinguishing Flag.
1 Overton ......... 34.. J. Paley, E5q..... { Red and blue dia-
White and red
2 Presto . 8.. A. Bower,'Esq. .. { horizontal.
3 Queen of the 151e..56.. R. Langtry, Esq....
4 Enchantress ... ;54.. S. Hodder, Esq....
5 Irish Lilly ....... 73.. R. H. Hillas, Esq. { Wciiii,teequßen. d blue
6 Lancashire Witch—.. L. Polk, Esq Red.
r 7 Stanley
{Blue and white
stripes.
.8 Volante —..l. L. Craigie, Esq...
--
..

89.. John- Gray, Esq._ .
.
Wrielittle;rebrittilcea'l and
•L Miranda{
10, Cynthia —..ili. Roe, .jun.,'Esq.-
{Red and white
stripes.
11, Coralie 35... A. E. Byrne, Esq.... White, blue cross.
12 Pauline — :C. Brandreth, Esq...
White, blue bor..
13 Tartar 46.. W. H. Dawes, Esq:{ der, and Fox in
p.
14 Stranger.... lO.. N.Jaci, son, Esq. .. Fseadt,rlaßck cross.
f
15 Constance 14.. F. D.P.Astley, Esq..{ Whit e and blue
diagonal.
16 Racer
i a-

The-start took place at 11 46. Fifteen veszels started.
Neither the Lancashire Witch nor the Volante arrived :
and the A riel, as we stated above, was the flag-ship. The
order of arrival was as follows,—
h. m. sec. h. et. sec.
Irish ..5 11 40 Pattline ....5 25 15
Cynthifi 5 14 55 Eochintress .5 56 12
Tartar.,..... 5 21 ,55 Coralie .... 5 26 49

:In accordance with the usual regulation as to tormaze
and time, the Cynthia was declared the winner by 2i-
minutes over the Irish Lily. In justice to the latter,
however, we must state that, when near the bell buoy,
going out, she carried away her throat halyards, which
delayed her about 15 minutes, else Ole would undoubtedly
have ,been the winner. The yachts went oat with the ebb
tide, and. returned with the flood.

The proportion of time allowed the yachts is three quar-
ters of a uinute t0..25 tons; half a minute from 25 to 50
tons • and, above.so tons, one quarter of a minute.
The yachtsmen dined on board the commodore's yacht
at the conclusion of -the race. Only one accident we
have heard of, in connedon with the day's sport, and
that occurred to Mr. Bentley, of this town, who was on
board the Irish Lily. When the Lily was rounding the
flag-ship, Mr. Bentley was struck by the wadding from
the saluting gun, and his arm considerably injured.
This closed the sports of -yesterday.

To-day the grand display is to be made, and in
aßition to the yachts which were entered for yesterday,
the following will contend :—Ads, 30 tons, T. C. By ton,
owner; Surprise, 16, IL F. Rigge ; Sea Bird, 33, IL
Melling ; Ondine, 18, R. W. Lawrie ; and Jessica, 8,
I. Clarke. The Windsor, City of Dublin Company's
steamer, will accompany the boats to-day. The start,
as yesterday, will be from the Birkenhead Ferry; and
the Ariel, not the Seabird (Mr. Melling's yacht), as
originally arranged, will be the flag-ship. "Vie pilot-boat,
pleasure-boat, trawl-boat, and gig races are all filled up.
The finest craft of the Birkenhead Model yacht C ub
will be out on the occasion.

A MODEL LODGING-HOUSE KEEPER.—At the bnrOUgh
court, Manchester, on Monday, Michael Howe, an Irish
lodging-house keeper, was sent to prison for having frac-
tured the skull of his wife on Saturday night. The unfor-
tunate woman had quarrelled with the ferocious fellow,
who thereupon beat her on the head with a candlestick.
FATAL ACCIDENT IN THE OLD HAYMARKET.—On
Saturday last, a youth named Patrick Marr, fifteen years
of age, on returning' from the Waterloo Dock, having
taken a quantity of market produce from St. John's
Market in a spring cart, came into contact with a number
of other carts in the Old Haymarket, and amidst the con-
fusion he fell oil' the cart, and one of the wheels passed
over his back. He was taken to the Northern Hospital,
but died before arriving there. An inquest was held on
the body yesterday, when a verdict of accidental death
rag returad•