The Liverpool Standard, and General Advertiser.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1854-08-15 00:00:00

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The Liverpool Yacht 'Club Regatta AVM take place on
Wcdneeday and Thursday, the 23rd and 24th instant.
There= will be prizes given for all kinds ,of fcraft, including
yachts, row-boats, river gi.gs, shrimpers, yachts' punts, -.Sze.
Mr... James Baines, the spirited proprietor of the " Biack-
Ball". Line of Australian Packets, hafilindly placed at the
disposal of the comm.ittee a steamer :and a full baud ,of
mask.

The Great National Regatta on the. Thames commenced
on Tuesday, at Putney, ender the patronage of the Lord
Mayor of London, and was witnessed by an immense num-
ber of spectators. The first event -was the Watermorfs
Pair-oared Race, which -.was won, -in three heats, by H.
Clasper and W. Pocock. The chief- contest of the day
was the Champion Oar Match, the -final heat for which
was won by the Elswick crew, the London crew second,
and Clasper 's third. ThP sport on Wednesday was -of an
interesting character, .and the attendance as large as on
the precious day. The Watermen's Scullers' Race (open
to the: orld) was decided in favour of 11. Kelly, of Ful-
ham. `Tile next•coutest had excited congrierable•interegt
for sometime previously amongst aquatic admirers,.and
was a match for £lOO, between Robert Newell, of Horse-
lydown, and Henry Clasper, of Newcastle.o2l-Tyrie. The
distance was from Putney Bridge to Mortlake, and Newell
undertook to give his opponent two lengths start. . Both
men were :in capital condition, and the betting was even.;
but, in some instances, .'S to 4on Newell. Clasper ..won
the choice.of station. Newell got the best-of the start for
the moment, but seemed in the third pull to miss the full
power of his right4land stroke, and in an instant Clasper
regained the slight advantage his adversarY had acquired'
the moment i3efore, and there was a gap of one clear length.
between then, Both now .got to their work in beautiful
style, but -there was.no.change for the next dozed strokes.
After that, ,Clasper begad -to draw away gradually, and
increased hisqead to the finish, coming in first by above a
hundred yards. Newell, although defeated, rowed very
manfully, but was obvianwthat he was not in a position
to give two lengths to _his adversary. The landsmen's.
Four-oared Match (for-prizes amounting to £7O) was .woe' by the Clasper (Neweastle).. crew, defeating four other .
crews. Other races of minorimportance also came off.—
On Thursday, the ;Lord Mayor, ,the Lady Mayoress, and
party, honoured the regatta with their presence, the state
barge being anchored at the commencement of thecourse,
avhere a capital view could be obtained of the sport. The
first race was the Tradesmen's Pour-oared Match, which
was won by the Lambetherew, defeating the Five Bro-
thers by four or five lengths. The Gentlemen's Four-
oared (Junior) Match, ,for four gold:oars and rudder, was
won by the Petrel CIO, by two lengths, beating the Vo-
lank and Phoenix. The Watermen's Apprentices Match,
for a coat, badge, and freedom, ended in a dead heat
between Pocock and Weedon. • Gentlemen's Pair-oars
(Senior) : In this race, IL IL Playford and W. Pyle beat
E. G. bitton and Rogam, by a couple of lengths. The
Eight-oared Cutter Race, North against -Gouth, was won
by the former by four lengths..—At the conclusion of the
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BIRTHS, 4LIRI?I,4GES, and DEATHS.

BIRTHS

On the 3d May, At Adelaide, South Australia, the wife
of Captain Hogg, of the ship Cheshire, of a daughter.
On the 6th inst., .at Kenyon-terrace, Birkenhead, Mrs.
:George Jevons, of a son.
On the 6th inst., at Holly Farm, Garston, the wife of
Mr. J. A. P. M`Bride, of a daughter.
On the Ith inst., Mrs. George Hoirne, of a daughter.
On the Bth inst., at Mosslands, near Wallasey, Cheshire,
Mrs. William Chambers, of a son.

Ou the 9th inst., the wife of Mr. Thos. Pughe, Richard-
street, Everton, of a daughter,
On the 9th inst., in Sackville-street, Everton, Mrs. Ed-
ward Lewis, of a sou.
On the 10th inst,, at Bedford-street South, Mrs. Duncan
Graham, of a sou.