The republic., 1851-09-11
From The Ne,O York Express.

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ca" to friend of his here; and gives. we presume,
accurate (as il certainly is graphic) sketch OF
the events il describes:
THE ROYAL YACHT cLUB--"IE FIX"
IA NeW Song 10 an Old 1Snf)
Come listen TO my dtty. and song 10 you I'll sing,
OF four and twenty yachting boys, all anchored In
1t was arhes Royal Yacht Club aursrsr of Eng
lands pride,
And the pride of all the yachting clubs that ever
haiI'd from Ryde.
The s'Champion Yacht Of England" too, was there
with banner spread,
And on its folds "ALAA an" appeared-a name Great
ing dread
And near her lay another yacht-the beautiful Tt
The pride and boast of all who felt pride in old
Brittania.
II happened there one morning, the
as shining bright,
modest looking schooner rig came "wing and
~ sE wing" in sight:
Where came she irom--or what she was--not one
4 of them could say;
And no one thought so small craft came from
.UI America.
But on she came, as lightly as a bird upon the
And ..rounding Co. as noiselessly cast anchor in
that ring
, Her stern presents an EAGLE SpaxAp-from star
board side TO port
And that was all the ornament she bore OF any SORT
Twas then "The Royal Yacht Club, began "to
1tH smell rat;'
:. Some thought she was "some punkins'
thought her more than that;
But interchange of visits soon made it clear as day
That this was Brother Jonathan's own AMERICA.
As soon as her arrival in the papers read,
A thousand boats ofevery size came pouring round
Spithead;
The day scarcely long enough to crafty the
sight
OF YEoMEN and of YAcHTsRs who crowd the Isle
of Wight.
Our Commodore was silent, kept quiet as mouse,
Till the Queen and all the Royal folks should
come to " Osborne House;'
And when Prince Albert came on board our Cap
tain took his stand,
And gave an honest welcome, with honest sail
or's hand.
sSays he, my noble Prince, suppose that horn and
drum
heard this morn from Osborne House proclaims
your wife has come;
an you and me--your Queen and mlno-each boasts
FAITHFUL SQUIRE;
You call your yacht ssvIcronIA, )" and call mine
sMARlA''
But this is not THAT yacht, good Prince, that you
now stand upon
/ left her snug at home for friends to take their
sailing fun;
THIs one was beat by THAT, one day, as easily as
when
'THIs may be beaten by your Club (BUr NOT, PER
PAPs, TILL THES.)
And now, "gOod PrlnCey you're welcome, nnQ III
\ you're 80 inclined, ECet
Well drink sgood luck to both our Queens, and all
OF woman kind;
The Prince was quite delighted with our noble Com
And together drank bumper, and together went
ON shore.
Now this was the beginning of the sport that fol-
lowed on,
And which may relate to you before my song is
Observation-Disclosures morn till late
at night,
Were now "the go''-on sea--on shore--all round
the Isle Of Wight.
,.And next worthy Commodore challenge did
ndite,
challenge frank and bold, and fair as any man
could write;
He told the noble WILTON he'd run his Yankee
yacht
'Gainst NOTWITHSTANDING size
he cared not what.
Says he, "My noble lord, ask favor, if you
please,
Don't start me in race, my lord, unless it BLows
ABREHzE,
SIX KNOT HREKzE, at least, my ord-or else it Is
test,
Unless to show not which can SAIL, but which can
DRIFT the best?' ~
SHOW j don't to win, my lord, your money,
From which shall be pleased to drink my cider
when sup;
u
OF DUST. ns pure ns ever came from 'Caliiornias
sile.'"
His ordshp sent the challenge round to all the
try wide,
Bat none of all that ROYAL CLUB, from Portsmouth
or from Ryde,
Wete found inclined to risk their yachts, or prove
themselves such ninnies
To lose, not only name and rank but perhaps their
guineas.
Some said'sthey didn't like the rig. nor form,
yet the looks
OF this Yaikce Doodle schooner and her hidden
keels and crooks"
And some nNre wise than others, said "she had an
extra ciew,
To turn some hidden crank below, which turning
TURNED A SCREW"
So the challenge went begging along "proud
Albion's shore,
And If YAcHTrRs didn't feel it, some REAL JACKS
felt sore.
Some said 'THE ROYAL YACHT CLuB was good at
chicken pies"
And others "d--d their buttons" and others odd
their eyes:'
And said it was A PRETTY GO for folks to come SO
To meet the ROYAL YACHT CLUn, and find no Brit
ish Tar
As AHAN. to prove the truth of that old BaarisH
sTAvK,
Which tells us as it telis the world, Britannia
rules the wave.'
The yachting seasons over and we've had a lot of
fun
And the cups and PURSES handed to the winners
who have won
The }adies pass and kiss their hands in token of
adieu,
And all the cocks in coops about crow "YAsREr
DOODLE do-o-o-o."
The stanzas omitted very graphically sketch the
, royal visit by ''the Queens majesty in per-
son - accompauied by the royaI children and the