The New York herald., 1869-12-26
Banquet Of the Royal London Yacht Club
The Prcsidcnrs Message and English News
paper Enterprise.

England. It's members are mainly business men, OF
energetic character, liberal sentiments and large
means, and they go into yachting as national
sport, with q hearty VIII and with determination
to DO their work well.
They had their annual dinner this season at the
Westminster Palace Hotel, and the entertainment
afforded evidence that however thorough they may
be as sailors they know very well how to enjoy
themselves ashore. Four or five excellent soups half
adozen different kinds Of fish, turbot, soles sal mon.
smelts, &c, about a score OF en,Tees'' and ''Te-
ltcpes" game OF every description, venison, dozen
entren,ets, and as 'piece" or very great sresist
auce,r baron Of beef brought in on the shoulders
OF eight sturdy COOKS ana carved in the centre of
the dining hail. formed repast that might wen be
en]oyed by yachimen, and. for the matter OF that,
by any other Christian gentleman. Add to this the
fact that the wine was good that the speeches were
lrst rate, tina. party OF professionals relieved the
talking business by an intermixture OF first rate
music and song, and tnat the Commodore Arce-
deckne who presided kept the guests In state OF
Intermittent laughter from the opening grace to
The hnal breakup, and 1t may we'll be supposed
that the entertainment was one to make o
city alderman enthusiastic and to cast Guildha and
the Mansion House into the shade, There Is one
feature about the Royal London Yacht Club that dis
tingushes 1t from many Others and that It's liberal
views in regard TO yachting and its generous SYM
pathy with the yachtmen OF other nations. Some
portion OF this be traced to the fact that It's
commodore, vice commodore and rear commodore
have all travelled in the New World as well as IN
the Old, ana are familiar with American Yachts ss
with those OF their own country.
This generous spirit made itself manifest In the
speeches during the evening, and especially In that
OF Vice Commodore Broadwood, who not only con-
ceded the unfarness OF applying the Thames
Fa rlAn VnIn IN nf at~vS
nations in an International trial between in
dlvidual vessels, but frankly admitted that
after o great deal OF talk about international
races last season fair opportunity had been
Afforded to Americans to sail match on anything
IKE equitable terms although three very good
yachts had come over from New York and had un-
quesonably been ready to enter into some at least
OF the numerous contests that had been invited.
About $50 persons sat down TO the dinner and the
evening was very enjoyable. The Commodore, Mr..
Arccdeckne Is as efncient as presiding oficer as
he Is as yachiman; and his q Publications In the
latter cnpac ity are guaranteed by the fact that he
has held his present position for twelve or fourteen
years. that the Royal London, over which he pre-
sides. enr0s on Its list some OF the best yachts
in England, aed that financially, II has the unusual
satisfaction Of nndlng large sum on the credit
side OF its balance sheet
Tie London Times has given an unusual evidence
OF enterprise for an English Journal IN publishing q
cable synopsis OF President Grants message two COL
Ing edition. and the feat has Of course excited the
admiration OF Engshmen. The Echo q half penny
evening Taper, Is ast0nshed by 1t into Rlorincation
OF the TJnes which II declares to be the model Jour
nal OF the world for enterprise ana beray and the
Times copies into Its more pretcntious columns
with evident satisfaction the Iaudatlon OF its little
| contemporary, OF whose existence It was probably
before IN Ignorance. To be sure, In county where
the New York lIERALD exists such piece bf news
paper enterprise would pass unnOtced, unless In so
lar as might elicit surprise and grumbng that The
4 message had not been cabled In iull Uf course
| thus is altogether an unlikely supposition because
the HERALD. winch Is In the hapit Of reporting Abys.