580 
THE FIELD 
HIGH WATER AT LONDON BRIDGE. 1854. 
XTF.N. 
II. X. 
4 3 
B. M. II. M. I II. ■■ "■ — 
Ju»r24,9»turJay 1.15 1.36 Jun^SS.Wednfsday... 3.48 ■* 3 
„ as. Sunday l.M 117 .. 29. Tliurtklay 4.2J 4 40 
w, Monday 2.31 254 30. Friday 4.M 0 13 
„ 97, Tuesday 3.10 330 'July 1, Saturday 0.36 0-54 
To find Hion WiTunat thrsulyoinod places, take ttir above time at London 
Bridge, and add or subtract the time in the following Table. 
soutbsct fhoji London dbidoe. 
ADD TO LONDON DIIIDOE. 
Brighton... 
Boulogne . . 
Calais 
Chester Bar. 
Cowes 
Ilubliu 
Dover Pier., 
Dunnose 
Gravesend.. 
Greenock... 
Greenwich.. 
Havre 
* 41 
.2 19 
.3 37 
3 39 
9 03 
9 57 
4 23 
0 37 
2 99 
0 90 
4 15 
n. m. 
Harwich s 37 
' 1 p» wicli ....... 9 7 
Lowestoft 3 37. 
.22 
Margate., 
Needles .. 
1 22 
0 55, 
Ostend. 1 12 
Portsmouth .. 2 27 
Ramsgate 2 47 1 
Shoreham 2 52 
Southampton 9 27 
Spitbcad. 4 37 
I Amsterdam.... 
'Antwerp 
Brest 
Bridport 
(Cherbourg .... 
Cardigan...... 
Cork 
(Downs 
Exmouth 
Powey 
Guernsey 
Hamburgh.... 
n u | u. u. 
0 53 IT umber, mth. 
a 18 [ of 3 23 
1 39 Land’s End... 2 33 
3 53 Leith 0 15 
0 23 | Mil ford Haven 3 38 
4 53 Plymouth.... 3 28 
2 23 ! Rotterdam.... u «s 
3 38 Torbay 3 55 
4 18 Weymouth.... 4 93 
3 23 ! Whitby 1 35 
4 23 I Wisbcach 6 23 
3 53 1 Youglml 2 S3 
CLUB MEETINGS, 1854. 
nly 4, Tuesday ... .Meeting of the Royal Mersey Yacht Club. 
J „ 5, Wednesday. .Meeting of Mie Royal Thames Yacht Club. 
„ 7, Friday Monthly Meeting of the Prince of Wales Yacht 
Club, at the Freemasons' Tavern. 
“ 19, Wednesday.. Meeting of the Liverpool Yacht Club. 
Aug 1, Tuesday.... Meeting of the Royal Mersey Yacht Club. 
„ 1 r., Wednesday . .Meeting of the Liverpool Yacht Club. 
Sept. 20, Wednesday.. Meeting of the Liverpool Yacht Club. 
LAST DAYS OF ENTRY. 
June 29, Thursday ..At the Bedford Hotel, Covent-gnrden, up to 
10 o’clock p.m,, for the R.T.Y.C. Match of 
July C. 
July 7, Friday R. M. Y. C,— Challenge Cup. 
♦ 
SAILING MATCHES AND CLUB REGATTAS, &c. 
June 27, Tuesday— Boston Regatta. 
July 1— Birkenhead Model Yacht Club Sailing Match for £10. Boats 
of two tons, fixed keels. 
July 6, Thursday. -Second match of the Royal Thames Yacht Club- 
Schooners only. 
July 8. Royal Mersey Yacht Club— Challenge Cup. 
July 15, Saturday— Annual Regatta of the Royal Harwich Yacht Club. 
Ju y 18, Tuesday— Annual Regatta at Lowestoft, Suffolk. 
July ....—Match between the Second Class of the London Model Yacht 
Clnb. 
July 18 and 19.— Regatta of the Royal Irish Yacht Club at Kingstown. 
July 29.— Birkenhead Model Yacht Club Sailing Match for £10. Two 
ton boats, fixed keels. 
August 2— Annual Regatta of tho Royal Western Yacht Club, In 
Plymouth Sound. 
August 8— Annual Regatta, at Southampton, of the Royal Southern 
Yacht Club. 
August 9, and following days— Annual Regatta of the Royal Vic- 
toria Yacht Club, at Ryde. 
Autpist 15.— Royal Yacht Squadron P.cgatta— Prince Albert's Cup. 
fireworks in the evening. 
August 16.— Royal Yacht Squadron— annual dinner. 
„ 17— Her Majesty's Cup of 100 guineas, by schooners of 140 
tons and upwards. 
August 18.— Royal Yacht Squadron Ball. 
* 19.— The Squadron Cup, value £100, open to all yachts of the 
squadron. 
August 16— Birkenhead Model Yacht Clnb Sailing Match for £20. 
Centre-boards. 
, S.T-Blrkenhead Model Yacht Club Sailing Match for a 
fifty Guinea Challenge Cup, open to all the world. 
THE ESMERALDA AND THE MYRTLE. 
To the Editor of the Times. 
Sir,— Your Baltic correspondence states that " Colonel 
Caulfield, in his yacht, the Myrtle, continues with the 
fleet.” 
The only yacht with the fleet is the Esmeralda, the pro- 
perty of my friend Mr. James Campbell, and with whom I 
went to the Baltic early in April, and have reluctantly been 
obliged to leave, and return to England within the last few 
days. 
Some inconvenience having occurred through this mis- 
take, and as the Esmeralda is now taking part in the pro- 
ceedings off Sweaborg, it is but fair her name and owner 
should be correctly known.— I am, sir, your obedient ser- 
va ”J> r James M. Caulfield. 
House of Commons, June 21. 
ROYAL LONDON YACHT CLUB MATCH. 
The second match of the season was sailed on Tuesday, 
and, as we predicted last week it would be, was won by the 
.Phantom. The Mars steamer was chartered by the club, 
who mustered on board more than a hundred strong even 
at London-bridge, and, moreover, with an equal number of 
ladies. The band of the Royal Artillery “ discoursed sweet 
music throughout the day, and from time to time the deck 
of the Mars fairly trembled under tho twinkling feet of 
many merry dancers. Never were the club colours honoured 
by a more brilliant attendance of the softer sex than on 
Tuesday last. And creature-comforts were not forgotten. 
J he indefatigable Gore — the Soyer of our river-squadrons — 
was present in all bis glory, and when ho cast a glance at 
the new crowd of visitors which reinforced tho Mars at 
Blackwall Pier, the supply and demand of lobster-salads, 
and all such luxuries were adjusted iu his practised brain in 
an instant ; and on arrival at Eritb, while the Vice-Com- 
modore was inspecting the yachts entered for the race, the 
active chef de-cuisine had set the electric telegraph at work, 
and ordered bis staff at Gravesend to bo ready to send on 
board the steamer, as she approached that ancient port, 
sundry additions to the stores already so liberally provided. 
And with these additions, certes, there seemed 'to be stock 
enough for a cruize to the Baltic. Here, however, we must 
pay due attention to Erith, where at 22 minutes to 12, the 
Commodore fired the signal gun “ to prepare to start.” 
I he competitors were but three, the Thought and Phantom, 
in one match, and the Vampire unopposed in the other. 
And all three ware cutter-rigged. 
Yachts. Tons. Owners. 
3 2 G. Coopc, Esq. 
in «/lW rc ; C. Wheeler, Jun., Esq. 
in the first class, the prize was 40 guineas; in the second class, 30 
_ . guineas. 
During the steamer’s progress towards Erith, it had been 
rumoured that the Thought had been withdrawn, on the 
ground that her owner objected to allowing time to the 
Phantom; while, on the other hand, the owner of the 
Phantom was, on principle, disinclined to give way, and to 
sail without the club allowance. Nevertheless, to prevent 
disappointment, he generously met the difficulty half-way, 
and consented to race with an allowance of 45 seconds, 
instead of his “ full due,” or 00 seconds, which, under the 
new rules, he was certainly entitled to. Tho Vice-Com- 
modore, however, had his work to do, before this arrange- 
ment was agreed to, with satisfaction to all whom it con- 
cerned. 
It is well known that we of “The Field” have ever 
pinned our faith upon tho Phantom. Still, the Thought 
has very many supporters, who, wo admit, are equally 
entitled to tender an opinion with ourselves ; their exper- 
ience is quite equal to our own (to say the least), but the 
fortune of war has been here favourable to “The Field,” 
and before reaching the Nore tho Thought was, on Tuesday 
last, put as much hors do combat as certain Muscovite 
Generals at Silistrla. And if the two boats ever race 
again on tho same conrse, with anything like a whole-sail 
breeze, we shall prophesy (wo may as well do it at once) 
that tho Phantom will win by ten minutes. Well, covenant 
a nos moutons, the three yachts must be still considered at 
their stations at Erith ; the Vampire outsido, the Phantom 
next, and the Thought inside, or on the Kentish 
shore; while on board half a score of craft, stand- 
ing off and on, “ the flaunting flag of liberty ” 
floated tho sky and added, as bunting ever does, animation 
to the 6ceno. It was the anniversary of the Queen's acces- 
I sion, and unimpeachable as the general loyalty of her 
Majesty's subjects is, it would be hard to find mere staunch 
Royalists and Guelphs than the members of the Royal Lon- 
don Yacht Club. They did well to celebrate that anniver- 
sary by a sailing match. No prettier compliment could be 
paid to her Majesty, for is she not the Ocean Queen? And 
we yet hope to see the day that Queen Victoria, who is often 
present at “the White ” Rcgettas, with deign to accompany 
a “ Blue ” match in tho river. What a monster of yachts 
would be present from all parts of tho empire ! There is 
no knowing what may, or may not happen. For 
even on Tuesday last, a screw schooner yacht passed 
through Erith Roads just before the start (a new 
club rule is wanted about steamers) and the “fire- 
ship” certainly grated harshly upon all time-honoured 
ideas of yachting, from which we hope never to see “ canvas 
and nothing but canvas” dissociated. Rather than cruize 
about in tbo most luxurious and large steam yacht that 
even a Scott Russell could imagine or produce, give us the 
Little Mosquito, or any other craft d voile, good, bad, or 
indifferent ; but good enough were those at Erith on 
Tucday, — Avalon, and Amazon, and Ino, and others too 
numerous to mention, walking the waters under a ripple- 
creating light nor’ wester. 
But look away to windward. Dark clouds and a coming 
squall. They’ll Btart with a breeze. What’s the time? 
Ten minutes since the signal to prepare. Hurrah I there 
goes the gun ! They’re off! Bravo! Vampire! Off she 
walks with the lead. That’s the way to 6et a mainsail 
Bravo, Phantom ! Thought last, by jingo ! Never min d 
Thought and Vampire are the first to sheet home their top- 
sails — 13 m. to 12. ’Tis agreed there's to be no protest. 
Now for a good race. There goes Phantom to windward of 
Vampire — up goes her squaresail — crack on, my boys — 
no limitation as to canvas to-day. Thought is setting her 
squaresail now — but Vampire not — she has only to walk 
over — much to the dissatisfaction of her ever- ready and 
spirited owner. Phantom well a-head, now she sets her 
topmast stunsail — and now our good friends. Dutton, 
Weedon, and Wilson, are pencilling down, for future illus- 
trations, the points of the racing craft. ’Tis seldom they 
carry so much canvas — and here comes a breeze — the 
Thought astern, brings it up with her, the run is to the 
N ore, and then, hurrah, my boys, in with your muslin, and 
beat back. Thought was first in the run last year, but 
Destiny intends to effect a difference tu-day. Now the 
Vampire gibes — well she holds her way with the larger boats. 
Phantom follows suit, and then Thought. Off Purfleet the 
Thought succeeds in passing to windward of Vampire — 
just when closing a Spanish steamer ; and it appeared 
to us Vampire moro than once purposely gave way 
to the lurger boats, having no competitor herself. And here 
the Aquiline (Rear-Coinmodore Cardinal!, R.H.Y.C.) is 
seen at anchor on the Kentish shore, and many yachts 
astern accompanying the match. And the Mars was not 
the only steamer, for the Fairy and the Gannett were every 
now and then close to the racing craft. We need not describe 
the run down ; the Phantom took a good lead, ana kept it, 
and the Vampire nearly all the way down kept much nearer 
the Thought, than did the Thought to the Phantom. 
Seeing our favourite, as we considered, safe, we must here 
plead guilty to certain lobster - salad seductions which 
lured us below ; but on regaining the deck, the position 
of the boats was still unaltered— Phantom, Thought, 
Vampire, first, second, and third. Some may think that 
as there were only throe yachts there was little interest in 
the match. Quite the contrary. One may travel many a 
sea and not sight such a trio as the craft we have just men- 
tioned. The three can beat any of their tonnage any- 
where. And three new cloths in the Phantom's jib evinced 
that her owner never throws a chance away. You might 
as reasonably expect to see a bad cloth in the Phantom as 
to persuade a dandy to walk Regent-street without a nap on 
his beaver. By this time 6quare-sails were in, but not flying- 
jibs — or rather jib-topsails. And hero a jib-sheet parted on 
board tho Thought, but three men sprang out on the bow- 
sprit and, notwithstanding some awkward “fly-flappers,” 
very smartly repaired the accident. Tho wind soon began 
to drop— gibing continued— no other variation — till at 20 
minutes past 1 o’clock the breeze freshened again, Phantom 
again | under square-sail, and topmast-stunsail (off Iloly 
Haven), and so we proceeded till tho men-of-war were seen 
in the mouth of the Medway. 
The flag-6hip (Waterloo) was broadside on as we passed, 
and dressed rainbow-fashion in all her signal flags, while 
other liners flew but ensigns at their mast-heads, and outside 
Sheerness was seen a store-ship (pierced for 28 guns, 
and said to be the Tyne from the Baltic) ; and at 3m. past 
3, the Mars steamer, being now ahead of the match, and 
closing tho Nore Lightship, the Phantom began to shorten 
sail, and prepare for turning to windward; here ono of 
Green’s splendid ships cast off her tug and proceeded to sea, 
and the Vigilant revenue-cruizer joined company, and tho 
flood tide brought up above the line of tho horizon; a count- 
less fleet of inward bound merchantmen and the breeze 
yet again freshened, and the sun increased in brilliancy, 
and the tiny waves leaped against the sides, and 
besprinkled tho ladies' coloured parasols with “real salt 
water,” and all dropped into tho dolcefar nientc, calmly 
awaiting tho boats to found, Iloro comes Phantom, in 
6quare9ail, See., down topmast, haul in mainsheot, round 
tho comes. Bang goes the gun, the band plays, and wo 
note down the time. 
it. u. s. 
Phantom 3 16 15 
Thought 8 20 30 
Vamplro 3 31 25 
Away they 6tand, close-hauled, for the Essex shore on the 
port-tack, breezo freshening rapidly. Phantom, after a 
board or two, takes in her topsail, down topmast, Thought 
still cracking on and skoetlng, till just below Southend Pier 
—off Shoebury Ness— the Thought takes the ground, fast 
on a lee-shore! The Mars carries out a warp, heaves her 
off, tows her up to Mucking Light, then casts her off, and 
again at 10 m. to 6 (though the prize is forfeited, from 
“ having received assistance”), the Thought is seen close- 
hauled, trying to keep company with the Phantom. The 
latter 6ends up her topmast and sets the sail, heats tho 
Thought thoroughly, and arrives at Erith at 16 min. to 8. 
And at 1 m. past 8 the Vampire arrived. Just at the close 
of the race a parachute was seen to descend from a balloon 
behind Erith (it had ascended at Cremorne), and a most 
glorious sunset concluded the pleasures of the day ; for it 
certainly was a pleasure to gaze on the Vampire, as return- 
ing to the steamer the copper on her starboard side flashed 
in the sun like a flame of fire, and created a very artistic 
contrast to the views around, which a Turner alone could 
have put upon canvas. The successful competitors, Mr. 
Lane and Mr. Wheeler, then came on board, and tho 
Commodore presented the prizes in tho usual manner ; tho 
two victors returned thanks, aud the health of the Queen 
and tho ladies being responded to, tho Mars returned to 
London with her visitors, much gratified with the attention 
paid to their comforts, and the general excellence of the 
arrangements. Too much praise cannot be given to tho 
gentlemen who filled tho arduous post of Stewards of tho 
day, and wo heard ladies, on all sides, express their gratitude 
and desire to attend the future matches. 
THE BIRKENHEAD MODEL YACHT CLUB. 
The first match of the season of this very spirited club 
took place on Saturday, the 17tli inst., for a silver vase 
value £20, and which was run for by tho yachts of tho firs’ 
class having fixed keels. 
Course — Challenge Cup course. Time — 1J minutes undor 6 Tons, 
and one minute above. 
The morning was very unfavourable, but towards midday 
a fine breeze from W. to S.W. sprung up, and, excepting a 
slight shower or two, was all that could be desired. Tho 
steamer Satellite, lately a Thames boat, was engaged to 
attend the match, having Gribbins’ band on board, and tho 
company included the Commodore, Edwin Haigh, Esq., tho 
officers of the club, and a fair attendance of the members of 
this club, as well as of the R.M.Y.C. Seven little clippers 
entered for the struggle, and all, under the excellent ma- 
nagement of the Rear- Commodore, came to the start oppo- 
site the club-rooms at the Monksferry Hotel, viz. :— 
1. Warlock 
2. Kelpie .. 
3. Spirit .. 
4. Sirocco.. 
5. Electric 
6. Challenge 
7. Torment 
sloop 4J tons 
„ tons 
„ 4J tons 
cutter 8 tons 
sloop 7 tons 
„ 71 tons 
1, 3£ tons 
E. C. Hicks, Esq. 
E. A. Horley, Esq. 
J. Wilkinson, Esq. 
A. Dunn, Esq. 
J. Wilkinson, Esq. 
A. Bower, Esq. 
E. C. Hicks, Esq. 
This match had for a long time been looked forward to 
with great interest, from the excellence of the models, 
and from the belief that all would start and run 
well. The Electric and Challenge were new, tho 
former built by Mr. Bishop, of Birkenhead, and tho 
latter by Mr. Kelly, of Liverpool, as an improve- 
ment on the Presto, the winner of the Challenge Cup 
given by the club, and which clever little craft her owner 
dared to part with, obtaining in Australia a very handsomo 
price for her ; and now, holding the Cup, challenges all 
with his new craft the Challenge, a centre board boat, 
but, on the occasion of this match, with the disadvantage of 
a fixed keel put to her instead. The Torment was un- 
tried, the Sirocco altered since last season, and all came to 
the post in excellent order. 
At 2.39 p.m., the starting gun was fired, and all got well 
away ; a squall striking one or two of them, the Electric, one 
of them, seemed about to give a disagreeable shock to those 
in her; and, doubtless, had not a Spirit ahead chal- 
lenged her to better deeds, it would have been a watery look- 
out for all hands. Sail was quickly set, and on some rather 
too much, for the wind drawing gradually more to the south 
made it impossible to lay up to the first flag-boat ; conse- 
quently, those with large headed topsails dropped to leeward, 
placing two little beauties, Spirit and Kelpie, under snug 
canvass, in the pride of place well to windward. 
At 2.57 Electric, well ahead with Challenge, as much to 
windward of her as she was astern, came up with tho Jes- 
sica, eight tons., J. A. Clarke, Esq., not one of the racing 
cruti ; and was troubled with her to windward till the latter 
tacked, and passing astern of tho Challenge, kept clear of 
the racing vessels for the rest of tho day ; not so tho Victoria, 
belonging to the secretary of the R.M.Y.C. We hope, for 
his credit sake, he was not on board. She, passing to windward 
of Warlock, challenged tho little Kelpie; and aftor some 
time managed to get to windward of her also, doing her a 
great deal of injury, to the excessivo annoyance of thoso 
witnessing such seamanship. After standing till 3.12 to tho 
south, Electric tac'.tod to sturboard, Challenge following 
suit at 3.13, and at 3.13J the Spirit also. Tho flag off 
Eastham was rounded by 
n. n. s. n. h s 
Spirit .. .. 3 17 40 Electric .... 3 19 6 
Challenge .. 3 17 44 Warlock .. .. 3 22 0 
Kelpie .. .. 3 18 5 Sirocco .. .. 3 22 1 
Torment 3 28 0 
Balloon jibs and large topsails were hoisted on almost nil, 
and with such canvass 6et, both Challenge and Electric wore 
enabled to pass Spirit. Kelpie, in avoiding tho tide iu 
siiore, got becalmed, and lost her position ; and though well- 
sailed, never was able to regain her lost ground. 
The steamer, which was admirably kept in position during 
the whole of the race, was now stationed off the flag-boat, 
at tho Dingle; which Challenge, with a fuir lead, looking 
and going like a winner, was about to round, whon, in 
taking in her balloon jib, everything was let go at once ; 
and, not being carefully handed in, fell overboard, and tho 
tide catching both it and her, with her rudder across tho 
stern, quickly stopped her, giving her stern way till tho 
foresail was run up and tho holm shifted; mean while 
Electric came up, and, greyhound-like, snapped up tho 
narrow vacancy between Challenge aud tho flag-boot, round- 
ing the latter in beautiful style. 
