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THE FIELD. 
to sail. Iu all other respects the rules of the lloyal London 
Yacht Club to be observed, so far as applicable. 
Owner*, 
Mr. II. Hewitt 
Mr. Tuck well. 
Mr. It. l'carse. 
Mr. T. Bartlett. 
Mr. Talmadge 
. ill III VlUU VV uc Ul'ol. * * ‘-"J * * - 
The entry list closed on Wednesday week, and was as 
follows : — 
YaehU. Tons. 
Gnat \ 
Blue-Evod Maid 4 
Firing Dutchmnn « 
Little Mosquito 7 
Bluo Belle • 
Of these yachts, the Mosquito was found to be over-ton- 
nage. and she was consequently withdrawn. 
In order to witness this match we joined the Gannett 
steamer nt the Blockwall-picr, whence she started for Erith at 
10.45, having on board Mr. Eagle, the treasurer of the 
club, who was the umpire of the day, several other members 
of the committee, and, considering the late period of the 
season, a goodly muster of yachtsmen. The wind was S.S.W., 
and blowing fresh all day, with a cloudy sky. 
On reaching Erith, at 11.25, we did not observe the usual 
muster of yachts, but among those present wero the Avalon, 
Curlew, Idas, Little Duchess, Little Mosquito, and a few 
others. Most of these accompanied the match. At the 
hour originally fixed for the start we arc sorry to record 
that Rome of the yachts had not taken up their station ; But 
at 11.45 all wore soon in position. We havo given their 
names abovo. Then- stations wore from the Kentish 
coast, Flying Dutchman, Gnat, Blue Relic, and Blue-Eyed 
Moid. At 12.15 the gun to prepare was fired, and at 12.20 
the gun to start. Off they went! Dutchman took the 
lend, Gnat appeared ready to inflict her Bting, Blue Belle 
came third, and the Blue-Eyed Maid fourth. The race 
was in this part a run down. On reaching Purfleet, 
the Gnat was some distance a-head, Blue Belle second, and 
thi' Maid overhauling the Dutchman ; but, while the Maid 
was shifting her balloon-jib for jib and foresail, she neces- 
sarily dropped somewhat astern, and Blue Bello, bothered by 
the breeze, had to take in her topsail, the Dutchman being 
the only craft ktill oarrying thpt sail - ■ 
On approaching Northfleot, the Blue-Eyed Maid passed 
the Dutchman, the topsoil of the lntter getting adrift, making, 
as it. were, the distant signal . for “ an enemy in sight," but 
the took and sheet were smartly brought under control, and 
eveiything re-established ship-slmpo. Blue Belle now re-set 
her topsail, but Gnat wisely held on without so doing, and 
having moreover n reef iu her mainsail, under which snug 
canvas she stood as upright as a dart. 
The wind now dropped, and the Dutchman sot her square- 
sail, but derived very little good from it. Till they rounded 
at Roslicrville there was no material change ; and, in doing 
bo, the times were as follows : — 
1, «. I h. m. s. 
c ,„ o Mold 1 22 15 
j}. 1 Dutchman 1 23 45 
1 „ . ; to N . . , , wich there was no change in 
the “ order of sailing.’ But perhaps no match was ever sailed 
iu the river between small craft whoro smarter handling was 
witnessed than in the match of yesterday (Saturday); and 
we, therefore, hopo to see many such matches, and 
earlier in the muon. Writing at this late hour, and 
Bomowlmt fatigued with the pleasures of the day, 
we can only record the result ol the match, which 
terminated between four and five o’clock, much to the 
denotation of the engines of tho Gannett steamer, the whole 
distance lrnving been sailed over in some four hours, a time 
which even steamers find somewhat too fast. 
AHHIVAL AT THE GOAL. 
n. m. s. I n - *'• 8 - 
G nn t 1 1-15 Blue-Eyed Maid 4 12 0 
Blue Bello 4 fi () I Flying Dutchman 4 17 0 
Mr. Kaglo ably presented the prizes to the owners of the 
Gnut and Belle, and wo wore glad to observe that cheers 
were given for the losing yachts, ils well as the winners. 
In ono word, this match was good, honourable, and pro- 
mising. It will load to many such another. And the R.L.Y. 
Club deserves much honour on this occasion for their 
liberality. ^ 
THE QUEEN’S VISIT TO SCOTLAND. 
(By Electric Telegraph.) 
Aberdeen, Friday Night. 
The Queen left Edinburgh at nine o’clock this morning ; 
arrived at Aberdeen at 2.10 ; proceeded by the Deeside Rail- 
way to Banchory, where her Majesty had luncheon, and 
then drove over to Balmoral. The weather was very fine. 
{By Submarine and European Telegraph.) 
Paths, Saturday. 
Titf. Bourse.— T hree per Cent. Rentes closed yesterday 
for account, 74.40; ditto, for rnonoy, 78.85 ; Four-ond-a-Half 
per Cents., for money, 97.25 ex div. ; ditto for account, 97-70 
ex div. Bunk shares, 2,940. The Three per Cents, have 
closed a shade butter. 
An Imperial decree calls into active service 00,000 men, 
the remuinder of the contingent of 1858. 
The Monitcur publishes tho following despatch :— 
TheraPIA, Sept. 7. — The French and the Turks left 
Vania on the 5th. The English fleet was to join them at 
the Isle of Serpents. The weather is fine." 
The Isle of Serpent*— called, in Turkish, I ilan Adassi ; 
in Greek, Fidoniai ; in Russian, Zmenioi Ostrow— is a small 
roekv island, situated at a short distance from the coast of 
Bessarabia, opposite the mouths of tho Danube. It is about 
a mile and a half iu circumference. A lighthouso has been 
erected upon it. According to the accounts of Wiillachian 
deserters, who arrived at Bucharest ou the 2nd iust., the 
army of Prince Gortschakoff was in a state of the greatest 
demoralisation. Tho Russian troops, continually liarrassed 
and beaten by the Turks, over whom they were promised an 
easy victory at tho opening of the campaign, have lost all 
confidence. _ , . 
Jasst, Sept. 8. 
The Russians are quitting Moldavia with all possible speed. 
It is said that the Turks hav e entered Fokschu ni. 
THE EXPEDITION TO THE CRIMEA, AND VICTORY 
OVER THE RUSSIANS IN ASIA. 
{By Submarine and European 'Airgraph.) 
Constantinople, Sept. < . 
The storm which had raged for some days in the Black Sea 
had ceased. On the 4th all the troops had embarked 1 he 
whole fleet consists of 600 Boil. On the 4tli the first division 
of the fleet sailed iu the direction of beb^Uq.ol. I he 
strength of the army is 90,000 men. On the 4th Marshal St. 
Arnaud sailed on board the Charlemagne. , , T 
Sch amyl has gained a great victory over the Russians at Teflis. 
The Russians lost many men, seven guns, 3,000 tents, and all 
their baggage, with many horses and waggonB. ^11 the pro- 
visions and ammunition of the Russians fell into the hands ol 
the victors. 
The Russians, under Prince Bebutoff, are retreating in 
forced marches from Kutais and Kara to Teflis 
On the 25th of August the Turkish Minister retired from 
Teheran to Erzcroum. There is a complete rupture between 
the Porte and Persia. 
Vienna, Saturday, 10 a.m. 
According to a telegraphic despatch of the 7th, from 
Odessa, eight Anglo-French steamers had, on that day, 
placed themselves with their broadsides towards the quaran- 
tine harbour. . 
A strong impression prevails that something will he 
undertaken at the Isthmus of Pcrckop. 
At Simferopol, iu tho Crimea, great preparations are 
making for the reception of a high personage— probably a 
Russian Grand Duke. 
Constantinople, Sept. 8. 
The Sultan has issued firmans for the re-instalment of the 
Princes Stirbcy and Ghika as Hospodars. 
DESTRUCTION OF RUSSIAN GUNBOATS IN THE 
BALTIC. 
(By International Telegraph via the Hague.) 
Stockholm, Sept. 13. 
Our papers state that on allied force has landed at Ulricas- 
borg, near Sweaborg (Helsingfors), erected batteries, and 
destroyed a large division of Russian gunboats, which the 
enemy thought wore safe in that harbour. The town was 
set on fire. 
St. Petersburg, Sept. 9. 
The formation of the reserve is definitively settled. An 
imperial ukase orders a levy of ten men in every 1,000 in the 
west of the empire. 
ARREST OF MAZZINI. 
The Journal tic Gnu n of the 9th contains the following :— 
“ A letter from Berne of the 7th informs us that Mazzini has 
been arrested at Basle. He was coming from Berne, whoro 
he had spent some days in the house of a patrician, to whom 
lie described himself as an Italian Count, greatly attached to 
Austria, and driven into Switzerland by the fear of tho 
cholera. According to our correspondent, the police has 
discovered his residence, and was preparing to apprehend 
him, when he absconded, and left for Basle, under a false 
name. The Government gave notice to the authorities of 
his arrival, and he was arrested on alighting from the dili- 
gence." — [The above is untrue. — E d.] 
(Pur Xrttrr-^ng. 
FOWLS. 
Sin,— I wish to address you on a subject in which you, and many or 
your correspondents, tube considerable interest — I mean in reference 
to Cochin-China fowls, bantams, and the ordinary domestic bird, or the 
twine genus, 
D'avanc * , however, I must say something about myself. I am a lite- 
rary man by profession; that is to say. I get my living by writing for 
as many hours in the day os my energy will permit. I reside in a 
house which used to suit me marvellously, my apartments being in its 
rsar, and looking upon quiet gardens, I did my work, earned my 
mom i old my rent, and pursued the noiseless tenor of my way 11 the 
world forgetting, by tho world forgot." 
Now, sir, we conic to the birds, My number is No. S. At the June 
quarter, a wretch took No. 7 ; und into his garden he has turned about 
a dozen bantams and common fowl. At the half-quarter, a miscreant 
took No. 9 ; and into hie garden he bus turned seven Cochin-China 
fowls, of extreme ugliness, and deep bass voices. The whole party 
screech, and war. and cluck, and scream, and crow, and squabble— 
privately lighting among themselves, or ferociously defying their 
neighbours over the wall — from C a.m. to C p.m., daily, Sunday 
included. 
My work is greatly interfered with by this abominable and irritating 
riot. 1 shall not earn my money — I shall not pay my rent the tenor 
of my way is no longer noiseless ; and, so far from forgetting, or being 
forgotten by the world, 1 shall have memoranda of its requirements left 
with my landlady by county-court bailiffs and the like, to my extremo 
discouragement. 
Somebody may say that I may move. But I won't move. Why 
should the poultry make me evacuate my principality? 
1 tell you, and I tell Nos. 7 and 9 (they read The Field), that I mean 
to kill their birds; and 1 want you, or some of your correspondents, to 
inform me of the most merciful manner of effecting my purpose. Ol 
eom-se, one cannot fire guns from back windows in Pimlico. W hat 
grain shall I steep, in what soporific? 1 mean to throw the prepared 
article over the walls, right and left, over-night, and hope for the 
happiest results. 
People who bring nuisances into populated neighbourhoods have no 
right to courtesy ; but, of course, this is ft notice of which 7 and 9 
can avail themselves if they please. I had rather they removed the 
birds than that I did. But one purty must do it ; and, having a strong 
conviction that the party will be the undersigned, I beg to ask for the 
information above indicated, and to subscribe myself your obedient 
admirer, Miso-Gallcs. 
Pimlico, September 20. 
THE HIGHLANDS OF SOUTH WALES. 
“ The sun 
Rides high, and on the thoroughfares of life 
I find myself a man in middle age, 
Busy and hard to please.” 
How many of us may say the same. My simple object in now 
writing is to point out to some of your readers how, for a short timu 
at least, this difficulty may he obviated. 
Should any of your readers be in wont of good fishing, pure, Invi- 
gorating air, and, at the same time, capable of appreciating most 
romantic scenery, lot them follow my example. 
Having perused "Cllffe's Guide to South Wales," and conned over his 
description of "the land of the gorges," 1 wrote to an aiiist-fnend, 
begging him to pack up his traps and be ready for a start. Ho gallantly 
responded to the invitation ; and our force being strengthened by 
another recruit, in the slmpo of a young and ardent flshennan, 
accompanied by "Jem," his factotum, we found ourselves at the Bello 
Vue Hotel, Ll'anwrtyd, one fine Monday morning, distant Horn tho 
market-town of Builtb, Breconshire, ten miles. Haring partaken of 
the invigorating mineral waters for which this picturesque village is so 
justlv celebrated, and having done ample justice to a most substantial 
breakfast, we started on our first day's campaign. Ascending the river 
Irfon (which flows through the village), through rich and fertile vales, 
gradually becoming more wild and uncultivated— here gliding noise- 
lessly along in peaceful seclusion, clothed with profusion of verdure 
and fantastic trees, hemmed in on either side by steep velvety moun- 
tains— there brawling and foaming over immense boulders of rock, 
which have fallen from the o'erhanging-erngs, wo reached the Grouse Inn, 
Abergweutn. Leaving "our artist to sketch some of the beauties of 
the place, not omitting the twin churches on either side of the nver, of 
primeval architecture, viz., Llondewy Abcrgwessin and Llanflhaugel 
Abcrgwcssin, where 
«' Funereal yews, 
Notch’d with the growth of centuries, stretching round, 
Dismal in aspect and grotesque in shape, 
I’air after psur were ranged,” 
we started off on a pioneering expedition, to search for accommodation 
in the adjacent valley of the Towey Our friend the landlord of tho 
Grouso Inn being our guide, wo arrived, after a ride of five miles, at tho 
form of Vanog. Our reception was most hospitable, and we were at 
onco told hi the kindest manner that we should be boarded and lodged 
there. I must not forget to mention that, cn route to this place, we felt 
the drenching effects of a terrific thunder-storm. Language must 
fail to describe the awfully grand effects produced upon the eye and 
car in the desolate wilds we traversed. Our guide, however, we fear 
did not experience the same sensations; for. before we had time to 
think, he was over the hills and far away, reminding us forcibly of 
Tam o'Shanter, nothing impeding his progress. Could any of your 
fellow cits have seen us, we should certainly havo been put down in 
their minds as “possessed." 
How much has been said and written about hotel charges. I grant 
it, that, in tho generality of cases, I as much as others have reason t 0 
cry out Not so, however, in the present case ; for, on our return, 
after partaking heartily of eggs nnd bacon, and imbibing some excel- 
lent “ evvrvv," our landlord, having found us a mount, acted as guide, 
and having had a thorough drenching, informed us, upon asking for 
our score, that there was nothing to pay ; " he did it all out of respect. 1 
Never shall we forget his genuine, warm-hearted Welsh hospitality. 
Wc returned to our quarters at Llanwrtyd by six in the evening 
Our piscatorial friends produced the results of their day's work ; and, 
to judge from the number of trout, and tho Bize of the greater pro- 
portion, their delight must, in a measure, have equalled our own. 
Next morning at seven, off to the mountains. Started to Aberg. 
wessin. Here we put our tackle in order, got out our sketching 
apparatus, See., and commenced in earnest our day's work. Following 
the upward oourse of the Irfon, passing under the awfully grand and 
craggy heights of Alltyr hebog, we arrived at Camddur y’blciddiast, or 
“Tho Wolf's Leap." The river here, reduced to a very narrow channel 
by the action of on accumulated uge of waters, foams through the base 
of precipitous rocks, some fifty or sixty feet in height, their summits 
actually overlapping each other, forming as magnificent a subject for a 
picture as the most enthusiastic lover of rocky scenery could wish. 
Hence we proceeded up the river to “ Llnncrch yrfo," every step a study, 
and every turn a picture. All traces of cultivation being left far 
behind, nothing could exceed the desolate grandeur of tho scenery, which, 
by those who have had opportunities of judging, lias been compared 
to that of the Kyber Pass, in Cabul. The rain coming down in torrents 
stayed all further progress ; so, like good generals, having collected our 
forces, vve being unable to lace the enemy, beat a retreat. Being wet 
to the skin, and hunger knocking at the door, we were obliged to call a 
halt at the Grouse Inn. Here wo examined our baskets, and found wo 
had bagged upwards of 27 lbs. of trout, our friend " Jem" having aided 
in the capture. Next came the question of cooking ; and here, our 
host being in a fix, his cook being absent and his other domestic " not 
know nothing" about it, vve were obliged to officiate. To fastidious 
epicures our cooking might have been distasteful, the dish not being 
certainly a la Soyer, but au nature!. Nevertheless, to hungry mortals 
like ourselves, it proved most acceptable. The inner man being re- 
freshed, wc started homewnrds, fishing all the way, notwithstanding 
tho weather. Arrived, vve made ourselves comfortable, and over good 
6tiff glasses of grog — the best antidote for colds — discussed the events 
of the day. Jem was started off', and by our orders laid plenty of 
night lines. A good dish of eels for breakfast next morning was the 
result : rather rich, your epicures may say ; but this was at six in the 
morning, and we had a heavy day's work before us. Breakfast over, 
we mounted our swift and sure-footed steeds, and proceeded, over as 
wild and mountainous a line of country as ever it has been our lot to see, 
tn route for Vanog. In many places the eye may travel over an area of 
country some ton, twelve, or fifteen miles in extent ; in fact, ns far as 
eye can reach in either direction, without detecting the slightest sign of 
cultivation, not so much as even a shrub — nay, not even a furze bush: — 
“ Alone, alone, a desolate, dreary wild, 
Hevbless and vcrdurelcss : low, swampy moss. 
Where tadpoles grew to frogs, for leagues begirt 
Our solitary path. Nor sight uor sound 
Of moving life, except a grey curlew. 
As shrieking tumbled on the timid bird, 
Aye glancing backward with its coal-black eye, 
Even as by imp invisible pursued, 
Wus seen or heard.” 
What pen can describe the effects of that morning scamper ? What 
says Tupper ? — 
“At five on a dewy morning, 
Before the blazing day ; 
To be up and off’ on a high-mettled horse 
Over the hills away : 
To drink the rich, sweet breath of the gorsc, 
And bathe in the breeze of the Downs, 
11a ! man, if you can match bliss like this 
In all the joys of towns.” 
But let us on. We arrived at Vanog, where a most hearty reception 
awaited us. Having put our steeds in the stables, vve proceeded up tbo 
Towey, which flows immediately below the house. The scenery here 
is even more wild and picturesque than that of the Irfon. Would that 
I were gifted with the descriptive genius of old “Christopher." Would 
that he had been alive, and had formed one of our party, und that the 
result had been that, instead of my humble attempt in illustration of 
our exploits, he had added another chapter to his immortal " Recre- 
ations but, alas I I feel forcibly that 
“Words are weak, and most to seek 
When wanted filly fold.” 
Having followed the course of the river for many miles, and haring 
retraced our steps, we again arrived at our new quarters. Plenty or 
plain, but good nnd substantial, fare smoked upon tho board shortly 
after our arrival — not forgetting the produce of our boskets, which 
wero again weighty, and afforded a treat to many besides ourselves. 
The meal over, vve adjourned to the settle in the old chimney-corner 
Tho “ gwryty" sitting in regal dignity in his old arm-chair, and his 
worthy partner opposite to him, busily employed in household occupa- 
tions, vve lighted our pipes, filled our glasses, and after a short but 
interesting debate upon foreign policy, war-taxes, &c. — for you must 
know the Welsh are great politicians — adjourned to our comfortable 
beds, and in less time than we can write it were safe in the embraco of 
Morpheus. 
Early next morning vve were again on the move, and inspected Cam 
Cellog, or " The Cock's Step," a sight worthy of a journey from any 
distance. It is difficult to find the path, but 
“Aye floundering, on 
And on I stray’d, finding no pathway save 
The runlet of a wintry stream, begirt 
With shelvy, barren rocks ; around, o'erlicad, 
Yea, everywhere, in shapes grotesque and grim. 
Towering they rose, encompassing my path, 
As 't were in savage mockery. Lo! a chasm, 
Yawning, nnd bottomless, and black ! Beneath 
I heard the waters in their sheer descent 
Descending down and down ; and further down 
Descending still and dashing— now a rush, 
And now a roar, and now a fainter tall, 
And still remote — and, yet, finding still 
For the white anguish of their boumg whirl 
No resting-place.” 
Quitting with regret so glorious a sight, we proceeded downwards along 
he Towey. through scenery hitherto unexplored by artists, but whicn 
pledge my sincerity it will amply repay any artist to visit and alter 
assing the modest little church of Ystrad ffln, we came in sight of th 
vountain upon which Twm Slion Catti's cave is situate. The scenery 
ere is all that an artist could wish. 
"Mountain uppiled on mountain huge and blue," interlacing at t 
ase which is occasionally wooded, with tho river Towey in the fore- 
round, rushing over rocks tons and tons weight, in *' rich confusion 
urled," vieing with each other in strangeness of outline, and cacti m 
•self a study. I ought to mention that Twm Shon Catti was a cei- 
rated Welsh freebooter, and tliut this was his principal fastness. ' 
hen proceeded some distance up the Doethian, which here joins in 
[■owey, and had some excellent sport. 
Sewin and salmon of moderate size are here abundant ; consequent 
ur basket, on our return, afforded us an additional treat. 
The following day we started by a wild and mountainous road un 
re arrived at the Pysgotwr river, near the farm of Troed rhier cyrom ■ 
,n either side of which, in lofty grandeur, frown tho rival rocKS , 
?raig Pysgotwr and Craig Ddft. We followed the Pysgotwr 
hrough scenes that struck us dumb with astonishment. The vole 
