SAILING MATCH ROUND TIIE ISLE OF WIGHT.

Otago Witness, Issue 92, 19 February 1853, Page 1

SAILING MATCH ROUND TIIE ISLE OF WIGHT.

"nriEVT or Tin: " ameiik'V. , Their wcie eight vessels entered in the match foi the 100 guinea Cup, the gift of her Majesty, open ] only to jachts of the Royal Victoria Yacht Club. V.'c had" locked forward to seeing the Volante contend for this prize against her old opponent the ( Ameiica; and now regret to find that she was not entered because her owner was ineligible for the i race, from having withdrawn his name fiom the i Victoiia Club— a step taken, we understand, in consequence of the new rule as to racing adopted at Ryde, \iz., that yachts should be reckoned by their length instead of by their tonnage. The eouisc on Thursday was round the Island, passing outside the . Nab Light Vessel, lea\ing the buoys on the Sandhead and Noman on the starboard hand, ictuiniiig between the Brilliant or station vessel and Hyde ! Pier. The match excited the deepest interest in the nau- j tical world, and which was participated in by the ' public in general. The weather in the morning I bore a menacing aspect, but as the time approached j for the start it wore away. There was a gentle * breeze blowing from the southward and westward, and the day in e\ery other respect delightful. At lOh. 30m. the gun to start was fired, when the several yachts in (lie match slipped fiom their moorings, and proceeded on their course, passing to -the eastward outside the island. The Mosquito, under the directions of the celebrated " Jack Nickols," took the lead, and got away with alacrity, followed by the Arrow, then the America, Aurora, Zephyietta, and the rest "in a bunch." As they passed the Noman the wind became light from the S.W., and as the day advanced the breeze freshened, though not to that extent as to prevent them carrying all the sail each yacht was allowed to do. The Mosquito, having still the lead, kept it for a considerable dis'ance, followed by the Arrow, Zephyretta, and America, As it was evident the other yachts had no chance, and so many " strangers" in company, all attention was directed towards the yachts we have named as being the only ones which had a slight chance with the formidable antagonist of the last season ; the general opinion being in favour of the Arrow, from her having been lengthened and much improved, although some entertained a belief that the Mosquito would not be very far behind. The Mosquito was the first round the Nab, about two minutes in advance of the arrow, the latter about three minutes on the Zephyretta, and in about two minutes afterwards was followed by the America. From hence the respective yachts hauled their wind, and worked down the S.E. part of the island towards St. Catherines. The Mosquito here showed her weatherly , ijualities, and when off the south point of the island :

•was about eight minutes ahead of the Arrow, and about twehe minutes ahead of the America. The advantage she had thus obtained was occasioned by her making short tacks and her quickness in stays, a certain advantage possessed by cutteis over schooners. The America had long reaches in the offing, as was the case last summer. In the present instance there was no excuse of woiking up in shore, as both the America and Mosquito were of similar diaught of water, about eleven feet. St. Catherine's having been rounded, the yachts edged away and shaped then course N.AY. for the Needles. Wind about S.W. to AY.S.AY., fresh breeze. The America on this course lessened her distance, and upon rounding the Needles Rocks the Mosquito was only four minutes and a half ahead of the Ameiica, and the latter about eight minutes in advance of the Arrow. After these yachts had got inside the Needles the wind shifted to W.N.V., and the Arnclica overhauled and passed the Mosquito off " Jack in the Basket," and then became the foremost and leading \essel. By the time the Mosquito reached Lepe the Arrow passed her; from thence the yachts »,ti etched across the Solent towards Old Castle Point, where the three yachts met together, and the Arrow and Mosquito shortly afterwards closed the America and passed her. The whole now ran up and passed Osboine with the wind dead aft, the America "goose winged," the same adAantage being taken by the cutters, they also boomed out their foresails. It was here evident that as long as the cutters could run under their two sails, they had the advantage. Eventually they anived at the goal as follows, it being almost a neck and neck race between the Ariow and Mosquito, the former being about the length of her bowsprit in advance. They were timed as follows: — . H. M. S. Arrow 6 58 42 Mosquii o 6 58 44 Ameiica 7 0 42 Zephyretta 7 36' 30 Thus it will be seen it was a most exciting match, and the altoi.ition which the Arrow has undergone has greatly improved her sailing qualities. Nevertheless, it was the general remark that however well the America may ha\e been bailed and attended to during the match with the same cam ass on her as when sailed b\ her former American oiew her sails did not picient that •' caulboard" appearance in displacing or going through the water as formerly wken her motion was almost imperceptible. It is already known to tiie world, that heietofore nothing could compete with hei. but as the Mosquito was never tried with her, and the Aiuow has since been improved upon, we nuis.t award the palm to our English cutters. An obscn ation was made the day pie\ ious, as regards her tiim, that to all appealance she v\i% too much by the head. She had the same pilot, Mr. Underwood, on boaul, as in her previous raoes. "With this simple fact, then, that she beat ever) thing last year which was, opposed to her, and this) ear has been beaten handsomely by smaller vessels, we close our remarks. — Observer.

Madame Madeuspacii, the lady who had been scourged by the Austrian soldiers under the orders of Haynau, ib still alive. The punishment to which she had been bubjected was* the " Gasselauf," or running the gauntlet; that is, to walk leisurely to the beat of the drum, stripped to the waist, through two lines of soldiers, 1.30 aside, each aimed with a. tough timber stick, which he lays on as hard as he can while the ictim passes. The effect upon the proud, high-born lady was to drive her into insanity. The news of such a public, brutal indignity on his wife so affected the husband, that he shot himself through the brain. And to entirely hush up the matter, the only survivor, a young son, was drafted into the Austrian army in Italy, as a common soldier, where he is still. The poor ladylhcs still in Pesth, in a half-crazed condition. It is said, after Haynau's tremendous flagellation by the London brewers, some one sent her a paper containing an account of it; and that she kept it for days in her bosom, wet with her tears ! Somehow or other she obtained, too, a piece of one of the brooms with which she was beaten, and, maniac-like, &he has made a bracelet of it, which she now wears. The Hungaiians assert that this instance of Madame Maderspach is only one of several similar. The Grand Duke of Tuscany has enacted that all young men leading an inegular life, or having contracted habits of rioting and debauchery, shall be subjected to military discipline.

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