16 FEBRUARY 1867, Page 3

Mr. J. G. Bennett, junior, the winner of the ocean

race, has offered his yacht, the Henrietta, as a present to Prince Alfred. The Prince—who, according to Canadian papers, is to be Viceroy of Canada—in a most courteous and kindly letter has declined to accept so costly a gift. The Americans, who do not quite appre- ciate the honours paid to Mr. Bennett, the New York Herald not being in the highest esteem, seem equally pleased with the gift and the refusal.