The Sun. — London, England, 1861-10-29 00:00:00

THE NAVY. VALLETTA, Oct. 24.—Her Majesty's gunboat r.prise, i guns, Commander Whyte, arrived from aples on the 20th instant, leaving the fleet under a command of Vice-Admiral Sir W. F. Martin, ,C. 8., in the bay. The fleet is expected to return . \ialta about the end of this month. bier Majea- 's gunboat Wanderer, 4, Commander Seymour, t ich left this port on the 16th instant to convey Lf, co mmissioners, Dr. Sutherland and Captain t.lton, to Corfu, put back from stress of weather i the following day, and took a fresh departure t the 21st instant. Her Majesty's gunboat In c pid, 4, Commander Marryat, came in on the 22d 3%. from Corfu. Rear-Admiral Mundy who was have proceeded home in the Himalaya, and re ),•ted to have taken passage by that vessel, leaves the Peninsular and Oriental Company's steamer -night for England via Marseilles. Her Majesty's .ips in port are the Hannibal, Hibernia, Melpo ne, Doris, Surprise, Intrepid, Supply, and Hearty. The War Department transport Sebastopol, Mr. nders, commander, was placed alongside the Ord ance-wharf, at Chatham, yesterday morning, and iring the day landed 196 cases, containing 4,000 and of arms, consisting of the short rifle for sea irvice, with the sword bayonet attached, and also given brass 24-pounder howitzers, from Woolwich. ho rifles were forwarded to Chatham from the rmoury at the Tower. yesterday the Sarah arrived at Chatham dock ard from the Thames, with a number of the large abs of iron for the armour plates for the Royal )oc, 51, building at that establishment. The plates, tl of which weigh about four tons each, were 'aided by the labourers and placed in store in readi es to be fixed to the exterior of the vessel as soon 3 her teak planking is completed. The armour kites, which are of rolled iron, are from the Park ate Iron Works, Yorkshire. The Warrior, 40, screw, Capt. Hon. A. A. Coch rane, C. 8., sailed from Spithead, on her sea experi mental trip, at daylight yesterday morning, calling at Portland on her way down channel. The paddlewheel steam sloop Gladiator, 6, Com, sander Henry D. Hickley, from Halifax, Oct. 9, rrived in Plymouth Sound yesterday: She brings ome 126 of the crew of the paddlewheel steam loop Driver, 6, Commander Horatio Nelson, re ently lost, and 55 invalids, passengers and pri oners from the North American and West India quadron. During the passage heavy weather was perienced, and she was compelled on Saturday to mt into the Scilly Islands for coal. Her crew were sspected yesterday forenoon by Rear-Admiral R. ;mart, K.H., and to-day she will go into Hamoaze, there her hands will be turned over to the Grey •tound. The Gladiator will then be stripped and , laced in the third division of the steam reserve. ihe left at Halifax the screw steamship Nile, 90, ;apt. Edward K. Barnard, flag of Rear-Admiral ;ir Alexander Milne, K.C.B. ; the screw steamship St. George, 86, Capt. the Hon. Francis Egerton ; the screw steam frigate Immortalite, 51, Capt. George Hancock ; the screw steam frigate Diadem, '32, Capt. James H. Cockburn ; the screw steam frigate Ariadne, 26, Capt. E. W. Vansittart ; the screw steam corvette Jason, 22, Capt. Edward P. B. Von Donop ; and the screw steam sloop Racer, 11, Commander Algernon M'Lennan Lyons. The paddlewheel steam sloop Barracouta, 6, Commander 'William Wood, was gone to Bermuda ; and the paddlewheel steam sloop Spiteful, 6, Commander Wilson, to Newfoundland. The gunboat Shipjack left Plymouth yesterday morning for Spithead, but, owing to strong winds from the eastward, she was compelled to put back to the Sound. A portion of the machinery intended for her Ma. jcsty's 51 screw steam-frigate Arethusa, manufac tured at Messrs. Penn and Sons' factory, in the I ewisham-road, was yesterday removed to their wharf at Deptford, for shipment to Woolwich. Being constructed on a new principle of expansion the cylinders and condensers are of very great size and weight, inasmuch that horse-power was found inconvenient and inadequate for their safe removal. Recourse was consequently had to a Bray's traction engine, which su3cessfully removed the huge ma chinery of the vessel. A new engine of great power and improved construction having been placed at their disposal yesterday commenced the transport and performed the operation with marked success. Each truck load exceeded 35 tons weight, exclu sively of the engine weighing another 12 tons. It climbed the steep ascent leading from the factory and through the narrow windings and acclivities with apparent ease, and performed the distance of about two miles in half an hour. Messrs. Penn and Sons, who were present, witnessed with satisfaction the performance of the traction engine, and expressed their approbation of this means of transport as in every way desirable. A serious collision by which her Majesty's steam vessel Monkey was much damaged, occurred in Woolwich harbour at 3 o'clock yesterday afternoon. It appears that the Monkey was lying at her usual moorings, immediately opposite the dockyard, when a laden brig came up the stream, and went com pletely out of her proper course, being apparently unmanageable. The Monkey was struck with. great force by the brig, and carried away from her moor ings, one of her paddle boxes was driven in, her funnel removed, and the vessel otherwise injured. Mr. Macdonald, Master Attendant of the Fisgard flagship, and other officers, immediately proceeded to investigate the matter, and the brig, which ap pears to be entirely in fault, was detained, but af terwards proceeded up the river. The Monkey will be removed to the basin to-day for repairs. On the 18th, the Norwegian barque Leip, Capt. 0. C. Olsen, arrived at Malta with Capt. Hughes and 24 of the crew of the late screw steamer Marco Itozzaris, which foUndered at sea on the 16th, about 200 miles from Malta. Great praise is due to Capt. Oslen for the noble manner in which he behaved on the occasion, for though the weather was very bois terous, with a nasty chopping sea, he remained close to the ill-fated steamer from 5 p.m. of the l sth to 2 a.m. on the 16th, and saved the whole ef the crew with the exception of one of the men. The Marco Bezzaris was nearly a rew vessel, and the captain has enjoyed the reputa tion of being a good seaman, and a careful, steady man ; but this is the second steamer that has been lost within a short distance of Malta, the other I , being the Pomona ; and these two vessels founder ing at sea has greatly shaken the confidence of the public in screw steamers. In both cases the weather was rough and blowing hard, but not extremely so, ' in, fact in both cases average gales of wind, and yet e allorwegian b arque goes t h roug h i t sa f ely , an d an l .„ e Mish steamer, with all her modern improvements, tovr n d era. This certainly should be explained, or the confidence of the public will not easily be re "'red. It appears to b 3 the fault of the ships, for both steamers were commanded by steady, clever seamen. I t appears that the lifeboat with ten men left the Marco Bozz ar i ato They wer e t o l eave six men on me proceed to the barque. with four me n t o take ano the r board a n d t o re t urn portion of the c rew ; but on getting o n b oard the barque they, w i t h the exception of two, re f used to return and remainder of the cre w . W hen the captain rasa" the and the rest saw themselves so abandoned they set to work t o clear the other lifeboat, whi c h wee to w indward . In getting her into the water she was stove very dangerously, but floated, and the rem a i n d er of the crew crowded into her. In their hurry to get away they abandoned one poor man, Edward Daw ton, of Hull, a seaman who had been shipped at Constantinople in place of a man left sick in the hospital there. When this poor fellow foam' him heir thus abandoned in sinkinga ship in a heavy storm in the dead of night his c r ies to be taken also became heartrending, but from the damaged state of the boat they did not think it prudent to return , and thus the poor fellow was le ft to his fate. In the morning no sign of the vessel wa s to be seen. In a popular London periodical there ha ve lately appeared several tales, the interest of eac h of Which turns upon the cruelty of a captain of one vessel passing another in distress without render inag assistance, and it is to be feared that in many c blowln particularly when a fair wind is It ra _gl t his s charge rests on good foundation. owner b © e te rrible . loss to a captain and damaging th eir fair wind, and to run the risk of vessel, Resides the expense of keeping the crew till the arrival at the next port.' For the absolute subsistence the Board of Trade will pay, if claimed, which it very seldom is, for the captain, either from the goodheartedness of a sea man, or from the hope of obtE.ining a pre ,:nt, or a letter of thanks from the Board of Trade, seldom or ever sends in a bill. Would it not be wise to offer some reward or premium to every captain who de tains his vessel to rescue another ? For then it would be worth the captain's while to run some risk to save another in distress. The Rev. S. H. Jacot has been appointed chap lain of her Majesty's ship Saturn, at Pembroke, to do the duty of the dockyard during the absence, on sick leave, of the Rev. Mr. Campbell, chaplain of that establishment. Mr. William Burdwood, first-class clerk in Pem broke yard, has been appointed Admiralty audit clerk of that naval arsenal. The following appointments were made on Satur day at the Admiralty :—Capt. George G. Randolph, to the Diadem ; Edward C. Drummond, acting sub lieut., to the Edgar; C. M'Laughlin, sub lieut., to the Firebrand; N. T. Connolly, acting assist.-surg., to the Doterel; W. H. Jenkins, acting engineer, confirmed in the Doterel; G. Hunt (B), additional in the Pembroke, for the Magnet, promoted to en gineer; T. Richards, additional in the Fisgard, for the Black Eagle, promoted to engineer; J. P. Taplin, in the Warrior, promoted to engineer; J. Banner man, in the Scourge, promoted to engineer; J. Irving, is the Pelorus, promoted to acting engineer; M. Charlton, in the Topaze, promoted to acting en gineer; W. Skeen, in the Actaeon, for the Dove, promoted to acting engineer; A. D. Johnston, assist.-paymaster to the Orpheus; Charles R. Rod ham, assist.-paymaster to the Ajax; Frederick North, assist.-paymaster to the Edgar; T. E. Lem mens, clerk to the Trafalgar ; and Henry N. Aylen assist.-clerk to the Orpheus. THE ARM} , The sth (Northumberland Fusileers) Regiment, under the command of Col. W, C. Master, C. 8., sta- ioned at Portsmouth, paraded on Southsea-eom mon, at 11 a.m. yesterday, for inspection by Major. Gen. Lord W. Paulet, C. 8., commanding the gar. rison and district. The troops were marched past in slow and quick time. They reformed line, and went through the manual, platoon, and bayonet exercises, and afterwards through a series of batta lion movements, at the conclusion of which Lord W. Paulet addressed the regiment in complimentary terms, and said that it was in a much better state than he had expected to find it, considering its re cent return from India. His lordship then pre sented medals, to which were attached gratuities, to four men in the regiment for long service and good conduct. This terminated the proceedings, and the regiment marched back to its quarters. The following are the names and lengths of service of the recipients :—Sergeant R. Denbow, 19 years' service ; Private Henry Stevens, 25 years' service ; Private A. Rackham, 19 years' service ; and Private A. Hickmoro, 181 years' service. Lieut.. W. G. T. Stace, Royal Engineers, has been ordered to proceed from Chatham to Plymouth, to assist in superintending the erection of the new de fences on that part of the coast. Yesterday Major-Gen. R. Burnley, the Inspector- General of Infantry, commenced his half-yearly in spection of the battalions of infantry at Chatham. In the morning the depots composing the Ist batta• lion, under the command of Col. li. Jervis, consist ing of the Ist and 2d battalions of the 4th (King's Own), 35th, 43d (Light Infantry), 77th, and 94th Regiments, were drawn up in heavy marching order on the general parade-ground, from which. the proceeded to the inner lines. On arriving on the ground Major-Gen. Rumley, who was accompa nied by some members of the garrison staff, in spected each depot, and also examined each man's kit and accoutrements. The troops were put through the manual, platoon, and bayonet exercises, with a few other manoeuvres, after which Major- Gen. Rumley left the Lines and proceeded to inspect the books and accounts of each depot. Ile also as sembled the junior officers of regiments and ad dressed numerous questions to them respecting their military duties, to all of which he received very satisfactory replies. In the afternoon the British and Indian depots comprising the 2d battalion, in cluding the Ist and 2d battalions of the 12th, Ist and 2d battalions of the 20th, 31st, 52d (Light In fantry), and 83d Regiments, were drawn up on their parade•ground, under the command of Col. R. N. Phillips, and were also inspected by Major- Gen. Rumley. Owing to the circumstance of re cruiting having been suspended and the depots con- siderably reduced, the battalions at Chatham are scarcely 'one-half their former strength. Major- Gen. Rumley was entertained at dinner last night by the officers of the Ist and 2d battalions, and this morning will continue his inspection of the 2d bat talion, after which he will inspect the 3d depot bat talion at the Hut barracks, under the command of Lieut.-Col. Fairtlough. The 17th company of the Royal Engineers, under the command of Lieut. Montague Lambert, which arrived from Malta in the screw steamer Himalaya, marched into Chatham last evening, from Ports mouth, and joined headquarters. The company numbers nearly 100 men of all ranks, its strength having been made up from other companies. The 17th company was relieved at Malta by the 31st company, under the command of Capt. Fyers, which left Chatham a few weeks since, The sth company of Royal Engineers will arrive at Chatham, from Woolwich, to-day, being relieved at the latter sta tion by the 9th company from Aldershott camp;' where it is replaced ;by the 24th .company, whcali arrived from the Mediterranean in the Himalaya. A parade of the companies of Royal and Indian Engineers at headquarters, Chatham, took place at Brompton barracks yesterday, to witness the carry ing into effect the sentence of two district courts-martial passed on Sappers James Bryan and James Cordell, Royal Engineers, for desertion under very aggravated circumstances. The prisoner Bryan deserted from headquarters five years ago, and subsequently re-enlisted into the Royal Artil lery, on which occasion he defrauded the Govern ment of the sum of £5 10s. 6d., his bounty and the value of his cutfit, by falsely stating that he had never been in her Majesty's service before. The Court sentenced him to 84 days' imprisonment with j hard labour, and to be placed under stoppages until the sum of which h 6 defrauded the public was made good. Cordell, the other prisoner, deserted several months since, but was not apprehended until a few days ago, when he was sent up to head quarters for trial. The Court also sentenced him to 84 days' imprisonment, with hard labour. Both prisoners, after hearing their sentence, were handed over to a strong escort, and marched to Fort Clarence military prison, to undergo their punish ment. Intelligence was yesterday received at the hand quarters of the Royal Engineer establishment, Chatham, that the 10th company of Royal Engi neers had left China for England, and would shortly arrive. Yesterday another large party of cavalry and in 'antry troops, to the number of 70 men of all ranks, arrived at the invalid establishment, Chat ham, from Scotland, the whole of them having been forwarded tothe depot to await their discharge from the service. The troops, who were in medical charge of Assist.-Surg. J. M'Letchie, 26th Cameronians, belongedtothe 2d (Royal North British) Dragoons, 26th Regiment, let (Light Infantry), 79th, and 92d Highlanders. On their arrival at Fort Pitt they were medically inspected by the staff at that esta blishment, when 23 men were admitted into hos pital for treatment, and the remainder forwarded to St. Mary's barracks. A detachment of. the sth (Royal Irish) Lancers also arrived at Fort Pitt, fromAlder shott, yesterday, when five of the number were re ceived into hospital. There are now nearly 600 men at the Chatham invalid establishment, waiting the order for their discharge from the service. Yesterday seventy non-commissioned officers and men of the 2d Dragoons, 26th Cameronians, 71st, 79th, and 92d Highlanders , en hrdlaenders,awrrivoe of them eldatF being unfit Aberdeen, hospital, from . foirfspuretchteerdse2r3volefet.:ethe h r i After num t b h e e r y w h e a r d e been admittedm e dically n into hospital ,ahnd the remainder sent to St. Mary's invalid destablism Messrs. Myers And Son yesterday commenced THE i:3O"N, LONDON, laying the foundation of the class and recreation rooms and offices at the back of the Royal Military Academy at Woolwich. The new buildings will he connected with the establishment by means of arched ways thrown over the public thoroughfare leading across the common, and will correspond precisely with the present architectural style. THE KINGDOM OF ITALY. A letter from Turin, dated Oct. 24, says :—The vintage is in full tide all over Italy, and a glorious one it turns out, both as to quantity and quality. There is not one of the winegrowers I meet but bears a cheerful look and talks in a tone of great glee. The grape disease has made its appearance hero and there, but it has done trifling havoc, and its virulence is everywhere on the wane. Hence forth there will be in Italy what may be called a wine trade. This is happy news for the people here, but it is no less joyous tidings for all the European peoples, and for the English especially. There were many good reasons why Italian wines should be almost unknown in the markets of the British Islands. England was divided from Italy by the whole width of France or length of Germany, and it was natural that the latter countries should not only be first in possession of the field, but should also strive hard to shut out all competitors. They gave Italian wines a bad name, and there is no doubt but, what with the overwhelming quantity of the natural produce, the want of skill in making the best of it, a certain innate sluggishness, heedlessness, and lack of enterprise, the Italians did not look much beyond their own country for the consumption of their liquor, were satisfied with the small but ready re turns of home trade, and not only shrank from any rivalship with more advanced if not more favoured communities hbrcad, but looked upon French, Spanish, Greek, B.henish, and Danubian produce as luxuries for their own tables, with which their Southern climate yielded nothing to compare. The length of the sea voyage, and the heavy duties, also scared them from any idea of offering their casks and bottles for the English consumer; for, so long as the average price of the best Italian wine hardly rose to one franc per bottle retail sale, it was hardly supposed that so low-priced an article could bear the burden of ls. import duty per bottle. It so happened, however, that England was for some years closed against the French and Ger man wine dealers, and then John Bull's honest relish for the juice of the grape filled the cellars of the London and Liverpool docks with liquid fire from allied Spain and Portugal, from the subject Cape; from Madeira, Teneriffe, and coasts acces sible to the English merchant navy ; and, finally, from the only spot in an Italian dependency which the Continental system had not invaded—from the island of Sicily. Together with port and sherry, the humbler Marsala held its ground in the English market after the Peace—a proof that it was, and is, possible for a vineyard placed between the Alps and Cape Passaro to delight and stimulate the English palate. Marsala is not in the highest credit in the highest English households, though it may be worth inquiring to what extent its partial unpopularity may be owing to the very lowness of its charges, or to the clumsy manner , in which the wine is prepared for the British markets ; or, finally, to a trick of some of the dealers to pass off good Marsala for Madiera, or inferior Madeira for Marsala. In Italy itself the English have brought this produce of the Sicilian vineyards into extensive repute, and I have heard epicures from the British Islands aver that good Marsala is only to be tasted in Florence, Milan, or Rome. Strange to say, the Italians have to a great extent taken the cue from their insular visitors, and Marsala is consumed in large quantities at the hotels in this country by the natives themselves. I remember the time in Italy, not many years since, when the very name of Mar sala was utterly unknown in the Italian mainland, and when the vini forestieri for which the Italians paid more extravagantly were neither the Sicilian, nor those of Xeres and Oporto, nor yet those of Bordeaux or the Rhine, but Malaga and Cyprus, only the very wealthiest people indulging in the luxuries of champagne and Tokay. What follows from all this ? Why, simply that wines have their own days, as it is said of dogs. Let only anysuch intelligence, thrift, and enterprise be applied to the wines of Piedmont, the /Emilia, Tuscany, and Naples, as were applied to the deve lopment of the Marsala trade, and there is no reason why England should not have as extensive a choice of Italian wines as it has of those of the Rhine, the Garonne, or the Tagus. Not to launch for the present beyond the limits of Piedmont, it is a well-known fact that this Sub-al pine region was, up to the year 1849, a wine-export ing country to a very extensive amount. Only up to the latter-mentioned year Piedmont had a good market at hand in adjoining Lombardy, where, owing to neutral arrangements between the Sardi nian and Austrian Governments, the Piedmontese dealers exercised a very safe monopoly as to common wines, to the exclusion of the equally rich Xmilian districts. This privilege of the Piedmontese would natu rally have fallen to the ground on the first out burst of ill feelings between Charles Albert and the Aulic Council at Vienna, after 181 G; but soon after the events of 1848-9 the crittoganza or ery i vtoyanza spread its ravaging blight all over North Italy, and from that period to the present time Piedmont, no less than the iEmilian districts, far from having any wine to spare, became tributary to the countries :with which! tiny a raigikt have as 'pfr:e4 to enter into eompetitien; This present vintage at last may be hailed as the harbinger of better days, and the growth of Italian vineyards will hereafter not only be free to circulate from one end to the other of the Peninsula, but as, with the exception of the flat Lombard lowlands, wine is re dundant in every Italian region, an outlet must be sought for its consumption in Transalpine and trans marine markets. That Italy can muster as good wines as the best favoured localities in France or Germany, or the sister Peninsula, is a fact which those who have tasted the best Chianti or Monte pulciano in Florence, the best Orvieto or Monte fiascone in Rome, or the best lachryma or Capri at Naples, are not likely to dispute. But to keep, for this present letter, within the limits of Piedmont, several years' residence has enabled me to satisfy myself of the impossibility of a passing traveller forming any correct idea of the excellence of Sub alpine wines. The first-rate hotelkeeper, who is interested in recommending to his guests his liste des tins fins, never fails to lay before them the most execrable vin ordinaire, which he may safely afford to supply a discretion and free of ex pense, with a view to compel an order for his alleged Cote Rotic, or questionable Lafitte. Choice Italian wine can only, especially afterso many years' blank vintages, be tasted in private Italian houses, and those who have been admitted into the sanctum of Subalpine hospitality are well aware of the value of the liquors with which their hosts have it in their power to treat them. There is hardly a province at the foot of the Alps or along the widely-spread Lill range of Montferrat without some peculiar wine of its own, enjoying a well-established reputation throughout the country. I do not wish to place too great a reliance on my own taste, but I have had frequent opportunities of visiting some of the re motest corners of these provinces in the company of nice and somewhat fastidious English connoisseurs,' who have readily admitted that Piedmontese hospi tality had made them acquainted with wines of a description that they had never fallen in with be fore. Try to have some of the old cobweb-clad flasks and bottles of some well-furnished private cellar in Turin, or, better, in the country ; ask for some relics of the wines that used to be gathered on t s h o s m hills of tho-.Canarese in the good old times — that is, before th e di sease se t i n ; as k for some first rate e C o a r m th pi e g b li e o s n t e c , from arem a t h g e r p o r w o i v n i g n c a e t of the nPeinetrroalnoc,e offor Val d'Acosta, or some of the Chatillon, Verres, St. Vincent, from the interior of that delightful valley ; send for some specimens of Vec chione, or of Barolo,Nebbioi that causes the exiled ArchbishopGaGt t r i i n g a no r of a h. Turin, ou m r( i a t nrh ewine Mon signor Transoni, su c h p finally, get some of theg a e li n g u s ine or old b3 b rae itteiekn bitter Barbera ; s of Asti, and when you have tried them, you will be able to decide whether Burgundy or Gascony can TUESDAY EVENING, OCTOBER 29, 1861 boast a greater variety of generous wines than nature bestowed upon Piedmont. The only Asti wine which is extensively known is the vvhito effervescing beverage, which is by no means to be despised when it is the real thing, but which, in the late dearth, has been so extensively adulterated that the common specimens in trade arc hardly above the worth of average cider. The Asti champagne, however, is far from being the most valuable wine in that province. The native place of Alfieri is the great emporium of Piedmon tese wines, and that old country will certainly take the lead in the Italian wine trade if ever that trade looks up again after its long unnatural depression. Against the chances of any very extensive expor tation of Italian wines various circumstances are alleged. In the first place, the Italians are said to be, with good reason, very unskilful wine-makers. They have too implicit a faith in the pure juice of the grape ; they detest any mixture of alcohol for themselves, and hesitate in using it to please other people. The growth of grapes in ordinary years is immense. Most of these wine-growers labour under a scarcity of vats and casks and other cellar imple ments. The wine is made hurriedly and carelessly ; it is intended to supply the home market from year to year, seldom meant to last through more than two or three seasons. Hence common Italian wine, when kept for any length of time, is often spoilt in the country itself, and more generally unfit to bear any land journey or sea voyage. That, if properly managed, Italian wine can go through any distance of space or length of time is, however, proved, first, by the fact that hardly a private gentleman in Piedmont but has it in his power to produce bottles which his father or grandsire corked, then by the other fact that, for instance, some of Baron Ricasoli's Chianti may be had at Fortnum and Mason's as free from any inju rious consequences of a sea-voyage as the Madeira that has gone ten times round the Cape. To quote my own experience, I prevailed upon a friend of mine at Asti to part with about 100 bottles of fine, dry, high-flavoured, deliciously fragrant wine from his vineyard. I sent it by rail to Genoa, and by steam to London, where not only was it found as sound as it was on my friend's own table, but was considered by good connoisseurs to be as fine a wine as any Rheinish wine which 12s. or 15s. a bottle could purchase. The price of such wine in Piedmont in the scantiest year is only 2f. a bottle, and it may be had for I.f. a bottle. All that is wanted is a start in the trade. It is necessary that English consumers should be made acquainted with the article this country can supply, and that these people should find it worth their while to grow and make wine intended for exportation. The attempt was made at Marsala, and was crowned with success. These many years' peace, the increase of international inter course, and the good feeling between England and Italy ought to encourage fresh experiments, equally tending to the benefit of both countries. Only between Italy and England there is by land that jealous barrier of France, still wedded to egotistic notions of commercial jealousy and ex clusiveness; by sea, a long circuitous navigation, either with not very regular but extremely expen sive steamers or with uncertain and slow sailing vessels. There is no prospect more chilling to one than that of having to send anthing heavier than a half-sheet French post paper letter from Italy to England. 'the charges of the French railway companies and agents are exorbitant, and the freight of the ill-managed Mediterranean steamers is also outrageously high. Though nominally leaving London and Liverpool for Genoa and Leghorn at stated times, these boats almost invariably contrive to deliver their parcels months at least after booking. The steam naviga tion along these Italian coasts, whether French, Italian, or English, is miserable, and is generally thrice as dear as it is on board the coasting steamers of England. On the 3d or 4th of November the /gmilian railway line will be opened to Ancona, when the direct route from London to Corfu, Alexandria, all the Levant, and overland to India, will be through France, across Mont Cenis, to Turin, Alessandria, Piacenza, Bologna, Rimini, Ancona ; but all the advantages arising from this extraordinary and truly laudable effort of the Italian Government will be of little avail unless a good line of steamers be established to ply be tween Ancona and Corfu, Malta, or Alessandria, there to join the excellent Peninsular line. The whole of the Italian coast is a field to be ex ploited by stirring steam enterprise. Even between Leghorn and Genoa, with all the traffic occasioned by the Florence Exhibition, only two steamers (the Stella d'ltalia and Principe Umberto) have been started by the Government which are at all fit for a man having a proper regard for his safety and comfort to travel in. The old private com panies, French, Sardinian, and Neapolitan, are daily getting worse. The higher their prices, the more crowded their boats, the worse their manage ment, the more shocking their dirt, the more wretched their service. Expert() crede. 5 HE lONIAN S ISLANDS. - ---- A letter from Corfu, dated Oetober 22, says : The Emperor of Austria left last night, and her Majesty the Empress proceeds to-morrow in the steam-frigate Adria to Venice, where she purposes spending the winter. It is in consequence of the improvement in her Majesty's health since her re sidence in this island that her medical advisers have given it as their opinion that she may venture to pass the coming season at Venice. All intention of wintering here or proceeding to Cairo has, there fore, stiddenly been abandoned, and no doubt the Emperor's anxiety that her Majesty should remain in some place in the Austrian dominions has in fluenced this sudden departure from an island the genial climate of which has worked s o b e n e fi c ial a changedeparture inthe is Empress's health. The Imperial lady's a cause of great regret to both English and lonians, who all took a lively interest ipnr while o h m e r welfare , e n t a h d e e r n o n u d nd h ienrg opera-houseeCl Corfu r g f a ul n ow t s appearance be one a em r a ou n fe h e ietso missed,nm t o h s e t promenades regular attendants, and its principal ornament and attraction. Although the Emperor's visit to Corfu was strictly private, and he preserved a semi-incognito, never appearing but in plain clothes, which is in itself an abnormal condition for an Austrian monarch, his military tastes and habits of mind , nevertheless transpired in repeated visits to all the objects of military interest for which Corfu is cele brated. On Wednesday last he proceeded, in com pany with Sir Henry Storks, the Lord High Com• missioner, Major-General Sir George Buller and staff, and two Austrian Generals, Counts Paar and Crenneville, to visit all the fortifications, strongholds, and barracks which are occupied by the garrisons of Corfu. Commencing with the citadel, where he en tered every battery, and the rooms occupied by the men, he inspected the hospital, cookhouses, and other establishments, and proceeded then to visit Foot Abraur, which is being reconstructed, the Sanandario, and fort Neuf, making most minute inquiries into the systems of our service, and ex pressing himself highly gratified with all he saw. The good conduct and good shooting marks worn by many frtehnensyola dayextra diers eespeciallylly attracted his notice, and t earers, h on pay drawn by the fortu nate and the arrangements of the cookhouses met with w the cleanliness of the men's rooms, Emperor of expressions d o a n v s f o o t; l surprise h i a s n d m e a n j c e o s t m y i u t m h e . Austria visited her Majesty's ship the Queen. The Royal salute was dispensed with as on the cccasion of the Empress's visit; every other formality was, however, observed to which a crowned head is en titled. The yards were manned and the Imperial ensign hoisted at the mainmast. On the approach of tho boat containing his Majesty and suite it was, however, replaced by the Imperial Austrian standard, which was unfurled as his Majesty ' stepped on deck. 'Captain Hylliar received the Em peror, and on reaching the quarter-deck the guard of honour presented arms, and the band commenced playing theiwancsikpt with Captain n nifn national hymn. After graciouslym make k ean conversed Hg theythhei asra,l vessel. u an t salutes, , Hiephr i e s e me lk e l da a je j ed e s s t t ty y e, after leaving the quarter-deck, inspected the lower, deck and sick-bay, and expressed his admiration at the great cleanliness observable there and every where else in the internal arrangemens of the ship. The Emperor, after remaining► two hours on board, took leave of the captain and officers, and pro ceeded to the island of Vido, which is considered to be the key to the fortifications of Corfu. Here his Majesty was shown over all the works, and spent a considerable time in their inspection, not returning to Corfu until a late hour in the afternoon. In the evening he visited the Opera, accompanied by the Empress. Sir Henry Storks, Sir George Buller (Major- General Commanding), Captain Hylliar, and other persons in command and of note have had the honour of dining with his Majesty during his brief stay at Corfu, and in commemoration of the event one of the principal fortified outworks has been christened " Francis Joseph." In order to give the Emperor an opportunity of seeing a British regiment at drill, Sir George Buller suddenly ordered the 2d Battalion 2d Queen's for inspection on the 19th instant, and at half-past 10 1 o'clock last Saturday morning this battalion, under the command of Lieutenant-Colonel Robert Bruce was formed up on the esplanade. The Major-General was received in line. Afterwards, breaking into open column right in front, and opening out to double distance for inspection, the battalion marched past in slow and quick time, reformed line on its original allignment, went through the manual, platoon, and a series of battalion movements, firing in line, forming square, &c., and other review exer cises, which were all performed with great celerity aid precision, and I am informed somewhat unde ceived the Austrian General officers, the Emperor especially, with regard to the short time employed in executing complicated and combined movements, which British troops were thought to carry out most effectually with great steadiness and precision, but not with great celerity. The quick movements performed, however, by this battalion opened the eyes of the Emperor and the Austrian officers present to the fact that a greater combination of celerity, pre cision, and steadiness could not have been displayed by the troops of any other nation. There is nothing of any political interest to report from Corfu: THE EDUCATIONAL MINUTE. During the present month the questions raised by the re. ♦ ised Code of the Committee of Council have made consi derable, and we may add, very gratifying progress. To the first outbreak of unnecessary panic and the first undisguised apprehension of pecuniary loss has succeeded a calmer mood, which is willing to hear and to examine, to suspend a con demnation too hastily and rashly pronounced, and to look forward with confidence to the decision which Parliament, enlightened by preliminary discussion, may finally see fit to form. It is no exaggeration to say that for the first month of the controversy those who met together to denounce the Education Minute treated it as a purely wanton and gratui tous piece of mischief—the act of an official Puck, who, for the love of confusion and disorder, had disarranged a state of things which was working to the entire satisfaction of everybody. We are glad to see that the controversy is pass ing into other hands, and is being conducted in another spirit. The men who now come forward to speak on edu cation are members of Parliament, and others holding posi tions which make them responsible for what they say. Hence the controversy has lost much of its recklessness, and is every day more and more restricted within the bounds of reason and candour. Those who have already expressed opinions when called upon to express them again do so with much more moderation and much more fairness. We may particularise as an instance Lord Lyttelton. He is of opinion " that the danger lies in saying too much ;" that it is not advisable " to treat the subject in violent or exag gerated terms. He regrets that:the interests of individuals should be mixed up with an abstract question." He thinks " that when Government found that one-half of the report that relating to the question of putting some part of the education of the county on the county rates, could not be dealt with at all, it was not surprising that they should have done what they have done." This is very different from the bitter denunciations of a few weeks ago from the same high authority. The state ments of Lord Lyttelton seem to imply that upon full con sideration he thinks the principle of the minute a good one, since he regrets that it is connected with personal interests ; that he disapproves the violence of the langUage that has been used, and that Government was placed in a position in which it was forced to do something, and something very like what it has actually done. We are sorry to see even Lord Lyttelton envenom the discussion by the charge that it was intended to withdraw the question from the consideration of Parliament, which we are not sur prised to find re-echoed by Sir J. Pakington. Whatever may be thought of the merits of the minute, such a charge cannot bo maintained. It was not in the power of the Committee Of Council to withdraw this subject from the consideration of Parliament. It must come before Parliament in estimates framed to meet the charge. It involved the interests of the Church of England, the Dis senters, the Roman Catholics. 7,000 teachers, and 16,000 pupil-teachers, besides that of all managers of schools in the country. It cast a new and doubtless unwelcome bur den on the shoulders of the inspectors of schools, a class naturally of great power in the creation and direction of ' opinion on educaticnal subjects. To suppose that such persons, so numerous and so influential, would not obtain the 'fullest and fairest hearing from Parliament on any question affecting their interests is simply ridiculous. Even if the minute had not been suspended, no irremediable step could have been taken under it, for the simple reason that it contained a clause almost entirely suspending itself, ex cept with reference to the creation of new vested interests in the shape of new pupil-teachers. We are not asserting that this was a judicious way of giving effect to the inten tions of the Privy Council—the result has proved the con trary—but only negativing any imputation of bad faith. The argument that the minute came into effect immediately would have great weight if the first provision of the minute had not bean to suspend its agency, by requiring that every school should receive a payment on the old sys tem before the new one was introduced. At a soiree of the Leeds Mechanics' Institute, Lord Stan ley said that, "so far as the new Educational Code tends to confine school teaching to simple elementary matters, and to test the merits of the teachers by the plain standard of what the pupils have learnt—in se far, without entering into the question of pledges given or expectations disap appointed—it appeared to him a wise and rational mea sure." This view, in different words, seems pretty nearly identical with that of Lord Lyttelton, and may, perhaps, not unfairly be taken to represent the present state of the public mind on the question. Not very dissimilar is the opinion of Mr. Dunlop, in a speech to his constituents at Greenock. The object of the minute, ho says, is to connect the grants with the results attained in the education given, which is a perfectly right and proper object. lie then proceeds to blame the minute for not throwing a portion of the expense on the county rates, and for persevering in the extravagant expenditure on pupil. teachers. The first is an impossibility, the second a mistake, for the extravagant expenditure on pupil-teachers is put an end to, and the managers are left to engage them on any terms they please, under pain of losing £lO from the grant if a sufficient number are not provided. But the most hon ourable testimony to the true character of the minute has been given by Mr. Adderley. Instead of giving way to a not unnatural spirit of rivalry, and using the knowledge which he had acquired at the Education Board to foment the discontent felt at the conduct of his successors, he has omitted no opportunity of expressing, with all due reserve as to details, his approbation of the step which has been taken. "I do not find," said Mr. Adderley, at Stoke-upon- Trent, " that any one objection advanced really touches the essential principle of the changes proposed by the Govern ment. Tho change was intended to increase the responsi bility of the managers on the spot, and to awaken the zeal and interest of the scholars by attaching the Government aid to a necessary and tangible result, instead of granting aid, broadcast as it were, without reaping anything like adequate or satisfactory results. I say that in that sense, and if such be the intention of the change, it is an impor tant and a good one.," As to the question of vested inte rest in the teachers, to which public attention seems now by the progress of the controversy to be directed, we may remark that these teachers have almost universally been taken from the very poorest class of society, that they have been supported during their apprenticeship to a well -paid and honourable calling at the public expense, and that at the public expense they have received a subsequent train ing, the only complaint against which is that it is too high and too ambitious. The original intent of the augmentation of their salaries was to raise them to a sum not less than £6O a year, and we are informed by the commissioners that the average salary is now £97 a year ; so that if the augmen tation be withdrawn the original object of the grant will still be obtained. The tendency of payment on results is to raise the position of the teacher, since by his ability alone can grants be obtained, and consequently in some de • gree to raise his salary. The teacher with an excellent education can, if he chooses to quit his profession, find em ployment remunerated fully in proportion to his ability and industry, and no one has a right to demand 'more. The salary of teachers is already in the power of the Privy Council. The Council might continuo their payments in augmentation of salary, but if they listened to the entreaties of Training Colleges, and kept up the number of students in them to the present amount, hey :d a y they would in a short time so effectually glut the market with .tehacthers a salaries would fall far below the limit to whi t c attan ey The y be reduced by the withdrawal of is augmenting salaries by public grants isddi.rtinew:tinly contrary to 11 b e, we sus. the principle of payment on results, an pect, found impossible to devise a systeml in 'which the two shalt efficiently work together. The against i against the existence of an y such vested nt ere . ust as the train mand of the masters is nothing less than the masters should i ng c olleges require that th e interests of the molle sacrificed to the interests of the trainbg ges) 09 thQ • system of education throughout:the country should be sae • rificesd to the protection of the existing. class of masters. Sic J. Paington views the question as bearing on his own claims to the pr3phtio character, and prognosticutes the speedy downfall of the privy council system. Mr. Adder ley and Mr. 1):Inlop announce that the minute of the Privy Council will not be carried into effect. That its details will undergo modifications we do not doubt, hut without pretend • ing to the gift of prophecy, wo think we can see that all the Principles involved in it which are really worth contending for—payment by results, requiring all managers to make their own terms with teachers and pupil-teachers, the lowering the ~ , ,t, i ndard and extending more widely the area and benefit of popular education—commend themselves to enlightened public opinion, and will not be repudiated by any Legislature in which th et opinion predominates so de cide dly as in the House of Commons. . SPORTING INTELLIGENCE. NEWMARKET HOUGHTON MEETING—MONDAY, A broad sheet, containing 72 events to come off during the week (with power to add to their number), a town more full of horses than even this metropolis of racing had hitherto been known to be, and lodgings only to be had at a high premium, gave token of a most successful Houghton meeting. The special trains of Sunday and Monday had full cargoes, and the card of the day, although samewhatmeagre in its other items, was replete with interest on account of the character of the 2-yr-olds engaged in the Criterion, and the Ante-Cambridgeshire llandicap,with 25 horses coloured. The attendance of the fashionable world was unusually large, and the racing, which began before 1 o'clock, af forded plenty of sport until 4, Two slight showers fell dur ing the afternoon, but lasted not long enough to make mat ters at all unpleasant. In the Criterion, which was the last race but one, and produced a field of 10, Old Calabar kept up the good name he had previously earned by winning cleverly, and confirmed the opinion his friends had formed of him when they backed at the small odds quoted below. The winner of the Handicap, Acco, it will be remembered, ran second to Henham Lass for the Nursery Stakes at this meeting last year. Her jockey had drawn his weight so finely before the race that he was unable to turn the scale after winning until his bridle was brought in. Tho only change we could notice in the betting on the Cambridge shire was in the price of Palestro, who advanced to 14 to 1, with an upward tendency, in front of the rooms before din ner. The winner of the Maiden Plate was objected to as not being maiden, because he had won the first race of the day. Selling Handicap of 10 sovs each, for 2-yr-olds. The winner to be sold for 150 sovs, if demanded, &c. Ab. M. 9 subs. Mr. W. S. Crawfurd's Picnic filly, 7st 41b (W. Bottom) 1 Count F. de Lagrange's Absinthe, Bst 4lb (H. Grimshaw) 2 Baron Rothschild's Molly filly, Bst 41b. (Musgrove) 3 Lord Westmoreland's St. Lawrence, Bst 41b (J. Goater) 4 Mr. E. Hall's Otho, Sst 71b Mr. R. Ten Broeck's Woodford, Bst 21b.. (G. Fordham) 6 Mr. Wybrow Robinson's Twinkle, Bst (Brewty) 7 Mr. R. C. Naylor's Barricade, Bst 71b (J Osborne) 8 Betting-7 to 2 agst the Picnic filly, sto 1 each agst Ab sinthe, Otho, and Barricade, and 6 to 1 agst St. Lawrence. Woodford jumped away with a slight lead, which he held for a few strides, when he was passed by the Molly filly, in company with Absinthe, St. Lawrence, and Otho, the latter running wide on the lower side. In this way they ran to the cords, when the Molly filly increased her lead, and came on two lengths in advance of Absinthe, the Picnic filly, and St. Lawrence, the four being some lengths in advance of the others. Half-way down the hill the Molly filly gave way to Absinthe, who was immediately after joined by Mr. Crawfurd's filly ; a fine race home ensued between the two leaders, which was won cleverly by the Picnic filly by half a length. The Molly filly finished an indifferent third, St. Lawrence was feurth, the others beaten off. Sweepstakes of 10 sovs each. Weights for age. The winner to be sold for 60 sovs if demanded, &c. D.M. 4 subs. Mr, R. M. Stephenson's Vulture, 5 yrs, Bst 81b (E. Sharpe) 1 Mr. Osborne's Lopcatcher, 3 yrs, 7st 61b.... (Challoner) 2 Mr. Simon's Rhedycina filly, 3 yrs, 7st 61b (J. Daley) 3 Mr. Flutter's Plot, 3 yrs, 7st 6lb (W. Cotton) 4 Betting—Even on Lopcatcher, and 3 to 1 agst any other. Vulture made play at a good pace, waited upon by the Rhedycina filly, Lopcatcher, and Plot, the lot running nearly abreast until reaching the new ground, where Lop catcher took second place, but without having a chance of reaching Vulture, who won in a canter by three lengths, two lengths separating the second and third. Plot, who appeared out-paced throughout, finished last, beaten off a long way. The winner was claimed by Mr. J. Osborne. Match—D.M., 100, h ft.: Mr. R. Ten Broeck's Maggiore, 4 yrs, Bst 121 b (G. Fordham) 1 Mr. Savile's Reveille, 3 yrs, Bst 51b (Ald croft) 2 Betting-5 to 4on Maggiore, who waited upon the non faVourite to half-way to the cords, where she got up find won in a canter by two lengths. Selling Handicap of 1-0 sous each, for three-yr-olds and upwards. The winner to be sold for 100 soya if de manded, &c. T.Y.C. 4 subs. Mr. R. Ten Broeck's Chiffonier®, 3 yrs Gat 101 b (Bench) 1 Lord Chesterfield's Brother to Teddington, 3 yrs, 7st 101 b (W. Bottom) 2 Betting-5 to 4on Brother to Teddington. Brother to Teddington cut out the work to the entrance to the cords, where Chiffonniere got up, and in a few strides further obtained a slight lead and won. Match-Bst 71b each. T.Y.C. 100, h ft. Mr. Payne's Gabardine, 3 yrs (L. Snowden) 1 Lord Glasgow's Miss Whip colt, 4 yrs (Aldcroft) 2 Betting.-6 to son Garbardine Gaberdine made play for the first 300 yards, when the Miss Whip colt went to the fore, and carried on the running into the cords, where he was once more headed by the favou rite, who won easily at last by two lengths. Maiden Plate of 50 sovs ; for 2-yr-old colts, Sst 71b; fillies and geldings, Bst 41b. The winner to be sold for £300; if for £2OO, allowed 71b. Last five furlongs of A.F. Mr. W. S. Craufurd's Picnic filly, (£200), 7st 111 b (W. Bottom) 1 Mr. R. Boyce's Carisbrook, Bst 71b (W. Boyce) 2 Mr. Osborne's Steelpen colt, Bst 71b (J. Osborne) 3 The following also ran :—Crisis, Palmerin, Attaman Tadmor, Lord Durham, Doctrine's dam colt, and Annette• Betting.-5 to 2 agst Carisbrook, 3to 1 agst Steelpen colt, 5 to 1 agst Annette, and 6 to 1 agst Picnic filly. After several breaks away, in which many of the horses ran to the foot of the hill, the flag was lowered to an excel lent start, Attaman, on the extreme right, having a slight lead, followed by Crisis, the Steelpon colt, Annette, and the Plunket colt, who ran nearly in a line, the others, headed by the favourite, lying off. In this way they ran into the bottom, where the leaders were joined by Carisbrook, the Picnic filly at the same time taking a clear lead, and win ning very easily by two lengths, Carisbrook beating the Steelpen colt by three lengths for second; Attaman was fourth, Plunket colt fifth, Crisis sixth, and Annette next, the others beaten off, the last of all being Lord Durham, who broke a bloodvessel at the bushes hill, and was stopped. Sweepstakes of 10 sovs each, weights for age. The win ner to be sold for 300 sovs if demanded, &c. Bretby Stakes Course. 7 subs. Mr. W. Nelson's King of the Forest, aged, Bst 81b (J. Goater) 1 Sir J. Hawley's Gallus, 5 yrs, Bst 81b (Wells) 2 Mr. Osborne's Pardalote, 3 yrs, 7st 71b .. (Challoner) 3 The following also ran :—Penalty, Memo, Wedding, and Cantab. Betting-3 to 1 agst Cantab, 4to 1 agst King of the Forest, and 5 to 1 agat Wedding. King of the Forest, with Gallus and Memo lying in close attendance, made the running to half-way down the hill, where they were joined by Pardalote, the three finishing a good race home, King of the Forest winning cleverly by half a length ; Pardalote was a bad third, Memo fourth, Cantab fifth, and Wedding next. The Criterion Stakes of 30 soya each, 20 ft, for 2-yr-olds; colts, Bst 71b ; fillies, Bst 51b. Winners extra. From the Turn of the Lands In. 51 subs. Sir R. Bulkeley's Old Calabar, 61b extra, Bst 131 b (W. Boyce) 1 Mr. R. Sutton's Nottingham, 7st 71b (Challoner) 2 Baron Rothschild's Wingrave, 61b ex., Bst 131b(E. Sharp) 3 The following also ran :—Underhand's dam colt, Alvo disten, St. 'Alexis, Feu-de-Joie, Zetland, Wandsworth, and Bertha. Betting-6 to 4 agst Old Calabar, 9to 2 agat Wingrave 7 to 1 each agst Alvediston and Zetland, 8 to 1 agst Bertha: and 100 to 8 agst Nottingham. After two failures, in which Alvediston remained at the post, the lot were despatched on their journey. On settling into their places, Zetland made the running, waited upon by Feu-de. Joie, Nottingham, and Wingrave on the upper ground, the favourite, with Bertha, headed the next divi sion some two or three lengths in the rear. On reaching the bite of the Old Duke's Stand Zetland was disposed of, and the lead taken up by Feu-de-Joie, who, with Notting ham, Wingrave, and St. Alexis closely laid up, came on with the sunning to the foot of the hill, when he h un g out signals of distress and dropped into the rear. Nottingham, on ha t m lio , with Wingravo on the whip hand and Old Cala f lower rest and home tthe same time, Calabar e o single e d wit h waiting a themselves sh until a i from the a few strides from the chair, then a swonsecond nd cleverly an d thirdb yh . a 1 Zetland e a t length, a nd was a distancel a rk b e a e difo urth, separating F eu-d eFeu-de-Joie e Alexis e fifth, Wandsworth sixth , and St. Al next. Handicap Plato of 50 soya for 3-yr-olds and upwards. Cambridgeshire course. Mr. Fleming's Acco, 3 prs, sst 71b (J. Grimshaw) 1 Mr. W. S. Crawfurd's Capt. Fortibus, 3 yrs, 6st (Doyle) 2 Mr. Prince's Flirtation, 3 yrs, 7st 21b (J. Covey) 3 The following also ran :—Cosmopo'ite, Claire, King of Diamonds, Aurelian, Lustre, Bevis, Maid of the Mist Suburban, Boabdil, Moorhen, Little Dick, Makeless filly, Stanton, Guilder, and Rock. Betting-4 to 1 agst Lustre, 6to 1 agst Cosmopolite, Ito 1 agat Stanton, 8 to 1 agst Capt. Fortibus, 8 to 1 agst King of Diamonds, 10 to 1 agst Guilder. With little loss of time the flag fell, and the 18 compea• tors left the post in a line widely spread. Acco, in company andwit h Bevis, Capt. F emssha o atma l r aom t noe i f er b dwho u tnceia s mn , yoi, F sneun, l slap i oortdnpattvanhoattiotenen Lustre, Cosmopolite joined closely followed n g o Diamonds, f by theruck whip hill,aoh nimp d e, hdh G e atr u nhe i ldehd frontee e r aw . ma se O l iononttr ouble; an wndi reaching thrran slight lead, waited o n b y C apt. Fortibus, h th e e ad D e u d ke h ' y s ye in Ac c co om a p t an th , Cosmopolite, and Lustre, to the brow of the hill, when the two leaders drew away and finished a close race home, Aceo, running longest, winning cleverly by half a length ; bad third, Cosmopolite WU, 41fitrct rlttla pich) Jry §icl9 by old° clog lib NQQrhell sixth, Aurelian seventh, Claire eighth, the others beaten off. Run in 2 minutes 61 seconds. Sweepstakes (reduced to a match) of 100 sous, h ft. First ball of A.L. M. Mr. Grevilh's Tarragona, Bst 7i (L. Snowden) w.o. PEDES RIANIS FOO r RACE. A foot race of four miles, in which the men were handi caped, took place at the St. llelena-gardens, ncar Birming ham, yesterday afternoon, in the presence of between 3,000 and 4,000 persons. The competitors were Mills, celebrated for his performances at six miles, and who appeared at "scratch;" Deerfoot at 50 yards, and Roberts and Richards at 440 yards. The men were started at a few minutes after 4, and ran round a broad path encircling a kind of green sward. Dcerfoot passed Roberts and Richards when about three-fourths of the ground was run over, and he main tained his lead. lie was once challenged for two or three minutes by Mills, who approached within a few yards, but never overtook the Indian, who seemed to run easily though awkwardly. Deerfoot won ; Mills lost a portion of the ground he had gained and fell out, though it was said that he ran second when the four miles had been completed, but that there was a run over of 205 yards by the Indian, and when the men stopped Richards was in the second place. Roberts had given up earlier. The four miles were run in 21 minutes and 42 seconds. Betting between third and fourth miles 3 to 1 on Deerfoot. COUNTRY 211A.RICETS. GLOUCESTER—OcT. 26. A fairr supply of English wheat, which met a steady de mand, at a reduction of fully is per quarter on last week's rates. Foreign sorts less inquired for, and same in value. Oats, barley, beans, and peas very dull, and no change in price. COLCHESTER-OCT. 26. A good supply of wheat, with a dull demand, at is per qr decline on last week. Barley in limited supply; finest samples rather dearer in price. Beans and peas Is per qr higher. Wheat, white 64s 68s Beans,Mazagant.36s red 46s 64s middle & small.4os 44s Barley Oath .24s 30s gray 38s 42s CHELMSFORD—OcT. 25. A middling supply of wheat, the best samples of which barely realised last week's prices. Spring corn slow, at late rates. Wheat, old white...3ls 63s Peas, Partridge....36s 40s new ..51s 69s White 38s 44s old red....31s 52s Boiling .. 40s 46s new 56s 63s Dun 34s 38s Batley 28s 39s Ditto new —s —s Chevalier 29s 40s Beans, Tick, old ..36s 42s Grinding 25s 34s new..—s —s Malt.... Chevalier 64s 69s new..—s —s Oats 23s 30s Mazagan 34 36s KIRKCALDY GRAIN-OCT. 26. Wo had fair supplies of grain to day. Salim slow. Wheat and oats is lower. Barley was much the same as last market day. Wheat. Barley. Oats. First....42s Od I 26s Od 22s Od Second —Ms Od 35s Od 285,0 d Third....7os Od 39s Od 30s Od COAL MARK (Prices of Coal per Ton a, ET—OCT. 28. the close of tho market s. d. Wylam ..15 6 Tanfield Moor 13 6 Tanfield Moor Butes l3 Hartlepool West Hart ley l6 6 Byass's Bel9side West Hartley ..17 6 Lambert's West Hart ley..., 17 0 Howard's West Hart- Walls End. a. s. ley 17N 6 North Pelton.. l4 0 Seaton Hartley. 17 0 Buddle'sWestHartloy 17 6 Craighead Steam 15 6 Davison's West Hart- - ley . ..17 6 Grey's West Hartley..l6 9 Walker Primrose 12 9 West Riding Hartley-15 6 West Wylam l4 3 Ships at market Trimdon Thornley 17 0 South Kelloe 19 3 South Whitworth 16 0 Braddyll's Hetton 19 3 Tunstall Acorn Close ..18 9 Ridde11....., lB 0 Pittington l7 0 Whitworth 16 0 Haswell Cassop .. 19 0 Eden 18 9 South Hetton 20 0 Hetton .. 2O 0 Thorpe lB 0 K elloe Hough Hall 1$ 9 Carway and Duffryn Malting Do. Anthracito 21 6 88 ; sold, 84. FOREIGN NAIL PACKET LIST. MAILS DUE. Australia and Mauritius, via Southampton ..Nov. 18. via Marseilles .. Nov. 12. Brazil and Cape Verds, by British packet. Nov. 4. Cape of Good Hope, Ascension, and St. Helena.. Nov. 1. China, Penang, and Singapore, via Southampton. Nov. 2. via Marseilles ...Nov. 12. Falkland Islands Gibraltar, via Southampton Nov. 2. India (Calcutta), and Ceylon, via Southampton Nov. 2. via Marseilles Nov. 2: India (Bombay), via Southampton Nov. 10. via Marseilles Nov. 4. Lisbon Nov 1. Malta, Egypt, and Aden, via Southampton Nov. 2. via Marseilles Nov, 4. Newfoundland ..Oct. 30. Oporto and Vigo U. S. and British N. America, by Brit. packet Oct. 30; - 'by U.S.' packet by Canadian packet Oct. 30. W.C. of Africa, Madeira, and Teneritle.. Nov. 10. Bahamas, via New York Nov. 21. Mexico All parts of West Indies, including Chili, Peru, 1 Oct. 29. California,and British Columbia.. SHOOTING IN NORFOLK.—Last week, at Gunton park, the seat of Lord Suffield, the extraordinary number of 1,064 partridges were killed in five days by eight guns. The number of head killed in the five days were 1,600, including hares and rabbits, and in one day 185 brace of partridges were bagged. 370 partridges in one day seem to speak of a good season. Pheasants aro very plentiful everywhere in Norfolk this year. TIE' CASE OF VINCENT COLLUCCI.—Since the conviction of this prisoner he has been in a most melan choly condition, and it appears that the iesult of the trial was most unexpected to him, as ho entertained a confident opinion that he should either be acquitted, or that Miss Johnstone would not appear and give evidence against him. It has been stated since the trial—and there is very little doubt of the fact—that when tho case stood for trial at ihe last sessions an offer was made to the prisoner, if ho would plead " Guilty" and consent to the restoration of the £1,600 that was taken from him at the time of his apprehension by Tanner, the officer, that the prosecution would apply to the Court to allow him to be discharged upon entering into recognisances to appear and receive judgment if he should be called upon to do so, but he positively refused to accede to this proposition. It was very much desired that Miss Johnstone should be spat ed the annoyance of appearing in a public court to give her evidence, and the prisoner no doubt anticipated this, and calculated that she would not do so, and that he should thus escape the consequences of his rascality; but when it was found that he would not agree to the liberal offer that was made him, it was deter mined that the case should proceed. The prisoner, it appeared, lived in the most luxurious and extravagant style at his residence in Ovington-square, and it will be remem bered that £3OO of his ill-gotten gains were expended in about three weeks, and if his career had not been cut shor so suddenly, in all probability the whole would very soon have been squandered away. In a few days the prisoner will be removed to the Millbank Penitentiary, where he will have to undergo his sentence. [ADVERTISEMENT.]—HoIIoway's Ointment and Pills.-- Measles, Children's Disease.—Early measures are urgently required to keep within moderation the first symptoms of measles. When the fever first appears, Holloway's oint ment should be rubbed twice a-day at least upon the throat and chest. It excites the skin to throw out the rash more fully, and prevents its receding before the proper time. It maintains the eruption so freely on the skin that it pre cludes convulsions, inflammation of the lungs, and other distressing and dangerous symptoms. It likewise soothes and softens the cough. Holloway's pills should be given, if possible, to cool the hot parched skin, to moderate the thirst, increase the expectoration, relieve the hurried breathing, and thoroughly to purify the blood. BIRTHS. HATES. —On the 24th inst., at Bedhampton, Hants, the wife of Capt. Hayes, R.N., of a son. PETRE.—On the 27th inst., at 12, Berkeley-square, the wifo of George Glyn Petro ' Esq., 11.13.M.'s Secretary of Le gation at Hanover, of a son. WHITE.—On the 26th inst., at Kirkmichael House, Dum friesshire, the wife of Lieut.-Col, Luke White, M.P., of a son. MARRIAGES. TRISTRAM—DE B uituir. —O n t h e 26th i ns t., a t S a int StePh ut ' s , D u b lin advor.ate, Doctors',.commons, to Flora, daughter of the Thomas 11. Tristram, Esq., D.C.L., late Very Rev. Thomas John Do Burgh, Dean of (Moyne, and of the Lady Anna De Burgh. TODD—I3LACK.—On the 27th inst., at St. Pancras. Josh. E. Todd, youngest son of Mrs. Caroline Victorine Todd, to Josephine Marianne Black, only daaghtcr of Mr. A' Black. DEATHS. 13 ATTAM.—On the 26th inst., suddenly, Mr. Thos. Battam, Fen., of vough•square, Fleet-street, and Lansdowne Villas, Kensington-park. ELLIS.—On the 21st inst., at Guernsey, Richard Ellis, Esq., Lieut, and Adjutant, late of the 97th Foot, aged 72. FOWLEE..—On the 23d inst., at St. John's•wood, Alpin G. Fowler, Esq., aged 69. GULL.—On the 23d inst., at Forost-hill, Mr. George Gull, of Upper Norwood, aged 57. HICKMAN.—On the 25th inst., at Great Marlow, Bucks, George llickman, Esq., aged 76. LIDDELL.—On the 20th inst., George William Moore, the infant son of G. W. M. Liddell, Esq., of Sutton House in Holderness, in the East Riding of the County York. Colonel Charles White, ged 3 SUTTON.—On the 2 7th in st., at 17, Ben y on.t errace, D e wl3neiaTuEv. ia Beauvoir-square , s a g t u h a e r e 2 , 3d Richard just, at Sutton, Brussels,Esq aged ol a 69. L OND ON : Printed and Published by MUItDO YOUNG, of No. 112, Strand, Printer, at THE Surt Office, No. 112,Strand , in the Precinct of the Savoy, lu the County ut Middlesex Tuesday, OCtODCr 29,1861. ' ----__ _ _ ice.