The Sun. — London, England, 1861-10-24 00:00:00

THE ITALIAN EXILTBITION. A letter from Florence, dated Oct. 16, says It is not easy to foresee to what extent the nature of the soil will allow or compel Italy to become an industrial community. The example of Val di Chiana (whose gigantic, almost antediluvian cattle I described in my last letter), a mere dismal swamp in the age of Dante, which is now the very pride of Tuscany, and the victories of the same nature ob tained of late years in the so-called Valli of Ferrara, Comacchio, and other districts of Lower Romagna, clearly point out to the Italians the necessity of setting to themselves, as the first task worthy of a free people's enterprise, the conquest of their own country. There is in the Maremme of Tuscany, in the Paludi of Rome, in the Marshes of Naples, Sicily,. Sardinia, and Corsica, work, bread, and a home for nearly as many millions as are now living in the Peninsula and the adjoining islands; and even in the most advanced territories of Piedmont, Lombardy, and the /Emilia, all along the Alps and Apennines, millions of acres of the very best land are yet to be rescued from the dry beds of lawless mountain streams. Everywhere in Italy, in every branch of human activity, isolation had killed the nation ; the results of agriculture, like those of industry, were such as might be achieved by indi vidual effort ; there was no reliance put on intelli gent association, on aggregate exertion ; and private enterprise naturally slackened with the gradual extinction or rapid downfall of great families and the rapid and unlimited subdivision of properties. It is only in the cities where industry achieved such wonders in the Middle Ages, and in some of the most barren valleys of Piedmont and Liguria, and all along the mountain crests wherever the Alps and Apennines stretch, that men may be spared from the plough and the spade. It is only from Biella or Como, or Lucca, from Val di Toro, the Abruzzi, and other mountain abodes that the scanty population is driven by want, scantily sup plying the plain with mowers and harvest-men, or sending forth able artisans to France and Germany, or idle itinerant musicians to England and America. Italy has but few superfluous hands, and those few are rendered unproductive from yielding to vicious propensities at home, or obeying the impulse of in nate spirit of adventure abroad ; but certainly from no actual want of ready-at-hand, profitable employment in their own country. The silks and velvets sustain their ancient repu tation and make a goodly display. The brocades and damasks of Solei and Ghersi of Turin, of Meloni of Bologna, of Ghilieri and Brivio of Milan, of Cris tofani of Florence, challenge our admiration, and seem to me superior to those which are sent by the factories of San Leucio, near Naples. The velvets by Chichisola and Guillot, both houses established at Turin as well as Genoa, are still unrivalled. Eugenio and Luigi, both descendants of Giuseppe Martini, excel in gold embroidery, usually applied to gorgeous priestly vestments. Silk stuffs are sent in great numbers from all parts of Italy, even from regions in which such industry was not suspected to exist by many of the Italians themselves. Riva and Corsi, of Como, send their fine samples to the muster, Cattaneo and Pettitti, Costa and Seravegna, from Turin, Frullini, of Florence, and others from the various provinces of Northern Italy, seem to bear the palm over the stuffs which come from Naples, Palermo and Catania. It will be long, however, before any of these factories can compete with their rivals of Lyons, and still longer before their coun trymen can overcome the prejudice which inclines them blindly, and even sometimes unjustly, to pre fer anything French or English to what is merely nostr ale—i.e., of native production. The manufactured cottons are sent chiefly from Milan and Monza, in Lombardy; from Pont and Intro, in Piedmont ; from Novacchio, near Pisa, in Tuscany ; from Sarno, near Salerno, in Naples. Italy has, however, not so much reason to be proud of these works as of those of the linen manufacturers, table-linen especially, in which Leusi and Bolatti, of Florence, and a house of Prato contend for the prize with Tenchini, of Brescia. I cannot say I was greatly struck with a show of ribands displayed by a society of Turin manufacturers. The fringes of Sabatini, of Bologna, seemed more worthy of atten tion. Straw hats and other works in fine straw are ex elusively a Tuscan product. More than ten houses of Florence, Pistoja, Pisa, &c., vie with one another, and the jury will have no little trouble in adjudging the palm to the most deserving., Fine hats, for 500 f. and 700 f. each, have been purchased by the King. Wax candles also, as far as I have seen, are a Tuscan industry, and the service of the Catholic Church creates a great demand for their produce, Woollen stuffs and cloths are exhibited in a far greater variety than one would have imagined, and the trade seems to be widely spread throughout the peninsula. The very best cloths, so far as the eye can judge—for "visitors are," of course," expected not to touch anything"—are those from the looms of Sella, at Biella, and of Rossi, at Schio Veneto, in the territory, I believe, of Vicenza. But two or three houses of Prato, in Tuscany, one at Bologna, one in the Tuscan district of Casentino, several from Pinerolo, Mosso, Caselle, in Piedmont, and as many from Naples, forwarded by Von Willer, deserve en couragement, and will derive no little benefit from having their good universally known through the country. Weapons, chiefly sporting guns, but also revolvers, muskets, &c., are manufactured almost everywhere in Italy; double-barrelled guns of very good appear ance are sent from Mazza, of Naples, Menghini and Menichetti, of Florence, from Massaventi, of Bo logna, Tiverani, of Modigliana, Brand, of Rome, Priora, and Colombo, of Milan, Brini, of Bergamo, Frasehini, of Brescia, Maccari, of Siena, and from workshops at Lugo, Faenza, &c. Still the great manufactury is that of a Society of Brescia which had been flourishing since the middle ages, was re duced to the last extremity by the hostility of the Austrian Government, and has now risen to new life during these two or three years' freedom. It exhibits double-barrelled guns in great number, of the value of 90f. to 2,000 f., and muskets with bayonets of the value of 35 francs, of which it pro duces 60 daily. Fine models of ancient plate armour are exhibited by Sorbi of Florence, and by Morgini of Turin and a lady of Milan has wrought a fine chain mail shirt, intended as a pre sent " to the Hero of Caprera," Garibaldi. The sword-blades, which are laid on the tables, do not, of course, come up to the excellence of Eng lish steel. Two of them, from Palermo, are in the shape of the old Toledo blades, and are probably of the same fine temper. There are swords of honour with wrought hilts, which ought to be classed among the works of art rather than industry. OCTOBER 17. ll eeanse the Italians had lost many of the war like virtues of the ancient conquerors of the world, they had been rather too hastily set down as a cowardly genius exhaus t s ce the ere e th e and because the production of richest soil, so that it must lie fallow for time tread of a great man again leaves its print o n the dart of the earth, the world had too soon come to the conclusion that the hand of Raphael's descendants had forgotten its cunning, and that art bad sunk in its ancient cradle below the level of the former pupils, nowthe rivals, of the leading nation. The great movement perhawhich a fairly promise s Tull y a secon d , or third youth, may not unlikely reverse more than one of those sweeping judgments; an d if the Italians will only guard against the prompting s of self-conceit and presumption—if they will only look I before them, and seek in the achievements of thei r forefathers, not a subj ect for pride, but merely a stimulus to exertion , it is possible that mankind. who have lately acknowledged that these people have carried the sword not without honour into the field, will equally give them credit for such skill in handling the brush and the chisel as may no longer cause Raphael's Madonnas and Titian's Venuses to be cast as a reproach into their teeth. Academical tyranny had unmanned the Italians as thoroughly as political despotism. It had created in Florence, in Rome, in Parma, in Modena, in every paltry centre of a petty community, a small clique where mediocrity revelled, bigoted classicism cramped and crashed, and genius toddled and shuffled in the eter nal leading -strings of imitation. Genius, however, iqrkta still . the land, and, as in literature it re vealed itself in the tender hymns of Manzoni, or the acrid satires of Giusti, so it showed forth in art in the canvass of Bezzuoli or the marble of Strazza. Even in the Hyde-park Crystal Palace on branch, at least, of the fine arts was still monopolised by the Italians. The Florentine Exhibition of 1851 is for Italian art, no less than for Italian industry, not a show of what the nation can do, but of what it was already, almost unconsciously, doing. No new specimen was got up for the occasion ; no painter or sculptor had time, in a month or two, to strain all his powers for an unwonted display. Indeed, many of the leading men, such as Gastaldi of Turin, Hayet of Milan, and others, jealous of their fair name, chose rather not to appear at all at the muster, than with crude sketches and hasty performances to compro mise a well-established reputation. Many of the works exhibited hang on the walls in an unfinished state ; yet no candid observer can, even at a cursory glance, resist the impression that Italian art has made great strides of undeniable progress. The fear that stress of time and distance might prevent the living artists from filling the very ex tensive halls and galleries with works of art in sufficient number and of merit striking enough to give the show all the interest it deserved, induced the Committee of the Exhibition to assign the most conspicuous places to what were considered the masterpieces of men of great names recently de ceased. As it was done in Manchester, all owners of famous paintings, chiefly from Florence and other parts of Tuscany, were made to contribute the modern treasures of their galleries, and the works of Bezzuoli, Benvenuti, and other late Aca demicians, are the first to meet the eye. It was most fortunate for the men of the present genera tion that their own attempts should be brought into immediate contrast with the achievements of their teachers; that they might, without much fear of idle vain glory, renew the boast ofDiomedes, and claim their well-established superiority over their elders. Really, there is progress in painting throughout all the schools of Italy. After passing Bezzuoli's grand picture of " Charles VIII.'s entrance into Florence ;" his " Giovanni delle Bande Nere," his " Filippo Strozzi" and " Lorenzino de Medici," and Benve nuti's " Ugolino," &c., you see a dense crowd standing before a large picture unfinished, the work of a youngartist, Domenico Morelli, of Naples. It is called the " Iconoclasti," and it is a picture rank ing in merit with the works of a happier age. It is a group of two or three monkish fanatics tearing down and treading under foot the holy images, and storming round one of their order, unconvinced by their arguments, and unwilling to give in to their fury. The rabid expression of the image-breakers, the settled air of concern and horror of the image worshippers are contrasted with matchless power, and the colour is laid with that masterly skill which Italy has never altogether unlearnt, but which never, perhaps, was exhibited with so much effect for centuries. Morelli has had two or three more pictures in the upper galleries—the Bagnanti," the " Mascherata," the " Serenata"—all equally awaiting the last touch, though somewhat more juvenile compositions ; but there is a small painting by him, representing a gentleman in medieval cos tume, rapt in contemplation of a skull laid on a table before him, which is of the same character as the " Iconoclasti," and which probably reveals the real bent of the artist's mind. The work which is likely to dispute the palmwith Morelli's masterpiece is "La Cacciata del Duca d'Atene," by Ussi, a picture which was already ex hibited in an unfinished state in 1859, and appears now to have received the last touch. Ussi is a young Florentine artist, and only known by this work, his first, The sneaking expression of the tyrant at bay, the storming around him of the excited figures of the Florentine magistrates, warriors, and populace, make this a tableau of very uncommon order; the grouping is excellent, and the colouring, to say it in one word, antique. Exquisite pictures, in a pleasing style, that the eye loves to dwell upon and cannot quit without regret, are those of Paccinelli, of Flo rence—a "Platonic Conversazione held by Lorenzo de Medici and Leo X. at Careggi." The same artist has a portrait of Gioberti, a good picture, though a failure as a likeness; and Lucrezia Borgia in the act of poisoning a cup for her enemy. Pollastrini, of Leghorn, has several excellent specimens. The best is the " Emigrants from Sienna ;" his "Murder of Alessandro de Medici," by his Cousin Lorenzino and the cut-throat Scoronconcolo, is a very powerful performance, but an atrocious scene; the bleeding tyrant has, in his death-struggle, snatched the mur- derer's forefinger with his teeth, and fastened upon it with a rage that is horrible to behold. The "Death of Ferruccio," by the same master, is a more attracting picture. Fine pictures are those of Malatesta of Modena; the largest, the "Fall of Ezzelino," seems to have won the suffrages of most beholders. The tyrant is crouching by the side of his horse, which has fallen under him. The Italian allies, his mortal foes, are around him, with swords, daggers, and stones, and the eagerness with which they press upon one another to have a blow at the fallen man is rendered with great ability. The chafing face, the wildcat glare, the writhing figure of the monster are excellent ; and the artist, forgetting that Ezzelino was born in Italy of a family which was established in the country for three or four generations, has made it hateful in Italian eyes by giving it that conventional set of half-German, half-Croatian features which typifies the Austrian in Italy. A propos to the Italian ideal of a Tedesco, we have here battle pieces by hun dreds, most of them being scenes and episodes of the late Lombard wars, and some of them, such as "Mon tebello," by Cerutti of Turin, and " Palestro," " La Lettera," and the " Volunteer Bivouac," by Indund of Milan, are works of considerable merit ; but no less these than those by minor cultivators of art are remarkable for the half stolid, half ferocious look, the brutal features, the hideous cast of countenance with which they represent the vanquished Austrians. The national hatred and loathing show here in all their intensity. You would say that the painter de- lights in killing bis Croatian twice over; and we need no other proof of the irreconcilable feeling of repulsion which rendered the Austrian domination in Italy utterly impossible on any other terms than the most overwhelming brute force. One picture in this style, exceedingly painful to look upon, is the " Shooting of the Cignoli Family, by Gen. Urban, in 1859." It is painted by Conti of Florence. A dense mass of Austrian infantry is crowding on a grassy bank. In a small plot of ground underneath aro a group of peasants about 12 in number, of all ages ; and the soldiers are shooting them down in cold blood, one by one ; their leader, Gen. Urban, looking coldly on the murderous scene. It has all the har rowing effect of a picture of Niobe. The defenceless boors throw themselves one before the other to retard from a beloved object the fate which can be averted from none of them. The old are struck dumb and helpless ; the young, a youth 12 years of age, looks up with good courage, his blood-stained hand rest ing on his chest, whence his life-blood is ebbing fast. There is a heart-rending truth about the whole scene, and the episode is too true; it is the most wanton deed of atrocity perpetrated by the army of Gyulai at the opening of the campaign, in the coun try of Voghera. King Victor Emmanuel stood be fore this piece of painted canvas a few days ago, and his breast swelled with sobs as he gazed with speechless horror at the ghastly spectacle, and as he moved away he raised his forefinger at the picture and shook it, and murmured in a half-audible tone, " General Urban, you have paid dearly for this— and all is not at an end yet." There are works of rare merit by Rapisardi of Catania, the " Court of the Emperor Frederick 11., with a Meeting of the first Italian Bands in Sicily," and perh a p s a b etter picture by the same, " La Gondola;" an excellent one by Morades " Giulian de Medici led by the Conspirators to the Cathedral;" " Tasso, a Wanderer at his Sister's House at Sor rento," by Altamura of Naples;" a "Primavera," by De Sanctis of Rome, with fine tone of colouring; a " Sant' Eligio," by Do Giovanni of Palermo—tile head of the Saint, a work of transcendant beauty ; Fieschi revealing his Conspiracy to his Wife," by Gandolfi of Chiavari—a painting of great effect, with showy accessories; a spirited battle•piece, by Ademollo of Florence, representing the death of Cairoli, with Garibaldi looking on with deep, well expressed concern. My attention was also claimed by a " Maria di Sterne," by Appiani of Milan; by an idealised portrait, the work of Anna Muschi of Rome ;a " Pesti di Siena," by Nenci of Siena; a full-length likeness of Carlo Troya, by his townsman Altamura ; a picture of "lintoretti's Daughter on her Deathbed," by Pagliano of Casale ; one of " Or landuccio del Leone," the well-known episode of the Florentine mother rescuing her child from the jaws of a lion, by Felchi of Florence ; a " Meeting of Dante and Beatrice in the Streets of Florence," by D'Ancona, a Florentine, who has ably rendered the modest, dreamy, melancholy poet, shrinking, as it were, from the greeting of the lovely being before him, and the latter' walking past with a conscious triumph in her look, followed by her two gentle women, whose pitying glance betoken all their sym pathy for that deep devotion which was to meet with no reward on earth. The best landscapes in oil are by Marko, an artist of great merit, born in Hungary, but who has learnt his art in the schools of Florence. I have not yet looked into the rooms of watercolours and drawings. THE LONDON, THURSDAY EVENING, OCTOBER: 24, 1861 IHE NAVY. The Mohawk, 5, screw, Commander Howard, sailed from Spithead yesterday morning for the east • ward, where she will be dismantled and put out of commission. The Medea, 6, paddle, Commander D'Arcy Pres ton, had her steam up at Spithead at sunset yester day, and was expected to sail immediately after wards for Halifax. The further issue of the 100 pounder Armstrong gun has been suspended from the Ordnance stores at Portsmouth until further orders, except where an exchange is required, as in the case of the Hero, 90, screw, which vessel to-day exchanges her 100- pounder, which is damaged, for a perfect one from the store. The Warrior had the steel vent-pieces of her Armstrongs yesterday exchanged for wrought iron ones. The Danubio, convict ship, Capt. Smith, arrived at Spithead early yesterday morning from Bermuda, with 255 convicts on board, who were landed by Government steamer yesterday and sent on by rail to Milbank. The War Department transport Thames arrived at Chatham yesterday, and during the day landed at the Ordnance wharf a further supply of 2,000 rifles, with the like number of the new sword bayonets attached, for sea service. She also landed 10 of the 8 inch 60 cwt. guns, from Woolwich, for the ships fitting at Chatham. A number of carpenters an-a mastmakers have arrived at Chatham from the Formidable, 84, flag ship at Sheerness, and the Fisgard, 42, at Woolwich, to be employed in preparing the Wellesley, 74, flagship at Chatham, and fitting her as u training ship for boys and lads entering the Royal Navy. Already the most extensive alterations have been made on board the Wellesley, which, to enable the work to be carried on more expeditiously, has been removed higher up the harbour. The upper deck has been levelled, and the guns, stores, and gear cleared away to provide the greatest possible space for the instruction of the lads in broad-sword exercise and in various naval duties. With the exception of a few 32-pounders, the whole of the guns have been removed and landed at the dockyard. The rudder, weighing about ten tons, has also been un shipped, the anchors and chain cables taken out, and the water-tanks removed, in order to lessen her draught of water. Notwithstanding this, however, the depth of water in that part of the harbour where she is now moored is so little that at nearly every low tide the Wellesley takes the ground. A few nights since she grounded so much that she had a list of 20 degrees. On each of the decks the most extensive alterations are in progress. The officers' cabins, storerooms, offices, &c,, on the main deck are being cleared away to provide additional space for the lads, and, according to present arrange ments, it is intended to accommodate them on the lower deck, which is to be given up exclusively to their use, the seamen being removed to the.orlop deck. By the conversion of the Wellesley to a re ceiving and training ship the Admiralty have determined on supplying a want which has long been felt at Chatham—namely, a -vessel in which promising lads wishing to enter her Majesty's sea service may be at once entered, instead of being re- jected, as has hitherto been the case, or sent to other and more distant ports, simply because there was no receiving-ship for them at Chatham. The following appointments were made yesterday at the Admiralty :—W. Patrick, surg., to the Por• cupine; J. Ward, of the Indus, confirmed as chief engineer and appointed additional to the Asia, for charge of the machinery of the Esk ; E. S. Ash worth, promoted to engineer, additional to the Cumberland, for the Fearless ; H. C. Jones, engi neer, to the Fisgard, for charge of the machinery of the Spitfire ; D. Driscole, promoted to first-class assist.-engineer in the Firebrand ; J. Mather, first class assist.-engineer, to the Fisgard, for charge of the machinery of the Investigator; G. Hunt, first class assist.-engineer, to the Pembroke, for charge of the machinery of the Magnet ; A. N. Miller, acting second classassist.-engineer, to the Firebrand vice Jones; W. H. P. M. Gillman, assist.-paymaster, additional, to the Victory. Dr. C. A. Anderson is appointed Deputy Inspector-General of Malta Hos pital, instead of Inspector, as originally announced. ENGLISH POLICY IN NEW ZEALAND. (From the New Zealand Examiner.) Mr. Waring Taylor (one of the representatives for the city of Wellington), after several motions in the Assembly, succeeded in obtaining the publica tion of the following despatch from the late Gover nor-General of Australia. It will well repay the. most careful perusal, and shows that the policy which the Opposition to the Stafford Government have been so unjustly accused of advocating, on mere factious grounds, is that which in its broad outlines suggested itself to a statesman of acknow ledged ability like Sir W. Denison, one who pos sessed the advantage of a slight personal acquaint. ance with New Zealand, combined with that of a several years' residence in Australia—a residence sufficiently near to become cognisant of the current history of New Zealand, and yet sufficiently far off to be removed from local bias COPY OV DESPATOII FROM SIR W. DENISON, K.C.8., TO HIS GRACE THE DUKE OF NEWCASTLE. " Government-house, Sydney, June 8, 1860. " My Lord Duke,—When the Governor of New Zealand applied to me for assistance in the diffi culty which had arisen between the Government and the Maories, he sent up for my information a sort of manifesto, drawn up by Mr. Richmond, one of the members of his Executive Council, a copy of which I transmitted to your grace with my despatch No. 42, dated 12th of April last. " In my correspondence with Col. Gore Browne I alluded to the exposition of the policy of the Go vernment contained in this document, and I re ceived from him the more formal document (which I herewith enclose) drawn up by Mr. Richmond, as the mouthpiece of the Ministry at Auckland, ex planatory of the opinions entertained by the ad visers of the Governor of the state of the relations between the Maories and the white population. , In a private letter to Col. Gore Browne—a copy of which'l take the liberty of forwarding herewith, I have commented upon the document put forth by his advisers, and have, at the same time, sketched out a course of policy which would, as it appears to me, remedy many of the evils which have arisen out of the anomalous system hitherto pursued to wards the Maories. " If the present state of relations between the two races i; allowed to continue, outbreaks like the present will occur periodically ; demands will be made for military assistance with which it will be difficult to comply, and claim& for assistance from the Imperial Treasury which will not be willingly responded to, and which, if entertained, will only serve as precedents for similar demands from other colonies. " A change, therefore, in the mode of dealing with the native race in New Zealand is urgently required, and I trust that in bringing, as I have done, my views of the character of this change before the Governor of New Zealand, and in submitting them to your Grace, I shall not be deemed to have med dled presumptuously in a matter with which I have no concern.—l have, kc., "W. DENISON. " His Grace the Duke of Newcastle, &c." " GOvernraent-house, Sydney, May 16, 1860. "My dear Gore Browne—The mail having closed, I am more at leisure to look into and discuss the contents of the printed documents which you have sent me, containing the expression of the views and opinions of your responsible advisers on the present state of Maori affairs. I do not think that you have derived much in formation from this document. The views and opinions of your responsible advisers are, to all ap pearance, confined to these :—first, that they ought to have something to say in the discussion of ques tions having reference to the natives (of whom, I may observe, by the way, they are in no way the representatives); and, secondly, that, as they are unable to defend themselves, England should step in to help them. " Witt. reference to the first of these opinions, I may observe that the collision between the races would have been precipitated had the settlement of ,questions affecting the Maories been left to the white men who have a direct interest in obtaining the principal article which the native has to dispose of—namely, his land. With reference to the second opinion, every one will, of course, admit that the mother country is bound to defend the colonies, and to help them out of difficulties ; but there yet remains these questions—against whom are they to be defended, and what is the nature and extent of the assistance to be afforded ? " Mr. Richmond's papers, however, open up a much wider question than was, I think, contem plated by him and his colleagues—nothing less than that of the whole policy of the Government as regards the Maories ; and to this I will now ad dress myself, taking as correct the statements made of the facts relative to the establishment of the Pre sidency of Potatau, but exercising my own discretion as to the admission or rejection of the inferences, whether as to the motives which have influenced the natives in this movement, or as to the results which are likely to flow from it. " The fact, then, which appears to be established is the willing assent of a large proportion of the Maori race to the establishment of some system of government among themselves. " Mr. Richmond passes over very lightly the causes which have induced a people consisting of the clans or septa, and analogous to those which used to occupy the Highlands of Scotland, to forget their old feuds and unite together for a common ob ject. He says little or nothing as to the origin of this wish on the part of the Maori to subvert the Queen's authority over the Northern Island, and but little more as to the foundation of their wish to prohibit all further alienation of land to the Crown. Might not, however, the movement have its origin in the conviction of the natives that their position as nomi nal subjects of the Queen, while it brought them under a variety of humiliations, preventing them from selling their land to private individuals, and subjecting them to taxation at the hands of the white population occupying the seaports, did abso lutely nothing for their benefit, and was the means of preventing the introduction of more wholesome social arrangements, having a tendency—as admi nistered—to retain them in the position of isolated savage tribes, instead of assisting to raise them to the rank of a people, and with regard to the aliena tion of land, m i g ht there not exist a well-founded distrust of a Government which, while it did not permit the sale of land to individuals, does—by holding out inducements which few savages are able to resist —acquire the article which the Maori has to sell at a very low rate (6d. or ls. per acre), which article is instantly retailed to the white man at 10s. an acre ? " The fact is that Mr. Richmond's letter is based on the assumption that New Zealand is a colony of white people, with whom, unluckily, there happens to be mixed up a portion of the native race strong enough to make itself respected. His policy, and that of his colleagues, would lead to steps which, if England, would in a short timethey w an e n r i e h b il a a e te ke t d he u Maori h y race, and permit the oc cupation by the white man of the rich land yet in native hands, upon which for years past greedy and longing eyes have been cast. My view, however, of the Maori is very different. He te l e Queen, and as such is en s respected, his feelings t i d s to con sidered ; he has shown an aptitude for civilisation which ought to be encouraged; his efforts to raise himself in the social scale should be assisted. If this policy were carried out steadily and consistently all causes of disaffection would soon be done away with ; there would be an end of those petty mea sures which, while they cause a large expenditure of money, result in nothing but an aggravation of the feeling of hostility between the races. The Government would, it is true, be abused by certain classes of the white population —the land specula tor 3 might grumble—but I feel convinced that the prosperity of the colony and the happiness of the people would be promoted by such a change of system. C , You may say that all this is Utopian—that it supposes a state of things which cannot exist; this, however, would be to beg the question. You may, however, very fairly ask by what means it is pro posed to work out such a re-organisation of society. If you recollect, when I was with you in 1857, we were talking of the policy to be adopted towards the Maories, and I then suggested that your legis lation should be based upon the positive fact that the inhabitants of the colony consisted of two dis tinct races, whose amalgamation, however desirable it might be, could not be expected to take place for many years. My opinion now is much the same as it was then, and the late occurrences have only seemed to give greater distinctness and precision to that which in 1857 was more an intuitive feeling than a carefully formed opinion. "You have now as a fact the establishment of some thing analogous to a general government among the Maories—a recognition on their part of the necessity. of some paramount authority. This is a step in the right direction—do not ignore it ' • do not, on the ground that some evil may possibly spring from it, make the natives suspicious of your motive by op: posing it, but avail yourself of the opportunity to in troduce some more of the elements of good government among them. Suggest to them the necessity of defin ing and limiting the power of the person who has been elected as the chief or king (I should not quar rel with the name), of establishing some system of legislation, simple, of course, at first, but capable of being modified and improved ; but do not attempt to introduce the complicated arrangements suited to a civilised and educated people, recognising pub licly and openly the Maories not merely as indivi dual subjects of the Queen, but as a race, a body whose interest you are bound to respect And pro mote, and then give to that body the means of de ciding what their interests are, and of submitting them in a proper form for your consideration. This you may say, will be very well for the future, but how will it affect the issue of the present quarrel between Government and the Maories ? It appears to me that it will have a most material operation upon the combination of the Maories. If Potatau and his abettors are made aware that there is a prospect of obtaining by legitimate means a recog nition of their position and an acknowledgment of their rights, they will hardly be induced to plunge into a contest in which they must eventually be worsted ; they will withdraw from the present con test, and leave you to deal with Kingi and his im mediate adherents; and these, when they find them selves unsupported by the other tribes, will speedily be brought to submission. " The first effect, of course, of the new system of policy will be the cessation of purchases of land from the Maories. They will decline to sell, and were 1 in your place I should be in no hurry to buy. In proportion, however, as the Maori gets,more civilised will his appetite for gain overpower his nationality , and he will be found in a short time quite willing to part with his land to purchasers who will give him a better price for it than his na tive friends. Ido not, therefore, believe the pro hibition of sales to the Government would prevail for any length of time, in case the Government can be persuaded to give the full value of the land ; but you will have to give up your present position of purchasing land at a cheap rate from some of your subjects, and of retailing it at a high rate to others. In fact, the Government must show itself impartial, and if circumstances compel it to limit the power of the Maori to se]l to any but the Government, the latter must give him the full market value of his land, less, of course, the cost of survey, &c. " I do not think you would have much difficulty under such circumstances in arranging for the ces sion of purchase of a certain amount of land round New Plymouth, in order to get rid of the anomalous state of things produced by the mode in which the Government has produced land in isolated patches, to which there is no access except through land be longing t• the Marries. "I ought to apologise for giving you new views and opinions, as to a matter of which I have but a partial knowledge ; but thinking that those views and opinions are more clear, and based upon sounder principles than those of your responsible advisers, I give them to you for what they are worth. " There is no question but that the common and ordinary mode of dealing with the differences be tween the white man and the Maori would be to treat the latter as a rebel—to pour in troops regard less of expense, and eventually to sweep away a race which occupies land of which the white man pro fesses to be in want, though he has millions of acres of which he can or does make no use. This, how ever, is a very costly mode of dealing with such a matter, to say nothing of its immorality and injus tice. " The Imperial Government will Lave to pay a high price for the land which, after having purchased it with its blood and treasure, it hands over to the colonists to sell for their benefit. " While, then, the ordinary course of proceeding will be found both immoral and impolitic, that which I have sketched out will be conducive to the best interests of the Government and the people, and as such I commend it to your consideration. " Believe me, &c., " W. DENISON." THE AlOll, The most satisfactory results having accrued from the practice introduced some time since at Alder shot camp of employing the troops in killing and preparing the meat daily required for the camp, a similar system is about to be carried out at Chat ham, the troops at which garrison have hitherto been supplied with their meat by the army butchers and contractors. In consequence, however, of the inferior character of the animal food recently fur nished to the troops, and the numerous complaints• made to the War-office on the subject, the autho rities have deciled on discontinuing the contract system at the expiration of the present engage ments, when the supply of meat will be undertaken by the Commissariat Department, the beasts and sheep being killed on premises belonging to the Government. For this purpose the authorities at the War-office have entered into a contract with Mr. K. Spicer, builder, Rochester, for the latter to erect a range of buildings on the Government land at Chatham, a short distance from the garrison, to be used as slaughter-houses, store-rooms, ware houses, iec , in killing and dressing the meat daily required., to be consumed by the troops of that large garrison. The object of employing the soldiers themselves in killing the animals and preparing the meat is that they may bo thoroughly conversant with this important duty if suddenly called on to take the field. The buildings, which are to be imme diately commenced at Chatham, are to be completed and handed over to the Commissariat Department within five months from the signing of the contract. Yesterday Major-General Rumley, Inspector- General of Infantry, commenced his half-yearly examination of the troops stationed in Colchester camp. Having first inspected the huts, the hospital, and other buildings within the camp, the gallant officer proceeded to the parade-ground, where the whole troops of the camp, numbering about 2,000 rank and file, were drawn up in line. These con sisted of the depots Ist Royals, 6th, 54th, 56th, and 66th Regiments, forming the 9th Battalion, under the temporary command of Lieut.-Col. Laye ; and the sth Fusileers, 34th, 38th, 44th, 88th, and 97th depots, forming the 10th Battalion, under the com mand of Major West. The entire force was com manded by Col. Guy, commandant of the camp, assisted by Brigade Major Coach ; Capt. Pender acted as aide-de-camp to Major-General Rumley. The inspecting officer having taken up his station, the troops marched past in quick and slow time, their marching being the theme of general com mendation. Several complicated movements were then executed in the most unexceptionable manner, and skirmishers were thrown out to prepare for an attack d on an imaginary enemy, in which the main body and by were soon engaged. The firing, both in com panieswards of y t; assemblage volleys, was marked by precision and regularity, After hours h tbh a e v . i t n r g o been ops re t under urned arms to t the e f o c r a u m p p to dinner. The day eta e t j o is r g fine there was a numerous and the result of the in spection was highly satisfactorys both to the General and to the officers in charge of depots. . ..~-- THE EXTRAORDINARY_ CASE OF - FICAU:n BY AN ITALIAN. At the Central Criminal Court yesterday Vincent Collucci, 31, an Italian, described as an artist, was indicted for feloniously obtaining £2,000 from a lady named Frederica Johnstone, by false pre tences. The examination of the witnesses for the prosecution appeared in The Sun of yesterday. Mr. Keane then submitted that there was no case to go to the jury, and he urged several techni cal grounds in support of his argument. One of these was that there was nothing to show that at the time of the alleged bargain between the priso ner and Miss Johnstone the letters were in his possession or power. The Lord Chief Baron overruled all the objec tions, and with regard to the latter one he said it was clear the letters were in the possession of the prisoner very shortly after the 3d of August, and it was for the jury to form a conclusion as to the probability of their being in his possession at the time when he engaged to deliver them to the pro secutrix. Upon the application of WI.. Chambers the money and the letters that were in the possession of Ser geant Tanner were ordered to be delivered up to the prosecutrix. SPORTING INTELLIGENCE. GLOUCESTER RACES.-WEDNESDAY. The Scurry Handicap Sweepstakes of 5 soya each, with 25 added, for horses of all ages ; winners extra. Half a mile. 22 subs. Mr. Elton's Gauntlet, 3 yre, 7st 91b (Wheatley) 1 Mr. Wood's Caliban, 3 yrs, (hit 101 b (E. Taylor) 2 Mr. S. Jacob's Booksloom, 2 yrs, 6st 1 llb (in. 71b ex.) (J. Roper) 3 The following also ran :--Tiara, Mousetrap, Yellow Girl, Commander, Aroma, and Sweetmeat. _ _ _ Betting-6 to 4 agst Mousetrap, sto 1 each agst Gauntlet and Commander, 6 to 1 agst Tiara, 7 to 1 agst Bookaloom, 100 to 6 agst Yellow Girl. A long delay at the post was caused by the breaking away of Aroma, Commander, and Bookaloom, and the un willingness of Mousetrap, Caliban, Gauntlet, Tiara, and allow Girl to go up. When the flag fell it was to a most straggling start, Gauntlet, Tiara, and Mousetrap having a clear lead, whilst Commander and Aroma were left several lengths at the post. On rounding the railway turn for home Mousetrap was lying second pulling double. On reaching the distance, Gauntlet was still leading, when Bottom, finding he was unable to reach Gauntlet, gave Mousetrap a pull, and allowed Caliban, Bookaloom, and Tiara to pass him. Gauntlet after this kept his position, and went in an easy winner by four lengths, Caliban beat ing Bookaloom for second place by a head. Tiara and Mousetrap were fourth and fifth, both pulling up, Yellow Girl finishing last. On returning to scale, the starter lodged a complaint against E. Taylor and Cannon for disobedience of orders, and the Earl of Coventry, the steward, ordered both jockeys to be suspended from riding again during this season. _ _ Belling Plato of 25 soya, for all ages ; selling and other allowances. Three quarters of a mile. Mr. J. Land's Dunoon, 2 yrs, 6st 31b (£5O) (J • Reeves) 1 Mr. J. Turner's Jacksll, 3 yrs, 7st 81b (L3O) (W. Bottom) 2 Mr. Saxon's Miss Coutts, 2 yrs, sst 71b (£3O) (J. Grimshaw) 3 The following also ran :—Bianca filly, Sloth, Queen of Hearts, Forest Hind, Lily of the Valley, Whimsical, Mickleham, Citation, Maid of Peru, and Couleur-de-Rose. _ _ _ Betting-5 to 2 agst Dunoon, 11 to 2 each agst Miss Coutts and Coulcur-de-Rose, 8 to 2 agst Jackall, 10 to 1 agst Mickleham. The three placed got off with a strong lead, Jackall hav ing the best of it until coming past the railway, where Dunoon passed him, was never afterwards headed, and won cleverly by half a length; three lengths dividing the second from the third ; Couleur-de-Rose and Sloth wore the two next, close up ; the others beaten oft. Sloth was afterwards claimed, and tho winner bought him in for 60 guineas. _ _ _ Mr. Keane then proceeded to make a most able address to the jury on behalf of the defendant. He commenced by stating that it would certainly be a subject of regret if any person charged with a criminal offence was not permitted to lay his own answer to the charge before the jury who were to be called upon to decide upon his guilt or innocence, and more particularly if that person was a foreigner; and in the observations he was about to address to them, he wished the jury distinctly to under stand that the defence he should attempt to set up was the prisoner's own defence, that he positively insisted upon it being made, and that he alone was responsible for it. In some cases it was the duty of an advocate to suggest what ap peared to him to be the best defence to be adopted under the circumstances, but where a prisoner insisted upon a particular course being taken, it appeared to him that it was no part of the duty of an advocate to interfere with that desire, and he therefore should merely state the answer the pri soner himself would have made to the charge. The jury would bear in mind that no one but the pri soner and Miss Johustone were aware of the actual circumstances connected with this transaction, and the prisoner's moath was closed ; he had no power to make a statement on oath as Miss Johnstone had, and all he could hope to do was through the lips of his advocate to endeavour to satisfy the jury that the facts were not as they had been- represented on the part of the prosecution, and that the whole truth had not been told. He entreated the jury to dismiss from their minds all the exaggerated state ments that had appeared in the public papers in reference to this case, and he said that, without making any remark that might be considered dis respectful to Miss Johnstone, they could see with • their own eyes that she was far from being a young girl, and that no undue sympathy ought to be evoked for her upon that ground. The prisoner's version of the case was the same now as it had always been. He asserted that he did not give the prosecutrix any parcel on the 3d of August, and that no bargain was ever made between him and the prosecutrix for the delivery of the letters to her, and he declared that the money was given him not upon the condition that he should restore the prosecutrix's letters, but as a compensation to him for her refusal to marry him. The learned counsel concluded by stating that this was the ' answer the prisoner insisted upon giving to the charge, and it' the jury believed that it was the true history of the transaction, he was entitled to an acquittal upon the present indictment. The Lord Chief Baron summed up the case to the jury very briefly, and he observed that it appeared to him that the only question for their consideration was whether or not they believed the evidence that had been given by Miss Johnstone, and after the ' defence that had been set up by the prsoner's coun sel, this was the only issue they had to try. It was true the learned counsel had stated that he did not desire to cast any imputation upon the character of that lady, but if they gave any credit to the sugges tion that had been raised on behalf of the prisoner, it was impossible for them to come to any other conclusion than that this lady had not only wickedly fabricated the parcel in question, but that she had also stolen the letter out of the prisoners studio for the purpose of enabling her to carry out her wicked design, This was the prisoner's case, and the jury would have to say whether they believed it or not. With regard to the facts of the case they appeared to him to be in a very narrow compass. There was no doubt that one time a marriage was contemplated between the parties, but that it was broken off, and Miss Johnstone wished to have the letters she had written to the prisoner restored to her, and that she agreed to give him £2,000 upon that restoration being made. This was Miss Johnstone's statement, and the only question, as it seemed to him, was whether they believed it or not. If they thought she was speaking the truth the prisoner was guilty of the offence imputed to him ; but if they had ar y doubt upon the point, the prisoner was entitled to an acquittal. The jury, after consulting two or three minutes in the box, said they should like to retire for a short time, and they accordingly left the court. They returned in about a quarter of an hour and found the prisoner guilty. Mr. Chambers said there was a second indictment against the prisoner of constructive larceny ; but after the verdict that had just been pronounced he thought it was unnecessary to proceed with it. The Lord Chief Baron, in passing sentence, said that the prisoner had been found guilty, by the ver dict of a jury, of the offence of obtaining money by false pretences, and the case appeared to him to be one of the clearest that had ever been presented to a jury in a court of justice. The eviden ce of Miss Johnstone, who appeared to him to be altogether worthy of credit, made out the charge distinctly, and all the surrounding circumstances tended strongly to confirm her statement. The defence that had been attempted on behalf of the prisoner was, in his opinion, a very great aggravation, in respect of the imputation that th e prisoner sough t The Corporation Handicap Plato of 30 sous, added to a sweepstakes of 5 soya each, for all ages. One mile. 36 subs. Mr. John Dawson's Confession, 3 yrs, Est 71b ("Wheatley) 1 Mr. Fitzhugh's Shepherdess, 3 yrs, 7st 21b .. (Pearson) 2 Mr. Alfred's Billy Dwindles, 3 yrs, 7st 71b (Grubb) 3 Mr. J. Wood's Caliban, 3 yrs, 6st 41b (H. Taylor) 4 Mr. J. B. Starkey's Nativity, 3 yrs, Est 131 b (J. Reeves) 5 Mr. J. Clerk's Dotterel', 3 yrs, 6st (G. Parsons) 6 Betting-2 to 1 agst Confession, 3to 1 each agst Billy Dwindles and Shepherdess, 5 to 1 agst any other effered. _ _ Nativity cut out the work at starting, followed by Billy Dwindles and Confession, Shepherdess bringing up the rear, until going along the far side, where she passed Con fession and Billy Dwindles, and took second place to the railway side, where Confession a second time passed her, Nativity and Billy Dwindles both running wide at the turn. Confession after this continued in front, and won a good race by two lengths ; Billy Dwindles was beaten for second place by half a length; Caliban was a good fourth ; the other two beaten off. The City of Gloucester Cup Stakes of 60 soya, added to a Sweepstakes of 10 sow each, for 3-yr-olds and upwards. Winners extra. One mile and a half. 20 subs. Lord Coventry's Flitch, 5 yrs, Bst 71b .... (L. Snowden) 1 Sir S. Rushout's Conqueror, 3 yrs, 7st 51b.... (Pearson) 2 Mr. Starkey's Bay Shirley, 4 yrs, Bst 21b (Enock) 3 Mr. S. Jacob's The Don, 4 yrs, 7st Mr. Brayley's Sycophant, 3 yrs, 7st (Hutchins) 5 Mr. Jarvis's Don John, 3 yrs, 6st (J. Reeves) 6 Mr. H. J. Smith's Fitz-Avon, 4 yrs, B st 101 b .. (Grubb) 7 Betting--6 to 4on Flitch, 4to 1 agst SyC l ophant, 9to 2 agst The Don, 6 to 1 each agst Conqueror and Fitz-Avon, 8 to 1 agst Bay Shirley. - - - - - „ Sycophant made play at a good pace for the first mile, where he was passed by Don John, the favourite lying off until rounding the turn for home, where Flitch, in com pany with Conqueror, took up the running. At the dis tance Conqueror appeared to be winning easily, but, run ning very wildly, Pearson could not keep him off the ropes, and Flitch running gamely won cleverly by a length. Bay Shirley was a bad third; The Don fourth; the others as placed. Handicap Hurdle Race of 5 soya each, with 25 added; winners extra. Two miles, over six flights of hurdles. 22 subs. Mr. J. Weyman's Tho Miller, (h. b.), aged, 9st 41b (R. Sly, jun.) 1 Mr. Phillip's Heads or Tails, aged , lOst .. (J. Kendall) 2 Mr. Gulliver's Miss Eleanor, 5 yrs,llst 41b (Mr. Edwards) 3 The following also ran :—Yorkshire Grey, Dunboyne, Ingestrie, and Piff Dunboyne started under protest, and Comary weighed for Eheu, and his number went up; but a protest . having been also entered against him, he (Eheu) did not got to the post. Betting-5 to 4 agst The Miller, 3to 1 agst Yorkshire Grey, 4 to 1 agst Heads or Tails, 6 to 1 agst Piff Paff, 10 to 1 agst Miss Eleanor. Dunboyne, Yorkshire Grey, and Piff Paff led alternately until going along the far side, the last time round, where The Miller shot to the front, came away at a strong pace, and won in a canter by 40 lengths. Heads or Tails and Miss Eleanor pulled up and passed the post second and third ; Ingestrie and Yorkshire Grey came en side by side. Neither Dunboync nor Piff Paff passed the post. LATEST BETTING ON THE COURSE. CAMBRIDGESHIRE STAKES. sto 1 agst Henham Lass (offered) 100 to 8 agst Limeflower (taken freely) KELSO MEETING.—WEDNESDAY. The Trial Stakes of 3 sovs each , w ith 30 added, for all ages ; two-yr-olds, sst 7 1 b ; three , 7st 91b ; four, Bst 101 b ; five, Oat 21b ; six and aged, 9st 41b. One mile. Mr. Harrison's Lady Ripon , 3 y rs ........ . . (Bullock) 1 Mr. Brodie nd Eidoion, 4 yr s .............. (Robertson) 2 Lord Stamford's Estrelda, 2 y rs .......... (Doyle) 3 Rose of Raby and Oberon also ran. Betting-5 to 2on Lady Ripon, and sto 1 agst any other. Won by six lengths ; two lengths between the second and third. The Roxburghe Handicap of 15 sovs each, with 200 added. One mile and a half. Mr. Scott's Confidante, 3 yrs, sst 101 b (inc. 21b extra) (Hardcastle) 1 Mr. Saxon's The Monk, 4 yrs, 7st 71b (inc. 91b extra) (J. Snowden) 2 Mr. Alexander's Oldminster, 3 yrs, 7st 101 b....( bullock) 3 Volatile, Bally Edmond, and Squire Peirce also ran. Betting-7 to 4 agst The Monk, sto 2 agst Oldminster, and 5 to 1 each agst Confidante and Bally Edmond. W o n by two lengths, the same distance between the sewn I and third. The Stewards' Cup of 50 sous, added to a sweepstakes of 5 soya each ; three-yr-olds 7st 71b, four Bst 81b, five Sat 121 b, six and aged Oat, m and g allowed 31b. Once round and a distance. Mr. Harrison's Larly Ripon Mr. Barber's Coronet (Browning) 2 Mr. Leyburne's Peggy Taft (Austin) 3 Mr. Leyburne's Zachariah Taft (Barrow) dis. Betting-3 to lon Lady Ripon. Won by three lengths Peggy Taft was a bad third. The Sown:tont Stakee of 3 NM each; three-yr-olds 10st 21b1 to cast upon Miss Johnstt ine, that she had fabricated 1 four list 21b, five list I Mb, and aged 12st, thorough the parcel in question, ha d stolen the letter that was I bred horses 7lb extra. One mile and a half. contained in it in order to gi ve a colour to the decep- Benvoirlich (Mr. Usher) 1 tion, and had used another s eal similar to the one that Johnny Cope.. ' (Mr. Dunkin) 2 was in the possession of tl e prisoner, with the same Tousle (Mr. Erskine) 3 object of doing him an it ijury. He felt it his duty :—Moss Homeward Bound, The followin g also ran Rose, to allude to this subject, because he was certain Aubone. that such a defence must be looked upon with in- Betting-5 ta2 on Tousle, and 4to 1 agst Benvoirlich. Won by a neck; two thirds between second and third. dignation by all honest m ;en, and he repeated that it was a great aggravatiun of the prisoner's con- The Kelso 'late (handicap) of 50 sow. One mile. duct that he should havfe instructed, and, as it , Mr. Menzie's Mc nitrose, 4 yrs, Bst ilb (Bullock) 1 Mr. Ruddock' . B . I 'a_stytlinner, 3 yrs, 7st 21b ....(Heslop) 2 appeared, compelled his counsel to make such a Mr. Watt's Witham Armstrong, 2 yrs, Oat 31b defence. The offence o f which he had been (Sinclair) 3 convicted, although pi rrhaps strictly speaking The following also ran :—Eidolon, King of Scotland, it might be considered as coming under the Dora, Brictbonius, P. 8., Nell& description of cheating, had, by a recent altera- Betting-6 to 4 agst Montrone, 4to 1 agst Sir William tion of the law, been di wlared to amount to the Armstrong, and 7to 1 against Ericthonius. offence of larceny, and WI is put upon the same foot- Won by a length. Sir William was a bad third. ing as that offence. By I iretending to deliver these letters to the prosecutri s he had got from her £1,900, and he was quit( sure that in the eye of every honest man his cril ne was just the same as if he had gone into Miss Jo hnstone's own house, and had broken open her escritoire and taken out the money. The crime, too, was committed under most aggravated circumstance s in • this respect also—it was committed against a ) 3erson who had given him previously large sums of ! money, who had acted towards him with the greatest generosity, and towards whom he should bave been bound by all the ties of gratitude not to have committed such an offence. He (the learned judge) looked upon the offence as one of almost an alarming character, and one which called for a very ,severe punishment. For a much inferior crime per sous in humble life and in poverty suffered heavy I }unishment. It did not require any knowledge oft ..he law to be aware that such an act as he had con a mitted was illegal, and could not be tolerated—ever, y gentleman, every man at all acquainted with the social arrangements of society, must be perfectly w ell aware of the serious nature of such an offence, and he felt it his duty under all the circumstances to order him to be kept in penal servitude for the sr lace of three years. The prisoner, who did not utter a word through out the proceedings, but w, ho seemed very much astonished at the result, was then removed from the bar. BETTING AT MANCHEST.ER..-IVEDNESDAY. 5 to 1 was freely offered on the fit dd for the Cambridge. shire, but no one appears disposed to go beyond that, as there were offers to take 11 to 2. Asteroid was backed at 10 to 1. The principal feature of tlae day was the support given to Limeflower, who advanced from 100 to 3 (taken) yesterday to 100 to 7 (taken), but th at price was easily ob tainable at the close. Confectioner bAd friends at 100 to 6, but 100 to 7 was declined, and 40 t o 1 was taken a few times about Camerino, who conscqumtly advanced to 100 to 3 (offered). Closing prices : CA.XBRIDGESHIRM. sto 1 agst Henham Lass (oi fered, take 11 to 2) 10 to 1 aget Asteroid (taken) 14 to 1 agst Limeflower (taken. and offered) 14 to 1 agst The Roe (offered) 16 to 1 agst Confectioner (wanted) 200 to 7 aget Ivanhoff (offered) 33 to 1 agst Gridiron (offered) 33 to 1 agst Donner and Blitz (offered) 40 to 1 agst Wizard (taken) 40 to 1 agst Sporting Life (taken) 100 to 3 agst Camerino (offered) 40;to 1 agst Palestro (offered) WEIGHTS FOR TIIE LIVERPOOL CUP. at. lb. Dictator .. .. 6 11 Petra .. .. 6 9 Timandra 6 9 Gabriel d'Estrees .. 6 9 Wit lie WI ight 6 9 Herne .. .. 6 7 Brewer Jingling johrny ' 6 7 Joey Jones .. .. 6 7 Ready Reckoner .. 6 7 East Stanley .. 6 7 Flirtation .. .. 6 5 South Australian .. 6 5 Somersault .. .. 6 5 Millionaire .. 6 4 Soothsayer .. 6 4 M. Philippe .. .. 6 2 Remunerator .. 6 2 Invader .. 6 2 Isabella .. .. 6 2 Syringe .. 6 2 Venison 6 2 Romeo .. 6 0 Br to Meg Merrilees.. 6 *0 QueeLlibury .. 6 0 Wombat .. .. 5 12 Marksman .. 5 12 Eheu .. 5 12 Pagoda • • .. 5 12 Confidante .. .. 512 Squire Pierce .. 5 12 Rein Deer .. 5 10 Dubious .. .. 5 10 Crusade .. 5 10 Ericthonius 5 10 Calpo 5 10 Wild Wave .. .. 5 7 Duchess .. .. 5 7 Foxhead .. 5 7 Zuleika • . • • 5 7 Fisherman .. .. 5 7 Bemise.. .. 5 7 Emulous gelding .. 5 7 The Rock 5 7 Lancaster 5 7 Promotion .. .. 5 7 Orion .. .. 5 7 Kinnaird .. 5 7 Babette filly .. .. 5 7 Physician .. pays ft. p.m., Oct. 23. Forfeits to be le 29th inst., by 12 o'clock at or the clerk of the course at A lb Thormanby 9 2 Wizard .. 9 2 Underhand .. .. 8 9 Comforter .. .. 8 0 Butterfly .. 8 0 Avalanche .. .. 8 0 Wildman .. .. 7 13 Crater .. 7 12 Faultless .. 7 11 Dulcibella .. 7 11 Master Begot .. 7 10 Special License .. 7 9 Stockade .. 7 9 Chere Amio .. 7 8 The Monk .. .. 7 8 Caller Ou .. 7 8 Oldminster .. 7 8 Pierreponds .. 7 7 Ariadne .. 7 5 Artless .. 7 5 Light .. .. 7 5 Coronet .. .. 7 5 Lovett .. 7 5 Walkington .. 7 4 Kildonan .. 7 4 Nemesis .. .. 7 4 Prologue .. 7 4 Mainstone .. 7 3 Ivanhoff .. 7 3 Sir William .. .. 7 2 Fitzavon .. 7 2 Upperhand .. 7 2 Old Robert .. .. 7 0 Donner and Blitz .. 7 01 Von Stroom 7 0 Predictor .. .. 7 0 Sawcutter .. 7 0 Palestro 6 13 Doefoot .. 6 13 Finlande .. 6 13 Pan .. .. 613 Milverton .. 6 12 Lady Ripon .. 6 12 Bally Edmond .. 6 12 Prince of Denmark .. 6 12 Corona • • .. 6 12 Sutherland .. .. 612 Rosebud colt 6 12 Russley 6 11 Killigrew .. 6 11 Weights published at 1 declared on Tuesday nest, tb noon, to Messrs. Weatherby, Chester. 100 subs. COUNTRY MARKETS. NEWARK—OcT. 23. At to-day's corn market the quantity of wheat exhibited was moderate, and a fair amount of business was done at is per qr advance. There was a tolerable supply of barley and a firm demand. Of oats the supply was quite sufficient to meet the inquiry. Beans a small show, and taken off at full values. White wheat, new, 60s to 63s Red do. 47s to 60s Old white sos to 608 Red do. 46s to 56s Barley, malting 35s to 42s Peas, Barley, finding 29s to 318 Oats, old, .. OOB to 351 New do 23s to 27s Beans. 458 to 47s Beans, new 443 to —a 37s to 40s. HULL—OcT. 22. At our market to-day we had a moderate show of English wheat, which sold readily, and prices were is to 2s advance on last week. Malting barley in good request, and is up, and grinding sorts in moderate request at about the same prices as of late. Beans and peas is dearer, with a steady sale. Oats and feeding corn rather dearer. Wheat.... Old white.... per qr ... 65s Od to 66s Od Old red „ .116 603 Od to 62s Od New white „ New red .... Dantzic, Konb , &c. old white 54s Od to 63s Od Dutch, Belgian, and French. 50s Od to 58s Od Baltic and Hamburg, red s4s Od to 55s Od St. Petersburg and Riga, old 46s Od to 48s Od Barley.... English malting 32s Od to 37s Od Grinding 3os Od to 328 Od Saal and Oderbruck Holstein and Danish s2s Od to E4s Od Grinding 278 Od to 29s Od Oats English, old Archangel and Riga, per st osl2id to 13d Friesland and Dutch oBl3d to osl3id Swedish and Danish osl2fd to osld Beans ....English, old, per qr . ' 4Bs Od to 50s Od New pigeon 42s Od to 44s Od New tick. 4os Od to 42s Od Egyptian 3Bs Od to 40s Od Peas Foreign breakers Grinding Tares ....Spring Indian Corn Linseed, feeding - crushing Linseed cakes (Hull) £lO 0 0 to £0 0 0 Foreign? BlO oto 9 0 0 Rape cakes 6 0 oto 6 5 0 Bones 415 oto 5 0 0 COAL MARI (Prices of Coal per Ton a ET—OcT. 23. the close of the market s. d. Carr's Hartley 16 9 Carr's Original Hartleyl6 9 Hastings Hartley l6 9 Holywell 15 6 Tanfield Moor 13 6 Tanfield Moor Butes 13 6 Wylam l5 0 Ships at market a. 8. Walls:End. Gibaon l6 6 Thornley .16 3 Trimdon Thornley.. - ..17 0 Peases West .15 0 Durham l6 0 :t, 17 ; sold, 15. WARD OF FARRINGDON WlTHlN.—Yesterday a wardmote was held at the King's Arms Hotel, Newgatc street, before Mr. Alderman Phillips, fcr the election of a representative of the ward in the Common Council, in the place of the late Deputy Holt, and on other business. The worthy alderman having briefly opened the proceedings, two candidates were proposed to the meeting, namely, Mr. 0. T. C. Eagleton, ex-under-sheriff, and Mr. Charles Ed mund Wilson. A show of hands was taken, and the former gentleman was elected by a largo majority. [ADVERTISEMENT.] —Holloway's Pills.--Weakness and Wasting.—How many persons suffer from debility without knowing the cause. In most cases the stomach is the ag gressor. Holloway's Pills have long been justly famed for regulating a rebellious stomach, and restoring its healthy digestive tone. In multitudes of cases of wasting without assignable reason, where the patient was daily growing weaker and worse, a course of these excellent Pills has checked the disorder, renewed the appetite, improved tho digestion, stimulated the liver and kidneys, and saved the sufftreurleyr.mal:vheellPous to watchillsaremhd,owye4le effseacutoivwen,eisns disappears, the is the eyes brighten, the spirits revive, and the strength re turns, before the correcting and purifying, powers of Hollo way's Balsamic Pills. BIRTHS. littooxs.—On the 23d inst., at Fern Lodge, Campden-bill, K en sington, the wife of the Rev. S. A. Brooke, of a daughter. BOURNE.—On• the 22d fast. , at Resington Lodge, Lad broke-terrace, Notting•hill, the wife of Alfred ourne, Esq., of a daughter. SuRTEEs.—On the 22d inst., at 40, Devonshire-place, W., the wife of Gordon E. Surteos, Esq., of a daughter. MARRIAGES. B UTUR---EVANS.—On the 22d inst., at Christ Church, Ealing, the Rev. Edmond T. Butler, to Georgina Fran• ces, daughter of George Evans, Es.i. FOLJAMBE—LUXFORD.—On the 22d inst., at Bodiam, Sussex, Thomas Foljambe, Esq., of Holme Field, York shire, to Lydia Mary, daughter of the late John Lux ford, Esq., of Higham, Sussex. DEATHS. BARWISE.—On the 22d inst., at his residence, 4, Devon shire-place, Wandsworth-road, George Barwise, Esq., aged 80. CHEFFINS.—On the 22d inst., Charles Frederick Chafing, Esq., of 15, Gloucester-terrace, Hyde-park-gardens, and 11, Southampton -buildings, Chancery-lane, aged 54. DAVIES.—On the 21st inst., at Ilkeley-wells, tha Rev. J. Davies, D.D., rector of Gateshead, aged 66. HESELTINE.—On the 19th inst., suddenly, at Blake House, Mr. Samuel R. Heseltine, of the Stock Exchange, aged 75. SAMUEL.—On the 21st inst., at Dijon, Bunford Samuel, Esq., of Bloomsbury-square, and the Stock Exchange. aged 64. SNEYD.—On the 23d inst., at. Leamington, Richard Malone Sneyd, Esq., aged 65. SPEARE.—On the 20th inst., at Windsor, George Speare, Esq., formerly of Aldersgate-street, city, aged 75. LONDON : Printed and Published by MURDO YOUNG, of No. 112, Strand, Printer, at TRE SUN Office, No. 112,Strane. in the Precinct of the Savoy, in the County of bliddleeex, Vaureclui, October 21,1861,