The Sun. — London, England, 1856-10-20 00:00:00

'JAE SUN, LO N DGN, MOND A OCrOBEEt 20, 185 past, and of the abatement whereof there is no apparent prospect. Nor does this constant " leakage" by any meana represent the full amount of the mischief. As we have repeatedly pointed out, hoarding is the inseparable incident of a metallic currency, the intrinsic value whereof is anything approach ing to its current or nominal value. When apprehensions may reasonably be entertained that the supply will be insufficient for genera l us e, every person endeavours to take care of himself. He thinks little of the in terests of the community so long as he can make himself safe. No. lis all he looks to. It is the illustration of the scanty coverlid alluded to by Ilex; of which every one strives to secure the lion's share for his own use, heedless of the sufferings of his shivering brethren. Thus, in France alone, it is calculated that silver to the amount of no less than 60,000,0001. sterling has been withdrawn from circulation, while a large amount has also found its way to the melting-pot throughout the entire Continent. Intere3t has been raised to the most exorbitant rate, but in vain ; the old-fashioned remedy has been found utterly inadequate to subdue the disease, and it is obvious to every unprejudiced person that more vigorous means must be adopted in order to meet the rapidly approaching crisis ? It is but justice to the Board of Commerce of Hamburg to say that, being thoroughly convinced of the necessity of an alteration in the existing law, they have acted promptlyand vigorously. It is true that as yet they have merely recommended the substitution of a gold for a silver standard ! But that for Hamburg, taking the long existing pre judices into account, is as great an alteration as the issuing of national notes of small denomina tions, based on taxation in place of bullion, would be in this country. It would be regarded with a holy horror by the Mercators of the free Republic, not merely for what it effected as for that to which it might probably lead. It is, in fact, the intro duction of " the sharp end of the wedge," that must be followed by important monetary reforms throughout the entire Continent, and also in Great Britain. Indeed we may say that the latter are rendered indispensable by the increased de mand for gold which will follow its esta blishment as the regular standard in Hamburg and Germany. If with such ample warning we neglect the obvious precautionary measures we shall only have ourselves to blame for the pecu niary losses and misery that must necessarily ensue. - The object of Hamburg is obviously to liberate the enormous mass of silver lying idle and un productive is the Bank coffers. By that libera tion they will render many millions available for their foreign trade, and thus alleviate the intense pressure that has led to so many disastrous results withinthelastfive years. A similar effect would be produced in England by the introduction of small notes of convenient denominations for 11,, 11. 55., 11. 10s., U. 155., 21., and 31., such as are found to be so beneficial in Scotland and Ireland. If these were issued by and on behalf of the Go vernment, and thus secured, not merely on all the accumulated wealth but even the industry of the nation, there could be no panic or deprecia tion. Every man would willingly receive them, because he would know that they would satisfy the claims of the tax collector, and also that he could readily pass them at their nominal value to others, who would have to provide for such de mands. Two-thirds, at least, of the 40,000,000 to 50,000,000 sovereigns now passing from hand to hand in the transactions of every-day life would thus be liberated. The effect would be completely to abolish the baleful practice of hoarding, which only prevails during a dearth of money. Gold and silver, as articles of commerce, would still come in abundance to our shores, and the value of money would be no longer subject to those extraordinary fluctuations that derange the calcu lations of the most experienced merchants, and, according to Mr. COBDEN, have - occasioned greater mischief than the failure of all the banks of issue that ever stopped payment. Let us then take time by the forelock, and recollect that " if 'twere done well, 'twere well it were done quickly." How is it that we have no farmer orators Ever since Parliament separated, and liberated the Westminster performers to " star it" in the provinces, we Dave h a d not hi ng but agricultural meetings ; an d, quality cons i dered, at wonderful length have we reported the bucolic talk. We have no movement abroad ; except, perhaps, a stolen march on the Allies by Austria at Galatz or somewhere, a little camarilla work in Spain since O'DONNELL'S great villany, and a move to a bull fight, or back to Paris by the single estato of France. At home Fitosr, BESSEMER, and bullion matters have taken up but little room, and the Russian Coronation is really over. So the agriculturists have had the papers pretty much to themselves. "Agricultural meeting at -," has been the heading of column after co luwu of that uniform small print which all demand of the papers, but so few read, except in the locality where the speakers for the eceaion re side. Perhaps, indeed, the chief readers of the speeches are the speakers,themselves. Well, after all, it is something to keep up the habit of public meetings, and the habit of reporting them too. What would the intellect of Francs now give for liberty to discuss any topic whatever, and whenever a hundred citizens could meet together ; and for liberty, too, to be reported as they spoke, when even the speeches, of their senators may only be reported in an abstract, and under the supervision of the One man who decides what thoughts may circulate in France. The time may arrive when Englishmen will be thankful for a practice become so inveterate that no future STD MOUTH or CASTLEREAGH would dare again to inter fere with it. But what has struck us most in these meetings of farmers is the absence of farmers' speeches. We do not remember one of them. ,If they made was not worth remembering, any, either th ey were no t worth reporting, or what wasreported and WO must beg to be excused the task of looking back to refresh our memory. There were landlords' speeches, however, without end. The literary landlords, represented by DISRAELI and Sir EDWAR D LY TT ON-the ex-Ministerial land lords, by Si r J AMES G RAHA M and Sir JOHN PAKINGT* .the in-Ministerial by Lord PAN NE URE, and the very Chancellor of the Exchequer himself ; and even W. B. has gallantly done his part, bravely denouncing once more the "Braintree rabble," and preferring one subservient unquestion ing yeoman to the whol eof them. Whigs and Tories, L )rds and Squires, and even Reverend Rectors and Vicar; have all made their speeches on tur nips, drainage, statistics, &c. ; but the farmer; though doubtless not neglecting the wine, only lieteued in reverent silence, cr merely uttered re sponsive cheers, as the inspiration of the toasts or an attack on agricultural statistics called them forth. Indeed we have several times been dis posed to fancy these gatherings more like an agricultural congregation an d service than an ordinary English meeting. Only the landlords, Ithe ordained successors of the Normans, might legitimately conduct the service ; many of the THE TIPPERARY BANK. The scene of litigation wretched swindle has thist r o - i i ti:r ec t i o u t p h o e nthie provincialolbeen in n hif t te h l d e from the n l d io a w y e n v e e x r, t, to an b.. c .,i d onobo s a t i a •d g s e, on M :V o , played out probably during the whole of the entsedu ing Mich ae l mas term. A letter from Clonmel, dated Thursday e ven i ng, states that there were several actions of the official m anagers, for debts due to the bank, Pending up on prom i ssory no t es , a t th e su it tried that day before Sergeant Howley ; and the point having been raised as to whether the official manag er was empowered to sue upon them wit...out their having been previously endorsed to him the learned sergeant reserved his decision Pending that of th e superior courts of common law in Dublin, where similar actions are awaiting final adjudication. ft may be as well to inform the phalanx of can didates for the seat in Parliament to be vacated by the outlawry of Mr. James Sadleir that six dreary n)onths from the commencement of next term must elapse before the new wilt for Tipperary can be applied fur, the forms of law to be gone through 1 period for the compl e ti on of the legal 1) . c .1- o liir c l es ing s tit la preliminary to the question of expulsion b , _sing brought under the notice of th e h onourable House. Irish , Quarterly Review. --...-__ This number opens with anlarticle on the " Odd T -'s EIIfIBITION. — Among g the lat e Literature," which is well worth of ?„L t Demc lISSAL D Phases in aVitions here is a portrait of li.:r Majesty the Queen of perusal. The second paper is interesting and s . a i n , and, in consequence of the passing events in the valuable to general readers, being devoted to the Ppeninsula, this figure has excited great attention from history and Statistics of " The Post-office," f rom Many novelties are, we understand, in pro. the period of the wars with the Roses to this pre. gthreesys,ibaitnTw. ill soon be ready for exhibition. 'MAUNDER ' S GEOGRAPHICAL TREASURY. On Wednesday, the 29th inst., in One Volt me, fcp. 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Equestrian Director. Mr. W. Cooke, Jun. ruGa WATER AT LONDON BRIDGE. THIS DAT—Morn. 57 min. aft. s—Evening 25 min. aft. 6 1 1, \-Monnow—Morn. 53 rain. aft. 6—Evening 36 rain. sit. 7 THE WEATHER—Su q Ormom, OcrroßEß 19. THERMOMETER, IN TUB SHADE. 69 -highest singe noon yesterday. 41 -lowest this morning and during the night.' 59 —this day at noon. BAROMETER, 30 . 36. WIND, N.N.E.—Light, with fine, sunshiny weather. OCTOBER 20. 60—highest since noon yesterday. 56 -lowest this morning and during the night. 60 -this day at noon. BAROMETER, 30.25—falling. WIND, N.E.—Light, with fine sunshiny weather. STAMPED EDITION OF " THE SUN." The Latest Edition of The Sun, Stamped, in time for Post, may always be had from half past 5 till o'clock every evening. Subscribers in the Country will please to observe that the heading " THIRD EDITION" is always to be seen on the papers containing the latest news. If any difficulty be experienced in obtaining that Edition, a communication to The Sun Office will remedy it. Sun Office, 112, Strand. „ A .4 ) Y. 1.) 4 c4k, 1 LONDON, MONDAY, OCTOBER 20, 1856. A great change is about to be inaugurated in the currency of Hamburg. Hitherto, in that great commercial city, pure silver was the only recognised standard of value. Gold was an article of merchandise, which generally commanded a re munerative price, but it was not a legal tender, and could not be represented by notes. The trade and commerce of the country was entirely based on silver, which was the sole measure and representative of value through all the Hanseatic towns. For nearly two centuries Hamburg might be regarded as the Paradise of the bullionists. A. state of things existed in strict accordance with the Joins-LoYD theory, and such as was manifestly intended to be produced in due time in this country. The Bank could not issue a single note unless a corresponding amount of silver had been deposited in its vaults. There it remained locked up of no practical utility. It was practically as if so much silver had for the time being been sunk in the sea. The Bank of Amsterdam was constructed on a similar principle, save that, until within the last half-dozen years, a mixed currency of gold and silver was there recognised. After the gold discoveries in California and Aus tralia, however, the mixed system was abandoned. Gold was excluded, and the Dutch establishment was in every respect assimilated to that of Ham burg. The heavy drain of silver to ladia and China has, however, at length compelled the most bigotted supporters of the ancien, regime to con fess that a purely metallic standard of silver is utterly inadequate to the efficient management of commercial transactions, and that the extreme stringency of existing regulations must be abatcd in order to avert a crisis of no ordinary magni tude. It appears that within the last five years silver to the amount of 30,000,0001. sterling has w been export e d t o th e E as t. T he Celest i al E MPE - R sy wi cee h a as il v er been which he parted adopting m e a n s t i o th br s i o ng re b lu a c ck tan t t h ly e Isome years since ; and that the attempt has not been unavailing is evidenced by the continuous drain that has been maintained for several years preachers (other preachers are not often so honest) confessed they did not understand the subject so well as those who listened to them ; but Mr. MELVILLE (he of the golden lecture, if we remem ber aright) tells us that error taught by a " successor of the Apostles" will do us good, "the ordination converting the poison into food." So our farmers seem to think ; for they listened with patience to heresy, and with cheers to appeals to prejudiqe ; but did not, as mere agricultural laymen, venture to trespass on the divine right of landlords to teach farmers. But bow is this ? Are there really not as many educated farmers capable of making a tell ing speech on their own business as there are landlords in the same extent of country ? AU other classes of Englishmen, down to the manu- facturing operative, furnish good speakers, on what they do understand, and declaimers even rather too effective on what they do not under stand. Do the green fields dispose to thought and reflection, and indispose to utterance of thought ? Certainly QUINCTILIAN does prefer the cell to the beauties of nature for the orator's plac3 of study. Still, few will blame the fields for tie taciturnity of their cultivators. Is it want of matter ? Certainly not ; the topics on which the landlords of all orders descant on these occa sions are those more familiar to the farmers than to their Lords. Neither is it exactly the want of education, for there are educated men among farmers—and with Englishmen, everywhere, vigorous good sense and shrewd telling remarks will, even with the educated, more than atone for delinquencies against MURRAY, and be much pre ferred to polished or trite inanity. We suspect the real cause of bucolic silence to be, the relation of landlord and tenant. The same cause as makes farmers afraid to tell the amount of their produce to the collector of Agri cultural Statistics, renders them mute before their landlords. Subjects of every kind are reticent before their masters. Liberty and independence are essential to free speech. Who ever heard of a great orator in an absolute Monarchy ? There are, it is said, some four hundred Agricultural Societies in England, yet how rare is it to hear farmers speak at all, and how much more rare to hear them point out the mischiefs of yearly tenures, and stringent covenants, and game pre serving. We do not know that we ever saw the proposal by a farmer that farms should be let, as land is for building, for 70 or 90 years ; yet obviously no cultivator, any more than a builder, could lay out much money on a piece of land without a certainty of enjoying the fruits of his expenditure. Why should not a farmer, with a genius for improvement, purchase on, as we may call it, a building lease, effect his improvements, and sell his lease, containing only a few reason able stipulations, just as •in towns we are doing every day witk building land. It is such a sys tem alone which will secure the highest cultivation of the soil. Yes, but then comes the rub. The successor to the Normans cares more about the relics of feudal power than even about his own pocket. Subservient voters, and dutiful preservers of the vermin which destroy his turnips, are more prized than a larger and safer income. On a proper system of leasing, rents of farms, even without special laws for landlords, might become as much prized an investment as ground-rents. But then the vote would be gone, and Sir ROBERT or Sir HARRY would no longer be lord of the farmer as well as lord of the soil. Even the ballot would be deprived of half its value, for undoubtedly the farmers are the great class who, above all, need it. Not one farmer in a hundred now gives an independent vote. The use of the ballot to him would be that, after he had overcome the force of long habit, he would think and vote for himself ; and when he began to do that, his landlord would prefer to give him a lease worthy of a freemen. LATEST NEWS. IMPORTANT NOTE IN THE MONITEUR. PARIS, MONDAY MORNING. The following important note appears in th• Monitcur of this day : "Peace having been concluded, the first care of the Congress of Paris was to insure the duration of it. " With this object the Plenipotentiaries inves tigated the elements of disturbance that still ex isted in Europe ; and they especially directed their attention to the condition of Italy, Greece, and Belgium. " The Court of Naples, alone, has haughtily re jected the advice of France and England, though offered in the most friendly manner. The mea sures of rigour and coercion adopted for a long time past, as the means of administration by the Government of the Two Sicilies, agitate Italy and compromise the continuance of order in Europe. Under a conviction of the dangers of such a state of things, France and England had hoped to ob viate them by prudent advice given at an oppor• tune time. This advice was misunderstood ; and the Government of the Two Sicilies, closing its eyes to all evidence, resolved to persist iu its fatal course. "The ill reception accorded to legitimate ob servations—an insulting doubt thrown over the purity of our intentions—offensive language op• posed to salutary counsels, and finally an obsti nate refusal—could not allow the longer conti nuance of amicable relations. "This suspension of official intercourse in no sense constitutes any intervention in internal affairs, and still less any act of hostility. Never theless the security of the subjects of the two Governments being possibly compromised, th• latter, to provide against such a contingency, have combined their squadrons ; but they did not send their ships into the Neapolitan waters, in order not to give room for erroneous interpre tations. This simple measure of eventual pro tection, which has no character of menace, can not, moreover, be considered as any support or encouragement offered to those who seek to shako the throne of the King of the Two Sicilies." MADRID, OCT. 19. Numerous replacements are being made in the superior offices of the finances and in the posts of Captain-Generals. Harco del Yalle has been ap pointed Director of Infantry ; Concha, Inspector of Carabineers ; Baron Meer, President of the Supreme Tribunal; Gurrea,, Marine. ' MARSEILLES, OCT. 1!L Accounts from C.mstantinople announce that the defeat of the Russians near Labs is confirmed. Sefer Paella engaged a force of 30,000 ttussiaus. The action lasted three hours. The Russians at an engagement at the passage of the Kauban lost five guns. The Presse d' Orient announces the return of the French naval division. The establishment of a new bank is proposed, with a capital of 125 millions of francs, for the regularisation of the coinage. The English had undertaken an expedition of 16,000 men into the Persian Gulf, in consequence of the capture of Herat, which was considered to be a violation of the treaty of 1853. It is stated in letters from Bagdad, of the 21st September, that Mr. Murray was preparing to set out for Bombay. The relations of England with Persia were un- satisfactory. Ferouk-Khan, who was sick at Trebizond, was about to solicit the mediation of France. FRANCE. PARIS, SUNDAY EVENING. The Emperor and Empress left at 2 o'clock for Compiegne. Lord John Russell and Mr. Gladstone are now in Paris. The (3o - urrier de Marseille of yesterday says : "The Bastia, steamer, which arrived here from Ajaccio la3t (Thursday) evening, states that the order for sailing was brought to Admiral Dundas, on the 14th, by a steamer from Marseilles, alai that the English fleet left on the following day, two of the steamers early in the morning, and the remainder of the squadron in the afternoon. Their destination was not known at Ajaccio. Before his departure Admiral Dundas received a visit from the Intendant-General of Sassari (Island of Sardinia)." " Whilst the French and foreign journals," says the Toulonnais of the 16th, " are going through a variety of evolutions for the purpose of informing their readers of the affairs of Naples, of which they evidently know nothing, the Mediterranean squadron, commanded by Admiral Treho uar t, re mains quietly in our port. Nothing whatever as yet indicates that it is about to weigh anchor, and we can affirm that the most complete inactivity prevails both in the roadstead and in the port." BOURSE, Oct. 18.—The following were the last quotations Cash. • fr. e. End of Month. 41 per Cents 9l —f. —c. 3 par Cents 67 75 67 15 New Loan — Bauk Shares 3,930 Roman Credit Mobilier 1,485 Austrian Bolgian Five 5........ 994 Spanish Threes Eqedmontese (5) b9 50 Rome Debt RAILWAYS-108 CASEI. _ __ _____ fr. c. fr. 0. Orleans N orthern ... 055 Sfrasburg L.yons ... 1,280 Now Ditto Rediterranoan 1,682 50 Grand Central Lyons Geneva 727 50 Teste Cette SPAIN. The Madrid journals of the 14th have arrived. All the officers of the garrison went the day before to pay visits to the President of the Council, to the Minister of War ad interim, and to the Captain- General of Madrid. General Manuel de la Concha (Marquis del Duero) has obtained permission to go to Granada. Several diplomatic changes were spoken of, and amongst them it was said that the Duke de Rivas was to be sent to Paris, M. Isturitz to London, and M. Mon to Rome. The Nation de clares there is no truth in a report that Marshal O'Donnell was about to obtain the dignity of grandee. PORTUGAL. LIVERPOOL, MONDAY MORNING. The Minho steamer brings Lisbon dates of the 14th inst. The Peniisular packet Madrid had arrived from Southampton on the 18th, and left next day for Cadiz and Gibraltar. The royal mail packet Tamar, with the outward mail for South A mer i ca, coaled at Lisbon on the 13th, filled up all her spare passenger berths, and left in the afternoon for Madeira. Her Majesty's ship Brunswick left Lisbon for Malta on the 12th, and on the same day the Dutch schooner Alberdinfi, Captain E. S. Scherpbier, arrived from Newcastle with the captain, Richard Sayton, and the c rew o f th e b r i g Blyth, of Hartle pool, which was l os t i n l a t . 45.30 N., long. 8.10 W., while upon her voyage from Barcelona to Swansea in Ballast. EARTHQUAKE AT MALTA. MALTA. 15 On Sunday % th e 12th of October, at , precisely X ll minutes before 2 a.m., the islands of Malta and Gozo were visited by shocks of an earthquake, so violent in their nature, and so long in their dura tion, that the oldest inhabitants do not re member ever to have experienced anything so severe. The first shook made itself perceptible by a tremulous motion similar to that caused by the passing of a heavy gun - carriage, a thousand times repeated, accompanied by a rumb ling noise, as it were, of distant thunder, which rapidly increased in violence, until every building shook and trembled. Scarcely a minute had elapsed when a second and still more violent shock, accompanied by a louder noise, occurred. The alarm occasioned wasgeneral throughout town and country. Men, women, and children, of all classes, suddenly aroused from their slumbers, issued from every house, some in their night dresses, others enveloped in a sheet or blanket, and others in the first articles of apparel they could hurriedly catch up, and rushing into the streets made the best of their way to the squares, the line walls, and other open spaces, which soon becaamefull of people who had quitted their dwellings, fearing to be included in a general destruction. The sentry at the Treasury left his post and ran to the main guard, which he turned out, under the impression that shells were being thrown into the town by au enemy from some steam fleet. The two shocks, the interval being so brief as to be incalculable, lasted fully two minutes. In the city of Valetta scarcely a building has escaped injury, and all corner structures have more particularly suffered from havin g no su pp or t on one s id e . Among those most seriously injured are the residences of Mr. Leonard, the agent for Lloyd's, in Strada Ponente, corner of Strada Teatro; Mr. Davidson, the Supe rintendent of the Peninsularand Oriental Company, in Strada. Mercanti, corner of Strada Santa Lucia. Mr. Stevens, solicitor, in Strada Sant' Orsola, corner of Strada Teatro ; Mr. Schembri, merchant, in Strada San Cristoforo, corner of Strada Reale ; Mr. Scerri, agent of the Grain Company, in Strada Forni, corner of Strada San Cristoforo; Mr. Grant, President of the Chamber of Commerce, in Strada San Cristoforo, corner of Strada S;nt' Orsola ; Messrs. Woodhouse and Co., wino merchants, in Strada San Cristoforo, corner of Strada. Mantles° ; Mr. Pullicino ' architect, in St ra d a S ara Paolo corner of Strada San Cristofo ro; M r. Christian',, banker, in Strada San _Domenico, corner of Strada Stretta, and the United States, Netherlands, and Belgian Consulates. The steeple of Queen Adelaide's Church, from its height and tenuity, was naturally an object likely to be most s er i ous l y a ff ecte d by undulation, and, in fact, five or six of the courses of stones from the point of the spire downwards have been so shaken and wrenched, that probably they will have to be removed to be properly relaid. The stone cross and ball which crown the steeple are thrown out of their perpendicular, the former lean ing to the westward and the latter to the eastward ; while the pomegranate which formed the knob of the vase on Ponsonby's monument has been thrown to the ground. Of the Roman Catholic churches in Valetta those of San Giacomo, St. Orsola, and St. Domenico appear to have suffered most ; and many buildings are rent in such a- manner as to render immediate repairs necessary. From all we can learn the convulsion was most severely felt along the north front of the island, the forts on that coast having been much shaken, while those on the south seaboard experienced the shocks in a much slighter degree, and are, we are informed,' not the least damaged. At Floriana and in each. of the three . cities, as well as in the harboae," the shocks were felt with considerable vigour, and at Senglea, Cospicua, and Vittoriosa, many of the buildings are inured. Persons on board ships in the port describe the effect of the earthquake, as felt by them, as of letting-go the ship's boats from the davits b y the run, only much stronger. The sea receded two feet and a half. The night had been without a breath of air, with a sultry sensa tion, the sea perfectly calm, and the moon shining in a clear blue sky with a brightness that seemed to transform night into day, -it being within 21 hours' of full moon. At Citta, Vecchia, in the interior of the island, the shocks must have made themselves felt se verely, all the churches, monasteries, nunneries, and hospital (the church of St. Augustine ex cepted) having sustained greater or less damage. A 2'e Dior or thanksgiving was c h an t e d in all the churches, to which. was added the ceremony of the exposition of the Holy Swiament, and sermon s were delivered to crowded congregations. So im pressed were thenatives with the common persuasion that a repetition of the phenomenon would occur at the expirations of 24 hours, that few went to their beds on the following night until after the clock had struck 2, remaining until then from sunset on the squares, bastions, and parade groun d s , grain fosse at Floriana, Marina, and other places more secure than under roof. The motion of the shocks was by no means uniform. At the out break it hove the ground perpendicularly up wards and afterwards rolled it from side to side, appearing to be in the direction of due S.E. and N.V. Sentries report a great red glare in the heavens to have preceded the outbreak, and all the market dogs joined chorus in a yell and howl for au hour or two previous. The thermometer stood at about 74, and the barometer at 30.21 ; there was a slight fall in both shortly after. The shrieks of the female part of the community were of the most distressing kind, and those of the in mates of the nunnery of Santa Catarina were even audible on the Piazza San Giorgio, some distance therefrom. Had the earthquake lasted other five seconds few would have been the houses left standing, and the loss of life would have been most dreadful. SPORTING NOTES. NEWMARKET AND WARWICK. The most remarkable incidents connected with the Cearewitch were the running of Vengeance and Pole Star—" Palmer and Cook"—first and second, and the circumstance of the three favourites obtaining the fors' most positions. From the style in which the race was run, I am inclined to believe that Vengeance, Pole Star, and Malacca will prove the most prominent competitors for the C.tinbridgashire also; and I shall be fully prepared to see Vengeance do the double event. His most dame rous opponent will, I fancy, be Malacca, who ran very fast for the first mile and a half. No large winners by the result of the Cesarewitch are reported ; even the noWe owner of the horse throws in for only an insignia . cant stake. If Vengeance had been in other hands be would have indeed been a "hot one" for the ring. Why, four days before the race 1,000 to 15 might have been obtained without difficulty about him. His trial was clumsily managed ; it took place in the broad day' light—four o'clock on Saturday afternoon—and within half an hour after it, so vigilant had been the touts, the result was known not only throughout Newmarket, but it had been sent to all parts of the kingdom. I believe I am the only sporting writer that se l ec ted Vengeance and Pole Star—the fir s t an d second hor ses —for the Cesarewitch, and I may take some little cr edit to myself for being the first to place b e f ore the public an account of Vengeance's trial, and of the confidence wh ich ' in " well-informed quarters," was placed in the hor se 0 SUCCESS. Loyola—the colt by Surplice, out of Latitude--is a fine raci ng -lik e an i ma l, an d i s wor th y th e su pport which he has received for the Derby. Still, undue l er portance must not be attached to his Clearwell success, for he obtained a good start, and Sydney, who Was second, had his head turned the wrong way when the flags were dropped. Sydney, however, won the pr e°. dergast easily enough on Friday, and proved that be really does possess racing merit of a high order. The minor races were in certain instances characterise,' by some extraordinary proceedings. For a Ten Sc ve ' Sweepstakes, T.Y.C., three runners were brought out, two of them—Shiner and Rohallion—being in the sauce stable. Odds were laid on Rohallion, and on pap er he certainly looked a " good thing." Now, when t he flag was dropped Rohallion never attempted to s tart , and Shiner went away with a good lead, but EardroP caught him in th e cor d an d b ea t hi m on th e post. If foul play was intended, and there are people who enter' tain strong opinions on this subject, it was most sign ell ,i frustrated. It is s a id th a t th e owner o f E ar drop h s , his suspicions excited, and that he gave orders to hi s jockey to watch Rohallion, and if he saw anYt hill , s Iva wrong to come right throu g h an d, if poss ible l " These instructions, it will be seen, were carried out. The light impost which was placed on g erei n f. for the A. F. Handicap on Thursday was j 5 -4 ficiently glaring to induce p e opl e t o t a ke 6 to about her as soon as the weights were P e fished. She was beaten, it is true ; but the bett i°4 varied ao much that the most unfavourable susPic ieri° were excited. A foreigner remarked to me that racing men in land seemed always to be goi ng t o e ith e r Warta or Newmarket. ' His surprise w as natural, "" t meetings at both places are frequent and at shot intervals. The programme of th e me eting W hich will take place at Warwick to-mo rrow an d Wednes day promises plenty of sport, and contains the first in 3 P °r• tent steeplechase event of the season. 11 b e Should Pole Star run for the Handicap I sbn induced to let her represent my interest, but s hould el' be withdrawn, I shall stand on John Osborne's beet" Lady Tatton or Yorkshire Grey. For the Nursery Handicap I faney Gitana and Little Cob, and for the Welter Cup, Poodle and Rialto. The 50/. Plate for " mixed" animal s nay be won by e ither Pope Joan or the Kertch Chi e f. Mr. J. Stubbs, of 27, Mo un t Pl easan t, Liverpo ol, has announced his intention to bring th e Aladdin ca se before the Jockey Club, a s he i s di ssa ti s fi e d with t he decision given in the matte r by th e s t ewar ds of Mar i ' borough and Wolverhampton Races. If Mr. Stubbs ie the owner of Aladdin, of c o u rse no one expected bid to be satisfied with the d ec i s i on . The cas e wa s investigated, and an impartial verdict was pronounced' This attempt to open the ease again is most vexatious' and can only be regarded as a ruse to delay a settle ment of bets. The stewards of the Jockey Club will, opine, either decline to entertain the matter, or will en' dorse the decision already given. Oct. 20. A FRESH MAN. WARWICK RACES.—UONDAY. ARRlVED.—Yorkshire Grey, Gerona di Vergy, a na John Peel. Expected To-day.—Lady Tatton, Lord Alfred , Sirocco, and several others. The following have Paid Forfeit for tbeGreatWarad eic Handicap.—Hungerford, Early Bird, Preston, Maid o ' , Darwent, and Aldford. For the Welter Cup—Hungerford and Preston, 311c1 Pole Star was entered without the owner's authority Steeplechase—Janus. Hurdle Race—Warbler. CAMBRIDGESHIRE—LIVERPOOL GREAT HANDICA r--. WARWICK HANDICAP.—YOUATT WM. GRAY'S advice for „a the Cssarewitch was P ole Star and December, sec and third. S uc h o f my patrons who took the advice to ha-A for plac es succee d e d well. At the motile"„ -t I an writing this, a message has crone to band to say certain animal is sure to win two of the above races. a have iaith in the communicatior , , and must recommen my friends to go in for a stake. Vengeance cannot be s 'i the time the horse accomplished the trial in, therefore__ consider this one horse a positive certainty. Terms •le To the end o f th e season, 7s. 6d. ; one week ss. ; event, 6d. Stamp e d a dd resse d enve l opes require Address, 15, Ch ar i ng - cross. Stamps taken. M u Del invested, and payment guaranteed. LITERATURE. Edgar Bardon. By William Knighton, M.A., author of "Forest Life in Ceylon." 3 vols. Hurst and Blackett. This is an autobiographical novel, and furnishes an interesting subject for perusal. There are vari ous people met with, some of whom are well por trayed. The gentle au n t H onor , w h o waa like a a guardian angel to the unfortunate children of her sister, and the fierce and harsh father, Mr. Bardon, are life-like sketches. Mr. Tupsemuch is more unusual, being in many points rather ori ginal, but he is an excellent character, his quaint ness of deportment and oddity of taste not being able to tarnish the innate worth of the man, nei ther depriving his heart of its warmth, nor his na ture from its genial and true development. He was the friend of aunt Honor, and for her sake he took a lively interest in her nephew and niece. Some of their happiest remembrances were those of their childhood, which was watched over by their benign aunt, and cheered by her eccentric acquaint ance. The account of their visit to the old bache lor's domicile, where were collected the treasures of his solitude, all the curiosities he could discover in the shape of old relics and articles of vertu, of every class and character, is very ludicrous. He kept on accumulating his hordes till space failed, and he had to contrive impossibilities to effect the entrance of new ones. It wai not the fate of these friends to complete the term of their earthly course in the tranquil interchange of the courtesies of social life. Disappointed by the intervention of rela tives from forming in youth a closer tie, they had fondly hoped to close their years in peace, but it was far otherwise. As the children grew up, and Edgar Bardon, the hero of the tale, was about to be fixed in some profession, the father, who was of a disagreeable temper, and had embittered many an hour of early youth to his children, contracted a . second marriage with a haughty, imperi o u s woman. Miss Particle, the lady in question, was the sister of the master of the school to which Edgar had been in his early days. She became his enemy then, and ever remained so. It did not matter to him, however, who ruled at home when he was in India ; but the tidings struck a death-blow to the unhappy aunt, and overshadowed the path of Emma, her niece. Fortunately for the former, her troubles were nearly over when the intelligence of the ceremony reached her. For months the pros pect had weighed on her mind, but a peaceful death removed her from the scene where her enemy would have persecuted her to the rest the wicked may not disturb. Aunt Honor was a nameless martyr, sacrificed in youth and s li g ht e d i n l ater years , b u t she contrived to direct h er s t e p s i n suc h a wa y th a t her life was more useful to others than many a happy one has proved. The life of Emma Bardon was not much more fortunate. If she had for a few years some enjoyment, her troubles were heavier and her anxieties were more than double. She was attached to a Polish Count. Her father opposed her union with this noble man, with whom he could find no fault, and insisted on her being married to a friend of his in business. After her aunt's death Emma Bardon remained in France, where she again met with Count Kofalevski. She thought she had no duty at home to her father, who had forsaken her, nor to her brother, about to depart for India. She therefore having informed her father of her intention was married to the Count, and went to his castle in Poland. There, after a few years, the unhappy Count fell a victim to the cruelty of Russian tryanny. What little is mentioled of him is pleasing ; he appears a genuine enthusiastic lover of his country, and kind-hearted and generou s . Ed gar , t h e h ero, i s rather of a f i ckle disposition. He was led away by first impressions, and not always constant in his good resolves when he had formel them. His adventures in India are varied and exciting, and his acquaintance with the Signora proves the danger of being conlie,aed with a treacherous and deceitful set. The cor.seoluences of having entered the wily circle of general Cardani were not easily surmounted, and it was long before Edgar could undeceive Miss _Perry, his English friend, to whom he had been engaged before embarking, as to the non-existence of any attachment to the Italian. Maria Perry is of a quiet, unassuming nature, very different to Emma Bardon in intelligence and spirit, but pleas ing and gentle, and determined when she had made up her mind. The character of Mrs. Bardon the second is a good sketch of a strong-minded woman, such it was her pride to be considered, and woe to the weak minds who came in her way, whether, like Mr. Bardon, they were deceived by her vaunted superiority, or, like his gentle sister, they were an obstacle to her progress. There was retributive justice meted out to the tyrant, when he was tyrannised over. She drove away his chil dren, repulsed his friends, and subverted his estab lishment. On the whole, ample scope is given in the narrative for the introduction of exciting scenes, and strange incidents, as well as events of a softer style, and persolages of a higher nature. The story is written with spirit and animation. Men of the Hour. By Angus B. Reach. Wonderful People. By Horace Mayhew. Sketches of English Character. By Mrs. Gore. Ward and Lock, Fleet-street. These cheap volumes are essentially " very " light reading—so light that the greatest lover of such productions may possibly be induced to wish they were a degree heavier. Mr. Reach's pages may be skimmed by the eye as the shallow pool is by the insect, the attention of both being equally ephemeral. Wonderful People, by Horace May hew, is somewhat more attractive ' • as a specimen of the a verage tone we g i ve the following from " The Model Governess :" " The whole life of the governess is a living sermon upon the holy text of the forgiveness of injuries. Her amuse ments are few ; for singing cannot be called singing when it is done by command, and dancing is but sorry dancing when you are requested to join in it merely to fill up a side couple. Her accomplishments, however, are manifold, though exercised for the benefit of others. "She is an Encyclopaedia in bombazeen, which must be ready to be referred to at a moment's notice by every one in the house upon every passible and impossible science, including the very latest improvements, corrections, and additions that may have taken place in philosophy, poetry, or puddings. She plays the harp, piano, and accordion ; teaches calisthenics and hair-curling, dances tho newest fashionable dances, from Bohemia or Andalusie ; under stands glove-cleaning and dressmaking ; is clever at Berlin wool-work; in short, roust have every female accomplish ment at her fingers ends. She knows eight to ten lan guages, but mustn't talk rudess spoken to. Her greatest talent should be di 'played in listening cle,ve-ly. .Ikr sym pathy should In all on ono side, like the Irishman's una nimity. She must have no views of her own, but only reflect, like a looking-glass, those of the person who is con sulting her. Her whole life is a heritage of petty mean messes. She has not the consideration that is paid to a cook, and very frequen ly not hilt' the wages tiro' t are paid to a housemaid ; in feet, the housemaid has the advantage of the two, fa. she is entitled to a t l eas t a mo nth' s warn ing, whereas the poor governess is often dismissed at a mo ment's notice. The Model Governess is literally the maid of-all-work of fashionable society. Ladies, think of your own daughters, and treat her kindly !" Mrs. Gore's sketches is by far the best of this trio of evenesceut " trifles." We get a few more of the individualising ratifies, and a smack of the alcoholic esprit, co necessary to facilitate the di gesting of many literary confections. Mrs. Gore possesses a masterly hand in delineating the most ostensible characteristics of society ; and, while freely availing herself of the licence of exaggerating loquacity, seldom loses sight of a wholesome and perspicuous meaning. This short extract from her gossiping discussion, touching " The Banksr," we think, Will illustrate our opinions : " Be it noticed, among the notabilia of the moneyed world, that there are in London one or more b a nking houses, whose bo o k s of business extend back from the reign of Victoria to that of Elizabeth, where, under the name of goldsmiths, curious items of credit appear therein, tankards, and apostle speonas, a s goblets, such books as in certavienP" constitute invaluable historical archives, besides con e a patent of commercial nobility; wh en , s t a nces we could point out, the bank er of to - day descends in direct line, and inherits the identical patronymic of the goldsmith his ancestor. " This is the very legitimacy and conservatism of the kingdom of Mammon. This is an indisput a bl e attestation o f hereditary prudenc e and probity. Such a standing i n commercial Thre e life becomes a sort of second conscience. Th centuries of trustworthine_ss.! Twelve _reigns of fin anc i al di scre tion ! in business-iife to a baro ny con . nected with 1 g a n aoCuliaarte, in the aristocr a ti c ! St m ousts " Most of the prorailent financial demigods, h owever, are whom Fortune h as rolled men of yesterday—individuals rolled to the top of her tth similar precipitation. gr wheel by a single turn, perh aps t o be rolled back again , el world ae e eatest Jewish names with the ruone y r unknown to the eighteenth c entury, and which the nnamine s teenth may be reserving to ' point a moral, and adorn a tale.' c " Even R o th sc hild commenced his prosperity at Frank fort at th e coronat i on o f the late Ltgeror of Austria, by copper medals commemorative of selling ,se o _th. the e event city. (in company w ith hi s s i s t er ), at a beer-hot. "The thriving London banker of the outte order is, in fact, a Sir Oracle. Your Privy Councillor slugs small to him — your learned mag istrate defers to his decree—the disposal. thews and sin ews o f the war o f lif e lie at his At his nod the sluice gates close or open which control h the fate of a country a n d t h e destinies of thousan ds. is not more abs o l u t e. When he conce d es the world Sultan ap plauds his liberality —when he withholds, His penuriousne ss i s f ores i ght —his weakness magnanimity.his pru.lehte, Whether close-fisted or open a great banker can do eo e., till his docket is struck). "The life, influence, and connections of Coatts will one day become historical; conveying a great moral lesson as regards the frailties at which the worshippers of Mammon, even of the highest grade, wil connive in pursuance of their idolatry —bevy they will strain at the gnats buzzing round the head of unintlueatial penury, and swallow the camels forced upon them by a rich banker." sent time. We heartily subscribe to the sugges- , tion offered in the first paragraph : " We have often thought that if our Reviews would devote some portion of that space which is freely given up to disquisitions on the institutions of other times and countries, to the presentation, in a condensed form, of the vast amount of useful, iwportant, and interesting in formation cent l i ne d i n the vajuable Reports of- the various public offices, printed each year by order of the Legislature, the public service would gain in popularity, and the public would gain a fitting knowledge of the pro gress and position of those establishments which the nation supports." We have in this article instructive and copious details of the management and general working of the Post-office. We learn amid innumerable con densations of intelligence that 22, 54 7 officers and servants are attache to this vast commercial de partment, 2,800 of whom belong to the chief-office in London ; exclusive of agents in foreign coun tries, and that there are 10,498 Post-offices in the United Kingdom. Cupid appears to be one of the most active re tainers on the staff, for Valentino week affords an influx of 80,000 letters. There was an increase of 13 millions of letters last year, the number of let ters sent to the Dead Letter office was 2,400,000, and the number of newspapers deposited at the same depot was 600,000. It appears that the Postmasters-general during the time of the wars with France were quite as much troubled with strange matters consigned to their care for conveyance, as we read of occa sionally now. For instance, we find in the list : " Imprimis.—` Fifteen couple of hounds going to the King of the Romans with a free pass.' "Item.—' A. box containing three pounds of tea, sent as a present by my Lady Arlington to the Queen Dowager of England at Lisbon.' "Item.—`A case of knives and forks for Mr. Step ney. her Majesty's Envoy to the King of Holland.' "Item.—` A. box of medicines for my Lord Galway in Portugal.' " Item.—` A deal case with four flitches of bacon for Mr. Pennington, of Rotterdam.' " Altogether this article claims attentive perusal, and fully illustrates the line of the modern song— " What a wonderful man the postman is." An important and competent digest of the " Con vict" subject, touching " Transportation and Re formatories," is presented to us, wherein the diffi culties attending th 3 question as to which is the most proper and redeeming treatment of criminals are ably met. These chief papers, with a variety of others, render The Irish, Quarterly as excellent and welcome as ever. The National Review. Chapman and Hall. In the table of contents we meet this month with an interesting selection of topics. The open ing article takes for its subject the " Gowrie Con spiracy," one of those mysterious events in history which perplexed all contemporary sagacity, and which the collective wisdom of posterity has failed to unravel. To all lovers of historical research the paper offers considerable attractions, for it is written in a fair and impartial spirit, and the writer has evidently been at some pains in collecting the evidence, though he is himself unable to express a decided opinion. His suppo sition, however, appears to possess the merit of probability. The picture he draws of the wild and disordered state of the Scottish kingdom fully dis plays the total inability of the weak-minded and pedantic, though well-meaning, king to cope with his unruly nobles and prejudiced people. A criti cism on M. Victor Cousin's recent work on the illustrious women of the 17th century renders full justice to its ability and attractions. Special reve rence is paid to Madame de Hautefort, afterwards Duchess de Schomberg, one of those rare examples of high principle and nobility of mind that the most different tastes admire and the most opposite critics approve. The present writer can only find one companion to her in history in the person of our own Lady Rachel Russell. This criticism is followed by the longest, and perhaps most remark able article in the number. It is entitled " Percy Bysshe Shelley," and is devoted to a careful and elaborate analysis of the psychological and mental peculiarities of that poet. Though without much enthusiasm for his poetry, the author appears to have deeply studied the eccentricities belonging to his temperament, and is doubtless correct in many of his deductions. Many of his remarks, too, are just and striking, as in the distinction he draws between the efforts of fancy and imagination, and in the comparison between the poetry of Shelley and Keats. Most of the readers of Shelley will doubt less join with the critic in regretting that he be stowed so much of his time and labour on long poems, while all his happiest efforts are either fragmentary or lyrical. His two beautiful odes, " The Cloud" and " The Skylark," are sufficient to prove how great were his powers of lyrical compo sition. De Foe, as a novelist, affords the subject of another literary article, which summons before the tribunal of criticism one who has long become independent of it ; for who could make " Robin son Crusoe" unpopular ? The writer, however, is more inclined to attribute its universal success to the subject than to the writer, though he admits the genius of the writer, and remarks that there must le something very singular in a work that both the chimney-sweep and the peer can read and find interesting, but he asserts that the same man has exercised the same power over more complex incidents, and the works are little read. A paper on the present state and prospects of Italy will be interesting to the poli tician. IRELAND. DUBLIN, SATURDAY MORNING. IRISH RAILWAY PROGRESS. The ceremony of opening the branch line of the Belfast and Ballymena Railway to Cookstown, on Tuursday last, was performed by the Earl of Car lisle, and a goodly array of the nobility and gentry of the district took part in the day's proceedings. At the deje,uner which followed his Excellency de livered one of his usual felicitous speeches, which, however, like all similar addresses, was suited to the special audience, and confined to matters of purely local interest. Here is an extract : "It does seem to the that the opening of a new rail way communication in a district whit% has not hitherto partaken of its ad van t ages is a most f a i r uccas i in f or public rejoicing and social. fe,tivities. (Applause.) Fur just think ho .v much the proceeding in which we have joined really comprises ? I leave out of consideration for the moment the calculations of mere profit and future dividends, all very important and interesting matters in their proper place and season, but such as the directors and areholders may be safely left to arrange together. (Hear. bear.) I leave out of view, too, what might SO-111 to smell too much of my own shop—the advan tages which railway communicttion may contribute to the peace of the country in carrying military and police for the repression of outbreak or the detection of crime ; for what need have Re to think of outbreak and crime in connection with a district so justly distinguished by peacefulness, industry, and habitual tranquillity as that which lies between Randalstown and Cookstown ? (Cheers.) But think upon the kindly ministrations of usefulness arid benevolence which a line of railway in its ordinary 'every-day operation is in the habit of discharging—how it brings the homeward-bound father, or husband, or son yet more speedily to the straining eye and impatient embrace of those he so long loved and longed for—(applause)—how so much time the earlier comes the skilful physician or surgeon, so as just to set the limb or save the life—(hear)—how it may summon the poor sorrowing relative just in season to ca`ch the dying glance and receive the parting blessing. (Cheers.) These are the operations which the railway may daily bring more and more close to all our hearths and homes ; and ought we not to bless that wise order ing of human actions and motives which may make our most eager speculations and our most sharp-sighted interests thus contribute to support new treasures of activity and plenty between extensive neighbourhoods, and to promote offices of bounty and love among a thousand families ?" (Cheers.) Among the guests present at the dejeuner was Mr. Dargan, the constructor of the line, and who replied to the toast of " Nm. Dargan and the Irish Ra s il way Interest." THE DEPARTURE*, OF THE ONEIDA• SOUTHAMPTON Oct. 19.—The screw steamship Oneida; Captain Hyde, the pioneer of the new fins of eteatv? r t . belonging to the European and Au s t ra li an C ompan y, 1 ,. ° 8 the conveyance of the mails between England and the Australian celonie!=, sailed at noon to-day for Melbour n . 4 and Sydney. In consequence of the departure of this vessel a few hours later than the time advertised the mails of yesterday night were placed on board. 2 , 13 . r Oneida has about 60 passengers, among whom are P I , Henry Earkly (the newly appointed Governor of 17 . 1 c,„ toria), lady and suite. That nothing might be wantl rl / 4 °, in the equipment of this ship, and as a neceLsary pr e' caution in the event of accident, the Oneida's 101 d boat is fitted with Clifford's newly patented apparatus for lowering and instantly disengagnli Flips' boats at sea, even during the time the vesse l is under way, the adoption of which has of late be i , made compulsory by the order of the Emi gra ti on C o norat sioners At a trial which was mad e y es t er d ay this to" invention Wag thoroughly tested, and w ith p er f ec t S il , e, ceas. At the word of command the bo a t, l a d en with it',a entire crew, together with the nece3rary masts, spars , and gear aboard, Ws instantly lowered and freed fora the ship, at a Vme when the vessel was at full speed , and with a drop of 26 feet from the davit heads to the water. It was evident to all who witnessed this expe.r l ; went that a simple and e ff ec t ua l remedy does now exn.7. W for this acknowledged wan t i n t h e naval service, and ,!" is hoped that steam p ac k e t companies generally will e advantage of it for the general good. Previous to the of th e O ne id a the passengers expressed their entire satisfaction with the arrangements on board till VO3: el, The Simla, belonging to the Peninsular and Oriental Company, and chartered by the Australia n Company, is now fitting out, and will sail on the Nu: proximo, with the next outward mails via the C a pe of Good Hope. 'lbis vessel will be succeeded by the Eur () ; peas and Columbian, to sail respectively on the 12th of December and the 12th of January. LLOYD'S SHIPPING.—(This Day.) LONDON, Oct. 20.—Wind this day at noon, N.E. ; 11 1 °' Aerate breeze and fine. PORTSMOUTH, Oat. 19.—Wind B. to E.N.E.—Sailed• —11.1Y.1..S tr. St. Jean d'Acre, for De,vonport ; GIN of Good Hope; Sir George Pollock, Cape of Gooa for Cape Palmas ; Cfv - PLYMOUTH, Oct. 19.—Wind ear, hl e N a e n d l ite l r ' r ic a i nTai ; L F°rres2 Meander, from the westward; H.M.S. Jean d'Acre, from the Baltic. Sailed—Witch of the Wave, for Monte 'S r i' dco. FALMOUTH, Oct. 19.—Wind S. to S.S.E.—Arrivecl- - Delphin, from Rio Janeiro; Fremont, Bonno, for Liver l„,ol ; Stephen Handy, St. Jago do Cuba ; Molly, Ati Cayes, for the Clyde ; Sarah, Labrador ; Reliance, Shielde , for Genoa, leaky and with damage ; Jane, Akyab, for Rotterdam. Sa iled — Korstrato Sairn, South Ameriev. Off the port.—Willi am 11 1., from Akyab, for Amsterdaro• CowEs, Oct. 19.—Wind E. —Arrived.—Grampas, from Stockholm, for Savannah, leaky. GLOUCESTER, Oct. 19. —Arrived— Lone Star, from Ala' dagascar. CARDIFF, Oct. 19.—Sailed—M. L. Frank, for New' York. HUN A, Oct. 17.—The Brothers, of this port, came on shore this morning, is full of water, and expected to be' come a wreck. QUEBEC, Oct. 4.—The Mohawk, from the Clyde, for this port, is ashore near Camboo Point.