The Sun.
London, England, 1852-08-27 00:00:00

SUN,

2 viltsbe4• o
2os, Penang, 1 - b sold lower, soft brown at
486 d t° bags, s
Yellow nt 26. 6d to 303, and good to fine
Ntaulitiu 33s
t.,0 5, to 343 6( .
I RtIGN —There have been small sales at rather
-ewer r , '
C
• °IPEE.--Ths demand upon the whole has been ac-
tive f,r
most descriptions, and Plantation Ceylon has
itillBPd very full prices at auction; good raid to good
mid at 57, 6d to 69a, fine flue ord at 463 to 50s 6], low
45
atel mid 51s to 565, good mid to good colory 58s to
'rage 429 to 489, and: peaberry 60s 6d to 635.
tive at Ceylon has been at about 44s for
good ord, and
gooaption has ranged from 43s up to 453 for mid to
Sls tot3?rdnary. Jamaica has been at full rates, mid
0ft,.1543, fine fine ord 42s 6d to 503, and triage 323
45", Costa Rica a good deal has been done at
to 59-. 'll' for good ordinary foxy to fine fine ord, and 53s
tor low mid and mid coloury, 45s 6d to 528 for
a fine fine ord, 63s to 66s for peaberry, 60s to 70s
has or
rAL and fine coloury up to 80s for superior. Mocha
Rartiren ia request at steady rates, mid to good clean
Ana
:(1,,758 to 775. Tellicherry was taken in at 568,1 forw
mid -r"' and Quilon at 45s 6d to 503 for fine ord ton
ato
465 eolonry grey. Madras was mostly taken
sold at
;4,'1 to 483 for fine fine ord, but a few lots
clto 603 for mid yellowish.
ord t',°4•--Trinidoid has been sold at 303 to 34s for
il4(1 grey and at 143 to 44s for mid to good red.
b(inicts-2rices, have been' lower, and purchases have
1 41'dE) 'with elution. Bengal fine white has been sold
b „ end mid broken white at 98 6d. Nfladras
fite:9jig et Si GI to 9s for mid and good Coringa, being a
31 per cwt.
Ll'icEn --Pimento 11. as been at the full value, with
b)°derat •
111,, e sal ,s; mid to good 50 to 5k I per lb. Gin.t.,!er
anti °cad; Jamaica ord and mid bold soli at 33s to
sold
Goa
,the better sorts up to 64s and 725; Calicut soldr
e,3!° 793 for fine and superior, and at 34s to 353 for ord.
isinea realised 1163 to 118 s for first and
Ani, 'tie" Pepper sold at 40 for good heavy Malabar.
bret,,,:°wßooT, &c.—St. Vincent's good anld
Sago
seet 'lid to 6d per lb., and mid 3,id. Pear
and at ICS Gd for good small, and at 17s to 18s for mid
OM medium.
been°ll4 41.---This article has been firm, but there has
Tb. teluetance to operate.
pew`cin° There has been a good demand for fine gun-
llYes r act fOIIY previous rates, and there are several
TAIT"' common Congou.
PPlilizr"r•---The demand has been very limited, P.Y.C.
GR 'IR 393 to 39s 3d per cwt on the spot.
141 so quiet market exists for all kinds.
by yea re cheaper; a parcel of Lisbon per steamer, sold
levier ellt„ng and Hunt at public sale went 2a per package
I°l2 Some desire is felt to push' the sales of Barce-
ureats, although no disposition is made to reduce the
Ist O
"re Porto Onions are in the market, and the open-
iB moderate.
A ---8,,,-.OR(Y-STREET—(THIS DAY.)
I°okiPOLICEMAN.—John Johnson, a tall, ildl:
,cekng fellow, was placed at the bar before Mr. Hard-
tort tnrt et,llarged with being drank and attempting to
0.
Prieto:ll6Y from Mr. James W. Adams, one of the pr,
)4.4ni Webb's Hotel, Piccadilly.
Itad ty'Ldan's stated that, between the hours of eleven
the retail
on the previous night, the prisoner came to
department of the hotel, and called him on one
ritt' and
Placing his month close to his (complainant's)
uele'ne' in a confidential whisper,
Inek_!; to the 0%4,, "It's all rig,ht,hle
Witness asked him what
pVisnant
they
replied the C division.
11,8 the„ hen you are a policeman in privCaotemiclodathheism."
wn9b h- Paused a moment, and witness
Nslare,anted, to which the prisoner replied,s4e " the
,I130e„8* Complainant said, "I don't understad you:".
im if answered, "It's all square," and complainant told
th, that Was so he had better go to the C's and get
tlethriliillan regulars) for he (witness) would give him
Ilita,i)g'eand Was surprised he should come in. and ask
refer
and
then left, and in about ton minutes he
turn a:" again and said, " mark you; it will be my
hirb • As prisoner was drunk and annoying
Th'el business, he gave him in charge.
Police_ Prisoner in defence denied saying he w_as.na
the Catiani what he did say:was, that he was formerlyi
htm about 13 years ago. He admitted asking
o,impla'llant for a half-pint of beer, which was refused
Ina the grounds that ho was drunk.
defend kouckton said he did not recollect the
beast ever being in the C division. lki Prisoner, who has been up for the same " dodge"
" was fined 408. or a month.

oth ALBERT'S BlRTunia.._Yes
kaivers
Royal Highness at the
re,„_ ary of the natal day of his hoisted ~ ,s
l'e,t`4' Consort, the Royal Standard was terd ay
the
Her Maie"Y .
Theitetrr,e,Suonierset7house, the Adm. iralty,
sal'
re
ski
4t aymarket, and the various otherpubfilicdedaifirec;
111 twelve o'clock the Park and Tower guns . - also, the
in hi ho
Nil , tiour of the occasion. In the evening, it teen at the West-end had their shops brilliantly
;rutted, to testify their respect for the Prince.
11120,.4u, TuuttspAr.—The birthday of his Royal
liiii ",,"3 Prince Albert was celebrated heredas tote-
kite, uereonstration of respect so eminently due
nine o'clock a
te3.41414 universally esteemed personage. dtahyi s withex
_
keileliao was fired from the corporati.onr
.oradtnnaonecne,ai. iki,te gag acre, by the town bombardiet ,
pithlitfir,d from the battery of For
up by the mem-
-I)re of the of irginia Water. A regatta, got ur
otylhlaeel
Aline_ he Eton and Windsor Humane Soc
ere Is patron, took place in the afternoon,
11 contested for by
Belvedere,
Ofwhcihn.tthe
eat,u.slrieyous and liberal, and were N." t,hoeb
Ipe
tr
si z;e swgaitveer,n_
le, , "r 4 in a pair oars race for two silver e .
(10`411apair
Pontine
race in punts, for a money prix7g.aaisia,Puntin race ; aateurs' double t r,aweea;termen s
eeratelliour ears race, form a money prize ;Ptfusenmuateurs' four oarts
teridanee e. Tbe fine band of the 2d
was. both_
aureero ( and the weather being fine t
given by.
Life
companyuards was in a _
vtbiLaroy4salatsr4 highly respectable. A_ dinner was
in uadesruen at the Castle Hoiteel
veriisoa- ''''' ebster's proverbial at
jp,,,,hiono,seettlinutidernrt,f.ruit being presented by) his Royal Highness
-t
,o
fw excellence,hiwhich
was
ptrioa e
and in
th ...,i ran,.
The'beils of St.
ri merrily at intervals
inhabitants were bril-
et'hsroCughhapouelt
the
ed
day,
a y ~
5 illemin ttheGeorg
popular
Ila
. • e evennig the houses of
kis •
r a (I' mi 3
and
-8 ..N.ATELEEN FiTz
the'Pleasiag ectre„ has cease-
°lents have been s
..,.
riad.elphi theatre where herta
a NV I LbLell
oAnbig.— 1.
t o th e c o
nm
services warmlyof
N.," eetated.
metropolitan
" set f •
d by some
We trust, however, telinaet hoetr valuable
our
map all to be secured
!seers for the ensuing season.
-',.11)4e SHIREI A-13' vernment train, which p
cl 4
Ilatifrli iltNTo"...._As the Go
station, one
1 k, was proceeding to Liverpool on
the ma-
(1( th about a mite
disable
"t) eoc
le distant beyond the Wigan on Wednesday
tiiiti e valves of the engine burst, which
aereZ,Y from working.
passengers, and at-
-1 leave the
The sudden stoppage caused consi-
tele„'e alarm and doimay amongst the
cat.r, were made by a great number of persons to e
to
keep
engine
ltiqietes. The officials, however, implored palnorehdouthr,eman
the
kre,r„ Seats, and, after the
44";!(1 from Wigan, and waslapnsteeta.ched at the back of
was
hi h means the trop
Dellll,ie without delay.,
.by
was
engine'n then
tiqii,q tit) to the next siding, wwhere. the disabled
Pr, bed and the fresh one placed in front.l
te47... cried in
ry way to
,Liverpoo , let'ittilutes before eleven 0 o-°°--'. No personal injuries
wThhereetitalarrived
two hours,. within..
1411e-eYhinaiinotietcies., beyond its usuallktimbee.iu g
Th, I/
Oliveira, up., Mr.
trout °D. A. Perceval,
k r
d a
Litntag4 Gore, Mr. Brown, Mr.M4 ‘''All'r:
Baker,
'Mr. Charlier, an
a.
44 ettilat Saurnarea, Mr. Gabriel, -L-a,con, Mr.Laen,
inber
Society, assembliet
,al
ke,„ of gentlemen connected with the Shipwrecked Sdeat
tyre ,°eietY and the Royal Humane
Nolo cleck r.m• yesterday, at the boathouse 113.Ziargociety, on the north bank of
t_
i h Mr. Clar
„"pcnut
of the . Royal
t iirti.lt, to witness experiments of sheet cork, hfehueseSerpentnie,
,s
Nut I:'`)°at, formed of a combinationw
with
held together
%41, elf an wove thickness, and alternately
d when
444 kid thin, the various parts laid 'with
Sr°, gkl,tle, and so strong that they
great advantages Rite; p(3' united, and possessing the
had the boat 1 •
lit.ll',l„g4t and buoyant. Mr. Clarkson
cannot be stave-
es
of
she carried eight
IN, ii.h.ltier, by withdrawing four plugs from the bottp,
Pets% °ugh she is of small dimensions,
over several
tirees.s„wen full of water. She was turned The object of theat
lavet,',o74 always righted herself quicki •
5:8 tatia.l,° have every boat used onybnoaorvderohfeavredss
'l3' ch.e„" 'lle-boats, and that when throw keild
(tidelostances they might right themselves, as he showed
litllitra:ll7.4. 7... t moonyft to L
annual NORTH
h c LANCASHIREtbs s
and very
the ground,
earnely:eil jhere were five reaping machines ocietyAcGommenced yes-
Pr "t°ll. itsw" numerouslyo attended,
improvements; Hus-
-4: Y's' illters'o.:l/4a ieLles, with the latest _
Hussey's,
.im.
eroved h - --"' 03' Garrett; and three of
ei. itn Y Cresskill
Of these three
were pled
~' There were altogether 25 exbibitiens
th portable' a". 305 articles exhibited. .reebri tea- steam-en,_.gines eight
hftymaking-mac lune,
Dlottigh,counies twotile-niachines,--d cutters, corn"
Ines,:
ernber-14, Tubber; clod-crushers, drills:herhaf-71:mpariezhes for _
NI er,' Le. There were forty entries
ettla, meet", twelve for farm managements nineo
IN thi„Y-siz horned cattle, 10 I.horse"
not less than 222
temeos,B (eXclusive of four litters), and. 14h2e siehbvreeenrp:sgt is,xamtnyrd7.
"41, 413:tstittY. The dinner took lacep in t
, .k.i)l, ezlo ALP., presiding.
ivore-canCTIVE FIRE ,—Yesterday morn:
„it'leibbtill4e o'clock a terrible. conflagration.lbir s
Phi l p Beaumont-
'Net 3' r°orns belonging to Mr. Moss - - "h'our seven of
the
1.14.i1e..end-oad.g In less than half morning,
out in tt
lie
alinad reached the
n!Dot, ga_le and West of England engines
iortiec,u_tvqthstanding this powerful
naitdhetnhe premises
their
iL!olff, to',:, deastrion, and the firembee_eni to A • l'iali
is the
tp, ). aild ",."e__edjoini9g tavern also 1
,:14'llal ite"ouetirt poafrtially successful.two
ndirectierd
.._.....
;-Aug. M
11(1''; tillect to the the
damagea
Assembly Ree-i'of the
gilt' The 26
,followinghalf-past
Three engienysa of the B district, and fou
Con-
attended, With e of the West of England.
ablykteik%Pa9iiiftiaLst:. rooms, containing containin. g valuable
.chandelier_ce.l
qattiwiaa the consumed. Insured in the County Fire-office.
y , Roby Lavern adjoining, contents.and building serieoffil
cle.
Ate racf %'e and water. Insured in the CountY-
for
Nari,..T adjoining also belonging to Mr. Phillips, 4(14 fag
s°a-wate -,
the 4Xillarie r, ginger-beer,
under
'The stock in cellars
kattAbi 8. Cause unknown.
&c., saved by firemen
, 1,.,, Y rooms greatly damaged by water.
tt,eAr43rd A'Et4lle)aide
.Hastings and party, Lady Janet.
'' ' 4. Leo4.PUty, Sir David Baird, Rev.
klll° N the ini°,. Colonel Fitzmaurice, and .1-14.. PL.ohtl )Morris, rwereis,
(,at/Aehie, ashionables who embarked yesterday, at the St.
(44141)ate,,, 8 Wharf, on board the GenerfaolrSAtenatnwierNpaNe'nigartolfalle
tll, Di steam-ship Ravensbourne,
t -*eine,
'louse under
t/ivisil 1 IIOW. ARTILLERY COMPANY.—The artillery
gat , 1n Mustered yesterday at the ArmourT-rie _
an i d a' royal
li,etataland of Lieutenant Kitchen,e
-. a Royal Highness
ti,,,„.4 celebration of the birthday 0.
%ri,,,.°1 Albert, the Captain-General and Colonel of the
hs It is
-uth t
e!Pecte
With much regret that we learn thatas
r„,..beenour
t 64 ited -
,'ylth d dean, the Very Rev. Dr.LYalli h , paralysis, and remains seriously li._Kentish
...
has
I,e,4sllBt'ra Ap l• t paper which charged
. (41 in . x.— ar iamen ary
't cly.'-'st Issued, states that the number of house
tile la tagland d Wales was 179 234, and the duty 6 377,
i4l 200 an
lid tb.
~.4442/. l9s. 2i.;the number in Scotland.
was ' 1
this tote
13;-,,v,.?,(iiity from them 5,2881. lls. 9d. ; making . „A. in
trity 44 10s. 11d. The number of houses charged. a.„'"'"
from
n from
ths,'ld mil Wales was 252,213, and the dut raise
was
24A9 as 463,204/.
railBd ; the number in Scotland r,..,.
Ille i.), and the duty d from them was 38,346/. 19,:ii2-;.
124 1'4414 1414°Lult °f the Proceeds of the Um was 707;vAv
gti .

THE

LITERATURE.
THE TIDE OF LIFE. A Novel. 3 Vole. By
Miss Laura Jewry. T. C. Newby.
Already the authoress of these volumes has secured
to her writings the interest of those many admirers
who have so frequently luxuriated in her romantic
compositions. Several of her literary capabilities v,e
have ourselves had occasion to commend in the course
of our criticisms upon her two last stories—the do-
mestic tale of "The Cup and the Lip," and the en-
thralling narrative of " The Forest and the For-
tress." Although there were occasional evidences in
the former work of merits somewhat beyond those of
the ordinary class of contributors to the circulating
libraries, there were in the latter tokens of ability
very far elevated above the range of that department
of our fictitious literature. It was a happy thought,
that of celebrating the strange and marvellous ca-
reer of Kara George the late Hospodar of the
Servians—a man whose fitful temperament and ex-
traordinary adventures, to say nothing of his very
remarkable and startling vicissitudes, eminently qua-
lified him to become the hero of a boek penned in the
wildest strains of the rotnaticist. Nevertheless, sin-
gularly meritorious vs were the series of incidents
strung together in " The Forest and the Fortress,"
they were in no degree comparable to those which, in
the exquisite story of " The Ransom," showed that
Miss Laura .Jewry was worthy to take her place
among the most successful of the disciples of the
Author of " Waverley." Instead of reverting, how-
ever, to the fairy-land of the romances of antiquity,
or rather to that of the days of the middle ages, our
novelist has here consented to follow the dictates
of an ambition leading her evidently in
search of popularity, and conducting her,
therefore, into the homelier regions of London
and Gloucestershire. Happily, however, Miss Jewry
has placed the imaginary characters of her narrative
in the time of the Merry Monarch. At the com-
mencement of the work we find ourselves introduced
to English society as it was immediately after the
demise of old Oliver Cromwell, and at the elevation
of his son Richard to the difficult and onerous office
of the Protectorate. As the plot becomes more de-
veloped the domestic interest is enhanced by an in-
terest of a political character, and the reader is
summoned as it were to participate in the popular
enthusiasm excited by the memorable surprise of the
Restoration. Charles the Second is still on the throne
when the fictitious history is brought to a conclusion,
but long before then our attention is effectually
diverted from any sort of regard for the
events connected with the general organiza-
tion of the Government. Whatever interest
is inspired in the reader's heart by the tale-
teller is restricted to the limits of the magic circle
within the circumference of which her bodiless crea-
tions move through all the varieties and alternations
of good and evil fortune. Several heroines—as hath
become of late "the fashion" among our more po-
pular novelists—share our sympathies amongst them-
selves and carry us in imagination now to the squa-
lid lodging-houses of Old London, now to the rural
cottages under Broadway Hill, now to the manor at
Campden, now to the manor at Carew, now on
board the little buccaneering "Frolic," now into
the green lanes and fertile meadows of Glouces-
tershire. The story here recounted by Miss
Laura Jewry, it is painful to learn from the Pre-
face, is " ower true," being founded says our autho-
ress on " a remarkable fact," the authenticity of
which she thereupon places beyond the possibility
of misapprehension by adducing an original letter
(relating to the event), penned by a relation of the
unfortunate Sir Thomas Overbury. Thus invested
with " flesh-and-blood" interest, the novel of " The
Tide of Life" bears the reader onward on its current.
An obscure family of cottagers living in Gloucester-
shire, upon the ancient estate of the Campdens—a
family consisting of Joan Perry, a peevish old house-
wife, with the reputation of a witch and the irascibi-
lity of a scold, John her elder, and Dickon her
younger son, the former fierce and fanatical, the lat-
ter honest but evil fated—furnishes the materials for
whatever is either tragic or impassioned in the narra-
tive. It is upon their destinies that the rest of the
fiction is built up as upon a foundation appropriate
to that species of superstructure. A village
beauty, called Grace Miles, the tiring maid
of one of the heroines—Henrietta L'Estrange
—is first of all the betrothed of John and after-
wards the bride of Dickon. Upon the ferocious
and implacable jealousy aroused in the heart of John
Perry by the marriage of Grace with his brother, the
whole of the darker incidents of the plot may be
said to be dependent. Leading through perjuries and
blasphemies to poverty and degradation, it conducts
the innocent victims at last to the scaffold, after placing
them under the imputation successively of being
burglars and murderers. Together with this under
current in " The Tide of Life," there flows on a more
attractive but not less criminal series of events con-
nected with individuals more elevated in station than
the Perrys, who are associated, however, with those
humble country-folk either as their employers or as
friends and associates of their employers. In
this manner we are introduced to the household
of the Noels—where we recognise Master Baptist
Noel [not the popular preacher, by the way, but] the
lord of Campden. We are introduced to the house-
hold of the Harrisons—where we recognise Master
William Harrison [not Ainsworth the novelist, but]
the agent of Lord Campden, together with his good
wife, his contemptible rascal of a son, and his charm-
ing little piquant ward (already mentioned), laiestress
Henrietta l'Estrange. Another of the Noels,
a fair
lady—at first insipid, but ultimately loveable—bight
bmarhried
to
Miranda, is betrothed and eventually
Algernon Carew. Which said Algernon,
is smitten during the days of his betrothal we iwthaya,
naughty love for Henrietta—but after his marriage
with remorse, and ulteriorly withahighwlyonpdreorpeirs
affection for Miranda. The last mentioned
worked by the angelic agency—angelic
advisedly,
_because, remember, Mr. Pickwick was
a say
angelic, notwithstanding his tights and his spectacles
—of a young girl entitled Barbara Wrenshaw, the
he
cousin of Oliver Wrenshaw, the sister of Philip
Wrenshaw, and the daughter of Colonel Charles
Wrenshaw—Oliver, the villain of the tale, a scheming
young lawyer of the Temple; Philip, a bold anddashing pirate from the Spanish main, Captain of the
" Frolic ; ' and the Colonel, a loyal gentleman, who is
taken prisoner at the battle of Worcester, sold as a
slave by the Roundheads, carried off to the -sugar
plantations at Barbadoes, and finally discovered as a
prisoner for debt in the fever-ward of Newgate—in
fact a complete and veritable specimen of your gal-
lant, loyal, ill-starred Cavalier. Mr. Macaulay has
told us how those brave-hearted defenders of the
Crown sold their plate, and mortgaged their estates,
and shed their blood, and suffered all the punish-
ments wreaked upon the unlucky Royalists—and
then were quietly forgotten or overlooked after the
Restoration. Of this melancholy description Miss
Laura Jewry has here supplied us with a new illus-
tration. During the development of her plot it must
be confessed that we are surprised into a breathless
amazement by one or two rather curious improba-
bilities—some of them trivial and others important—
but equally improbabilities. For example, when it is
dreaded one night in the house of Master Harrison
lest the poor old agent may have just been mur-
dered, it does, we must acknowledge it, appear to us
rather unlikely that Henrietta L'Estrange should
think of sitting down and coolly poring over the pages
of a volume of Shakspere. We yield to no one in
homage for the mightiest of minstrels—the master
dramatist—perhaps of all not directly in-
spired intellects, the most perfect, as it
is unquestionably the most wonderful in
ancient or modern literature—yet we don't
think, with the horror of an assassination filling our
home at midnight, that we should feel disposed to
read even the noblest and divinest of his compositions.
We should rather, if asked to read it under these
circumstances, feel inclined to hurl Shakspere (we
mean the book) to the--in fact,'any where but where
it ought to go. But pretty Mistress Henrietta thinks
otherwise—and, therefore, she sits down to enjoy a
page or two of her favourite Shakspere. Then, again,
that incident about the shark following in the wake
of the "Frolic"—on purpose to devour Oliver Wren-
shaw, as you feel certain from the first moment of its
appearance—can scarcely be said to come within the
range of probability. Sundry other coincidences of a
hardly less marvellous character—such as the instan-
taneous recognition by Dr. Shirley of Barbara as the
missing daughter of his old friend, Colonel Wrenshaw—
might be particularized, but happily there are more
agreeable peculiarities in the work to refer to, and
such as may be specified in the language of commen-
dation. Such passages, for instance, we may parti-
cularly notice as the love scene, where Henrietta (in
a happier mood) is reading Shakspere to Algernon.
The play is that of the Two Gentlemen of Verona—
and the music of the poetry elicits the revelation of the
passion. The incident reads like Leigh Hunt—it re-
minds one of that crowning glory of tenderness in the
ever fresh and exquisite " Story of Rimini." Such again
in delicacy.both of conception and of treatment, is
the scene in which Barbara unfolds to the conscious-
ness of Miranda the manner in which she may steal
breaking through
into the heart of hearts of Algernon,
the ice of their estrangement. Until then Miranda
has been little better than what Foster: the Essayist's
wife used to be according to his own curious description
out a soul—and
--a white marble statue surrounded by chevaux
de frieze Undiee, like Miranda, seems to be with.
than Fouqud did for his creation. But—the truth must
of theßarbara does more for her mistress
out—we, have read of the most delightful por-
tionssome
perpetual misprints, and we have closed the book
"Tide of Life" with the anguish of
again and
Assuredly,
again with a sort of horror of the composi-
tors.Mr Newby had better keep
watchful eye over one.
will inevitably be class of " readers," or another
not actually disgustedrousedinto. to indignation if they be
(I. 113.) that the a more_
_ indifference. Fancy reading
birds, while Henrietta strolled
throligh a secladed sylvan t 're reat in the very heart of

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the country, "twittered front the trees on either side
of the lump"—meaning the "lane!" Fancy reading
(r. 171.) that the agent's wife " held on " (not by any-
thing but simply, because the word ought to have been
" an") " old fashioned carved casket !" Fancy reading
(I. 217.) that Algernon's " consciousnessiof mutual
faithfulness rendered him nervously fearful"—mean-
ing, of course, " mutual faithlessness." Fancy,
above all, reading (11. 159) that the hospitality of a
magistrate was one " to which certain matrimonial
views, entertained for her daughter's wheel, he with
regard to the heir of the wealthy agent, partially
incited him"— meaning, Heaven knows what ! And
so on, actually by misprint after misprint, down to
the very last sentence in the very last page ! Aware
of this, we conceive that justice has not been done to
our authoress in reference to her latest composition.
Notwithstanding all which, " The Tide of Life" will
doubtless secure to itself its own particular group of
admirers. Under any circumstances—the brilliant
talents of Laura Jewry invest her latest romance
with a peculiar fascination.

SPORTING NOTES.
CCXCIII.
A BUDGET OF ST. LEGER NEWS.

TO THE EDITOR OF THE SUN.
Srn,—The.movementh on the St. I,eger during the last
few weeks, though not many, have been of a very im-
portant nature. In the first place, it must ba evident to
most persona that the heavy investments on Daniel
O'Rourke, more particularly since his defeat at York,
and made, as they have been for the most part, by the
leading members of the Talent, are highly indicative of
which will, be Scott's horse on the 15th of next
month. From what quarter the major portion of the
money comes that is pus on Songstress, I am unable to
discover; but that it is not laid out by the knowing ones,
or those immediately concerned in the stable, I am tole-
rably well convinced. The observations I made concern-
ing this mare on the 16th instant, I here repeat;
and again advise those who follow my counsel, by no
means to back her for this race, as I believe, notwith-
standing that only 5 to 1 is to be got about her at the
present moment, that she will go back to an outside
price, " and possibly may not even start."
Of Soott's other Leger horses, Hyacinth, Kingfisher,
and Longbow are doing good work; but I fancy Hya-
cinth and Kingfisher are rather doubtful starters, and
Longbow's chance, roarer as he is, cannot be a very good
one, as he is reported, on good authority, to be pounds
inferior to Daniel. his performance the other day with
Stockwell at York enables Scott's party to draw a first
rate lino for the stable; and as the backers of that stable
aro quite satisfied with that result, it is evidently more
their game to support Daniel, who, I anticipate, will be
first, or, at the least, second.
The Goodwood party place great faith in their Har-
binger, whe, on every great occasion hitherto, has
bowled them over. He is doing first-rate work, and is
in splendid condition.
Lord Glasgow particularly fancies himself for the St.
Leger this time in hie Caracara. The horse is in good
condition and doing fair work. The distance will suit
him; and as the weight will enable a man, not a boy, to
ride him—it being a notorious fact that he requires a
great deal of riding—he may perchance finish in the
third or fourth place, but of his doing so I entertain
grave misgivings.
Claverhouse, being anything but up to the mark, will
be nowhere if he starts.
Lord Exeter, it seems, will send a couple to the post
in Ilex and Stockwell; the former for the purpose only
of assisting his stable companion. His Lordship has
been moderately successful in carrying off the Oaks
Stakes, but never yet accomplished the feat of winning
a St. Leger or Derby either. He has this time as fair a
chance probably as he ever is likely to possess. Stock-
well is doing excellent work, and having decidedly im-
proved upon his spring form, will be certain of finishing
in front ; but as to whether it will be the first, second,
or third place, at the present moment, I will not attempt
to say ; Longbow running him so close the other day
has caused some doubts to spring up in my mind.
It has been reported that Lapidist, in an improved
form, will be brought out for this stake •, if such is the
case I should consider him:well worth backing at an out-
side figure. •
King of Trumps is useless for this venture, and ditto
Alfred the Great.
I understand it is not improbable that, besides Lord
Exeter's couple and Lapidist, Newmarket will furnish
us with a starter or two in Hesperno or Maidstone,
Sackbut, and perhaps King Pepin.
Trousseau is reported to be going on favourably ; more
I know not.
Of
.the extreme outside list the Major and Bermuda
have, to some extent, taken the fancy of the public ;
the former I know to be of no account, and the latter
I have not ascertained anything about as yet.
IThe component parts of the field, together with the
jeckies who are engaged or likely to ride, according to
the accounts I have received thus early, will appear in
my comments on the Stourbridge meeting to-morrow.
I am Sir, &c.,
THE SPIRIT OF TIIE TURF.

Aug. 27.

SPORTING INTELLIGENCE.

TATTERSALL'S.-YESTERDAY.
ST. LEGER.

Offers to take 4 to 1 agst Daniel O'Rourke, and lay
5 to 1 agst Songstress ; but nothing done worth quoting.
TAUNTON RACES.—SECOND DAY.
The Borough Members' Plate of 501., added to a Sweep-
stakes of 5 soya. each ; for three yrs old, 7st 71b ;
four, Bst 71b ; five, Bst 121 b ; six and aged, 9st 21b ;
winners extra, &a. Once round and a distance. (5
Subs.)
Mr. Carlile's Surge, 3 yrs
Mr. Elwes's Jobn of Berwick, 5 yrs ...... (Yates) 4 2
Mr. Ryan's Little George, 5 yrs .........(Knight) 2 3
Mr. Evans's Cingari, 6 yrs .........(Vivian) 3 4
Won easy
The Tradesmen's Plate of 251., added to a Sweep-
stakes of 3 sovs. each, for three yrs old and upwards,
one mile and a-half (5 Subs.), were won in two heats by
Mr. Stevens's Sleeping Partner, 4 yrs (Lowe), beating
Little Georg©, Cingari, John of Berwick, and Madame
Wharton.
The Hurdle Stakes of 2 sovs. each, and 15 added,
once round and a distance (3 Subs.), were won in two
heats by Mr. Scarlett's Busy Foot, beating Mulligan
and Rebus.
CANTERBURY RACES.—THIIRSDA.Y.
Sweepstakes of 2 sovs. eacb, with 20 added; three yrs
old, 7st 61b; four, Bst 71b; five, Bst 111 b; six and aged
a9nstd;
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mdaeimdeanndieodu,r&yer.s,
old, allowed 31b; five and upwards, 51b; over and
above, other allowances; winners extra. One mile
and a distance.
Mr. Hornsby's Jcc o'Sot, Bst 101 b (601.)
...(Hornsby) 2
1
Mr. Sherrard's Dan Tucker, Bat 71b, (Collins)
lion. S. R. Lushington's Harriott, Bst 21b(60/.)(Seffert) 3
Betting-5 to 4 agst Joc o' Sot, who waited until the
half distance, and won by half a neck; a length between
second and third:
The Canterbury Handicap of 5 sovs. each, 2 ft, with 50
added. Winners after the publication of the weights
Once, to carry 51b; twice, 71b extra. The second to
receive 10 sovs. out of the stakes, and to subscribe to
the stakes next year. One mile and a half,
Mr, Watton's The Marchioness, Bst 10Ib (Sherrard)
Mr. Elwes's Shropshire Witch, 7st 71b...(A. Archer) 2
Mr. W. Hale's Merry Peal, 4 yrs, Bst ..(W. Abdale) 3
Mr. Ongley's Bird of Paradise, 7st 71b...(C. Norman) 4
Mr. Begbie's Aitchbone, 3 yrs, 6st ....••(A. Marlow) 5
Betting-6 to 4 agat Merry. Peal, 2to 1 agat Shrop-
shire Witch, and 5 to 1 agst The Marchioness.
Won after a fine race up the distance between the
first by a neck, about three lengths between second and
third.
Sweepstakes of 3 soya. each, 1 ft, with 25 added; three
yrs old, Bst; four, 9st 21b; five, 9st 71b; six and aged,
9st 101 b; winners, extra. The winner to be sold for
100 soya., if demanded, and allowances if to be sold
for less. Heats; one mile and a half.
Mr. Tabberer's Ingratitude, 4 yrs, Bst 111 b 4 1 2 1
Mr. James's Malmesbury, aged, Bst 31b 1 4 3 2
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by a head; the same between second and third. Ingra-
titude did not go for the heat.
Second Heat—lngratitude made all the running, and
won in a canter by three lengths.
Third Heat-5 to 4on Ingratitude. Won by a head.
Fourth Heat—Even on Ingratitude. Won by three
engths.

DERBY RACES—THURSDAY.
The Chatsworth Stakes of 10 stove. each, h ft, and Z;
only if declared, with 50 added; the second saves kis
stake. One mile and a half. (25 Subs., 8 of whom
declared.)
Mr. T. Parr's Weathergage, 3 yrs, 7st 21b (Charlton)
Mr. R. E. Oliver's Babette, 3 yrs, sst 1 llb (Ashmate) 2
Mr. Bryer's Young England, 5 yrs, Bst 31b (Denman) 0
Mr. J. Merry's Louis N apoleon, 4 yrs, Bst 21b (Knott) 0
Mr. Adey's Liberty, 5 yrs, 85t......... (Whitehouse) 0
Mr. Flintoff's Ibis, 3 yrs, Est nib (Wells) 0
Mr. Leech na Sir Charles Napier, Est 91b (Stanway)
Mr. W. Hale's Bilberry, 3 yrs, 6st 81b (Palmer) p
Betting-6 to 4 agst Weathergage, 3telag st
Babette, and sto 1 sgst Bilberry. A fine race with tV 70
from the distance, was won by a head, Sir Charl es
Napier a bad third,
The Chesterfield Stakes of 10 soy& each, with to
added, the second saves his stake, for two yrs 01d;
colts, Bst 71b; fillies and geldings, Bst 31b; winner rs
extra, &e. About half a mile. (8 Subs.)
Lord J. Scott's Pug Orrock, Bst loth (Whitehouse)
Mr. Henderson's f Newton Lass, Bst 61b...(G. Oates) 2
Mr. Flintoff's Whalebone, Bst 101 b ......... (Marlow) .0
Mr. Shepherdson's Maid of Golborne,Bst 61b(Dennman) 0
Betting-5 to 4on Pug Orrock, sto 4 agst ASSS, llt
filly, and 3to 1 agst the others. Won on the post by a
head, the second beating the third by a length.
The Innkeepers' Plate of 50L; three year olds, 7st 8' ax;
four, Bst 911; five, 9st 41b; six and aged, 9st 916.;
mares and geldings allowed 31bs; winners once of .5( )
soya. 3lbs • twice or 100 sous. 61bs; thrice or more 911:4
Barton'sß o nver
extra. Two miles.
Mr. T. Parr's Weathergage, 3 yrs, Bst 3lb (Charlton) 1
Mr. G.
5 to 4on Weathergage. Mr. S. Lord's Achyranthes, 3 yrs, Oat 71b (Marlow) 2
lTenhtgehtrhSee;elliypegarSs taokldes
half a length between second and third.
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Mr. Parr's Carinetta, (301) sst 111 b (Wells) 1 2 2
,engtb,
and the third by a length. The winner Wass 891 d for 51
guineas*