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THE SUN, LoNDoN, FRIDAY EVENING, SEPTEMBER 11, 1863.

WORCESTER MUSICAL FESTIVAL.

S2ORTING INTELLIGENCE.

COTTON SUPPLY ASSOCIATION.

WORCESTER, Sept. 10.

LEICESTER RACES.-THURSDAY.

At the usual weekly meeting of the Executive Committee
held on Tuesday, the Bth September, a letter was read from
Salto Republica do la Banda, Oriental South America, for-
warding a sample of cotton grown from Georgian seed,
planted in October, 1862, and which was valued at 21d. per
pound. The plants commenced flowering in January, the
first cotton was picked at the end of February, and had
continued producing up to the middle of July. Each plant
has given on the average nearly a pound of cotton, and
next year double that quantity is expected. The writer
has farms of about 300 acres each, land on easy terms can
be obtained from the Government, and a company with a
capital might successfully and profitably extend the culti-
vation, A sample of cotton from Africa, grown in the
vicinity of Accra, was submitted for examination, and
valued at 19d. per lb., also one from Persia valued as Isd.
per lb. A beautiful specimen of hybrid cotton, grown at
Lucknow, forwarded by the honorary agents of the associa-
tion at Calcutta, together with samples grown in New Cale-
donia from Sea Island and Pernambuco seed, were sub-
mitted for inspection, and valued at 15(1., 24d., 25d., and
36d. respectively.
Consular despatches, relative to the amount of cotton
likely to be grown in the respective districts this year, were
received from the Foreign-office—viz., from Diarbekir, Mr.
Consul Taylor, dated July 22, reporting that the ravages of
the locusts still continued in .the districts around, and
" have completely put a stop to cotton cultivation for the
present year, and that there is not the slightest probability
of any cotton being available for export. No foreign seed
of any description has in the meantime been made use of."
From St. Domingo, Mr. Consul Hood, July 10, stating that
a very large amount of cotton seed has been sown during
this and the preceding year, that the country and
climate are well adapted to the cultivation of cotton,
which grows indigenously, and that a very large supply of
good quality might be obtained if it were not for the scarcity
of labour. As correct an estimate as possible will be' for-
warded. From the Acting Consul-General, Mr. J. V.
Crawford, Havannah, August 4, enclosing a Government
return of cotton cultivated in Cuba, and extracts from the
reports of her Majesty's Vice-Consuls, from which it ap-
pears that the coming crop may be safely estimated at
1,500,0001 b, or 3,000 bales of 5001 b each. It is stated that
the cultivation of cotton in Cuba is decidedly progressing,
in spire of the hostility evinced towards it by the majority
of the sugar planters, and that the encouragement afforded
by the Government, together with the present high prices,
will ensure the continuance of this progress. From Para,
July 25, Mr. Consul Perry, reporting that in the province
of Maranhem this year's crop is considered good and ex-
ceeds that of 1862 by some 9,000 bags. This province pro-
duces the best Brazil cotton, and were it not for the scarcity
of labour very large quantities might be raised ; and should
prices be well supported, the crops,of 1864 will be far greater
than it has been for years. From the provinces of Gram
Para and Amazonas the rate of increase appears to be about
800 arrobas of 321 b each per annum; the scarcity of labour
is the great hindrance. From Lima, July 28, Mr. Consul
Jerningham also reports tho probable crop of this year in
Peru to be 30,000 quintals of 1001 b each. From Callao,
July 16, Mr. Consul Robertson, stating that the quantity
of cotton likely to be grown in the province of Ica this
year will be 10,000 quintals, from 2,000 to 3,000 more
than last year. From the Acting-Consul, Mr. Cocks,
Islay, July 23, enclosing a specimen of indigeneous cotton
from the Valley of lambo, Peru, valued at 245. per cwt.,
and stating that the cotton hitherto grown in his district
has been for local use only, but that high prices are stimu-
lating the production with a view to exportation. Peru, in
many parts of the interior, and in all the valleys along the
coast, possesses advantages for the cultivation of cotton
which few other countries enjoy—a suitable climate, the
absence of strong winds, abundance of water, free labour,
&e. Notwithstanding the almost insurmountable indolence
and apathy of the population, many would embark their
capital in this promising enterprise if they could have grants
of land, secure possession, suitable protection, &c. Foreign
assistance in the development of this branch of industry
would be most useful. From Monte Video, July 21, Mr.
Consul Lettnorn, reporting that in his district no cotton of
any consequence is likely to be produced this year. The
ravages of the black ants have been most destructive, the
price of labour and transport is a serious obstacle, and only
in the neighbourhood of navigable rivers is it likely that
cotton will be grown to any extent. The demand for seed
in Cuba is reported in the consular despatch from Haven-
nab. induced the committee to resolve to send out a quantity
forthwith., to be disposed of to the planters at cost price.

Hen. Sehaehner must be difficult to satisfy if ho was not
pleased with the very admirable performance of his orato-
rio in the Cathedral this morning. With regard to the
work itself there is not a word to add to what was published
the day following the production of " Israel's Return from
Babylon" at Exeter. If its composer is neither a great
master nor a man of genius, ho is, at least, a consehntieus
musician, and does his best—which now-a-days can hardly
be said of many who are more highly gifted, without being
prodigies on that account. Herr Sehachner was lanky to
have his oratorio brought out at the 'Worcester Festival, and
to get the place of honour as9igned him in preference even to
Handel, still luckier, in finding such zealous and congenial
interpreters as the band, chorus, and sole singers, under the
superintendence of Mr. Done. Rarely has a new work of
pretension enjoyed a fairer chance ; and if, at tne end of the
performance, the whole of the vast assealbly crowding the
nave and aisles of the Cathedral slid not rise from their seats
with the firm conviction that they had been listening to a
chef d'ceuvre, it was certainly no fault of the executants.
Probably not a single amateur who had heard the ora-
torio in London, and was to-day equally fortunate at
Worcester, would refuse to admit that the last attempt was
better than the first, although the first—as may be readily
imagined, with Mr. Alfred Mellon at the head of a splendid
orchestra, a powerful chorus, and four of the most distin •
guished singers of the day—offered very few points for cri-
ticism. By this performance, indeed, of " Israel's Return
from Babylon" the Worcester Festival of 1863 desetves to be
remembered. The judgment that led to the selection of such

The Belvoir Stakes, a Sweepstakes of 5 says each, with 20
added, for hunters that have been hunted with an esta-
blished pack of houluls .IA least seven days, to be bona
fide the nominator's own property at the time of entry;
for four-yr-olds and upwards. Three miles. 5 subs.
Mr. I'. Hughes's Real Jam, 4 yrs, lOst 121 b (D. Hughes) 1
Mr. J. C. Pickering's Lady Bird, 5 yrs, list 71b
(Mr. T. Price) 2
Capt. Shawc's Little Dick, aged, 12st ..(Mr T. Brown) 3
Mr. T. Hunt's Jacob, 6 yre, 12st (S. Rogers) 0
Betting-2 to 1 agif Real Jam, sto 2 agst Little Dick, 3
to 1 agst Jacob. •

The latter made play until the horse went on the wrong
side of a post, when he was pulled up andleft Real Jam in
front, whew she continued to the end, And won by six
lengths; two lengths between second and third; Jacob
walked in.

The Leicestershire Handicap of 100 sous, added to a
Sweepstakes of 10 soya each, 5 ft, and 3 if declared;
winners extra. One mile and half. 25 subs, 7of whom
declared.

Mr. Lincoln's Tourist, 3 yrs, 7st 51b (H. Taylor) 1
Mr. R. Bignell's The Prophet, 6 yrs, Bst 81b (S. Rogers) 2
Mr. John Osborne's Flytrap, 3 yrs 7st 51b (J. Osborne) 3
M 3 Yrs) 7st r. Handley's Ossian, (E. Taylor) 4
Mr. Handley's Cheerful, 3 yrs, Bst 21b
lib
(Mr. G. S Thompson) 5
Mr. Saxon's Formidable, 3 yrs, Est 61b ..(J Grimshaw) 6
Mr. Redhff's Jack o'Newbury, 3 yrs, Est 131 b (inc. 71b ex)
(Pearson) 7
Betting-7 to 4 agst Formidable, 3to 1 agst Tourist, 5
to 1 agst Flytrap, 8 to 1 agst The Prophet.
After going a quarter of a mile Tourist took the lead
from Formidable, was never afterwards headed, and won by
tlenis,' allowances. Sst 101 b ; fillies Bst
T.Y.C.
a length. Flytrap was a bad third ; and the rest came
past the post in straggling order.
The:SkeffiLgton Park Stakes of 10 sous each, 3 ft, with
added,74lob;w innefros extra, rtw yra-nolds;

a work, while the oratorios of Herr Ferdinand Hiller and
one or two other living composers of universally recognised
distinction, have never been produced in England, may be
questioned by some people who like to pick a hole where
they can without serious risk ; but the pains taken by every
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honour to themselves, and earned unqualified credit. They
would have made "Israel's Return" pass for a veritable
chef d'oeuvre, had it lain in their power; but failing in that,
they resolved it should sound as like a chef d ceuvre as the
materials of which it is constructed would allow. Ono espe-
cial advantage was vouchsafed to the oratorio yesterday.
There were, in all probability, just as many friends and
partisans of HeneSchachner present as on that former me-
morable occasion when the walls of Exeter Hall reverbe-
rated with vociferous demonstrations of approval; but the
arena being now a cathedral church, whatever the impres-
eion created, there was no Chance of applauding, either in
right or wrong places; and as not a single repetition was
asked for, by those who enjoy the exclusive privilege at
these morning ceremonies, the performance was nowhere
interrupted, so that Herr Schachner's work could be heard
and judged fairly and impartially as a whole; and if this
second experience suggested nothing new to say about it the
inference to be drawn is palpable.
"Israel's Return from Babylon"—the reader may care to
be reminded— is divided into four parts—the Captivity, the
Deliverance, the Reconcilement and Return to Zion, the
Promise and Song of Praise. These headings alone suffice
to explain the plan of the book, which, as there are no inci-
dents, is all that is necessary to remember. They will also
serve for reference in the few observations to be made in
yesterday's performance. The band gave the orchestral pre-
lude—meant doubtless to describe the despondent feelings
of the Israelites under the yoke of their bondage—as finely
as „it could possibly be given. Hero were pianissimos no
less than fortissimos—pianissinios, toovthe like of whica it
would be, agreeable to welcome a little more frequently in
London; and this too without offence to the members of our
London orchestra, seeing that the band engaged by the
conductor of the Worcester Festival is almost entirely se-
lected from their ranks. Perhaps it is easier to play softly
in a church than in a theatre or concert-room. The choruses
in the Captivity—" Go yo conquerors" and " War against
Babylon"—though wholly different in character, were
equally well sung. The first, by the way, is ono of several
instances in which Herr Schachner imparts peculiar indi-
viduality to the celestial bequests—the words of the divine
admonitions being always set to a single note. This note
remains unchanged, and is reiterated upon each succeeeive
syllable, while the harmony is modulated in the accompani-
ments. The expedient was applied by Mendelssohn, in his
comic operetta " Heinikcler," the part of the Mayor being
cast to an amateur who could boast bat ono available note
in his voice; bat what Mendelssohn did for a joke Herr
Schachner has imitated with the gravest conceivable inten-
tions. The admonition in the first part (Capt:vity)—" Go
yo conquerors"—is uttered upon a ceries of E's; that in'
the third (Return to Zion)—" Whom I have spared from the
sword"—upon a series of G's ; that in the fourth (Promise)
—" They shall be my people"—upon a series of C's. The
idea was, perhaps,
.by the aid. of simplicity, to confer in-
creased solemnity; but the effect is at the best mono-
tonous. The chorus in the Deliverance—" Sound the
loud timbrel"—was given with extraordinary spirit ; that
in the Return to Zion—" Go forth to the Mount," con-
veying the exultation of the Israelities on their delivery and
their joy at the thoughts of seeing Zion once again—splen-
didly ; the final chorus of the Song of Praise—" Praise to
the Lord," which, like the chorus just named, involves
an
example of Herr Sehachner's method of conducting a
"fugue"—and is preceded by an example of the light in
which he views chorale--best of all. In short, more effec-
tive singing has not been heard at any of the meetings of
the three choirs; and, as the music was strange to the
singers, they may be said, without exaggerated eulogy, to
have covered themselves with glory. Nor should the solid
and continuous support they received from the members of
the orchestra bo passed over, inasmuch as to that was in
great part duo the highly satisfactory result.
• The solo singers were Mademoiselle Tietjens, Miss Pal-
mer, Mr. Sims Reeves, and Mr. Santley. Herr Schachner's
oratorio only stands in need of four "principals," and he
could not possibly have fallen into abler or more willing
hands. The three quartets (with chorus)—" So when the
dread clouds," " With singing come we unto thee," and
" Put onthy strength, 0 Zion I" (containing another spe-
cimen of "fugue")—the first of which occurs in The Deli-
verance, the second and third in The Return, were incom-
parably given by these excellent and invariably attentive
singers. Another striking performance was the duet,
" Hark I 'tis the breeze of twilight" (Evening Hymn—
written strictly throughout in what is termed "canon on
the octave," the voices answering each other note for note),
sung in the moat perfect style by Mademoiselle Tietjens
and Mr. Sims Reeves; and again another, the duet for
men's voices—'" The Lord has tried His children"—which,
it is scarcely necessary to state, was equally fortunate. The
Bolos Were beyond reproach.. Mademoiselle Tietjens, who
Was in magnificent voice, gave the cavatina, " Come not, 0
Lord," the air (with chorus), " On high resound our songs
with praise," and the soprano recitatives (which are both
incessant and fatiguing) as thoroughly well as the corn.
poser, most nervous and exacting about his own music,
could possibly have desired ; Miss Palmer threw genuine
sentiment into the air, "Fallen is the throne, 0 Israel I"
and the arietta, " The Lord hath laid bare His holy arm ;"
Mr. Smalley gave "Awake, rise, and shine" (in which is
observed a setting of the passage, " Behold, darkness shall
cover the earth," materially differing from Handel's "Ho
sent a thick darknetig"), with wonderful energy; and Mr.
Sims Reeves surpassed himself in the air, "The Lord of
Hosts is with us," and the solo, "He will bring them again
into His holy place," finer singing than which has not been
heard. Thus every incident of the performance was in
favour of Herr Schachner, and the best wish wo could offer
up in his behalf is that he may again have an opportunity
of hearing " Israel's Return from Babylon" thus unim-
peachably performed.
sSievrao Seraphim," the air " Waft her Angels,"
The selection from Handel comprised the overture to
"Esther" (his first oratorio), the chorus " Cherub and
spoke," from
rumpet'e lofty
recitative, "Deeper and deeper still" (Mr. Sims
Reeves) ; the '
eclipse" (Mr. Will)
air Farewell ye limpid streams" (Miss
Palmer), and the chorus " When his loud voice in thunder
with its impres-
sive
Jephtha" (his last) ; the chorus " Awake
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ton-Dolby), the chorru,
Gaza" (Madame Le sound' including the solo "Ye men of
nee m ens • Sherrington) ; the air "Total
tread," the air
double chorus "Fixed iunr
Cooper), the chorus " 0 first created
0 God of Hosts" (Madame Sain-
beam," the air "ReYtu
"Honour
"To dust his glory they would
"hot the bright Seraphim" (Mademoiselle
arms" (Mr. Weiss), the
s everlasting seat," the air
h Tietions—trutn-
pet Mr. T. Harper),,,se masnedn,!,h
tehecoorus "Let their celestial
ranked with the "Messiah" itself,
which its composer
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be true the result is not astonishing, it beinnotorious
that peefple who attend a performance gratis are never
8°
liberal a's those who have paid for their admissions.

Half a mile.
Mr. Lincoln's Light, ,fist.. (Challoner) 1
Mr. Redliff's Cranbury, Bst 131 b (Payne) 2
Mr. W. Bevill's Junius, Bst 51b ... (11. Grimshaw) 3
Mr. J. Osborne's Greenland, Bst 13Ib ...... (J. Osborne) 4
Lord Fitzwilliam's Ignorance filly, Bst 4lb .. (Smith) 5
Betting—Even on Light, sto 2 agst Cranbury, 7 to 2
agat Junius, 100. to 15 agst Greenland.
Cranbury jumped away first, but after going 200 yards
resigned in favour of Junius, who held a clear lead into the
straight. At the distance Light, who had been waiting
upon Junius and Cranbury, went to the front and won
easily by a length. Junius, who gave way to Cranbury
half way within the distance, finished a bad third.
The County Cup Stakes, by subscription of 10 sovs each,
for three-yr-olds and upwards ; winner to be sold for
300 sovs if demanded, Btc. Twice round and a distance.

Bst .......... (Payne) w.o.
The each, with 35 added, far all
5 subs.
Mr. T.
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Baof 3 esv
selling °
and'lt' other 4 yrs,
asllowances, Three-quarters of
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a mile. 6 subs.
Mr. Newbold's Vulture, aged (£so),9st llb (S. Rogers) 1
Mr. Mereton's Telscombc, 2 yrs, (£5O), 9st llb (Zaaker) 2
Mr. Mellon's Fletton, 3 yrs (£3O), Set .... (lteeves) 3

Betting-5 to 2on Vulture.

Vulture made play throughout, and won by three-quar-
ters of a length ; half a length divided second and third.
There was no advance on the selling price of the

winner.

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b),
(Mr. J. Store, jun. 1
Match : £lOO. Half a mile.
3 yrs, list 61b
........ (Owner)) 2
waited on 0. T. until
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Mr.
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who
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approaching the distance, where he came away and won
in a canter by 10 lengths.
The Licensed Victuallers' Plate (Handicap), a Sweepstakes
of 5 sovs each, Ift ; winners extra.

Mr. Saxon's Churchman, 4 yrs, Tat • • (J. Grimahaw) w.o.
There was no betting on future events.

TATTERSALL'S-LAST EVENING.

As might be anticipated on the " off day "—and the
Leicester meeting on—the attendance Was small. The
transactions were correspondingly meagre, and, save and
except that the " turf talk" during the afternoon clearly
indicated that Lord Clifden still occupied an equivocal
position in the market, and that The Ranger was rather
" shaky," there was no feature worth recording. Bto 1
was accepted about Lord St. Vincent's horse, although
later on, when but few wero present, there were offers to
take 7to 1. The Avenger was unmistakeably firm, sto 1
being the highest offer, but half a point wore would have
been taken kindly. Queen Bertha was very healthy, and
at 6to 1 would have met with support. A commission was
favour of Golden Pledge, but the
layers
n
gotth theno mor
n scent,morning
in
and in the City pffers of 100 to 12
did not meet the views of.the "commissioner," and cause-
quentlY nothing was done. At Hyde-park Corner he was
even in better odour; and although his City price would
have been readily snatched up, 8 to 1 was the highest offer,
and which was accepted once or twice; £7OO to £2OO was
booked about The Ranger and Lord Clifden coupled; £lOO
to £2OO that The Ranger does not finish one of the first
three, and £lOO to £4O against Lord Clifden being first,
second, or third. One or two animals were " put up " for
the Cesarewitch, but beyond some chaff about the "cripples,"
and offers of 1000 to 30 on the field:for the Cesarewitch, the
great autumn handicaps were scarcely touched upon.
Closing prices

Government Emigration,

The following are the details of the emigration to the
Australi-'n Colonies, the Cape of Good Hope, &c., conducted I
by her Majesty's Emigration Commissioners curing the year
1862:—The number of ships chartered by the Commis-
sioners was 30—nine of these sailed to New South Wales,
six to Queensland, four to Victoria, threo to South Austra-
lia, two to Western Australia, two to the Cape of Good
Hope, and four to Natal. The number of emigrants con-
voyed to the colony of New South Wales amounted to 3,078
souls, equal to 2,8111 statute adults, of whom 207 were mar-
ried men, 221 married women, 1,175 single men, 1,011
single women, 192 boys between the ages of 1 and 12, 203
girls between the same ages, 29 male infants, and 40 female
—6Ol were English, 179 Scotch, and 2,298 Irish. The num-
ber of emigrants conveyed to Queensland was 1,659 souls,
equal to 1,757 statute adults, of who 271 were married men,
271 married women, 558 single men, 515 single women, 132
were boys between the ages of 1 and 12, 152 girls between
the same ages, 33 male infants, and 20 female-874 were
English, 676 Scotch, and 502 Irish. The number of emi-
grants conveyed to Victoria was 1,505 souls, equal to
1,3941 statute adults, of whom 144 were married men,
144 married women, 28 single men, 1,000 single women,
75 boys between the ages of one and 12, 82
girls between the same ages, 17 male infants, and 12
females-691 were English, 443 Scotch, and 368 Irish, The
number of emigrants conveyed to South Australia was
1,066 souls, equal to 969 statute adults, of whom 120 were
married men, 124 married women, 325 single men, 320
single women, 58 boys between the ages of one and 12, 82
girls between the same ages, 12 male infants, and 15 female;
533 were English, 305 Scotch, and 228 Irish. The number
of emigrants conveyed to Western Australia was 572 souls,
equal to 501 statute adults, of whom 86 were married men,
88 married women, 69 single men, 207 single women, 48
boys between the ages of one and 12, 54 girls between the
same ages, 12 male infants and 8 female-321 were English,
33 Scotch, and 218 Irish. To Tasmania 19 emigrants were
conveyed-2 were married women, 16 single women, and 1
girl-6 were English, and 13 Irish. The number of emi-
grants conveyed to the Cape of Good Hope was 500 souls,
equal to 4501 adults, of whom 57 were married men, 57
married women, 167 single men, 127 single women, 44 bays
between the ages of 1 and 12, 41 girls between the same
ages, 3 male infants and 4 female-207 were English, 66
Sootch,`and 227 Irish. The number of emigrants conveyed
to Natal, South Africa, was 422 souls, equal to 348 statute
adults, of whom 66 were married men, 71 married women,
100 single men, 59 single women, 53 boys between the ages
of 1 and 12, 51 girls between the same ages, 12 male infants
and 10 female-329 were English, 46 Scotch, and 47 Irish,.
To the Falkland Islands 12 emigrants were conveyed, viz.,
2 married men. 2 married women, 6 single men, 1 girl, and
1 male infant-3 were English, 8 Scotch, and 1 Irish. To
St. Helena only 2 emigrants were conveyed--9110 was a
married woman and the other a girl, both English. The
total amounts to 9,125 souls, equal to 8,262 statute adults,
of whom 953 were married men, 981 married women, 2,438
single men, 3,255 single women, 602 boys between the ages
of 1 and 12, 668 girls between the same ages, 119 male in-
fants, and 109 female-3,567 were English) 1,656 Scotch
and 3,902 Irish,

ST. LEGER.
sto 1 agst Lord' Stamford's Avenger (offers to take
11 to 11 to 2)
2 agst Mr. T. Valentine's Queen
•
Bertha (offers
100 to 40 agst to take 6to 1)
Bto 1 agst Mr. IL Owen's Golden pledge (taken)
Bto 1 agst Lord St. Vincent's Lord Clifden (taken)
16 to 1 agst Mr. I'Anson's Borealis (offered)
400 to 200 eget The Ranger being first, second, or third
(taken)
•••
700 to 200 ag (taken) •
st The Ranger and Lord Clifden, coupled
Lord Cad= being first, second, or third
(taken)
__CESAREWITCR.
- - - '

The Subscription Room will be opened on
1000 to 30 on the field (offered)
Saturday nest
business as usual.
for "comparing,' on Doncaster, and the transaction of

BETTING AT
MAN CHE STER—TituRsDAY.
For the St. Leger, Avenger and The Banger were about
equal favourites, as 6 to 1 would have been taken about
either ,of them. The same figure (offered) stood against
Queen Bertha, but less than 13 to 2 was declined. Lord
Clifden seemed firmer to-day, as Bto 1 was :booked about
him, and no higher offer. than 7 to 1 was made at the close.
A bet of 3 to 1 was taken during the day that he would ba
in the first three, and another of 2 to 1 was offered that he
ran for the St. Leger. Closing prices :•—•

TILE 1,;(1{114
6to 1 agst Avenger. (wanted)
6to 1 agat Ranger (taken)
13 to 2 agst Queen Bertha (wanted)
Bto 1 agat Lord Clifden (taken)
Sto 1 agst Golden Pledge (taken)
16 to 1 agat Blue Mantle (taken and offered)
100 to 1 agst Blondin (taken and offered)
100 to 1 agat Mogador (offered)

Richard," with Latest Betting, and exclusive information of
ST. LEGER PnorittmEs, by
Probablo Starters, Jockeys, &c. List of Horses expected at
Doncaster—the Sled mere Sale—s-
pecial Reports of Warwick,
Leicester, and Baden Baden Meetings, and all the Racing,
Shooting, Cricket, and Aquatic News of the week—See the
"Beacon" and " Rhyming.
Sporting Gazette (limited) of Saturday nest, Sept. 12, the
only paper that prophesied Macaroni and Lord Clifden Ist
and 2d for the Derby, Queen Bertha for the Oaks, the
Ranger for the Grand Prix de Paris, and Isoline and La
Toneques Ist and 2d for Goodwood Cup,—Price Three-
pence, Stamped Fourpence. Office, 14, York-street, Covent-
garden, London.

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EFFECT OF WAR.--We have just received the
annual report of the auditor of Kentucky. It
doll 7:
an 1 theBl
hi
of so t.
towns
e seo
and
lmotps
con-
tains a statement of the taxable property for 30 odd years,
and from it we find that in 1860 the taxable property of our
State was valued at nearly 617,000,000 dols; in 1861 it fell
lr
off 62,000,000 dols, and in 1862 113,060,000 dols, so that
the aggregate depreciation has been over 165,000,000 dols,
and our state has been put back eight or ten years. The
decrease in the valuation of articles subject to taxation ex-
tends,
lto
s every
0 article amlr loan,
mares,
5,4,6
,26
their
0s
9d,08
value6i2s
dols; of mules, 1,539,113 dole; of jennies, 107,430 dole; of ;
in 1562 with that of the previous year, the valuation of land
hofassda eveere:350ed,7506,,4166 sBd
,'i4o
cattle, 1,078,015 dols; of stores, 3,905,674 dols; and under
the Equalisation Law 10,759,491 dols, being an aggregate
of nearly 113,000,000 dole fur the financial year ending' the
10th of October, 1862, while for the year previous the de
crease was 52,'294,131.—L0ui5vi11e Jotowl.
NOTTINGHAM CHAMBER OF COMMERCE.—At a
-4 the council held on WednesdaY, th° 9th
' read from the Board of Trade as to. altera-
' - tariff of duties, and also notice stat-
' - accorded by Belgium to
'-,,Se countries on

ALLEGED MURDER, OF A BANK CLERK.—Yester-
day morning considerable excitement was created
in the district of Aldgate, by a rumour that a young gentle-
man, a clerk in the City Bank, had been found murdered in
the river. It appears that since the night of Sept. 3. Mr.
Hugh Dolley Morris, aged about 22 years, was missing, and
throughout the metropolis walls were placarded with de-
scriptions of him, and the police had made inquiries after
him in every direction. He could nowhere be found. On
Wednesday, however, his body was diecovered floating in the
Thames, off the St. Katharine's Dockg,
t was removed to
the Aldgato dead-house, and upon examina
ti et marks of ill-
usage was found upon the faun and body. Thera was n°
money or other property found in the pockets, but t;;:" 415-
ceased was stated to have been in comparatively good cir-
cumstances, and not to have been in the least likely to hate
committed self-deft.;;;::;;;. It has been ascettalued that
at midnie4,"
last Thursday Mr. Morris vr
at; in
Arthur-street
Bast, near London-bridge, talking to a woman, and he was
neVer seen alive after. Ile had been just previously stand-
ing with a man near the same spot, but whether the woman
and the man ware connected hi not precisely known. There
appears to ba no doubt that the deceased was robbed, and
the fact of injuries being found on the face and head would
indicate that he was robbed with violence. Such till
out-
'rage could hardly have taken place, even at midnight, in so
open a spot, and therefore the inference is that the woman
must have enticed him down the steps to the river side,
Where the crime might have been accomplished without ob-
servation, Who the welnala was has not as yet been &weer-

meeting
inst., notice way. _
tions in the Portuguese -
in g that the reduced rate of dune-
France by the treaty concluded between f,
the 12th of May last are only applicable to the same at
of British origin when imported into Belgium. Copies
and
of
the report of her Majesty's Secretaries of Embassy
Legation, respecting the manufactures and commerce of the
countries in which they reside, and of the " commercial re-
ports" of her Majesty's Consuls abroad have been received
from the Foreign-office and were brought before the meet-
goods are paced fil-
ing. Mr. M. Dann gave notice that at a future meeting of
the council he should bring forward for discussion the po •
tion in which Nottingham lace in case of
damage or loss in transit by either railway canal, or other
carriers, no compensation being claimable from the carriers
for such damage or loss of "lace," unless a high rate of car
rube, by way of lasurance, has )beesprevi ."
CAP Y paid t4ert,:n.

mat MllTIm..

The last miscellaneous concert in the College Hall this
evening; the "Messiah" to-morrow afternoon (for both of
which every ticket has been sold), and the ball in the Guild-
hall in the evening. will bring this unprecedentedly euccess.
tul festival to an end.

tained.
The Wilna Journal states that a member of the
Fiscal Chamber of Osznaiana, named. Suadzki, has just been
shot under Bente upe of 8 court-martial; he had belepged to
nn butireent bewr,.'

A steady supply of gold to the amount of
£20,000,000 a year has reached us of Ige year 2 from Cali-
forni4 and Australia►

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under command command of Capt. do MolyggiViVslifAßEß
Alleyne, there will also embark 1 . .3-.. , .
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gunners Royal Artillery for Ber . , ./.1;'74-11V,7,A •
dt
ners of the Royal Artillery for t. trTlirniFtT,,, t,'!
Nova. See ~. . ~...,. ~..,
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.....,
0- ''' r‘fternoon tho wh, ' •i 4. -TWAr-t' ' :+1.144
I '-' -‘ 4:.
sior . ,.i ._,, , -.oyal Arti'l . 11, • .-,4,
by Lieut.-Col. R. Talbot, was asse,mitd ft theS
parade ground of the head-quarters at Sheerness, to
witness the distribution of medals for long servico
and good conduct to several members of the bri-
gade. The troops formed three sides of a hollow
square, when they were addressed in a few appro-
priate words by Col. W. R. Nedha,m, commanding
the garrison at Sheerness, who afterwards handed
the medals to the fortunate recipients—Serg. Rolle,
Bombardier Hull, and Gunners Wm. Stephens and
James Graham, who have each served for a period
of 21 ;ears.
Tho fdliowing detachments of the depot Royal
Artillery yesterday left head- quarters, Woo! w ich, for
Gravesend, and embarked on board the troopship
Canning, for Madras:—Lieut.-Col. Maeintire,C apt.
Purvis, Capt. Laurie, Lients. Macarthy, Gambier,
eatubris) Haynes, Johnson' Roberts, Knot, Jim's,
and Lavir, Capt. Jackson, three officers' wives, 1-19
men, 15 women, end 16 children.

—..4d.
STAMPED

Vaval and Military Intelligence.

THE NAVY.

Her Majesty's screw steam corvette Scylla, 21
guns, 400 horse-power, was commissioned for ser-
vice on the East India and China stations, on Wed-
nesday last, at Sheerness, the pennant being hoisted
by Master John Jones, for Capt. S. G. Cresswell.
The vessel's fitments are being completed with the
greatest rapidity, and she will be ready for sea in a
few days.
The Gibraltar, 81, screw ship, 3,721 tons, 'and
800-horse power, fitting for sea at Davenport, is to
have a complement of 860 ellisers and men, and
will be commanded by Capt. James Charles Pre-
vost. The Gibraltar was launched at Davenport on
tho 16th of August, 1860, and is now for the first
time being put into commission, and it is reported
her first station is to be the Mediterranean. Capt.
Prevost entered the Navy in 1829, and, previousto
his promotion to commander, which took place on
the 22d of October, 1814, he served in the Mediter-
ranean, at Lisbon, on the North America and West
India Station, and at Portsmouth. He was com-
mander of the Vernon, 50, on the South American
station and in the East Indies ; of the Portland, 50,
flagship in the Pacific, from August, 1850, to the
spring of 1854 ; and commanded the Satellite, 21,
on the last mentioned station from September, 1856,
until the spring of 1861.
The massive screw shaft for the iron frigate
Achilles was landed yesterday at the Centre-wharf,
Chatham Dockyard, from one of the transports
which had conveyed it round from the establish-
ment of Messrs. John Penn and Son, Greenwich,
who are making the 1,250-horse power engines
for the Achilles. The screw shaft is one of the
finest specimens of brass castings ever produced in
this country, and it is finished and polished in the
most perfect manner. Its gross weight is 3 tons,
Bcwt., 2qrs., 31b., and its diameter clear, 2ft. 2in.
The mechanics are now boring the passage in which
the shafting will be inserted. This operation, which
has been some days in progress, will be completed
during the present week.
The steam dredging machine has been employed
at the entrance to Chatham harbour, near Folly
Point, for several weeks past in removing a spit of
sand and in deepening the river at the spot selected
for mooring the large iron frigate Achilles, 6,079
tons, when she has been floated out of the dock,
where she is rapidly approaching completion. Under
the direction of Commander Pope, Queen's harbour-
master at Chatham, suitable moorings are being laid
down at the harbour's mouth, as she could not be
moored alongside the dockyard without taking the
ground at low tides.
Two dockyard transports are now employed in
removing the collection of stores from the naval
establishment at Deal to Chatham, prior to the Deal
dockyard being abolished, and its site disposed of
by the Government. The quantity of stores already
landed is very large, but a considerable proportion
is altogether useless for naval purposes: In accord-
ance with instructions from the Admiralty, Mr.
Hutchens, one of the assistant master-shipwrights
at Chatham, proceeded yesterday to Deal to make a
survey of the remaining stores, in order that the
delay and expense of removing materiel ultimately
proving valueless may be avoided. The stores con-
nected with the victualling department will not be
landed at Chatham, but are to be forwarded direct
to Deptford.
The Pioneer, 6, screw despatch vessel, Comman-
der F. C. Robinson (acting), arrived at Spithead
yesterday morning, from the Australian station,
after a long passage, having sailed from England
from Sydney, on the 12th of April last. The
Pioneer arrived at St. Vincents, Cape do Verde, on
the Bth of August, and sailed from there again on
the 11th, bringing with her a mail from her Ma-
jesty's steamer Himalaya, which was coaling there
in prosecution of her voyage outward from England.
She called at Madeira on the 27th day of August,
and aecertained that the Virago, 6, paddle sloop,
sailed thence on the previous day for Halifax, Nova
Scotia. Fine weather was experienced by the
Pioneer on her passage home until making the
Channel, where she fell in with strong S.W. winds.
Mr. Phillips, late paymaster of her Majesty's ship
Eclipse, a few nasal invalids, and two naval invalids
from the Tien-tSill, Commander Nicolas, received on
board at the Cape of Good Hope, came to England
in the Pioneer as passengers. The Pioneer was
commissioned at Portsmouth in May, 1859, by Com-
mander May, and proceeded to China. While on
that station Commander May received this promo-
tion to post rank, and was succeeded by Comman-
der O'Reilly, who remained in the ship until after
her arrival on the Australian station, to which she
had been detached from the China squadron.
Having lost his life by an accident while on horse-
back ashore at Brisbane, Commander O'Reilly was
succeeded by first Lieut. Robinson, who brought
the vessel home to England. The acting rank of
this officer will doubtless be confirmed by the
Admiralty on paying the ship oat of commission.
The following appointments were made on Wed-
nesday at the Admiralty :—Capt. S. G. Cresswell
to the Scylla ; Lieut. I. A. F. Luttrell, Lieut.
Duncan Stewart, Lieut. G. G. Hunt, and Lieut. J.
E. Pringle, to the Scylla ; Albert Warren, assis-
tant paymaster to the Blenheim ; and R. J.
assistant clerk, to the Duke of Wellington.

Improvements in llodern Schoo

Not only are the books now used in teaching the
rudiments of Greek and Latin vastly improved, but
the method of using them indicates on the part of
the teacher a much higher style of scholarship, and
leads on the part of the pupils to a more intelligent
appreciation of what they learn. Although we are
surprised to find some clinging with amiable
tenacity to the old "Eton Latin Grammar,"—which
we had fancied the labours of Kennedy, Donaldson,
and others had long superseded,—we congratulate
these on their adoption of "an easy and pleasant
method for the perfect acquisition of that gram-
mar." Until quite lately, the only idea of teaching
Latin consisted in making the boy learn by rote
unintelligible rules, written in the very language he
was studying to acquire, in the fond hope that some
time or other he would be able to understand and
apply them. It is encouraging nowadays to find
masters using the grammar as a book of reference
before it is committed to the memory as a system of
rules, explaining beforehand the form, usage, or
construction on which the rule is founded, and in
various ways leading their pupils to regard the
grammar as made for the acquisition of the lan-
guage, and not the language for the acquisition of
the grammar. To be able to repeat the rule was

the first and great commandment with the school-
master of the last generation ; to understand the
principle and quote an illustration of it is the wiser
demand made by our present teachers on their
youthful scholars. It were needless to enlarge on
the benefits, direct and indirect, resulting from the
single change.
Another improvement, hardly less valuable, seems
to us to lie in the greater attention paid to philology
in its various branches as an aid in teaching. How
many boys, for example, thirty years ago, under-
stood the meaning of a " case 9' On the other
hand, what a light must be thrown now on the
chaos of genitives and datives, when most pupil.;
are shown by their teachers at the beginning that
these case-endings only serve the purpose cf the
prepositions which are placed before English words
—that the "i" and "o" in " domini," domino,"
simply express the " of" and " to" of their own
tongue, and when th 3 knowledge of even the rudi-
ments of French and German will be made to illus-
trate by contrast the point in question ! The same
holds in a still greater degree with etymology.
Nothing is calculated to enlist a young pupil's at-
tention, improve his memory, and make him see the
use of what he is learning so much as the percep-
tion of the likeness between his own speech and
what he hears called " the dead languages." It is
not that this was omitted by farmer schoolmasters,
but their attempts were, to say the least, infelici-
tous—even if their false etymology has not can-

tribuied in some degree to dizeve:lit the true, Thp-
pily, we shall not hear again rico —"I breathe,"
derived from the first and last letter of the alpha-
bet, as the first and last thing done in life ; or i; qbtr
traced to the reptile "L cpas" to Eve. Every
new dictionary and lexicon adds something valua-
ble to this branch of study, and the increased ac-
quaintance with the modern languages makes its
introduction still more welcome to the learners. Let
an intelligent boy once have the likeness, not be-

tween single words merely, but (say, for instance)
between the French and Latin conjugations pointed
out to him, and a curiosity and mode of inquiry will
have been awakened in him, which will go on rais-
ing for itself and solving after a fashion similar pro-
blems in each day's lesson.

A third point on which we cannot but think we
have advanced is the diminished stress laid on mak-
ing Latin verses. We are perfectly aware of all
that can be urged in their favour, as teaching the
delicacies of the language, cultivating general taste,
supplying a correct pronunciation, and so forth ; but
while we should be the last to undervalue these re-
sults when gained by the few, we cannot forget the
time wasted, the honest labour sacrificed, the more
valuable subjects neglected, by the many who never
gain any of the said results at all. Of all the unsavoury
sacrifices presented at the shrine of Parnassus we can
conceive none equal to the " nonsense verses" written
by boys at their first school. Yet till quite recently
Latin versification formed a necessary and impor-

TIIE ARMY.
The subjoined general order, dated. Horse Guards,
the 31st inst., in reference to distinctions obtained
by the several regiments of cavalry and infantry
engaged in
quelling the mutiny in India, was pro-
mulgated yesterday
"The Queen, in commemoration of the services of the
undermentioned regiments in restoring order in her Ma-
jesty's Indian dominions, is graciously pleased to command
that the words' Delhi," Lucknow," Central India,' re-
spectively be borne on their standards, colours, or appoint-
ments, &e.
"Delhi-6th Dragoon Guards, 9th Lancers, Sth, 52d,
60th, 61st, 75th, 101st (late Ist Bengal Fusiliers), and 104th
(late 2d Bengal Busiliers) Regiments.
4. Lucknow-For defence of Lucknow-sth, 32d, 64th,
78th, 84th, 90th, and 102 d (late Ist Madras Fusiliers). For
relief of Lucknow-Oth Lancers, Military Train, 564 Bth,
23d, 53d, 75th, 82d, and 93d Regiments.
" For capture of Lucknow-2d Dragoon (luard°'
20th, 273 d,
Hussars, 9th Lancers, Military Train, sth,
93d, 97th, 101st
34th, 38th, 42d, 53d, 78th, 79th, 84th,
90th,
9Fa'siliers) P
(late Bengal Fusiliers), 102 (late Ist lkfadola°
giments, and the Rifle Brigade.
Hussars,athBBl2t
htl: L9sallinc,orlso,Btlh4th(laltlell3s-di
" Central Indic--Bth
83d,t0 3d Bombay European)
ears, 71st. 72d, 80th,
Madras Europeans), and 100th (la
f his Royal flightless the Field-Marshal
Regiments.
" A. H. HouTroun,
"By command o
Commanding-in-ChOf•
Deputy Adjutant-General,"
A review
of the troops in, garrison at Ports-
mouth wog place on Southsea.comrnon yesterday
afternoon' and a large number of residents and
visitors assembled to witness the proceedings. Tho
forca consisted of three regiments of infantry, the
55th under Col. Hume, 53d under Major Harem, and
Ist battalion 2a under Col. Holcombe, mustering
togetheo,663 of all ranks, and ou each flank was
drawn up a battery of field Armstrong artillery-
on the right the " 1" battery of tho 4th Brigade of
ail: 12 poundera under Lieut.-Cul. Barneton, and on
the left the" battery of six 1' pounders under
the command-in-chief of Lieut.-Col. Anderson, 0.13.
Major-Gf.m. Lord W.. Paula, C. 8., the General
commanding the district, reviewed the troops, who
rqterwards performed an aniniztal series at field

taut part in the classical training of private as
well as public schools ; and there was no greater
epoch in a boy's life than when he first succeeded
in making Bland's horse " wander in wide fields,"
according to the correct measure of a Latin
hozanr2ter. We have a hearty satisfaction in the
thought that it is no longer deemed necessary for a
boy to have made some ten thousand Latin verses
(more than are contained in the " "Encid ") before
he is nineteen years old ; that except for boys who
os
arc likely to distinguish themselves at the Unive:-
shy, tho system is now rarely retained ; and that
the time once
in
the " Grades,"on
subjects not less beneficial to the mind, and infinitely
expended
freeuded t o ill
used
m out
re epithetsviiely
b huntinge
lies the crowning improve-
-I;Wefrohrnaillpiefse:the classics are taught more
other subjects are made of scarcely
intelligently,v
311 eOAr more
tn dVo afhlal
e.b.
loss importance. Arithmetic, mathematics, history,
and perhaps the rudiments of natural science, are
now put on nearly an equal footing with the study
of Virgil and Homer, Cesar and Xenophon. It

can no more be said of the young Englishman or
his preceptor, that his great object is " not to
reason, to imagine, or to invent, but to conjugate,
decline, and derive." Many are beginning to
believe, with Dr. Donaldson, that the study
of Latin and Greek shoalcl not even be entered
upon till the tenth or eleventh year of
age, and that the previous years of boys
are better spent in acquiring the geography
and history of their own country, and storing their
memory with passages from their vernacular litera-
ture. However this may be, it is certain that in all
the better private schools a wiser adjustment be-
tween the classical and non-classical part of instruc-
tion is now made with due reference to what may
be known or conjectured respecting the pupil's
work and prospects in life. The boy who is to enter
business at fifteen or the army at simtecn, has not
only not to swallow the same dose of Greek para-
digms and Latin exercises as his companion who is
destined for the University, but he is also furnished
with the instruction that will best fit him fur his
calling. Such subjects as mathematics and modern
languages are not regarded in the light of " extras,"
to be left to chance teachers, but are being more and
more inc3rporated with the rep,ttiar schoolwo-i.k,
taught, with the same precis en and treated with the
same importer:ee as the rest. There is yet, no doubt,
much to ho done; but with improved books, better
qualified teacher!, and jester notions of education,
with the various examinations challenging
acquirements., exposing the incapable
6CIIOOI
hops to see a still greater improve-
ment lion,
2
ens, and recommending the successful—
we may fairly
of our private
school in the methf'd and results iov-
vate
2
hitherto attaincd,
school teaching than have
—LancZon