The Sun.
London, England, 1864-10-27 00:00:00

Match, both 2-yr-olds. T.Y.C, 100, h ft.

Lord Westmoreland's Brahma Bst 101 ....(Fordham) 1
Lord Glasgow's Sister to Ascham, Bst (Wells) 2
Betting-7 to 2on Brahma.
The favourite made all the running, and won in a canter
by three lengths.
Match, both 2-yr-olds, Bst 71b each. T.Y.C. 100, h ft.
Mr Elphinstone's Lady Valentine, Bst 71b..(Fordhatn) 1
Lord Uxbridge's Arkansas, Bst 7110 (Roger.) 2

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Betting-5 to 2on Arkansas.
Lady Valentine, obtaining a slight advantage at the post,
came on with the running to half-way in the cords, when
the favourite got up, but was defeated after a splendid
struggle by a neck.
Match. Last five furlongs of T.Y.C. 100, h ft.

Lord Uxbridge's Cadeau, 4 yrs, Bst (T. Freneh) 1
Mr Elphinstone's ZJra, 6 yrs, Sit 61b
Batting-2 to lon Cadeau, who made all the running, and
won in a cantor by three parts of a length.
Subscription Plate of 50 Bove, for 2-yr-oldF, 7st ; and
3-yr-olds, Bst 121 b. The winner to be sold for £350.

T.Y.C.
Mr Johnson's Eltham, 2 yrs, 7st
Mr W. Robinson's Yarra Yarra f, 2 yrs, 7st ...(Loates) 2
Mr J. Kent's Diumed, 3 yrs, Bst 121 b
The following also ran :—Fanny, Mabel colt, An:,oinettt,
No Name, Knight of the Whistle, Aline, and Wild Poppy.
Betting-2 to 1 apt Eltham, 3to 1 agst Antoinette, 5
to 1 agst Wild Poppy, 6 to 1 each apt Fenny and No
Name.

Eltham, in company with Yarra Yarra filly, Antoinette,
Knight of the Whistle, and Fanny, got away in front, and
came on with the running for a quarter of a mile, where the
leader was pulled back, and Antoinette was indulged with
the lead, but was immediately after headed by Mr Robin-
son's filly, who came on in advance to the cords, where she
was joined by the favourite, who quitted half way down,
and won very easy by three parts of a length. Diomed
finished an indifferent third, Antoinette was fourth, Aline
fifth, Knight of the Whistle sixth, and Fanny next. Wild
Poppy, Nu Name, and the Mabel colt were the three last,
beaten off, Mr Rubinson claimed the winner, Mr Kent
Yarra Yarra filly, and the Marquis of Hastings No Name.
Sweepstakes of 10:sovs each, for 2-yr-olds ; colts Bst 101 bi
and fillies Bst 71b. Tin winner to be sold for 70 sous,
T.Y C. 8 subs.

Capt. Machell's Connection, Bst 71b
Mr Payne's Merry Harp, Bst 7:b (H. Grimshaw) 2
Mr Walker's Frangipani colt, Bst IJlb
The following also ran :—Jetty Treffz filly, Fanfaronade
filly, Sans mes, Hawkstone, and Ethel.
Betting-6 to 4 asst Frangipani colt, 7to 4 agst Com=
tior, and S to 1 agat Merry Harp, _

Connection got away in front, but, after running a few
strides, she was pulled back, and the lead was taken by
Merry Harp and the Frangipani colt, who retained it into
the cords, where she again headed them, and won easily by
a length and a half; half a length b3tween the second and
third ; Ethel was fourth; and Sans-mes fifth ; Hawkstone.
and Jetty Treffz were the last two. Mr Payne claimed tho
winner, ant Mr C. Walker Merry Harp.

Sweepdtak9d of 10 Fitnii race, for two-yr-olds mid upwards.

HER MAJESTY.

BALMORAL, Oct. 25.

The Queen, accompanied by Princess Helena and
Prince Arthur, and attended by the Hon. Emma
Lucelles, drove to the Linn of I)ee yesterday.
Her Majesty's departure from Balmoral has been
delayed a few days in consequence of the slight
indisposition of her R9yai Highness Princess Louise.
Sir George Grey had the honour of dining with
the Queen and Royal family,

PRINCE ALFRED AT WINDSOR. WINDSOR,
Wednesday.—Yesterday his Royal Highness Prince
Alfred went out shooting. The prince and his attendants
returned up to the Castle about half-past three o'clock.
This morning his royal highness left Windsor Castle about
ten o'clock and proceeded to the Windsor terminus of the
(heat Western Railway, and, attended by his suite, tra-
velled by the ordinary 10 15 up passenger train to Padding-
ton terminus. Prince Alfred was expected to return to the
Castle in the course of the evening.

His Royal Highness the Duke of Cambridge,
the Field-Marshal Commanding-in-Chief, held a levee yes-
terday afternoon at the Horse Guards. Neatly 100 officers
attended at his royal highness's levee.

His Excellency the Prince de la Tour d'Aui
vergne is expected to arrive at the French Embassy on
Saturday next from Paris, in order to resume his diplo•
sciatic duties as Ambassador from France.

The Duke and Duchess of Manchester will
receive a succession of visitors at Kimbolton Castle,
Hunts, during the next fortnight.

The Marquis of Bristol is going on satisfactorily.
The medical report yesterday was most favourable.

Tne Earl and Countess de Grey arrived in town
yesterday from Studley Royal, near Ripon, Yorkshire.
Lie E irl and Countess of Wilton will take up
their residence at Egerton Lodge, Melton Mowbray, next
week, for the hunting season.
The Countess of Desart has arrived at the Alex 4
andra Hotel from Thornham Hale, Eye.
The Earl and Countess of earner von have been
entertaining a succession of distinguished friends at High-
clue Castle. Among the guests have been the Duke and
Duchess of Marlborough and Lady Cornelia Churchill, the
Earl of Chesterfield, the Countess Brownlow, the Countess
of Portsmouth, Count Slzelecki, Lady Sophia des Vorix,
Sir W. Heathcote, M.P., Lord Courtenay, Mr B. John-
stone, M,P., Hon, IV, Herbert, MI Beach, M.P., and Mrs
Beach, Mr Hammond, Miss Ogilvy, &c.
Lord Harris, from his high position in the house•
hold of his Royal Highness the Prince of Wales, has left
town to attend the funeral of the Duke of Newcastle; H,d
the lamented duke died when the Prince of Wales was in
England, undoubtedly his .Royal Highness would have put
aside any other arrangements to be present; but, in the
absence of the prince, Lord Harris has been requested to act
for him.

Lady Skelmersdale gave birth to a son and heir
yesterday evening, at the Earl of Clarendon's residence in
Grosvenor-crescent. It will afford the friends of the family
pleasure to learn that her ladyship and infant son are pro-
gressing favourably.

The Right Rev. the Lord Bishop of Peterborough
lift town last evening for the Palace, Peterborough.

The Right Hon, the Chancellor of the Exchequer
left Hawarden Castle, Flintshire, yes'erday, for Cluruter,
to attend the funeral of the Duke of Newcastle.

We are happy to announce that the Lady Con.
stance Marsham has given birth to a son and heir. Her
ladyship and infant are doing well.

Sir John Bethune has arrived at the Alexandra
Hotel from Scotland.

Yesterday the marriage of Sir Malcolm Murray
Macgregor, Bart., with the Lady Helen M'Donnell, only
daughter of Hugh Seymour, fourth and late Earl of Antrim,
and Helen Laura Countess of Antrim, was solemnised at St
George's Church, Hanover-square, in the presence of a
numerous congregation of relatives and friends.

WRECK ON TUE BARBER SANDS.—CAISTOR,
NEAR GREAT YARMOUTll—Wednesday Night.--
Our lifeboat has been instrumental in saving the
crew of the Richmond racket :of Stockton, Shalleshalt,
master, licund from Middlesboro' to Dunkirk with a cargo
of iron. She was in a dangerous position en the Barber
Sands, ai;d observing the signals of distress the Caistor
lifeboat of the National Institution was at once launched
and proceeded to her help, and brought ashore the crew
from their very dangerous position. It may be here ob-
served that there are few lifeboats in the kingdom which
have rendered more important services to shipwrecked
crews than the Caistor lifeboat.

RIOT AT A ROYAL OPERA.--0a the evening of
the 20th inst. the Queen of Spain, accompanied by
the King and the Infanta Donna Isabella, attended the
Italian Opera,and were witnesses to a most tumultuous die•
play of disorder. A new tenor, named Brignoli, so greatly
displeased the audience that, notwithstanding the presence
of the Queen, hisses, hooting, cat-calls, and noises of
various kinds continued throughout the performance. Even
the prima donna, Mme. Pence, was treated with but scanty
ceremony. The Royal party remained patiently in their
bug for an hour and a half.

ENORMOUS EMBEZZLEMENT OF CIGARS AND
POSTAGE STAMPS.—The Vienna journals announce that a
curious trial is about to take place in Austria. The ac-
cused was employed in the Ministry of Finance, and ho is
charged with embezzlement to a considerable extent, not
of money, but of cigars and postage stamps. It is said
that he has abstracted three millions of common cigars, ono
million of Cubas, 25,000 Cabanas, and 1,250,000 packets of
ordinary tobacco for smoking. He also took postage stamps
to the value of 50,0001.
A SKETCH ON TilE NORFOLK COAST.—Unless
:he "tide serves" (which it never does when you
want to go on to the beach), it is impossible, though almost
on the brnk of it, for Houghton to catch a sight of the
German Ocean, by reason of that broad expanse of marsh
and mud and many creeks which intervenes. Houghton
has its cockle-strand, and the flavour of those cockles is
esteemed in that country-side. They are big, blue,
burly. They form a mighty portion of the integral
trade of that quiet little village, for "peasant girls with deep
blue eyes, and hands that offer ' burly cockles,' come swilling
o'er this paradise," through all the sunimer months, with
baskets full of the result of their barefooted labours down
on the strand. The way that leads down to this cockle-
strand is called by a name that indicates (so Houghton
proudly asserts) that it at one time traded more largely and
had a quay of its own, for the way is called " Quay-land,"
and it is the haunt and lounge of the coastguard and fisher-
men all the week, and of the whole population on Sundays+
—Once e Week.

We cannot resist the temptation of relating the
following anecdote of the Apostolic Bishop of New'
Zealand, the scene os whose adventure lies here. He had
persuaded the Bishop of Newcastle to start with him from
Sydney on a missionary cruise in his little yacht to New'
Caledonia, the New Hebrides, the Loyalty, and other
islands in his then extensive diocese. Like ourselves they
put in at the Bay of Islands. The Bishop of New Zealand
wished to show his brother of Newcastle a little of the
country, and for that purpose proposed to take him
to a distant station on the other side of this very
river. The ground was soft and boggy, as we had found its
and the Bishop of Newcastle had never been accustomed to
rough it in such a country as this. He could ride hie 50
miles a day in his own diocese, but his hardy brother always
walked, and besides there were no hors _s to be had here.
Always neat and spruce in his dress, looking as if he had
just come out of a bandbox, and afraid like a cat to wet
his feet ; he picked his way most carefully and delicately,
unlike his brother bishop who tramped on through thick
and through thin, till at last they came to the river aide.
The river was swollen with the heavy rain which had beers
pouring down in torrents for some days previously, and ha
of Newcastle looked awfully puzzled, wondering how they
were to cross—neither bridge nor ford being visible in aOr
direction. Ile was still further puzzled when ho saw the
Bishop of New Z3aland, without a word, deliberately taking.
off shoes, leggings, stockings, and, last of all, his breeches.
In reply to his brother Bishop's "whatever next ?"
coolly collected his various articles of dross, and stepped into
the river up to his apron, calling out as ho did so, '6 Nol4'
then, Newcastle, off with your brooks, and follow your
leader 1" There was no help fur it, as there was no other
means of crossing the river, and the good bishop:invariablY
refused to be carried across by any of his daori suite, on the
ground that it was nut right to treat such noble felloWtt
" like beasts of burden."—(hico a 11/veli.