The Sun.
London, England, 1862-08-27 00:00:00

STOCKTON MEETING.-TU2SDAY.

The Fifth Zetland Biennial Stakes of 10 says each, with 50
added, for three year olds. One mile and a half.
Mr. Osborne's Zetland, 9st (Fordham) 1
Mr. Valentine's Q.E.D., Bst 41b (Boyce) 2
Lord Zetland's Piccador, Bst 71b .. (Edwards) 3
*Mr. H. S. Thompson's Grimston, Bst 41b .... (Owner) 4
Betting-2 to lon Zetland, 4to 1 agat Q, E. D. and 6
to 1 agst Piccador. Won by two lengths; half a length
between second and third, and a length divided the third
and fourth.

The Stockton Tradesmen's Handicap of 100 soya, added to
a sweepstakes of 15 says each. Two miles.
Mr. Thomas's Brighton, 3 yrs, Est llb (Whiteley) 1
Mr. Moore's Master George, 3 yrs, Est 41b (31b over)
(Taylor) 2
Mr. W. Scott's Virgilius, 4 yrs, 7st lib (Mr. Thompson 3
Mr. Stewart's Joey Jones, 4 yrs, 7st 41b (Howdy) 4
Ivanhoff and Lady Ripon also ran.

Betting-7 to 4 agst Master George, sto 2 agst Brighton,
4to 1 agst Ivanhoff, and 7to 1 agst any other. Won by a
neck. There were two lengths between the seeond and
third, and a head only separated Virgilius and Joey Jones.
Cleveland Stakes of 5 saes each, with 100 added, for two-
year-olds; colts, Bst 101 b; fillies and geldings, Bst 71b.
Six furlongs.

Mr. Bowes's Early Purl (Aldcroft) 1
Mr. Hudson's Princess Louisa (Challoner) 2
Captain Grey's Trust (Edwards) 3
The following also ran :—Laertes, Trump Queen, Cory-
don, Cistercian, Ashmore, Bohemia, and Lisette.
Betting-7 to 4on Early Purl, 7to 1 agst Bohemia, Bto
1 each agst Cistercian and Trump Queen, and 10 to 1 agst
Princess Louisa.—Won by two lengths; four lengths
between the second and third.

The Harry Fowler Stakes of 70 sovs each, added to a han-
dicap sweepstakes of 5 sovs each. Six furlongs.
Capt. Grey's Pancake, 4 yrs, 7st 71b (Doyle) 1
Mr. Jaques's Entremet, 3 yrs, 6st Sib (Whiteley) 2
Mr. Thomas's Gleam, 4 yrs, 7st 101 b (Fordham) 3

The following also ran :—Longshot, Queen of Trumps,
Birthday filly, Confession, Blood Royal, Lord of Linne, and
Who's Who.

Betting-5 to 2 agst Pancake, 3to 1 agst Gleam, and 6
to 1 each agst Entremet and Lord of Linne. Won by a
head; three lengths separated the second and third.
The South Stockton Selling Stakes of 5 soya each, with 25

added, for all ages. T.Y.C.
Mr. Jackson's Lady pandas (Whiteley) 1
Mr. Thompson's Aslangs. .... (Marson) 2
Mr. Stevens's Brahminie
Canada and Idiot also ran.

Bettingjito4-agst Lady Dundas, 2 to I agst Brah-
minie, and 4 to 1 agst any other.—Won by two lengths;
and a length separated the second and third.
The Town Plate (handicap) of 50 sous for all ages.

half mile.
Mr. Fobert's Lachesis ygrhst ,7t 71b (Doyle) 1
Mr. Mellon's Strawberry Mill, 2 yrs, sst 91b ... (Carroll) 2
Mr. Barber's Foxhead, 4 yrs, 7st (Howey) 3
The following also ran :—Tithonius, Hecate, Curatrix,

The Maiden Plate of £3O; three-yr-olds, 7st; four, Bst 31b ;
five and upwards, Bst 101 b; mares and geldings allowed
31b ; entrance 1 sov, to go the fund. One mile.
General Shirley's Miss Wath colt, 7st (Daley) 1
Mr. Wallace's Peeping Toni, Bst 101 b ..(Barrowclough) 2
_ _ _

Betting-5 to 4on the Miss Wath colt.
Peeping Tom made all the running to the Stand, where
the two closed, and a fine race ensued, which terminated in
favour of General Shirley's colt by ahead.
The Tamworth Plate did not produce a race.

DONCASTER SEPTEMBER MEETING.
Weights for the Great Yorkshire Handicap of 25 sovs
each, 15 ft, and 5 only if declared, with 100 added; St.
Leger Course. 74 subs.

Age at lb
Master George 3 6 12
Malek 3 6 10
Investment
Invader
Harlequin 3 6 9
Piccador
Conundrum 4 6 8
B athilde
Cashio
Rameses
E. of Westmoreland 3 6 7
Pembroke 3 6 7
Satanella
Town Councillor
Myrtle
Gorse 3 6 6
Gardener
Sappho
Victrix
Sweet Hawthorn 4 6 1
Bedouin 3 6 0
Colossus 4 6 0
Patrick
Baddington 3 6 12
Salamanca 3 6 11
May Gosling
Commerce 3 5 7
Black Pearl 3 5 7
Earl of Surrey
Beneventum 3 5 7
Weatherwise 3 5 7
Hubert
Donne Canne 3 5 7
Loagstring
Victor
Sk William
Laughing Stock
. Ny Partner
.aadicap of 20 soya each, 10 ft,
; one mile. 50 subs.

Age st lb
Caller Ou
The Wizard 5 9 7
Wallace 5 9 6
Ivanhoff
Cape Flyaway
Brown Duchess
Fairwater 4 8 12
Rapparee .. 4 8 10
Camerino
Lady Trespass
Croagh Patrick
Lady Ripon 4 8 4
Chore Arnie 5 8 1
Upperhand
Doefoot
Paul Clifford 4 12
Corona
Cowley
Canary
Duke Boll°
Welcome
Eastern Princess 4 7 7
M by Voltigeur—
Makeless
Captain Fortibus 4 7 2
Pilot
Fitz-Eva
Conqueror 4 7 0
The Knave
Dulcibella 6 7 0
F by Stockwell—
Miss Sarah
Captain Crow
Prologue
Moorhen
East Langton
Brighton
Viscount Brignall 4 6 12
Weights for the Cleveland 1
and 5 only if require
Age at 114; Age st lb
Caller Ou
King of Diamonds.. 5 9 71 Ace of Clubs 3 7 2
Croagh Patrick.... 4 8 131Cellarius
Fairwater
Lady Ripon
Tattoo
Eidolon .. 5 8 7 land
Dictator ..
Brilliant .. 4 8 a Polynesia
Doefoot
Chere Arnie
Flash in the Pan.. 6 8 0 1. E D. 3 6 12
Nemises 4 8 0 Glleam
Exchequer .. 3 7 121Victrix
Buckenham
Brown. Bess colt
Lopcatcher .. 4 7 8 Colossus 4 6 8
Duke Rollo
North Pole
Captain Fortibus .. 4 7 7 Haddington
Pilot
Conqueror 4 7 6, Disdain
Vancouver
i East Langton .... a 7 5 Commerce 3 5 11
Master George .... 3 7 5 Victor
Brahmin . . 3 7 5 llnterduca

LUDLOW RA
Acceptances for the
Age at lb
Leontes a 8 7
Astarte
Sheffield
Commander
Acceptances for the
Age at lb
Eastern Princess
Brilliant
Defender
Sheerwood
Killarney
Acceptances for the
Age at lb
Eastern Princess 4 8 7
Brilliant
Defender
Sheerwood
Rua Avis 6 6 13
Ophelia (Cliff) 3 6 7
Acceptances for tl
Age st lb
Astarte
Sheffield
Rara Avis 6 7 12 I
Ross

CE S.-FRIDAY.

Corporation Plate.
Age st lb
Tom Sayers
Airdale
Little Nelly .. 2 6 6

Ludlow Handicap
Age at lb
The Miller
Ophelia (Cliff)
Acre
Ophelia 3 5 12
Octoroon
Western Handicap,
Age at lb
Acre
Tom Sayers
Acton .. 3 6 1
Caledon 3 5 13
Ophelia 3 611

Stewards' Cup.

Age st lb
Everlasting
Tom Sayers
Octoroon

SCRATCHING..CIutinoer was struck out of the York
Cup at 7 p.m. on Monday, the 18th inst.

CRICKET.

SURREY v. ALL ENGLAND.

This is not only one of the most extraordinary matches
ever chronicled in the annals of cricket, but the most
extraordinary. On Monday the match was commenced,
at the close of the day's play England left off with 244 runs,
with the loss of three wickets, Carpenter being not out
with 61, and Hayward with 28. Yesterday, on the game
being resumed, Carpenter and Hayward again occupied the
wickets, the bowlersbeing Humphrey and Caffyn, Carpenter
made up his runs to 94, comprising a five (drive), five fours,
two threes, and six twos ; four wickets, and 338 runs. Car-
penter was caught very cleverly by Stephenson off his own
bowling. Anderson joined Hayward, and though a change
of bowling was tried, Mr. Miller going on at Humphrey's
end, the batting still prevailed. Lockyer left his post as
wicketkeeper, and relieved Mr. Miller of the ball, Griffith
taking Lockyer's place. No immediate effect took place, but
after two or three " overs,” Lockyer succeeded in lowering
Hayward's stumps, after a magnificent innings of 117,
gained in a masterly manner. Among his hits were seven
fours, five threes, and 12 twos. He was deservedly ap-
plauded, and both he and Carpenter received the " talent
money" at the pavilion awarded by the Surrey Club. Five
wickets, and 402 runs. The Hon. C. G. Lyttelton came
next, and the batting still held the ascendancy. Mr. Lyttel-
ton, however, was the first to part, Griffith cleverly catch-
ng him at the wicket off Mr. Miller, after marking 26, in
which were two fours, a three, and three twos ; six wickets
and 445 runs. Iddison filled the vacancy, and it seemed as
if the run-getting could not be stopped, though all that
could bowl were made available. Griffith at the wicket,
however, again showed his efficiency by catching Ander-
son, off Sewell, after a quickly got innings of 42, comprising
two fours, a three, and six twos ; seven wickets and 451

We live here in such a dense atmosphere of lies
that the very perceptive faculties of the utterers of
falsehood are darkened and perverted till they are
unable to see how easily truth makes its way
through the colossal fabric of deception with which
they strive to environ it. Liars, says the old pro-
verb, ought to have good memories ; they ought
equally to be supplied with a proper amount of
common sense and discernment. It may, indeed,
be questionable whether " stories" can ever do any
good, even to those who know how to tell them,
but those who go to work clumsily are sure to be
much more harmed than aided by any deviation
from the truth.

The Discussione, a paper lately got up by the
Deputy Boggio, at the expense and in support of
the Rattazzi Ministry, had the assurance to publish
yesterday afternoon the following as an " official
communication :"

" The great majority of the population (of Cata-
nia) is in favour of the Government. Palermo,
Messina, and the other parts of the island are quiet.
In Caltanisetta, and in all the places where Gari-
baldi and his bands have been, everything has been
restored to order, and the King's Government is
perfectly re-established."
Could any one believe, after such cheering "offi-
cial" intelligence, that the Military Gazette, also an
official organ, should inform us that Cialdini takes
with him to Sicily " the 9th, 14th, 15th, 33d, 34th,
and 60th Regiments of Infantry, two squadrons of
the Novara Lancers, and two companies of Engi-
neers ?" Can it be possible, when we hear that the
Sicilian movement is everywhere suppressed, or at
least reduced to the walls of a city, more than half
the people of which are " against Garibaldi,"—a-
city, too, beset by an overwhelming Royal force
quartered at Misterbianco, only a very few miles
from the place,—cannot be possible that so consi-
derable a division should be despatched by sea, at
so great an outlay of money, with such utter disre-
gard of the dangers accruing to the .iEmilian fron-
tier, from the line of which those troops are impro-
vidently removed, that it should be sent to a coun-
try which has shown so little disposition to listen
to the voice of the charmer, and which has so soon
recovered its senses, even where it allowed itself
one moment's aberration and madness P

It is by such shifts of palpable equivocation that
the Rattazzi Cabinet forfeits whatever credit it ever
enjoyed with the country at large, and weakens
its own influence at a crisis which calls for the
greatest energy on the part of the ruling powers.
Every effort that is made by the authorities to pal-
liate, to put off, or any how to tamper with
the damning truth, far from calming the ex-
citement which has here risen to the highest
pitch, only adds fuel to the flame, as the people
are easily made aware that the real truth is hidden
from them, and they naturally enough put upon
that constant, jealous, systematic concealment a
construction a hundred times more distressing and
harassing to the public mind than the most
desperate intelligence would be. There must be a
reason even for mere reticence, but for deliberate
fabrication there must be a hundred reasons, and
all bad ones.

I spoke in one of my foregoing letters of certain
information which had reached one of the Southern
deputies here that 17 officers of one of the regiments
at Aderno had thrown up their commissions, as
nothing would induce them to fight against Gari-
baldi. I had good reason to believe the fact to be
precisely as it was represented. The report, how-
ever, was strongly contradicted by official authori-
ties, and even my well-grounded belief was stag-
gered, when lo ! to-day we have in black and white
the names of the officers in question, and the assur-
ance that other officers of the same brigade, making
up altogether 46 persons, have also given up their
epaulettes and abandoned their posts.
There seems, moreover, to be no doubt that the
Bersaglieri battalion, which landed the other day at
Genoa from Palermo, had to be hurried away from
the island, in consequence of the Garibaldian ten-
dencies it had most unequivocally evinced. Were
it even possible to reject all these particulars as un-
founded reports, the damning fact would always
remain that 20,000 men under Ricotti and Melia,
whose only object was to prevent Garibaldi's enter-
ing Catania, signally failed in their efforts, and that
Cialdini declined to accept the command of the
Royal troops in Sicily, unless he could take along
with him such troops as he could trust—a sufficient
evidence that he did not think he could equally
rely on those who are already on the spot, and that
the unsoldier-like conduct of the commanders who
preceded him must be excused on the ground of the
untrustworthiness of their troops.
You must not think that I am only repeating what

I have already said in my yesterday's letter. The
proclamation of the state of siege, the appointment
of Persano and Cialdini to the supreme civil, mili-
tary, and naval command, and the decree announc-
ing the blockade of the island, have thrown the
whole of Italy into a consternation which I have
no power to describe. Everyone feels that those
measures are extremely bad in themselves, that the
state of siege, the suspension of all constitutional
rights, the suppression of all liberties, are remedies
which hardly the very worst disorders could justify ;
that Persano, who was highly unpopular with the
service before he became a member of the Cabinet,
has only added to the number of his enemies by the
exercise of his Ministerial powers; that Cialdini,
however distinguished for his valour and genius in
the field, gave proofs of incapacity as an adminis-
trator at Naples, and showed at that juncture too
great a favour to that very Garibaldian party which
he is now going to crush; that the blockade of
Sicily, absurd as it is in itself, is sure to give offence
to all foreign powers interested in free commercial
intercourse, those very Powers Italy should do all
in her power to conciliate ; and that the resolution

present situation are directly to be traced to the
wilful errors committed by the Ministers since their
accession to power. Now, it is felt, their remedies
are worse than the errors themselves. It was, ne
doubt, a mistake, a wilful mistake of the Ministers
to place avowed Garibaldians at the head of the pre-
fectures of Palermo, Catanzaro, and so many places
of importance; but it was even a greater and more
deliberate blunder to substitute Cugia for Pal-
lavicini, to invest him
with full powers, only to re-
call him at the end of a few days, and before his
fitness for his task was fairly tested. Rattazzi
must reap as he sowed, not visit on his agents the
consequences of his own rashness and improvidence.
The demon he was rash enough to evoke is to be
laid by no contrivance of his. If Italy is ever to
come out unscathed from its present straits, it must
certainly be through a different agency than the
present Ministry. The first of the public func-
tionaries to be superseded is the Prime Minister
himself.
Of this nature are the discourses which I hear
about me from morning to night. M. Rattazzi is
the only man whom no danger can appal, no disas-
ter can move. He is " cock-sure" of his business.
The people he meets in his way to and from his
office are astonished at the blandness, the smooth-
ness, the flippancy of his manner. He has a smile
for every dark omen, a sarcasm under every fresh
disaster. That smile, that assurance, are indeed
something different from the firm demeanour and
lofty serenity of the late Count Cavour. Cavour
felt his power; he mastered the situation, he shot
his glance far beyond the range of present difficul-
ties ; strife was his element, he was at home in a
storm. No lulling calm deceived him, no sudden
squall found him unprepared. Rattazzi lives for
the sake of living. Power is to him an end, not a
means. The portfolio was the aim of his ambition;
he had no scruples as to the means which led
him to it ; he is not choice as to the shifts
which may enable him to retain it. He
took office under the auspices of Napoleon and
Garibaldi; he steered between absolutism and re-
volution, perfectly unconcerned as to which of the
two principles would more safely lead him on,
which should be stuck to, which sacrificed. As far
as the Sarnico expedition the party of action had
the upper hand. The Garibaldian De Pretis had a
preponderatigg vete in the council i Mellazzatad.
Brofferio were his best champions in the Chamber;
Crispi himself was all but engaged to vote for him.
After Sarnico the Minister would fain have cut the
Garibaldian concern ; Petitti was listened to as the
oracle in the Cabinet; La Marmora was corres-
ponded with ; repression, reaction were the frenzy
of the hour; but the threads of Garibaldi were too
widely stretched; the fisher was too deep in his
own net. Italy may, probably,—be under a better
master, steered by a steadier helmsman. Thesooner
the present pilot is removed from the wheel, the
safer the chances that the craft may right herself
and the voyage be brought to a happy termination.

The structure destroyed here yesterday was a
large framework of timber erected on the Shovel
Rock in the Sound, to assist in constructing the
just
inside for the fort proposed to be erected
inside the breakwater. This foundation 19 to be a
massive piece of masonry, formed of large blo,lks of
concrete, made to dovetail into each other in courses
faced with proportionate blocks of stone, also dove-
tailed together, and to be carried up to within a few'
feet of low water mark. Large works have been
erected at Lairs, on the border of the Catwater,
about three miles from the site of the fort, for the
preparation of these blocks of concrete and stone,
which were to be taken out to the site all ready to be
lowered into their places. For several months a
large number of men, sometimes amounting' to 190,
have been employed in preparing the rock, and itz Feb.
last the erection of this scaffolding that has been de-
stroyed was commenced. It was to consist of ti
circle of piles driven in the rock round the founda-
tion, the piles to be about 70ft. in length, and
formed of balks of timber bolted together with iron
, shoes 4in. square and 6ft. in length. The piles
supported by guys carried to Lewises, suitable fas-
tenings also driven in the rock. Large pieces of
timber, technically termed " longitudinals,” to be
fastened across the piles as ties and braces, along
the top tramways to be laid for the trollies or tra-
velling cranes, from which the blocks were to be
lowered to their places in the foundation.
Up to yesterday the piles had been driven, the
guys secured, and the men were employed in lay-
ing the longitudinals, having reached to about the
water's edge. At low water about 40ft. of the piles
were exposed to the action of the winds and waves,
without having been consolidated by the courses of
longitudinals that were yet to be erected and the
tramways. A strong easterly wind prevailed, and
at about low water some of the eastern piles and
guys gave way, and destruction to the whole of the
rest of the structure within a few minutes was the

consespance.
The piles broke air near ri Ihetriffeenr-and
floated to the surface. There were about seven rcen
on them at the time of the accident, who fortunately
all escaped with an immersion and two of them
being rather severely bruised. Mr. Brown, the
foreman, also had a narrow escape with an immer-
sion, being in a pinnace which was crushed and
sunk by a falling pile. Another boat was also de-
stroyed, but its occupants also escaped.
By this accident the laying of the foundation-
stone has been retarded at the earliest for several
,
months. It was hoped to be ready to lay on the
coming birthday of the Prince of Wales.
The contractors Messrs. Lee and Son, of Lon-
don, are also heavy losers the whole six months'
labour having been sacrificed, in addition to the
damage done to the materials.

THE CONDEMNED CRIMINAL TAYLOR.

The demeanour of this wretched man since his
condemnation has not indicated the slightest con-
trition for the great offence for which the forfeiture
of his life is to be the penalty. He takes his food
regularly, sleeps well, and spends the greater por-
tion of his time during the day in the perusal of re-
ligious books. He converses freely, and even cheer-
fully, with those who approach him, but makes no
reference to the crime for which he is to suffer. He
has the benefit of the ministrations of the much-re-
spected chaplain of the gaol, the Rev. T. Appleton,
who visits him daily. As is customary in the case of
prisoners under sentence of death,Taylor is attended
night and day by officers of the prison. During the
trial the prisoner's father, who is 70 years of age,
and an unmarried sister, a middle-aged woman, and
the daughter of another sister, a girl about 18, were
in the vicinity of the court, and at their urgent re-
quest were permitted to have an interview with
Taylor before he was conveyeil back to gaol. The
interview was of a very painful nature. His sister
g
iwnhfoormd
is, it
woman, had
hanadefxreccieuedeinutglylywirnittetleln t eon i
her n well'
happy brother during his incarceration with a view
of bringing him to a proper sense of the appalling
position in which he is placed, but it does not ap-
pear that her praiseworthyefforts have been attended
with much success. At this meeting she spoke to
him on the subject and:also concerning the deaths
of the children, when he exclaimed, with some im-
petuosity, "I did not murder them; Mellor mur-
dered them, and they'll murder me," and evidently
showed that he did not wish to hold any further
conversation respecting
the fearful tragedy. His
relations took a last farewell of him on Thursday,
and on the following morning proceeded to Man-
chester, it being understood they went thither for
the purpose of visiting the graves of the murdered
children in Harpurhey Cemetery. Mrs. Taylor also
had an interview with her husband soon after ho
had been visited by the relatives spoken of, and
was with him a considerable length of time. She
was most tenderly attached to him, and still enter-
tained as strong an affection for him as ever, it is
said. She was overwhelmed with grief, but the
criminal was apparently comparatively unmoved.
He expressed a great desire that she should not
leave Liverpool until after his execution, and she
promised to comply with his wish. At her request
lodgings were taken for her in the house of a resi-
dent near the gaol. Mrs. Taylor .returned to the
prison after the trial, and remained there during the
night, leaving on Friday morning. On the even-
ing of that day one of her uncles arrived in Liver-
pool from Dunster, Somersetshire, and proposed to
her that she should at once take leave of her unfor-
tunate husband, return with him (the uncle) to
Minster, and there spend the remainder of her days.
Mrs. Taylor at first was not at all inclined to con-
sent to this course, seeming to feel great repugnance
at the idea of so soon parting for ever with her hus-
band, and wished to postpone the final interview as
lung as possible ; but on it being urgently repre-
sented by her uncle and her legal adviser that her
frequent visits would only have the effect of dis-
tracting the mind of the wretched criminal, and
prevent him making due preparation for the fate
yieldedwhich ine v
t otheir
inevitably
bl
awaits
him,
entreaties,she andat length relue-
on Saturday
haretretrinnocolen, fPorr°lcheO dpeudrptoose ofthe gaol, accompanied by
bidding the condemned
man a last farewell. As will be readily imagined,
the interview was of the most heartrending descrip-
tion. Taylor had not:the slightest idea of his wife's
determination until she communicated it to him
pected by him. Mrs. Taylor,
her-
self, and there is no doubt it 'was altogether unex-
gs the execution will
In the ordinary course of thin
we understand, left
Liverpool for Somersetshire on Saturday evening.
take place on the second Saturday after the termi-
nation of the assizes.—Liverpo.
' Mercury.