The Sun.
London, England, 1853-07-07 00:00:00

THEUSUN, LONDON, THURSDAY EVENING, JULY 7, 1853.

SPORTING INTELLIGENCE.

LITEI?ATURE.

NEWS FROM NEWMARKET.

Fortune : A Romance of Life. By D. T. Coulton.
3 vols. Published for Colburn, by his successors,

The " news" I have to communicate possesses little
variety ; temporary interest only attached to the dif-
ferent races, and no movement bearing on coming events
was made. Still, to-day's proceedings contrasted favour-
ably with those of yesterday. The different stakes were
well contested, and the betting was occasionally
brisk. The race for the Handicap Plate termi-
nated in a dead heat between Sharavogue and Mu-
sician. Sam Rogers rode Sharavogue with great
judgment and patience, and on pulling up the horse was
but little distressed. Musician, on the contrary, ap-
peared to be big and lusty, and not exactly up to con-
cert pitch. The stakes were afterwards divided ; had,
however, the deciding heatbeen run off, Sharavogue would
doubtless have achieved succeas. Musician was the favorite
at the close of the betting, and was supported with
considerable spirit. The Madinella gelding was also in
strong demand, but the position which he occupied in the
race showed that an egregious error of judgment had
been committed in calculating his chance. Sharavogue
was scarcely mentioned in the betting ; indeed many
persons were unaware of his starting until after the
race, His number was not " telegraphed" until the
break up of the Ring.
The betting on the Two-year-old Sweepstakes pretty
significantly indicated the "game" which was played
with the Satire filly. It opened at 2 to 1 against her, but
when it was discovered that she was to be ridden by a
jockey who had recently returned from India, suspicions
were excited, and ultimately ary odds were offered
against her, and 3to 1 was betted on Mary ! The in-
dignation which the proceeding occasioned was general,
and was loudly expressed in no measured terms._

Hurst and Blackett.

There is no doubt that this will prove the most
remarkable novel of the season. Others may equal
it in style of composition, some may surpass it in
interest of na._. z,tiA e, but for power, for thought,
and for originality this stands unrivalled. It is to
be questioned if we have met with so brilliant a
work on the whole since the author of Coningsby
has ceased to enrich our literature. Although it
is far from attaining that standard, still we find
such real talent evidenced throughout its pages, so
much vigorous expression, and so vast a know-
ledge of life, that it is evident only a master-
hand could have executed what only a superior
mind could have conceived. The general im-
pression conveyed by the perusal of the story
is a melancholy one, but the moral is ap-
parent, that it is owing to the selfishness, the
deceit, and the foolish desires of the worldly, that
the world is so weary a desert to its devoted pil-
grims. If all they undertook was not so essentially
the "vanity of vanities," all they experienced
would not be so invariably " vexation of spirit."
The idea is a good one, of placing a young and
ardent being in the trying position of a sudden
accession to enormous wealth. Doubtless there
are many such now in existence, who fancy, like
Florian Tremore, that they would be miracles of
talent and virtue if placed in a high position, but
who would soon fail in the trial. The carrying out
of such a proposition is, of course, at variance with
the tenour of human affairs. This is the romance
of the tale, but the rest is sober fact. Caven-
dish, with his merits and crimes, his good im-
pulses and bad passions, is a creation of the
novelist, to a certain degree ; but there are
some hesitating yet honourable Bellstars, some en-
thusiastic unhappy Damers, some honest straightfor-
ward Smiths, while it is to be feared that there are
only too many spiteful and designing as Dudley, arro-
gant and ruthless as Laneton, crafty and unscrupu-
lous as Messrs. Flint, Stone, Rock, &c. It is a
relief to meet with men like Parkinson and his
class, as a refreshing contrast, after such an insight
into errors and abuses. It is not only in the
spheres of business that the author excels in his
descriptions and details ; the gay scenes of fashion
are vividly portrayed, and the votaries of its
trials,its trifles, and its troubles are ably de-
lineated. " All is not gold that glitters" is the
motto of its annals ; and turning from the brilliant
Geraldine, a prey to unhappiness and discontent,
the heiress Una, surrounded with all that wealth
and position could attain, pining away in
secret misery ; above all, from the wretched
Florian, the hero of the day, the reader is
forced to acknowledge that rank so coveted,
wealth so prized, beauty and grace so envied, posi-
tion so sought after and treasured, are useless to a
mind that is not at peace within, and a mockery to
the heart that is desolate. The part of the narra-
tive which relates to the two sisters, Millicent and
Griselda, is the most pleasing, and the beat feelings
are therein displayed. The spirit of Millicent was
of the same heroic nature that has inspired the
world-renowned warrior, and crowned the immor-
tal sage; but in her, action was denied. She had to
bear in] sickness poverty and distress what might
have shaken the resolution of men strong in feel-
ing, position, and friends. But she was faithful till
death ; and although she did not see the object of her
desires, she left her sister with a g aardian willing to
protect her cause. Griselda charms by her simplicity,
as Millicent attracts admiration for her fortitude.
Patient, persevering, and loving, she had her work
to perform in a different way; but, although lower,
it was arduous to her. Her character is thus
beautifully described :—" Griselda's heaven was
not far off ; to her fancy the sorrows of life alone
were buried in the grave, while that was peace-
ful, and joyous, and good upon the earth vanished
but to enjoy an immortal existence. They blos-
somed here, their fruition was above." Such de-
sires as hers may seem simple, and such thoughts
trivial, but it is to be remembered tb al she cherished
her visions of heaven while earth presented its
bitterest cup to her lips, and she dreamed of peace
in the midst of strife. Florian is totally dissimilar
to the companions of his youth ; his boasted gran-
deur of sentiment was at last reduced to a mere
grovelling impulse ; he only sank, and drew
others down with him. Fortune was his wish,
not that it might exalt lim to the ranks
where he might aspire to fame, free from the
necessities of drudgery ; not that it might con-
duce to lettered ease and intellectual refinement ;
not even that he might gain fiends and taste of
the enjoyments of luxurious hospitality ; but that
his senses might be gratified, his vanity indulged,
and. his idleness unmolested by incentives to exer-
tion. The possession of his desire brought him
misery, and the deprivation of it entailed despair.
The experiment was not a justifiable one on the
part of Cavendish, although he did endeavour to
counteract any evil tendency resulting from it.
His career terminated better than is to be feared is
natural. It is not often that after a course of wild
and unsettled vagaries reason resumes her sway,
and the haven of calm repose is found. It would
be well if all restless, repining dispositions possessed
the power to say with Una, when, contemplating
the sky where the clouds were shadowed, but
where the rainbow shone, she replied to Caven-
dish's murmurs of its similitude to life—" Clouds
to trouble, perhaps, she said, to perplex, and to
alarm, it may be ; but, by that splendid arch, to
overwhelm—never." It is thus that those who
rely on Fortune waver at the touch of trial, while
those who are indifferent to her smiles and inde-
pendent of her frowns can face the most appalling
reverses, for the spirit of unflinching constancy and
trust in Providence are in the canopy of life, as the
rainbow hues of present glory and future promise.

The weather co-atinti-d delight:ully fine, but the com-
pany was far from num?,roug.
No decided demonsa,tion has yet been made relative
to the Liverpool Cup ; Goorkab, however, is much dis-
liked by the cogro,cer'i, and the defeat sustained by his
trial horse Black Docor at Winchester, and his recent
performance at Newcastle, are certainly not calculated
to lessen the prejudice with which he is regarded.
lanthe's running at Worcester has occasioned a wide-
spread desire to " get on" Isaac Day's horses, but some
uncertainty prevai's as to whether Montague or Water-
fall will be the intended animal. The betting, however,
indicates Waterfall.

A FRESH MAN.

Newmarket, Wednesday night.

ORDER OF RUNNING.
12.30 Selling Sweepstakes.
1.0 Selling Plate.
1.30 Chesterfield Stakes.
2.0 Handicap Plate.
2.30 Handicap Sweepstakes.
ENTRIES FOR THE SELLING SWEEPSTAKES—CO=Ore,
Hothorpe, Hazlenut, and Mirabeau.

ENTRIES FOR THE HANDICAP SWEEPSTAKES.—AzaeI,
Hazlenut, Hambletonian.

ENTRIES FOR THE SELLING PLATE.—Shipwreck, Cyrus,
Ada, Manilla, Child of the Mist, Archness colt, Jovial,
Dear me, Sophistry.

CARLISLE--(THIS DAY.)
ARRIVALS.

Lottery Stakes—Lough Bawn—Gipsy Boy, Agnes
Wickfield, Harker, c. by Fitzallen, Friar's Hall. Run
at 2.30.

Commercial Travellers' Stakes—All here. Run at
3.30.

Her Majesty's Plate—All here but the Alp and Cory-
bantes. Run at 5.

LANCASTER-(THIS DAY.)

ORDER OF RUNNING.
2.3o—Handicap Plate.
3.3o—Cup.
The Stand Stakes did not fill.

ENTRIES FOR ASHTON PLATE.--Emperor, Mustang,
Baron Osy, Deerhound, Jacob, Gameboy.
ARRIVALS.—.Chief Justice, Little Davie, Patience,
Happy Joe, Lerrywheut, Allegro, Bold Davie, Baron
Osy.

FOREIGN BOOKS.-INTERNATIONAL COPY-
RIGHT CONVENTION.

The Lords Commissioners of her Majesty's Treasury
have caused to be transmitted to the Commissioners of
Customs, for the information of their officers at the seve-
ral ports throughout the kingdom, a copy of a letter re-
ceived from the Foreign-office, and of a note from the
Prussian Minister at this Court, enclosed therein, com-
municating an alteration which has been arranged to
take place from the Ist inst. in the stamp affixed to
works imported into this country from the States of
Germany which are parties to the International Copy-
right Convention. The stamp hitherto in use for the
purpose being of a black colour, and put to the title
page of a book, very often spoiled the appearance, and
made the sale difficult, and to avoid this, the Chevalier
Bunsen intimates that this stamp from the first of July
of the present year will be substituted by a dry one of
the same design.

LARGE IM2ORTATON OF OPIUM. —Yesterday the
monthly accounts showed a large importation of opium.
In the month ended tile sth ult., there were 9,699 lbs.
imported, and in the five months ended the same day no
less than 65,354 lbs., being the largest quantity for a
considerable period.
FOREIGN CLOCKS AND WATClTES.—Yesterday a par-
liamentary paper proved that ie value of clocks im-
ported in the month ended the sth ult. was 7,9341., and
the va'.ue of watchos in the same period 12,7541.

MEDICAL BENEVOLENT COLLEGE.—The first stone of
a building intended to minister to the wants of decayed
medical men and their widows, and also for the educa-
tion of orphans of members of the medical profession,
was laid yesterday. The ceremony was to have been
performed by Prince Alber:,, but Ms Royal Highness
was unable to attend in consequence of temporary indis-
position. The site of this bdidinsr is about midway
between the Ep'om s Aion and the racecourse. A
tent was erect:3 l'-or the pPrpose, and some 3,000 or
4,000 persors were present. At the appointed hour
(four o'clock) the s-cretaa y, Mr. John Propert, an-
nounced that bis Royal. Highn-.ss Prince Albert was pre-
vented 1•om at usc"ng, having been attacked with
measles. Mr. Prope- t read a le.ter from Col. Grey,
stating that P-'-ine.A Theft cou'd not leave his room, but,
in his ab mee, Earl Manvers, an old president of the
socie4, wou'd kinc"y perform the duty. A procession
was formed to the tent, o 7 which a number of children
connected with sclools in the neighbourhood formed
part, and, aL,,er a prayer f'-o n the Bishop of Winchester,
a request was ."o_lnolly made by Mr. Freshfield to Earl
Manvers, that ho would perform the ceremony of laying
the stone. The noble earl expressed his willingness
to do so, but a:: the same time stated the regret he
felt at the absence of Prince Albert. A glass vase
was then deposited in the cavity, containing the cur-
rent coins of the realm. There was a Latin inscription,
and it was also testified in English that his Royal High-
ness Prince Albert had, on the 6th of July, performed
the ceremony of laying the first stone of the Medical
Benevolent College, projected, under Providence, by
John Propert, Esq., himself a medical man, in aid of
those of his -fellow-practitioners who, having long
alleviated the sufferings of others, need :.;; last the
soothing hand of friendship themselves. The stone
was lowered with the usual ceremonies. The
building is to be in the third pointed style, of brick,
with stone facings, and will form three sides
of a quadrangle. It will include apartments for warden
or master, and pupils, and also for pensioners. The
building will accommodate 100 decayed men of the pro-
fession or their widows, and A is proposed to board and
educate 100 children in the school. Hereafter it is hoped
that the orphans of mcdical. men may be entirely pro-
vided for in the building. A l'beral subscription was
announced, amounting to 3,0001. Earl Manvers sub-
scribed 52/. 10s. ; Sir R. H. Forne, 1001. ; Mr. Win-
thorne, 525/. ; the London and Brighton Railway Com-
pany, 100/. ; and Dr. Forbes, 1001.

The Journal of Psychological Medicine and Mental
Pathology. Edited by Forbes Winslow, M.D.
There are various articles in this number ; all,
however, bear reference to the same subject—Ele-
ments of Psychology, the Dietetics of the Soul, etc.
Insanity in India is considered, and it is remarked
that nowhere can a more extensive field for obser-
vation be found, but that, unfortunately, but few
discoveries have, as yet, been made concerning the
origin and existence of madness in the East. It is
mentioned in a paper at the conclusion that it is of
the most vital consequence to discover at the com-
mencement, the fact of insanity existing. Two cases
lately cameto the hospital in which the friends of the
sufferers supposed the evil to be of a few weeks
date only, but it was soon discovered that it had
been dormant for three r ars in one instance, and
fifteen months in the other. In one case all hope
of cure was gone, in the other it was but a
distant prospect. To add to the horror of the
subject, it was believed that if measures had been
adopted at first, the disease might have been pre-
vented from spreading. It is of consequence that
such a fact should be known more generally than
it is at present. Friends and relatives should be
informed that it is false kindness to the afflicted to
hide the first symptoms of madness, as by such
inconsiderate conduct they produce the very evil
they wish to avoid.

THE MILITARY KNIGHTS OF WINDSOR.—The vacant
stall at this ancient and honourable institution has just
been filled up by the non:l:nation of Colonel Sir John
Milley Doyle, K.C.8., to be one of its military knights.
This distinguished veteran has served many years in
the British army in various quarters of the globe, in
Egypt in 1801, under the illustrious Abercrombie, during
the whole of the Peninsular war, first in command of a
regiment, and subsequently a brigade under the Duke
of Wellington. In the records of that memorableperiod
Sir John's name will be found as having frequently dis-
tinguished himself. In consideration of his " eminent
services," he was nominated a Military K.C.B. on the
2nd of January, 1815 ; was also honoured with the
Military Order of till Tower and Sword of Portugal, St.
Ferdinand of Spain, the Ottoman Order of the Crescent,
the Gold Cross and S'lv.r Medal with Eight Clasps, as
also various other mil;tary decorations from Spain and
Portugal. Sir John served as major-general and aide-
de-camp to his late Imperial Majesty Don Pedro,
Regent of Portugal, and remained in that service until
the restoration of present Most Faithful Majesty to
the Lusitanian throne ; and, we regret to add, has been
most unjustly treated by the Portuguese government,
which he so efficiently served with zeal and fidelity for
very many years.

The Journal of the Royal Agricultural Society of
England. .

There are several articles of interest in this pub-
lication. " Hereditary Diseases of Horses," in
which a great deal of information is given to those
concerned in such details. On " The different
Breeds of Sheep," RTc. " The Farming of Derby-
shire" is one of the most prominent papers, in
which a most elaborate account is given of the
different kinds of soil, and other matters relating
to the geology of the country. In conclusion some
remarks aro made concerning the desirability of
increased plantations ; the following extract will
best serve to explain the writer's views
"The usefulness of plantations is admitted on the up-
land farms, and occupiers are looking forward to the
time when a thriving plantation will afford shelter to
his homestead, and protect his stock from north-western
blasts. The continued crusade going forward against
hedge-row timber renders it imperative some restoration
should be made, lest the country be disrobed of its syl-
van beauties, and entirely dependent on foreign supplies
for domestic use. The extensive plantations which have
already been made on the estates of the Dukes of Devon-
shire and Rutland, and at Stanton, Hopton, Middleton,
have, without any doubt, improved the climate, and
contributed in some degree (combined with other causes)
to hasten the time of harvest in the upland districts.
Nothing would be more interesting, in an agricultural
point of view, than self-registering thermometers placed
in immediate proximity to plantations, or within range
of their influence, and compared with others in exposed
and similar altitudes. This would be a valuabslheeteesrt:
and sufficiently show the advantage of giving lt
and explain the secret of growing wheat at the elevation
of Stanton-house. But then comes the question, would
it pay? and what kind of trees would best flourish on
Derbyshire mountains ? 150 years ago the larch was a
stranger, and treated as an exotic, and confined to a
glass-house ; and it is probable that many foreign trees
of the pine tribe, now luxuriating in the wilds of Canada,
or the snowy heights of Kamtschatka, or the Himalaya,
would flourish in the moorland waste or the rocky pre-
cipices of the mountain-lime and the millstone-grit.
Sufficient at present is not known of these plants to give
a definite opinion as to their usefulness on English soil ;
but the inquiry is going forward, and will, without
doubt, result in the importation of many useful forest
plants from northern wilds. In accordance with these
views, I have the high authority of Sir Joseph Paxton,
my inquiry, states, " the red pine
who, in reply to
(Pinus resinosa) produces the yellow deal of Canada, and
would, without doubt, grow well in the highest situa-
tions, but it has not been tried extensively."' With re-
spect to the forest trees of the Himalaya, Sir Joseph
says, " Some would possibly flourish in Derbyshire ;

THE EXCURSION TRAFFIC. The excursion traffic
of the season is beginning to show itself, but the
long continuance of unfavourable weather has re-
tarded the development of this class of passenger
traffic, which, otherwise, there is every reason to be-
lieve, would by this time have been in full vigour. It
is not for want of opportunities of travel that the million
are still kept in the city and the town, but for want of
fine weather. On all sides there are invitations enough,
and at a cheap rate, too. By
.the London and North-
Western line, and its connections, a multitude of at-
tractive localities are thrown open to the excur-
sionists, particularly in the Midland districts, and for a
longer stretch through Holyhead to London. On the
Great Western, the Londoner may run to Bath and
Bristol and back, for the moderate fare of 55., and
by the same line, the charming scenery of Worces-
ter and the Malvern Hills may be enjoyed at equally
economical fares. Windsor lies also within reach of a trip
for the Londoner. Chobham, the seat of mimic warfare,
is touched by the South-Western, upon which line excur-
sion trains are running almost daily for Southampton and
Winchester, as well as nearer places of resort, and more
convenient for the metropolis. On the Eastern Counties
excursions are becoming very popular to the localities
of historical interest which are, to be found upon this line,
whilst the South-Eastern, with its continental traffic and
its trips to Tunbridge Wells, Hastings, Margate, Rams-
gate, and the like, affords health and enjoyment to mul-
titudes of passengers. But to enjoy these, fine and
settled weather is absolutely necessary, and this we have
not yet had.—Railway Record.