The Sun.
London, England, 1859-08-19 00:00:00

LITERATURE.

Marco Griffi, the Italian Patriot. By Mrs. Webb,
Author of " Naomi," " Martyrs of Carthage," &c.
Bentley.
This is a delightful little work, full of freshness
and spirit ; and while it presents to the reader a
very interesting story, it relates events that refer
to the condition of Italy, which at the present junc-
ture are peculiarly attractive. The book is replete
with the most pleasing kind of interest, and. in some
passages the attention is excited to the utmost.
This is particularly the case in the scenes of Marco's
trial and condemnation. The authoress has been
signally successful in her description of these mo-
mentous occurrences, and indeed it is not often that
one meets with such force and vitality infused into
the pages of a story. Some of the. characters are
conspicuous from their superiority, or their peculiar
nature. Of the ladies, Kate Aubrey is the most pleas-
ing. She was rather too vehement and impetuous
when she was excited about anything, but there
was something noble and elevated about her nature
which powerfully impressed all who came under
her influence. Marco Griffi is the nephew of Mr.
Aubrey, the son of a long-lost brother, for whom
Mr. Aubrey had never ceased to mourn. His de-
light was great in meeting with his relation in the
young hero of Italian liberty, whose character he
had before admired. Had it not been for
the opportune arrival of his uncle, the aspirant
for freedom would have added another name
to the long list of the martyrs for Italian
liberty. The scenes of sorrow and the dark annals
of prison life which at such an epoch as the one
here referred to became painfully intense and
awfully significant are delineated in a masterly
style, and rivet the attention in a forcible manner.
Whether we look on the last moments of Pietro
and behold him staunch in the cause for which he
had fallen, yet resigned to his fate, and seeking to
lead his infatuated friend Marco to believe in the
faith which had guided his life in peace, and would
crown his death with glory ; or whether we turn to
the home of the Aubrey's and find each member
differently affected by the fatal news, and again
enter the dwelline, of the afflicted Madre Griffi,
alike is there pathos. in the pictures of the deep
agony, the hidden terror, or the noble courage.
Marco's belief in religion had been shaken by the
confusion of creeds which surrounded him, and by
finding that many most devoted in their outwa:d
bearing practised acts to which he never could have
stooped and at which his nature revolted. Happily
for him he met with many kind friends who led
him on to the better contemplation of sacred sub-
jects, and the months which he spent in exile
among the Vaudois vales were of great service to
him. He there recognised and reverenced the pure
faith which actuated the solemn lives of the
dwellers of that calm retreat, and when he rejoined
his newly found family they saw to their deep gra-
titude that he could be one with them in faith as
in kindred. Besides the stirring scenes of the un-
successful attempt to restore liberty, which caused
such sorrow and suffering to all concerned, there
are some scenes of home-life of the Aubrey's which
are so gracefully and genially described to us that
of themselves they impart a charm and a grace to
the story. It is not often that a book that is so
pleasing in every way is met with as the one before
us, and those who desire an agreeable recreation
or an exciting study can do no better than peruse
its fascinating pages, which possess the interest
inseparable from the recital of deeds of heroism, and
the attraction of an excellent style.

Twenty Years in the Church. An Autobiography.
By the Rev. J. Pycroft, 8.A., author of " Recol-
lections of College Days." Booth.
This book is written with great care, and will
prove interesting to those who seek to study the
intricacies of clerical life. Henry Austin, whose
career is here narrated can be taken as a type of
the class of curates who have to perform a very ar-
duous task, and the trials of whose existence are not
generally sufficiently estimated. Not only had he
to contend with poverty, but various drawbacks
and annoyances combined to render his path for
many years a very thorny one. There is consider-
able skill displayed in some of the details, par-
ticularly those that relate to the new church. The
author demonstrates the almost insuperable diffi-
culties that attended the undertaking, one of which
was that those who were ready enough to subscribe
large donations for the erection of the sacred edifice,
were unwilling to contribute a fraction towards
defraying the necessary expenses that were after-
wards to be met. There are some wise reflec-
tions at the conclusion, regarding the general
principles which should guide the course, and
direct the actions of young clergymen. It is said
that wherever the locality is, there will always
be found temptations and hindrances in the way of
duty, and that the only thing is to struggle against
them, and not to expect that any change of circum-
stances will entirely remove them, " And as to
looking for a more convenient season, and waiting
till we are settled,' to perform our several parts in
this life, it is like waiting till the river shall have
passed away; for a man is never 'settled" in this
world, till he is settled at the bottom oflhis grave."

A)ruiciiNG INTELLIGENCE.

YOLK AUGUST MEETING.
THURSDAY.

The Ebor St. Leger of 25 sovs each, for three-yr-olds ;
colts, Bst 71b ; fillies, Bst 21b. Certain penalties. The
second to save his stake. One mile and three-quarters.
14 subs.
Sir C. Monck's Gamester, Bst 71b (Aldcroft) 1
Lord Lincoln's Indifference, Bst 71b
Mr. F. Robinson's Actaeon, Bst 101 b (inc. 31b extra)
(A. Day) 3
Mr. Merry's Pillager, Bst 71b (Chilman) 4
Betting-2 to lon Gamester, 4to 1 agst Actaeon, 6to 1
agst Indifference.
Won easily by a length ; bad third.
The Londesborough Cup (Handicap) of 50 sovs, added to a
sweepstakes of 5 sovs each. Three-quarters of a mile.
Lord Glasgow's Maid of Masham filly, 4 yrs, 7st (Bray) 1
Mr. T. Dawson's Gibside Fairy, 3 yrs, 6st 101 b (Madden) 2
Capt. Christie's Miss Julie, 5 yrs, Bst 31b.. (L. Snowden) 3
The following also ran :—Caliph, Lady Kingston, Rasp-
berry, Julia, and Daniel.
Betting-6 to 4 agst Maid of Masham filly, 6to 1 agst
Miss Julia, 100 to 15 agst Raspberry, 8 to 1 each agst Gib-
side Fairy and Caliph.
Won by a length ; two lengths between the second and
third; Raspberry was fourth, and Lady Kingston fifth.
Julia jumped round as the flag fell, and was left at the
post.
The Prince of Wales's Stakes of 10 sovs each, with 50

added, for two-year-olds ; colts, Bst 71b ; fillies, Bst 21b.
Winners 21b extra. T.Y.C. 30 subs.
3,114, Acquos's High Treason, Bst 91b (inc. 21b extra)
(Aldcroft) 1
Sir C. Monde's Vesta, Bst 41b (Snowden) 2
Mr. O'Hara's Spdforth Maid, Bst 41b (Withington) 3
Tho following also mil :—Horace, Trovatore, Ratalia colt,
Miss Conyngham filly, Too, and Montrose.

Betting-7 to 4 agst High Treason, sto 2 agst Trova.
tore, 7 to 1 agst Vesta, 10 to 1 apt. Spofforth Maid.

High Treason, who was very fractiolls at the post, took
the lead at starting, came right through, and won very
cleverly by a neck; a length between the sectsnd and third,
and a head between the third and fourth. Trov,atore was
fifth, and the Miss Conyngham filly sixth.
The Great Ebor Handicap Stakes of 100 Boys, added iso a
Ssnepstakes of 20 sovs each, 10 ft. and 5 only if declared,
&c. 'Winners extra. The second to receive 50 sovs out

of the stakes. Two miles over the Old Course. 57 subs.,

34 of whom pay five sovs each.
Mr. Forster's Underhand, 5 yrs, 9st lib (Aldcroft) 1
Mr. Chilton's Archduchess, 3 yrs, sst 121b..(Grimshaw) 2
Mr. R. Ten Broeck's Starke, 4 yrs' Bst (Fordham) 4
Mr. Lumsden's Shafto, 3 yrs, fist 91b (carried sst 111 b)
(Madden) 4

The following also ran :—Kestrel, Rogerthorpe, The
Courier, Peeress, Heir at Law, Heiress, The Dane, Vola-
tile, Punch, and Honey.
Betting-3 to 1 agst Volatile, 7to 2 agst Starke, 6to 1
agst Peeress, 10 to I (at first 7 to 1) agst Underhand, 10 to 1
agst Heiress, 100 to G each agst Punch, Courier, and Arch-
duchess, 20 to 1 agst Rogerthorpe.
Underhand came out half way up the distance, and won
by a length, half a length between the second and third,
two lengths between the third and fourth ; Volatile, who
ran against the rails at the bend, was fifth, and Heiress
sixth.

Fourth North of England Biennial Stakes of 10 sovs each,
with 100 added, for two-yr-olds ; colts, Bst 71b ; fillies,

Bst 21b. Five furlongs 44 yards.
Lord Zetland's Vanquisher, by Voltigeur
Mr. Nichol's The Wizard ... : ... (Osborne) 1
(Alderoft) 2
(Little) 3
Mr. Robinson's The Prophet

Upperland and Lottery also ran.
Betting-5 to lon The IV izard. The Prophet made the
running to the half distance, when Vanquisher and The
Wizard "collared " him, and after the semblance of a race,
Lord Zetland'a colt won by a length ; half a length between
the second and third. Upperland was a bad fourth.

The Hopeful Stakes of 25 sovs each, for three-yr -olds;
colts, Bst 71b ; fillies, Bst 31b. One mile and a half.
Mr. Craven's Newcastle, by Newminster (71b extra)
(Fordham) 1
Mr. Walker's Eankrupt
Colonel Smyth's Uralian... (Aldcroft) 3
Betting-4 to lon Newcastle—Uralian cut out the work
to the three-quarter mile post, when Newcastle took the
lead. Halfway up the straight Bankrupt challenged him,
but after a fine race in was beaten by a head. Uralian
was a wretched third.
The Filly Sapling Stakes of 50 sovs each ; for two-yr-olds,
Bst 71b each. Five furlongs, 44 yards.
Mr. Parr's Contadina, by Newminster (Flatman) 1
Mr. Merry's Cecilia (Osborne) 2
Sir C. Monck's Vesta (L. Snowden) 3
Lord Glasgow's f by Voltigeur, out of Mak 1 e ess

(Aldcroft) 4
Betting—Even on Contadina, 5 to 2 agst Vesta—Vesta
and Cecilia laying in front to the half distance) at which

place Contadina went forward, and, without an effort, well
by half a length ; Vesta a bad third.
The Eglinton Stakes of 15 soya each, with 100 added ; too'
yr-olds, 7st ; three, 9st ; m and g allowed 41b. One mile.
Mr. Merry's Thormanby, 2 yrs (5 lb extra) ..(Custanee) 1
Mr. Shelley's Sir Hercules, 3 yrs ....... (L. Snowden) 23
Mr. W. Scott's Prologue, 2 yrs ........... (J. Snowden)
The following also ran :—Rattlebone, Birdcage/ and
Grenadier.
Betting-7 to 2on Thormanby and 7to 2 agst Rattle-
bone. Thormanby led to the T.Y.C. post, when Sir Iler-
orh-
cuk a lells took command. Half way up the straight,Th
manby again went in front, and won in acanter byd.
gt
and a half. Four lengths between second and thir f
,
The Lottery Plate of 25 soya, added to a sweepstakes o
sovs each ; three-yr-olds, Bst 101 b ; four, 9st 11lb; Vet
lOst 21b. One mile.
Mr. C. Reyrard's Basilisk 3' no)
Mr. Ten Broeck's Dove, 3'yrs . (Custance)
(£3O) ........ borne) 3
Mr. Jackso ' Caliph,yrs Jackson 'e aged (£3O) ............ k) 4
Mr. T. Dawson's Sir Joseph, 3 yrs (£3O) • • • 1
Betting-7 to 4on Dove, 3to 1 agst Caliph, and sto
agst the winner. Basilisk and Dove were in front througort
out; and after a beautiful race, Basilisk won by a short
head. There was a length and a half between the secoanitoi
and third. The winner was sold to Lord Glasgow for
..... (Little)

guineas.

BETTING ON THE COURSE•

DERBY.
100 to 8 agst Nutbourne (taken)
100 to 8 agst Wizard (offered)

AQUATICS.

it* nhge regattaa t
IteNohVtoAokSlON OF FRANCE. laild"
On the sth inst. six sons of the Thames effected a 1 at
compete
placefer onth et
the different7th. • rivel4
Our countrymen soon became aware that their aa,
st
were numerous and determined to offer the stronge
or; ,
sible resistance to any English that might present ‘„
hat t.,v
selves. In fact,
the Frenchmen felt apprehensive pen hat 0
same "intruders" might again a h perforree to
appear w o
men
friendso f Francetook ih at
offensive,
the e
gloriously a short time ago at the Paris Spring ingest
held at St. Cloud, in which the English thrashed 78 or
prizes offered
quainted with the victory of Magenta. °tilt upa ;al f
too aorte,
positionto struggle
Rouen, and Dieppe.
a very • Paris, indeed, was well present
three
spirited French gentleman having for the ..88-noto
formonthsthe trained six of the best rowers in France t° 73,1 r•
p3Fiarrrat.nei,Arten,
Johnsupremacy, and he had already challe°6 ..ie a
0 aCtl to
htnohni:hrroowel
upholding
was too happy to take up the glove, slut to
vited our Londoners to France, PiePe' t 6
aPngyaritEsh,nevwgerylihlisooanhnmohodiemsowenoainftwtfolathreynselythiricee:rs oln'ti_oll-odsoiltio.i°p:
not only to
..,A egst
Rouen and P • aris, also to assist at three gru'"- r, -, oar
given on occasion of the Emperor's fete. It is to-aa, :
endo
agreeable task to report the rapid raarch of enr frib or
Ihiraovugh France, quite in the style of garlerc'lligottlee
clock, triumphant from beginning toend, three oi
and eleven victories, some under certain difdellitielse•
is not bit in
manyrall of them hard-fought encounters, for it
known that there are now some aclllati__%itt tile
France ce who are ready and ow we- -
best English
crews. , 0 °area
At Dieppe the races were for ed and for
four. oar
a, ,nour
gigs ; and a second four oared race as a prize of m..,, giree
the victors of the above - races, a handsome gold cui'
by the Emperor. a earoe4
Thirteen boats started for the four-oared prig, u•-ipi, the
£l6
sand a gold medal. The weather was deligP Ile of
au the en' o, to
ea quite smooth, the shore lined with
Dieppe,the eclat
and the elegantly-dressed ladies added Mal-
gao
of the scene. Ato'clock the sig.° the
three
fired to prepare ; a .
second pop made every rat"' tjaloa
blade of his oar. A minutes the
4
few sufficed to shoW ,_,,el
Aisent' 0
Jack had a slight
advance, but they were not yet. tbstth
from two of theiradversaries, although • videllt
tilsll
Awes e longer
long, quiet stroke of the Englishcrewwould last jersoi
the over-quick, BY " e- le
energetic style of the French. ofsho
they increased
in
th their distance, and had the pleasure
vi 0.4
e others the way over the course. Their.° d 11'
composed
Bain.,rhof Thomas White, A. Chitty, W.n• Bell,
and
The same crew were joined by G • -1 ' for' "e:
iorio 4,
Bell, and soon started for the six ed race — Ili •
d •oar
sting
_,,nns, vri lot
purse of £2O and a gold The sa ,-
to hat.°)O
greater advantage, the ineal.
French crew apP strut
some of their
gunpowder and much of their The
fact, John Bull's stamina was too ranch Cup theill•
pioe,
next day the race for the Emperor's Geld t°°l‘
e toise6
and was won by tirYw' to'
our countrymen. It was gra _..e
that, with2 the exception of
some few, most of the srio
tors admitted
the superior skill strength of thePg
and streng f
0 rd
ued
and their style of rowing was much admired 14a o,
After the above successes our little corps Pusr Nroa' ,
to Rouen—or as one of the crew termed it
r°t, to 7;
and there they found the whole town alive, fuld °-,,e
gout-0` $
them row on or be rowed out. Races for pairs, t l'
six-oared,
wasthe pair-oared race. vir and 9' 10
The English crew ' strdo 0
had a very inf •
erior boat, which caused a terriPe lli,
between themselves and another French ereh'sybk4°'
had a superior and faster boat, Wit'oitte;
tookvery
they a considerable lead, but after 16
rod
of the hardest
pulling in the British' lack I.°
world, p
fhiel'
them. win.,ine•
Then folio _by 10 boats' lengths.
wed the 4 ana • ces'
514 S
o-oarea and ,:wiiii,,,6 is
scitil
they won, amounting to about £3O in MOnelt
medal for each race. on rsele
the, -
50,

Elated with their good luck our crew moved - „ea to 'OO
evening to Paris, where they were much snrPrfscriPti
the crowds of Zouaves, Turcos, and every other "'de th
of French soldiers, who had that morning °a
triumphal entrance into Paris. on of
The following morning our six Britons were aril Oro
banks of the Seine ; and, owing to the grea7aedde
boats that were entered for the different races, he
for each race, they had to pull trial reetc:i tiv,o
somefinal ohfetahtes
hottestcomm commenced
everat ruthrneetheo=sh : envata
them all, five in number, and added another—
medals to their trophies. boa ef.od
This little band have returned a in to the
free, to pick up fresh strength fgarom Englisih.rbe
`" tttifr
stout, highly delighted with their trip, and ri„4l'
opinion than they had hitherto had of their Fre—n.-- c
Although this affair in itself may aPPri e.W..lb
still it helps to restore the prestige of the Dbs
after the Crimean war, appeared to be entirely lost '.0.00
but which has again appeared since the Indian e,
by D
The boats the Englishmen rowed in were bellt
Wyld, of Lambeth.

GREAT SCULLERS' RACE Fiji/ I.(3,,r°itc";
One of the finest scullers' races ever seen cone elijaitto ''',
l
day afternoon between Thomas Pocock, a Watl I'llA:
Wharf. They
are
eenjamin Oxlade, ..,ers, rifle
flue ro- t
both fine men, andlad A tl3O
a waterroaa 13. 0 1r
he T have rowed several matches, 01'130.0 °II'
beingaviera. fewheyyears older than his opponent, 3 do for',
last ten years, and Pocock for the last six, with T the
fills
cess, and Oxlade was at first the favourite, hilt cod eola
Kew, for the Scullers''
rowin,gofof Pocock on Monday, when he cameocall
National Wise Regatta, had made the odds go upon Illel
theThraeth.voefnu6st,o4.
Captain "Ilea tile
I.3ce'-';
P
fl ri
off
ff largep ut
neyt numberhe meno f spectators, et co toakt Sharplin, accompany their L'ri: et,
ors, and shortly after too
owt the
si
adli,desefteainirdea
seiese.hbe
deTi being
ryat.oate,;Cer.::::
twlieasreeeo.li
old opponent,
splendid
with condition,Frorman tkahetrreeamnt
Williamode thePococknPdro zu
sSeh iipi IAI
eatamlehtdb3'e,t, alc fed
13.tlelsvi-,,,
ci,tr.ktelstitollibe
umpire
was
hisllpbetihre stations
r;
aniien
They were, as usual, accompaat .ci, lie
.40°'
-,0
owing to Pocock catching a crab, but Pococs r°w-Fillia f
very suverior, and he caught his man just belower- r•-4:o,
A clipping race ensued for a mile, for the 6... t teunlie
the time both being level, then their sculls i iairaea •tl
and they ought to have rowed on, but (Wade c:be sc.l °B6l°
foul. Pocock finished the distance a winner 111- (113° i
Oar
of the referee. Pocock trained at the White Oar ' ,built
and was piloted by 'Toe Leech. His boat w
Jewett.

THIS DAY'S SHIPP-T-111'as
•
a°°°' frost'
LONDON' Aug. 19.—Wind this day at
Westerly; light, with fine summer weather. „rester,
CLYDE, Aug. 18.—Wind S.W.—Arrived: Arri'vecli,,
EN
tanzas.
QvEsTowx, Aug. 17.—Wind 5,10.9"
Hugh Black, from Iquique. e W.— WHITERAVEN, Aug. 18.—Wind Co
for Quebec.
•Arriveu

SHOREHAM, Aug. 18.—Wind S.S.E•--
fogV,to
Isle, from Quebec. and °/
FALMOUTH, Aug. 18.—Wind variable, ojel‘t
Arrived—Helena, °from Callao ; the creW viCY
scurvy. ivedipoi
SWANSEA, Aug. 18.—Wind S.W.--"Arrr Cociti
mond, from Dalhousie. Sailed—Conqueror, 1° -iogie
Tay, for Quebec. • del3owror9l
Pernambuco;;OßTSMOUT Aug. 18.—Wind ~,ease, I°l.
for her Majesty's ship IroPe'''"
land.

(BY ELECTRIC TELEGRAF" MOBOP
LIVERPOOL,
Wind S.W. St. .I"Lite°'lol4:
Arrived, Aug 18—Hammonia, &era
Isnadab, from Sm. yrna. . Bubo
Sailed, Aug. 18—Boroc, for Congo ; J°l3/2 -
New Orleans. _ A

(BY SUBMARINE AND BRITISH TVl.olBl,:rorllifs
GRAVESEND,
FridaYe. OlO
Wind E. • tide fifth hours' ebb ; weather.P Accra'Arrived, Aug. 'lB—Sylph, from Bordeaus
„
Lagos.
,t.trived, Aug. 19—Mary Allen from jarriaic"' seoel
dine Christie, from Rio
Sailed, Aug. 19—Brenda,Janeiro stea. mer, for Cronstliat;
for Boulogne; Sir R. Peel, for Dunkirk. Afore
9
DEAL, FridaY
Wind N.N.E., light.
Paned—Lady ()davit', from London for 13011011

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