The Sun.
London, England, 1861-10-30 00:00:00

THIS DAY'S SILIPPING.

LONDON, Oct. 30.—Wind this day at noon—Easterly;
moderate breeze, and fine weather.
NEWPORT, Oct. 29.—Wind E.—Sailed—Morning Star,
for Grenada.

CARDIFF, Oct. 28.—Wind N.E.—Sailed—Connecticut,
for Shanghai.
GLOUCESTER, Oct. 28.—Wind N.E.—Sailed—English-
man, for New York.

PLYMOUTH, Oct. 29.—Wind N.E.—Sailed—Norfolk, for
Melbourne.

QUEENSTOWN, Oct. 28.—Wind S.E.—Arrived—J. B.
Patina. from Montreal for Liverpool ; Incolor, from Per-
nambuco.

CORK, Oct. 28.—Wind N.E.—Arrived—Lucia, from
New York.
KINSALE, Oct. 28.—Wind E.—Arrived—Seaton; from
Garrucha for Newport.
LIMERICK, Oct. 28.—Wind N.E.—Saded—British Tar,
for New York.

BELFAST, Oct. 28.—Wind N.E.—Arrived—Jonathan
May, from Philadelphia.
SHIELDS, Oct. 29.—Wind N.E.—Arrived—Paragon,
from Quebec.

GRIMSBY, Oct. 29.—Wind N.E.—Sailed—Anne Marie,
for Hayti.
HULL, Oct. 28.—Wind N.E.—Arrived—Marie, from
Miramichi.

(BY ELECTRIC TELEGRAPH.)
SOUTHAMPTON, Wednesday Morning.
Arrived.—Euroolydon, from Sunderland.
No railings.

(BY SUBMARINE AND MAGNEITIC TELEGRAPH.)
GRAVESEND, Wednesday Morning.
Sailed.—Granite City, for Sydney; Nereid, for Sierra
Leone.

DEAL, liVecluefsday Nor:l4lg'

No arrivals.

UT.ERATU.RE.

County Society. A novel. 3 vols. Hurst and

Blackett.
This work is evidently that of a beginner, as it
is very prolix in its descriptions, and rather exag-
gerated in some of its details, it bears, how-
ever, the appearance of much talent in some of its
sketches, and, therefore, we may fairly expect on a
future occasion that we may meet with something
superior to this production. Redundancy of style
is always easy to correct with time and experience,
and here and there is conspicuous some character
that goes far to redeem the overdrawn descriptions
met with occasionally. The hero Eveleyn is a very
strange young man, who meets with many
rebuffs and great mortification in his attempts
to enter the society of the elite. It must
be acknowledged, however, that on many
occasions his brusquerie of style and vehemence
of action, seem to bear out the opinions of
those who eliminate him from their charmed circle.
For instance he caused a gentleman to be thrown
down in the hunting-field because he had offended
him, and another time he endeavoured to trip up
in the danee the brother of a young lady who re-
fused to dance with him. Such solecisms of
etiquette, to say nothing of such want of good
feeling, were enough to sanction the de-
cree that ostracised him from the ranks of
the county magnates. He improved, however,
afterwards, and he is to be pitied for his mistaken
ideas of duty. He married Mrs. Aylmer from a
feeling that he ought, and no sooner were they
united than she commenced to prepare for death.
Hai she possessed right views she would not have
undertaken new engagements when so near to the
" putting off the flesh that clothes mortality."
Mr. Levinge is quite a model villain of the old school
of romance, deluding one girl with a false marriage
and then forming an engagement with another.
The scene in the church when Zizzi, the Greek girl,
whom he has betrayed, rushes in and forbids the
marriage after the ceremony had actually com-
menced, is very striking, and the most dramatic
passage of the book. He, whom conscience could
not daunt, was overwhelmed by the public disgrace
which fell upon him. He soon after left the coun-
try and died in a distant land, an alien from his
fair inheritance, and an outcast from home and all
social and friendly ties. Kate Howard is a pleasing
maiden, but she does not show much discern-
ment in admiring such a man as Levinge. She
is married to Evelyn after his first wife's
death, and therefore the unfortunate hero and
heroine are at last united; and as Evelyn has im-
proved greatly they have a fair prospect of happi-
ness. Mr. Howard, very unfortunately for him,
was entangled with some of his nephew Leving's
very crooked affairs, and he was nearly ruined in
consequence. Those who like such narratives as
convey a great deal of information in the course of
their recital, will be pleased with this
novel of " County Society," as it imparts
a vast amount of one sort or another of intelligence,
with its complicated events, extraordinary charac-
ters, and impressive descriptions. It can, therefore,
lay claim to some-consideration from the reader, as
it is the result of thought, and is evidently written
con amore with the excitement and enthusiasm
that so often appertain to the beginner. " County
Society" is novel in some of its ideas, and in spite
of its exaggeration it possesses enough merit to
render it a fair romance for the average readers of
fiction:and habitues of the circulating library.

The Home at .Rosefeld. By _Edward Copping.

3 vols. Hurst andßlackett.

This is a story of domestic life, very pleasing in
its style, although full of melancholy. The hero
and heroine, Frederick and Ruth Selwin, are brother
and sister, and tenderly attached to each other.
They have been left orphans at a very early age,
under the care of a maiden aunt, who is devoted to
their welfare. Aunt Susan is one of those favour-
able specimens of the maligned class disrespectfully
termed " old maids," that are sometimes met with,
devoting all their time, care, and thoughts to those
around them. The Aunt Susan in question supplies
a mother's place to the young orphans at much
personal sacrifice, and bestows on them in after life
the same affectionate care with which she tended
their childhood, ever ready to join in their joys and
to soothe their troubles or annoyances. Unfortu-
nately all her care cannot protect her darlings
from sorrow and disappointment. The only cloud
over the house at Rosefield when we are first
introduced to it is the morbid temper of Frederick,
whose fits of gloomy despondency are a grievous
perplexity to his loving and sunny-hearted little
sister. Ruth is a charming character, and engrosses
the reader's interest throughout the tale. Although
active and courageous in time of need, she is pos-
sessed of a sensitive and deeply affectionate nature,
which is quite unfitted to bear the roughnesses of
life, and more especially any neglect or coldness
from those she loves. The quiet life at Rosefield is
interrupted by the arrival of a stranger cousin,
and the romance of their lives begins. A series of
events assemble at Paris Frederick and Ruth,
George the cousin, and his sister Hester, a
very beautiful, but haughty, wilful, and self-
conceited girl. Ruth, far from the loving
sympathy of hor Aunt , Susan, finds herself
for the first time slighted and despised, her humble
attainments ridiculed, her brother's love chilled into
indifference, her lover's attention sunk into neglect.
Meanwhile Frederick, who almost worships the ar-
rogant and unfeeling Hester, is the victim of her
caprices. We leave the reader to learn from the
history itself how this game of cross purposes is
played out, and the various alternations of joy and
sorrow, hope and suspense through which its actors
have to pass. The more serious and melancholy
portions of the tale are relieved by the sayings
and doings of John Plumber, the Rosefield gar-
dener, his intractable donkey Tom, and his
still more unmanageable son Bill, who puts a
climax to his delinquencies by marrying at the
advanced age of nineteen the substantial housemaid
of nine and thirty. The story is somewhat spun
out, especially towards the close, although the un-
certainty as to Ruth's ultimate fate is skilfully
maintained, and the reader is left in doubt until
near the conclusion. Some of the conversation of
Watts might also be dispensed with, and
the story compressed into two volumes with ad-
vantage. Its principal merit is the simplicity and
ease of its style. In these days when abstruse
theories and perplexing controversies lay in am-
bush in works of fiction to start upon the wearied
reader seeking amusement, and bid him analyse
systems of philosophy or discuss social problems, it
is refreshing to meet with a novel which attempts
nothing more than to tell an interesting tale, to
portray character, and to beguile pleasantly a few
idle hours. Those who are attracted by such a
programme, and who are contented in the absence
of great ability or startling effect, will do well to
pay a visit to the " Home at Rosefield."

SOUTHAMPTON, Tuesday.—The Union Company's
screw steamship Dane, Capt. Hoffman, sailed hence to-day
for Madeira, taking out 33 passengers, among whom were
Lady Beaumont and Mr. Copeland, a son of Alderman
Copeland. The Peninsular and Oriental Company's steam-
ship Tagus, Captain W. B. Hall, sailed yesterday with the
mails and 33 passengers for Vigo, Oporto, and Lisbon.
THE NEW BLACKFRIARS BRIDGE.—The levels of
the new bridge over the Thames at Blackfriars, in the stead
of the present unsightly and dilapidated structure, have
been taken. The intended structure will be 6 feet 10 inches
lower in the centre and 2 feet 9 inches lower at the side
arches than the present bridge, and the incline will there-
fore be easy. The width of the bridge will be 80 feet within
the parapets, being nearly double that of the present bridge.
In construction it will be similar to that of 'Westminster,
but with only three spans to cross the river.
REPEAL OF 100 ACTS OF PARLIAMENT.-011
Friday the six new criminal statutes relating to offences
against the person, malicious injury to property, larceny,
forgery, coining, and accessories and abettors, will come
into force, and from Thursday as many as 105 acts and
parts of acts on the criminal law will be repealed.
RESULT OF THE MIDDLESEX REVISION.—After
the holding of 23 separate courts this extraordinary revi-
sion of the lists of county voters has been brought to a close,
and has resulted in a political gain on the register to the
Liberal party, in the place of an anticipated considerable
loss.

We read in the Nationalitie :—" The police, on
searching a man just arrested at Milan for swindling, found
upon him a consul's diploma and a commission as cabinet
courier, both signed by the ex-King of of Naples."
Sir Henry Storks, Sir George Buller (major.
general commanding), Capt. Hylliar, and other persons in
command dined with the Emperor of Austria during his
brief stay at Corfu, and in commemoration of the event one
of the principal fortified outworks has been christened
" Francis Joseph."
IMPORTANT ALTERATION IN THE CRIMINAL LAW.
" CONSPIRACY TO MURDER."—On Friday next, Nov. 1, the
new act on offences against the person will come into opera-
tion, containing an important provision with respect to
"conspiracy to murder," a subject which excited a good
deal of interest about three years ago. The 4th section of
the new act (24 and 25 Vic„ c. 100) states that " all persons
who shall conspire, confederate, and agree to murder any
person, whether he be a subject of her Majesty or not, and
whether he be within the Queen's dominions or not; and
whosoever shall solicit, encourage, persuade, or endeavour
to persuade, or shall propose to any person to murder any
other person, whether he be a subject of her Majesty or not
or whether he be within her Majesty's dominions or not
shall be guilty of a misdemeanor, and being convicted
thereof shall be liable, at the discretion of the Court to be
kept in penal servitude for any term not more than ten
and not less than three years, or to be imprisoned for any
term not weeding two years wit); 91' Witilolo Lard 1,411v1i1r."

BRUTAL CONDUCT OF AUSTRIAN

OFFICERS NEAR VICENZA.

In a late number of the Opinione of Turin there
appears the following account of an onslaught
made by eight Austrian officers on a young Italian
lad, Alessandro Finatto, the son of the postmaster
at Vicenza. The truth of the narrative, which ap-
peared in the private letter to which general pub-
licity was given in the Opinione, has been amply
confirmed from other quarters :
" VICENZA, Oct. 10.

" I will begin by telling you of the sanguinary
scene that happened here yesterday. You know
that during the last few days the Austrian army
has made some manoeuvres on a grand scale, so that
it is needless to inform you that, besides the damage
to the vineyards and the arable land, all the cost of
military transport, as well as the quartering of the
men, had to be defrayed by the communes.
" Montecchio Maggiore was one of the localities
designated for these exercises, and for a fortnight
above 9,000 soldiers have been billeted on the
houses. I leave you to imagine the damage to the
fields, trampled on by horse and foot, just as if it
were an enemy's country. The postmaster of this
place is one Biasio Finatto, and it happened that
when he returned from Vicenza he found an order
at his house from the commune, ordering him to
take two officers of the regiment Prohascka to a
neighbouring place. The order was to depart im-
mediately, withoat giving him time to rest even
his horse.

"The poor man, being tired with his previous jour-
ney, sent his only son, Alessandro (a young man
aged 19, full of life and vigour) to accompany them,
and the two officers bade him come and pick them
up near the Café Panciera, the usual place of ren-
dezvous for all the officers of that regiment.
" Young Finatto was exact to the appointment,
but, instead of the two officers, he found no less
than five, who insisted on all getting into the car-
riage. He refused to take them, alleging in self-
defence the communal order, which only mentioned
two, not five; and that, besides, his weary horse
was incapable. One of the two first officers, Count
Bari, of Milan, either a captain or lieutenant, who
heard the post-boy's refusal, got out of the carriage,
in which he was already, went up to him, and gave
him a blow with the back of his hand.
"The lad felt his blood boil in his veins, and re-
torted by hitting him in the face with his clenched
fist. The count tried to draw his sword, but the lad
quickly seized it, though cutting his fingers, forced
the blade back into the scabbard from which it was
half drawn, and so held it until the count's four
comrades (I believe all Austrians by race) brutally
attacked the unarmed lad with their drawn swords.
The names of three are known—Lieutenants Counts
Wurmbrand and 011 mayer, and Sub-Lieutenant
Vachs. The first wounded him mortally in the
neck, the second cut his arm, the third cut through
Ms elbow, and they continued to shower blows on
the unfortunate man, who managed, however, to
get on his feet and run for shelter from their
brutal cowardice into the café. Inside there
were about 30 officers, some of high rank in the
same regiment, who continued playing cards with-
out moving, permitting this enormity to be com-
mitted. Three more joined the first five in cutting
with their swords at the poor lad, who, tottering,
mortally wounded, tried to reach a door, which,
opening on an inner court, offered a hope of escape.
Then all present, roused from their impassibility,
jumped up from the card-tables to bar the way and
drive the fugitive back into the middle of the
room, where the unfortunate man's strength failing
him he fell half dead under one of the tables. But
their barbarity did not end here • for while his
eight assailants pricked him with their sword
points as if he had been a truss of straw, others
called out the patrol from the nearest guard-house,
perhaps to strike terror into the inhabitants, and
ordered them to take the half alive body to the
guard-house and keep it in close arrest.

" The occurrence soon came to the ears of the
father and sister, who tried to learn the truth ;
but the sentinels crossed bayonets before the two
unhappy people, who demanded with tears a son
and a brother. Some people interfered, and the
communal secretary at last obtained a hearing for
them. You can imagine the despair of both on
beholding him lying half dead on the bare ground,
bathed with his blood, his eyes half closed, neither
knowing nor hearing them. They called for a
doctor, and soon fetched Dr. Cora, the parish doctor;
but he was refused admittance, so they were obliged
to ask for another permit from the general, who
granted it on condition that the medical examination
should be made in the presence of two regimental
doctors; thus with orders and permits two good
hours passed before the doctor could do anything
for the dying man. The wounds were bound up
as well as possible ; out of 19 four were declared
mortal.; and then a litter was sent for, on which,
after procuring a further order from the general,
the patient was carried to his home.
" The general in command has withdrawn the
eight offenders from the indignation of the furious
people, who would have tried to make an example
of them, and sent them secretly I do not know
whether to Verona or Vicenza. The young man is
not yet dead, owing to his youth, but the doctor in
charge of him has no hopes for him.
"No particulars of this occurrence can be con-
tradicted. I have told the simple truth. This
lamentable deed took place yesterday, Oct. 9, at
six o'clook p.m."