The Sun.
London, England, 1857-07-23 00:00:00

WEDNESDAY.

The Forest Plate (Handicap) of 50 80173 ; winners after
the publication of the weights 5113 extra. Straight
half-mile.

Kr. W. Evans's Miss Nightingale, 3 yrs, Gat 41b
(L. Snowden) 1
Mr. T. SCevens's Barbarity, 3 yrs, Gst 61e (Prior) 2
Mr. H. Edwards's Affghan, 5 yrs, 7st 131 b (13ates) 3
The following also ran :—Janet Pride, Oltenitz Prin.
ceos Eugenie, Sweetener, colt by Stulrz, out of Gentle
Kitty, Sorceress, Silkmore, Miss Waters, Ambrosia.
Betting-3 to 1 agst Oitenitza, 6to 1 each agst Bar-
barity, Gentle Kitty colt, Janet Pride, and Miss Waters,
8 to 1 agst Miss Nightingale, 10 to 1 agst Ambrosia.
Won in a canter by a length ; Fame distance between
the second and third ; half a length between the tbird
and fourth. About four lengths behind Janet Pride came
Sweetener, Miss Waters, and Gentle Kitty colt ; Olten-
itza, who got rather badly off, was next.
Juvenile Stakes of 5 sous each, with 30 added. Straight

half-mile. Six subs.
Mr. T. Damsons Thornhill, 7st (20/.) (Bullock) 1
Mr. Stebbing's Jtremy Diddler, 74 (201.) (Grimmer) 2
Mr. Evans's Lady Conynghatn, fist 11lb (20/ )
(L. Snowden) 3
The following also ran :—Queen of the Isles, Psyche
filly, and Whirlpool.
Betting—Even on Lady Conyngbarn, 3 to 1 agst
Thornhill, 5 to 1 apt the Psyche filly. Won by halt a
length, a head between the second and third, bad
fourth. The winner was bought in for 100 guineas.
_ _ _

The Chesterfield Handicap of 15 sovs each,-10ft, and 5
only if declared, &c., with 50 added ; certain penalties
for winners. One mile and a half. 17 subs, seven of

whom declared.
Mr. R. Sutt,n's Cockatoo, 4 yrs B,t 111b...(K,.nda11) 1
Mr. Saxon's Queen Bess, 3 yrs, bit 611, (Dales) 2
Mr Flintoff's Might, 6 yrs, Bit 716 .........(E Jones) 3
The following also ran :—Verona, Bracken, and King
of Scotland.

Betting-3 to 1 agst Queen,Bess, 7to 2 agst King of
Scotland, 4 to 1 each agst Bracken and Verma' 6 to 1
agst Cockatoo. Won by half a length ; same distance
between the second and third ; bad fourth. King of
Scotland, who was lost all the way, did not pass the post.
The Nottingham Nursery Plate (Handicap) of 100 soya ;
winners of any race after the publication of the
weights, slb extra. Straight half-mile.

La Alert's Maggie Lauder, 7st 8113 (Bray) 1
Smith's Conductor, lit (Wi hington) 2
Ea.twood's Hesperithusa, 7-t 6113 ........(Bates) 3
Gordon's colt by The Dupe, darn by PantKea, 7st
(Fordharn) 4
The following al,o ran :-2Ethon, Madame Ristori,
Trot, Prince of Denntat k, and Ambrosia.
Betting-6 to 4 apt Hesperithusa, sto 2 agat Maggie
Lauder, 6to 1 agst Conductor. Won by a head, half
a length between the second and third, two lengths
between the third and fourth. ./Ethon, who was last,
jumped round at starting, and Prince of Denmark did
not get well off.

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Her Majesty's Plate of 100 guineas ; three-yr•olds, 7st
71b ; four, 9st ; five, 9it Gib ; eix and aged, 9st- 91b.
Two miles.
Mr. R. Drewitt's Borderer, 3 yrs (T Forster) 1
Mr. Barber's Pretty Boy, 4 yrs (J. Osborne) 2
Mr. Daley's Renown, 3 yrs (Charlton) 3
Mr. Clive's Apathy. 3 yarn (Cress well) 4
Baron Rothschild's Blooming Heather, .5 yrs (Hayhoe) 5
Bunney Park Stakes. T.Y.C.
_

Terrific
Honey stick
Eight ran

Racing Fixtures for 1857.

AUGUST.

Ripon
North Staffordshire 4
Brighton
Brighton Club 7
Wolverhampton lO
Reading .12
SEPTE
Warwick
Cardiff
Lichfield
Derby
Thirsk ll

York 19
Radcliffe 24
Egbam 25
Stockton 27
Hereford
Maidstone 28
aNIBER.

OCT(
Northallerton
Cheater Autumn 6
R. Caledonian Hunt . 6
Wrexham 8
Richmond 8

Doncaster 15
Leicester 23
Monmouth 94
Manchester Autumn 2
Newmarket F 0 29
IBER.

Nov E
Worcester Autumn 3
Wenlock
Shrewsbury Autumn l7

Irish Racing Fix
AUG

Gal way
Tarnore
Killarney

Newmarket S 0 l2
Warwick Autumn 2O
Kelso 20
Newmarket H

LITERATURE.

A woman's Story. By Mrs. S. C. Hall. 3 Tols.
Hu:st and Blackett.

There is much to attract in this story, and the
fact of its scenes being laid in a period now long
past, imparts to it a freshness and variety well
cdculated to please those who may be wearied by
the iteration of present modes and actual manners.
The purport of the narrative is to describe the fate
of Helen Lyndsey, a gifted maiden, whose career
certainly vet ified the adage that geniuses are always
unhappy. Florence Middleton, the cousin of
Helen is also dwelt upon, and it is mournful to
behold two such superior beings doomed to fates so
miserable. Not only debarred from each other's
friendship by the cruel hint sof a desperate schemer,
but called upon to endure, etch in her way, as
cruel and painful an infliction as can be imagined.
Florence, in her purity and lofty ideas of right,
was deceived en alt sides, met with nothing but
trickery an 1 subterfuge, till her noble heart was
broken. Helen, whose prend and sens:tive mind
sh wile from lin effects of evil, as her cousin's bet-
ter nature shunned its appearance, was fated to
pass the brightest years of her life under a shadow
and a cloud. Her ambition was great, her talents
extraordinary, and her management something
wonderful for so young a girl ; but over every tri-
umphal arch was hung a pall, in every garland that
crowned the brow of youthful aenius, she espied the
lurking serpents of suspicion and distrust. She
was unfortunate ; bet had she consulted her friends,
and preferred the reality of evil to the semblance
of sunshine, her course would have been very
different. Her character is naturally described, and
while charmed and fascinated by her varied
attainments, her dazzling gifts, her splendid quali-
ties, we feel so much that is glorious shOuld net be
under a false illusion. The same sentiment is expe-
rience -1 by the young votary of fame herself, when
she thus spoke of her cousin, to a friend after her
first meeting with her. "Is Florence heart and
soul, bright pure nature ? Is she the actual real,
unselfl,h womanly creature she looks—with but
little less of beauty and goodness than the angels
that do homage before the thr ne of God?" It was
the knowledge of the want iu herself that made her
so appreciate the merit iu another.. Florence was
wrong in placing such implicit trust in one like
Marley, her own purity madeher unsuspicious, but
there s as something wilful in her persistence when
so many things were shown against him. Marley
himself presents an instance of cunning and adroit-
ness rarely equalled. For the sake of obtaining
wealth and power he concocted plans of deceit, and
performed deeds of such unscrupulous daring, that
might well have amazed those most versed in trea-
chery, and been marvelled at by those to whom
conscience is little more than a name. Postical
justice seems vindicated when he is finally taken
prisoner for forgery. Helen's nature shines out
brightly at last from under the shadows that had
too long obscured it, she made a sacrifice to the
cause of truth, the magnitude of which none could
over estimate ; when she stood iu the presence of
the haughty Lasly Harrington, and told her she
gave up her son ; this man although cold, and con-
strained, was the idol of her imaginative youth,
the dream of her poetess-soul, the pole star of her
glittering but erratic course. After acknowledging
her error to her uncle, the error that had induced
her to conceal her knowledge of Marley while he was
gaining the heart of the pure Florence, because
she dreaded his power, Helen might have ex-
claimed, " One self-approving hour whole years
outweighs," and indeed it might cancel a lifetime
of triumphs like hers, with the sword of avenging
justice seeming ever about to fall. She knew that
she had left the road of earthly fame, but the path
her feet then pressed would conduct her to a nobler
goal, while the light of its glories would enable
h-r to behold the perfect. day. Whatever more she
attempted in after days was all devoted to one end,
and contained one object—a crusade against false-
hood. Many different persons are introduced in
passages of this story, who serve for amusement
and edification, with their quaint, old-fashioned
notions of gentility. It is also pleasing to peruse
the accounts of Helen's mingling with more intel-
lectual society than the simple folks of her native
village, who hailed her re-appearance as "a star"
among them with such rapture. "A Woman's
Story" may thus be regarded favourably. The
chronicles of her heroine are evidently meant to
"point a moral as well as adorn a tale," to show
that the shining treasure lent, not given, is divested
of its charm if iti possessor be not true. The tone
taus infused into its composition would render a
less able work worthy of regard and consideration.

Tallangetta : the Squatter's home. A story of
Australian Life. By William lolowitt, author of
" Two Yeats in Victoria," &c. 2 vols. Long-

man.

In addition to the other obligations which the
literacy world is under to Mr. William Howitt,
the works which he has previously given us on
Australian life and scenery render this one wel-
come. It is interesting also from giving a picture
of colonial life from a comparatively fresh point of
view. Our ideas of emigrants are usually asso-
cihted with the poorer classes, who build them-
selves log houses, and devote themselves to agri-
cultural labour. It is, therefore, a novelty to be
introduced to a baronet's family, driven from home,
it is true, by losses and lawsuits, but taking pos-
session of an elegant house and large estate, and
cultivating the refinements and luxuries of civilised
life. The characters are not confined to squatters,
however, for sketches from many of the motly
groups of Australian life are incidentally given,
and what with the actors in the story, and the
tales and narratives introduced, the author forcibly
impreses on the reader the wonderful variety of
class, country, and character to he met with by
the adventurous. Prominent among them are
clairvoyants and spirit rappers. The author evi-
dently believes in the spirit-rapping, and has intro-
duced it as an agent in his story. In his preface
he tells us that it was in the far bush that he was
first surprised by an exhibition of table-
turning, and if he had confined himself
to this and to mesmer'sni no one could have
complained. But it is with regret that we find a
writer of Mr. Howitt's authority and character
giving any countenance to the pretensions of the
mediums and spirit rappers, and evidently putting
faith in their assertions that departed spirits can
be summoned by their call. Another extraordinary
character is drawn from life—a highwayman, who
amused himself by contributing excellent poetry to
one of the Melbourne papers, and passed himself
off in respectable society as a man of great talents
and acquirements. Many of the incidental sketches
have already appeared in household Words at
different epochs ; and the writer has received a
letter from Mr. John Fawkner, the oldest settler
in Victoria, tstifying his high opinion of them.
Another letter, from the brilliant author of " It is
never too Late to Mend," expresses his obligations
to Mr. Hewitt in his usual vivid manner. Aus-
tralia does, indeed, appear in more attractive
colours in Mr. Howitt's pages than in most tra-
veller's records. He describes the scenery in glow-
ing terms—the wonderful luxuriance, the variety,
and the beauty of some parts of the country. Tal-
langutta, the squatter's home, is represented as a
most picturesque spot—the house standing on a
hill, overlooking a plain of several miles extent,
glittering with a sheet of golden flowers. The ani-
mal life of the colony, of which little has been said,
is represented in a most attractive form—the g ,r-
-geous birds, the parrots, the emus, and fowls of
every description being frequently referred to. It
must not be supposed that life at the diggings
has been overlooked. The hero of the story sets
off there, chiefly impelled by curiosity, and meets
with sundry characteristic adventures, being
cheated and robbed in the most approved fashion.
The ignorant justices, carelessly appointed to an
arduous and responsible office, are attacked with
an unsparing hand. All who wish for an insight
into Australian life, or a view of its natural fea-
tures, should peruse these volumes. They must,
indeed, be fastidious and critical, who will not
derive amusement and information from their in-
troduction to the inhabitants and visitors of Ta
langetta.

Gossip. By Henry Morley, author of "Palissy,
the Potter," Repented from Household
Words. Chapt ca.
n
The talented author of the lives of "Bernard
Palissy," " Jerome Cardan," and " Cornelius
among the most entertaining Agrippa," has been
contributors to the pages of Household Words.
Many will remember the amusing paper called
" Adventures in Skitzland," which ye G veils I a
secret moral under its absurdity. Many another
sketch of the satne character is to be met with in
this volume. Those who remember the author's
instructions, " How to make Home Unhealthy,"
and "Defence of Ignorance," will recognise his
peculiar manner of ads pting the opinions entirely
opposite to his own, and gravely proving their
falsity, while apparently defending them. Medi-
cal men and sanitary measures occupy a large share
of his attention. He his evidently studied the
subject, and like many others, being once con•
vinced of its importance, he is appalled at the
apathy and negligence which surrounds him. The
annual sacrifice of life by typhus fever and other
preventible diseases, demands more attention, he
insists, than the visitation of an epidemic. The
mortality and suddenness of cholera are terrible,
but it is not always busy among us. He compares
the earliness with which the catalogue of deaths
from this and similar diseases is receive 1, to a
state of quiet satisfaction in such intelligence as
'There were two hundred and fifty cases of baking

to death last week, but all, wing for the increase
population, this is not al)ove the average. 0
these cases the majurity were young persons, only
one hundred of th-se who were baked being over
fifteen years of age.' If Typhus were a mur-
derer, and we could lock him up, should we put
hie murders into the weekly hill of mortality, and
leave him lo:ise as an accented fact ? He is a mur-
derer, and we can lock him up. Dogbfrry and
Verges are discussing how o set about it." The
vigorous sense and kindly feeling, joined. to the
humouroui touches and pleasant asurdities, com-
bine to forma very agreeable volume of Gosstp.