The Sun. — 1863-09-12 (London, England)

THE LEGER. sto 1 agst Avenger (take 11 to 2) 5 to 1 agst Queen Bertha (take 11 to 2) 6to 1 agst Loid Clifden (offered) 100 to 12 agst Ranger (offered) 9to 1 agst Golden Pledge (taken and offered) 100 to 6 agst Borealis (taken) 100 to 6 agst Blue Mantle (taken) 33 to 1 agst National Guard (offered) 40 to 1 agst Serf (taken) 50 to 1 agst Donnybrook (offered) 1000 to 15 agst Dr. Syntax (offered) 1000 to 2 agst Scamander (offered) 1500 even on Ranger agst Golden Pledge (taken)  MANHATTAN'S RAP OVER GARIBALDI'S KNUCKLES —Had Greek fire been placed in the pockets of all the Italians in this city,and the friends of Garibaldi, they could not have been more astounded than they were yesterday .upon reading an authentic letter from their distinguished countryman addressed to Abraham Lincoln. It contains the following :—" Heir of theaspirations of Christ and of John Brown, you will pass to posterity with the name of The Emancipator ; more enviable than any crown or any human treasure." This is rank blasphemy. After such a compliment to old Abe Mrs. Lincoln can do no less than call on Garibaldi, and personally thank him for this quantity of soft Italian soap. his friends here explain the letter, by saying that his late wound in the foot ended in inflammation of the brain ; and that that, when cured, was left in a soft condition. Others say the letter was a joke, and was so intended by Garibaldi. He ought to know better than to joke upon serious subjects. The France states that the authorities of Brest according to instructions received from Paris, duly informed the consignees of the Confederate steamer Florida that a dock was at the disposal of that vessel to effect all the repairs of which she stood in need. In consequence a steamtug belonging to the port went into the roadstead on the 6th and took the Forida into one of the docks prepared. for her. Shipwrights belonging to private yards were authorised to enter the arsenal and immediately commenced the repairs necessary to put the vessel in good sea-going condition.  JULES JANIN'S ETERNAL YOUTll.—Some men never grow old, exclaims a genial critic of this veteran tetalletoniste's last new work, Whatever the registrar's book or Vapereau's " Dictionnaire des Contemporains" may say to the contrary, they remain settled on the bright side of thirty. Take Jules Janin as an example. We could easily fix the date of his first feuilleton in the Journal des Debats—but look at the preface of the" Contea du Chalet," and say whether it is not the production of a very young man, full of enthusiasm for everything that is noble and beautiful, brimming over with imagination and. fancy. The chalet which M. Jules Janin celebrates in this. preface is the new residence erected for him at Passy—a, chalet in the strictest sense of the word, small, neat, pie.. turesque, full of treasures of every kind, having a minis-. ture park and water works. The walls are ornamented. with appropriate inscriptions, and within is a round table,. presented to the feffilletoniste by M. Lacheze, whom hi .e friend has in return honoured with the dedication of this " Coates du Chalet." The Court of Assize of Indre-et-Loire last week tried a returned convict named Maurice, aged 59,, charged with having murdered at Cerizay an infirm old. man, named Barrilaut, nearly 80 years of age. It appeared,. from the evidence, that the prisoner returned to France on. the 28th April last from Cayenne, where he had undergone a sentence of ten years' hard labour. As soon as he landed'he commenced his old practices, and on the 30th May he murdered Barrilaut, and plundered the house, which he had entered under pretext of begging a glass of wino. Ha was arrested immediately after the crime. The evidence against him being most conclusive, he was found guilty and condemned to death. The Pays gives some explanation of the provisional seizure of the Confederate man-of-war Florida, now uuder repairs at Brest. It seems that M. Monier, the shipowner, at whose instance the measure has been taken.. claims 100,000 f. damages from the Florida, in consequence of her having put some prisoners on board one of his yeseels, and compelled her to alter her course and convey theta to Acapulco. The information of the Pays may be correct., but its geography is clearly wrong. Acapulco is on the, Pacific coast of Mexico, and to land them there a ship would have to go round Cape Horn.