The Sun. — London, England, 1867-04-06 00:00:00

Sporting Intelligence Extra. PROGRAMME OF NEWMARKET CRAVEN MEETING. MONDAY, APRIL 8. The Craven Stakes of 10 soya each, with 50 given by the Jockey Club ; three year olds 6st 101 b, four Bst 81b, five and upwards 9st 21b; the winner to be sold for 500 sovs, if demanded, &c. or carry 71b extra ; if entered for 100 sovs allowed 71b; A.F. A Plate of 50 sovs (Handicap), for three year olds and up- wards ; T.Y.C. A. Handicap of 15 sovs each, 10 ft, for three year olds and upwards; D.M. A Plate of 50 sovs; two year olds 6st 71b, three Bst 101 b, four Bst 121 h, five and upwards 10st ; mares and geldings allowed 31b; the winner to be sold with engagements for 200 sovs; if entered for 100 soya allowed 71b; Crite- rion Course. A Sweepstakes of 50 soya each, h ft, for three year olds ; last half mile of T.C. ; 3 subs. Rhymer, Bst 101 b ; Delium, Bst 21b ; La Sorrentina, 7st A Sweepstakes of 50 sovs each, h ft, for three year olds; colts Bst 10Ib, fillies Bst 51b; starters twice before the time of closing allowed 41b ; R.M. ; 4 subs. Eglamour (41b), Red Riband, Bismarck (41b), Flying Scud (41b) A Sweepstakes of 25 sovs each, for three year olds ; colts Bst 101 b, fillies and geldings Bst 71b ; maidens at starting allowed 71b ; the winner to be sold for 400 sovs ; T.Y.C.; 5 subs. Batty, Narino, Bismarck, Bretoline, Haidee. A Free Handicap of 20 sovs each, h ft, if accepted, with 300 added; winners of any race after March 22 (at 10 a.m.) 31b, of a handicap 71b extra ; Bretby Stakes Course 21 sube. Age st lb Ostregor 5 9 7 ' Cecrops ... 4 9 2 Abergeldie (inc 71b extra) ... ... 4 8 6 Lord Ronald ... 5 8 3 Paris (in 71b ex) ... 6 8 3 Archimedes ... 5 8 0 Christmas Carol ... 5 7 12 Bismarck (in 31b ex) 3 7 6 Pirate Chief ... 3 7 2 Thalassius... ... 5 7 0 Czar, by West Aus tralian ... 4 6 13 Montagnard ... 3 6 10 Match 100, h ft ; both four yi Lord Westmorland's Ulphu. ham's Dr Syntax, 7st 31b. Age at lb The Skipper (late Zest) ... .. 3 6 8 Jasper ... ... 3 6 7 Diadem ... 4 6 5 Gretna, ... 4 6 2 Leases ... ... 3 6 0 Maid Marian 3 5 13 Beauclerk (Count Batthyany's) ... 3 512 F by Parmesan out of Areheress ... 3 5 7 F by Skirmisher out of Mayonnaise ... 3 5 7 r olds ; last half of Ab. Bst 101 b, agst Lord Conyng- TUESDAY. A Plate of 50- sovs, for two-year olds; colts Bst 101 b, fillies Bst 71b; winners of a plate or sweepstakes value 50 sovs including the winners own stake 51b, of two such races or one of 200 sovs value 71b extra ; the first half of Ab.M. A Sweepstakes of 10 soya each; three-year olds Bst, four 9st 51b, five and upwards 9st 101 b ; mares and gelding allowed 31b; the winner to be sold for 200 sovs if de manded, &c.; if entered for 150 soya allowed 71b, 100 121 b, 70 161 b ; The Newmarket Handicap of 25 soya each, 15 ft, and 5 only if declared, with 200 added ; winners after Jan 23 (at 6 p.m.) of a handicap amounting to 200 sovs with public money added 51b extra ; winners of all other handicaps with public money added 51b, of any two 101 b extra from the starting post of the R.M. to the end of B.C. 60 subs, 24 of whom declared. Age at lb Tormentor ... 4 8 12 Gomem ... 5 8 10 Brown Bread ... 5 8 9 Sydmonton 5 8 8 Christmas Carol 5 8 8 Apsley 4 8 4 Ischia ... 1 8 0 Plutus 4 7 11 The Lizard 5 7 10 Whalebone 4 7 8 Chepstow 4 7 5 Claverhouse 4 7 4 Proserpine... 4 7 4 Rose Cheri... 4 7 4 Wild Briar... 4 7 2 Pirate Chief ... 3 7 2 Jasper 3 7 0 Othello ... 4 7 0 A Sweepstakes of 100 sovs e fillies ; Bst 91b each ; a w' Age st lb Blinkhoolie 3 6 13 Foresight ... ... 3 6 12 Janna ... 3 6 12 Seringapatam ... 3 6 8 Usurper ... ... 3 6 6 S tokeley 3 6 6 Gilead ... ... 3 6 6 Greenback.. ... 3 6 6 Primrose ... 3 6 6 Leap Year... 3 6 5 Red Shoes... ... 3 6 4 Whirligig ... ... 3 6 4 Leases ... ... 3 6 4 Brown Tommy ... 3 5 13 Clarice ... 3 5 13 Tight-fit colt 3 513 Scipio ... ... 3 5 13 Numa Pompilius 3 513 h ft, for three year old inner of 400 sous 51b extra; D.M. ; 5 subs. Duke of Beaufort's Charming May, Marquis of Hastings's The Duchess, Mr. Payne's Pussy, Baron Rothschild's Camilla, Lord Stamford's f by Wild Dapsll out of Ilupee. The Ninth Sale Stakes of 50 sovs each, li ft, for three year year olds; colts Bst 101 b, fillies Bst 6113; untrieds allowed 31b, and those bought for less than 300 gs allowed 31b, for less than 100 gs 61b, such allowance to be claimed at the time of naming ; maidens at starting allowed ilb; the second to save - his stake ; A.F. ;11 subs. Midwife (91b), Br f by Gemma di Vergy—Sneer (61b), Satyr, Umbra, (91b), Muscular Christian (9►b), Valambrosa (31b,) New Guinea (91h), The Pieman (31h), Thu General (3►b), Blush Bose (91h), Golden Bloom (flub). The Beacon Stakes of 50 sovs each, h ft, for two year olds ; colts Bst 101 b, fillies, Bst 71b ; winners, 51b extra ; last half mile of B.C. 12 subs. - - The Morning Star, Papillon, c by Brother to Bird on the Wing (foaled in 1853) out of The Drake's dam, Cle mence, Little Prince, Eau de Vie, Balsam°, The Parson, Grimston, Nyanza, Sedella, Redivivus. A Sweepstakes of 50 soya each, for three year olds; colts Bst 101 b, fillies Bst 71b ; not engaged in the Two Thou sand Guineas, Newmarket, or the One Thousand Guinea Stakes ; D.M. 6 subs. Satyr, Bismarck, The Rake, Hippia, Pirate Chief, and Avron. _ _ _ . _ _ _ -- • The Ninth Newmarket Biennial Stakes of 10 sous each, with 100 added by the Jockey Club, for three year olds ; colts, Bst 10Ib, fillies Bst 61b; the second to receive a sum equal to 10 per cent. on the whole stake, and the third a sum equal to 5 per cent. ; R.M. 73 subs. C by Lord of the Isles—Splitvote, f by Newminster— Irish Queen, Eglamour, Beauclerk, Caucasus, Vauban, Taraban, The Wild Wind, Stolen Kisses, Silence (dead), Antipodes (dead), c by Wild Dayrell—Kilmeny, Wrough ton, The Hermit, Ruthven, Coldstream, Redbourne Milan, Lord Hastings, Rejoinder, Walton, Godefroy, Diadem' Debut, Nunquam Dormio, Glengarno c k, Lordßrownlow; Fakir, Silenus, Julius, King's Cross, Ca.uthleen, Sweet Home, Airel, La Dauphine, Breach of Promise, Catherine, Tempest, Marmite, f by Thormanby out of Sunflower, c by Thormanby out of Rogerthorpe's darn, Helter Skelter, La Pure, Liveryman, Littlepert, The Bake, Pussy, Will Scarlett, Haidee, f by Kingstown —Miserrima (dead), Middle Park, Falkenstein, Ravioli, D'Estournel, Moleskin, Lambourn Lass, Nursery Girl, Sir Oliver, Siiankos, Kid derminster, c by Vedette out of Auditor's dam, f by Wild Dayrell Rupee, Land Tax, Stradbroke, Scipio. Foresight, c by Vedette out of Pigskin, c by Promised Land out of Breastgirth, Gilead, f by Promised Land—Queen of the May, c by Dundee out of Augusta, Arundel, Rus in Urbe. Match 100, both three year olds; T.Y.C.—Capt. Coventry's Land Tax, Bst 101 b, agst Capt. Hawksley's Rhymer, Bst. WEDNESDAY. A Subscription Plate of 54) sovs ; three year olds 7st 71b, four Bst 121 b, five and upwards 9st 31b ; A Sweepstakes of 10 says each ; three year olds 7st 71b, four Bst 111 b, five and upwards 9st 41b ; the winner to be sold for 100 sovs if demanded, &c. ; T.Y.C. A Handicap of 10 sovs each, for three year olds and up wards ; D.R. A Plate of 100 sovs, for two year olds which have never won 100 sovs ; colts Bst 101 b, fillies Bst 71b ; last half mile of B.C. The Column Stakes of 50 soya each, h ft, for three year olds ; colts Bst 101 b, fillies Bst 71b ; 31b and 51b allowed ; ; 6 subs. Lady Fyfield (51b), f by Young Melbourne out of Mow erina (dead), The Ringtail Screamer , f by Thormanby out of Princess Royal (slb), Summertime (31b), f by Wild Dayrell out of Emily 011)). A Sweepstakes of 50 soya each, h ft, for three year old fillies ; Bst 10lb each ; maidens at starting allowed 51b; T.Y.C. ; 7 subs. Problem, Boadicea, Reigning Beauty, Red Biband, High land Sister, Hippia, Cellina. Match 100, h ft ; R.M.—Capt. Coventry's Kingsley, 4 yrs, Bst 101 b, agat Admiral Rous's Lady Bugle Eye, 3 yrs, 7st.. Match 100, h ft ; both two year olds ; last half mile of B.C.—Mr. Hawksley's Eau do Vie, Bst 121 b, agst Lord Uxbridge's Roll Call, 7st 111 b. THURSDAY. A Subscription Plate of 50 sous ; three year olds 7st 51b, four Bst 121 b, five and upwards 9st 41b; the winner to be sold for 300 soya if demanded, &c.; if entered for 150 soya alloVred 71b ; D.M. A Plate of 50 sovs (Handicap), for three year olds and up- wards ; A.F. The Eighth Newmarket Biennial Stakes of 10 sous each, with 100 added by the Jockey Club, for four year olds ; colts Bst 10Ib, fillies Bst 6lb; starters for this race in 1866, and not being placed first or second, to be allowed 41b in 1867, and in 1867 maidens before starting allowed 101 b, if they have never received 50 sous as second horse; the winner of the Derby or Doncaster St. Leger 71b extra ; the second to receive a sum equal to 10 per cent. on the whole stake, and the third a sum equal to 5 per cent. 58 subs. D.I. Splitvete f, Butler, Mazepps, Mount Palatine , Ombra e, lonica c, Ischia, West wick, Glares (dead), .Malibran, The Primate, The Peer, Goojerat, May Queen, King Hal, Ceylon, Penelope P Si pletou Magician, Actor,r, Jenny Jumps, Custalot t a 7 el' The l Carthusian, The Chase, Fair Rosamond, Danish Bose, Black Lady,L iyof the Valley Ammunition,rey c, illi : crankie, L a d y Violet, The Student, Medallion, Rose Cheri (paid), La Dauphine, Gazna, Monar c h of the Glen Bullfinch, Elf, Lochiel, , D Zelica,_al.s_e Staghound, Robin flood , Pea de Charge, Montrose num, Tomahawk, Wolcey, Warwi c k, Brother to Guerilla, Edith, Ashd own, Gladiator, The Admiral, Gondolier, The Assassin, The Sharper, Effervescence. The Abingdon Stakes of 50 sous each, h ft, for two year old fillies; Bst 71b each ; untrieds allowed 31b ; winners 51b extra; last half of Ab. M. 15 subs. pa Tbo Morning Star (wrong nominati on ) , Rosa D ore tt a , pillon (31b), Nelly Rose, °lenience, Princess Mary, Wihcraft, D u l ce t , Traviata, Janet Rawcliffe Ninny, Haymarket, Polaxe, Pyrenees, Himalaya f. tc The Claret Stakes, a subscription of 200 SOVF4 each, h ft for four year olds; colts Bst I.olb, fillies Bst 51b ; the second to rave his stake : D.I. ; 5 subs. B c by Y. Melbourne, dam by Teddington, Blue Riband, Auguste, Prince of Wales, E sca . The Aske Produce Stakes of 50 sow; each,.h ft, for three year olds ; colts Bst 10Ib, fillies Bst 71b; untrieds allowed 81b ; D.M. Charming May, f by Stockwell out of Tunstall Maid (31b) (dead), scoar de Cb.arite, Pericles Tbyrx (Sib) (paid), Ravioli (31b), ch f by Parmesan out of Buckingham's dam (31b), Miss Elizabeth (31b). A Sweepstakes of 100 sous each, h ft, for three year olds ;, colts Bst 161 b, fillies Bst 61b ; D.M. ; 4 subs. Vauban, Taraban, Whirligig, Siiankos. A Sweepstakes of 25 Eovs each, for two year olds; colts Bst 71b, fillies Bst 51b; last half of R.M. ; 9 subs. Gloire de Dijon, Sister to First Flight, Equerry, Lady Barbara, Eau de Vie, Speculum, Witchcraft, The Sphynx, North Marston. Match 100, 2a ft ; Bst 101 b each ; last half of Ab. M.—Lord Westmorland's Offington, 3 yrs, agst Lord Conyngham's Dr. Syntax, 4 yrs. FILIDAY. The Queen's Plate of 100 gs ; three year olds 7st 31b, four 9st 71b, five lOst 41b, six and aged lOst 81b; A Plato of 50 sovs (Handicap), for three year olds and up- wards ; New T.Y.C. A Plate of 50 sovs ; two year olds 6st 121 b, three 9st ; fillies allowed 31b ; the winner to be sold for 500 sovs ; 1f for 100 sous allewed 91b; if not for sale 51b extra; T.Y.C. A Sweepstakes of 10 sovs each, for two year olds : colts Bst 101 b, fillies Bst 71b; the winner to be sold for 100 sovs ; last half of R M. The Port Stakes of 100 sovs each, h ft, for four year olds ; colts Bst 10Ib, fillies Bst 71b, and not named in the Claret Stakes; T.M.M. ; 4 subs. Strafford's dam colt, Rustic, Freedom, The Peer. The Bennington Stakes of 50 sovs each, h ft, for three olds; colts Bst 101 b, fillies Bst 51b; 31b and 51b allowed; ; 9 subs. Vauban, Vaga colt, Rondinella, The Ringtail Screamer, Littleport, Haidee, Falkenstein, Ravioli, Emily filly. A Sweepstakes of 25 soya each, 10 ft, for three year olds; colts Bst 121 b, fillies Bst 81b; maidens at the time of starting allowed 71b ; winners of a 400 sovs sweepstakes 71b extra ; E.M. ; 6 subs. Carlotta filly, Ajax, Conde, Middle Park, Archimage, Tiernan. A Sweepstakes of 100 sous each, h ft, for three year olds ; colts Bst 101 b, fillies Bst 51b; maidens at starting allowed 51b; D.M. 6 subs. The Drake's dam colt, Owain Glyudwr, Hermit, Fri ponnier, Cordelia colt, Camilla. _ _ _ Sweepstakes of 30 sovs each, 20 ft., for three year olds ; colts Bst 10lb, fillies Bst 71b ; winners of a sweepstakes value 200 sovs, including the winner's own stake, and having not less than eight subscribers 41b, of two such races 71b, three 91b extra ; T.Y.C.; 5 subs. Blinkhoolie, Lady Bugle Eye, Flutter colt, Hippia, Catherine Parr colt. Match 200, h ft ; last five furlongs of R.M.; both two year olds.—Prince D. Soltykoff's Pyrenees, Bst 111 b, agst Mr. R. Ten Brock's Chantilly, Bst 21b. PROGRAMME OF LICHFIELD SPRING MEETING. MoNDAY, April 8. The lloarcross Steeple Chase Stakes of 2 sovs each, with 50 added; four year olds, list; five, 12st; six and aged, 12st 101 b ; thorough-breds, 141 b extra ; second to receive 5 sovs out of the stakes; about three miles and a half, over the Steeple Chase Course. Born So 6 yrs, TJtcbeter (h b) aged, Brilliant (h b) 5 yrs, Come Again (h b) aged, Columbine a, Lady Florence (It b) 5 yrs, Bounda.way (IL b) aged, Lady Anne a, Carbine 6 yrs, Bina 5. The Gopsall Hunters' Steeple Chase Stakes of 5 sovs each (two-fifths of which to the fund), with 40 added; to be ridden by gentlemen, farmers, or their sons ; 12st each ; thorough-brads, 141 b extra ; about throe miles and a half, over the Steeple Chase Course. _ _ Come Again (h b) aged, Daring Dick (h b) a, Ladding ton, Kingfisher, Augusta, The Ship aged, Tradesman, The Tar aged, Macaw, Quicksilver, Up Stairs (11 b), Brandy Wine aged. The Anglesey Plate (Handicap) of 40 sous, for all ages ; winners after April 1 (at nine a.m.), 71b extra ; abuut six furlongs. Age st lb Janitor ... 4 8 12 Rustic Beauty ... 5 812 Alice Lee ... 6 8 7 Age st lb Greenhorn ... 3 7 1 B c by De Clare— Maid of Kent ... 3 7 1 Edgbaston... ... 4 8 5 Barnabo ... ... 4 8 3 B g by Charlestown —Vapour Oracle ... Troubadour Havannah... Helico Gaiety ... 3 7 0 Duchess of York... 3 6 12 Lord Bagot ... 3 6 8 Sister to Flying Jib 3 6 8 Libertine ... 3 6 7 Romeo ... ... 3 6 5 Highland Mary ... 3 6 5 Torch ... ... 2 5 7 ... 4 8 2 ... 4 8 0 ... 5 7 9 ... 4 7 6 ... 5 7 5 A Two-year-old Plate of 40 sous; colts Bst 101 b, fillies Bsl 71b; winners 71b extra. Straight half mile. Orion, Arran, Maresca f, Torpedo, Lady Elizabeth (dr), Snuff, Torch, Darkie, Expectation, How d'yo Do, Paganini, Ottoman, Hazard, Catton. The Lichfield Handicap Steeplechase Stakes of 5 sovs each, 2 ft (to the fund), with 50 added ; winners after April 1 (at 9 a.m.) 71b, tw ice or the winner of JOO sovs Liles and a half. I.olb extra. About three Ago st lb ... a 12 7 M ean woo d ... Age st lb Brandy Apple ... a 11 Bishopton 5 11 0 Novice a 11 0 Rogue ... a 11 0 Phantom a 10 10 Master Oliver (h b) a 10 10 Oldrniuster ... a 10 10 Albrighton ... 5 10 10 Flea (ice 71b ex) ... a 10 7 Ethel ... ... 0 10 6 Ilel►ce ... 5 10 5 Bird of Passage ... a 10 3 Mustang a 10 3 Tally Ho (inc 71b ex) a 12 4 Patience (in 10lb ex) a 12 1 Knight of Trumps a 12 0 Sir William ... a 12 0 Jackof Trumps(hb) a 11 11 Marble 11111 ... a 11 8 Sprite a 11 6 Ace of Trumps a 11 6 Vindicator... ... a 11 6 Glasgow ... ... 6 11 5 Lady Newark (11 b) a 11 4 Carnbroo 3 11 3 Sylph ... a 11 2 TUESDAY. A Plate of 30 sovs (Handicap) ; winners after the weights are published 71b extra. About half a mile. The Hunters' Plato Steeplechase of 25 sovs ; four-yr-olds lOst 61b, five list 121 b, six 12st 31b, aged 12st 71b; win- ners of any steeplechase of the value of 20 sovs 51b, twice or the winner of 30 sovs ilb, 50 141 b, 100 281 b ex- tra ; any rider in this race who has ridden the winner of a handicap steeplechase 71b extra. About three miles. The Welter Handicap of 5 sous each, 2 ft; winners after the weights are declared Sib extra ; gentlemen riders, professionals 61b extra; one mile. The Whittington Stakes of 5 sous each, with 30 added; four year olds list 71b, five 12st, six and aged 12st ilb ; gentlemen riders, &c. two miles and a half on the flat. The Bosworth Steeplechase Stakes of 5 sovs each, with 30 added; four year olds list, five list 91b, six and aged 12st 31b; winners of any steeplechase, flat race, or hurdle race, in 1865-6-7, value 50 sovs 71b, any sum over 50 sovs 101 b extra; gentlemen riders; about three miles and a half over the Steeplechase course ; 8 subs. - - The Tar, aged; The Ship, aged; blarblo Hill, aged; Tally Ho ' aged ; Brandy Wine (h b), age d ; L a db roo k o Lass, aged; King Charming, aged ; Jack of Trumps, (h b), aged. The Paget Welter Cup (Handicap), value 100 sovs, by sub scription of 10 sovs each, h ft; winners of any handi cap after April 1 (at nine a.m.) 71b extra; gentlemen riders, professionals 61b extra; ono mile; 11 subs. Age st lb Ago st lb ... 4 12 7 Uncas 3 9 9 Lecturer ... Clatford Red Riband Libertine .. Canarella 4 9 7 3 9 3 3 9 0 3 8 11 Harlequin, 6 yrs ; The Miller, 6 yrs; Miss Cot, 4 yrs; Prince, 6 yrs; Midge, aged ; Boreas, 4 yrs; Donato, 4 yrs; Adonis, aged ; Don Pedro, 6 yrs ' • Lioness, 6 yrs ; Edgar, 5 yrs ; Volunteer, 6 yrs ; Hel en , 5 yrs ; Gameboy, 6 yrs ; Jack Morgan, 4 yrs; Marksman (211 b extra), 6 yrs; John Robinson, aged; Scurrington, 4 yrs; Barrister, 6 yrs; Miss Menken, 6 yrs. The Members' Plate of 25 sovs, added to a Selling Stakes of 3 sovs each ; 3 yr olds Bst, 4 9st 41b, 5 9st 101 b, 6 and aged lOst ; the winner to be sold for 150 sovs ; if entered for 100 sovs allowed Mb, 80 101 b, 50 141 b, 40 211 b, 20 281 b ; about one mile. To close and name on Wednes day evening. Alice Lee ... ... 6 11 0 Life Guardsman ... 4 10 11 Gordian Knot ... 610 9 Radcliffe ... F learner° ... ... 5 10 2 ... a 9 10 A Hurdle Race Handicap of 1 3 sovs each in case of accept ance, with 25 added; winners of any hurdle race after April 1 (at nine a.m.) 71b extra; about two miles, over six hurdles. Age st lb Alice Lee 6 10 9 Knave of Trumps.. a 10 5 Marble Hill ... a 10 2 Sir William a 10 0 Jack of Trumps ... 6 10 0 Foreign Stamp (inc. 71b extra) ... 4 10 0 Folios ... 6 9 11 Grapeshot ... 5 9 10 Carnbroe ... 5 9 9 Havannah ... 4 9 8 Age st lb Vindicator... a 9 8 Oldnunster • a 9 7 Sprite a 9 6 Ace of Trumps a 9 6 Triumph 1 9 6 Flexmore a 9 6 Albrighton (h b)... 5 9 8 Full Bloom ... 4 9 0 Bird of Passage ... a 9 0 Helice ... 5 9 0 PROGRAMAfF.- OF THIRSK SPRING MEETING. THURSDAY ? April 11. The Mowbray Stakes of 10 sovs each, h ft, with 50 added, for two-year-olds; colts Bst 101 b, fillies and geldings Bst 71b; winners once 41b, twice 81b extra; starters twice without winning allowed Mb, Thrice 51b ; the second to save his stake. T.Y.O. 10 subs. Queen of York, Mother Neasham, Glenmoy, St. Albans colt, Affection, Fero, Lady Allcash, Scotchmaa's Pride, Lady Cavendish, and Pill Moor. The Hambledon Plate of 100 soya (Handicap); winners of any handicap after March 27 (at six p.m) 41b, twice 7th extra. One mile. Age st lb Attache (dr) ... 58 12 Sandeelah... ... 6 8 10 Skylark 6 8 7 Honesty ... 4 8 4 Treasure Trove ... 4 7 9 East Lynn... 5 7 7 Czar 4 7 6 King Hal (dr) ... 4 7 4 Moldavia. ... 5 7 4 Holstein ... 5 7 3 Miss Williams• ... 4 7 3 Urania ... 4 7 0 El Cid ... 4 6 12 Wentworth 4 6 10 Elvire ... 3 6 10 Murillo ... 4 6 9 The Sowerby Plate of 25 F. any handicap after March extra. T.Y.C. A Blue Peter... . .g 3e 6st 12 Star of the East ... 3 5 12 Verdi (h b) ... 3 5 11 Fortunio ... 3 5 11 Vulcan ... 3 5 10 John Osborne ... 3 510 Vernon ... .. 3 510 Apollo's Temple ..• 3 5 9 Bezique ... 3 5 9 Little Treasure ... 3 5 7 Esmeralda... ... 35 7 Fair Wind... •.. 35 7 Derwent ••• 3 5 7 Deceit ... ... 35 7 Doralice filly ... 3 5 7 sovs (Handicap); winners of 27 (at six p.m.) 311), twice 71b Age st lb Lion ... 5 8 12 Lady of Coverdale 5 8 b Moldavia ... 5 8 4 Gayous ... 6 8 Age st lb Scotty ... ...3 6 9 Tycoon ... 3 6 8 Br f by 11usjid— Kilkenny's darn 3 6 8 __ . Wentworth King of the Fairies 3 6 8 Bg by Fandango Waterhen 3 6 8 Bab-at-the-Bowst 4 7 10 Polecat 3 6 6 Timbrel 3 613 Mite ... ... 3 6 3 Rel-Tub 3 6 12 Minna ... 3 6 3 Roger Mowbray ... 3 6 12 Bk fby Stiletto out Vordi (h b) ... 36 10 of Damsel ... 25 7 C by Gamester — Little Ann 3 6 10 The Hunt Cup of 60 sovs in specie; the winner to receive 50 sow, second 10; four year olds lOst 101 b, five list 71b, six and aged 12st 31b ; once a winner of any race or steeplechase 71b, twice 101 b, thrice 141 b, four times 211 b extra; starters three times in hunters' stakes and never won allowed 51b, five times 71b ; penalties and allow ances not accumulative; gentlemen riders only; about two miles and a half. g 11144 raucaberg, dm by rofeffor Buck; 4 i ...4 710 THE SUN, LONDON, SATURDAY EVENING, APRIL 6, 1867 FRIDAY. The Scurry Handicap of 3 sovs each, with 20 added, for all ages; the winner to be sold for 30 sous; T.Y.C. The Thirsk Handicap of 5 sovs each, 1 ft (to the fund), with 100 added ; winners of any handicap of 100 soya clear after March 27 (at 6 p.m.) 51h, twice 101 b extra; the second to save his stakes ; about one mile and six furlongs. Age st lb Sundeelah ... 6 8 12 Empress of India... 6 8 0 Olmar ... 5 8 0 Treasure Trove ... 4 7 9 Begum ... 4 7 7 Czar ... 4 7 6 E H i o l e s i t d e n Fitzroy 4 7 4 •.:: 4 5 7 6 1 3 1 Honestish 3 6 10 Cora 4 6 9 Murillo 4 6 10 Lord of the Dales... 3 6 3 Maggie ... 3 6 2 Blue Peter... 3 6 0 The Silver Cup of 50 sovs ; four year olds 10st 101 b, five list 101 b, six 12st 81b, aged, 12st 121 b ; the second for the Hunt Cup 51b extra ; winners of any race or steeple chase once 71b, twice 101 b, three times 141 b, four 21b ex; starters 3 times in Hunters' Stakes and never won allowed 51b, five times 71b (penalties and allowances not accumulative) ; gentlemen riders only ; about one mile and three-quarters. Helen, 5 yrs, Comrade, 6 yrs, Word of Honour, aged, Aurora Leigh, 4 yrs, Scurrington, 4 yrs, Boreas, 4 yrs, Donato, 4 yrs, Whortleberry, aged, Prince, 6 yrs, Foot ball, 4 yrs, Duality, 5 yrs, Barometer, 5 yrs, Miss Cot, 4 yrs, Midge, aged, Adonis, aged, Don Pedro, 6 yrs, Lioness, 6 yrs, B c by Lord Fawonberg, dam by Professor Buck, 4 yrs, Edgar, 5 yrs, The Miller, 6 yrs, Harlequin, 6 yrs, Volunteer, 6 yrs, Gamester, 5 yrs, Jack Morgan, 4 yrs, Barrister, 6 yrs, Diana, 5 yrs, Hercules, 5 yrs, Miss Menken, 6 yrs. The Borough Stakes of three sovs each, 1 ft, with 25 added ; two year olds ist 81b, three 9st 41b, four lOst 71b, five and upwards lOst 121 b ; mares and geldings allowed 31b ; maidens having started twice and not won allowed 51b, tkrice 71b ; the winner to be sold for 100 soya ; if entered for 50 soya allowed 7:13, 30 141 b ; straight half mile. The Falcon Plate (Handicap; handicap value 100 sovs a 101 b, of any other race 61b Age st lb, Attache (dr) 5 8 12 Skylark ... 6 8 8 Czar ... 4 7 8 Miss Williams ... 4 7 7 , Holstein. ... 5 7 6 Gulnare 6 7 4 Urania ... ... 4 7 3 Carnizette ... 5 7 0 Yarrow ... 5 613 Wentworth ... 4 6 13 Murillo ... 4 6 12 Age st lb Bracken 3 6 0 Capitola 3 5 13 Verdi (h b) 3 5 12 Ploughboy ... 3 5 9 Ladylike 3 5 9 Vulcan 3 5 9 Vcrncn 3 5 8 Bezique 3 5 8 Deceit 4 5 7 •.• ••• Rap.. 3 5 7 Little Treasure 3 5 7 Fair Wind... 3 5 7 B f by Y. Melbourne out of Doralice... 3 5 7 ) of 50 sovs ; winners of any f ter March 27 (at six p.m.) extra; straight half mile. Age st lb Tiinbrel ... 3 6 4 Blue Peter ... 3 6 4 Star of the East 3 6 3 Roger Mowbray 3 6 3 Verdi (h b) ... 3 6 0 Vulcan ... 3 6 0 Maydew 3 5 13 Parasol (dr) 3 5 13 Waterhen ... 3 5 12 Vernon ... ... 3 512 Verity ... 3 5 7 Niscellaneous Foreign News. (From. Correspondents of the Anglo-American Times.) PARIS, April 3. The Universal Exposition was opened on Mon day last in the presence of nearly 100,000 people. The doors were thrown open to the public at noon, and soon the immense building was filled with an expectant crowd—a crowd varied and distinguished —composed of the diplomatic and social represen tatives of all countries, met together to celebrate a festival for the inauguration of universal goodwill and competitive enterprise. Guests, paying visitors, subscribers, and exhibitors, each and all, according to the nature or designation of their entrance tickets, were ushered into compartments reserved for them, and were not allowed to circulate in the building during the ceremony. The Emperor and Empress arrived by the chief gate of the bridge of Jena, descended from the Imperial equipages, entered the building followed by a small suite, and, preceded by the Ministers until joined by the Imperial Commis sion, by whom their Majesties were accompanied in their circuit around the palace. The band of the National Guard, stationed in the Vestibule, struck up the Emperor's favourite air on the arrival of the cortege, and continued playing until it had passed. Swollen by the members of the various commis sions, the procession made the round of the build ing, and returned by the gallery of the Eng lish compartment. Having made the grand tour in the gallery, where machines arc stationed,—the Fine Arts Gallery, in which the Diplomatic Body, Senate, Corps Legisla tif, and other important personages were assem , bled, was next visited, and the Imperial party left, as they had entered, by the bridge of Jena. The Empress wore a claret satin robe, with long train, and velvet bonnet to match, a black satin cloak with velvet trimmings, and radiant with a gracious smile looked remarkably well. The Emperor was dressed in plain black, with the cordon of the Le gion of Honour, and seemed pleased with the recep tion he had met. The day was bright and beauti ful, and everything contributed to make the ceremony pass off well. In front of the grand en trance, and on the opposite side of the river, an immense non-paying multitude had assembled on the extensive open ground called the Trocadero, and remained until the ceremony had finished and the Imperial equipages had passed on their return to the Tuileries. It is impossible to render a general and correct account of the ceremony, and doubly so to give an idea of the objects exhibited in the present unfinished state of the edifice. Scarcely anything few things ar c installed, an complete d, iaos of pa c k ages o f ever y an indescribable is e kind and form, coupled with a marvellous activity of labourers and machines, actually bewilder the spectator. In a few days order will be established, and then we may all see and appreciate the wonders in preparation. have characterised important legislative the present e m n o t s i t w a h m i c o n i g e n a F c o t r m e session of the Corps Legislatif is the passage of a bill abolishing imprisonment for debt in civil and commercial transactions, and against foreigners. The concurrence of the Senate is now only neces sary to insure its legal enforcement, and open the prison doors to multitudes of debtors who arc sigh ing for liberty in the various maisons de detention throughout the empire. Of this concurrence there can be but little doubt, as the worthy members of the Senate Chamber are ever ready to sustain any action emanating from the representatives of the Imperial Administration. The debates on the bill have been protracted, animated and able, and though not yet terminated the important and principal points have been carried by its advocates. The Minister of State took tha lead in the contest, and was sustained by the intellectual lights of the Assembly, irrespective of party, until the bill was passed by a large majority. The initiative assumed by the Imperial Government in this matter is an additional evidence of the liberal 'spirit and lively solicitude for social improvement which animates it in undertaking whatever reforms may contribute to the wellbeing of the people. The Etandard speaking of the passage of the bill says The Legislative Body, in accord with the Government, has declared that every contract by which a man impawns his body or his liberty, which he holds directly from God, is tainted with a moral vice, and declared null by society. And France, who first in the world had the glory of proclaiming civil equality, is the first also to erase from the code the last vestige of the doctrines of Paganism. That is the height . to which it is necessary to rise to thoroughly comprehend the importance of the vote, the justness and the grandeur, of the convictions expressed by the Emperor's Government. The triumph of perhaps the most sacred principle of civilisation was in question." The Parisian journals are approving in enthusiastic terms the decision of the Corps Legislatif, and nearly all parties, without considering the deleterious effect which may for awhile be produced on commercial enterprise by the passage of this bill, are rising superior to petty interests, and welcoming it as due to liberty, civili sation, and human dignity. None have looked for ward to the success of the bill with more solicitude and attention than a number of prisoners now suffer ing the severities of existing laws as delinquent debtors in the city prison called Clichy. A mes senger, specially charged _ by them to watch the proceedings and acquaint them with the result of the discussion, brought the gladsome tidings. The announcement was reovirxl with Todfozowi orioti of Vive la Liberti/ Vive l'Empereur ! simultaneously shouted by three hundred throats. The messenger was cheered, em braced, and carried in triumph around by the pri soners, who, intoxicated with joy, made the old walls resound with songs, laughter, dancing, and the most extravagant manifestations of delight. In the evening all the windows of the prison were illuminated, and no doubt that night many sweet dreams of liberty attended the slumber of the involuntary inhabitants of Clichy. Count Walewski, the distinguished president of the Corps Legislatif, gave in his resignation of that post of honour on last Friday. In the course of the announcement he addressed the Chamber as follows :—" It is not without deep regret, gentle men and dear colleagues, that I have arrived at this resolution, but in a superior interest of union and concord I have felt it my duty to renounce the honour of presiding over you." The Count ac quainted the Emperor with his determination, and his Majesty accepted the resignation, expressing at the same time many regrets, and thanking IValew ski for the unceasing proofs of devotion which he ' had ever accorded him. This resignation was in fluenced by the hostile attitude which the members of the newly-organised political club had taken towards the Count. It is asserted that their object is to replace him by one of their body. The official organ has not yet announced the name of the successor of Count Walewski, though it is affirmed that the 'present Vice-President, M. Schneider, will either be formally appointed, or will preside, with the simple title of vice-president, until the end of the session. France is much occupied at this time with nego tiations for the cession of the Duchy of Luxem bourg. Many conflicting reports are circulating in regard to the matter, and it is impossible to learn the true condition of the question. To insure the annexation of the Duchy to France three things are necessary to prevent a disturbance of international tranquillity. The first is the consent cf the King of Holland, who is also Grand Dukeof Luxembourg. We are told that this monarch is ready to part with a country which is separated from the rest of his States, and enjoying a sort of independent existence is of little profit or use to him, in consideration of a pecuniary indemnity to be paid by France. The sum demanded is said to be 100,000,000 francs ($20,000,000), which sum France is doubtless willing and ready to pay. The population of the Duchy is 200,000, so that, in case of purchase, the Imperial Government will have paid 500 francs per head for its new sibjects. The second essential condition is the consent of Prussia to the aforesaid purchase. The Prtssian Premier has declared that he will not yield me inch of German territory to foreign powers, but it is believed that the King of Prussia will so far cnntrol his Minister as to induce him to consent to tie annexation, provided France will raze the fortifications of Luxembourg, and give assurances that the accupation of this territory shall not become a disaivantage to the new German empire. Rumour says that another condition im posed by Bismark is the consent of all the European powers to the Purchase. France, as a matter of course, will indignaitly reject several of the con ditions, and unless trussia becomes less exacting, difficulties may at once arise between these two great Powers, which,in s pit e o f a ll e ff or t s , are d a il y growing more and mare inimical. The third con dition necessary to tie contemplated annexation is the consent of the country to be annexed. This in all probability will bt easily secured, as the inhabi tants of the Duchy are well known for their anti pathies to German rile and preferences for French institutions. The only obstacle in the way of a peaceful annexatiot is Prussian interference. Without this, the Ding of Holland and the people of the Duchy would soon come to a satisfactory settlement with the French Government. Mid Lent was celebrated in the city last Thurs day, with the usual extravagant demonstrations of fancy processions, 'tusked men, women, and children, and an opening of atl the dancing saloons at night. The washerwomen celebrated this their fete clay by a promenade of fancy cars, ornamented with allego rical designs representing the ideal and beautiful of their philanthropic avocation. A butchery for the special sale of horse flesh delighted the curious with a procession of twenty horses, well fed and fattened for an early slaughter. This convoy, with banners flying, and music, traversed the principal thorough fares of the city, welcomed in some quarters with shouts of approbation, and received in others with hisses and unmistakeable evidence of disgust. Though it may be to some extent a la mode to eat horse flesh, the Parisians cannot all be induced to relish the idea. Lent is again triumphant after this brief revival of the scenes of the Carnival, and fast ings, abstinence, prayers, and sermons are the order of the day. The only legitimate recreations en vogue during this season are public and private con certs, which are frequent its the houses of the nobility, and a privileged few. The fourteen masked balls during the Carnival at the opera produced a sum total.of 190,512 francs, an increase of nearly 1,000 francs over those of last year. This augmen tation is the more remarkable, as the fancy balls at the Italian Opera, Theatre Chatelet, and elsewhere occurring on the same nights, were largely attended. Parisians since the first of last month have been leav ing the city en masse for their country residences, and rural pleasures, away from the bustle, dust, and con fusion:which the Exhibition, with its hosts of visitors, will ere long inflict on our metropolis. Many are flee ing the capital to avoid exorbitant prices for living, while others, unable to leave, are preparing to re taliate on the pockets of the stranger for the impo sitions they are compelled to endure, on the part of avaricious townsmen. lstadar, the celebrated French aeronaut, is going to profit by the Exposition and the enormous number of strangers to exhibit his monster balloon the Giant. Many ascensions are contemplated, in each of which he proposes to carry as many as seventy persons. Meals are to be served to the guests at the height of a half mile in the air, and other novelties and amusements will be introduced to contribute to the pleasures of aerial navigation. Distinguished visitors are arriving in numbers for the Exposition. The King and Prince Royal of Prussia, King and Queen of Spain, King and Queen of Portugal, and the Viceroy of Egypt are expected soon. Queen Victoria will, perhaps, make a visit incog. at a later day. The Prince of Wales intended to be present on the opening day, but was ca w h n e s re a i r n e e I e n n e n e t d e r s e c a d r e c n e l a y l l s as sides e s t h n a n t •dAe everywhere i y prevented by the protracted illness of th e P r i ncess. the streets, promenades, promenades, drives, cafes, theatres, ball-rooms, &c. PARIS, April 3, 1867. • The great event of this week, and not only of this week, but of our present time, is undoubtedly the opening of the Universal Exposition. Pessi mists may discontentedly complain that " nothing is ready," that " the whole affair is a mistake." Are there not grumblers in every country, and was there every a grand enterprise brought to an end without previous disapproval from the very people in whose interest perhaps the noble work was undertaken ? Such is the gratitude of man. If we look back and recall a few facts, I think we shall find there is in finite cause for rejoicing in what has been already accomplished, and that the ringing shout of thanks giving which rose on Monday within the walls of the Exhibition building ought to find its echo in the hearts of all who look forward to glorious conquests achieved in fraternal emulation and peaceful strife. It may here be as well to re mind your readers that the space occupied by the Exposition is 460,000 metres in extent, of which 146,000 are now undulating park-land covered with exotics and ornamental dwellings, and was before the 25th of September, 1865, a sandy plain, but that on this date the first spadeful of soil was dug up by order of the Imperial Commission ; that on .the 3d of April, 1866, the first cast-iron pillar was firmly set in the ground ; and that on the Ist April, 1867, on the appointed day and at the ap pointed hour, scattered members from every part of the world joined their voices in one long viva under the largest edifice ever dedicated to human industry. When this stupendous temple will again lay low in dust may these simple dates remain as annals wherewith posterity will draw fit conclusions. Figures ever must be the grandest eloquence. On the eve of the opening great fears were entertained ; by the moat sanguine that the iaesugarative cere- I mony could not take place. The soil was soaked with moisture, the avenues were blocked up with packages, the interior possages were littered with rubbish of every description, the hangings were not unpacked, and hundreds of benches were piled up in every gallery. Exhibitors had not even the as sistance of their workmen ; at the last moment a kind of panic had seized them. Men of unconquer able will are alone fit for every emergency, and many such showed that the meanest employment was worth striving for, for that nothing could degrade them so much as helplessness. There fore all threw off their coats, and the whitest hands wielded the hammer, every nail 'was driven in to some purpose, others too to clear ing the different outlets, and many lady exhibitors, while busily laying out their stands, had the con tents of wheelbarrows turned over on their trains. Never could long robes have appeared to greater disadvantage, and why cannot ladies adopt suitable styles to suitable occasions? Why do some wear short costumes when they have to stand on eleva tions, and flowing drapery when men have not time, to get rolled up, and dragged about by sweep ing drapery? But to return to the Exposition. " Shoulder to shoulder" was the mighty principle that actuated all ; the consequence was, that when the Emperor and Empress arrived at two o'clock on the following day their suprise was extreme. Pave ' ment had been laid down since their visit on the preceding day, macadam was smooth, the most splendid textures hung over bare walls, pennons and flags floated in the April sun ; velvet covers were drawn over reserved seats, military bands were standing in readiness and began their symphonies when the Emperor alighted, —every man, in one word, was at his appointed station, and all the members of the commission, bearing their different orders, went forth in due rank to meet the imperial cortege. Baron Haussmann was radiant; content sparkled on the faces of all. The Emperor and Empress most studiously avoided what is understood by state etiquette ; it was evident they simply came to bid all welcome. The loud polyglot cheering was boisterous on their passage ; every language was mixed in one outpouring cry. Babel could scarcely have been worse : the words " imperator," " hoch lebe," " vivat," " dvohe," and the sturdy British " hurrah," with the American "hurrah for ever," created an almost painfully pleasurable sen sation. The Empress blushed three or four times when the shouts were somewhat too energetic. Other demonstrations were very characteristic. The Chinese bowed low, but kept their bats on ; the Turks stood with their hands on their breasts in respectful silence; the negroes rolled the whites of their eyes very expressively ; while our Parisian beauties gave their hearts indis criminately to all bronze-faced travellers covered with gold and wearing big diamond studs. Some of the toilets were very lovely. The Empress wore a claret-coloured robe, and bonnet, with a black lace veil drawn over her face and tied on behind ; it did not prevent the sparkling of her clear blue eye underneath. Princess Mathilde followed, giving her arm to the Prince of Orange. The Duke of Flanders came next, and then all the Court. Baron James de Rothschild was followed by a servant with a camp-stool. One of the ladies present wore a rich blue poult de soie robe, trim med all round with a trellis work of cross-cut satin and silk above a deep blue fringe ; a jacket to match, with the longest Jewish sleeves worn this season (for they touched the ground), a white crape bonnet trimmed with seed pearl fringe on a fall of crape, and a large jewelled flower above the left temple. Another wore a light grey satin, end ing round the bottom with a polisse festooned with straw. The peplum to match was trimmed in the same way. The bonnet was made of white tulle, with a diadem of leaves on the front all shimmering like gold, over which hovered two green enamelled dragon flies. The ear-rings were long gold peacock feathers, ending with a gorgeous eye in precious stones. The mediaeval sleeves to the jacket were excessively long mid pointed. Para sols are all richly ornamented with silk cord and tassels on each quarter, or worked with initials on vne quattcr only. ROME, March 25. It is difficult for one who has not pretty large experience in Southern travel to reconcile himself to the date of his own letters. When the thick foliage, the bright flowers, the clear skies, and the warm sunlight, all indicate what we call June, in the Northern States of the Great Republic, to write March at the head of a page seems for the moment a startling anachronism. It is delightful to live in such an atmosphere, where all the discomforts of a northern climate are escaped, and where almost every moment from sunrise to sunset can be plea santly spent in the open air. Yet a person who has not, like a certain celebrated character, " enough to do with out thinking," cannot avoid some melancholy moments here. The contrast of magnificence and misery is most oppressive. To visit some splendid basilica, like that still unfinished, of St. Paul, and walk amid a forest of massive ciiliinins over a floor more than 200 feet from side to side of polished marble, clear as a lake and bright as the sunset, to look up along walls of stone from all parts of the earth, every square of which is a study, by rich windows of stained glass and costly mosaics, to the wide expanse of roof gleaming with gold, to examine the paintings and statues, elaborate, and pleasing, if not great, which adorn transepts and chapels, fills the mind with wonder at the power of a system, which even in its present depression can raise such a temple as this ; the more wonderful as it satisfies no real need. In the city are churches almost beyond count and quite beyond recollection, and yet this is built without the walls, where few choose to live at any time, and where, for a large part of the year, scarce any one can live, to minister to what might be called the very luxury of devotion. But before crossing its threshold your musings are dispelled. Haggard, wrinkled old women, ragged and tottering old men, children diseased and; maimed, press across your path with pitiful demands for a pitiful trifle of money. All along the way, as you return, around the Coliseum, under the broken triumphal arches, and along the Corso, where splendid equi pages are crowding almost upon them, similar ob jects beg relief. You know there is much impos ture. You see through the flimsy device of that man who has tied a wooden leg under his knee, and smile at the evidence of wear on the elevated shoe. You have very serious doubts as to the necessity of various slings and bandages. But what will you say of that man whose right arm is lopped at the elbow, of that poor, crawling creature who never has walked and never can, of those crouching old women, so evidently, even if we admit deservedly, wretched ? What of the thousands of poor creatures who prolong a squalid existence without begging ? What of a civilisation which tempts the well and strong to disfigure themselves in order to catch an occasional paltry gift, amid a thousand scornful rebuffs? It seems impossible that such things should always continue. I know it will be said that all has been, substantially, as it is now for centuries past. But this is itself an argument for its termi nation. The teaching of history seems to be that ignorance and misery cannot be anywhere per petual, and the longer they have endured in any region the more hope there would seem to be of a speedy relief. When Government has ceased to confer any benefit it has lost all power, except that of inerti, founded on the tendency of mankind to tolerate what exists. But a state of wretchedness is a state of restless ness, and in such a condition the faintest hope of relief becomes a mighty argument for revolution. How long a change may be averted here, and in what way it will come, may be difficult to foresee. But it is not difficult to perceive that the changes which have taken place all over the world, and par ticularly in Italy, are influencing the Romans. Au area so narrow cannot be kept in absolute darkness, when the light is flashing along its whole frontier. If liberal papers cannot be published here they can be brought here, and they are brought. Journals from France, Germany, and the kingdom of Italy are to be found in the cafes, telling of revolutions accomplished by argument and by force, and glorying in their results, The very soldiers of France, while defending the present Government by their bayonets, have made the people familiar with the idea of a better. Nor can the legions of English and American travellers pass and repass continually without an influence, however little they seek to exert it, for their very presence tells constantly of a higher and happier civilisation. All this makes the question of Ponti fical Government a very different one from what it was in the middle ages, when wretchedness was the common portion of all mankind, with the exception of the few who claimed a divine right to rule. The solution may take the world as much by surprise as the events which secured in 1860 the freedom of the rest of Italy. If any general war should occupy the attention of the chief Catholic powers, I for one shall look to see Enceladus shake the last weight from his breast. I have entered somewhat more largely into politics than I intended, but it is because I have just been where such thoughts were forced upon me. To-day being the festival of the Annunciation High Mass was celebrated in the Church of Santa Maria Sopra Minerva, near the Pantheon, in pre sence of the Pope himself. The square was packed with people awaiting the arrival of the procession, and within the church a dense crowd of spectators pressed close up to the cordon of bayonets. The arrival of the procession was announced by loud cheers, and soon after the Pontiff was borne in, in the usual state of red liveriesand peacock's feathers, and wearing the triple crown. Only a very small portion of the crowd kneeled as he passed. Most even of Italians contented themselves with bending the head, and making the sign of the cross ; and Protestant fereigners, it is needless to say, did not feel bound to do either. There was some very good singing. From the lower end of the church some figures could be seen bowing before the altar, and the smoke of incense rising. At the upper end one could see various officials in a corner of the stage, kneeling sometimes and watching attentively for their turn to sing. The view of all else was cut off by a high fence. The gorgeous Swiss Guard chatted with the women, stopping to kneel a moment on the occasion of what I presumed to be the elevation - of the host. Very few of those around took gig' same trouble. Wbat religious advantage people are expected to gain from words which they can none of them understand, and from symbolic acts which not a tenth-part of them can see, passes any Protestant comprehension. I never saw less solemnity in any service it has been my fortune to attend. Persons of every grade were passing in and out in constant succession, some kneeling for five seconds and some for as many minutes. After a service of .about an hour, and the distribution of dowries to the beneficiaries of the Society of the Annunziata, the Pope was carried out as he had been brought in, receiving as few outward testi monials of reverence. Italians could be seen mounted on chairs to get a view of the display - as he passed. The windows of the American College next the church, and of another building opposite, were full of people all armed with handkerchiefs and flowers, and when the Pope entered his car riage they did their best . at cheering, but they had the demonstration entirely to themselves. The cheers came from one direction. I could not detect in the crowd which filled the square a single move ment beyond that of curiosity. The cardinals, attended by ecclesiastics with rapiers under their frocks, entered their splendid carriages Which drove off one by one, the people scattered, and soon no thing remained but the usual residue of beggars. It was this scene which set me to writing in the present vein. The flashing of bayonets and clank ing of swords amid what is termed Christian wor ship, and the protrusion of rapiers under priestly robes, have a religious bearing which the correspon dent of a secular journal might not be thanked for discussing. But they have also a political signifi cance, showing as they do that ecclesiastical autho rity has here so far declined as to depend on force for that supremacy which was once inspired by its very name. This is itself the beginning of a revo lution. The contrast, the splendid equipages, with tho poverty- smitten crowd s through which they drove, has also its political significance, showing the need that exists for a new state of things —a need which comes home more closely to the masses of any people than any theoretical demand, and to which they cannot always remain blind; while the apathy of the crowd on the one hand, and on the 'other the manufactured enthusiasm, prove that the people already feel the need, and that their rulers are well aware of their feelings. Responsible Government. We have been taken sk for calling attention to signs that our Government is degenerating out of its own forms and limits, and shaping itself into conformity with other principles than those with which it started into existence. Responsible gover ment is the term used by the English for defining their peculiar way of administering public affairs. They have a fashion of keeping the forms of old things long.i after the substance has disappeared. They have a king or queen, in whom they claim the executive power isvested ; and they take care to do all outward reverence to this so-called executive. But they know, and no one knows it better than the king himself, that their royal executive is a sham. It is but a few years since Sir Robert Peel, as Prime Minister, publicly dictated to the Queen certain changes in what may be called the higher class of her body -servants. The first servant of the Crown in England is master of everything, master of the helpless wearer of the Crown. This first servant of the Crown is himself subject only to Parliament, and to it he is absolutely subject. The English Executive, as a separate power in Government, long since disappeared by its absorption into the Legis lature. We started here with rejecting all shams, and there is nothing of which we have been more proud than our substanti a l and powerful Execu tive. We threw aside with disdain the maxim that " the king can do no wrong ;" and avowed our intention to hold our king responsible in his own person for whatever he or his chosen ser vants should -do ; responsible not only at fixed periods to the popular judgment, but answer able at any time to a court which we provided for trying and condemning him just as any other criminal is tried and condemned. The vicarious responsibility of the king's ministers for the king's crimes was not a remedy to suit the straightfor ward men who put together our government. By a simple law of the late Congress all this has been changed. A responsible executive, in the Ameri can sense, no longer exists, and responsible govern ment of the English fashion has been partially brought into use. Heretofore the President has been looked upon as answerable for all matters of administration, and has, as a matter of justice in view of such responsibility, been left free to choose his own chief clerks. The Cabinet Ministers were required, as was the case with other officers, to have their appointments confirmed by the Senate ; but in practice the Senate, iu view of the direct responsibility of the President for all administrative matters, refused to put any restraint upon his free choice for these high appointments. Practically our President has chosen his own Ministers. Now he cannot remove any one of his Cabinet, no matter how insubordinate, no mat ter how incompetent he may prove to be, no matter how dishonestly he may be conducting his depart ment, unless the Senate consents to such removal. Mr. Seward may take it into his head to snub Louis Napoleon so rudely that he cannot decline war; the Secretary of the Navy may scud the whole fleet of monitors to the arctic regions to find out if they will float in the polar ocean ; the Secretary of the Treasury may compromise away the whole Custom-house revenue ; the Attorney-General may direct nolle prosequi against every indicted criminal ; the Secre tary of the Interior may excite all the Indian tribes into war by robbing them of their pensions and lands; the whole Cabinet may quarrel when they meet, like cats and dogs ; the Secretary of Var may even be provoked to tweak the nose of the President in Cabinet Session, and yet the President, in the absence of the Senate, can apply neither re straint nor remedy. It is manifest that the direct responsibility to which the American people have heretofore held their chief executive officer can no 11 We army longer, with justice, be enforced, should be mismanaged, or be in any way unlawfully employed, the Secretary of War, through whom or ders go, has it in his power to obstruct and hinder the President's action, and therefore is justly to be held answerable if he does not do so. Diplomatic correspondence being all in the name of the Secre tary of State, the whole tone and course of it is now under his absolute control, and blunders therein can not be charged upon the President. For anything that may be done hereafter, since the passage of the bill regulating the tenure of office, the President cannot fairly and justly be impeached, unless some one or all of the Cabinet Ministers be impeached with him. Whether this divided responsibility will work as well as our old-fashioned method of giving undivided power to and imposing undivided respon sibility upon one administering head is to be seen. In the experience of this State and of this city it has worked very ill. Since the Constitution of 1846 the governor of this State has been limited to the duty of writing messages, signing or vetoing bills, ad ministering apardon-bureau, and occasionally trying a sheriff or street commissioner. His control over the finances of the State is limited to approving the monthly claims of his two or three clerks and aides de-camp for wages. His power to see that the lay; are faithfully executed is limited to the right t request the Attorney-General or a district attorney to attend to any prosecution of importance, which request the law officer may comply with or not as may suit his own notions. The division of re sponsibility in this city has brought us to a condi tion in which official wrong-doing is without remedy. The manly and direct course under our Constitu tion was, if the President had proved himself unfit to be trusted with power, to impeach and remove him. Congress has chosen the more crooked way of seeking a remedy not contemplated by our Constitu tion, divesting the President of powers necessary to good administration, and divesting him thereby also of responsibility. They have tried, by making the Cabinet independent of the President, to introduce here the so-called responsible government of Eng land. They have failed to do so because, although the Cabinet Ministers are no longer under the con trol of the President, they are equally beyond the control of Cungress. While the President cannot remove them, so also Congress has no power to put them out of office, except by the slow process of impeachment. Practically the members of the Cabinet are now not responsible to any one. Does it not look as if we were, blindly perhaps as yet, reaching after some new form of government.—The Round Table. DEATH OF GENERAL W. K. STRONG. A special meeting of the Union League Club of New York was held, on the 18th March, to take action in relation to the death of General Wm• K. Strong. Mr. John Jay, president in the chair, made the following remarks : We are assembled to do fitting honour to our late associate. We are again reminded by the death of General Strong how swiftly the events which have engaged the club are passing into history, and how one by one the men who saved the country from dissolution by the late rebellion are, joining in a better world those who ninety years ago declared its principles in the Declaration of Independence maintained its independence during the war of the Revolution, and established it by that noblest of human ordinances—the American Constitution. Brief as has been our national history we begin to live in its light and feel its inspiration as we have never done before. We feel that our late struggle for the preservation of the Constitution, and ulti mately for " the rights of human nature," has made us, as it were, co-workers with our ancestors of the last century, whose majestic fabric we have pre served, and whose immortal principles we have re affirmed as the national policy. The nationality they created, and which slavery and a bastard demo cracy would have destroyed, we not simply rescued from destruction but have endowed with an intenser life and vigour ; and presently, when the last sur vivor of the loyal millions who by crushing the re bellion saved the republic, shall have followed to their resting places our departed friends Curtis Noyes, Charles H. Marshall, and General Wiliiaril K. Strong, th e generation that shall come after will pay to them with similar reverence the homage we gratefully pay to the honoured dead of the Revolu tion. Our late associate was on' of the men to whose earnest devotion onr country owes its present posi tion, and as well for his personal characteristics and services, as for the irrepressible and enthusiastic faith in our future, which helped to rouse to action halting timidity and weakness, this club owes to his memory the tribute of their affection and regard. The following resolutions were then offered by Mr. George W. Blunt, and were unanimously adopted : — Resolved—That in the death of William K. Strong the club mourns one of its truest and most valued members, and one whose unselfish de votion to the country, whose ready and energetic services, and wise appreciation of the principles of freedom were exhibited from the commencement to the end of the rebellion. Resolved—That in how our of General Strong the flag of the club be kept at half-mast for one week. Resolved—That the club will attend his funeral. Resolved—That the Art Committee be requested to procure the photo graph of General Strong, to preserve upon the walls of the club house. Mr. Blunt spoke briefly and feelingly of General Strong as a loyal citizen and soldier. Be was followed by Colonel Van Buren, who dwelt with emphasis upon the unwavering loyalty of General Strong at a time when it required true courage to be loyal, and said that it was pecu liarly fitting that the members of this club, formed on the single idea of loyalty, should do honour to his memory. He alluded to his great services in organising the Western armies at the outset of the rebellion, and regretted that time had not been afforded for the preparation of a more elaborate and worthy tribute to the deceased. The funeral took place on the 19th March, at one o'clock, at Calvary Church. COUNTRY MARKETS. WAKEFIELD. —FRIDAY. Wheat trade steady at last Friday's prices. Barley dull Beans and oats unaltered, LINCOLN.—FRIDAY. Our market to-day was sparingly supplied with wheat , and fine samples fully as dear. Barley unchanged. Oat° met with a firm demand, and maintained their value. Beata at extreme quotations. Peas not in request. New white wheat, 69s to 72s ;.new red, 54s to 64s per 36 stone. Barley f or ma lti ng, 49 s to Ms per qr ; grinding , 32s to 36s per 30 stone. Oats, 24s to 365. Beans, 48s t° 50s per 38 stone. DERBY-F RIDAY. There was not much wheat on offer to-day; the trade ruled tolerably active at last week's prices. Barley Wa s scarce, fine samples at former quotations. A moderate of oats ; best sorts rather higher. Beans rather higher. e New white wheat, 65s to 68s ; old red, 60s to 65s per 3 ' stone. Barley for malting, 40s to 50s per qr. ; grinding , 33s to 34s per 30 stone. Oats, new, 27s to 295; old, 29s to 34s per 24 stone. Beans, old, 58s to 60s; new, 41s to 51s per 38 stone. LIVERPOOL-FRIDAY. We had a good attendance at to-day's market, and there was a good demand for wheat, white realising an advance of 4d to 5d on the week. Flour at previous rates. Indian corn advanced 6d per qr. Barley unaltered. Peas steady' Oatmeal and Egyptian beans rather dearer. RIPON—FRIDAY. White wheat, 8s 6d to 9s 3d per bushel ; red, Gs 6d to 74 9d ; beans, 7s 3d to 7s 9d ; oats, 25s to 33s per qr ; barley", 35s to 44s Od. S T AMF ORD-FRIDAY. With a middling show of wheat the demand was mor e active, and best qualities sold at extreme rates. Barley at recent currencies. Oats a fair trade. Beans limited. . 6 New white wheat, 64s to 66s ; red do., 58s to 63s per IL ' stone. Barley, malting, 50s to 53s • grinding, 27s to 3 t'' per qr. Oats, new, 24s to 28s ; old, 28s to 32s per 24 stone' Beans, 52s to 54s per 38 stone. Peas as of late. Births. --- CANROBERT —On the 31st ult., at Paris, the wife of m ili° Excellency Mardchal Canrobert, of a son. FOWLER—On the 4th inst., at Beckenham, Kent, the Wif e of John B. Fowler, Esq., of a son. Marriages. HALL—MtutLY-- On the 4th inst. at All Saints' Churc h ' Langport, Arthur H a ll, E sq ., of Blackheath, to Aliel the eldest daught er of G. B. M ur ly, Esq., solicitor, of Langport. KARSLAKE—A.IOIIItELL—On the 4th inst., at Brought° ll ' Banbury, Charles Edward Karslake, Esq., of Coylouit to Mary Sophia, e ld es t d a u g hter of Fredk. J. M0rr. 31 2 Esq., of B roug ht on L o d ge , an d of Black Hall, St. Go" Oxford. Deaths. C7ERE—On the 4th inst., Captain John Cheere, R.N., of Aylesford, Kent, aged 61. GROSVENOR —On the 4th inst., at Chiswick House, 1A 61 2 Blanche Grosvenor, youngest child of Earl and Lew Constance Grosvenor, aged 2} years. MouLE—On the 4th inst., at Belmont, Melksham, 3 1 ai dr.. General Moule, Bengal Army, aged 73. 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