The Sun.
London, England, 1864-07-02 00:00:00

IPSWICH RACES.-FRIDAY.

The County Members' Plate of 50 sovs ; winners extra.
About half a mile straight.
Mr Alexander's No Name, 2 yrs, let 61b .. (Perry) 1
Nit. Naylor's Tailor, 3 yrs, 7st
Duke of Cleveland's Queen Bee, 3 yrs, 6st 131 b
(F. Martin) 3
Mr Fleming's Overcast, 3 yrs, 7st . ... (White) 4

The following also ran :—Zora, Freemason, Etna, Lady
Frances filly, Xurullo, Land of the West, Little Star,
Eleanor and Conjuror.
Betting-2 to 1 agst No Name, sto 2 agst Land of the
West, sto 1 agst Overcast, 8 to 1 agst Xurullo, 10 to 1
each agst Eleanor and Tailor, 100 to 7 agst Queen Bee.
After some delay at the post No Name went away with
slight lead, Land of the West, Xurullo, Overcast and
Tailor being her immediate attendants for a quarter of a
mile, when land of the West dropped from the front. At
the distance Queen Bee drew up to the front, but she soon
gave way, leaving Tailor in attendance on the favourite,
who won a good race by a neck ; two lengths divided the
second and third; Overcast was fourth, half a length from
Queen Bee; Zora headed the others, Freemason bringing
up the rear.
The Great Suffolk Handicap of 15 soya each, 10 ft, and 5
only if declared, with 100 added ; winners extra ; the se-
cond to save his stake, and the winner to pay 20 soya to-
wards expenses. One mile and three-quarters. 18 subs, 8
of whom declared.

Mr Naylor's Equinox, 4 yrs, 7st 111 b (Perry) 1
Mr Savile's Alabama, 3 yrs, 6st 11lb (Jebb) 2
Mr Godding's Fanfreluche, 4 yrs, 7st.. (A. Woodhouse) 3
Mr J. Abel's Camperdown, 6 yrs, Bst 31b..(H. Bradley) 4
Betting-6 to 4 agst Alabama, 7to 4 agst Equinox, 4to
1 agst Fanfreluche, 5 to 1 agst Camperdown.
Fanfreluche led for three-quarters of a mile, and then
gave way to Camperdown, who cut out the work along the
far side and into the straight, where he fell lame, and was
passed by his three opponents, Alabama taking the lead.
'the latter was soon joined by Equinox, who won, after an-
other good race, by a neck ; Fanfreluche was a bad third.
Camperdown was pulled up.
The Nursery Handicap of 10 soya each, 5 ft, and 2 only if
declared, with 50 added, for 2 yr.olds ; winners extra.
second to save his stake. Three-quarters of a wile. 2-!
subs. )
Mr Morris's Radcliffe, Bst 61b (including slb
extr
(a)aley) 1
Mr Fleming's Magic, 7st 71b ................ ( White) 2
Mr Bryan's Rialto, Bst 61b (including 51b ex-)• . (Crouch) 3
Bet ting-3 to 1 on Radcliffe.
Rialto made play, but running wide at the turn, he became
last, Magic taking the lead. The latter NV as healed at the
distance by the favourite, who came on and won in a canter
by three lengths ; Rialto was a bad third.
The Playford Stakes of 5 sous each, with 25 added; weight
for age, with allowances. One mile and a half.
Mr Naylor's Itosenoath, 3 yrs 7st 11b.. (A. Woodhouse) 1
Mr Rogers's Measure for Measure, 3 yrs, 7st 2lb
(Boxall) 2
Mr Page's Antelope, aged, Bst 131 b (Perry) 3
Betting-10 to lon Roseneath, who made all the running
and won by two lengths. A bad third.
The winner was not sold.

The Town Stakes of 3 am each, with 25 aided ; weight

The annual distribution of prizes and certificates
to the students of the Faculty of Arts and Laws
took place yesterday afternoon, at University Col.
loge, Gower-street, under the presidency of the
Right Hon. Sir E. W. B. Head, in the
presence of Lord Brougham (the President of the
College), Lord Belper, Messrs. Grote, Lffray.
oldsmid, Busk, Robinson, and a large number of
ladies and gentlemen interested in the College.
The list of prizeholders having been read by the
Dean (Professor MALDEN), he said that but little
change had been made in the arrangement of the
College since last year. He had, however, the
gratification of informing them that a cities under
Professor Furtado had been formed for the study
of public speaking and reading aloud. They had
received from Wetherell a splendid collection of
fossils which would be an ornament to the museum.
The conduct of the students during the year had
been so good and orderly as to render his office as
the Disciplinarian of the College a complete sinecure.
They had had as students a number of Parsee gba-
tlemen from Bombay, and Messrs. Cama and Co.;
Parsee merchants of that city, had presented the
College with £3,000 in token of their appreciation
of the way in which the co-religionists :had been
educated without their religions principles being in
any way interfered with. Sir Edmund Head then
proceeded to distribute the prizes and certificates.
As to the last distribution, Mr. Numa E. Hartog
carried away more first-class prizes than any other
competitor. Messrs. P. B. Cama, J. C. Came, and
Dasai, the Parsee gentlemen already alluded to, also
carried off a good proportion. The distribution
having been completed, Sir Edmund said that he
felt specially proud at having been called upon to
distribute the prizes in the presence of their vener-
able President, Lord Brougham, who had done more
for the cause of education than any other man
living. He remembered the time when a University
education was confined to a small class of the
community, owing to the existence of religious
restrictions. Their President had long ago
seen the evil of those hindrances to national
education, and by helping to found University Col-
lege had thrown open the highest branches of learn-
ing to all, without distinction of nation or religion.
The way in which the advantages offered by the
College were appreciated in India was shown by
the presence of so many Indian students and by the
munificent gift of Messrs. Cams and Co. The system
of teaching adopted was one he approved of most
highly, being a judicious mixture of the profes-
sional and tutorial method of instruction. At one
time the professional mode had fallen into almost
total disuse at Oxford and Cambridge; but it ap.
peered to him to be reviving again in both Uni-
versitis. In their own case this system was in full
use, as instanced by the large numbers of profes4
sors attached to the College teaching almost every
branch of human knowledge. Many were of
opinion that they taught too much, but they had
an example before them of a gentleman who had.
carried away prizes in Greek, Latin, mathematics,
modern languages, and moral philosophy. Sir Ed.
mund concluded by giving the students some excel-
lent advice, both as to the course they should persue
while they remained atieollege and after they hild
left it.

Lord BROUGHAM, who Nr2S reel-Jived with a tumult
of applause, said he agreed with everything that
Sir Edmund had said. The ea.tholic:.ty of the Col.,
lege was absolute, not only with regard to rho
students, but also the C.:uncil, at which Catholics
and Protestants, Juws and Christians, sat in frientl,
lincss and charity. He begged to move a vote of
thanks to Sir Edmund Head for his kindness in
coming down to distribute the prizes to them.
Lord BELPER seconded the resolution, which was
carried by acclamation, and Sir Edmund having
addressed a few parting words to the assembly Q,
the proceedings terminated. The following is a
list of the principal prizes :
Andrews Scholarship.—Scholars—Classics, £65
Scholarship, S. Wilkins. Second or extraordinary
Scholarship, £6O, J. S. Ciuff. Mathematics, £B5
Scholarship, N. E. Hartog. Second or extraordi•
nary Scholarship, P. Magnus.
Ricardo Scholarship in Political economy.—
Scholar (£2O for three years), L. M. Aspland.
Greek—Senior Class (Higher Division)—Prize,
N. E. Hartog. Senior Class (Lower Division-Ist
prize, J. H. Backhouse ; 2d prize, P. H. Wicksteed.
Junior Class—Prize, E. B. England.
Latin—Senior Class (Higher Division)—Prize,
N. E. Hartog. Senior Class (Lower Division)—
Prize, J. E. Buchanan. Junior Class—Prize, T, G.
Lee.

Sanskrit-Ist prize, W. Thaine; 2d prizes, equal,
S. S. Grubb, H. Priestly.
•
Hebrew—Prize, J. E. Buchanan.

English—Senior Class, first prizes, equal, J. Fayle,
A. M. Carter; 2d prize, J. H. Backhouse. Junior
class-Ist prize, E. W, Beal ; 2d prize, H. Priestly.
Language and Grammar Course—Certificates, J. E.
Buchanan, H. A. Rigg. Literature Course—C.D.
Maynard.
French—Senior class—prize, C. Phillips. Junior
class—prizes, equal, E. B. England and T. G. Lee.
German—Senior class—prize, C. Phillips ; junior
class—prizes equal, H. F. W. Cowley and L. Solo•
mon.

Mathematics—Higher Senior Class—Special cer•
tificate, N. E. Hartog ; prize, E. Robinson. Lower
Senior Class—Prize, T. W. B ackhouse. Higher
Junior Class-Ist prize, T. G. Lee ; 2d prize, P. M,
Higginson. Lower Junior Class—Prize, P. B. Cams.
Natural Philosophy and Astronomy—Senior
Mathematical Class—Special certificate, N. E. Har-
tog. Junior Mathematical Class-Ist prize, J. T.
Brown ; 2d prize, J, Mortimer ; 3d prize, B• r
Swinstead. Experimental Class-Ist prize, B• C•
Joy; 2d prize, J, Muirhead ; 3d prizes (equal), H,
Thwaites and R. Goldsack.

Analytical Chymistry—Gold medal—r. H. Cal-
vert.

Drawing—Prize--F. Toplis.
Geology and Mineralogy—GeolagY—
ist prizes,
equal—C. Graham, W. C. Coupland ;2d prize—F.
Toplis. Mineralogy—let prizeot Toplis,
R. Colman ;2d prize—T. Dowson.
Zoology—Silver Illedal--4.• DessE.
Architecture—Fine Art, First Year's Course.—
Prize, R. S. Wornum• Fine Arts, Second Year's
Course.—Prize, M. Davenport. Science, First
Year's Course.—Prize, R. 13; Whellock. Science,
G. J. Taylor.
Second Course.---yrize,

Civil Engineering—Prize, F. Toplis.
Historr—Greek History—Prize,R. For. Roman
History—Prize, J. E. Buchanan. English History
_prize, T. Do wson ; 2. R. Fox.
Philosophy of Mind and Logic-Ist Prize, N. E.
Hartog ; 2d Prize, equal, J. H. Backhonse, J.
Greenwood. History of Moral Philosophy—Prize,
N. E. Hartog.

Political Econom3••—Priz^, J. Cliffwd; cettiti-
cute, 2, E. H. Busk.
English Law—Prize, L. M. A3pland.
Jurisprudence—J. S. Ainsworth.

THE CONSERVATIVE PARTY.—We understand
that a meeting of the political friends of the Earl of Derby
and Mr. Disraeli is to take place on Monday next at the,
Marquis of Salisbury's house, in Arlington-street, Picca-
dilly. The meeting is convened for half-past 2 o'clock.

TERRIBLE FIRE AT NIJNI NOVGOROD.—The
Gazette de Moscow states that on the 4th of June it
terrible fire destroyed all the wooden buildings that had
been constructed for the business of the great fair of Nijni
Novgorod. All the shops on the line of the Oka, a verat iu
length, all the theatres and shows, 30 restaurants, 50 pub.
lic-houses or hotels, the public baths, and several wcrk.
shops, were destroyed, The Tartar mosque and three or
four houses are all that were preserved from the fire,

LONDON, SATURDAY, JULY 2, 1864.

It ia scarcely realised, even now, we believe, in
this country, how very low the name of England
has sank in the general estimation of the Continen-
by day we have recently
tal Governments. I)-1Y
published curtain significant exemplars of the senti-
by some among the leading organs
ments expressed
of Public opinion en the other side of the Channel.
To say that the majority of these commentaries
upon the foreign poiicy of cur Government have been
derisive and contumelious in the extreme, would be
to speak of them in the language of moderation.
Their sarcasm has an intolerable bitterness—a bitter-
ness altogether intolerable, be-:In3o admitting, as it
does, of being perfectly juttia,..l,
a in every particular.
All but the Government hac'as and Ministerial
hangers-on in this country
a
under the painful conscionsnreessgoaified andthe- dePre
contempt,
et
it be said at once, of the perfectly natural contempt
with which the once puissant influence of England
has come to be regarded, alike amongthe great
powers and among the minor Powers of the Eu.o.
lean scctiou of Christendom. The douse of Cam.
mons itself has manifested the poignancy of its esti-
mate of this unwonted situation of affairs, time and
again, within the last few days, and that, more-
over, in a manner strangely at variance with the
wages of Parliamentary etiquette. Our meaning
when saying this will be understood upin the
instant when we recall to mind two incidents that
have but very recently occurred in the midst of the
agitated proceedings of the popular branch of the
Legislature. One of these incidents—who can fail
to remember it ?—was that of the scornful laughter
greeting the entrance into the House of Commons
of our octogenarian Prime Minister upon the,
evening when the House u:st looked to him for the
tardy ezplAnation of the utter failure of the I,ondon

Education is always one of the most difficult
subjects to discuss—so many things have to be cone
sidered in relation to it, and so many prejudices and
partialities come into the way of its operation. The
debate the other night oa the question proves the
many difficulties that environ it, but at all events it
is satisfactory to find that some efficient persons are
giving their attention to this momentous topic. We
are more likely to arrive at a satisfactory solution
if care and attention are used than if matters are
allowed to continue in their present inert state.
Although this case seems particularly one which
may be said tot homines tot sententia, yet good may
accrue to the interests of the cause from the com-
bined effects of discussion and research. Mr.
WALTER'S remarks are well worthy of attention;
he generally has some valuable information to im-
part relative to this question, and on the occasion
referred to he said that the inequality of the Par-
liamentary grant was very great, and the attention
of the house ought to be called to it. The hon.
member referred to the effects of the pupil-teacher
system. Mr. WALTER very truly complained of
the rule of the Revised Code which made "the
employment of pupil teachers compulsory, or sub-
jected the managers to loss of the grant if they d!d
not employ them." Several examples were given
and .instances cited respecting the effects of this
system, which does not seem to answer at all. From
a statement made by one of the inspectors about
these teachers it seems that their knowledge of
grammar is very imperfect, and that they have not
improved, notwithstanding the complaints that have
already been made concerning their deficiencies.
Indeed, the report referred to declares that these
pupil teachers are unable to make any simple
statement in a clear and grammatical way. It is
very deplorable to think that those who are con-
sidered by some as absolutely indispensable for the
proper education of the country should be so faulty
in their own acquirements ; but there is a still worse
view of the question to consider, and that is, that
the plan is failing from the physical incapacity of
the younger experimentalists. Mr. BRODIE, the
inspector already referred to, gave a list of those
who had been attacked with sickness, and it was a
very extensive one. Out of 542 who were referred to,
no less than 214 had been ill, and many of these
had died. It is the opinion of many who are com-
petent to judge, and who have opportunities for
forming an opinion, that there is too much required
of these young pe.ople, and that the pressure of
overwork has the most injurious effects upon them.
Among those dissentients to the practice are
physicians and some managers and teachers of the
system. One of these avers that she considered the
constitution of the girls had been very much tried
in the institution, and some of them who left quite
strong have come back completely worn out in
mind and body. It stands to reason that y oung
persons are not fit to bear so much fatigue as older
ones, and the combined effect of learning and
teaching is very likely to prove most injurious to
the system. Nor can it les expected that in either
capacity the overworked individual will be likely to
succeed. He cannot possibly be animated daring
his task of teaching, and he cannot apply
himself with enough industry to learning if he is
exhausted by previous overwork. The sooner this
system is given up or altered the better, and it was
at the outset an unwise thing to make the obser-
vance of it compulsory in the manner described
before. It is always a dangerous thing to overtask
youth, and it is one of the greatest mistakes made
at the present day. The evil results to health and
strength are most numerous, and the overzeal which
prompts the teacher or parent fails in effecting its
chief aim, for a distaste to learning is acquired, and
the young person so overtoiled and disgusted with
teaching is not likely to use much effort or seize
many opportunities to acquire the self-knowledge
and culture which are so much more important
than any that is taught. It is perverting a glen-
ous thing from its destined end if, in attempting to ,
force knowledge upon those unfit, perhaps, to re•
ceive overmuch, we iejare the vital energies, and
crash the life from out young hearts. Education
is a great privilege, but, like all other privileges, it
must be used and not abused, or it will certainly
fail in effecting its aim and object. It is absurd
also to try to cram so much learning all at once into
the minds of the young, because a little that they
thoroughly understand is better than an avalanche
of information that is confused together in their
bewildered brains. No teaching that affects the
health can be profitable or salutary to the mind,
and hence, doubtless, the failure of these overworked
pupil teachers. It is not going the way to en-
courage the unwilling to send their children
to school, if they see such deleterious effects
resulting from it in others, and therefore
the sooner a change takes place the better for all
parties concerned in the affair. Mr. WALTER
announced his intention to move on a future occa-
sion for a committee to inquire into the best mode
of bringing all the unassisted schools within reach
Of the Government grant. This will be a very
desirable object to effect, and it is to be hoped that
it will be successful, for upon it depends much of
the beneficial result of the efforts at education
made throughout the country, often so sedulous,
and often, "fortunately) 63 unequal in their
attainments and results.

The news from India is not of a kind to awaken
acy uneasiness, notwithstanding the d6rk hints
'hat were given not long ago of the existence of a
formidabla Mahommedau conspiracy in the North-
1,
West. The mast exciting news that Calcutta ca
find to discuss is the temporary r'emo'val of Govern.
meat to fisicolrit or the proceediop of the new

Sanitary Commission. The vexed question of the
removal of the seat of government from the fatal
City of Palaces has been settled for the time being
in a very original fashion. Sir CHARLES WOOD, as
we know, peremptorily declined to sanction any
such change, and thereby gave an example of his
sublime indifference to the life, health, and well-
being of subordinates, and even to the efficiency of
the Administration itself, compared to the main-
tenance of the strict laws of nature. Such an alte•
ration as a change in the seat of government is
certainly not often wished for—much less made—
and therefore it is not easy for the Indian Secretary
to find a precedent to countenance such a proceed•
ing. It would not, unhappily, be difficult to find
evidence of the necessity for change of some sort if
we look no farther than the ist of the viceregal
dignitaries themselves. Matters have grown rapidly
worse of late years, since at one time few complaints
were made, and the mortality of Calcutta certainly
appears to be on the increase. The fact is that the
sanitary arrangements of the city are so totally
inefficient that year by year the evils increase, and,
being often of a nature to multiply themselves, the
consequences are frightful. For instance, the
interior of the great Calcutta gaol is a standing dis-
grace to our Administration if half the official
description of it be correct, and as a natural result
the poor wretches, naked and half-starved, thrust
into small and filthy cells where fresh air is a thing
unknown, and beaten and ill used by the native
keepers for the sake of bribes, die at a rate which
defies calculation. The medical officer could not
say for certain what the mortality was when inquiry
was at last made into this appalling state of things.
What that gentleman was about not to exert him-
self a little in the matter is not very easily guessed,
The President of the new Sanitary Commission,
who is likely to have no sinecure if he fulfils half
his duties, may reasonably be supposed to be
tolerably hardened to such investigations; but he
states very decidedly that Calcutta Gaol is 'the acme
of all the atrocities he has encountered :—" I have
never in my life seen any rooms used for human
habitation in which the state of the atmosphere
was so offensive." It is a pity that a little of the
superfluous humanity wasted on the ticket-of-leave
men at home is not spared for the miserable pri-
soners of Calcutta ! But a necessary consequence
of this ill-treatment is the great mortality of the
prison, and as the bodies of those who die in the
gaol have hitherto been thrown into the river, the
horrors of the prison have indirectly contributed
largely to the propagation of pestilence. The
corpses from the hospitals have shared the same
fate, so that Government itself has been answerable
for a large proportion of the floating horrors so much
denounced of late. But, happily, there is at least
a charge for the better, for since the
issue of the order respecting the disposal of the
dead, the corpses under Government control have
been burnt, and the conseqaence is that a consider-
able difference, we are told, is already perceptible
in the river, even though the Goveraor• General,
with his accustomed sagacity, has declined to
enforce the hasty order which had set the whole
native mind of Bengal in a ferment. Hasty legis-
lation is always to be deprecated when so many
interests are involved, and it is never wise to ran
violently counter to the religious and traditional
prejudices of a people, especially when we have
ourselves countenanced the practice during so long
a period. The stoppage of such hideous, revolting,
and unhealthy practices is of course to be earnest►y
desired, and surely no effort should be spared to
bring about a pacific solution of the difficulty by
providing the Hindoos with some other means of
observing their immemorial obligations, until such
time as civilisation and knowledge shall enlighten
their minds on the point. But the Government
can at least take care that none of the bodies under
their control are added to the number, and mean-
while there aro other reforms urgently needed
which will meet less formidable opposition. The
state of the gaol urgently needs attention,
and we are not surprised to learn that Sir
JOHN LAWRENCE has visited it in person.
Matters should not be trusted to native con-
trol, bat European inspectors should be appointed.
It is by no means surprising that the whole staff
of Government, unwilling to sacrifice their health,
and, perhaps, life to Sir CHARLES WOOD'S official
prejudices, should gladly escape to Simla during
the hot months, and a very wholsale " flitting"
has consequently taken place. Some grumblers
complain that official representatives should have
been left in Calcutta, but as yet no great evil has re-
sulted from the abandonment of the seat of Govern-
ment. The Secretary of State may forbid the re-
moval, but he cannot prevent the officials from
taking a temporary holiday, and so the matter for
the present rests. Whether it will be allowed to
remain on this footing, or whether a wiser and
snore enlightened administration will not recognise
the advantages of a total change, remains to be
seen. At any rate it is quite time that something
was done to improve the salubrity of a city so long
the chief seat of the English rule.

Grievances of the Indian Army,

LATEST INTELLIGENCE.

LREUTER'S TELEGRAMS.]
THE DANO-GERMAN WAR,
THE CAPTURE OF ALSEN.

COPENHAGEN, JUNE 30.

The Minister of Marine announces that in the
late capture of Alson the Rolf Krahe, although
very hotly engaged, was but slightly injured.
A ship of war, a gunboat, and two gunsloops
succeeded in making good their escape from the
Allen Sound, while one gunsloop and a jolly-boat
were blown up to avoid rapture, the crews, however,
being saved.
COPENHAGEN, JUNE 29, 8.40 P.M.

The Fadrelandet of to-day says :--
"According to later ad vices from Alsen it is be-
lieved here that the embarkation of all our troops
has been successfully (Meted.

"The 18th Regiment has displayed great

bravery,"
* The above telegram has been three days in

transmission.

AFGHANISTAN.
(By Telegraph from Sum)
BOMBAY, JUNE 9.

The Ameer of Afghanistan has defeated one of
his brothers, who has fled into British territory.

The Ameer is now marching against his other
brothers.

BOMBAY AND MAURITIUS MAILS.

ALEXANDRIA, JULY 1.
The Delhi and Ellora, with the above mails, left
here at ten a.m. to-day.
The former maybe expected at Marseilles on the
9th, and the latter at Southampton about the 14th
instant.