The Sun.
London, England, 1864-01-08 00:00:00

SPORTING INTELLIGENCE.

RACING FIXTUI
FEBE

RES FOR 1864.

.UARY.

Harrow
Chelmsford Spring

Lincoln
Hungerford
_ _

Nottingham Spring 1
Derby Spring 3
Liverpool
Shrewsbury
Doncaster Spring

Warwick Spring .. 1G
Durham 2B
Northampton 29
Catterick 3O

Croxton-park 1
Edinburgh Spring 2
Abergavenny 5
Thirbk
_ .

Epsom Spring
Newmarket Craven
Newmarket First Spring 25

M VI .

Chester
York Spring
Salisbury l2 Epsom .. 24.
Bath

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JUNE
Ascot-
Hampton l5 Chelmsford 2B
Newton
Odiham
Bibury
JULY.
Newmarket July
Car
Abingdonlisle
Liverpool July .. l3 Southampton ..
I
Pontefract

Aut
Brighton 2
Brighton Club
Lewes
Reading
Egham
Oxford .. 18
York August . 23

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Weymouth 1
Warwick
.September 6
Leicester ..
Doncaster .. l3
Brecon .. 19

OCT,

Northallerton .. 6
Newmarket Second Oct 10
Novl
Shrewsbury Antura:

UST.
Plymouth
Derby
Lichfield 3O
Stocktcn 3O
Devon and Exeter
Lichfield 3O

4BEit.
Richmond . 29
Monmouth 22
Manchester Autumn
NewmarketFirst October 27

)BER.
Gloucester ............ 1S
I Newmarket Houghton.. 2i
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DR, CULLEN ON "MIXED MARRIAGES."-7Dr.
Cullen has issued a letter to the priests under his
jurisdiction, giving them instructions how to act under the
new law relating to the registration of marriages in Ireland.
In the course of his letter he says :—" As to mixed mar-
riages, or marriages between Protestants and Catholics,
you aro to use all your influence to prevent them. Though
when they take place they are valid, and, notwithstanding
civil enactments to the contrary, bind in conscience ; yet the
Church condemns them as detestable and abominable, and
they are generally the occasion of the greatest evils, both
as regards the happiness of the parties, and the practice of
religion, as well as the Christian education of children.
Such marriages cannot be allowed in any case, unless
by pontifical authority, and even when a dispensation is
granted, no sacred rite can be performeed by the priest
when the contract is entered into. * * * Any marriage
contracted between two Catholics without the presence of
the parish priest of either party, or another priest properly
deputed, is a clandestine marriage, and as such, since the
publication of the decree of the Council of Trent, is null and.
void in the sight of God. Hence all marriages contracted
in this country by two Catholics before registered or Pro-
testant ministers have no force in the sight of God ; and all
who live in such marriages remain in a state of coneubin-
age ; they are bound to separate or take measures to bo
properly married. In the diocese all Catholics who attempt
a clandestine Marriage, as well as the persons who officiate
at it, and the witnesses, are excommunicated ipso facto.
Hence the faithful will easily understand how carefully
they should avoid such invalid marriages, lest, by contract-
ing them, they bring on themselves the maledictions of
Heaven, instead of the blessings of religion."
The Precursore of Palermo states that at a
meeting held by the radical society called the Plebireito, it
was resolved to invite the members of the Left in the
Italian Chamber to resign their seats (0 masse.
Letters have arrivd from Athens via Trieste,
says the Pays, a week later than those before ro
ceived vsa Marseilles. M. bulguris had relied on
embarrassing the King by giving his resignation.,
but he now regrets that it was acceVddeacnlad„.ss
making efforts to regain his portfolio.
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