The Sun.
London, England, 1864-06-18 00:00:00

RACING FIXTURES FOR 1864.

JUNE

Bibtiry
Beverley 22
Stockbridge
Chelmsford.. 2B

Newcastle-on-Tyne 2B
New Forest Hunt 2B
Ipswich .. 3O
WorcestPr (Summer)
'LT.

Carlisle
Newmarket July
Pontefract
Abingdon
Liverpool July
Stamford l4

Nottingham
Winchester l9
Southampton .. 2O
Chesterfield
King's Lynn 2l
Goodwood

Brighton 2
Brighton Club
Lewes
Huntingdon
Wolverhampton
Reading
Egham
Dover

Oxford lB
Yarmouth
York August
Plymouth
Lichfield 29
Devon and Exeter
Stocktcn
Derby 3l

SIR JAMES WILDE'S LAST.—What is the differ.
ence between a Correspondent and a Co-respondent ? One
is a gentleman what does write, the other is a gentleman
what does wrong.—Punch.

THE DEATH OF METERBEER has made a great
gap which there is no man to fi,l. Happily for us,
and to 01l appearance for posterity also, there is no need
that music should be novel to give pleasure, or we might
look forward to the day when Italian opera would become
extinct. There are few composers now,
and their works
as compared with Moyerbeer's are as a child's story-book
to "David Copperfield " or " The Caxtons."—Once a
Week-

CITY OF BRISTOL LIFEBOAT.—An interesting
ceremony took place on Wednesday in Bristol, on
the cccasion of the presentation, by that ancient city, of a
splendid lifeboat fully equipped, to the National Liteboat
Institution. The boat, which is a self-righting one, is 32
feet long, and was built in London, under the superinten-
dence of the institution. The presentation took place on
the grounds of the West of England Agricultural Show,
and there was present at the time about 20,000 persons.
The Mayor of Bristol, who was accompanied by the Earl
Forteecue, Captain R. Tryon, R.N., and other gentlemen,
having presented the lifeboat to the institution, Mr Lewis,
its secretary, accepted, in an appropriate speech, the gift
on behalf of the committee of management. He alluded to
the indefatigable exertions of Captain Tryon,
R.N., in col-
lecting nearly £6OO to pay the expenses of the lifeboat, &c.,
the success of which undertaking was mainly owing to that
gentleman's valuable services. The lifeboat is to be sta-
tioned at Padstow, on the shores of the Bristol Channel,
and to replace a smaller boat that was previously there.
The Bristol people have named the boat the Albert Edward,
in compliment to his Royal Highness the Prince of Wales.

The Queen has been graciously pleased to appoint Joseph
Hume Burnley, Esq., now Secretary to her Majesty's Le-
be Secretary to her Majesty's
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eLaminers, Professors Quain, 4richsen, Wharton
Jones, and Hate, reported that Mr Alex. Bruce, of London,
had acquitted himself with entire satisfaction in his exami-
nation, by written papers and operations. The scholarship
was accordingly awarded to him.

ARUNDEL SOClETY.—Yesterday the annual gene-
ral meeting of this society took place at the rooms,
Old Bond-street, under the presidency of Lord Etch°. A.
report was presented, the adoption of which having been
proposed and seconded, a brief discussion ensued, in the
course of which it was remarked that the counsel ought to be
congratulated upon having secured the services of so able
an artist as M. Schultz, who had promised some of the best
executed copies of frescoes that the society had received.
The report having been adopted, various resolutions were
passed, chiefly in reference to points of practical routine,
and to the re-election of she council and officers. It was
next resolved that all public institutions, whether in Eng-
land or elsewhere, shall, in the discretion of the council, be
admissible as subscribers immediately on paing an entrance
donation to the copying fund, without passing through the
class of associates. The meeting separated with a vote of
thanks to the chairman, who said he was always delighted
to attend these annual gather;ngs, and was only sorry tha
the unavoidable absence of Mr Layard, Mr Ruskin, and
others, load rendered the present prooeed,cgs less amusing
than usual.