The Sun.
London, England, 1852-06-24 00:00:00

ITALY.

The Official Gazette of Savoy of the 21st states,
from Turin, that the Armenia, a clerical
Pap er , has
been seized for an intemperate article against the
new Marriage Bill, in which it attempted to prove
that it was contrary to the Catholic religion, and
that, consequently, in virtue of Art. 1 of the Pied-
montese Constitution, which enacts that the
Catholic
religion is the religion of the State, every one has a
right to refuse submission to the Bill when become
the law of the land.

the bearer Big
ofA . the
M. THIERs left Turin on the 19th for Vey
• ey,where
he expects his family to join him.
A correspondent, writing from Rome, June 14,
says:--
" With regard to the case of Mr. Murray, lam
happy in being able to state, from a most trustworthysource, that the Pope has at last consented to grant this
this
luenatvberstutnhaiste y
e-
nevo
iunngg
form Aanncaonpaa,
reprieve. The original sentence of death is commutedn
into hard labour for life at the galleys. I have, how_
rdaonnd.
is Monsignor
reason to believe that it will not be fully carried
into execution, but that before long it will be materially
altered; hopes are, indeed, entertained of Murray being
eventually set at liberty."

THE. PORTLAND BREAKWATER.
A very interesting and novel engineering operation is
.
Oe rather into, the sea. In order to
in grog:
hgtretss piece, s
paittheet
whichh is nothingakwaternow less thanincours
e of construe-
ien at the
bubuildingdin
of a bridge across,
render the necessity for this intelligible, it will be better
to describe the general design of the breakwater. This
is intended to consist of two separate portions—the one
extending from the shore into the sea about 1,900 feet,
in an east-north-east direction; and the other about
6,000 feet in length, and isolated, the nearest point
of which will ultimately he 400 feet from the inner
portion. During the progress of the works, and us:Ail
the pier heads forming the ends of these arms are
built, the necessary space for constructing them,
and other contingent causes, will prevent the
rough unfinished portion of the two arms approaching
nearer to each other than from 800 to 1,000 feet. The
stone with which the breakwater is formed is quarried
by convicts; but the general execution of the same, re-
quiring too much mechanical knowledge for such a class
of men, is under contract. The stone (an admixture of
rough large blocks, from six tons and under, mixed with
a sufficient quantity of small ribblo to fill the interstices)
is tipped into the sea from railway waggons (without
any attempt at regularity, with the exception of a due
regard to a proper proportion of sizes), trains of which
are hauled along the breakwater by locomotive engines.
This mode of depositing the material renders its execu-
tion very cheap; and it is principally. with a view of
adopting this manner of construction on the outer break-
water teat the bridge above alluded to becomes neces-
sary. This is of course a timber structure, and
although only for what may be called a tem-
porary purpose, is necessarily, both from its position
and from the length of time it will have to remain,
erected in a manner which would ordinarily be
called permanent. The general depth of water at low
water is about 57 feet, and the roadway being 25 feet
above this level, it follows that the piles supporting it
timbersns u ss b e
wouldebeut 80t
o feet
manifestlyin len gt h orno
th
obtainable,eigb t and, as single
made like the masts of vessels, each weighing (when
prepared
it) about seven tons. The mode of •
fixing these in the
is ingenious. They are shod with cast-iron
ground
shoes of Mitchell's patent, having e thread or worm
upon them of a large pitch, which are screwed into the
clay or shale by means of a capstan head, and bars
fixed on the head of the piles. they are
strop pile is supported
in an upright position by very g guys or stay
rods, and upon these piles, which are in rows, 30 feet
apart, the necessary superstructure for carrying three
lines of railway and a horse-track is fixed, making
a bridge of about 80 feet wide. A visit to these
works would well repay any one who is interested in
the speed with whieh it is executed, the
these matters, both from the magnitude of
total length of
1,000 feet only takieg about four months to do. The
harbour of refuge at Portland is the larest now being
Years back, and the
the work and
constructed, under the recommendation
works have been carried forward with great spirit. The
breakwater staging is now approaching haii.rt
mile in
Commissioners, appointed some foss of the Harbour
length from the shore, and the part filled tip with stone
already aff,irds very considerable shelter in the anchor-
age, the advantages of which are beginning to be felt by
the masters 'of vessels, foreign as well as British. The
oenosftruicrt.ec,lamfoerethive.
10.
the workssu
el•enclel, - F. 8.5.,
englueer in chief', and Mr. John en ode, - -"e) resident en-
gineer. l*. J. T. Leathern is the contractor for the
same. paerrei n ten being
a n cc

Ai --:62
RAILWAY TRAFFICR..R.:Ii2,
~..,
THE GREAT NORTHERN RAILWAY.—.(m„ 14,11 S
—Return of Traffic for the Week endings --ju7ne: ;11., work, 204)
Passengers, parcels, carriages, 4if 1852 :
horses, dogs, and mails ••• £5,343 if,
Merchandise and minerals ••• 5,230 "-; I
Cattle ••• ••• ••• ••• 259 I`3' i'(l
Total •• ••• ••• X7O-,83-------•
3 13 6
ptl Correspondinga:rscehi:agnewdrTsi
se:eetkprs,aa,
lcrlevaBe.ts:::ll,e (,62.6...R. miles)E
..:
..il•
38:05
1„);
101
....—........,
5 11
LANCASHAIICAN,, YORKSHIRE
20 T.... (260 miles
open.)—Traffic for week ending June , .£17,657 18 3
Correspondivs week in last year (260
miles open) .. ••• ••• •••416,521 13 2
CHESTER .AND HOLYHEAD RAILWAY...4r. ~ ..,,..
week ending:June 20:— . 'or the
MAIN LINE.
Passengers ... £1,683 2 7
Parcels, H. C. and D. ••• ••• 98 15 3
Goods, cattle, &c. ••• ••• 502 19
Mails...
...
... ••• 575 0 0
-----............
Total .. ... ... •£2,859 17 2
MOLD.

Passengers ... ••• 438 4 8
Parcels, H. C. and D. *. • 1 12 11
Goods, cattle, &c. . •••

Total ... £126 154
STEAM-BOATS.
Passengers ... £42822 4
Parceli, 11; C. and D. ... 19 8

Total ... £451 3-9
SCOTTISH CENTRAL RAILWAIr...-Traffie for the Week
ending June 20, 1852
Passengers (10,504), parcels,horses,
and carriages ... ' £1,099 17 5
Goods, cattle, be. 919 6 4

Total 2,019 3 9
Corresponding week in last year... 1,800 15 4
Perth, June 23, 1852.
CORK AND BANDON RAILWAY.—(2O miles open)__Return
of Traffic for the week ending June 19, 1852:
Passengers, parcels, &c. Xl' 2 17 0
Merchandise, cattle ,&c.... ••• 40 15 4

Total X/83 12
Corresponding week in 1851 (10 miles open) :
Passengers, parcels, 8:c. 31 10 8
Merchandise, cattle, &c.... 0 6 5

Total

... 31 17 1

CORRUPT PRACTICES AT ELECTIONS BILL.--The
above Bill (as amended on report) has been printed. By its
provisions, as now modified, her Majesty in Council, upon
address from both Houses of Parliament, may appoint Com_
missioners to make inquiry into corrupt practices at elections.
'the reports will be laid before Parliament, and the Commis-
sioners will have the necessary powers to call for witnesses
and papers, Witnesses and persons implicated will be in.
demnified upon obtaining a certificate to that effect from the
Commissioners. The Commissioners appointed under this
Act will be paid at the conclusion of the inquiry such sum
above their travelling and other expenses as the Commissio-
ners of the Treasury may think fit.
PROROGATION or PARLIAMENT.--The Ministerial
white bait dinner will npt take place until neat week.

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COUR,T_A)I(RC MLA R.
The Queen held a Court at three o'clock yesterday
afternoon et Buckinghtn P,Tace.
His Highnet;s .Sai:l 1 acha, 0001) of the Viceroy of
Egl.pt-, had an tinclteecs of her Mejt sty, to which he
11,,,5 introduced by the Earl of Malnie,bury; the Queen's
ty s
Prirejptil Secretary of Sv!t9 'for Foreign Affairtr, and
coaduct-,Ld by the Hon. Sir Edward' Cust, hor Majes '
-MaEt:r of the Ceremonies. His was attended
at the reception by M. TL:usurtis, Envoy Extyaorclieury
at.d ainister PienipotentLiy from the Sultan of Turkey.
Her 113jesty was att‘2.aded by Lord Byron, Lord in
Waiting.

The queen- and Prince Albert, qccorspanicd by tha
Princess Royal and the Princes Alice, and attended by
Major-General Buckley and Colonel • Bouraie, the
Equerries in Waiting, visited the allibitiOn building in
Hyde-park yesterday morning.
I'i:icor Royal Highnesses the Duke and Duchess de
Nemours visited her blijcsty- yes:erday.
Her Majety had dinner potty last evening et Buck-
ingham Palace. The company included her Ryal High-
ness the Duchess of Kent, tneir Royal 11,ginesses the
Duchess of•'Cambrido:'e and the Princess Mary, the
Duchco of Northutoberiand, Lady Fanny Howard, L:tdy
Sufkdd, the.Baroneas de Speth, Earl Granville; the Earl
of Desart, Lord and Lady Alfred Paget, Lord and Lady
Frederick FiCzclarcnce, Sir George Couper, Cel. SYy lde,
and Baron Knesebeck.

The Band of the Ist Life Guards attended during
dinner.

Their Royal Highnesses the Duke and Duchess de
Nemours visited her Royal Highness the Duchess of
Kent yesterday, at Clarence House, St. James's.
A deputation on the subject of the Ncrth of Europe
Steam Nevigatiou Company had an interview with the
Right Hon. J. W. Henley and Lord Colchester yester-
day, at the Board of Trade. The deputation consisted
of the Earl of Yarborough, Viscount Haw:irden, Mr. C.
lieneage, M.P., Mr. G. F. Muuiz, M.P., Colonel Sal-
wey, M.l'., Mr. J. Bagshaw, M.P., Mr. J. Butt, M.P.,
Mr. S. M. Peto, ALP, Mr. J. C. Cobbold, M.P., Mr. D.
Waddington, LIP., Mr. C. Geach, M.P., the Mayor of
Harwich, Mr. B. T. Bagshaw, Mr. Scott Russell, Mr. C.
M. Palmer, Mr. Regnar Wertenholz (agent of the Danish
Government), Mr. G. Stahlochmidt, Mr. 0. J. Williams
(vice-consul of the Netherlands at Harwich). Captain
Andrews, Captain Raymond, Mr. Charles Freshfield,
and Mr. J. E. Coleman.

Mr. Back, M.P., had an interview yesterday with Mr,
Secretary Walpole, at the Home-office.

MRS. DISRAELI'S ASSEMBLY.

Yesterday evening Mrs. Disraeli had an assembly at
her residence, Grosvenor-gate, Park•lane.
A very numerous and distinguished list of the aristo-
cracy and fashionable-world availed themselves of this
opportunity of paying their compliments to the Right
'lon. Gentleman and Mrs. Disraeli.

His Royal Highness Said ruche, accompanied by his
Excellency the Turkish Minister, was among the fo-
reigners of distinction present.
His Grace the Duke of Wellington also honoured
Mrs. Disraeli with his company during the latter part of
the evening.
Among the members of the corps diplonzatique we re-
marked his Excellency the Russian Minister, his Excel-
lency the Prussian Minister and Mdme. Bunsen and
Mdlle. Bunsen; his Excellency the Hanoverian Minister,
his Excellency the Austrian Minister and the Countets
Colleted°, his,Excellency the Greek Minister, his Excel-
lency the Persian Envoy and Meyer Mirza Malcolm, First
Secretary of Legation; his Excellency the Bavarian .Mi-
nister, his Excellency the American Minister and Mrs.
Abbot Lawrence, his Excellency the French Ambassa-
dor, his ExCellency the Netherlands Minister, his Ex-
cellency the Danish Minister and the Baroness de Beille,
his Excellency the Sardinian Minister, his Excellency
the Swedish and Norwegian Minister, his Excellency
the Neapolitan Minister and the Princess Carmi, his
Excellency the Spanish Minister, his Excellency the
Turkidi Minister, his Excellency the Brezilian Minister
and Madame Macedo, his Excellency the Portuguese
Minister and the Countess Lavradio, her Excellency the
Baroness Brunnow, Baron Kubeck, M. De Berg, Count
Perponcher, M. Sorella, Count Urbiz tondo.
The general circle included, among others, the Duke
of Buckingham, the Duke of Montrose, the Duchess
of Somerset; the Duke and Duchess of Northumber-
land, the Duchess of Inverness, the Marquis and
Marchionese of Salisbury, the Marquis and Marchioness
of Exeter, the Marquis and Marchioness of Ely and
the Hon. Miss Hope Vere, the Marquis of Normanby,
the Earl and Countess of Glengail, the Countess of
Tankervillee the Earl and Countess of Verulam, the
Earl and Countess of Rosse, the Countess of Jersey-
and Lady Clemontina Villiers, the Earl of Malmes-
bury, the Earl of Chesterfield, the Earl of Lonsdale,
the Earl and Countess of Sandwich, the Earl of Powis,
the Earl and Countess of Talbot and Lady Victoria
Talbot, the Earl and Countess of Desert, the Earl and
Countess of Waldegrave, the -Earl of Euston, the Earl
and Countess of Hardwicke, Viscount Strangford, Vis-
count Duncan, Viscount and Viscountess Barrington,
and the Hon. Miss Barrington, Viscount Canning, Vis-
count and Viscountess Torrington, Viscount and Vis-
countess Galway, Viscount and Viscountess Palmer-
ston, Viscount Mendeville, Viscountess Combermere
and the Hon. Miss Cotton, Viscount and Viscountess
Hardinge, Lady Frederick Thesiger and Miss Hall,
Lady Howard de Walden and the lion. Miss Ellis, Lady
Lyndhurst and the Hou. Miss Copley, Lady St. Leo-
nard's and the Hon. Miss Sagden, Lord John Hay,
Lady Stuart de Rothes ay, Lady Caroline Mexse and
Miss Mexse, Lady James Woir Hogg and Miss Hogg,
Lady F. Bentinck, Lady Roll, Lady Ashworth and
Ashworth, Lord and Lady Sonds and the Hon. Miss
Mules, Lord and Lady Beaumont and the Lion. Miss
Stapleton, Lord Adolphus Fitzclarenee, Lord and Lady
Burleigh, Lady Jane Stuart and Miss Stuart, Lord
Francis Gordon, Lord Dutrerin, Lady Brougham, Lady
Georgina Fane, Lady Sarah Ciaolmondley and Miss
Cholmondeley, Lady Charlotte Guest and Miss Guest,
Lady Jane Cnomeley, Lord Broughton and the Hon.
Miss Hobhouse, Lord and Lady Stanley (of Alderley),
Lord Ranelagh, Lady Henry Bulwer, Lord Elliot, Lord
and Lady Carrington and the Hon. Miss Carrington,
Lord Craubourne, Lord Fitzroy Somerset, Lord Henry
Bentinck, Lord Dudley Stuart, Lord Redesdale and the
Hon. Miss Mitford, Lord and Lady Ponsonby, Lord
Henry Gordon Lennox, Lord and Lady Walsingham,
Lady Willoughby, Lady Williams, Lord John Man-
ners, Sir Walter Stirling and Lady Caroline Stirling,
Sir Frederick Trench, Sir William and Lady
Middleton and Miss Cast, Sir James and Lady
Mathieson, Sir John Yarde Buller. M,P., and Lady
Yards Buller; Sir Henry and Miss Menx, Admiral Sir
Thomas Cochrane, Sir George Wombwell, Sir Michael
Shawe Stewart, Sir Charles Ogle, Sir Walter Tyrrell,
Sir John and Lady Jane Walsh, Sir John and Lady
John Trollope, Sir William Molesworth, M.P., and Lady
Molesworth, Sir Archibald Campbell, Baron Rothschild,
the Right Hon. the Speaker and Mrs. Show Lefevre
and the Misses Shaw Lefevre, the Solicitor-General,
Right Hon. J. W. Henley, and Mrs. Henley,
Right Honourable J. C. Herries, and Mrs. Herries,
Right Honourable Spencer Walpole, M.P., the Mastcr
of Lovat, Honourable Mrs. Villiers, Hon. Henry Pon-
sonby, Hon. Captain Hardinge, M.P., Hon. Mrs. Spal-
ding and Miss Spalding, Hon. Colonel L. Dawson
Darner and Miss Darner, Hon. Mr. Waldegrave, lion,
Mr. Noel, Hon. George Curzon, Hon. George Fortescue.
lion. C. P. Villiers, Hon. Mr. Lascelles, Mr. Ralph
Diraeli, Mrs. Lane Fox, Mrs. Beide) Cochrane, Mrs.
Newdegate, Mr. Wilson, Patten, M.P., and Miss Patten,
Csptain Wilson, Maier George Bagot, Mr. and Mrs.
Paled, Mr. and the Hon. Mrs. Smythe, Mr. and Lady
Jane Repton, Captain Seymour, Mr. Dennison, M.P.,
Mr. and Lady Anne Gore Langton, Captain Hogg, Mr.
Peac, Mr. Halsey, M.P., Mr. Scott Murray, Al-
derman Thompson, M.P., and Mrs. Thompson, Mr.
Miles, M.P., and Mrs. and Miss Miles, Mr.' Ellice, M.P.,
Mr. Sandford, Mr. Augustus Lumley, Mr. Heatbcote,
Captain Archdall, M.P., Mr. Sinclair, Mr. Pakington
and Lady Diana Pakington, Mrs. Lawrence (of Ealing),
Captain and Lady Louisa Pekenham, Mr. Edward
Berkeley, Mr. William Rose, Mr. Jones, M.P. (of Pant-
glas), and Mrs. Jones, Captain and Mrs. Duccombe, Col.
and Mrs. Begot, MrsMilner Gibson, Dr. Quin, Col, and
Mrs. Gilpin, Mr. Marley, Mr. and Mrs. Buck, Mr. Vernon,
Mr. Vernon Smith and Miss Fitzpatrick, Mr. Alexander
Spearman, Right Hon. Mr. Christopher, M.P., and
Lady Mary Christopher, Mr. John Walter, MP., and
Mrs. Walter; Kr. Heald, M.P., Mrs, Norton, Mr. Dor-
mer, Mr. John Townley, M.P., and Mrs. Townley, Mr.
Dupre, Mr. and Mrs. Long and Miss Long, Mr. Milnes,
Mr. Cavendish Bentinck, General and Miss Ligon,
Mr. Hamilton, M.P., Mr. Milnes Gaskell, M.P., and
Mrs. Gaskell, Mr. and Mrs. Bennett, Mr. Stuart Hob-
house, Colonel Romilly, M.P., and Mrs. Romilly, Mr.
Bailie, M.P., and Mrs. Bailie, Mr. Leslie, M.P., Mrs. and
Miss Bankes, Mrs. George Hudson, Mrs. Hope, Mr.
Grahame Vivian, Mr, Edmund Burnaby, Mr. John
Stuart, Mr. George Russell, Mr. Clifford, M.P., Mr.
Drummond Woolte,
Mr. Johnstone, Mr. Pairs Wil-
'
Hems, M.P., Mr. George Hudson, M.P., and Miss
Hudson, Mr. William Elliot, Mr. Monekton
M,P., &c.

ASTLEY'S AMPHITHEATRE.
The celebrated equestrian spectacle of St. George and
with its splendid appointments, sail con-
the Dragon,
tinues to attract large audiences to this world-renowned
amphitheatre. The exertions of Mr. Batty to add to
the glories gathered here by that favourite of genius,
the late Andrew Ducrow, richly deserve all the reward
they continuo to meet with. We are the more rejoiced
for no manager ever exceeded Mr. Batty in
at this,
his desire to secure novelty, at an price, for tho enter-
tainment of the play-going publicy . The teems in the
arena are as beautiful as of old. To particularise where
all was good would be invidious; suffice it to say, all
deserved the applause they received. The drolleries of
marry the clown and the politeness of Widdicomb added
much to the entertainments of a very pleasant evening.

GUIDE TO THE BRITISH MUSEUM.—A pocket guide-
book to the great national repository of the wonders of art
and nature has recently been published by Messrs. Cradock
guide-book surpassing all others in com-
pactness, and yet equal for all ordinary purposes in complete-
ness. It is divided into five sections, conducting the reader
all the departments of the British Museum in sue-
through
and
and thereby. enabling him to examine the whole
.single The first section is purely intro.
collection at a
historical, and generally descriptive, including re-
d uctorn
ference to the reading-room attached to the library. The
second describes the gallery of antiquities, together with the
adjacent chambers, comprising the N.imroud marbles, and
similarly recent additions. Tha trd depicts the Elgin
The fourth the Etruscan and Egyptian. The
collection.
fifth embraces the whole of the marvels in natural history
To the sight-seers of the metropolis the publication will be.
Peculiarly acceptable.
Mr. Gordon Cumming was honoured on Tuesday
Ir.om their Royal Highnesses the Prince o- f
with a
and Prince Alfred, accompanied by their tutors, at
Wales
his South African Museum. The Princes seemed njuch
he collection during the hour they remained,
pleased With
and particularly with the Bushman, who imitated the wild
denizens of the forest, and answered the questions addressed
the by Loy alart party to him with his usual naivete.

OXFORD COMMEMORATION.

WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON.— is almost unnecessary
to stae that, although the word " Commemoration" is
liberally extended to the first three or feur days of the
present week, this pTc.sf,ist Wedne,thty is the only
" Coturionnoratien-day ' properly to To-day the
Enccenia—as nobody terms it—is held in the theatre,
the usual oration is delivered by the public orator (Kr.
Claugh ton acted as suhatitute foe Mr. Mitchell), and the
successful competitors in the arts of Latin and English
composition recite their productions from their respec-
tive pulpits. •
The intrinsic good-nature of the students, and
their r,?ediness to commend wl,erever they felt, com-
mendation was due, was strikingly illustrated its the
"le of the Newdigate Poem, composed and recited
by Air- Edwin Arnold, of University College. The
English Pc'n,, we may remind our readers, is the grand
feature of the day; a pause takes place in the pad.
;rations of tLe
are almost ma frequent as the immigrations preceding,
in reality. Mr. Arnold, a
theatre, which after the first halt-hour
and eve3ry body is not only ected liAen but listens
iiU
unpretending aspect, started style ~omewhat grandi"
sl lui et
boti Tabu rater hos
g :!si;:dneeatt la'ba:martabonbo.rom't:i attempt.ill 1 )11.n:
sanctioned by
an
was no common shout-, but a peal through
It
the gallery and seemedh d which
even the leading " dons'
smile. But us the poet progressed andythaae real sympathetic
u tihe s
of his composition became apparent, the
Be shazzar's
eprwrii
so ne
elicited
itt e
de
commencement changed into a tribute of
ct
miration. The first grand burst of applaus_sle
Unfeignedra t presentiment
ae
-t
by the following lines, referring to the
which damped the tpirits of the guests at
feast (the subject of the poem):—
" It seemed no summer-cloud of passing woe
Could fling its shadow on so fair a show.
It seemed the gallant forms that feasted there
Were all too grand for woe, too great for care;_
Whence came the anxious eye, the altered tone,
The dull presentiment no heart would own,
That ever changed the smiling to a sigh
Sudden as sea-bird flashing from the sky?
It is not that they know the spoiler waits
Harnessed for battle at the brazen gates,
It is not that they hear the watchman's call
Mark the slow minutes on the leaguered wall;
'['he clash of quivers and the ring of spears
Make pleasant music in a soldier's ear."
The last two lines seemed especially ti? kindle the mili-
tary spirit of the undergraduates, and they beat the
gallery panels with approving delight. The following
passage had another cause for popularity:—
" Oh ! ever, when the happy laugh is dumb,
All the joy gone, and all the anguish come—
When strong adversity and subtle pain
Wring the sad soul and rack the throbbing brain—
When friends once faithful, hearts once all our own,
Leave us to weep, to bleed, and die alone—
When fears and cares the lonely thought employ,
And clouds of sorrow hide the sun of joy—
When weary life, breathing reluctant breath,
Hath no hope sweeter than the hope of death—
Then the best counsel and the last relief
To cheer the spirit or to cheat the grief,
The only calm, the only comfort heard
Comes in the music of a woman's word—
Like beacon bell on some wild island shore,
Silvery ringing in the tempest's roar,
Whose sound borne shipward thro' the midnight gloom
Tells of the path, and turns her from her doom."
If there is any characteristic more prominent than
another in these genial assemblies, it is the spirit of gal-
lantry which everywhere seeks an opportunity to display
itself. When the undergraduates, before the commence-
ment of the proceedings, shouted out the names of various
public men, and then followed them with hisses or ap-
plause, the cry of " The ladies!" ever and anon was in-
troduced into the series, and always elicited a burst of
enthusiasm. What could be more appropriate to such
an assembly than the lines just quoted? The male part
of the audience gallantly adopted the sentiment, and the
ladies, by tacit smiles, showed that the compliment was
appreciated.
__

- The concluding lines of the poem brought it t) an
effective termination— -

" That night they slew him on his father's throne,
The deed unnoticed and the hand unknown:
Crownless and sceptreless Belshazzar lay,
A robe of purple round a form of clay."
One is always atraid that in these formal displays of
poetic art one will be "bored" with an enormous moral
after the story is told. Hence, the bold manner in
which the fate of Belshazzar is brought within the com-
pass of four lines, and the moral is conveyed by the fact
itself, produced a most agreeable disappointment. It is
not, we believe, usual to quote these compositions, but we
understand Mr. Arnold's poem ranks far above the ave-
rage of University compositions, and as it is the theme
of general admiration we do not hesitate to depart from
precedent.

The other orations were " Avium Migrationes," in
Latin verse, by Mr. R. G. Wyndham Herbert, Scholar
of Balliol; " Centralization," a prose English essay, by
Mr. U. W. Sotheby, Fellow of Exeter; and a Latin
essay, Queenam ingenii virtutes ad his'orias seri-
bandas potissimum conducunt," by Mr. H. Parker, Fel-
low of Oriel. It is needless to etate that all thee were
received with loud applause. Under the head of " Uni-
versity Intelligence" we have given the list of honorary
Doctors' degrees conferred on this occasion. We need
only add'that the name of Sir J. T. Coleridge was fol-
lowed by special applause, and that Sir Gardner Wil-
kinson was saluted ley the undergraduates with the title
of " Old Hieroglyphics."
The crowd during the whole progress of the " Com-
memoration" was terrific. Visitors were admitted by
batches at a time, and as each new batch increased the
contents of the area many a man who fancied he had
good standing room, found himself jostled and knocked
about, and cursing his hat as a most inconvenient in-
cumbrance. One gentleman who kept his hat on re-
ceived a'storm of admonitions from the undergraduates'
gallery, but, certainly, if the sin was great, the tempta-
tion was great alio.
The Bishops of Oxford, London, and Exeter were
among the illustrissitni of the assembly, as well as three
or four young noblemen in full University costume.
A balloon was to have gone up from an inclosure in
the vicinity of the Taylor Institution, and although the
locality was devoid of every species of convenience, a
rather high charge was made to witness the sight. The
tempting handbills drew together a vast number of
gownsmen and citizens, who when they entered the in-
closure were first regaled with the aspect of a huge half-
inflated silk bag, which, without attempting to raise itself
from the ground, rocked about in all directions, and as
it perpetually threatened to bury the visitors, was much
more of a nuisance than a diversion. At last a rumour
was spread that there was not sufficient gas to raise the
balloon, and that therefore it must go up some other
time. Not a hiss, not a groan, not a murmur was heard,
but the assembly walked off, rather more satisfied at the
joke of going to see a balloon which did not rise than
they would have been:at an actual ascent.
At four o'clock the concert came off in the midst of
the other amusements of the day.

BARON LIONEL ROTHSCHILD.
The following correspondence will be read with
peculiar interest at this moment by the electors of the
City of London—revealing as it does the sentiments
in regard to religious liberty entertained by one of the
present representatives of the metropolis :
(Copy.)
3, Sherborne-lane, City,
June 18, 1852.
Sir,—Your circular letter being an address to your
constituents, has been forwarded to me, and was, no
doubt, so sent from the fact of my having on each occa-
sion of your election given you my vote, and your cause
my hearty support, which.i am anxious to do again, pro-
vided your reply to my interrogatories should be satis-
factory. As the bishops and clergy of the church of
which I profess myself a member have been degraded,
and every loyal Roman Catholic insulted by the passing
of a penal Act of Parliament during the session of last
year, I am naturally anxious, in common with my co-
religionists and brother electors, to know whether you
would not only support the passing of a measure to re-
peal that contemptible Act of Parliament, but to repeal
every other penal measure which restricts the complete
religious freedom of the Roman Catholic? I shall re-
serve to myself the right to make public any reply you
may think proper to make to my application, and I may
add, that on it will depend not only my vote, but those
of many of my friends, if not of every Catholic elector
in the city of London.—l have the honour to be, Baron,
your obedient humble servant,

J. PACE.
Baron Lionel de Rothschild, M.P., New-court, City.
(Copy of Reply.)
New-court, 21st June, 1852.
Sir,—l have the honour to acknowledge the receipt of
your note of the 18th inst., and to assure you that I con-
tinue as warmly attached to the principle of religious
equality. asserted in my return to Parliament, as when
I first appealed in '47 to the suffrages of my fellow-
citizens.
I beg you to believe me as strongly opposed as you
can desire to penal restrictions of the religious freedom
of all sects, and that, if successful, I should support
such measures only as are in accordance with that prin.
eiple.—l am, Sir, your most obedient faithful servant,
L. DE ROTHBCHILD.
J. Pace, Esq., 3 Sherborne-lane, City.

NEW ACT TO ASSEMBLE PARLIAMENT AFTER. A,
DISsoLITTION. —Yesterday the new Act was printed to
Meeting
shorten the time required for assembling Parliament after a
dissolution. It was declared that the time required by law
to intervene between the date of the proclamation for as-
sembling Parliament and the day appointed for the
her Royal
thereof, may be reasonably shortened. It is, therefore,
enacted " that so often as her Majesty shall by
of the Par-
landProclamation appoint a ti!ne for the first meeting
i am and Ire-
mayliament of the United Kingdom of Great Bet '
after a dissolution thereof, the time so to be appointed
Y •=e days after the
date of such proclamation, the Act of the sth
be at any time not less than Ulla -13
year of Queen
AnneB, or the Act o the 7th
liam 111., cap. 25, or any other and Bth her law o usage to notwithstanding." years of W.."
r the contrary
PROTESTANT DISSENTERS' ScriooLs. A very nu-.
morons and influential meeting of the Nonconformist body of all grades was held yesterday at the Mill-hill Schooll
Hendon, for the purrose of witnessing the distributfor4L
prizes to the scholars at the close of the scholastic year. Lord Mayor occupied the chair. 132 fore the prizes were in
dis-
tributed, a number of recitations were given • (from
various languages— in Greek (from dEschylus), Latinvol.
by the pupils
Tacitus), German (from Schiller), and French (from
re n with
taire). Several English corn
good
great taste, and some humorous compositionif
etc by
a the
effect. The prizes consisted chiefly et books, 7
p bound. At
committee, all the books being most dinner was
expensively Positions were alsoggi
with
, the conclusion of these proceedings an excellentothich upwards
served in the large hall of the institution,
ttoasts were given,
of 300 persons Sat down. The usual loyalroep perity to the and afterwards the toasts of the day, "- d managers." The
In-
stitution," and " Health to its officers an
company did not separate until dusk.
Sir George Osborne
and s Wharf yesterday
Katherineparty,
'Connt Robilande
and family, arrived at the St-
Navigation Company's
afternoon, by the General Steam
stearnihip ithine, from pateuds

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i SPORTING INTELLIGENCE.
NEWCASTLE RACES.—WEDNEsp.a.r.
The Produce Sakes of 25 scvs. each, h ft, 7c.or two yrs
old colts, Bst 7ib; fillietn B.;t, 4.b; 31b and 51b allowed.
Three quarters of a mile. (7 Suo.)
Sir C. Mouck's Garland colt, Set 71b (Evart) a
Mr. Watters'a Lord Fauconberg (31b) Bst 41b(Byder) 2
Mr. B. Plummer'a Axwell (51h) Bst 21b ... (Sampson) 3
5 to 4 on Lord Fauconherg, and 6 to 4 agst Garland
colt. The non-favourite made nearly all the running,
and won by two lengths; Axwell a bad third.
F The Northumberland Plate of 200 sovs., added to a
Handicap Sweepstakes of 15 sows. each, 10 ft., and
only 5 it declared; tho winner to pay 25 sown towards
the expenses, the second to receive 50 sovs., and the
third to rave his stake. Two miles. (69 Subs., 22 of
whom declared.)
'lr. Ikleiklam's b c Stilton, 3 yrs, Est (Aldcroft) 1
Mr. R. Heron's b c Colsterdale, Gst 41b (Wells) 2
Alr. Podley's ch hCossack, aged, Bst 21b(Temoleinan) 3
Mr. J. Osborne's br f Snowdrop, 4st 121 b ...(Carroll) 4
Lord Gllsgaw's hl c Caracara, 4st 101 b ...(Goater) 5
Mr. T. Wilkinson's b c Neasham, 7st 41b (Charlton) 0
Mr. H. J. Thompson's Countess brg,6et 61b(Chilmail) 0
LJrd Eg:inton's ch g Stafford, sst 10lb ...(llalton) 0
Betting-6 to 5
on Stilton, 4 to 1 agst C daterdale; 7
to 1 ag, t Caracara, and 10 to 1 each agst Neasham and
Cossack.
After the first fifty yards Snowdrop took the lead, fol-
lowed by Stilton, with Colsterdale and Cossack in
attendance, the others lying off. At the T.Y.C. post
Cols!erdale took the second place, and in the straight
running passed Snowdrop. Stilton followed Colsterdale
to the stand, where he headed him, and won very cle-
verlyhalf a length. Cossack, who was beaten two
lengths
by
gthsfrom the winner, caught Snowdrop inside the
,-listance, andobtained third place by a length. Snow-
dropn,
having the same advantage over Caracara. Neasham
broke down and the others pulled up.
Ld.Glasge
Free Handicap of 10 sovs. each, h ft, and 50 added; the
second to receive 20 sus. out of the Stakes. Three-
quarters of a mile. (16 Subs)
.Martinsouc'a
Mr- lideiklam's b f Evadne, 3 yrs, 6st 111 b (Alderoft) 1
Mr. Rothvvell's v. , 3 yrs, Get 61b (F. Bates) 3
a:nerys.one,
... Minigartinson'
vv'sNot of theGarter,4 yrs,7Bt7lb(CharltonN 2
sViewHalloo 6 yrs,' stlolb(G.Simpson) 0
Mr. •
Mr. Gray na
Mist, 4 yrs. 7st (Basham) 0
Mr. J. Osboriao,s
puritan
the
the Garter, and 5 to
Betting-2 to Ilb 'W 11 ) 0
e s
EhiliclaMiddlelon, 5 yrs, 7st 81b(Cooper) 0
titan 3 yrs, bet 8
aga Evadne 2 to 1 agst Knight of
the two from half up - '
the distance, was won by ahead,
Etnerystone'a bad third.
The Ladies,' Plate of 20
1 agat Purilan A fine race with
of 5 soya. each, for three yrsold T.Y.C.
(4 Subs.) - and upwards.
Mr. T. Lister's Brawn, 3 yrs, (1001.) ...
3°'78., added to a Sweepstakes
The Third Triennial Produce stake
five ft, for three yrs old colts, Bst 71b;3 of 10 says. each,
Two miles. (11 Subs.) fillies, Bst 41b.
Mr. Meiklam's br f Evadne .............
... walked over.
Lord Eglinton withdrew his stakes. .. Walked over.
Her Majesty's Plate of 100 gas.; for three yrs old 7.t.
four yrs, Bst 101 h; 5 yrs, 9st 41b; six midi aged, ,- gat--
71b. Three miles.
Mr. Williams's eh h Chief Justice, 5 yr2...(T. Lye) I
Baron Rothschild's Marinello, eh colt, 3 yrs(Charlton) 2
Mr. Sparks' Presto, 4 yrs (J. Sharp) 3
Mr. Barker's Tordesillas, 5 yrs (J. Holmes) 4
Mr. Henderson's Malay, 5 yrs (Fulton) 5
Mr. Wentworth's Hafed, 3 yrs (Basbam) 0
Mr. Gill's bc by Melbourne—La Femme Sage, 3 yrs 0
Betting—Even on Chief Justice, and 6 to 4 agst Ma-
iinella colt. The Melbourne colt and Haled laid in
front to the Newcastle Turn, and then bolted. Chief
Justice took the lead, kept it, and won easy by a length. '
Presto a bad third.

GOODWOOD CUP.
3 to 1 cif-q-Pd agst Stilton.
BIBURY RACES.—WEDNESDAY.
Mqtch, 150 sovs., 50 ft, one mile and a half—Sir J.
B. Mill's c by Epirus,. out of Giantess, Bst 71b, received;
Mr. J. H. Campbell Wyndham's Sir John, Bst 21b, paid.
The Andover Handicap Stakes of 5 sovs. each, and 50
added. Old Mile. (9 Subs.)

Mr. W. Etwan ,'s Bushranger, llst llb (Mr. Soobell) 1
Mr. H. Hill's Hothorpe, list 121 b (Mr. P. Williams) 2
Lord Clifden's Ssgacity, aged, lOst 41b (Capt. Little) 3
Batting-6 to 4on Hothorpe, and sto 2 agst each of
the others. Won by two lengths. Run in 1 min. 57 secs.
The Champaign Stakes of 10 sous. each, and 50 added,
for two yrs old. Last three-quarters of the New
Mile. (9 Subs.)
Mr. G. Stanley's Belgravia . (Maton) 1
Mr. Osbaldiston's Sister to Mountain Deer ((Hiatt) 2
Duke of Bedford's Gossip (Rogers) 3
Sir J. B. Mills's The Lion
Captain De!ma's Anglesey
(A. Day) 0
.... ..... , ........ (Fiatman) o
Mr. Vickers's Lascelles (Cowley) 0
Mr. Hay ter's Postulant ..... ............... (H. Goater) 0
Betting-3 to 1 each agst Belgravia, Gossip, and
Sister to Mountain Deer.

Won by half a neck; a length between second and
Lhird. Run in 1 min. 32 secs.

Sweepstakes of 50 sovs. each, h ft; for three yrs old
colts, Bst 71b; fillies, Bst 3lbs, and slbs allowed. New
Mile. (10 Subs.)
Mr. Parkinson's c Lithograph (Sly) 1
Mr. W. Etwall's St. Andrew (Rogers) 2
Mr. Payne's Hirsute, (Harman) 3
Duke of Richmond's Led Hind (A. Day) 4
Bating-6 to 4 apt Rd Hind, a❑d sto 2 each asst
Hirsute and Lithograph. Won by three parts of a
length. Red Hind was very restive at the post, and
lost several lengths at starting. Run in 1 min. 56 secs.
The BiLury Stakes of 25 soya. each, loft, and 5 only if
declared, with 50 edged, the second to save his stake.

Two miles. (13 Subs., Bof whom declared.)
Mr. E. Parr's Joh❑ of Berwick, 5 yrs, 100 t 12lb. ... 1
Mr. Hill's Ilethorpe, 5 yrs, llst 81b (Mr. P.Williaina) 2
Sir R. Pig,ot's Runnymede, list slb Pettac) 3
Betting-7 to 4on John of Berwick. Won by half a
length. Run in 3 min. 56 sees.
Plate of 501. for three yrs old phd upwards. One mile

and a half.

IL T. Smith's May Day, lost llb (C :pt. Little) 1
Mr. Wreforcl's Wedloutc f, 3 yrs,Bst 121 b (Mr. Henry) 2
Betting-5 to 2on Wedlock filly. Won by a head.
Run in 3 min. 19 fees.
Plate of 50 sovs., for two yrs old and three yrs old.