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

ITALY.

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a clerical paper, has
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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.
M. TIMERS left Turin on the 19th for Vevey,where
he expects his family to join him.
A correspondent, writing from Rome,
June 14,
says :

COURT CIRCULAR.
The Queen bold Court at three o'clock yesterday
afternoon at Buckingham Pa/pco.
His Highness Said Machu, uncle of the Viceroy of
Egypt, had an audience of her Majesty, to which he
W:!3 introduced by the Earl of Maleaebbury, the Queen's
Prircipal Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs, and
conducted by the Hon. Sir Edward (just, her Majesty's
Master of the Ceremonies. His Highness was attended
at the reception by M. Musurus, Envoy Extraordinary
mid Minister Plenipotentiary from the Sultan of Turkey.
Her Majesty was attended by Lord Byron, Lord in
Waiting. _ _ _

The Queen and Prince Albert, accompanied by the
Princess Royal and the Princess Alice, and attended by
Major-General Buckley and Colonel B.::uverie, the
Equerries in Waiting, visited the Exhibition building in
Hyde-park yesterday morning.
Their Royal Highnesses the Duke and Duchess de
Nemours visited her Majesty yesterday.
Her Majesty had a dinner party last evening at Buck-
ingham Palace. The company included her Royal High-
ness the Duchess of Kent, their Royal Highnesses the
Duchess of Cambridge and the Princess Mary, the
Duchess of Northumberland, Lady Fanny Roward,Lady
Suffield, the Baroness de Speth, EA.' Granville, the Earl
of Des-art, Lord and Lady Alfred Peget, Lord and Lady
Frederick Fitzalarencc,, Sir George Couper, Col. Wylde,
and Baron Knesebeck.

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
Turkish Minister, his Excellency the Brazilian 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. Sorells, Count Urbiztondo.
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
Marchioness 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 Glengall, the Countess of
Tankerville, the Earl and Countess of Verulam, the
Earl and Countess of Rosso, the Countess of Jersey
and Lady Clementine. 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 Hardveicke, 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 Mandeville, Viscountess Combermere
and the Hon. Miss Cotton, Viscount and Viscountess
Hardinge, Lady Frederick Thesiger and Miss Hall,
Lady Howard de Walden and the Hon. Miss Ellis, Lady
Lyndhurst and tho Hou. Miss Copley, Lady St. Leo-
nard's and the Hon. Miss Sugden, Lord John Hay,
Lady Stuart de Rothes ay, Lady Caroline Maxse and
Miss Maxse, Lady James Weir Hogg and Miss Hogg,
Lady F. Bentinck, Lady Roll, Lady Ashworth and Miss
Ashworth, Lord and Lady Sonds and the Hon. Miss
Mulles, Lord and Lady Beaumont and the lion. Miss
Stapleton, Lord Adolphus Fitzclarence, Lord and Lady
Burleigh, Lady Jane Stuart and Miss Stuart, Lord
Francis Gordon, Lord Dufferin, Lady Brougham, Lady
Georgina Fane, Lady Sarah Cholmondley and Miss
Cholmondeley, Lady Charlotte Guest and Miss Guest,
Lady Jane Chomeley, Lord Broughton and the Hon.
Miso Hobhouse, Lord and Lady Stanley (of Alderley),
Lord Ranelagh, Lady Henry Balwer, Lord Elliot, Lord
and Lady Carrington and the Hun. Miss Carrington,
Lord Craubourne, Lord Fitzroy Somerset, Lord Henry
Bentinck, Lord Dudley Stuart, Lord Redesdale and the
Hon. Miss Mitfurd, Lord and Lady Ponsonby, Lord
Henry Gordon Lennox, Lord and Lady Walsinghans,
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 Meux, Admiral Sir
Thomas Cocrane, 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. Shaw 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 Master
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, Hon,
Mr. Nod, Hon. George Curzon, Hon. George Fortescue.
Hon. C.P.: Villiers, lion. Mr. Lascelles, Mr. Ralph
Diraeli, Mrs. Lane Fux, Mrs. Millie Cochrane, Mrs.
Newdegate, Mr. Wilson, Patten, M.P., and Miss Patten,
Captain Wilson, Major George Begot, Mr. and Mrs.
Praed, 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.
Peso, 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. Heathcote,
Captain Archdall, M.P., Mr.' Sinclair, Mr. Pakington
and Lady Diana Pakington, Mrs. Lawrence (of Ealing),
Captain and Lady Louisa Pakenham, Mr. Edward
Berkeley, Mr. William Rose, Mr. Jones, M.P. (of Pant-
glas), and Mrs. Jones, Captain and Mrs. Duncombe, 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, Mr. 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,
M.P., Mr. Cavendish Bentinck, General and Miss Ligon,
Mr. Hamilton, M.P., Mr. Milnes Gasket!, M.P., and
Mrs. Gasket], 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. Peirs
M.P., Mr. George Hudson, M.P., and Miss
Hudson, Mr, William Elliot, Mr. Monckton Milnes,
m, p,,

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With regard to the case. of Mr Murray,-.1,-.1 lam
happy in being able to state, from a most trustworthy
unfortunatesource,
young Pop e
manhas aat last
pardon.
......0111Sig nor Anaici
leaves this evening for Ancona, and is the bearer cf the
reprieve. The original sentence of death is commuted
into hard labour for life at the galleys. I ,
nave, bow"
t,O grant this
ever, reason to believe that it will.not.be fully carried
into execution, but that before long it will be materially
Alurray being
eavlteeurteuda;ilyhospeetsaatrieib,
eirutdy.eejl, entertained of

THE PORTLAND BRE AICWArER.
A very interesting and novel engineering ov—oration is
in progress at the breakwater now in course of construc-
tion at this place, which is nothing less than the building
et' a bridge across, or rather into, the sea. r
-al order 'to
render the necessity for this intelligible, it will be better
to describ t
o o
e thec
n sit of w
generals designt oseparate
of the
breakwater. This
isintended
portions_
the one
extending from the shore into the sea about 1,900 feet,
in an east-north-east direction; and the other about
0,000 feet in length, and isolated, the
nearest point
of which will ultimately be 400 feet from the inner
portion. During the progress of the works, and until
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 SOO 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 ribble 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 that 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
timbers would be manifestly not obtainable, they are
must be about 80 feet in length
made like the masts of vessels, each weighing (when
prepared with the necessary iron work connected with
it) about seven tons. Thethese in the
mode of fixing .
ground is ingenious. They are
shod with east-iron
or height, and, as single
shoes of Mitchell's patent, havie_
K a thread or worm
2 which are screwed into the
clay or shale by means of a capstan head, and bars
fixed on the head of the piles.
very strong guys
Each pile is supported
upon them of a large pitch
in an upright position by
rods, and upon these piles, which are in rows, 30 feet
apart, the necessary superstructure for carrying three
lines of railway and a horse-truck is fixed, making
a bridge of about 80 feet wide. A visit to these
works would well repay any one
who is interested in
these matters, both from the or stay
magnitude of the work and
the speed with which it is executed
1,000 feet only taking about four months to do. The
harbour of refuge at Portland is the largest now being
constructed, under the recommendation of the Harbour
Commissioners, appointed some few
Years back, and the
works have been carried forward with great spirit. The
breakwater staging is now approaching half-a-mile in
length from the shore, and the part filled up with stone
2 the total length of
already affords very considerable shelter in the anchor-
age, the advantages of which are beginning— to be felt by
works are being constructed for the
the masters of vessels, foreign as
Admiralty, under
the superintendence of Mr. James z.
well as British. The
Rendel, F.R,S,
en-
gineer. Mr. J. T. Leathero is the contractor for the
engineer in chief, and Mr. John
55.22,._ eoode, resident

RAILWAY TRAFFIc URNS-
THEii GREAT NORTHERN RAILWAY.
dieturn of Traffic for the Week endrn
(Miles in work, 223 i)
Passengers, parcels, carriag4 J4ne 13, 1852:
horses, dogs, and mails
1, Merchandise and minerals ..* 46,343 16 4 ,• •
' Cattle ... ... ... .." 6,230 3 4
** _ 259 13 10 , •

::_
Total ..
Corresppoansdsiennggewrse,ekpa,
rlcBeslsl, (`43.6 miles 10,833 13 6
...
Merchandise, Cattle, &c. 3,:tT02
130 101
Total ...X11.622 15 11
LANCASLIIRE AND YORKSHIRERAILwAy. (260 MUM
open.)—Traffic for week ending June 20, x,
Corresponding week in last year (260
miles open) .. ...st,
21 13 2
,5
)
CHESTER AND HOLYHEAD RAILWAY
week ending June 20 '7,657 18 3
'Traffic for the
MAIN LUTE.
Passengers ...
Parcels, 11. C. and D. ...
Goods, cattle, &c.
Mails

Total ..

••• £1,683 2 7
4 15 3
5,9,2 19 4
5 0 0
X 2,853
17 2

•••
MOLD.

••• £3B 4 8
1 12 it
,«...
86 17 10
••••••.„..........._
••• ••• ••• X 126 15
STEAM-BOATS. 5
... £428 4 I
•• 22 19 8
Total ... ••• ••• 4451-3--8*
SCOTTISH CENTRAL RAlLWAY.—Traffic for the
ending June 20, 1852 : Week
Passengers (10,504), parcels, horses,
and carriages ... ••• ••• £1,099 17 5
Goods, cattle, &c. ... ••• ••• 919 6 4
)---iceturn
Total .. ••• •• 2,019 3
Corresponding week in last year... 1,800 1,5 4
Perth, June 23. 1852.
CORK AND BANDON BAILIVAY.--(20 miles open\ ,
of Traffic for the week ending June 19, 1852:
Passengers, parcels, &c. .„ £142 17 0
Dierchandise, cattle ,5t0.... ••• 40 15 4

Passengers ...
Parcels, H. C. and D. ••• ...
Goods, cattle, &c.

Total

Passengers
Parcels, H. C. and D. ...

Total ... £lB3 12-7
Corresponding week in 1851 (10 miles open)
31 10 8
Pr
si
parcels,eattle 8'&
CC. • •
0 6 5

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 North of Europe
Steam Navigation 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 Hawarden, Mr. C.
Heneage, M.P., Mr. G. F. Muntz, M.P., Colonel Sal-
wey, M.P., Mr. J. Bagshaw, M.P., Mr. J. Butt, M.P.,
Mr. S. M. Peto, M.P , Mr. J. C. Cobbold, M.P., Mr. D.
Waddington, M.P., Mr. C. Geach, M.P., the Mayor of
Harwich, Mr. R. T. Bagshaw, Mr. Scott Russell, Mr. C.
M. Palmer, Mr. Regnar Wertenholz (agent of 01.3 Danish
Government), Mr. G. Stahlocbmidt, Mr. 0. J. Williams
(vice-consul of the Netherlands at Harwich), Captain
Andrews. Captain Raymond, Mr. Charles Freshfield,
and Mr. J. E. Coleman.

Mr. Buck, 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
Hon. Gentleman and Mrs. Disraeli.
His Royal Highness Said Fuchs., 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 diplomatique 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,
bis Excellency the Austrian Minister and the Countets
Colloredo, his Excellency the Greek Minister, bis Excel-
lency the Persian Envoy and Meyer Mirz a Malcolm, First
Secretary of Legation; his Excellency the Bavarian Mi-
nister, his Excellency the American Minister and Mrs.
Abbot Lawrence, his Excellency the French A93.basa-

Total ••

ASTLEY'S AMPHITHEATRE.
The celebrated equestrian spectacle of St. George and
the Dragon, with its splendid appointments, still con-
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 continue to meet with. We are the more rejoiced
at this, for no manager ever exceeded Mr. Batty in
his desire to secure nove.lty, at any price, for the enter-
tainment of the play-going public. The scenes 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
Barry 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
and Company—a gaide-book surpassing all others in corn-
and yet equal for all ordinary purposes in complete-
vactness,
;les It is divided into five sections, conducting the reader
thros•ugh all the departments of the British Museum in sue-
c'e,sien, and thereby enabling him to examine the whole
collection at a single visit. The first section is purely intro-
ductory, historical, and generally descriptive, including re-
fer nee to the reading-room attached to the library. The
seven
describes the gallery of antiquities, together with the
adjacent chambers, comprising the Nimroud marbles, and
recent additions. The third depicts the Elgin
similarly
collection. The fourth the Etruscan and Egyptian. The
fifth embraces the whole of the marvels in natural history
To the sight-seers of the metropolis the publication will be.
peculiarly acceptable.
111 r. Gordon Cumming was honoured on Tuesday
with a t from their Royal Highnesses the Prince of
Wales and Prince Alfred, accompanied by their tutors, at
his South 'African Museum. The Princes seemed much
pleved witia ihe collection during the hour they remained,
and particularly with the Bushman, who imitated the wild
w
denimins of the forest, and answered the questio addressed
the Loyal party with his usual naivet ns
e.

... 31 11 1

CORRUPT PRACTICES AT ELECTIONS BILL..--The
above Bill (as amenkled 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 v ill 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 espouses as the Commissio-
ners of the Treasury may think fit.
PROROGATION OF PARLIAAIENT.—The Ministerial
white bait dilater pill upt take place until neat Week.

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OXFORD COMMEMORATION. r SPORTING I 1.,....„__
filliee, Bse 4`Vr3lts and 51b allowed.
i WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON.—IC is almost unnecessary • NEWCASTLE liel Ntik,*7.els 7 '
(Swart) 1
• 'l,_„_," • sa. aa
to state that although the word " Commemoration" is The Produce S:ekes of 25 soNrefeel, ; —"l's are v.
liberally extended to the first three or four days of the I old cease Bst 711;
present week, this present Wednesday is the only 1 Three quarters of a mile. (7 Subs.) " Commemoration-day" properly so called. To-day the Sir C. Monck's Garland colt, ast 716 .........
Encernia—as nobody terms it—is held in the theatre, Mr. Watters'e Lord Fauconberg (31b) ast 41b(Ryder) 2
the usual oration is delivered by the public orator (Mr. Mr. E. Plummer's Axwell (51e) Bst 21b (Simpson) 3
Claughton acted as substitute for Mr. Mitchell), and the 5t04 on Lard Fauconberg, and 6to 4 eget Garland
successful competitors in the arts of Latin and English colt. The non-favourite made nearly all the running,
composition recite their productions from their respec-
Theand wNonorbthyntrawhoelrelanngdthisllaAtexwofell
2008 bsandvsth„ added to aird'
five pulpits.
The intrinsic good-nature of the students, and Handicap Sweepstakes cf 15 sows, each, 10 ft., and
their readiness to commend wherever they felt corn- only sit declared; the winner to pay 25 sovs, towards
tnendation was due, was strikingly illustrated in the the expenses, the second to receive 50 Boys, and the
case of the Newdigate Poem, composed and recited third to save his stake. Two miles. (69 Subs., 22 of
by Mr. Edwin Arnold, of University College. The whom declared.)
English Poem, we may remind our readers, is the grand Mr. Meiklam's b c Stilton, 3 yrs, Est
(Aldcroft) 1
grations
feature of the day; a pause takes place in the enei- Mr. R. Heron's b c Colsterdale, fist 41b (Wells)
2
)
of the theatre, which after the first half-hour Mr. Pedley's ch hCossaek, aged, fiet 21b (Templeman) 3
are almost as frequent as the immigrations preceding, Mr. J. Osborne's br f Snowdrop, 4st 121 b ...(Carroll) 4
and everybody is not only expected to listen but listens Lord Gleegow's bl c Caracara, 4st 101 b ...(Goater) 5
unpretending
in reality. Mr. Arnold, a gentleman of singularly mild Mr. T. Wilkinsca's b c Neasham, 7st 4lb (Charlton) 0
,• -
aspect, started in a style somewhat granoi- Mr. H. J. Thompson's Countess br g, fist 61b(Chilman) 0
lequent, which he was unable to maintain, and a Lord Eglinton's eh g Stafford, sst 101 b ...(Dalton) 0
was no common ehout, but a
shout of laughter signalizad the abortive attempt. It Batting-6 to sou Stilton, 4to 1 agst Colsterdale; 7
the gallery and seemedpeal which rolled through to 1 aget'Caracara, and 10 to 1 each apt Neasham and
inextinguishable and which Cossack.
even the leading " dons' sanctioned
, , .
After the first fifty yards Snowdrop
took the lead, fol-
by a sympatnetic
smile. But as the poet progressed and the real beauties lowed bY Stilton, with Colsterdale and Cossack in
of his composition became apparent, the derision of the attendance, the others lying off. At the T.Y.C. post
commencement changed into a tribute Colsterdale took the second place, and in the straight
miration. The first grand burst of of unfeigned ad- e
by the folloines, referring top was elicited running passed Snowdrop. Stilton followed Cole terdale
which damped thewing l
spirits of the the presentiment to the stand, where he headed him, and won very cle-
feast (the subject of the poenej:—guests at Belshazzir's verly by half a length. Cossack, who was beaten two
It seemed no summer-cloud of passin lengths from the winner, caught Snowdrop inside the
g ev
Could fling its shadow on so fair a show - o -
e
" distance, and obtained third place by a length, Snow-
It seemed the gallant forms that feasted there drop having the same advantage over Caracara. Neasham
Were all too grand for woe, too great for care— broke down and the others pulled up.
Whence came the anxious eye, the altered tone, Free Handicap of 10 sus. each, h ft, and 50 added; the
The dull presentiment no heart would own,
second to receive 20 soya. out of the Stakes. Three-
MaMa t•
That ever changed the smiling to a sigh
quarters of a mile. (16 Subs.)
Sudden as sea-bird flashing from the sky?
~_llll'. Nleiklam's b f Evadne, 3 yrs, 6st Illb (Alderoft) 1
It is not that they know the spoiler waits
-14dtGlesgow'ilint.of theGarter,4 yrs,7st7lb(Charlton 2
Harnessed for battle at the brazen gates,
Mr. J. Osbor '
Mr. Itothwell's Einerystone, 3 yrs, Est 6lb (F. Bates) 3
It is net that they hear the watchman's call Mr. aiartinson'sViewHalloo,6 yrs,7st 101b(G.Simpson) 0
Mark the slow minutes on the leaguered wall;
The clash of quivers and the ring of spears Mr. Gray
r inson'sElizaMi
Make pleasant music in a soldier's ears." e na Child of the Mist 4 yrs, ist (Basham) 0
• .ddleton, 5 yrs, 7st 81b(Cooper) 0
The last two lines seemed especially to kindle the mill- Betting-2ne 8 Puritan,
tary spirit of the undergraduates, and they beat the
Emerystone7a bad uthPirt
the Garter, aar } agst Evadne, 2 to 1 agst Knight of
3 yrs,' Est 81b Wells) 0_
gallery panels with approving delight. The following the two frortilaf to 1 agar Puritan. A fine race with
passage had another cause for popularity:—
"Oh I ever, when the happy laugh is dumb, The Ladies' Plate of 20 to Sweepstakes
sovs., added a
~
All the joy gone, and all the anguish come— of 5 SOW.. each, for th
third,
distance, was won by a head,
When strong adversity and subtle pain
(4 Subs.) ree yra.old and upwards. T.I.C.
Wring the sad soul and rack the throbbing brain—
Mr. T. Lister's Brawn, 3
The Third Triennial ProYdrsue(el°B") ......
When friends once faithful, hearts once all our own,
and aged, Leave us to weep, to bleed, and die alone— The
of 10 sous. each,
When fears and cares the lonely thought employ, five ft, for three yrs old colts
, 8s And clouds of sorrow hide the sun of joy-- Two miles. (11 Subs.) t 71b; fillies, Sit 41b.
When weary life, breathing reluctant breath, Mr. Meiklam's br f Evadne ............ walked over.
Hath no hope sweeter than the hope of death— Lord Eglinton withdrew his stakes. ...
Her Majesty's Plate of 100 gns.; for thee walked over.
Then the best counsel and the last relief
To cheer the spirit or to cheat the grief, four yea Bst 101 b; 5 yrs, 9st 41b; Sig e -'
1.1*" old, 7st;
9st
The only calm, the only comfort heard
71b. Three miles.
Comes in the music of a woman's word—
Mr. Williams's ch h Chief Justice, 5 yre...(T. L
Barone othschild's Ma Della ch colt, 3 yrs(Charltyonej 2
Like beacon bell on some wild island shore,
Silvery ringing in the tempest's roar,
Mr. Srks' Presto, 4 yrs
(J. Sh
Whose sound borne shipward thro' the midnight gloom
arp) 3
Mr. Barker's Tordesillas, 5 yrs (J. Holm )
Tells of the path, and turns her from her doom."
es 4lf there is any characteristic more prominent than Mr. Henderson's Malay, 5 yrs (Fulton) 5
another in these genial assemblies, it is the spirit of gal- Mr. Wentworth's Hated, 3 yrs (Bashana) te lantry which everywhere seeks an opportunity to display Mr. Gill's bc by Melbourne—La Femme Sage, 3 yrs 0 itself. When the undergraduates, before the commence- Betting—Even on Chief Justice, and 6to 4 agst Ara_
meat of the proceedings, shouted out the names of various rinella colt. The Melbourne colt and Hafed laid in
public men, and then followed them with hisses or a and then bolted. Chief
p. front to the Newcastle Turn,
plause, the cry of " The ladies!" ever and anon was in- Justice took the lead, kept it, and won easy by a length.
troduced into the series, and always elicited a burst of Presto a bad third.
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 to an
effective termination—
" That night they slew him on his father's throne,
The deed unnoticed and the hand unknown :
Crosvnless and eceptreless Belshazzar lay,
A robe of purple round a form of clay."
One is always afraid 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.
Tho other orations were " Aviuna Migrationes," in
Latin verse, by Mr. R. G. Wyndham Herbert, Scholar
of Balliol; " Centralization," a prose English essay, by
Mr. H. W. Sotheby, Fellow of Exeter; and a Latin
essay, " Queenam ingenii virtutes ad histories scri-
bendas potissimum conducunt," by Mr. H. Parker, Fel-
low of Oriel. It is needless to state that all these 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 by 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 also.
The Bishops of Oxford, London, and Exeter were
among the illustrissimi of the assembly, as well as three
or four young noblemen in fall 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.

GOODWOOD CUP.
3 to 1 offered agst Stilton.
BIBURY RACES.—W EDNESDAT.
Match, 150 sovs., 50 ft, one mile and a half—Sir J.
B. Mill's c by Epirus,!out of Giantess, Bst 7th, received;
Mr. J. H. Campbell Wyndham's Sir John, Sat 21b, paid.
The Andover Handicap Stakes of 5 soya. each, and 50

added. _ Old Mile. (9 Subs.)

Mr. W. Etwall's Bushranger, list lib (Mr. Scobell) 1
Mr. H. Hill's Hothorpe, llst 121 b (Mr. P. Williams) 2
Lord Clifden's Sagacity, aged, lOst 4lb (Capt. Little) 3
Betting-6 to 4on Hothorpe, and sto 2 agat each of
the others. Won by two lengths. Run in 1 min. 5; 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
Captain Delme's Anglesey(Fiatman) 0
Sir J. B. Mills's The Lion (A. Day) 0
Mr. Vickers's Lascelles (Cowley) 0
Mr. Hayter's Postulant (H. Goater) 0
Betting-3 to 1 each agst Belgravia, Gossip, and
Sister to Mountain aer.

Won by half a neck; a length between second and
third. Run in 1 min. 32 secs.
Sweepstakes of 50 sous. each, h ft; for three yrs old
colts, Sat 71b; fillies, Bst 31bs, and 51bs allowed. New
Mile. (10 Subs.)
Mr. Parkinson's c Lithograph
Mr. W. Etwall's St. Andrew (Rogers) 2
Mr. Payne's Hirsuta (Flatman) 3
Duke of Richmond's Red Hind (A. Day) 4
Betting-6 to 4 agst Red Hind, and sto 2 each agst
Hirsuta 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 Bibury Stakes of 25 sovs. each, loft, and 5 only if
declared, with 50 added, the second to save his stake.
Two miles. (13 Subs., Bof whom declared.)
Mr. E. Parr's John of Berwick, 5 yrs, lOst 121 b. ... 1
Mr. Hill's Hothorpe, 5 yrs, Ilst Blb (Mr. P.Williatna) 2
Sir R. Pigot's Runnymede, list 81b ...(Capt. Pettat) 3
Betting-7 to 4on John of Berwick. Won by half a
length. Run i❑ 3 min. 56 secs.
Plate of 504 for three yrs old and upwards. One mile
and a halt.

Mr, H. T. Smith's May Day, lOst llb (Capt. Little) 1
Mr. Wreford's Wedlock f, 3 yrs,Bst 121 b (Mr. Henry) 2
Betting-5 to 2on Wedlock filly. Won by a head.
Run in 3 min. 19 secs.

Plate of 50 sovs., for two yrs old and three yrs old.
T.Y.C.

Mr. Osbaldiston's Queen of Beauty f, Est 61b (Hiett) 1
Mr. Magenis's Janina, 3 yra, Bst 31b (Flatman) 2
Mr. Wreford's Wedding Day f, Bst 61b ... (W. Day) 3
Mr. Armstrong's Sabra, 3 yrs, Bst 31b (A. Day) 4
Mr. Sargent's Charon, 2 yrs, 6st 61b (A. Cowley) 5
Betting-5 to 2 each agst Queen of Beauty. Charon,
and Sabra. Won by a head. Time 1 minute 27 seconds.
Free Handicap Plate of 40/., with 10 SOY& added for the
second. T.Y.C.

Mr. E. Parr's John of Berwick, 12st 41b
Lord Clifden's Sagacity, lOst 131 b (Captain Little) 2
Mr. Magenis's Janina, 3 yrs, lOst 91b (Mr. Elwes) 3
Even on Sagacity, and sto 4 agst Janina. Won by
three parts of a length.
GOODWOOD, 1852.

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 :
3, Sherbor(nCo
e-ne), 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 oecs-
sion of your election given you my vote, and your cause
my hearty support, which:l 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 iu '47 to the suffrages of my fellow-
citizens.

Acceptances for the Goodwood Stakes. The highest
weight accepting being Bst 41b, it has been raised to
Bst 71b, and the others in proportion.
Yrs at lb,
Chief Justice
Black Doctor 4 8 7
Cariboo
Hernandez
Pitsford
Backbiter
Lady Evelyn
Barcelona
Officious 5 8 2
Ariosto
Hippolytus 4 7 5
Cockcrow
Trickstress 4 7 5
Montague
Musician 5 7 3'
Sir H. Trenchard 4 7 3
Selina
P00d1e......,HaG
Duke
Fohrt
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.............................. 4453
ti 777666
111 10120
Storyteller ....... 4 612
C
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0
Grey Tommy, .. 3
Lucie . 6 10
......... 3 6 9

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.,
ciple.—l am, Sir, your most obedient faithful servant,
L. DE ROTHSCHILD.
J. Pace, Esq., 3 Sherborne-lane, City.

NEW ACT TO ASSEMBLE PARLIAMENT AFTEB
Dissommox.—Yesterday the new
.Act was printed to
r a
shorten the time required for assembling Parliament afte
dissolution. It was declared that the time required by law
to intervene between the date of the proclamation for sembling Parliament and the day appointed for tl-,
's, therefore,
as-
thereof, may be reasonably shortened. Tr :
enacted " that so often as her Majesty shall by her Royal
the meeting
Proclamation appoint a time for the first rneeting of the Par-
liament of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ire-
land after a dissolution thereof, the time .
so CO be appointed
may be at any time not less than thirty.
date of such proclamation, the Act of the sth year of Queen
Anne, cap. 8, or the Act of the ith and Bth -years of 1%91-
contrary
five days after the
Liam 111., cap. 25, or any other law or usage to the
notwithstanding."
PROTESTANT DISSENTERS' ScuooLs.—A very
bodynuof
merous and influential meeting of the Nonconformist
all grades was held yesterday at the mill-hill
S of
Ilendon, for the purpose of witnessing the distribution The
prizes to the scholars at the close of the scholastic year.were dis-
tributed, a number of recitations were given by the Latin (from
choOls,
various languages-- in Greek (from AschY '
iasi (from
Tacitus), German (from Schiller), and Frenchls° given with
Vol-
taire. Several English compositions great taste, and some humorous • ILf1;, selected by the
effect. The prizes consisted chiefly of
beesively bound. At
committee, all the hooks being most
"Pxencellent dinner was
the conclusion of these proceedings an. ,to which upwards
served in the large hall of the institution, e,nawoenrserions with good
„,,loyal toasts were given,
of 300 persons sat down. The us--1, prosperity to the In-
stitution," and " Health to
dusk'
company did not separate until d 'and managers." The
arty, Count Robilande
Sir George Osborne 110 Katherine
P's Wharf yesterday
afternoon,
and family, arrived at the S
Navigation Company's ,
Steam
afternoon, by the Generalteuct
ateanaibip Rhizep iron °4 its oftidacye; s

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weathergege
Scarecrow
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(The Brahmin .••••• 3 5 3
3 5 3
Termagant
3
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tiRKEm JULY MEETING, 1852.
Accent ....
Acceptances for the summer Handicap.
NEwhi . The rest pais so- vs. each.
Yrs at lb
Clincher . Yrs st lbi
4 6 7
Tophana . 3 6 0
Artisan .......... a 7 OP" ,
3 5 13
13ushr ............ 4 6 11( Waveriey
A - "ger 5 6 10I1ex 3 5 7
ntigone
4 6 10Peacock
Odessus
5 8 , ;Storyteller
The highest weight accepting being Bst 61b, it has been
raised
14e
.7-',,,v' dam Butterfly,
(h 1 bb—)' Ir 4
to Bst 71b, and the others left in in proportion.
Thil_„ 1.^..
E:NIGHTON, 1852.
1):::::: eialclbh—. Scapulary, 4 Yrs, 78t 81b-
-sib—The Clown, up.
Clothworker, 6 yrs, 9st 51b—Selina, 6 yrs, 9st
Acceptances for the Radnorshire C
Bst
llb—
Camus, 4 yrs,
Arios. t,
3 yrs, 7st 51b—Cobnut, 5 yrs, lib—Avis,
5 yrs, 7st 131b—
oyiross,i: s
3t by
l,rs 5
2 1
b?.._r eßaot
mh euaaritd,
gs: soot
byo f
Cowl,Hen
Ilb—Titterstone,
3yrs, 6st I 9 3 , st 121 b.
Acceptances for the Knighton Stakes.
Clotbworker, 6 yrs, 9st 61b—Selina, 6 yrs, 9st 411)--.
crmas, 4 yrs, Bst 61b—The Clown, 5 yrs, Bst 61b—Miss
Fanny, by Red Deer, 4 yrs, Bst—Gaylad, 6 yrs, ist 121 b
—Buttcrtly, 3 yrs, ist 91b—Lady Bibina, 6 yrs, 7st 61b
—Cobnut, 5 yrs, 7st 41b—.01d Times (late Illumination),
aged, 7st 21b—Ibis, 3 yrs, 7st—Secundus, 4 yrs, Est 121 b
—Volmia, 3 yrs, 6st 41b—Henrietta, by Harkaway, 3
yrs, Est 21b—The Director, 3 yrs, sft 131 b.
WORCESTER, 1852.

Acceptances for the Worcester Stakes.

Nancy, 4 yrs, Bst 71b—Alonzo, 5 yrs, Bst 11b—Prime
Minister, 4 yrs, ist 131b—Warwick, 5 yrs, '7ar,—.
Ephesus, 4 yrs, nit—The Italian, 5 yrs, 7st--Young
England, 5 yrs, Est 121b—Tonic, 4 yrs, Est 101 b-
- 5 yrs, 6st 101b—Bacton, 5 yrs, Est 81b—Titter-
stone, 4 yrs, Est 61b—Melford, aged, 6st 41b—iinook
Knoll, 4 yrs, 6at—Elcot, 3 yrs, 6st—Waterfall, 4 yrs,
Sat 121b—Butterfly, 3 yrs, bat 91b—Kittflyer, 3 yrs, 55$
61b—Infidelity filly, 3 yrs, sst 61b—Ronmaldus, 3 yrs,
sst 61b—Sally, 3 yrs, sst Gib—Calcrt, 3 yrs, sat 41b--
Ibis, 3 yrs, 4st 121b—Lindrick, 3 yrs, 4st iolb—Made-
line (h b), 3 yrs, 4st 101b—Tbe Ferret, 3 yrs, 4st both.

THE DIGGINGB.—The gold fever in the neighbour-
hood of Stratford has Bot abated, and among those who
contemplate going to the gold regions may
be mentioned
several shopkeepers, somewhat extensively engaged in busi-
ness. At no previous period has such a spirit of emigration
been so generally evinced in this locality. Neither the
hoary-headed sire of three score years and ten, nor the
blithsome and blooming maiden of sweet eighteen being able
to resist the auriferous charms of Austrana--44"g Sera"