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duced; his eight-part anthem ("Lift thine eyes"),
for the celebration of the Festival of the Epiphany,
Royal, is one of the most ingenious.
These anthems are pure and unaducterated, void of
at the Chapel Roy
" exhibitionary" harmony and "sensation" points
—genuine Church music, in a word. Besides, if
Mr. Goss can write for the festivals of the Sons of
the Clergy, why not for the anniversary meetings of
the children under the dome of St. Paul's ? It is
his prerogative and, we may add, his duty. But
to begin from the beginnieg—the 100th Psalm—
"that dear 0;d Hundredth," as Mr. Thackoray
would have said (" All people that on earth do
dwein—was sung
by the children, girls and boys,
more glorious than ever. Such a sonorous, massive,
living unison might•well have astounded the placid
genial and brought tears from the eyes of
that
searcher after overwhelming
,effc indefatigable
ts Haydn,7m.
ee Hector Berlioz—Haydn's very anti-
podes. It would--to speak with deference—have
given poor Meyerbeer an idea for a new Benedictiop
of Swords. In its particular sphere there is nothing
language of music never uttered so
mlikneehit.wiTthhemeans
so simple. What could more
fittingly serve than this to prepare the mind for the
earnest act of prayer ? The Hundredth Psalm
could never be omitted from this festival, nor could
a hope be entertained of finding anything more
solid, majestic, and, at the same time, devotional,
than the work of Thomas Tallis—Elizabeth's com-
poser and organist—for the Preces and Responses
—a solid rock of harmony, as has been justly said,y
against which the waves of time may beat in vain for
ever. This man's feeling for harmony—althoughhe lived long before Purcell, for whom so many
apologies on the plea of antiquity have been ima-
gined—must have been extraordinarily profound,
seeing what he has done with means so scanty, how
plain-song" of so few notes.
To
the Anthems sufficient allusion
About Handers splendid ,aarichlyet
beenne h
Chant e
m hasa d e. a cladn d a
Corona-
tion Anthem—" Zadok, the priest, end Nathan, the
yet still young and vigorous, a column might be
written. The stately " perambulation," which so
prophet, anointed Solomon -----R'ing"-137 years old,
nobly sabers
r Goessin
andh e thorns,Gorg e was admirab.y played
by Messrs.
Cooper, notwithstand-
ing a certain refractory " C sharp," which would
us t
e
occasionally persist in saying more than was set
down for it, as if to show that even organs are in
some degree influenced by hot weather. The rest
was to match. The parts of the United Choirs was
done to a wish; while the children, in the unison
passages allotted to them--ench, to cite one striking
n
e'asthe pompous phrase, " May the King
e t a
fore ever"--covered their infant brows with well
i..uvs

earned laurels. The Effect was indescribable.
George 11. was, indeed, a fortunate monarch in
finding a Handel to immortalize his coronation. The
innovation suggested and carried out by Mr. Goss,
which last year afforded such universal satisfaction
—viz., that of substituting for the 113 di Psalm (" Ye
saints and servants of the Lord"), which was wont
o precede the sermon, the superb and imaginative
chorale which forms a climax to the impressive
scene of Saul's conversion, in the oratorio of " St.
Paul,"
fora wag
r a repeated ; and it is to be hoped
chat,
time at least, Mendelesohn'a
happilylon g
" Sleepers awake" may be retained as part of the
musical service on these highly interesting occa-
sions. It was, on the whole, perhaps, even more
admirably performed than last year. The passage,
" Hallelujah! awake !—His kingdom is at hand"—
with the slowly ascending scale up to F sharp; the
superb interludes that divide each section of the
chorale from that which follows—the trumpets
penetrating, clear and shrill, through the waves of
harmony that rushed from the stupendous pipes of
the organ; the grand sustained unison on every
vocal I:brase, were alike impressive and soul-moving.
In short, it may be taken for granted that Men-
delssohn having once got into St. Paul's Cathedral,
it will not be very advisable, or very easy, to turn
him out again. Pity that he did not live to do
something expresAly for the children's unison, in
combination with the harmony of the choir and the
.nstrumental accompaniments at disposal. After
the sermon, preached by the Lord Bishop of Ripon,
who took for his text chap. 17,
verse 17, Gospel of
John—" Sanctify them through Thy word ;
Thy word is truth"—there was, as usual, for the
children, the Ist and 4th verses of the 104th Psalm
(" My soul praise the Lord"), the tune of which—,
whether by Dr. Croft, or by Handel, or by neither,
is a very fine One. Last, and greatest of all, came
the sublime
sublimity--the
rnest of possible subjects, is all
"Hallelujah," from an oratorio which,
founded on the subli
" Messiah." To the children, as on
the last occasion, Was assigned a more important
share of this than
used to be the ease, which, it
must be owned--although the time of the chorus is
taken necessarily slower than would otherwise be
the case—rendered the performance all the more
impressive. To dwell on minor points would be
superfluous; but it is impossible not to allude to
the magnificent nets" in
the P h
kingdomr as e,
o f
jag effect " The Lord God omnipo.
tent reigneth " to the finely subdued delivery of
the
" The kingdom of this world is become
of the slowly Our Lord ;" and to the astonish-
G—" King of rising scale, from D to
Kings; Lord of Lords,"—which,
amid reiterated
brings back the
ahouts of responsive" Hallelujahs,"
subject with such overpowering
majesty. Nothing
better in tune. could be steadier in time or

It has been remarked that the anniversary meet-
jog of the children is frequently held on the Ascot
Cup day, just as that of the Sons of the Clergy is
on the Derby day; and that the effect of this
awb
arrangement
d
many noble and rich families
who übt
might , it keeps
otherwise wiae patronise these festivals, and
liberally aid them
with donations. Their Royal
Highnesses, the Prince and Princess of Wales too—
who knows ?—might be induced to attend. The
expenses of the schfftdding and ether preparations
oy
are very considerable--amounting to more than
£5OO ; and notwithstanding a new regulation of the
Society of Patrons, which admits of the sale of
tickets at 10s. for the north, and at ss. for the south
door, the amount contributed yesterday at these
exclusive entrances wan "' 1
3' £290, while at the
humbler south-west entrance as much as £213 was
obtained. The advisability of restoring the rehear-
sals, at which the friends and relations of the chil-
dren were admitted for 6d,, when there was a short
service, without sermon, has
also been suggested ;
and we think reasonably, The vergers, who used
to profit by these rehearsals (which have been dis-
continued since 1850), received compensation, and
there is no impediment
that we can see to their
resumption. Lot, not least when is the noble
organ built by Messrs Hill to be furnished with that
long-wanted case, the design of which, we are
informed, has bean for some time completed, and
which without it looks as in
as it sounds well ?
We have again to acknowledge the polite atten-
tion of the gentlemen who act for the Committee
of Patrons, and especially of Mr F. J. Fuller, who
superintends all matters rebting to the choir, and
whose zealis only 'quailed by his effahi ity.—
Ti 977 CS.

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from San Francisco, have h3en at once despatched to Mel-
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SPORTING INTELLIGENCE,

ASCOT RACES.-THURSDAY.

The Cup Day on the Heath may be ranked among the
most permanent of our racing institutions. A wet day does
most materially and seriously affect the Derby ; but, wet or
dry, hot or cold, there is a certainty about both the quantity
and quality of the Cup Day's audience at Ascot which as
yet at least no other of our great national games has been
able to command. If anything could have prejudicially in-
fluenced the attendance on this occasion, the calamitous
railway accident, which so sadly marred the first day of
this great meeting would have done so. Yet wo aro sure
we are speaking within the limits when we say that the
gathering of visitors yesterday was as much beyond the
gathering of last year's Cup Day as that of Tuesday sur-
passed its predecessors. As a matter of course, every pos-
sible precaution was adopted by the railway company en
this occasion, and such extra rules of caution had been im-
pressed upon the drivers of all the engines as to make the
journey both down and up one of the slowest for its mileage
by rail that could well be effected. The 26 miles from Wa-
terloo in most instances took nearly two hours to accom-
plishi and, though by these precautions perfect safety was
in a measure insured, yet, as a rule, the public seemed by
no means gratified at this display of solicitude on their
behalf, and rather resented than otherwise the practieal
application of the maxim "slow and sure" when applied to
themselves on a racing day. From these remarks it may be
guessed that a considerable proportion of the visitors from
town were late—not too late, indeed, to see the cup run
for, but, in many instances, much too late to see at leisure
the aspect of the course itself and its wondrous throng of
sightseers. At Epsom every rank, from the very highest to
the lowest, is blended in indiscernible gradations, and the
crowd which assembles on the Downs is for the time being
only a houseless London, carrying with it all the extrava-
gance and squalor, all the vice, folly, and enjoyment, of the
great metropolis. At Ascot it is not so any more than at
Goodwood, where the line is broad and well defined which
separates high and low.

It is needless to enter here upon the thrice-told tale of the
appearance of the course. Every one knows now how it
has certain rural refinements, which even in their bois-
terous aspects differ from the wild saturnalia which mark
the Epsom gathering. Viewed from its moral aspect, how-
ever, it may be remarked that the proportion of every grade
of sharpers is three or four to one at Ascot as compared
with the members of the same fraternity who honour Epsom.
The men with the three cards, those of the three peas, even
those who have to sell sovereigns and bank-notes, and who
adjure the spectators in moving terms to enable them to get
rid of a certain number before the clock strikes two, are
getting rare at Epsom. London visitors form a most un-
profitable audience for such transparent sharpers, though
among the Ascot rustics they thrive in such a rank luxu-
riance as leaves little else to see or hear upon the course
between the races but their incessant bellowing and en-
treaties to bet on the cards. For the rest there is much the
same role of acrobats and nigger minstrels, girls on stilts,
and monkeys on round tables ; children scarcely able to
walk upon their feet, yet earning a precarious subsistence
by tottering on their hands, and, in short, what one sees
always at all the races. Decidedly there is an utter want
of novelty in the amusements which these Bedouins of the
racecourse offer to their patrons. Is there no genius among
these wild tribes who can start something new, something
not on stilts, or with its face not blackened, or which has
not been pelted at before? It is not easy, we admit, to
make the discovery, but, on the other hand, neither is the
reward small or uncertain which awaits the fortunate in-
ventor.

The improvements effected in the Grand Stand since last

year make it now by far the finest, handsomest, and most
commodious Stand in the kingdom. It is, in fact, a model
of what such a Stand should be, just as that at Epsom may
be said to be in the opposite category. Yesterday all parts
of the Stand and its stalls were crowded. The en-
closure afforded scarcely more than standing-room,
while the long slope at the opposite side was
crowded, even down to the ccurse, both with
carriages and with dense rows of spectators, in suoh
numbers as we have nev©r seen before. Another great im-
provement, which may be said to make this place of racing
meeting perfect, is the formation of a saddling paddock,
close in roar of the judge's chair, where the animals before
starting can be carefully looked to by their trainers and
owners, instead of being, as heretofore, saddled anywhere
on the course in the midst of crowds so trying to horses of
unequal temper as the majority of racers generally are.
The new paddock, though not very spacious, is convenient
and well kept, has a lofty stand from which the whole
course can be viewed, and, above all, admission can only
be gained by properly issued tickets, so that the large,
rough, and very mixed crowd which fills the paddock at
Epsom is here altogether done away with. It was well
attended yesterday, and the 10s. fee was grudged by
none when they found that they had really got what they
had paid for—namely, a quiet view of all the horses before
starting.

A few minutes after 1 o'clock their Royal Highnesses
the Prince and Princess of Weiss drove up to the Royal
Stand in an open oarriage and four, preceded by outriders
in the Royal liveries. The suite in attendance followed in
an open phaeton drawn by four greys. The reception ac •
corded to the Prince and Princess was what may be called
quietly hearty and respectful—a reception in which the
enthusiasm for the Royal family never passed those bounds
beyond which it would have been impossible for them to
enjoy the races. The Princess, who now wears half mourn-
ing, took her place at the window of the Royal Stand, and
with a little book of the races in her hand, gave herself up
to the enjoyment of the scene with the most vivid interest
—an interest apparently as great in its way as that of the
Prince himself, who stood beside her.

The first race brought a large field of competitors. Fore-
most in interest and favour was Mr Merry's Scottish Chief,
who won his first honours on the Ascot Course, where there
was nothing much to speak of after him who was beaten at
Newmarket by Cambusoan, and afterwards at Goodwood
by Fille de l' Air in a canter. Still he was the favourite,
though a slight-looking horse, but perfect in condition and
temper, with a deep chest, powerful forehand, and arched
loins, and, above all, a light, easy, long stride, that told of
" going" when his jockey should call on him near the chair.
The Knight of Snowdon and Young Rapid, the former a
black colt, whose reputation for staying is fast rising; the

latter a light chestnut colt, of great power and endtirence,
and who in the two-mile race on Tuesday so easily defeated
Little Stag, Birch Broom, and half a score of more cele-
brated antagonists than himself, were Scottish Chiet's most

.
formidable opponents. As it turned out, however, they had
no chance. Scottish Chief won easily, and, by his subse-
quent still more easy victory over Lord Clifden for the Cap,
vindicated the judgment of the public who lately made him
first favourite for the Derby.
The St. James's Palace Stakes was a most hollow affair,
in which The Beadle had to canter, and the riders of
Alpheus and Myrtilus spur hard to follow him at a modest
distance. The race for the Plate was carritd off by Mr
Payne's Lemonade--the general feeling in the paddock
seeming to be that Lord Westmoreland's Auditor stood the
best chance.

In the Biennial Stakes, Mr Merry's horse Zambesi,
which was so badly ridden for the Queen's Stand Plate on
Tuesday, when he might hav a won with ease had he been
called on earlier, was on this occasion better handled. The
final appeal of the jockey was not delayed till the winning-
post was close a-head. The effort was made just as the
Stand was near, and in spite of the long odds of the leaders
Zambesi made a magnificent rush and won.

The Sweepstakes only brought out three horses, so that
all won places, the merit of first being gained by Mr
Bowes's Hark Forward, who came in at the last with a
spurt, and won. Before the race for the Cap the paddock
was crowded, Lord Clifden proving the great centre of
attraction. He is wonderfully altered and by no means

improved since the Derby of '63, when Macaroni headed
him at the distance and seemed to thrust his neck past him.
Lord Clifden did his best on that occasion, and will never
do so well again. It is a pity Macaroni could not have met
him yesterday, but Macaroni, it is said, will never race
again, nor, we venture to think, will Lord Clifden.
is a most magnificent-looking animal, but not a racer. To
judge merely by his appearance among the other horses,
he must stand over 16 hands, and all this height is in his
legs, which seem overgrown, and look weedy and weak. It
seemed almost incredible that Little Stag, a very under-
sized horse, which he was so meekly following round the
paddock, was a better animal as a racer, for we believe Little
Stag has a higher racing career before him than ever Lord
Clifden will attain. Scottish Chief was again the favourite
in the paddock, and certainly his perfect good temper and
exquisite condition, notwithstanding the race of the morn-
inu, justified the confidence of the public, who had seen him
win easily, and, in spite of the stride of Lord Clifden, be-
lieved he would win again. Lord Zetland attracted a good
deal of attention, though on the whole Wingrave seemed
preferred to him, Unlike the race for the Biennial Stakes
the start for the Cup was effected easily, and amid the
cheers of thousands Scottish Chief for the second time that
day came in an easy winner ; Little Stag second, and Lord
Zetland third,

Before the race was run the rain, which had been immi
nent during the latter part of the day and which had occa-
sionally come down in gentle showers, set in rather heavily
at last, and a general rush was made for town after the race
for the Cup was over. The following are the remarks of
our sporting correspondent :
Of course, the Cup is the be-all and end-all of an Ascot
Thursday, though there were one or two events that claimed

some attention from the rank and standing of the animals
engaged. This was the case in the first event of the day,

;be New Biennial, in which Scottish Chief and Knight of

Snowden

third and fanrth in the Derby. are to meet