The Sun.
London, England, 1864-07-07 00:00:00

Blood Royal also ran,

Betting-7 to 4on Castle Espie, sto 1 each agst Royal
John and Blood Royal, 10 to 1 agst Betsy Copeland and
Picco.

Won by a length ; half a length between second and
third, and a length between third and fourth. Blood
Royal went the wrong side of a post.

Her Msjesty's Plate of NO guineas; weight for ago. Two

miles.

Mr W. I'Anson's Caller Ou, 6 yrs, 9st 1 31b..(Challoner) 1
Mr Masterman's Royal John, 3 yrs, Bst 31b.... (Loates) 2
No betting. Won in a canter by a length,

The Holm Hill Stakes (Selling), of 3 soya each, with 20
added, for all ages. Three-quarters of a mile.

Mr T. Masterman's Black Duchess, 2 yrs, sst 71b
(Craddock) 1
Mr Watson's Eola, 3 yrs, 7st 91b (Martin) 2
Mr J, Osborne's Brother to Stockton, 3 yrs, 7st (Carroll) 3
Mr J, Robson's Barbara Allan, 5 yrs, 9st 131 b (Howey) 4
Mr Dodd's Hopeless (h b), 4 yrs, Bst 6lb (Goodall) 5
Mr W. Cowen's Lisette, 4 yrs, Bst 61b (Austin) 6
Betting—Even agst Eola, 3 to 2 agst Black Duchess, 4
to 1 agst Hopeless.
Won by half a length ; a neck between second and third.
The winner was not sold.

The Consolation Scramble Handicap of 3 sovs each, with

20 added ; for beaten horses. Half a mile.
Mr J. Osborne's Brother to Stockton, 3 yrs, 7st (Carroll) 1
Mr Brodie's Piece, 4 yrs, Bst (Goodhall) 2
Mr W. Cowen's Lisette, 4 yrs, Bst 41b ..... (Howey)
Mr Miller's Shipjack, 5 yrs, Bst 101 b (Austin) 4

Woodbine also ran,

Betting-6 to 4 agst Skipjack, 2to 1 agat Woodbine, 3
to 1 agat Lisette.
Won by half a length ; a neck each between second,
third, and fourth.
THE DISPUTED RACE FOR THE GRAND STAND
HANDICAP ON TUESDAY.—On Wednesday the stewards
reopened the objection case, and awarded the race to Blood
Royal. Mr Peart, on behalf of Johi!. Scott, entered a pro-
test, as they, the stewards, had loft it to the Jockey Club.

BETTING AT MANCHESTER—WEDNESDAY.
There was but a small attendance here to-day, and busi-
ness was exceedingly limited. Closing prices :

LIVERPOOL CUP.
6to lon the field (offered)
GOODWOOD STAKES.
10 to lon the field (offered)
100 to 7 agat Madcap (offered)

ST. LEGER.
100 to 30 agst Blair Athol (taken)
4to 1 agst General Peel (taken)
sto 1 agst Scottish Chief (wanted)
100 to 7 agst Ely (offered)
DERBY.
10 to 1 aget The Duke (offered—take 11)
10 to 1 agst Liddington (offered)
zu to 1 agst Zambezi ocrei ed)
50 t® 1 aget Brown Dayrell (wanted)

LITERATURE,

The North British Review. No. LXXX. Ed-

monston and Douglas,

We have already quoted largely from the first
article in the present number, which is devoted to
the memory of a much lamented man, and is penned
in a spirit of warm and well merited friendship.
Curiously enough it begins with an etymological
blunder, by substituting "of " for "in," as if it
were the pages and not their writer that paid the tribute to
Lord Elgin. The career of the noble lord is ably, though
briefly, depicted. His rule in Jamaica and in the Canadas,
his Embassies to China and Japan, were remarkable in
their results, and his short tenure of authority in India
closed a career such as few men have had the good fortune
to achieve. The writer of this essay, who knew himwell,
displays him in yet another light from the one in which he
is generally regarded, and by copious extracts from letters
which Lord Elgin wrote when visiting some of the grand
old wonders of Eastern art and skill, he shows that the
man of reason and of action partook also of the qualities of
the philosopher and the poet. "A Fortnight in Faroe" is
a fresh and interesting narrative ; the style is light and
animated. The descriptions of the Eider ducks and of the
whale hunt are striking to the English reader. The Eider
down is highly valued in many countries, add is a profit-
able article of trade, so that Pope's famous line about the
fur that warmed a monarch having previously warmed a
bear, may be parodied about this costly article of luxury.
The essay on "Energy" is learned and scientific, discuss-
ing the properties of heat and motion with all the wonders
of electricity and magnetism in developing telegraphic
agency. Mr Trollope's novels form the subject of an en-
tertaining paper which enters very fully into their merits
and deficiencies. The critic accords high praise to the
novelist, and allots him a very high rank in his own
peculiar school. " The Daydreams of a Schoolmaster"
enters into a sensible inquiry into the mode of education
and the necessity of a change for the better in the manner
of moulding the minds of the rising generation. " Chris-
tian Missions" is the title of a lengthened essay on the
various attempts to promote Christianity among the
heathens, but this kind of literature is, as the reviewer ex-
presses it, not generally " easy reading." " The old Anglo•
Scottish Dialect" is a rather heavy paper, though learned
and able. The writer considers that the old Anglo-Saxon
and the Scottish are twin sisters, and that the Scottish will
gradually die out in the process of time, perhaps in the
present century. An account of " Rambles in the Deserts
of Syria" is both entertaining and instructive, but the
writer contradicts his title, for he says that men do not
ramble in the Syrian desert. "If they be Europeans they
travel principally with a set purpose, and to see a certain
locality. If Arabs they wander because it is their life to do so,
the condition of their existence as the river flows in oMtle (num.
Thus the tribe of the Anezi circle perpetually in a great
migratory orbit, which takes them to Aleppo in summer,
towards Urfa, Diarbehir, Mosul, and Bagdad in winter,
and leads them round by the southern region of the Desert,
passing near Damascus, Home, and Hama, back to Aleppo.
Or, be they European or native, Syrian wayfarers stray
rather than ramble from the right direction, like the care.
van of three thousand camels, with six hundred men, which
perished in 1858 near Hara Tji Sheham. It was bound
from Damascus to Bagdad, and lost the way. No Beda-
ween happened to be within reach, and a tribe came upon
their remains long after their death." The essayist's opinion
of army reform being effected in the Turks is by no means
hopeful. The Turks are an intrusion in Europe, they are
irremediably bound up in their old superstitious bigotry, and
will not be reformed. The author says that the constant effort
of most Turks to better themselves belongs to one of two
kinds—plunder or bribed connivance. High and low, offi-
cial and unofficial, rich and poor, all follow the tortuous
groove of peculation, corruption, and extortion, on the one
hand, or are addicted, on the other, to armed depredations.
The author is of opinion that Russia is now in a better po-
sit:on to conquer the Turks than before the Crimean war,
both from the experience acquired and the submission, or
rather expulsion, of the Circassians, and their immigration
to Turkey. It is a fallacy to suppose that a Turkish em-
pire can bo preserved by European allies, for the national
character of the Turk is entirely opposed to such a schome.
He is, according to this writer, at one moment a moody
bigot, at another a fanatical zealot. "The Turk is still
what he was four centuries ago; he retains the characteris-

tics of his savage, intractable ancestors ; he is utterly un-
improvable ; he hates change, and therefore hates civilisa-
tion, hates Europeans, and hates and fears all that they
propose. Let those who expect improvement under the
Turkish rule examine well the character of the Mohamme-
dan religion, and see whether it be reasonable to expect the
desired changes while Islamism continues the religion of the
State, supported by a priesthood constituted as is that of
Turkey." It is practically proved, says the author a little
on, by the history of 1,100 years, that Mohammedanism
and civilisation are incompatible. Those Turks who have

been most in contact with European ideas, reply to sugges-
tions for the improvement of the races under their sway by
saying, "We came into Europe with the sword, and we
will go out of it with the knife," The great object which
England should set before her, in view of the possible dis•
memberment 01 the Turkish empire, is, according to this
writer, safe and rapid communication with India. To this
end he would have us exert ourselves in the extension of
railways, and declares a railroad from Bagdad to the Medi-
terranean to be the next great want. The concluding
article in the number is on " Our Foreign Policy," which
it views from a Whig point of view. The denunciation of
the cruel and perfidious conduct of Prussia is hearty and
uncompromising, but no ingenuity of argument or of invec-
tive can exonerate our English Cabinet from a share in the
blame. The :number is altogether above the average, the
articles being varied in matter and interesting in. style.

The British Army and Navy Review. No. 1.
Office, 9, Waterloo-place.
The first number of a new serial deserves a word
of greeting, especially when, as in this case, it is
independent in tote and straightforward in prin.
ciple. The British Army and Navy Review has
opened the campaign valiantly by selecting a wide range
of subjects, and treating them in a fair and open manner,
which is calculated to gain respect and secure popularity.
There is no lack of exciting topics just now connected with
the services, and of these the Editor has largely availed
himself. The number opens with a paper on " Lee's Se-
cond Year of Campaigns in Defence of Richmond," well
written and useful as a summary of events. The present
paper is only the first instalment, and relates to the inva-
sion of Pennsylvania last year. It is accompanied by a
map of the district, and another illustrating Gettysburg and
its vicinity is promised with% the isext chapter. " The Navy
Sixty Years Ago," is a well written paper revealing a state
of things so unjust and oppressive that it is marvellous we
should have been able to maintain a navy at all. James
Grant tells the melancholy story of Major Andre with spirit
and interest, and Thomas Hughes discourses on the pro-
spects of the Volunteer Force. This, as may be guessed,
is a congenial subject for the author of " Tom Brown."
" Five and Threepence per Diem" contains some severe
but sensible remarks on the system of unlimited credit so
common among young subalterns, and speaks in no mea-
sured terms of the conduct of many firms of military
tailors, outfitters, &c., who draw their unwary victim
deeper and deeper into debt, reckoning on the inevitable
sale of his commission for payment. There is a very ex-
cellent paper on " Denmark," which is just now the great
topic of the day. It is remarked that had King Frederick
lived to the age of Methuselah, there is no reason to sup-
pose the settlement of the Duchies would have been dis-
turbed. The heroic family of the Napiers is the subject of
a brief but interesting paper. It is remarked that some-
times a family is found which possesses some peculiar or
special faculties which run through all the race. The
Napiers are a notable instance of this hereditary power,
and the writer of this paper does no more than justice when
he speaks of them as a family which their country may well
be proud. The summary of the month's events dwells
at some length on the state of affairs at Greenwich Hospi.
stal, and the recent revelations at the War-office. The pic-
ture drawn of life in that office between the hours of 10
and 4 would be very amusing, if it were not unfortunately
founded on fact. It is quite true that the elegant amuse-
ments of these official gentlemen were a little curtailed by
those above them. A paper on the Alabama gives a vivid
account of her last encounter with the Kearsage.