The Sun.
London, England, 1849-06-28 00:00:00

PU 3ILISM.

J. NOON AND J. COAiI:EY THE Y.IING GREEK), FOR
251. A SIDE.— These aspirants for fistic fame met on
FuesOtty, at Woking Common, twenty-one miles from
the metropolis. The last-named, of whom considerable
expectations were entertained, came out under the
auspices of Burn, while the former was the protégé of
well known Massey. As an exhibition of science
it was extremely poor, nor was this deficiency at all
compensated by any display of determination. In a few
words, it was a most unsatisfactory affair. The Greek
is a likely looking fellow, of hardy exterior, and in
weight 9st. 61b. Noon is a well-made man of 9st. 41b.,
and a trifle longer in the reach than his opponent.
Toe Greek was attended on by Alec Keen and Han-
nan. Noon commanded the services of M'Donald and
Massey. The battle does not deserve further descrip-
tion, than that Noon disabled his right hand to
some extent in the fourth round, yet managed from
time to time, to pop in his left on Coakley's face, who,
however, scarcely showed a mark in consequence of this
tapping. After tedious pauses most of the rounds ended
by the Greek cuddling his opponent, giving way or
pulling him over on him. At the end of one hour and
fifty-five minutes, Noon having thrown his man, as before,
the Greek declared he could fight no longer, and thus
the affair concluded, without any remarkable damage on
either

DicsENsox AND BENNETT.—Those heroes, the one
trotn Southwark, the other from Westminster,on Tuesday
decided which had the better claim to twenty sovereigns
duly deposited. They made a trip per water, and, land-
ing near Grays, contested most gallantly for a few
m►nutes less than one hour, when Bennett, who appeared
to be somewhat too flue and rather weak, was compelled
unwillingly to strike his flag, his opponent's strength
proving too mut•h for him.

SUPERSTITION IN ST. A S APH.---Abollt a week ago,
the Diocesan Registry Office, ia St. Asaph, was
broken into, or at least a considerable sum of money,
it is said to the amount of 300/., was stolen there-
from. Immediately on the discovery of the loss,
two of the clerks engaged in the office and also,
the wife of the most officious of them, repaired
in a drag, especially engaged for the occasion, to
the adjacent town of Denbigh, to consult a woman re-
siding there, who, as the officials and their companion
said, could tell them instantly who the robber was, and
also give them his name, height, weight, and colour;
and would also, for the consideration they were directed
to give her, cause the money to be brought hack into
the very drawer it was taken from, in the presence of all
the citizens. These parties are actually devout members
of the Bantistcoonz HIGH exioGnatcSnto.
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THE BRIsT
West of England Architectural Society's aanual meet-
ing, held on the 21st ult., Mr. Norton read a paper on
the Bristol High Cross, of which a facsimile is
to be erected in College-green. It is now at Stour-
head, in a miserable state of decay, from neglect of
repainting the surface, and the use of iron
cramps. The iron has become oxidated and
increased in size to such an extent as literally to heave
and thrust the stones off their beds, and a fissure thus
commenced has ended in the disruption and fall of large
masses of stonework. Lead, also very generally used,
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from some chemical cause has completely pulverized it;
in other cases the expansion of the iron has burst
asunder the lead roll and the stonework in its turn—a
practical lesson we may all profit by.—Builder.
RAILWAY STATISTICS.—A. return lately printed by
order of the House of Commons states that the total
number of passengers conveyed on all the railways in
the United li,ngdom of Great Britain and Ireland
during the half year ending 31st of December last,
amounted to 31,630,292, of whom 3,743,602 were
first-class passengers, 12,191,549 second-class pas-
sengers, 7,184,0321 third-class passengers, and
8,450,6231 Parliamentary passengers. The gross total
receipts from passengers amounted to 3.283.301/., of
which sum 1,033.5161. was received from first-class
passengers, 1,360,468/. from second-class passengers,
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travellers by Parliamentary trains. The receipts arising
from goods, cattle, carriages, parcels. and the conveyance
of the mails amounted to 2,461,6621.. making an aggre-
gate Ecceipt 19r the hAlf-yeaz cif 51744;9614

AN ODE TO HUNGARY,

BY BIURDO YOUNG.

Oh, Hungary! brave Hangar) !
May God protect thy cause,
For thou art sworn to liberty,
As now—it ever was.

Let tyrants threaten what thPy can,
They tremble at this hour,—
For God hath touched the mind of man
With knowledge of his power.

And as your fathers bled of old,
Devoted to the last,
Oar children dear must not behold
That you disgrace the past.

Then on, ye men of Hungary,
On for the muss of truth
Strike down the hordes of tyranny—
Old age as well as youth.

Your towns and castles may be sacked,
And thousands strew the field,
But though your hearts be sorely racked,
Your souls will never yield.

We follow to the wilderness
The banner Freedom waves,
That God our wives and daughters bless—
Our eons be never slaves.

O shame to France ! Great praise to Rome!
One free, would one enslave?
Think, think but of your own dear home—
The brave coerco the brave !

If there be infamy on earth,
Hypocrisy abhorred,
It is when Freedom shames her birth
By ruling with the sword I

Why not snatch up the godlike pen,
And use persuasion true ?
What's good for one—let other men
Enjoy, and be like you.

That is the doctrine God above
Propounds unto the free;
Then why rebel against his love,
And deal in slavery?

Are we not all with sense imbued
And feelingness of heart?
Then why pervert to bad the good,
And act the traitor's part?

We only claim what we accord,
Just rights and equAl laws;
And though we perish undeplored,
We'll vindicate our cause.

With nervous arm and dear heart-strings,
We'll struggle for mankind,
Nor homage ever pay to things
Who rule with savage mind.

On, brava Magyars! with a will,
And charge with loud acclaim;
Let Hungary be worthy still
Of the old Roman name.

And ere we combat Russia's horde,
Still burning to be free,
We'll bend our knee unto the Lord
To grant us victory.

Now let us kneel ere day departs—
() Lord, our God, arise!
While tears of rapture swell our hearts—
And rush into our eyes.

Then draw the sword and couch tho lance,
With banners proud unfurled,
Ye can but die, and die but once,
Examples to the world !

Let man be free—the despot curse
Beneath your feet be trod—
Opinion sway the universe,
And mind rejoice in God!

ROYAL VISIT TO GROSVENOR
HOUSE. _

Last evening her Majesty and the Prince Consort ho-
noured the Marquis and Marchioness of Westminster
with their company to a grand banquet and concert at

Grosvenor House.
In the courtyard was stationed the full band of the
Royal Horse Guards, and the only other attraction that
could possibly afford the public any gratification was
the illumination of the exterior of the mansion. The
gardens in the rear of the residence were tastefully illu-
minated at dusk by thousands of variegated lamps.
The Duke and Duchess of Norfolk, the Earl Spencer,
the Archbishop of Canterbury, arrived shortly before
eight, by which hour the whole of the guests to the
banquet had assembled. Shortly after eight the Queen
and Prince Albert, accompanied by the Queen of the
Belgians, and attended by the personnel attached to the
court in waiting, arrived. Tho Marquis and Marchioness
of Westminster came forward to welcome their august
visitors as they alighted from the carriage. The Queen,
resting on the arm of the Noble Marquis, followed by
the Queen of the Belgians, Prince Albert, and retinue,
proceeded at once to the saloon.
Immediately afterwards dinner was announced as
being ready, when the ;royal party was ushered to the
grand dining-room. Her Majesty sat on the right side
of the noble host, the Queen of the Belgians and Prince
Albert sitting visa vis, the Marchioness being on the
left of the Prince Consort. In addition to these august
personages, the following constituted the dinner circle:
the Duke and Duchess of Norfolk, the Archbishop of
Canterbury, the Marquis of Lansdowne, the Earl Spen-
cer, Viscount Harding,', the Hon. B. and Lady Elizabeth
Lawley, the Hon. W. H. and Lady Caroline Leigh, the
Earl Grosvenor, Lord R. Grosvenor, and the following
persons in attendance on the Queen and Prince and the
Queen of the Belgians: Lord Waterpark, Colonel Buu-
verie, Lord George Lennox, the Hon. Col. Phipps, and
the Countess of Van der Straten, and Major de Moer-
kerke. Covers were laid for twenty-four persons. The
military band per:ormed during the entertainment. Her
Majesty's health was the only toast drunk.
At half-past nine o'clock the visitors invited to the
concert began to congregate, the court-yard being by
that time fully illuminated by variegated lamps arranged
along the architectural outline of the surrounding build-
ings, and also in circles round the columns of the por-
tico. There were the several members of the Royal
Family invited, but the Duckess of Kent, owing to a
slight cold, was absent, Lord James Murray, Lord Au-
gustus Bruce and Baroness de Speth, arriving in the
Duchess's carriage, and bearing an excuse to the Mar-
quis and Marchioness for her absence. His Royal High-
ness the Duke of Cambridge came with the Duchess of
Gloucester, from Mr. Harcourt, M.P., and the Coun-
tess (Frances) Waldegrave's, where they had been
dining, Lady Caroline Murray being in attendance on
the Royal Duchess. Their Royal Highnesses the
Duchess of Cambridge and the Hereditary Grand
Duchess of Mecklenburgh Strelitz arrived soon after
ten o'clock.
The Queen and the company at dinner entered the
gallery from the saloon about ten o'clock. The illus-
trious visitors were conducted to ottomans appointed
for their exclusive accommodation at the end of the
eallery, in which magnificent room the concert was to
take place place.
The Queen and Royal party having taken their seats,
and the majority of the company having assembled, the
concert commenced, Mr. Costa presiding at the piano-
forte. The vocal altistes engaged were Madame Persiani,
Madlle. Meric, and Signors Mario, Tamburini, and La-
blache; and the selection was made from the favourite
operas of Mozart, Marcella, Doniz-tti, Rossini, Merca-
dante, Haydn, and Cimarosa. During the interval be-
tween the second and first part of the concert the com
pany adjourned to the dining-room, where the most
choice delicacies of the confectionary art were supplied.
The Queen and his Royal Highness Prince Albert,
and the Queen of the Belgians remained until half-past
12 o'clock. The Marquis and Marchioness escorted the
illustrious party to the royal carriage when her Majesty
:ook leave.

BEETHOVEN Rooms —Mr. Springer, a pianist, gave
a Matinee Musicale at these rooms on Monday. Seve-
ral songs and duets were given with their usual success
by the Misses Bassin°, Messent, Fyne, and L. Pyne;
Signor Marra's, M. Herberte, M. F. Bodda, and Herr
Pischek. Solos on the violin and violoncello were given
with excellent effect by Herren Diechman and Haus-
mann, who also with the beneficiare executed a trio by
Aayseder. Mr. Springer performed Beethoven's sonata
in D in a manner which evinced a thorough acquaintance
with and feeling for the severe style of pianoforte music,
and also executed some pieces of his own composit" ion,
viz., " Une Valse Sentimentale," "Le Depart," La
Danse des Sylphides," &c., which displayed much me-
lody and poetical feeling, combined with considerable
musical science. The concert was fully and fashionably
attended, and went off with the greatest eclat.
HANOVER-SQUARE ROOMS.—Herr Dreyschock gave
a matinee musicale yesterday morning at these rooms,
which was numerously and brilliantly attended. Herr
Dreyschock played several compositions on the piano.
forte, many of them his own, and others by Beethoven
and Mendelssohn. He was rapturously applauded
throughout. Herr Stigelli sang two German airs very
effectively. A Bohemian air was rendered by infinite
gusto by Herr Pischck, the effect being not a little en-
hanced by the thoroughly artistic manner in which he
accompanied himself on the pianoforte. The other sin-
gers were Maillle. Buhring and Mudlle. Jetty de Treffz,
the lett, rof whcm had to repeat an air, "La Veneziane,"
composed for her by Panofka. The concert was under
the conduct of M. Benedict.
Prince Albert and the Prince of Wales intend
visiting Winchester on the 12th of next month. The
Prince Consort is anxious that his visit shall be attended
with as little ceremony as possible. His object is to see
the cathedral, college, and toe numerous and interesting
antiquities with which the capital of the ancient Saxon
kingdom abounds. The Prince will take the opportu-
nity of his visit to Winchester to present new colours to
the 23d Regiment.
Her Majesty and the Court will, we believe, go
to Osborne on the 2d of July, and remain there until the
3d of August, when they start for Dublin for a four
days' visit. Thermo they go to Cork and Delfast, and
thence to Scotland.—Times,