The Sun.
London, England, 1851-07-25 00:00:00

GERMANY.

A Board of Admiralty, says a Berlin journal, is to
be established at Trieste, under the presidency of
Field-Marshal WIMPFFEN. The Austrian fleet is to
be composed of 10 frigates, 8 corvettes, 6 brigs, and
12 steamers, besides transport vessels. The Ger-
manic Diet will receive an official communication on
the subject, and be invited to place the German 'IVY
under a central authority. It will also be reconi•
mended to adopt a common German flag.
cowEarrr
The Grand Duke of MECKLENBURGII-
s
has issued the following decree for the regulation of
the press
As the measures hitherto adopted to pre.vent
r.ab_usi
of the press, especially our decree of
the 26th of une,
1850, have not been sufficient to prevent the continual
appearance of periodicals which from. their. general ten-
dency exercise the most injurious and In many respects
dangerous influence on the welfare of the country, WO
consider it our sovereign duty no longer to tolerate this
evil; we therefore, after the legal consultation of the
Committee of our faithful Ritterschaft and Orders,
decree:—
" 1. That our Ministry is empowered wholly to forbid
the publication of such journals and periodicals as fr.( m
tendency on moral, political, or religious
their general
questions, exercise a dangerous influence on the welfare
of the State, and to take the required measures for
putting this order into execution.
2. The present decree remains in force till the Ist of
January, 1852. "FREDERICK FRANCIS.
"Schwerin, July 12, 1851."

ITALY.
Letters from Italy represent the state of the whole
Peninsular as dreadful, ',the news from the Roman

States is little else than a list of condemnations to
death, to flogging, to the gallies, to exile, to imprison-
ment. At Ferrara two persons have been flogged for
endeavouring to persuade others to leave off smoking ;
at Faenzi a lieutenant of Austrian Carbineers was
stabbed, whereupon the Carbineers rushed from their
barracks and shot down the first passengers they met
in the streets. It is a remarkable circumstance that
all the persons thus shot were furious reactionaries.
The assassin of EVANGELISTI, at Rome, is said to
be a woman of the people, who, having obtained from
him, at the price of her virtue, the liberation of her
husband, took the first opportunity of killing the
author of her dishonour.

At Leghorn, on the night of the 4th, ten boys,
the eldest of whom was only fourteen years
of age, were arrested, and interrogated in
order to discover who of them had on the
previous day thrown a stone at an officer ; they pro-
tested their ignorance of the crime or the culprit,
they were threatened, they were offered money, they
still protested their ignorance, recourse was then had
to torture, they were severally flogged until they were
covered with blood, and after each blow they were
asked, " Will you confess who was guilty ? ' No,
was the reply, and the torture was proceeded with, a
torture which they supported with admirable con-
stancy.

At-Milan a priest named CAPRIOLI has been con-
demned to death by court-martial for having arms in
his possession.
The Austrian Government has issued a circular,
ordering the authorities of Lombardy to arrest all•
young men dressed in black and wearing long beards,
because the assassin of VANDINI answers this de-
scription.
The POPE returned to Rome on the 15th.
The Opinione of the 21st inst. states that the
steamer Radetzki, on Lake Maggiore, had been
completely armed. Four large guns were pointed at
Laveno, on the side of Piedmont. Twenty waggons,
laden with warlike stores, had arrived at Laveno,
after depositing, in the church of Madonetta on the
road to Varese, a quantity of shells, fusees, and pro-
jectiles of various kinds. The Government had
ordered a second steamer to be built on Lake
Maggiore.
The free port of Venice was solemnly opened on
the 20th inst.
The Duke of GENOA has addressed a letter, dated
the 19th, to the commission for sending Sardinian
' workmen to the .Great London Exhibition, in which
he accepts the functions of honorary president of the
said commission.

SPORTING NOTES.
No. XCI.
ODDS AND ENDS CONCERNING GOODWOOD.

TO THE EDITOR OF THE SUN.
Sin,—As the crack meeting on the Downs of Sussex
approaches, every four-and-tweaty hours brings with it
a change of some importance connected with the deci-
sion of the numerous events on paper for next week;
some nags having created a sensation in the market—
having " strutted their hour," disappear, and are suc-
ceeded by others, who play the same game, or hold fast
to their positions, at the discretion of ther bipedal lords
and masters. Tee last two days has witnessed several
such capers: Harpsichord, the quondam crack for the
Goodwood Stakes,
" Having touched the highest point of all his greatness,
From that full meridian of his glory
He hastes now to his setting. He has fallen
Like a bright exhalation in the evening,
To be seen and heard of no more."
At least this is the case with him, so far as his Good-
wood engagements are concerned. On the other hand,
Backbiter, from a 1,000 to 30, laid at a well-known hotel
in Bond-street on Tuesday evening, on a large outlay
at the Turf Club and in the City, has advanced to 8 to 1
taken; his chance, however, is a very forlorn one in my
opinion, and it would not in the least surprise me were he
to fall from his " high estate" in a much more rapid man-
ner:than he ascended to it. Pitsford also put in an ap-
pearance yesterday for the Stakes, and found a great
many admirers at 20 to 1; if quite up to the mark he
will run very respectably, but is no winner. Another
outsider, a Patlander in the shape of Duc-au-durras,
found several backers yesterday at 25 and 20 to 1, and
is in force this morning at the last-mentioned price; his
chance, I consider, is anything but a forlorn one; as at
Chester for the Cup, he shall be my cockboat—my
forlorn hope on the forthcoming occasion, as he was then.
The Grand Duke is uncommonly firm in the market at
a short figure, as he ought to be, if there is only a few
pounds difference between him and Vampyre,
and as he is a matter of ten or twelve
pounds at the least better than his half
brother and stable-companion, Letter-press; he will be
" there or thereabout" on the day. Presto and Narcissus
stand their ground rather firmly, the latter particularly,
who, I fancy, will obtain a place for a certainty. As I
observed before, it would be little short of madness to
run Cariboo for the Stakes, if the owner has any idea of
winning the Cup; the compassing the double event is all
but an impossibility alter the knocking-up he must re-
ceive, at the weight, in the race for the Stakes; nothing
but a light weight can at any time do the Stakes and
Cup; at least this is my humble opinion. Cariboo,
however, finds backers for both events, at 5 to 2 for the
Cup, which, I think, he will find it an easier task to win
than the Stakes, for which he is priced at 20 to 1.
Nancy holds her own for the Cup, and Mentes, Land-
grave, and War Horse are coming. Young Altisidora
has retired from the scene, with but little chance of re-
turning for any useful purpose. Russborough is uncom-
monly fishy. It is said that Iris will be pulled out for
the Gratwicke; I cannot, however, authenticate the re-
port. The betting market this morning is very lively, a
large amount of business doing both in the City and at
the West-end at the following prices :—Gratwicke Stakes
—6 to 4 on Hernandez; 3 to 1 each agst Miserrima and
Iris; 10 to 1 agst any other. Heal Stakes-7 to 2 each
agst Canterbury and Harbinger; 4 to 1 agst Father
Thames. Great 300 sova. Stakes—Even betting
on the field, which of course means even
batting between Nutshell and William the Conqueror.
Levant Stakes-6 to 4 agst Home-brewed; 3to 1 agst
Harbinger. Drawing-room Stakes-5 to 4 on Hesse
Homburg; 5 to 2 against Midas. Goodwood Stakes-
-6 to 1 agst Grand Duke, 2,000 to 300 taken in ono bet;
S to 1 each agst Presto and Backbiter, offered; 10 to 1
agst Narcissus, taken; 16 to 1 agst Pitsford; 16 to 1
agst Becton ; 20 to 1 agst Duc-an-durras, taken re-
peatedely in the City; 20 to 1 agst Windischgratz; 20
to 1 agst Harpsichord, friendless; 100 to 3 agst In-
gratitude. Goodwood Cup-5 to 2 agst Cariboo, take 3
to 1; 4 to 1 agst Nancy, take 9 to 2; 10 to 1 each agst
Landgrave, War Horse, and Montes; Cossack and Russ-
borough fishy at a decline.
I am, Sir, yours, Scc.,
THE SPIUIT OF THE TURF.
July 25, 1851.

SPORTING INTELLIGENCE.
TATTERSALL'S, YESTERDAY.
GOODWOOD STAKES.
13 to 2 agst Mr. S. Herbert's Grand Duke—taken
8 to 1 agst Colonel Anson's Backbiter—taken and
afterwards offered
9 to 1 agst Mr. Rayner's Presto—take 10 to 1
10 to 1 agst r. Burgess's Narcissus
15 to 1 agst Lord Glasgow's Miss Whip colt—taken
20 to 1 agst Mr. C. Barnett's Bacton—taken
20 to 1 agst Mr. J. Arnold's Pitsford—taken
20 to 1 agst Lord Waterford's Due an Durras—
taken and afterwards offered
20 to 1 agst Mr. Greville's Cariboo
1,000 to 10 agst Mr. W. B. Pearce's Tilsit
The advance of Backbiter is the result of business
transacted at the Turf Club and in the City. The outlay
this afternoon was inconsiderable; after him Presto, the
Miss Whip colt, and Pitsford, were most in request.
GOODWOOD CUP.
5 to 2 agst Mr. Greville's Cariboo—taken and after-
wards offered
5 to 1 agst Mr. Martinson's Nancy—taken
11 to 1 agst Mr. Gratwicke's Landgrave—taken and
afterwards offered
12 to I agst Baron Maltzhan's War 110110--taken
and afterwards offered
15 to 1 agst Count Hahn's Montes
The prices quoted against the two
favourites were
taken repeatedly, the layers, at the close, offering to go
on against the horse, but not against the mare. Russ-
borough was backed once at 15 to 1, but left off friendless.
ST. LEGER.rn
4 to I
25 to 1 agst Sir J. rs
agst Lord Enfield
onp,dia'sidHstoomnee_brewked
DEBB'sy's.llTehearaenz—tak en
t Fruits—taken
25 to 1 agst Mr. Mefesnonicshin
20 to 1 ngst Duke o
Maidstone—taken
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and` Saturday.
The room will b© opened 28 to 1 agst Mr. Grantewdietkhe::
day a

COURT CIRCULAR.
OSBORNE, THURSDAY.
Her lifsiestY. id Royal Highness Prince Albert, and
rolurbennd,stook their usual early walk in the
at Osborne, yesterday.
gardensbd iy ve
Lady
tearadotßaa:ol .xnydCaoi,
Highness the Duchess of Kent, attended
Augusta Bruce, and Sir George Couper, ar-
rived clock, on a visit to her Majesty.

The Oxford. University Commission had a meeting
yesterday, at tne official residence of the First Lord of
the Treasury, in Downing -street. Present—the Bishop
of Norwich, the Dean of Carlisle, the Master of Pem-
broke, the Rev. 11. G. Liddell, John Dampier, Esq., the
Rev. Professor Powell, the Rev. G. 11. S. Johnson, and
the Rev. A. P. Stanley (secretary).
Sir Robert Stanford had an interview with Lord John
Russell yesterday, at his official residence in Downing-
street.

The Earl of Shaftesbury had an interview yesterday
with the Chancellor of the Exchequer. Lord Seymour
had also en interview with the Right Hon. Baronet, at
his official residence in Downing•street.

THE GREAT EXHIBITION.
Yesterday, owing to the unfavourable weather, the re •
ceipts at the doors 101 l to 2,286/. Is., the number of
visitors being only 44,458.

ROYAL MUSIC HALL.—Last evening Mr. 11. Phillips
gave his entertainment at the Alusic lla 1, Adelaide•street
Strand, entitled " The Songs of Dibden," to a very crowded
and fashionable audience. The entertainment embraced a
great number of the most popular songs of Dibden, which
were sung by Mr. Phillips in capital style. " 'Twas Post
Meridian," "Jolly Dick, the Lamplighter," " Tom Bowling,"
and "The Lads of the Village" were all applauded to the
echo ; besides which, we had, "Down among the dead men,
ap,
and "I canna leave the Highland hills." We recommend
visit to the Royal Music Hall.