The Sun.
London, England, 1869-04-27 00:00:00

RACING FIXTURES.

MAI.
Chester 4, 5,6, 7 1 St. Albans 17, 18
Eolinton Hunt 6, 7 I West Drayton l7, 18
Winchester ll, 12 1 Bath 18, 19
York 11, 12 ilanchester l9, 20, 21

Baldoyle '2nd Spring 11 12 I
Salisbury l3 111
Doncaster 13, 14

Croydon 19, 21
Harpenden 2l
Epsom Summer .....25, &c.

jITNE.
Croydon 9,3, 4 Newcastle 22, 23, 21
Newton 2,3, 4 1 Oldham 22
Ascot ....8, 9, 10, 11 llibury Club '23
Liverpool Summer ...15, 16 Swckbridg© 24, 25, 26
Windsor 15, 16 Chelmsford
Hampton l7, 18 Sutton Park .....29, 30
Curragh 22, 23, 24 I

JULY
Worcester l, 2 1 Southampton 13,13
Newmarket J uly 6, &c. I Reading 15, 16
Carlisle
Pontefract 9, 10 1 Stamford ...
Hendon ..... l2, 13 I Goodwood 27, `28,19, 30
Nottingham 11, 14 1

NOVEMBER.
•), 3 I Egliutou Unlit 6, 7
3, 4 .Liverpool 9, 10, 11
3, 6 iShrewsbury l5, 16

Harrow..
Wurcest or..
St. Albaus

TB E AI? T UN/ ON. —(1 Ms D.l Y.)

The annual meeting of the subscribers to the
Art Union was hel,l to-day at the Royal Adelphi
Theatre.

The annual report of the directors was read by
Mr. Lewis Pockcock, from which it appeared the
Art Union of London had now been in operation
thirty-two years, and, during that time, had col-
lected for the purpc;sl of aiding in the advance-
ment of art, and thereby in the advance-
ment of civilization, a sum exceeding £376,000.
The premium of two hundred guineas for a series
of not less than twenty partially-shaded drawings
(size 12 in. by 8 in.), illustrating some poetical or
historical work of a British author, or events in
British history, the selection being left to the di,cre-
tion of the artists, brought 34 sets of designs, of vari-
ous degrees of merit. After due consideration the coun-
cil selected as most deserving of the premium offered
a series illustrative of Charles Kingsley's well-
known story of " Hereward the Wake." These
drawings were afterwards found to be the work of
of 11. C. Selous, already known to the subscribers
for his admirable designs to the " Pilgrim's Pro-
gress." These designs are of a very high order of
merit, and, as they fulfil the stipulations of the ad-
vertisement in every particular, your council have
placed them in the hands of Mr. Charles Lewis to
be engraved, and a copy of the series will be pre-
sented to each subscriber in the ensuing year.
The amount available for the purchase of works of
art from the public galleries, viz., £4,922 10s., has
been thus allotted :-22 works at £lO each ; 21 at
£l5 ; 12 at £2O ; 12 at £25 ; 12 at £3O ; £lO at
£35 ; 8 at £4O ; 5 at £45 ; 6 at £5O ; 4 at £6O ;
4 at £75 ; 3 at £lOO ; 2 at £l5O ; and 1 at £2OO.
The report having been received, the drawing for
prizes was proceeded with.

TIIE INDESTRUCTIBILITY OF THE PAPACY as de-
scribed in one of Father Newman's "Lectures on Angli-
can Difficulties,"—that, namely, on Branch Churches.
Who that has ever read it(asks a writer in last Saturday's
Spectator) does not remember that remarkable passage in
which the greatest of the modern converts to Rome de-
scribes the antithesis between the national power which
supports " Branch Churches" and the intangible eccle-
siastical power of Rome ? —how different is the
bearing of the temporal power! Its prompti-
tude, decisiveness, leenness, and force are well repre-
sented in the military array which is its instrument.
Punctual in its movements, precise in its operations, im-
posing in its equipments, with its spirits high, and its step
firm, with its haughty clarion and its black artillery, be-
hold, the mighty world is gone forth to war, with what ?
With an unknown something. which it feels, but cannot
see ; which flits around it, which flaps against its cheek,
with the air, with the wind. It charges, and it slashce.,
and it fires its volleys, and it bayonets, and it is mocked by
a foe who dwells in another sphere, and is far beyond the
force of its analysis or the capacities of calculus. The air
gives way, and it returns again ; it exerts a gentle but
constant pressure on every side ; moreover, it is of vital
necessity to the very power which is attacking it.
Whom have you gone out against ? A few old men, with
red hats and stockings, or a hundred pale students, with
eyes on the ground and beads in their girdle; they are as
stable; destroy them—then there will be other old men
and other pale students instead of them. But we will
direct our rage against one ; he flees ; what is to be done
with him ? Cast him out upon the wide world? But
nothing can go on without hint. Then rifer tng him
buck. But he will give no guarantee he
future. Then leave hint alone; his power is gone ;
will fake a new course
Meanwhile,Catho i
othhfeehiimsmusae:ttlift:uadnheo
body rise up all around, and hide heaven and earth from
eo:f.i itilaoukte.eupch'eewst :Ivllithovthere
the eyes of the spcetators of the combat ; and unreal jtidg
molts are hazarded, and rash predictions, till the mist
clears away, and then the old man is found in his own
place, as before, saying Mass over the tomb of the
Apostles.
MARINE DISEASES. —The last monthly statement
issued by the Bureau Veritas of Paris show that during
the month of March last 299 vessels, including 16 steamers,
I% ere reported as total losses. Thu casualties were dis-
tributed among different nationalities as under :-124 Eng-
lish, 58 French, 32 North German, 15 American, 13
Italian, 9 Greek, 9 Norwegian, 6 Austrian, and 33 bearing
various other be.