The Sun.
London, England, 1860-04-26 00:00:00

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M. LOUIS BLANC'S LECTURES .4T' ME
111ARELE1JONE INSTITUTION.

The eminent and accomplished Frenchman who
lately made his debut as an English lecturer at
the Eyre Arms Assembly Booms wit}, such bril-
liant success, commenced last evening a course
of four lectures, at the Mitylebone Institution,
on the " Salons of Paris in the Eighteenth
Century.".: The place was crowded by a very intel-
ligent and attentive audience. The lecturer dis-
played, upon this occasion, the same consummate
mastery of our own language, and the same skilful
management of anecdote and illustration, that were
so remarkable on his first appearance. He described
the peculiar habits of social intercourse that pre-
vailed in the fashionable and literary world of Paris
during the gay and giddy carnival of aristocratic
dissipation that preceded the outbl eak of the revolu-
tion in France. The special excellencies of French
conversation its liveliness and versatility— its
graceful ease and the absence of pedantry and dog-
matism in the brisk encounter of wits beneath the
agreeable presidency of the famous drawing-room
queens of that time—were dwelt upon by M. Louis
Blanc with his usual discriminatien. He briefly
noticed the personal character and history of some of
the most influential and notorious of these women—
Madame de Tencin, Madame Geoffrin, Madame du
Deffand, and Mademoiselle Lespinasse ; touching
delicately enough upon the gross vices by which the
first of them, although a cardinal's sister and the
friend of a pope, dishonoured her rank and-her sex.
The part which was played in this society by such
men as D'Alembert, Helvetius,and Fontenelle, with
whom Gibbon and Horace Walpole were also asso-
ciated, occupied a large share of the lecturer's
discourse. Many of the bons mots and characteristic
expressions which he related, though not told by
him for the first time, were told with so much
humour and vivacity as to give them back their ori-
ginal freshness. His serious comments on the levity
and shocking hollowness of that faithless, heartless,
and irreligious life in which the clever Parisians of
that day were content to indulge, on the eve of a
terrible storm of the revolution, inevitable as death,
made a deep impression on the audience, and in
speaking of the end of such a career of vanity as
that of Madame du Deffand, dying at 84 years of
age, incredulous of the reality of love, or virtue, or
God, in this universe, the lecturer applied a thril-
ling touch to the profoundest sympathies of his
hearers. His second lecture, next Wednesday, will
introduce Rousseau.

SPORTING INTELLIGENCE'.

NEWMARKET FIRST SPRING 'MEETING.

WEDNESDAY.

Jockey Club Plate of 50 sovs, the property of members of
the Jockey Club, four-yr-olds, Tat 21b; five, Bst 31b; six
and aged, Bst 91b. B.C. 4 miles 1 furlong 73 yards—Lord
Stamford's Newcastle, by Newminster, 4 yrs, 7st 21b, (G.
Fordham) walked over and received half the Plate. Lord
W. Powlett's Delusion and Count Batthyany's The Courier,
did not go to the post.
Handicap Plate of 50 sovs. Bretby Course. 6 furlongs.
Mr. Saxon's Tom Thumb, aged, Bst 121b..(L. Snowden) 1
Mr. R. Stophenson's Rosarffilly, 3 yrs, 6st 41b (J. Daley) 2
Mr. Rigby's The Antler, 3 yrs, sst 121 b • . (Woodhouse) 3

The following also ran :—Fontarabia, Plumper, Water
Sprite, and Mousey.

Betting-6 to 4 agst Mousey, sto 1 each agst Tom
Thumb and the Rosary filly.
Won by a head ; a bad third. Mousey was fourth; Fon-
tstrabia fifth; Water Sprite and Plumper next, close
Plate of 50 soya, for 3-yr-olds ; colts, Bst 71b, and fillies, Bst

41b. R.M. 1 mile 17 yards.
Mr. Swindell's Weatherbound, Bst 41b .. .. (G. Fordham) 1
Lord Stamford' a Bantinck, Bst 71b (A. French) 2
Sir J. Hawley's Largesse, Bst 41b (Wells) 3

Philomela and Suburban also ran.
Betting-5 to 4 agst Weatherbound, 3to 1 apt Bentinck,
5 to 1 agst any other, offered.
Weatherbound made all the running, and won by a
length ; a bad third.
Match.-200 h ft. D.M. 7 furlongs 210 yards.

Sir Joseph Hawley's Gallus, 4 yrs, Bst 71b (Wells) 1
Lord Glasgow's Miss Whip f, 3 yrs, 6st 111 b.. (Challouer) 2

Betting-3 to lon Gallus, who made all the running, and
won by three lengths.
Selling Handicap Sweepstakes of 10 sovs each, for three-
yr-olds, and upwards. Tho winner to bo sold for 200

soya, if demanded, &c. First half of Ab. M. 3 fur-
longs 215 yards. 5 subs.
Mr. Alexander's Tyburn, 3 yrs, Sat 101 b .... (J. Daley) 1
Mr. H. Savile's Mainstay colt, 3 yrs, Gat 21b (W. Bottom) 2
Mr. F. Robinson's Antonio, 4 yrs, Bst 121 b.... (A. Day) 3
Mr. Watts's Tidlywinks, 3 yrs, 7st 91b .. (Charlton) 4
Betting-6 and 7t04 on Antonio, 9to 2 agst Tidlywinks,
5 to 1 agst Tyburn,.loo to 15 agst Mainstay colt.
Won by a neck ; a length between second and third.
Sweepstakes of 10 sore each; for three-yr-olds, 7st 101 b;
four, Sat Sib; five and upwards, Sat 111 b; mares and
geldings allowed 31b. The winner to be sold for 70 ssys

if demanded, &c. First half of Ab. M. 3 furlongs 215
yards. 7 subs.
Mr. R. Stephenson's Chanoine, 4 yrs, ast 51b (Fordham) 1
Mr. Newland's Buttercup, 3 yrs, 7st 71b.. (H. Grimshaw) 2
Mr. Price's The Benicia Boy, 3 yrs, 7st 71b (car. 7st 131 b)

(E. Sharp) 3
Tho following also ran :—Baasworth, Mainstay colt,
and Mountain Ash.

Betting-5 to 2 agst Chanoine, 3to 1 agst Buttercup, 5
to 1 agst Badsworth.
Won by a head; bad third. Badsworth was fourth, the
other two finishing nearly side by side, about three lengths
off. Chanoine was claimed.

Match, 200, h ft. Last half of Ab. M. 3 furlongs 217

yards.

Sir T. Hawley's Polyolbiun, 3 yrs, Bst 71b (Wells) 1
Duke of Bedford's lambic, 2 yrs, Bst 41b.... (7. Mann) 2
Betting-3 to lon I'olyolbion, who won by eight
lengths.

Sweepstakes of 50 sovs each, h ft, for three-yr-olds, 7st
91b ; four, Bst 71b ; five and upwards, Bst 121 b. Last
half mile of A. F. 4 subs.

Lord Stamford's Emily, 3 yrs, 7st 91b.... (A. Edwards) 1
Mr. F. Robinson's Action, 4 yrs, Bst 71b (A. Day) 2

Betting-5 tot on Actaon.
Won by two lengths.
Sweepstakes of 50 sovs each, for three-yr-olds ; colts, Bst
71b ; fillies, Bst 21b ; 41b allowance. A. F. 4 subs.
Mr. C. Alexander's Thunderbolt, Bst 31b..'.. Sharp) w. o.
Free Handicap Sweepstakes of 50 soya, for four-yr-olds
and upwards ; winners extra. R.M. 3 subs.
Baron Rothschild's North Lincoln, 4 yrs, Est 101 b, and
Mr. W. S. S. Crawfurd's Tight Fit, 4 yrs, 6st 131 b, divided
the forfeit. _ _

Sweepstakes of 50 sovs, for three-yr-olds ; colts, Bst 101 b;

fillies, Bst 61b; 31b allowance. D.M.

Mr. A. Nichol's The Wizard received forfeit from the
Duke of Bedford's Orlando (31b) (wrong nomination).
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The weather was fine, the supply of racing very scanty,
and the proceedings totally devoid of interest.

LATEST BETTING.
NEWMARKET, Midnight.

ONE THOUSAND.
7to 4 agst Sagitta (taken)
3to 1 agst Vesta (taken)
7to 1 agst Venus filly (taken)
10 to 1 agst Cecilia (taken)
10 to 1 agst Contadina (taken)
100 to 8 agst Aurora (taken)
100 to 6 agst Precise (taken)

CHESTER CUP.
10 to 1 agst Petra
14 to 1 agst Gaspard
25 to 1 agat Viatka

DEBBY.
4to 1 agst Umpire (taken)
9 to 2 agst The Wizard (taken)
100 to S agst Buccaneer (taken)
500 even was offered on Umpire agst The Wizard; no
takers.
The Subscription Room at Tattersall'a will be opened on
Saturday next for comparing Chester Cup bets.

AQUATICS.
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GREAT PAIR-OARED RACE FOR MR. BEL-

FOUR'S PRIZES.

The trial heats in the great pair-oared race, under the
auspices of the London Rowing Club, for a pair of silver
goblets, given by Mr. Belfour, the vice-president of this
club, open to the world, came off yesterday, and was um-
pired by Messrs. Herbert, Playf3rd, and Casamajor. The
Venus accompanied the race, and was well filled with spec-
tators, besides whom a large number of people had as-
sembled along the towing path and on llammersmith-
bridge. The distance in all the heats was from Putney to
Hammersmith, and the following were the results :