The Sun.
London, England, 1867-07-03 00:00:00

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THE SUN, LONDON, WEDNESDAY EVENING, JULY 3 1867.

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THE BRITISH CORN TRADE.

(Prone the .Hark Lane Express.).

Although we have frequently bad very cold and
piercing winds from the east and north, the weather
of the past week was dry, and finished warm and
genial. The crops have consequmtly been making
headway, and a good amount of hay has been
stacked. The wheat is passing into ear, and no new
disaster has- befallen it beyond the injuries
of winter and the reveritics of March and
May. In ordinary times this season of pro-
gress would have been one of steady if not
heavy decline ; but many localities being pretty well
cleared out, prices on the whole have rather mended
than fallen worse. It is the same in foreign coun-
tries. The French markets, embracing in their
scope different climates, report variously. Some
wheat has been reaped iu the south that is reported
to weigh 64 to 651bs. per bushel ; but the oats
gathered as yet have been light, and the rapeseed
turns out very deficient. Whilst we have had it
dry, they have in some places been almost flooded,
and the heaviest crops have been laid as
by a roller, with great doubts of their recovery ;
but the poor and hungry crops have improved. An
average yield is still not expected. There are fears
of the same kind in Belgium, Holland, Germany,
and Russia; yet no one with anything to sell seems
disposed to stand the brunt of harvest-time and the
few months immediately succeeding. After all, if
compared with last year's unremunerative rates,
prices have been high, still in many years these
have been much higher, and had any European war
been raging with doubtful issue consumers might
have had 10s. to 20s. per qr. more to pay, and we
now do not know what may happen in the strange
fluctuations of the weather. The present season has
hitherto confirmed what we have often heard as to
the power of resistance in the wheat plant to almost
any extremity of cold, but we shall see shortly
whether the variations experienced will have les-
sened the produce or lowered the quality. New
York has lately ceased the retrograde movement as
regards flour, but the arrival of more shipments of
Californian wheat from England has kept the trade
extremely dull, and nearly all grain has suffered
with this. Although the present rates at New
York are not likely to be maintained, the clearance
of stocks, the bursting of the banks of the Missis-
sippi, and the unsettled state of the country, seem
against prospective low prices.

Brian OF THE PUBLIC JOITAN ALS

TIMES.— The splendid ceremonial in Paris on
Monday is worthy to be called a political event. In
the presence of the French Emperor and Empress,
of the Sultan, of•the Viceroy of Egypt, the Prince
of Wales, and other exalted personages, in the pre-
sence of all the chief Governments of the world,
represented by Ambassadors and Envoys, and before
a great multitude to which every every nation con-
tributed, the prizes were distributed to the success-
ful competitors at the latest and grandest of Inter-
national Exhibitions. The Frenchman who cast
his eye around that vast and well-proportioned
building, on the brilliant assemblage of the princely
and the noble, on the intellectual or energetic
throng who were to receive the reward of their ex-
ertions, and on the great civilised society which had
gathered to do honour to the guests and the enter-
prise, had reason to be proud of his country. The
reflecting European might be as much impressed
with the spectacle as the Mussulman ruler who for
the first time has set foot on Frankish soil. It is
so much the custom on all occasions to glorify
modern civilisation, to expatiate on the wonders of
art and industry, and to foretell unnumbered bless-
ings as the consequence of every social gathering,
that what might be said with truth of this pageant
has become commonplace by repetition on less im-
portant occasions. Every one, however, who has
seen the great collections of art and industry at
Paris, who has observed the diverse nationalities of
the visitors even in this early period of the year, be-
fore the real tide of foreign travel has set in, and
who has, .moreover, considered how great must have
been the interest excited by the display which has
brought Sovereigns and Princes, civilised and bar-
baric, from the ends of the earth, will admit that
it would be difficult to exaggerate the interest and
importance of the occasion. If ever rhetorical
phrase be excusable, it is in describing a people, a
city, and a show which have roused the curiosity of
all nations, have impelled the proud, the timorous,
and the apathetic to undertake lengthened journeys,
and have made the Court of the Tuileries the
gathering place of kings. The speech of the French
Emperor is conceived in a spirit worthy of the oc-
casion and the theme. Ile would be justified in
claiming for France an eminent position in connec-
tion with this great work. It is true that the Ex-
hibition, being universal and international, is the
production of all nations. It is true that sonic of
the most important contributions have been made
by foreign exhibitors. If some nations have in cer-
tain departments not done themselves justice, while
every variety of French art and industry is fully
represented, it is no less true that in many parti-
culars foreigners have shown incomparable origi-
nality and skill, and their labours are among the
chief attractions of the Exhibition. But the impress
of the French mind is on the whole. The disposi-
tion of the building, the arrangement, at once
simple and scientific, of the departments or classes,
the central court, the girdle of restaurants, the
surrounding park, with its wonderful buildings of
all kinds, are undeniably French, and foreigners
have paid a tribute to the excellence of the concep-
tion by the readiness with which they have fallen
in with the conditions imposed, and the general
acceptance which these conditions find now that
they are understood and their principles appreciated.
It is universally admitted that though the building
has no architectural pretensions, yet, environed as it
is without and tastefully arranged within, the effect
is most pleasing, and that in no building has it been
easier to pass whither one wishes and to see what
one wishes to see. Perhaps no other shape and dis-
position of building would have allowed such an
immense number of objects to be seen to equal ad-
vantage. We must do the French thejustice to say
that they have by their taste and power of organi-
sation made the Exhibition successful, and that the
praises it receives from every visitor are principally
due to themselves. Their share in the enterprise is
even greater than is represented by the section they
have reserved for themselves in the building. In
this atthteeyr respect,map, wh()
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tthheeyalcotoukalupcoon their country'sntest of prod uc -
tion,
display and compare it with that of the rest of the
world, exclaim, " Nec pluribus inzpar." French
art, French skill in manufacture, French power of
adaptation to new branches of industry as shown in
the machinery and ironwork, deserve the admiration
of every beholder, and these, combined with the
skill which has given a fitting receptacle to all the
wonders of the united world, would justify one who
speaks in the name of France if be dilated some-
what on the merits of his country. The Emperor,
however, in speaking of the Exhibition, dwells
chiefly on its universal character, and on the benefits
it will confer on mankind by bringing them together
a.nd giving them common objects and a peaceful
He also notices a happy characteristic of
this Exhibition—that objects which minister to the
pleasure of the wealthy and the luxurious are com-
bined with an extraordinary number of contrivances
for making necessaries cheap to the multitude. He
truly says that " the interests' of the labouring
classes have never aroused more lively solicitude."
" Their moral and material wants, their education,
the conditions of life at a cheap rate, the most
productive combinations of association, have been
the object of patient inquiries, of serious study."
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good sign in an Exhibi-
tion which is to instruct all the nations of the
world, many of which, little advanced in civilisa-
tion,much need rather the comforts than the graces of life.
The Emperor concludes his speech by a patriotic
and political appeal which almost rises to eloquence.
Of the greatness of France, for which he challenges
the admiration of the world, and of which he bids
Frenchmen be proud, we have sufficiently spoken.
Its prosperity is equally beyond a doubt. The
great city in which the ceremonial of Monday was
celebrated is not more a proof of the magnificence
and taste of the Empire than of the increasing
wealth of the nation which requires and can create
such a capital. Paris could not have grown as it
has except through the extraordinary development
of industry which has given fortunes to men of all
sorts and conditions, who no. w come to spend part
of their time and money in their favourite city.
Paris has doubled in popula ion in our time through
an invasion of provincials, even more than through
the increasing concourse of foreigners and those
who minister to them. The third glory of France
which the Emperor bids his subjects notice is its
liberty. To discuss this subject would bring us to
a political discussion which on such an occasion it
is desirable to avoid. Thus much, however, must
be admitted, that the French nation as represented
at its elections is satisfied with the order of things
which now exists.
The Emperor can at least say
that France, once disquieted, is now laborious and
calm, and can point:to her industrial exertions as a
proof that she now thinks less of revolution and
war. Foreign nations will reciprocate the language
of the Emperor respecting the esteem and sym-
ath entertained by ranee for them, and her
sincere desire to live at peace with them. Let us
hope that in a few years the principle now enunci-
ated and the instincts now encouraged will produce
their effect in the diminution of those armaments
which now weigh down the energies of Europe.

SPORTING INTELLIGENCE,.

NEWMARKET JULY MEETING.
TUESDAY.

A Plate of 50 sows; three year olds 7st 71b, four Bst 101 b,
five, six, and aged gat; the winner to be sold for 300
sows ; if entered for 200 sows allowed 71b, 100 14Ib ;

Lord Westmorland's Ganymede, by LambtOn—Lam pad a,
3 yrs, Gst 71b (£100) (Kenyon) 1
Mr. Goodwin's c by Vedette —Voucher, 3 yrs, Gst 71n
(£100)
Capt. Mucht,ll's Plunder, 3 yrs, 6st 71b(£100)..kreffery 3
Mr. Barne's Oberon, aged, 9st (300) (Loates 4
Mr. J. Wood's Rose, 6 yrs, Bst (XI, 0) (Walling 5
Mr. R. Boyce's Flamingo, 3 yrs, Est 71b ( tloo)...(Arnull) 6
Betting-6 to 5 eget Ganymodo, 7to 2 agst Plunder, 7
to 1 agst Oberon.
Oberon, the moment the word was given, took up the
running, with a clear load of Ganymodo and the Voucher
colt, but atter going a short distance Plunder, who got
badly off, ran through her horses and assumed the com-
mand. At the foot of the hill the favourite came out, fol-
lowed by the Voucher colt and Plunder, the fiat being a
length and a half for Lord Westmorland's colt; Plunder
was beaten half a length from the second, and Oberon a
head from the third, Rose was close up, and Flamingo
beaten a long way.
A Handicap of 10 sovs each, far two year olds; last half-
milo of New T.Y.O.

Lord Stamford's Idalia, by Thunderbolt—Dulcibella,
6st 101 b
Prince D. Soltykoff's 'War Queen, Gst bib (Butler) 2
Mr. Pryor's False Alarm, 7st (car. 7st 111b)...(11 Covey) 3
The following also ran : Camiola filly, Belphegor,
Offering, Splendour, Lady Barbara, Northam Star, Polo-
ake, and Alattie.
Betting-3 to 1 each agst False Alarm and Idalia, sto 1
agst Poleaxe, 6 to 1 agst War Queen, 8 to 1 agst Lady
Barbara.

War Queen led, with Idalia, Poleaxe, Beiphegor, and
False Alarm in immediate attendance, Lady Barbara, in
the centre of the course, heading the others. In the cords
Idalia came out, and having the race in hand for a few
strides, she won by three lengths, a head separating the
second and third; Poleaxe was fourth, Beiphegor fifth,
Lady Barbara sixth, Splendour seventh, and Northern
Star eighth, Offering and the Camiola filly bringing up

the rear.
Match 100, h ft; last half mile of the New T.Y.C.—Lord
Conyngham's Dr. Syntax, 4 yrs, Bst 10Ib, agst Mr.
Payne's Dulcet, 2 yrs, 7st 101 b.
Lord Conyngham's Dr. Syntax, by Bantam—Fie, 4 yrs,
Bst 101 b (Fordham) 1
Mr Payne's Dulcet, 2 yrs, 7st 101 b (Cannon) 2
Botting-6 to 4 on Dr. Syntax, who made all the run-
ning, and won easily by a neck.
A Plate of 50 sovs; two year olds Gst 101 b, three Bst 121 b,
four 9st 10Ib, five, six, and aged lOst ; mares allowed
31b; New T.Y.C.
Baron Rothschild's llippia, by King Tom, Daughter of
the Star, 3 yrs, Bst 91b (Daley) 1
Duko of Newcastle's Ninny, 2 yrs, Gst 71b (Kenyon) 2
Marquis of Hastings's See Saw, 2 yrs, fist 101 b
(Butler) 3

The following also ran :—Sir Oliver, Queen of Trutnps,
Lady Dundas colt, Broughton, Minute Gun, Q.C., and
Buckingham's dam filly.
Betting-6 to 4 agst See-Saw, 9to 4 agst Hippia, 4to 1
agst Ninny, 10 to 1 agst Queen of Trumps.

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Hippie made play is the centre of the course, attended
right and left by Queen of Trumps and See-Saw, Ninny
heading the remainder. Queen of Trumps gave way be-

fo►e reaching the bottom of the hill, where llippia and
Ninny singled themselves out, the Baron's filly, who
swerved at the finish, winning by a length. Seo-Saw
" hung" all the way up the cords, but was only beaten a
head from the second, Queen of Trumps being a bad fourth
the Buckonha►u's dam filly fifth, Minute Gun sixth, and,
Q.C. last.

Match, 100, h ft. Last half mile of New T.Y.O.

Marquis of Ilastings's Lady Barbara, 2 yrs, Bst 101 b, and
Lord Westmoreland's Osprey, 2 yrs, Bst 31b, off by
consent.
The July Stakes of 50 sovs each, 30 ft, for two year olds;
colts Bst 10Ib, fillies Bst 71b ; the second to save his stake.
New T.Y.C. 55 subs.
Marquis of Hastings's Lady Elizabeth, by Trumpeter—
Miss Bowzer, Bst 71b (Fordharn) 1
Duke of Hamilton's Leonie, Bst 71b (Edward 2
Lord Falmouth's Court Mantle, Bst 101 b .........(French 3