The Sun.
London, England, 1858-07-24 00:00:00

THE GOODWOOD CUP.

The "Cup," prepared -by Messrs. Hunt and
Roskell, is a vase of Etruscan form, and illustrates
the " Comus" of John Milton. The freize on ono
side shows the " Lady" in the power of Comus,
who offers to her his enchanted cup, when she is
rescued by her brothers ; that on the other repre-
&eats " Sabrina," attended by her nymphs, rising
from the stream.

The group enriching' the handle typifies !the
power of Virtue, Comus being overthrown by the
spirit of Good. A bas relief on the foot represents
the water nymphs supporting Sabrina. The Cup,
which is of oxidised silver, has been designed and
modelled by Mr. H. Armstead, an artist favour-
ably known to the public by his former works of
art of this kind.

We are requested to etate that the Royal Commies'( n
appointed to inquire into the state of the store and
clothing departments at Weedon, Woolwich, and the
Tower, have commenced their investigation, and ale for
the present sitting in No. 11 Committee-room, at the
House of Commons. All persons desirous of giving evi-
dence are in the first instance requested to send a written
statement of the points on which they wish to be
examined, to the secretary, Mr. E. L. Dew, Esq., 13,
Curzon-street, May-fair.
METROPOLITAN BOARD OF WORKF.—it a meeting of
this B laid, held yesterday at Guildhall, the President
(J. Thwaites, Esq.) informed the Board that he had
waited on the Chancellor of the Exchequer, and ex-
plained to him the views of the Board upon the bill
brought in by Government, and he was happy to say
that the Government had c3nsented to have the Board
unfettered as to the points of outfall which they might
ultimately choose to adopt. The clause as to the for-
mation of a committee, to which the board would have
to delegate its powers, had also been withdrawn ; as,
upon reflection, the Government as well as the House of
Commons thought that the action of the BJard should
be as little controlled as possible.
and
whereacknowledged the

LA:FEST NEWS.

BERNE, JULY 23.

The National Council has decided that an appli-
cation shall be made to Naples, Belgium, and other
States, in the name of the Helvetic Confederation,
to do away with the differential duties levied on
the productions of Switzerland. The committee of
the Council of the States has unanimously recom-
mended the rejection of the application of the
Genevese Government against the expulsion or
sending into the interior of political refugees."

HAMBURG, JULY 23.

The "new Norwegian loan of 10,800,000 marks
banco, guaranteed by the Storthing, negotiated by
the house of Heine, the North German Bank, and
the house of Erlanger, collectively, has been
favourably received, and considerable transactions
done at 98.

The German press remarks on the sanguinary
drama of Jeddah, but the journals of Vienna, or
those which are the habitual defenders of Austrian
policy, alone venture to extenuate the horror which
that event has caused, and find in the occurrence a
subject for making an apology in favour of the mild
and paternal regime which they admire in Turkey.
The New Prussian Gazette had announced that
the occupation of Jeddah, Candia, and some
points of Bosnia and the Herzegovina by French
and English troops was in contemplation. The same
rumour appears to have been current at Vienna, for
a letter from that city, in the Journal deFrankfort,
endeavours to show that such a measure would be
equivalent to a declaration of war against Turkey.
" A foreign intervention," says that journal, " to
cause the execution, by force, of the Hatti-
houmayoum in the Turkish Empire would be a
political absurdity—an act of violence which
nothing could justify, and which would fill every
small independent State with alarm. The case is
not such as to warrant a declaration of war against
Turkey, since the latter has nothing to reproach
herself with, and does not refuse satisfaction ;
nevertheless, the attempt, at intervention would
lead to nothing less than a war, since the Porte
would be obliged to oppose such a measure with
all her strength, and the other powers could not
regard it with a tranquil eye."

The A gram Gazette says :—" The Bosnian crisis
assumes daily a more serious aspect, and the
greatest agitation is said, on good foundation, to
prevail in all the districts of Egalet, where colli-
sions have even taken place between the Christians
and Mussulmans. In some points the former
assumed the initiative, and were generally victo-
rious ; they are pillaging villages and seeking for
arms. The Turks do the same in the places where
the Mussulman population is the most numerous.
Hitherto no positive organisation has been visible
in all these movements. It is only an explosion of
rage long suppressed--a struggle of the poor against
the rich. But if Turkey does not speedily send a
considerable force, the movement will assume a
political and religious character, the consequences
of which may be incalculable."