The Sun.
London, England, 1867-01-01 00:00:00

MARCH.

Irish Grand National (Open),
county Loutn
Ardrossan, Sharphill
South Lancashire (South-
port) Champion
Leinster (Open) Courtown... Mr. H. Springall l9, 20
Scottish Open, Lanarkshire
APRIL.
York l7 I Kildare Hunt
Sevenoaks

6, 7

7, &c.

SEPTEMBER.
Brampton, Cumberland Mr
OCTOBERWarwick
Ancaster and Willoughby,
WLincolnshire Mr. Spofford

NEW SOULa WALES.

SOUTHAMPTON, Dec. 31.

Advices received here from New South Wales
by the Shannon state that the Legislative Assembly
had passed through all its stages, after a fierce
struggle, a bill making public education more un-
sectarian, and extending the public school system
into thinly populated districts.
Great preparations were making for the ade-
quate representation of the industry of the colony
at Paris.
The Tenterfield Bank robbers had all been con-
victed.
Large numbers of unemployed men had solicited
the American consul to grant them a free passage to

America.
The Bank of New South Wales had declared a
dividend of 9 per cent.

The 15th Regiment had arrived out.
Her Majesty's ships Curacoa and Eclipse had
sailed for England.

BOAT RACE ON THE TYNE.—A boat race equaling
in interest that which recently took place between J. Tay-
lor and J. Bright, came off on the Tyne yesterday. Bright
was again a competitor, and pulled against G. Carr, a pro-
mising Tyneside oarsman. The stakes were .£5O aside,
and the stretch was upwards of 21- miles—from the High
Level at Newcastle to the Meadows House. The agree-
ment was that tho men row in open boats, in the manage-
ment of which both aro known to bo adepts. Carr has
already pulled several successful matches in these boats,
and since Bright's defeat by Taylor the odds have risen
considerably in his favour. For some da)s back he has
been readily backed as the favourite, and on Saturday
night 6 and 7 to 4 were freely offered upon him. Harry
Clasper was referee, and the umpires were--For Carr, John
Adams; for Bright, H. Nichol. Bright won by 5 lengths.
MR. GLADSTONE AT ST. PETER'S.—The following
letter appears in the Unita Cattolica of Dec. 18 :
" Mr. Editor of the Unita Cattolica,—Your Roman corres-
pondent's letter, dated Dec. 8, inserted in your issue of the
11th inst., speaking of the ovation received by the Pope in
the Piazza of the Holy Apostles on the evening of Dec. 7,
says, It is a pity that Lord Gladstone was not at Rome
yesterday evening.' Know, then, that I myself accom-
panied Mr. Gladstone to our coretto, which commands the
Presbytery of the Church of the Holy Apostles; and he,
beholding the magnificent temple, most richly ornamented,
and crowded with people, and the vast presbytery filled
with cardinals and other exalted personages, and the Chief
Pontiff in his robes singing the To Deum, said to me,
Come sono beuto di vodere quest© grandi cose (How
blessed am Ito see these grand things !) After the bene-
diction ho was led to the gallery of the apartment of Car-
dinal Panebianco, which commands all the immense
piazza, and thence witnessed and felt the ovation to the
Pope.-1 am, with esteem, your most humble servant, Fr.
Gl° ANTONIO BoNaLLI, Min cony Parochus SS. Apostoli.
LORD LYTTON'S " LADY OF LYONS."—It may
be observed generally of Lord Lytton's play that, although
the more bigoted worshippers of the past aro apt to look
down upon it as a comparatively trivial production it is
a piece which, the more it is seriously studied, presents
the more apparent claims to commendation. Among its
merits is the clearness with which the characters are
drawn. From Pauline and C!aude Melnotte, on whom the
interest of the story depends, down to poor Doschappelles,
who is vs insignificant in the eyes of the awlience as he i
in those of his own wife, the personages all remain true t
themselves from the beginning to the end of the play.
Saturday Review.
THE REDUCTION OF WAGES IN SOUTH WALES.—
On Saturday the notices for a reduction in wages expire
at some of the leading ironworks of South Wales, and in
each case the meu have expressl their willingness to so
on at the reduced rate.