The Sun.
London, England, 1867-07-02 00:00:00

PROGRAMME OF CARLISLE RACES.

WEDNESDAY.
The Holm 11111 Stakes of 3 soya each, with 20 added: two •
year-olds 7st 101 b, three 9st 41b, four lOst 41b, five lOst
111 b, six and aged lOst 131 b.

Her Majesty's Plate of 100 gs ; three-year-olds Bst 31b,
four 9st 71b, rive 9st 12th, six and aged 9st 131 b; two

The Lottery Stakes (Handicap) of .5 sous each, 3 ft, with
40 added ; winners of a handicap after Juno 19 (at half-
past eleven a.m.) of 100 sous or upwards 61b, • of two, or
of the Northumberland Plate 9lb extra, tho second In the
latter race 41b extra; ono mile and a quarter; 15 subs.l
Ago st lb Age st lb
Warwick ... 4 8 10 Haphazard ... 4 7 2
Fitzroy 4 8 7 Priuco of Darkness 4 7 2
King ilal 4 8 2 lona 3 7 0
Hawlif well ... 4 8 0 Shamrock 4 6 13
Louisa ... 37 ' 8 Rabbit Trap ... 36 12
Helen ... 6 7 7 Wee Wee Flower... 3 6 6
Sweet Jessie 5 7 5 Soda Water 4 (pd)
Child of the Islands 3 7 3 _ _ _ . .

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The Scurry Handicap of 3 says each, with 30 added, for
all ages; winners after the weights appear 71b extra.
About six furlongs.
The Consolation Scramble Handicap of 3 sovs each, with
20 added, for beaten horses; half a mile.

RACING FIXTURES FOR 1867.
JULY
Clarlisle 2 Down Royal Catporatn. 17
Newmarket July 2 Stamford
Pontefract
Beading
Liverpool July Meeting 10 Winchester
Hungerford
Nottingkam l6 Goodwood

711 E PARIS EXHIBITION.

PARIS, July 1.
The Emperor, in distributing the prizes at the
Exhibition to-day, delivered the following speech :
" Gentlemen,—After an interval of 12 years
I have come for the second time to distribute the
rewards to those who have most distinguished
themselves in those works which enrich nations,
embellish life, and soften manners. The poets of
antiquity sung the praises of those great games in
which the various nations of Greece assembled to
contend for the prizes of the race. What would
they say to- day Were they to be present at these
Olympic games of the whole world, in which al
nations, contesting by intellect, seem to launch
themselves simultaneously in the infinite career of
progress towards an ideal incessantly approached
without ever being able to be attained ? From all
parts of the earth the representatives of science, of
the arts, and of industry have hastened to vie with
each other ; and we may say that peoples and kings
have both come to do honour to the efforts of labour
and to crown them by their presence with the idea
of conciliation and peace. Indeed, in these great
assemblies, which appear to have no other object
than material interests, a moral sentiment always
disengages itself from the competition of intelligence,
a sentiment of concord and civilisation. In drawing
near, nations learn to know and esteem each other ;
hatred is extinguished, and the truth becomes more
and more evident that the prosperity of each coun-
try contributes to the prosperity of all. The Exhi-
bition of 1867 may justly be termed universal, for i
unites the elements of all the riches of the globes
Side by side with the latest improvements of modern
art appear the products of the remotest ages, so
that they represent at one and the same time the
genius 'of all ages and of all nations. It is universal ;
for, in addition to the marvels luxury brings forth
for the few, it displays also that which is demanded
by the necessities of the many. 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. Thus all improvements march for-
ward. If science, by turning matter to account,
liberates labour, the cultivation of the mind, by
subduing vices, prejudices, and vulgar passions,
also liberates humanity. Let us congratulate our-
selves, gentlemen, upon having received among us
the majority of the sovereigns and princes of
Europe, and so many distinguished visitors. Let us
also be proud of having shown to them Franco as she
is—great, prosperous, and free. One must be des-
titute of all patriotic faith to doubt of her greatness;
must close one's eyes to evidence to deny her prospe-
rity; must misunderstand her institutions, tolerant
sometimes even of license, not to behold in them
liberty. Foreigners have been able to appreciate
this. France—formerly disquieted, and casting out
her uneasiness beyond her frontiers—is now laborious
and calm, always fertile in generous ideas, turning
her genius to the most diverse marvels, and never
allowing herself to be enervated by material enjoy-

in ents. Attentive minds will have divined without
trouble that, notwithstanding the development of
wealth, notwithstanding enticements towards pro-
tiperity, the fibre of the nation is always ready to

vibrato as soon as tho question -of honour and the

country arises ; but this noble susceptibility could
not be a subject of alarm for the repose of the

world. Let those who have lived for a abort time

amongst us carry to their homes a just opinion of

our country ; let them feel persuaded of the senti-

outs of esteem and sympathy wo entertain for

foreign nations, and to our sincere desire to live at
peace with them. I thank the Imperial Commission,

.he members of the jury, and the different coin-

atittees, for the intelligent zeal they have displayed

in the accomplishment of their tasks. 1 thank them

also in the name of thePrinee lunperial, whom, not-
withstanding his tender ago, I have been happy to

associate in this great undertaking, of which he wit

retain the remembrance. I hope the Exhibition
1667 will mark a now era of harmony and progress

Assured that Providence blesses the efforts of all

who, like ourselves, desire good, I believe in the de-
finitive triumph of the great principles of morality
and justice, which, whilesatisfying all legitimate de-
sires, are alone able to consolidate thrones, to elevate
nations, and to ennoble humanity."