The Sun.
London, England, 1867-04-06 00:00:00

rRIDAY.

The Scurry Handicap of 3 sovs each, with 20 added, for all
ages ; the winner to be sold for 20 sovs ; T.Y.C.
The Thirsk Handicap of 5 sovs each, 1 ft (to the fund),
with 100 added ; winners of any handicap of 100 sovs
clear after March 27 (at 6 p.m.) 51b, twice 101 b extra ;
the second to save his stakes; about one mile and six
furlongs.

Age st-lb
Sundeelah ... ... 6 8 12
Empress of India... 6 8 0
Olmar ... ... 5 8 0
Treasuro Trove ... 4 7 9
Begum ... ... 4 7 7

Ago st lb
Bracken 3 6 0
Capitols 3 5 13
Verdi (h b) 3 5 12
Ploughboy ... 3 5 9
Ladylike 3 5 9
Vulcan 3 5 9
Verncn 3 5 8
Bezique 3 5 8
Deceit 4 5 7
Rap_ 3 5 7
Little Treasure 3 5 7
Fair Wind... 3 5 7
B f by Y. Melbourne
out of Doralice... 3 5 7

Czar 4 7 6
Fitzroy ... 4 7 4
Holstein ... ... 5 7 3
El Cid ... 4 6 11
Honestish ... 3 6 10
Murillo 4 6 10
Cora .. 4 6 9
Lord of the Dales... 3 6 3
Maggie ...3 6 2
Blue Peter... ... 3 6 0
The Silver Cup of 50 sovs ; four year olds 10st 101 b, five
list 101 b, six 12st 81b, aged, 12st 121 b ; the second for
the Hunt Cup 51b extra; winners of any race or steeple-
chase once 71b, twice 101 b, three times 141 b, four 21b ex;
starters 3 times in Hunters' Stakes and never won
allowed 51b, five times 71b (penalties and allowances not
accumulative) ; gentlemen riders only ; about one mile
and three-quarters.
Helen, 5 yrs, Comrade, 6 yrs, Word of llonour, aged,
Aurora Leigh, 4 yrs, Scurrington, 1 yrs, Boreas, 4 yrs,
Donato, 4 yrs, Whortleberry, aged, Prince, 6 yrs, Foot-
ball, 4 yrs, Duality, 5 yrs, Barometer, 5 yrs, Miss Cot, 4
yrs, Midge, aged, Adonis, aged, Don Pedro, 6 yrs, Lioness,
6 yrs, B c by Lord Fauzonberg, dam by Professor Buck, 4
yrs, Edgar, 5 yrs, The Miller, 6 yrs, Harlequin, 6 yrs,
Volunteer, 6 yrs, Gamester, 5 yrs, Jack Morgan, 4 yrs,
Barrister, 6 yrs, Diana, 5 yrs, Hercules, 5 yrs, Miss Menkon,
6 yrs.
The Borough Stakes of three sovs each, 1 ft, with 25
added ; two year olds ist 81b, three Ost 41b, four lOst
71b, five and upwards lOst 121 b ; mares and geldings
allowed 31b ; maidens having started twice and not won
allowed 51b, thrice 71b ; the winner to bo sold for 100
sovs ; if entered for 50 soya allowed 71b, 30 141 b ;
straight half mile.
The Falcon Plate (Handicap)
handicap value 100 sovs ai
101 b, of any other race 61b
Age st lb
Attache (dr) 5 8 12
Skylark 6 8 8
4 7 8
Czar
Miss Williams 4 7 7
Holstein 5 7 6
Gulnare 6 7 4
Urania 4 7 3
Carnizetto 5 7 0
Yarrow ... 5 6 13
Wentworth ... 4 6 13
Murillo 4 6 12

) of 50 sous ; winners of any
Liter March 27 (at six p.m.)
extra; straight half mile.
Ago st lb
Timbrel ... 3 6 4
Blue Peter ... 3 6 4
Star of the East 3 6 3
Roger Mowbray 6 3
ti erdi (h b) 33 6 0
Vulcan ... ... 36 0
Maydew ... 3 5 13
Parasol (dr) ... 35 13
\Vaterhen 3 5 12
Vernon. 3 5 12
Verity ... 3 5 7

Miscellaneous Foreign News.

(From Correspondents of the Anglo-American Times.)
PARIS, April 3.
The -Universal Exposition was opened on Mon-
day last in the presence of nearly 100,000 people.
The doors were thrown open to the public at noon,
and soon the immense building was filled with an
expectant crowd—a crowd varied and distinguished
—composed of the diplomatic and social represen-
tatives of all countries, met together to celebrate a
festival for the inauguration of universal goodwill
and competitive enterprise. Guests, paying visitors,
subscribers, and exhibitors, each and all, according
to the nature or designation of their entrance tickets,
were ushered into compartments reserved for them,
and were not allowed to circulate in the building
during the ceremony. The Emperor and Empress
arrived by the chief gate of the bridge of Jena,
descended from the Imperial equipages, entered the
building followed by a small suite, and, preceded by
the Ministers until joined by the Imperial Commis-

sion, by whom their Majesties were accompanied in
their circuit around the palace. The band of the
National Guard, stationed in the Vestibule, struck
up the Emperor's favourite air on the arrival of the
cortege, and continued playing until it had passed.
Swollen by the members of the various commis-
sions, the procession made the round of the build-
ing, and returned by the gallery of the Eng•
lish compartment. Having made the grand
tour in the gallery, where machines are
stationed,—the Fine Arts Gallery, in which
the Diplomatic Body, Senate, Corps Legisla-
tif, and other important personages were assem-
bled, was next visited, and the Imperial party left,
as they bad entered, by the bridgeof Jena. The
Empress wore a claret satin robe, with long train,
and velvet bonnet to match, a black satin cloak
with velvet trimmings, and radiant with a gracious
smile looked remarkably well. The Emperor was
dressed in plain black, with the cordon of the Le-
gion of Honour, and seemed pleased with the recep-
tion he had met. The day was bright and beauti-
ful, and everything contributed to make the
ceremony pass off well. • In front of the grand en-
trance, and on the opposite side of the river, an
immense non-paying multitude had assembled on
the extensive open ground called the Trocadero,
and remained until the ceremony had finished and
the Imperial equipages had passed on their return
to the Tuileries. It is impossible to render a
general and correct account of the ceremony, and
doubly so to give an idea of the objects exhibited in
the present unfinished state of the edifice. Scarcely
anything is completed, few things are installed,
and an indescribable chaos of packages of every
kind and form, coupled with a marvellous activity
of labourers and machines, actually'bewilder the
spectator. In a few days order will be established,
and then we may all see and appreciate the wonders
in preparation.
Foremost among many important legislative
enactments which have characterised the present
session of the Corps Legislatif is the passage of a
bill abolishing imprisonment for debt in civil and
commercial transactions, and against foreigners.
The concurrence of the Senate is now only neces-
sary to insure its legal enforcement, and open the
prison doors to multitudes of debtors who are sigh-
ing for liberty in the various maisons de detention
throughout the empire. Of this concurrence there
can be but little doubt, as the worthy members of
the Senate Chamber are ever ready to sustain any
action emanating from the representatives of the
Imperial Administration. The debates on the bill
have been protracted, animated, and able, and
though not yet terminated the important and
principal points have been carried by its advocates.
The Minister of State took the lead in the contest,
and was sustained by the intellectual lights of the
Assembly, irrespective of party, until the bill was
passed by a large majority. The initiative assumed
by the Imperial Government in this matter is an
additional evidence of the liberal spirit and lively
solicitude for social improvement which animates it
in undertaking whatever reforms may contribute to
the wellbeing of the people. The Etandard
speaking of the passage of the bill says :—" The
Legislative Body, in accord with the Government;
has declared that every contract by which a man
impawns his body or his liberty, which he holds
directly from God, is tainted with a moral vice, and
declared null by society. And France, who first in
the world had the glory of proclaiming civil
equality, is the first also to erase from the code the
last vestige of the doctrines of Paganism. That is
the height to which it is necessary to rise to
thoroughly comprehend the importance of the vote,
the justness and the grandeur, of the convictions
expressed by the Emperor's Government. The
triumph of perhaps the most sacred principle of
civilisation was in question." The Parisian.journals
are approving in enthusiastic terms the decision of
the Corps Legislatif, and nearly all parties, without
considering the deleterious effect which may for
awhile be produced on commercial enterprise by the
passage of this bill, are rising superior to petty
interests, and welcoming it as due to liberty, civili-
sation, and human dignity. None have looked for-
ward to the success of the bill with more solicitude
and attention than a number of prisoners now suffer-
ing the severities of existing laws as delinquent
debtors in the city prison called Clichy. A mes-
senger, specially charged by them to watch
the proceedings and acquaint them with
the result of the discussion, brought the
gladsome tidings. The announcement was
received with vociferous cries of Vive la Liberte !