The Sun.
London, England, 1868-08-26 00:00:00

ST LEVER.

sto 4 agst The Earl (offered-30 to 20 taken)
4to 1 agst King Alfred (offered—take sto 1)
13 to 2 agst Formosa (offered—take 7to 1)
7to 1 apt Viscount (offered)
29 to 1 agst Typhoeus (offered)
40 to 1 agst Green Sleeve (offered—aft r 500 to 20
and 1030 t i 30 had boon taken)

CESAIIEWITCa.
1030 to 20 agst Romping Girl (taken)
1000 to 21 tigit Paul Junes (taken)
50 to 1 agst Rescue (offered, take GO to 1)
1000 to 15 agst Bandmaster (taken)
1000 to 15 agst Equerry (taken)
1000 to 15 asst King Victor (taken)
1000 to 15 agst Owen Gleudwyr (taken)
1000 to 10 agst Achievement (taken)
1000 to 10 agst Friponnier (taken)
1000 to 10 agst Suffolk (wanted)
1000 to 10 agst Wellow (offered)

CAMBRIDGESHIRE.
1000 to 25 agst Warrington (taken)
1000 to 10 agst Suffolk (offered)
DERBY.
11 to 2 agst BeL'adruni (offered)

PROGRAMME OF OXFORD RACES.
THURSDAY, Aug. 27.
The Selling Plate of 50 sovs; two year olds 7st 31b, three
9st 11b, four 9st 121 b, five lOst, six and aged lOst 21b;
mares and geldings allowed 31b ; the winner to be sold
for 150 sovs ; if entered for 100 sovs allowed 71b, 75
101 b, 50 141 b, 30 211 b ; half a mile, straight.
The Oxfordshire Stakes (Handicap) of 15 sovs each, 10 ft,
and 5 only if declared, with 100 added; winners of any
handicap after Aug. 13 (at ten a.m.) 51b, of two 71b extra;
the second to save his stake; two miles; 21 subs, 12 of
whom declared.

Age st lb
Romping Girl ... 4 812
Lord Palmerston 3 713
Whalebone ... 5 7 5
Child of the Islands 4 7 5
Gulnare ... ... 4 7 3
The Port Meadow Plate (Handicap) of 100 sous ; any
winner after Aug. 20 (at ten a.m.) 51b extra ; five fur-
longs, straight.

Ago st lb
Virginia °mew ... 4 7 1
Papillon ... ...3 7 1
Harold 5 6 10
Benfleet 8 6 7

age st lb Age st lb
Salliet 9 0 Miss 11.1 yes ... 4 6 12
Leonia ... 3 9 0 Marq. of Worcester 4 6 12
Honesty ... ... 5 8 5 Prima Donna ... 46 12
Out and Outer ... 6 8 0 Weather Isle ... 3 610
Tumbler ... 4 8 0 The Traveller ... 3 6 9
Vex ... 37 13 Warlike ... ... 36 7
Haymaker 3 7 8 Marshal Ney 5 6 T
Lady Highthorn 3 7 8 Faun 8 6 6
Tremble 4 7 7 Chateau Margaux 3 6 6
Ulphus 5 7 5 Bassoon ... ... 3 6 5
Lily (d'Elfrida) ... 3 7 5 Precocious... ... 8 6 4
John Leech 3 7 2 Dulcet ... ... 8 6 4
Magnolia ... 3 7 1 Madrid ... 3 6 0
Mi1t0n......3 7 0 The Squire ... 5 6 0
Ninny ... 3 7 0 Slander ... ... 3 6 0
Cawdor ... 3 7 0 Pic-nic 3 6 0
Tribune "... ... 5 613 Scottish Rose ... 2 512
Laird of Scotland... 3 6 12 Regale. ... 2 5 10
Patrician 3 6 12 King of the Rovers 2 5 10
The Prince of Wales's Stakes of 10 soya each, h ft, with
50 added, for two year olds; colts Bst 10Ib, fillies Bst 71b;
winners of a 6Vtke of the value of 50 sovs 31b, of two
fifties, or a stake of 100 sovs 51b, 200 71b extra ; starters
twice without winning allowed 31b, thrice Mb. Half a
mile straight. 11 subs.

Chanoinesae, Luna, Young Fenton. Carlotta, Antiaa,
Canteen, Tim Bobbin, Dunbar Avoncourt, Vanbrugh, and
Grand Turk.

The Freemen's Plate of 30 soya, added to a Handicap of
3 soya each; winners of any handicap after August 20
(at 10 a.m.), 71b extra ; one mile straight ; 13 subs.

Age st lb Age at lb
Vampire ... ... 5 8 10 Muezzin ... ... a 7 6
Wolsey ... ... 5 810 Lymington ... 3 7 6
llonestish ... ... 4 8 7 Oheddington, ... 3 7 6
Prince Regent ... 3 8 0 Ottoman ... ... 3 7 4
Sis to Vedette ... 4 7 10 Maid of the Mill

Mayflower... ... 4 7' 8 (h b) ... 4 7 0
Cawdor ... 3 7 8 Sugarstick... ... 3 6 10
The County Members' Plate of 30 soya, added to a Han-
dicap of 3 soya each; winners of any handicap after
August 20 (at 10 a.m.), 71b extra; three quarters of a
mile, straight ; 13 subs.
Age st lb
Adam 5 812

Age st lb
Sis to Vedette ... 4 7 ()
Miss Hayes ... 4 7 U
Ambition 6 12
Cheddington ... 3 6 11
Veni ... 4 6 4
Esher 2 6 0

Seriugapatatu ... 4 8 2
Vainpire 5 7 12
Amouryropre ... 4 712

IlonestiSh ... 4 7 11
Wulsey .. 5 7 10

llighlinti Mary ... 4 7 9

A Handicap of 5 soya each, with 50 added ; the winner to
be sold for 50 soya; winners of any handicap after
Aug. 20, at ten a.m., f-lb extra. Half a mile straight.
19 subs.

Age st lb
Paris ... a 8 12
Zisca 6 8 8
... 4 8 6
Fairfax ... ... 3 8 6
Ninny ... ... 3 8 6
Muezzin ... a 8 4
Lizzie Hexam ... 3 8 4
Picnic ... ... 3 7 10
Madrid ... 3 7 8
Lute ...4 7 8

Ark st lb
Grand Turk 2 7 6
Dulcet ... ... 3 7 0
Macduff ... 3 7 6
Beatrice Grey ... 3 7 1
Heather Bell 3 7 1
Alfisidora '2 6 11
Hagar ... 2 610
Valenti& ... 2 6 2
Brontia 2 6 U

RACING FIXTURES FOR 1868.
SEPTEMBER.

Baden
Warwick September ... 1 Monmouth ..... l7
Abingdon 3 Manchester
Leicester
Doncaster September 8 I Walsall 23
Brecon ll Edinburgh
Richmond
Hampton Autumn l5 Royal Caledonian Hunt
Kelso 11.• and Western M
OCTOBER.
Bedford 1 I Sudbury and Ealing ... 15
Bromley Autumn
Newmarket 2d October 51, Harrow .. 27
Lanark ... 8 1 Worcester Autumn 2/
Chelmsford Autumn ... 13 I Lincoln Autumn 29
Cheltenham

NOVEMBER.
Liverpool 3 Leamington l7
Shrewsbury 9 I

STEEPLECHASES.
OCTOBER.

Bromley 1 1 Ealing

THE BRITISH ASSOCIATION.

NORWICH, TVLSDAT,

The proceedings at the general committee meeting
yesterday afternoon were very lively. As I informed you
by telegraph, the invitations to the Association for next
par come from five places—Exeter, Edinburgh, Liver-
pool, Brighton, and Bradford. With the first place
Plymouth was virtually, though not formally, united ;
for it was stated that the question which of the two would
be the more suitable for the visit of the wise men
had been submitted by agreement to Mr. Grove, Q. 0.,
Professor Philips, and Dr. Hooker, and the triumvirate
had named the ecclesiastical city rather than the seaport.
The reason for this decision was not anted, for, as Mr.
Grove laughingly observed, it was always wise to follow
Lord Mansfield's advice to a young lawyer about to
proceed abroad as a judge : "Never give your reasons for
your judgments, for though they may be right
it is ten chances to one that your reasons will be
wrong." When the matter came before the two
ex-presidents and the present head of the Association, I
suppose there was a tacit understanding that the town that
was not deemed the most eligible should support the claims
of the one that was. The advantages of Exeter were most
thoroughly advocated, and all sorts of things, from an in-
spection of rient's Cavern to endless draughts of Devonshire
cream, were promised to the visitors. The greatest fight
against the western city was on the part of Edinburgh.
The instant that the chairman, Professor Philips, in the
temporary absence of Dr. Hooker, asked if anyone were
present to support the invitation sent from the Scottish
capital, not less than a score and a half of enthusiastic
gentlemen from the other side of the Tweed started to
their feet in a body. The representations of the suitability
of the city and of the anxiety felt to entertain
so august a body as the British Association wert
exceedingly well put before the meeting by Councillor
Colson—a man with abroad accent and a large heart—and
Sir James Simpson. The canniness of the Scotchmen
raised a good laugh, for they proposed with all seriousness,
and as if it were a great concession, to give way to the
claims of Exeter this year, if Liverpool would undertake
to give way to the claims of Edinburgh next year. The
turn of Liverpool came next, and a very good case die.
its representatives—a member of the town council and two
divines connected with learned societies—make out. I
don't suppose the people of Liverpool much expected
success this year, but they wanted to be well in the field,
and next year it will be seen they will come forward to
renew the struggle with even greater energy. Brighton
was the next on the list, and Brighton was very
deep, holding out a novel and most glittering
bait, which was no less than the promise that
if its invitation was accepted it would undertake to
bring over to the meeting and convey back to their homes,
free of all expense, the savans of Belgium and France. At
this proposal, Dr. Hooker, who had entered the room and
taken the chair, nodded warm approval. Bradford, in
inviting the Association, based its claim chiefly on the
convenience of the town and its being a largo and im-
portant manufacturing centre. Everyone, lam sure,
was heartily glad when the speaking was over, and it
being seen how the land lay, the other claims were with-
drawn, .and Exeter declared to be the adopted home of the
British Association for 1869.

The election of Professor Stokes as president for the
ensuing year has given great satisfaction to the members
of the Assopiation, a fact which was tested by the hearty
way in which the announcement of the high honour thus
conferred upon him was received by those who - were too
impatient to get to Crown Point to share in the entertain-
ment given by Mr. Harvey, M.P., and Lady Henrietta
Harvey, to wait till the business of the general committee
was concluded. It was late when we got back from our
very agreeable trip to the pleasant suburb, to which we
were conveyed by steamer up the river by the courtesy
of our host. The river itself bas its weakness
in an olfactory sense, and therefore we were
not altogether regretful when we reached the really
picturesque grounds which the hon. member has lately
purchased and much adorned. Here a splendid
dejeuner was spread for our refection, and though there
was some little difficulty in getting our wants supplied,
—the members of learned bodies being much like other
people, somewhat given to selfishness when good things
are in their way—everybody with a little patience was
able to satisfy the cravings of that hunger which seems to
be wonderfully sharpened after a day spent in scientific
pursuits. Happily there were no speeches ; the guests
were warmly welcomed by host and hostess, and spent
some very pleasant hours in examining the grounds and
the objects of historical interest in the neighbourhood.
Nearly all the great literary lights attending the present
meeting of the Association formed part of the company.
Dr. Odling was to have delivered a lecture in the Drill
Hall on " rZeverse Chemical Actions " last night, but the
committee got it postponed until to-night, of which the
doctor :was not, I should think, sorry, as I heard him in
the morning complaining of symptoms of sore throat.
Pa.sing at a late hour by the Royal Hotel, in the
Market-place, we were startled for a moment by an
unearthly roar, not much unlike that which proceeds from
the interior of a menagerie at feeding-time. A
moment's reflection brought an explanation. The
Bee Lions were being fed. This society consists of
some of the most notable men of science, who always dine
together during the Association week. lam not sure
whether they are allowed to converse during the consump-
tion of the meal, but I do know that the only response
permitted to the toasts proposed is a concerted roar as
much resembling nature as is possible with human beings.
A notice of the dinner has been affixed to the walls of the
reception-robin for days past, to the effect that the lions
would feed to-day, and that those who wished to be
amongst them mint roar by letter to the secretary.
Professor Huxley delivers his lecture to the working
classes on "A piece of chalk" to-morrow evening. In
addition to Dr. Odling's lecture, we have our second
soirtle at St. Andrew's Hall this evening.