The fixing of Sunday for this international contest has aroused the prejudices of the English, and has been the occasion of a long correspondence between Admiral Rous and Viscount Daru, but the committee on races has refused to change the day, contending, with reason, that the French people cannot be expected to exchange their usages for those of a foreign country. Although it is understood that Queen Victoria has formally forbidden the prince of Wales to assist at these profane solemnities, this interdict has not prevented the appearance there of some of the principal personages of England, and we have several times noticed the presence of the dukes of St. Albans, Argyll, Beaufort and Hamilton, the marquis of Westminster and Lords Powlett, Howard and Falmouth; though the last, be it said, is believed to be influenced by his respect for the day in his refusal to run his horses in France. Those who remember the foundation of the Grand Prix will recall the extraordinary excitement of the occasion, when the whole population of Paris, as one of the enemies of the new system of racing said, turned out as they would to a capital execution or the drawing of a grand lottery or the ascension of a monster balloon: the next day the name of the winner was in everybody's mouth, and there was but one great man in the universe for that day at least--he who had conceived the idea of the Grand Prix de Paris. The receipts on this occasion amounted to eighty-one thousand francs: last year they were two hundred and forty thousand. I subjoin a list of the winners from 1863 to 1879, inclusive: Years. Horses. Owners. Nationality. 1863 The Ranger H. Savile English. 1864 Vermont H. Delamarre French. 1865 Gladiateur Comte F. de Lagrange French. 1866 Ceylon Duke of Beaufort English. 1867 Feryacques A. de Montgomery French. 1868 The Earl Marquis of Hastings English. 1869 Glaneur A. Lupin French. 1870 Sornette Major Fridolin (Ch. French. Lafitte) 1871 (Not run). 1872 Cremorne H. Savile English. 1873 Boiard H. Delamarre French. 1874 Trent W.R. Marshall English. 1875 Salvator A. Lupin French. 1876 Kisber Baltazzi Hungarian. 1877 St. Christophe Comte F. de Lagrange French. 1878 Thurio Prince Soltikoff Russian. 1879 Nubienne Edmond Blanc French.