The Sun.
London, England, 1854-08-21 00:00:00

FRIDAY.

To-day the favourable weather attracted large crowds.
The racing was very good, the day fine, and there would
not be fewer than 20,000 people on the ground.
A Sweepstakes of 3 sovs each pp, with 201. added by
the committee. To start from the red post and go
once round and in —about a mile and a quarter.
Three-yr-olds, 7st 41b ; four do., Bst 41b ; five do., Bst
121 b ; six and aged, 9st 21b.

Mr Sm'art's bl or gr m Friar's Hall, 4 yrs
Mr. Smith's b m Leda, 6 yrs 2
Mr. Menzies' b.g Gipsey Boy, 6 yrs
Won easily by six lengths.

The SILVER BELLS, given by the Town Council of
Paisley, with 50 soya added by the Glasgow and
Paisley Joint Railway Company, to a sweepstakes of
5 soya each, 2 forfeit. The winner to have possession
of the bells (dated 1620) during the following year,
under the usual conditions, and to pay 8/. towards
expenses. Two miles and a distance. Three-yr-olds
to carry 7st 41b; four do., Bst 41b ; five do., Bst 121 b;
six and agad, 9st 121 b. The winner of the Renfrew-
shire Handicap or Burgh Member's Plate, to carry
71b extra ; or of both, 121 b extra.
Mr. Jobson's na ch h Pitfall, 4 yrs 1
Mr. J. Thrift's ch h Cecil, by The Doctor, 5 yrs 2
Mr. King's b h Radulphus, aged

.
Mr. Smith na b g Cheapside, h b, 6 yrs 0
Won by half a length.
The PAISLEY Cur (in specie), value 40 sous, added to a
sweepstakes of 3 soya each, 1 forfeit. Heats.

Mr. Smari's bl or br m Friar's Hall, 4 yrs 1 4 1
Mr. Haliwell's na b m Mary Ann, 5 yrs 3 1 dr.
Mr. Pringle na b c Quin, 3 yrs 2 3 dr,
Mr. Graham's b h Outcast, 6 yrs 0 2 dr.
Won by a length.
A HURDLE RACE of 20 sovs, added to a sweepstakes of
2 sovs each, 1 forfeit, over 5 hurdles about 4 feet high
Two miles and a distance.

Mr. Wilson's na b m Veracity, 201., 5 yrs 1
Mr. Graham's b m Miss Lucy Barton, 201., aged 2
The following also rau :—Victress, Sunbeam, Fox-
hunter, and Bessie Bell.

The six ran—capital race—won by a neck.

UNIVERSITY INTELLIGENCE.

UNIVERSITY OF LONDON.

The following candidates lately passed the first exami
nation for the degree of bachelor of medicine :

FIRST DIVISION.
Andrew, Edwyn University College
Blake, James Gibbs, 8.A..., University College
Brodrib, Uriah Perrin, B.A. Guy's Hospital
Buzzard, Thomas ....... King's College
Clapton, Edward St. Thomas's Hospital
Corbould, George Giles Bristol and King's College
Giles, Samuel, B.A.
Husband, John Bake Middlesex Hospital
Iliff, William Tiffin
Kilroy, Alexander Robert London Hospital
Maudsley, Henry University College
Newman, William
Propert, John Lumsden King's College
Ramsbotham, W. Barnett University College
Thorowgood, John Charles University College
Turner, William St. Bartholomew's Hospital
Veale, Thomas Stick ...... University College
West, James Fitzjames St. Thomas's Hospital

SECOND DIVISION.
Bond, Francis Thomas, B.A. Queen's Coll., Birmingham
Castaneda, Michael University College
Clarke, Francis Winter Middlesex Hospital
Devonshire, Charles James King's College
Dowling, Francis Joseph
Heath, Christopher King's College
Rice, James King's Collego
Sims, William King's College
Skinner, William St. Thomas's Hospital
Theobald, R.M.,M.A.,GIasg University College

FORESTALLING AND JOBBING IN SMITH-

FIELD MARKET.

On Friday last an important meeting of master butch-
ers and others connected with the trade was held at the
George Tavern, Commercial-road East, Mr. J. Horton
in the chair, for the suppression of the ruinous practice
of "forestalling" and "jobbing," so much pursued in
the Smithfield cattle-market.
The CHAIRMAN opened the proceedings by observing
that the subject which brought them together deeply in-
terested three classes—viz., graziers, butchers, and the
public. (Hear, hear.) The object sought was to put
down a system carried on by a set of men known by the
appellation of "forestallers" and "jobbers." These
"jobbers" and "forestallers" were a class of men, he
ought to inform the public, who awaited the arrival of
cattle trains at the stations, where they bought up the
cattle from the graziers, and then forced the butchers,
when the cattle arrived in the market, to pay sometimes
30 per cent. beyond the original price. (Hear.) What
they required was to prevail upon the corporation to
abolish the pernicious system before it was carried into
the new Smithfield-market at Islington, by not allowing
sales to be made before the beasts arrived in the market,
as it involved the interests of the public at large, who
would be enabled by the abolition of the infamous sys-
tem to get meat 2d. and 3d. a pound cheaper. (Hear.)
Mr. COLLINS (late purveyor to the Royal Family) said
that it would not be necessary for him to enter into 25
years' experience of Smithfield-market to show the bane-
ful effects of the "forestalling" and "jobbing" system.
(Hear.) Year after year things had been getting from
bad to worse, and the effects of the system had been
more keenly felt that year than on previous occasions by
the high price of meat provisions. (Hear, hear.) Not-
withstanding the great influx of visitors in 1851, when
the London markets were deficiently supplied with
meat, it was then three-halfpence, twopence, and three-
pence a pound less than during the present year, when
the demand was much less and- the supply greater.
(Hear, hear.) He hoped such scandalous proceedings
would not be allowed in the Ne w Smithfield-market, and
to put a stop to them they would seek redress at the
hands of the City authorities, who by the system were
also robbed, for the " forestallers" not unfrequently
bought and sold before the cattle arrived in the market,
thereby defrauding the City of the usual market tolls,
&c. (Hear, hear.) In conclusion, Mr. Collins, as the
original propounder of the "crusade," laid before the
meeting a petition to be presented to the Lord Mayor
and Corporation against this "crying evil," which was
signed by upwards of 700 master butchers and others
connected with the trade.
The petition was adopted ; and, after some observa-
tions from Messrs. Oldbert, Dickson, Patten, and Rip-
pington, a series of resolutions condemnatory of the sys-
tem complained of were passed, which, together with a
ote of thanks to the chairman, closed the proceedings.

THE HARVEST IN YORKSHIRE.—The corn harvest has
commenced in most of the agricultural districts south of
York. With the exception of a heavy thunder-storm on
Tuesday nothing has oceurred to interrupt the active
operations which are now going on in that part of the
county. From all parts the reports aro more or less
favourable, and, should fine weather continue until the
crops are got in, there is every reason to believe they
will prove upon the whole unprecedented, both i❑ point
of quantity and quality. The harvest in North York-
shire will not be commenced until the latter end of next
week. The supply of field-labourers is, so far, quite
adequate to the demand.