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

Mr. Jobson's na ch h Pitfall, 4 yrs_

Mr. J. Thrift's ch h Cecil, by The Doctor, 5 yrs 2
Mr. King's b h Radulphus, aged 3
Mr. Smith na b g Cheapside h b, 6 yrs 0
Won by half a length.
The PAISLEY CLIP (in specie), value 40 sous, added to a
sweepstakes of 3 Boys 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... ....
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 ran :—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 exam'
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
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 College
Sims, William King's College
Skinner, William St. Thomas's Hospital
Theobald,R.M.,M.A.,Glasg 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 CSAIRMAN 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. Commis (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 New 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
vote 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 occurred to interrupt the active
operations which are now going on in that part of the
county. From all parts the reports are 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 in point
of quantity and quality. The harvest in North Yolk-
shire will not be coinmenced until the latter end of next
week. The supply of field-labourers is, so far, quite
adequate to the demand,

THE PE

B MAIL.

SOUTHAMPTON, Saturday Morning.—The Penin•
sular and Oriental Company's steam-ship Euxine,
Capt, T. S. Russell, arrived this day at 4.30 a.m.,
and landed mails from the following places, in charge
of Lieut. Beddick, R.N., Admiralty agent.
During the homeward voyage of the Euxine she
has had generally very fine weather, except for
about 36 hours along the coast of Portugal, where
she experienced strong head-winds.
Her dates of sailing were Alexandria August 5,
Malta 9, and Gibraltar 14.
She had on board eighty-eight passengers, and
her freight consisted of three packages of specie
and a general cargo.
Our Gibraltar letters announce the arrival of the
screw-steamer Karnak, on the morning of the 4th
inst., in 5i days from Liverpool. Several transport
ships, both sailing and otherwise, had passed the
bay, steering west. The screw-steamer Rhone
arrived out at Gibraltar on the evening of the 11th,
in six days from Liverpool. The royal mail steam-
sloop Antelope was at Gibraltar.
Exchanges—London, 90 days' date, 50k, ; Paris,
ditto, sf. 32c.; Marseilles, ditto, sf. 33c. ; Genoa,
ditto, sf. 38c.; Madrid, 8 days' sight, 4 dis.; Cadiz,
ditto, prem.; Malaga, ditto, par ; Seville, par ;
Alicante, dis.; Valencia, I dis.; Barcelona, par.