The Sun.
London, England, 1847-08-31 00:00:00

Second Heat.

William Hurst ••• ... ... ... (Blue)
William Scott . .., ... ... ~, (Yellow) 0
James Law . . „.
...
...
... (Pink) 0
Blue took the lead, kept it, and won easily.
Third Heat.

Charles Pearce ... (Purplp) 1
William Scott ... ... (Ye 110.,) 0
It was a capital race all the way up and down, and
won by two lengths only.
Grand Heat.

(R,(1) I
(L11..e) 2

John Taylor
William Hurst •••
Charles Pearce •••
Red took the lead immedia•ely utter the stQ.rt, gt adually
dew away, and w(.n son', lo.gths

PEDESTRIANISM E SMITH AND S. METCALF'S
HURDLE RACE.— the race ter 101. aside bi•tween these
men. tits twee 880 yards, and to jump 50 hurdles, was
decided yesterday at Copentiag, ii House. The circuit
of the enclosed ground being 280 yards, three.circuits
and a short rue in formed tie course. At a
a•ter five, the inelosuro being most iy
crowded by a motley asscmidage, 1116
~7.)ea.. h"hi,. is.
and showed in
racing trim. Smith Joined quite as 11 few minutes
con,idernoly the ,uptiority
vantage in height, and very
rather light ;
med well, hardy. and
in muscular devetopmenr, see
his oppon.nt, who has a . -trifle .the ad
• h at this peculiar game, and his lasting eapa.
bpit:witierr.stuollfy
jumping,put th. Still the v, ell-known lity
ot Sant
made him the favourite at 5 to 4,
notice at this peculidr style of racinll. On going off
and reasonably so, when we consider that Metcalf is a
M. tcalt showed the way, retaieihg the lead over some
18 or 19 hurdles (there were 16 iu each circuit), though
evidently using tar more ex- rtion than necessary to
clear them. The old one took his leaps in his usual
style, bounding over them with a sort of hop, and
though apparently going much slower, keeping close to
his opponent's heels. At the 9.0111 hurdle Smith forged
ahead and ran in advance. Mt tcalf increased his efforts,
jumped irregularly, and lost ground at every hurdle to
the 30th, which he failed is clearing, arid catching his
instep in the upper rail (they were gate hurdles, not
wattled ones) he came forward a purler. cutting his
left ankle slightly and dis-barking his skin;
ihe gut
lame, and finding his chance was oul(smthtivin
madree goodain remaining 30
hurdles
adtliems
withoutreigned.e'lam Smistake,
miech, andw went
rant in
over
er
the
a winner at his leisure.
from Cardiff was
approaching the Merthyr
sktgAtilion.
when the engine and
RAILWAY ACCIDENT AT MLEEtrTaHitYIR TYDFlL.—Q>2Friday last the nine o
tender were detached o
pass upon the
by the slip upon the side the train in order to be sent
line, and by the immediate
change of the points to let the carriages
main line (by the impetus they had gained) up to the
station. The rails near the points were undergoing
some repairs, and the wooden stay between the rail and
the point-box having been improperly left out, the
heaving engine no sooner came upon the rail than it
tore up the box, and was immediately thrown off the
line, but was soon stayed in its progress by the hill at
weight,
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gsi nhwet
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dehnhedli
lost,
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veaatresgharealvrianeanwsrsdtyes
assistance
such
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the side. The carriages at this moment came up to the
Ifroorr
speedilyruel
uynni
asseeet set d,yapep
efranooddor.
cuwhroeind.
by
jumping
off,
Advises from Gibraltar of. the 21st of August
quote the rate of exchange at the Heber price of 50i- to
51. Spanish pillared dollars were 2i per cent. premium.
News had been received at Gibraltar of the escape of a
number of convicts from custody at Malaga, wh", itWas
alleged, had taken refuge in the Rends m untains.
rrrhaet oStt.. Jexochhn:
'
ts,'ge N. 8.,
upon letters
be 7 per cent. premium. Freights to Liverpo( i were
realising 365. per had for timber, and to
London 6/. peretters of
London, the
at 14th inst. state
sixty day s date,
the
standard for ceals.
FURTHER FALL IN THE TRICE OF Coltic—The
had reached its maximum
counties at the time I,t
I " scarcity" was 321. per load. Wheat of the
highest price realised for wwheat io Berks aid the neigh-
bouring
during the
same quality was offered in Windsor market on Satur-
Impression
d
a
y
l'aBl,ar'sdn tth only
very
small sales efft2c:ed, the general
buyers being t+ at Ili the ccurse
a h3oloh it would be down to I'2l. or 13/. pct. load.
The following are the last pr.cea of wheat per load at
the marketstowns alluded to:—Reading, 121. 10s. to 171.
lost; Notibury, 141. to 161.; Bicester, 14/. to 141. 10s. ;
Aylesbury, 141. to 161.; Thine, 131. 10s. to 151. 155.;
Abingdon, 151. to 161,; Wallingford, 131. to 141. 10s. ;
and Maidenhead, 131, 10s. to 171. There appears to be
a general complaining
throughout the provincial districts
that the price of bread to the-public ham not been reduced
in anything like pr, pertiou to the great fall iu wheat
end flour.

OATS EXTRAORDINART._Mr. Oldham Whittaler,
of Higher Hurst, mar Ashton-under Lytle, has this
3 ear sown a field of oats, which proved to be very pro-
lific. We have in our possession one blade plucked.
from this field, containing about 300 grains.—Manche.-
ter Examiner.