The Sun.
London, England, 1870-11-15 00:00:00

SPORTING INTELLIGENCE.

TA'rfERSALL'S—LA ST EVENING.
SHREWSBURY CUP.
6to 1 agst Indian Ocean (offered)
7to 1 agst Capitaliste (aken and offered)
7to 1 agst Free Trade (taken and offered)
Bto 1 agst Musket (taken and offered)
9to 1 agst Good Hope (taken) .•
10 to 1 agst Nero (taken and offered)
10 to 1 agst Cecil (taken and offered)
100 to 8 aget Viscount (taken)
100 to 8 agst Our Mary Ann (wanted)
100 to 7 agst Westley (taken)
6to 1 agst Cecil with a start (taken)

SHREWBURY RACES.-MONDAY.

ABBEY PLATE.

Visage
Gladness
Bonnie Katie
Seven ran.
HANDICAP PLATE.

Countryman •a •
Roedeer
Tullibardine
Seven ran.
WYNNSTAY CUP.

My Uncle
Whiteleg colt
Ben Macdui .
Eight ran.
NURSERY STAKES.

Queen Bessie
Trident
Star Thistle
Nine ran.
CARNIVAL NURSERY.

Mornington...
La Baronne .
Musty ••• . • •
Seven ran.
CLEVELAND HANDICAP.

Gladness
Oxonian
Referee
Thirteen ran.
AUTUMN STEEPLECHASE.
The Robber
Royal Irish Fusilier
Champagne
Eight ran.
HER MAJESTY'S PLATE.

Musket
Dutch Skater
Sornette

Four ran.

PARTICULARS OF MR. HAYWA RD'S
DEATH.

The following interesting memorandum regarding Mr.
Hayward's death has been supplied to Indian Public
Opinion from an official source :—" It is to be feared that
no doubt can now remain that Mr. George W. Hayward,
who was endeavouring to explore the Pamir Steppes and
the country north of Pashawur in the intesest of
the Royal Geographical Society of London, has been
murdered in Chitral by Mir Wall, the nephew (sister's
son) of Aman Malik, chief of Chitral, the valley north
of Swat and Bajour and west of Gilghit. No particulars
of the murder have been received of sufficient probabi-
lity to warrant their publication till receipt of further
intelligence, but it is reported that Mr. Hayward and
his six servants were surprised and all killed, while
his munshi was wounded. The life of the latter
was spared, but he was compelled, under threat
of immediate' death, to write a letter to Kashmir, stating
that his party had been passed through Chitral in safety
and were on their way to Yarkand. The murderer, Mir
Wall appears to be now in an asylum at Chitral, from
the admission of his uncle Aman Malik, who writes to
the effect that after the murder, Mir Wall fled, in the
first place. to Badakshan, from whence the ruler Mir
Muhmud Shah, sent him back captive to Aman Malik,
who, not wishing to be the means of destroying his
sister's son, allowed him to escape to Afghanistan,
whence he returned, and is now at Chitral. If this
account be true, the chief of Chitral is affording an
asylum to the murderer, whom the Maharajah of Kash-
mir has demanded to be surrendered with all his accom-
plices. It is impossible to pronounce upon the motives
which have led ignorant and fanatical savages to
commit this crime. The reason, in all proba-
bility, was the hope of plunder, and disappointment at
not receiving from Mr. Hayward the presents which
they considered they had a right to expect. These Mr.
Hayward was not in a position to give them ; for his
means were small, and he had to borrow money to
enable him to leave Srinagar. Disappointment and
avarice may be accepted as sufficient reasons for
the crime. In addition to these, Mr. Hayward
been long resident at Srinagar ; he had been
treated by the Maharajah with great consideration,
and had been escorted by Kashmir troops to the frontier.
The people of Chitral have long entertained a bitter
enmity to the Kashmir authorities, and they may have
suspected that Mr. Hayward was in reality in their in
terest or a spy to discover the points at which they would
be most exposed to attack. But this can be only con-
jecture. It is at any rate certain that the murderers were
bitter enemies of the Maharajah of Kashmir, and may
have hoped to embroil him with the British Government
by the murder of an English traveller in territories which
nominally are subject to his influence. Mr. Hayward,
from private letters written previous to leaving Srina-
gar, seems to have had some presentiment of the
dangers that awaited him, although he regarded them far
more lightly than the Kashmir authorities, who urged
him repeatedly to abandon the expedition in which his
life would not be safe. Mr. Hayward was, however a
man of great determination, and resolved to persevere,
although he wrote that he was proceeding at his own risk
and responsibility, and was aware that beyond the Gilghitt
frontier the Maharajah of Kashmir would be absolutely
unable to protect him. Further details when received
will be communicated."

DIFFICULTIES OF THE DUKE OF AOSTA.
A correspondent of the Pall Mall Gazette, writing from
San Sebastian, makes the following very ominous state-
ments :—lt has been admitted that the Duke of
Aosta had to be pressed a good deal before he
would consent to even entertaining the proposal
of the Spanish throne, and now rumours are
again abroad that he would rather back out of it
if he could. The fact is, he is only Prim's candidate.
A. great number of journals of different political opinions
resist the candidature meetings of all political denomina-
tions are held against at ; the people in general shrug their
shoulders and are indifferent ; while the deputies are
either strongly against or lukewarm about it.
Under these circumstances, and as Victor Emmanuel
does not seem to be very much flattered with the
way the Spanish people receive the news, and has
threatened to withdraw his consent, Prim entreats,
threatens, and cajoles in turn, but to little purpose. All
parties, including Progresistas, are against him, and even
high officers in the army, friends of Prim, have tried to
dissuade him from prosecuting so unpopular a scheme.
The prevailing opinion at present is that the majority of
votes in favour of Prim's candidate will be so small that
he will never have the courage to come to Spain on such
an invitation.