The Sun.
London, England, 1856-11-20 00:00:00

Sporting Intelligence.

SHREWSBURY AUTUMN MEETING.
WEDNESDAY.

The Severn Stakes of 2 soya each, with 20 added. Op-
tional selling weights, &c. The second to save his
stake. Once round (one mile and 195 yards). 10 subs.
Mr. Peter's Fatalist, by Old England, 4 yrs (301.),
9st 6lb
Mr. Deacon's Ada, 3 yrs (301.), Bst 21b (Wells) 2
Mr. J. Davies's Jane Shore, 3 yrs (301.), Bst 2lb
(D. Hughes) 3
The following also ran : —Pera, Challow Boy, Usurer,
Village Cock, Cossey, and Mary Ann.
Betting-5 to 2 agst Cossey, 4to 1 agst Fatalist, 6to
1 agst Village Cock.
Won by a length ; same distance between the second
and third, and third and fourth. Cossey was a moderate
fifth.
There was no advanoe upon the selling price.
The Corporation Plate (Handicap) of 5 sovs each, 1 ft.,
to the fund, with a Service of Plate value 501. The
second to save his stake. Winners extra. Five fur-
longs. 35 acceptances.
Lord John Scott's Katherine Logie, 3 yrs, 7st 41b
(Bray) 1
Mr. Howard's Strawberry, 2 yrs, 6st 11b...(Fordham) 2
Mr. E. Parr's Leamington, 3 yrs, Tat 41b (Sapp) 3
The following also ran :—lnder, Bourgeois, The Jesuit,
Octavia, Alfred, Prince's Mixture, Blue Rock, British
Remedy, Lucy Lockit, Gaudy, Coal Black Rose, Miss
Harkaway, Baroda, Little Dorrit, The Dwarf, colt by
Touchstone—Dipthong, Larnassa, and Jessie.
Betting-4 to 1 each agst Leamington and Baroda, 6
to 1 agst Strawberry, 10 to 1 each agst Blue Rock and
Katherine Logie, 12 to 1 agst Miss Harkaway, 100 to 8
aget British Remedy.
The winner led from start to finish, and won by two
lengths. A length between the second and third, and a
bead between the third and fourth. Miss Harkaway was
fifth. British Remedy, Bourgeois, Baroda, and Lucy
Lockit, well together, formed the next lot.
Handicap Sweeps takes of 5 soya each, with 25 added
for two and three -yr.olds. Winners extra. T.Y.O

11 subs.
Mr. J. Osborne's Night Hawk, by Birdcatcher, 3 yrs,
7st slb (Bearpark) 1
Mr. Hopkins's Whitebait, 2 yrs, 6st . . (Hibberd) 2
Lord Chesterfield's Thames Ditton, 3 yrs, Bst (car. 3st
21b) (Ashman) 3
The following also :—Springy John, Captain Barclay,
Homceopathist, and Kertch Chief.
Betting. —2 to 1 agst Thames Ditton, 3 to 1 agst
Whitebait, 5 to 1 agst Night Hawk, 6 to 1 agst any
other. Won by a length ; two lengths between the
second and third ; and a length between the third and

fourth.
The Grand Annual Steeplechase, of 5 sous each, with
50 added . Th second to save his stake. Certain
penalties for ,winners, &c. About four miles. 16
subs.
Mr, Tyer's Hopeless Star, aged, lOst 61b ...(Kendall) 1
Mr. Matte's Phantom, aged, 10st ......... (E. Weaver) 2
Mr. Morris's Hindoo, 5 yrs, 9st 10Ib ...(Mr. Walker) 3
The following also ran •.—Malmesbury, Prenez-Garde,
and Star of the West.
Betting.-- 6 to 4 art Hopeless Star, 2 to 1 agst
Phantom. Won by four lengths ;
six lengths between
the second and third ; Matmesbury and Prenez-Garde
trotted in a long way behind Hindoo. Star of the
West refused at the fence leading from the course into
the meadows, and was eventually turned hack.
Hurdle race of 40 sous, added to a Handicap Sweep-
stakes of 5 sera each ; 1 ft to the fund. Certain
penalties for winners, &c. About two miles an a
quarter. 24 acceptances.
Mr. T. Hughes's Emulator, 3 yrs, Bst 101 b (D, Hughes) 1
Mr. Daker's Beechnut, gat 71b1(car. Oat 81b)...(Weaver) 2
Mr. Davenport's .Boadicea, 4 yrs, flat slb
(Mr. Davenport) 3
The following also ran :—Hindoo, Warbler, Zig-Z3g,
Brornpton, Tom Loker, Red Rose, and Bullfinch.
Betting.-2 to 1 agst Emulator, sto 1 agst Zig Zap,
and 6 to 1 agst Tom Luker.
The favourite made most of the running, and won by
nearly half a distance. Zig-Zag and Brompton fell at the
first hurdleF, Bullfinch Was stopped at the turn,
going:
out the second time round ; and Warbler fell at the
1 hurdles just beyond.
The Selling Steeple Chase of 5 sous each, with 25 added.
Two miles and a half. 3 subs.
Mr. Henderson's Dangerous, aged (251.), lOst 71b

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Mr. Golby's Ploughboy, aged (251.), 10st 71b
(Mr. Blake) 2
Mr. Ablates Peter Snipe, aged (251.), 10st 71b
(T. Ablett) 0
Betting-2 to lon Dangerous. Von by six lengths
Peter Snipe refused.
Selling Hurdle Race.

Pantomitne
Flageolet' ...........................
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Welitminbter
Seven ran.
Won by
a length.

ORIENTAL TYRANNY.-Mr. Knighton, the author of
,(Forest Life in Ceylon" and other works about the East,
delivered an interesting lecture on Monday evening in
the Literary Institution, St. Leonard's-street, Vauxhad-
bridge-road ; Mr. C. E Mudie in the chair. The subject
was Ceylon, and the lecturer had both photographs and
sketches taken in the island to illustrate his lecture. In
the course of it he described the 'wit King of Kandy,
Sri Wickrama Singha, as an unmitigated tyrant, who
ordered the wife and family of his prime minister to be
seized when the offender had himself escaped. The poor
woman, with her four children, was brought out in front
of the palace, and, in presence of the king, her children's
heads were cut off one by one and thrown into a large
' rice mortar, the pestle was put into the mother's hands,
and she was ordered to pound them, under penalty of
being disgracefully tortured. She did so. The tyrant was
dethroned by the English in 1815. "Had he sent some
members of his family to England to appeal to popular
sympathy," exclaimed the lecturer, ,4 doubtless he woullf,
have found many to support his claim to be restored.
On the whole the lecture was extremely interesting, and
was received with loud acclamations. The thanks of the
audience were given to Air. Knighton by the chairman