The Sun.
London, England, 1866-09-22 00:00:00

Four ran. Won easy.

MANCHESTER RACES—FRIDAY.
CHESTERFIELD STAKES
Ladylike (R. Challoner) 1
Capitola
King's Daughter (Morris) 3
Fandango c (Rutton) 4
Gentile . ......................................... (Howarth) 5
Betting-55 to 25 agst King's Daughter, 3to 1 agst
Ladylike and Capitola, 4to 1 agst Southampton c. Won
by a short head.

SALFORD HANDICAP.

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Polka .......................................................
Squire ......................................................
Inca ............................. . ............................
Sevon ran. Won by two lengths.
31AIDEN PLATE.
Wave .........................................................
Duty Free .................................................
Gentile

... : ..........................................
Six ran. Won by four lengths.
SELLING STAKES.

Sorceress
Inca
Polka ............................................................... 3
Five ran. Won by a length.
MANCHESTER CUP.
Charming Woman 1
Retrousse 2
Wild Poppy ............................................. , 3
Six ran. Won by 10 lengths.

HENDON RACES-FRIDAY.

STAND PLATE.

Lady Margaret (A. Now) 1
Magistrate (Kennedy) 2
Grey Arab (Parsons) 3
Silvertale, Florican, and Heliotrope also ran Betting-
-5 to 4 agst Heliotrope, 4 to 1 each agst Silvertale and
Florican. Won by a length and a half.
TRADESMEN'S Oup.

Gamecock
Camillus
The Turner
Eleven ran. Won by two lengths.
HENDON HANDICAP.

Yellow Girl ............................................................ 1
Frogmore colt ....................... . ................................. 2
Discretion ............................................................ 3
Nine ran. Won by a neck.
WARNER PLATE.

Lady Margaret ...................................................... 1
Hurnphry Davy ...................................................... 2
Sister Mary ......................................................... 3
Eight ran. Won by two lengths...

PROGRAMME OF NEWMARKET FIRST OCTOBER

MEETING. _ _
TUESDAY, Sept. 25.
The TRIAL STAKES of 10 sovs each, with 50 added ; weight
for age ; winner to be sold for £5OO, if demanded ; pe-
nalties and allowances; A. F. (1 mile 2 fur. 73 yards.
; weight for age ; winner
A toe SWEEPSTAKESsoid for
xsoof,
ilfodesmovasndeeadch;
T.Y.O.
(5 fur. 136 yards).
A HANDICAP SWEEPSTAKES of 20 sovs each, 6 ft, if declared ;
T.Y.C. (5 fur. 136 yards).
The Third Year of the SEVENTEENTH TRIENNIAL PRODUCE
STAKES of 10 sovs each, for 4 yr olds; colts, Bst 101 b;
fillies, Bst 71b ; second to receive 10 per cent. on the whole

stake, D.I. (2 miles 105 yards).
•
Frisky Matron, Jack o' Lantern, Cordelia, Lozenge,
75subsa. nd the third 5 per cent. ;
Grinder, Siberia, Todleben, Klarinska, Farewell, Bugler,
Adelaide, Don Basilio, Princess of Wales, Lady Tredegar,
Lazzaroni, Connection, Elaine, Tennyson, Ascot, Skirmish,
Lydia, Sylvia, Prior, Stafford, Star of the South, Traffic,
Furze Chat, Contraband, Isabel, Elland, Cellerrima,
Alexandra, King Harry, Dayrell, ls•Tightwatch, Weather-
cock, St. Magnus, Le Bearnais, Thalassius, Broomielaw,
Breadalbane, Vesta, Pirate. Fascination, Cantata, Dilly
Daily, Rosman, Hoops, the Swift, Mathilde Solitaire, Hop-
bine filly, The Missionary, Agnes filly, Emerald colt, Zu-
kite, Laud,utilla colt, Haarlem, 4ioa, ,huiet, Out,

and-Outer, Moeanee filly, St. Leger, Araucarirb, The Rat-
catcher's Daughter (paid), Pampa (paid), Mary illy (dead),
Sunbeam cult (dead), Skitter (dead), Lady 'Patton colt
(dead), Thalberg (dead), Assiduity colt (de: A 1), Lady
iana (deld).
The GREAT EASTERN RAILWAY HANDICAP, a Swilepstakes
of 15 sovs each, h ft, with 100 added, for thre,--yr-olds
and upwards; winners of a handicap value 200 sorvs after
Sept. 17, at 10 a.m., 71b, of any other haudicap 311, extra;
weights accumulative. T.Y.O. (5 furlongs 110 yards).
79 subs.

Age st lb
Regalia ... ... 4 9 10
Ostregor 4 9 7
Broomielaw ... 4 9 1
Sultan ... ... 4 8 13
Pantaloon ... 4 8 12
Queen of Trumps.., a 8 9
Saladin ...4 8 9
Out and Outer ... 4 8 7
Master Richard ... 5 8 7
King Charming 4 8 7
Cecrops ... 3 8 6
Gontran 4 8 4
Gemma a 8 3
Edinburgh... ... 4 8 2
Janitor ... ... 3 8 0
Confederate 5 8 0
Wild Agnes ... 4 8 0
Caithness ... 3 7 13
Lecturer ... 3 7 13
Mrs. Stratton ... 3 7 13
Gardevisuro ... 4 7 13
Gownsman ... 4 7 12
Bradamante ... 5 7 12
Historian ... 5 7 12
Coup d'Etat ... 5 7 11
Redan ... 3 7 10
Liddington ... 4 7 10
Vespasian ... 3 7 10
Rather High colt ... 3 7 10
Thalassius... ... 4 7 9
Czar ... ...3 7 9
Auguste ... 3 7 8
Cedric._ ... .., 4 7 7
Re'ctor 3 7 7
Excellor ... 4 7 7
Whitby ... 3 7 7
Glendusk ... 5 7 5
Reindeer ... a 7 5
Freedom ... ... 3 7 4
Chapel Royal 3 7 4

Aga st lb
Catalogue ... 4 7 4
Sidowind ... 4 7 3
Treasure Trove 3 7 3
Aldcroft 3 7 2
Princess of Wales... 4 7 2
Magician ... 3 7 2
Arbutus ... ... 5 7 0
Lightning... 4 7 0
Crytheia 5_ 6 12
Siberia ... 4 6 12
Vigorous ... 3 6 12
Roland 3 612
Spokesman ... 3 612
Jack in the Green... 3 6 12
Crossbow 4 6 11
Flying Jib... 3 6 11
Scarborough 4 6 10
Il Re Galantuomo... 4 6 10
Lady Sophie ... 3 6 10
Thalia ... ... 3 6 9
Cadiz ... 6 6 9
Plutus ... 3 6 8
Castanet 3 6 7
Tina ... 3 6 7
Her Ladyship 3 6 7
Tomahawk ... 3 6 6
lon ... 3 6 4
Mineral ... ... 3 6 4
Actrea ... 3 6 4
Sister to Minie .. 3 6 4
Miss Harriette ... 3 6 4
Mrs. Allan... ... 3 6 0
John Halifax ... 3 ,6 0
Chepstow. 3 6 0
Musician ... ... 3 5 12
Proserpine... ... 3 5 11
Gretna ... 3 5 9
Mayonaise filly 3 5 7
Medina ... 3 5 7

The BUCKENISAM STAKES of 300 soya each, h ft, for two
year olds ; colts, Bst 101 b ; fillies, Bst 71b ; T.Y.O. (5 fur.
136 yards.) 4 subs.
Now Guinea, La Maudite, Blanche of Middlebie filly,
Sunflower filly, Miss Ann filly, Summertime, Highland
Sister, Emily filly, Louis of Hesse, Clara Webster filly
(dead).
The GRAND DUKE MICHAEL STAKES of 50 soya each, for
three year old colts, Bst 101 b; fillies, Bst 61b; the winner
of the Two Thousand Guineas, Derby, or St. Leger, 71b
extra ; maidens allowed 51b ; second to receive 100 sow; ;
A.F. (1 mile 2 fur. 73 yards.) 23 subs.
Jack-in-the-Green, Knight of the Crescent, Knight of St.
Michael, Hebe, Honiton, Centaur, Darabouka, Lady Violet,
Student, Musketeer, Master Gunner, Staghound, The Bug-
ler, Montrose, Robin Hood, Prince of Wales, Freedom, The
Peer, War, Lord Lyon, Pedant, The Earl of Derby (paid),
Wolsey (paid).
The HOPEFUL STAKES of 40 soya each. h ft, for two year
olds; colts, Bst 10lb; fillies, Bst 81b; winners of a 400
sovs sweepstakes with 10 subscribers, 6lb ; of two such
stakes, 9lb extra; all other winners of 100 sovs in plates
or stakes, 31b extra ; those got by Arabians or out of
Arabian mares allowed 141 b ; second to receive 50 sovs ;
last half of Ab. M. (3 fur. 217 yards.) 39 subs.
Cantine filly, Cromwell, Ophicleide, Charming May,
Lady Heater, Stolen Kisses, Lochaber, Thornapple, Blink-
hoolie, Ettrick, Sunnylocks, Blanche of Middlebie filly,
Nancy, Prodigal, The Empress, Red Shoes, King's Cross,
Mdlle. de Charolais, La Marechale, Man of Ross, Marks-
man, Julius, Vallambrosa, Verulam, Dragoon, Victress,
Achievement, Ailesbury, Golden Bloom, Lady Lotty filly,
Fairfield, Nell Gwynne, Kidderminster, Politician, Cellina,
Libertine, Aerolite, Blush Rose (paid).
MATCH : 200, h ft.—Mr. Chaplin's Bertie, Bst 101 b, against
Mr. Savile's Eakring, 7st 101 b ; both three year olds ;
Cesarewitch Course (2 miles 2 fur. 28 yards.)
MATCH-200, h ft—Mr. Payne's Bmdamante, 5 yrs, Bst
71b, egg Mr. Saville's Corsair, 3 yrs, Bst ; Cesarewitch
Course (2 miles 2 fur. 28 yards.)
MATCH-100, h ft.—Mr. Craven's Lady Lambton, Bst 101 b,
agst Mr. Ten Broeck's Phantom Sail, both two-yr-olds ;
first half Abingdon Mile (3.fur. 215 yards.)
WEDNESDAY.
A PLATE of 50 sous; weight for age; penalties and allow-
ances. Winner to be sold for £3OO. D.I. (2 miles 105
yards.)
A HANDICAP SWEEPSTAKES of 15 sovs each, 10 ft, for two-
yr-olds. T.Y.C. (5 fur. 136 yards.)
A HANDICAP SWEEPSTAKES of 20 soya each, 5 ft, if de-
clared. D.M. (7 fur. 210 yards.)
A SWEEPSTAKES of 10 sovs each, for two-yr-olds ; colts,
Bst •101 b ; fillies, Bst 71b. The winner to be sold for £5O,
if 'demanded, &c. ; first half of Ab. M. (3 fur. 215 yards).
The ST. LEGER STAKES of 25 sovs each, for three-yr-old
olds ; colts, Bst 101 b ; fillies, Bst Glb ; maidens allowed
71b ; second to save his stake. D.I. (2 miles 105 yards.)
17 subs.
Claros, Chasseur d'Afrique, Younz Monaroue c bv
..e•ti-reseenr, c by lue
Savernake, Vagabonde, Mas-
ter Robert, Glendale, Lothario, Claverhouse, Hobe, Esca,
Freedom, Lord Pam (dead), f by Stockwell—Down with
the Dust (dead.)
The GRANBY STAKES of 30 soya each, 20 ft, for two-yr-
olds ; colts, Bst 101 b ; fillies, Bst 71b ; winners of a
sweepstakes value 200 soya, 41b ; of two such stakes 71b
extra; from the Turn of the Lands in (6 fur.) 14 subs.
Rinderpest, Pedagogue, Blinkhoolie, Reigning Beauty,
Master of Arts, Flamingo, La Marechal, Dragon, Fripon-
nier, Ephyre, The Jewel, louncoway, f by Wild Dayrell—
Siiankos.
The Second Year of the EIGHTEENTH TRIENNIAL PRO-
DUCE STAKES of 10 sovs each ; for three-yr-olds ; colts,
Bst 101 b; fillies, Bst 71b; second to receive 10 per cent.,
and third 5 per cent. on the whole stake. A.F. (1 mile
2 fur. 73 yards.) 63 subs.
Savernako Intimidation c., Countess Amy, lonica c.,
Panic c., Lady Verita, Declaration, Flying Mist,
Westwick, Kismet, Stoic, Potomac, Styria f., Master
Archie, Esca, Danae c., Mayonaise f., Crown Prince,
Giralda, Nemesis f., Simonette, Ammunition, Mildred, The
Vocalist, The Vampire, Mineral, Gunlock, Heliotrope,
Wild Briar, Fair Agnes f., Amaranth, Exeter, Stilton
Rochefort, Olitipa f., Staghound, Emerald f., Robin Hood
by North Lincoln, Myrrhina, Leybourne, Lord Craven,, Monitress, The Monk of Avon, The Nun of Avon, Royal
George, The Assassin, Alberta, Ben Battle, Fairy Foot-
step, Strathconan, Quick March, El Cid, La Muth, Sir
Lydston Gondolier, Wolsey (paid) Princess c. (dead), May
Queen (dead),, Helia c. (dead), Jumna (dead), Son of Gun
(dead), istiana (dead).
MATCH : 200 h ft.—Duke of Newcastle's Misfortune, Bst
10Ib, against Mr. R. Ten Broeck's Miller's Maid, Bst 31b;
last half of R.M.
MATCH: 100, h ft.—Mr. Chaplin's f by Horror—Butterfly,
Bst 101 b, against Admiral Rous's Lady Bugle Eye, Bst
61b, both two year olds ; T.Y.C.
THURSDAY.
The QUEEN'S PLATE of 100 guineas; B.C. (4 miles 1 fur.
143 yards.)
A HANDICAP PLATE of 50 soya; A.F. (1 mile 2 fur. 73
yards.)
A HANDICAP SWEEPSTAKES of 10 sow; each, 5 ft., T.Y.C.
(5 fur. 136 yards.)
A SWEEPSTAKES of 5 sovs each ; weight for age ; winner
to be sold for £7O, if demanded ; Rutland Stakes Course
(6 fur).
A SWEEPSTAKES of 10 soya each ; weight for age ; winner
to be sold for £5O, if demanded; T.Y.C. (5 fur. 136
yards.)
A HANDICAP SWEEPSTAKES of 10 sovs each, h ft, for 2-yr-
olds ; last half of Ab. M. 3 fur. 217 yards.
The WATERDALE STAKES of 100 sovs each, h ft, for 2-yr-
olds ; colts, Bst 101 b; fillies; Bst 71b; T.Y.C. sfur. 136
yards. 4 subs.
Midwife, Star of India, Court Card, and The Pieman.
The RUTLAND STAKES of 30 sovs each, 20 ft, for 2-yr-olds;
colts, Bst 101 b ; fillies, Bst 61b, winners of a sweep-
stakes of 200 sovs 41b, of two such stakes 71b extra;
from the turn of the Lands in (6 fur.). 17 subs.
Vauban, Lochaber, Hermit, Hit or Miss, La Maudite,
Redbourne, The Potter's Knott Dunluce,
_ Red Riband,
Biarritz, Knight of the Garter, Highwood, Sister to Hippo-
lyta, The Rake, Feodor, Arundel, and f by Wild Dayrell—
Rupee.
The First Year of the NINETEENTH TRIENNIAL PRODUCE
STAKES of 10 sovs each, for 2-yr-olds ; colts, Bst 101 b ;
fillies, Bst 71b; second to receive 10 per cent., and third
5 per cent., on thewholestake ; T.Y.C. (5 fur. 136 yards).
59 subs.
F by St. Albans—Cantine, Vauban, Lady Hester, Ophi-
cleide, Incantation, Olinda, Britannicus, The Ringtail
Screamer, Owain Glandwr, c by Wild Dayrell—Kilmeny,
Now Guinea, Knight of the Garter, Queen of Nuts, Star of
India, Dovetail. Nightshade,' Nancy, Ink, Knight of the
Grove, Manuella, Normanby, Smut do Charite, Princess
Thyra, f by Rataplan—Carlotta, Mdlle. de Charolais, Im-
perator, Ruth, f by Lord of the Isles—Miss Aun, f by
Dundee—Sunbeam, f by Dundee—Blanche of Middlebie,
f by Thormanby—Sunflower, Golden Plover, Brave Buck-
ley, Stockstill, Artesia, f by Gemma di Vergy--Sneer,
Barometer, Florican, Lute, Pussy, Camellia, Janus, f by
Parmesan—Buchanan's dam, Ravioli, f by Skirmisher—
Amy Scott, Miss Elizabeth, Avonside, Avonwater, f by
Wild Dayrell—Rupee, Princess Mary, Suunylocks, Bu mble-
kite, Graziosa, f by Thormanby—Forget Me Not (dead),
f by Newminster—Clara Webster (dead), abyPGemma
di
Vergy—Rosalind (dead), f by Stockw.ell recept ress
(dead), f by Gamma di Vergy—Ernestine (dead), f by
Stockwell—Bassishaw (dead).
FRIDAY.
MATCH: 200, h ft—Mr.Tayne's Staghound, Bst 10Ib, agst
Bst 71b, both 3-yr-olds. R.M.
Mr. Chaplin's Vespasian,
(1 mile 17 yds).
The MAIDEN PLATE of 50 soya, for 2-yr-olds ; colts Bst
101 b, fillies Bst 71b. Bretby Stakes Course. (6 fur.)
A HANDICAP SWEEPSTAKES of 10 soya each, h ft, for 3-yr-
olds and upwards. T.Y.C. (5 fur 136 yds.)
The NEWMARKET OCTOBER HANDICAP, a Sweepstakes of
15 sovs each, 5 ft, with 100 added, for 3-yr-olds and up-
wards ; winners of a handicap value 100 sovs after Sept.
J. 7, at 10 41b, of tITO such, Or of the (rest gaeterzi

Age et lb ! Ago st lb
Regalia ... • 49 10 Aldcroft 3 610
Ostregor •
4 9 7 Zenobia ... 4 6 10
Broomielaw ... 49 3 Split the Difference 36 10
Mouls.'y ... 5 8 8 Life Guardsman ... 3 6 8
Breadalbano ... 488 La Favorite ... 36 7
Scamander ... 6 8 6 Thalia ... 3 6 7
Attach 6 4 8 .6 Siberia ... 4 6 7
Raglan 6 8 5 Lightning... ... 4 6 7
Deerfoot ... 6 8 5' Duke of York ... 3 6 7
Lozenge 4 8 4 Sidewind ... 4 6 6
Kinc., Charming ... 4 8 4 Guinivere 4 6 5
Cambuscan ... 5 8 3 Glendale ... 3 6 5
Lord Ronald ... 4 8 1 Scarborough ... 4 6 5
Goutrun 4 8 1 Miss Harriette 3 6 3
Rama ... 3 7 13 Actors, 3 6 3
Caithness ... ... 37 11 Scheldt ... ... 46 3
Longdown 4 712 Castanet ... ... 36 2
Anti-Macassar ... 4 7 12 Plutus 3 6 2
Historian ... ... 5 7 8 Dean Swift ... 5 6 0
Exceller ... 4 7 7 Centaur 3 5 13
Lecturer ... ... 3 7. h Drum 35 13
Nu ... 47 5 Lady Tredegar 45 13

-
Monitress 3 7 3 Lively ... 4 5 12
Leybourne ... 3 7 2 El Cid 3 5 12
Auguste ... 3 7 0 Cranford 3 5 11
Treasure Trove ... 3 7 .0 Hawkswell 3 5 10
Brahma ... 4 613 Ropley „. 3 5 9
Mount Palatine ... 3 6 12 Jollity 3 5 9
Musketeer ... 46 12 Chepstow ... ... 35 7
Love-apple ... 4 612 Sister to Minnie 3 5 7
Redan ... 3 6 12 Prpserpine 3 5 7
Camellia ... ... 46 11 Gentile Dame ... 35 7
The FORLORN STARES of 10 sovs each, h ft, for 2-yr-olds ;
colts Bst 101 b, fillies Bst 71b, winners of a 400 sovs
sweepstakes 41b, winners of 100 sovs in places or stakes
81b extra; penalties accumulative up to 91b; second to
save his stake. The last half of R.M. (1 mile 17 yds.)
12 subs.

Lady Hester, Blinkhoolie, Argentel, King Charles, Mas-
ter of Arts, Cordelia, colt, Perdition, Verulam, Dragon,
Cellins, Feedor, and The General.
A SWEEPSTAKES of 30 sovs each, 20 ft, for 2-yr olds; colts
Bst 10Ib, fillies Bst 81b, maidens allowed 41b. First half
of Ab. M. (3 fur 215 yds). 6 subs.
Delium, Satyr, Ettrick, Reigning Beauty Dunlace, and
Water Cure. ,
A'SWEEPSTAKES of 300 sovs each, for 2-yr-old fillies, Bst
101 b ; those out of mares which never bred a winner of
500 sovs allowed 31b. Last half of Ab. M. (3 fur 217 yds).
4 subs.

Sunflower filly, Soeur do °barite (31b), Problem (31b),
and Coßina.

Dann: 100, h ft—Admiral Rous's The Pieman, Bst 101 b,
agst Lord Bateman's Visionary, Bst 31b, both 2-yr-olds.

T.Y.C.
MATCH: 200, h ft—Capt. Machell's Plunder, Bst 101 b, agst
Mr. Craven's Lady Lambton, Bst 41b. T.Y.C.

A SWEEPSTAKES of 30 sovs each, h ft, for 2-yr-old fillies,
Bst 71b each, winners-of a plate or sweepstakes of 200
sovs 31b, of two, or one value 400 sovs, 71b extra. T.Y.C•

(5 fur 136 yds). 19 subs.
Irish Queen filly, Cantina filly, Midwife, Little Princess,
Charming May, Lady Hester, Stolen Kisses, Boadicea, La
Maudite, Red Riband, La Marechale, Catherine, Second
Hand, Artesia, La Puce, Fair Weather, Victress, Maydew,
and Blush Rose (paid).

Middle-Class Examinations in Devonshire.

The annual distribution of prizes and certificates
obtained by candidates from the Exeter centres, in
connexion with the Oxford and Cambridge Univer-
sities, took place on Thursday, at the Guildhall,
Exeter. Earl Fortescue presided, and there were
present the Right Hon. Sir Stafford Northcote,
M.P., the Right Hon. Robert Lowe, M.P. (who is
the guest of the right hon. baronet at Pynes), Sir
J. liennaway (High Sheriff of Devon), Mr. Head,
(Mayor of Exeter), Sir J. Bowring, Mr. J. W.
Walrond, M.P.,,Mr. T. D. Acland, M.P., Mr. Edgar
B ow ring, and Prebendaries Mack arness and Brereton.
Earl FORTESCUE, in an elaborate speech, traced
the history of middle-class examinations, and the
rise of county schools. In Devonshire, be observed,
they could point to a most successful county school,
at West Buckland, which building had received the
magnificent gift of £l,OOO from his Grace the Duke
of Bedford, and other amounts, some from his own
relatives, bringing the total of endowments to more
than £3,000. The middle-class examinations had
been of great use by inspiring many sluggish private
and grammar schools into activity, and been the
means of bringing to light many a conscientiously
hardworking schoolmaster hitherto unappreciated,
save by his own lads or their parents. The complaint
of Dr. Arnold in 1832 that there was no secon-
dary education could not now be made, and
the country had recognised its national im-
portance. The funds for the education of the coun-
try might be said to he dorivAd from three sources_
the State's aid, the payment of parents, and endow-
ments from the present or past generations. He
knew that with regard to State aid there were many
persons impressed with the desirableness of increas-
ing the amount of the Government grants, not only
in extending lower-class education, but upwards
for the middle class. Much had been written in
favour of this, and a gobd deal might be said for it
in such countries as Germany and the United States,
where lads of all grades associated together ; but
he did not think in this country, where an opposite
system had prevailed, that an extension which would
be considered eleemosynary should be given. The
lavish grants of Government were now diminished,
and Government now demanded results before the
money was paid. His own impresssion was that the
old system had tended to give parents an idea they
were the least interested parties in the education of
their children. The question of endowment was one
of the most important, and at the same time most
delicate and most difficult, which the Royal Com-
mission had to consider and report upon. The pious
munificence of our ancestors had provided in past
times not only the two great Universities of Oxford
and Cambridge, with numerous and magnificent col-
leges, but also a number of colleges and grammar
schools, in which the education of the highest, and a
considerable proportion of the middle classes, was
conducted. It was not the money value of these ancient
institutions which rendered them so valuable and so
useful to those who were sent there, but the traditional
glory of the place and the associations connecting
them with past generations, which had a-decided in-
fluence for good upon all those within them susceptible
of such influences. Owing, however, to a greaterpro-
portion of these grammar schools being intended to
be connected with the Universities, and the habits
of life and the studies of the middle classes having
changed, there was no longer on their part the same
readiness to take advantage of these schools, espe-
cially those in which Latin was made a sine qua non,
as in times past. Many of these endowments had
therefore fallen into disuse, and others had been
shamefully jobbed and mismanaged. His earnest
hope was that her Majesty's Commissioners would
report upon some scheme for turning to better ac-
count the scattered resources now lying dormant for
educational purposes, and that they would not allow
a consideration for vested interests—and the influ-
ence which was sure to be brought to bear upon them
on this question—to induce them to seek to patch up
the present system. It was in his opinion far better
that they should wait until existing vested interests
had died out, or the parties been pensioned, than
that they should attempt to galvanise dead corpses
into an imitation of life. His lordship then spoke of
the success which had attended the middle-class local
examination scheme. The two Universitieswere very
nearly equal in the number of candidates. At
Christmas for Cambridge there were 1,217, of
whom 986 were juniors and 231 seniors. For Ox-
ford, in May and June, there were 1,221, of whom
905 were juniors and 319 seniors, being a slight
increase on those of the previous years, while those
of Cambridge were an increase of 50 per cent. on
the juniors and 28 per cent. on the seniors.
Sir S. NOR.THCOTE, in moving a vote of thanks to
the delegates, said—By the establishment of local
examinations the two Universities had conferred a
great benefit on middle-class education, and he could
not but refer in his own mind, when he looked at
the present state of things, to the time when he and
two dear departed friends were called on to conduct
an examination when they had no standard to appeal
to, and great difficulty in arranging any details.
The Universities were certainly the best authorities
to undertake the duty of conducting the examina-
tions. Those who had received prizes should know
and feel that great interest was taken throughout the
country in the work. Unless, however, they were
pursuing their studies with some object they were
doing nothing at all. People usually regarded educa-
tion in one of two lights, The one was that all learn-

t" A
• •.\
, •
ing should be pursued with a /kJ
to succeed in life, and to carry out . ---rs 6r6
successfully; and the other was that its: 1 S
b• de
as theoretical as possible, and that it was degrading
education to make it practical. The first kind of
people agreed with the proverb, " Knowledge is
power," and thesecond that "Learning is better than
houses or land." The first endeavoured to make educa-
tion subservient to business, and the second would
rather give an unpractical turn to education for the ex-
press purpose of diverting the mind from that which
would be considered sordid. Both these views were
correct to a certain extent, but he thought there was a
middle course. lie would say to them, " Make your-
selves masters of your bdiness ; never allow your busi-
ness to be master of you." Let them remember that
they were men before they were tradesmen, and let
them always endeavour to turn to good account all
that they had learnt either as men of business or
good citizens or good Christians, so as to be good
men during the whole course of their lives. (Ap-
plause.) Although great results had shown them-
selves in Devonshire, he looked for still greater from
that system which had now taken root in the!,ounty.
Mr. E. BOWItING seconded the motion, and ob-
served that if the ladies were to have the franchise,
as Mr. Mill contended they jhould have, he saw no
reason why they should not enjoy the privilege of
competitive examinations. (Laughter.)
Mr. T. D. ACLAND having acknowledged the vote
of thanks for the delegates,

The Right Hon. Mr. LOWE was loudly cheered on
rising to address the meeting. He said he came merely
as a spectator of the interesting scene which had
passed before them. The question of middle-class
education was referred to a Royal Commission on
which he had been invited to serve—an honour which
he had declined; but he had been examined as a
witness, and the Commission was shortly about to
report. It would therefore be rather unbecoming in
him to offer opinions which might or might not
coincide with those on that subject on which the
Commissioners had done him the honour to examine
him. Again they were not here to consider the
question of primary education, on which he might
have had something to say, and it would be wasting
their time if he were to enter on that subject. He
felt, therefore, that he was restricted to narrow
grounds ; but he would venture to make one or two
remarks on the subject of that meeting. He had him-
self always approved strongly of these examinations.
They seemed to him to be defensible on the old
principle on which the striking of money was
adopted and defended. Originally money was treated
as an article of commerce—it was bought and ex-
changed by weight and according to quality ; but
this system was naturally found to be inconvenient,
cumbrous, and one which led to a great.deal of
fraud, and it therefore occurred to some wise man
—history did not say who—to save all this trouble
by casting on the State the responsibility of testing
the quality and weight, and then by a stamp to fix
its value. This was nothing more nor less than what
these examinations did. A man professed to be able
to teach children. The parent could not examine
himself, and was obliged to take him on trust ; or,
what was worse still, to take him upon testimonials.
(Laughter.) The two Universities, therefore, could
not, in his opinion, employ their time better then by
saving the parent from this embarrassing position,
and interposing to put their stamp on the literary
abilities of the schoolmaster—a course which was
fraught with the same advantages as the stamping
of money. By this system the article passed cur-
rent at once—persons got the full benefit of it ac-
cording to the stamp ; and the literary attainments
of the man were thereby made of immediate mer-
cantile value. (Hear.) Some reference had been
made to the subject, and he might say that he had
been desirous to see women have the advantage of
these competitive examinations. They were some-
times met by the argument that women were diffe-
rently constituted from men; but if they were dif-
ferently constituted they would not be able to obtain
the required standard, and when they came to be
examined would be plucked in the most ungallant
manner. (Laughter.) But he conceived that
nothing could be harder than that a young woman
who had acquired such a degree of knowledge as
would enable her to pass one of these examinations,
and thereby secure a certificate which would enable
her to get her livelihood, should be debarred from
coining forward simply on the ground of her sex.
(Hear.) He trusted these examinations would have
the effect of .weeping away all these distinctions.
He had long held the opinion that examining bodies
were too numerous_ for while_mmi..;.s-.,•,...2,2 no tfcGter
than competition between persons to be examined,
nothing could be worse than competition between .
the persons examining. The result of too many
examining bodies was, that there would be different
standards and different certificates of merit, and the
greatest competition would be among those which
gave the worst and lowest examinations. He did not
mean to say that this was likely to be.the case with
the two great Universities ; but the principle in itself
was not a good one, and it would be far better if the
two bodies could be induced to combine together
and establish a joint system of education. (Hear,
hear.) He looked forward to the advancement of
those principles with great pleasure, for he believed
they contained in them the germ of much more
good than had been yet attained. Middle-class ex-
aminations were still in their infancy, and the time
would come when a young man who applied for a
situation of confidence would be called on to
produce a certificate to show that he had spent his
youth profitably and well. This would act bene-
ficially on the profession of the schoolmaster,
sandee t
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hp:rendptsro,
awomueladn
sbewhleetrebtyo
they could judge where to send their children
better than intrusting them to the care of the man
who puffed himself, or who
viwdhedo
gave the most prizes, or
who(Latio•hter.) The best men would be known to be
knew best how to talk over a boy's mamma.
those whose pupils got the most prizes at these exa-
minations. (Hear, hear.)
Votes of thanks having been unanimously passed
to the local examiners, and to the noble president,
the meeting separated.

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