The Sun.
London, England, 1861-10-02 00:00:00

No. L
THE CASE BOOK':

100 Cases of SPERMATORIMEA,
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NEWMARKET FIRST OCTOBER MEETING.
The first of Newmarket's great autumnal meetings com-
menced yesterday under circumstances peculiarly bright,
the weather being lovely and the card presenting 10 races,
of which two were invested with great interest. The large
acceptance for the Eastern Counties Handicap (with £lOO
added by the railway company), and the exciting match
between Nutbush and Little Lady, proved very attractive,
and more people were on the heath than had been seen there
for many years on the opening day of a First October. A
heavy special train on Monday evening was followed by
another almost equally_ well laden on Tuesday morning;
yet, despite the largo attendance of both amateur and pro-
fessional, but few transactions took place in the betting-
market. The sport was excellent, and the representatives
of the French stable maintained the good name they had
earned at Doncaster. Cosmopolite gave 321 b. to the second,
and showed the form he had before displayed in a race of
three-quarters of a mile. Nutbush won her match from
start to finish, and Brown Duchess cantered away from her
two opponents with her 7ib. penalty. The racing was not-
concluded until half an hour after the advertised time,
owing to the delays at the starting-•post with a field of 22
horses, but, all things considered, no cause of complaint was
given, and nothing unpleasant occurred to mar a delight-
ful day's racing. • _ _ _ _ _

The Trial Plate, of 50 soya ; for 2-yr-olds, Est; 3-yr-olds,
Sst 21b ; 4 •yrs old-, 9st llb ; 5-yrs-olds, 6-yrs-olds, and
aged, 9st 51b. The winner to be sold for 500 sovs, if de-

rnanded ; if not for sale, to carry 101 b extra. A.F.
Lord Uxbridge's General Hess, 4 yrs, 9st llb (E, Sharp) 1
Lord W. Powlett's Satellite, 5 yrs, 9st 51b (Rogers) 2
Mr. W. Robertson's Constantine, 2 yrs, 6st (car,6st 21b)
(E. Martin) 3
Baron Rothschild's Spark (101 b extra) 2 yrs, Est 101 b
(J. Hayhoe) 4
Betting-6 to 4 agst General Hess, and 7to 4 agst Satel-
lite.

Constantine made running at a fair pace to the T.Y.C.
winning post, where he gave way to General Hess, who,
with Satellite next him, had been in waiting. The General
then went on in front, and at the Bushes had a clear lead,
which he increased at every stride, and won in a canter by
eight lengths. Constantine, lying wide of his horses, lost
&Aloud place by a head.
Handicap Sweepstakes of 20 sovs each, 5 ft, for 3• yr• olds
and upwards. T.Y,C. 13 sut s, 7 of whom pay 5 sovs ft.

Captain Coates's Libellous, 4 yrs, Sst 2lb (L. Snowden)
Baron Rothschild's Queen of the Vale, 3 yrs, 7st Jib

(Fordham) 2
Mr. J. Dawson's Neophyte, 5 yrs, Bst 121 b (French) 3
Mr. E. Mill's Lady Derby, 3 yrs, Gst Glb (Martin) 4
Mr. Batson's Hagar, 3 yrs, Gst 101 b (Daley) 5
Mr. Payne's Rockley, 4 yrs, 7st
Betting-5 to 2 agst Neophyte, 3to 1 each agst Queen of
the Vale and Libellous, and 4 to 1 agst Hagar.

Lady Derby led till they neared the cords, when Libellous
and Queen of the Vale passed her. Neophyte then drew
forward, but was unable to reach the two leaders. Libellous
won easily by a length, Neophyte being a bad third. They
were all placed by the judge.
The Buekenham Stakes of 300 says each, h ft ; colts, Bst 71b;
fillies, Sst 41b. T.Y.C. 3 subs.

Mr. Savile's Rosia colt, Bst 71b -(Aldcroft) 1
Mr. Merry's Chieftain's Daughter, Bst 41b.... (Custance) 2
Mr. W. S. Craufurd's Thorpe Langton, Bst 71b (Rogers) 3
Betting—Even on Thorpe Langton, and 5 ta agst each
of the others.

Mr. Savile's colt made the whole of the running, with
Thorpe Langton in the second place to the cords ; there
Chieftain's Daughter passed him, but was unable to reach
the Itosia colt, who won very cleverly by throe-quarters of
a length, the favourite being a bad third.
Sweepstakes of 10 sovs each; for 2-yr- olds, 6st 71b; 3-yr-
olds, Bst 71b; 4-yr-olds and upwarls, 9st. The winner to
be sold for 50 sovs, if demanded, &c. T.Y.C. 8 subs.

Baron Niviero's Shingle, 2 yrs (Grimshaw) 1
Mr. R. H. Neville's Sneer filly,4 yrs (Fordham) 2
Mr. Jackson's Belleisle, 3 yrs (L. Snowden) 3
Mr. Wybrow Robertson's Twinkle, 2,yrs (Martin) 4
Mr. R. M. Stephenson's Peneus, 2 yrs .. (Roper) 5
Mr. Hughes's Broad Arrow, 2 yrs (Reeves) 6
Lord Clifden's Concertina colt, 2 yrs (Daley) 7
Betting-5 to 2 agst Broad Arrow, sto 1 agst the Sneer
filly, and 6 to 1 agst Shingle.
All, with the exception of Belleisle, who appeared to be
outpaced, ran together to the cords. Shingle then took a
decided lead, and maintained it to the end, winning cleverly
by a length and a half ; the secondandthird were separated
by a head only, and the fourth was close up.

The Eastern Counties Railway Handicap, a sweepstakes of
15 soya each, 5 ft, with 100 added, for 3-yr-olds and up-
wards. The winner of a handicap value 200 sous. to carry
71b, of any other handicap 31b extra. The owner of the
second horse to receive 25 sous out of the stakes. T.Y.C.
88 subs.
Baron Nivieres Cosmopolite, 6 yrs, Ost 10Ih
(IL Grinishaw) 1
Mr. R. Ten Broeck's Maggiore, 4 yrs, 7st 61b
(A. Edwards) t
Lord Stamford's Lava, 3 yrs, 6st 10lb (Roper)
Baron Rothschild's Restes, 4 yre, 7st 81b (car. 7st 91b)
(Fordham) 4

The following also ran :—Man at Arms, Fravola, Sir
William, Atherstone, Hesper, Gibraltar, Curlew, Flitch,
Prophet, Lord of the Manor, Guilder, Babette f, Rock Scor-
pion, Acco, Camperdown, Vaga, East Sheen, Cantatrico.
- Betting-6 to 1 eget Maggiore, 9to 1 agst Cantatrice, 10
to 1 each agst Vaga and Man at Arms, 12 to 1 agst Camper-
down and Cosmopolite, 20 to 1 each agst Curlew, Restes,
Babette filly, and East Sheen, 25 to 1 each agst Hesper,
Gibraltar, and Lava, and 33 to 1 each agst Guilder and
Prophet.
Punctually to the time set down on the card, Mr. Man-
ning got through his preliminary task of weighing, when
the 20 competitors having taken their canters towards the
starter were taken in charge by Mr. M‘George, who on this
occasion, as last year, was assisted in getting them in order
by Admiral Rous. In consequence of the extreme eager-
ness of some of the light weights to get away in front
the start was delayed some considerable time. At last
a favourite opportunity presenting itself the flag was lowered
exactly at 3 20, just 25 minutes after the time set on the
card, to a scrambling and unsatisfactory start. On settling
into their places, 'testes on the rails on the lower side made
play, followed by Flitch, Lava, Maggiore, Vaga, Fravola,
Curlew, and Prophet, the others spread widely across the
course, being headed by Gibraltar, Lord of the Manor, Can-
tatrie,e, Cosinopolity,,,llespar, and Sir William, the lest of
all being Atherstone, East Sheen, and Man-at-Arms, the
latter being in the act of ;turning round when the flag was
lowered, and was left at the post. On reaching the brow
of the hill the pace mended, and Maggiore ran past the lead •
ing horses, and in company with Restes, Lava, Hesper,
Curlew, and Acco, came on with the running; the others,
with the exception of those before mentioned, lying close up.
On entering the cords, Cosmopolite, who, in the early part
of the race, was outpaced, gradually drew towards the front,
and half way up the hill became fourth, but was unable to
get through his horses; but on the second attempt he got
up, and Maggiore and Lava at the same moment dividing,
left an opening of which Grimsbaw immediately took ad-
vantage and drove Cosmopolite to the front, and after one
of the finest and gamest struggles between four seen for
some time was won in the last stride by Cosmopolite by a
head. Maggiore and Lava finishing with a dead heat, Restes
passing the post a length and a half in the roar of the two,
Curlew, Rock Scorpion, Cantatrice, Acco, Vega, and Pro-
phet were the next lot, the others were widely spread and
pulling up as they past the post, Man-at-Arrtis being the
last some distance in the rear.
Match. First half of Ab. M. 100 h. ft.

Mr. Greville's Tarragon% 2 yrs, 75t.... (IL Grimshaw) I
Lord Strathmore's Struggler, 3 yrs, Bst 71b (T. Alderoft) 2

Betting-4 to lon Tarragona.
Struggler made the running at a good pace into the cords,
where ho was headed by the favourite, who won in a canter
by three lengths.
Tho Hopeful Stakes of 45 soya each, h ft, for 2-yr-olds ;
colts, Bst 71b, and fillies Bst 51b; winners extra, with
certain allowances ; the owner of the second horse to re-

ceive 50 sovs out of the stakes. Last half of Ab.M. 24

subs.

Col. Towneley's Imperatrice, 31b extra (J. Snowden) 1
Lord Coventry's Exchequer (L. Snowden) 2
Mr. T. Vallentine's Q. E. D., 31b extra .. (G. Fordham) 3
Tho following also ran :—Deceptive, Queen El'zaboth,
Fantasia, Xurullo, Peignoir, and Knight of the Bath.
Betting-5 to 2 agst Imperatrice, sto 1 agst Exchequer,
6 to 1 agst Peignoir, 7 to 1 agst Q. E. D., and, 8 to 1 agst
Queen Elizabeth.

An excellent start was effected at the first attempt, the
lot getting away so closely together that it was difficult to
distinguish which was leading, but on reaching the brow of
the hill the favourite was seen with a slight lead, waited
upon by Queen Elizabeth, Exchequer, Q.E.D.,and Xurullo,
the others lying up. On entering the cords Queen Elizabeth
was beaten and dropped back, leaving the three placed to
finish a close race home, Imperatrice winning very cleverly
by three lengths, Exchequer defeating Q.E.D. by a head for
second; Xurullo was a good fourth, and Queen Elizabeth
fifth; the others beaten off.
Match ; Bst 71b each. Last half of Ab.M. 600, h ft.

Mr. Hawkslev's Nutbush (G. Fordham) 1
Lord Stanford's Little Lady ( 1.. Edwards) 2
Betting-11 to 10 on Little Lady.
Nutbushjamped away with a clear lead, was never caught
and won in a canter by a length and a half.
The Grand Duke Michael Stakes of 60 soya each; for 3 •
yr-old colts, Bst 01b; and fillies, Bst 31b; the winner of
the 2,000 Guineas, Derby, or St. Leger to carry 71b ex;
maiden horses allowed slb ; the second horse to receive
100 sovs. A.F. 20 subs.
Mr. Saxon's Brown Duchess ....... .. (L. Snowden) 1
Lord Exeter's Knight of St. Patrick (Fordham) 2
Lord Stamford 's Walloon (A. Edwards) 3
Betting-7 to 2on Brown Duchess, who made all the
running, and won in a canter by three lengths ; a bad third.
Third Year of the Twelfth Triennial Produce Stakes of 10
soVs each, for the produce of mares covered in 1856, to
colts, Bst 71b ; Bst The
rah at Yrg 91C1 ;

• NEWMARKET, TUESDAY.
BETTING AT MIDNIGHT.
CESAREWITCH.
11 to 1 agst La Vapeur
100 to G agst Donner and Blitz

20 to 1 ngst Gabrielle d'Estrees

THE EDUCATION MINUTE.

I We have said that in
our
Minute was a well-timed and useful step. We
opinion the Education
must now also, in all candour, add that it probably
would have been impossible to frame a document
more certain to provoke the most bitter and deter-
mined opposition. Hitherto in the matter of Edu-
cation things have all gone one way. Government
has pressed its money on the public, esteeming it,
apparently, a great triumph if the public could be
prevailed upon to accept it. The distribution of
£BOO,OOO in a number of small payments has, of
course, gathered around it an infinite number of
hopes and fears, of calculations and expectations,
among which any change, be it ever so much for
the better, must make the most rude and unwel-
come disturbance. We have no reason whatever,
therefore, to feel surprised that those whose pecu-
niary interests are in any way involved in the
maintenance of -the existing method of aiding by
Government funds the work of education should
recoil with consternation from a change which comes
before them with an aspect so repulsive. Thus there
are the managers of schools, who have been accus-
tomed to receive, on the report of an Inspector
which might be counted on with itlmost entire cer-
tainty, a Government subvention, the amount of
which they could reckon to a farthing. They had,
appointingmthe first moment of
pupil teachers,
besides, in
wouldin tbheempaoiwnetariof froned
their appointment entirely at the public exnense,
and would in a few years be placed in a position in
which they could earn from eighty to a hundred
a very acceptable piece
year
Now all this is to be changed. ' The assistance of
opfounds a
patronage.
as teachers,
Government will depend on the attendance of the
children in the school, and on the progress which,
considering their age, they may be proved to have
made in reading, writing, and arithmetic. The
managers still retain the appointment of pupil
teachers, but the salary of the pupil teachers
they will be required, in the first place, to pay
themselves, Government only contributing two•
thirds of the salary instead of the whole. No
doubt, these things are hard to bear, and we
cannot wonder that in their first dismay the
managers should have caught up the readiest
weapon that came to hand, and accused the
Minute of destroying the religious character of
Education. No accusation, however, can be more
unfounded. The Committee of Council, as we
have before explained, never undertook to provide
religious Education, but only to assist those by
whom it is provided, requiring in return for that
assistance a certain amount of secular Education,
which is, of course, necessary for religious teach-
ing. This secular Education has not been pro-
vided for a great part of the scholars, and so a
more stringent means is taken to ascertain that
it is given. That is all. There is no change
whatever in the relation between the Committee
and the different religious bodies, and no reason,
if they do their duty, why their religious teaching
should not be benefited instead of being prejudiced
by the increased energy which is given to secular
instruction. But, though the attention of school-
managers is naturally fixed more on what they
lose than on what they gain, the Minute appears
to give them no inconsiderable compensation. In
the first place, the main features of the system
are preserved, which we are convinced they could
not have been unless the public had received some
guarantee that the money which they contribute
would produce the effect they desire. They should
compare the new Minute, not with the present
untenable state of things, but with a system of
local rating and management, or with the withdrawal
of Government aid altogether. Then the managers
are freed by the Minute from much troublesome
interference, They mqy make their own terms
with their masters and pupil teachers, and they
may, we believe, receive, if the school be well
worked, at least as much as they aro receiving now.
They have, :besides, the advantage of obtaining,
where it is wished, a teacher of lower qualifica-
tions, and therefore, it may be presumed, on more
reasonable terms. Government has undertaken to
discharge for them a duty of the utmost value
which it never discharged before. The examina-
tion of every child in the school who attends above
a hundred times will be useful, not merely for the
purpose of fixing the grant, but as giving the
managers, without expense or trouble to them-
selves, the most accurate knowledge of the state
of their undertaking and of the capacity of their
teachers. This is a fresh service on the part of
the Government, which is of a considerable money
value, and of a moral value still more considerable.

The certificated masters and mistresses are still
more displeased, or, we might say, dismayed, at
the change effected by the Minute. They have been
in the habit of receiving an augmentation to their
salaries varying according to the rank of the certifi-
cate which they hold. This is now to cease, and
they are to be paid according to the agreement
which they may enter into with the managers of
the school. They claim a vested interest in these
Government bounties, and represent themselves as
the victims of the bad faith of the Government.
The case is certainly, not without its hardship, and
if any means can be suggested by which.these claims
can be met without sacrificing the end to the means
and Education to the educators, we sincerely hope
they will be adopted. _.At the same time, it is im-
possible to recognise the existence in this case of a
vested interest. The whole Education system is
only fifteen years old, it has been over and over
again announced as purely tentative, and scarcely
a year has elapsed without a proposition from some
statesman of mark for its alteration or abolition.
The fact that it has been formed by the Minutes of
Council instead of by Acts of Parliament shows
that it was felt necessary to have recourse to some
more flexible and revokable way of framing its
rules, and that the rights it created were only
temporary and provisional. The Education Com-
missioners report strongly against any vested in-
terest of certified teachers in the augmentation
they at present receive. The certified teachers
should also remember that they have been
raised to their present position of aflinence and
comfort from poverty by the expenditure of
public money. The capital employed in teaching
them their profession has not been their own. They
still retain their monopoly of public instruction, for
no school is to receive Government aid except it
have a certified teacher. Their salaries . depend,
after all, not on Government bounties, but on de-
mand and supply, and anything which spreads Edu-
cation wider and wakes it better obviously tends to
increase the demand. The change, too, tends to im-
prove the position of an efficient schoolmaster; his
merit and his value will be exactly tested and known.
On his efficiency the income of the school from Go-
vernment will depend. As the service he renders
will be more important, so it will be better appre-
ciated and better paid. The position of the teacher
will be more independent, for his merits will speak
for themselves. We believe that the really efficient
and conscientious teacher will find his position in
every way improved by the Minute. I f the teacher
is really worth his money, he will continue to get it,
,
and probably with increase ; if not, he cannot be
t .t
allowed to receive what he does not
he has received it already. A similar will,
no doubt, be set up on bet alf of the Training Col-
leges, deserve
elaim because
, and
it
must receive
precoesevsieblesutbosotabntatiianitlyhe
beneficial as
n
imilar
objects proposed by the Minute without disap-
pointing any of the expectations which have
been formed by those who have invested money
with a view to Government co-operation, it
certainly should be done; but to us the obstacles
to such a•compromise appear to be insurmountable.
The claims already put forward amount simply to
this—that everybody receiving money from, or
paying money to, schools assisted by the Govern-
ment has a vested interest in the continuance of
that assistance in which his pecuniary interests are
involved; in other words, that for the sake of
existing managers, teachers, pupil teachers, and
.lecturers, the existing state of things; however in-
defensible, must be maintained exactly as it is.
This claim, not expressed but implied in almost all
the complaints whiCh we hear is, we need not say,
utterly extravagant and preposterous. We cannot
sacrifice education to its appliances. The teachers
and_school-managers are the means, not the end.
Can we; then, save the interest of existing teachers,
and introduce the new system by degrees? That