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

THE SUN, LONDON, WEDNESDAY EVENING, OCTOBER, 2, 1861.

SPORTING INTELLIGENCE.

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 metals
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. 4
heavy special train on Monday evening was followed by
another almost equally well laden on Tuesday morning;
yet, despite the large 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 71b. 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 sous ; for 2-yr-olds, Ost ; 3-yr-olds,
Bst 21b; 4-yrs-olds, 9st llb ; 5-yrs-olds, 6-yrs-olds, and
aged, 9st 51b. The winner to be sold for 500 sous, if de-
manded ; if not for sale, to carry 101 b extra. A.F.
Lord Uxbridge's General Hess, 4 yrs, Oat 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, Gst 101 b
(J. Hayboe) 4
Betting-6 to 4 agst General Hess, and 7to 4 agst Satel-
lite.
Corqtantine made running at a fair pace to the T.Y.C.
winniz t - -
with o,ttetli re t him, been in waiting. 1 ueneral
then went on in front, and at the Bashes had a clear lead,
which he increased at every stride, and won in a cantt:r by
eight lengths. Constantine, lying wide of his horses, lost
sceond place by a head.
Handicap Sweepstakes of 20 sovsoeach, 5 ft, for 3. yr-olds
Baron CaptainßothschildCo t es' L, lib etillouuseen, 4ofy rt
hs
and upwards. T.Y.C. 13 sat s, 7 of whom pay 5 soya ft.
,eBlrstal2el,b
3(Lyr. Ssn, o7wstde,nl?3 1

.
(Fordham) 2
Mr. J. Dawson's Neophyte, 5 yrs, Bst 12Ib (French) 3
Mr. E. Mill's Lady Derby, 3 yrs, 6st 61b
Mr. Batson's Hagar, 3 yrs, Get 101 b (Daley) 5
Mr. Payne's Rockley, 4 yrs, 7st (Drew) 6
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 Buckonham Stakes of 300 sovs each, h ft ; colts, Bst 71b;
fillies, Bst 41b. T.Y.C. 3 subs.
Mr. Savile's Rosie colt, Bst 71b (Aldcroft) 1
Mr. Merry's Chieftain's Daughter, Bst 41b.... (Custance) 2
Mr. W.'S. Craufurd's Thorpo Langton, Bst 71b (Rogers) 3
Betting—Even on Thorpe Langton, and 5 t.) agst each
of the others.
Mr. Savile's colt made the whole of the running, with
Thorpe Langton in the see,and place to the cords ; there
Chieftain's Daughter passed him, but was unable to reach
the Rosia colt, who won very cleverly by three-quarters of
a length, the favourite being a bad third.
Sweepstakes of 10 soya each; for 2-yr- olds, Est 71b; 3-yr-
olds, Bst 711); 4-yr-olds and upwards, 9st. The winner to
be sold for 50 sovs, if demanded, &e. T.Y,C. 8 subs.
Baran Niviere's Shingle, 2 yrs (Grimshaxv) 1
Mr. R. H. Neville's Sueer 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.
Al], 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 second and third 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, fur 3-yr-olds and up-
wards. The winner of a handicap value 200 soya, to carry
71b, of any other handicap 3lb extra. The owner of the
second horse to receive 25 sovs out of the stakes. T.Y.C.
88 subs.

Baron Niviere's Cosmopolite, 6 yrs, 9st 10lb
(H. Grimshaw) 1
Mr. R. Ten Broeck's Maggiore, 4 yrs, 7st 61b

(A. Edwards) t
Lord Stamford's Lava, 3 yrs, Est 10lb (Roper) fi
Baron Rothschild's Restes, 4 yr:, 7st Sib (ear. 7st 91b)
Wora..bam) 4
The following also ran :—Man at Arms, rrasisia,sir
William, Atherstono, Hesper, Gibraltar, Curlew, Flitch,
Prophet, Lord of the Manor, Guilder, Babette f, Book Scor-
pion, Acco, Camperdown, Vaga, East Sheen, Cantatrice.
Betting-6 to 1 apt Maggiore, 9 to 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 Curless, 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 neighing, 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, Restes 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-
tatrice, Cosmopolity, Hesper, and Sir William, the last of
all being Atherstono, 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 Grimshaw 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 rear of the two,
Curlew, Rock Scorpion, Cantatrice, Acco, Vaga, and Pro-
phet were the next lot, the others were widely spread and
pulling up as they past the post, Man-at-Arms being the
last some distance in the rear.
Match. First half of Ab. M. 100 h. ft.
Mr. Greville's Tarragona, 2 yrs, 75t.... (11. Grimshaw)
Lord Strathmore's Struggler, 3 yrs, Bst 71b (T. Aldcroft) 2
Betting-4 to 1 on Tarragona.
Struggler made the running at a good pace into the cords,
where he was headed by the favourite, who won in a canter
by three lengths.
The Hopeful Stakes of 43 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 toys 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
The following also ran :—Deceptive, Queen Elizabeth,
Fantasia, Xurullo, Peignoir, and Knight of the Bath.
Betting-5 to 2 agst Imperatrice, 5 to 1 agst Exchequer,
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. 500, h ft.
Mr. Hawksley's Nutbush (G. Fordham) 1
Lord Stamford's Little Lady • (A. Edwards) 2
Betting-11 to 10 on Little Lady.
Nutbushjumped 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 50 sovs each; for 3,
yr-old colts, Bst 91b ; and fillies, Bst 31b ; the winner of
the 2,000 Guineas, Derby, or St. Leger to carry 71b ex;
maiden horses allowed 51b; the second horse to receive
100 sus. A.F. 20 subs.
Mr. Saxon's Brown Duchess
1
(Fordhm 2
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Brown Patriel-
(A. Edwards)
Duchess,
who made all the
running, and won in a canter by three lengths ; a bad third,
sovs each, a,
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owner of the second horse to rpceive a sum equal to 10
per'eent. on the whole stake, and' the third a sum equal
to 5 per cent. on the whole stake. D.I. 55 subs.
Lord Derby's br c Cape Flyaway (T. Aldcroft) 1
Lord W. Powlett's br f-Dulcibeila, (A. Edwards) 2
Baron 11.9thsc-hild's ch c King of Diamonds ~ 3
Betting—Even on Cape Flyaway-, 3 to 1 agst Duleibella,
and 5 to 1 agst King of Diamonds.

Won in a canter by a length ant a half. King of Dia
mends finished a bad third.

NEWM&RIcET, TUESDAY.
BETTING AT MONIORT.

CESAUEWITCII.
11 .to 1 agst La Vapour
100 to 6 agst Donner and Blitz
CIIIIU IDGES4IttLi
20 to I,agst Gabriello d'Estruer, 1-,

THE EDUCATION Id.rNtr 171 K

tixo
We have said that in our opinio the Education
Minute was a .well-timed and u ul step. We
must now also, in all candour,. ad t it probably
would have been impossible to fr ii a document
more certain to provoke the most Iter and deter-

mined opposition. Hitherto in th 4 matter of Edn.

cation things have all gone one waT. Government
has pressed its money on the public, esteeming it,
apparently, a great triumph if thd 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 surpriso,cl that the whose pm-

niary interests are in any way
maigenance of the existinz_•_mett
Gaetriteaent funds the .work -oft
reeeilavitleconet ree e- fee:ea.-a change which comes
uLzvrc them with an aspeetlo 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 almost entire cer-
tainty, a Government subvention,
the amount of
which they could reckon to a farthing. They had,
besides, in the power of appointing pupil teachers,
who would be maintained from the first moment of
their appointment entirely at th© public expense,
and would in a few years be placed in a position in
which they could earn from eighty to a hundred
pounds a year as teachers, a very aceeptable piece
of patronage.
Now all this is to be changed. Tae assistance of
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 onli contributing two•
thirds of the salary instead of the whole. No
doubt, these 'things are lard to bear, and we
ungdht, and accused the
cannot wonder that in :.heir first dismay the
up the readiest
mweaanpaognersthsahtoucladmheavteo,
Education. No accusation, however, can be more
Minute of destroying the religious character of
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. Ihere 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 may make their own terms
with their masters and pupil teachers, and they
may, we believe, receive, if the school be well
-vrtyrkt-a, -o.4.litty.Are zeceving now.
They have, :besides, the advantage o *.obtati.il.3g,
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, bat as givisg 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.

in- the

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 revolvable 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 affluence 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 makes 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 schoolfrom 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 conscientiouiteacher will find his position in
every way improved by the Minute. If the teacher
is really worth his money, he will continue to get it,
and probably with increase ; if not, he cannot be
allowed to receive what he does not deserve because
he has received it already. A similar claim will,
no doubt, be set up on behalf of the Training Col-
leges, and must receive substantially a similar
answer. If it were possible to obtain the beneficial
objects proposed by the Minute without
expectationsdisap-
ho have
invested
ohaven e
ye
with a view to Government co-operation, it
certainly should be done; but to us the obstacles
beenpein tifn formed meehdy byeef thosethe w
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-
n
defensible, must
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must be maintained exactly as it is.
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anthcetaierseils.ficolchool-managers are the means, not the end.
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Can we,ithen, save the interest of existing teachers,
• and introduce the new system by degroce? That

is utterly impossible. Even now the Central-office
can barely overtake its work, and would infallibly
break down under the attempt to administer two
systems at once. If assistance is to be extended to
poorer schools than at present, we must have eco-
nomy. If grants are to be dependent on results,
we must abolish payments which do violence' to
that principle. We cannot have two sets of
teachers under Government, ono receiving a
bounty and the other not. We cannot go on with
the old system of payments, and we can discern no
resting-place between, the old system and the new.
7 Imes. ,

RAILWAY INTF,LLIG-EN CE.

WIMBLLDON= AND DORKING.

A special meeting.of. this company was held on
Monday at the office, Poet's-corner, Westminster;
Mr. Remington in the chain
The' SECuETAItY read the report, which stated
that the directors had concluded an -arrangement
with the London and South Western Railway Com-
pany for the transfer of the undertaking to that
company, The South Western 'Company would
adopt the. Dorking Company's--debt of £23,000,
would provide £25,000 for the purpose of paying
off its floating debt, which had been estimated' to
amount to that sum,.and would issue so much of
the 4 per cent. preferential stock of the, London-
and South Western Railway COmpany to the share-
holders of this company as would yield upon their
shares 4 per cent. per .annum for four years from
the 3d of April last, and 4 per cent. per annum in
perpetuity thereafter. ' The South Western Com-
pany had farther agreed, in. order to simplify the
above arrangement, at joilee -to allot 41 per cent.
stock, to yield 4 per cent. in perpetuity on the com-
pany's shares as from the 3d of April last, upon
,OceiVing in- cash the difference between 31 and 4
cter-e.,nt-for fourvkars4pQrLthia..cen4atq'avgel:
and the rands at fhtlaiSpre 41.1 U.Cart &et, Ors woul
enable them to make this payment.
On the motion of the CHAIRMAN, seconded by
Mr. MANGLES, a formal 'resolution wan passed
authorising the directors to carry out this arrange-
ment

Mr. W, Jackson, M.P., and Mr. R. Henderson,
the retiring directors, were re-elected, and the pro-
ceedings terminated.

EPSOM AND LEATHERHEAD.

A special meeting of this company was held on
Monday, at the office, Poet's.corner, Westminster;
Mr. G. Best in the chair.

The report stated that the rent to be received
from the South-Western Railway Company for the
half•year ending the 30th of June last, would, after
payment of the debenture interest, amounting to
£228, suffice to pay a dividend of ss. per share,
being at the rate of Os. per cent. per annum, leav-
ing a balance of £l2. The London and South-
Western Railway Company had obtained Parlia-
mentary power to complete the purchase of the
railway for £44,444 of South-Western 4-1- per cent.
2
guaranteed stock, giving an income equal to £2,000
a year. From that amount of stock the South-
Western Company was to deduct £lO,OOO, and take
upon itself .he debenture debt of the company,
amounting to £lO,OOO. Of the residue of the stock,
£33,000, bearing interest from the Ist of July last,
was to be forthwith allotted to the shareholders at
the rate of l',ll per share, leaving a balance of
£1,444, which was to be retained by the' directors
until a few unsettled matters had been adjusted,
when the balance would be divided pro rata among
the shareholders, and the company would become
extinct.
_ _

Mr. ROY, the solicitor, having read the deed of
transfer,

The CHAIRMAN moved a formal resolution, autho-
rising the directors to transfer the undertaking to
the South-Western Railway Company.
The resolution was carried unanimously.
A dividend of ss. per share was declared, and
Messrs. G. Best and T. E. S. Hutchins were re"
elected directors to assist in winding up the affairs
of the company.

MUCH WENLOCK AND SEVERN JUNCTION.

The half-yearly meeting of this oompany was
held at Much Wenlock on, Monday, Mr. W. P.
Brookes in the chair.

The Secretary read the report, which stated that
the works were in a most satisfactory state, and that
it was intended to. open the line on the 221 of
October. The report recommended that the com-
pany should take powers, jointly with the Great
Western, West Midland, and Shrewsbury and Here-
ford Companies, to subscribe £lO,OOO each towards
the formation of the Coalbroo-kdale extension, which
included a bridge over the river Severn, by means
of which access would be obtained to the iron dis-

triet of Shzopp
The C HALRMAN, tia—moview atfcrzar-
report, expressed his regret that the works on the
Severn Valley and on their own branch were not
sufficiently forward to warrant the commencement
of goods traffic, but he believed they would be ready,
as announced, on the 22d of October. The traffic
in time would be immense, and upon the heavy
goods their line depended, for paying a dividend.
The report was unanimously adopted.
The meeting was then made special to consider
the propriety of subscribing £lO,OOO towards the
Coalbrookdale extension.
- - -

The CHAIRMAN pointed out the advantages of
this extension, which, with the line from Wenlock,
to join the Shrewsbury and Hereford at Craven
Arms, would be of th 9 greatest benefit to their line.
If they agreed to subscribe the money, the Great
Western would work the whole line, paying 5 per
cent. interest upon the capital.
After some discussion, a resolution authorising
the directors to issue new shares to the extent of
£lO,OOO was agreed to.
The proceedings then terminated.