The Sun.
London, England, 1861-11-25 00:00:00

winner to be sold for £25. Five furlongs.

Mr. Lincoln's Duplicity, 3 yrs, 7st 101 b (Clement) 1
Mr. Matthew's Orion, 3 yrs, 7st 81b (Midgley) 2
Mr. T. Hughes's Chantress, 6 yrs, Bst .... (D. Hughes) 3
Mr. C. Green's Solferino, 3 yrs, 7st 51b ....(Ellingham) 4
Mr. C. Morgan's British Workman, 6 yrs, Bst
(H. Grimshaw) 5

Betting-2 to lon Chantress, 4to 1 agst Duplicity.
Won easily by three lengths, a head separating the second
and third ; Solferino and British Workmen w re both
beatten off. The winner was bought in fcr 60 guineas.

Nursery Plate (Handicap) of £4O, for 2-yr-olds. Three-
quarters of a mile.
Mr. W. Nelson's Peahen, 7st llb (J. Plumb) 1
Mr Coverdale's Harmony, Est 71b
Mr. Richardson's Pinkepoe, 6st 121 b (ca ried 6st 131 b)
(H. Grimshaw) 3
Mr. T. Hughes's Real Jam, Bst. . (D. Hughes) 4
Dorritta, Pupil, and Earl of Surrey also ran.
Betting-6 to 4on Real Jam, sto 1 agat Pupil, 6to 1
agst Dorritta, 100 to 15 aget Peahen, 10 to 1 agst Pinke-
poe.
Won easily by two lengths, Harmony beatinT, Pinkepoe
for second place' by a length, half a length divided the
third and fourth, Dorritta ass fifth, Pupil sixth, Earl of
Surrey bringing up the rear.
Handicap of 3 soya each. with 20 added, for all ages. One

mile.
14r. Devereux's Sherwood, 3 yrs, 6st (H. Taylor) 1
Capt. Coates's Libellous, 4 yrs, Bst 51b (Clement) 2
Mr. Bruce's Lord of the Manor, 5 yrs, Bst 131 b
(G. Fordham) 3
Mr. Barber's Ellen, 4 yrs, 7st 81b (Entwistle) 4
Betting—Even on Libellous, 6 to 2 agst Sherwood.
A good race, Sherwood winning by a head ; three lengths
separated the second from the third ; Ellen beaten off.
The Autumn Steeplechase (over the Now Course) of 100
soy's, added to a Handicap Sweepstakes of 10 sovs each,
sft ; winners extra. About three miles and a half.
Mr. Adey's Premier, aged, 9st 51b, in 31b ex (J . Knott) 1
Mr. B. Land's Yorkshire Grey, aged, lOst 131 b, in 71b ex
(B. Land, jun.) 2
Mr. 'Jason's Pine Apple, aged, lOst lib, in 71b ex
(W White) 3
Mr. J. Wood's Heads or Tails, aged, 10st. in 71b ex
(M.'Lean) 4
Romeo, Pactolu,, Martyr, Marmion, and Unknown also
ran.
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Betting-7 to 2 apt Yorkshire Grey, 4to 1 agst Mar-
mion, 5 to 1 agst Pactolus, 100 to 15 each agst Premier and
Pine Apple, 100 to 12 agst Unknown, 10 to 1 agst Martyr.
Pine Apple, Premier, Pactolus, and Martyr were the
leading four over the first few fences, Yorkshire Grey head-
ing the next lot, Romeo bringing up the rear. In rounding
the turning flag along the flat Premier went ahead, Pine
Apple taking second plaee, Pactolus, Martyr and Yorkshire
Grey next ; Romeo having refused was nearly a quarter of
a mile in the rear, and shortly afterwards was pulled up.
No further change of importance occurred until coming
along the battoin of the course the second time, where Pre-
mier had a clear lead, with Martyr second, Pactolus and
Heads or Tails, side by side, next ; Yorkshire Grey filth,
Marmion, Pine Apple, and Unknown a long way in the rear.
On coming over the third fence from home Yorkshire Grey
passed Pactolus, and too,, the fourth place, gaining ground
every stride. He was second on entering the course, but
lying so far back was unable to reach The Premier, who
won easily by a length; Pine Apple and Heads or Tails
came up the course side by side, the former obtaining the
third place, being placed a bad third, whilst a neck only
divided the third and fourth; neither of the others passed
the post.
Selling Hurdle Race of 3 sovs each, with 20 added ; for
taree-yr-olds and upwards ; mares and geldings allowed
31b ; with selling and other allowances ; winners extra.
About one mile and three-quarters, over six flights of
hurdles.
Mr. ti. Sly's Yorkshire Miss, 5 yr-) 10st 91b (R.Slv, jun.) 1
Mr. Egginton's Mary Stuart, 4 yrs, lOst 61b (X2O)
( •. Holman) 2
Mr. Allibone's Ingestre, 4 yrs, lOst 81b (£2O) (T. Ablett) 3
The following also ran:—Ataman, Emily Harris, Al-
chymist, Eheu, Orion, Caliph, Forest Hind, Mavourneen,
and Sol ferino.
Betting-2 to 1 agat Mavourneen, sto 1 agst Ataman, 6
to 1 agat Mary Stuert, 100 to 15 agst Emily Harris, 10 to 1
agst any other offered.
M on easily by four lengths ; the same separating Mary
Stuart and Ingestre; Alchymist was fourth, Ataman filth;
Orion and M.avourneen the two last. The winner was
bought in for 35 guineas, and Mr. C. Green claimed Ata-
man.
The Logner Steeplechase Handicap Plate of £5O. Winners
extra. Two miles and a half over the new course.
Mr. Bateler's Duhellon (lat Gorsehili), 6 yrs, lOst llb
(Martin) 1
Mr. Holman's Sunbeam, 6 yrs, Oat 61b.... (G. Holman) 2
Mr. Adey's Lord Lovell, 6 yrs, 9bt 41b (J. Knott) 3
The following also ran :—Dunboyne, Pantomime, Phy-
sician, and Outlaw.
Betting-2 to 1 agst Sunbeam, 7to 2 agst Duhellon, and
6 to 1 agst any other offered.
Won by a head. Lord Lovell was a bad third. The
others did not pass the post.

THE GRAMMAR SCHOOLS OF THE LAST GENE-
RATION.—How the old sensations came over me as I call
up the subject 1 There was gobbling one's breakfast, in
order to bo passing under the old gateway as the nine
o'clock bell rang, and the run through the streets, with a
light or heavy heart, as the case might be. I have at my
fingers' ends the very feel of the greasy calf-skin of the
Latin Grammar.(the Eton one), and of the dogs'-ears of
the Eutropius, or the better-liked Ovid. Then there were
the three hours in school, from nine to twelve—at first in-
tolerably lone to little boys, but becoming shorter, even to
the point of indifference, as years went on, . I
seem to
hear the peculiar resonance of the masters voices in that
vaulted hall, and to see the shafts of s anti gh t thrown through
the tall poi ,ted window, My class-fellows rise up in me-
mory, with their young voices, their provincial dialect, and
their respective degr()es of ability. The sing-song of the
grammar rules, the stupid blundering of the dunces which
formed the staple school-jokes, and the sense of gratification
from the able performance of a superior boy—all this and
much more carries me back to school, as school was to me
from seven to fifteen years of age. Then there was the
playtime in that glorious playground, the Cathedral Close.
The caw of the rooks in quiet school hours, and the shouts
of the boys from noon till one o'clock dinner hour, and
again at five in'the afternoon ; the delectable ball games
and races, and the runnings and hidings behind those pro-
digious old elms; and the quizzing of the old ladies and
clerical gentlemen, and the other cathedral functionarie:,
who were always passing through the Close—these old
images are leading me away from my subject—middle-
class eduction as it has been, and us it will be,—Once a
Week.

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DIABOLICAL OUTRAGE BP TRADE,
UNIO.AISTS AT SIEEFFIELD.

SHEFFIELD, SATURDAY.

This morning another of those diabolical out-
rages for which She Meld has become unenviable
took place in Acorn 10:reet. It seems that for some
time there has been a strike" amongst the fender.
.trinders of Alderman H. E. Hoole, Green-lane
Works, and as one or two men have gone into
work, these have been sinCled out by the turn-outs
specially to insult and amlop. One of the men
who have gone in, named Wastnidge, resides in
Acorn-street, Shalcsmoor, and he was singled out as
the first victim of the system Of terrorism which
has existed since the strike.
The bons( in which Wastnidge resides is one of
a row of cottages opposite the gates of the Cannon
Brewery. Shortly after one o'clock the person
who resides next door to Wastnidge heard hedvy,
footsteps in the street, and the next moment a.
crash, as of breaking glass. While she and
her husband were getting up to ascertain the cause
an explosion, which seemed to shake the house to
its foundation, took place. The man (who is em-
ployed at the brewery) hastily dressed himself and
ran into the street, and a number of the neighbours
whe had been awakened by the explosion, were also
out of th€ir houses in a few moments. They were
joined immediately by William Thompson, who

forced open the door of the h)use, and made his
way upstairs, whilst the others fetched a Jadder to
rescue the inmates, inasmuch as they saw escape
from the garret was almost cut oftty the flames. In_
the chamber a large tin can filled with powder and
other combustibles had been thrown, and in this
chamber an old woman, named Rourke, a lodger,

was sleeping. Her screams and the noise of the
broken glass aroused Wastnidge, and his wife and
child, who were sleeping in the garret. Mrs. Wast-
nidge got a light and ran down into the chamber.
She saw the bottle on the floor, with a fusee smok-•
ing, and instead of throwing it back through the
the window, she lifted it up, and was examining it,
when the explosion took place. She escaped by a
miracle being killed upon the spot, but her night
dress was set ou fire, and she received dreadful in-
juries upon the face, arms, and abdomen. She ran
up stairs, and in her progress, of course, fanned t'tte
flames. Mrs. Rourke was very seriously injured,

and she ran down into the cellar. The bed clothes
in the garret were ignited by contact with Mrs..
Wastnidgo's night dress, and for a few minutes the:
death of the whole family seemed inevitable.,
The neighbours in the street, however, placed
a ladder against the garret window, and Mrs.
Wastnidge attempted to descend. The poor crea—
ture was almost blinded by the injuries upon her
face, and in " feeling" for the head of the ladder,
after she had got out upon the sill of the window,
she fell. Fortunately the ladder broke her fall, or
otherwise she must have been killed upon the spot.
She was at once assisted by the neighbours. Wast-
nidge followed, carrying his young child (a boy)
in his arms, but after descending a few steps he
was almost suffocated by the smoke pouring through
the chamber windows, and he fell. His child was
caught in the apron of a man standing at the foot
of the ladder, and was not hurt, and Wastnidge
rolled down the ladder, which materially broke the
force of the fall. The old woman had by this time
been fetched from the cellar, and the four sufferers
were put in a cab and taken to the infirmary,
where they received every attention from the
officers of that invaluable institution. Mrs. Wast-
nidge, it is said, cannot recover.

COUNTRY MA Ritiii6.

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YORK— Nov. 23.
The supply of wheat at this market to-day was small.
Market steady, and sales made at last week's prices. In
barley a fair business was transacted, in favour of buyers.
Oats well supported, but a poor in luiry. Beans a limited
supply, with an active demand.
Wheat, red 60s to 63s 1 Oats.... 23s to 24s
White do .62s to 668 ; Beans 48 to 60i
Barley .32s to 38s f Peas ....—s to --8
Malt, 68s to 70s per qr. ; rye. 36s per qr. ; flour, 46s
to 48s per sack.

NORWICH—Nov. 23.

Wheat to-day was in short supply, and last Saturday's
prices were fully supported for the best descriptions. Of
barley there was not such a good show, and prices Were in,
favour of the buyer. Flour unal ered.
White wheat 608 to 68s I Red wheat 56s to 64
Malting barley....39s to 40s I Chevalier barley 37, to 38s
New d 0.......... 37s to 39s I Oats.. to —5
Flour, 443 Od to 44s Od per sack from the miller.

NORTHAMPTON—Nov. 23.
At this corn-market the supply of wheat was only mode-
rate to-day, and the tone of the business was rather quiet,
with recent rates scarcely supported-46s to 60s for
old, and 58s to 64s for new. A fair business in barley:—
malting 34s to 41s, grinding 29s to 31s per qr. Oats in
moderate show, at previous prices—quoted at 24s to 355
per 24 stone. Beans, old, 38s to 465; peas, 38s to 455.
Rye, 37s to 42s ; malt, 70s to 74s ; flour, 40s to —s per
sack.