The Express.
London, England, 1863-12-05 00:00:00

THE COMING PRIZE FIGHT.

(From Bell's Life of this day,)
All arrangements, we are happy to say, are now
completed for bringing off Aim exciting event in the course
of the ensuing week ; butu to the day, time, and place of
starting, he., we cap my no more than this, that every one
must be in London on Tuesday, Dec. 8, at the very latest,
who wishes to be prevent, or he will infallibly be " thrown
out." The entire conduct of the affair has been left by us ia
the hands of a great conveyancing firm, who have stipnlased
that to them must be entrusted the selection of • day, •
time, an hour, and a distance from the metropolis ; and this
being agreed to, they assure on they have every confidence
that they will bring off the battle without let or hindrance.
The difficulty as to the "roughs," too, seems from the admi-
rable arrangements that have been made to be entirely
obviated. A sufficient force has been secured, exclusive of
the ring constables, to ensure protection to gentlemen ticket
holders at the point of departure ; and as the tariff
is arranged by the company at 31. 35.. and not •
single person, not excepting even the men and their backers
and seconds, will be conveyed free, there is every hope
that the company will be very select. As to the belligerents
we are assured we are fully justified in stating that both are
well up to the mark. From each of their respective head-
quarters webers bulletins that never am either in better
health. Henan will be • trifle bigger than when he fought
Sayers, sad to all sppearaece is • far stronger man thence
that occasion. Bing, too, is somewhat bigger than hereto-
fore, but he is • man who never carries mail flesh, sad we
should doubt whether he will much exceed 13 stoics, while
the Benicia Boy will be nearer 14 stogie. HOMO is still
the favourite, but anything over 5 to 4 is freely taken by
the Kingites.
(From the Era.)
KING AND HemmB.—Then gigantic heroes of the P.R.
fight their great battle for 1,0001, a side some day next
week—probably Wednesday, and the interest the match bee
excited fella little abort of that created by the international
fight between Hennes sad the renowned Tom Sayea
doubts may be entertained as to whether it will be
brought off without the interference of the notice. In
point of science, as wall as in height and weight, there
can be little to choose between them. King has always
shown himself • good two-handed fighter, and he is backed
by parties who do not throw their money away—in fact,
they generally pull off, by some means or other, what they
attempt. King is the only man of lateAT who has made
• really good fight with Naos, sallow to be the moat
scientific man that ever stepped within the ropes, and,
under the circumstances, we think the odds offered ageism
the " bold sailor boy" well worth taking, aa be has youth
on his side. It will doubtless be • shelling fight, and pro-
bably be • short one, for big men do not contest so long
as little ones, sad both King and Heenan are capable of
administering • groat &meat of punishment.

CHILD MICILDEB..—{THIS DAY )—This morning,
between the hours of 7 and 8 o'clock, the attention of
Police-oxestable Wright, 83 8, was called to a bundle that
was lying in the enclosure of Oakley-ovate. On opening it,
it was found to cootain the body of a male child, apps- '
rently not a day old, and the blood that was co the body
was unite fresh. It wai examined by Dr. Griffiths, who
said it was quite dead, that it was full-grown, and that
it bad breathed. The body was wrapped in a light dress
and striped cotton apron, and a sheet of brown paper tied
with ening. The corpse now lies is St. Palterea work-
hone, and information has bees forwarded to the coroner.
A BoT RUN OVER BY • MAIL Ver.—This morn-
ing, at about balf-past 8, as a boy of the name of John
East was crossing over Chalice-street, Somers-town,
he was knocked down and run over by • poet-office mail
cart. He was picked op by Policenonstable Rowe, 91 5,
and takes to the University College Hospital, where it was
found that he had suffered such Injuries as to reader it ne-
emery for him to be detained. It is stated that the oc-
CLUTOOOIII was purely accidental,
Tin Rev. R. Wntsrox.—Reformers of cathe-
dral and chapter trust. will be glad to know that the per-
severing efforts of the Rev. R. Wbiston of the Rochester
School, have at last been crowned with • ;nodicum of socossa.
He has obtained from the chapter 1401. a year more for
scholarships and exhibitions for the boys whose cause
he took up, so that each scholar will now get
211. 13s. 4d. a year, and each exhibitioner 401. 10s. instead
of the miserable old pittances of 21. 13e. 4d. and 51, to
which they were stinted till their master made their case
known. Those who remember the abuse that Mr. Whiatoo
had cast on him in the early days of his reform movement
will rejoice to make up for it by a little approval and sym.
pinky now. Reeder.
ENGLISH AND SeDYCH Mow&—On Friday last
Mr. Cochran, first minister of Cupar•Fife, delivered a lec-
ture descriptive of his experiences dories a recent tour, in
the course of which he and he sew a festival of the Fores-
ters at Hampton Court, where there wen 70,000 panne
assembled, dreamed like so many Robin Hoods ; bet be did
not think there win 'Riegle case of intoxication among the
whale of that large multitude. He could not help eon-
treating the behaviour of that assembly with what hap.
paned enema ourselves on similar occasions. It seemed
that Scotch people could not meet without getting them-
selves intoxicated—without getting into low poblichooses,
and getting themselves made utterly useless in an hour's
time. That was a practice which ought to be discoun-
tenanced by every right-thinking man. Another thing
he Donald was the good humour of an English crowd. He
remembered being in London and seeing the Lord Mayor's
show pass by, and he thought be was in the midst of
so many jokers and cheery and amusing remarks. Among
these crowds he heard earthing like bad language ;
whet...a, in our town here at last hiring market whim he
walked from one end to the other, he beard more blasphemy
within ten yards than he heard during all the previous part
of his life. When down at the railway station he saw
scenes there the most degrading in the world. Scores of
young men from the country—apparently farm servants—
were beastly drunk, and were uttering nab' sod obscene
language of the most detestable kind; they were, in fact,
utterly unfit to be allowed to travel in railway coffin...—
Scotsman.

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Timm 31 im Irtoonsm tie ma MERSEY. —On
Monday • court-martial assembled at Devoapoet for the
trial el William Charles Mitchell, William Owens, and
Henry James, ordi ary armee serving on board the
Majestic, 80. screw. coast guard ship at Liverpool, for deem-
Mon. The prisoners pleaded guilty, and were each sentenced
to receive thirty-mix lashes on board the Majestic, and
thee to be imprieoned and kept to hard labour for six calen-
dar mouths in the naval prison at Lewes. The sentence of
the court, so far as the fimiog is concerned, was carried out
yesterday morning on board the Majestic soon after nine
o'clock, in the presence of nearly the whole ship's com-
pany. Each man received his 36 lashes without • mur-
mur, one of them merely remarking during his %weigh-
meat " Flog fair," the whole three showing a considerable
degree of bravado. The crime for which they are punished
is for deserting from her Majesty's service some months
ago, seven others deserting at the same time, all of whom
shipped on board one of the American packet ship. trading
between Liverpool sod New York. These three were cap-
tured oa the return voyage, the remaining seven being still
adrift.—Lieerpoolifercery of this dq.
THE TEHPEST IN FRANCE. —The Harre journals
publish farther details of the effects of the tempest in the
neighbourhood of that town and on the coast. A large
number of vessels in the different docks were driven from
their moorings and impelled against each other. The
schomer Reirmdes-Cieux had her stern stove in ' • the
English steamer Countess of Looldale was drivels with each
force against the jetty as to displace several of the large
blocks of stone at which it is constructed, and the',
Colibri, Fioisterre, Ears, &fent de France, and Surat*
were more or lees seriously damaged. A Norwegian ship
which had been driven ashore was broken up by the fury of
the waves. and the coast strewed with wreck. Several per-
sons were blown down by the wind ; one man, • labourer,
breaking his arm in falling. It was found n to clam
• number of shops in the town to preserve the wi ws. and
several trees on the boulevard were torn up by the roots.
Rain fell in the evening of the second day, which in some
measure abated the violence of the wind, and the South-
amptoe steamer was able to leave the port during the night.
A JOCKEY CLOD IN CONSTANTINOPLE. —A prepa-
ratory meeting was held on Wednesday last at the Hotel
d'Angleterre to adopt measures for the formation of •
Jockey Club in this capital. Safer Pasha presided, and
amongst those present were Saleb Pectin, the Hoe. E. M.
Erskine, her Majesty's charge d'affaires, Sir Edmund
Hereby, judge of the Consular Court, the Secretaries of
the English and French Embassies, and of the Austrian sod
Italian Legations Viscount de Kerowarta, Messrs. F.
Guarracioo, Stewart, Hutchinson, Vitalis, Buck, and
others. After some preliminary busies, Sir Edmund
Hornby submitted • code of rules which were referred to •
subcommittee to report upon. A resolution was adopted
to the effort that for the present • suite of rooms should be
taken in Mimesis' Hotel for the club. It was announced
that the Sultan would liberally patrociae the scheme. and
that, as we have already meetimed, his liionees Fond
Pacha mold accept the presidency. The sub-oommittos
met on Saturday, and will meet again to prepare a repast for
the adjourned meeting —Levant Herald, Nov. 26.