The Express.
London, England, 1864-09-20 00:00:00

DRURY LANE.

Thenational theatre will open next Saturday with
one of the most promising programmes pia forward since
the memorable leseseship of Mr. Macready. The first pert
of Henry IV. will be repeated on the opening night, with
Mr. Phelps aa Sir John Falstaff, sad Mr. Crawl.* ag
Hotspur. The second part of Henry IV. will be pro-
duaed • week afterwards, with Mr. Phelps u Falstaff,
The followiog Saturday Othello will be played, with
Mr. Phelps as the Moor, Mr. Creewick as !ego, Mrs,
Hermann Vezini as Desdernons, and Mile Atkinson as
Emilia. On tbn 15th of October, Cymbeline will be played,
with Mr. Phelps ma Poethumus, Mr. Creswick as
Jscbimo, and Mrs. Theodore Martin (Mime Helen
nitwit) av linogen. On Saturday, Oct. 22, we
are promised Macbeth, with the following cut
Macbeth, Mr. Phelps; Meador!, Mr. Creswick ; and Lady
Macbeth, Miss Fauoit. Handet, King Lear, King John,
As You Like It, 2he Merchant ef Venire, Henry VllL,nod
Romeo and Juliet, are promised during the maws, together
with a new play called Madonna del Pia, by Mr. Theodore
Maths, and • saw play by Mr. Edmund Falconer. Mr.
Walter Lacy sod Mr. Bellmore are still retained, and Mr.
Henry Mantua has been engaged. In addition to these meat
Shakespearian revivals and sew productions, the Antigone of
Sophocles is announced, to be performed aa it was about
twenty years ago at Covent Garden.

ROOGED SeitoOlit —During the last seven years
Mr. H. E. Gurney has invited the whole of the teachers of
the ragged schools in London to spend a day with him at his
meat at N infield. About 2,'Ato of the teachers from 185 •
schools have partaken of that gentleman's hospitality. Os
Saturday last about 400 of the teachers assembled at the
Loudon-bridge station, when a special train bad been pro-
vided by Mr. Gurney, the party starting at a quarter to 11
o'clock, and re4chiog Nutfiell about 12. Here as usual they
receive,' a cordial welcome from their host, who informed
them that the house dad mooed' were their ow. during the
day, expressing at the same time his high nose of the im-
portant services which by their voluntary efforts they had '
rendered to the neglected and outcast ohildreo of the
wretched localities whose cause they bad espoused. After
dieser the Rev. J. Cohen. the rector of Whitechapel, Mr.
F. Cuthbertaos, mad Mr. H. It. Williams addressed the
teachers—the latter of whom, am the ocievesee of the various
meetings for Mr. Gurney, stated that this woe the eighth
time he had occupied • similar politicos at these email
Pawls(' ; that the teachers pnesat represented 18 schools
belonging to the East of Condos. He timed the progress
of ragged schools in London, which is the rooms of twenty
years had increased from 20 schools with 200 feathers sad
• 2,000 children, to 175 whools with more time 2,800 tonehers
and 28.000 children. Mr. Gurley warmly esegratelsied
them upon their encoess, sad after Partaking of tea the party
• returned to Meru is Use 'resin& highly pleased with the
tibias] eetertaiamost which bad been provided for these.
HORNItt AN'S Tit is choice and strong, mode-
rate is price, sad whet some to ass floss odszelasos ban
secure{ for tits tea a sgeeaammamll brodoesisoo. It Is sold la statists by
t,tatariata-I.l4lveriat.

Although there was not such a large attendance as was
asticipeted the business of the afMmooe—settling on the
Daimler meeting—was highly satisfactory, so far es it
went. Many who had both to pay and native large emanate
were useWs to cores us propria persona, but the
interests of bookmakers did not suffer thereby, bass-
' much se they were well sad substantially neve-
' seated. There was very little time sliest in unavarbog
damages. of the great event of the past week,
tied however mach individual members may have
had canto to regret having rallied seder the standard of
" the Oesenil," or groueded their faith*, the Miner, whom
the fielders had pitted want the two favourites, they were
evidently M • minority, a large section of •• the gentlecota "
Irvine' stood" Blair Athol to the lass. Whoa all the
available notes and cheques had changed hands according
to their destiny, • nog was formed on the lawn, and some
spotted betting took paste on theCesarewitch,although,trutki
to say, speculation was almost °Defined to some three or four
animals. The attention backers of backe was chiefly directed to
%wham, who had been in force at the Victoria Club in
the early af Memos, sedates 20 to 1 had Wee laid several
times to a oomiderable amount, 100 to 6 wee accepted, the
former price being however again laid at the Knish, the
Wide °oh, Tattoo, Feafrehichs, sad Mall Trani, befog also
supported at the sane price, TOM L A little Waiter was
also done on the Cambridgeshire, but there eau nothing
Galling for special remark. 7to 1 was offered on the fold
for the Derby. sad Yr. l'Ariess's Breadalbeas, owe brother
to Blair Athol, was in demand 1420 to 1, at which was
backed for • couple of hundred pomade. The other teem-
solioseef Sheds, will he twig is Ow Mewls( Mrs et
diangirkir t

20 to 1 lid Mr. BetVls Suspicion, Syra Mt Kb ,t truly)
20 to 1 Baron Rothschrld's LUista colt, I yrs, list sib (t)
20 to 1 Lord Westotosiand's Tattoo, b yrs, Ist bib (t)
DJ to 1 Mr. W. Day's Mall Train, 3 yrs, tUt 10lb kt)
20 to 1 Mr. Godding's Yaufroluche, s yrs, not 611) (t)
20 to 1 Mr. W. RUlnson's Gratitude, 4 yrs, Gd )t)
U to 1 Mr. O. N. Yitzwillisin's
3
Myrtle, I yrs, wt 716 (t,
33 to Mr. W. Robinson's Ramses, yrs, fat 71b kt,
33 to 1 Lord Coventry's 'Matsuda. a Us. GU 21b (t.)
33 to 1 Mt. H. Dolamarre's Vermouth, 3 yrs, sat alb (t)
40 to 1 lir. W. 6. Cartwright's Scarnander,4 yrs,74 tab (1)
60 to 1 Mr. Bowes's Welcome, Est, 711 iiih (t)
60 to 1 Mr. R. Dixwitt's Accident, s yrs, 751 10111
1000 to 10 Mr. W..n..lk4es's
.I.l.c.wceco, I yrs, 7st 1t)