The Express.
London, England, 1864-09-21 00:00:00

CANTERBURY MEETING.-(THIS DAY.)

ENTRY FOR HANDICAP. Tlinsoquartors of a mils.
Beal Jam, 5 yn, Bst 12Ib ; llionwoops, 4 yrs, Bst 71b ;
Comeasitia, aged, Bst bib ; Ropewalk, 371, s42lb ; Raptor,
• yrs, Sat ; Plupiesa, aged, eat ; Atlas, 4 yia. Bst ; Hainan*,
5 yn, 7ot 10Ib ; Lady Warwick. 3 yrs, 74 41b ;
4 yis, 7st 41b ; Mother Roach, 3 yrs, Tot ; Diploma. 3 71%
7st ; Roos Lin, 3 yis, 6st nb ; Fleetwood, 3 yrs, est 71b.

WELTER CUP. Ose mile and a hall'.
The an his ia:—Real Jam, Zola°. Flottos.
Warwick. aad Ramowsaik.

ENTRY FOR 401. HANDICAP PLATE. Om mile.
Zito°, 4 yrs, 88 1211); Flaliveres. 5 yrs, Bst 7lb ; Bad-
worsts, 4 ere. Bet ; ilyseericse Lady, 3 yrs, 7as 10th; War-
wick. 3 ,7m 101 b ; Rom Lew, 3 Ire, 74 ; Professor, 3 Ire.
Tet ; 2 Yrs.
ENTRY FOR QIIBICVS PLATE. Two miles.
East Lancashire, Flottoa, Res! Jam, Lady Warwick,
Bombay, Tolsoome, Zeloo. sod Conlidsoce.
Ammo:J.—Rail Jam, Physics's, sad East Lsoceshire.

The homeward Australian mail packet Syria
arrived in Southampton Doak yesterday, jest es th• oat.
ward Australian packet Numb was about to leave. Time
latter had about 900 boxes of roads os board, mid the formes
amest 320 sacks, coat:Maim about 50 tom of mail matter.
ter.
Thema bosom sod sacks took about 20 railway waggons to
sonny them to or from Loodom. It was estimated that
thane were act lam than 400.000 letters and newspapers
lathed ia the tk•ettisniptos Dock yesterday at the same time.
Lieutenant Charles Phipps was out Milling on
'the river Dee is Satarday. and benaght to land two very
fins adman. Hum. Lady Phipps wad Captain sod Mrs Seim
had a drive in the &Hermon by Adios/much. The weather
still continues wet and mesttled, and has kept the harvest
operations back for a good part of Cho wesk.—Daudet 44-
vertiaer.

DIVING Oil:RATION& —The Matilda, a twin screw
steehaiir, built for the blozkade 1111rViCO, lied fitted with
costly lawless, was wrecked last swum on bier trial trip near
Lundy Liked. Mr. li'Deff, of Portsmouth, with Messrs.
Palmer sad Hicks is their easel the War Hawk, bare re-
viewed most of the valuable property oe board. M 'Duff,
equipped is Mr. Siehe's diving apparatus, has taken her
minas to pieces, and mot Mem up. He has worked six
bows • day, naserewing belts, he. be U be were ins factory
en shore, instead of beiog 42ft. coder water, aid exposed to
a ground swell setting is from the Channel.
EXTRAORDINARY PEDESTRIAN FEJT AT BRAD-
TOM—Mrs Emma Sharp, the wife of a mechanic residing
at Bowling. has undertake, so perform the arduous pedea-
tries feat of walking a Hummed miles in a thousand env
eerie' hours. Mrs. Sharp started upon her journey on
I Saturday afurroooe last, at the ground. connected with the
Quarry Gap Hotel, Lister Dyke. A straight course has
bees aselesed of 123 yards is length, which she traverses
twins each " lap ;" seven law, with the 80 yards to sod
from her room ie the public-house, oorepletieg the mile.
Bat as able woomplishee two miles at a stretch, she has cow
seqeselly *very second mile to walk an additional 80 yards
epos the worm The fair pedestrisa is • woman of about
thirty years of age, of middle height, and of light but active
frame. She was dressed in male attire—red sod checked
coat sad inexpressible', white waistcoat. laced hoots, tore.
down collar, and scarf—almost the only iedieatioe of her
sex being is her large drooping straw bat, which was orna-
emoted with a white feather and other femieum adornments.
She canted a stick in her right head. She started on bar
first mile at twenty Mi 01111416 to three o'clock. sod baying
walked two miles. each io a quarter of an boor, retired for
am boor soda belt's reel. Thiel ts the plan which she will
pursue throughout the task, which, should nothing intones'
to prevent its aocomplialitnest, will be completed ua the 29th
of October.—Leeds Yarn re.

WORCINTER G/ARAT HOP, CAITLII, AND CHEESE
FAIL—WOWS:BTM, TOLNDAY.—Tbis, the great mart for
the sale of the year's growth of hope of Worcestershire and
Lferefordshire, was well alluded. la imasequeuce of the
early picking some hundred pockets of Worcester. had
already changed beads, but the bulk was brought to the fair.
The number of pockets picked was 2,600, and of this Dumber
1,672 were weighed durum 66 the day. Priem, as auticipared,
bad rather an upward feod.sey, cholas growths realiaiog 71.
to 71. 10s., cad good average samples 64. per cwt. The qua-
lity varied a good deal, and some were not worth more Duna
51. per cwt. There was a large attendance of
brewers and merchants from London sod the
north, sad Irwin'es was active all day. The
cattle market was leas busy. There wee a large supply of
stock, but purchases were made cautiously. About 6,000
sheep were peened, and fat wethersramlised 7d. to 60., sad
ewes 61 per lb. Ilse fetched fully 7d. per lb. ' • and pip
9s. 6d. per score. Store sheep in large supply, sod peered
off rather slowly at 395. to 40a. Store cow., 101. se. to 13!.
esch. Rams were in abundance, ad prices ran from W,
to 201. each. liones—a poor lot, sot worth noticing. The
auctioneer, as usual, did a great hostess', a large number
of the beet rotunda 10 the fair bier sold by suction. Cheese
was dell, the feet being that the custom of factors buying
at the dairies is sow so general thatlittle cheese as offered
publicly is the market. The passive fair at eight wag me
aoiay as ever.

POIIIONOIIB BEltlllB.—Liat week an inquest was
held at Swharst, *err Hsstiogs, as the body of a child throe
years of age, named James Predk. Crouch, who had died in
cornisqueoes of bevies metro some berries of the Rola nuns
de/canton', or Wood's sightahad‘ which be lied found in
the twia.. They prodsowl 'Wham. porgiog, and round-
sines, followed by death in the course of the following day.
Verdict accordingly.
A MAN KILLED BY • RI•PING MACHINE. —An
agricultural labourer at 31whera, in the North !tidies, lost
• terrible death co Monday. He was driving a reaping
machine, when the keno ree away, and, is endeavouring to
shock it, be fell anwegat the knives of the medium, sad was
so fearfully cut that he died rep shortly afterwards.
TIM "MONITION," AT KetILT.—WO read in the
Paris Taupe of resew.* :—" Nothing fresh from Atlanta,
says today's Monikers,. Now what fresh news does it west!
Dow not the Montour know that Atlanta has bean taken ;
that it is strongly occupied by Sherman's army, and that the
Coshaerates are is retreat towards the south of Georgia r