The Express.
London, England, 1862-08-15 00:00:00

LATEST SPORTING INTELLIGENCE

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WHITLEY STARES. One mile.
Fitz.Avoe, Nemesia, Overton, Ripon, Don John, Wombat,
Flash in the Pan, Commerce, and Gazelle are here.
THAMES HANDICAP. Mile and three-quarters.
Nemesia, Flirtation, Scaramouch, Watchfire, Don John,
Springbok, The Don, and Ophelia are here.
(here Artarvat.e.—Voluptuona Ratan filly, Peahen,
Peignoir, Plunkett e, Violet, Lord Clyde, Safeguard, Ather-
stone, and flungerford.

A MAN POISONED BY A SNAKE.—ThiS morn-
ing Mr. John Humphreys, the coroner, received in-
formation relative to the death of Richard Herridge, aged
52 years, a labourer, who died from poison under the follow-
ing circumstances :-11 appears that the deceased resided at
No. 4,Spenoer-street, St. George's-in-the-Fist. He had been
harvesting in a field at Chatham, when his hand was stung
by a large snake. He came to London and subee-
quently he went to the London Hospital, where be died
from the attack of the venomous reptile which stung him.
THE CROPS IN THE NORTH OF htiff.AND.—The
crops here continue to make great program., though they
Lae to contend at times with very wet and partially
cold weather, and they have not the advantage
of the sunshine and warmth that at this season
is customary, and which would be so valuable. Wheat
is looking well, but in some quarters red rust is preys.
leet Oats will be a poor yield, though this crop has
roade great progress lately, especially on rich dry land.
Flax in low-lying ground is very indifferent, but for the
most pert it will be au excellent crop. The potato diaease,
we are happy to state, does not seem to be spreading.
Turnips and other green crops are much behind what they
were at this time last year, but they are improving, and
with fine weather may turn out better than is genteelly
anticipated. A considerable quantity of hay hu been
raved. and with to. weather fanners will have an abun-
dant supply of this kind of fodder, and of excellent quality.
The heavy and frequent rains retard haymaking a great
deal, and make this operation very expensive.—Nortfiern
Whip.

Tun NEW RACE OP IRISH REAPERS.—LincoIn
was thronged on Sunday last with Irish harvestmen, the
major part of them being fine stout young fellows, well
clothed and well fed. Indeed the old type of
Irishman, with sparrow•tailed coat acid breeches,
mama almost to have disappeared.-3famf evcurg.
A Dz.zit MUSICAL PERPORMANCIL—The Once a
Month, for July, has lately beard of an indulgent father,
who had spent what he thought a liberal sum—a thonsand
dollars or so—upon his daughter's musical education. The
result of this pecuniary investment seemed, to his mercan-
tile apprehension, to be summed up in three musical pieces,
which he found his daughter was able to play when she
tarns home from the hand of her teacher—tamaiy, a welts,
a mazurka, and a polka. But she soon forgot the waltz, and
afterwards the mazurka, so that at last the polka was all
that was left to ber. Then, In the evening, when her father
came home, he would throw himself languidly on the sots,
and my, "Come, my daughter, give us that thousand-
dollar polka."