The Express.
London, England, 1864-08-11 00:00:00

[Stamped, id. Additional

sionally passed from hand to hand. The regularity
and businesslike character of the arrangements, the
utter absence of secrecy, the perfect understanding
between customer and dealer, maker the
casual visitor fancy that the legislative en-
actments of the last few years must be
so many fictions of his brain. If betting-houses
are abolished, bow is it that the lessees of well-
known taverns can publicly announce their willing-
ness to make beta, either at Saffron-hill or at their
own homes I If apprentice" and shop lads were
found to rob their masters that they might invest in
sweepstakes, are they not as likely to do so when
puiblinve made easy to the extent of giving
tstin twebets fur a couple of shillings? The trans-
oms we have described are going on daily under
the very nose of the authorities, and within two
minutes' walk of one of our principal City tho-
roughfare& We saw no policeman during the two
hours we spent amoogst this strange people ; and
regarding the evil countenances, the lowering
, brows, the open, unabashed, albeit mostly shabby
' and unsuccessful rascaldom, wherewith we were
surrounded, the possibility of a raid or of eroeada-
tions on the Stook Exchange treatment*/ intruders
being attempted irresistibly occurred to us. Every-
body, however, seemed as peacefully disposed as if
the plucking of pigeons were the most pastoral of
pursuits. The faces were in many instances such as
would well befit the prisoner's dock or the peniten-
tiary cell ; but the demeanour was uniformly that
of men who were well employed, and who took a
keen interest in their work. The pot-boy, is shirt
sleeves. and slippers, from the adjacent tavern ; the
blue-bloused butcher's slaughterhouse man, whose
long worsted overalls looked as if he bad pulled
his stockings over his trowsers in mistake ; the
baker, with his basket of loaves slung over his
shoulder ; and the oostermonger who left his pears
and apples, all backed their favourite horses
without hesitation ; and each, no doubt, represented
a distinct class of patrons of the turf. It is the
belief of those backers, as well as of the list keeper
themselves, that the police have no power in Dixie's
Land ; and their opinion is confirmed by the
absolute impunity accorded to them. We heard,
with many an asseveration by more than one of the
kabituis, that the police dare not interfere ; and we
saw no reason to doubt the statement in the
evidence before us. We believe that the week
before such meetings as those of Epsom, Ascot, or
Doncaster, the crowd is twice or thrice the size of
the one we beheld, but we are content to record
that from 1 till 3 p.m. yesterday we saw the worst
kind of turf gambling unblushingly carried on by
hundreds of men in the very heart of the city,
and that we believe this outrage. oa...decency and
open violation of the spirit of the law is to
be daily witnessed, in the language of the play-
bills, " until further notice."

Mr. WOODEN'S ENTZILTAINNINT. —Mr. Woodin,
the popukr enterteiner, brine the Load= memos to a eke;
to-morrow (Pride!).
MURDER OF TERNS CHILDILIN, AND SIIICEDI OF
TUB Mons& —Rums°, Weoesse.st.—The town to-day
has been startled from its asset propriety by the discovery
of • yousanied woman, named Emma Legge, the wife
of James by trade an upholsterer, la ying delibe-
✓ately m her three helpless children by drowning
them in the river Masses at Caventhers, and immediately
afterwards committing suicide by jumping into the 17.1 r. It
appears that her hothead brought her sad the children
into Reading, on Monday week, from Tuabridge Welly
and took lodgiop for them at the Riming Bun publie-1
honse,in the Forbore. He did sot stay with them. but',
weed and slept at another public-home, and sewer
subsequeetly returned to anasse far their future mitt-
tempo. When visited • few days ago by a brother, who
had only returned recently from Australia, after as Memos
of 17 sere, she appeared to be ie a low and despoodiag
state reason of her bushand's ',different conduct, and re-
mark that she did act 'mow what to do. The brother
kindly offered to fled • hoses for bar sod the children, but
she declined it, saving she did not wish to be under obliga-
tion to any one. berm her short stay in Reeding she 'nail
lodged at several geese. On Taseday she sold bee few articles
of furniture to pay her debts, leavens Gulp belf.monsent
to ma'nta's bensell sad family. Os Wwisseday
owning she borrowed a pemmtralater, pat the
children into it, sod went out of the tows between
7 sad 8 O'clock. About 9 o'clock, an empty perambulator
being observed on the banks of the river Thames, as Came.
sham, by • ma earned Joao* he rowed moss the river,
and, to kis boner, discovered • women and three childreo
all deed, and floatii j os the endue of the water. With
aseidaoce they were removed to an outhouse wijoiciog the
White Hart Ins ; and sews havingspreed through tin town,
informatios as to who they were was obtained is • few
bourn. It is believed that the poor ernatere by Term of
destitatios, nod of the cruel deem/ties of her hushed, was
led, is • fit of frosty, to drown her offspring, and then to
follow it by the suicide of herself. The as.. hes excited a
pastel interest throughout the town. An inquest was
°peed tkiefaftersorie and adjourned.
ABYSSINIA AND THE CAPIIIVIIS OF Snio TIIIIO-
- have to amicranes the reasipt is telligesce of
the Rev. H. A. Stem aid his tellowosptives up to the 12th
of April last, at which date they were ell well, sad anxiously
swarths' tiding' from Eagisod, reoltiog, as they hoped and
prayed, in their speedy release. The Unmask missionary
spate, who had bees is eludes for five weeks, weer
liberated and mist to Garet, while Mr. Stern sad
Captain Cameros, with his petty, were imprisoned is
Maim sod carefully watched. Mr. sad Mrs. Rows-
Rid were separately coshed to • tent close by. It
7=that two soothe "reviews to the above date •
rias, who foe some time bed alloyed the tamer ef
King Theoderos, was put into chains. Is doing no the Sibs
sent word to all the Europeans, informing therm that M.
Bank) was the muse of all the quarrels between there and
himself. It is further stated that no European would be
allowed to leave the ciesstry until the Kin oblides • reply
to • letter be withered to the British government two yew
ago. hie earnestly to be loped that the Queen's letter to
Stag Theodora, forwarded by the Mad of Mr. Cuotni
Ressern, will have the effect of peccaries the immediate
slew of the 'spins—Record.
Tin LIMY us irlsom.e.—A oorreepoodeut of
the New York Doily Times with the Virginia army ex-
cuses himself for sot writing thus :—" Hop were the sole
and insuperable mime. Not the sort of mideight maneders
which were ay pest and theeminatios • k pars long ago,
when my lot was cad is • newt:this New York boodle,.
beam. There are none such Isere ; but bop of • larger lied
less °dims kind —Virgleta bugs, cesclimbup the native Vir-
ginia impose them—begird every possible variety—hop
with `mg legs and hard becks—bop with then legir
god sheathed wisp—bugs with shorter whisk-like an.
team, and bop with abort serrated Wen, yellow hues,
green bogs red bugs, variegated loge, boge with all the
oaken of the prism, hematite) bogs, mid black repulsive,
hideous bugs ; in feat all the beige and more besides
that were ever seen in the best emornologieal collection,
with • large tlickerieg of broad•wisged and narrow
winged and stout - bodied moths Their unruly
habits make sidle( is the apes tool at candle
light almost impossible. Without wands', they dash bead
forestost stair facies,plougentadly into our ink-bottles,drows
themeless in the water-pail, bury themselves is our Mir,
femurs themselves betwees our necks aid shirt-collars,
eclipse the madams, mammon dodging of beads dos maws
balls are apt to do, and make us shrink with • fleshorwip.
log feeling beoestb the shield of our mosquito bars, where
we led rams In sleep from thee miserable &onto'. Test
might there was aa Egyptian plague of them. They
swarmed about on, camp ii myriads. Is the words
lot Jeff. Davis, we beseech them to let us aloes' "
SI22•OIIDINART DRAM OF SONO BIRDS IN CALI-
i FEEL.—One of the nomoonstable phenomena of 1864 bas'
bees the immense multitudes of nog birds which have been
dense wpm the eultivated leads of Cabinets during the
month of May. In the southern counties themes& upon
Romero& of robins, linnets, thrushes, canaries, oriole;
hummingbirds. fiecises, blackbirds, magoies, sparrows, ha.
lave swarmed round bowies and gardens, destroying the
fruit and vegetsblea, and then dropping down dead sear
wells and pools of water. The mortality among them has
I hem extraordinary, and is supposed to have bees mused by
their bang drives from the mountaine by the April storms
lot cold, when. sot finding food in the valleys sod lawless*
their are killed by the hot wind, hunger aid the dreeeht.
When picked up, sometimes tee and twenty in • lump
they are completely starred sod fleshless, Wag often ale mad
down by boys and ode, end sophist in week terililee.
' siciamfal to the eyespatithe of the httle people who lay
them in their arena—ass PPSIIO/00 Dards.
Niw Hon.—The second pocket of hope of this'
year's growth arrived at market early yesterday morning,
cossigned by the avower, lir. nevem Wiekhem, of
Gostiburet, to Meows.
J. T. kid W. whenNoakes,
Boromg
it was sold to Nam Bakers, Whit*, end Morpo, Borough,
at W. per *wt. The quality is excellent for mob early
, bola
CURIA PALACE. OWN IhITLLLITO DAT.
WZDNINIDAY, Atrossr 10.—Ailladolono on novena, 13,513;
by wen Vitas. 3314 ; 16.641

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CrWOPENCE

ROYAL VICTORIA YACHT CLUB asoarra.

BYDIC, TUMIDLY Entwine.
The Royal Victoria Yacht Club commenced its
annual festival this day. The manual meeting of the mem-
bers was held lest night at the Obashouse, which was very
arsomously mad after the tramoictioo of the
usual busies. WOW thaske were spied to be presented
to the ladies and Madison el Hyde, the commodore, Mr.
T. Broadwood, and Mr. Mermaid, for the costly prima they
had placed at the dipole! of the club, tie be sailed for at
the preamt regatta. Thanks wens elm soled to the prin.
dpi allows of the club, and Übe proosedings were marktd
by the most somplas harmony.

The rase tor this day was for the Town Cop, a piece et
M 'aloe k, Ores by the tradesmen al Byde. The
=ring Tenths eateiee :
Tanta Tem. OWIIOI4I. 71
limbs a J. C. liodce. Eaq.
.. i Blue and white crest
ltsdly OB Z. B. "'khan. Lg... Blue lurked Mihtlwit
Anssitiss•
Nada* 74 A. Dubin, Eel._ ..saw crest, motto
' mson.
Gables ll.l T. Breedweed. Iltmo. i Witccrih on ihresm.
Volute ln Z. C. blandslay,Bo4. WIMe bargee.
Orprey
Assent 6l inv. J. V. 'lippags While, crest lis emilre.
Aline
Columbine
dimmenal.
And=
tan star.
Albs ..
Nora Mar

Th. followseg ws the limo- allowed —The Albs,*
allow the Mbersiwe 3 OWL 12 we. ;Galatea, 4 wio. 22 seer.
041ematese, 7 min. 20 see. ; llaboap, 8 =is. rd we. ;
45 re. ; Audax. 1 min. 16 ewe.
BO ; 0 saw. 30 ascotascotVotaate. 1 min. lb we. ; Ake* 2 ma. see. ; Amulet.
4 cola. 24 bee ; Osproy, 5 III)/4 10 sea ; sad the .hortle Bug,
15 BM. 45 ese.

-11ietuSe of starting was to o'clock, sod lb* course for
the yachts was to the eastward ham Ilyde, leaving the
No-oram Buoy on the starboard band, rounding the Nab
Light, leaving it on the port hand, returning to sad
leaving the Now bag on the porthead to the wasters-
most buoy of the midrib, rounding it, leavingit oa Qs
port hand, back to the station vessel, passing between it.
sod Ryde pier, At the time of startles it blew almost s
gale from tho south-west, hut, with Gee exessithie, a capital
start was effected. The Marina first canted ruuad, but the
Emily got her canvas well set first, followed closely by lb*
Aline and Alberti, bat the Aline, Lon bar esparto, else,
and spreading Bath an immense quantity of mums, soon got
the bad sod kept it throughout the rams. While it waa
going on some rather wren casualties occurred. On the
first mod ea going up between Ityde and Othorarebease.
the Galatea carried away her forepd, also between Rydie
and Osborne the Madcap earned away her foremast,
mad, just after roasting the Nab Light, the A/-
berths, carried away her jib-boom. The little yacht
the North Star, on rounding the No.ruso Buoy in the
gilt round, carried away but bobelsy, and this was ao
serious • mishap that her owner at awe struck his ling,
asd took no further part in the ooatesa From some un-
accountable cause the Alert. was detained at her moorings
for seven a isutse snot the Martin gun WOO fired, and this
was au event for which geoetal regret was expreseed, as Mr.
Shades is • most spirited member, sad this year had • new
yacht built by Rstsey, of Cowes, expressly tor racing. Ms
following were the taws at whisk the 'Wain weeded the
Nab Light on the first round : _ _

11 X. s.
Atlas lO as 60
Albertine lO 14 10
4141.4 ea
lisrfaa lO 13 0
YAW,
Alstaa, lO at b
al Colubtall
Aims et lO 33 26
021)r 27
Alerts

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The ram to the weetwerd wee now of an escitiag nature,
in coosequence of the little dilemma of tune between the
three drat weasels. The tint resod of the race, completed
oft By& Pier, terminated as wader :
11. N. 3.
Mies
Alberti* IS 12 40
Osleie6
Illertas l2
12 26 13
Mid=
Osprey 1! 1.0 42
Annie
Alerts
EalUy
Columbine

The whole of the ;aside Qom preseeded for the emend
tiros round the coarse, bat se the wind was stall Warrior
very hard, with a h sea, the .thee kept increesior her
distaece from the Al with whom the mos really
wee left The Abs., for the greater put of the nand, bad
it all her own way, sad whoa the gun was fired at the ace-
olusioa of the woad round, 111111100114lOg bar as the wisaker,
there was lead sesering frau the Edema Feeble lying
Toned the stance. The time talon for the tire leading
pane was as under _ _

11. X. I.
Anne
2. 17 12

The others wee a lag wayside's. The Akio* thus wow
the grim, with. glassy of lime to agars.
The wimples of this pries by Captain Thellimeoo, the
ocismodoro of lite flak has gives gram onti•factioo, for
shim he has beets iambs bee woe pukka amnion from all.
Notwitlisteediag the stormy state of the weather the
par taivegboat the day was crowded with oompacy, sod
*very beat amines from Portarooeth brought a fresh some-
: doe of visitors.

WIDrnDAT Evnnxo.

The despatch of last ~mu gave the result of the ram
for the Tow. Mato of 100 gelaosa. The souse being to the
outward, with • gala to tho westward, was oossmsocad
with • busy mu and Woe( brine, acrd of course tho
larger vessels, having Moo grsatiot spread of canvas, had a
pest &dusts(' over their competitors. The Madcap was
well rep is tha race, but hoe moat gave way, sad she was
obliged to haul down her Sag, the Galatea also was subjected
to other mishaps, sod the North Star at an early part of the
nice withdrew from the gooiest. Tho Nrsmers Boot' was
ruched ea paring rep from the Nab light as cruder
a. te 8.
ASee
Albertho
Galatea
Molar
lolly ll 3 11
And e.
11 11 66
Itendell
Osprey U 5
Alerts ll 7 45
The other pads of sae eosin have already boat thud,
bat the Seal mead was dared as follows s _ -

X. I.
Al1..
Libertine
Galatea
Marlea • • MI 67
Asada
Madly 6 la
Columbia* l6 I
The Osprey, Alert*, sad North Star bore p before oars.
Um rem, the Audis broke her bowsprit, mad the
orlamga did not Mart
The Commodore, Captain Clark* Thellasems, thus bassos
entitled to the pests% The cop Is • very elaborate pins at
plate of the valved 100 gainer, and It is • very beautiful
specious' of workmanship. It was &kissed sad maw
factored by Mr. Thurlow, samara* of Hyde, sod it does
him infinite meat ler the oeigkality ditaeo.oeptlo. sad
the way is which every detail is earned out, The cup is of
a sass shape, stataing on • pedestal neatly three test in
height, and weighs 130 moos. Oa the body of it are
yachts is full rd. vith ornameatatima of the water
Illy, the resume being • shield, es which is
mem& "Pretested to the Royal Victoria Yacht Club
Basalts, 139, by the Trademsee of Ryde.' The shield is
earnsounted by • mammon of the dub. The ewer is gar-
mouoted by a figure with Neptune's trident, sad bolding in
the bands a wreath of victory. On the tea are distributed
models of snake' implements, the whole forming a pipe of
plate worthy to grace the table of any nobleman. Haifa(
is.. lb. Queen's Plata Cap, given for competition at Cowes,
there eau he RUM doubt that We cup will lath, by the
comparison with it, for • mare *kinglike and &este piece of
warkammehip was aever produced, and it will form • striking
cob** cie the table at the unseal diaper of the doh.
The sauna dines. of the Royal Vielneis Yacht Club will
hake place this weenie& at which the commodore (twain
Trolimmoo, will preside. The tickets are limited to 90,and
the ha is eked.
The Lad...' Plate will be ruled few to-seerrew, open to
all yacht. beloogiog to the Royal Victoria Taint Club, and
the following were the entries op to this afteroooo, but as
they rensais open stela 10 o'clock to-sight there may peoba-
bly he some sdditions to theca :
Tona.
Marine
Lally ....... 60
Albertlea
Voluble
Caere
74.
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This will be s Comm" half Ackers's moods
To-day the whole of the yachts lying st the station sailed
oat io two divisions, seder the ocesmead of the commodore
sad riat-conassodors.
To•siiht the theatre is op's, whew the old Adelphi theme
of The POW?, of the lora aad The Benicia Bop will be
preformed.

TEN CRICAOO BOARD 07 BLUE.—Then were
lad week near Mee" two lard fat-boilieg establodusente
witidi dm forth a swell so Andrew des many summons
Edda were Nadi to Ads Gerdes that as the sowance
wee dated they weed le barged. The Dundee wee not
dead, and on Sands, they were burned.--.Ane Y•rk
Align