The Express.
London, England, 1864-03-05 00:00:00

OXFORD AND CAMBRIDGE ATHLETIC SPORTS.

(THIS DAY.)

(IT LUXTILIC TZLIGRAPH.)
(FROM °cis OWN coluutsromarr.)

OXFORD, SATURDAY APTERROON.

Large attendance ; bundred yards' race first.
Cambridge, Harrison and Wagne, both Trinity ; Oxford,
Darhyahire (Wadhern), and Jollye (Merton). Won by
Derbyshire by two feet ; Harrison second. Splendid race ;
time under ten and a half moods. Oa turf, high jump
going on.

LENT Per.ocares.—To-morrow the Lord Bishop
of Soder and Man will preach in the Chapel Royal, St.
James's, at the 12 o'clock service. The sermon at the
Chapel Royal, Whitehall, will be preached at 11 a.m, by
the Very Rev. Br. Jeuue, dean of Lincoln • and the 3
o'clock service at the same place will be preached by the
Rev. H. li. Birch, M.A., formerly tutor to the Prince of
Wales, and now one of the chaplains to her Majesty and
his royal highness. The sermon under the dome of St.
Pears will be preached at 7 p.m. by the Rev. John Hattori
Crowder, M.A., of Beth.
THE TEMPERANCE CAUSE AT Cl/ORD.—A depu-
tation from the National Temperance League visited
Oxford on Thursday last, and held • ooetereiree in the
Council Chamber, attended by 94 undargradantos sad
several professor", under the presidency of one of the
proctors. The meeting resolved to form • society to be
called "The University of Oxford Temperance Armis-
tice." A public meeting was subsequently held at the
Cora Exchange, which was dennely crowded, about 2,500
persons being present
CONSULAR EgTARLINIIMENT3 IN THE EAST.—We
have norm to believe that, in view of the now proximate
cession of the loam Islands to Greece, and of the eon.
emeent transfer of their citizens resident in Turkey to
Hellenic jurisdiction, her Majesty's government hes
decided ea making some ociasideeable changes in our
load consular and judicial establishments. The
changes in question will, our information stater,
involve large redactions ie the present staffs of both
the Consulate-General and the Supreme Consular Court.
With • view to these reforms, Fad Rural has directed
Sir Edmund Hereby to report on the subject, and the
learned gentleman has promptly done so at considerable
length, recommending that Mr. Coesul•Gerieral Camber-
batch should retire on his pension, and that the consulate
and court should be merged ; be (Sir E Hereby) sucoseding
at his present salary to the new amalgamated poet. He
also gamer several other not eareportant personal
changes In the two estelibahreeets. —Learnt Herald, Feb. 24.
A PACK OF ROUNDS RUN INTO IT • RAILWAY
Tante. —On Thursday the North Warwickshire hounds
met at Stoneleigh. After drawing Mulhouse, Woodblaak,
they found in Thickthorne. Pm west away at • tenths(
pace, crossing the Kenilworth-road, and pointing for Wood.
cote. As unfortunate circumstaase happened while the
hounds were noosing the railway from Leamington to
Coventry. They were in full cry, and just as they crossed
the line a train ran into the very middle of the pack,
killing one dog, Flourish, and injuring another. Awful, peat
all hopes of recovery. These hounds were two of the beet
in the pack, and were own sisters to the boiled that has
taken several prizes—Charmer. Several others were hurt
more or less, but the mystery appears to be how half the
pack were not
EXTRAORDINARY FECUNDITY or • EREEP.—A
haNheed Leicester ewe belonging to Mr. Edward Sleeken,
of Tborninslack, has this year aimed three lambs, all of
which see doing well, cad what is most remarkable, this
same ewe has low yawed three lambs for five years is
1110011111i011, sad the progeny in every car has been ane-
awfully ma/ed.—Wen more/and fia:ette.
" &MIRING OF THE FLARS."—Last week, to con-
nexion with the striking of the flare (the prices of grain),
• very amnaiag incident occurred. While Sheriff Berelay
sad Mr. N'Leish, the official accountant, were looking over
the schedules is his lordship's private room, the younger
clerk in thesheriff -clerk's office (a nw ladder from theoountry)
gently sugared with a big axe over his shoulder, and took up
his place inside the door. For • little he remained
on-
sotiesd, but at length the sheriff, looking up, discovered
the strange intruder. "Well. my man." said he, "what
do yin want ^ " Please, sir," raid the boy. " this is the
axe." " What axe, my man? what is it to do r To
strike the Ilan! and it's the bigger oee 1 could get!" We
need hardly say that it was • practical joke carried out at
the expense of the raw clerk by his more 'cute fellow
apprentices in the sheriff•clerk's office. • Perthshire
Journal. .

A young mac between 20 and 30 years of age com-
mitted sold& at Paris on Wedeentay evening by throwing
himself from the top of the column at the Place de le
Bastille. No papers being found on the unfortunate man
to show hie identity, he was conveyed to the Norge*.