The Express.
London, England, 1862-06-12 00:00:00

LATEST SPORTING INTELLIGENCE

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MANCHESTER MEETING.—{THIS DAY.)

VOLUNTEER CORPS STAKE& One mile sad a distance.
North Pole, Tommy Joins, and Town (bum:Ulm arehere.
TWO YEAR OLD STAKE& T.Y.C.
Bohemia, Lord Arthur, and Golden Drop are here.
TRADESMEN'S CUP. Two miles.
Ivanhoff, Knundord, Wynnstay, Tim Whiffler, Earl cf
Weitmoreland, and Tommy Jones aro here.
SELLING HANDICAP. Oise mile.
Charles Fox, Little Captain, sad Garibaldi are here.
CITY HANDICAP. Three-quarters of a mile.
Eidolon, Maid of the Mist, Town Councillor, Um-riot,
here. Tommy Jones, Captain Crow, Walbichis, and Melody are
QUEEN'S PLATE. Three miles and a distance.
Brahmin. Tim Whiffler. Chsrltoe, Tommy Jones, Hunts-
ford, Retest°, Lady Alice Hawthorne, Iranhoif, Lord of
Linne, Maid of the Mist, Dictator, North Pole. King of
Kars. Captain Crow, Lord Albert, and Earl of Westmore.
land are

CHELMSFORD MEETINO.-(THIS DAY.)

CHELMSFORD HANDICAP. Two miles.
Breechloader, Dorkiug, Bolero, Flighty, Traveller, and
Cock Robin are hen.
ENTRY FOR MALDON STAKES.
Pretty Honebreeker, Sagittarius, Peneus, snit Moun-
tain Doe.

MEMBERS' PLATE. Half.mile.
Arco, The Don, Tribal Cain, Blackbird, Alba, Duncan,
Freestone, Swindler Penns, Daerfoot, Pardon, Fonteaoy,
and Barchettina an haze.
ENTRY FOR QUEEN'S PLATE.
Charybdis, Flighty, Bolero, CaShan, Rhcebaa, Old Part,
Flirtation, Toni*, Gibraltar, Cowslip, Don, lady Bard,
Dorking, and Blackbird.
TOWN PLATE. One mile.
Dorking, The Don, Aoco, Primus. Otho, and Freestone
are here.

THE CHARITY CHILDREN AT ST. PAUL'EL-(THIS
DAY.)--This morning the annual gathering of charity chil-
dren from the various metropolitan and suburban parishes
took place at St. Paul's Cathedral. The large open space
under the dome was fitted up for their accommo-
dation, and the appearance they presented was very
picturesque, being seated in rows one above another,
and all dressed with scrupulous mother and care.
They walked in procession from their various pa.
rishm, headed by the clergy in their robes, the church-
wardens, and the parochial beadles bearing the insignia of
their offices. The unsettled state of the weather rendered
the processions less imposing than they usually are. In the
cathedral there was a full choral service, and the children
sang the 100th Psalm with great heartiness and correctness.
The service was = by the Bight Ser. Dr. Charles
Baring, Bishop of
RETRAORDINARY STRANDING OY LARGI FlBll,-.
On Monday afternoon, about 5 o'clock, the Whitton
sands (war Howden) presented a most remarkable scene.
Between forty and Lift large fish, which bad come up the
Humber in pursuit of prey, having ventured too far into
shallow water, were left by the receding tide, and in turn
soon became victims to a superior force. The fish, 42 in
number, were from twenty to thirty feet in length, and
weighed from three to four tons each. As soon as they
were discovered, a capturing party, armed with spades,
Ito., was organised, and the attack commenced. The fish
were struck above the fins, and in a short time the blood
flowed so profusely that for several hundred yards the
sands were ankle deep with the purple stream. In about
two bows and a half all the fish were dead. Some of the
caresses were disposed of for country " exhibitions," while
• eswiderable quantity of blubber was obtained from the
rest. Our informant, John Mays, of Faxtleet, near How-
des, has brought a specimen of the blubber to Hull, and is
in search of purchasers.—Eastern Counties Herald.
" FRIRIDLY " CRITICISI(B.-A friend of mine,
who is a successful author, told me how, when he pub-
lished his first book, he made quite sure that all his friends
would read it, and more particularly that all his cousins, to
whom he sent copies of his book, would do so. But he con-
fided to me as one of the lessons he had arrived at in going on,
that it is with total strangers that any writer must hope for
whatever success he may reach. Your cousins, thinking to
mortify you, will diligently refrain from reading your
volume ; at least they will profess that they do so, though
you will find them extremely well coached up in all the
weak and foolish passages with which the reviewers have
found fault ; and these passages they will hasten to point
out to your father and mother, also to your wife, at the
same time expressing their anxious hope that these foolish
may not do you harm. My friend told me how in
Callgei rst book there was a monism* which his cousins feared
would give offence to a certain eminent person who had
shown him kindness ; and the promptitude with which they
could always turn up the passage, and the vigorous and
fluent manner in which they could point oat how offensive
it must prove to the eminent person, testified to the amount
of pains they had bestowed upon the discussion of the sub-
ject Among the six hundred pages, how easily and swiftly
they could always find this unlucky page. My friend told
me that in a rather popular hook of his there was a passage
of a few pages in length, which had been severely critic:deed.
Possibly it was weak—possibly it was absurd. I confer that
I read it, and it did not strike mess remarkable. However,
the critics generally attacked it ; and probably they were
right. A few weeks ago my friend told me he met a very
pretty young cousin, of twenty-years, for the first
time. With a radiant smile, the fair cousin began to
talk to my friend about his efforts in authorship.
" Oh, Mr. Smith," said she, "do you know, the
only thing I ever read in your books was that
pert where you said"—uo matter what. "It was so funny!
Do you know Cousin Dick showed it to me the moment I
arrived at Asaidas-street." I have not the faintest

doubt that Cousin Disk did. I have myself beard Dick
quote a sentence from his relative's work which sounded
very flippant and presumptuous. I turned up the ps
and requested Dick to ()beam that he was (uiliam' • y,
but grossly) misrepresenting the passage. It was not the
least like what be quoted, and the version given by him
was altered greatly foe the worse. Dick saw he was wren;
but several times I have sines beard him give the Meowed
qaotatioo, just as before. Of course, his purpose was not
to represent his relative as a man of taste and seam
PPOiCeI Magazine for Jute.
A very large number of half-crowns of the time of
Charles I. mid mem reins of Jame I. have bass dug no
Dear Southampton ill supposed they were hid daring the
1 civil war.