The Express.
London, England, 1864-11-01 00:00:00

THE EXPRESS, TUESDAY EVENING, NOVEMBER 1, 1864:

SPORTING INTELLIGENCE.

TATTERSA.LL'S—MoNDAT.

For a grand crush, endured with perfect good humour for
some three hours, nothing can beat the subserintion-room
at Tattersall*, on the Houghton settling day. On the like
occasions, after Epsom, Ascot, Goodwood, Doncaster, and
the Second October meetings, an equally large number of
members may enter the subscription-room' but it naturally
happens that the last week in October being somewhat
chilly, the " lawn" is deserted for the more hospitable
precincts of the room, small though it is. It
was thus we found things this afternoon, and
although under such circumstances the transaction of busi-
ness was no sinecure, there was such a practical disposition
on the part of all and every to conclude the adjustment
of accounts, so satisfactorily begun at the Victoria Club in
the forenoon, that, notwithstanding the difficulty of loco-
motion, the majority of the account' were finally disposed
of, and even those that were not were left in so healthy a
slate that those who bad to receive considered their
" sheets " as good as " squared.* Money was never more
plentiful at " the Corner," for although several large win-
ners were named, the Marquis of Hastings being the prin-
cipal one, the winnings were spread over so large a surface
that no single individual could be said to have been " hard
hit." A few attempts were made at betting, but the trans.
actions ware few and intermittent. Liddington is in great
force for the Derby, 600 to 100 being the first bet booked.
Many who came prepared to back the favourite stood out
for the same price almost until the close of the room,
when finding that it was almost hoping against
hope they were glad to take half a point less, and the last
bet we saw noted was 5j "monkeys" about Mr. Merry's
horse. Breadalbane was frequently inquired after, but only
to elicit offers of 12 to 1. The favour with which Mr.
Naylor's horse was received after his victory in the Cri-
terion did not appear to abate a bit, for although be opened
to-day at 20 to 1, taken to 1301., he was subsequently
backed at lessening prices, until he settled down at 100 to
, (offered). The only other animal mentioned was Brother
' to Mime, about whom 1000 to 30 was taten. Closing prices.

LIVERPOOL AUTUMN CUP.
10 to 1 on the field ,off's
DERBY.
S to 1 agst Mr. Merry's LLlMagton !off tll to IP
13 to 1 Mr. W. I'Anson's Itrendalbane oil, t 14 to 1'
100 to ?tr.Na.ylor's Chattanooga ;off)

1000 W 30 - Lord olirirow's Broth;rToifinie (t 1

BETTWG AT MANCHESTER.—SmAT.
WORCE,TF.R HANDICAP.
6to 1 agst Prince PlauslNL sto 1 4;4 Welbeck
ble 3; 6to Knigotelobs
LIVER L CUP.
10 to 1 agst Doonrbrivok t I 25 to 1 agst Revolver t
lun to s Highl)er's dam 25 to 1 Trusiestria ,t'
colt Lt 25 to 1 The Beaver t)
20 to 1 The Brewer lOU to 3 Costa ,t
25 to 1 Stocklnger 3
bERBY.

fi to 1 Agit Liddington!oll)
20 to 1 Chattauuoga ti

1460 to 10 apt Cougress W

WORCESTER AUTUMN MEETING.
HORSES ARRIVED. K nave of Trumps, Le MI:lilt:KID,
Cheerful Boy, Berkeley Hunt, Mountain Doe, Canute,
May Dry, Secret, Birdlime, Bonny Lass, Bowman, Little-
cote, Sweetness, Grosvenor colt, Lady Evelyn filly, Warrior,
Forester, Edinburgh, Robert Macaire, Sir Stephen, Ocean
Witch, Radom, Willi:V.oos, West End, Pretty Girl filly,
Real Jam, Jameston, Physician, Alpheus, Virtuous, ....neon,
L►dy Claire, Clementi, Little Dick, Douche, Whiteleg filly,
I.ight of Other Dsys, Madame Walton, Church Militant,
The Unknown, Acrobat, Purity, Rattlesnake, Lucy Long,
Jack Ketch, Welbeck, May, Vanquisher, Meauwaxl,
Countersign, Vandervelde, Miss Clifton, Pearl Diver,
Dauntless, Polly Hopkins, Corinthian Tom, Ibex, Knights-
bridge, Quicksand, IliasSteadwell, Eleanor, 11 Ka Galan-
tuomo, Protectionist, Sostehoork, Switch, Koss, Fusee,
Manchester, Norma, Guildhall

THE DISTRESS IN LANCASHIRE.

A meeting of the executive committee was held I
yesterday at the Town-hall, Manchester ; the Earl of
DEBIT presided. There were also present Loed E. Howard, 1
M.P., Lord Egerton of Tattoo, Colonel W. Patten, M.P.,
Major Egerton Leigh, the Mayor of Manchester, Messrs.
Hugh Mason, G. Ashworth, S. J. Stern, W. Rathbooe.
jun., G. L. Ashworth, J. Platt, J. Worrell, H. B. Parnell,
It. H. Hutchinson, M. Ross, and J. W. Machin, hon. sec.
Mr. Rewlinson, C.E., was also present.
The Hort. SECRET/13T reported that 230/. 7s. sd. had been
received during the past week, and that the balance in the
bank was 101,667/. 16s. Ild.

The noble Citsiitirarr, referring to what passed in the
committee last week respecting the comparatively small
number of factory operatives employed on public works,
said that the communication on the subject which,
by direction of the committee, was sent to the Manchester
Town Council, had not yet been officially answered,
though he understood it shortly would be. In the mean-
time, without desiring to enter into any controversy with
the town council, which ought to be avoided, it was
thought by Sir J. Kay Shuttleworth, and he (Lord Derby)
concurred in the opinion, that it might be as well to notify
to relief committees that incases where money had been ad-
vanced to their own localities under the Public Works Act,
they should put themselves into communication with the
local authorities for the purpose of stimulating the employ-
ment of cotton operatives on the public works. It seemed
to him (the Chairman) that neither party thought it their
duty to take the initiative in this matter. The local autho-
rities said they were not bound to look out for these unem-
ployed factory operatives, and the relief committees did not
think it necessary to send to the authorities lists of factory
workmen fit for employment; so between them, as there
could be no doubt whatever, only a very small number
of operatives were at work under the Public Works
Act. Sit James bad forwarded him a number of sugges-
tions, which he recommended should be embodied in the
form of a circular and sent to the several committees.
The Chairman read the suggestions, and after some con-
versation the following circular, embodying them, was una-
nimously adopted, and ordered to be forwarded to the
relief committees :—" Central Executive Committee
has how the first supported the plan of public works for the
relief of distress in the cotton districts, and, since the
passing of the Public Works (Manufacturing Districts) Act,
has, by its regulation for the distribution of the Central
Relief Fund, endeavoured to promote the success of this
measure, as a means cf providing work with wages for bodies
of men who had become indigent by no fault of their own,
and likewise of relieving the difficulties of the email shop.
keepers by giving greater activity to the several forms
of skilled industry necessarily employed upon muni-
cipal improvements. The embarrassment now experienced
in factory work may be comparatively transient; but
if so it will probably recur at intervals with more
or less severity. And, as the funds confided to the
Central Executive Committee, though husbanded with
great are to meet such crises, are much reduced,
it now becomes more than ever important that the
several district relief committees should put themselves in
communication with the municipal and other bodies having
locally charge of public works, in order to secure work with
wages for as many otherwise unemployed factory operatives'
as possible. I am. therefore, to suggest that, whenever a
loan bas been granted under the Public Works Act, the
district relief committee should—where this has not already
been done—put itself in immediate personal communim-
tion with the municipal or other body having charge of
such loan, io order to organise adminktrative arrange-
ments by which the district relief committee may be enabled
most effectually to carry out the intentions of the legisla-
ture as to the employment of factory operatives on such
works. The Central Executive Committee, in order to en-
courage factory workmen in such efforts for independent ,
subsistence. have provided a suit of warm clothing for thou
who are likely so be long engaged on such work, and ar-
ranged &leo to lead waterproof boots to those working in
water. They are disposed, under suitable regulation., to i
continue to provide such clothing .^

_„.
Mr. Htui MAsoN said, that before leaving the subject of
public works he should like to mention a circumstance
which occurred a few days ago between the Poor-law Board
and the Moseley Board of Health. The Moseley board had
projected public works, and obtained a grant of money under
the Public Works Ac!. The day the grant was made, men
were put upon the works, but iu a few days after the grant
was withdrawn.
The CHAIRMAN—How withdraw° !

Mr. MASON sail the Moseley board had received a notice
from the Poor-law Board intimating that the money granted
could not be used in the manner in which it was being ap-
plied. There appeared to be a technical difficulty. The
Mossley board had juriedictioe in two counties, sod a small
portion of the money would have been expended upon works
to Yorkshire. to which county the Public Works Act did
not refer. This difficulty was foreseen at the outset, and a
deputation from the Moseley board waited on Sir George
Grey and Mr. Villiers on the subject, and those two minis-
ters sanctioned the appropriation of the money in the
way proposed by the local hoard. lioder such circumstances
the board thought it was rather hard the money should
b withdrawn, and great dissatisfaction existed in
the Moseley district generally. He had recom-
mended an interview with Mr. Rawboson on the subject.
Mr. FA RNALL raid that the Public Works Act Sid not ex-
tend to Yorkshire, but legal advice was being taken by the
Poor-law Board to see if the difficulty in the case of
Moseley could be overcome, and it was not impossible that
that even yet the grant to that district, might be fioul:y
sanctioned.

Mr. FARNALL presented his weekly report, stating that the
increase of persons receiving relief in the 27 unions in the
week ending lhi. 22nd was :2,247.
In reply to Lord EDWARD Hosc*RD,
Mr. FAR-NALL added that he had sent circrJars to 184 poor-
law medical officers to the cotton districts inquiring as to
the state of the people's health in their several localities,
and from 120 of terse circulars thus far returned he was
justified in stating that the health of the district was on
the average rather better than usual at this period of the
year.

Io reply to Lord EararroN, he promised that Mr.
Corbett's reporta on the state of health at Stalybrulp and
Preston should be furnished if possible next Monday.
la the coarse of a conversation which followed,
Mr. HeGIl MASON stated that upwards of 1,303 opera•
fives were employed on public works at Ashton, and that a
greeter number could be employed if materials could be
obtained.

Mr. Itxwbissns stated that many districts to which loans
of public money had been granted had done their duty in
the employment of factory operatives.
Colonel I'AI-re:: said he had received a letter from Lord
Devon, inquiring whether the Devonshire Collecting Com-
mittee might appropriate any portion of its funds to a
different purpose than that for which they were subscribed.
He had taken upon himself to reply that in the present
unfavourable condition of things in .Lancsubire, the execu-
tive committee would not assume the responsibility of sane-
tioniog such an appropriation.
In this reply the committee universally concurred.
The CHAIRMAN inquired what answers had been received
to the circulars addressed to the various collecting commit-
tees in the country as to the balance still at their disposal.
The Him. SECRETARY said that there hail been ittis com•
mitten which had collected funds in the United Kingdom,
to the officers of which circulars had been sent making the
netenary inquiries ; 171 replies had been received, which
slowed, so far, that of the committees which had replied
those in Ireland had remitted the full amount subscribed ;
that in Scotland two committees bed 404/. Ills. 6,1. in hand ;
and that is England and Wales twentydhree committees
bad retained balances amounting to lla. This did
not, however, include the Sheffield, Leeds, and Halifax
balance', nor the balance of the committee to which Colonel
Patten had referred, but did include 11,1701. os. 4,1. in
the hands of the treasurer of the linulford committee. He
hop.) soon to he able to lay on the table the replies fsom
all the committees.

The following grants were made from the general relief
fund : T. Limner. 501.; Crompton, 2.-off.; Fai',forth. 1201.;
Cragg Valley..lol : Hineklej. 40t1/.; Huts, 170 N.; Witton.
100/ ;New:Lurch, 1504; St. Matthews, Chadderton. 100/.;
Oldham. eOO/. ; Turton and Edgeworth, 401. ; Rollin.
wood, 40/.

CLO,IN,: or PCBLIc- HOUSES IN LIVERPOOL.—
ADOVTIoN or TFIE Nriv ACT.—The new act of parliament
for closing public•bouees between the hours of one and four
in the morning was adopted yesterday by tLe town council
of Liverpool, after a brief discussion. A memorial in favour
of the adoption of the 'a, and another from the Licensed
Victuallers Association asking that its adoption be deferred
for six months, were read. Mr. Clint, chairman of the
Watch Committee. moved the adoption of the act, which
had, he ,aid, been of great benefit to good order and morality
in London. The motion was seconded by Mr. .1. Stitt,
who said that upwards of 1,0111 persona were convicted
during the lest six months of offences committed between
the hours of one and four. Mr. Bairstow (an botelkeeper)
said that the adoption of the act would inflict great hard-
ships upon dock labourers and others ; but Mr. Robinson (a
brewer) said that the keepers of "bight houses" would
alone be injured.

The very heavy rains which have fallen for the
last ten days (says the Srot.man) have swollen the riverr,
brooks, and streams of the tiniest nature to no unusual
extent ; and, within the lest few days, the rain being from
the east, mpecially in East Lothian sod Berwickshire,
where all low lying fields are flooded. On Satur-
day, ducks were swimming about in turnip fields
is the neighbourhood of farm deriding,. Potatoes
in places were under water, and it will be some
time now before tamers will be able to proceed
with their seed sowing. The consequence of the heavy fall
has been to swell out all earthen embankment., and to
such a degree in some places that they have given way.
This has been the use on the down line to Berwick be-
tween Cockburnspeth and Grant's House,whvre a portion to
the extent of about two lengths of rail has fallen in.
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LAW INTELLIGENCE.

COURT PAPERS.—MICRARLMAS TRILL
EocleslasUcal Courts, tic.
ARCH pouar.

This court will sit 14itesTrainste;On Monday, Nov. 7, at
10.3 i am., and on such other days as may be appointed by the
ledge.

ADMIRALTY COURT.
This court .111 alt at Westminster on Tuesdays, Nov. 8, 16,
It, and te, and Dec. 8 and 13, at 10.30, for aummonaes and
motions in chamberv, and at 11 for motto= in court. The court
vriil hear causes on every Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, and
Friday, from Thursday, Nov. 3, to Friday, Dvc. 10, both In-
clusive.

cover her, and had he (witness) not protected her, she would
have been •' limbed" by the wives of the men in the employ-
ment of the Mews. Mandalay, in the Westminster-read.
The prisoner said she went out to get some soap mid soda,
and had got a drop too much.
Mr. Elliott remarked that it wan quite shocking to me
the mother of children in such a state, and using such cruelty
towards her own offspring, and convicted her in a penalty
of His., or 20 days.
Thomas Holloway,' middleepd man of respectable ap-
pearance, was charged with peening a counterfeit crowspiece,
at the Windmill public-house, High-street, Lambeth.
Mr. Read, the landlord, said he had latterly taken several
pieces of base coin, and the prisoner having given a false
address and a very unsatisfactory account of himself, be gave
him into custody.
The primmer we. remanded.
THAMES.

John Le,nis, a man about 30 years of age, a hawker. was
brought before Mr. Partridge, charged with saasulting Ann
Spicer, a girl about 17 years old.
The complainant stated that she was living with her
parents at No. 4, Clayhall-place, Bow. Un Saturday night
she wes in the Bow road with another girl, and the prisoner
came towards them and gave each of them a printed tract.
They thanked him and passed on. He demanded a penny for
his tracts from each of them. Her companion returned her
tract to him, and she was about to do the same when be
swore at her, and said he would have a peony. She wu
frightened, roe away from him, and threw the tract on the
ground. He soon overtook her, and gave her a " punch"
with his fist on the eye sod knocked her down. He then
kicked her three times on the side and hurt her very much
indeed. She screamed, and called out," Murder." and be
said if she made the least noise he would pull her heart
out. She did continue to make a noise, and her companion
fetched a police-constable, and gave the prisoner into
custody.
Charlotte Bannister, a girl of 13, confirmed her friend's'
statement.

James Prescott, police-sergeant, 1 K, stated that on
Saturday evening he was by the last witness and saw
the girl Spicer crying, surrounded by 20 or 30 respectable
persons, who were indignant with the prisoner, arid said he
had shamefully ill-used the complainant. Several persons
in the crowd said the prisoner had pushed tracts in their
faces. and because they would Dot buy them loaded them
with abuse. There were four blackguards all acting in a
similar disgraceful manner OD Saturday evening.
The prisoner made a lame defence, and said he had a
"drop taken" on Saturday night.
Mr. Partridge said the prisoner was a most unmanly
mouedrel, and sentenced him for an "aggravated assault"
to three mouths' imprisonment and hard labour.