The Express.
London, England, 1849-10-24 00:00:00

THIS DAY.—(By Electric Telegraph.)

MATCH; 150, h ft; T.Y.C.—Rhesus received from
Ferule.

SWEEPSTAKES of 50 soya. each. D.M.
The Nigger walked over.
MATCH ; 30). D.M. Ohms. beat St. Roealia.
SWEEPSTAKES of 10 eove. each. Last half of

Ab. M.

Rose Pompon ..
Sisyphus ..
HANDICAP for 2-yr-olds.

Dromedary ..
.. 1
..
Ainderby filly .. • • .. 2
SELLING HANDICAP of 15 Rove. each. T.Y.C.
The Probe .. .. .. 1
Pendulum filly .. .. 2

END OF THE LONG VACATION.—TO-day (Wed-
nesday) the long vacation terminates, when the several
law offices will be opened for filing deelara.ions and other
matters in actions brought in the superior courts. From the
10th August to the 24th October there is a cessation of law
proceedings, save the issuing of writs of summons at the com-
mencement of a cause and executions on judgments signed.
Term begins on Friday week.
A CHRISTIAN PASTOR.—The following act of
Christian devotedaen, exercised by a cure in the diocese of
Acres during the prevalence of the cholera, is given in the
Opin'on Publiqut :—" The little village of Oignies (diocete
of Ann) was attacked by the cholera, which carried off the
seventh part of Its inhabitants. All the inhabitants who
' were not seized with the malady fled in dismay from the
place, but the devotedness of the pastor came to the help of
the despairing people. As the great majority of the inha-
bitants were poor, he carried them alms to their bed of
sickness. Medicine was riquired, and he sold a little pa-
trimony of 3,000 f. to enable him to purchase it; end he
provided linen in which to wrap the dead bodies, which he
was frequently obliged to wheel himself to the cemetery in
• barrow. Twice was he in want of bread to furnish to the
orphans whom he bad collected together; and for more
than five weeks he never entered • bed, merely matching en
hour or two's sleep on the pallet of the sick, of whom at the
IMO time he was the comforter and the nurse."
DAT OF HUMILIATION IN MANCHESTER. The
Bishop of Manchester, with the concurrence of the Mayor of
Manchester and Salford, has appointed to-day as a day of
humiliation and fasting, on =cunt of the cholera. It is
expected that business, to a great extent, will be suspended
la consequence. Both the General Exchange and the Stock
Exchange are to be closed.
THE PROPOSED CHAMBER OF COMMERCE AT
14VIRP0OL.—It is stated that the requisition to the Mayor,
d. siring his worship to call a town's meeting for the purpose
of considering the propriety of establishing a General Cham-
ber of Commerce u. Liverpool, has been numerously and
moat respectably signed, and that it will be presented in the
comae of a few days. The proposal is warmly supported by
merchants engaged in every trade, and by all political
parties, without distinction, and, under such auspices, it
can hardly fail to arrive at a 'neonatal inns.
A CHILD ASSAILED BY A FERRET.-011 Tuesday
lest a woman named Zones, residing at Tarble Down, Fram-
field, having occasion to visit an adjoining dwelling, left her
infant asleep in a beam% contiguous to a place allotted to
some ferrets. A short time alter the exit of the woman, •
neighbour became attracted to the mot by the cries of the
child, when, shocking to relate, a ferret was diszcvered fas-
tened on its face, besting inflicted very severe injuries on
various parts of the neck. nose, and eyes. The poor babe
had well nigh exhausted its energies in crying, and endea-
vouring to ward off its relentless foe, which hen apparently
continued, without intermission, its murderous attack for
sometime the linen having become Completely saturated
with blood; and it was not until its mother had been se-
verely bitten that the odious animal could be forced to relin-
quish its hold. For some minutes after the rescue the child
continued to wave its little hands as if combating its merci-
less enemy. It was shortly tisk" to Mr. Neiman, a surgeon,
who pronounced that it had reeeived no vital injury; and it
is now in a favourable way of recovery —Surrey Standard.
THE CHASE.—Mr. Theobald'S stag-hounds were to
commence hunting on Tuesday, the meet being fixed for
the Plough Hotel yard. A number of tradesmen assembled
at the Lamb Hotel on Monday evening week, when a com-
mittee was appointed to canyon the town for subscribers.
Earl Fitabardinge's hounds are expected at Chant:tam
early in November, and it is reported that a number of the
inhabitants intend meeting his lordship on his entrance into
the town.