The Express.
London, England, 1853-08-26 00:00:00

CHELMSFORD RACES.-Auo. 30.

Act-matte's for the CIIII.MIFORD STAIRS. The high-
est weight accepting Whig Bst 41b. it has been raised to
Bst ilb ash the others liR is in proportion.
Age st.lb. Age st.lb.
Retail
Oarfortb
Waverley
Miss Talbot .... 3 6 13 Rough Robin 3 5 9
Presto 6 8 13 Tittle Tattle .... 3 6 9

BEDFORD RACES.—SEPT. 20.
WRIGHT. FOR THE BEDFORDSHIRE STALLS. Forfeits
to be declared on or before the 17th of September.
Age st.lb. Age stab.
Hungerford .... 6 9 10 Ibis
Frantic
,*Cariboo 6 8 7 Corybantes 3 613
Gsrforth 6 8 6 Pug Orrock .... 3 6 13
Father Thames 4 8 41Ticton 3 610
•Poodle
Scarecrow
' Montague
•Talfourd
Retail
Waterfall
Ethelwolf
•Harp 5 7 7f by Gilbert Our-
*Pancake
*Grief a 7 6 of the Gipsies.. 3 610
Missive
Watrerley
Presto 6 7 3 Rough Robin.... 3 6 3

Thom marked • were et
their owners, and will be sin
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sd without the consent of
out at the time of closing

CRICKET.

EIOUTEEN GENTLEMEN OF THE SURREY CLUB V.
ELEVEN ELATES/I.—This match is played at the Surrey
Cricket Oround, Oval, Kennington, for the benefit of
Mortlock, the umpire, who has been ill for several months ,
we give score up to list night. The play will commence
this day at 11 o'clock. Gentlemen's let innings, 106.

MUSIC.

DRURY-LANE.

The operatic company at this theatre performed
Lucre: la Borgia lest night. They are Germans, but
they do not confine themselves to their own stage.
They began with the Freischiitz in German: last
night they had an Italian opera in 'ltalian ; and
their next piece is announced to be Adis and Galatea
in English. To be able to do all this even tolerably
well bespeaks no small degree of talent; but
they do much more than tolerably well. Their
Frets silt:, as we have already said, was
admirable ; and their last night's performance of
Lucretia Borgia bad much merit. It laboured under
the great disadvantage of immediately following the
splendid representations of this opera at the Royal
Italian Open, in which Grist and Mario displayed
their unrivalled powers. But, though Madame Cara-
dori is very far from being a Oriel, and Herr Reich-
ardt as far from being a Mario, yet both of them
sustained their parts with ability and effect.
Madame Caradori is possessed of very uncommon
vocal power, and has great energy and
passion as an actress; but her style, as well as that
of Reichardt, is decidedly German—they lack some-
thing of the smooth, flowing cantabile of the Italians,
and consequently are more at home in the mneic of
Weber than of Donizetti. Formes gave great effect
to the character of the Duke of Ferrara; his only
fault was that he was too violent and impetuous.
The character ought to be calm, cold, and dark.
Orsini was performed by "Adelaide Weinthal "—so
the lady was named in the bills, without any prefix
to indicate whether she is maid or matron. But
we shall take the former for granted, and say that
Fraulein Weinthal is young and good-looking, has
a full-toned contralto voice, and sang and acted the
part very agreeably. Her anacreontic "II segreto
per easer felice" was encored with loud accla-
mation.

As before, there was an immense house, every
part of the house, from the Boor to the ceiling, being
crowded; and the audience, as on the previous
nights, displayed the utmost possible amount of en-
thusiasm.

UNION FREEHOLD LAND SOCIETY.—A meeting of
the members of this society was held on Thursday evening,
at the George and Blue Boar, Holborn, Mr. Bothgate in the
chair, when it was stated that the company had purchased
its first estate of 24 acres close to the !Jarrow station of the
London and Nor.h Western Railway, surrounded by roads
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40 feet wide, the allotmen,s having feet frontage, by 112
feet deep, their average price being under 301. A ballot for
rights of choice took place.
FIRE IN LivitapooL.-0a Wednesday night a fire
broke out on this premises of Messrs. James and Robert
Leek, wool hoop manufacturers, Seel•street, Liverpool, ann
before it could be extinguished destroyed two mai.ufac-
tories which adjoin each other, and a portion of a ware
house where drugs were stored. The damage sustained
has been considerable. The premises destroyed were not
insured.

THE POTATO DISEARE.—At Glastonbury, in SO-
mersetshire, peat charcoals made in large qu .ntities. and
by many in the neighbourhood has been used in planting
I their potatoes, but with partial success. It, nevertheless,
undoubtedly is efficacious. Still it dues not entirely prevent
disease. One person, however, in the same neighbourhood,
has pursued a plan eminen.ly set lees.tul. Since the first
appearance of the epidemic be has not had a single
diseased potato, merely from using salt in hirer quantitit s
on the land. It would be very desirable that some inquiry
should be made as to this method, since no practicable
mesas of removing this fearful scourge should be neglected.
—Clifton Chronicle.
FRENCH FISHERMEN ON THE SCOTCH COASTS.—
Her Majesty's steamer I arenas brought in here, on Safer.
day, men from two French loggers, who were es sight ti,b-
Mg amongst our boats. They were taken before a magis-
trate and fined 51. and 21. respectively. These fines are
easily paid if the Frenchmen have succeeded in getting
shots of fish. The Tartarus then steamed off fur'
Leith Roads, and on that very evade', and on Sunday
morning, the Frenchmen were fishing away, and of course
had it all to themselves. This morning, four or five of them
were fishing and drawing amongst our boats without let or
hindrance. Now, instead of being at Leith, should the
Tartarus not remain on the flab: nd when such a
heavy fulling le being prosecuted 1— ' A Cowant.

CREMORNE GARDENS.

The annual gathering for the encouragement of
Scottish games And pastimes, which has taken place of
late years at Holland park, under the auspices of the :41mt-
tish Society, commenced yesterday at these gardens, when,
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in addition 'to the

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attractive series of sports were provided, with a eine to
preserve that national feeling which the Scottish fetes of
former years is supposed to have engendered. The weather
unfortunately was not favourable for the event, and the
Highland costumes did not plume in ell their natural le:a-
non*, as it wits found necessary to lay aside the decora-
tions which are usually displayed in order to avoid the con-
sequences of contact with the rain. At the time announced
fur the commencement of the sports the spectators were
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not widow astwas, bet moor as ;wain, it uitbrellas ; and
it waa armful, a anions drawback to the amusements to
hear the speculations that were made with reference to the
weather, and to the remote probability of ita clearing up
in sufficient time to enable the company to see,
not the national sports peculiar to Scotland, but the vari-
ous indoor enteritis:menu which are better understood and

appreciated at Cremorae. At 4 o'clock, however, in the
midst of the rain, toe Cremorae brass bawl and the Hun-
. garian band commenced performing selections from the
music peculiar to Scotland, and in an instant the company
appeared to be imbued with those feelings which are neces-
sarily required to appreciate the sports and pastimes with
which the promiters of the fetes at Holland Park have
sought to familiarise the British public. The "games and
pastimes" consisted, as heretofore, of foot races, pack
races, jingling matches, tossing the caber, dinging the stone,
, running round the peg and pokers, the sword dance, and
the various other amusements in which the brawny sons of
Scotland are wont to distinguish themselves. To describe
any of these peculiar games would be • waste of time and
space, as they are now as well known in England as
leapfrog or cricket, bat It is only fair to state that
the national credit was sufficiently vindicated by the exer-
tions of the performers and by the success which attended
their labours. Every thing was done that Gould be done to
give full effect to the entertainments; but the alloy pro-
duced by the opposing weather was tog keenly felt to ren-
der it possible tor the spectators to witness the fits with
that delight which would otherwise have ben expected.
The attendance, however, was such as to encourage the
manager to hope that the vicuna day of " gathering " (to-
day) may meet with a lsrge amount of patronage, provided
there be no obstacle offered by • state of weather which
seta eu fresco entertainments at defiance.