The Express.
London, England, 1851-02-05 00:00:00

SPORTING.

INTELLIGENCE. EXTRA.
LIVERPOOL SPRING MEETING, 1851

Winorrs mu yea 14vaaroot. /Marto Cer.—Lerd 'Oconee, 6 yes,
71h;get Doubt, 5 yrs, 7st ;01b; Christiana, 3 yrs, Tat fah; Mho Burn,
ogei, 74 41b; 1/oolllty, 3 yrs, 74; Mistake, S yrs, 7•t; Courfre,
yrs, tat 121 b ; The Baroness, 3 yrs, 64 121 b• Basta; 4 yr, 6st 12Th;
b by diroooto ow Myrtle, 4 yrs, Gat 121 b; Larry'. the fAd, 4 yrs,
Est 111 b, Ilttle George, yrs, 04 11111; Beldam of Ilolderners, 4 ) rp,
fw 1214; Color, yor, 4 yrs, dot 121 b; Utast, 6 pro. Est 1016; Rever-
sion, 3 yes, bet 10th, 014 Claret, 4 yrs, 64 Itib ; lloy, 6 yrs, rat
S'o; Patsy*, 4 yrs, eat 1110 Wllmont, 4 yrs, bet Illb; Rusk, 4 yrs, bet
blb ; Calculator, 3 yrs, ; Cody, 3 011,44 1,1 b; Colibri, 3 yry, Ist.
ForfeiM to tie tkylpreil on or before the 111th Feb.

Tarrszass.Or.—lbe follosing was omitted In our report of Mon-
dar's I,ettlitir Nut landtuusture Stakes.-1,000 to 100 must Cocktail
(takes).

IMPROVEMENT OF LEICESTY.F.-MMFARF..—Last even-
ing a meeting of the inhabitants of Ltietwter-square and its
immediate locality, was held at the SabloniZre Hotel, to take
into eousideration Mr. Wyld's proposal for the erection of
his great lilobe in the centre of the square, and for other
improvement. and ornamental arrangements. Mr. Hodges
took the chair. Mr. Wyld, M.l'., who was accompanied by
the architect of the proposed building, entered into a de-
tailed account of his plans fur the structure, which, h,
stated, was to he composed of iron, glass, and wood, and
was originally intended for the National Exhibition, but
ultimately he had come to the determination to seek for a
public locality for erecting the edifice, nod he knew of no
place better ealculated for the of them Leiceatersequare,
than which, a more neglected spot wire not to lea
found in the metropolis. He proposed to purchase
the site from the present holders for the sum
of 3,000/. fur ten year., and the inhabitants were
only present as a mark-of courtesy, as they had nn legal
!right to oppose his application. Mould the building tune
out a failure he (Mr.Wryld) would undertake to rtatore the
armoire* the tgadxst Una of fen years; previous to
which he would place new iron railings round a dower gar-
den, to he established in the centre, and put the whole
square into thorough repair. An inhabitant of the square
wished to know if it was Mr. Wyld'a intention to use the
building for any purposes of trade / Mr. Wyld stated that
he intended selling catalogues of the Exhibition and geo-
graphical publications. Mr. Ridgway was delighted to Lind
that a reformation was about to take place, and expressed
a hope that in future Leivester-squarto would beeme a more
reputable locality than it had been for so many years. Mr.
Cochrane support t 1 Mr. Wyld, and point'd out the beauty
of purposed building ;he aid that a pror,ierly drawn decd
should be prepared, and, if not adhered to, that the parish-
ioners should have the power to remove the building. Ile
thought that not only the immediate inhabitants of the
locality, but the whole country, wen• indebted to Mr. Wylel
for proposing to erect a building which would lee a credit to
our metropolis. The following n -elution was finally agreed
to: " That this meeting coign...ea it+ thanks to James
Wyld, Esq., M.P., for his exertions to rescue Leicester-
square from its present dilapidated condition, and exprefuw,
its concurrence in the plans of Mr. Wyld, for the erection
of his great :nulls• in the centre of the square." A cone-
mittve. composed of the following gentlemen, Messrs.
Hunter. Child, Ridgway, ['ammo, Martle, Mind, and
Hodges, was appointed too watch the interests of the in-
habitants.

Crmors lionuEny. Yesterday, the magistrates
of Bristol were engaged in hearing a charge of felony pre-
ferred under somewhat curiou, circumstances against a man
named Gristle. The prisoner, who had the appearance of
n waggoner, was aerated of having stolen six cows, and
during the examination the magistrates' clerk stated the
Mdlowing particulars. 'f he cows were stolen from the farm
of Mr. John Smith, at Aldwick, in the county of Gloucester,
ho, upon discovering his low, instituted inquiries+, and the
result was that he found that Grizzle and his wife, a young
woman to whom he had only been married a fortnight, had
lied to Bristol for the purpose of embarking for New York
in an emigrant ship called the Mary Aim Peters, which
W.ol ready to sail, and only awaited a wind. Having
procured a magistrate's warrant, Smith followed them,
and at Bristol gut it backed by a justice, having the neces-
RAIT jurisdiction. He also procured the assistance of two
constables of the Clifton division of police, and having en-
gaged a boat and Waterman he proceeded down the river,
boarded the ship and commenced a search, leaving the
waterman alongside to take charge of the boat and await
their return with the prisoner. The latter when the boat
came alongside took alarm, and hid himself over the bows,
and while the contdables were searching below he offered
the boatman two sovereigns to row him ashore. The
golden bait proved too tempting to be resisted, and
the boatman complied, although the attempt proved
nearly fatal to both of them, as the boat had
a narrow escape of being swamped off the Dung
hall. They got ashore, however, but were soon pursued by the
farmer and the officers in a steam-tug boat, who succeeded
in apprehending the object of their pursuit in the Port-
bead Hotel. While on board the police sergeant had
learned from some of the emigrants that the prisoner's wife
hurl Kilt a person on shore to carry him a bag of sovereigns,
so that he might have the means of vamping to Liverpool
or Plymouth, and taking ship from one of those ports. The
officer, were, accordingly, on the look out, and seeing
a boat with some landsmen in it, they gave chase to it,
and obtained from one of the men, who confessed that he
had received it from the prisoners, a bag containing 1161.85.
The magistrates clerk further stated that the vessel had sailed
with the wives of the prisoner and the other man, both
of whom had lost their passage. The prisoner was sent far
examination before the Gloucestershire magistrates.
HEALTH OF LONDON DEICING TIIE P.V,T WEEK.—
The official report says " The decrease in the deaths of
London, which was announced in the last return, has been
followed by an increase to the same extent, and the rate of
mortality Is attain equal to that which prevailed during
the first two weeks of January. The deaths, which,
in the previous week, were 956, have risen to 1,041
—a number which nearly coincides with the average
(namely, 1.059) as derived from the returns of ten corres-
ponding weeks in 1841-50 ; but they are less by 114 than
this average, if it be corrected on the assumption that po-
pulation has increased at the same rate as it did between
the censuses of 1831 and 1841. In the epidemic class, ,
small pox was fatal last week to 16 children and 3 men,
whose ages were between 24, and 35 (the 19 deaths from
this disease showing a decrease of 13 on the previous week). I
Measles was fatal to 30 children, being an increase ; settee-
tine, to 16 lives, hopping cough to 51. Typhus and Mar-
tinet% seem to increase slightly, and the deaths
from these in this return are 48 and 25 respec-
tively. This class., which now comprises Ino deaths,
is abOve the average, and teems to make progress. Out of
the whole number of cases in which small pox was fatal, it
is stated only in three that vaccination had been performed.
The births of 773 boys and 764 girls, in all 1,337 children,
were registered in the week. The average number in six
corresponding weeks of 1844-50 was 1,395. At the Royal
Observatory, Greenwich, the mean height of the barometer
in the week was 29.498 M. The mean daily temperature
was, on every day except Sunday and Saturday, above the
average of the same day in 10 years. It has shown consi-
: &Table fluctuations daring the week. Having been
36.5 deg. on Sunday, it rose to 49.2 on Wednesday, when it
was highest, and exceeded the average by 10.8 deg. It
then continued to fall till it was only 37.6 deg. on Saturday.
The mean temperature of the week was 41.1 deg. The
t wind WM generally in the south-west till Saturday, when it
turned to north.