The Express.
London, England, 1853-10-03 00:00:00

SPOI?TING.

CHESTER AUTUMN MEETING.
PROGRAMME OF THE SPURT.
Tu PSDAP.
SHOUTS HANDICAP of 10 AIM h ft, with 40 ad led,
a winner of any handicap race of :he vaiue .if 1I) 'ors. clear
after the publication of the weights, olb extra. Seven
furlongs.

Aga st lh
Truth
Letrywheut
4 7 12
Evslne
Maid of Team _ _

Acre it lb
Ballinesloe 1 610
Cnrybantes 3 610
Good Maraing
Trudge
The °Aural 3 6 6

Valley
gir Robert
Oemideston
Le Juif
Fuze
Kits:flyer 4 7 2
Pre.tige
Killarhey
Muter i;lentier

Miss Agues 3 6 6
Pastrycook 3 6 4
Patience
Elias
Maria Bell
Voucher 3 510
Miss Emma
Walpole
Punch-box 2 412
...

Thr Surveyor (inc. b f by Napier—
blb cane) 4 610 Snowdrop .... 2 4 6
Mesons
MOSTTN STAKES Of 10 son each, ti 1,, with 40 added,
for 2 and 3-yr olds; 2-yrs old colts, ist bib; and fillies,
7s! 2;b; 3-yrs old colts, fist 12th; and fillies, Sot 10lb.
Certain penalties and allowances, Three quarters of a rails.
(IO subs )—The Deformed, 3 yrs; Dl.tria 13. 11, 3 yrs; Tom,
2 yrs; Eliza, 3 yrs; Radcliffe H. en. 3 yea; New Warrior,
2yn ; Bro. to Little Swift,2 yrs; Stiletto, 2 yrs; Langley,
2 yrs; brow■ Brandy, 2 yrs; Barrel, 2 yrs; Jetty Tretlz,
2 yrs; E•na, 2 yrs; Vaul sssss , 3 yes; sylpbine, 3 yea;
Adelaide, 2 yrs.
Watawra for the lartitzEreaa' PLATE of 70 sous. The
winnrr of the Shorts Handicap to carry 61h; ut any other
of the value of 100 son. clear after the publication of the
weights, to carry 71b extra, but not to be accumulative.
Grosvenor COWS!:

Age et lb
Chief Justice 6 8 10 I
Red Lion
Truth
Leery.,heat 4 7 12
Odibam
Kohinoor
Titterstnne 5 7 8
Joe Miller
Sir Robert 6 7 6
Le Juif
Evadne
: Tomb iy (in. 71b
ex.)
Prestige
Ethelsroll
Killarney
Brunette 5 6 10
iyilay
Jupiter
Master Slender
Corybantea
br f by Gameboy—
Maid of Manton 3 6 6
Rik (h b)
HANDICAP SWEEPSTAYES
for 2.yr-olds. A winker sat a
cation of the weights, 51b ext
1001. ; the second to save
mile.
Lady Pons-nby B2lc by Cotheratone—
Bridesmeid
and 51b Duchess of Lorraine 7 8
extra)
Gabriel
br f by Sir Tattoo ch cby the Hero, darn
Sykes—Lady Liver- by Touchstone
pool
Gamelad 7 10 Si. to Counties of Bur-
The Cripple
Field-Marshal
Blame
SELLING STAKES of 5 siva. each, with 30 added Once
round and a distance.—To close and name the preceding
evening.
WEDNESDAY—THE CHESTER HANDICAP.
PLATE of 50 goys., added to a Sweepstakes of 3 soya.
each, the latter to go to the second horse, for 3.yr.olds and
upwards. Optional selling weights, &c. Grosvenor
Course.—To close and name this day (Monday).
TRADESMEN'S WELTER Cur of 50 sues. in specie, added
to a Handicap Sweepstakes of 5 Bova. each. Winners of
any handicap of 100 soya clear after the publication of the
weights, Sib; of the Shorts Handicap or innkeepers'
71b extra, but not to be accumulative. One mile and
three quarters.
Age at lb
Chief Justice .. 6 12 0
titterstone .... 5 11 10
Montague a 11 2

Age et lb
Andante
Twig
Pride
Tested
I Madeline
Pastrycook
Guy 3 6 2
Maid of Colborne 3 6 *0
gassy 3 6 0
Massaruni 1 512
Pa,ience
My Mary
Game Tommy
Roger Thornton 3 5 6
Postulant 3 .5 6
Placid 3 5 4
hr g by The Hobby
Titterstone's

dam (h 3 5 0
Euphemus 3 .5 0
Effie Deans
b f by Napier-
-Snowdrop's d. 2 4 7
Thrush, sst 12Ib 3 paid
)f 5 soya. each, with 50 added,
ay handicap after the publi-
ra ; the winner to be sold for
stake. Three quarters of a

it lb

Aire et lb
Prestige
But rtun
Dinah

The Itiilien .... 6 11 2 And inte
Sir Robert .... 6 11 2 Allington 3 910
Alonzo
5 Thirkleby (h-b), 10 9 Pride 3 9 8
Tomboy (41b es) 6 10 8 Badsworth
Ethelwolf 4 10 Blbr g by the Hob-
Risk (h-b)
Holywell
Braneve
A PLATE of 50 soya. (handicap), fur all ages. T.Y.C.
To close and name this day (Monday).
HEARD STAND STAKE* (handicap) of 10 sovs. each, with
50 added, for two-yr-olds ; a winner of any handicap after
the publication of the weights to carry slb extra. Seven
furlongs.
at lb
Barrel (51b extra).... 8 12 Foxhunter 7 7
Tom 8 7 urn to Little Swift .. 7 5
Stiletto
br c by Melbourne— 1 Field Marshal
Miss Castling 7 12 1 Wire
The Gwen 's 0wn.... 7 10 1 Sic to Stafford
Lady Punsonby 7 10 Lady Napier 6 12
Ariel
Blame 7 7 Juliet
CHESTER HANDICAP STAKES of 200 save., added to a
sweepstakes of 5 soya. each. Penalties for winners. The
second to receive 50 sou. out of the stakes. A mile and
seven furlongs.
Age at lb'
Hungerford .... 5 12
Chief Justice.... 6 9
Goldfleder 5 4
Lady Evelyn • 2
Young England
Red Lion
Nancy 6 12
Truth 6 10
Frantic
Lerrywheut
Poodle 4 6
Gladiole
Maid of Team

Age at lb
MentmoreLass 6 8
Ballibuloe 3 6 6
Abtlaflab
Waterfall

Tower 5 6 4
Scarecrow
br f by Oameboy
—Maid of Moo-

ton
Good Morning 3 6 4
Lady Vernon 3 6 2
Andante 5 6 0
Mi sive
Madeleine
Lord Fauconberg 3 05 12
Rachetee.
The Friar
Mammal 3 5 8
Mr. Sykes
Annie Sutherland

'Valley -
a 7 4
Warwick
Joe Miller 4 7 4
Kohinoor
Evadne
Goorkah 3 7
_3

Colsterdale 6 6 12
Fun
Mn. Birch 6 6 10
Prestige
The Lady Anyott 4 6 10
Kitenyer 4 6 10
Little Fawn

(10 ex.)
Brother to Orey
Tommy
Roger Thornton
!loopy 3 5 4
Romeo ..... 3 5 0
Postulant
Crsuua
Whittington
. each, with 30 added, for all
ile. To close and name at

Candlewiek ::::
Crusader 3 6 8
The Deformed
A SELLING Rica of 6 soil
ages. Three-quarters of a n
seven o'clock the evening pn

CLERICAL.

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The Queen has presented ideßev. T. Coldwell to
the rectory of Gretna Norton ; and the Rev. L. Browne to
Whittlebury and Silverstone, in the county of North-

NAVAL.

WOOLWICH, OCT, 1. J• APPO]

Lieu-

tenants J. P. C. Macieasie, additional in the Ajax, fur
service in the Wizard, 6, brig tender to the fiag ship at
Cork, to the St. George, 120, guard ship of ordinary, at
Devonport ; 3. Cartwright, to the Ajax ; H. B. Hankey, to
be Flag Lieutenant to Vice-Admiral Sir Thomas J.
Cochrane, K.C.8., Commander-is-Chief at Portsmouth ;
T. H. Lyon, to the Victory.—Captain 0. R. P. White,
Captain H. Edgell, Captain H. Broadhead, Commander
B. H. Dunce, and Commander Hon. A. Cochrane, officers
who have studied steam aided by Mr. Boughton, of the
steam department at the factory at Woolwich Dockyard,
and the first examined under the new arrangement of
printed questions and written answers which have to be
sent to Portsmouth, have passed their recent examination
on the 15th and 16th of September satisfactorily, and yes-
terday received their certificates accordingly.
PORTSMOUTH, OCT. 2.—The Tribune, 30, screw
steam-ship, Captain the Hon. S. T. Carnegie, arrived at
Spithead to-day, from Queenstown. The Devonshire, Ame-
rican liner, came up to Spithead this morning, from the
Thames. After taking in passengers and stock she will sail
fur New York. The diarrhoea on board the Hamhurgh
sLip lihein hal declined, there being but a few cases not of
a seriounialaireater on board last Di,: ht. Ships at Spithead:
'Tribune, 30, screw; Stromboli, 6, paddle; and Banshee, 3,
paddle.

ROYAL COLLEGE OF SURGEONS.—The library and
museum of the Royal College of Surgeons of England,
which have been dosed during the month of September for
the purpose of cleaning and dusting the books, shelves, and
ansomical preparations, are again opened fur the refer-
ence and accommodation of members and fellows of the
college, as well u of visitors under certain prescribed regu-
lations. The customary ezaminatkins fir the diploma of
the college will commence for the present session towards
the end of this month.
DEPARTURE OF AMERMAN MAILS,—The British
and North American royal mail steam ship Canada, Cap-
tain Stone, sailed from the Mersey on Saturday forenoon
for Boston and Halifax, with the usual mails for the
western continent, 15.5 passengers and a full oarge of mer-
chandise on freight.