The Express.
London, England, 1853-08-11 00:00:00

The following oleo ran : Ilareefoot, Anxiety, La Joire, AN ARCHITECTURAL EXPERIMENT IN
Economy, Arlette, Katty Darling. I LONDON.
--;nsz: 3 to loot Shipwreck, 4 to I apt Mayfly, 5 to
• ' 'ailed away with the lead, Ar-

I apt Ariette. Shipwreck:saili, away with the Lean,
lette and Mayfly lying second and third, to the distanc,,
where Arlette was beaten. Shipwreck maintained the lead
throughout, and won very easily by three lengths. A neck
between the second and third. La Imre was fourth. The
others scattered. The winner was sold by auction far 54
guineas, and Mayfly was claimed, according to the New-
market rule, by Mr. Drewe.
Bouuvon PLATE was won, in two heats, by Mr. Jones's
Young Cecilia, 2 yrs-old, beating Mr. T. Smith's c by
Touchstone, out of Epilogue, 2 yrs, Mr. Reeves's Lady
Isabel, and 6 others.
Mr. Death's Prevarication went to the post, but she
jumped and kicked whilst they were getting ready to start,
I sad young Sherwood, her jockey, was thrown over her
head, his left foot caught in the stirrup-iron, and as be
swung round a fatal accident seemed inevitable, happily,
however, he esey -d with little injury.
BE TINO ON THE COURSE.

ELIOR HANDICAP.
--
7 to 1 and fi to 1 mist Catspaw (t)
ST. LEGEIt.
6 to 5 on West Australian (')
9 to 2 mist Sittingbuurne (t)
CESAREWITCH STAKES.
1,000 to 15 each spat Friday, Remit* Leopold, Tricks-
treu, Defiance, Nancy, Muscovite, and Newunnater (t).
DERBY.
1000 to 50 spat King Tom (I)
1250 to 50 Ruby (t)
2000 to 50 Colt by Ilctman Platoff out of
Infidelity (9

READING RAI

; ES.-Tu 11 DAY.

WEIOIITB for the CAVEUSI
guarten
Age et lb
Maidstone

lAY STAY .‘tout three
)fa mile.
Ago et lb
Ls Malheureuse . 5 7 12

Narcissus
Leybourne 5 8 11
Lady Isabel
Ireland's Eye
Miss Lucy mare
Economy
'fame
WEIGHTS for the £2O
Age st lb
Henrietta
8 10
4 9 1
Arlette
Nonsuch 4 8 10
Shipwreck
8 7
La Juire 3 8 7
Lady Isabel
Ilaresfoot
Flounce

iceireniioTt ---
3 711
Snarry
Shipwreck 3 7 7
Cloak
Fby lon—Palms 3 612
Hera
Prevarication
PLATE. Half • milo.
Age at lb
Grand Duchess 4 $ 5
Snarry
Palma filly 3 710
Cloak
I Ham
Quern's Own
Wooilyeates
Mogulisten filly 2 6 4

ORDER OF RI:NNINO—Tuts DAV.
130 Caversham Stakes.
2.0 Reading Stakes.
2.30 Innkeeper's S::.kee.
3.0 £2O Plate.
3.30 The Furbury Stakes (heats).
TILAINd FILOM PADDINGTON.
The 9.16 a.m. is due at Reading at 10.2 a.m.
10.15 „ 91 11.40 „
11.30 „ 1/ 12.30 p.m.

WOLVERHAMPTON RACES—YESTERDAY.
WKOTTRALEY STAKES of 10 sees. each, with 30 added;
2-yr-olds. bat 1216 ; three, gat 21b. Penalties and allow-
ances. Straight half mile. (7 subs.)
Mr. C. Blanton's Vaultress by Birdeatcher, 3 yrs,
gat 3lb (including 31b extra) (O. E. Sharpe) 1
Mr. Mecson's Laycock (Sis. to Stafford), 2 yrs,
Est 10Ib (Aldcroft) 2
Mr. G. Taylor's Cz wins, Est 101 b (Ashmall) 3
Mr. Shelmerdine's b g by Gabbier data Lady
Mayoress, 2 yrs, 6st 10lb (O. White) 4
The weights for this race were according to the conditions
published originally in the Book Cab-ndar, and not accord-
ing to the conditions in the Sheet C..lendar : the alteration
in the latter having been made without the consent of the
subscriber.
Betting : 5 to 2 on Vaultress, 4 to 1 sgst Laycock, 5 to 1
agat Czarina.
Laycock, Vaultress, and Czarina ran together to the dis-
tance, where Vaultress went ahead, and won in a center by
two lengths. Same distance between second and third.
Gabbkr gelding got badly Mt and finished several lengths
in the rear.
FOAL STAKES of 10 sou. each, with 20 added, for 3-yr
olds. Once round. (5 subs.)
Mr. Flintoff's Whalebone, by Heron, Bst 99) (in-
cluding 31b extra) (Whitehouse) Walked over
11OLVOAKE STAKES of la sous. each, 10 ft, and only 5 if
declared, &c., with a purse of .50 sow,. added ; second horse
to save his stake. Twice round and a distance. (21 subs,
13 of whom declared.)
Mr. J. Osborne's The Alp, by The Provost, aged,
Bst 71b (J. Osborne) 1
Mr. Saxon's Black Doctor, 5 yrs, Bst .slb
(Whitehouse) 2
Mr. Land's Mammal, 3 yrs, Gst 9lb (Land, jun.) 3

Mr. R. Hesselttnos's Lough Bawls, 5 )r., Bst 61b,
(G. E. Sharpe) 4
Mr. Shelmerdine's Morning Star, 1 yr',
.7st 51b

(ilderoft) 0
Betting : 2 to 1 apt Black Doctor, 5 to 2 egst Morning
Star, 3to 1 agat Alp, sto 1 apt Maasaroni (offered). Alp
made nearly all the running. On turning into the straight
Black Doctor and Massaroni joined issue. At the distance
Massaroni was disposed of. Bleck Doctor made a vigorous
effort to reach Alp; but, after a good race in, was beaten
by a length, the second beating the third two lengths.
Lough Burn was a bad fourth. Whilst running Morning
Star struck into Macaronis heels and fell ; his jockey was
unseated, but not injured.
THEATRE STARES of 5 sou, each, with 40 added, 3 ft.
Three-quarters of a mile. (12 subs.)
Mr. y. Blanten's Vaultress, by Birdcateber, 3 yrs,
7st slb (G. E. Sharpe) 1
Mr. J. Goding's Mayday, by Venison, 5 yrs, 7st 2hman)lb
(As 2
Sr. R. Huseltine's Lough Bawn, 5 yrs, Sst slb
(J. Osborne) 3
W. Jones's Exchange, 3 yrs, 6s 41b... (Wilson) 4
following:also ran Mayday by California, :Defiance,
..sins, Lord Albemarle, Whittington, and c. by Fitz Allen
out of Miss Burns's dam.
Won easily by a length—same distance between second
and a third ; a head between third and fourth. Defiance a
bad fifth.
IsixxxEress' PLATE of 50 sou. did not fill.
LATEST BETTING ON THE COURSE.
P.llOll HANDICAP.
11 to 2 agat Cat's-paw (t)
8 to 1 King of Trumps (t)
CESABEWITCH STAKES.
1000 to 20 each apt Butterfly, Boarding School Miss filly,
and Newmiaster (t)
500 to 10 each apt Hope and Trickstress (t)
1000 to 17 each apt Torment and Muscovite (t)
1000 to 15 each apt Defiance and Hatchet (t)
The above bets, with the exception of that apt Trick-
stress, were laid on Tuesday.
CAMBRIDGESHIRE STAKES.
4000 to 40 agst Master Slender (t) .
DEATH OF LORD Wastwicit.—A telegraphic communi-
cation was received by the clerk of the course announcing
the death of Lord Warwick: Grief and Balloon were con-
- -ontly disqualified for their engagements to-day.

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NORTH STAFFORDSHIRE RACES.
NORTH STAFPORINIIIIIIII HANDICAP.
Haricot 1
Candlewick
Event
Won by a head.
Our parcel, containing further particulars, had not ar-
rived before going to press.—

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1101*SES IN "FLATS."
A very interesting and important 4 xperiment is
now in course of trial in the new thoroughfare
facing Westminster Abbey, \ ictoria-stmet, and else-
where ; and there seems to be soinelikelihood of its suc-
ceeding, and bringing about a revolution in domestic
architecture, and, what is far more momentous,
metropolitan habits of life. The magnificent new
houses in question have been built on the land be-
longing to the Westminster Improvement Commis-
sioners, upon the plans of the Edinburgh and Parisian
houses, divided into " Hats," or suites of apartments,
so extensive, isolated, and complete in themselves, as
to constitute perfectly independent family residences.
Several of these sub-divided mansions have now
been finished and inhabited for two . years,—
quite time enough to test the efficiency of
the plan, and its adaptation to Engiish peculiarities
of teeing ; we believe that the opinion of the labe-
-1 bitants is highly in favour of the new system. And,
indeed, when we consider how much the Edinburgh
and Paris mode of building in "Hats" has been
im-
proved
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superfluous.uses,s si. tels.torott'haecal
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with idrainage,
you hear the vocal and piano practice of your neigh-
bour's daughters on either side as plainly as if it
were in the next room, and apartments so small that
the respiration of half a dozen persons renders the
air intolerable in half an hour, you may have a suite
of isolated apartments, consist ing ofdining anddra w ing
rooms,of handsome dimensions,tive large bed chambers,
store-room, kitchen, cellars, and all fitted up with
the most elaborate consideration of convenience and
luxury ; adorned with the simple and substantial
taste which is rarely seen out of the houses of the
aristocracy; supplied profusely with water and gas,
which is laid on in every room; and provided with
various other advantages not to be procured on any
terms in a separate house of only moderate preten-
sions. In each of the houses we visited there are
eight of these isolated suites of apartments, two on
a Hoer. A separate staircase ?ommunicates with the
servants' offices, leaving the main staircase free front
the incursions of tradespeople; one hall porter at the
principal entrance does duty for the eight resident
families, greatly lightening the domestic labour
which, if they had lived in separate houses, would
weigh upon each; a mechanical contrivance for lift-
ing burthens from the ground to any particular
floor of the edifice does away with the chief objec-
tion to having the servant's offices above the ground-
floor; the rent includes rates and taxes, repairs,
lighting staircase, hall porter, and various other evils
in the form of "extras," which the ordinary house-
holder is heir to; families, :leaving town, are not
obliged to leave servants in charge of their abode,
which is taken care of and protected by the porter;
and to all these advantages is to be added that of a
first-rate west-end situation.

The plan is obviously ono which admits of indefi-
nite extension on either side of the medium examples
above described. There is no reason why these in-
dependent suites of rooms should not be made three
times larger, more numerous, and more splendid than
those in Victoria-street; and that the same plan is
equally successful upon a much smaller scale has
been proved by the " model-lodging houses" which
have fo: some time been paying a handsome dividend
to their proprietors, and affording the:comforts and
wholesomeness of abode, hitherto limited to the well-
to-do classes, to the poorest, short of absolute pauper
families.
It is premature in the extreme to talk about tho
mal-adaptation of this arrangement of abode to Eng-
lish habits and feelings. The simple fact is that
English habits and feelings have never until now
had the opportunity of finding out whether such ar-
rangement is or is not adapted to them. A month in
Paris or Edinburgh could afford uo reliable test at all.
And as to any inference to be drawn from
a previous consideration of such differences
between Scotch and French habits and characteris-
tics, and English habits and churac:eristics us may
affict the question, we must say that to our minds
the whole matter reduces itself to the utterly •to-be-
rejected doubt that English legs are not as good and
as capable of getting up stairs as the corresponding
members of the Scotch and French. Nay, even this
minimum and doubtful ground of demur is swept
away by the consideration that probably as much
time and labour would be saved by having no " up-
stains " in one's house as would be expended rn
traversing a flight or tso on each occasion of leav-
ing or returning home. The objection which some
persons make to the plan, upon the score of the in-
ferior independence and isolation of the several
dwellings, is who:ly false. The reverse is tho
truth, for the floors of the new houses
are quite soundproof, which is more than
can be said of the ordinary party-walls of houses
io rows: and as to the common staircase, it is neither
more nor less than a perpendicular street ; and the
person who would be too shy and " English " to
meet his neighbours upon it, ought altogether to
avoid making his appearance in public if he desires to
be consistent.
It is almost superfluous to indicate the prodigious
ge and improvement in the appearance of Lon-
that must gradually accrue from the extended
lion of this system of building. There is, how-
, another less obvious though more important re-
to be looked for from this plan. It will, if
4y adopted, put a final check to the inordinate,
rwhelming, and already unspeakably incon-
venient extension of the metropolis. Six millions
of persons, under the anticipated conditions, might
occupy the same surface of land, with greater
comfort and health than can now be enjoyed upon it
by two millions. 'What London is to come to, if it
goes on at its present rate, and upon its present
it is difficult to imagine. The only picture we can
represent to ourselves of London under such condi-
tions in the 20th century is that of a vast circle of
houses spreading year by year like a mushroom ring,
and leaving an uninhabited desert of ruins in the
midst. Seriously, there are signs of the first com-
mencement of such a process already visible. The
City, and many "central situations," are almost
deserted as permanent abodes, and are used only as
"offices" during some six or eight hours of the day.
The already portentous problem of " what is to be-
come of London ? " is only to be solved in a reasona-
ble and unalarming way by the general adoption of
the plan of many good houses in one.

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