The Express.
London, England, 1865-06-01 00:00:00

THE WINNER OP THE DERBY.

The Times congratulatea our neighbours on the
bappy result of a healthy and friendly rivalry. The prise
has been well and fairly earned. It is no chalice stroke of
drill or wealth. The French ►ones have besa gradually
impro►ed by constant emulation and care, and last year
the raw which at Epsom is second only to the Derby wu
won by a French mare from the same stable as that which
achievel yesterday's moue. Now that ►he French have
also woe the chief of all our races, they mast be considered
to have fairly established themselves u our rivals on the
turf. "They have beaten all the mew, wealth,
and skill of Englishmen in their owe most cherished
permit. When we have enumerated, moreover,

the special advantages which Eoglishmen posses in
this cachet, we must not forget the corresponding died-
menages with which a Frenchman eaten epos it It Is s
span of no natural growth in his owe nation ; the genies
tine people has not hitherto shown say aptitude for it ;
and it is therefore almost siogle-headed, sad with ►ut
little practice, that he bee to eneoant•r the wids-spreed ex-
perience and enthusiastic energy of the English nation.
Agaiest inch odds it is a rare and honourable triumph to
have been suconsfal. It must, indeed, in fairness be con-
fined that the winning horse came of English blood, was
prepared by English treason, sad hidden by an English
jo key. But still, no expenditure, however lavish, upon
the mere machinery of English success would be suffineat,
without the possession of genuine love foe the spat mad
all skill in the owner of the stable."
Ties Poet says :—" A few say telt of tie French horse
Wag after all the product of English blood, but we think
it &Ward to rob the victor of one single lief of the wreath
which he has woe. Besides the mere question of blood,
there are the questions of training, judgment, sad capital
far the risk of large stakes. The French have now pro-
dined gentlemen sufficiently imbued with the love of sport
to giro all the Deaconry attention, anxiety, and ewe, as
well as to run the oesearrent risks incumbent on those
ohs wire to the highest !woman of the tart limy a

"Win member of oar sai s wormy, =my ea sager aom•

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racer, and arse prime ministers have for ran sought, sad
dna is vain, for tlto glory ol Manisa the Derby. The pest
salioral mos confers immortality on its Winger, sad is the

sporting world of Beaked the very may are known by the
mow of the 'neonatal horses. Strange ae it nay mead, this
Guaiiisar's year when Lagrange wins the Derby. The
Poach will be toallant, for they invest thew matters with
em intonational tannest, sod look tippet them as a positive
struggis betimes the two countries. About their grand sod
*elm victory there Is happily no drawback. The race
was fair. Thirty raagoilloeut thoroughbreds started, and
et them at inset six were horses of the most admirable
kid—of Wedgies' parentage, eating greet same, sod
basked for vast risks. The comp that amid meet them
dowered a triumph, sod the magnificent animal sent by the
Preach stable justified the audacity of his owser, who cop
tend to encoaster the whole sparing power of &gland
on its chosen historic masa. This notable sweat will do
IMOil for the entails cordial* as diploatatie salaam or
torthe of cowmen..'

DIA= of • JocißT.--..ata inquest was held on
Xreday last at Tambour*, Wore the Berkshire comer
lelr. W. D. Wasbmoneb), as the body of Thomas Atwood,
Bpd Hs a stable lad, in the employ of Mr. Archer a
Ocher. It appeared horn the *ridesce of the bead lad
lit deceased bed started on Saturday, wrapperin dallsel°
aed s great co*, fora sweat as he was to ride at
rtes., sad wasted to pall off fdb. weight. U. walked abwt
tee miles, sad then fell down, wine some mea modes by
advised that the clothes should be taken off him or be woe*
/4e. They thee undreamed him os the Dowse, rubbed him
der, emend him ever with all the clothes sad w
lad west to Ashdown-pa* ter amistamme Mr. aermiltell
lumbeerse. *Med *at be dame to the** where de-
nse* was lyleg, sad tent with Ma sessehreeely sad segos
aster, bat that-the jaw of the deceased was ' sWost dyed
a" his elms sed, sad Maths was obliged. to tome OP.s
lids mouth to administer the stimulant. Deceased was lasa
pat to bed, end heeded by Mr. Leaned sad hie so!, fad
tas al net noug.* and died the same Wahl *MA 10 o bib k.
oNue of —daub, u stated by 14. Xi id. was *moo°
,xertios, bre*. produced by the heat of UN *maw sad one-

The afternoon annual meeting of the children
belonging to the various parochial schools In the metropolis
took place at St. Paul's Oathedrel Lord Fevershatn,
President of she Society of Pekoes, and a num-
ber of distinguished personages were present. The
Lord bigot and the City' Marshal, with the sheriffs and
other city digoitarise, were early In arriving, and a rumour
WI current that the Prince of Wales would be there ; but
no intimation to that effect had reached the ottletals. The
weather was exesediogly flue, and the progress of the
children to the cathedral was as interesting as ever. Divine
service commenced at 12 o'clock, the 100th Palm preceding
the prayers. The psalms for the day were then chaunted
by the gentlemen of the choir, the children joining in the
Gloria Patri." After the First Leeson a "Ts Dem,"
composed expressly fee the occasion by Mr. Gum, was
rung by the gentlemen of the choir, who also rendered
the "Jubilate Deo," at the close of the Sewed
Lesson. Before the Prayer for the Queen, the
Coronation Anthem waa sung by the choir, the children
assisting. The sermon, which was preached by the Right
Rev. the Lord Bishop of Bangor, was followed by a por-
tion of the 104th Psalm. The festival terminated with a
Grand Choral and "Hallelujah" by the choir, the chil-
dren taking park Mr. Goes presided at the organ.

PENINSULAR AND ORIENTAL STEAM lii
NAVIGATION COMPANY.—(THIS DAY.) a
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The half-yearly meeting of the shareholders is
took plasm this afterecon at the eerapenv's offload, Leaden- IL
hall-street, Mr. ARTHUR Annum! in the chair. et
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The report, which appeared in the Express of Tuesday ft
last, baring bees takes ma reed, tot
The CHAIIIMANDIO4444 Al adoption. The report, be said, IL
gays the shareholders all the information on important 11l
poiate that the board could give. There was one no- 84
toward incident to which be ought perhaps to allude,
namely, the grounding of the Nemesis in the es
Hooghly. The information on that subject did not Bs.
reach the board till after the report had bees circa- 81
toted. Up to the present time they had received no direct It.
telegraphic communication en the subject from the superkt-
Maeat in India ; and they bad no information beyond 2
that afforded in the newspapers until two or three et
days ego, when • gentleman belonging to the IL
arm of James Wylie and Company called k
at the offloa, and stated that they had received the follow- 111,
iog telegram from their house in Went* " The Nemesis 10
still aground." That telegram was dated Calcutta, the ito
27th of January, two days after the vessel was first to
grounded, at half-past 4 in the afternoon. That was all la
the information they had on the subject. It must be borne
in mind that the place where the venial grounded was la
forty miles from Calcutta, and he presumed that their own II
people were act busy in endeavouring to get the vessel off r.
that they bed not had time to seed • vessel from Calcutta. es
Another unfavourable circumstance was the non-antral of si
the Austrrlian mail at Paint de Oslie, the place of junction M
for the homeward mail, the result of which would be that M
that meg would be delayed for some days. SI
SI
In reply to a question, Si
The CHAIIIMAX observed that the profits were no doubt in 2,
some degree affected by the French company, adding that ti
can would be taken never to declare a dividend out of any- In
thing but profits. 51
The report was adopted, and the proceedings toituioated u
in the usual meaner. •

NATAL LAND AND COLONISATION COMPANY.
(THIS DAY.)

This afternoon the fourth annual meeting took
place at the Lambe Tavern, Sir JANIS KLPHINSTONI
the chair.
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The report we takes as read. 141
The OW, 01•14, in moving its adoption, referred to the a,
nooses with which the equalisation of \WING had bees g
carried out by which the capital bad beep iocreased to ai
3651: W., only half of which bad be.. called-op, the rest
Wog left as security for the debentures. Tb lands odd
dur:og the year, which were those that wet the company
the tweet amount, had realised a profit of 18,001., sad g
the 87,C )0 acres remaislog would be largely increased la li
value by the construction of the reilways, the question of s
the guarantee for which was at preset under the
cousideration of the Oolonial Secretary. He moved the
sdoptioe of the report sod that a further dividend should
be declared of 7s. per share free of income tax, makiou •
total dividend for the year of 10 per coot. 1
After come damasks the notion wee speed to sod the g
proceediop terminated in the wool manner.