The Express.
London, England, 1866-10-24 00:00:00

LATEST SPORTING INTELLIGENCE

OM IaX7IIIIC TILIGRAPI. )
NEWMARKET MEETING.--(THIS DAY.)

OPTIONAL 81ILLING.
P&munkel ... ... ...
Loveapple ... ... ...
Guinan, ... ... ...

6 ran.
PLATE OF 501. A.F.
Dalesnian, Ostreger, Flutter f, and Star. All Si. Sere.

• - •
RENEWAL OF GLASGOW f3TAKES. R.M.
Delimn, ()wain Gleadwyr, and Maid of Ilfaahani c are

here.
PAID Foarzrr.—Lady Lurewell, Wild Wind, Grand
Cr,.., Cane:taxa, Ophicleide, Fakir, Eneloultress, and
Argentst
HANDICAP PLATE OF 50/. FOR TWO-YEAR-OLDS.
T.Y.C.
Pericles, Bst 121 b ; Nestle, Bst 9113 ; Land Tax, Sat 81b ;
Bismarck, Bst 51b ; Icicle, Sat 31b ; Salamanca, Bst 31b ;
Narino, Sat 21b ; Scour de Charite, Bst Ilb ; Prodigal, Sat ;
Bounceaway, let 11113; Satyr, 7st Ulb ; Spice, 7st ;
Gaiety, 7st Illb ; Problem, 7st 101 h ; Freemason, 7st 0113 ;
Lady Lembton, 7st Slb ; Seringaratam, 7st 9113; Blink-
bootie, 7st 8113; Sweet Home, let nb ; Maid Marian,
7st 7113 ; Montapard, 74 71b ; X. 74 7lb ; Rondinella,
7st 6113; RPM Urbe, 7st 6113 ; 7st 31b ; Sis to
Vedette, 74 31b • Ailesbury, 7st 21s ; Phantom
7st 2I1) ; Maid of Meehan', Tat Ilb ; Libertine, 7at llb ;
Violet, id lib ; Heide% 74 Olb ; Breach of Promise,
Set 91b ; Lady Blanche, 64 2lb ; Ronne Fortune, Set 21b ;
Mester Itichard,Cat 21b ; Little Ben,sst 81b ; and Bravura,
Set 2113. All are here.
ALL-AGED STAKES OF 100 ROM Best Course.
Moulsey, Rustic. Mr. Pith Breadalbane, Dmon,
ponnier, and Lord Lyon are here. All others paid forfeit.
SELLING STAKES OF 10
OLDS. SO
Y SOW& FOR TWO-YEAR-
.C.
Volunteer (sold for 250/.), Domestic Bliss, Crown Prince,
Promised Land, and Phantom Sail (sold for 501. each)
are here.
SWEEPSTAKES OF 10 SOVS. FOR ALL AGES.
.Y.C.
Kingmaker, Amazon, Mineral, and Mr. Pitt are here.

SUBSCRIPTION PLATE OF 50 SOVS. T.Y.C.
Goodfellow, Birdforth, Morstiostma, Miss Williams,
Chatsworth, Machree, Magpie, Lady Sophie, Mr. Pitt,
Salamanca, Slap Bang, Amy Scott f,ltather High, IVhitby,
Satyr, Beauslark, Claymore, Phantom Sail, Douro, and
Lea River are here.

WEATHER REPORT.-(THIS DAY.) I tt.
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WEDNESDAY, OCTOBIEt EA, S

I BISINIMMI. Bes, ile. i
i a !II W. 1t0'..--"---, W. it. Al to 9
121 1.1 D. !9. St
—.-.-.-. —l.-.-..---...-.- ---- -- eg
!Wen 29.48 51 B.W. 4I 1 B.W. co -1 2 St.
Aberdeen 79.59 52 S.S.E. 6 8 B.W. cr 0.00 4 Bt. I
Leah
Ardroesau.
Orecuoutle 29.56 57 S.W. 2 4 8. re 0.14' 1
BSt.
Cape Clear 1- -1 - - - - -- ' - St.
Liverpool 29.78 54! S.S.Z. 2
.5 S.S.E. co -1 2 16
Holyhead
Pentanca 29.8957 S.W. 6 4 H.W. Icoll - 4 Bi.
Brest .. 90.0012 S.S.W. 4, 4 B.W. ic!-' 4 10
Lorlent.- 20.9660' E. 313 S.S.E. Icol - 2 10
Rochefort 30.0) 40 E.N.E. 41 8 N.E. Ibc ! - 2 St
Plymouth - 2 Eh.
Weymouth 21.9458 B.&W. 41 S W. !re! - , 3 St.
Portmnouth.. 29.17 66, B.Y.W. 31 4 &W. 'co 1 - 2 St.
London
_.... 29.98 521 &W. S 6 W. ' rbe '- - It
Yarmouth... 29.99 521 S.W. 5, 4 S.W.I c - ' 2 et.
Scarborough. 29.85 51' 8.3 W. 2I 2 SW. Ibo. - ' 2 10
Shields-- 29.73 54 H.W. 212 S.W. 10', - 2 St.
fielder

BAND RIC
Barometric preasnre has dlminWu
and west, with fresh southwesteri,
rather high and nearly uniform. V
during the neat few dam with stro
from 5. W.

led cnnaiderahly In the north
iy winds. Temperatures are
!needled weather is pml,:thie
Dilg WIIIdS at tutorage, chiefly

DARING ExPLoir.—" To the Editor of the Times.
Sir.—My son Hector, aged 19, creased Hyde-park, alone
and unarmed, between 7 and 8 o'clock yesterday evening.
I trust the natural pride of a parent is sufficient justifisai-
tion for my seeking to make public this gallant and
courageowt tat.—l have the honour to be, sir, your
obedient servant, HOaATIO WELLINGTON SMITH. London,
Oct. 23."
THE HOLBORN EVICTIONS.—(THIS DAY).—Thin
morning at an early hour the sheriffs' officers evicted •
large number of families occupying the houses in Union-
court, Holborn, which are being pulled down on account
of the Holborn valley improvement. The scene was dis-
tressing in the extreme. Beds and bed clothing, chairs
and tables, were put out into the court and along
with them scores of children was huddled together in this
narrow passage. Many of the women and children wept
sadly, and the men, notwithstanding the presence of some
half dozen policemen, manifested • disposition to offer re-
sistance to the agents of the law. The Rev. Mr. Beeman,
a Roman catholic clergyman, however, exerted his
influence with the people, who are principally Irish, and
gave the majority of them tickets,uldremd to Mr. Brand,
comptroller, at Guildhall, by which they would be enabled
to procuro shelter until they could find other lodging". It
may be mentioned that the Evicted Tenant Association
which has been formed to provide for these distressing
cases are about to open a re"ister of available lodgings.
REPRESENTATION OF WEST GLOUCESTERSHIRE.—
Although the appointment of Mr. Rolf to the office of
Attomey-General will necessitate the issue of a new writ
for West Gloucestershire, there is little doubt of that gen-
tleman's re-election. Sir G. Jnikinsou disclaims the in-
tention that has been imputed to him of coming forward
as a conservative candidate for the seat.
SIR M. Pato. —On Monday night Sir Morton
Peto met the representatives of the liberal party in Bristol
for the purpose of giving them a voluntary explanation of
his positiou in connexion with the London, Chatham, and
Dover Railway. There is no room in the city large enough
to accommodate the entire liberal constituency, and the
leaders of the Liberal Association consequently called to-
ether all the committees and sub-committees that aided
Sir Morton at the last election, and the explanation was
made to thew. Sir Morton's reception was of the moat
enthusiastic character, and at the close of the meeting a
vote of thanks was given to him. The speakers said they
fully exonerated Sir Morton from the charges brought
against him.
DEATH OF COLONEL STODARE.—WO regret to
have to announce the very sudden death, arising front the
rupture of a bloodvessel, of Colonel Stodare, the celebrated
conjuror, whose performances fur the last two years have
been so popular at the Ejyptian Hall.
SALISBURY MICHAELMAS FAlL—This fair was
held yesterday, when the supply of onions, which from
Salisbury and its neighbourhood is noted as usually good,
ringed from fie. to 7s. per sack ; pickier', M. to 9d. per
gallon. The weather was fine, and the attendance of
holiday seekers was large, and very little business was done
further than • " general settling day."
SALT MINES.—It is claimed that the salt mines
of Nevada are the best in the country. One bed is reported
to cover 52,000 acres, yielding 2,000,000 bushels annually
of salt, 95 per cent. fine. As deep as any work has gone
the bed is solid rock salt, and from a depth of 35 feet the
salt water comes so rapidly as to interfere with the work.
The salt water wells up to the surface and overflows the
lam floor from which the fine white salt is continually
gathered.
COLONEL HAM-LEY.—As a student in the Military
Academy lie carried everything before him ; winning his
commission, at a time when the ordinary course extended
over three years, in 15 months or thereabouts. The tech-
nicalities of his own branch of the profession he mastered
with ease, and finding ample leisure for private study he
used it wisely. A keen sportsman and a bold rider, he
soon began to show that he could handle the pen as well
as the gun and the sword ; and while yet a very young
man, a subaltern, we believe, or a second captain, he made
a literary reputation for himself ; first, by two capital
novels—" Ensign Faunce" and " Lady Lee's Widowhood"
—and next, by a succession of brilliant critiques and other
papers in Murkier...try Magazine. When the Russian war
broke out he was selected by the commandant of artillery
to serve upon his own staff, and he obtained thereby pecu-
liar opportunities of observing all that was done and in-
tended, and made excellent use of them. His narrative
of the campaign, which, on its first appearance, com-
manded a large share of public attention, is still read with
interest, and will continue to be read after Mr. Kinglake's
more elaborate history shall have been completed. Mean-
while his personal services in the field attracted, as they
deserved, the notice of the military authorities, and his
promotion was rapid. He landed at Gallipoli a
captain of artillery, he returned to England at the close
of the war a iientenant-oolonel ; and no sooner was it de-
termined to reform the educational department of the
army, than his fitness to take part in that important work
was recognised. In looking about for officers qualified to
instruct their comrades, the eye of the Duke of Cambridge
fell at once upon him, and he became the First Professor
of Military History and Tactics in the New Staff School
or College at Sandhurst. It was the position which,
above all others, in time of peace, recommended itself to
his tastes and habits—Quarterly Review, new number.
&or BORROWEHIL—A friend calling on Arch-
bishop Usher found him busily engaged in placing ,his
choicest books and manuscripts under look and key, a pre-
caution which he explained by mentioning that he expected
• party of bibliophiles and collectors to dinner. " What
most of all and still afflicts me," complains Evelyn, " those
letters and papers of the Queen of Soots, originals and
written with her own hand, which I furnished to Dr. Bur-
net, are pretended to have been lost at the press*. The
rest I lent to his oountryman,the late Duke of Lauderdale,
who never returned them ; so as by this tretehery my col-
lection being broken, I bestowed' the remainder on a
worthy and curious friend of mine, who is not likely to
trust a Scot with anything he valusis.'!—Ediaburga Bevines
new number.