The Express.
London, England, 1867-01-26 00:00:00

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BETTING IN LONDON.-FRID.V: A7.-ZEP.NOON.

There was a large Mina of members at the clubs
today, consequent upon the publication of the weights
tee the great spring handicaps. The Chester Cup was the
oily. event speculated upon to any extent, and ea soon as
hettancomnwneed Afoulsey, Hama, and Bracken took the
lead of everything else. The first-named was freely sup-
ported from 100 to d down to 25 to 1, and about the two
others ;40 to 1. or thereabouts, would have been accepted.
Several other well-known handicap horses found their way
into the quotations. The only animal backed for the City
and salburben was Thalia, against whom 101.111 to :30 was
laid. The Lincoln Handicap and the Grand National still
remain dead letters, and there is no noteworthy change. in
the Two Thou-and and Derby betting. The closing pewee
were a- follows:
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LINCtILN
it P. 1 011 the Fiat olt
CRAND NAIII/NIL SI'LLI'LECILLS/L
23 to : .41 tj,r 110.1 off.
111 ANt) NI. i;l' ['PAN II 11.4111CAI'.
1000 to 3.. nest Thalia t.
at 11 : . I. O.) ite.L.3l. of
t3O ; 1,00 to •_l.l •I• mientor off
t., 1 1 Per. t.. I.:3.l•Joisth :..if
lira. ken .If. t• I. P. skirmish off
1011 to 3 I Pont to IN John Davis .1
t 11)10 t.. 14 content L.
',has Ilariiette ; 1.140 1., ! Ilarrington
-t r IMO t.. 1. ttorney off
At t tf, t 4.11 lotu. to 1S Life tMards.
t 1 Man 'off
- .If IM' t.. Re.l shoes oft
11...11uk, land le .0 to 10 geiplo off
wanted

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40 1..
1403 I. 9.1

F44,1!1:1, Dovr. C.%ME.—In transcribing the
deci•mel of the .ine .ey Club upon Oil case from the Afav-ortfr
C0b04...., the sign..t ores attached to another matter were
appended it. error. The stewards of the Jockey Club who
amino] the 4iocament were W. (i. Craven, Elll., lion.
Admiral lime.. and the I)uke of Beaufort. The error was
au manife.4 that it could have led to uo misapprehension.

2W PlIARns OP INHUMANITY Ae:AINST A
PARISH DOCToR.

Last evening at a meeting of the board of guar-
dians of Beilinal.green, Mr. COLLINS in the chair, a
letter was received from the Poor-law Board, " trans-
mitting fur the information of the guardians the copy of
a doter which, the board have auldiessed to Mr. Massing-
ham," on the sptbjoct of the receut inquiry into the con-
duct of that gentleman with regard to the late Mrs.
'ferry, the circumstances of which have been fully re-
ported. The copy of• the letter to Dr. Massingbam, after
Teciting the purport of the evidence taken on oath before
Dr. Markham, as already published, proceeds as follows :
" With regard to your proceeding on the Wednesday (the
2nd inst.). when the order was brought to you, the board
direets nee to iiforio you that, looking at the fact that the
order did not state the ease to be urgent, and to the re-
preeentation made to you as to the then state of the
deceased, the board are of opinion that you are
not censurable for not haring visited her on that evening.
The board however, cannot avoid remarking that a medi-
cal officer necessarily incurs great responsibility in pre-
berthing for a patient in the condition of the deceased'
without previously seeing her. Mrs. Fox, who came to
your house ua the Thursday morning, states that she'
seenticioe 1 to your wife the name of the person from whom
she rabic, and although she does not appear to have Leen
urgent in pressing for your attendance, the board consider
that prohability is in favour of her statement that she
mentioned the tome of the deceased as the requir-
ing your sttendvnce. It does not appear, teor:Vier, that
Jdrs. blessingheui communicated this to you. When,
however, thc daughter arrived at 20 minutes after 10
o'clock, mud urgently represented the state of her mother,
yon ought, w the opinion of the board, to have facer-
taine4 by proper inquiry on whose behalf she applied, io
stead of co relesely assuming her to be another person, and
failing by such aesumption to make certain of the caw:
far which your nad..ance was required. The subsequent
arrival of Mrs. Grimm() removed all doubt on this point,
and Pi) hoard consider that you are open to grave
tonsure for not having at once visited the deceased
after von were distioctly informed of her illness, occurring
as it did at ter the poor WOULltellcontinenient the day before.
The hoard observe that you were yourself suffering from
isidispe ition at the time, and this fact, coupled with the
high character which you have hitherto enjoyed in the
discharge of your duties, renders it unnecessary for the
baud to do leer; the:. express their opinion of your con-
duct mum this occasion. The board have only to add that
it is incons:stent with your duty as a medical officer, and
with the regulations of this bo.rl, that you should dopese
to your sun the duties devolving upon you as medical
officer. When for any sufficient reason you are unable to
attend personally in any case you should obtain the &sten-
dame of your duly appointed substitute." Neither the
Jotter t r the board of guardians enclosing the communica-
tion to Dr. Ilasaingham, or that communication itself, re-
ferred in any way to the suspension of that gentleman by
the board of gum-dil.. When the clerk had read the
letters. Mr. Goodwin moved that Mr. Massingham be re-
quested to attend at the next meeting of the board of
guardians, and be then &eked whether he would fur the
future abide by the orders of the Poor-law Board, by hex-
ing a proper dispen•er and assistant instead of employing
his eon, and if not, that he should then be called upon for
his resignation. This motion having been carried the
heard adjourned.