The Express.
London, England, 1867-05-24 00:00:00

KEMAKI:S.

Itarontetrical pressure to lower than it wax yesterday in the
north and west, and is decreasing but is higher in the south and
east, and increasing. Temperature has risen a little, and the
wind has become south-easterly on the south-west comas.
Weather is generally fine, inn some ball has fallen in the north-
east.

DEATH OF MR. E. H. DAILY, R.A.—We regret
to record the death on Wednesday of Mr. Bally, the
eminent sculptor. The deceased was in his 80th year. He
was a Native of Bristol, the son of a ship carver, and very
early gave indications of ability in the profession in
which he has won so high a reputation. He became
a pupil of Flaxman, and his progres. to fame was
rapid. His best works, perhaps, are "Eve Listen
ing
to the Voice," a companion to his " Eve at the Fountain ;"
" The Graces," " The Fatigued Huntsman," "The
Sleeping Nymph," and a colossal statue of Sir Robert Peel,
for Manchester. Amongst his other works are—" Hercules
Casting Lycus into the Sea," " Apollo Discharging his
Arrows," and " Maternal Love," as well as statues of Lord
Fgremont, Sir Astley Cooper, Earl Grey, at Newcastle, the
Duke of Sussex, for Freemasons' Hall, and a monument to
Lord Holland, in Westminster Abbey, with many others.
The statue of Nelson, which surmounts the lofty column
in Trafalgar-square, is also one of his works. Mr. Bally
was elected an A.R.A. in 1817, and an R.A. in 1821.
THE VOLUNTEERS.—A review of the volunteers
of the southern counties is to be held on Wednesday next
at Salisbury under the command of Colonel Erskine, In-
spector General of Volunteers. Up to the present time
about 5,000 men, including cavalry and artillery have
arranged to be present, chiefly from the counties of Hants,
Wilts, Dorset, and Somerset. The ground selected is a
broad reach of turf about three miles from Salisbury on
the London road.

ROYAL LONDON YACHT CLUB. —The following
yachts were last night entered for the cutter match on
Wednesday next, the 29th inst. :
Yachts. Tons. Owners.
1.
Sinbad 60 .... Mr. C Johnson.
S.

Pe.

Mr. T. Groves, Jun.

- . .
151710 for tonnage-25 to 50 tons 30 seconds per ton ;
above that, 20 seconds per ton. The Queen of the Thames
steamer will, as usual, accompany the race for the con-
veyance of members and friends, and will leave Blackwall-
pier at 9.43. The course is from Erith to the Nore and
back to Gravesend. The above are cutters of the first
class.

THE RACE TOR THE DERBY.— " Argus," Com-
menting upon Wednesday's race, observes: "No one, I
believe, was more surprised at the result than Mr. Chaplin,
who thought his horse had so wasted away that he quite
concurred in the truth of the remark I made • short
time back. that there was nothing left of him but his
bead. Under every circumstance of the case, the majority
of owners would have struck him out; but Mr. Chap-
lin, determined no one should accuse him of milking the
horse, ran him merely for the satisfaction of his friends
and that body of the public who backed him when
he ran at Stockbridge, where he beat Vauban under
many disadvantages as cleverly as he did yesterday. The
best proof of Mr. Chaplin's despair of Hermit is the fact
of his giving up Custance for The ltake' which he did
solely for the jockey's own benefit, because be had proved
himself such a faithful servant • and he did not like to be
in the way of his riding a good animal when his own
he believed was not in the race. Such • regard for
others is not often seen among racing men, and is worthy
of more extensive imitation. For existence, it seems Mr.
Chaplin had a worthy substitute in Daly, who rode
more patiently in his life, and it is strange, so prejudiced
was be against The Hermit, that he required • great deal
of pressing before he would accept the mount which has
proved the foundation of his fortune. By Hermit's getting
before Vauban there is conclusive evidence that his re-
ported superiority to Knight of the Garter was correct,
and but for the breaking of the blood vessel, and con-
sequent stoppage in his work, he would have started a
terrific favourite, for one of his strongest sup Acre gave
out that the party with whom he was asaocbted would dic-
tate their own terms for hedging, and that they had fixed
them at 4to 1, which was rather different to the actual
one of 100 to 1 at which he was returned on the breaking
up of the Ring. Marksman was one of the beat-looking
hones that ran, and decidedly the best goer, and improved
his position in The Two Thousand with regard to Vauban ;
and many think that if Grimshaw had not turned to lock
at what he had got to beat he would have won, but in this
I do not concur, and fancy hews' just beaten on his merits.
That Vauban's defeat was mainly owing to the want of a
strong pace there can be little doubt, for John Day never
brought a horse fitter to the poet in his life, and it was
singularly unfortunate that Distin, who bad been selected
to make running for him, should have refused to try a
yard, as Fordham was consequently obliged to ride him in
a different manner to what he would have done if he had
had a pace to have served him. ()f course the Duke of
Beaufort was very much disappointesl, but he bore his de-
feat very philosophically, for be plainly saw the reason of
it. John Day, however, was almost inconsolable, but the
Grand Prix of Paris may perhaps restore his equa-
nimity. The settling, which is the next most impor-
tant consideration, I do not think will be as bad as has been
contemplated. The largest losing account is certain to be
liquidated, and I can state also that the nobleman who was
second on the list, so far from having lost 100,000/., an
stated in a contemporary, has only been hit for 15,0001.,
which Is a wide difference. Mr. Chaplin's winnings are
close upon 130,000 f., which is the largest sum ever won on
• racehorse in the annals of the turf, and Sir Frederick
Johnstone and Captain Machell stand next on the poll.
The other winners I see no necessity for mentioning, as
I like to prevent their being annoyed by applications for
pecuniary aid ; and as the bulk of the money goes into
such few hands, I have no doubt paying and receiving will
be much facilitated."

A USCFCL ALT or PARLIAMINT.—The now
wards of the Lock Hospital, which will accommodate sixty
additional female patients, will be opened by the Duke of
Cambridge, on Saturday, June 1 at 4 o'clock. The
government have undertaken to defray the expense of
supporting eighty beds in this hospital for female patients,
under the Contagious Diseases Act. The patients are
sent from Woolwich, Windsor. Chatham, and other
military districts. The results already achieved by the
treatment of an average of about to in-patients daring
the last year have been very satisfactory in the dimi-
nution of disease and invaliding in the troops at these
stations. At Woolwich the amount of disease amongst the
soldiers is said to be lessened by about one-half. The
women are well satisfied with their treatment, and have
not in any instance offered any objection to their compul-
sory detention. Since this system has been in operation,
fifty-one of these women have been admitted, after cure,
into the Lock Asylum connected with the Lock Hospital,
where they remain for a period of two years under moral
supervision, and are subsequently either restored to their
friends or provided with sitnations.—Britisit Afahcal
Jeered.