The Express.
London, England, 1866-07-31 00:00:00

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LATEST SPORTING INTELLIGENCE

(BY Mien= mamure.)
GOODWOOD MEETING.—{THIS DAY.)

CRAVEN STAMM.
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LAVANT STATUS. Hal( a mile.
Lady Nester, Loohaber, Bunnyloeb, Duchess, King
Charles, Ned Shoal, Charles 11., Sister to Vedette, Julius,
Perdition, and Feodor are here.

ORATWICKE STAKES. One mile and a half.
Ischia, Weaterick, May Queen, Stoic, Mammies f,
Maid of Maeham f, and Robin Hood are here.

STEWARDS' CUP. T.Y.C.

Ostreger, Muter Biebard Brooodel w, Lord Ronald,
Bradamante, Gardevistue, Sultan, Vespaaian, Paris, Mo-
nitor, Sia. to Aselaam Camelia, Brahma, Abereldie, No,
Norwood, Salliet Chlieetv Molly Carey, Xi, lifeguard*"
man, Arbutus, Arow, erhena, Gretna, Bigote, Czar,
Violent, Lincoln Green, Desiree, Stilton, Mutts, Musician,
and Mrs. Stratton are here. . .

Pa— ioliegrr---. -715;lie7Warrior, Pantaloon, Attache,
!Wan, The Seeds'. Quirina, &abhor, Vandervelds, Flying
Jib, Ti Re Onlantuomo.

ANNEILAT STAKES. Three miles.
Lozenge, Klarinsks, Archimedes, Arkansas, and Alex.
samba sre here.

HAM STAKES. T.Y.C.
Alouna, Queen of Nuts, Maid of Mastam o, and Thorn-
day ere here.

SELLING swcza OF 50 SOPS.

Proviso', Monk, Mikan's, Merry Hart, Effervescence,
and Masurka are here.
ARZITID. —Garde visare, Split the Difference, Night-
watch, Marksman, Zambesi, Beelzebub, Blanch, Middiebie
f, Lucifer, Redan, and Sweet Home.

STEWARDS' CUP.
3 to 1 agst Mrs. Stratton
100 to 8 Sultan
100 to 8 Mayonnaise

THE MURDER IN LONG-ACM.

FURTHRR PARTICULARS.

On making inquiries this morning, we were in-
formed that the stepfather of the poor lad who is supposed
to have been either murdered in No. 15, Neal's-passage,
or taken there after having been strangled, has not been
arrested by the polies. The cistern in which the body was
found hanging is situated an the basement floor. This
compartment is in a wretchedly filthy state, containing
every kind of refuse, and except by the people residing in
the house, an entrance to the place is only obtained with
the aid of a light of some kind. The door of the house is
left unsecured at night, and access to the cistern could not
have been attended with difficulty to any one acquainted
with the place. The stepfather and mother of the boy are
not known in Neal's-passage. The aunt of the boy, who,
with the mother, is in custody, states that the stepfather
called at her house about 2 o'clock yesterday morning, and
brought the lad away, saying he wanted to take him into
the country.

THE TORIES END THE WOEHING CLASS/E.-TM'
morning the " contents" placards of the Standard contain
the following as the most prominent line—" Great donkey
show at the Agricultural Ha/L"

On Thursday, Mr. John Benjamin Smith will
ask the Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs whether he '
is aware that there is a bill before the Congress of the
United States of America to adopt the metrical system of
weights and measures ; and, seeing that the metrical aye-
tam is in use in Franoe,Belgium, Holland, Spain,Portugal,
Switzerland, and Italy, and that Russia has intimated her
intention also to adopt it if England adopts it, whether,
with the view to facilitate the growingintercourae between
the nation, of the world, the noble lord will take the oppor-
tunity of returning pesos in Europe to invite a congress of
nations to consider the practicability of adopting an inter-
national system of money, weights, and measures.
The sudden outbreak of cholera in Whitechapel
is bringing the resolines of the London Hospital to the
severest test. The officers of the establishment are pain-
fully oonenous of the degree to which their ordinary
means are inadequate to meet the visitation, and especially
do they feel the want of more ample supplies in money
and brandy. Another shortcoming is the attendance ;
for, while there should be an immediate increase to the
number of nurses, two of those important helpmates have
already been carried off by the disease.

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An imperial decree in the Moniteur confers a
gold medal of honour on Madame Cornuan, wife of the
Prefect of the Somme, for her oourage and devotedness
during the cholera at Amiens. The medal bears the fol-
lowing inscription :—" L'lmperatsice Eugenie t Mine.
Cornuan. Epidemic Cholerique d'Amiens, 1866."
The following story is related of a captain of
Austrian artillery in Italy. His battery was under a tre-
mendous fire. At one gun there was only one man left Co
work. The captain went and helped hint to serve the
piece, and round after round was discharged, till the officer
suddenly, in an intervalof loading, exclaimed, "Schmidt !
how dare you have your shako on your head in a way con-
trary to regulation!"
DEATH OF SIR JANES WICRSN. —The death is
announced this morning of the Right Hon. Sir James
Wigram, who was for a period of nine years one of the
Vice-Chancellors of England. The deceased was born at
Walthamstow, Essex, in 1793, and was educated at Trinity
College Cambridge, where he graduated in 1815, being fifth
wrangler. Shortly after taking his degree he became •
fellow of his college. In 1819 he was called to the bar by
the Lion. Society of Lincoln's-inn, and having pursued his
profession with much industry, was nominated a Queen's
Counsel in 1834. In October, 1841, he was ap-
pointed second vice-chancellor, under the Act for
the better Administration of Justice (5 Victoria, c. 5) but
retired from ill-health in 1850, on a pension of 3,500/. For
three months he was a member of the House of Commons,
having been returned in July, 1841, for the borough of
Leominster. He retired from parliamentary life on being
appointed Vice-Chancellor in the following October. Sr
James Wigraru was an elder brother of the Bishop of
Rochester.
CONVERSION TO Rox&.—The Wiltshire papers
state that the Rev. J. O'Brien, vicar of Lyneham, near
Chippenhem, has resigned his living and joined the church
of Rome.
AN INDISCRETION REPAIRED.—There are, how-
ever, indiscretions which, so far from being attended by
lose, are capable of being turned to advantage by a prompt
and happy presence of mind. A little time ago, at a
French country-house not many miles from Paris, there
was in • salon a lady whom we will call Madame V., and a
gentleman well known as an admirer of the sex. The
conversation took • tone partly gallant, partly tender, and
K. de L. was in the act of kissing the lady's hand with
more estpreasement than was necessary,when there passed
by the window, which opened into the grounds, Madame
de 8., who at a glance saw all that there was to see. She
had a little malice in her disposition, the two had been,
nay, were, rivals, and the Tees direr4-on presented itself
Im/tinily to Madame V. " dile:, je vous en prie, Mon-
sieur ; west une meehante, une rapporteuse, faites votre
possible qu'elle se taise, ou ne revenes )aniais chez moi."
M. de L. went, and returned shortly with an air of satia-
tion. " Rasmus vans, Madame ; elle a Dieu tout vu, mats
elle sera discrite • le lui at impose silence &use tells
maniere qu'elle se inns sur setts petite again." " Wart
done que vous tai fives dit!" "Js me lui ai men dit," was
the reply. "Je l'ai baisee ausai—et scar la knee. C'est
tont simple, une bombe idea qui neuespira." It is
mid that Madame B. did in this instance keep her word.—
Corrthill Afogoanc for August.