The Express.
London, England, 1866-11-09 00:00:00


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kiterature.

Don Quizote. With four hundred Illustrations by
Gunrars Donn. London : Cassell, Patter, and

old-world customs which they have inherited from
Romans, Goths, and Saracens. Spain is almost as
unchanging as the East, with which, through its
last conquerors, it is allied. As it is now, in the
main, it was in the days of Cervantes ; a; it was
then, it had been, speaking broadly, in the earlier
days when Christian kings and Moslem sultans did
battle for dominion on the slopes of Granada. We
behold all this union of pomp and poverty, of
superficial civilisation and real primitiveness, in
Meltres illustrations to " Don Quixote
truth of detail gives additional value to the I
work. The artist has fetched out with singular
ability all the varied elements of the wonderful
story he has undertaken to expound ; and we con-
gratulate him on an achievement which makes
him a worthy companion of the immortal Spaniard,
whom both Frenchmen and Englishmen join in
I honouring for his genius and his worth.

*porting inteltignue.

LIVERPOOL AUTUMN MEETING.

THURSDAY.
To-day the elements were less favourable than yester-
day, and the result was a considerable falling off in the
attendant's, the ring, as compared with the previous days,
presenting a sorry appearance. The clouds in the morn-
ing wore a forbidding aspect, and an hour prior to the
commencement of the sport rain fell steadily, gradually
increasing in heaviness during the afternoon, rendering
exposure to the blinding rain and strong gusts of wind any-
thing but desirable, and as a consequence the under-cover
situation' were all occupied. Water stood in little pools
in the vicinity of the stand, and the course in some parts
was exceedingly heavy going, so that to-morrow some of
the light weights will have • good chance. There
was but little doing on the Cup on Wednesday
night. Special was freely supported at sto 1, and left off
at 9to 2 offered. Friday and Aches were also firm at
their respective quotations, and of the outside division
Salpinctes was the most inquired after, and 20 to 1 was
taken about him somewhat freely. Although the card
contained no fewer than nine races the sport was of a
mediocre character. The Westmoreland Cup produced
A meeting was held at the Hanover-square-
the meagre field of three runners, and of the trio Begura
rooms yesterday, with the object of establishing a club in was made the favourite, and up to a certain point she
Loudon for the social intercourse of members of the I appeared formidable. The race, however, was left to
medical profession, British and foreign ; to promote and
Castanet and Owen Roe, who reversed their running in the
I
maintain a mutual interest and fellowship between them, • Sefton Handicap of the previous evening, as Castanet won
' cleverly by three parts of a length, the extra distance
and to cultivate friendly relation with men of arts,
, suiting Captain Gray's colt- The day's racing was brought
science, and letters. Sir WILLIAM FERGUSSON, Bart., took
; to a close with the Steeplechase Handicap, which proved •
the chair; and, having referred to the advantages to be
obtained by the formation of such a club, called upon the ' very hollow affair. Details of the day's racing are
I appended.
honorary secretary, Dr. Long Marsh, to read the report.
The document stated that the establishment of • club in 1 e.
&HE CRONTETH HUNT STEEPLECHASE of 100 soya. by
London for the social intercourse of members of the medical 1 subscription of 5 cove. each, with 50 added ; for 4-yr-olds
profession of this and other countries, has at different and upwards. About three miles. (9 subs.)
times engaged • considerable amount of attention. Almost Mr. Fermin's Little Peter, by Sir Peter Laurie, aged,
all agree that such a club would be •a great convenience, 12st 9lb (Mr. Thomas' 1
and as it is proposed to include as members gentlemen Mr, Itichardson's Simplicity, 6 yrs. 12et 61b (Owner, 2
connected with other scientific societies, a further ad- i Mr. J. Coupland's ttooeyauckle, aged, 12st 9th
vantage will accrue by the cultivation of friendly relation I (Mr. Edwards, 3
with men of arts, science, and letters. At present the I Milford (h b) 5 yrs, 12st 71b, was weighed for by Mr.
Milward, and the number was hoisted, but immediately
number of members enrolled is upwards of three
taken down, the horse being disqualified from running in
hundred, and doubtless many are waiting to see the ,
local habitation of the club settled before joining. In consequence of wrong entry. Betting opened at 6 to 4
this,
as in other clubs, the amount of entrance and agat Little Peter, but closed at 6t04 on Lim. Simplicity
wit4crincion will be increased se en., se the opening of led to the water jump, after clearing which the three led
alternately for a mile, when Honeysuckle and Simplicity
the club is decided upon. When opened, the club will be
to worked upon the p refused, and Little Peter had the remainder of the race
himself, cantering in a winner by nearly • distance,
shall not incur any roprietary principle, so that members
personal pecuniary liability beyond the
Simplicity finishing six lengths in advance of Honey-
amount of their entrance and subscription. All emoting
suckle.
clubs are designed more or lees with a view to the special
convenience of some particular class of members. None of HANDICAP PLATE of 80 Bove., toren ages ; winners extra.
them, however, would afford those conveniences which it is Five
rbind furlongs.o (26 lathe.)
anticipated a club of the nature we now propose to estab- Lord Westm'e Lady Sophie, by King Tom—Bridle,
lieh will possess. The club would require to be moderately
1.034 rto. il•eitntly% La Maudite, Kenyon) 1
, eat 211.) 'H Clark, 2
economical. Members should in all cases be allowed to Mr. Ileathcom's Her ladyship, 3 yrs, let ' Murray, 3
introduce their friends as visitors. Many of the members 1 'The tollowing also nn:—)leery Harp, Contract, Inca, Slabber,
would reside out of London, and it is desirable they should, Centaur, Bob Chambers, Isis, Apollo ' s Temple, and Madame
if possible, be provided with sleeping accommodation, so Bosco.
that they might find at the club • genial and comfortable Betting :3to 1 apt Her Ladyship, 4to 1 agst Lady
home. As the members would frequently require to meet Sophie, 100 to 14 apt Isis, Bto 1 each apt La Maudite
for the purposes of professional consultation, rooms would and Centaur, and 10 to 1 each apt Merry Harp and Bob
be set apart during a portion of the day for that purpose, Chambers. The race was rim in a blinding shower of rain,
and separate lockers would be provided for members using and the start was delayed by several breaks away. Lady
the consulting-rooms, in which instruments and apparatus, Sophie was first off, closely followed by La Mau.lite.
&c., might be safely Necured, so as to afford all the ad- Merry Harp, and Bob Chambers, but as they rounded the
vantages an independen house could supply at a complus,- turn La Maudite took up the running with • clear lead,
tively trifling cost. Of course, the club would supply the Lady Sophie going on next, closely attended by Merry
ordinary conveniences of such a place of resort. It would Harp er Ladyship. After passing the distance
possess • reading room, refreshment room, and library, &c. Lady Sophie drew up to La Maudite, whom she beaded a
These are some of the advantages the promoters propose to hundred yards from home, and won in a canter by a
accomplish by the establishment of the new club. The length ; a similar distance separated second and third, and
movement has been carried on thus far without incurring &neck only third and fourth • Bob Chambers was fifth, and
any establishment expenses beyond those necessary for Madame Bosco next ; the last lot being Contract, Isis, aid
printing, postage, and advertising. A favourable oppor- Stabber.
tunity now offers itself for opening the club in the neigh- Hattufrae PLATS of 40 sots. for 3-yr-olds and upwards;
.
bourhood of Cavendish-square, and to enable the com- ,winners extra One mile.
mittee to carry out the necessary arrangements it is im- I Mr. A. Heathcote's Beeswing, by Newsignster —Spyhnx,
portent that gentlemen desirous of joining should I 3 yrs, 6st 2lb 'Cameron) I
,Butter 2
send an early intimation of their intention of so doing I Mr. Rigby's Eccleston, 3 yrs, nit 12Ib
either to a member of committee or to the hon. secretary. 1 4,,,,.. Slater's Dubiety, 4 yTa, lit 4lb lloyatead 3
The following also ran :—Malvern Caustic, and Georgina.
The following resolutions were afterwards put to the meet- i Betting 7t04 on Beeswing, 5.t.0 1 t Caustic, •d 8
ing and adopted:—" That in the opinion of this meeting it
to 1, " bar: two." Dubiety made the aflllinnin. g, waited on
is desirable to establish a club in London for the social by the favourite. to the distance, where Beeswing came
intercourse of members of the medical profession, British
and foreign-- to promote and maintain a mutual irate- . away, and won in a canter by four lengths. Dubiety was a
. bad third.,, Nothing else passed the post.
rest and fellowship between them and to cultivate friendly
1 THE tsRAND STAND STAKES of 3 trove each, with 30
relations with men of arts, science, and letters. That the .
added;for two and 3-yr-olds; winner to, be sold for 50
club be called ' The Medical Club,' but that it be com-n allowances.i.i
.T.Y.C. (8 subs.)
;at
211, paw in ,by ihunderdrit—Alarum. 2 vrs,
petent to elect as member gentlemen connected with ' sclliai...;The7ntai
litemture, science, and art, as well aa members of other ' 'Hu:table' 1
scientific societies. The election in all cases to he by I Mr. B. P.d.tcr's Grand Duke, 2 yrs, Cat Illb ..,S. Ilortian, 2
ballot. That a committee be formed, consisting of the Mr. Amberry's Mineral, 3 yrs, at
lib
Captain also eau. Morris; 3
following gentlemen, with power to add to their number : King Charles and
Sir W. Fergusson, Bart., London ; Dr. Farquharson, Betting :7to 4 apt Grand Duke, sto 2 apt Vulcan,
Coldstream Guards ; Mr. Clement, M.P., Shrewsbury ; and 3to 1 apt Mineral. These three ran in front through-
Mr. Propert, London ; Sir Charles M'Grigor, Bart. ; out, but Vulcan getting the best of it in the list few strides
Dr. Bell Fletcher, tirmincham ; Mr. Grigg, 11. N., Green- won cleverly by half a length from Grand Duke, who de-
wich Hospital—to settle the rules, to determine the feat-d Mineral a length for second place. King ('harles
amount of the future entrance and subscription, and to was a had fourth, and Captain last. The winner was
take the necessary steps for openire. the club as soon as bought in for 110 guineas.
practicable, it being distinctly understood that previous Tire WELTER CrP, value 60 'ova., added to a sweep-
to their adoption the rules shall be revised by counsel, so Stakes of 5 sore. each, for 3.yr-olds and upwards ; winners
that members shall not under any circumstances be ren- and professional jockeys extra. Mile and a quarter.
dead liable to pay more than the amount of their entrance . (10 subs.)
Mr R. R Jeffrey's gelding by Wlndbound —Jetty Treffr,
and subscription.' The proceeding& terminated with •
vote of thanks to the chairman. s yrs. oat in. 71b ex . 'Parry 1
Mr. WinteringhaMs Nothing More, 4 yrs, lOst Vb.
(Mr. }Awards; 2
Betting : 13 to Bon Nothing More, who held the lead
for a quarter of • mile, when the non-favourite went to
the front, and won in a canter by three lengths.
THE PALATINE Nl'itsEßY HANDICAP of 50 soya., for
2-yr-olds ; winners extra. Five furlongs.
Mr. Chaplin's Phantom Sail, by guy der Zee—Melia. Rd 21h,
(Carroll, I
Mr. Amhery's Rom Nero. let 10Ib Kenyon, 2
Mr. It. Porter's filly by Cawood—Lady Elizabeth, lit 10Ib,
,Mordan. S
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Oslpin.
M. Dori ought by this time to know the precise
nature of his own genius, and the fittest fields in
which to exercise it. He has pursued a career of
wonderful variety, and for the most part of great
success ; but it is evident that in some subjects
he is more at home than in others. Ile has a mar-
viilltms amount of invention, of fancy, of humour
(not genial and enjoyable, like English humour, but
grotesque like French humour), of ingenuity, and
of general pictorial effect. But there is an admix-
ture of the fantastic in his oompoeitions ; he loves
violent cent:seta, a somewhat arbitrary mingling
of grandeur and drollery, a wayward and elfish
play of oddities, a sporting on the borders of the
dialolical, the grim, the fearful, and the weird.
He is fond of ugliness and horror, of preternatural
gloom and frantic revelry, of enchantments
threatening and ominous. Some of his drawings
affect one with a sense of nightmare oppression—
of sadness, vastness, and wickedness. He is seldom
beautiful—he is not often dignified ; the region of
plain humanity is rarely his region. For these
reasons we think be made a mistake in art
when he consented (under, we believe, an ex-
ceedingly strong temptation) to illustrate the
Bible. There is a good deal of force and effect in
many of his Bible drawings ; but the force is spas-
modic, and the effect sometimes theatrical. Dori
misses the spiritual elevation and the simple human
dignity of the Scriptural narratives. Something
of trick is apparent in his figures and his acces-
sories, and the violence of the means is frequently
more evident than the perfection of the result. In
" Don Quixote," however, this remarkable French
artist has a subject--or rather a series of subjects
—admirably suited to the peculiar character of his
genius. It presents him with plenty of that wild
and impressive scenery which he delights to por-
tray, and with no end of strange and fantastic ad-
ventures, surrounded by the most picturesque de-
tails of costume, architecture, and semi-Oriental
manners. He succeeded in the illustration of
Dante's " Inferno," because there also the horror
is in a manner grotesque, and because the nature
of the incidents gave him abundant opportunities
for the display of his astonishing mastery over
effects of light and shade. But, although in the
present instance he may not have equalled
the best of his Dante designs, there is
certainly a greater amount of ety in
the "Quixote " series. He appears vanes to be
thoroughly at home in the imaginary world of Cer-
vantes. He has realised it in all its aspects—the
humorous, the fanciful, the wild, the romantic,
and the actual ; and he has produced the extraor-
dinary number of two hundred sketches, all re-
markable, and some attaining the very highest de-
gree of excellence in this walk of art.
We do not say that the work is without faults.
The humour is sometimes disagreeably exaggerated,
and the figure of the Don himself is occasionally
distorted and burlesqued beyond all warrant.
Quixote, it is true, is an oddity, a monomaniac—a
lantern-jawed, long, raw-boned figure, strange in
appearance as in disposition. But, after all, he is
represented by his author as a human being, and
we are to suppose him not actually monstrous in
aspect. In some of his drawings, however, M.
Dori has depicted the Knight of La Mancha in a
guise such as no human creature ever could have
put on. lie has elongated his figure to an impos-
sible extent, and attenuated his limbs till, even in
their armour, they look like drumsticks. This is
particularly obvious in the illustration to p. 22,
where Don Quixote lies on the ground by the
aide of his steed Rozinante, after his dis-
astrous encounter with the mule drivers. Here
the figure of the knight is much longer than that of
his horse, and is simply phantaantagorial. The
same thing occurs in the adventure of the windmills
(p. 38), and in some other places. Many of the
figures of the Don, on the other hand, are ad-
mirable. M. Dore has often fully entered into
what we conceive to be the true idea of Cervantes
hero. The face is that of a man crazed with one
Is-setting and fantastic idea, but yet not wholly
mad—not devoid of really good and generous im-
pulses—and, above all things, a gentleman. For,
laugh at Quixote as we may, do we nut take him
to our hearts as a fine nature turned awry by a
quirk of the brain—by a strange, half-ludicrous,
half-pathetic, aberration of the mind ? M. Dori
does not overlook this element of the pathetic in
the midst of the exuberant drollery of the Spanish
novelist's conception. Ho never forgets the perfect
sincerity of the Don himself in the absurdity of the
Don's feats and calamities. He shows us a Spanish
hidalgo of the old school, and of the best of the
old school—high born, high bred, courageous,
chivalrous, honourable, proud but not unkindly,
pedantic, ceremonious, and enthusiastic to mad-
ness. The light of insanity is in his eye; the wan-
dering gleam of a great, impossible, foolish idea
flickers about the old, worn, livid, grizzled face.
Nothing can be finer than the illustration to the
passage in the first chapter—" A world of disor-
derly notions, picked out of his hooks, crowded
into his imagination.- It is in the highest spirit
of fanciful creation and mediaeval romance. Quixote
is sitting in his library, reading one of his beloved
tales of chivalry. Other volumes lie on the ground,
as well as on a table by his side, and you see by
the knight's almost maniacal face, and by his
brandished sword, that he has fully entered into
the spirit of the fantastic narrative he is perusing
But round about him on every side—on the floor,
in the air, surging out of the darkness of obscure
corners, fading off into the gloom of the high
ceiling, poising on his chair, peering up into
his face, whistling about him in a ghostly en-
tanglement of forms and faces swarms a
troop of the imaginary beings with which
he has become familiarised in his readings. Knights
in full armour, caparisoned horses, squires and
pages, distressed damsels, giants, ogres, grif-
fins, dragons, indescribable monsters and chimeras,
burst out from every nook and cranny. The whole
design is informed with goblin life. A similar idea,
worked out in a still more wild and shadowy man-
ner, is presented inthe illustration to page 7—" Ho
travelled almost all that day." The Don, in com-
plete mail and mounted on Rozinante, is seen tra-
versing a gloomy waste, just as twilight is falling
over it. Extending for miles lies the Ilat desolate
country, black and ragged, with scraggy trees
breaking the cold line of light on the horizon ; and
above, in the air, the clouds have shaped them-
selves into dim, half-defined images and visions of
terror, adventure, contest, and enchantment. The
phantasmal and vapoury unreality of these figures
and scenes, stretching in vast continuity across the
sky, and fading off at the edges into gloomy cloud or
gloomier light of sunset, is truly extraordinary, and
indicates the possession by M. Dori of equal powers
of conception and execution. In the midst of
these ghostly shapes, and the hardly less ghostly
land which he is traversing, the solitary figure of
the knight, alone with the fancies of his crazed
brain, gives a touching human interest to the
scene, though we think M. Dore has made a ms
take in placing the knight's back towards the cloud-
-vision, which, of course, we must uuderstand as
simply the creation of his own distempered brain.
Many of the designs are magnificent as reproduc-
tions of Spanish scenery, and we must particularly,
mention the dark wood and waterfall in illustration
of a paean!) at p. 75. (The text, by the way,
speaks of a meadow, watered by a rivulet, '
which M. Dori has chosen thus to intensify.) We
have been much struck also by the mountainous
scenes in the Sierra Morena, where the artist's
skill in depicting jagged rocks and precipices is
admirably exhibited ; and the sea-scapes in the
episode of Emilia, are full of power and free-
dom. Of a softer and more graceful order is the
sketch of Dorothea, in the habit of a country
youth, bathing her feet in a meadow stream •
and very charming are the interiors of Spaniel;
castles, and the bits of Moorish architecture.
M. Dori seems to have studied the scenery
and manners of the Peninsula with great care ;
we see the hot, dusty glare of the South in many
of his sketches, and are made acquainted with the
semi-barbariclife of the strange people who still, in
the midst of modern civilisation, retain much of the

NEW MEDICAL CLUB.

tidy

1

FEVER iIOiSPITAL FOR THE EAST END OF LONDON.
—The advantages of a Cholera Hospital have been well
illustrated by what has been .lone at the temporary
pital at Spitalfields. This institution, we can vouch. was
most excellent in its arrangements, both for nursing and
for medical treatment. The services of a physician of
high standing were at once secured. Now that the opi-
demic is nearly over, attention has very properly been Metre anal Sujah Dowlah also ran.
drawn, by the medical officers of health of the East-end, to
the necessity of doing something to meet ' Sail and the continual Betting :2to 1 agst Elvire, 3to 1 each agat Phantom
Lady Elizabeth filly, and 100 to 5 agst Rosa
emergencies of typhus and other allied diseases, as well as
to combat the sudden and desolating outbreaks of Nen. The Lady Elizabeth filly, with whom was Elvire,
Aaiatic cholera. If we may say such a thing without cut out the work till making the bottom turn where the
fear of being misunderstood, we would remark that latter gave way. an 1 Phantom Sail took second place. At
cholera has done good service in rousing public attention the distance the leader dropped back, and Rosa Nara join-
to imam with Phantom Sail, a close and exciting race
to the care of patients suffering from the epidemic class of
home ensued, but Rosa Nem stumbling in the last few
diseased. It is with extreme pleasure we learn that many
strides. was beaten a head. The Lady Vizaheth filly was
influential people aro taking steps to
convert the able orga-
nintion of the Cholera Hospital into one for the estah. i a bad third, Elvin fourth, and Sujah Dowlah last.
bailment of a permanent fever hospital. A fever hospital THE WEsTMORELAND CCP of 10 son, each, li ft, with SO
is more urgently needed for the East-end than for any added, for 3-yr-olds and upwards. Winners extra. One
other part of London. Indeed, it seems strange that such mile. (19 subs.)
a project has not been thought of before. It has, as we . Captain Gray's Castanet, by Rataplan—Nina, 3 yrs, Cst 91b
happen to know, long occupied the attention of medical ,Cameron. 1
Mr. Lincoln's Owen Roe, 3 yrs. gat alb Kenyon 2
men ; but it requires the stimulus of an outbreak of cholera Mr. Gisalla.sa liegum, 3 yrs, est 41b
to compel the public to look into a class of allied diseases ',Barker 3
1 'kiting :sto 4 agst Regunt, 6to 4 ant Owen Roe ' and
which never suddenly alarms the whole people. Cases of acute sto 2 agst Castanet. Owen Roe made play, followed by
disease are by far the fittest for hospitals, but cases of fever Castanet to the turn, where Begum rushed to the front,
and all infectious diseases are excluded by rule from the and made running to the distance, where she gave way ;
general hospital at the Kist-end—the London Hospital. and Castanet and Owen Roe coming away together, the
For all reasons it seems most desirable that this project former won easily by three-quarters of a length ; bad
should be energetically supported. A memorial in favour third.
of the proposal has been addressed to the committee of c
.MI
TRH
LLING STAKEs of 3 son each, with 20 added, for
the Temporary Cholera Hospital by the following medical all ages ' • penalties and allowances. Fire furlongs. (6
officers of health:—Robert Barnes, M.D., F. R.C.P., medi- sub..)
cal officer of health for Shoreditch; John Liddle, medical Mr. It Porter's Grand Dice, by the Great Unknown—
officer of health for Whitechapel ; Thomas Orton, M.D., 1 Grand Mistress. *:.2v . 2 yrs, at alb ,car. est 41h .Cameron, 1
medical officer of health for Limehouse ; Thomas Sarvis. Captain marhella Zisca £2O , 4 yrs, sat 131 h .....Carroll 2
M.D., medical officer of health for Bethnal I green ;M. Mr. .1. Gilby's Verity • A:9O . 2 yrs. sst 13Ib ,Cradock. 3
rn Coer, MD .., medical officer of health for Mile-end ;W. 1 Saga aloe ran.
Betting : Even on ZII
isca, 7 to 4 agst Grand Duke, and
P. G. Woodforde. M.D., medical officer of health for '
to 1 agst any oilier. The favourite led till entering the
Bow : John James Rygate, M. 8., medical officer of health
straight, where she was joined by Grand Duke, the pair
for St. Gewge's-in-the-East ; Samuel K. Ellison, medical
of health for Peplar.—Jftflical Times. coining on side by side, but the latter, getting the beat of
it in the last ball-dozen strides, won cleverly by a head.
CONvit-rioN OF A TRADESMAN FOR AnsoN.—At
Half a length separated second and third, and s similar
the criminal assizes of Jersey, on Monday. Elisha Ogler,
distance third and fourth ; the winner was bought by
formerly in business as a draper, was convicted on a charge •
Ca aptain Machell for 100 guineas,
of setting tire to his premises and wilfully destroying the
same, with intent to defraud the Provincial Insurance STEEPLECHAsE HANDICAP of 100 Bowl., for 4-pr-olds and
Company. A fire broke out on the pr:soner's premises upwards ; winners extra. About three miles. (26 subs.)
between three and four o'clock in the morning of the 19th . I.' .''.'
ii
in'ti alb .i.nBeSlprutit.ebtVartezi. dam
by
Rocket, aged,
1
of June, at which time prisoner and his wife were seen on : Mr BJ. Angell a Sutton. .4
yrs, lOst 91b.. Capt. Harford E
the top of the house (which had a flat roof) cautiously Betting :3to 1 on Sprite, who had the best of the race
looking over into the street. On the alarm being given throughout, and won in a canter by twelve lengths.
they came down in a few minutes all dressed, the prisoner
carrying some books and papers in his hand. The pm- BLTTING ON THE COURSE.
muses were totally destroyed, as were also the three ad. LIVERPOOL AUTUMN CUP.
joining shops and houses, one of which—that of Mr. sto 1 agst The special t&2O to 1 apt Miss Harriette
Walker, chemist—with all its contents. The total lon of '7tol Nu t off.
and a, Is to I Brick'off
Bto 1 Attwa t' 30 to 1 Tres are Trove
claim upon the Provincial office for 4,1001., which was 9to 1 Friday t 'off,
resisted, and a prosecution commenced. The trial lasted 10 to 1 Chepstow ',t and 30 to I Mou hey 'off'
four days, and ended in a verdict of guilty, and the pri. Chepstow
30 to 1 Caithness ,off)
loner was sentenced to seven years' imprisonment. 100 to 7 East Lynne ,t f 40 to 1 Lady Vane ,t;
STRIKE AT THE MANCHESTER GAS-WORRS.— Yes- 100 to 7 Helen tf• 40 to 1 Beeswing I)
to to 1 Salpinctes off, 40 to 1 Lozenge ti
terday the workmen employed at the gas-works in Man- 20 to 7 Sandal off, 66 to 1 Sportsman (off)
cheater struck for an advance of 6.1. per day in their wages. i BETTING IL3O P.M.
Up to the present time their wages have been 4s. Cal. per I LIVERPOOL AUTUMN CUP.
day. They are the servants of the corporation, who have I
realised in past times between 30,000 L and 40,000 Bto 1 Friday 1. per ! Ato I agst The Spe'
cial MD 11 to 1 agst Helen ,t*
t • ' 10 to 1 Salpinetes 't'
annum, the money going mainly to a fund for effecting . Bto I Nut 14 to 1 East Lynne A',
improvements in the town. It appears the workmen gave 9to 1 Actira V 30 to 1 Sendai It)
notice for an advance, but the Corporation Committee of ato 1 thepstow 3' 2t I lied tart ,t)
Management wished them at the time to wait till the new " 33 to 1 agst Lady Vane :off,
elections of councillors had been made, when the commit- ' _--.
SETTING IN LONDON—THURSDAY AFTERNOON,
tees are usually reconstituted. The gas committee does
not seem to have taken sufficient guarantees from the There was again a good attendance at the clubs to-day
men to hold them to such an arrangement, and hence the and a fair amount of speculation. The favourite was very
public have been taken by surprise, and there is a danger firm and there was little or no alteration in the positions
of the town being thrown into darkness these dark No-
of Actin. Friday, or Nu. The feature of the day was the
vember days and nights. The supply of gas is being so
advance of Chepstow to a comparatively abort price and
much economised already as to oblige industrial establish- the retrograde movement of Caithness to the rear ranks.
meats to resort to the use of candles and other means of Salpinctes, who has hitherto been almost unnoticed, was
supplying light, also backed to a considerable extent, at first at 20 to 1,
DOCK. SPACE AT BIRKENHEAD. —Large as are the and subsequently at 100 to 6. Helen, Brick, Treasure
Trove, and Red Earl likewise came in for a moderate
dock works at Birkenhead—which is rapidly becoming the
entrepot of the East India cotton cargoes, and the shipping amount of support. At the close the prices were as
port of the district for coal—the present dock space can follows :
be easily increased by some additional 90 acres of water . LIVERPOOL AUTUMN CUT.
space, with 18,000 yards of lineal quay space, which would , 9to k aid The Special (off, 100 to I egg Brick tA it off)
afford loading berths of 300 feet each to_ upwards of sixty , tato It Teo to 6 Sandal loff;
owls, Upwards of a million anal a half has been spent . 7to 1 Aches (t &se 100 to 5 Helen (t it off)
on dock works at Birkenhead since 1853. Bto 1 Friday ,1 dr irfri 100 to 4 Treasure Truce
9to 1 Nu It and off' I.aken'
Dv BAILEY'S DELICIOUS REVALENTA AEADICA. 10 to 1 Chepstow it and 100 to 4 Bed Earl it it o)
Foot. sans dyspepsia, Maim:Mum, cough, asthma, consump atr, tion, 1M to 4 Caithness iofl)
debility, 00astilotioai dkurtura• PalPaatima• aerT^ui• bill°"• 100 to 7 East Lynne (off) 40 to 1 Lozenge (off)
liver, and stomach complaint& Cure No. 63,413.—" Roque. July pm toe gshagetas tat 50 to 1 Moukey (off)
21, 11166,—Tbe health of the Holy Father is excellent,
'lnce, abandonin all
_other remedies, he has confirm= --
entirely to Da Barry's Food, and his Holiness cannot probe ' craTaTAL PALACE. ONE SurLLgtre DAy,......
oda moue., food too highly."—Ciasettedu Midi. Du Barry and ...,_
Os., No. 77, Rion 700,2„. London. W. Ia thus, at is. led. a RUNWAY, Nov. B.—Admisions on paranent„ 924 ;ditto
c
11b big. Ma. 2% 24112 m. 40a —(Advertiessiest. by seism tialista, 1,125. Total Amities. 2,049.

THE EXPRESS, FRIDAY EVENING, NOVEMBER 9, 186(

:titre.

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no antagonism between the parties. He hoped they would
have the assistance of the magistrates of th t court in get-
ting them relieved from the despicable labour on Sundays.
Mr. Knox wished to know wlust were the average hours

of work.
Mr. Wilson said 18, besides the work on Sunday, and all
Sunday night. He represented 200 bakers, and there were
not six out of that number but were desirous of seeing an
end put to Sunday trading and baking.
Mr. Knox remarked that Sunday baking could hardly be
done away with.
Mr. Wilson said he believed the general wish was for
the abolition of Sunday trading entirely. They wanted
the law as it stood to be enforced. His men worked 18
hours a day, and he could not help thin so long as the sy
tem of underselling was practised. He must get ou •
number of batches daily, and sell them at a low profit,t in
order to compete with the unprincipled trader.
Mr. Knox said he could afford no help in that direc-
tion. All he could say was, that the journeymen cep
to work an unconscionable number of hours, and
trerldtainly thought they were entitled to have one day
in the week to themselves. He was prepared to put the
law in force in all cases properly proved before him.
Mr. Wilson thanked the magistrate on behalf of the
deputation, and remarked tes of
were the jour-
neymen were the greatest suffhat the f amilierers. There only
the mothers at home to give a word of advice to the chil-
dren ; the fathers were always at work.
LAMBETH.
Six wretched-looking children, who had been taken up
by the police on char of begging on Monday last, were
brought up from Lembah workhouse for the purpose of
being disposed of by the magistrate under the excellent
provisions of the Industrial School Act, the 29th and 30th
'Viet., c. 118. Tie poor children, all of whom were under
the age of 12, were those belonging to drunk
and
en, dila-
pated, and reckless parents, residing in Kent-street
other low localities, who turn them out with a broom or a
few boxes of matches, but, in point of fact, to beg and
bring them home money to get drunk with. In proof of
this, Mr. Inspector Heath was examined, who said that
when brought to the station-house two of the children told
him that their father regularly waited their return to take
from them every halfpenny they had, and then got drunk
with it. if proof were wanting to show the benefit and
necessity of removing these wretched little beings out of
such hands, it would be amply supplied by the wonderful
difference that even three or four days in the workhouse
made in their appearance. The parents of the little pri-
soners were present, and expressed an anxiety to have
them back; but when questioned by the magistrate, none
of them could show that they were in a position to sup-
port them, and their anxiety, therefore, to get them
restored was that they might be able again to send them

EQUITY COURTS.—Nov. 8.
(Before Viee-Chancellor Sir J. Stuart.)
MAXWELL V. 110G0.—HOGG V. MAXWELL.
These were injunction suits. In the former
the plaintiff, John Maxwell, sought to restrain
the defendants, Mans. Hogg, from selling or ad-
vertising for sale any magazine called Br/gnat-it' ; and
from selling or advertising for sale the September number
of their magazine called Beigraria. On the 11th June
last Mr. Maxwell (the plaintiff in the first suit) caused his
name to bo registered as the proprietor of the oopyrifht
is
a magazine of the before-mentioned name ; and in the
Ipsioide Express of the 31st July last he announced that
the first number of his Belgravia would appear in October,
under the editorship of Miss Braddon, and it had been
frequently advertised since the month of July. On the
24th September Messrs. Hogg first advertised a publication
by them called also Belpre y they published it on
the following day. The plaintiff published tree first number
of his publication, Belgravia, towards the end of October.
In the cause of " Hon v. Maxwell," Messrs. Hogg
sought to restrain the puUmtion by Mr. Maxwell of his
Belgravia. It appeared that in October, 1863, a magazine
which was now vested in the Messrs. Hou was duly re-
gistered at Stationers'-hall under the title of Belgravia.
The first number of such magazine was not, however, pub-
lished until 25th September. 1866, and it was then pub-
lished as a September number. The question was, who
was entitled to priority to the title of Belgravia, Mr. Max-
well or Messrs. Hogg.
Mr. Mains and Mr. Swanston were heard for Mr. Max-
' well ; and Mr. Greene and Mr. Morris for Messrs. Hogg.
The Vice-Chancellor said that neither of the parties was
entitled to sn injunction, and refused both motions.

COURT OF QUEEN'S BENCH.—Nov. 8.
Sittings in Banoo.—(Before
the Lord Chief JUISICO and
Justices Blackburn, Mellor, and Lush.)

STRANGE APPLICATION.
A poor countrywoman appeared to-day before the court,
and made a very novel application. It appeared from her
statement, which was not very clear, that some years since
a man who owed her some money was convicted of felony,
and consequently forfeited the whole of his property to
the crown. The treasury promise(' her that her debt
should bepaid, and she came to London about two years since
to receive the money. She, however, hail not yet been
paid, and being in great distress she wished their lord.
ships to make an order so that she could be provided for
until she received her money. She had been told that the
poorhouse was not the proper place for her, and she had
no means with which to support herself. She had been
to the Mansion-house, but was unable to see the Lord
M‘yor, as she wished, in order to lay her case before him.
The court informed her that they were very sorry they
could not assist her.

out to beg.
Mr. Elliott remarked that in his opinion the prisoners
were clearly the sort of persons coming under the de-
scription of the act, that they were sent out by their
wretched parents under the pretence of sweeping crossings
and selling a few boxes of matches, but in reality to
beg, and the consequence was that they went -in from bad
to worse until they became expert thieves, and thus it was
that the public streets were crowded with shoals of juve-
nile pilferers. Unfortunately there w.s not at present in
the county of Surrey any institution to which, under the
provisions of the statute, he could send the prisoners, but
he was happy, for the sake of the poor children them-
selves. to say that there were such institutions in the county
of Middlesex, and to these he (Mr. Elliott) had the privilege
of sending the whole of them. The worthy magistrate then
directed that the prisoners be taken to the industrial
schools indicated, to be there kept, according to their ages,
for two, three, and four years each.
One little fellow, being a Roman catholic, was obliged to
be discharged, the magistrate knowing of no institution
belonging to his creed to which to send him.

SOUTHWARK.
Soon after Mr. Burcham had taken his seat on the
bench a respectable-looking female, dressed in widow's
attire, entered the court with an intelligent-looking lad,
about 13 years of age, to ask his worship's advice and
assistance under the following distressing circumstances.
The applicant stated that on the previous day she applied
to Mr. Partridge at this court with the lad, who was an
orphan through the cholera, and was told to wait on his
worship that morning. The lad's mother was seized with
the cholera on Friday last, died the following day, and was
buried on Tuesday. He was entirely without friends or

support.
Mr. Burcham asked if he bad a father?
Applicant replied in the negative. He died about five
years ago. He had formerly been a master tailor in Black-
man-street, but at his death his wife was reduced to great
poverty. Applicant had known her many years as an in-
dustrious woman, and would help the lad, but she was
widow and had a large family to support.
Mr. Burcham asked if she had applied to Mrs. Gladstone's
fund?
Applicant replied that on the previous day she called at
the Mare-ion-house with the lad, and after stating the cir-
cunistanees was told that the fund was closed. As the poor
woman died in the district of this court they directed her
to wait on his worship.
Mr. Burcham observed that there was no fund under his
control for such en object.
Mr. Satf ord, the chief clerk, assured his worship that there
was unfortunately nothing of the kind at his worship's dis-
posal. There was a fund at the Mansion-house from which
assistance bad been granted to the various districts in the
metropolis. He would, therefore, by his wotship's per-
mission, give the applicant a letter to Mr. Oke, the chief
clerk at the Mansion-house, introducing the notice of the
case to the Lord Mayor.
Mr. Burcham thought that such a course would be
advisable, and if the Lord Mayor could not grant assist-
ance from his fund applicant bad better return to this
court, and he would see what could be done with the
poor lad.
Applicant thanked his worship and
letlef the court with
• the intention of proceeding at once to Mansion•hous