The Express.
London, England, 1858-05-20 00:00:00

THE EXPRF SS, THURSDAY EVENING, MAY 20, 1858.

sad the twee wies tamed is. way, sad were grim
seenestly la the filmdom otTatisalkiwomia. There IRO
PaiMMIN bet they won banking lows the little boy'
—Sot Tieing task these—tai the thimble-rig mss had beam
ebili,:rased by ad of pertlemeat. Tbe etnehr sad hie hungry
'fiat bed probably sot yet arrival; hat es we sot oa our
pleasantly oscillating platform we sew what Mr. Frith, with
all his tarn, raid net make intelligible on envy, because
it carted of a rand seeserice of interedieg movements.
Down is the need ineedinely in front of the gallon where
we sat a afar of native and energetic young ma, well
supplied with pinks amitrrtles, were contently angered In
the 'vodka of ,Winne of various dimmers, while the
pnlicemaa sad at head looked is with a grim smile, sad
with his right heed badly stroked the handle of his betas,
which he riders,* tasked up ander his left arm. Whim
the work was complete, the young IMO hospitably invited the
passemby to sem& at the small charge of rpm* each,
and elder', Led stout women, sad little children, eagerlypaid
their money sad climbed the ladder, and chuckled over thedr
promised good view of the race. Bat the pollesma, who
had only rind until the platform was quite fall, now nerd
oat, baba to lend, and commenced palling everything to
room The poor people jumped down, or tumbled down, ea
beet they dead, sad the platform-makers assumed the look
of injured Individuals r they assured the poor dope
that it wee 11000 of their faults. Six times within
an hour we saw this famous platform trick performed
with the moat wispier 1100011118. Six times were the stands
put op, six tiaras were they filled by heart people who paid
their error, and mix tire did the valiant X 999 advance
to the charge and demolish the fragile gallery. It struck us
that a mach simpler plan would have been to prevent the
platforms going up at all, but than the active and Gertrude
young man would not have got their money, sad the prat
I ward sot have had than encesseive opportunities of
ler( his inspire see what be could do. But everythng
rides dews to lira—nes the eight-erekere oa Derby Day,
or the penmen In an omnibus. The course wee at lad
erred, the jockeys were weighed, the horses addled, sad
the preparatory center gave the spectators the opportunity
of pronouncing inhllibly on the proximate wirer. Then
wen ere who could give • complete biography of Sherman,
who wee to ride Sigterioa, and tea the way ia widish be
ma to mho mire ad eons in Sat filiammen, they told
as, we sixty years of age, and hid sot altered an ours
sines • bilious train* Mesh be had undergo:se thirty yarn
before, bat had quietly ossified on that occasion, and re-
main& etatiemaryreer sines. Sherman was worth • leta-
dred thearad peals, dome doom te the course attended by
W valet, sod only command to rids fie/Mario* in °oar
lessee of a mores he Ist made sometime in the La
drag to the adds oven's grandfather. Them
them wen anemia hews who most win if other'
home couldn't, sad the other facts of the race
were sa so clearly known to the initiated before-hand that
the science of betting was reduced to • matter of detelan.
But at last all ties hones did run, making a famous start, and
going at • pre that seemed really taveradlous. As they
meted the hill they were all so close together that it seemed
es if it was going to he • deed-het all mad. Then two got
• little to the treat, lad all looked at thedr cards and
got Inextricably Goshen about the colours, and while they
wen ofearing up the point the bones an shot past like light-
ing, and the anathere, six, in, seven, at the winning poet,
showed ther • horse kid was whom nobody had expected to
win, but of whom, now that he had won, every one swore
that he had ream and expected It all along. People had
thought of the Derby for • week, had got up early in the
morning, end travelled, sad crashed, and waited all day for
it, and now it wed ell over In three minutia, and the crowd
had nothing far it but to break up, go to dinner, sad pay and
receive their bar

(PROM OUR OWN

A wet Derby-day would have beta a national calamity.
It would have deetroyed the hopes sad expectations in which
holiday folk had indulged for many weeks, and it would hare
deprived the English people of the fon and excitement which
really ornieterkes their racing carnival. Until Tuesday
the sky ladoraces had been marked by "patents din," sad
the lowering clouds end frequent nine produced aMr
coaregiag effect upon persons engaged I. peepuetkimi for
the great day. The booth-keeps employed themselves cm
Tuesday in constructing drains to carry off the eatielpited rain,
sad in eadeavouring to render their canvas waterproof,
sad the Itinerant armed/re sad acrobats that frequent our
race-courses seemed "out of sorb" at the prospect of a
thearyand ueprothablePerby-day. The glass rase ce Tuesday
atone" sad with it nee the hops of treading visitors.
Yowls, ens again allowed their fancy to dwell upon their
light rata and blue veils, which they had sullenly laid aside
for macintoshes and oilskins, and the ladies expertered a
relief when the probability prieted itself that they would
be able to glisten in bright dresses and gay penmen instead
of being miserably cooped up in elated anises.
The morning had scarcely dawned when Derby-day
people began to rein At Ire rickety cert., loaded
with ginger-beer and 000 ling beverages, toiled into
Epees ; Asa leg-weary men, driving tracks before
them, prole with short pipes—tautly boye—who had
walked from Landes, rime in lads parties, but they did not
loiter by the way, but plodded towards the Downs, where
they stretched their Irate under the shelter of she mends or
in the booths. By six o'cl,xk the Gut wee Arias gaily,
sad then the real ate and bustle of the road gradually cote-
arced. Light gigs came dashing tato the little town, their
esereate putting up for breeklast. After them, about eight
o'clock, a few carrieges were ern co the road, and leather-
ing pleasure-van creaking sad =Meg with their heavy
had of noisy, laughing, holiday folk, seeds " blocks" at
freiteent laureate Wt turnpike .game and round the
roadside public-houses. Then the long, straggling street
rapidly Shed, as train after train arrived In quick ettoorion,
ismo ill 10 Werth the stream of people that had set in
Epos' ear da,ylight had swathe to tte awes
dieneker, brooking and running of in different cheeses
when it mocha the town, to speed over the length sad
breadth of the Down.. AU uneasiness sad forebodings am is
the weather were not entirely dispelled throughout the
morning, sad appeals to the weatber-wise and otherwise
were frequently made as sombre clouds ever and
roe gathered sad drifted over the bright blue sky.
The sue, however, lifter berg temporarily obscured,
would come out and scatter them, lighting up the
landscape MT* gaily after the lateen* of gloom, sad
the sprits of the emperor *run folk to
, the sad their asjoymed le be deepened,
after the dajwassiee °created by the respect of Mfg-
womb's,. A large majority of the pe=usom.d, like
ria:k"Tapley, determined to be jolly ander any
and era regarded a drench*, rain se "jolly fun," and es a
principal shesset in their Derby day'. enjoyment An
linglithmaes notion of " rum things " is remedy poorer,
fee at about ulnae'olock dark linden-hoddour lowered
omiarely, sad at kat a seeking rein fell, sad really people
seemed to revel in the " rum ides" of huddling together
ender every available shelter. During the shower the nor
page ea the reed was almost general • the isne song the
reed were tilled I. an Instant, ad the pelting rain cleared the
streets of Epos so instenteasously that, except for the
mar of peep* that was seen in the shops and hotels, or
might almost ban fancied that the Derby-day wee far dia-
-1 teat. The rain, however, soon ceased, sad out came the
visitors again and the street was more crowded than ever,
The landscape brightened as the time approached for the
oonuarameneet of the sport, and cry a few bright fleecy
crude driving briskly before a sharp wind occasionally sent
a shadow over the Downs. Perhaps the bill was not so
crowded as lest year. and, perhaps, the throng of s
was at so great but suopnedon can only be Indulged is
with reopen to these matter., as every or seems to think
that " this Derby is not like the bin," much in the same way
that old ladies and gentlemen behove that " things are net r
they wen when they were young." lir. Hoskin ham =-
hie opera is that it desirable and proper that this
gel% carnival should be painted, bat Ma he would have
been compelled tohave whin sled gad that r. Fri th's alerts*
pioneer the Derby-day fails to ahow the rring excitement
which prevail, cl, although there were no ' gaining tables,"
and the innocent little girl who had not been to the
Derby, and wee so happy, has about as accurate an idea of
the real Is., sad unrestrained merriment as a pima whole
=me limited to an Exeter-bell meet* or en
Ma prey.
Not even that Derby-day rhareetseistio—oloods of thrill—
was wanting, for the returning visitors Mond the rade
almost as dusty as they could have been after a lengthened
drought.
. . . _

The nen inhale qtessiator allowed the fleet race to be
ins el wkban direnig MINA attention to it, whilst shoes
=manly el plume bent, occupied thaninless in
n ef4l Derby "Swum" Ind nun, gloves with the hir
ame Ink
The InencinTr l iumwsklshig department was spongy
iumaiieeilmeklits *lane' nines sod samba,. wars Mi-
es the beard Minn delay. Of the four-
,
asnand an she end. only one—Botany
1 --owl end Ws Ilan ansesed the care with which
116. Darla, ampiling Ma lit of starters. On Tuesday the
1 iminens et Twaspifilis eel the rise -- f Lest Layton
ewe the pieregel neweneest le the lawns ; jaw
Wars the sus two mole ispeetswi now were
nude ; a Mat " rep' use enind Ow
anal when es huh, as (I ft 1 was at onteliris
aim, sad the . dark" D
tr b Ithio==t to 10
itill ealy. Lord arby's T ws
Naletekeed
Withal's. le the Mime te the dim PerhoLomed
te ammo kr the reirespoidee et The Ate
, we milereseed. was balsa sally in a
went Ilia
by Deadisma. The malt of the nos alanald the Oath at
this ripen W had the opens af Wig wadi of Dr
Joseph Hawley. Its and he ahem leadmea.
The Wed was The hear wieeareehed
hie the balm jet the Paddock ; ihripepTeibeas
threw limelletely, ad Mr. =Ward Ye
deg eves haw the epeuteene geeaselly ?saw Ibrr

were at the post. We have little to add to the elaborate de-
scription oldie nos &thin the usual phies. The defeat of
Tozophilite sorely dleappelneed Ns noble owner, Lord Derby,
who was present. Beiththan ran • good stout hone, and it
is not a bide creditable to • private trainer end a young be-
ginner like George Ilaaang that he should be enabled to
send • horse to the post sufidretly well and suilichntly pre-
! pared to win so 'spanned a nth aft Joseph Bewley has
this reason renewed he Be., Aphrodite, and Teddington
triumphs, for with Bledsoe= at Newmarket in the Cravat
Meeting he won a stake worth about SW, end with him ha
won half the Newmarket stakes. Ell crowning moons,
however, was to pull id the Two Thousand Guthrie Seeks
with Fitz Roland and the Derby with Beadsman.
The races decided after the Derby were unimportant, and
the spectators gave themselves up to *ma pies end tham-
pagne. The usual scene was wlthessed on the road end at
the railway stations. Oincibaam " chaffed" four-in-hands,
and pleasure vans chaffed omnibuses, and not until pest
midnight did the het note from the last poethorn on the
road cease to disturb the geese and the retired • cite " in the
vicinity of Clapham-oommon.
The police arrangenwnta were, as usual, most efficiently
marled out. Superintendents Walker and Hughes, of the
A division, had • well-disciplined body of men, numbering
about 200, under their commend, end the regularity with
which they cleared the Wizen elicited well deserved admira-
tion. Impostor Whither of the detective force did duty in
the Grand Stand eoclosure, and his memos arm quite suffi-
cient to check the operations of the ohorsliers eriseliteens.
The errangensents of the traffic at the most crowded part
at the reed, was entrain:l to • detholunent of 100 men of the
• and P divisicee of police, under the superintendence of
Inspector Frazer, and by diverting the stream of vehicles
into lines, all poesibffity of confusion and danger was entirely
obviated.

—There warn an extraordinary masher of excursion vane
upon the mad, and the effect produced by their fresh paint
and Mutating hangings as they toiled up the pleasant lanes
wee remarkably pretty.
Mr. Darling, the clerk of the coarse, has cause for grata-
latios in the mice, as which marked the proceeding. Acting
on the principle that " trifles make perfection and perfection
is no trifle," he personally directed the management of
affairs, and superintended the most seemingly insignificant
matter which could promote the efficiency of the general
Amongst the numerous distinguished visitors assembled
In the Grand Stand we noticed his Royal High-
ness the Duke of Cambridge, Duke of Beaufort,
Duke of Montrose, MaiT: of Literary. Marquis of
Angliney , Marquis of Marquis of Conyugharo, Mar-
=of Warlord, Marq of Droghwla,- Marquis of
Marquis of Hartgaaton, lowd Aid* lord Aerartr,
Lard Bassamo, Beeromagh, Lea CewleburY, Lord
ChmierSeld, Lord Clifden, Lord Colville, Lord Carson, Lord
Dalloith, Lord Derby, Lord Durham, Lord Itrield, Lord
BMWS, Lord Exmouth, Lord F. Piracy, Lard Glasgow,
Lord Granville, Lord
_Howth., Lord Lamellas, Lord A.
Lennox, M.P., Lord LiohdrM, Lord Lincoln, Lord G.
Mown, M.P., Lord Newport, M.P., Lord Portamouth,
Lord Ribtalesdale, Lord John &ett, Lord Strathmore, LL rd
Scarborough, Lord, Torrington, Lard Wilton, Lord Winchil-
sea, Lord Jersey, Lord Zeeland, Captain Alexander, Mr.
Mervyn Archdale, M.P., Sir George Armitage, Major Begot,
Captain Belli* Mr. Charles Balfour, Count Batthyany, Mr.
J. Bowes, Sir Thomas Burke, Bart., Hon. G. Byng, M.P.,
Sir H. Campbell, Hon. Colonel Charter* Captain Christ*
Sir W. Codzington, But., Aldermen Copeland, Mr. Rowland
Cooper, M..T. Stirling Crawford, Hon. Cara' Curzon, Mr.
H. D. Dm Von% Yes H.IN. Des Vans, Captain Drum-
mond, Hon. Leopold Ellie, SW Y. Farquhar, M.P.,
Colossi Ferguson. Mr. G. Fiteßoy, Mr. H. Fits-
Roy,G. Fitzwillira, Han. H. Forester, Mr.
W. L. Gilmour, Mr. C. Grealle, Admiral Vernon liar-
°out, Sir J. Hawley. Bart., Limt.-Colonel 0. Higgins, Mr.
J. Ives, Mr. Philip Justice, Mr. R. linightley. P. Mr.
Charles Leslie, Captain Little, Mr. Henry Lowther, Hon. J.
Macaw/AL Mr. F. Magenta, Yr. Chair Martin, Colonel
Morintar Martin, Mr. James Wry, Mr. E. Kills, Colonel
Newton, Mr. Robert; Wire Mr. °aglow. Mr. G. Payne,
General Pod, M.P., Sir Robert Peel. M.P., Mr. R. Read,
Admiral Hon. H. Rona, Mr. H. Saville, Mr. R. Shift°,
M.P., Hon. F. Stanhope, Mr. Join Stanley, Hon. C. Stan-
ley. Mr. Gerard Starr, M.P., Colonel Taylor, M.P., Hon.
G. Vaughan, Mr. T. Wallace, Mr. H. Virs,
Mr. H. Wigwam, Sir W. W. Wynn.

r The foaming deo ran : Beale, Quin al Scotts, Resolute
and Wanderer.
Betting : 2 to 1 apt Madame Most ; 3to 1 .get Qom of
Boots ; 6 to 1 ages Head Knowledge ; 6 to 1 eget Wanders;
7 to 1 apt Norma. Won by two lengths ; a head between
mold sad third ; Wanderer was a bad fourth; Queen of
Boots was fifth. The winner was sold for 160 guinea&

LATEST OAKS BETTING.
5 to 2 apt &abeam
5 tot 00,111901111
10 10 1 - Tarp'
10 to 1 Tuatitall Mold

THE NOITHODIAMLND PLATP.—Thirty-three have
acoapaal for Worm.
ABCOT BTALIII.—The aoceptaacaa only number twenty -
two.

NAVAL AND MILITARY.

The following regiments, which have been serving
in India since 1842, will, it is understood, return is England
daring the meat year, vie.:-10th, 29th (Worcestershire),
78th Highleaders, 84th York and Leacester, and 86th Royal
County Down. It is also stated that the 32nd (Cornwall)
Light Infantry, which embarked for India in 1846, will like-
wise retain to Ragland this year. _

A supplement to the London Gazette, published
hit night, oonMins the numorical return of casualties in her
Modesty's troops under the pommel command of Sir Cohn
Campbell, at Lucknow, from the tad to the 21st of March,
inclusive. Eight officers, four swgesats, sad 60 reek end
61A are stated to have been killed ; 31 allows, 22 sergeants,
and 307 Teak and file wounded, besides two of the rank and
gle missing—totel 434.
DEATH OF ANOTHER. HAYELOCR.—We Mret
mach to record the death of Lieutenant C. W. Havel s* et
the °hood* Reement, nephew to the late Major-Genowl
Havelock. He belonged to Sir E. Lugard's column, which
marched to the support of AWragbur some short time ego.
It appears that on marching out of Jampas, body
al relish were on the out wee to attack Sir Ed the
war at his approach to Asimgianz. This caused the
Colonel to ahw his pleas, and compelled him before
proceeding farther to disperse this body, and while bunting
rip these fellows poor Lieutenant Havelock was shot from a
hat In an obscure village. Havelock was at Goruckpore
end Alaimo/bur at the time of the mutiny of the 12th live-
velars, of which he was adjutant. Subsequently he went
apse a volunteer with his uncle, and has been before Luck-
moor ever since. Hie fate is deplored by all who knew him.
His remains were brought Into Jaunpore and buried there.
—Delhi Gazette, April 17.

ADMIZALTT, MAT 19.—A PPOINTURPITIL—Psy-
meIees F. 0. Dalgin (1854), to the Archer, 13, screw eteem•
slip, at Woolwich; and W. 11. Reeve (1844), to the Brom-
wich, 80 screw eteemethip, at Devonport.
Clerk W. Crump, to the Archer.

PORTSMOUTH, MAY 19.
The City of Manchester, with the 2nd battalion of
the 6th Foot on board, eaSed at three o'clock the morning.
The Pacific, merchant steamer embarked the Roscommon
Militia this morning at nine o'ciook, aad selel for Ireland.
The Rosoommon will be steasedad is this garrison by the
Wexford Militia.

Ths North Lincoln Militia are to be removed from this
garrison to Gosport•

CHATHAM, NAT 19.
An Admiralty order has been received at this
dockyard for the large screw frigate Mersey. 40, to be
launched next month, when a line-of-battle screw mummer of
91 guns, to be called the Bulwark, will be laid down on the
woe slip.