The Express.
London, England, 1866-09-19 00:00:00

CRICKET.

FOURTEEN GENTLEMEN OF THE DRAMATIC DLITBv.
FOURTKIN GrNTLRIIIIN OP 11111 PRINCIPAL LONDON MUSIC
HALLS.—This match, for the bensfit of the General Theatrical
Fund, commenced yesterday at the Oval, Kennington. The
bands of the C and L divisions of police were in attend-
ance. The weather was dull and cold, and the company not
very numerous. Stumps were drawn at half-past 5 o'clock,
the score standing as under : Dramatic, first •innings,
118 ; Music-halls, first innings, four wickets down, 22.
The play will be resumed to-day.

Frederick Lillywhite, the compiler of the
" Cricketers' Guide," died at Brighton on Saturday, in his
38th year.
HAIRDRESSERS' SATURDAY EARLY CLOSING
Morstim. —A meeting of hairdressers was held last night
at the Hercules Tavern, Leadenhall-street, Mr. S. Betts
in the chair, for the purpose of furthering the movement
which is being made among the trade in the metropolis for
an early closing on Saturdays. The whole of the West-
end. Islington, and Brampton shops, almost without ex-
ception, have closed at five o'clock since the Ist of Septem-
ber, but through the opposition of one or two City houses,
the movement is progressing but slowly in the City. A
resolution, proposed at last night's meeting by Mr. Rolfe,
and seconded by Mr. Prendergast, thanked the numerous
employers who had already dosed their establishments
at five o'clock on Saturdays, and expressed the hope that
their example would induce others to adopt the same
course. A letter was read from the lord mayor, who ex-
pressed his sympathy with the movement.
SUSPICIOUS DEATH AT TOINES.—On Monday
morning at Totnes some men, in clearing the fenders under
Mr. Bowden's store, discovered the dead body of a women
in the water. It was evident she bad been there some
days, and the idea immediately suggested itself that the
unfortunate creature had fallen or been thrown into the
mill lest from the Totnes Race Marsh. On Monday
evening, a woman of Plymouth, who has not yet left
Totnes since the races, and who stated that her hus-
band had a roulette table on the course, recognised the
body as that of the wife of Jim Gepson, a well-
known local pugilist of Plymouth, and proprietor of a
sparring-booth, which was also on the race-course.
In the woman's pocket some silver and a baby's shoe
were found. The woman who identifies the body says that
Gepson came to her the second night of the races, and told
her he had missed his wife and child. Medical gentlemen
believe that foul play had been shown towards the unfor-
tunate woman. Active measures were taken last evening
to ascertain, if possible, whether the child met with a
similar fate to its mother, and the place where the body
was found was dragged, and with the help of a horse the
channel under the stores' was also dragged, but no trace of
the child has been discovered. It is possible that if in the
water with the mother it might Nave been washed in under
the fender and carried down the Dart.— Western Morning
New.

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