The Express.
London, England, 1860-12-17 00:00:00

NAVAL AND MILITARY.

ADM:BANFF, D. 10.—APPOUITIONTS. —Pay-
motor W. 11. Gina, to &it Joao.
its D. Numb, owl Z. D. Teel:tom to the
; 3.11ap0. r tho Adidas; W. J. L. ins**
aad W. H. Joni" to tbo Joroo.
Nava Obels., G. A. G. Gm and J. N. Norm. to the
lonuortakiol ; 1.0. N. Peva sad F. G. Damask to do
Mr. A. G. R. wad his loss abated to • naval obit-
dup.

Captain R. H. H. Risk has, we (rested &trios
Gesetw) aaasmaad, tam as fasted am captain to Rear
Aeries' dr 'Wiwi) Walker; sod Oeiemander A. Philips,
=roweled tram the Ariwka, hoe, we hear, bees
he be ea ammadar al She Earplug.

SPORTING.

,
REVIEW OF THE TWO-YEAR-OLDS 01 1890.

TO till 101101 Of TIN tIOPITAII.

Sza,—ln order to male an analysis of the per
formasome of the feeler-sibeaarlite, I have ,antedthan thathaw dime Hoe Neat, alai • 4114411 so
far as my poor shihtits will slow, and your Invest a
eases my ideas of the relative merits of the best sixty two-
year-olds that waned dining the past reseco, which may
taro oat sosewa.s we, the Era, gapposiag say of ilea
should mist in 14911 over a distaste surnahle I. met thine-
yearolds—ssy MO wile. Tinge are, of ovum, mealy ass.
teals that have not attracted particular attention boat the '
judge who gave promise of vast improvement ; but I bave
disclaimed all connexion with these, and they will receive
their fair sham of notice when my attempt at anaiyanai
the herby is nide, and one or two have certainly not acne
their best in the following list :
at lb at lb st Ils
Dnettee
lig Ise
Dictator BlO cepeeoleas.... 8 01 Nutboah ...... 7 14
Kettledrum
Dlophantne .. e 9 Lupus 8 0, Tetayrls 7 9
lady (Addeo.. 8 9 Boesky 8 0 RougeDregen.. I 9
Voneueror .... 8 7 Poroshe 8 0 Verger-testa. •
Brow° Inches S 4 Pmesplirem
Pulkedone.... 8 4 CMG 8 0 Tagg
'Cs
'Carlton . . 8 a Deafest - T
tpieen of the 15411 e Lady
Vale 8 4 169 y Dodos 713 arpc 7 I
lawyer -
Asteroid 8 a neighbour . ...... 713 son . . ..... 7 I
Walloon II 8 Alhersions.... 7 13 Silwertmir .... T 4
Ranee Orley 5 I lamphist .... 6
Knight of Hie Illiewerth .... 711 Prudence .... 7 5
Thuds 9 I Tsealwee-me.. 7 11
_Tattoo . . ..... 7 5
leans
'rainwater_
Bombardier .. 5 0 Dm ......
Klmikoff, Kettledrum, Imaus, Yorkminster, and one or two
others, ran backward even when they performed the most
brilliant feats ; and alter Conqueror, thophantus, Big Ben,
Queen of the Vale, Imam, and Amite, bad shown brat-
, rate form, they cot up vet,. badly, from some caws or
other ; but I have been particular to keep to their best per-
-1 formances, which they say all run up to again some day.
However, the above structure may be scattered to the
' winds when seas, of the materiels get to a greater scope of
fliwdthan the mile, had Dundee will deservextra en e
iflie abouM meet any of the remaining fitty-nin• over
1 a mile and half and upwards—l am, kc., ILKTDDR.

• ALARMING ACCIDINT ON NMI LONDON coA Norm
WINTERS BAILWAY.—A sollisioo took place at an early
hour y.sstertlay monde& at the Rugby Station of the
London and North-Western Railway, involving serious
damage to the property of the company, and occasioning
eon.idemble alarm and inconvenience to the passengers, but
providentially unattended with fatal cousequcncea It ap-
pears the amprem mail train from Edinburgh, due at Ruston
Station at 4.20 a.m., as arriving at Rugby come into col-
lision with a goods and cattle train which was at the
moment being ehtmted into a soling (the accident °taming
under very similir tircometatioas to this recent disastrous
affair at A therstone), by the force of which the train' were
thrown off the metals, several of the cattle trucks were com-
pletely destroyed, and many of the oxen contained thereto
were killed. The line was obstructed fur some hours, and
the arrival of the mail iu London delayed until 11.30 a.m.
The Irish mail and other trains were also consequently re-
tarded, and did not reach their destination wail long after
the appointed tine.
RAILWAY Amur:yrs.—On Saturday night last,
about 10 o'clock, a fatal accident occurred to a roan, at pie.
sent unknown, on the Eastern Counties Railway, near the
North Woolwich station. It appears that the deceased was
on the hoe of rails at the time that a down train was about
to enter the stales, when be was knocked down, sad the
entire train peened over his body, which was literally
crashed to pieces. From some papers found in his possession
it is believed that the deceased came from Lambeth. Os
Saturday morning last great alarm was caused to passengers
on the North Kent Railway by a collision which took place
between two trains near the New-croes station. Polio,.
sergeant Knight of the A division arid other pameagent west
slightly bruised by the csecusinine, end it is fortunate that
more serious commune:wee did not result from the saddest.
SCIMMI DEATH IN THE FS.ENCH CHTSCH, ST.
Nairrtrea-ut•Gamin.—ao instance of the awful uncertainty
of human life occurred in the French church, St. Martin's le
Grand, on Saturday. Dr. lease Jollit, one of the deacons of
the church, was in the vestry when he miaowed and ha,
and on being lifted op wan found to be quite dead. Mr. •
Wallford, enrgeos,af Aldersgatestreet, was called in im.
mediately, but his mervices were of no avail. Disease of the
heart is the supposed mule of death. The decimated was be-
tween 60 and 70 yearn of ago.
CILOWN WINED OF HUNGARY."—The
demand that has arisen Once the redaction of the wine greate ,
from a new etas, of sustainer who have conscuuclitly &prune up.
has Induced th, directors of "The Intropeen and Colonial Wine
company' of In. Pall-mall. to make arrangements forttre regular
ahlymeot of these wines. The cocophrtion of the railways ee
I. ...Ala the expense of taut, that they are now able to oder a
really errellent Port and Sherry from the mune mat wine
c•mutry Lai 111.E.vu7 at a price within the reach of ea
too and its, pee daz., bottles and cues Loaotts4.—(A.lvernee-
, neat.)