The Express.
London, England, 1860-08-20 00:00:00

(Stamped, id. Additional)

The day after her return from eape Hay, the ship lett
for Chesapeake Bay. Here she will remain on exhibition,
at lialtiesore, for • weak, and then return to New York,
on Satarchiy, August 11. On the Monday, Tuesday,' and
Wednewley tangelos she will be again thrown open to the
public here, and on Thursday, the 16th, she sails for mi.
ford Haven, vit Halifax. There has been a greid desire felt
on the part of the citizens of Bodoe,Portland, Pluledelphia.
and Baltimore to induce the great ship to vislt'lhele
' and the directors were promised that Jabalpur. numbers
I would visit her if she was only brought. Portland insisted
on it as • right, and as some slight return for the wadi-
tnre she had mide for the reception of the Great Eastern
bet year. Although lavish in their assurance/ of the
mosey that could be weds, was of these pieces felt in-
dined to insure the directors against any loss if they left
New York. Baltimore pal ,the only; city that seriously
dismissed the propriety of such a step. The municipal
government introduced a resolution into the council to
present. the ship with 2,5410 tons of bituminous pools. as a
premium for giving their citizens an opportunity of in-
specting her. Although this resolution was not . earned,
the necessary sum was raised by private subscrip-
tiocus. The Baltimore and Ohio Hothead Company
contributed handsomely in- the shape of conveying
the fuel from the Ohio coalfields to the ship. This is not
the only reason which 'ha indand the &Valor* to visit
Baltimore. The anti-slavery agitation to tie north howl
induced so strong • feeling eg sisinpinion in the south, that
the question of establishing direct rude Leon southern
poste with. Englipid has keep seriously mooted.. During the.
building of the Great Eastern, Mr. Horace Han, a suntherp
gentleman, published a pamphlet showing the advaateges
Which would armee to southern interests .l establithing a
line of sash vassals to run *Memo Milford Haven and some
point in Chesapeake Bay. He insisted that such • line
could be profitably employed in conveying the prtiducte of
the southern and western slaveholding stab from some
point in this noble bay, where they could be easily con-
centrated by the network of railways now in operation.

LTWOP.

SPORTING. •
TEM YORK AUGUST MEETING.
Gin Untie at as 111272111.
Sla,--With such a programme requiring disown
Mon es that of the York August, MeiMktg, it is noway
worth while to edema& au ystrzc: by taking cograrmes
of the late meetiugs at Fithian Oxford, where the pnn-
cfpal incident was the tnumph of ender for the Queen's
pMe, which gave the lie to ids running With Athos at
Wolverhampton being correct, sa he beat "Newcastle with a `
atone it hind. The bill of fere that lies before me is of
the most extensive dimensions ; and how the thirty-two
item are to be got through during the three days with any
degree of comfort is quite a mystery to rue ; but I suppose
-the ceounktese will accomplish the feat, or they would
assuredly take heed of the opinion expressed from
all quarters that the in,74.lenagivemore would
faction if it commenced on u instead of Wednesday.
The thirty-two eventaln the list could welt be distributed
over four slays instead of three, and, under present arrange.
meats, the 100 f. put down for the long-desired County Cup
may prove is future years to have been wasted, if not on
• Friday next, u there as little chance for a good 3-yr-old to
participate in the struggle while it is derided on the same
day as the Great Yorkshire Stakes.
the first day's card will be a particularly atrong one, for
although the Mondani Park Stakes for Stockade, the Bar-
gaudy Stakes fur Ariadne, and the Old Produce Stakes for
Salreur, look foregone conclusions while few will oppose
.f.hatatrice (or Starlight) in the Juvenile or Black Duck
Stakes, there are seven Beau pretty sure to aMereat large
fields, the four of them at present eland Magi
niun-
ster 'atria. The Convivial /Makes, kit t-yr-olds,
On a five-furless T.Y.C., should attract. hilly a dozen,
as there is nothing like a certainty in the
list of public• performer., with Vorgimarmin-Niebt, list -11 b.
Folkestone: tot sib, • Prudence, Sat 'llb, -Rouge lemon,
listslb, and Little Drummer, fist ilia fur the best of them,
Nuvertheleas, Rouge Dragon is entitled to every respect,
from hie running lei the • thiodwood Niinery, and may as-
',rely handle the eltentitou Of :the linkman youngsters,
which might turn up in Klarikoff, if lie is entrusted with
the confidence of the Whitemdl liable: The Chesterfield
Illsodinp, one mile, eheuldalso be !well patronised, *as the
event is very open-looking, supposing Phoatom, 4 yre,
Get 121 b, not to be himself were tie the name gentleman
that beat Comforter so easily for the Newmarket Stakes
lest year, it would he "all over but shouting ;" and Jul-
e* him, Forager, 3 yes, fast and Amsterdam, 5 yrs,
Set 10Ib, maid do the trick between them, Stockton,
y-re, Get 51b, being too uncertain for me to trust, although
he has proved himself amid to the fleet Ripen on more
than one 000kosion. The Yorkshire Oaks for 3•year
olds, one mile and a quarter, the talents will find a diffi-
culty in Maldnj a favourite for, nothing brilliaut having
been diaplayed this year by either Watersprite, Lady
Grosvenor, Seclusion, Stockade, Cecilia, Vesta, Contadina,
or Aurora, add the 7lb allowed Moorhen, if we may believe
in her recent Thor liawliesip " trial," should not be wide of
the mark, the stake being quite sufficient to tempt her.
Nightingale, who has been whispered as a " coming out-
sider" for the St. Leger, takes no allowance, and had her
owner intended this as her journey-, he would doubtless Lave
managed to obtain this for her. Thus I must not depend on
the dark daughter of Songstress, having, in addition, a
prejudice against such late birds, however strongly their
praises may be sung. The stable it not unlikely to be
content with • Stockade representing them, and • she
has only. to beat Aurora and Moorhen to secure
the prise. The two-mile Biennial, for three-year-oils,
has some ambiguous conditions attached, and many
might fancy that Vanquisher sod Uppe,Thand have Sib
when Ant reading the Innis stoners in 1560
never having won allowed 311) ;" butes they happen to have
won din 1859 they lose the privilege, and the only animal of
note that can claim it is • The Prophet, who is surseto run
well with a man on his back. Northern Light (31b extra) is
giving him 81b, and he will take some beating with such an
advantage; but having been behind both Wildman and Sir
Win the North Derby, receiving a good 51b beating,
while Northern Light gave both of these 31b and a beating at
Liverpool, Mr. Mem's gallant grey should hold him safe
and beat the MidWebrm horses 'gain also, for he has
Improved in the same mtio as Sir William is said
to have done ; and Upperband having been set-
tle& by him for the, Dee Stakes at Chester, it
is on the cards for Vanquisher only to upset
him. The latter could not do strong work in the spring on
account of the ground being too hard for his doubtful legs ;
but he has takea *ugh adwualerm of the ground being soft
fot *Bat two months that looking at the form he &s-
-ide elldint year, I cannot do otherwise than maple him
light to merest me, as his comparative
irAainns almcat eatieles bin to the preference over every-
Oh Thursday we Min a couple of valuable two-year old
norm the-Muds Wales's and two-year old Biennial
Stakes, both on the T:Y.C., and Wednesday's running
=greatly influence them. The Biennial is of most
and Dundee being engaged in the other, Dictator is
pistil, aerials to pitch upon it, the only respectable public
r=among his forty-four opponents being Prudence,
d the Pbemy colt Thelatterhaving escaped the
31b penalty could °Meanly sanoy him, having done ta mach
with Wallowa at Goodwood as the July Stakes winnerdid
Newmarket, and if Mr. Merry can find his superior at
home in Lady ci the Lake, which is hinted to be the We,
else mast be taken peat care of, and Dictator may only get
second beet to her. There are one or two more "dark
celebrities behind, not forgetting Lord Zetland's descendant
of Voitigeur and Fandangos ilam called Matador • and
Colossi Towueley's Kettledrum by liataplan, out of ince-
meat's dam (a 4W-guinea yearliug),, so that Dictator has
some heavy work cut out for him, and his party must not
by, any means antiormste an easy victory. la the Prince of
Wales's Stakes Dundee has only to fear Elarikoff ; while,
if Mr. Merry preferred starting bim for the more
valuable Stakes, for 2 and 3-yr-olds, ose
mils, he world be sorely troubled by Sweetimusaa •
3Mt Btainpedo (allowed 10th.), 3 yrs ; Parasite, 2 yes;
LUAU, 2 ; and perhaps one or two otters, the
deform of Lady Clifden and Brown Dachas at Reeding
Wing all the danger out of them. Over this distance, the
three-year olds would be meet trustworthy but that
Dundee is a well-known glutton ; still the bitter might
evea decline meeting such a pair as Sweetesuoe and Stam-
pede, who should be the first and esoond in bis absence, or
retire hem the front rank of St. Leger favourite*. The
Filly Saling Make', for two-es aids, T.Y.C., rests solely
between-lady of the lake and Prudence now, and one of
the pair may be glad to save 20f. by declining the encounter
by the time the race comes on therapis. TheWinod is in the
Si. Leger, fur three-year oida, mile and three quarters,
with out; Northern Light to fear—and the latter might
postpone their meeting till Friday, both being in
the Thousand Guinea Great Yorkshire Makes. Horror
in the Hopeful Stskes, for threirytwr olds, one
mils and • ball, without a penalty, while tape Fly-
away carries 71b extra for winning MX at Bath,
which may onus. Lord Derby's colt to prefer the Ebor
Handicap journey ; Horror will then look like a winner,
with Feudorowna, Grenadier, and Maggiore the best of bis
oanopposentardlyte ;hebuext
peevcetnedattothbeitll e dicawareariyamol
ybalf.
ifaetbetney
me.bet,
seeing how unfit he wee at Wolverhampton. The Great
Star Handicap, two miles, despite the bad enplanes, will
bring out as strong a field as last year, When a baker's derma
went to the post, but I cannot Tin. many with a chance
of winning, Underhand, 6 yrs, Defender, 4 yie, fist 51b,
Satellite, 4 yes, net, Artless; 4 7st 716, and Pax, 4 yrs,
list 1116 t having the best of the weights with the di
horses; while of the three-year olds, eve Flyaway, 3 yrs,
7st 411 b, Horace, 3 yre, fist 1111., and Momhee, 3 yrs, Set 81b,
are all that appear dangerous. The but-okus horses
are Underhand, Defender, and Cape Flyaway, who meet at
about fair racing weights, the young one having perhaps a
little the wont of at ; but Moran, who was well up
behind Ben Webster, Pax, and First Loni at the distance
over this same course at the spring meeting, while meeting
them all with the wont of tbeweighte, is iri receipt of slump
of weight Nom the trio, and, as some money is entrusted to
him by his party, he shall carry my confideuce, in MOW
rt,enoa of Underhand, who is extremely " well la " even at
heMi so unsteady iu the market.
Friday's programme I must dames on another occsion
as the primingevent, the Great Yorkshire Stakes, will
have a strong light thrown upon it by the result of Wed-
nearloy's Biennial, which may considerably reduce the
number of Wisard's opponents—l AM, ie.,
METEOR.

THE lIIMTITIONAM MECHLIN LACE LOCK-COM—.
The loek-catt In the Mechlin trade still continues. The em-
ployer* refuse to give the advance of wages demanded by
tie men, and the workmen refuse to go in unless the de.
mend is acceded to. Saeoriptione are being received for
the aspport of the lockouts from seemed parts of the
end there does not appear any likelihood of the
befog terminated for some time to come. There
gig= bees a leek-out in the hairy trade. Since the
Zrilin business the firm of 11. F. sod C. James
throe days' work a week to a part of their men on
essintitis that they should pay the whole of the frente.rent
eel thaws, amounting to 3s. fd. each. The men refused
to do this, and the whole of the hands were locked out. A
number of the workmen applied for relief at the union
worklionee this week.
oixgrALPAL•O2.—HALF-A-CILOWNDAY.—SATURs
DAY, AIMS,/ A—Admissions on payment, 914 ; ditto by
season tickets, 1,113; total visitors, 2,027. Total visitors
fur week ea* Saturday, 37,852. Total visitors since
opening el the Pa/ao*, June 10, 1861, 8,971,138.
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