The Express.
London, England, 1867-09-20 00:00:00

%DI ,‘IFN 4 CUP. Two miles.
i.:-n Care, Quirina, Guerilla,
• 1‘ Rochester, Woolwich,
Mary t are here.

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111 r‘IEETINO.--(THIS DAY.)

Ti!!!!,E,:All NITS:ERN%
Englishman.
~,MI.I:sET PLATE.
No race.
• \ !! ITE. t the mile and one furlong.
. . • 1..,,1y llcAter, Little Ellen, Needle
•• . art. E.l•arto, Englishman are here.
11 A -TA K ES. One mile and a half.
i;.Lrus f, and No Confidence are

',SHIRE STAKES. thie
Wt..ughton, The Colonel, Trapeze,
!, , c..mpt use, Carnage, and Libertine

MEETING.-(THIS DAY.)

T,.1 U. I; INPICAP. Three quarters of a mile.
,• . ~ly Alleagh are here.
..1:1) HANDICAP. Five furlongs.
• VA:an, Mignonette, Geelong,

rt*P. 4 one mile and a half.
'Alerry Ihrp, Jest g, Chorister,
1, I/1,1, u l Admiral are here.
1.1.:1:11F.I.I) HANDICAP. Five furlongs.
..t , Jest f, Sirocco, Licymnin, Festivity,

MAIDEN PLATE. One mile.
1.0:111:0 Are here.

1:Ell'INt: IN LONDON.-(THIS DAY.)

HALT-PAST TWO O'CLOCK.

L attendance, and tint much doing, The
mtuttln handicaps exhibit DO change worth record-
Price+ an follow :

GI:EAT EASTERN HANDICAP.
• to 1 agst Bismarck (t)
Lb to 1 Aliatletoe (t)
13 to 1 Sir Oliver (t)
CESAREWITCH.
I.: to 1 agst Honesty (t)
lo to I Illinkhoolie (t S off)
Psi to t: -- Maid of Masharn f (off, t 20 to 1)
1011 to li Lothario (off, tl7to 1)
inn to 4 Thalia toff, t3oto 1)
ai to l Julius It)
lissi to Potomac It)
1000 to 30 King's Cross (off)
to I Tormentor (t)
AI to 1 Duke of York (t)
511 to 1 Owain Glyndwr (t)
rin to 1 Romping Girl (t)
to 1 - Planet (t)

CAMBRIDGESHIRE.
100 to I; agst l:anievinure (off, t2oto I)
to Julius (t and off)
40 to I Chignon (off)

TIIE PA N-AN 4 ;LICAN SVIi(M.—SPECI AE SERVICES.
-(TON Del.)—This morning at 7 o'clock the services
r!rr rtnewed, the preacher being the Rev. W. F. Erskine
Cnoliy M.A., of Merton College, Oxford, one of the
:I,hop of Eun.lon'a chaplain', Lasing his remarks on the
use of the Lord's prayer " Thy kingdom come," he pro-
to show that it imposed • heavy reponei-
' lity oa every ouo who used it, • responsibility
was too oft. n lost eight of. He strongly
;,.,,rd the cause of the church in South Africa,
, which the I dertorics of the day are to be devoted. The
toly cummouion w.ei then proceeded with. The Arch-
nishopof Cantirlimy has decided that representatives of
the pmss .hall nut be ~Imitted to the Pan-Anglican Synod
which he intends to ho'l next week at Lambeth.

THE AItI's•INIAN Ex PEDITION. —The greater
part of the nits bird equipment necessary for the Abyssinian
etio,lition will be hienisheil from Bombay, whence the
military force emplotol will also for the most part be fur.
nishe.l. Three hospital obipe will, however, be fitted out
from KagLand. and :kr- now being mule ready at Deptford,
1
under tht suptrintenibince of Dr. Massy. They are on the
plan had down on it. ri urbanisation of the department, and
soil restinbh those% Rich were funi ished to the Chinese ex.

pe.linon, where they'. miered admirable servioe ; such fur-
ther :Nprorenients l iug now introduced as experience has
Ing:orol. A surgeon and auistmt-surgeon will have
charge of e .eh ; and we ondentand that the
log, wing apiwant tin utv have been made :—Staff-Surgeons
Wn...lward, and Roach; and Staff Assistant-
Far. lamb R. Murphy, and W. J. Wheeler.—
C-'• 4 3/equal Journal.

_ .....—.
THE LATE; KM Nl:ila FESTIVAL.—At a meet-
:of the governors of the Birmingham General Hospital
e. Wednesday, a letter was read from Mr..l. 0. 111000,
c..!,,,Ung a cheque for 5,0u0f., that being the tint instal-
n:Lt on account of the proceeds of the late Festival. The
vr.ter added that he hopes to be able to hand over a
KIM when the accounts are closed. The ma
f,tiv.tts over which Mr. Mason has presided, Brit as
t:..estrul steward, and next as chairman of the Orchestral
AA Corral Committee, have yielded this charity the
L..M:i..ent sum of 24,1)0!. For this service Mr. Mason was
Wednesday elected an honorary governor of the insti.

N.CTIoNAL S IrAOL, BALDWIN'S-GARDENS.—EYEN-
IN.Ft I"..UTHS AND Anutss.—A public meet.
ma held here on Monday, the object being to distri•
12‘. Me prizes and certificates gained by the members,
to reopen the school for the fifth sesston. The Rev.
J. ;v. Laughlin, rector of St. Peter's, in distri-
buting the prizes to the lads, made some re-
t...rks on the religious bearing of education. Mr.
LirKins, secretary of the Metropolitan Association for
:roving Adult Education, and the Rev. 0. Sharp, ad-
dhlted the boys. Mr. John Martin, of Lineoln's-uin, the
itigable secretary of the schools, announced his in-
t...ion of offering prizes again next year, and a few re-
e...aks were made by Messrs. 'Heidrun: and Williams.
Wear Mit. Ilse Dv, M.P., ‘' WOULD ALWAYS Do."
--)lr..lohn Hardy, M.P., writes to the Times relative to
late case in which lie was fined for an assault:—" I
..5 out shooting, heard the report of a gun, and saw a
iur ground some distance from the boundary hedge,
• ting carefully for g ime. As I rode up partridge:, rose
the spet. I got off, and overtook the man in the
,ining field, took bold of his gun, removed the cap, but
i not touch him. After some demur he gave tip the
and I threw it into a small pond to stop his poaching
-,“ne day at least. My reason tot this summary pro-
s...nag was that I had been frequently annoyed by the
toaster, Mr. Robinson, whom I had been obliged
to discharge for trespassing on my land. I may
Letrinagressed the letter of the law, but I treated the
Lin 1, I should always do an uncertificated poacher."
Tii r. HARVEST IN SeOTLAN D.—The latter half of
!at sr, k was very unfavourable. There was a drying
se.,e on Sunday. and though partial showers fell towards
the beneficent change which seemed to have set
1,15 continued. In some instances the in-gathering was
4'15 early on lonilay morning, and throughout the early
Its a good deal was done on Tuesday. Yesterday the
tors u.vs generally carried on, and three bracing, sunny
y+l greatly improved the condition of wheat. But it
,•ry ill to harden this season. In the low country, the
it in a forward state. Son:, farmers have finished;
bare nearly done. In the middle districts,
t-..ainings are generally made, and some farmers in the
are certify, fields which were sown earl and
Tressed. The guano has proved of immensel' i
Lae farms this season. It brought away a
`!.. • (.! zrowth at the end of May, and, consequently,
rc,LII earlier and more equally ripened ("P. Disease
.lc great ravages amongst the potatoes within the
weeks. There cannot be " doubt that the loss
' as great as in any recent year, except perhaps
When the crop was atncken at an early stage of its
`..L. In some instances more than one-half of the
" 1, diaaseil on light land, and according to all
ex-
t:::tl,e loss is greatest in heavy soils. Turnips are
niitwitlistualing excess of moisture. With
20.de weather hiring the latter half of the autumn
ittr, they may prove a regular, good crop; but they are
Ai to`oacl: ehance of an extra heavy produce. —Ayr
Tur. CRors IN TILE NORTH or IRELAND.—The
'.",- fr",a our sarious correspondents this week, re-
"=the crops in the north, are of a much more cheer-
`!• ~‘,:tvr than they have been for some time. The
heconi^ dry and sunny, and harvest work is
with great ♦vigour. Another fortnight of
.• r will go far to secure an excellent harvest.
'."l-ndly promise to he a very heavy crop, and
*lll not be far behind, while the potatoes and
!" iwk very well indeed, with little appearance of
spreading very far in the former.—Northern

I ektit Ltruco.—A letter from Brisbane, just
rrite,i. oaten that beef Gan be obtained there at the rat.
h,r trifle cheaper than it can be obtained in
cutiif r country.—Devias Gazette.

Wheat. Barley. Malt. Oat& Flour.
qra qr. qrs. qrs. brla aaelra
Mash sod Scotch 1040 070 1660 10 .. 11b0
Irish
Foreign 31610 020 .. 86030 .. 3610
Total