The Express.
London, England, 1858-04-13 00:00:00

LATEST SPORTING INTELLIGENCE.

(IT sticnuo riumezum.)
YORK SPRING MEETING.—THIS DAY.

ZETLAND STAKES. Half • toile

Queen eh;Lee, buiatinst;;; Daugher, karsailleisa,
Amason, Willie Wright, Penalty, Paul Awe, BrilliY, Hir
Walter 800tt, King of Studlate, and Meg Nominee, are hem

SPRING AT. I.EGBR. Om a& sad a ha.

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GREAT NORTHERN MANDICAT._ Two wiles.

FlZe7;;;.,VciiiTrick, Bird ie the 11;a; Y. ifobiThe
DureaSst, Lazy Lass, Tanstall Maid, Mosgrel, Prima
of Underhand, Turret, Conductor, Bashi Bear*
Apathy, Warlock are here.

KNAVESMIRE PLATE. Half a mile.

Heap:Tithing., Harraton, Warwick, Sir Walter %oat,
Greenwich Fair, Valentine, Inniskillen, and Rita are here.
OTHER ARRITAL6.—POIMODdif, Blaze, Rosa Boohoo:,
Admiral Lyons, Meta, Broadlands Terrific, Medallion,
Artillery, Amalie c., The Bat, Miss Whip, Physician,
Mies Partridge, Jeannie Deans, Scaurdale, Vegetarian,
Wootton, and Maracre.

LATEST BETTING AT 1.20.
GREAT NORTHERN HANDICAP.
9 to 2 agst TM Dupe (t body)
7to 1 Turret (t freely)
10 to 1 Harlot& (t hair
10 to 1 Bashi Hama t freely)
10 to 1 Tumuli Maid off).
TWO THOUSAND GUINEAS.
11 to 1 apt HspigisLoad (t to 601. sea
off)

CHESTRE CUP.
26 to 1 apt Gammon (off)
1600 to 100 Eel* (t)

The leading London shipping 'firma are about to
present to Mr. E. Gifford. who officiated as Secretary of lam
Transport Board daring the Crhuran War, bat who bas ainr
retired from that post, an acknowledgment of this conraley
and promptitude be displayed In the general despite& of
Winer.

THE ESSEX AGRICULTURAL 80CLITT.—This so-
ciety is making preparations far its smeriag dim, Chi
larked
in June, and the special prime, open to all the are
expected to bring together a splendid
_display of =Wake in
competition. The society has, besides ita president
(C. Du Cane, Rsq , M.P.), we Is& thirty-one vis►
presidents, including all the sesonsee fir the oremey,
to Lords Braybrooke, Pene, and Rayleigh, end sway
of the leading gentry with • committee of seemly,
and • goodly list of 9 mitecribers. The prism
list includes every department of agricultural
and the total man to be othred at the meeting =WM, to
nearly 6001. Of this 1461. is offered it the class for harem,
the best prize for the best entire horse being 161. sad 101 is
to be given for the beet entire two-year-old colt. In milk,
the prism amount to 1151., 101. being given to the bad pnre
shorthonted bull; in sheep, 801.—Best prize for the beet
Southdown rem 51. ; in pigs, 361 prise for the hest
boar 61.; 41. is given for wool; for poultry, 291. 16a.; and
601. for impiemente. The time for inhibitors is short—ante
about two enonths,but we doubt not the Ram: agricaltarins,
though taken unawares, will make a respectable show:
Bare: Sena
THE CROPS.—In spite of the check which the
cold has mud, vegetation has been making rapid program,
and the dike of the recent raise is everywhere apparent.
The pennies are greatly revived, and everything cams
reedy to take • sudden Mart, should • Len dayss of warm and
genial weather give the requisite impetus. reins have
come very 0 y, since the went of water had beget
to make iteereetelely felt in Merest localities. A re-
markably small proportion of rain ban fallen since the dose
of last year, as witness many sins= and water-coarsen
maseeily fall at this period of the year, being almost entirely
dried up. As regards the mops, they are everywinew
looking more or lees well ; not too Inward, but vigorous and
healthy. The young wheats aint maple promise, whist
as regards spring sowing, the lead is am • nth I. ender
order, the season even from hornet up to the present thee
having been throughout extremely hvoarehle for all Me-
door agricultural operations. Fanners grumble IL little—in
some ones not a it the low Miele obtained for pro-
duce, but they make no cotalits, that we hear, of the
prospects of the year OA regards the mops, so far as premed
appearenoes can justify en opinion.—Serres .drireeriser.
ABEIVAL OF THE GAUT BEITAIR.--Thet MOW.
steam ship Great Britain, Captain John Gray, arrived la
the Heresy, at noon, on Satur&y, from Bombay with duty-
two pmeengers, including several sick and invalided aims.
The following is a list of her presengers :—Prom Beeek4
Mrs. Appleyard, Mrs. Smear, Men Hibbs"
Mrs Beetty, Weaver Capella sad Mrs. P
Limn. Connolly, Mr. T reeves:Mr. DPNegittee, RIM Mr.
Sheldon, Captain Worthington. Mr. Invererity, and Yr.
White. From the Cape of Good Hope : and Km.
Denise, Mr. and lire. Pickier*, Mr. and Kra. Shamed,
Mrs. Vogee, Mr. and Mr. de Poe., Mr. Sehiskarlak7, Osp.
lain 8.1.7. Ache., Mrs. Cetbson. Mr. Niebrisen,
Mr. W t, Mr. Gardner, Mime de Laney, Mr. Jaws,
and Mr.
THR OUTWARD AurnisLuw MAILS.—The steam
ship Teri* Captain Taylor. left Southampton yesterday
with the monthly_Australian malls, 86 essence's, 48001. fa
specie, 60001. in jewellery, and as average cargo. The sell
connoted of 636 boxes and six bags of knees and ne
of which the Melbourne portion wee 203 boxes, the=
maim gf bone, the Adelaide PnTlioll 48 boxes, and the
tomboy portion 62 boxes. The Tamer, which has hitherto,
carried the Australian mail on the Ahnandrian lite, hooligan
transferred to the Brazil line, and the Cambria will in Mere
run in conjunction with the Ttviet to Alexandria.
The following notice wee issued from the Ommini
Poet-office yesterday. vls. :—The wet map from Inglis Mt
Bombay and Marseilles is doe la Lotion on the 19th het
Mails for the Mediterranean, Egypt, India, sad Mauritius,
rid Marseilles, will be deepatelmt oi lbs eves*. of the nth
test. Mails for the Keditemansen, Egypt, Infle,,Magridgeo
Ceylon, and Chins, rid Illoodbmapion, will be tswfsom• en
the inceniag of the 30th hest
SAD FATE OF • BOTAL RiLlc.—The gold watch
which Charles gave Jose Lew, and idiot b ressestel
might descend as an heirloom le the ells* Machir of the
house of Lane for the time bit, wee dB kiddy at Chartesele
Hann near Strtford-cm-Aven, whore it was stein.
and melted down in same readrimpheem.--
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