The Express.
London, England, 1858-03-29 00:00:00

1170117 [NG.

THE NORTHAMPTON MEETING RE-
VIEWED.
TO TO Imena OP TIP 111111:111.
811e—Those who look with dismay on anything
in the shape of turf 'ports till the"legltimaate"peried miner
that which introduces us to the Northampton sad Pytablety
Hunt Meeting, saw their season begin most anapieletialY,
for they had, besides an extensive budget of items on each
day's card, the Tay best of weather, and those who were
at Liverpool and Doneaster two or three weeks ago could
hardly have expected such a delightful change. The cheap
trains by the London and North Western caused the inning
to be more extensively pateoniaed than in any previous year,
and there was plenty incident to keep the excursionists
alive during the two days—in fact, the principal item were
neither more nor lees than • series of surprises, and the
" glorious tumertainty" of the turf was never more fully
borne out then it was by the contests for the Northamptonshire
end Whittlebary Stakes, and several Ins important affairs.
Tuesday's card was headed b the:Trial Stakes and • two-
year-old Sweepstakes; but Fishetman, fat as he was, fright-
sued away all opposition for the first event, while the owners
of the trio of two-tear-olds thought discretion the better
part of valour and each withdrew his 40 son' . which was
originally intended to be run for. This allowed the specula-
tion on the Stakes to be carried on without interruption from
the time of the arrival on the course up to the very lint
moment ; but the layers had all the beet of this accident, for
the public, when they law Misty Morn a eight for which
they had plenty of opportunities, naturally felt inclined to
put their money on such a splendid specimen of • rater.
Some of the layers, too, torgettusg
,their text, could not for-
bear being in such • " rood thing,' so that by the time the
numbers commenced to be put up he was as much like
second favourite as anything in the race; but when
they had been up a few minutes, and his was
not among them, they began to think they had
boon too eager' and it soon came out that the
owner, who bad intended the "god thing" for himseff,
was determined to punish those who had taken the liberty of
making hie horn • favourite till his commission Warn eimatid.
It had been declared seater in the day that Zuyder Zee did
not ran, and there was a little murmuring when his backers
Mad they were not to have a race for their money; bat
when the expectations of the Morn vanished into Misty dr,
the murmurs swelled into • roar, and scene were goodnetared
enough to say that "the party" had been milking him all
the morning. It certainly, does look strange that the horse
should ban been almost forted under the eyes of the public
during the morning while his party wanted to get the " long
shots" about him, for they are not generally given to blun-
dering, and such a comae would be sure to make a good
I Joking horse find a host of friends ; but without proof it is
not lair to suppers they accommodated his backers, and if ft be
really the fact that they were forestalled the public have cal,
themselves to blame. With two such decided favourites out of
the market it was pretty certain that those who remained
ern would see shorter prime than ever, and Odd Trick, who
was very fit, Menaced at last to 3 to 1; but Laodamia evi-
dently wanted time, although her party thought quite enough
of her to tithe 8 and 10 to 1 about her. Wouvermaes, Wor-
cester, and Tame Deer looked extremely well, and the
Epsom people vete very fond of re: old horse. He, however,
completely threw away what chance he possessed by running
away with his rider, so that by the time he had gone three-
parts of the distance, which he did at a great pace, he was
completely pumped out. Of all the favourites, Wouvermans
ran the best, for he was either first or second till nearing the
crowd, when he cat it on his own account, much to the
chagrin of his tiny jockey, who had booked winning a et-
minty, for he had beaten everything in the nice. The
steersmen of the favourite' were so eager for the fray
that in their anxiety not to lose sight of Tame
Deer they pumped their horses out early in the
race, and it wee not till they were all beaten that Borderer
could get on anything like even terms with them, when he
everinteg powers enabled him to run the longest, and
belly win pretty easily, fur he was obliged to lose • length
en two going round his horses at the distance. He did not
catch the leader till within a few stride. of the winning-poet,
yet he won by a honest neck Cockatoo, who was
severely penlabed finishing far in advance of Worcester.
Odd Trick enissaly dislikes • distance when the peat is at
all good, and we are not likely to see him do very great
things till the autumn. Queenstown did wonders for an un-
prepared horse, and Worcester, had not the pace been quite
so strong, might have finished in • much better position.
Bat we shall probably hear more of him in the Newmarket
Handicap, when bath he and Wouvermans may perform
mote respectably. Night Ranger's running I take no heed
of, as he was not within a stone of his true form.
and the pace would never allow a horse in his
condition to get in front. The Borderer will im-
prove many pounds by the Metropolitan day, and
as hie 51b penalty only raised his weight to lit 910,
we shall be able to judge whether he is the horse he appears
at lint sight, for he 1.1114 giving Worcester, who was backed
by • very clever division tor a lot of money, 221 b. My pre-
sent opinion is, that, with the exception of Queenstown and
Night Ranger, who were unprepared, he has only beatsa
bad lot ; but if Wonester should mend his running at New-
market, the Borderer will be very dangerous for the Metro-
pollen. He has let Sib for the Chester Cup, 101 b penalty
included , but that is equal to flat 3lb at Epsom, and Sst lib
at Northampton, and he hardly appears to have a chance
there. Wouvernians is in the Chester Cup with est 61b,
and he has to meet Borderer on but 4lb better terms there
than at Northampton, and unless he can run up at New-
market hie chance is completely out.
After the groat nee Gunboat exhibited his racing pavan
in the NessStake, and he gellopped in aucff
splendid style than I hardly know where to look
for • four-year-old that I could make certain of
beating him. He hex grown wonderfully stout, and
but for a slightly suspicions leg he would be trained for our
Queen's Plates and great Cup raced; yet whenever he gore
well to the post, I shall not expect to see many beat him. In
the Whittlebury, Eurydice showed that her defeat of Happy
Land last spring was no fluke, and her running home mooed
with a penalty makes her look to have a greet chance for the
Oas Thousand Guineas. She was amiss all the after part of
last season, and did bat little work till a few weeks back, and
she can even now be made • few pounds better in a month.
Costal was mire and Berne and Dumfries were very
backward, as was also Lord Stately, who, beeidee, did not ap-
pear to have • scope of ground sufficient to exhibit his powers.
The wiener, Northampton, will be heard of yet in even a
more important encounter, or his looks belie Men. It is sel-
dom that such a trio asµ reetler, Fisherman, and Vander-
nvelln get pitted aren't each other for • Queen's
Ile*, and more remartable still for Fisherman not to be
the favourite ; but this is easily accounted for,
his being very big, and Vandermealin end Wrestler very et,
hence they had the cull of him, Wrestler, despite the meaner
in which Wouverroans had disappointed the stable in the
Stakes, being made the favourite. But they wen certain that
Wonvennans did not run up to his real trial (and in which
he beat Wrestler, who gave him 141 b), and thought by
Wrestler making the running, he would cut down FlellOt•
man, a calculation which the race proved was made to • nicety,
for the old horse tired and never could make an effort. Van-
derrueulin would have been second (tie party say first) had
his leg not gone ; but his public running chows that he could
never have beaten Wrestler. He gave Gammon Mb and a
clever beating at Doncaster ; and Gammon, receiving 411 b
from Vandertneulin, jut beat him at Nottingham so that at
391 b the Wrestler might always to beat Vanden:sulk; yet
here he was receiving 421 b, which made him have at least
41b in hand. It is generally considered that " Vestige
broke down; but there is room for just the slightest doubt
whether he is so far gone as that, and it is possible we may
see him again in public. A good race for the Stand Plate
between Kestrel and Barbarity, who finished jut as I pre-
dicted, wound up the first day's sport, which, despite the
failure of the Trial and 40 sove. Sweepstakes, was of se
respectable a character as could be visited.
The first race on Wednesday was looked forward to with
great interest, as Gunboat and Odd Trick were to run against
each other at but Ilb difference in weight, and over • diseases
which it was coneidered would prove more to Odd Tricker
liking than was the two miles for the Stakes. Gumbolt
entered the distance that, closely attended, however, by de
Odd Trick, who appeared to be going within himself; bat
when Nat celled upon him he declined to answer, and Our
boat won without much exertion. The Atthorp Park Stakes
was one of those strange affair, which never get cleared sp.
Merryman was made a groat favourite, it having been glees
out that he was many pounds serener to Stockliam; bet
the race proved it to be quite the reverse, the latter
home first, while Merryman never showed in the tams
his rider was greatly disappointed. No money was invested
on Sto.kliam at the post, so that Mr. Parr del not gain math
by the deal if he was among the backers of Merryman. I
shall not complete, ea the race afforded me a third triumph
at the meeting, and this time with ea outsider. Thlo vioney
of Broadlends tor the Cup Stakes makes Gammon's I-theater
Cupp thence still better, for he was behind him many lengths
at Denosetar ; and Wrestler's victory ought again to make
him • favourite horse with backers. the Spencer's Plate
afforded the usual scramble, Yeller Gal (one of my pick of
four) jumping off in advance, and winning easily ;
bet the race was tarot useful in proving to the
backer* of Zuydrr Zee for the Northamptonehire
Stakes that he would have had no thence if he had
started ' • Wouvermazie meeting him there on llb worse termss
than he would have done in the Stakes, and heading Wm in
a distance, that is so much more in the old hors, a favour.
The Ruing Shen was looked upon as the most important
event of the meeting by the,, who bad Derby books, an it
brought together two good outddere in Happy Land (Alb
extra), and the Kelpie. But the former was PO palpably oat
of condition, that it afforded no criterion whatever, and he
ought never to have gone to the post. The Kelpie' with the
beet of the weights, and in better condition, beat him easily,
of course, and no other result could have been expected. The
straenst part of the badness was making Happy Land the
favourite, yet there were plenty of layers at even money ; and
taking everything into consideration, I do not think Use horse
ought to suffer in the estimation of kw Derby backers ; while,
to express my opinion, I must say I like him better
than ever for the race, as he bee grown wonderfully
well, and only wants a thorough preparation to be about the
beat 3-yr-old over a distance that we peeves. The Kelp*
however, is. the price I prognosticated he would for the
Darby when seen by the talents.
The week wan a:mu-ably tilled up at Coventry and Crouton
Park ; but the only remarkable incident at either place was
the defeat of CC/1t?l.! by Telegram, on semen of the knee
running against a post. Telegram ought sot to hen woe,
although he is a woeful sort of bores, from appearance ; and
the manor in which he ma far the Nursery at the lost
Newmarket Meeting with 7st I Ilb (Wender being behind
him with Bst 41b), maker hie Metropolitan chance exit
wholesome, ae be has but fist eh, melte( Wender es 81b,
and Control osalb, beer tinge METEOR.

NAVAL AND MILITARY.

PORTSMOUTH, Mpica 28.

• The Nelens, transport, Captain wii;wan , arrived
Let night with naval and raillery invalids en board frm
China. She wee towed into herb= this forenoon to disem-
bark them. She left Hong Kong with the following inva-
lids .—Lient. Illicit, R.N. • J. P. Allard, muter; J. Bar-
:42,4masorgeon ; H. W. Gardner, engineer; D. Campbell,
t-snrgson, in charge of tae invalid': H. F. Aldt mks,
clerk; G. R. Trefusia, midshipman; C. H. Neve, master's
amietant ; J. W. Lamont, assistant-engineer; and the fol-
lowing peesuere—nov. M. C. Odell, chaplain 69th it,e-
meat ; M. W. Gunning, military audit department ; G. F.
Lipeoomb, ditto; W. Mackenzie, purveyor department ; W.
B. Edridge, ditto , Liout. Todd, R.N. (who died on the
parsage) ; A. P. Phillips, master's ambient ; R. Vevey,
garner ; and Mrs. Odell (who also died on thepussge). The
brings home from Simon's Town—J. Martin, mein-
ant-engineer ; C. R. West, naval cadet ; and A. J. Ireland,
amienuit-surpon, R.N. She also brings home 160 Merinos
and seamen; 29 men of the 59th Regiment, with 2 women
and 6 children; 4 pirates of the Morel Artillery. The
Neleus left Hong Kong on the 14th of November, and has
experienced very fins weather, with light winds pruelliag.
30 men and 3 women died on the passage.

DRVONPORT, Bianca 28.
The Hind and Magpie, gunboats, were =docked
on Friday, and the former wiled for Falmouth to be tender
to the Rummell.
The Anaericen frigate Niagara, Captain Hudson, was
takes into the basin at Key Dam on Friday.

CORK, Manen 26.
Major-General Eden, C. 8., accompanied by Lied.-
Colonel Smith, A.A.G., and Lieut. Eden, R.A.,
inspected this morning the Leicestershire Militia, under the
command of Major Noel. The regiment was put through
several movements, with which the General expressed hie
great satisfaction. lie afterwards, accompanied by hie staff,
lunched with the officers, and later in the day a dance
was given.

Some time since an order wu received at Wool-
wich Arsenal. from the War Department, to prepare a
million blink' rifle ball cartridges, and other ammunition,
and to forward the lame immediately to Gravesend, to be
shipped on board the Jason and Peddlers, troop resseJs,
for transmission to India. This order was @Wetly obeyed,
the ammunition being packed and forwarded to Gravesend in
lighters, when it was discovered that although the vassals
named were well fitted up kr troops, they contained no
magazine for the reception of war stores ; and the result
was that the cargo of ammunition returned in the same
lighters, and us stored on board the government looting
magazine, off Woolwich. This inistake of muse involved
the cancelling of fames, the calling back of returns made to
the War Department, and, In addition, a large =ekes
ezienditure.
THE CAMP AT COLCHESTER.—It is expected that
Major-General Peel, the new Secretary el State for War
will shortly visit the camp at Colchester, with the view of
ascertaining whether it is desirable to erect additional bar-
racks in the neighbourhood. A deputation comprising the
member' for the borough had au interview teat week with the
gallant general, for the purpose of calling his attention to the
demoralising effects of the billetting system.

INTELLIGENCE.

OXFORD, MARCH 27.
The five Scholarships and one Exhibition at
Corpus Christi College, of the value of 801. per annum, with
room' rent free and tenable for five yews from matriculation,
open without restriction to candidates under 20 years of age,
were awarded late on Friday evening, after a prolonged exa-
mination, which commenced on Monday morning. The can-
didates, nearly 80 in number, came from all parts of Eng-
land. After a general examination of the mat body of can-
didates, the following were selected as being more eligible than
the remainder: Messrs. Bigg (Manchester), Oreaves (Shrews-
bary),Jackson (King a Codege),Moberly (Winchester),Orton
(Bethel), Bowdon (Ballot), Ridsdale (Tonbridge), Sim-
cox (Kidderminster), Skene (Corpus), Smith (Marlborough)
and A. It. Webb (Rugby). The examination finally results'
in favour of Messrs. Bigg, Orton, Simoox, Smith, A. R.
Webb, and Skene (exhibitioner), who were annonnoed as the
successful candidates. The extraordinary competition for
these scholarships has surpassed that of any previous election
within our knowledge, and must be a source of gratification
to them gentlemen through whose instrumentality the sir
butes of the University have been revised.
In a convocation holden this morning, being the last day
of Hilaryor Lent Term, the Rev. John Bradley Dyne, M.A.,
of Wedham College (Head Muter of Sir Rogcr Chohneley's
=orflighaste), was permitted to proceed to the degree of
end Doctor of Divinity by soctunalatkia. At the
mum time the Rev. Charles Williams, NA., Trinity Col-
top, Cambridge, was admitted ad mules. In a congrega-
tion holden immediately afterwards the following degrees
were conferred Master of Arta—The Rev. Edward Cheese,
Balliol College; the Rev. Robert Septimus Gooday, Exeter
College; Arthur Merlin, Scholar, Corpus Christi Collage;
the Rev. Charles JIMA/ Esgleton, Queen's College. Bache-
lor of Arts—William Spencer 011ivant, Corpus Christi Col-
lege. In the MRS congregation the Rev. Harold H. Sher-
lock, M.A., Trinity College, Dublin, was incorporated to
Exeter College. Congregations will be holden for granting
graces and conferring degrees on the following days next
term.

Kato InteMaim.