The Express.
London, England, 1860-05-21 00:00:00

LATEST BETTING AT THE WEST-END.

DERBY.
5 to 2 apt The Wiaard (off)
Umpire (off)
sto 1 Thor
(off)
14 to 1 Nutlxiurne (I)
100 to 6 Buccaneer (t)
Uto 1 -- Horror (t)
33 to 1 Toni Bowline (t and off)
36 to 1 Lanehoster (t)
40 to 1 The Rap (t)
OMER
7 to 2 apt Secluaion
7 to Y Yiatka

EPSOM SUMMER MEETING.
Stewards—Duke of Beaufort, Hoe. Admiral Roue, Earl of
Portsmouth, Arthur Ilsetheote, EN)., C. H. Carew, Esq.
Clerk of the Course—Mr. Hoary Dolling.
PROGRAMME OF TOMORROW.
Tim Canvas !trucks of 5 sows. each, with 50 added ;
for Syr-olds, 7st 11b; four, Bst 71b; eve, Sat 1316; six and
aged, Pet ; mares and package allowed :11b. The last mile
and a quarter of the New Derby Course. —To close and
lame to the clerk of the course by mine o'clock this evening.
Ttle Banarros flhansiai of 10 sore. each, h ft, with 100
Bova added be the Brighton Railway Company (handicap),
for all ages. The winner of soy race (=etches excepted)
slier the pulitiostica of the weights (May 17, at 11 a.m.) to
carry 51b extre. Thi‘e-quarters of airs
egs at lb Age at lb
Montebello
Brusly ball
Aetaron
a Levy, by 7
rir=dalarsasis 4 • gni Brae.... 610
pars
11 6 10

Adman 4 3411: 3 MI
Orbs 3 SI Er Iftsrd 3 7
Isaias
Tess& 3 8 1
Bern &NW .... 4 111 bus 1%/pas $ 4
Oeses
lin WOODCOTI Sraw own auk with 100 added,
for 1-yr-tdds ; oohs, lid Ms ; mid allies, Set 41b ; the owner
of the wood hone to resin 16 mom oat of the stakes.
New T. Y.C. t4aukorposlsis ei • mile). (4.5 'ohs.) Cantab,
Warrior, W Asimmasrine, British Prince, f by
Wild Dayrell— snip, list town, Nemesis, f by Volta.
sear-4..lealitias, of Kent, William
°meths, Nativity, 1&. Overton, Swami
Hawthorn, Dundee, e by Oulatom —Phemy, Volition,
La Borax. Permits, Lops, Cirtercian, Bin,Bird, Blieworth,
Arthritis, e by (..Wierdone—Gleuluoe, Janus, Sesimaw,
Coseror, Count Home lmdy Macdonald, Carbits,
Woott, tea, Hawks ye, Arrugint, cby Kilsgdoss
-Gloms, tier Bates, Adonis, Lady Little, Early Lam,
Neighbour.
Tan More t+TAILII4, a Free of 20 sore. each,
10 ft, in MAO of acceptance, with MlSaisiad ; for 3.yr-olds
and apwenle. The winner of say roes stir publication of
the weight. (May 3, at 11 cm.), wham eaaspl to
osrry Slb ; or of two or more races, 101Ih mks. mile.
(14 subs.) . ...

. ,
Age 4lb Asa et lb
faigilar. 6 U 3 Regius Profeasot ... • 6 4
Mani 4 7 7 Prelude
Iralmasse .... 4 7 2 While. Rose
Omer' 8 7 • Vulture
Lao s 6lt &Dhow 4 6 0
lama
Maas sg. Nib as; 3 6 8 Aseyriao
Tsz HORTON STALIN of 5 ears. mob, with 30 ailed ; for
11-yr.olds, dirt Mb ; three, list 61b ; four, 9st 71b; iv% sin,
sad aged, list 121 b ; mares and geldings allowed *b. The
winser to be sold by auction, kr., fur 1501., but if catered to be
sold fur MP., allowed 71b ; if for 601., 141 b; if for 401., 211 b,
weer and above other allovraneem. New T.Y.C. (Three
quarters of a mile). To close and name to the clerk of the
amuse by nine o'elosk this evening.
Ter HILATHCOTIS PLATE of 50 move. for all ages; lyr•olda,
het 121 b ; three. 7st 10th ; tour and upwarda, Met 716 ;
Mare* allowed 51h and geldings 31b. Any number of horses
the property of the same owner may run fur this plate ; any
winner us 1420 to carry slb extra. II ,I, • ,Wile.
AI, Age
Niger
I
The Yawe I —Oleg by Pout Mercury
Mite Julia a 2 Lord of the Two.. 2
Mae Friday a 2 E's4dloorbou - Pemba'
Infanta
lboblasnaVrases I ilima 1t h 3 Wily Beaks 2
Allegra
&lasso
Louise Laslowesi .. I lowiltoPe. b) ore Dwell .... •• • 6
Sobadll lt clam—Breuns 2

THE CAME or THE LFTTEH-CARKIIIII4. —The
London Getters! Post letter•eskrriers on rieturday lead in in-
terview walk the oummissioners appointed by the Post-
master-Gewral to inquire into the present system of
management .4 the General Peet-odlos, said were ruceived
with the gr.:Attest courtesy sad consideration. The grievances
of which the men oomplained were very fully discussed,
the commissioners giving the cloeest attention to their
statements, and even helping them iu the explanation of
their views ; and some estimate nuiy he formed of the
mhsulsessee with which the case was gone into from the
feet that the interview occupied from 11 o'clock till four,
and thee the points of the memorial were wit more then
half disposed of. On the erenang d thiturday Nome
Imadrsdo at lettercarriers assembled in the newspaper
the e
ordow at areag °See, to hear from the delepteethe result al the in.
t raornimp

Bviti Scams nr THE ADSLI% —As the spring
advance, there is a renewal of the disgritoeful scenes which
have bra enacted daring the last few years in the Adolphi.
Lust year, when the lineation of the prim was called to
the el/COlll4llllOl. thresh the auk ems of the public press,
an additional force was plasma en duty, and for a time the
plague was stayed ; but as coca as the extra !Akers
were taken off the prod'poy which is so diegnioeful to the
neighbourhood r.rppsarod. Judging from the a
of yesterday. there seems to he every probabilirtal:} rtre
state of the Adelphi will he no better toil year than it was
last. Some hundreds of children of the lowest grade, in-
cluding thieves and prostitutes. assembled in the dark
arches, the consequence being that a hideous uproar pre.
waded during the whole of the afternoon end evening, the
foulest language being used without oration. The solitary
policeman on duty had •everal coufficte with individual
carders, and gave some of them a thrombus( ; but the more
ea miller who make the dark arches their place
t• neds7dresort know how to evade the vigilawe of a
single polienian, whose bounds in rel. a district ury far too
extensive fir his powers of overdwht It iv iinpousilde to
do more than mention the frightful state of things which
'unveils every Sunday timing the miniver months in these
dm* as. I. the foulest and vilest dens of crime which
riot is l-,udon.

A re..ting of the Cambridge University Commisaiotiers
wee held at 6, Adelphi.terrace, on wasestiikih. 18th
instant The conindssioners Kama Was the Hoa.
Lord Header, M P., the Right Hoe. Leursece ,:sl, the
Rev. Dr. Vaughan, and Mr. Hantio Waddiaitao.

A general order was promulgated on Saturday,
emompanied by a return. by Major-General Charles Ha.
impectorlposral of musketry, showing the comparative
proficiency in shooting of the several corps and battalions
Rationed m the United Kingdom and North America, that
have practised so 10 to establish a " figure of merit " in the
yearly course of rile inetzuction for 1859.1860.
liisx VOLUMMifi. —Three companies of thin
cape assembled at Busgerford-hall on Saturday, at half-
wit five o'clock, and precisely at six they left the hall,
under the oommend of their lieutsmant-colonel, the Marquis
of I>onegal, far a march out. The route was through
Whitehall to Birdcage.walk, through Lower Grosvenor-
place to Eaton-place and Sloane-street to Chelsea, returning
by Brompton, Mondtily, and St. Jamea's.street. During
the march, which was enlivened by their bead of thirty
performers, under Band.master Cowen, playing popular
trial, airs, the corps attracted gamesl attention from their
soklierlike appearance and the neatness of their uniform,
sad especially whilst going through St. James's-street and
Pall-mall, where the frequenters of the clubs crowded the
windows. Pretnimiat among the officers were to be noticed
Lord 0. Fitzgerald, Lad F. Ocepagham, Captain Jones,
and Lieutenant Bully. Of the privates there were to be
seen, my attentive to the much, Mr. George Bowyer,
IL P., Kr. H. J. O'Connell, and other well-known gentle-
men. The appearance and orderly conduct of the regiment
gave evident satisfaction to the colonel, who, as well as the
adjutant, Captain Maliony, was mounted. Weather per-
mating there will be a march out again ou Saturday next
at the same hour.

HORRIBLE AlifiDEß OP A WIPE AND SIX
CHILDREN.

The little village of Sundown (Isle of Wight) has
been thwart' into • date of the utmost consternation by a
horrible tragedy which has taken place at the fort in that
neighbourhood. A mother and six children have all been
murdered in cold blood by a maniac husband and father.
It appears from the Hampshire Telegraph that' the
dreadful- affair took place some time during the night of
Thursday, probably early on !Friday morning, but oath*
was known of it until a short time after noon on Friday. At
about that time *meant Whitworth, the master-
gunner in charge of the fort, waa observed by
a rut-guardsman on duty in one of the lanes
adjacent to the fort, walking towards the parade-
pound, with his hand to his neck. He inquired what
was the matter with it, and received for reply that it
wee nothing—only a scratch. He further told the coast-
gcarthurn that during the night a man or men had got
down the chimney, and had shut his wife and children
with a pistol. As Whitworth's conduct had been recently
somewhat strange, and had been generally noticed by his
neighbours rest quite consistent with soundness of intel-
lest, the oseistignandenian took no notice of the observation
sad pared eat the se t went in the direction of the
feet Mord/ in ooneequence of the unfortunate
maniac's ameetion with respect to the men coming dowu
W chime/ end murdering his wife and childi en, two non.
wommilinioneid Awe went to his house, which is situated
within the preplan& of the fort, and an entrance
having been effected, a most dreadful scene presented itself.
The wife of the gunner and the whole of his children hail
been deliberately munlered, their throets having been
cut with a razor. On making the horrible discovery,
the 12011-0001111UNIOU•LI • offleciv, leaving the place undis-
turbed, onininuoicated with the police, and they shortly
afterwards proceeded to the sput. They found the floor of
the house saturated with blood, and the odour which
arose from its commencing decomposition gave rise to the
remark that it smelt like • slaughter-house. At the foot
of the bed we. found lying Mrs. Whitworth partly un-
dressed, with her baby iu her arms. On her right hand
lay another child, and at the foot of the bed a third, Use
ages of the three being respectively about four montia
four or dm years, and 11 or 12 year*. The whole at
there had their thresh' cut, and were lying in a pool at
immolated blood. On a aeoond bed were found the other
three children in • similar condition. One of these wee
about 18 months old • the others were the two eider.
The whole of the bodies were quite odd, and their condi-
tion, as well as the state of the blood around them,
showed that the dreadful deed must have been committed
some hours previously.
The unfortunate maniac, fur it was evident that he could
receive no other designation, as, although uo thought was
entertained of his being capable of ourumittiag such • deed,
his manner hail been for some time previously remarked se
mniuge, appears, after destroying the lives of his wife and
children, to have made an attempt upon his own. The
wound he inflicted upon himself we., however, very alight,
and be will soon recover from its effects. He was taken
into custody as son as the fact of the murders was made
kuuwa, and he gave into the bands of one of the sergeants
of the fort a letter from himself addressed to the
adjutant. He is stated to be about the age of 36,
and to have belonged to Leeds, and amongst other
rumours as to the cause of his insanity, is one alleging
that, complaints having been made to headquarter*
respecting bin,, his removal from his position was
imminent. His accounts appear to have been accurately
kept, and have been found to balance correctly. He had
no pecuniary embarrassments, and biz wife was • woman
much esteemed about the fort, and was considered to have
made the miserable man's home comfortable, and, so far ea
was in her power, heppy. The children are stated to have
been welOiehavell.

It is said that since Whitworth has been at the hospital
he has confessed having murdered hie wife and children,
anti also that it was his intention to have blown up the
fort, hut that having lost the key he was unable fn do so.
Had he been enabled to carry out his intention the con.
'sequence. might have been very serious, as the village itself
might have suffered.
We learn from our correepoudent at Portsmouth that an
inquest was held on the bodies of the deceased on Satunhiy
before W. Blake, Fag the foreman of the jury being the
Her. Mr. Bury. No evidence was given with reference to the
letter alleged to have been written to the adjutant. The
verdict was one of wilful murder against Sergeant Whit.
worth, accempaeled by an expression of opinion that at the
time the murder was committed he was of unsound mind.
The prisener's insanity was clearly estsblished. It ap-
pears extrarodinary that in so short a awe of time seven
human beings should have been murdered without any
alarm having been given. Nothing was stated in the evi-
dence with reference to the mapushee, nor to anything
which the prisoner was reported to have said at the hospital,
but the v• eof liandown is full of all kinds of startling
rumours. The key of the magazine was found in the room
with the bodies. It would appear that the children were
all driven into one room, there murdered ou the floor, and
afterwards thiown upon the beds.

Tin CAKE OF TEI RKV. Mn. H 'H. —The
Secretary of Mate has advieed her Majesty to grant a free
pardon to the Rm. Mr. Hatch, wl-Ach will he Immediately
prepared. In the meantime au order for the irimediste
Mean of the prisoner was despatched from the Home
Offeryesterday (Saturday) afternoon. This course ma
mrtruaßy to be expected from the conviction for perjury of
Messais Plummer, the chief witness againet Mr. Hatch.
Baron Chao:moll, who presided upon the late trial
of Eugenia Plummer, has entirely concurred in the
propriety of a fall pardon, upon being referred to for his
ophsion by the Secretary of State. Mr. Hatch remained
in Newgste until last night. He expreseed deepgratilcation
at the remit of the trial and aooeand to think that its
effect must be to establish his nos of the crime of
which he was (mad pithy by the jury. Immediately
after the trial the girl &pais Plummet was taken away
ia • cab in the charge of Mr. Weitherbead, the governor of
Holloway Prima, sad upon her arrival she was placed in
tbecare the *aeipal matron of the prima. Before her
removal she seemed very much distressed, and when she
was taken from bee Meade she cried bitterly and nearly
fainted. Arnatipmerga are already commenced to carry
out the summilisa mots by Mr. Harm Cloonan as to the
future destiny el the peiseer, aid it is understood that
she will be placed in some negotiable a hied, or other
similar establishment. where she will receive proper moral
sad religious instruction, totally indepeodeut of any con-
trol on the part of the parinte. --Mserrer.

DI is TEE UV. USORGE EDWARD DONNE. - NOVEL

115 This Insolvent, who holds the living of Rushden, North-
ampton, was discharged under the act in 1849, and the
assignee of the court had sequestrated the living. A rule
had been obtained on the put of the clowman calling on
• Yes. Elston, the executnu of her hulibe a creditor in
the schedule to upwards of 200/., to show cause why the
rum of 59/. 12s. 3d. diould not be paid into court to her
credit, she having agreed to receive the none in satisfaction
of her debt, and why the sequestration should not be
removed.

-Mr. Dowse and Mr. Smart applied to make the rule abso-
lute, and Mr. Sargood showed cause. Mrs. Elston is the
widow of a person who had been in the service of Mr.
Downe, and was a large creditor. A dividend of 2s. 2d. in
the pound had been paid, and in order to remove the pro-
ceeding from the court the widow was offered 3s. 6cl. in the
pound on her debt, and she put her cross to a document.
Subsequently the money, 159,. 12a. 3d., wee tendered, with
a release, and she refused to take the money. Hence the
present application to the court.
Mr. Sargood characterised the application in strong terms.
It was an extraordinary rule, and one the courtcould not
enforce. An old woman had been talked into a matter, and
now this court was, in fact, Baked to force her to take
&fed. in the pound.
Mr. Dowse and Mr. Smart submitted that the court could
dad with the question of sequestration.
Mr. Commissioner Murphy said he had no power to
enforce the rule, and he doubted, considering the position
of the parties, whether a court of equity would interfere.
After a long dieciunion the rule was enlarged for a month
to see whether any settlement could be effected to prevent
further litigation.