The Express.
London, England, 1867-09-21 00:00:00

THE EXPRESS, SATURDAY EVENING, SEPTEMBER 21, 1867.

M01,41401:TH MEETING.-FRIDAY.

Tat TBIDIGAN /CCN.llefte HANDICAP 01 40 WT., added
tia. w•—patakca of 7 'airs. each, 2 ft. ; winners extra. Six
furlongs. (10 subs.)
Mr. t:raysei4 Manton. by Drogheda—Nowell dam.
7st sib alarm) 1
Mr. Edwyn.:s Earshmati, Set I'M (O.KePP 2
10 on Manton, who won in a canter by two
lengths.
Tile CLITNA SCAIIC4 of 7 WI% each, 3 ft, with 2.i
added ; weight for age; penalties and allowances. One
mile and a half. (5 subs.)
Mr lier).er.'s Stocklnger. by Stockwell—Lady Evelyn.
aged. I^sr 141, owner, I
Mr lier',ert ud I. Italy beate, 3 yrs, 104 216
:Mr. A. Williams; 2
F by Ancient Briton—Weasel also ran.
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Betting : 6 to 4on StockinE, and 5 to 2 apt Ancient
Briton filly. Won easily • length. The Ancient
Briton Ally went the wrong of a post.

THE LAI,lEs' PLATE lillanditap) of 50 soya; winners
extra. One mile one far ong.
Mr. Fabott's Edinburgh, by Mountain Doer—Honesty.
5 yr:, FR 311, we.. Ib cx.; .1 Aollnisi 1
Mr. k;dwiris Needle Una, L yes. 7st Mb in. LAb ex
(UL sop', 2
Mr. Erau's Esparto, 3 ETA. fist ,Watkins) 3
MU° Zlien Woo rm.
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Betting : Even on flinbargb, to 1 apt Esparto, and
to 1 ngst any other. Won by a neck ; a bead between
second and third.
nit DIuNP4OL TIOM IKE STAKES of 10 moVs. ouch, 5 ft, with
40 added ; winners extra. One mile seven furlongs. (18
subs., six of whom declared.)
Duke ei s tioniers. by Many's- rahna, 5 yrq,
aw :);•. .1 Adam. 1
3lr. I .ar.wilnlit's Thoniapple, 3 yrs, at Prangh ; 2
Mr. Westford's Trapeze, v yrs. Cm alb to.
(Wilson; 3
Betting : 5 to 4on Gomera,s to 2 apt Trapeze, and
4 to 1 apt Thornapple. Won easily by two lengths.
Trapeze, after running 200 yards, broke her leg, and was
destroyed.
A Su.vsn Cur, for ponies and sallower. About five
furlonp.
An-4):-os-Itaree. art OM
Muss, nut Ull, G 'loop 2
The Pullet. Ost tEd' lwehij 3
Won by six lengths.

THE BOHAH'GH DISH scar' PLATE (Handley) of 3 NOM
each, 1 ft. with 20 udded ; gentlemen riders; professionals
extra. One mile one furlong.
stockinEcr. 124 1011, (Owner) I
Lith.rtme, e,,t 711, r Rudd) 2
Foreign 'tamp, lost Mr. Salford, 3
Nalerdalo not MEE Hpence aide ran.
Betting : 5 to I agst Stoskinger, 2to I apt Foreign
Stamp, sto I apt Nidderale, 6to 1 apt Libertine, and
20 to 1 aggt Mrs. Spence. Won by a knath; same between
second and third.

THE F %auras' RACE fora silver cup, haste, one mile,
wax won in two heats by LittleDununy (Pritchard) beating
The Wye Firefly, Hardware Lass. Star of Gwent, Little
Dorritt, The Pullet, :jelly Grey, and Sportsman.
The Somerset Plate was declared void.

*labia atilt Military►.

PORTSMOUTH, SEPT. 20.

A court-martial assembled on board thu Victory
to day to try Mr. James Rogers supernumerary engineer
on board the Urgent, for drunkenness on June 14. The
court was composed of the following officers:—Captain F.
H.P. Seymour, C. 8., president ; and Captains G. Hancock,
M. S. Nolloth, H. Boys, J. C. Seedy, and H. Phelps. Mr.
E. Hoskins, of Gosport, officiated as judge-advocate.
Captain S. 11. Henderson, of the Urgent, prosecuted. The
prisoner pleaded guilty, and, having being previously
convicted of drunkenness, was sentenced to dismissal from
the service.

ADMIRALTY, SEPT. 20. —A PPOINTMF-NTS.—Cap-
taloa G. Le G. Bowyer, from the Revenge, coast-
guard ship, to the Irresistible, coast-guard ahip,
vice Borlase, whose time of service has expired ,•
W. J. S. Bullen, to the Revenge, coast-guard
ship, vice Bowyer. Lieutenants Jas. Buchanan, to
the Antelope, as lieutenant commanding, vice Bruce,
invalided ; Henry H. Justice, to the bides ; Sub-Lieute-
nants Owen, F. Granville, and Butler J. S. 0. Carter, to
the Rattlesnake ; Walter B. Elliot and Edwd. B. Fletcher,
to the Lord Wsnlen ; Alfred Carpenter and Wui. E.
Black, to the Warrior. Navigating Midshipman Philip
H. Wright, to the Rilieman. Midshipmen Wm. F. Wib
link, to the Pallas ; Wm. F. G. Clarke, Chas. Gardner,
Walter S. Goodridge, Francis G. Jones, Henry C. Akaster
and Wm. Moore, to the Warrior ; Howard N. Hay,
Arthur Claimer, and Andrew W. Rogers, to the Lord
Warden ; Reginald V. Smith and Chas. W. G. Spring, to
the Liffey. Naval Cadets Peter J. D. Hawker, Wm. D.
S. Wemyss and Gorden Gunn, to the Warrior ; Geo. W.
Tyler, Chas. B. P. Hamm Peyton Hoskyns, and Henry
Pearson, to the Lord Warden. Naval Cadet Nominated
Montagu H. Cruggen. Engineers Ohms. Mabbeiley, to
the Victory, for Firequeen, and Edwd. Taylor, to the
Indus, for Thais.

THE VOLUNTEER BALL AT THE AGRICULTURAL
HALI..—A special meeting of the Volunteer committee
appointed to carry out the arrangements for the forth-
coming grind volunteer ball at the Agricultural-hall took
place yesterday, in the board-room of the hall. Captain
Williams, of the West Middlesex Ride Volunteers, occu-
pied the chair. An announcement was made that the
Lord Mayor had intimated his intention of attending the
ball in state. The honorary secretary said it would be
very satisfactory for the committee to learn that the au-
thorities of the differpt departments of the public ser-
vice were according them every facility for carrying out
the ball in a successful manner. Not only were the war.
like emblems lent from the Tower on the occasion of the
Belgian Ball promised, but the authorities had with great
kindness offered the committee any otherdecorations attire
disposal of the former. The negotiations with the rail-
way companies relative to conveying volunteers from the
country were, he was happy to say, progressing favourably.
Captain Gray, of the 29th North Middlesex, reported
officially that the South Eastern Railway Company would
issue to volunteers return tickets at single fares on the
occasion of the ball. After discussing some minor arrange-
ments the committee adjourned. In expectation of the
very distinguished guests who have signified their inten-
tion of being present, the utmost pains have been spent to
make the appearance of the hall worthy of the occasion.
The new decorations, illuminations, transparent crystal
devices, cascades. and perfumed fountains, surrounded by
the choicest tropical and other planta, offer • coup dart
unparalleled for its beauty and novelty. A new crystal
device and transparency, of immense size, representing a
large body of volunteers ready for immediate action, sur-
rounded with the motto, " Defence not Defiance, " has
been constructed specially for the ball by the grin of J.
Defries and Sons.

TRIAL OF THE PRUSSIAN ARBOUR-CARED FRIGATE
KROH-PRINZ —This vessel, built by Mews. Sainuda
Brothers, of Poplar, and the launch of which from their
yard was noticed in our paper only in May last, has since
been fitted with her machinery and completed for sea, and
has just been tested at the Maplin measured mile, prepara-
tory to leaving for Kiel. The general dimensions and ton-
nage are as follows ;—Length,:Z6ft.; breadth, 50ft.; depth,
361 t. Sin. ; tonnage, builder's measurement, 3,404 tons ;
displacement, 5,600 tons. She is encased in armour of five
inches in thickness, and is intended to receive an armament
of 16 ruled steel guns-14 on main deck and two on upper
deck—of about nine tons weight each. Her stern encloses
a most forniitlable rim, so arranged that while the &fen.
sive powers of the prow are maintained in full force the
resistance to the speed of the vessel occasioned by the
swan neck bows is completely avoided. The engines are a
pair of direct acting trunk screw engines, of the collective
nominal power of MO horses, and are from the manu-
factory of Messrs. John Penn and Son, of Greenwich.
An average of six runs gave a mean speed of
14.n4 knots; the iminereed midship being 10.25 (eq..
Draft of water 2.1 feet 9 in., which is her deepest intended
draft, and the power of the engines exerted during the
trial, 4,800 horses. The water was rough, and it was blow-
ing very fresh. The Kron Prins is the first armour clad
frigate acquired by the Prussian government for the new
German navy. ♦ second frigate of about similar dimen-
miens and tonnage is budding fur them in France, and a
third frigate is also in course of cunstructian on the
Thames.

A Boy POISONED BY LABI7RNI7M TREE BARE. -
On Wednesday Mr. George Buchanan, deputy-coroner,
held an inquest at Boghole, on the body of Robert Nichol-
son, • little boy six years of age, whose death was caused
by chewing the bark of a laburnum tree. It appears
that a neighbour called Page had been pruning a laburnum
which grew in his garden, and threw the branched and
twigs into the footpath. The deceased was seen
playing with them on Tuesday evening, and about six
o'clo,:k was observed by • man names' Mason to be peeling
the bark off with hi. teeth. Meson stated that be was
not aware of the poisonous nature of the tree, and
did not interfere with the boy. About midnight the de-
ceased complained of internal pains, and commenced to
vomit, but the discharge seemed nothing but water. The
voniitiog tontinued at intervals of about half an hour up
to • little after coven o'clock the following morning,
when a tit supervened, which ended in death. The boy's
parents were ignorant of the nature of his ailment, and
only sent for the doctor • little before he died. Dr. Wilson
stated that from the appearance of the body and general
symptoms he considered that death had resulted from the
introduction of some irritant poison, and that chewing the
bark, pods, or flowers of • laburnum tree, which were
highly poisonous, would act in this way. Verdict. "Acci-
dentally poisoned by chewing the bark of a laburnum
tree." The jury appended to their verdict a recommenda-
tion that more care be used in future when the tree is
pruned. _ _ _

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stestfug. cough, asthma, fevers, consumption, low spirits. 80,0•9
nonal cures which had roalstad all medicines, including that of
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