The Express.
London, England, 1860-08-27 00:00:00

LONDON. MONDAY EVENING, AUGUST 27, 1860.

NAVAL AND MILITARY.

ADIMALUT AUGUST 25. -PSOKOTI ORB AID AP-
raarruzays.—Oarmairs W. Key., J. Keeling, and
W. Waxwing, to he synaina en the NOW list
Cioniesenhe 7. T. O Strode, to the See.
Lionteseole A. T. Oahe, to the Omar ; and F. How.
I. to be adtriineal to the Wept% ermine to the Rarer.
Second Masten T. H. Harlon, to Sae "hard C. M.
Hammond, to the Avon ; and J. Wlthhane, to the Rhoda-
aratissa.

](asters' Assistants J. IL Lloyd, to the Diadem ; and
P. C. &pith, to the EmerakL
Midshipman C. S. Broome, to the Diadem.
Acting Third Class Amistent Engineers R. Winfield, to
the Neptune ; J. Jolliffe, to the Hannibal ; T. G. Pamela,
to the Argos ;J. Warren, to the Mohawk ; Butehart,
to the Gannet ; M. Hawkins, to the Alserity ; H. Dana%
to the Fleyna; B. B. Turner, to the Doris; G. Dumas, to
the Creasy ; and R. H. Home. to the London.

PORTSMOUTH, AUGUST 28.
The HiaalreF, screw transport, Captain John
tar,
y embarked detachments of troops for
Gibraltar, and Cork, consisting of 1 officer and 40
mew al the let lattaßee of the 2nd Foot, 2 °Boers and 20
men at the 2nd battalion of the 7th, 3 Albers of the 100th,
2 ails= eml 25 ISM et the 2ed trash°a of the 32ed, sail
34 111116 Of the 4th battalion at the Brigade, and a few
wows Mil ehildrea. The SbaaMya sailed this morning,
iiitll,ftrinonth for tardier drafts. She will be em-
the transport of limps betas..the Mediterranean
otrioad on her rotors la corny the 26th Fool! hem
Gibraltar to Dublin. The 25th will be relieved by the Fed
Foot from Cephalonia.
The Boomtown, 70, sailing ship, Captain Powell, bearing
thisf Rear-Admiral Sir F. W. Grey, ia hourly expected
at sad, from the Cape of Good Hope.
Hornet, 17, screw sloop, Commander Elphinstona,
will prove her compares to-morrow, and afterwards pro-
ceed tokithead to take in her ammunition.
A royal salute was fired at one o'clock to-day from the
• and the ships in harbour, in commemoration of the
irtbdsny of his Royal Highness the Prince Consort.
The only ship of war now at Spitheed is the Warms, 80,
screw. _ _ _

The Grand Thichess Olga, of Russia, pained through
Portsmouth yesterday, on her way to Loudon, where she
will remain until Tuesday or Wednesday, and thee return
to Shanklin, Isle of Wight.

MILFORD HAVEN, Atom 24.
The Channel fleet still remains, and though
the pl. continues unabated—so much so as scarcely to
a&nit of communication with the cruisda of spectators ter
nein and otherwise who visit them daily, and are received
on booed with the greatest courtesy by the officers, as well as
entertained and shown the ships. So excellent is the hold-
ing round that notwithstanding the manner it blows—the
vessels do not budge an inch.
A grand ball and supper was given the officers, on Wed-
nesday evening, by the inhabitants of Pembroke, in the
Town hall of that borough. The fleet will probably leave
the latter end of next week, for which as yet there are
no orders.

SPORTING.
TIE YORK MERTINGL-STOOK'PON ANTI-

CIPATIONI

TO TEL 101T011 Or TIM =Ma&
Sia,—We had again to red content with two out
4 three miserable days in regard to the weather at York,
where the course was so heavy that lam slimed afraid to
emounent upon the running, in
er consequence of the probs.-
/a:1 its being
oaal rot whenever en eyr
of :hreameouarow
ere ofmeet
too
tram
a character to be
_passed over, not the least of
Ma the swam of High Treason for the opening mos,
the &thud &mobcap. The home has improved and
thithemed beamingly ince the Derby, and showed
et having dome shrug work lately, so that his performance
with 74 711) being A 1, it is merely a question
of hie staying for the St. Leger favourites to be
be jeopardy, as a tbier or handsomer specimea of
heessileels will not be found at the post on the
ha. The Black Duck Stakes were contested by two good-
looking twr.olds, and Lord Glasgow received the firdi
indahnent tithe good things that were in store for him,
while the Whitewall stable followed up its success in the
Yorkshire Oaks Ly the aid of toy ally, Stockade, to whom
Deorheo and Anon re second sad third, es I also &Mi-
-snds made J. Scott's lot for the Ebor look pro-4
, as Stockade was among the non-aceeptors with
2 .li, while the trial of Moorhen, who received 71b and •
mut easy beating, was sufficiently good tor her party to be
Phelt la her carrying list Slb home. She, however,'
ity did not like the dirt, and although it 11 hardly
y she wllleyer do great thing, we too depend on her
seeing a better dry In Coavivisl, c Dragon out
op Way, and -mein-Nieht was wi an ace of
pilling the White ble throughathirdtinte,berderfeat,
Amy °vision, being 'minty attributable to the family allirdon
Of cowardice, es the garne Folkeetone fairly frighteaed her out
of the victory, In the Produce Stakes tiabieur gained hini-
: siif a hest of friends by the style in which he cut down
Deaner nod Blitz, and when the same colours proved victo-
' sire is the Biennial, thanks to Vanquisher, the Yorkshire-
arpri beau to think seriously of Sabreur for the St. Lager,
er the Aske stable made no secret of his being Ly far the
esperiof animal of the two. Northern Light, being coru-
tritely out of his element in the mud, was dead beaten at
datenee, where Sir William and Vanquisher came on
by themselves, the letter crediting my judgment in stand-
ierg such an " outsider" by one of the easiest of victories.
With the exception of General Hess and Wildman, all the
lot behind him were St. Leger horses, and that they are
new out ofrthe nos w
was itilishvise every proof, seeing how far
alriday. However, when it is considered gari
[ ern Light finished behind such " ripe " as
wba and St. James at Ascot, solely through his
ty to pllop in mud, his defeat had better be ex-
sad in discussing his chance for future engagements,
for one, shall completely ignore his York exhibitiosta, as I
those at Ascot when reducing the great handicap at
grVo4r to • matter of health for him. Gardener who
improved since the Bowmen(' Meeting, Where
was third to limbo and East Stanley, overthrew my
Starlight, for the Juvenile Stakes very easily ; but
, who started at ea " outside " price in the betitift
e .anquisher, made amend. fur me in the Chesterfield
, which he won cleverly enough, awl thus brotedit
• the 200 pines. so boldly put down for hire after his
Brighton victory, the first time of asking. Ariatise war
virtually the winner of the Burgundy Stakes, fords ornered
so move while Uralian only walked over for his own stake,
end Stokede also fulfilled my expectations by walking over
fix the &embroil Peek Mahn, whileSyringebed "nothingto
beat" in the Queen's Plate; thus the first day's work aloud
rather tamely, audallorred these whodid sot stomechtwelve
eases per diem to leave after the ninth without as fear
Oley would have cause to regret the movement. On Thun-
der we had actually • fine day, and with only nine items on
ea said, the talents went to work quite bight-hearted. The
gs•tkman were decidedly more industrious than the pro-
over the tint event, the Eglinton, as they Lid
odd. of 6 and 7 to 4 on Dundee, without compunction •
still, Maggiore mod Parasite had their partisans, sad the:
Taos between the tires was more interesting than may
supposed
well
or then the gentlemen liked. Amite
am so well till within • hundred yards of home that his
" roarneg" to be an gammon ; and how Mr. Parr
could rube welt a mistake as to dispose of him
pot as be began to show form is remarkable, es-
pecially as he always appeared so fond of the
hone op to the time be mode his dam t ; but Dundee
end Maggiore (the latter with 101 b the best of the weights)
were bound to do him at the finish, and Dundee
went apparently so well within himself when he headed
' that the latter was not • quivered with for the
•.‘ • see abider, or be might leave here in the &whitest
Fordharn, however, seeing Bray overconfident, revenged
the liberty the latter took in despising him Ly going on
with Maggiore, and after • little gammoniog be managed
to switch • slight advantege ; but he was just • woad too
I soon. as Bray had time to rouse himself and Dundee, earl
get level in the very last stride, the feet being • dead heat.
The Huuby party were greatly dissatisfied with Bray's
performance, and in the deciding beat put up Edwards,
who never gave a chance away, but followed his orders by
leading throughout at his beet pace, when Dundee won
very cleverly, and thus performed his best public
feat, in my opinion, for Sweetsauce did no more
with Maggiore at Goodwood, when meeting her
at 61b the worst of the weights, while Dundee
had 101 b the worst of it, over n longer distance and in
heavier pound. Although Northern Light was again pulled
out for the Ebor St. Leger (for which the Wizard, at the
solicitation of his trainer, was withdrawn, owing to the
ground being so unsuited to him), his party were not sweet,
sad Bivoone, who is only within 201 b of Sabreur at home,
started the better favourite, his victory being as easily
Accomplished as that of Vanquisher • but the backers man-
fully stood Folkestose for the Prince of Wales's Stakes,
although on paper it looked • downright " good thing " for
=itl°who Vergleidnem-mein and beat her a
gave
;ontefreat, while Folkestone gave her but 41b and
the head beating in the CworiviaL However, the result
showed that the mare ought to have won this last men.
boned event as easily as the appeared to be doing before
" cutting it," for Folkestone beat Lougshot in • canter st even
weights. The Ebor Headicap field dwindled down at last
to thirteen, the withdrawal of Underhand on Wednesday
being severely commented upon, and not without meson,
as he was not struck out until those who scented a " rat "
had given him the amp de grace by offers of 100 to 1; and
the, is now a regular split is She stable, for the trainer and
Meads had backed him heavily, the horse having done
excellent work for the event according to the orders of his
, owner. That he would have won I do not believe, as he
I never ran well in dirt, bat it would have been more satis-
factory bad be gone to the post, as the gallop was not
likely to hurt hon. The absence of Horace there is every
excuse for, as he was never • "pot," and his staying through
tile dirt wee out of the question ;_ and the owners
of one or two others on the spot were
quite justified in saving a " tanner " as few Ani-
mals could go through each • "tanner,"
two miles ;
but the backers of Fax may thank the mud for his eves
being allowed to start, which was • doubtful matter up to
the last moment, and the stable, in the aggregate, lose on
the non we of his forelegs being so " dicky " that even on
fair ground he must have broken down, and he could not
have galloped half • mile on hard ground. Deluder was
beaten • long way from home, with all the other favour-
ri except Moorhen, who ran out when leading at the
turn, when Pax and Hepatica came on by
themselves and finished the race, Lord Glasgow's colt win-
Wei a most exciting race by half a length, amid such cheers
as are not often heard even at a Yorkshire meeting. the
gentlemen pulled long faoes, nevertbeleu, long before they
got home, as neither first nor second suited their
books ; and they made matters worse in the next
bout, when all the " pole " for the Prince of Wales's
Stakes were upset by Kettledrum, a "dark" son of Rataplaa,
being another "outsider," of whom I made favourable men-
tion in my last, Dictator alone making a fight of it with
him. Virgilius end Matador both ran well, considering
their want of preparation, and time will do great things for
them ; but I have no idea of either ever upsetting Kettle-
drum, who ran equally unprepared, and cannot fail to train
into • magnificent three-year-old. Cape Flyaway Lid no
difficulty in carrying off the Hopeful Stakes, and Nowhere
would almost as easily have beaten her sixteen opponents
for the Londesborough Cup, but that she stumbled opposite
the stead. her victory being a great performance, looking at
the weight she carried, and her owner might find • pester
use for her then plating. Prudence's victory for the
Filly Sapling wound up the day's work in favour of the
gentlemen who " threw in " over the last three tooth* and
the balance on the day must have been in their
favour. On Friday they were checked In the first two
encounters, the His. Whip colt—rot worth a third of the
stake he won—just beating Northern Light by a neck for
the rich X navemuire Stakes, while Kettledrum could not
approach Gardener when he was asked for the Colt Sapling
Stakes, Sir C. Monck's colt being too much underrated, per-
haps, at the commencement of the race. The County Cup,
considering it Ca= off on the same day as the Great York.
shire &thee, out with • fair share of swam, as four of the
Bus competitors were animals of note ; but neither Satellite
am Underbred liking the ground, and Sir William naming
• rope, Ethreame had no difficulty in cutting them doers.
The. the Shear party backed him for the Groat Yorkiddre
Stakes, in the Laos of the Wined, with great 000111110011,
sad if the field only merthered four, the straggle
was set devoid of interest, as it was to decode
the fate of at lead one "crack" for the St.
Leger. However, although it was no sweet the
Wiard would have preferred dry ground, the hone looked
so fit sad well that slight odds were lard on him, and
when Lord Zetland declared to win with Sabreur (m)
selected champion in the race) it was virtually a mater
between the two, as Bab at the Bowater only went on the
" off chance "of third mow. So it proved throughout
the struggle, as &brew boldly cut out the work Mums&
stilly the flag fell, and made the pace sogood that the
Witold was pumped out at a quarter of a mile from hem,

(Stamped, ld. Additional.)

for when he went up to make a raw of is he could only five
with the dying son ef Voltigeur for • few strides, and he
never fairly extended him. Thus a new and formidable
candidate for the St. Leger has " dropped from the clouds"
almost at the last moment, there being scare( ly one other
event to come off now tint can seriously affect this
race and that we have seen the absolute winner in
Lord Zetland's colt is not at all improbable, for
these is no question that he did quite as much with
the Wizard as Thonnenby accomplished in the Derby, and
his performance is the more trustworthy from being a recent
one. The rain had fallen so heavily during Thursday night
and Friday morons( that none of the cracks came out fur
' the Gimcrack Stakes, their owners puns • • wise course
in keeping them at home ; and Prudence was the fortunate
recipient of the prise, having, like her stable companion,
Gardener tsar in the day, made play from beginning to
end, which wpm to me to be a very successful game to
play is very moderate hit (mutated the Queen's
'Mai for saes; still, the triumph of the Makekes filly
wY sinething is favour of High Treason, who, when con-
ceding lllb, ' lost" her in the Zetland Handicap. The
orb* manta call for no remark, except on account of the
Yorbehim stables carrying them all off, as they did nearly
every other race of the meeting, the only exceptions being
/longer for the Chesterfield, and Mr. Merry's triumphs
with Folkestone and Dundee, the latter gentleman dividing
the good things throughout the three days with Sir C.
Ikea, Lord Olawow, and Lord Leland, as the quartette
*bared more than one-half of the prises between them. In
conclusion, it is worthy of note that the ace committee have
resolved to commence the meeting in future years on
Tuesday, and this extend it a day, which an it racily done
without the eminence of another item in the Programme.
There are rneetragrat Ifichls4d, Stsckton, Exeter, Vas .
month, and Dover, during the current week ; but neither
will prove of more than local interest except the affair at
Stockton, which has taken such a stride is importance of late
yews that its promoters have been obliged to extend it to
three deys. In the bill of fare there are some magnificent
dishes, nine of which are well filled, and there are' upwards
of fifty engaged in the Cleveland Stakes, for two-year-olds,
six furlongs, the best of which appear to be Gardener and
Dictator. The Third Zetland Biennial Stakes, for three-
year-olds, one mile and a half, will probably bring together
Butterfly, Sutton, Craniond, High Treason, Lupo us, Van.
masher, and one or two others, and the meeting of Van-
quisher, &t lllb, and High Treasoa, Set, might bring'
another St. Leger favourite into the market, as it is on the
cards for the latter to win, especially if Sabreur is • stone
superior to Vanquisher. lam inclined on this occasion to
desert the lucky "spots," supposing High Treason to enter
the arena of course, as his owner must not dream of the
St. Leger this year without he overcomes the Van-
, quiaher very easily. The Tradesmen's Plate, two
miles, appears reduced to a match between Bivouac,
3 yr.', Wt nb, and Hepatica, 5 yrs, let 91b„ and
I hardly like to give either a preference, for
Bivouac' has improved since the Northumberland Plate, the
running far which, through First Lords would give Hera-
. tics the best of him. The success of Sir William in the
Great Northern St. Leger will not astonish on, as neither
Sweeteauce nor Wizard ought to show ; and I am so doubt-
ful about the running for the Colt Sapling Stakes at York
on Friday as to give Kettledrum the preference over every-
thing but Dundee for the Fourth Zetland (2-vrold) Biot-
in], 6 furlongs, so that if Mr. Merry tries to tag the game
with his second-shot, Folkestone, he may be defeated ;
still, as Dundee has the best of the weights with all the
" amok" performers, his defeat is out of the question. It
is hard to look for the winner of the Stockton Cup, two
miles, if they decline to bring out ffsbreur ; and previous
running may decide the kliddlisboiough Handicap, one
mile and a half, for which Miss Stewart, 4 yrs, 7st 81b,
moat run pretty well ; but Doefoot, who beat Silverhair at
Ripon, sad Vargise-mein.Nieht at Nottingham, should do
for the Stewards' Plate, six furlongs, in his absences.—l
am, Be., METEOR.