The Express.
London, England, 1858-11-08 00:00:00

LONDON, MONDAY EVENING, NOVEMBER 8, 185&

• is rapidly platinising amid his own culinary pro-
jections. There s, in fact, neither light, nor room,
nor facilities for cleanliness in this kitchen, yet
although many requisitions have been made to the
Court of Aldermen, the latter are obdurate in think-
ing that three ounces of meat, dressed by a melan-
choly and rapidly dissolving cook, in this dismal
hole, is a fair dietary equivalent for the venison and
turtle which they themselves are so fond of
enjoying.
To the unfortunate clue of prisoners who are
thus fed and cooked for, the governor principally
directs his compassionate attention. Many of them
are working men, who have been sent in from the
county courts for small debts, some so low as two or
three shillings, and they are constantly craving for
permission to work at their various trades. The
governor thinks that their wishes might be gratified,
and that by giving them work, and paying them for
it, means might be afforded for " going through the
court," and thus ofkeeping the prison much clearer than
at present. He is conscious of the objection that
there are many trades which could not be carried on
in a prison arranged on the present system, and to
meet it suggests the erection of a large 'elf-support-
ing prison for the whole of the home counties. It
is but justice to a man who has exerted himself so
zealously and so efficiently for the amelioration of a
waieioss system, that his idles should be placed
fairly before the public, bat still his plan seems
something like the curious little key which Rob Roy
had for his " spleuchan," and which was easily su-
perseded by the simple expedient of cutting off the
pouch altogether. In the ease of imprisonment for
debt, perhaps the beet way would be to cut the
spleachan off altogether by abolishing the last rem-
nant of a system which, while it afford. every faci-
lity to the fraudulent debtor, often inflicts wide-
spread ruin and desolation on honest men and their
families.

DRAMA.

HAYMARKET.

On Saturday night, being the occasion of Mr.
Charles Mathews's benefit, a new piece was produced at this
house. It is entitled The Tails of a Coat, and is described sr
a comedy, in three acts, though in reality the plot and in-
cidents are scarcely more than sufficient to furnish material
for a farce of the average length. It contains some smart
dialogue and one or two good situation*, and a necessity for
marking three distinct epochs M the period of action has
doubtless suggested its division into as many acts; but the
promise held out in the announcement is scarcely kept in the
performance, and there is too much evidence of the absence
of stamina, and the elaboration of trivial and unexciting in-
cident. On the French stage the piece would have taken
rank as a asnelsvale, and it is of the same gears ea these two-
act pieces, smiths. comedies nor farces, which ss exactly
suited to display the peculiar powers of Mr. Charles Mathews,
and which, original and translated, were produced In such
numbers during his miumgameet of the Lyceum.
Perhaps Mr. Mathews never acted more finely than on
Saturdey night. On his first appearance after his return
from America we imagined him somewhat tamed and sub-
dued, that his flow of animal spirits seemed lees, and the
venal animation and energy which he throws into every cha-
racter, a little abated. This impression wait entirely removed
by his performance of Jacques Molinet, which was marked
by all that excellent& of finish which has rendered him the
most perfect actor now on the English stage. He was wall
supported by Mr. Z. Villiers, a gentleman who, though he
has yet much to leant, evinces considerable progress in his
profereion, and by Mn. E. Fitzwilliam, who played the
**what* with much spirited vivacity. The piece, which is,
we are assured, entirely original, wee received with consider-
able applause, and the whom, Mewl. W. Broach end Dr.
Francs, pumad across the stage in acknowledgment*/ a cell•

...
Mr. Mathew'. comedy of The Devagenand the farce of
The Eton Boy, concluded the performance. The home wee
crowded.

THE CHRYSANTHEMUM SHOW AT THB
CRYSTAL PALACE.

On Saturday the hat one of the many brilliant
floral fdies which have this year been held at the Crystal
Palms took place in the central transept of the building.
The show being entirely of cluysenthetnums, the exhibition
Isobel the beauty and variety of form and colour which ren-
dered the spring end summer floral Ptes at Sydenham so
brilliant sad successful. But at the aims time the chrysan-
themum is an interesting plant, and not alone as being the
bet of the out-door flowers of the year. It was originally
• &alive of China, and was first imported into this country
about two centuries ago, though the varieties of form and
colour which it has manned in English soil and under
English cultivation have rendered It almost • distinct plant
from its Asiatic parent. It Is astonishing what • small ex-
cuse will induce to visit the Palace, for though the sharp au-
tumnal weather of Saturday was not such r would have
tempted any one into a country journey, yet eves the meagre
attraction of a chrysanthemum show proved sufficient
to secure a large and fashionable attendance at Sydenham.
Among the interesting additions which will be made to the
natural history collection of the Palace during the ensuing
week is a very perfect specimen of the °orang-outang tribe,
called a gorilla. It approaches nearer to the human special
in form and habits than any of the other known animals.
The gorilla is a comparatively recently discovered animal,
the skull of one having only been transmitted to Europe
heat Western Able. • few years ago, the live animal
never haste, been seen by Europeans until within a very
recent peeled. It is about five feet in height, end la
appsereace resembles the human figure in a re-
markable degree. The arms are long, of prodigious
strength, and are thickly covered with hair. The legs are
short, and well adapted to tree-climbing, as in moat of the
tribe. What renders the resemblance of the head of the
gorilla to the human head most striking is, the different colour
of the hair on the cheeks end scalp, that on the cheeks being
of an ash grey, while the hair on the scalp is keg, sad of •
red hue. The natives of Western Africa tall the twat mar-
valor stories respecting the ferocity of this animal. It Is
said that they descend upon villages in considerable numbers,
and destroying them, carry away and devour the children.
Some colouring is given to these extraordinary stories by
Professor Owen having proved the fact that the gorilla is
carnivorous in its habits, and may therefore be as much ad-
dicted to feeding on human flesh as that of any other serial.
One of the most remarkable facts connected with the die-
oovery of this animal is the circumstance that Problem.
Owen, upon an examination of the original skull sent to
Europe, described the form of the complete animal exactly ea
It afterwards turned out to be.

The garden of Lincoln's-inn-fields presents at the
Lree_l2l.thos a most inviting and cheerful appearance. Mr.
the gardener, having prepared a show of ohry-
oZgZosmo which may vie with any of those alder exhibi-
tions of the rme flower with which the public is familiar.
All decor end well-behaved persons are admitted within
the inelosure, which thus affords a place_ of quiet enjoyment
in the hurt of a buoy neighbourhood. Besides the ordinary
varied" Mr. Morgan @White standard chrysanthemums

whit& have • eery imegniiicent appearance, being three feet
high, with • broad flat head, and carrying forty or fifty
&mem _

tin Friday evening several thousand persons met
la the Liverpool Amphitheatre to protest against the system
et arerfeafer candsmion and other Rootatariot prostitute
olrbtecelhai:rewu 1.11184
the Bor. Dr. meet
Tss ALPACAS VOA VlCTOitls.—X6o anbeegibers to
lb Alma rand will *glad to Mere this the leek (cos-
eletisa of twenty-one inhaels was safely asterked as board
the Gadder., la the led India) Docks, yesterday afternoon,
and will mail from Oravesead OM Monday nu mt. The imesis
wrZtildkardll7 In good condition, and cocammaced eating
hs=late Oka la on board. A 000mMient mast from the
Zoleaeue, Regent's Park, has bad charge of the
twio last six nuas, and ecoompanies than on their
voyage. TM Sole boa dick in two well-arranged haws,
and preemies requisite has been taken to secure a
weeail bens to the voyage. It Is to be regretted that the
awl bee set been eerie up, but it is hoped that there are
aseag►odwbes who, use bevies yet subemibed, will come
toned ea mils up the entoont.—AlMirailell and ben-
Inaland Gamin

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CILVITAL PALACL—HALT-CROWN MT.—SATOH.
DAT, Nov. 6.—Admissions on payment, 994; ditto by maim
dolmas, ;UN; total, 4,163.

SPORTING.

WMARKET AND LIVERPOOL.
TO THZ IDITOI OP TEM ZXPHU/.

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8114—finch a meeting as that advertised to take
place at Liverpool this week most not be neglected, although
it le not get* orthodox, if we take the opinion of the old
school of Tereus, who stick to the Houghton as the last
legitimate roasting of the season; and considering the rest
that la required by those who midst at It, perhaps it deserves
to be so, fora witness to 76 conteets in six days, with even
the constitution of a hone, is fairly deserving of • three
mouths' halklay. Bet 1 mat go with the time, and after a
brief review of the incidents In column= with the
racing at N Lt the Liverpool Cep have its
due weight. Oa Monday, nothing but the Criterion
—which, ea this ocompion, eau fairly claim the title—could
be talked about for two minutes together and when
the time strived for Its decision the combatants were
spanned with intense interest. The important discovery
Mem hem mile of both the "cracks" being in good trim,
the Woodyeates hero especially having filled out wonderfully
since he melt his *led at Goodwood, the partisans of each
went to week he the Ring " hammer and tongs," and there
wee wry bile diatom In thekbisitiona for some time ;
bat the feet et Premised Land in the ;Darby gave
him the rim what the betting sett down, for many who
were rather heavily against him " hedged" by having a little
-oh Mee, es he victory would have made him such . pot"
for thg. bine Wand that they wadi have had very bad
King-P-Anne wee admileedidtat not
alli;:er • few Mlle' a ea aserbeg the distialee, Whin
he held aal t lend, with the favourite Nomad, and North
Lincoln but scarcely • length separating each. The
pace bad been very great throughout, and a cut of
the whip was necessary to keep the King going, but it only
mused him to swerve on to North Lincoln, just as he
made hie effort, yet without causing ouch • great man-of-
war to be thrown out of his stride, for he went in and took
the lead am if nothing had happened, and, despite • gallant
effort on the part of Promised Land, he won by a clear
length (not easly) amid such a about as he seldom heard at
Newmarket. The defeat of Promised Land caused some
long faces, and many who were on him for the Derby began
hedging as if their very lives depended on their " getting
oat," but they were very soon accommodated, and the ea-
gerness with which • select few snapped up every reasonable
offer betrays the fact of there being • little more than meet.
the eye in the affair. The horse was soon as good a favou-
rite as ever for the great prize, and seeing that he has, even
considering his defeat, done more than either Marionette or
Muajid—both at short prior—with North Lincoln, for the
latter beat them both in • common canter, giving them 61he.
at Ascot, it la impossible to and tault with
his holding position of first favourite. As
I shall so moon commence an analysis of next
year's great events, it le not requisite for me to give any far-
ther opinion respecting him here. North Lincoln has re-
gained hie lost laurels, end " The Baron" has at last about
the best horse of the day; but he is, unfortunately, as far
from winning a Derby as ever, unless the Brother to Sydney
is within a pound or two of his wonderful phenomenon. The
Cambridgeshire and the " feather plate" were the only inte-
resting events on Tuesday, and the latter race introduced its
to a better clam of animals than usual, the winner, Secret
Treasure, being by tar the best two-year-old that bas carried
it off once the triumphs of Eryx and Little Jack. The Cam-
brideeshies was remarkable for the utter defeat of eive
favourite, the twelve animals who were backed for so meth
money at last not producing one that could get among the first
three 1 The Zomve, Ancient Briton, Satinitam and
Rocket, ran well, but not half well enough for their beakers,
and the judge had to " perform" on • trio who kit the post
at 40 to 1 each. On Wednesday • Derby " mak," The
Kelpie, broke down in the attempt M mak•Herry Bluff strike
his flag to him; and two St. Leger gran goes, Volta sad
East Langton, were beaten la a cantor by whose
owner, had be been tamed there's, would no mom have
thought of starting hlm than of sending him on an expedi-
tion after the comet. The fifteen races on Thursday were
commenced by Malacca winning over two miles, and them we
saw Saunterer succumb to Gilliver, thus proving that weight
would bring even a donkey and • flash of lightning together.
The Knight of Kars wine one-third of the purchase mosey
for his new owner without any trouble, and North Lincoln
walks away from as opponent ha had on the Ab.M. for eleven
" posies," with the meet contemptible lediferesee. The
Nanette, on Friday did not lutecium to ua any new awe,
nor did they give any very peat satisheition, and were the
handicap made public • few days earlier they could not
possibly be harmed dep. by, foe nom
maa
rwevent the Man melee affecting them too meek.ies
We had • deed heat for a match, and • second that took
plea on Saturday was the only incident thet could
pat life into no on the last day, which did
not give na our liberty till after a dam more ding-doug
contests ; and then the mach yenned special that was to
take us into the realms of imam la ouch a short time, was not
half ready when we reached the station, so that it did not
leave the platform until Testy minutes after the proper time.
But whether this was dam to make up for a mono= blunder
committed on the grand day, It is impossible to my, for many
who had come down by the meek' to see the " big race, "
with an idea that they were to be taken home "an hoar er
the lust ram," found they had ant been allowed half an hour
to reach the station, the special having gone when Isom
dozens of them arrived there twenty fee minute: after the
last ewe, thinking to be in such good time.
The Autumn Cup at Liverpool will close the " arreat"events
of 1868, and worthily, too, if I mistake not. The field may be
composed of Underhand, Commotion, Blue Jacket, Special
License, King of the Gipsies, Mitreillsßroadlande, Lifeboat,
La Maledetta,Goreehill,Cawood,Target, ;
end perhaps Tournament, Facilathee, and Gager. Mr.
Merry 'a lot is very popular, he having carried the prize of
with Special License lust year, and considering this gentle
man is only meeting the present and bat year's favourite,
Underhand, on 71b worse terms than when be won with molt
came, Underhand being nowhere to him, the public have
every right to stick to. his ooloure—when they fled what is
to carry them. Just now there are only four of bis lot in the
market—Special License, Cawad, King of the Isles, and
Rieeber—and seeing that all have been nibbled at, while no
particular ellemonstradon has as yet been made In favour of
either, the discovery is not to be easily made.
It is even possible for Peeress who has not been
introduced yet, to prove the ;elected of the stable,
and such an ooppeena yyaotion had better not be
disommed hue. Underhed has proved himself a raoshom
on nearly every occasion of his porformanoe in public, and
hie running in the Cambridgeshire with Bet was quite good
enough for him to &gala as good a position here as the judge
had to award him that day. Even over a diatoms, which
wee admitted to be anything but long enough for him, the
mils and time furling' at Worcester Stammer Meeting, be
bad mach the best of Commotion, giving him gilt; and even
if the latter Is in each an Improved form as his party avert,
he can hardly hope ter turn the scale at 21b. Blue Jacket
has been for sometime going to do great things; and it
looked at one time as if this were the joarney ; but hints
have dropped that his party have been " fore stalled," and if
so his backers must wait • little longer, although
I cannot but believe his Mends had a particular object
in view in speeding each a report. He le • great fine horse,
and all the fault that could ever be found was a difficulty in
trelnin him ; but he did not begin too soars, Skit some of our
ono thoroughbreds, and he will look much better at
Liverpool than the public have ever seen him. The French
filly, La Italadetta, and Gambill, have been backed for good
mosey, end Medallion is whispered a dangerous outsider ;
bat I look for Underhand, Blue haat, and Mr. Merry's re-
prmatative to 'apply the winner; and Blue Jacket and
Fordhate (with the monetery pet el the business all right)
A I—Underhand big erg in mg eglimaties—Vonee, he.,
METEOR.

THE LONDON AID CODIIYT BSD-
Lela &TATES MID ?El TIPPIiaIY BILWIL—As Important
ease wee opened on Friday in the Landed Rotates Court.
Dublin, beim. Judge Loarlield, in which the London and
Count Bank and the creditors of the Tipperary Bank ap-
peered as rival claimants lot the produce of the Bermes=
estates, formerly the property of the notorious =kids, John
Badleir. The value of the fund in dispute is upwards of
100,0001. It will be bane in mind that so far the peaces&
ings have been ex parts—all advanced in the drlagest way
by the advocate of the Tipperary Bank. A °toed= court
listened with marked attention, and oomisionallT roaniasta4
surprise et the foots related of BMWs gigantic swindles.
It appears that for many mouths prior to the
page of of the Tipperary Bank, John Badleir wee
at loggerheads with his brother Jamie, the manage of the
bank, for not freely cashing his huge draft*, after he (John)
bad abstracted somewhere about three rimes the amount of
the paid-up capital. James, while =drafting him as "my
dear John," writes, " I would not be burdened with your
emote= lies say logger." Again, " Your constant lying Is
WNW *Mt 'With* elm, and very little would make me
send back the 6,0001, cheques. &c.." This letter was written
from Memel in March, 1865, or nearly • year before the
bank stopped payment. Again, about the same time, we
find the add= managing brother wetting—. Nothing con
be more roguish or disgraceful than your conduct. I con-
sider your rata, as you oall it, of very little consequence."
Aug In a =lpt be adds It la only just • Mere doubt
the beak open next week." But that rotten con-
cern did keep wpm until the following February or March,
nearly • fall year. It was apparently owing to these letters
of James and • aped& demand for security that John gave
authority to James to deal with the estaterainos sold—and
the produce of which is now the subject of litigation. The
London and County Bank km not yet been beard, but the
assignee of the Tipperary Bank, on behalf of the ereditme,
charges the directors of that coca= with having been well
aware of the fact of John !iodides tampering with the taxa
of the Irish bank; that they must have known Mitt he had,
through his brother James, obtained large advances from Its
coffers, and notwithstanding they allowed him to incur =enor-
mous amount of liability to their concern without any valid
esearity. On the other hand, the London and County Beak
dime= intuitively swear they had 'not the algid= knee.
Mg% billet, or soopitioa el say such improper inollap.