The Express.
London, England, 1867-05-27 00:00:00

Lord REDESDALL mowed the trst real.-,s of this hill.
The motion was agreed to.
Lord DEI:111" maid he proposed to v. 6 fc: .1 second read.
log of b.' lon Monday (cid,. ci..y.l

PIEIts AND lIARIK/UltS CONFI!.:4.ITION DILL.
On the !notion of Los l
Thie WA read • firot time.
vONDEMNED FENIAN I'.I,CINERet.

Lord DINMAN, on moving the nument of the
house, wm. induced to make some r.:,...rks with tuff r.
mice to the decision which had tarn cam, to by the
government with regard to the ru. Fenian
peisonerA. He had heard that tie. L ..i•Lieutenant of
Ireland had declared that it would i.e i 7; vain if a petition
for mercy were laid at the foot of the. thr.me. This he
sincerely regretted' for several n-.,•.:. In the first
place, the condition of irelnial to. :..y was far 1e.%
serious than it was in the time of k I, when
the desire of Irishmen was that every „Imo of English
blood on !ebb soil thould be iira7.4.,1, that every
Englishman whose family had not ..here 200 ve,rs
should he cut off, that the English Luz--; ,ge should' not
i.e spoken ur.der severe penalties, was entirely
eraduated, and that no English beau': • .0..1,1 iced I.•ft in the
kingdom. This was the desire of lrish...tn at that time,
as exhibited by a petition of the period. He eontonded,
then, that loch severe and repressive .otr.sures as it was
proposal to adopt were not need.sl, an :I he was sure the
exercise of mercy would be reap on,:til so with increased
loyalty by to grateful and devoted a people as the Irish.
Althungh it was inexpedient that a tr...n ,houltl not stiffer
the fall fruits of his crime, yet, iaa.;....ch as their lord.
ships had re..olved to mitigate the punish.Lcut for munlers
of less degree, he thought it unst:s,• to he unduly severe
in the cases to which he referred.

rue Earl of DERBY—It is obv:out.y .nexpeilient fur
as now to consider the question of e,..erdsing the prei
gaiter of mercy in the case my Deli,• fr.eul hos brought
ander our notice, because we huge occasion
to discuss matter which does not in the slit:hurt degree
alert it. We have met simply to am<der the propriety
d continuing an act which we th.n.: neeessary for the
protection of the loyal people of Ireland. 111,4 r. bear.)
Their loribhips adjourned at a qw.rr.r. p oit three o'clock.
Among the peers present, beside sLi-e who took part
In the proceedings, were the Duke c.t !: nehester, Lord
Lyseden. Lord Colonsay, the Bishop of t -Lester, and four
• otheis.

BEFoRM MEETINa AT.,:T.JAMES'S-
HALL.

On Saturday evening nsucond reform inecting in
connexion with the National Reform Union took place at
SR Janneliehall, under the presidency .dr.
Aeon the former occasion the hall w... 6 crowded both on
the fluor and iu the galleries long before tlie hour appointed
for the commencement of the proceo.... eq, and the occo
sMo served to attract a number of Alies Upon the
platform, amongst others, were Mr. Mill, M.P.. Mr.Gilpin,
M.P., Mr. Deputy Reed, Mr. J. Ton (of Manchester),
Mr. Partridge 3lr. Gregory, Mr. William,. Colonel Dickson,
Mr. Probyn, Dr. Totokins, Dr. Brewer. and Mr. Brooke.
Letters expreming sympathy with t...e object of the meet-
ing and the regret of the writers at tLuir inability to at-
tend wore read from Mr. Bealey, M.P., rod Mr. &hole-
Sold, H.P.

Mi. GILPIN. DI.P., moved the following resolution :
" That this meeting congratulates toe reformers of the
seuntry upon the concessions which have been w
from the government in favour of the ...stablishrneirtu3
household suffrage, and upon the improved position of the
reform question."
Mr. C. REEo:seconded the resolution.

Mr. )lilt., M.P., rose to suppoit tne resolution, and
was received with loud and prolonged cheering, the audi-
ence rising in a body and waving hate and handkerchiefs.
In the course of his speech be add :—The people of England
know that but for the late government this government
would have gone lee miles off before they would have
brought in sue reform bill ; and every good thing we have
got in this bill, even that which seems so be more than
Mr. Gladstooe was prepared to give, has only been given
for the purpose of outbidding Mr. Gladstone. (Hear,
beer.) To-day I had the gratification of being with a de-
putation to Earl Derby, to endeavour to Rave the life of a
poor convict, We do sot know what the result will be.
The deputation was arranged last night when the house
wee very thin, and when the news that this poor roan was
to be executed came upon us like a clap of thunder.
(Cries of " Shame.") I ruler the circumstances it is a
wonder that we were able to get together mum 50 or al
English. Scotch, and Irish members, including some ci
the most honoured names in the house. We de not
know what the result is. I myself, front Lord
Derby', tone, felt a good deal discouraged ; but
. wine of my friends, who are much better judges
than I am, think there is a great deal of hope. As long as
there ie a chance of this hope being grstitied, I would not
say a word to mar the grace of the concession. I an. triti-
um to give the must hearty thanks to her Majesty's govern.
mint if they change the resolution which they are under-
stood to have come to finally by a majority, in which some
ci the mon eminent members of the government did not
hoin. I do not wish to say anything that could excite any
ostile feeling againet the government, since I hope it will
appear that they have not deserved it. But I should like
to elicit a little feeling from you. (Cheers.) I should like
to know whether you think that we have any right to
hold Ireland in subjection unless we can snake Ireland
contented with our government. (Cries of " No, no.") That
expression of your sentiment will resound through Ireland,
and win the hearts of her people to you. Let me ask you
now : Do you think the Irish peop'.e are contented with
our government! (Cries of "\u, no.") Is that your
fault (" No, no.") Do you think those men who have
been driven desperate by the continuance of what they
think min-government—although it is not so inten-
tionally, if it was onee ; the reason we govern Ireland
badly is because the ruling chums do not know how to do it
better—du you think that them poor men, who do not
understand the English people, and do not under-
stand that you me determined to do them justice,
and do not know that you are going woo to be strong
enough to do it--(cheers)—and because they do not know
this, their patience is worn out, and in most desperate
cue:eminences they eadesvour to get rid of what they think
mis-government at the risk of their lives—do you think, I
say, that those men are not fit to live fur that reason ? It is
meows:try to punish them. It is necessary to punish any
unsuccessful revolutionists ; because no man has a right to
endanger the lives of his fellow-creatures, to raise civil
war in the country, unless the event prove. that there
was such a feeling in the country at the time that he had
reasonable prospect of sumo's. (Heat, bear.) If people
did not risk anything by making these attempts we should
have them made upon all sorts of absurd grounds by small
minorities. It is necessary, then, to punish these people,
but it is not necessary to hang then,. (Cheers.) It is
important that the world should know that you, the
people of England, abhor the idea of stainiog the soil
with the blood of political offenders. I hope that we shall
not have to reproach any one for this. Luz if it is done,
I hops that you will show that is is not your doing—
that you do not sympathise, that it is not you who want to
bang the poor men who aimed to obtain the liberty of
their country even by the most mistaken means. Poli-
tical malcontent; are very seldom bad men ; they ere gene-
rally better than the average. They very often do wrong
things ; but the man who will ri-k his life and all that is
dear to him fora public object is generally a better man
than common—he is an object of pity, and not of hatted.
(Cheers.) If lie is not successful, his failure will itself be
a terrible blow to him. (A voice: How would you
punish them ?) I assume that it is nnnecewary to
punish all. It is only necessary to punish the leaders, and
I would punish them by imprisonment, but not fur
They should not be treated like the scum of the earth ;
and we would always hops that the time would
come, and we would do oar utmost to make the time come,
when an amnesty would let them all out of prison.
(Cheers.) These things are done even in some of the
most despotic countries ci Europe, and I ant sure that the
people of Enema will not bear that their government
should be the only one except those of Spain and Russia,
which does such things. If the government were so un-
fortunate as to hang these men, they would have the sym-
pathy of none but Marshal Mumtaz and General Mount.
clef. I could not help *dimming you on this subject.
Many of us who went up to Lord Derby feel deeply that
it will be a most fatal thing for the honour of this country,
for its estimation in the eyes of all other countries, for its
future prosperity, for the future good 'feeling between
ohms and class, and, above all, for the future good feeling
between Ireland and England, which was so precious to
them all, if the government should persevere in the resolu.
tioa to which they have oome, but from which many of
our friends feel confident, and I feel considerable hope,
that they will virtuously abstain. (Loud and continued
cheering. )
A gentleman on the platform here attempted to address
the meeting, hut the chairman declined to bear him, on
the ground that the programme could nut be departed from.
The resolution was carried unanimously.
Mr. MASON JONIGN moved the next resolution, "That
this meeting regrets the breach of faith involved in tile
third and fourth clauses introduced by the Chancellor of
the Exchequer on Thursday night, and whilst being of
opinion that if the ratepaying clauses he not abolished,
only one of two courses can Wily he adopted—either
the entireabolition of compounding, or the extension of
the franchise to every man pet log rates personally or
otherwme— is of opinion that no just cause hes been shown
for disturbing and throwing into confusion existing
parochial arrangements."
The motion was seconded by Mr. Tones, and unasinsous:y
agreed to.
Mr. JOHN A. PANTRIDOE, of Eirmingharn, proposed a
resolution to the effect that. taking into consideration the
tortuous oouduot of the government in the ,natter of the
Reform Bill, the meeting called on reformers, both in and
out of parliament, to exercise their ntrernt vigilance in
doing away with the unsatisfactory features of the bill,

;is secarl:.g tau honest and satixr.sxtory measure of re-
rt
Mr. P. •.: :. seconded the reso:ntion, w9.icL wAs carried.
conciud.t with a vote •.f to the
chtiruian, by Colonel DICK who ex! :excel re-
gret at the absence of his leader, Mr. healer..

At the dole of the nteetinl. in pnrsliance of a
hpot.tar.eous su„oge‘tion by Pone persona preeent, it war
remised that a memorial should be drawu up, signed by
the chairtuan, and presented to the queen, praying her
j..sty to spare the lieea of the melt now lyar.g under
sect, nue of death in Ireland. A memorial was accordingly
at u:a..e prepared and sent fur presentation to Air.
Gat:tort.... Hardy, the Home Secretary.

*parting intelligence.
OUT IN THE COLD AT EPSOM.

TO THS EDITOR OF THE ESITEsS.

Sr e,—Where all the money is to come from that
has been lost on the Derby and Oaks, according to report, '
is a ;obit that would pussle • Gladstone, sixtys and lien- '
area- of thouasuds being talked of as tawny es though the
Bank of England could be drawn upon at pleeeure by the
unfortunates. There is no doubt in the world that some
excital betting took place on the past strange race at
Epsom ; 'but, as is invariably the Lase whim meddlers
spe.k about other people's business, the real facts have
been greatly exa.aaerated, and certain scandal-mongers
have evidently been discussing the news' over
a strong cup of tea. The settling slay. never-
theless, is certain to be a bad one, Hermit having
won his party their large stake under such circumstances
that it is impmeible to believe any but the most nervous
W01:1.1 think to " square " him on their books, for not
°My slid the horse look bad—which went for very little
per:ape—Mit no secret was made at last of his having
In a'sen a blood-vessel ; and done no more than a gentle
canter or two for a fortnight before the race, his starting '
haviaa been doubtful fur some time. What his own party
must have thought of him is easily conceived, when they
gave up Gaetano* to ride a formidable rival like the Rake,
and thought not of securing a jockey in Lis place until the
morning of the race. They wanted Custance back, it is
true, at the last moment ; but it did not sound like confi-
dence, liberal as Mr. Chaplin may be, when Daley was
put on a good stake if he could get the home into the first
GIN or eight, and a fortune if he could win. No one
has ever hinted that there was any finessing about
the mysterious one at the last, and his triumph
is set down by the oldest stagers as the most
remarkable on record, fur it upset all the old theories in
remeet to training, and laughed to scorn the arguments
th a were set up against the Rake having a chance simply
because he was ' mopped" two days. King Toro could only
get savant' in Andover •Derby, after being partially thrown
up for a lees time then Hermit, and that was always
thought a must extraordinary feat. Still, Hermit ran best
last year on light training, like the Neernansters generally;
and be will be a mute St. Leger animal if be keeps well, no
matter how hard the summer may be, the cause of the
mysterious ailment that appeared to affect his back being
discovered at last, and malty removed. The surprise
created by blarlorman's turning the tables upon Vauban
Vi.lo, as nothing compared with Mr. Chaplin s triumph,
which lies given another fillip—though it were scarcely
warted—to the great breeding establishment at
Middle-park, from whence both Marksmen and Her-
mit hail, as does also the Rake. The fact of a selling
plater, as Wild Moor was supposed to be, getting fourth,
was Lao entirely overlooked in the exsatemeut of the
dead'un's lively performance, people being so thoroughly
bewildered, what with the mow and the cold, and things
in gnieral, that they went home apparently in a stream, all
thoughts of Rio imsbury'at snowstorm year, of which they
went down so full, being driven quite out of their hearts.
' It certainly was a very extraordinary Derby day, taken
altogether; and the ladies' day—frosty in more senses
than one—was almost in keeping with it, the summer of
Achievement being deemed so certain that only seven op-
posed her, and when she could do no Letter than run •
dead with Romping Girl, a length behind Hippie. those
who bad gone " treble or quits" for their Derby losses looked
" unutterable things." The upset caused quite a sensation,
and was no more easily accounted for than the Hermit's vic-
tory, for Achievement's party, notwithstanding they were the
that last autumn to throwout hints themselves of her pipes
being wrong. insisted she was " sound as a bell." and the
accomplished Guidance's jockeyship was spoken of as
contemptuously as though his pulling them through by
sheer riding in the Derby and St. Leger, with • horse not
the best of his year, were a mere every-day occurrence.
But proverbially lucky people generally feel their first
disappointment mote acutely than ordinary mortals, and
" kick up their heels" like a pet child over its first whip-
pin and Ido not suppose we shall hear much more of
the Viking up of Dover's establishment when tempers
h ,v' cooled down. The Oaks was a " slip-slop " sort of
rice, taken altogether, the pace being wretched for the
first mile, but this would have wasted Achievement had
she been incapable of staying a mile and a half, and it may
turnout that Romping Girl is a "clipper " this year, as
Hippie always was when well, whilst Ascot might prove
that the " flyer" is off. They were undoubtedly •
splendid looking lot of fillies that opposed her, the
proportion of rubbish that ran in the Derby
being much greater than in the Oaks, for two-thirds of the
thirty starters had no more pretensions to contest such a
rice than the commonest of platers. Master Butterfly and
Distin, emerging from their obscurity at last, showed
Mier:melees to be rank impostors, though Distin, it was
evident, would turn out a great horse did his kgs allow
him to be trained. Tamban's alteration had not unproved
hint, and be, with the pair just mentioned, besides Man
of Boas, the Amanda colt, Bedlamite, Redbourne,
Rescue, Gipsey King, limas, Roquefort, lien Nevis,
Leases, and Lord Hastings, might as well have been at
borne for the chance they bad in a Derby field, albeit
we shall probably hear of one or two of the lot in handi-
caps, ea we am pretty certain to do of Tynedale, Cor.
poral, File-Ivan, and Skyssil, if they are not too badly
treated. The Palmer showed temper, and was done with
when fairly in the straight, as were also Julius
(who evidently cannot stay) and The Rake and Grand
Cross and Dragon taking very little better prim in the race
than the brute D'Estournel, who never started at all, the
struggle wan left a long way from home to three of the four
I reduced it to in may last—visa Vauban, Van Amburgh,
and Marksman, and the " rosy" ghost. The four me
',enriched the distance in this order, though Hermit was a
long way behind Vauban, who was leading. Marksman
and the Dutchman tackled him simultaneously • but he
soon got rid of the pride of Essex (whose ruaninired sale
turned out to be a sell), and ran a good race with Marks-
man until coming in front of the stand, when he cracked,
and it looked as though Dundee were avenged, and the
yellow boy would go in alone. Instantaneously, how-
ever. Daley "came" with his ghost, baying had
" waiting orders," and drawing up, he got level
within fifty yards of the chair, when Marks-
man could struggle no further, and had to suc-
cumb by a neck. Vauban was a long way behind the
pair—five or six lengths—snd would not have been far
before Van Amburgh, had perseverance on the part of the
latter been necessary • consequently, it must be inferred
that the Danbury pet is not so good a stayer as Marks-
man, much as his party boasted about his "wanting a dis-
tance" after the Two Thousand, for be came down the hill
all safe, and was beaten at the climbing business. His St.
Leger chance is now no better than that of Van Amburgh,
who, if his hock does not interfere with his preparation,
will be a dangerous opponent to Hermit and Marksman at
Doncaster, where we may alaogreet Achievement, theltake,
D'Kstournel (accompanied by his female rival in the circus
line, Bumblekite), Plaudit, sad • sufficiency of others
to make up a great ram. First, however, Marks-
man has to get over the Grand Paris Prise on
Sunday next, he and Vauban being pretty certain to oppose
the French Derby winner, Patrician, who is not so g• od a
horse as Mr. Merry's, through Tree:adore ; and then there
is the Prince of Wales's Stakes at Ascot for Vauban, Van
Aniburgh, Marksman, and Achievement to meet in, and
show by their performances whether their Epsom running
Was correct or not. It is most unfortunate that Hippie is
not in too, her only present engagements at Ascot being
the Gold Cup and Fernhill Stakes; nor is she in anything
lot Doncaster as yet. I may be excused for remarking,
in conclusion, that the three first in the Derby ran almost
exactly in accordance with my handicap of the two-
year-obis at the close of last year, Hermit and
Marksman being pot in at the mime weight,
and Vauban at 81b, less than the pair. Hipps,
again, was put far before all the other fillies
of her year except Achievement, despite her bad
reformisms in the autumn, and nearly on • level
with the best of the colts. One of the " gentler sex" did
the hest, perhaps of all the juveniles that patronised Ep-
som last week, as Lady Elisabeth fairly beat Grimston the
second time of asking, and the "little 'an" had made
abort work of the lot of clippers he net for the Heathcote
Plate, besides which King Alfred, who was a storm worse
than the pair when be met them on Thursday, very nearly
won Friday's plate, giving 41b. away to the winner. The
Frenchiaan, who won the Woodcote, is of no great account
to look at ; bat he wants more time, like Restitution and
one or two others behind him, and had the favourite, In-
nerdale, got off better, he might not have accomplished
so easy a victory. The other events kept the
bail rolling merrily enough, but were merely the " side
dishes" in the great bill of fare, and require no further
comment than that they helped to sustain what would
have been, apart from comnderations of the weather, one
of the most brilliant sad " sensational " meetings ever held
on Epsom Downs.
Indefatigable clerks of the course devote their minds to
holiday people during the current week, the Cottonopoli-
tans having three days' racing provided for them at New-
ton, whilst the Cockneys can make choice between Wye
and Croydon, a three days gathering being started at the
latter place. The programmes, however, are not for me to
discuss, for peculiar reasons, the Middleham stables, with
Cliff's and Wadlow's, each having so notch to do with the
handicaps at Newton (where Ready Money for one 2-yr.
old race, awl Cotton for another, ought to cut • shine),
that they should not be touched upon till starters era
=flounced, though I like Belmont for the Gold Cup.—l
am, ie., METEOR.

THE PAHL, RACE&
.ARTA. MsrM —The Paris races were raa today, with the
tallowlas restate

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CRICKET.

ALL ERMAN!, Et.MTN C. Citngto ICLIVeg- This match was
lontimht to a to on Saturday, at the Oil Trafford
Ground. 41anchester, All Mean.] proving victorious iu this
their seventeenth match by four wickets. On Prlila). when onr
parcel was desiukhed. Daft and T. Hayward were at the
wickets. the former haling mode 42 and the latter 14. Hayward
added to to his sows, and was then bowled. Daft was in splen-
did form, and. without ghlict a single chance, saw the remain-
der of his Ale out, Jacksun Icing the only stayer animiget them,
after contributing 111 by as One a display of tatting as was ever
witnessed, and for which be was loudly cheered and presented
with a new but. The innings amounted to 2a2, er 24
In excess of their opponent,. The second innings of
the United was begun by A. Shaw and Brampton to the
bowling of Jackson 4110 J. C. Shaw. The two that wickets went
for two runs. such then Milton and Coward seemed disposed to
stop, the latter making aiming,' other hits a drive to the on side
Jackson fort. Us was, however, Only stumped, with the ac.
at 42. Carpenter made lout 2. bldison and Grundy did good ser-
vice, the former hooking 26 In lits accustomed style. The howling
was of a first-rate character throughout, J. C. Shaw's especially,
as at one period he delivered aeventeen oven for four runs. The
United innings amounted to SI, thus leaving All England r.S to
gat to win. A little more than an hour stalked to chi this.
Smith, howbothani, Daft, Hayward, Parr, Tinley, Oscroft, and
limier the two latter not out obtained the required number be-
tween them, Una winning the match with four wickets In hand.