The Express.
London, England, 1866-05-19 00:00:00

said—Tite wsseisis is that this debate be adjourned to this
day fortnight ; the contents have It.
THE METROPOLITAN WORKHOUSE INFIR.Nik-

Mr. WATKIN ogled attention to the termination of
the Reciprocity Treaty with the United States, end u-
Cllna regret that, as a supporter of government, he
ildhimself compelled to consider that on one of the
moat important gumbos' that had ewged the foreign
department for may years they had exhibited great negli-
genes, and had not dealt fairly with the house, by keeping
back thatinformation on the subject to which the house was
entitled. The object of the Reciprocity Treaty was to 's-
tabil& an identity of commercial intereets between the
United States and the British possessions in North America,
and to prevent unpleasant discussions with reference to
trade, navigation, and fisheries. That treaty had been
allowed to expire without any information being given to
the house beyond the announcement that the United
States had served a formal notice of their intention to
terminate it. He complained that the hands of the house
had been tied, and that it was unable to take any steps to
induce the American people to renew the treaty. Had
any overtures been made he was persuaded, from what he
knew of the disposition of the people? that they would
have been received with friendly sentiments. Now, how-
ever, we learned that ironclad/ of both nations had been
sent to the fishing grounds with the view of maintaining
the imaginary lines which separated the two territories.
This was • state of things which, he insisted, was much to
be deprecated.
Mr. LAYARD denied that the government were charge-
able with negligence or indifference in the matter. On
the contrary, he insisted that, after Congress had given
notice of its intention to terminate the treaty, Sir F.
Bruce had done the utmost with Mr. Seward to obtain a
renewal of it, or to modify it in such a manner as to make
it more advantageous to both countries. The reply of Mr.
Seward (in February last) was to the effect that such ne-
gotiation was beyond the limits of the Executive Depart-
ment, and that the question rested with Congress, who
had shown a desire to approach the matter directly, and
not through the medium of diplomacy.
Mr. OLIPHANT exonerated the government from all
blame in the matter, and expressed his opinion that com-
mercial pressure upon the United States would eventually
make her quite as anxious as we could be either to renew
the old treaty or to conclude a new one yet more beneficial
to both nations.

RIES.

The Earl of CARNARVON inquired whether her Ma-
jesty's government would undertake to lay upon the table
the reports ordered by the President of the Poor-law
Board to be made as to the condition of the metropolitan
workhouse infirmaries, as soon as such reports were com-
pleted and sent in to the Poor-law Board. The noble
earl said he wished to obtain a promise from the noble earl
the President of the Council that the reports should be
laid on the table, and printed as soon as presented by the
Poor-law Board without any further action on his part.
Earl GRANVILLE was understood to say that that
should be done.
Earl FORTMCUE said that constant watchfulness was
necessary on the part of the inspector to prevent abuses in
the workhouses of the metropolis. He complained a year
ago of the metropolitan inspector having not only to look
after the workhouses in his district, but having at the
same time to attend to the Lancashire distress ; but he
was met with an answer that he could properly attend to
both duties, and shortly afterwards certain cases occurred
which showed that the metropolitan duties had not been
satisfactorily performed. He thought the guardians of
the metropolis had not been sufficiently looked after and
stimulated to do their duty by the inspector, and conse-
quently distressing cases had occurred through the di-
minished watchfulness of the inspector, for he certainly
could not be in two places at once—Lancashire and the
metropolis. (Hear, hear.) The subject dropped.

The O'CONOR DON thought the government were
wholly blameless in the matter.
Mr. KINNAIRD was of opinion that Mr. Watkin had
done a Feat public service by bringing the subject under
the notice of the house.
Mr. CARDWELL, in further explanation, stated that
the bonding privileges under which there was a free
transit of goods by railway between the British provinces
and the United States remained unaffected by the sus-
pension of the Reciprocity Treaty. The same was the
case with regard to the navigation of the rivers, canals, and
lakes.

Mr. BEXTINCK asked whether the conditions of com-
petition for the new courts of justice were finally settled ;
and if so, whether they would be laid upon the table,
with the names of the judges, the names of the competi-
tors, and the time fixed for sending in the designs.
Mr. COWPER bad no objection to give the papers con-
taining all the information required. The right hon.
gentleman added that the weight of opinion among com-
petent persons was in favour of limited competition as
adopted by the government.
In reply to Sir J. Mil',
The CHANCELLOR of the EXCHEQUER stated that
the question of disfranchising the dockyard men would
rest entirely with the house when considering the Reform
Bill.

The motion for the adjournment was then agreed to.
On the motion for going into committee of supply,
Colonel DITNNE brought under notice the Treasury
minute respecting the records of Great Britain and Ireland,
and suggested that a competent person should be ap-
pointed to edit those relating to Ireland.
Mr. CHILDERS declined, on the part of the Treasury,
to give any pledge on the subject, but intimated that the
estimates next year would show what the government were
prepared to do.
Mr. B. COCHRANE was advocating the necessity of
appointing a royal commission to inquire into the consti-
tution of the Metropolitan Board of Works, when the
house was counted, and 34; members only being present,
an adjournment took place at a quarter-past 9 o'clock.

THE 'EXPRESS, SATURDAY EVENING, MAY :,.19, 1806.

apartint intriligenre.

XP9.014 RACES.—FIIIDAT.
THE OAKS.
The " Oaks-day "is supposed to have its specialities as
well as the Derby, and the rain—that national calamity so
Often talked of in connexion with the carnival day—would
be far more calamitous on the fourth than on the second
day of the summer meeting, on account of the fair sports-
women that so regularly and so naturally make up one of
the principal sights on the " ladies' day." But fortunately
there was no rain yesterday, and no wind, and no chilliness.
ae on the Wednesday previous, but all was brightness and
sunshine, as it should be when the daughters of England
associate themselves with the national pastime. The
weather-clerk seemed to be making up for his peat mis-
deeds, and, it must be confessed, that his exuberance bad
a strong effect upon the " weaker" portion of the com-
pany, who, arrayed in the pretty and well-blended hues of
the season, enjoyed themselves on the hill, on the Stand, and
wherever they pleased to place themselves. Perhaps there
were not so many as there were last year on either of the
two points of vantage just alluded to, for those that have
visited Epsom year after year said there were not, and
they osght to know something about it. There was as-
suredly a worse class of fillies to contest the principal race,
and it may be questioned if so poor a lot has been seen for
ever so many seasons. Everyone seemed to be at variance
with everybody else in an opinion on the probable issue,
and it was generally considered that as Repulse was "out
of the way "—she was coloured on the card never-
theless—the race was very open, despite the fact
that Ischia was put forth as a fit and proper
candidate in the Danebury interest. It was re-
membered how indifferently she cut up at the Newmarket
First Spring Meeting, on the day that her stable com-
panion Repulse won the One Thousand Guineas from the
Gallic filly, that ran second for the French Derby last
Sunday, and how weedy and mean-looking she appeared at
the time, and most of the talent seemed to pin their faith
to a strapping filly by King out of Mayonaise, Tormentor,
Proserpine, and Is Dauphine, the latter of whom the
highest priced yearling of 1864. Each of these found
plenty of favour, and Ischia was backed down to a short
price by the fashionable clique of whom the Duke of
Beaufort and the Marquis of Hastings are the recognised
heads. The field was seventeen strong, and after • rather
slowly-ran race—the winner took three seconds more
than did Lord Lyon on Wednesday—victory was
declared in favour of Tormentor, • compact little
mare, and the property of a tradesman in Piccadilly
who runs under an assumed name. The victresa was not
the worst looking of the field, but she was not
up to the form we are in the habit of seeing in the
fillies' race, and a competitor of the stamp of Regalia
would have acattered the lot. A rank outsider, Mirella,
was second, only beaten half a length, and as Repulse
ran clean away from her at Newmarket • few weeks back,
the prize would undoubtedly have gone to the Marquis
of Hastings had he allowed his representative to take
part in the encounter. There was a rumour of his
having been forestalled in the market, and another
that Repulse was dead amiss, but it is sufficient to
say that she was kept away, and that the race for the Oaks
was settled without her. The fair visitors knew little of
the machinery that regulated and influenced the struggle,
and had Mother of Pearl, who pulled up the absolute last,
changed places with the winner, her name would have
answered their purpose just as well to talk about. There
was comparatively little crushing at the railway stations
both before and after the termination of the sport, which
as far as the minor items are concerned, calls for no coin-
,
ment further than are contained below.
Tits DunDANS STAKEs Handicap of 10 son. each, h ft, with
50 added ; winners Sib extra. One mile and a quarter.
Mr. Angell's Black Prince, by Knight of Kars—Black
Cotton, 3 yrs, 751 111, "hatable; I
Lord Westmorland's Sidewind, 4 yes, Sot
Betting 5t04 on Sidewind. the non-favourite made play
throughout, and won cleverly by a length.
THE GLASOUW PLATE of a° son., a handicap for horses of all
ages ; winners extra ; three-quarters of a mile.
Mr. Hodgman's Vixen, by Vedette—Varna, 4 yrs, eat 131 h
ileartnald) 1
Lord Exeter's Knight of St. Michael, 3 yrs, 7st ....Dunbar 2
Lora Westmoreland's Kilkenny, 8 yes, Sst 12Ib l. Goaterl 3
The following also ran Duchess, Indian Star, Sylvia,
Preferment, Vigorous, Scarlet, Autocratrix. and Canard.
Betting: 5 to 2 each agst Knight of St. Michael and Vixen, 9 to
2 eget Kilkenny, and 10 to 1 bar three.
MATCH, 50 aura., h ft.
Mr. Mitchell's Yellow Girl, by Yellow Jack, dam by lon,
4 yrs, sat
mr. maequeni a alatmattak, a yrs, et ,arroll • a
THE OAKS STACKS of 50 son. each, h ft, for 3-yr I 'ld ;
Sat 1011, each ; the owner of the second to receive 100 sows. out
of the stakes. One mile and a half ; to be rue on the New
Course. ,175 nuhv'
Mr. li. E. Dunbar's Tormentor, by King Torn—Torment,
Sst 1011,
Mr. J. Merry's Mirella, Sat 1011, 'H. Covey) 2
Duke of Beaufort's Ischia, Sst toil,
The following also ran:— Mother id Pearl, Mayonaise filly,
Proserpine, Maid of Masham filly, Actea, Hebe, Fair Rosamond,
Lady Vane, Meta, La Dauphine, Wild Briar, Ammunition, Lady
Sophie, and Munitress.
Betting: 7 to 2 *gat Ischia, 4 to I agst the Mayonalse filly, 5 to
1 turd Tormentor, 9 to 1 ant Proserpine, 10 to 1 agst La Dau-
phine, 20 to 1 each agst Wild Briar and Mother of Pearl, 23 to 1
agst Lady Sophie, 33 to 1 agst Monitress, 40 to 1 Not Minna,
and 50 to 1 ain't any other. After the 17 fillies had taken their
preliminary canters they proceeded without delay to the starting
post, where Mr. Dllleorge took then, under command, and
after one break away lowered the flag to one of the most
beautiful starts ever witnessed. stretching across the muse
so nearly in a line, for the ftrst hundred yards it
was impossible to make out the relative positions of
the competitors, but as they ascended the hill la Dauphine
took up the running with a clear lead of Proserpine, Mother of
Pearl, lair Rosamond, Mirella, !fele, and Tormentor, who com-
prised the leading division, while in the rear of the nick were
Ischia, Wild Briar, The Mayonabse filly and Acta* ; these were
succeeded at a clear interval by Lad) Sophie and Ammunition.
At the commencement of the furzes Mirella ran by her horses,
and upon reaching the mile post headed La Dauphine, who was
succeeded in the order named by Mother of Pearl, Pneerpine,
Tormentor, Lady Vane, ilk Ellett, while Fair Rosamond having
gradually dropped away from the front waapaased by her stable
companion I schia,whotook a pr. aninent position as theydescended
the hill. As they neared Tattenham-corner La Dauphine. ooming
round neit the rails, took a slight lead of Mirella, who was closely
atter:o,l by Lady Vane, Mother of Pearl, Tormentor, and Ischia
as they entered the straight, where, in a few strides, Mother of
Pearl was beaten, and La Dauphine holding out signals
of distress retired from the front, leaving :Wells on
the lower ground in command, with Tormentor and Ischia
next on the right while Lady Vane, Prosenatie, The Maid of
Masham filly, and Wild Briar were the most prominent of the
others. Before reaching the distance Tormentor closed with
NI Ostia. with whom she got on even terms at the coniniencement
of the enclosure. and drawing away on nearing the chair won
after a goad race by half a length. The favourite was only de-
feated 1,7 a head for the lid sovs second money, Lady Vane was
a good fourth, Maid of .Masham filly fifth, Wahl Briar sixth,
Proserpine seventh, and La Dauphine eighth. The others at wide
intervals were brought up by Fair Rosamond and Mother of
Pearl. Value of the stakes, £4,03u.
THE DERBY AND Oaks STAKES of 5 sows each, with 30 added,
ter 2.yr-ohls and upwards: weight fur age, with seWng and
other allowances. Half a mile.
Lord Westmorland's Prima Donna, by Master Begot—
Violante, 2 yrs, sst 911, £7O (Kenyon, 1
Mr. Hodgman's Vigorous, S yes, Sat 51b 14.50.
',Heartlielit 2
Mr. Angell's Catalogue, 4 yes, Sst 410, *P..50
The following also ran ;—Newnhain, Bella, Odin, Knight of the
Whistle. and Hades.
petting: 7 t.. 4 agst Odin, 4to 1 apt Vigorous, sto 1 agst
Prima Donna, Ii to 1 agat Catalogue, and 10 to I agat Newnham.
THE PAI.N.CIi STAKES, a free handicap of 10 sun. each, 5 ft.,
with 100 added ; the winner to be sold fur 500 soya. if demanded ;
winners extra. Mile and a half.
Mr. N. Lane's Fonder, by Newton-le-Willows—Ostrich,
4 yrs, sat slb
Mr. England's Moss Rose, 3 yrs, Sst
Mr. Billiton's Gamecock, aged, Sat 31h (Payne) 3
Emblematic also ran.

Betting 7to 4 each apt Emblematic and Fonder, sto 2 agat
Gamecock, and 4 to 1 apt Moos 11.4 e.
THE EWELL PLATE i Handicap, of GO SOTS. for all ages;
winners extra. One mile.
Mr. Hudgman'■ Vixen, 4 )Ts, 75L nb (Inc. slbs extra'
(Heartfield) 1
Mr. Sayer's Her Ladyship, 3 yrs, Sat 121 b 'Hartley, 2
Mr. Partuer's Vision, 4 yrs, 7st 51h 'Clarkson 3
Bettina : 5 to .2 on Vixen, 100 to 30 apt Her Ladyship, and 3 to
1 apt Vision.
THE GREAT SURREY FOAL 574228 Of 10 soya each, with 100
added ; for 3.yr-olds ; colts, Set 100 , fillies, ast 71h ; certain pe-
nalties and allowances. Last mile of the Derby Course. ,22 subs.;
Mr. Watt's Stmthconaa, by Newminster, —Souvenir,
But 101 b ,J. Snowden; 1
Mr. Bowes's War, sat 1011 i Animal', 2
Mr. Desmond's /VIAL ,at 71h iSutclifte) 3
Greytoot also ran.
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1® -;-
Bettina 4tol on Strat Lucian, fo to i 6 *gat War, and NI to 1
bar two offered.
THE HEADLEY STASES of 50 nova. each, h ft, for 2-yr-olds ;
colts, Hst 71b Allies, let :(lb . with certain allowances. La:Annie
of the Derby Course. (4 subs.
Lord Stamford's Feodor, by Ivan—Blarney's darn. Sat 71h
(A. Edwards) wo.

THE HOYLAKE MYSTERY.—Mr. Hammond, the
superintendent of the country police at Birkenhead, was
engaged on Friday at Hoylake making some investigations
respecting a pair of spectacles and cue, which were found
near to the spot where the body of Mr. Blum was disco-
vered. The spectacles have blue steel frames, and were
found on Thursday in a papier macho case, on which were
inlaid with mother o' pearl the words " Forget me not."
It is also stated that a knife has been picked up in the
same locality by some children who were playing there
some days ago. Mr. Hammond will inquire from the
friends of Mr. Blum whether these articles belonged
io him.
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