The Express.
London, England, 1866-05-23 00:00:00

CRICKET.

THE UN:VERSITY OF OXFORD V. THE GENTLEMEN
OP EN,;LAND.—This match occupied two days at Oxford,
viz., Mouday and Tuesday last, and ended in an easy
victory for Oxford. Mr. B. B. Cooper, for England,
played well both in the first and second innings ; and
Messrs. Buller, D. D. Walker, and C. D. Marsham
in the second innings. The Oxford play, with a
few exceptions, was very good, and from what we can see
their eleven for Lords will be unusually strong, albeit they
have lost Mr. R. A. H. Mitchell, who has taken his degree.
The following is the score :—Gentletnen of England, 72
and 192 ; Oxford University, 219 and 49—the latter win-
ning by ten wickets.
ALL ENGLAND MAVEN V. UNITED ALL ENGLAND
ELEVEN.—This match was continued yesterday at Lord's
Ground, with the following results : United, first
innings, 186 ; second innings, 148—total, 334. All Eng-
land, first innings, 112 ; second innings, three wickets
down, 107—total, 219. The match will be resumed this
Morning.

THZ GRAND PRIZE Or PARIS.—This grand inter- ,
national race, which is to be decided at Longcluimps on
Sunday next, promises to be more than usually interesting.
Neither Lord Lyon, Rustic, Savernake, nor, in fact, any
of the Derby " cmcics " are engaged, and the race looks a
"goal thing" for Ceylon, who with his stable-com-
panion, King Hal, have already arrived in France
for tlieir engagements. It is expected that Mu-
march of the (Ben, Mazeppa, The I'rimate, Bertie,
and Lochiel will also cross the Channel and en-
deavour to avenge the Gladiateur triumph at Epsom.
The French horses likely to run are Lesbos. Colombo, Stil-
ton, (Anna, Vents, Germanique. and Marevedis. Le
Jocke.o, the French Turf paper, predicts the success of Cey-
lon, and considers that Lesbos, Colombo, and Stilton are
the best of the French division. The latest betting in
Paris is n. under :-41 to 4 apt Ceylon (t), 4 to I apt Mo-
narch of the Glen (off), 6 to I apt Mazeppa (t), 7 to I agst
The Priorae (t). 8 to I apt Ischia (off), 19 to 1 apt Lochiel
(t), 10 to 1 ~gat Bertie (off), and 6 to I apt any of the
French lot (off).—.Sporting Life.
ROYAL. THAMES YACHT CLUE.—The first-class
cutter match of this club is to he sailed to-morow (Thurs-
day), from Gravesend to the Mouse Light and back for a
prize. of lOW. value. The entries closed last night, and
are as follows :
Tons. Owners.
L.tlwarth
re Captain 2. W. Hughes.
Cin ;RAI el
44 .... H. Maudesley.
.............Rev. T. V. Tippings.
..... . 45 .... A. Duman.
The Prince of Wales steamer is engaged by the club to ac-
oompapy the race, and will leave London-bridge at half-
past nine.

MR. CLADhTONES SCHEME FOR REDUCING THE
NATIONAL Darer.--A return, explanatory of Mr. Glad-
stone's scheme, chowing its effect, each half-year, till
1885, in all its various modes of operation, has just been
prepared bj the Treasury, in obedience to an order of
the House of Commons. It will be recollected that the
arnaunt of the irredeemable annuity, into which Mr.
GlAilgtune plopoeed to convert the savings bank debt, was
1,7'25,128/. per annum. The half-yearly payment, there-
fore, on lOth October next will be 862,5141. By means of
this sum an equivalent 3 per cent. stock of 980,186/.
can be purthasiNi and cancelled, at the price of 88 per
cent. This stock being cancelled, it is proposed to com-
mute it at 31. its. per cent. the interest resulting from the
above price into annuities expiring on the sth April, 1905.
The annuity to be created for the first half-year will be
40,452/. per annum, and the first half-yearly moiety of this
annuity for re-investment will be 20,226/. But the half-
year's interest on the stock cancelled will only be
14,703!.: so that to pay this new annuity there
will lie a net increased charge in the half-year
0f 5,..5.237. For the second half-year—viz., on the sth
.April next—the half-yearly payment on the original
annuity will be increased by 20,2261., the payment for
the new annuity created ; and the sum available for can-
celling stock will thus be 8e3.2,7t.10/., instead of 862,5641.
All the other results will be increased in proportion.
1,003,170/. stock will be cancelled ; 41,666/ new annuities
will be created ; the half-year's interest on stock cancelled
will be '29.7501. ; and the net increased charge in the half-
year will be 11,309/. On sth April, 1885, 62,514,8491.
of stock will have been cancelled, and an annuity of
3.170.316/., terminating in 1905, will have been created,
the increased annual charge being 647,4351. A similar
table is made up showing the effect of the operation, be-
ginning with an annuity of 100,0001.
SIR E. C. KERRY:M.I, M.P.—lt was stated on I
Monday that Sir E. C. Kerrison, M.P. for Eye, had died.
The lion. baronet has been very seriously indisposed, but
yesterday it was announced that he was somewhat better.
BOEOE-GM OF GREENWICH. —A public meeting is
announced to be held at the Town-hall, Woolwich, for the
adoption of measures to induce the government to divide
the borough of Greenwich, and give one member to each
division.
REPitesErrATios OF DARLINGTON.—Strenuous
efforts have been made by the inhabitants of Darlington
to obtain direct parliamentary representation. A good
deal of disappointment was felt at the town not having
been included in the government Redistribution Bill,
the steps taken to lay its claims before the government
Laving been deemed imply sufficient to attain that end.
According to statistics gathered by Mr. S.W. Pease, M.P.,
and laid before a public meeting some time since, the
population of the town is not less than 26,000, which gives
au increase of something like 10,000 since the census of
1861. These figures were duly submitted to the govern-
ment, but Mr. Gladstone having regard only to the census
of 1861, when Darlington was below 18,000, dues not pro-
pose to give her a member. There are few towns in the
whole country progressing more rapidly than the towns of
South Durham, and from the commercial importance of
Darlington it is felt to be a grievance that no proposition
has been 'made by the government to enfranchise it.
On Monday s meeting of the committee appointed to watch
the matter in the interest' of the town was held in the
lecture-room of the Central-hall, when it was determined
to get a petition largely signed to parliament, embodying
the claim, of Darlington, to be presented at an early day.
A deputation from Stockton bad been expected, but a
letter from Mr. Faber stated that the Stockton gentlemen
could not attend that day. It was ultimately agreed to
meet the Stockton deputation in London—it being in-
tended that a body of gentlemen shall proceed from both
places next week to urge by personal interviews and other
moans the claims of the two places on members of parlia-
ment to separate representation, but, failing to obtain
that, to joint representation. The present population of
Stockton is estimated at 23,000, that place having increased
in the last five years in the same ratio as Darlington. It
• was also agreed that a statement of the claims of Darling-
ton should be sent to every individual member of podia
. anent.— Newcastle Cliromick.