The Express.
London, England, 1868-07-01 00:00:00

WOUCFATER.

TO THE EDITOR OF THE IMPRESS.

Stu,—ln despite of ground hard enough to
frighten owners of the most worthless leather-flappers,
the Alexandra-park inaugural mooting was a decided sue-
cers yesterday. The public responded in a manner that
must highly gratifying to the management, who
have, of course, a groat deal to do before they
reach perfection, though if they only keep up the
liberal sums given as added money, and reduce the foes
for entrioice to the stand and its precincts to something
like a Geodwood tariff, they can command success, if not
large fields of horses. The greatest number that met
yesterday was the seven in tho Pal:see Handle sp, which
neither of the Goodwood Stakes favourites, (femora
and Tabouret, went in for, so that the race was
robbed of half its interest, and the &feat of Uri
Dsrby colt, Martyr, by Flower Girl, in the Two-
Year-Old Stakes was the only racing "incilmt" of the
day. 'Flue proceedings this afternoon will hi rather
" slow " again ; but so will the butiouss everywhere,
until the ruin comes, and I cannot say much for the
pleasant meeting to be held at Chelmsford on Thursday
and Friday. Tho programme contains only ono item of
importance at present., tho (treat 134110 K Stakes, which
should be won by Belle of Warwick, or Amadeu ; and
I shall select Artesian for the Chelmsford Handicap,
Bianca fur the Nursery, and Merry Andrew for the
llylands.

The Worcester Meeting is bound to suffer from the
clashing with Chelmsford, but will hold its own withal,
being very popular in its own district, and deservedly so,
for it is one of those genuine affairs certain of obtaining
the support of owners of horses. Two dozen accepted for
the principal handicap, out of which Vespasian, Christ-
mas Carol, Success, Orion, Vortigern, Madame Wright,
and Papillon most take the eye, the latter being well
worth pulling out if she has only half a
chance for the Goodwood Stakes, and there is
no fear of more than a 31b. penalty. However, my
predilection is for Christmas Carol or Orion, the latter
being a real good horse for this distance. Should the
Drum cut in for the Grand Stand Plate, he will be hard to
beat, and the ever-victorioua Lily will take some getting
over, in either the Croome or Flying Handicap, The Faun
or Lord Ronald in the first place, and Ligurian in the
half-mile spin, being the most awkward-looking customers
for her to tackle. Whether Martyr will run for the Coven-
try Stakes is at present doubtful ; but under any circum-
stances he or Hilda ought to win, and Madame Wright
will not be far out in the Cup.-1 am, Ike.,
Wednesday. METEOR.

(BY TELMORAPH.)
ALEXANDRA PARK MEETING.
(TIELS DAY.)

GRAND PRIZE.

Orion ..
Knight of the darter ..
Beauty ..

HANDICAP PLATE.

Carlotta ..
Rhododendron. • ..
Goodfellow .. ..
6 ran.

SELLING PLATE.

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2
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Agra f . ..
Bouquehere ..
Lillington • .
Traviata •• ..
NURSERY PLATE. Five furlongs.
Fle et ring, Hinton, Esher, King of the Rovers, Leon-
cillo, Lyt tolton, Juanita, Actress, and Peckwater are here.

.. 1
, . 2
.. 3
.. 4

INDIA, CELINA, AND JAPAN MAILB.—ILEBSINA,
Jtakz 30.—The Peninsular and Oriental Company's steam-
ship Ceylon passed Messina at 3 p.m. to-day, es route to

Marseilles.

LwznrooL, JuLY I.—The Inman steamer City
of Pam, which left New York on the 27th ult. for this
port, brings 150,000 dole. in specie.
. .

AQUATICS.—Last evening a capital eight-oared
race was rowed on the Thames between students of St.
Bartholomew's and Guy's Hospitals, the course Doing
from Putney to Hammersmith. St. Bartholomew's mon
won by more than two boat's lengths.
THE ABYSSINIAN EXPEDITION.—The Gazette of
last evening contains a despatch from Lieutenant-General
Sir It. Napier, dated June 1. It reviews the main
operations of the Abyssinian campaign at great length,
and enumerates the services rendered by each branch of
the service. The document is of great interest. Several
pages of the Gazette are devoted to a record of the ser-
vices of the officers who distinguished themselves by
their ability, energy, and gallantry. The following are
the concluding passages of the despatch:—" All ranks
and cla.sses have been inspired with the same honourable
spirit, whether in military labour or in conflict with the
enemy, and have borne themselves as if success de-
pended on their own individual exertions and devotion.
I beg permission gratefully to acknowledge the confidence
placard in me by her Majesty's government for India, and
the unhesitating promptitude with which all my recpriai-
bons have been complied with. lam deeply sensible of
the support and encouragement which I have received
from his Royal Highness the Duke of Cambridge in every
stage of the expedition." The despatch and eubsidiary
reports fill 31 pages of the Orbette.
-DtrIMICH COLLEGE. Yesterday was Speech
Day at this College, and, as usual of late years, since
this most rapidly expanding institute has come more
into public knowledge and public importance, the
occasion drew a large and fashionable audience
to witness it. The whole of the picture gallery
was thronged with visitor., and a raised dais
erected at the upper end was the rostrum from which
the boys recited their parte or sang their songs, and
managed during two hours of a very hot afternoon to
keep their hearer/ continually interested or amused.
Among many other visitors were the whole of the Gover-
nors of the college, with Lord Lyttelton, Sir John Kay
Shuttleworth, the Hon. Auberon -Herbert, Hr. Bereefprd
Hope, M.P., Yr. Buskin, Mr. Tits, ILP., die. The Rev.
W. Rogers, chairman of the Governors, presided, and Dr.
Carver, the head master of the school, sat near the chair.
RAILWAY ACROSS 'MR SOLWAY Flfrur.—On
Saturday last the two last girders of the viaduct across
the Solway Firth, which forms the chief engineering
work on the Solway Junction Railway, were laid by Mr.
Brogden, of Illveratone, the chairman of the directors, in
the presence of the engineers and leading promoters of
the undertaking. The work is a wonderful triumph of
engineering skill. The bridge is 1,940 yards in leng
and, with its sea embankments at each end, forms a road
across the sea nearly two miles in length. Some idea of
the gigantic nature of the undertaking may be gathered
from the fact that 1,800 tons of wrought iron and 2,900
tons of cast iron have been used in its construction. The
bridge is formed upon iron piles screwed and driven
into the subsoil. The foundations proved better
than had been anticipated, and the work is one
of great solidity. This new railway bridge will
form a new connecting link between England and Scot-
land, and will provide a short route for the rich iron ore
of Cumberland in its transmission to Scotland. The chair-
man, in proposing success to the lino at a luncheon held in
celebration of the event on Saturday, said that the Scotch
ironmasters were looking forward to the opening of the
line with great interest. That might be well understood
when it was remembered that a saving of one shilling per
ton in the carriage of oro would amount to 10,0001. in the
year. That was uo small sum to look forward to when
they remembered the present depressed condition of the
iron trade. He believed this was the largest viaduct that
had ever been constructed in the kingdom, and they had
to look forward but a short time to the completion of •
work which was interesting both physically and commer-
cially, and was calculated to confer great advantages upon
Cumberland and Scotland.
NATEANTEL HrTLER.—The outbreak of the
Thirty Years War aroused the public attention, and one
Nathaniel Butter, a bookseller and a pamphleteer of twelve
years standing, took the idea of printing a weekly news-
paper from the Venetian gazettes, which used to circulate
in manuscript. After one or two preliminary attempt*, he
acquired sußcient confidence in his public to issue the fol-
lowing advertisement :—" If any gentleman or other ac-
customed to buy the weekly relations of news' be desirous
to continue the same, let them know that the writer, or
transcriber rather, of this newee, bath published two
former newes, the one dated the 2nd and the other the
13th of August, all of which do carry a like title with the
arms of the King of Bohemia on the other side the title-
page, and have dependence one upon another: which
moaner of writing and printing he loth purpose to con-
tinue weekly by God's =instance from the beet sad most
certain intelligence : farewell, this twenty-three of August,
1622." The difficulty of tracing the sequence of his sub-
sequent publications is much increased by the habit,
which he soon adopted, of changing their names week by
week, according to tie quality of the contents. It seems
clear, however, that for several years he was the sole pur-
veyor of regular news from the Continent with the excep-
tion of the Imperial Intelligence, printed in 103 for
Mercuriws Brae:imam. It mart have been therefore upon
his head that the invective was concentrated with width
the appearanoe of a gratiodin
Maui woal—flarrolireSderibviZenrrisly.