The Express.
London, England, 1857-07-14 00:00:00

South disputes with the North its bad pre-eminence,
and the records of our metropolitan police mule
present an abundant crop of grooms, butlers, appren_
ticee, and clerks, driven by stress of odds to pawn
their muter" plate or embezzle their employers' cash
in the vain hope of making things even on the Derby
or the Chester Cup, and so tiding matters over till that
great stroke of fortune comes which shall make them
the winners of thousands on the "Great Ebor Handi-
cap," or the " Doncaster St. Leger." There are
darker consequences than even these. The self-murder
that results from the despair of paying up these w-
elled debts of honour has ceased to be an aristo-
cratic crime. The remorse of the gambler, with all
its frightful consequences, has passed lower and
wad wider ; the " humble annals of the poor "
can show tragedies once peculiar to the
aristocratic hahituds of St. James's and the exclusive
frequenters of "the Corner." In a word, the de-
scaelisation is vast, and its consequences pernicious;
*skims of the public are enormous, and the gains
of those who feed upon them proportionally great.
The particular form of this widespread evil
which Sir ROBERT CARDEN has been desirous of
bringing prominently before the public, is the mode
taken by the heads of the betting establishments for
'overtly advertising their abominable traffic among I
thew most likely to be seduced into encouraging it.
It seems that "the firms" have an organised system
et circulars, which they take good care shall be
weal u widely as possible among clerks, appme•
lies% footmen, and, in short, all the lower grades et
the flesh, the fast, and the feeble. Here is a spa&
taco et one of these infamous incentives to reit t
Doe ter,—lt is unnecessary for us to recapitulate our
loom for adopting the mine mime over the Liverpool
Cup, **Goodwood Cup, and the Great Ebor Handicap,
which ha lieu attended with so much advantage over the
mime ease Ina Suffice it to my that we are repined
be bait do aleeddis winner of each of the above eveedeond
ye Wotan milled moment of apprising you in ceder dot
rang remit the sernutt you wish to invest.
ri soon,/ re yly renowned you to invest libr.nlly ; the
*Mb wilt k wry yea. To secure these odds you must reply
imedlately, sad by return of post particulars will he
ilua•
The Ebor Handicap acceptances not yet being out well
ruble you to get excellent odds, and the hone will start ea
1 a good prise.
When we home good thing ,re must k cautious not to endan-
ger its success bypath:Wily,
The winnings will be remitted on the following Monday.
We aro, dear sir, yours faithfully,
It sad C.
The magistrate who, by exposing such a system
as this, does what in him lies to caution the unwary
against the snares so impudently set for their de-
struction deserves the best thanks of the public.
Dupery so hopeless as to be beguiled by a protest
against publicity in a public circular, is almost be-
yond the reach of warning; but there may be
waterers and half-believers to whom the exposure
may be beneficial ; and for their sakes it is well that it
should have been made.

FRENCH SCREW: OF AFRICAN EMIGRATION.—
The following is a postage from a letter of Lloyd's
agent at Fernando Po to the Committee of Lloyd's,
dated June 1, 1837 :—" May 22. French transport
ship Phrenix arrived from Lagos with 300 Krooboys
on booed, bound to Martinique and Cayenne. Sailed
27th ult."