The Express.
London, England, 1868-06-01 00:00:00

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The French cmnpany performed Emil.: An.4iet%,
ctleVilial comedy of Miifr, (iff/011 for two nights last
..ek, M. Ravel and Mn lame TOITISOII p'ayii g the i rir -
cifbal haracters, and this Ck th•is will be chiefly devote Ito
~.rdou's N. 4 Intimev.

Vltt. H. IR% mu', Brut: .Ir.—This gentleman,
w'to has steadily adv.iticed in pop ilarity and gained a
elearly•d. fined position on the London stage, will take his
ht netit to.night (Monday) at the New Queen's Theatre—
the house in which he holds the post of stage manager.
lie has selected the 'Nei', for Scandal Le his
chief pi. re, in which he will play Charles S trface, Mr.
Alfr •d Wigan playiog the part of Joseph Surfac Mrs,
Alfred Wig..n will repro it bird. Candour, Mr. .1. I .
T4ole, Most 4, Ahem N elly biome I ady Tesee, au 1 Mr, W.
11. Stephens, Sir Peter Teazle. The other I arts bre w. II
last, and the performance of tbiA startler I c .me. y p *-
wises to be a very striking one.

LIE HANDEL FEAri ti.. - A great meeting of
the Yorkshire contingent of the chorus was h :Id at Brad-
ford on Satimlay evening. ft 'vent off with great spirit.
every piece bring enthusiastically applauded. Mr. I'rout
conducted the chorus. Mr. John Button, of Leeds, accom•
'nosing. The great rehearsal of the Mir tiingliain and
Midland ili.trict chore place th.s evening at
Birmingham.

eaysT u. Pm. %I :1. T!•1• Whitsuntide holiday
anattsernents commence to .14. The attractions con*ist
of the performances of the lu,p, rill Japanese Troupe from
the I,...cettiel Theatre, a new pantom mic ballet in which
the Payne•. from l!ovent Onaden will app.ar, amaisted by
t and corps ,le ballet, and oth amusements
provided by Mr. Nelson l.ee. to the esea'ng Mr. Orton
will make an ascent in hi* 01 Balloon. As the ground.
we now in full summor beauty, a larg 3 attendance of
holiday viriturs is anticipated.

NCWhI'APER DINNEIt.—A general
sneering of the committee of this fund was held on Saint..
sky afternoon at the offices, A, Cecil•street, Lord Hough-
tan an the chair. It WAN rei fasted by the vice-chairman,
Mr. J. 11. Doyle. that the :arrangements for the dinner
were rapidly progressiog. and that amongst the distin-
gaished guests who have .wdly announced their intention
of being present in addition to his Royal Highness the
Duke of Canibridge,who will preside, are Prince Christian,
lord Stratford de Realeliile. the Marquis of Clauricarde.
lord Houghton (the president of the institution), Earl
Vane, Lord Truro. Load Per rhyn, Lord Ronald Leveson
Gower, General Sir Wm. Kpollre. Field-Marshal Sir John
Nurgane, General Sir J Yorke Searlett, Lord Wm.
Lennox. the Right Hon. P. s. Wyndham, M.P., Colonel
Pykes,M. P., Mr. Newdeg..te, M. P., Mr. John Hardy. M.l'. ,
Mr. Arthur Helps, Colonel Dr. W. H. Russell,
and between thirty and forty other members of the House
of COIIIIIIOIII. The musical al rahqements will, as is anal at
this dinner, be of a moat attractive character. Mr. Bene-
dict has consented to conduct. anal various dielintoished
artistes, including 14111 e. Leibhart, Herr Reichardt, and
JUMP. Eae9uist, Herr Welleureiter, Herr Leopold Auer,
D'Enna, hate volunteered their services. His Royal
Highness will be received by a guard of honour composed
el a detachment of the Loudon Ride Bi igade, attended by
the band of the regiment.

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Stn,—!t can hardly be said that the Epsom week
is over yet. A performance more anxiously looked forward
to than usual, Settling Day, has still to be played out, and
until the two " acts " into which its divided are got
through, we shall not sail into anything like calm waters.
The aujustuieut of accounts will, there is no disguisiug, Le
a most dithcult process, fur owing to so many libel ties
having been taken with like Gown, such large sums will
be required even by those who " squared " themseleee be•
fore the race as will cause quite a run on the banks this
morning. Some layers have been hit very hard, unwed—
so hard that a most disastrous settling is talked about ; but
the fears expressed are, probably, groundless, and it iv inva-
riably the case when the Messrs. British Public are on the
winning aide, and bookmakers rice twee, that the winding •
up eats satisfactory. It is singular no largo winners ate
reported, ail I can learn at presoak being that, the Mar•
gum of Hastengs gets out with a good balance in his favour,
whilst a bold baronet, once intimately connected with the
Danebury stable, throws in also to a pretty fair tune.
There are a few clever ones with their live, ate, eieht, or
even ten thousands to draw • yet such sums are ampere-
tively insignificant in these extravagant times, and un-
doubtedly the public swallow nearly ail the eyelet., being,
1 trust, duly sorry that they left their beet trteutl, Sir
Joseph Hawley, iitte beyond the shelL Had Blue
Gown's owner followed in the footsteps of cc: lain other
"patrons of the turf." and withdrawn his horse because
he was. a favourite, I shudder to think what the conse-
quences would have been,_ for King Alfred must assuredly
have won, and then, what a settling As it was, his ma-
jesty was very nearly doing the trick, the alum that had
been excited by Lady Elizabeth losing start being height.
ened into pertect frenzy when Baron Rothschilu's belted
representative, and not the Simon Pure Suffolk, was ob-
served some two furlongs from home pegging away in front
of everything, and all except one in hopeless pursuit.
You could alluvia hear the sighs of relief, shave the roar
of the fielders, indulged in when Blue (.own, an-
swering to the call of Wells, began to overhaul
the outsider at the distance (240 yards from home), though
it was not till " the pciatboy,- as Norman is called by toe
uncharitable, began to move on his horse that there ap-
peared the least hope of C uastropbe being averted. Even
then the question of life or death- life to those who had
" peppered" Blue GIIII7I, or swept the board with the
King, and deatn to " pouters" generally hung long
in tue balance, and it was not until the stand was passed
that all was over. But the huiali was not so fine as might
have been expected by those who saw the struggle com-
mence ; and II was not neaeleary for the thousands near
the judge's chair to await the winning number being
hoisted, as Last year and the year before that, to be put
out of their misery. When the hat did go forth, and the
horses hadturued round to weigh in, the vociferous shouting
showed how popular was the victory. it being extremely
gratifying that the three placed bursts should belong to
such sportsmen as Nr Joseph Hawley, Baron Rothschild,
and the Duke of Newcastle. It is A mystery how King
Alfred got where he slid, for net only W. 13 he vastly lute-
nor to buff olk at home, but during his thirteen previous
performances, extending over a period of twelve months,
be was behind Lady Euz ebeth, Orion, St. Rowan, Sperm.
luta, and itosicructau—all runners in the Derby—besides
Lic tor, Usicas, and the Tote Bowline colt, iuctspecitated from
taking part in the race. The whole Beron's team have
long been remarkable for their in•and-out running; but
this exhibition beats everything, even after looking at
his majesty's overthrow of Grimston and Silenus
on the first day—a most unfortunate victory, as
but for the effort he :rt•nht have won the
Derby, and certainly would have been entitled to
an allowance for the rich Prince of Wales's. Stakes at
Ascot that would have ensured his landing the prize. At
thesaine time the Derby performance was no great improve.
ment on that iu the Croveu Stakes. for by the overthrow of
Grimaton he was entitled somehow to beat Speculum, and
the latter isunderstood, too, to be about the same horse
as Stlenta, who was ouly as bad third, at 211 b. for the year,
in Tuesday's race. The most surprising exhibition, after
all, was that of Lady Elizabeth; for with 5 and If to 4
taken about her. and the party sweating she was " all
right," and mush better than Blue GOWI/.11 only con-
queror this year, The Earl, it was not to be supposed that
he would he thoroughly disgraced, badly on as she got.
It was from no lack of staying power that she
was beaten either, she having no little "go " in
her altogether that Fordham threw up the,. Oaks
mount in disgust, and it will be long ere a filly is'
stood at so short a price for the Derby again, no matter
how she may acquit herself at two years old. I must con-
:ess to having been led away by her performances, and
the withdrawal of a good horse like the Earl in her favour,
Lut had no reason to complain of the result, as on the
declaration of Sir Joseph Hawley to win with Resicru-
cian and Green Sleeve, I explained to your readers that
this intimated Blue Gown was the better animal of the
three, and at once took him as say second string. It is a
pity the Sleeve was not brought out for the Oaks, as after
the heavy atorni the ground was not quite so hard, and
Lady Elizabeth being less capable of raising &gallop thanever,
there was really nothing to bea t but Formosa. Virtue was still
below the mark, Fait Star as only moderate, and how
many others, I wonder, uan stay two-thirds of the dis•
tank covered? Lady Coventry certainly got a mile and
• quarter at Northamptun. in good company ; but the
best of the others, Athena and Leonie, are little more
than half-milers, and Mr. W. Graham was as lucky as in
Regalia's year that Formosa should have such a lot to
beat. With no Gladiateur in the St. Jaeger, it is possible
for this gentleman to attain the height of his ambition,
and win the great event for the north, it being a singular
coincidence that neither Moslem (disqualified) nor Blue
Gown is in the race—nor Speculum, nor the ever-
threatening, but ever unfortunate. Suffolk. The
best Ferules& will have to meet, from present ape
pearanoes, are The Earl or Lady Elizabeth, Rosicrucian
or Green Sleeve, King Alfred or Restitution, Mercury,
Blueskin, Virtue, See• Saw. St. Ronan, Orion, Paul Jones.
Forest King, Cap-i-Pie, Vous, the Tom Bowline colt, and
Typhoeus; and out of this lot at least half,are either inca-
pable of staying, or more or less amiss at the present time.
It will trouble their trainers to get the two last-named, lit
and well, to the post ; and there is no guessing what gan.e
will be played with the Dauebtu7 pair—whether The Earl
will again be sacrificed, or the Lady turn out a second
Achievement. Ascot may, as heretofore, tend to overthrow
the Derby running, and keep up the charter tl nit was granted
two mouths ago for the knocking of the two-
year-old form into the middle of next week ;
nevertheless, it may turn out at the end of
I the season that few mistakes were made in my juvenile
handicap of November last, which " came off" in the Two
Thousand, One Thousand, Derby, and Oaks, so far as the
placed horses, except King Alfred, were concerned. I may
' endeavour to make a new one shortly. but had better, at
least, wait till after Ascot. pending which there is the
Grand l'rizeof Paris to get over. Here we have The Earl,
Vale Royal, See-Saw, tend Blueskin to do battle against
the continentals, wbose best champion appears to be
Rupee's brother, the improving Suzerain, but the contest
can scarcely excite so much interest as heretofore, and
John Bull will not be nearly so strongly represented in
the Bois de Boulogne as he was last year, when
there was the Exhibition to attract thousands who would
not otherwise have crossed the channel.

It is not necessary to wale through the particulars of
the host of minor events decided at Epsom, it being suffi-
cient to remaik of the two-year-old races that they brought
out at least one good colt (and very like a Dundee) in Mr.
Merry's son of Stockwell and Catherine Hayes, called
Belladrunt. The cup was merely • handicap, wherein
second,
selected Clairon and the Attack colt ran first and
the former being one of many outaiders that won dui,
log the week, to the cost of the "gentlemen " and the
public generally, very few backers coming home
winner. on their pont betting transactions, what-
ever they may have done over Blue Gown
and Formosa in the two great events. I have only further
to observe that the meeting, apart from the Derby-day,
was a grand success, and ell would have gone " merry as a
marriage bell" but for the fatal storm on the
Ladies' Day which commenced almost without warn-
ing just when the downs end the road were most
crowded with people proceeding to the scene of operations.
The Whitsuntide holidays are generally taken advantage
of by those enterprising clerk, of the course who cater for
semi-sporting people ; anti the current week is no excep-
tion to the rule, Cockneys having two days at West Dray-
ton and three days at Croydon to keep them going, whilst
there are many other "fixture." In the calendar, in addi-
tion to the old Manchester one. Some two or three good
horses are engaged at Croydon ; hut the,Cottonopolitans
will have the best 'part placed before them, the new
course and other radical reforms having brought beck some
of the prestige that attached in the olden times to the
three cups. The title of one of these, the Union, has bees
altered to the De Trafford, which ought to bring out a
large field, and is sure to puzzle the talent, the weights
being so nicely adjusted that I can only point to Mr.
Samuel's Feeder, or Chivalry, with the Clown and Lord
Wilton'. Attack colt, of See-Saw, as being the most den.
genius, in the probable absence of Mercury. In the Cope-
land Stakes there is a two-year old celled The Rind,
worth looking after, be having a far worse lot
to meet than are down for the second day's
Beaufort Stakes. For this Martyr has only to travel
north to look rather too awkward. Many of Came horses
in the De Trafford are in theTradesmen's Cup. and among
them Feeder; yet Fobert must be handy here with

Total 74 Total .... 14S
NOTTINOII4 IiSH I K N —llrstlap.
G. Soumberb, c %%lllttriker, b lt. liblioon II
A. Shaw, b R. Itl dhoit
.1. Oa raft, b It. lddiwn
It. Dalt, c Lottatirlit, b It Idallsou
W. tkicrott, c and U. Iticketta
G. Parr, b Itlcketni
11r. Ilearor ,retired Ull
S. luddnlpty run out
14. Shupe, c Whittaker. b Hlckton
U. Wootton, c Ilouaneld, b Itickton
J. C. Stow, not uut
111

Told 2
CAIIBRIDGY. UNIVERSITI v. 80t ruuArr.

-.-------. .—...—.
11w Cantata, :whirred another great victory over a rowerful
te lm on Satnnlay. at Fenner's ground, Cambridge. lb. ful
lowing Is the full score:
et.CTII. ATE.— et Innings. Second Innlivo.
IL Itnelianan. h Harrison
H. H. Montgomery, h Harrison l6 b A hsoloin
W. K Giinntone, c Money, b Ab-
*Adorn

_ .
ton
V. E. Vialker, b Musgrave
I. D. Walker. A Rtehortloon, b
Money
l'. Calvert, et Richardson, b Money 26 c Mu benison, b Ab• .

E. W. Burnett, b Absolon,
.1. W. Noble, 1, Money ....

'atom
.. 11 r and D I.yttelton . 0
. 6 e hlugxrave, Lyttei•
4

W W. U. Lane, at Richardson, b
Money
E. Rutter. c L 1034, b Money
is. W. Hemming, not out
b I, 1-b 9, w 2 0 b2,104,w1 7

Total
Tut: unrmisrnr.—Fird Innings.
C. A. Abw.lom, h Buchanan 3O
W. B. Money, cV. E. Walker, h Sluagrare 3/
I. Da!, run out in
H. A. Richardson, at Walker, b Buchanan 33
H. M. Stow, .t %Valker. b Buchanan lt
Hon. S. 0. Lyttelton, b B ,channts
K W. M. Lloyd, I, Hemming I
.1. M. Richardson, h Buchanan 22
S Warner, b Rutter 1
J. Musgrave, c anti b Rutter U
K Harrison, uot out
b_l. I b 1, w 1

Total 2l?.
AIIORIOINAL BLACK ELEyEs v. MOTE PARK CLUB.

Thla, the second match of the Austr+llana, II al pla)ed at
Maidstone on Saturday, but befog " set" for one day only, of
eotuse it was not played out. The following is the score

„
Murk PARK CLUB.
lion. J. klarahain, c and b Curzens
E. A. White, run nut
W. :4. Norton. st. Mulingh, h Lawrence
A. S White. c 11ullagh, b Cuzens .
Lord A. Paget. b Mniburh
A. Killick, b Lawrence
Captain Elliott, b Lawrence d7
F. T. Birchatn, run out
W. A. Clive, b Lawrence 1
J. Mesa:der, e Lawrence, b Mullagh
F. Parker, not out
b5,1b3 b

Total
ADOItUI A 1,.

Lawrence, not out
Cozens c, Elliott. b Norton
flaw, c White, I, Parker
Itedrap 1 b w. b Alexander
Maltagh, h Norton
linllocky, not out
b I, 1 b I, w

Total.

PIGEON SHOOTING.

On Saturday there was a very numerous attendance at the Gan
Club-ground, Wormwood ticrubbs, when 26 noblemen and gen
tlemen contended in the Oaks Handicap of each on the usual
conditions. Captain E. C. Neville, Mr. Alfred Hardy, and Mr.
T. Turner Farley scored all six birds, sod In shooting off the
ties Captain E. C. Neville won the first prize 11:120', Mr. Alfred
Hardy the second cl 5 , and Mr. T. Turner Farley the third
£ls'. Thirty-nine gentlemen afterwards shot a sweepstakes,
when Captain Godman took the grid share (X 2.5), and Sir. F. H.
Lovell the rest, 414.
At the New Red-house, Fulham, on Saturday, Li members shot
a er. free handicap at tiro birds each, when there were ten tied.
the result being that Viscount Andover, M. I'., who killed 17
birds in succession, took the first prize, £160: Mr. Wroth Leth-
bridge, who killed thin succession, became entitled to the second
prize, i 80; and Mr. Henry Peters, who brought down 12 birds
following, taking the third prize of cll.