The Express.
London, England, 1868-07-08 00:00:00

TO THE EDITOR OP THE EXPIUNIE

But,—Thc 12rInf."1 of the Wow has been felt
this sr.'
_mow at all meetings, whether grim. or mina ,
it would be impossible to realise a greater failure than the
venture at Radcliffe, where two days' sport had to be sus-
tained by eight horses, and if the rain does not ooM6
before the serious " clashing" ooramances, other more pre-
tentious affairs will fare badly. Carlisle may be called
quite up to its usual form, and the first day of
.Newmarket July was not so slow as had been feared,
pot interest being taken in the juvenile contest*
of ich there were no tower than five durkee
the en", non, in addition to an all-aged scurry. Badd-
worth we, s ufficiently himself to easily Ore the weight
awayin tits ftladiateur Stakes, and bad the course been a
bit longer Leidy Dewhurst would have made short work of
her Achiever:seat victress, Bagpipes, who is not half
a good oae, or Niiiisr to Veda would not have beaten her
subsequently, nor niu.,t too much praise be lavished on
the hero of the dry, Ate July Stakes winner, Ural-
worth, when Abstineace could get within a nook
of him, and De Vera within three lengths,
allowing he ought to have won easily. It is true
The Orphan was behind also; bat the very fact of De
Vere beating her shows this must be all wrong, and she
has had too much of it on the hard ground, no doubt, like
Belladrum, whose Derby bookers bad better "get
oat " at once, if all I hear be true. Even
the form is not good enough to stand him on, sad had a
dark one, with any pretemaons to come into the firstdoss,
opposed Ryshworth in the July, he must have been
beaten. There wore three stranger. in the field, Carina,
a Miss Sarah colt, and Drummer, the latter's friends
thinking they had a "goad thing," as he was considered
better than The Saladin we saw " split " Badsworth and
Chanoineese (Hermit's sister) at Bath ; but they all ran
badly, and will have to find inferior company before they
tan get bracketted as winners.
The Chesterfield has not been in the least spoiled
by prior results, for Abstinence is penalised 71b,
like De Vere and Bagpipes ; and it must be doubted
if she can give quite the weight to Chanoineese,
or the Middleton Maid colt that holds out such
great promise, only the severity of the finish preventing
my plumping unreservedly for Mr. Chaplin's filly. She
is also in the Pocket sweepstakes, but may leave that
to the Orphan, though this filly can possess no
chance now against the colours of the Duke
of Newcastle, who liar Abstinence in again,
in addition to Tenedoe. The Summer Handicap has some
of the best speed of the day in, and yet the feathered
Dulcet appears as good to stand as anything, the most
awkward of her opponent; perhaps, being what-
ever may represent Lord Glasgow. Of the matches I can
only observe that Chanoineese must beat Director ; and the
only other event completed as yet is the Audley Square
Sweepstakes, which should be won by Meteor or
Pirate King.
One good effect of the failure at Radcliffe is that the
new Sutton-perk meeting, held on Thursday and Friday,
cannot be considered at all influenced by the running, the
" Brume being promised two fair days' sport by the
programme. They must not, however, be too eager
to make their investments, as most of the
good things on paper might be kept in the ',table, and
after the scratching Deceit and Ottoman have undergone
lately I dare not make a selection for the principal handi-
cap. Hungerford (Friday and Saturday) must also be
left to the poet-bettors to deal with.—l am, &c.,
Wednesday morning. METEOR.

MT MEETING.-(THIS DAY.)
MIDSUMMER STAKES.
Vale Royal walked over.
£lOO PLATE.

Hareball .. .. ..
Macklutt .. ..
Maim .. ••
6 ran.
SWEEPSTAICES OF 600 SON'S.
Mir Sarah c .. ..
.. Emilia .. ..
.. Martyr .. ..
ea PLATE.

Harebell .. ..
.. Ettrick •• ..
9 ran.
Swrxel'TAKEF3 OF 10 BOYS. C.C.

Madame Stratum, aroma t, Sank Crown Princess,
Agra f, Odine f, and St. Agnes c are here.

EXETER STAKES. Half-a-mile.

Night Stroller, Hinton, De Pere, Flower Girl, Robes-
pierre, Bonilla, &gems, Sagan, Tom Oliver, and Si.. to
Tomato are here.

BEAI7FORT STAKES. 8.8. C.
Maid of Maaham c. Hippie, Jasper, Artesian, Victress,
Balsam°, Arran, Nine Elms, Lady Blanche f, Citron,
belie f, Wallow, Black Diamond, and Came Tete are here.

TOWN PLATE B.M.
Grinurton, La Belle Jeanne, Vale Royal, The General,
Nyanza, Lymington, and Vertumna f are here.

CARLISLE MEETING.-(THIS DAY.)

LOTTERY STAICP.S.

.. Evelina .. ..
Czar ..
Sis to Little Agnes .. ..
SCURRY HANDICAP.

Tripthong .. ..
Feodor ..
Flora .. ..
10 ran.

ATHLETIC STAKES. Six furlonr.
Carr, Bayleaf, Palls of Clyde, Miss Dayrell, Tziphthong,
Pop Gun, and Lewes are here.
QUEEN'S PLATE. Two miles.
War, Three per Cent, Honesty, Honestish, Clown,
7sodor, and Czar are here.

INTENDED VISIT OP THE QUEEN TO SWITZER'
LLND.—The Owl of to-day says:—" It is the present inten-
tion of her Majesty to proceed, shortly after the proroga-
tion of parliament, to Switzerland. It is arranged that
her Majesty shall stop at Paris on her way to Luoerne,
in the neighbourhood of which town a suitable remittance
has already been secured. The Queen will travel incognito,
and will remain in the strictest privacy during her
Majesty's abeence from England."
According to the Owl, the Under Secretaryship at
the Home Office is soon likely to beoome vacant, Sir James
Ferguseon accepting the poet of Governor of Tasmania or
South Australia.
MIL W. E. GLADSTONE AND THE REPRESINTA-
now or Soma-wan I..msasm.rraz.7—M?twithi.itai.iding

Gladstone' s resent public declaration that he had no reason
to anticipate any termination of his connection with South
Lancashire, the liberal party in Greenwich is car-
rying out its resolve to elect the right honourable gentle-
man for that borough tree of coat to himself. In
order to prevent any misapprehension on the point
arising in South Lancashire, we may remind Mr. Glad-
stone's present constituents that he can hardly interfere
with the proceedings at Greenwich, especially when the
sole object of the electors of that borough is to give expres-
sion to their admiration of his personal character and
public services. Naturally, Mr. Gladstone would prefer
to represeut a constituency to which he is allied by
kindred ties, and with whose large and important
interests he has made himself thoroughly acquainted ;
and the electors of this division of South Lancashire
may rest assured that the right honourable gentleman will
not be induced, even by such a flattering peoposal as that
made by Greenwich, to offer his services elsewhere so long
as they are acceptable to his present constituents. The
duty of the electors of South-wed Lancashire is, therefore,
clear and imperative. Mr. Gladstone solicits a renewal of
their confidence, and it is their duty to return him, wholly
regardless of what takes place either at Greenwich or
an here else.—Lirerpool Mereary.
EXTRAORDINARY BURGLARY IX CARLISLE.—
Early yesterday morning, as Police-constable Burnett
was on duty in Fisher-street, Carlisle, he tried the door
of the Co-operative Building Society's office by pushing
against it, and very much to his surprise it yielded to
the pressure. Immediately a severe blow was struck at
him through the glass panel of the inner door, knocking
him down. As he fUllp a man, whom the officer
recognised as the well-known James Randleson,
and a woman with a child in her arms,
rushed out of the office. Bandleson, being
more fleet of foot, got off then; but Burnett
secured the woman before she got away a hunched yards,
and she proved to be ltandleson'a wife. It was found
that the thieves were on the point of breaking the safe
when they were alarmed ; it had been pulled forward, a
lamp and a hummer lay near it, the other implements
of the craft were no doubt taken away by the man.
The police proceeded to Itanilleson's house, and
in it secret rece,v, snugly concealed, they
discovered a perfect set of burglar's tools, viz., eight
skeleton keys, nine flies and a chisel, a snap key, a brace
and bit, au elaborate apparatus for breaking safes, six
pick-locks, and other articles of " the trade." The police,
satisfied that Iturallesou was the operator in mod of the
burglaries which have disturbed Carlisle of late, have
watched him almost day and night these two years past.
Ile has been twice convicted of burglary.