The Express.
London, England, 1868-05-09 00:00:00

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BETTING IN LONDON.--(TME DAY.)

2.30, P. M.
Business was rather quiet to-day, and the *mew
tions ooncluded were chiefly in connection with the
Great Northern Handicap, for which Blinkhoolie,
Beauty, Waldwick, and Forts:go were in eonsides-
able form. Long odds were laid sophist Paul
Jones, and 2 to 1 was offered that be would not run.
For the Derby Rosierocian was a good deal inquired
after, and backed several Ulna at 100 to 15, while U
7 to 1 could have been laid, the investments would have
been increased considerably. Priem as follows :

GREAT NORTHERN.

5 to 2 apt Blink**lie (off, 3to 1 t and w)
6to 1 Beauty (t and w)
7 to 1 Woolwich (t and off)
7 to 1 Fortunio (t and off)
12 to 1 Geent dr Bistaille. (t)
100 to 8 Honesty (of)
100 to 7 Btrathoonan it end off)
15 to 1 Paul Jones (off, after 100 to 7
bsd been t)
25 to 1 Mir Osborne (off, 100 to 3 I)
25 to 1 Ploughboy (off)
100 to 3 Beanstalk (off)
100 to 3 Kettleholder (off)
4to 1 Paul Jones with a start (off, t 5
to 1)
sto 1 Beauty with a start (t)
DERBY.
3 to 1 sot Lady Elizabeth (off)
100 to 15 Rosicrucian (t)
1 I to 1 Bine Gown (off)
12 to 1 Paul Jones (off, 100 to 88)
18 to 1 Orion (t)
18 to 1 The Berl (off, 120 1)
25 to 1 llnoas (off)
1000 to 15 Meeenry (off)
5000 even on Orion v. The Earl (off)
Offers to take 400 to 100 air Sir J. Hawley's lot.

SPORTING GOSSIP.

.
For the benefit of the admmen of some of the
" cracks " at head-quarters, Bell's Life gives an account
of their doings. Typhoeus commenced active work again
on Thursday ; should he stand a now necessarily severe
preparation, which is very doubtful, he will scarcely Kr-
rive at perfection by the Derby day. The quondam Two
Thousand favourites, Pace and Harvester have left
the scene of their disgracefor a time. Whether a change
will work any improvement remains to be proved ; but
their trial in the great event of the First Spring bodes
ill for their chants, of higher honours. Rebhan is doing
steady work, but he still carries about with him those
awkward-looking hocks. No horse is going or looking
better than Speculum ; he le just now commencing strong
work again, after a few week's indulgence. His perfor-
mance in the Craven week, where he just managed to get
in front of Lord Glasgow's filly, must not be taken as a
fair criterion of merit, he evidently being all to pieced at
the time, and had done but little work after his successful
trip to Epsom. The coming champion of the white and
crimson, the Tom Bowline colt, is big enough if he is only
good enough ; he is looking in first-rate condition, but there
is a lack of quality about him one generally sees, and
expects to see in Derby winners. If nothing unforeseen
occurs he will be fit to run, and this is all that can be ad-
vanced in his favour at present. Concerning the Baron's
lot it would be difficult to find animals doing and going
better in private, and they are looking in superb condition,
and have hitherto been brought to the post so, but this
only tends to make the soft manner in which they cut up
the more inexplicable. The delicate Hermit, who is
erroneously supposed to have broken a blood-vessel in his
match, appears unable to shake off the effects of his de-
cisive defeats by Julius, as he has not since made his ap-
pearance on the heath ; but his conqueror, on the con-
trary, never appeared to greater advantage than at the
present time, and he takes his daily Fellow in fine style.
The Sporting Life says that during the race for the
Chester Cup, in the last half-mile, • dastardly attempt
was made to disable the favourite. A brick was thrown at
the two leading honer, but fortunately no more misohief
arose than the missile alighting on the thigh of Gradwell,
the rider of The Clown. Mr. Barber says there was no
doubt the brick was intended for Paul Jones, and Grad-
well was so much hurt that he returned home on Thum
day, the lad having evidently undergone • great shook to
his nervous system.
The Sporting Gazette announce, that the Duke of Hamil-
ton's Gouvernail, winner of the French Two Thousand on
Sunday last, has returned to Mat Dawson's stables, New-
market, to finish his preparations for the French Derby.—
Mr. J. Stephenson has despatched an agent to Austria to
endeavour to re-purchase Buccaneer "at any price."—One
of the earliest of the yearling sales will take place at Tat-
tersall's on the Monday before the Derby, when the year-
ling, bred at Donnington by the Marquis of Hastings will
be brought to the hammer. They are ten in number—five
colt, and five fillies—and include Lady Betty (own sister
to Lady Elizabeth) a half sister to Redcap and Cuckoo by
Blair Athole, a colt by Prime Minister out of the speedy
Attraction, Re.
The Field states that Rosicrucian had • narrow escape
from death by choking on its journey from Newmarket to
Kingsclere last week. While he was being conveyed
from Bishopsgate to Waterloo station, and, Rear the
latter terminus, one of his attendants discovered that
some of the hay which be bad been eating had " gone the
wrong way," and that he appeared to be dying. Hurrying
on to Waterloo, the horse was there taken out of his box,
and, after some difficulty, towed the obstruction. He
has since, we believe, been going on satisfactorily.
The Sporting Gazette regrets to announce the death of
Mr. Johnstone, which took place at his residence, Glou-
cester-place, Portman-square, on Tuesday last. Mr.
Johnstone was well known in racing circles as the owner
of Marionette, who was second for the "Blue Riband " in
Musjid's year ; and though he ran First Born, so called
from being the first of that horse's progeny, in the Derby
of 1866, ill health necessitated the deceased's retirement
from public life of late years. Mr. Johnstone was one of
the two well-known brothers, whose distinguishing *ego°.
men amongst their friends was "major" and "minor,"
the latter of whom survives him. Richard Cotton,
the trainer, was seized with a fit whilst out with his
horses at exercise on Thursday morning, but we are happy
to state that the effects of a really dangerous seizure are
not likely to prove Genoal.
The Field has received further intelligence confirming
the outbreak of the grouse disease in the north of Scot-
land. In several of the moors of Aberdeenshire and
Perthshire the disease is so prevalent that the lessees
have been advised to give the grouse " a jubilee this
year."

THE Coxvicr MICHAEL BARerrr.—The Morn-
ing Post publishes the following:—" Glasgow, Friday
Night.—The commissioners ►ppointed to inquire into the
cue of the above convict sat again to-day. Five
witnesses were examined, when the alibi completely broke
down. There is every probability of the sentence being
carried out. The commissioners return to Londoa
to-night."

Subscriptions are getting up to place a lifeboat
at Yarmouth, the south-western point of the Isle of
Wight. The yearly ant of a lifeboat is about 304
Tim lama( Catracit.—At the Carlton Club, on
Thursday, the Northern Irish membecs held a meeting
convened by a circular, to which were appended the names
of dir F. Heygate, Lord J. Hamilton, and two other gentle-
men who entertain similar views regarding the Irish
church. The object of those present, it is understood, was
to determine whether, as Irish members, they should
assume a course distinctly hostile to Mr. Gladstone's reso-
lutions, and take means to show the fell strength of the
uncompromising adherents of the Irish establishment.
Ultimately, it was not considered wise to take any line
which might tend to give the party a semblance of non-
cohesion.

SPECIAL THEATRICAL PERFORMANCE. Under
the patronage of their Royal Mightteres the Prince end
Princes' of Wales, who have signified their intention of
being present, an entertainment will take place et the
Haymarket Theatre on the sth of June, at 2 p.m.,
directed by Mr. Bother') and for the benefit of the Dra-
matic College. The comedy to be performed is Mr. Bond-
catilVe London Auurance, and the cast includes the names
of Webster, But:ketone, Charles Mathew", Toole, Addi-
son, Irving, Vincent, Montague, and Sothern • and Mrs.
Keeley, Mies Marie Wilton, Miss Nally Moore, and Mrs.
Charles Mathew".

GITEIII2OEE CASTLE,—DISCOVERY or THE CAOSE
or THE FIRS.—The mystery enveloping the cause of the
lamentable conflagration at Greystolce Castle on Monday,
appears now to be explained, and the conjecture that the
fire had its origin in a defective flue turns out to be correct.
Yesterday the mamas and joiners who were ewiged in
removing the &brio, found two beams of wood which had
joined in a flue extending from the dining-room to a corner
between the porch room and the picture gallery. The
ends of the beams are charred, and as the fire was dis-
covered at the place where the flue was situated, there can
be little doubt that the fire originated in the flue.-Balia•
bury Journal.
ARRIVAL or LARGE ELINIAIITS.—Mr. W. B.
Tegetmeier, writing to the Aoki wee as amount of a
gigantic elephant in the of Mr. C. Else, of
St. George-street, Ratoliff. This /Areal is now twenty-
eight years old, and was presented in 1849 by the Shah
of Persia to the Emperor Nicholas of Russia, being
then nine years of age. She remained in St.
Petersburg for ten years, when she was presented ,
to Herr Gottlieb Kreateherib the proprietor of the Inmost'
travelling menagerie of the continent, in whose posioanon
she remained for eight years, and was sold by kim te Mr.
C. Rios. The animal is described by Herr Krentsbeg u
very good tempered, sad as being the largest sad finest
elephant existing in confinement. During the period of
her captivity she has abed the remains of two molars,
which have been pushed out by the growth of those de- I
signed to noosed them.
Lighted candles have been recently introduced
at the Communion in Holy Trinity, Vaszkall, Stepiess,
Lewisham, and other churches of Means* lisdeney.
the latter memorials and eounteressesseide have been
presented io the bishop on the rablesl.—destA totsdoa

TIE UNlViltefffill MTH BILL►
DEPUTATION PROM THE UNIVEENITY OA*.

BRIDGE TO THE ARCHBISHOP OF CANTER-
BITRY.—(TED3 DAY.)
Thin morning a large deputation from the Uni-
versity of Cambridge waited upon the Archbishop of
Canterbury at Lambeth ?slam, on the inked of Hr.
Ooleridge's bill now before parliament. The archbiahop,
who was attended by the Hon. Mr. Bourke, his chaplain,
and Mr. Dunning, his secretary, received the deputation
in the library.
Amongst those present were the Right Hon. H. S. Wel.
pole, HP., Mr. A. J. Berstford Hope, M.P., Mr.
Schreiber, H.P., Lord John Thrum, the Bishop of Ely,
the Bishop of Gloucester and Bristol, Archdeacon Bicker-
steth, and others.
A number of letters of apology for non-attendszae, but
curpremelng sympathy with the object of the deputation,
were med.

The Right Hon. R. W•xeout, M.P. Introdatied the
deputation, and presented the following memorial:—
"To his Grace the Lord Archbishop of Canterbury,
Primate of allearitiland, and Metropolitan.—We
the undersigned wites of the University of
Cambridge have h with the deepest concern that legis-
lation is contemplated in the present session of parlia-
ment, by which members who are not members of the
church of Ragland, and even person. who do not
profess the Christian religion at all, may become
public professors or teachers in the university and
take part in its government and administration, and may
also be elected into fellowships, tutorship., headships,
and other oelces or colleges, and may be en-
trusted with the moral control and education
of students, even though each student may be
intended for holy order". We earnestly deprecate
and solemnly protest against inch legislation as destruc-
tive of the connexion between the University and the
Church, and as tending to sever education from religion,
and we therefore most respectfully entreat your grim to
adopt mach measures as you may deem most effectual to
prevent it."
The memorial was signed by noblemen, bishops, clergy
of various degrees, and a large number of fellows, tutors,
and non-resident graduates. Several heads of houses and
others, pointed out to his grace how, in their opinion, the
proposed measure would operate in reference to the
government of the respective colleges, and tutors pointed
out how it would interfere with their course of tuition.
Other gentleman pointed out the dangers which would
arise, politically, morally, religiously, and socially if Mr.
Coleridge's bill should become law.
The Archbishop of CArrannunr, in reply, said he entered
fully into the feelings of those who bad addressed him,
and quite understood with what alarm those who were
responsible for the government and teaching of the univer-
roreals ally regarded the pro now before parliament. He was a
member of the commission which ten years ago was
instrumental in t e r settlement by which the endowments
of universities were secured to the ohm ch and he could
not now consent to any measure by which that settlement
' would be in any way interrupted. He believed that to
entrust the religious teaching of the University te
men who bad no religious creed would inevitably tend to
sap the very foundations of Christianity. Under such a
system religious teaching must in the end be altogether abo-
lished. One result would be that private institutions would
he established, in which the clergy would be trained apart
from the laity, which he conceived would be a heavy blow
to the church and nation. He should, therefore, stre-
nuously resist any measure which, like that now before
parliament, placed in peril the Christian character of the
education of the national universities. _ . _

Mr. WALPOLE thanked his graoe for his courtesy, and
the deputation retired.

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'RAILWAY, YINING, AN,P
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