The Express.
London, England, 1868-07-09 00:00:00

I'OCKET SWEITSTAKES. Now T.Y.C.

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litintptiotn, 'l'enedos, and Abstinence are here.

BETTING IN LONDON.-(THIS DAY.)

2.45 p. K.

Very few mcmlxrre were present to-day, and the
betting was inconeidorable. For the Goodwood Stakes, the
principal features were a disposition to lay against Cannon
Ball and Stradbroke. Prices as follow :
GOODWOOD STAKES.
4 to 1 agst Gomera (off, t9to 2)
12 to 1 Ecarte (t)
100 to 7 Papillon (t and off)
100 to 6 Romping Girl (t and off)
100 to 4 Cannon Ball (off)
100 to 4 Stradbroke (off)
100 to 12 Romping Girl and Tabouret,
coupled (t)
100 to 12 Romping Girl and Papillon,
coupled (t)
GOODWOOD CUP.
.5 to 2 Illinkhoolis (off)

CRICKET.-/T!!!3 DA K)

LORD'S GROUND.
I ZINGA&I V. LORDS AND COMMONS.

This aristocratic match, which is now annually played
at Lord's Ground, commenced this morning, and at 1
o'clock; and at 3 o'clock, when our messenger was de-
spatched, the position of the game was as under

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1,1:14 •S.llO COMMON.. First laningn.
Hon. C. G. Lyttelton, b Trail 5
Mr. W. Nicholson, b Trail .. ........... ..
Hon. C. Carrier, b I)rnke 6
Mr. A. Smith-Burry, b Drake 0
Hon. T. De Grey, not out 55
Earl of Elltumene, b Drake 6
lion. R. Grosvenor, o Balfour, b Pelham
Earl of Coventry, c Tritton, b M'Cortniek
Mr. A. A. Bathurst., o Pethain, b M'Cormick 5
Lord Skelmenutalo, c Pelham, b Maitland l3
Earl of Eldon, c Tritton, b Bailer 3
Marquili of I.orn, b Trail
1-1,1, h 19, w 2 l6
Total l3i

THE ROYAL AGRICULTURAL SHOW AT

LEICESTER.

This show begins to-day (Thursday) with the trial
of ploughs and field implements, and the preliminary trial
of steam cultivators, on farms belonging to Messrs. Stone
and Miles, in the parishes of Ayleston and Knighton,
about a mile south of the show ground. The judges for
steam cultivators will be Messrs. J. F. Bramwell, E. A.
Cooper, John Coleman, John Rooks, and John Barnsley;
for ploughs, Messrs. T. P. Dodds, 0. M. Hipwell, and J.
Wheatley ; and for cultivators, Messrs. T. Chambers, jun.,
F. Sherborn, and W. Roberts. The judges having com-
pleted their selection of implements for the competition,
proceed to the trial ground to make arrangement. for
the opening of the contest at 9 a.m. Owing to the long
drought, which has made the ground very unfavourable for
the work, it is questionable whether the final trial will not
be postponed until a more favourable timo, which and the
place of trial I. left to the discretion of the judges.
The show ground has now assumed a very busy
aspect with the arrival of implements. Over 150 waggons
were unloaded by the Midland Railway Company at
their new aiding on Monday, 140 on Tuesday, and yester-
day (Wednesday) about 230 had been discharged up
to the time of the despatch of this parcel. Ample
arrangements are made for the unloading of 500 waggons
daily, so that there is no fear of any "block" ensuing from
the rush which will evidently follow during the few
remaining days for the receipt of things. But little more
than half the goods have arrived, and although the quan-
tity now on the ground is nearly as great as at Bury St.
Edmunds last year, still, owing to the large area of ground
and the concise arrangement of the shedding, it looks,
comparatively speaking, infinitesimal. The catalogue has
just been issued, and in it will be found 337 stands and
6,369 entries for implements, Sc., against 282 stands, and
4,804 entries last year. Amongst the arrivals within the
past few days have been goods from the following firms:—
Mr. J. L. Norton, London, who will show his patent tube
well, supplied to the army in Abyssinia; Misers. Ran-
soms and Sims, Ipswich; Clay, Wakefield; Howard,
Page and Co., Bedford; Cower and Son, Market Drayton;
J. and G. Haywood, Derby ; F. Morton, Liverpool ;
Aveling and Porter, Rochester ; Crosakill and Co., Bever-
ley ; Hind and Co., Nottingham, Ryland, Birmingham ;
Taaker, Andover; Riches and Watts, Norwich; Avery,
Birmingham; Pickering (patentee of improvedlley-
blocks), Stockton ; Ball and Son, Bothwell; R. Horpunsby
and Son, Grantham; W. Lewis, Shrewsbury; Hyde',
Sheffield ; T. W. Ashley, Stamford ; Bryan, Corcoran, and
Co., London; J. 'Whitehead, drain pipe machine maker,
Preston ; S. and E. Ransoms and Co., louden; J. James,
Cheltenham; Clay, Shuttleworth, and Co., Lincoln; Tux-
ford and Son, Boston. A great many persons hovered
about the enclosure in the course of the afternoon
to witness the departure of steam ploughs and en-
gines for the trial ground. Amongst the competitors
will be Messrs. Howard, Bedford ; Ransoms and
Sims, Ipswich ; and Fowler, Leeds, the latter of whom
have a formidable and admirable display of steam
ploughs and cultivators. A large number of persons con-
tinue to arrive daily, and the town begins to assume s very
lively appearance. For the delectation of the public the
Decoration Committee have decided to erect triumphal
arches at the principal entrances of the town and the ap-
proaches to the show ground. Several public buildings
will be brilliantly illuminated by Mr. Define, of London.
Every arrangement promises to be carried out in a most
successful manner, and there can be no doubt that the
present will be the most successful exhibitions which the
Royal Agricultural and Royal Horticultural Societies have
yet held.—Birminghani Post.

We are authorised to state that it is not true,
as announced by the Owl, that Sir James Ferguson bas
accepted the government either of South Australia or

The opera advertised at Covent Garden for this
evening is Romeo e Giulietta ; that for Saturday is Il
Barbtere.

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The opera announced for to-night at Her Ma-
jesty's Opera is Le None di Figaro, and on Saturday
Faust will be repeated.
Her Majesty's screw (unarmoured wooden) fri-
gate Galatea, Captain his Royal Highness Alfred Ernest
Albert Duke of Edinburgh, weighed anchor last evening
from Spithead, and anchored in a new position off Osborne
on the arrival of her Majesty at her Marine Palace last
evening from Windsor. According to arrangements made
yesterday, the Queen, accompanied by the members of the
royal family at Osborne, will to-morrow go on board the
Galatea on a visit of inspection. _ .

The athletic sports of the troops in garrison at
Woolwich will be held to-morrow in the Barrack-field,
with the sanction and under the patronage of Major-
General E. C. Warde, C. 8., commandant. The games
and races will commence at 11 a.m.

SurrosED Sricrpz.—Mr. George Morgan, a
partner in the firm of Lugg and Morgan, wholesale boot
and shoe manufacturers, of Bristol, has been missing ever
since the firm became bankrupt in December last, and it
was supposed that he had left the country. On
Tuesday one of Sir William Miles's gamekeepers.
named William Lynge, was on duty in Leigh
woods when he had occasion to go to a secluded
quarry, and there found, almost concealed by brush-
wood, the body of a man. The corpse was in an advanced
state of decomposition, the head had become separated
from the trunk, and the limbs were falling off. A. pistol
was lying between his legs, and there was a bullet hole in
the skull. Ou searching the body a gold watch and chain,
7s. in silver, and a few pence were found in the deoeseed's
rockets, together with some papers which, =examination,
led to the identification of the body as that of Mr. Morgan.
The corp.. has been removed to Abbot's Leigh, where it
now lies awaiting the coroner's inquest. —Awes.