The Express.
London, England, 1868-03-12 00:00:00

THE EXPRESS, -

of the Friendly gaieties Act, bat the as mash to
be protected se ether prom& They weeis no other
sense illegal than that they inns sot enrolled. Any solace
to the contrary was • grist evil, and in order to dispel
such an impreselon, and to meek his high sewn d snob •
crime se the ass amesitted by the prisoner, be could sot
pose • less sentence than that ed gee yam' penal ser-
vitude.
Daring the beating at the shows awe, Mr. :mottos Lush
said be would emoralt Mr. mantas Mellor as the question
respecting the answer he had given to Mr. Jones u to •
case for misdemeanant. Me afterwards mid his learned
brother entirely ooneurred with the opinion he had
expressed.
TEI =RD= AT TODMOZDZI.

In the hat batch of bills returned by the grand jury to-
day, previous to their discharge, between two and three
o'cloa, was • true bill against Miles Wetherill for the
murder at the Todmorden Parsonage. On application by
Mr. Campbell Forty, Q.C., counsel for the prosecution,
Mr. Justice Lush consented to fix tLe case for trial to-
morrow (Friday).

*pirttga ihrteUtionce.
THE LATEST MOVES ON THE BOARD.

boo TIN =moo oe Too =IMO.
fins,—Thore is no mistaking the importance of
the movements and rumours rime Ey last with reformers
to the Derby and Two Thousand. Lady Elisabeth has a
to of the lame complaint as Roolonteian, without •
doubt, the pencil fever the was afflicted with se sae period
of the recess having broken out again to an extent that
mast be rather alarming ormidaring the dubious condi-
tion of meet of har impononts. enemy us the more
inveterate against her for the On. Thousand Guineas, a
far more cosy contest to win, and worth such • sum
(4,000!. at least), that if the is really to be an ab-
sentee, as is too probable, the clever people will
have to find a new favourite for the Derby. I
believe bar ugly temper has shown itself again, so that
Darrebury may yet have to fall back upon the now despised
Earl who will notbe opposed by many good horses, pre-
suming half the rumours afloat just now are true. It is
strange that the more Paco is backed, the more " Ashy" ho
bosom's, and there le something ominous in the money
that la outrusted to his stable oempanions Speculum and
Harvester, the latter of whom has made great improve-
ment since he has been in M. DSWKeill bands. Ryon a
fourth string of the Duke of Nurcutle's (Talk of the Hill)
can find his way into the quotations, and the noble owner's
fancy for Cocos there can be no mistaking. It is said he
has offered a regular Hobbie Noble price for the
colt to Xr. " Lincoln," whose fondness, however,
will scarcely allow him to park, and it must be sufficient
for his grace to get Uncaa's measure in the Warwick Trial
with Speculum. The mystery concerning Sir Joseph
Hawloy's three is kept up, a cansultation of vela held over
thericresism—unable to " take his corn"—eouplod with
the return of Blue Gown into favour, being
~anoogh to
set the world thinking ; brit the title of " Mehl baronet"
will not be lost should Pahneds son really emu to irre-
mediable grief, for there can he no mistaking the excel-
low of the pair Sir Joseph has to fall bask upon in The
Gown (who but for the ignominious defeat at Donesater
would be as good • performer as any of his
year) and Green Sleeve. That things are as
with regard to the favourites is shown by the
money invested on Typhoeus, Rabioan, Seesaw, and seen
St. Ronan, far both the Two Thousand and Derby—be-
sides Formosa and Vale Royal for the first event, and
Suffolk and • " coming outsider," the Sunflower con, for
the second--and I must reiterate the advioe, as the cue
at present duds, to look after Typhoeus for both his ga-
mesman.
- Important as the kungen de the three-year-old races bee
been, the talent have found time to make some warm
favourites for the handicaps—Blinkhoolie, Nemes, Chel-
tenham, Mayflower, and the Breach, to wit standing well
in the City and Suburban, u Lady Rosehill may ales do
some day. The Gladiateur men have Nimes a great
favourite, so that I need not be ashamed of the hint
given when the Spring Handicaps first appeared, that the
Frenchmen were very threatening in them all, as the
Czar only broke down when running well at Lincolggend
Patrician is " coming" far the Chester Cup. Perht we
shall bur of another Frenchman in the " City " before
the day, IL Sohlokler having two useful nags at Chantilly
in Gennanique and Vendene and the latter hag so othi r
engagement this tide the dhannel. A. Taylor and
Dawson, too, have way strong teams, Captain Kidd and
Franchise, on the 'one hand, being awfully dangerous,
whilst if the Paco division can Ind a better ally than
Clairon, they will do. As regards the Northamptomidoe
Stakes, the beet money is on Lord Hastings and Mandrake
at present, and, should the public not interfere, the same
remark may apply to Ackworth • few days hence. But
Leap Year is not to be forgotten in 'BB, another " L," the
once stumped-rep Limiter, having run so big at Not-
tingham (where he might have bean much nearer to
Grey Stocking) that if he can only stand the
beef being taken off, he will play the very dickens with the
youngsters. The return into favour of Vcriclia has nearly
stopped the betting on the Chester Cup, and more anxiety
will be manifested to see her than any other " lot " the
Duke of Beaufort will have up at Ascot on Saturday.
There will be • stray muster to " tout " her on FridaL
when all the horses will probably show on the co
fact of the two year olds cantering being enough :Must
• strong muster of the elite, though the promoters of the
West Drayton meeting need scarcely fear the rivalry. A
very different class of sporting characters are catered for
here, and they will find plenty to teepee= alive, excellent
fields being ensured. For obvious reasons, however, It
would be dangerous to speculate on the events before the
public until the last moment, And I can only observe that
Thorndyke ought to carry off the chief prize after his close
rub with Artesian at Chelmsford. Again, the failure of
the steoulothashig at Shrewsbury, wirers Mr. Frail did
not have one of his taut grant meetings, shows what a
number of good horses must be in reserve far Warwick,
Bedford, Etc., so that few may put in co at the
Bristol and East Somerset gathering, valuable as is the
Grand Chase. Herein Captain Croastree looks all over •
winner on paper, the only one he has muse to fear being
Gana—l am, do., METEOR.