The Express.
London, England, 1868-06-08 00:00:00

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Sermon-lane, Islingtou, was charged before Mr. Mansfield
with violent!, mewl_ tang Mrs. Sarah Grover, and breaking
her leg, at No. 8, Russell-place, Islington.
On Saturday evening the defendant went to the cam-
plainaut's bowie the worse for liquor, and made a dis-
turbance, challenging the whole of ie family to fight.
The unfortunate woman asked him to go away, but instead
of doing so he knocked her down. BMtle, t she wee on the
ground the defendant kicked her above the ankle and so
in tired her that she bad to be conveyed to the Royal Free
Handal, Gray's-inn-road, where it was found that her
leg was fractured ; and that she was bruised in various
parts of the body.
The prisoner was remanded for a week.
MARLBOROUGH-STREET.
DANAOttfO THE MORMON 111 NTOE-TLET.

Jew• Thompson was charged befoie Mr. Knox with
damaging some geraniums in Hyde-park.
Pollee-constable Hook, 214 A, proved seeing the prisoner
pull up some geraniums, and on telling him that he bad
done wrong be threw them away, saying that ha did nut
know that he had done any harm.
Mr. Knox fined him 10e. or seven days.
Georg,* Burgess, a middle-aged man of respectable ap-
pearance, was charged by John Martin, 267 A, with a
similar offence.

Mr. Knox said the prisoner WM totally without excuse,
and he considered it a most disgraceful act for a man of
the prisoner's ago. The prisoner would have to pay 205.,
or fourteen days.

BETTING IN LONDON.-{THIS DAY.)

2'30 r. it .

The Ascot event furnished a fair amount of business for
speculators this morning. For the Ascot Stakes, the only
three backed were Maid of Maabam mare, Satyr, and
Burk, the first-named having the call. For the Royal
Hunt Cup, FAirtley proved one of the hottest favor-
ite* ever known for the race, 2 to 1 being taken in
ponies, fifties, and hundreds, and at the finish 7 to 4
being the longest odds obtainable ; in fact, the betting on
this event was, to a great extent, paralysed, the only
other hone backed being Maid of Mashem colt and The
Dean. Very little was done on the Northumberland
Plate or the St. Leger.

ASCOT STAKES.
6 to I apt Maid of Mash= m (t)
7to 1 Satyr (t and off)
8 W 1 Burls (t and off)
ROYAL HUNT CUP.
7 to 4 agst Eaatley (off, 2to 1 t and w)
100 to 9 Maid of Mash= c(t and off)
100 to 8 The Dean (t and off)
100 even on Eastley, The Dean, and Maid of
Mash= c apt the fold (t)
NORTHUMBERLAND PLATE.
10 to 1 apt Philosopher (t and off)
10 to 1 Fortumo (off. tl2to 1)
10 to I El Cid (of)
RT. LFAIER.
.l to I on the Field (of)
8 W 1 agst Rosiczncian (off, 10 to 1 t and w).

CRICEST.--(THIS DA E)

NORTH v. SOUTH OF THE THAMEN.

To-day, in fine hot weather, this match was
r.ommenord at Lords', in the presence of about the usual
average of spectators. There were several changes in the ale.
veins. The North went in first, C. Coward and Bummer being
the batsmen, and GriMth (Pavilion end) and Mr. W. G.
Grace the bowlers. Off the third ball Coward was caught
at the wicket. Mr. Hornhy made 9,
.and then was bowled,
with the score at 16, Summers having previously retired.
Mr. Dale and Plumb next operated, and when the score
was up to 3.5, Mr. Dale was-howled by Griffith, his 14 in-
cluded a splendid on drive for 6, an off drive for 4, and a
cut for three. . _

Tama o'CLocx.
The wickets fell very fast, the ground favouring the
bowlers. The fourth went whets the more was
at 39. Biddniph's (the sixth) fell at 45. When
Price and Mr. Verelst were in, a slight shower
suspended operations for a few minutes. The former had
to leave when the score was at 59. Vereist made a cut
for 3, and was then caught by long stop-8 for 62.
Greenwood was caught in the slip off a " pop-
per" of Mr. Gilbert Grace. Mr. Wootton was
clean bowled by Griffith, and the innings terminated ex-
actly at 2 o'clock for 73. The South eent in Dr. Grace
and Jupp, to the bowling of Greenwood sad Wotton. The
latter bowled Dr. Grace, and Griffith went in. At dinner.
time the score was as under :
Noon.—First Innings.
V. Coward, e pogaaw. Once 0
G. Summer; b a
Mr. A. N. Hornby, b GYM*
Mx. J. W. Dole, b f3rlltb
T. Numb, et rooky, b W. G. Grine 7
B. Biddulph, b Grath
H. W. Verde, b Orifiltb ll
W. Price a Pocky, b Grath
O. Wootton e layy b W. tines
OTPISIPOOd e , b W. G. Grass
J. Grundy. not oat 4
IblorL a

Total ...
I[r. Z. X. Orme b Wootton
Ocarir—Pbui ionises.
u. Ordliti e Verelet, b Oreenrcei

The distance between the city of Omaha in the
Far West and San Francisco is 1,703 miles. When the
Pacific railroad is completed there will be 87 railroad
stations between the two places, or a station at every 20
miles. Refreshments will be sold at every station. All
along the route there will be military stations.
Mr. Dickens announces a " farewell" series of
readings in the provinces during the autumn.
The great rehearsal for the Handel Festival at
Sydenham will take place on Friday next.

The Rod says that Mr. Spurgeon, feeling
alarmed at the resiatance offered by Mr. Gladstone and
the liberal leaders to Mr. Sinclair Aytoun's motioa against
Maynooth, sought an interview with the right hoe.
gentleman to ash him why the motion was opposed. The
result is thus stated in a letter which the look prints :
" I fear that Bright and Russell have a hankering after
endowing the sect--Rome among them ; but Gladstone
will make a clean sweep of them all, save only the reserve
of vested interests. I went last Friday and saw him
personally, and feel reassured. I prophesy that the
money will go in schools and that grants wiff be made
to the number of each body, and this is the
bottomati
of
the objection to a resolution which forbade the
giving of any of the funds to cathohe institutions."
VOLUNTIER INTZLIJOINCIL—The annual in-
spection of the 20th Middlesex Rifle Volunteers took place
on Saturday evening, in the Regent's-park, in the pre-
sence of a large number of spectators. Osneral the Mon.
James Lindsay, the impactor-general of the reserved
forces, was the inspecting oriier of this corps, whilst
Colonel Daubeny, assistant-inspector, wee pmformmga
similar duty ooncunently with regard to the 39th Y'
sex (Finsbury) Rifles in another part of the park.

A DISTINGUIBHYD filraixosz. —One of the
female mambos of the Japanese troupe, now
at the Lyceum Theatre, was last evening safely claim=
of a by Mr. C.Pearson, accoucheur. This is, we
believe, the first Japanese born in this country.

THE OXFORD COMMEMORATION.—The festivities
usual at this season of the year will commence this week.
Coming events east their shadows forward, and gay
dresses and pretty bonnets may already be seen in unto-
enAomed pines. By the end of the week lectures will be
forgotten, hooka thrown aside, and Dons and Deans intent
only on enquiring dames. The commemoration is really a
period of &termlie, and Oxford for a week is hardly
to be recognised by those who have only known it
in its ordinary decorous garb. The gaieties will com-
mence with a concert in the hall of Pembroke, Dr.
Johnson's old college, on Thursday evening, the
11th, which will be followed by similar entertainments on
the other evenings of the week. Ou the following Mon-
day morning Mn. Scott-Siddons will give a dramabc reed-
ing, and, in the evening, the usual procession of boats will
take place; theatricals at St. John's and the Freemasons'
ball will conclude the day's proceedings. On Tuesday
there will be a dower show at Worcester, a conceit at
Exeter, theatricals, and the Eton and Harrow boll. In
coniequence of the melancholy death of Mr. Marriott the
nwmlwie of ChriA Church will not give their usual ball.
On WeduesAay morning the Encomia will be held in the
Shell a Theatre. alai in the evening the CuiverAty
Conmi.monitiou ball will take place. Lords Bute, Do-
nouglimore, Ileheater, and Rosebery are among the stew-
ards. Ou the following evening there will be a ball at
Corpus.