The Express.
London, England, 1861-02-21 00:00:00

LATEST SPORTING INTELLIGENCE.

OIT zucnne rettiourx.►
READING MEETING.—(THIS DAY.)
HANDICAP SWEEPSTAKES. Three milts.
Ribworth Laos .
Tom
3 rim
WELTER RACE.
Broughton . .. I
Maid of the Mill
BCLMURSHE PLATE.
Red Raver
The Curate . ..
Premiss ..
6 rut.
Raining very fast hem
IDITRY FOR SELLING STARES. One
Vinnaou, 201. ; kkautiful Btu, 2111. ; Woodbine, 601. ;
Litigatioa, 201.
ENTRY FOR HANDICAP SWEEPSTAKES. Two
miles and a half.

Huard, llot 71b ; C;l;l4linalist •; &thimble. 10ot 121 b;
Mannioa, 10ot Nib ; Bli1" lOst 71b ; Woodhir, 104.

REPORT 0, THE NATIONAL VACCINE BOARD TOE
TEE YEAR 114160.—The bainl of the National Vaccine Eats-
blishmeut report that during the put year 219,490
of lymph have been supplied, being an excess of 14,091
over the number furnished during the preceding year. The
letters of application for lymph received and answered by
the board during the year amount to 12,783. This..
teen thousand eight hundred and forty-nine vaccine-
dons have been performed by the vaccinators in
Loudon anti the country, connected with the
establiahmetit, besides 106,471 reported vaccinated by cor-
respondents. Although smallpox has not prevailed during
the last year to the same extent as in the preceding, it has
nevertheless occurred sufficiently to keep alive the Adana
which had been excited during (he former period. The ex-
perience of the board, which has now extended over a
period of more than half a ceutury, is, however, entirely op-
posed to such alarm : it is true, indeed, that =ayhowever,
cases of
smallpox, rime of them fatal, have occurred
persons reputed to have been vaccinated, yet a close=
has ascertained that of these by far the larger proportion
consists of two classes, than who have been in the fint in-
stance imperfectly vaccinated, and Ones who may have
been efficiestly vaccinated in infancy or childhood, but have
retracted smallpox at an adult age. These coosideratione,
though they should have nn tendency to meetings distrust
is the efficecy of vaccination, prove the necerity of inissesed
caution, both as to the meaner of performing the ope-
ration, anti the quality of the lymph employed.
As !spire the performance of re.vaccination, the board
have Ira able to obtain no evidence whatever that its fre-
quent repetition is necessary, or even desirable, though
many bets tend to render it not improbable that vaccine-
ties performed in infancy may lose it. protective power
after adolescence. On thee. grounds, re-vaccination at as
early adult me would appear bramble.
A DOWRY or Dearrs.—A peep into the schedule
of an insolvent who apppeeaared at the Canterbury Court on
Friday reveals a sad ffluitration of the reckless extrema-
rz:expenditure for deems and finery which is but too
tly to be met with in the lives of those whose
'realist aim appsam to be the keeping up of appearances,
sad is a case which will serve as • hint to young
••• to inquire Into the Ci/COMAS•01115 of their betrothed
roe before the nuptial knot is tied. The insolvent was
Org. H hybris, who was a clerk in the dockyard
at and who married a Mims Spry, formerly of
72, Oread-parade, Brighton, sad afterwards of Sydney
Hisame,Soutbries. The schedule contained debts to the amount
of nearly 3,000 L, retracted by Hrs. Ayliog previous to her
merriep, end theme included 7001. owin; to silk mercers,
101. for sands, 001. for prints and petunia, 2521. to a
air end grim dear, 1311. to • looking-glass mann-
ilestimer, 11/.
_for beets, upward, of 1001. for jewellery,
11/. Ile en artilleiel florist, 2061. to an ironmonger. 48ffi.
I. isyheisturem, 701. to booksellers, sad a variety of other
Its.. •• too numerous to meadow" One et the most re-
markable features in the lady's accounts was that bee
" milliner's bill" amounted to 3/. 12s. 9d. only ; but there
was 741. owing to a lady who keeps a Berlin wool shop,
whirl might is some degree account for it. The insolvent s
dente crietractivi be himself arsoneted to about 1701., and
1701. was stated to he the amount of his income as a clerk
in the dockyard—heat SYNC: Gazdte.