The Express.
London, England, 1861-02-12 00:00:00

LOBS OF THE WHITBY LIFEBOAT.

The following appears in the Times:
" We have had a fearful dorm to.day at Whitby ; half a
mile of our 'trend is already strewed with seven
wrecks. Our new lifeboat was but launched a few
mouths ago, and was manned with the old crew of
the finest picked seamen in Whitby. Five times during the
day . had they braved the furious sea, and five times
returned with crews saved from vessels in distress. A
sixth ship was driven in behind the pier. The men,
all exhausted though they were, again pulled out,
but before they had gone fifty yards a wave capsized the
boat. Then was beheld by several thousand persons withiu
almost a stone's throw, but unable to assist--the fearful
agonies of those powerful men, buffeting with the fury of
the breakers, till one by one 12 out of 13 sank, and only
one is saved. I have to add that 11 out of these 12 were
married, and have left families; and I am sorry to say that
I myself know, that, owing to the severe winter to fisher-
men, nearly all are left destitute. Whitby will do its duty
to its bravest hands ; but I feel assured that an old life-
boat's crew, who have saved hundreds of our fellow-crea-
tures from such a fate as this, and at last perished in the
noble discharge of duty to the public, will have the wants
of their bereaved families cared for by the reader+ of the
Thus.-1 am, sir, your moat obedient servant, liVimanat
KLAN?, perpetual curate of Whitby.— Whitby Parsonage,
Yorkshire, Saturday Night, Feb. 9.'

The Emperor Napoleon has just purchased for
25,000 fr. one of the last painting executed by M. Ingres.
It represents thej scene of Louis XIV. receiving Maths
at his table in presence of all the gentlemen of the
court.

Some of the Paris journals state that, by order
of the Emperor, the Cbineee curiosities sent by the army in
China to his Majesty are to be exhibited during tea days in
the Pavilion Henan of the Palace of the Tuileries, and the
public are to be admitted without cards. His Majesty has,
besides, directed that a catalogue of the articles shall bo
drawn up. Among the articles sent are said to be 75
splendid pieces of fur for the Empress ; a/so some beautiful
corals, and a pearl necklace of unparalleled beauty.

A hostile meeting, originating in a dispute at the
Jockey Club, took place two days since at Paris, between
M. de Grammont•Caderousse and M. }tension, in which the
former was wounded in the arm.

The King of Holland, in a touching address to
the people, calls on them to make throughout the king-
dom, on the 19th, • collection for the sufferers from the
inundations. The last accounts from the country districts
are more satisfactory. The Rhine had fallen, and was free
from ice between Arnhem and Wyk, and the Withal was
also subsiding.

A Warsaw letter states :—" Public opinion,which
is here generally very silent, has been recently aroused by
a fact which is somewhat important in a local point of view.
Colonel Leuchte has been sent to the fortress of 7amosk,
to be imprisoned for several years. He killed, in a fit of
passion, several of the peasant* on certain property which
the state had made him a present of. In the time of the Em-
peror Nicholas, he would only have received a simple repri-
mand, but the Emperor Alexander views those affairs in a
different light. His Majesty ordered the colonel to be
brought before a military tribunal, and the court having
shown itself too lenient, he ordered a fresh trial, which
ended in a condemnation."

By the deaths of Marshals Boequet, Reille, and
Prince Jerbme, a marshal's Won become. vacant, although
the number of manbals exceeds that fixed for the time of
peace. According to the law el 18:i9, the number of mar-
shale is to be six in peace, and may be raised to twelve in
time of war ; but when in peace three vacancies occur, one
new nomination may be made, even though the number of
marshals is more than six. There are now ten marshals,
and all were promoted to the dignity by the present Em-
peror, some of them at the time he was Prince Preeidest.

SPORTING INTELLIGENCE:

THE LINCOLN SPRING MEETING.
TO THE EDITOR 07 THE MCPHEE&

Stn,—Thauka to the new rule in the revisal!
Queen's Plate articles, the race committee at the Lavoie
Spring (?) meeting will in future be bound to
alter the date of their day's sport, or forfeit
one of its chief attractions, as Art. X. ...Lys
" Her Majesty's Plates to be run for between the 2:4h of
March and the 15th of November," consequently as they
have only one meeting in the year at Lincoln, Mr. Ford
mast forfeit all claim to the 100 Guineas when fixing his
meeting for the 13th and 14th of February. Now, this
fixture appears most unnecessarily early, as there would
be plenty of time to get through the early " opine
gatherings—the half-dozen that take place before
Northampton—were the ball set rolling a month hence, for
between the last day at Warwick (March 21) and the first
at Northampton (April 2), there is quite a blank, and
nothing takes place worthy of mention between Linoola
and Nottingham (March 5). To get Her Majesty's Plate
into the programme again, there is only one course to
adopt—that of appointing the fixture for the last week
in March—between Warwick and Northampton- -and 1
cannot but think the meeting would benefit by the change,
as it proved almost a failure last year, and its prospects are
not very blooming in 1861, for the change is the weather
yesterday raised doubts in the minds of ninny whether the
affair could be brought to a consummation, so that even
should Mr. Frost not get sufficient hold on the
turf he will have au effect on the attendance,
both biped and quadruped. This fact, coupled
with that of so few hones, after a severe winter, being fit
to fulfil their engagements so early as the second week in
February, will prevent the meeting attaining that success
which might be its lot were a later period of the " winter"
(for it is a fallacy to call it spring) fixed upon; and the 4,00(Y.
put down as added money is not likely to prove a remunerative
speculation, however successful it may have been in promot.
Mg large entries for the seven items already complete. The
mile Thal Stakes, although boasting such a lot as The
Lawyer, 3 yrs, 74 131 b ; Kildonan, 3 yes, fist 131 b ; Aare.
Tian, 3 ps, fist 131 b ; Sawcutter, 3 yrs, fiat 13lb ; Isthmian,
3 yre, 7st 31b; Dartmoor, 3 yre, 6st •13161 Cowin& inn,
3 yrs, 64 131 b ; Amsterdam, 6 yrs, 104 6lb ; and Fuss
Lord, 4 yrs, 9st 61b ; may not bring out a good field, or,
perhaps, either of the three "cracks" fleet mentioned, for
even supposing Kildonan was once a " certain starter," nr,
Parr is not likely to forget his last year's disappointment with
Rattlebone, and he may not send either the Derby "creek"
or Dartmoor until in possession of certain information teat
the ground is in good order. The Lawyer, again, has Me
many valuable engagements for his legs to be jeopardised
on such hard ground, and a horse of his sise—
over sixteen hands—cannot be fit to run yet. Con-
sequently, the moderate animals may have early
all the fun to themselves ; and Isthmian having been die-
gracefully beaten in a " trial" on Saturday leek Amster.
dam may be found the winner, followed by Sawcutter and
Conundrum. The 2-yr-olds in the Brocklesby Stakes are,
of course, "dark," and I can only point at Tokay,
Queen of Spain, and Marcia as being promising youngsters.
The City Handicap, one mile and a quarter, has
very few others betides platers in the list, and
did either First Lord, 4 yn, Set 216, or North lancaahire,
4 yrs, 74 31b, perform, they should beat all comers ;
they are backed in good quarters for the Charter Cup sad
in the absence of the pair, Parmesan, 4 yrs, Tat 31b, Vine,
6 ps, 7st 41b, and Estella, aged, 6st 111 b, must settle tbs
matter. In the Steeple-chase, Colonel, Cockatoo, Premier,
Doubtful, and Jerusalem, are all backed for money, bet
from what I saw of Jerusalem last autumn, his heavy
weight is not likely to stop him, the only doubt possessing
my mind being whether he can give two stone to Doubtful
The Lincolnshire Handicap, one mile, has no appearance of
briefing out those most leniently treated, for in my humble
opinion, Master Begot, Fakdale, Donner-und-Blitz, and
Golden Pippin have all the best of the weights, and should
they see Lincoln let me have either in preference to either if
the present favourites, of which the best to my fancy sp
pear to be Elpioebox and Jenny Longterm, as the three-year.
olds cannot obtain my suffrages so early. Next to thee
comes Walkingtoa, who possesses a turn of speed fora mile,
and is so well prepared that he should finish in the frost
rank. In the Hurdle Baas, Estella ought to show well;
but the other event closed is quite out of my latitude-1
am, lie.,