The Express.
London, England, 1863-09-23 00:00:00

LATEST SPORTING INTELLIGENCE

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TUNBRIDGE MEETING.-(THIS DAY.)
ENTRY FOR SOUTH•BASTERN PLAYS

Lady Derby, 6 yrs, &A 71b; Voltam, a, Bst ; Rubiai,
3 yri, 7st 91b ; Margery,
M 4 yrs, 7st 71b ; Blanche of Lan-
caster, 3 jiu, Gut ; r. Malley's we (pedigree au-
kooero), a, 6.1 lab; Wild Huatreeaa, 2 yr., 6.1 lab;
Height Taraplar, 3 yr., 6st Blb ; Prescription, 2 yrs, 6.1 61b ;
Margery f, 2 yrs, bet Db. All are here.

KID KENT STAKE& About 1 =Es.
Gibraltar, Coastereatioe, &livers% Deerfoot, Spitfire
Kitty, Rapine% Lavender, sad Devotee are here.

SELLING HANDICAP. Oas mile.
&livers*, 475. Set 716 ; Perry 4 yre. 7a4 IMb ; Fletaoa,
3 yrs, Gat 1216 ; Maaboarquat. 37ra, 454 416 ; Margery, 2 yrs,
Est 716. Al srs bece.

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NURSKRY PLATE. Blx furlong.
Overcast, I.:Mislay. Nukes% Coofediralist. Mysterious
lady, Bianca f, Wheldraks, Telacornta, and Ella' are ben.

SELLING STAKFId. The oionor to be sold for 301.

Lady Derby, Pyrrha, Piekepos, Roes Lee, Telsooinbe,
Maaboarqnst, Yessure for MOW" and Voltam d'l are
here.

RICHMOND MEETING.-(IRIS DAY.)

WRIGHT STAKFS. Four firrliem 230 yards.'
Served Yell, Veterinarian. Shaffer, Vie Galen cs, Meia's
dam f, Chivalry, Hearielas, Gondola, fita, fieregoras, and
Bandarills are here.
BURTON_ HANDICAP. Om mile and a half.

Olisnie;t3i.l4;;;;rke. Trust, Benny Bell, Ali.,
Trump Queen, Yealaroe, aed Ansi= are here.

ZEILAND PLATE. Half•mile straight.
Lady Louisa, Eatremet, My Mary, Calabria, 'Newmarket,
Maid at Mid, Neemharch, Mite Armstrooa, Who's Who,
Mir Ootralead, Mime Tees, Whitaboro, fby Cariboo, sod
Baktitchi are here.

QUEEN'S PLAT& Three stiles.
Gllse On, Roomy Bell. Sarah Ali o, My Mary, Alice,
Trump Querns, Ca'Ark, trelanhieueble Beauty, KW Arm-
oires., sod Betsy Oopelaied are hue.

NURSERY HANDICAP. Fair (wimp 200 yards.
Hbleebom Melrose dam e, a by Yucatan, Charlotte
Roam Ghillie Oallam, I by Cariboo, Leybura Lana f, Bells.
Niue, Lyra, Nand Again, Mantrap, Braudy, Lords Napoleon,
and Captain Walker are bona

YARMOUTH MEETING.—(THIS DAY.)
COUNTY KENNELS' PLATE. Five furlongs, 80 yarda
Whitebait, The Hare, and Polonaise ars here.

INNKEEPERS' PLATE. Halt • mile.

Zees, Narita= f, Lyello, &Kite, Birthday f, Pretty
Bird. aad Mn. Somerville are here.

MARYLEIONE HROLITTRATION.—MT. Terrell, the
barrister appointed to revise the lista of voters for Maryle-
bone, will bold hia court at the Vestry-hall, Paddington, on
Monday, the sth October.
Tae HOP PLENTATIONIL—ROCHESTER, SEPT. 22.
—Although is some of the distikte heavy rains have tended
to interfere with the hop-polling, yet on the whole the
season Ina bees a very good one, and the picking hos been
cai.ied on under generally favourable auspice.. Throughout
the county of Kent picking is nearly at an end, and by the
closed the present week the whole of the grounds will be
cleared, the hops having been gathered in • compara-
tively short space of time. The opinion formed at the
commencement of the NUM that the crop would prove •
short one has been fully borne out, the reports from the
various districts sell agreeing that the hops are very much
below the anticipated crop. The quality, however. is Pre-
nouoced exceedingly toe, and, taking the entire extent of
the hop-growing district. has, perhaps, never bean surpassed.
While in some parts of Kent, especiolly in the neighbour.
hood of the tick hop lands around Maidstone, Canterbury,
and Crubrook, as much as from 15 cart to 20 cwt. per acre
Las bees obtained, the general yield may be estimated at
&beet 5 cwt. to 8 'wt. per acre, and in many places even
less. Taking the approximate acreage under cultivation
this eirawa at 50,000, this would imply • yield equivalent to
• duty of from 160.1101. to 200,CCJ1., the latter being the
extreme figure. The accounts from the continental hop-
gardensdercribe the yield as being considerably below what
was at Ant anticipated, but the quality as exceedingly good.
In consequence of the reported partial failure of the English
crop, prices of all kind. of hops had risen in the foreign
market, bat few tranaactions had bees effected. For best
lifid.Keets the present quotations are 61. to 61. 10s. ; East
Kent; 5/. to fit; and choice ditto, 61. sa. to 71. 10a. The
swarms of hop-pickers have commenced taking their de-
pedals, mad during the last few days about S,GXI have left '
this neighbourhood for London, chiefly by special trains oil '
the North Kent Railway.
COLLIERY EXPLOSION.—An explosion occurred in
the forge pit at Abernant on Monday afternoon. no men
are usually employed in this pit. but the accident occurred
in the nine-foot vein, where 25 men only were at work
at the time. Of these, nine were more or In. severely
bum; and dying before he reached the mouth of the
pit. The remaining eight are considered likely to survive,
though some of their injuries are of • serious character.
Four horses were killed, sod two of the air-doors were
blown off. Five men were half suffocated by the choke-
damp, but recovered on being brought to the mouth of the
pit. Meters. Hosegood and Smith. the civil and mining
engineers of the Abernant Work., were on the epos
directly after the explosion, and under their superintend-
ence the men were promptly brought up from the working;
immediate attention being paid to the sufferers by Dr.
Miles and Mr. Evan Jones, surgeon of the work&