The Express.
London, England, 1863-02-11 00:00:00

LATEST SPORTING INTELLIGENCE

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READING MEETING.—(THIS DAY.)
BWEICPSTAKES OF 5 BOYS.
Windsor
hew.
BERKSHIRE STEEPLECHASE,
Alma
6 ran.

ENTRY FOR SELLING RTEEPLECHASE. About
three miles. The winner to be sold.
DOCIAVOT 60i, Tattler 40i., sad Orkoustra 404
WHITLEY STAERS. Two miles and a half.

Oaasewielr,Alma, Light of other lasya Python, Lesion
Oliver, Mathwar, Long Odda, Gladiator, Orkoastra, Oork-
screw, sod Oliver Twist ara hare.

SCARBOROUGH MEETING.—(THIS DAY.)
SCARBOROUGH STREPLEUHASE. About throe miles

and a baR.
Joe Maay, Red Robin, Rainy, hem by The Era, Jena-
mine, awry Bounce, and Fader Witch ue here.
Rapes and Olin= are serandied.

INNKSBPSIIIf PLATE. About two miles sod
Samar Lem, Pedd►, Jimmie Deese, Crookshanka, osto,
Widesweke, Sam Waller, Katehkes, Lord of the TOO, sail
Better-Leirthea-Never its hers.

HUNTERS' STAKES. About three miles and a half.
Rader Witch, Ram, Cato, Beek the Gardener, Sports-
man, Brampton, sad Cherry Bounce are hers.

firimota Fiala.Naze DAY.)—A fire broke out
last night in the premier of Mr. R. Gemson, an extensive
card manufacturer, in Garrett-lane, Wadsworth. An
mamma amount of property was destroyed which is thus
officially reported by Captain Shaw, the superintendent of
the Londosi &lip& :—" Garrett-lane' Weeds worth.
Mr. R. Gems, dud manufacturer—a home of eleven
=timber built, Ind as engine and glazing rooms,
down. Timber building, used as drying rooms,
70 feat keg by 15 feet wide burned down ; over six miles
trout the wastat engine-station, of the London establish.
cwt. Oast of ire maknown ; insured in the Royal Firs-
' alke.—Oarrett-lans, R. Bell and Co., patent match
nobietaren ; lath sadusit partition damaged by fire, and
contente and building tly by water, kc."—A fire broke
out about four o'clock • morning in the premises Delon-
ing to Mr. W. Joy, bees broom manufacturer, 17, Junes-
street, Bethnal-green-rced ; the workshops were nearly
boned out.—A fire also took place in the premiere of Mr.
J. B. Needle, • pawnbroker, No. 13, Jaddetrest, Brans-
wick-mama Considerable damp was dom.
THE ACCIDI64T AT SADLER'S WELLL—We are
happy to state that the young lady who was burst while
performing on the =l.lBeases Wells Theatre on Mon-
day night is not so injured as was at first supposed.
The facts ascertained to. correct are times :—ln the last
scene of the peotonfinas, and +Akio lees than • minute of
the time for the curtain to fall, a Min Neilson came is *se-
tae* with one of tie pass of red ere, and the upper portion
of her dress ignited. Fortunately the skirts did not catch,
and by the prompt exertions of s workman, who threw the
nnfortimategirt on the stage, and wrapped her in his coat, the
RUMS were speedily extinguished. Mies Neilson, however,
was sed
though ymlimorirset about the arms, LectlyandAsfhoulter teirns;
attended by a surgeon, she hr al
was placed in • Mb, and con-
veyed, sot to one of the hospitals, but to her home, which,
by • Annie eascideneo is in the same street im which
laved poor Miss Smith, who so lately met her death by •
precleely sierdlareesident at another theatre.
TER FATAL ACCIDENT AT Ave ICE WELL—Last
• Dr. Latest', resumed an adiounied investigation
at the Yayal Free Ifie*tal into the circumstances that led
to the death of John Patter, aged 28, • labourer, who was
killed by the falling of se etch into • new ice well in
mom of erection for Mr. Gatti, in New Wharf-road,
Oaledosinn-road. The jury returned • verdict of "Acci-
dental death," with so addendum expressive of their con-
viction that the deceased lost his life from an error of
nt of those with whom be was not concerned, who
ed the work of ocestrneting the roof of the ice-
well. The jurors farther upraise' their regret that Mr.
Gatti, the proprietor of the ice-well, did not employ proper
and efficient superintentleeos over those who were engaged
to perform the work, and they also regretted that Mr.
William Moseley, the district surveyor, should have allowed
sash a work to proceed to nearly its completion without
detecting to dangerous nature,
MELANCHOLY DEATHS OP TH 6E2 OCTOOINA.
RIANE—Two octogeoariam named Joseph and Johs Fits-
waiter, brothers, lived, together with their sister, in • home
in Parliament-street for a greet number of years. The
brothers bad been brought up to the Mane= of lam de-
signing, and the sister had acted in the capacity of house-
keeper. Joseph, the elder one, was, • short time ago, at-
tacked with brocchitie, under which be lingered for some
times much pan. On Wednesday last, however, he died
at the ripe old age of 84 years. The brother and sister of
the deceased were much affected by his death, the brother
showing excessive signs of grief. His grieving, however,
was sot long, for he expired in one hour after his brother.
The death of two brother' to whom she was devotedly at-
tached was a shock which the eater was unable to with-
stand ; and on the morning fixed for their interment, she
also expired at the age of 88 years.
Tat LAW or Assam ur Faawcs.—The /taper-
tics/ Dauphin*. contains a protest from M. Joke Thieved,
engineer of the mines of Oar-Rouban, in the province of
Tlemcen (Algeria), masa an arbitrary arrest of which he
has been the victim, under nearly the name circumstances
as Y. Fleury, ex-representative, was lately is Paris. M.
Fleury, however, was allowed to ro from his home to the
prefecture in • hackney-coach, but M. Jules Thevenst
was takes off in the presence of all the inhabitants,
and obliged to mete • two days' jauntily on
honebsok, under soma of four geedannes, from Gar-Boehm
to Thames. On his appearing before the Procnreur- Im-
*la, it was discovered that H. Jules Thevenet's person in
so way resembled the description of the Joseph Tbeveset,
accused of fraudulent bankruptcy, for whom he had been
mistakes. It was also amerteined that Y. Jules Themest
is a native of Grenoble, where his busily is highly respected,
while Joseph Thereat is a native of St. Julies, In Savoy.
Alter acksowlseglog that tinder the circomstanoss the
magistrates could only express regret for whet
bad Unread M. Juke Thevenet concludes his
; letter with the following observatioas :—" Yet how
• insufficient is this reparation for the mental sufferings
endured during a journey of 25 league, under the escort of
gendarmes! What compensation is there for the Ices
caused to the Gar-Reuben Mining Company by the sus-
sonion of all the works during my compulsory abuses!
What a perturbation has there not been in the iodostriel
; popaktios, thus soddenly deprived of work aid sr; ik„,r
wog din It t_t thai. puLi. salaam-a
by the too frequent abuses ociounitreet under the working
std defective matitutioos, should claim some el than gua-
rantees of which our English neighbours are so iireatL•
A Tau Fox.—Mr. William Riteon, of Wasdale
Head, has at this time • fine fox, fall grown, whisk goes
loose in the yard, with his shepherd's doge, is as assatdo•
able and quiet se any cur, and has sot, to all sppeereses,
any wish to enjoy its former nefelnial2ooe quarters. —Chea-
ter:B*d Pacquet.