The Express.
London, England, 1864-02-06 00:00:00

LATEST SPORTING INTELLIGENCE

Orr IrLICIILIC TIIMILAIB.)
WINDSOR MICKTING.-(THIS DAY.)

CASTLE STEEPLECHASE. About two miles amid a ball.
Leamingtoo, Instates, Deception, Diadem, Grey Peter,
and Croton Oil are ben.
OPEN STEEPLECHASE. About four miles.
Taller Oal, Red Rover, Deception, Sir Bobby, Pilot, and
Princess Dagen" an bore.
ENTRY FOR MILITARY STEEPLECHASE.
Useless Bret*, Ballycasey, Pally Hopkins, The Houk,
Croton Oil, sod Ny Nary. All are bore.

FIRE .AT THE SOUTH DOWN POWDER WORE'S.
(THIS DAT.)

PLYMOUTH, B.I.TuIDAY, 10.30 A.M.

Tbia morning, about 8 o'clock, a fire, accompanied
by a very slight explosion, took place at the Blasting Pow.
der Works, new Ifillbrook, Harnoase.
Signal was immediately made from the flag-ship Adelaide.
aid her boats and firs-sagMea, with throe of the Qualms,
Ounbridge, St. George, Indus, &a, in charge of about 500
man, proceeded to South Down, removed most of the
stone to a place of safety, and suppremed the fire. It ori.
I ghsated in the packing room, which, with the drying room
sad their contests (many toss of Westing powder), are de-
stroyed.
One of the workmen, named Macdonald, is injured, and
lase, an able seaman belonging to the Osaopus, had his
arm burnt, in coosequence of a spark falling on two trays of
powder which he was endeavouring to save.

Among the curiosities of the Tripos list at Cam-
bridge (says the Bars Poet) is the hot that two member
of Cams, who were fast Meads and constant associates, wbo
r. kept" commits each other on the same staircase, and who
read together, came out bracketed sixth.
TZWEIDINCRY ELECTION. —TINEABBIJET, FRIDAY.
—Tbe writ for the election of a member for this borough is
the room of the Hon. J. Enos which was moved for last
sight, cams down hers to-&y, lad was proclaimed by the
mayor, who has fixed the nomination for Tuesday next It
will be remembered that an the death of the late Earl Beau-
champ, and the elevation cf his eldest 1100, Lord El mley, to the
, Mr. Lama retired from Tewkesbury and was elected
or Woroestenaire which Lord Hawley had repro-
seated in 'moral parliaments. The only candidate for
Tewkesbury is J. R. Yorke, Eeq., who offers himself in
the oomervative interest. It is expected there will be no
opposition to his elastic..
Tea PROPOSED CITY RA TINILY& —Lent evening
a public meeting of the parishioner of St. Bride, Fleet-
street, was held, to take into eoesideration the proposed
acts of parliament autharisisig the construction of rail-
ways within the limits of the perish ; the Bev. Charles
Marshall in the chair. A petition to the Overt of
Common Comical in favour of the eetablishmest of baths
and melamine.s in the city of London havisg been
adopted, Mr. Atwood Smith, the vestry clerk, said
he had looked into the proposed railways. and he found
that if they were earned out they would take nearly
all the property within the parish. Mr. George
Walter observed that it wow very important that the
railways should be watched, and he accordingly moved
the appointment of • committee for that purpose. Mr.
Payee weeded the moiler., and said the course of action of
the °enmities would be to investigate the merits of the
railways, and to report to mother merit°r of the inhabitants
whether the railways would act injuriously upon the parish,
lor whether they would cooler a Mutat The motion was
carried asd a vote of thanks to the Marinas cloned the
proceedisp.
NATIONAL FRIEHOLD LAND SOC I ITV. —The
fourteenth annual meeting of the members of this
society was held lest imam at the Leaden Tavern—
,C. Gilpia, Esq., M.P., in the chair. The report showed
an increase of the members' capital of 25,7244 17s. 64.,
and in members' ascaritsse of 26,332 L Is. 4d.. and •
decrease is the Mosses to the British Lead Company
of 16,600/. 7s. Bd. The motioned normse in the what
ruay be called the banking busbies@ of the society had
forced epos the ettestioe of the directors the impornnes
of employieg a portion of the funds, sot lent to members
of the British lend y, In the purchase of seemities
that would be immediately available. They had therefore
invested 35,000/. in such securities bearing interest at 411
and 5 per cent. per annum. Tbo rate of interest on de-
posits was 4 per cent throughout the year. The amount
lest during the year was 26,2031. Bs. Bd. The set prolt
on the year was 16,4061. 17s. at, of which the savant
required to be added to uncompleted shares will he asset
8,4e31.. leaving 8,0001., out of which the directors proposed
to pleas to the credit of members a hostas el 1 per eget in
additioa to interest and profit on the year. The report wee
adopted.
CN II AP PT CONDITION OV PARENT& Mtastxo SHUN. —LON DON, Fan. 4.—Tbe Julian
A very ranin.oaakk, looking man, who appeared oven, , and Brothers, from Crooned% for Loodoa, parsed Elsinore
whelmed with are and anxiety, besought the magistrate's era the list November, and has not Mite bees heard of.
assistaeoe under the following distressing circumstances. The NeXerwegits). from Cronstedt for Loudest, sailed
Ap Besot said that his child, a girl of very feeder yeas, Irern as the 30th of November, aad has not sin
cehad from her Lome is aye ...kg a few day. iv. bees beard of. The Mary Rogers riled from batmen tor
caused very o London cm the 18th of November, and Me not siege been
Her absence maiderable satiety, aad he cams
to Load., in search d her. Am. gdigaais inquiry b fooma heard of. The Eludes, Iran Alexandria for the United
her last night, sod heard she bad probably been rescued
_Kingd_r sailed Mail' a° the 26th d Odd"' and
from ruin by the kind interference of the police, wbo had u`' riot sine.sine.y___
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toned her in very bad company. Tics LONDON COAL Mann—The quantity of
Mr. Howard, as inspector of the B Mnsitia, sad that • I coal and win conveyed b Landera during the away al
few days ago he saw the child in quintals. Ho met her at January lasi IlLthe various nalunZa was lel"' In
3 in the morning in G rosvener.row, in company cwt. What 10a3010 UM. I cwt. to Jansen,l
with a prostitute, when observing that she appeared strange A boat, with "Admiral K Guile Hark," painted
and timid he considered it his duty to make some inquiries on it, her bees picked up off Christelturci, in Hampshire.

" Lendyilog. October 15, 1860.
" To James fowls.
" You wish me to state my reasons for having, or rather
desiring, that my wife should leave me, and that we should
lire separately. 'They are simply, that I from my beart dis-
like my wife, and this feeling existed before oar
but in a less exaggerated form. I believe her to hem a goo
sad deems woman, and to a man who loved her abs
would maks a good and devoted wife. She has dome
all in her power to please me. but of no avail.
I feel miserable to her somety ; consequently she must feel
equally so in mine, and I think it better we should, as
many do, live separately. That, on the other band, my
wife knowing my feelings can come to my house at Glee-
morlais, if she chooses to live ow the same terms we ham
drays done sin.w the day of our marriage. I will answer
my letters James Borth° may think proper to address to
ma oo this subject. " J. B. G."
A young woman named Williams whom the respondent
had seduced in 1836, and whom he had sogeged as • sanest
after his admin., deposed that she bed borne children to
him no the Tith May, 1860, and on the Wed of May, 1863.
For the bet he allowed her ss. per weekend for the second
2s. rd.
Deals nisi, with costs.