The Express.
London, England, 1853-02-11 00:00:00

FALL OF A HOUSE AT MANCHESTER.

During the night of Wednesday, a house in
Jewell-piece, Straogevreys, Manchester, isII into the river
Irwell, sad its iumates li id a narrow escape of their lives.
*The house is one of three fronting the liver Irwell, at the
bottom of Irwell-street, the front walls of which rest upon
the river wall, and was in the occupation of Mr. Joseph
Blackloek, j His mother and three brothers resided
in the house, and all were in bed when, about half-past
three o'clor'a, it gave way. Mrs. Biacklack slept in the
front bed-room, and she say. that the only notics she had
of danger was a crashing of the ceiling. bhe got out of bed
to ail°, a light, and was svoiding at the dressing.table, be-
tore the front window, when suddenly the front wall
and window fell from before her and disappeared in the
river below. Sht screamed and retreated to the deor,which
was opened by her eldest sun, who rescued her from her
perilous situation. •f he hark kitchen and bedroom over it
remain 'hulling, and the sons who slept in the back part of
the house escaped the danger. The house stands a con-
aiderable elevation .hove the water, and was approached,
like the other two houses, by a stage supported over tic
river by iron brackets. Tile entire front of the house, in-
cluding the bedroom, parlour, and cellar underneath, have
gone down into the river, and Mr. Macklin:lt has lost and had
destroyed about 201. worth of furniture. The whole founda•
fion of that and the adjoining houses, and that of the
houses for some distance behind, up Irwell-street,
appear to have been of a loose and insecure nature.
The other two houses are much elwken, and are
expected to fall every mometft. Their tenants
fled a. soon as they could possibly remora their furniture.
Several houses behind them, in Irwell-street, have given
way, and exhibit cracks in the flier, and between floors
and walls, which are rather alarming. The houses were
built about six years ago, and were bought from the
builder, and are now the property of Mr. Hilton, landlord
of the Highland Laddie public-house. A previous occupant
of the house that has fallen says he sa• . that the front wall
was bulged outwards whilst he was there, and be had
several cracks plaistered up; he left it, however, from a
conviction that it was not a safe residene, though he loud
no idea it would have come down so soon.

SPORTING.

TATTERSALL'S.-TIIIIIISDAT.
LIVERPOOL STEEPLECHASE.

8 to 1 agst Mr. Mason 'a Miss Mowbray (t to 1001.)
8 to 1 Mr. Mason's Owar (t 9to 1)
9 to 1 Mr. Darnett's Sir Peter Laur:e (t 10 to I)
14 to 1 Captain Little's Half-and 11
15 to 1 was laid agst 03C3t, in the City, on Wednesday,
and yesterday 9 to 1 might bare been obtained without
much difficulty.
NORTHAMPTONSHIRE STAKES.
14 to I agst Mr. Lundcy's Maria (t and aft off)
TWO THOUSAND GUINEAS STAKES.
150 to 100 agst West Australian and Sittingboarne (t)
CHESTER CUP.

20 to I apt Mr. f.1;17;'; 6;tit;nttnent
25 to 1 Mr. T. Parr's Trifle (t and aft ofF)
40 to 1 Captain Line'. Ninnyhaminer (t)
1000 to 15 Mr. S. Merry ns the lied. Lion (t and
aft off)
DLRBY.
13 to 1 oast Mr. Powney's Cincas (t and aft off)
16 to 1 Baron ltothschild's Oresus (t to 1000
35 to 1 Mr. T. Parr's Contentment (t)
40 to 1 Mr. Sort,es's tioneywoood (t 4001.)

BATH STEEPLE CHASES.-TIIITESDAY.
[HY ELECTRIC TELEGRAPH:I
GUARD OPEN STEEPLE CRUZ.
. -

Fret Ltd---- — ----

Ringleader
lass limiDica.r.
lodine
Yowls
STAG kilniT STEEPLE CHASE.
-.-

Gipsey Bess 1
Venus
LIVERPOOL SPRING MEETING.
ACCEPTANCES PO/ SRI 0/AND NATIONAL STEEPLE

at. lb.
Sir Peter Laurie 11 8
Vsinhupe ll 4
Knigtt of Owynue ll 2
11:naMn
Miss Mowbray lO 12
Lucy Neale
Peter Simple
Tipperary Boy lO 10
Abd-el-hader
Due an Durres lO 10
Montague lO 8
Vietress lO 6
Augustine
Carrig
half and•lialf lO 5
Leporello
The General,* lO 4

at. lb
Field Marshal
(Near lO 2
Remark lO 2
ltLiurice DAly
Betsy Prig
&neehet
Poll
View Halloo
Maley
Kilquade
Ringleader
Chatterbox
Friendless 9 8
Itingdove 9 6
Crabbs
The Dwarf

DONCASTER SE
ACCEPTANCES FOIL THE GRAN
st. lb.
Sir Peter Laurie ll 7
Bourt :n
Mica Mow bray
Lucy Neale
Abd-el.liader
Peter Simple lO 7
Carrig lO 6
Victims
Melton'
The General
Half-and-Half
('The Drag
Oscar

'RING MEETING.
ND NATIONALL STNSPLYCHABE.

st. lb.
Leporello
Dandy Jem
(rest Western
Maurice Daley
Field Marshal
Talisman 9 7
Payette 9 7
Benedict 9 6
Maley 9 6
Boned Tom 9 5
Yorkshireman
ltingdove
Friendless
)ONCASTIIR : the
ig 31b, it has been raised

ACCEPTA:YCES YOH THE
highest weight accepting be
to fist 71b, and the others in

. at. lb.
Prime Minister 8 7
Leopold
liungertord
Trousseau
Lough Bawn 7 4
Isabella
Pelopidaa
Bardolph
Prestige
Mayday
Worcester
(lap
Ammonia
Burndalo
Chilton
Breal,o'-day Boy 5 11
Katty Darling

et. lb.
Ethelbert
Annie
Tavistock
Dula Davie .5 7
Knavery .5 7
Charity
c by Don John out of
Potentia
NloAlle
Gip
L!anforda
Guicow•ar
St. Andrew
Jacqueline
Angelo
the rest pay 5 Boys. each.

LINCOLN SPR
ACCEPTANCES POE TllB (

[NG MEETINO.
;RAND ANNUAL STEEPLI

at. lb. at. lb.
The General lO 8 I Hope 912
Little Queen
Wild Here
Forest Lad
Quickstep 9 12 Brace
Talisman

NEFARIOUS CONDUCT OF A PROFESSIONAL MAN.-
A correspondent says A short time since, there was men-
tion made of the elopement of the daughter of a hornet
baronet with a gentleman of the medical profeash,n ; and in
soia..:4 the papers these parties were erroneously confounded
with two individuals who were guilty of a similar eecipade
at Stourbridge, in Worcestershire. Tie Dorset elopement
case is a peculiar one, fur seldom has such an outrage been
committed on society, oar can the annals of rascality afford
an instance in which professional privileges were more
grossly abused. A physician, a Scotching's, practised in a
town of Dometshire ; he was a married man, with a family of
autiful children ' • hia wife possessed personal attractions,
and an amithlo disposihon ; he was called in profes-
sionally to attend a family who lived in the neigh-
bourhood, and the head of a hich was an aged baronet of
anchnt lineage, and he seduced the daughter. This could
not tic proved, however, and the rascal was enabled, by tho
privileges of his profession, to conceal his own improper in-
tim icy and his victim's infatuation, at least from the
fath..v. Aeh lot time sion, the father died, and the doctor
brought is a hill to the family of 1,31101. for prof to,ional
attendance. 'rhis sum was hundreds of rnutulr mere than
he was entitled to, but he was paid, and implored to (AIM
the unhappy and disgraceful connexion which he had
formed. lie took the !limey, ran away with the ilau,:hter,
and of course forsook his virtuous wife and innocent
children."

STRIKE OF THE SIIII9TRIGTITS AT BRISTOL —The
men I mployed in the dlf,rent thinyards of the pert of
&Mot struck on Monday for au advance of Gd. per diem
nn the scale of wages ptorioualy paid to them by Ceir rc-
ape etise cu:ployers The strike W[ls in comp:i tuce wile an
orrung.m,nt made by the men at their trade cemmittee-
room, 2111 which was cmtmunirated to the masters by el:-
putation and by circular. Ia consequence of the strike the
masters heed a meeting, and agreed to the advance, and the
men have, mtscquently, returtud to their work. It has
been intimated that should the advance. be permanent, no
new work can be taken at puerile prices.