The Express.
London, England, 1851-03-26 00:00:00

SPORTING.

NORTHAMPTON RACES.
NORTHAMPTON, WZDNESDAT AFTERNOON.
The following is a list of the arrivals up to 4 o'clocic—
WEDMILSDAT.—THE TRIAL STAKES. —reep-o'-day-Boy,
The Swede, b g by Orlando, and Recruit.
THE NORTHAMPTON TRIENNIAL STAKEA,—CORFUIdOO,
Ambrose, Frantic, France, and Hinuta.
GREAT NORTHAMPTONSHIRE STARES.—St. Rosana,
Legerdemain, Clothworker, Zadoe, Tophana, Selina, Nut.
meg, Valentine, The Ban, and Pandemus.
OPEN STAKE); —VCSIA, Nutmeg, and Harr,
MAIDEN PLATT.--COMINIRWIL. Abdallab,:Valentine, and
clt f by Epirus out of Blanch of Devon.
Titunsnay.—Datarar STAKE/I.—The Swede, Musician,
bby Orlando, and Britannia.
EARL SPENCER'S PLATE.—The Pilot, Sir Robert, Equi-
ria, Visite, Recruit, Forlorn Hope, Souffle, and The In-
curable.
ALTHORP PARR STAKEB.—Frantie, Hampton, Creeper,
The Old Lad, Ambrose, France, Miss Conyngham, Hir-
suta, ch f by Iletnnin Platoff, Sophistry, and sister to Ha-
therton.
HANDICAP SWEEPSTAKES of 10 NOES. each.--Retail,
Clothworker, Tophana, Abdallab, and Ellah.
NORTHAMPTONSHIRE CUP STARES.—nuaope, Nutmeg,
Pandcmus, and b g by Orlando.
The races commence at half-prat one.

FIRES.-A MAN AND Ills WIFE BURNED TO
Destn.—The metropolis was this morning visited by SO
the outbreak of two fires, which laid in ruins • vast
amount of property, and destroyed two lives. One fire ;
broke out a few minutes before four o'clock, at 31, John-
street, Rarpur-street, New Kent-road, in the joint oc- 121
cupation of Mr. 11. Richardson, a type founder, and 9:0
Mr. Samuel Potts. The former party, with his wife,
slept in the front parlour, whilst Mr. and Mrs.
Potts occupied the first floor. Mrs. Richardson was 6,
awoke by a suffocating sensation, and found fire falling IT
through the ceiling of her room. She gave an alarm, and
having awoke her husband they succeeded in making a re- 23
treat from the premises ; whether or not the two unfor-
tunate occupants of the first floor were dead at that time it v•
is impossible to tell, for the flames were extending so
fiercely as to prevent any one from entering the apartments
to render assistance. A police-constable therefore kept the
door of the premises aimed until assistance Mlle up, when
be started for the tire-engines. Several were soon the spot,
and plenty of water bring procured the engines were set to
work; the flames however had previously penetrated
the roof. The firemen, soon got the flames extinguished,
when they entered the premises, and found lying on the
HOW' of the front room the lifeless bodies of Mr. and Mrs.
Potts, burned quite black. Every article of furniture in
the place was consumed, not so much as even the trace of a
bedstead being left. Information of the melancholy event
has been forwarded to the coroner. The house
being very low, it seems that the unfortunate persons
would have run but little risk had they jumped from their
window into the street. The policeman who was on the 411
beat states that when Mr. and Mrs. Potts come home at an 10
early hour that morning they were both inebriated; if 6,12*
such was the case, it is very easy to conceive how the dig-
attar occurred.—The other fire broke out in the Grand tit.
Junction Canal Company's dockyard, 19, Wharf-road, ao
City-road, and although the fireman had been actively 21
engaged for six hours, the flames were not entirely 10
extinguished at seven o'clock this morning. The mis- 8a
fortune happened in the upper floor of a spacious le
building, used as the stores, in which considerable
property was deposited, and so rapidly did the dames it.
travel, that they broke through the roof, and lighted up the If
whole of the metropolis before the arrival of the engines.
This caused the information to be speedily spread, and several
engines were quickly set to work most vigorously ; but the
flames continued to make great havoc, and not the least
impression could be made upon them for some hours, and
not before the immense stores were burned out. The ad- II
joining buildings are also much injured by fire, water, and If
breakage. The heat from the furnace flue was the cause of 23
the outbreak.

ADVERTISEIMIT. 10
OXFORD, WCIRCESTER, A/SD WOLVER su
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HAMPTON, AND LONDON AND NORTH-WEST- "
ERN RAILWAYS. 20

TO THE EDITOR OF, THE WOILNING TORT. 11.0
47, Kuserlioquare, 24th March. NFL
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meat in the " Tones'. of the 2. ad instant, being a letter addroind to 10
the I dlwe by Lord Ward, in wbt hbe Mats that, at the mooting of 20
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Moirrox PITO.