The Express.
London, England, 1866-06-28 00:00:00

CRICKET.

MIDDLEAM CLUB V. INCOONITI.—This, a one day's
match, was played yesterday at the Middlesex Ground, Middle-
sex winning easily, Bub Pined Is the score :—incogniti, first
innings, 142 ; Middlesex, lint innings, 246.
OstritEmen V. PLATIVIL—Thb match, which commenced on
Monday at Lord's, came to a finish yesterday, the Players win-
ning by 38 runs. The following is the score:—Players, gest
Maims, 118 ; second innings, 263—total, 309. Gentle Men, Ant
inulnp, 133 ; second innings, l9s—total, 328.

HAYMARKET THEATRE.—TWO revivals now form
the staple of the entertainment at this house—Mr. Ro-
bertson's adapted play of Darid Garrick, and Mr. Byron's
farce of Lord Dundreary Married and Done For. Mr.
Sothern represents his original characters in both pieces,
and has ample opportunity of showing his versatility as a
light and eccentric comedian.
THE LOSS OF A. SCHOONER AND ALL HANDS IN
THE CHANNEL.—The London and Liverpool Steam-packet
Company's screw-steamer West of England, Captain
Wraight, late of the Genova, on arrival at Plymouthduring
Monday night, reported having been in collision with a
schooner at sea. The West of England left London at
8 a.m. on Sunday, and the accident took place off the
land to the west of Portland at about noon on Monday.
The steamer was steering about W. by N. ; and as a dense
fog prevailed, her steam screamer was kept sounding, and
she was kept going at moderate speed. The schooner
when discovered by the steamer was right ahead
of the latter, and standing across her bows, reaching in
towards the land with the wind at S.E. The steamer
was at once kept away with the intention of passing
under the schooner's stern, but the helmsman of the latter
threw her up in the wind. This checked her way and
brought her head round towards the steamer, and on
corning into collision the steamer's prow ran into the
schooner with crushing effect. Captain Wraight and
the second mate of the steamer, who were on deck, ran
forward to render assistance, but the schooner
went down almost immediately, head foremost. Two
men were observed on the deck of the schooner : one,
who was dressed only in his shirt and drawers, was a tall
man with light hair, conjectured to be the master. Captain
Wraight hailed the men to jump on board the steamer,
but for the moment they appeared to be paralysed. The
steamer's boat was promptly lowered. Several articles
floated from the foundered schooner, but nothing was seen
of the crew. A seaman's chest, and a writing desk ap-
parently belonging to the master, and a dog were picked
up. In the desk were found the vessel's papers, and among
them the articles of agreement of the schooner Rachel, of
Exeter, No. 22,355, built in 1838, 90 tons register, and
belonging to Mr. J. Adams, 4, Albion-terrace, Exmouth.
To the articles is attached the name of Wm. Tiller, of 16,
George-street, Exmouth, as the master, and the last ship-
ment of hands apparently took place on the Ist March last,
when two able sesmen,an ordinary seaman, and a boy,
shipped for • voyage to Lowestoft, and from thence to
a northern coal port.— Western Mort Newe.
SUSPICIOUS MANUFACTURE OF WAR MATERIALS.
—The detective police belonging to the Admiralty and
War Department at Woolwich have just discovered an ex-
tensive system of the manufacture of friction tubes, for the
firing of cannon, privately carried on in two dwelling-
houses at Plumstead, for a person in business at Green-
wich, by whom it is known consignments have been made
to a firm in Liverpool, and by them, it is said, shipped to
Ireland. On proceeding to the houses in question every
room was found fitted with turning lathes and other ma-
chinery, the men on the premises being workmen em-
ployed during the day in the Royal Arsenal Ordnance
Department. One of the detectives, when about entering
• room, was asked by • female not to do so, as she had
two children lying in bed there who were ill of fever. The
officer, however, was not to be deceived by such • ruse,
and on entering the room he found some thousands of
friction tubes already manufactured and packed in boxes
for removalorith sufficient detonating powder and otherex-
plosive substances to destroy one half the row of houses.
The discovery has been reported to the proper authorities,
and the premise' in question are under surveillance.
DESTRUCTION OF A LIVERPOOL SHIP BY FIRE.—
The West India mail, which reached Southampton yester-
day, brings intelligence of the destruction by fire of the
Liverpool ship Wigton:shire. The American barque Alto,
Captain Nye, arrived at Barbadoes on the 9th June, from
the whaling grounds, with Captain Sully and wife, second
mate, carpenter, and boatswain of the burnt ship. The
W*tonshire was bound from the Mersey for Panama, with
coal and machinery for the South Pacific Steam Navigation
Company. Spontaneous combustion of coal occurred on
the 27th of April, and the above named were taken off on
the same day in lat. 30 N., and long. 42 W., by the Ameri-
can ship Reunion, and transferred next day to the Alto,
the Reunion being bound round Cape Horn. Ten seamen,
who bad also been taken of, were transferred from the
Reunion to the American whaling barque Wave, bound to
Barbadoes.
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