The Express.
London, England, 1866-10-29 00:00:00

THE EXPRESS, MO

Reel- the centre of the course being well up. They
ran thus with little veriatiou until eutering the cords,
whew Nu who had bee lyiug well up in the ruck, tusk
up the running, Rector at the same time headin Mdlle.
Cleopatre, but Nu never spin api ed won
easily by three-quarters of a lenlgTlirptrom Breadalbane,
who defeated Rector half a length for second place.
Kingsley and Dulcimer were next, John Halifax. Uiphus,
Claxton, and Brenta were last.
MATCH : 150 sovs., hitt. Across Flat !ere !mile 2
furlongs 73 yards).
&XL Z:r.'s,./..Vslrombotte, by TrumPeter—Alliall C
yrs,
(Cannon) 1
Admiral Rosa's lady Eagle Eye, 2 yra, est 71b (Fordham) 2
Betting : 3tol on Lady Bugle Eye. Trombone held a
slight lead of the favourite to the bushes hill where she
headed him, but coming again about 150 yards from home,
he won easily by a couple of
l
Swineerrxern of 10 soya. each, for ,to"r all ages ; winner to
be sold for 150/. Rowley Mile (one mils 7 furlongs). (6
subs.)
Lord Westmorland's Caustic, by The Cure—Miss Peddle,
8 yrs, Tat 121 b Kenyou, 1
Mr. R. Ten Broeck's Slender, S yrs. 7st 1211) .. (S. Adams) 2
Mr. R. Osborne's sou Coverdale, 4 yrs, est 10Th
(Osborne)
Warwick also ra,.
Betting :'' Even on Cenetio, 3to 1 agst Lady of Cover-
dale, and 6to 1 apt Slender. The last-mentioned jumped
off with a alight lead of Warwick and Caustic in the
centre of the course, Lady of Coverdale lying well up on
the left, and this order was maintained to the bushes hill,
where Caustic and Lady of Coverdale drew forward, but
Slander appeared to have the beet of it till within a few
strides of the chair, when Kenyon let out the favourite
and won cleverly by a head. Half a length separated
second and third, and Warwick was last.
SwEgesrAggs of 10 sovs. each, for 2-yr-olds ; colts, Bst
101 b ; fillies, Bst 71b ; winner to be sold for 100/. T.Y.C.
(5 furlongs 140 yards). (9 subs.)
Sir F. Johnstone's Freemason, Set 101 b
Mr. Pryor's Goodfellow, let 101 h
Mr. Chaplin's Red Shoes, est 101 b
Purchsse and Claymote also ran.
Betting : Even on Freemason, 3 to 1 apt Purchase, sto
1 agst Red Shoes, Bto 1 agst Claymore, 10 to 1 apt Good-
fellow. Goodfellow on the extreme left, with the fa-
vourite in the centre, cut out the work slight) in ad-
vance of Claymore and Purchase for a short •
when Red Shoes took third place on the right. Goodfel-
low held a slight lead within the cords, but, swerving in
the last fifty yards, he was beaten a length by the fa-
vourite. Red Shoes was a bad third, Purchase fourth,
and Claymore last. Mr. Chaplin claimed Goodfellow.
THE HOUGHTON Jimmie/re of 15 DM. each, 5 ft, for
3-yr-olds and upwards. T.Y.C. (29 tube., 9of whom pay
5 cows. each).
Mr. R. Ten Broeck's Batthyany 'late 11 Re Galantnorno`,
by King Tom—(Wiands, 4 yrs. est 12Ib (H. Corey: 1
Sir J. Hawley's XI, 3 yrs, 7d 121 b ,Clutlloner; 2
Sir. T. flusrbee's Tina, 3 yrs, Bet 71b •Wystt 3
The following also ran : Outand•Outer, King Charming, War.
dor, Moldavia, Lady Sophie, Czar, and Knight of St. Michael.
Betting : 5 to 2 agat Out-and-Outer, 9 to 2 apt Batthy.
any, sto 1 each apt Lady Sophie and Tiny, 6to 1 ngst
Xi, 7to 1 agst Moldavia. and 10 to 1 apt Czar. Tiny
made play, closely attended by Lady Sophie, Xi, and Bat-
thyany, into the cords, where the last-named, in the
centre, took a slight lead, and won cleverly by a length
and a half from Ni. who defeated Tiny three-quarters of a
length for second place ; King Charming wail fourth, the
Czar fifth, .Knight of St. Michael sixth, Lady Sophie
next, and Warrior last. Oat-and-Outer, whipping round
when the flag fell, was left at the post.
MAIDEN PLATE of 100 DOTS., for 2-yr-olds; colts, Set 101 b;
fillies, fist 71b ; selling allowances. T.Y.C.
Mr. ilohnes's Violet, by Thornauby—Vroodbinc, est 7lb
'Snowden, 1
Mr. T. R. Dawson's Ifochrie, Sat 71b (Cameron)
Mr. ikattey's f by I..Uwood—Lady. Elizabeth (£100!, tat
(Loates) 3
The following also ran :—Tynedale, Chatsworth, Gentle Kitty
filly, Ada, The Usurper, Roquefort, Kalipyge cult, and Vellum.
Betting: 5 to 1 each apt Mychrie and the Kalipyge colt,
6to 1 each apt Roquefort and the Lady Elizabeth filly,
8 to 1 each apt Tynedale and Violet, 10 to 1 apt Ada, and
12 to 1 (at first 2to 1) apt The Usurper. Ada, closely
attended. by Mychrie' Tynedale, Violet, and Chatsworth,
out out the work into the cords, when Violet came out
pursued by liochrie, and a good race home ensued, ending
in favour of Violet by a head. Three lengths separated
second and third, Ada was fourth, Tynedale fifth, the Kali-
pyge colt and Chatsworth next; Deliwn was last. Mr. T. S.
Dawson claimed Ada.
SWEEPSTAKES of 10 'ova each, for all ages. Weight for
age. Selling allowances. T.Y.C. (4 subs.)
Mr. T. Clayton's Cromwell by Warlock—Revivalist 'L2OO`,
2 yrs. est 1011) • Murray' 1
Lord Westmorland's Skylight tL100), 2 yrs, est Sib
:Kenyon, 2
Lord Canterbury's Gam (gloo,,2mrs, est Mb 'F. Amid': S
Betting : Even on Skylight, 2to 1 apt Cromwell, and
3to 1 apt Gas. Skylight and Cromwell made play side
by side into the oords, when Cromwell quitted his oppo-
nent, and won easily by two lengths. Gas was a bad
third. Lord 'Westmorland clamed Cromwell.
MATCH: SO sou., h ft. T.M.M.
Mr. Wesley's Hungerford ,It b) by Windhotincl—The Mite,
12st 'Fordham 1
Captain Machell's Drummer Boy lOst 71b ',Custance 2
Even betting. Drummer Boy held a clear lead into the
enrds when Hungerford came away, and won easily by fif-
teen lengths.
SWEEPSTAKES of 5 sous. each, for all ages. Bretby Stakes
Course. Winner to be sold for 50 toys. ((I subs.)
Captain Machell's Rhymer by King Tom—Fairy, by Or-
( land°. 2 ym, 7st 30) Murray, 1
Mr. A. Hawksley's Verdi, S yrs, 755 3lb 'H. Covey', 2
Lord Westmorland's Caustic, S yrs, bat 10lb .... flordhanc 3
The following also ran :—PrauslorramL Amazon, Oppressor,
Boone Fortune, and Shrepnell.
Betting 3 to 1 each eget Rhymer and Caustic, 4 to 1
each apt Bonne Fortune and Oppressor, and 6 to I apt
Verdi. Caustic, in whose wake WAS Rhymer, Donne For-
tune, and Verdi, made play till within 200 yards of home,
when Caustic gave way, and The Rhymer, finishing a good
race with Verdi, won by a neck. Caustic was a bad third,
Amazon fourth, Transformed fifth, and Shr.apnell next.
Oppressor broke down badly after going a ohort distance,
and was with considerable difficulty removed. Mr. Hawks-
ley claimed Rhymer awl Lord IVer.:inorl.oill Verdi.
MATCH : 200, h ft. Across the Flat (1 mile'.'. furlongs and
73 yards).
Mr. Chaplin's Breadalbane, by Stockwell—Mink llonny.
• 4 yr& Set 1411) •Cuatoitce 1
Prii,e D. it4ltylolis Doh. of York, 2 yr',
Betting : ii to son Duke of Tor!;. The pair alternately
led into the dip, when Custance let Brearlaibane out, and
won cleverly by a length.
• MATCH : 200, FA ft. Bretby Stakes Course.
Admiral Rims The Tlemcen, 2 yes, bq Jib received
lie, t hapihis l'eusgegue, 2 pro, bat lilt paid

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BETTING IN LONDON.-SATURDAT.

There was a very thin attendance of members at the
clubs to-day, and tl2,:‘ trausactims wEre few and iaeon.
id.kr comp:king only the following bets, kid on thc—

• I.IVKILPOOL ArTrAfN ( ("P.
100 to 9 apt Actors (t; . 106 to 6 agst The Special (t)
100 to, 7 Nu t) 50 to 1 Regalia t;
10u to 6 Caithness t) 60 to 1 TreaeureTrovc:t
100 to 6 11bellaniette,t'

BETTLNG AT AIANCI
LIVERPOOL A
100 to 8 agst Caitl.neu AI

!RESTEIL-SATURDAT.
CEP.
2.5 to 1 agst Life Guards-
man ,t
25 to 1 Endrleigh .1)
25 to 1 Ittoutaey ,t)
SS to 1 Helen
40 to 1 Moldavia `t)

100 to 7-- Nu 1,
100 to 7 3thoiltarriette:t:
20 to 1 -- Act:taV
IS to 1 Proterptite tt)
25 to 1 Sportsman (t)

3ICRDER IN DIAIDSTONE.—Yeaterday afternoon
• shocking affair took place at Maidstone. It appecre
that a man, George Jalley, better known as " Frome
George," a native of Frome, came about three weeks since
to reside in Waterloo Cottages. Stone-street, with his para-
mour, Sarah Smith, since which time constant quarrels
have been heard between them. Yesterday they had been
out drinking together, and returned home between 3 and 4
o'clock. Shortly after their return screams of murder
were heard, and a woman, named Saunders, entering the
kitchen, saw Jalley kick the woman Smith in the threat,
when sho immediately fell back and expired. Prisoner
was given at once into custody, and will be brought up at
the petty sessions on a charge of wilful murder. In reply
to the charge, prisoner said he supposed he would suffer
for it on the gallows, and be a warning to others.
RAILWAY ACCIDENTS. On Saturday morning,
shortly before nine o'clock, during the fog, • serious col-
lision took place on the North London Railway, near the
junction at the gasworks on Bow-common. A heavy goods
train for Haydon-square had been brought up on the top
of the incline, when • train from Bow to Fenchurch-street
came up and dashed into the rear of the goods train with
considerable force. The shock was very severe, and some
of the passengers were much cut and bruised. The North
London traffic to Fenchura-street was interrupted for
some time until the line was clear. A collision also
occurred on the main line of the London, Brighton, end
South Coast Railway on Saturday morning, at the Streat-
ham-common station, about seven miles from London.
About half -past six o'clock two engines with their tenders,
both being coupled together, left the shed of the company
at Battersea in charge of two drivers and two firemen for
Croydon, when they came into collision at the point men-
tioned with a goods train which was crossing the line. The
two engines with their tenders were much damaged, and •
portion of the goods train was smashed. All the men on
the two engines were injured—one of them, James Dower,
to a serious extent.
DESPATCH OE THE BOMBAY MAILS.—SOUTH-
AmPros, OCT. 27.—The Peninsular and Oriental Company's
steam ship Poonah, Captain Curling, sailed hence to-&.y
with the mails for Gibraltar, the Mediterranean, Egypt,
Aden, Bombay, he. She took out 102 first and 25 second-
class passengers, and on freight a general cargo, including
551. in sovereigns for Malta, 12,77:31. in sovereigns for
Alexandria, also gold and silver watches &c., I,2Suf. ;
and for Bombay, gold and silver watches, precious stones,
Re. 1,585!.
QUEENSTOWN, Ocr. 28.—The Cunard extra
steamship Aleppo arrived here at 8 a.m. to-day with 102
She leaded 22 passengers, the despatches,
and proceeded for Liverpool at 8.20 a.m. All well.
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THE GREAT FIRE AT QUEBEC.

A despatch from Quebec, dated Monday,
0ct.15, gives the following particulars of the great

fire in that city :
At 4 o'clock yesterday morning a fire began in the house
of Mr..Trudel, grocer, in St. Joseph-street, near the
Jacques Carter Market. Owing to the early hour of the
morning few people were about. The wind, which had
blown half a gale from the east all night, had slightly
abated, but still continued with such violence as to canes
serious apprehensions, which were afterwards unfortu-
nately realised. By the time the fire brigade reached the
scene Trudel's house was enveloped in flames. The
sappers were already there, but there was some delay in
laying theliose and getting sufficient water, which was
nut remedied for nearly an hour. Meantime the fire
made rapid progieas ; no less than ten or twelve houses
were on fire, and the lumber and wooden aheds
on all sides were ignited. By half-past five o'clock, 80
houses, all built of wood, were in a blase. The flames,
driven by the wind, were spreading in all directions.
At half-past sit over 150 houses were consumed. The
tire by this time had run along St. Joseph and Notre
Dame des Anges streets to the junction of SG Valieratreet,
carrying everything before it. The church of la Congre-
gation stood in great danger, but a sudden veering of the
wind saved it. Crossing St. Valier-street the fire soon after-
ward spread into St. Sauvour, and amongst its hundreds of
wooden houses raged with defiant fury. House after house
fell a prey to the flames. It was thought that the houses
to the eastward woul4 be saved, but the fire crept back,
continuing its work of destruction. At 11 o'clock the
whole centre of the district lying between St. Sauvour and

the lower streets running paralled with the river was a
charred and barren waste, and having nothing to feed on
there, the conflagration distributed itself in opposite di-
rections, the wind increasing again, and blowing in gusts
from every direction. Three separate conflagrations

were observable at one time. St. Sauvour Cbureb,Dunn's

soap and candle factory, Eiee's rope walk, aad other large
buildings were in flames. Along St. Vslier-street toward
the toll-gate and the streets surrounding the General Hoe.
pital and Convent, another tenible fire was raging with
even greater fury, while ►t the back of Crown-street, along
Prince Edward's, Jesuit, and Rilard-streets, the flames
were creeping back and enveloping street after street
in spite of the almost superhuman exertions of

the soldiers and the seamen of the Aurora. The
ccailagmtion ceased at about five o'clock, when there was
nothing more for it to feed on. A moderate computation

places the number of houses destroyed at 2,500, and the
lose of real property at from 2,500,000 dole. to 3,000,000
do's. The number of parsons rendered homeless is esti-
mated at 18,000. The body of a man, burnt almost to a
crisp, was dragged out of a house in St. &moor, near St.
lier-street. It could not be identified. Sergeant
Hughes, of the Royal Artillery, was blown rap and badly,

though not dangerously, burned. Lieutenant Douglas, of
the Aurora, was severely hurt by a falling building.
Several of the seamen received contusions, but, so far al is
known, no one was seriously injured. Lieutenant llenm,
of one of the regiments, had his arm broken by a falling
beam.

The following later particulars are contained in a
despatch, dated Quebec, Tuesday, Oct. 16 :I 40.1.41
The Mayor of Quebee issued a proclamation yesterday
morning for a meeting to be held last evening, to devise
means to assist the sufferers by the great Me. A more
numerous and influential assembly never convened in this
city. The citizens whose property escaped injury arc
doing everything in their power to provide relief for those
who have been rendered houseless and penniless by the
greatest fire that has ever taken place in America. The
sufferings at Portland cannot be compared to those
endured at Quebec. The people in the province
have no one to rely on. The inhabitants of Lower
Canada being poor, cannot assist the sufferers as
they would wish. A committee was appointed, who
will immediately appeal to the charitably disposed per-
eons throughout the continent for funds to rebuild the
city and provide homes for the poor before the approach-
ing winter sets in. G. H. Simard and William Hos.
sacks have been appointed treasurers for the relief fund
by the mayor. 15,000 dollars wan subscribed at the meet-
ing last night, and about 5,000 dollars during the day,
Coroner Prendergast held an inquest on the four bodies
taken from the ruins. The first body taken out was that
of a woman named Margaret Weard, the wife of Jean
Baptiste, of St. Lareareur, whose husband was
killed by the explosion in Arago-street. The re-
mains of three women were discovered after
search of, six hours buried beneath the ruins of an
old brick building near the lower end of Arago
street. Their names were Angelis Vadebenour, aged ;a;
years ; Angelique Vadehenour, aged sixty years ; the name
of the third has not yet transpired. The mother of the
Vadebenours was taken from beneath a mass, of rubbish
in such a Ante as to be unrecognisable. A clerk in the
grocery store of Mr. Ganeroux,' named Bisconller, is
roiss:ag, and it is feared lie perished while attempting to
stove this furniture from his father's house in N"aleur-street.
a few minutes before the home was blown up. Several
other persons are also reported missing. The number of
houses destroyed is greater than at first auppoled. I think
they will exceed 2,350, throwing over n.OOO persons on the
charity of the woad. On St. Lauvre and Stone-Areas, out
of 2,o3.llruuSie ti, only 175 arc left standing. The families living
in tLae were all of the poorest class, and very few of theta
steed from the flames any clothing except what was on
their persons. Out of the large number of houses that
were situated in the . üburbs of the city, the only token
left is a wilderness of chimneys and ruins of what was the
most popular resort during the summer months. The
di:TeriLt soci.ties of the city have placed at the di .posal
of the autlae ities their hall for the families irho were
unable to procure tents. The skating ground, the City
Hall, two drill sheds, and the Marine Hospital are
filled. The Governor-General, immediately after being
notified of the sad catastrophe, ordered ten thousand
tents to be forwarded to Quebec for the accommodation of
the bouseless sufferers. In the Sisters of Charity Hos.
pital are 250 persons under their charge. The Sisters have
been among the poor homeless creatures, furnishing food
and clothes, and administering to the wounded. The
telegraph poles of the Montreal Company were burned
down for over a mile. The weather during the day is very
pleasant, but at night the air is very chilly. Those living
in tents complain bitterly of the cold. A mass meeting is
to be held in Montreal to-night to raise subscriptions for
the sufferers.
Commenting upon the occurrence, the New York
Tribune says :
The extraordinary fire at Quebec is just such another ter-
ribly illuminated chapter as the recent one at Portland, on
the danger of building up cities with wooden houses. It
is not the first time that the Canadian city has been simi-
larly visited. Two or three large fires, consuming hun-
dreds of houses, have, we believe, appeared there within
five years, and, judging, by the facts, possibly no city on
the continent of equal size has been more liable to the
scourge of fire. At its worst and fiercest trial, Quebec, like
Portland, found itself helpless, though warning must have
been frequent in the number of wooden towns in Canada and
Maine which have within near memory been destroyed.
If it were not generally understood that many of our
towns further north are almost entirely of wooden con-
struction, the commonness of great fires in that region
would be surprising. But it happens to be just the quarter
where the disasters of great towns meet with no mercy
from the elements. Wind and flame conspire with
every wooden house to make its destruction inevitable.
The fire in Quebec raged for several days, and if
nothing else had been told us, the bare recital of its
progress directly suggests the accelerating cause of a
calamity so widespread. In its early stage three sepa-
rate fires, which had, doubtless, caught from each
other, owing to the easily inflammable character of wood,
were to be discerned in different directions. By the end
of the day, 2,500 houses had been burned, and 18,000
families rendered homeless. This vast exploit of flame
could not have been accomplished sooner. That the de-
struction was so speedy and awful was, no doubt, because
the material of the fire was already so well adapted to the
flame that its architects and owners must have served,
whether willing or not, all the purpose of practised incen-
diaries. On the vast calamity of the thousands who have
suffered by the fire but one sermon should be preached—
that of Inexhaustible charity to all deprived of house and
home. But certainly the fire itself has read an awful leo_
tare on the peril of building fires.

CALCUTTA, CHINA, AND (EXTRA) BOMBAY
3Luisi.—Msnasuuss, 04r. 28.—The Tanjore arrived at
6 a.m. to-day. The mails leave for London at 11.30 a.m.
No quarantine.
OZYSTAL PALACE. HALF-A-CROWN DAY.
SATURDAY, OCT. 27. Admissions on payment, 1,068;
dittos by 'won tickets, 5,534 ; total visitors, 6,602.