The Express.
London, England, 1861-04-12 00:00:00

LATEST SPORTING INTELLIGENCE.

(DY ILFCTILIC

EPSOM SPRING MEETING.-(THIS DAY.)

WATERLOO PLATE.
°emend Her ...
A*oBlo • • • •
Oliver
.
8 nn.
WALTON STAR
HiMons* ...
Parasite
Herbison
6 ritn. Won easily.
METROPOLITAN HANDICAP.
Parmesan ...
12 ran.

NEW TWO•YEAR-OLD STAKE& Throequirtere of •
mile.

The Despot, Patriot, Parefoz. limbs* King of Ilearfa,
Callapyge, Boootbelle. sad Fsbrifves are
PAID FOMIT.—Cain sod Astern.

TEI MARRIAGE LAW.--(THIS DAY.)
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This afternoon a public meeting of those opposed
to seek a change in the marriage law u would allow mar-
rags with a wife's sister, WY held at Willis's Rooms, St.
Jamas. The chair was taken by Vies.Cbsooellor Sir W.
PAGE W 001). Among those present were the Bishops of
Salisbury, Wean, and Carlisle, the Dean of Westminster,
tie Hem Joseph Napier, the Rev. Dr. Irons, the Res. Canon
Jennings, Lord John Thymus., Mr. A. B. Hope, tho Rey. A.
W. Thorold, wr. Roundel' Palmer, Mr. Whateley, dos.

Resolutions and petitions to both Howes of iarlianseut
in furtherance of the object were adopted by the totettiolt.

WHOLIRALZ POIRONINO Of CHILDREN AT BRISTOL
—The greatest excitement prevailed I. the city of Bristol
as Wedseeday evening by the report that a large number
of children had bites poisoned by eating nuta, which they
had fogad is the streets Upto *airy being made at the
Royal lefirmary it was found that them was good founda-
tion' fur the report, two fewer than sixteen children having
been taken to that institution suffering front the effects of
some poisonous substance which they had taboo into their
stomachs. Upon the arrival of the children there emetics
were at once administered, and one of the wards pm-
' muted the appointee of the cabin of a ship during
squally weather, the children -whose ages_ ranged from
three to ten years—lying their full length upon
the floor, writhing under the influence of the strong potion
given to them fur the purpose of throwing the poison off
their stomachs. Up to eleven o'clock at night twelve of
tho sufferers bad been discharged from the tafinsery, but
four of them still remained in a very dAngerous state. The
came of this wholesale poisoning is attributed to the chil-
dren having eaten some nuts which were being unloaded
from a ship at the quay, and taken to Messrs. Miller sad
Yaeger's, glee inanufacterers, Ropewalk, and whisk the
children had somehow become possessed of. The set is
somewhat similar to an acorn, and amain. a white kernel,
which is eatureteil with an oil useful fur dyeiog purposes,
sad which is of a very poisonous nature. About two years
ago a similar occurrence to the present took place, but it
well of a more serious nature—several children losing their
lives through it.
AccIDENT TO A LAID:II COTTON SHIT, ARAB
LIVERIIN)I. —Yesterday morning, while the Amenesa ship
Marquette, bound from New Weems to Liverpool, was
heiug towed into the Mersey she teak the ground ea the
tongue of the Hurls), atwl, notwithetaeding that four
steamers tagged at her for a considerable peeled, she no-
mined bud -aed fast, sad was deep is the sand when the
tide receded. Fortunately the weather was film, otherwise,
with a bail sea on and a heavy wied, the chances are the
vessel would have gees to pieces. As it is, should the
weather become toeripertitona nil the vessel still rondo
stranded, UNTO is no doubt whatever but that *be will
break up, ea she hes in • very critical part of the Greet
Derby Hank. The Miirmiette is • floe American-built ship,
sad wee towed te ma from New Orleaus on the tlith of
February lest. She has on beard an immense cargo of cokes,
via., 4,11 o), bales At the thee the vessel grounded she was
charge of a pilot. Attempts wiU he made, it is saul, to
discharge hes as she lies, and then, if poesible, dust her es
• high tile.
Tits Tzsataut threisre ACCIDENT IN DCIII/I.
Tl• inquest on the bodies of the pence* drowsed is the
canal, after extending to three days, was caseliedeil on
Wednesday. The Jury returned the following verdict :
" We bad that the several parties lost their lives by simple
drowning. owing to the omnibus accidentally hacking into
the chamber of the easel ; sod, further, we do, not attach
my blame to any parties, believing that every nue exerted
himself to the hest of his judgment on this. sad oconine."
Tho odaod—.. We to; to sail the attention of the
Canal C...mpany and the Rathmioes Commisnioners to the
stead.. state of the Portobello-bridge, and the great want of
light therms, foe the protectiou of the public from a re.
curlews of an-bleat ea this much used thoroughfare,"
The foreman also said that be waa nested to state by
some of his brother Jaren that they omnibuses
Ovoid have Meeks henceforth.

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TIIR SOUTII LANCAMIIIIM STULL—ft is Melan-
choly to mad the coofessious which stow mid then drop from
the lope of the men who are sowed is the suicidal strike is
Mouth Lane...hire. It required no prophet to tell us that
the wearers who hare thrown themselves aid their families
out of limed, are enduring the pang. of west : hut we may
rent sowed that it was under no ordinary overtire that nee
of the speakers at a meeting of operatives, held at Staly-
bridge, yesterday Media...day}, uttered the folloonoug
words :—" They (the committee) bad to go round, and they
raw more than the meeting : penises who had ns 1. a good
appearance were sow actually in great driver." The turn-
coats sre being sadly disappointed in their expectatioms of
suplirovt. The pecuniary wristsace they have received has,
leaked, bra so small as scareely to justify the re of the
wind " support "at all ; but still they have twain, d to bold
out for smother week at least.—Meat /deer Gaardian.