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ruing icted she is Eng x-1 the it oflO but tbo st sorts Plonty done at 17, and gho.t. s; not Bar ; per 30 stone• 0 in, re fair in ! boans, s ; nevi Bar -26s to to I;Os ; Beans, )r flour, ; bu t ; prices .o as on of bar and for !I' sorts 2s; red malting 2s ditto ms, 37s s to —$ m Ma . " 11 , crop• A week• done at inquiry d priceS 43s per rinding, 4 stone• 28s per health as three rimes its strong p, wiel d or en cm (48 - ds, liver rrs, sore Lead and Ufa, nen a, heart nausea, tie, inoi' pains at )urn, the Morton, 3 wifo of ;, Favor gest sou xion, the Esq., of church, to Lcaroytl, Joseph cod 22. Hervey 1 Elwes, Flavell, 3n, Esq•! ....,.......... _ _ --- fRENV S , No. 1)- 1, ;ounty of KMAHAN'S LL WHTSKY v. COGNAC BRANDY. Tills oele.:Tatefi Old IRIMI WHISKY rivals the finest PRRNCH BRANDY, It Pure, Mild, Mellow, Delicious, and vary Wholesome. Sold in Bottles, 3s. Bd., at the Retail Houses in London; by th at e Agents in the principal towns in England; or wholesale 8, GREAT WINDMILL-STREET, LONDON, W. Observe the Red Seal, Pink Label, and Cork branded allinahan's LL Whisky." MUTUAL LOAN FUND ASSOCIATION (i_nc3rporated by Act of Parliam.mt, 1S50). 14, RUSSELL-STREET, COVE NT-GAR DEN, LENDS NIONEY on Personal and other Security, in sums of £2O to £5OO, to be repaid by instalments extending over one, two, or three years. The large C tpital of this Associa tion enables it to complete its transactions without delay. No inquiry o r office fees, and strict secrecy observel. Bills Discounted at short notice. Fora sent free on receipt of a directed stamped envelop?. The Association also lends Money for the purchase of a !souse terseby a tenant, or fo r th e liquidation of mortgages, on most advantageous to the borrower. EDWARD HARPER, Secretary. MINSLOW TALL, Winslow, Bucks, having been recently opened and fitted with requisites for the cars BO - and comfort of the INSANE, the proprieto r, Dr. ISItA(ION, announces that he has transferred his Estab lishment from Birmin , 4ham to the above desirable residence, eaail"! accessible, and distant from London about an hour and a-half by the London and North-Western line, and laity minutes from Oxf or d. Att a ched to the mansion, s:tuated on ft sandy soil, it arid commanding an extensive and ple asin g prospe are garden, meadow, plantation, and recrc at ion grown For terms and forms of admission address the proprietor. r . R OYAL NAVAL, M ILITARY, 'and GENERAL. LIFE ASSURANCE SOCIETY (Esta blished A.D. 18:37. under Royal Patronage), 17, Waterloo place, Londun, A lIT FIUR R. HAMILTON, Secretary. Agents wantel in towns not yet represented. TIDE CREDIT FONCIER AND MOBILIER OF ENGLAND (Li - rafted), Notice is hereby given, that the .HALF-YEARLY GENERAL MEETING of this Comoany' s will be held at the London 'tavern. Bishopsgate-‘treet, Lortaloil. on TUESDAI, the 24th October, at Eleven o'clock a.m., precisely, for the purpose of receiv ng the Directors' and Audit ors' Report and Balance -sheet. and for declaring a Dividend. The Transfer Books of the Company will be closed from 'Saturday, the 21st, to Saturday, the 28th October, both days inclusive. By order of the Court of Directors, ALFRED LOWE, Secretary. Nos. 17 and 18, Cornhill, London, Oct. 6, 1865. T HE CREDIT FONCIER AND MOBILIER OF ENGLAND (Limited). Capital FOUR MILLIONS, in 200,000 Shares of £2O each. Capital Subscribed 100,001 Shares (first issue) £2,000,000 Capital paid up thereon £5 per share Reserve Fund Dividend Reserve Fund The Right Hon. JAMES STUART WORTLEY, Governor. JAMES LEVICK, Esq., Merchant, King's Arms-yard, Deputy- JAMES NUGENT DANIELL, Esq., Chair- Governors. man of the Alliance Bank (Limited), James Childs. Esq., London. William Dent. sera_ Esq., Chairman of the Thames and Mersey Marine Insurance Company (Limited). Alexander Dunbar, Esq., Old Btoal-street, London. Charles Ellis, Esq., Lloyd's. Adolphe Hakim, Esq. (Messrs. Pinto, Hakim Brothers, and Co.), London. William Harrison, Esq. (Messrs. Young, Harrison, and Bevan), Director of the Thames and Mersey Insurance Company. Richard Stuart Lane, Esq. (Messrs. Lane, Hankey, and Co.), London. Charles E. Newbon, Esq.. London. Henry Pownall. Esq., J.P., Russell-squat . ..l, Lo ndon. . Joseph l%iackrill Smith, Esq. (Messrs. hlacknll Smith and Co.), Old Broad-street, London. Edward Warner, Esq., M.P., London. James White, Esq., lit P. Albert Grant, Esq., M.P., Managing Director. BANTERS. The Azra and Masterman'a Bank (Limited). Messrs. Smith, Payne, and Smiths. The National Bank, London, Dublin. and its Branches in Ireland. The Alliance Bank (Limited), London, Liverpool, and Man chester. SOLICITORS. Messrs. Newbon, Evans, and Co., Nicholas-lane, E.C. SECRETARY. Alfred Lowe, Esq. Offices, 17 and 18, Cornhill, London. MONEY ADVANCED, for any period not exceeding three years, on personal security, one or more smeties being required according to circumstances, or on the borrowers own promissory note when a deposit is made of any available security. Apply New National Life and Loan Company (established 1.531, 484, Oxford-street, W.C. THOMAS BOURNE, Secretary. STARCH MANUFACTURERS TO H. R. 11. THE PRINCESS OF WALES. G LENFIELD PATENT STARCH, Used in the Royal Laundry, AND AWARDED TILE PRIZE MEDAL, 1862. Sold by all Grocers, Chandlers, Ace. &c. WOTHERSPOON and CO., Glasgow and London. MADAME RACHEL'S Matchless ART gives youth and beauty, grace and elegance, to persons wrinkled, scared, or aged, as on the great trial (Rachel v. Carnagie) it was then proved beyond a doubt that Rachel was and is the sole professor of the beautiful art of which her name stands the marvel of the age. All other persons pre suming to style themselves enamellers, and who are vending injari.us and destructive compounds in imitation, commit a gross fraud on the vublic. 47A, New Bond-street. TEETH, 2s. 6d. each.—ESKELL and SONS' improvements in the construction of AR TIFICIAL T EET II enable them to make and fit in from One to a Set, ex tractions, a few hours, without springs or wires, and without upon the principle of sett-adhesion, painless and perfect. Guaranteed, or no fee accepted. Sets, £t ; stop pings, 2 s. 6d.; extractions, Is. ; and the same moderate fixed primes throughout. Punctuality in all appcintments, and constant daily attendance from Nine to Eight o'clock. Their Treatise on the Teeth, with printed terms, and all consulta tions free, on application to ESKELL and SONS, 13, Tich borne-street, Quadrant. Note the address. DINNEFORD'S FLUID MAGNESIA. The medical prote Aion for Thirty years have approved of this pure solution of Ma.mesia as the best remedy for Gout and stomach disorders of every kir d ; and as a mild aperient it is esrecially adapted for ladies and children. Prepared solely by DINNEFORD and CO., Chemists, &0., 172, New Bond-street, London ; And sold throughout the world by all respectable chemists. CAUTION.—See that " Dinneford and Co." is on each bottle and red label over the cork. THE RESCUE SOCIETY wishes to add another home to the 12 now in operation. Last year no fewer than 455 poor, friendless, young- females were rejected from want of FUNDS and room, making a total of 3,087, who have been sent away in fire years. Here are brief details of a few of the most recent cases : v., aged 18, fallen, mother dead, deserted by her father. M. A. F., aged 13, homeless, both parents dead. A. 8., aged 17, fallen, father dead, deserted by her mother 3. D., aged 15, fallen, mother dead. C. 8., aged 15, fallen, mother dead, A 8., aged 16. fallen, both parents dead. H. S., aged 14, homeless, deserted by her parents. M. H., aged 17, fallen, both parents dead. C. H., aged 17, fallen, both parents dead. A. G., aged 18, fallen, father dead. E. K„ aged 18, fallen, both parents dead, S. B. aged 17, fallen, both par t nts dead. M. Al W.. aged 17, fallen, both parents dead. S. D., aged 15, fallen, both parents dead. The new home the Committee wish to form would be for young girls, almost children, from the age of 8 to 15, who have been led astray from the path of virtue. Contributions will be received gratefully by the Secretary, Mr. Daniel Cooper, Q 5, Queen -street Cheapside; or by Messrs Barclay and Co., Lombard -street SAILORS' ORPHAN GIRLS' SCHOOL and LW 11E, Hampstead. Offices, 77, CornhilL PATRON —The QUEEN. TRUSTEES. Capt. the Hon. Francis Maude, I The Rev. Cano n rhampneys R.N Thomas Baring, Esq., M.P. TREASURERS. R. C. L. Bevan, Esq. I Robert Banbury, Esq. This Institution is designed to supply a great national want, viz., an asylum for the orphan daughters of sailors iu the Royal Navy and Merchants Service and of Marines. It clothes, maintains, and educates them for domestic service and provides a home free of exoense for former inmates while out of situations, thus shielding them from the temptations they might otherwise be exposed to. The Committee earnestly APPEAL for CONTRIBU TIONS to meet the increasi g applications through the recent storms and loss f life at sea, and o enable them eventually to obtain premises more commensurate with the necessities of this great maritime country, which loses 2,000 sailors annually by casualties alone, without including those who may perish by war. Subscriptions thankfully receiv by the bankers, Messrs Barcu, l at the O ffi ces, No. 77, ay, Bevan, and Co., Lombar-street, and by th e Score ien. hsidIwI.EETTNG. Hon. Sen. ta Cor CHARLES NASH. Sen. NO MORE PILLS OR ANY OTHER MEDICINE. DU BARRY'S delicioush ß eal v th; restoring ENT A A Invalids' RAßck and Infants' Food, THE _ yields th ree times as ranch assimilating digestion, nourishment as the best meat. and restores perfect and strengthening strong nerves, sound lungs, healthy refreshing disordered or functional regularity, and energy to the most e nfeebled —removing speedily and effectually indigestion liver, sleep, (dysuepsia), cough, asthma, consumption, habitual constipa tion, diarrhoea, all gastric derangements, haemorrhoids, liver complaints, flatulency, nervousness, biliousness , fever s, sore throats, diphtheria, catarrhs, colds, influenza, noises in the head and ears, rheumatism, gout, impurities, erruptions, hysteria, neuralgia, irritability. sleeplessness, acidity, palpi tation, heartb urn, headache, debility, dropsy, cramps, spasms, nausea and sick ness even in pregnancy or at sea, sinking fits, bronchitis, scrolula, tightness of the chest. pains in the pit of the stomach and between the shoulders. It is the most diges tible of all foods, and suitable for invalids and infants in all complaints. `'ire quote a few out of 62,000 Cures : —Cure No. 58,216, of the Marchioness de Breh an, of seven years' liver complaint, 'wasting away, d e bilit y, nervousness, i rr it a bility, win a ner vouspalpitation all over, bad digestion, constant sleepless 71rs, and the m os t i ntolera b le nervous ag it a ti on . Cure No. - ro dyspepsia, from the Right Hon. the Lord Stuart de Lord Lieutenant of the county of Waterford :—I ~I•ve der ived much benefit frcm your excellent food.— atuart de Decks, Dromana, Cappoquin, county Waterford. ,-;,.rre No. 54 ,8 ' 6, from the Rev. James T. Campbell, "tory, near Fakenham, Norfolk.—ln all cases of in s;Cen, and particularly when the liver is more than gt4t affezted, I consider it the best of all remedies. It re ataltrgsattlinieebticluer,yanidn m an a y ke s s h i a t p fl e o . flow in cases which would not nile In short, a healthy flow of remi t , one of its earliest and best symptoms. Tou can Iptie N Zat T use you please of this communication.- I am. l a mes T. Campbell. Cure No. 52,4:2.—Bridge f k i s — ttno. Surrey. —Thirty-three years' diseased lung . s, teas of blood, liver derangement, deafness, singing in rrßh, 4,7 3 usfipation, debility, shortness of breath, and 4 1131 e.s li ver ( ' been removed by your Revalenta Arabica. My .1 1 „ g ,,Derleat ',L, (3, xiseli, head, and ears are all right, my hear --"es• —Jayr,“:"",,rny recovery is a mar el to all my aTquaint- Of fit'Y uoberts, Timber Merchant. Cure No. 49,8t2. agthma, elci)i_deseribable agony from dyspepsia, nerv s ,z ness, and vo rni ipli ; constipation, flatulency, Cure No in o d . l4 4 e 7 iti :A o l n .Ai te g i —Mari a Joly, of . Ly nn, spasms, Cure diarrr izabeth Jacobs, of extreme nervousness. 56,814 . f•T s R a . ra l u o n w t spirits, and Laxton,Leieester,nervous nf tO l ancl years'es 48 6d ces. The Food is canisters carriage f sold in canisters. Ilb.. is Od ; 21b., 21b 21b., 2 10. 241 b 40s. Super-refined quality, lb., 6s ; ' 8 51b., 220 nib., 31s. The 101 b., 21b., and 241 b. A r irt Barr and Co., 77. roe on receipt of Post-Office Order, by Regent-street, London also gi . Tea Dealers, 8, King William-street ; likewise at Cr hurch- street 4, Cheapside, 49, Bishopsgate-street 81 . 50, and 298, Oxford-street 330, Strand ; 54, _pper Ba ker -Street 1 03, Tottenham-court-road 96, Upper 7eet, Islington, ; Ilarvey, ; Close Brothers, 111 th -street ; and Stubbs, Queen's-terrace, St. John's nod, London • and all respwtable Grocers and Chemists. — are pi 0 1)111 1 U:0u imitaAwa. N°. 22,872 NOTICE. 31R _ S. GASCOIGNE'S New Novel, " DOCTOR HAROLD," is NOW READY at all the Libraries, in 3 vols. 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Sold by Simpkin, Mar hall, and Co., price 7d., in cloth 13d., a New Work on the Teeth, entitled PURE DENTISTRY, and WHAT IT DOES FOR US. By A. EKELL, Grosvenor-street, W. " From the great success of the previous work on Dental Surgery by the same author we anticipate the above will be read with avidity by all classes who are interested in discri minating between pure and meretricious dentistry." John C. Clements, Little Pulteney-street. GLASS, CHINA, EARTHENWARE, and CHANDELIER SHOW ROOMS. Notice of Removal in consequence of the late Fire. T DEFRIES and SONS' Temporary SHOW J • ROOMS. 16 and 17, COMMERCIAL-STREET, WHITEC [LAPEL, Five Minutes' walk from UNDSD their L ate Establishment, 147, 110 ITCII. CRYSTAL and BRONZED CHANDELIERS, New Designs, for the Dining and Drawing-room, either tor Gas or Candle. JDEFRIES and SONS, 16 and 17, • COMALLRCIAL-STREET. PETROLEUM LAMPS and WALL LIGHTS, MIRRORS (for India). T DEFRIES and SONS, 16 and 17, 0. COMMERCIAL-STREET. TAVERN AND HOTEL GLASS. 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Mr. Tennant arranges elementary collections of ROCKS. si IN ERALS, and FOSSILS, to illustrate the new edition of Lyell's Elements of Geology ; they will greatly facilitate the interesting study of MINERALOGY and GEOLOGY, and can be had at 2, 5. 10, 20, 50, to 500 guineas each. PRACTICAL INSTRUCTION in GEOLOGY and MINE RALOGY is elven by Mr.TENNANT.F.G.S., at 149. Strand. NOTHING IMPOSSIBLE.—The greatest and most useful invention of the day, AGUA. A MARELL A. Messrs. JOHN GOSNELL and CO., 12, Three King-court, Lombard-street, London, Perfumers to her Majesty, respect fully offer to the public this truly marvellous fluid. which gradually restores the human hair to its pristine hue—no matter at what age. The Agus Amarella has none of the properties of dyes ; it, on the contrary, is beneficial to the system, and when the hair is once restored one application per month will keep it in perfect colour. Price one guinea per bottle, or in half bottles, 10s. 61. Testimonials from artistes of the highest order, and from individuals of undoubted re spectability, may be seen on application. Messrs. John Goenell and Co. have been appointed Perfumers to her Royal Highness the Princes s of Wales. BY ROYAL LETTERS PATENT. HEALTH WITHOUT MEDICINE. Being the only Sovereign and unfailing Remedy for Indi ges' ion, Constivatton, Nervousness, Debility, Torpidity of the Liver, Headache, Biliousness, Despondency, Low Spirits, Coughs, Asthma, and Incipient Consumption. Full particulars sent to any address on receipt of two stamps, by Mr. KEARSLEY, 23, Kentish -town-road, Lon don, N.W. "'The most efficacious remedy for those diseases extant, a boon to the atilicted."—Medical Review. "This invaluable discovery has attains i a world-wide cele brity, being of inestimable value, and most admirably adapted to remove those maladies which tend to embitter Me, and shorten its duration." —Scalpel. "The unpr ece dented success of this reme d y is without parallel ; t his is demonstrated by the innumerable cures effected."—Medical JournaL DR. SCOTT'S LIVER AND BILIOUS PILLS.-1 NEVER FAILING REMEDY.—pre. d ared without any mercuria l in g redient, from the reci p e of Dr. Scott, of Bromley, Kent, will be found invaluable to all who 4uffer from bilious and liver nomplaints, indigestion, wind. spasms, giddiness, dizzineiss of the eyes, &a For habitual costiveness, as a family aperient medicine, and as a purifier of the blood, they are truly excellent; mild in their opera tion and (grateful to the stomach, they create appetite, pro mote digestion, and strengthen the whole nervous system. sold by W. Lambert, 8, King William-street, Charing-cross. London, and by most druggists, in boxes, ls. lid., and three times the qnantity in one, 25. 9d. Be sure to ask for Dr. Sott' s Bilious and Liver Pills. The nine are a square green package. with " William Lambegret,"u engraved on the stamp. ROYAL FREE HOSPITAL, Gray's-inn-road, in the immediate vicinity of the Great Northern Rail way Terminus, King's-cross. Phis Hospital, founded in the year 1828, the first to estab lish the principle of free admission to the sick poor, without the delay and difficulty of Governors' orders, is wholly de pendent for support on voluntary contributions and t ~a^►e3. It affords relief to a large number of in-patients, and, in addition to this, the average number of attendance of the .iestitute sick has for a con iderable period averaged between 3,000 and 4,000 weekly. The Committee earnestly solicit the ASSISTANCE of the benevolent, as the premises of this Hospital are capable of containing several hundred more beds, had the Committee the requisite funds to maintain them. Contributions are received by the Treasurer. hdward Mas • terman, Esq., Nicholas-lane; also by Messrs. Coutts and Co.; Drummond and Co. ; Giyn and Co. ; Herries and Co. ; Ransom and Co. ; Prescott, Grote, and Co.; Smith, Payne, and Co. ; Barclay and Co. ; Mauls, Deacon, and Co.; Overend, Gur ney, and Co. ; Nisbet and Co. ,Berners-street ; I. Barned and rio., Liverpool ; and at the Hospital. from 10 till 5. OTI.NIQH,D SMITH. Secretary. -: • . _ . ""'..." -- f\.,--` ....,...• 1 / 4 , - , .... ---‘-• 4 .---- ,G. -t- --•,---- .71.4„.-4.f:20.1 -. -:,... railli-164-1. .0.131•4 1.4 ,„,./ . :77 ~, -... .t 4.1 11, 8 , , ", It\ ',... ••• , k , .00 ,' '':j:1',7: ' ' •*". 7-4 Z. r t o ,s ~\- Great Fire—Seven Suburban Mansions „,—.-- • ~,,,, ) . - N -•J - . ~s ... - '1 ili 0 -S < . • . .' - .kt " 4 t , 01 , \c 7 ' .7) I I ?(,'L „0- , , - el Niolt. CROYDON, Sakur,:-.,y ~, 1-.. i' - : . • . _! .." '.`'.,,,-.* .4,p, E---, , - l'- -- - - . 4 .---- ,1 1 - -....' , ;,', --- 7-:,..Tft:A E 'I ;3 .7 _ - „:,:._'Z . : -4,.........:" , 0 7 " ..%• - , -_,4 -...----/ , 4 ,. ~ . ......... _.... . ' '' '' '.i.3 7 ;','' I 0 .. , _ _ .i l k 7,47 ,L. :10 . - - - . ... • ,• • • ,.. 4 4 . ,..„, , ' : -- , -'3 4' 7 •• I ,1W --- •A ill 'l4, . . ,‘ 4 . s I'M 7 ;111014 k , ~, 1 .0 , ..,,, i ,.. ..., ,4 —Ditort. "14 1 .9' ''' DIES lit 'IN 4 - 1 - 41 14 "illjtehlP .. 7 2 . , 0* / - 4. 4 . ',-',.. • ..-, I + 1 purin g the early rutri- o f ,I,_ During the early part of the week the inhabitants of this town were kept in a state of excitement owing to the revels going on at what is now termed the people's pleasure fair ; but however great the excite ment had been during the days the carnival lasted, it was considerably increased this morning, when the inhabitants were alarmed by a disastrous fire breaking out,which continued its ravages for hours, destroying property estimated at several thousand pounds. The scene of the disaster was Lansdowne road, East Croydon, at the back of the parish church. O n th e groun d were e r e c ted a great many houses, c on t a i n i ng a b ou t 12 rooms eac h. Theso building s had been roofed in, but were not quite finished, an d some contained a large stock of build ing materials, suc h as sashes, doors, &c., and unfor tunately the whol e or principal portions of the men's working tools were in the structure at. the time the fire commenced. The first intimation of the out break was from one of the builders, who seeing flames round one of the cupboards in the centre house of the row, raised an alarm, and having summoned the different workpeople to the spot, they made an attempt to get the fire extinguished, but their efforts were unsuccessful, and in the course of a few minutes the building in which the disaster com menced became encircled in flame. The fire ex tended with such rapidity that in less than a quarter of an hour the adjoining houses became ignited. In a very brief period two engines belonging to the Board of Health attended, as well as that of the Croydon Volunteers. The whole of this force at once went to work, but the flames continued their ravages, and eventually no less than seven of the magnificent buildings became fired, and such a for midable aspect did the conflagration at length as sume that a telegraphic message was sent to London for additional assistance. Head Engineers Metcalf and Izzard at once started to the spot with one of Shand and Mason's land engines, but by the time they reached the scene the fire had nearly spent itself. PRICE 4d., STAMPED sd.' must have puffed out. The deceased said that ho thought the bag held about 4? i lbs. of powder. Capt. Coffee said that it was just possible that the baj might have been cut by the shovel, but no powder could well have been puffed out. It was the extreme caution of the deceased in putting in the shovel over the 4owder that seemed to have cost him his life ; for if the shovel bad not been there he would simply have been thrown down by the explosion. Dr. Ross said that ho heard from some of the men that deceased seemed to have observed his danger when too late, for ho cried out "Good God," just before the explosion. The Coroner having summed up, _ _ . The jury returned a verdict "That deceased died from decapitation arising from an accidental explosion of gun powder while instructing the Ist Tower IlamletsEngiucers in blowing up a stockade." Capt. Coffee said that it might be a consolation to the deceased's mother and other relatives to know that not only all his comrades, but Sir John Burgoyne and the deputy adjutant-general, appreciated the excellent qualities, scien tific and otherwise, of the unfortunate sergeant. Extraordinary Charge of Conspiring to Cheat and Defraud. John Crofts, a young man of respectable appearance, was brought before Mr. Ellison, at Worship-street Police-court, on Saturday, by Bull, warrant officer of this court, who had -taken him on such author ity a few hours previously while attending his duties as clerk of the Submarine Tele- graph Transmission Offices, in Threadneedle-street, charged with having on the 7th day of June last, and other days, unlawfully conspired with others to obtain from Edmund King the sum of £l6. Mr. Beard having stated at great length the minnte par- ticulars of the case, which he observed was one of a re markable character, fraught with systematic cunning, re gretted that two other persons, named Charles Mills and . _ . David Coppin, known as "betting men," against whom also warrants wore out for complicity in these transactions, did not now stand by the side of the prisoner in the dock. As in many other instances of a similar nature nefarious prac tices had come to light entirely from a split having occurred among the confederates, most probably in consequence of an unfair or alleged unfair division of the spoil, and a vast deal of evidence must neeessotily be heard, but at present the prosecutor's would bo amply sufficient. Mr. J. Barnard, managing clerk to Mr. Joseph Smith, The official report describes the damage done as follows :—" Two ten and twelve-roomed houses, un finished, burned out ; two others nearly destroyed, and three severely damaged by fire and water." defended the prisoner, and great interest was attached to the proceedings. Mr. King, of 13 A, Grosvenor-street, Islington, was then sworn. He deposed—l am a builder. I became acquainted with the prisoner at tho bar about four months since, at the Cambridge Music Hall, in Shoreditch. Shortly afterwards I met other persons there against whom I have charges to prefer in connection with this. The first money transac tion I was concerned in with them was tossing for money. Prisoner was not with them on the first occasion, but was afterwards. I considered it fair tossing. Prisoner did not toss himself, but bet upon it. A person named Saul Cohen, besides others, was present while tossing was going on, and he took a principal part in the betting. I lost by betting about £4O, perhaps more. At tho time the Newmarket Spring Meeting took place I backed a horse called Plutus. My bet was with Cohen, believing at the time he was bet ting for his master, a Mr. Hall. I backed Plutus for, I be- Have, £l6. A man named Copping apparently backed Plutus, and then induced me to do so. After the bet, and on the same day, I found that a horse named Student had won the raco, and that I had lost my money. On or about the 31st of August last I was at a supper at Kite's Coffee-house in Commercial-street, Shoreditch. Cohen, Copping, and others were likewise present. Copping left the room, saying he was going to fetch the cards, and he returned with a pack, and proposed playing at " blind hookey." I and prisoner took part in the game. I be lieved that the players knew no more of the game than I, and that the play was fair. I lost £l7, and declined further play. I paid a few pounds to Cohen and Copping, and on the following day gave a cheque for the remainder. Cohen then proposed another wager—viz., that ho would be blindfolded, and point out afterwards any ono of three articles which had been touched while he was in the dark. A man named Solomons bound the eyes of Cohen, and ono of us touched the article. I did so sometimes. There were three wino glasses placed in a straight line on the table. I lost about £4 with Cohen, who started the betting. Three months since prisoner met me at the Cambridge Music-hall, and in the course of conversation observed " Charley Ray ner, the trainer at Newmarket, has been very intimate with my father, and still corresponds with him. lie has told him some very good things about horse racing. The other day he met him in the street and promised to write to him as he had no time to stay and talk." About a week after that he (witness) met prisoner again in the same place, and the latter said to him, "My father has received a letter from Charley Rayner. What it is about I don't know, but think it must be something about a horse for one of the great handicaps. I believe it must be a good thing, as my father talks about purchasing a public-house. It must be very pri vate, too, for he has locked it in a desk where he keeps his private papers." Copping said to him, "You must get some keys and procure the letter, as if it is about a horse we must back it before the weights come out." Copping said he would get some keys himself, and prisoner promised to lot us know if the letter was about a horse. Two days afterwards I again saw the prisoner at the same place. Copping was present. Prisoner said Copping had got some keys for him, and the desk was opened. On the following Saturday I met prisoner in Commercial-street, and ho pro duced a letter which he asserted was from Rayner. The contents advised that a horse named Lampoon should be backed for the Cambridgeshire Stakes, that it was the best thing the writer had ever known, that it must not be backed in town, that Holt and Crook, of Leeds, were the best per sons to transact business with, and that it was important to keep the matter a profund secret ; the letter was signed Charles Rayner. Witness continued—l showed the letter to Copping, who said, " Mr. Holt used to put up when in town at the York and Albany, Regent's-park. I know him, having seen him on race courses. I wonder if he would recognise me." Prisoner then proposed that he, I, and Copping, should go to the Albany on the following day and ascertain if Mr. Holt did still put up there. Consequently on that day (Sunday) all three went to the York and Albany. Copping asked the waiter if Mr. Holt still frequented there, and whether he had been there that day, or if it was pro bable that he would call again. The waiter said a person named Holt had been there, and in all probability would call again. Copping told the waiter if Mr. Holt did come while we were there to ask him to look in upon us, and in about three-quarters of an hour a person entered who re presented himself as Mr. Holt. It was here suggested that at so late an hour it would he impossible to finish the examination of the prosecutor, who, in answer to Mr. Beard, merely farther observed that he had by the nefarious transactions of the prisoner and his associates been defrauded of between £2OO and £3OO. A future day was appointed for the further hearing, and then Samuel Cohen, of 22, Primrose-street, Finsbury, who was asserted to be an unwilling witness, although it was upon his statement on oath that the warrants wore granted, was bound over in the sum of £lOO to appear at the next ex amination and give evidence. His sworn statement was that he (Cohen) knew David Copping and John Crofts (the prisoner); that ho was present when they arranged between them how each was to toss so as to enable them to win, one of the plans being that when the hand was placed square on the table the coin was to be a head, and when across the table it was to be a. woman, or tail ; that this was in relation to transactions with the prosecutor King ; that they induced him to back horses ; that Copping requested him (Cohen) to get King to back a horse called Plutus for the Newmarket Spring meeting, and that it was known shortly afterwards on the same day that the race had been won by Student ; that King therefore lost £l6, which was paid him (Cohen), and by him to the others ; that on another occasion Copping said, " I shall make £2O by cards to-night of King," and that he did make £l7 at the game of blind hookoy, &c., he know ing the cards; that subsequently ho (Cohen), at the request of Copping, assumed the name of Hall, a well-known cha racter on the racecourse, and passed as him to further the plans of Copping and the prisoner. Mr. Barnard said in reference to the charge that the well known remark of ono story being good until the other was hoard was applicable in this instance. All he asked at pre sent was that his client, a respectable young man, holding a responsible situation, be admitted to bail. Mr. Ellison observed that this was a most grave adsfeori - i . ous matter, and upon the evidence it was shown that and gory had been committed. The prisoner would re manded, but might put in bail t o the amount of £2BO. A WISE POG.—A curious fact has occurred in an isolated country house in the neighbourhood of Toulon. A person flying from the epidemic came to seek an asylum there, and was perfectly well received by the occupants ; a watch-dog only, after having smelt at the, new comer, left his master, and took up his quarters in an adjoining house. On the following night the guest died of cholera, and the dog returned.—Galignani. ADVERTISEMENT.I — HoIIoway's Pills are admirably adapted for the removal of all diseases which have their origin in disordered digestion. They aro well suited to all classes and conditions, as competent to give comfort to the wealthy as ease and strength to the poor. Those pills will be found an agreeable and efficient remedy by invalids whose minds and bodies are enervated and exhausted from excess, over-anxiety, or foreign residence. Persons liable to biliousness should take these pills ; they cause each seizure to be less severe, the nausea and biliousness will gradually be removed, and good digestion, with complete health, be regained. To add to the merits of Holloway's medicine, no risk or danger Attends its ugto, U 0 iTeakileag follows its employment. THE SUN, LONDON, MONDAY EVENING, OCTOBER 9, 1865. GREAT ST. JAMES'S-HALL.—WORLD of DIACIC, Second Sight, and " Itegone;Duil Care," every evening at 8. A Day Performance, Saturday, at 3. " The most varied entertainment in the metropolis."—Vide the Press. Admission, Is. PROFESSOR and the Misses ANDERSON. — Farewell season. World of Magic. Second Sieht, and the original Indian Basket trick, in conjunction with Fre deric (the great) Maccabe, the unrivalled ventriloquist, mimic, and character actor. TREDERIC MACCABE, Ventriloquist, Mimic, &c., in his orig, nal entertainment, " Begoae, Dull Care," "Miss Mary May," " Early in the Morning." Balcony, 2s. ; reserved seats, es. ; stalls, Gs. ; at Ur. Austin's office, St. James -hall, 23, Piccadilly. A. NIMKO, Acting Manager. STODARE.-191ST REPRESENTATION.- THEA ruE OP MYSTERY, EGYPTIAN HALL. MARVELS in MAGIC and VE NT RILOQUISM. by Col. STODARE. The REAL INDIAN BASKET TRICK, and INSTANTANEOUS GROWTH of FLOWER TREES, as introduced for the first time in this country cn Easter Mon day, April 17, 1865, by Colonel Stodare, and only performed by him and the Indian Magicians. Every evening at 8 (Saturdays included), also on Wednes day and Saturday Afternoons at 3. Stalls at Mitchell's, 33, Old Bond-street, and Box-office, Egyptian Hall Admission, ls., 25., and 3s. "Almost miraculous."—Vide Times, April 18,1885. CHRISTY MINSTRELS, St. James's Hall, Piccadilly.—The only original and veritable legitimate CHRISTY MINSTRELS Every Night at 8, Saturdays at 3 and 8, retaining all the specialties and old favourites who ' originally created the reputation of the Company, Fauteuils, 55.; stalls, 8s ; unreserved seats, 2s. ; gallery. is. Tickets at Austin's, 28, Piccadilly.—Manager, Mr. Frederick Burgess. T"OXF O R D. 6, OXFORD STREET, W. The Oxford and Canterbury Hall Company (limited). SIXTY-SIX, by J. Offenbach, performed by Misses Russell, Barrie, Walmesley, Tyrell, Ellen Reid, Ma dame Maria, and Miss Fitzlienry ; Messrs. A. St. Albyn, Husk, Evans. W. Williams, and Senors Tivoli and Spagnoli, with full Band and Chorus. Conductor, Mr. F. Jonghma.ns. Ballet, Comedy, Burlesque, (irc., by the celebrated D'Au bans. Messrs. Duriah and Davis, and the Misses TESSY and SARA GUNNISS. NOTICE.—The Oxford has been entirely Redecorated, Altered, Newly Lighted, and Ventilated, and now is one of the most agreeable places of resort in the kingdom.—OPEN EVERY EVENING at Eight o'clock. The Classical Ballet, entitled THE BRIDAL of BEAUTY, in which the Misses TESSY and SARA GUNNISS will ap:ear THIS EVENING. The HUNGARIANS The Brothers and Sister KIRALFI will have the honour of introducing their National Dances in costume every evening. _ . . .... Admission—Area, 6d.; stalls and balcony, ls. ; private boxes, 10s. 6d. CANTERBURY HALL, KO KO RI KO. This wonderful entertainment, having proved the greatest hit ever made, will be repeated EVERY EVENING, in ad dition to the Operatic Sele3tions, supported by the whole talent of the establishment. _ _ - - Comedy, Burlesque, and Ballet by Mrs. and Mr. Randall Messrs. Duriah and Davies, the D'Aubans, Mons. Alex andre, mimics, and the Sisters Dashwood, their first appear. awe. _ _ _ _ _ Director, ➢ir. F. JonF,rmans. All visitors to London at this season should see the above entertainment. MADAME TUSSAUD'S EXHIBITION.- Established 30 years, at the Bazaar, Baker-street. NEW ADDITIONS.—In accordance with the season, the Exhibition has been entirely re-embellished. The whole of the ancient Court Dresses of the most costly description, faithfully copied from the most minute pictures, have been renewed. Modern Court Dresses of the most splendid de scription, selected from the first houses in Paris and London, and probably never equalled or surpassed, are now on view. Life-size Models of DOCTOR E. W. PRITCHARD and CONSTANCE KENT are now added. Open from 11 a.m. till 10 p.m. Admittance, One Shilling; Extra Rooms, Sixpence. ARGYLL ROOMS, Great Windmill-street, Piccadilly.—GßAND CASINO and MUSICAL PRO MENADE is NOW OPEN for the Season. Musical Director, M. LUIGI CURTL Manager, Mons. GRENET. 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KEATING'S PERSIAN INSECT DES fROYING POWDER.---Fleas in Dogs, Poultry. &c., are instantly destroyed, as also Bugs, Beetles, and every other Insect, by this Powder, which Is quite harmless to animal life ; sportsmen particularly will, therefore, find it invaluable. The original importer, THOS. KEATING, 79, St Pam's Churchyard, London. In packets, is., 28. 6d., and 4s 6d. each. Per post, Is. packet for 12 stamps; and 2s. 61. packet for 36 stamps. CHOLERA IN SHEFFIELD.—We regret to have to record that this malady has appeared in Sheffield. George Thompson, aged 68 years, died on Thursday after noon from Asiatic cholera. Deceased was a bachelor, en gaged in the silver business at Cornish Works, and lived at 3, Infirmary-road. About tea time on Wednesday, he was slightly attacked with diarrhoea, and ho declined to take any tea. In the course of the evening he drank a little brandy and water, and for supper ate some cheese, think ing it might check the diarrhoea. After supper he became worse, and was either vomiting or being purged inces santly. He, however, hoped he should soon be better, and went to bed, and, as was his custom, fastened his bedroom door. About three o'clock on the following morning his landlady was awoke by a noise in his bedroom, and think ing he might be requiring something, she went to his room door and knocked. There was no response, and as she could then hear nothing she left. Between six and seven o'clock the noise was repeated, and while an attempt was being made to force the door the deceased was heard to fall from the bed to the floor. He crawled to the door and opened it. He appeared to be in a very exhausted state, and he was at once assisted back to bed, and Mr. Taylor, surgeon, was sent for, who arrived at the house about seven, and found the unfortunate man in a state of extreme ex haustion from the excessive vomiting and purging which had continued through the night. His skin was almost black, and there was little or no pulse. He was suffering from cramp in nearly every part of his body. The medicine prescribed had a most beneficial effect, and when Mr. Tay lor called at 11 o'clock, deceased was much better. The violent symptoms had ceased, but there was still no pulse, and the prostration was very great. At three o'clock in the afternoon, during the absence of the nurse from the room, d ecea sed exerted himself, and l o ft hi s b e d. Th o vio lent symptoms at once returned, and he sank and died in less than a quarter of an hour. Mr. Taylor was present a few minutes after death, and took precautions to prevent the spreading if possible of so dreadful a malady. The atten tion of the chairman of the health committee was' also called to the case. Mr. Taylor has had considerable expe rience in cases of cholera, and he pronounced this as viru lent a caw as no had non. Launch at Messrs• Maudslay, Son, and East Greeuwich. The shipyard of Messrs. Maudslay and Co., at East Greenwich, wore on Saturday afternoon an appearance of gaiety in very striking contrast to the grim ugliness for which the shipyards on either side of the Thames are generally so conspicuous. The visitor passing up and down the river may be quite sensible of the importance and greatness, as indus trial undertakings, of these yards ; but he may also be allowed to entertain a legitimate regret that it is impossible to combine ever so little of the duke with so.much of what is unquestionably the utile. He may sigh for the days when a trip on the Thames meant something more and something better than a journey in a shabby steamboat down a muddy river, crowded with barges and Colliers, and flowing between two unbroken lines of wharves,warehouses, ironworks, shipyards, or the like. But to this uni form mass of ugliness, the yard of Messrs. Maudslay presented, as we have said, on Saturday afternoon a very agreeable contrast, on thooccasion of the launch of the first vessel which the firm has ever built. The yard was decorated with flame, as was also the ves sel about to couggpk,* career on the watki and the large number of well-dressed ladies and gentlemen gathered together to witness the launch imparted great animation to the scene. Messrs. Maudslay have hitherto been distinguished as engineers, and it is only lately that they have turned their thoughts to shipbuilding. The vessel launched on Saturday is being consecrated for the Iron Screw Colliery Company. Her keel was laid on the 18th of May, and the work has been well pushed forward, so that a comparatively short space of time will suffice to finish her. The vessel, which is designed on Henwood's patent dynamical prin ciple, is, in length, 182 ft. 6 in. ; breadth moulded, 27 ft. 6 in. ; depth moulded, 18 ft. ; her register tonnage is about 530. She is classed AB at Lloyd's, but is said to be considerably stronger in many respects than is required by their rules for vessels of this size. She is the first vessel of any size that has been launched from East Greenwich, and considerable interest was consequently felt in the affair. The list of invited guests was a large one, and the general public contributed no small number of sightseers. Shortly after two o'clock the signals were given to make ready for the launch, and the workmen began to knock away the supports from beneath the keel. When all was ready the crowded state of the river made it neces sary for some little time to keep the vessel still on the stocks ; but at length the word of command came, the last support was knocked away, and, amidst general cheering, the vessel glided swiftly and smoothly into what imaginative writers per sist in calling her " native element." The task of christening her fell on Miss Maudslay, who per formed the duty to admiration, in the right way, or, what was of still greater importance, at the right moment. The "Lady Derby," as she was named, was no sooner fairly in the water than than a rope was passed over her bows, and she was towed into the Victoria Docks to receive her masts, engines, and boilers. These engines are of 90- horse nominal power, but will work up to 500 or 600 horse power. The launch having thus passed off with complete success, another little word—not dis similar to it in appearance or pronunciation—was heard to pass from the mouths of the company —in short, after the launch came the lunch. A very handsome collation had been laid out in front of one of the extensive workshops, and the guests were well disposed to accept the hospitality of the firm, for the wind was strong and keen, and admirably calculated to give one an appetite. Before the company sepa rated success was drank to " The Screw Collier Company," and with that very proper exception, no attempt was made to drag out the proceedings by a string of those complimentary toasts full of sound and signifying nothing—with which many of us are un t o off f in t t u h n e a t b e l e y but s tpo s t s o i o b l f e a lia. manner, r T h a us n d t h t h e e a o ff n a l i y r we n cir cumstance adverse to the propitious influences of the occasion was the unexpected and lamented death late on the previous day of Mr. M‘Patrick, one of the members of the firm. It was impossible to post pone the launch ; but, out of respect to the memory of the deceased gentleman, the affair was carried out with less gaiety or festivity than otherwise would have been. Report upon the Cholera• PARIS, Oct. 7. The following report to the Emperor, drawn up by MM. Drouyn de Lhuys and Armand Behic, has just appeared : Sire,—At the commencement of the last invasion of the East by cholera, your Majesty's government was preoccupied with the dangers which the appear ance of that scourage threatened to the general health of France. Under the inspiration of this pre-. cautionary idea, the immediate dispatch to Egypt of a [medical mission was decided upon, not only for the purpose of bringing enlighted assistance to the victims of the epidemic, but also to study the causes, the march, and the character of the malady, in order to arrest its progress as much as possible, and pre vent its introduction upon the territory of the Empire. Diplomatic and consular agents have afforded the members of the medical mission an amount of as sistance which has facilitated their task, and, upon its side, your Majesty's Government has not ceased to apply its most serious attention to the examina tion of the important question to be resolved. We have the honour to submit to the Emperor the re flections this examination has suggested to us. Europe seemsT o preserve thatagainst we u e o ought theg r h t periodical ra population ther and toasteteakekt so theo stifle whole cholera,ho the le eviloift in its birth than to impede it upon the route. It is sufficientttraverses,es commercetooo tf obstacles enn o d pp o n lsyeotwf offer powerlesseh i r t i c , t; which i p ttih o ni n efis e cau a tbb c o h lrivec o eah f l e aa t ll h lt e hnse injuryguaegasurespaas onr i ny : to organise at the point of departure a system of preventive measures connected with the territorial authority by means of international arrangements. The information gathered by the consular agents and confirmed by the unanimous reports of the phy sicians manifestly proves that the epidemic has been imported into Egypt by pilgrims returning from Mecca and Djeddah. Thus it is alleged that the cholera exists every year among the caravans of Mussulmans arriving in these holy cities, after fa tigues and privations of every kind which render them more liable to the malady. This predisposi tion is singularly favoured by the state in which these multitudes live—camping in the open air, ex posed to a torrid heat, and to the influence of the pestilential miasma given forth by heaps of impu rity and the putrid remains of animals offered in propitiatory sacrifice. These permanent causes of infection have been still more active this year, by reason of certain facts which may again occur, and which we consider we ought to point out to your Majesty's attention. Upon the one hand, the number of pilgrims col lected at Mecca for the Kourban-Beiram (feast of owing to a particular circumstance soafetrlilfieciNels) wussuallan rite, far more considerable than in preceding years. The number of individuals of all ages and both sexes arrived from the various Mahometan countries to go through the consecrated ceremonies was estimated at not less than 200,000, and the quantity of sheep and camels slaughtered, the offal of which was abandoned upon the ground, exceeds a million. It is not astonishing that this agglomeration of human beings and this enormous quantity of animal suhstances in decomposition should have developed in exceptional proportions the conditions of insalubrity which the pilgrims habitually encounter. Upon the other hand, it is to be remarked that in former times the principal movement of pilgrimage was carried on by land, and that the passage of the desert contributed to improve the hygienic condi tion of the caravans by isolating and dissipating the morbid elements they carried with them. Now-a 7 days, on the contrary, thanks to the facility and re sources of steam navigation, it is by sea, and in a very short space of time, that these voyages are in great part accomplished by the aid of packets upon which are crowded thousands of Musulmans of every nationality. This accumulation, added to the short ness of the passage, is certainly one of the causes which most contribute to the development of epi demic centres. These new circumstances call for a surveillance and control over the operations of embarkation and transport of the pilgrims, which seem to have been hitherto altogether insufficient. It is intelligible of what high importance it is that the sanitary condi tion on board these packets should not be disguised either by the commanders of those vessels or by the authorities which pronounce their admission to free pratique. It is permitted to hope that if a system of observation and surveillance had existed at the point of a departure, and if exact reports upon cases of illness arising during the passages had attracted the Y:wilauee of the local sanitary authorities in • Tine, they would have been able to extinguish or isolate the centres of inspection, the influence of which has successively extended to Syria, to the coasts of Asia Minor, and to a portion of southern Europe. _ From all the facts we have just mentioned, sire, we are led to deduce the conclusion that the present time is truly opportune to bring about the meeting, at an early date, of a diplomatic conference, in which should be represented the powers interested, like ourselves, in the reforms demanded by the pre sent organisation of the sanitary service in the East, and which, after having studied the questions to which we have the honour to solicit your Majesty's attention, should propose practical remedies. The members of this conference would have especially to examine whether it would not be necessary to establish, at the points of departure and arrival of pilgrims returning from Mecca—that is to say, at Djeddah and Suez—sanitary administrations having an international character which should secure their independence, and give to their management all possible guarantees of loyal impartiality. We may reckon upon active co-operation upon the part of the Eastern Governments, whose States in the pro gress of these epidemics are the first to suffer from the ravages of the scourge and from the interrup tion of commercial relations. If, as we venture to hope, your Majesty deigns to accord assent to the considerations we have the honour to present, the Emperor's Government should hasten to place itself in communication with foreign cabinets, in order to combine, by common agreement in a conference, a generality of measures whose necessity is demonstrated by recent and sor rowful events.—We have the honour, &c., DROUYN DE LHUYS, Minister for Foreign Affairs. ARMAND BEHIC, Minister of Agriculture, Com merce, and Public Works. The Frightful Accident to a Volunteer Instructor. On Saturday Mr. John Humphreys (Middlesex Coroner) opened an inquiry at the Queen's Hotel, Gascoigne-road, Victoria-park, into the circumstances of an explosion of gunpowder at the Tower Hamlets volunteer drill ground, by which Sergeant William Dransfield, of the Royal En gineers, was killed and dreadfully mutilated. The court was crowded and numerous officers and pri vates of the Ist Tower Hamlets Engineers, of which corps the unfortunate deceased was the drill instructor, were present to witness the proceedings. The jury having been impanelled, proceeded to view the body of the deceased, which presented a deplorable appear ance, the unfortunate man's head baying been severed from the trunk and become charred and blackened by the explo- siou of the powder. The scone of the occurrence was then inspected by the coroner and jury. The practice ground of the Tower Hamlets Engineer Volunteers is a slip of land railed off Victoria-park on the north side, and close to the road. At ono end of the drill ground is the shed fur containing tools, &c. At tho othor is a two-gun batter Near the battery a pool of blood by a rough stockade marked the spot where the deceased was killed. A small hold about the size of a hat had been made, and in it the deceased placed a bag of powder to blow down tho stockade ; the fuse evidently explodwd prematurely, and hence the accident. The deceased was a man of good educatian ; he had been educated at Harrow. He was subsequently employed on the South Western Railway, but becoming tired of the calling he enlisted in the Engineers at Chatham. Mr J. Brown Boss was tho first witness called—Re said, I am surgeon to the Ist Tower Hamlets Engineer Volun teers. I know the deceased. His name was William Drans field, and he was 32 years of age. He was sergeant in the Engineers, and attached to Chatham, and was government instructor to our corps. I was not present at the accident. Donald Glass, sapper, said—On Thursday evening I was at drill in the drill ground, Victoria-ground. The deceased was present as instructor. We assembled about 8 o'clock. Part of the instruction was the blowing up of a stockade. The company was divided into an attacking and a defend ing party. I was with the deceased in the attacking party. It was part of the manoeuvre that we should take the stock ade, and then blow it up. It was a quarter to 9 when we proceeded to do this. Others were with me, and the de ceased on one side of the stockade. The explosion was to be made by the deceased. He gave orders that when he said the word "Ready" the company were to right about face and fall down. We were to lie on our faces. All could hear that order, and we had been previously cautioned to the same effect. The deceased placed a bag of powder in a hole in the ground on our side of the stockade. It was to be ignited by one of Boxer's fusees. I assisted in tying it to the bag, or rather in the bag. The operation consists in placing the fuse into the mouth of the bag, like a finger into a glove. If it was put in up to " 19" (the figures marked on the fuse) it would take 19 seconds to fire the bag. We put in the end only, and after the composition had burned to the bottom it would blow out a few grains of powder in the hollow of the fuse, and so light the powder in the bag. I do not believe there was any powder loose about the bag outside. The fuse was fastened in 50 yards from the stock ade, and Sergeant. Knox carried the bag to the hole. I was 4 or 5 yards from deceased when ho was igniting the fuse. Ile gave the word "Ready," as he had the light in his hands before applying it to the fuse. The light was some kind of fuse. There was a spade shoved in under the stockade, over the bag of powder. The moment I saw him apply the light, I as well as the others turned round and fell down. I looked back over my shoulder, and I saw Dransfield blown backwards. He never uttered a sound. The quantity of powder in the bag was about 21bs. I scrambled to deceased and took h i s head from under his back. With the e xce p tion of the skin at the back his head was blown from his body. There was only time to right about and fall forward from the time of the ignition to that of the explos ion. I cannot explain how it came to pass that the exp losion was so prompt. I have been 7 to 8 months attach ed to the engineer regiment. Capt. J. Ambrose Coffee said—l am the commandant of the Tower Hamlet Volunteers, and was in charge of th e reg iment on the night in q uestion. This night attack was being made because I am obliged, though commandant, to carry out and obey the orders given by the drill instructor from the War-office. Sergeant Dransfield was about four years attached to our regiment, and he was very enthusi astic. He proposed a night attack, and I inquired as to its safety. He assured me there was no danger, and on Thurs day night we were rehearsing what was to have taken place to-night. I asked him partic u l ar l y if th ere wou ld b e time given by the fuse for the men and himself to get out of the way, and ho lighted an artillery fuse and threw it down before the men. It took some time to burn. and seemed safe. Ho proposed that I should take command of the defence. I posted my m en an d d e f en d e d m y earthworks, firing at the enemy until he gave the signal. We then ran as hard as we could supposing that the enemy had entered the earthworks. At 50 yards I halted my men, and drew them up in front of the enemy. Wo waited for the explo sion. While waiting there was an explosion and a man cried out, " The sergeant is dead or wounded." I sent my men everywhere for aid, but when I got up poor Drans field's head was off his body. He had been 12 years in the army. At the War-office, and wherever ho was known, he was highly respected. His name was down for promotion. He had been . - :ducated at Harrow, and he know thoroughly the science of engineering. He was a careful man. Sergeant Edward Knox gave corroborative evidence. Edward Kendall, sappal, said that ho saw the deceased light the fuse. He knelt on his left knee, and rested his right hand on the spade. Ho struck the fusee (just as if ho was going to light a cigar), and as he passed it to the fuse the explosion took place. The fusee threw off sparks all around as he moved to light the fuse. Witness thought that some grains of powder wore loose about. When the deceased forced the bag under the stockade, and shoved the spade after it, in witness's opinion some grains of powder SERIOUS FIRS. A LUNATIC ASYLUM ON FIRE. On Saturday an alarming fire took place on the premises known as Grane Hall Lunatic Asylum, situated at Old Bow, in the occupation of Mr. Byas. A fire breaking out in such an extensive establish- ment naturally caused the greatest alarm amongst the inmates and officials of the institution, and the first thing sought to be accomplished was to keep the patients as quiet as possible, for although the fire had not broken into the sleeping apartments, it had obtained such a strong hold of the laundry and drying rooms that the reflection was visible from the windows of the dormitories. Several of the laun dresses and laundrymen rushed into the drying rooms and saved a great quantity of linen before the flames had gained a great ascendancy in that part of the building, which was between 100 and 150 feet in length, and of proportionate width, whilst the laundry was longer by nearly 50 feet, and much wider than the first-named house. Conductor Thomas Beer attended with the Royal Society's escape, and by unshipping his first-floor ladder he was enabled to enter the building and rescue many of the goods in the buildings. Mr. Superin tendent Jones arrived in a very brief space of time with the West Ham engine, and Philpot with the parish engine. The were followed by one of the land steamers as well as the manual power ones. Unfortunately at this particular spot the only sup ply of water is laid on by pipes from the mains in the district, which pass round the building, and although there are plenty of fire cocks there is not sufficient water to supply an engine, conse quently Conductor Beer and a man named Dowds, a railway driver, went to work in an admirable manner, and by using pails of water in abundance, and the aid of hand-pumps, the flames were ulti mately extinguished, but the damage done must reach a serious sum. The origin of the fire is not as yet precisely known. The same morning, at an early hour, a fire hap pened on the premises of Mr. Hearn, a chandler, &c., carrying on business at No. 6, Half Nichol street, Finsbury. The discovery was made by the police constable on duty in the street by seeing a lurid glare in the shop. He at once aroused the inmates, consisting of three persons, who effected a safe retreat. Conductors Isles and Steir at tended with the Royal Society's escapes from Shore ditch and Bishopsgate-street stations, when they searched the rooms, and ascertained that no one had been left behind. The land steamers, with several manual ones and those of the parish, quickly attended, and the mains of the East London Company having been drawn, the firemen went to work, but the shop and the upper part of the building, together with the stock in trade, were destroyed, but the books and money were saved in an iron safe. Another fire took place on the premises of Mr. A. Stearn, upholsterer, 9, Victoria-road, Holloway. The fire commenced shortly after one o'clock on the first floor. Alfred Green, one of the conductors of the Royal Society, and the parish engine keeper, with the Volunteers and Brigade men, followed, but they were unable to get the fire extinguished until considerable damage was done to the building and the contents by fire and water. FIRE IN Guar's-INN-ROAD.—Last evening about nine o'clock great alarm was caused in the vicinity of the Royal Free Hospital, Gray's-inn-road, in consequence of a fire breaking out in the private re sidence of Mr. Davis, cigar manufacturer, 4, Amp ton-street, a thoroughfare running out of the above road. The discovery was made by some of the neighbours living opposite, who gave an alarm. The inmates, three in number, with the exception of an aged female, managed to escape by the roof, but the latter was obliged to be carried down in a quilt. Two men, in their zeal to save property, forced in the doors, and commenced dashing the furniture to pieces by throwing it out of window. Fortunately Mr. Superintendent Gernon resided only three doors off, and that officer immediately sent for a strong body of police, and the further hasty the chief officer of the B section of the Fire re moval of the furniture was prevented. Mr. Bridges,. , w t er e engines, was Brigade, with numerous manual quickly in attendance. The mains of the f New te River r and Company yielded an abundant supply of hose , ose being four of which the hand engines were set to wo e' : however, o the exertions were present. In spite, carried up the Royal Society's escapes,f to spread and of the firemen, the flames. continued was feared that the ad burn downwards, when it would be destroyed. Some parties joining houses injudiciously entered the next h ouse, where Mrs. F en ton was lying in bed, and they carried her to the house of a neighbour opposite. The moment these machines were set to work a round of ap plause was given by the immense crowd, and in a b y , minutes the conflagration was extinguished. There was a rumour that two children had been lost, but Mr. Gernon thinks it is unfounded. E H D A A I L O T R I I I S , ON' Eu S sT i o 3 N IL . L D S O A OF , L T D H :D D B:t ._ IT A I S ir p C er O so L n L s EG s E hou o l l: l know that the above medicine can be sent by post on receipt or 3) postage stamps for two boxes, Nos. 1 and 2, 13&d. also. — [Advertisement.] AN EX-CHAMPION OF ENGLAND IN TROUBLE.— At the Nottingham Police Court, on Saturday, William Thompson, well known as " Bendigo," formerly champion of England, was charged with an assault upon William Mellors. The defendant expressed his sorrow for what he had done, and promised not to offend in a similar manner again. The complainant said he did not wish tc press the case, and the defendant, after being severely re_ primanded by the Bench, was disc har g ed u p on paying Cho expenses, which amounted to 4s. 6d. A MAN KILLED ON THE NORTH KENT RAILWAY,_. Yesterday information was received by Mr. Cutts.; the coroner, that a man named Wm. Henry Brown, in the em. ploy of the South-Eastern Railway Company, h a d me t hi m death under the fo llowin g circumstances. The decene4. it appears, was on the line between the New-cross st,ati.on and the Lewisham junction, when a Mid-Kent trean . cams along. The driver perceiving the deceased ErJunded hide whistle, but the unfortunate man paid no attention to it, and before the engine could be stopped, he was knocked down, receiving serious injury about the head s and both WO, being broken, causing iustalitaneows Of Lnge yet the [lout WO d we e are with . him r be any