The Sun. — London, England, 1856-10-25 00:00:00

THE SUN, LONDON, SAtuADALY kVErlittiG, oCfol3.Eli §5, THE LATE DREADFUL ACCIDENT AT THE ROYAL SURREY GARDENS. THE INQUEST. [The following► appeared in part of our impression of yesterday :—] The inquiry into the deaths of the unfortunate indivi duals who lost their lives on SunOay evening last, at the Royal Surrey Gardens, was resumed yesterday morning at the Newington Workhouse, before Mr. Carter, coroner, and the jury impannelled on Tuesday last. Mr. Spurgeon was not present at the commencement, though he bad been summoned to attend. The jury having answered to their names, the follow ing additional evidence was taken : Mr. C. W. C. Otway, surgeon, 7, Canterbury-row, Newington-road — About 7 o'clock en Sunday evening last I was summoned by Police -constable 333 P to go to the Surrey-gardens, where a dreadful accident bad happened. I immediately went there and found great confusion in every direction. On arriving mid-way be tween the entrance of the Garden and the entrance of the Hall, my attention was called to a female lying on the grass surrounded by a number of persons. I ex amined her ; she was breathless, and she bad no pulsa tion in any part. Her countenance was very suffused and puffy. I detected no particular external injury on her person. I listened at her chest, and was about to make further inqairies when I was called off to examine another person. The first person was Mrs. Skepper. She was about two yards from the first female. She was not breathing, but I felt her pulse and heart beating. I directed the bye. standers to raise her a little, and loosen her dress, which was done. I was then pulled away to another female at the other side of the garden, and I never saw Mrs. Skepper after. I found the third person dead. I think the second female I saw in the garden. I was very much distressed at the sight, and when called away from the second female I looked round and seeing a medical friend of mine there I asked him to attend to her. Superintendent Lund then desired me to re main by his side whilst the bodies were brought and laid on a table at the north-west end of the building. I believe the first brought was a female, Mrs. Bar low. She appeared to have been brought from upstairs. She was dead, her face was very livid, with the chin forced down on the chest. The bone of her stays was forced through her dress and was pressing on her mouth and nose. I opened her dress and removed the stay bone. I then felt her heart, and I said this woman is dead. My impression at the time was, that beside the suffocation she had injured her bead at the top of the spinal column. I have since examined her body, and found a contusion on the right side of the head. She died from suffocation by the head being pressed down on the chest, and a physical impediment caused thereby to the introduction of air into the lungs. Noticing the female was in the family way when she wes placed on the tahle,l afterwards came to the workhouse in cam pany with Mr. Stower, a medical wan, and it wa, decided that the Caesarean Pperation should be performed. Mr. Gannon, a medical man operated, and a full sr-.w•n male child was taken from her—the child wal (lead. I believe the next person I saw was Heard, a large powerful man ; he was brought from up stairs, and was dead ; his head was forced down on his chest, as in the case of Mrs. Barlow; his face was suffused and livid ; I did not detect any particular external injury on Lis person ; ho died from suffocation from pressure on the brain. I thought at the time he had broken his neck, and on a hasty examina tion I well unable to Fay if his neck was dislocated ; he was bleeding from the back of his head as if he had fallen, a-d there were marks( r bruises on his chest ; the wound at the hack of the head was a contused wound. Tao females were then placed on the to.ble, bu!: I don't know where they were brought from ; Mr. Marshall attended to one of them. Their names were John son sod Matthews. Johnson was in a state of syncope, and she was attended to by Mr. Marthall. Matthews I examined, and fowl , ' her dead. Her e.r.lnte::ance was more 'livid than the others. I (erected no personal in jury ; And my (pinion is that she also died of suffna tion. I afttrwsris ea.v Johnson, arid found her dead. Iler ccunterance was pailid. One of them was bruised about ti e faN-. I htlieve ail three rreons lest their lives by snifccaticp, through compression. By the Forein2.n—Probab'y had received a blow that might have pra!)Eed him, but it was cot the cause of death. By the C“roner—They all lost their lives by violence. Witness—l believe the boy who fell from the stairs webs not killed. On Sunday evening a person called at my house and wished me to attend a boy who had severely inj;ired himself from falling down a staircase. Mr. FaHager—We have a letter from the mother of the boy, stating he is not dead. The Coroner—l believe a policeman has seen the mother of the boy, and mcartained he is not irjared, and that he was at work yesterday in the City. Mr. John Hedge, examined o❑ Tuesday—On Sunday evening la.q I went to the Surrey Hall to bear Mr. Spurgeon preach, and I stood during the whole of the evening in front of the orchestra, close to the foot of the pulpit. I faced the audience, and could see every part of the hall, which was densely crowd ...J. I was at, the gardens at a quarter past 4 o'clock, and assisted in Braking arrangements, with the police, to pre serve order. I did it at the request of the deacons of Park -street Chapel, who wished good order to be kept. Mr. Spurgeon entered the pulpit about half-past (3 o'clock : when strvice coal:nem:oi by singing, reading the scriptures, and prayer. At the close of the prayer there was great confusion near the entrance door (the centre door), occasioned by persons rushing out of the Place —about a dozen or twenty at iiret—from the body of the hall, occasioned, I believe, by a person or persons calling out "Fire." The Coroner —Why do you believe it ? Witness—:Pecam e I heard it, and a cry that the "galleries are fading." By the Coroner—Did you hear the word fire dis tinctly used ! Witness—Yes, sir, mare than cues. By the Coroner—Can you say whence the sounds came ? Witness—First from the door at the main entrance, when I heard at the same time a little bell tinkle. The cry of fire was re-echoed immediately, exactly opposite, and apparently after from three or four parts of the ban. As soon as one person cried "fire," it Wa3 re peated by the others. The tinkling of the bell iaas answered at the opposite side of the ba!l by the tinkling of another bell, And another rush took place, accompa nied with the cry of " the galleries are falling." By the Coroner—What effect did this have on the people ? Witness—lncreased confusion—dreadful—every body appeared in commotion. All rose up extremely agitated. By the Coroner —Can you identify any of the persona who raised the cries ? Witness—l don't think I can, but I saw several per sons standing up at the end of the hall put their hands to their mouths and cry, "The galleries are falling." Tbey nscd their hands as a trumpet to convey the sound as far as possib:o. By Mr. Holland—You say the confmion appeared before the cries ? were er s shouting the Witness—Yes, about a d ozen or so rushing out of the main door ; the more the men cried the more con fusion. I at fi rst thought it was somep e o n being o remo ved in a fainting fit. When they w " fire," I saw a man take a chair and go round the hall and sma"h the glass in the windows and doors,against which barriers had been placed to prevent exit during the service to create additional co n f us i on . By a Juryman—How were they barricaded ? Witness—On the outside. When I saw the rush was general I went to the N. W. staircase, and there saw the bodies lifted on the leads, as described by me in my ev i • deuce on Tuesday last. I thought at first the confusion emanated from persons desirous of plundering. By a Juryman—l am satisfied the tinkling noise I heard was made by a bell, and not from the rattling o f the drops of a glass chandelier. By the Foreman—l am glad you were so self-possessed at the time, Mr. Illedge, because there are a few ques tions I wish to have answered. What is your impression as to the breaking of the glass—was it to give additional modes of exit cr to create confusion ? Witness —T o create confusion. Foreman —From your information, do you Wie.re there was a preconcerted arrangement to create con fusion? Witness—Yes. Foreman—Did you feel alarm at the time ? Witness--Yes, a little when I heard the cry " the galleries are falling." By a Juryman—When the first confusion occurred did you hear screams ? \Vitt-less—l don't think I did—l'm not certain. The deacons had no idea any disturbance would arise ' or that any opposition w oul d be s hown to Mr. Spurgeon's preaching. Mr. Spurgeon bad no idea of the murder3us work that was going on in the stairs. fie wal on ly aware of it when I went and informed him, and he remained in the pulpit addressing the peopl e in the pan . c. I and others had to the hopes of allaying drag him out cf the pulpit. By the Jury—Mr. Spurgeon acted very properly. Mr. Wm, Soamee, engraver, of Finchleproad, Wal. worth—l was at the Surrey-hall on Sunday evening last. The disturbance commenced about the middle of the second prayer. I stood under the gallery immediately opposite the main entrance. At that time a rush took place into the lobby from the gardens, which produced a bustle in the hall, followed immediately by screaming in that vicinity, and a general looking round to that spot. The word "Fire" arose more as a matter of in quiry than an alarm, and immediately like a stream it flaw across the hall like a flash. Suddenly the avenue gates were opened, and there was a rush producing a sound as if a fire-engine were coming. Then the panic arose. I had not then heard the tinkling of bells, but I did occasionally the breaking of chandeliers. A general alarm spread through the building—all appeared to get out of their seats and trample over one another, from a desire to escape. I assisted in breaking the glass in the windows (but not with a chair) to give additional means of exit. If it had not been done more lives would have been lost. When I was breaking the glass a person came up to me and said, "Be quiet, don't do that, but trust in God." I replied that I quite agreed with him in that sentiment, but at the same time I considered myself justified in what I was doing, in giving additional facilities to escape. I do not believe the disturbance arose from a preconcerted measure, but from the foolery of opening the avenue doors when the hall was full. The panic arose from an accidental and unforeseen circumstance. I did not see any one put his hand to his mouth and call " fire." Mr. Isaac John Barrett, master of the Spa Wood Grammar School—l was at the Surrey Hall on Sunday evening in company with my wife. I stood with my face to the audience, about three yards in front of the pulpit. During the second prayer there was breathless silence, and I distinctly heard the tinkling of the drops of the gas chandelier and a rumbling sound of feet as if stamping at the main entrance, simultaneous with another such sound at the north-east entrance, accom panied with the breaking of glass. I bad not then heard the word " fire." From the manner in which Mr. Spurgeon addressed the audience in prayer I thought a disturbance might occur, He said, "There were a great many mealy-mouthed ministers who were afraid to use the word hell to ears polite, but that he should use it a great many times that night i❑ the course of his address. His master Christ seldom spoke of heaven, but of hell." Immediately on hearing that a thought crossed my mind that a disturb ance might arise. I believe the disturbance arose from a preconcerted plan by the opponents of Mr. Spurgeon. When the confusion commenced Mr. Spurgeon desired the audience to be quiet—it was only "pickpockets." I saw an old schoolfellow of mine named Young, who has a wooden leg, go into tho pulpit. He said " they must be aware of the expense incurred in engaging the hall, and that as they had not been able during the confusion to collect as much as they anticipated, he 1 should feel obliged is the remaining portion of the laudience if they would subscribe as they went out." I do not attribute the dnturbance to anything Mr. Spurgeon said. Saperintendent Ltind—l went to the Surrey Gardens at half•past 5 o'clock on Sunday evening in consequence of an application for eight policemen, and that Mr. Spur; eon would preach there. I went there as a matter of duty. On my arrival I found at least 15,000 persons assembled. I took up my position at the gates of the 'rent entrance uneit five minutes past 6. A large num ber of persons brit been admitted, and then there was a large r umber remaining outside. I left the entrance gates and made my way to the N.W. Tower. I en tered and 'saw the halt and galleries tolerably full. I returned by the main entrance where a nun.ber of per sons were entering. I considering they would fill the hail, and on meeting one of the deacons, I told him the hall was pretty well full, and that I should take the responsibility of closing the goes. I locked them, and left three Policetnen at the gates to intimate to the people that the hall was full. I returned into the ball, went throng,ll the body of the hall and into the orchestra, and took up a standing eaesit ion on the left hand side of the , pulpit, which gave me a command of the whole build ing. The service had net then commenced. There were between 5,000 avid 6,000 persons in the body of the hall, comprising goon, women, and children. There were a great neaely children, and a very large proportion of women, in the body of the hall. The three galleries were pretty full, but I don't think there were so many Tee on the Alboni night, when 13,000 persons were I present ; there was walking room round the first \ gallery behind the seats, but I could not see how full the others were. I ehou'd think there were about 1,400 persons in the first gallery. The other galleries appeared to be full. The service opened about hall•past six with a hymn, followed by a prayer, and what Mr. Spurgeon said appeared to have a great effect on the female por:ion of the audience. He said, "There may be some daughters here who have erred from the paths of virtue, and may have brought their father' grey hairs with sorrow to the grave." There was great eobbitig and cryeag amongst the females. He continued his prayer, saying, " What a glorious night is this." I then saw two men, and a la•l about 16 or 17 and considerably ehorter then the other two, rise up in the body of the hall, immediately oppobite the grand entrance. One of them held up his arms and called out what I believe to ha " fire, fire." The cry was immediately repeated, and it is impossible to de scribe the scene that ensued. I jumped down from the orchestra. There was a tremendous rushing, and I heard the greatest noise at the north-west gallery. I saw no one attempt to arrest the parties who raised the I alarm. Ir appeared to be a general panic after the first alarm. I don't think I should know the party again —I may say certainly net. The hall was lighted inside as usual, and there were 801113 lights on the outside. I could see no cause for the origin. of the cry of " Fire." I put Mrs. Lund, who was with me, out at the south east door, and I then proceeded to the north-west door. The first thing I sa v was a respectable female, with her face fearfully cut. I assisted her to Mr. Tyler's office, and she afterwards left in a cab. On my return I was informed SODAS one was lying dead on the flats of the refreshment rooms. I returned immediately, and then saw the balustrade was down, and six or seven people had fallen over to the bottom ; one wan's leg was broken. The people were rushing down the staircase ; bet they made way for me to ascend by the side nearest the wall. On the matting of the first gallery, inside the door, I saw a female lying dead, but I can't identify her as being one of the deceased. lam certain three dead bodies of females were brought down stairs. I lifted the window a little, anal I saw two women, and as I came down the stairs I saw a man lying on the fiats dead. I afterwards sent some police to the spot, who brought :ho bodies down, and they were all found to be dead. It was my impression at the time that the disturbance arose from the opponents of Mr. Spurgeon, and that it arose by preconcertion, but certainly not by them. As such I reported to the Secre tary of State ; but I have since bad cause to alter my opinion. I did not hear of a single pocket handkerchief having been stolen. The gates were closed at 10 minutes past 6 o'clock. After that Sergeant Coppin went out- side, and there saw a number of sw it mobsmen. Their practice is to go into a building with the tail end of the people. The gates were closed 20 minutes before the appointed time. I have not heard of anything being stolen. I should have thought fonr policemen sufficient for security inside, but as Mr. Spurgeon's friends asked for more, he had them. If I had not been applied to I should have sent three or four men. About 13 or 14 persons were picked up at the bottom of the stairs. By the Foreman—l have formed a different view as to the cause of the panic from my first impression, and as I am prosecuting inquiries I must decline giving my change of opinion, and the causes for it. There were 28 policemen present on the Alboni night. By Foreman—How were the policemen disposed on Sunday evening I Witness—Sergeants Coppin and Varney were inside. The others were about the building and at the end of the staircases. Foreman—Was there a man stationed at this stair. case Witness—l believe so. Foreman—Do you know who was there Witness—l don't recollect ; but I can ascertain. Foreman—Wouhl it not be the duty of a man sta tioned at a particular spot to remain there I Witness—Not in this inetaace, because the instruc. tions are general. Foreman—l consider we should hav e th e man b e f ore us who was stationed there, because he must have seen the accident. Mr. Superintendent Lund —I will m a k e inq u i r i es and let y ou k now if a p )I . iceman was at the bottom of the stai rs at the tim e. tosay Witnessth that up a question p u t to him, cry of fire, the immense concourse of persons was orderly, and there was no indication of a disturbance likely to occur. a aßy J ryman-1 h ear d no tinkling of bells or of glass. I heard no screams previous to the panic. By Mr. Holland —Do you think the breaking of the chandeliers might be taken for that of bells? ‘l , p olice- constable 333 P—l w as on d u ty John" n e s a — r n - Y e e y e , . on Sunday evening at the f ron t gates. Persons rushed cut crying " Fire !" and from what they said to me I fetched a surgeon. On returning I the building. The witness then repeated thweeetvitideianctoe given by him on Tuesday with reference to the identity of the bodies. The gates were burst in from Pentou- There w ere more than a th dp e er a s lm was o a r r, sintile given. gardens who could not ga i n n admission into the body of the hall. Evidence was then taken to complete the identity of Mrs. Mead, which was not com p le ted on the former day, and where le:r death tock place. * Robert , Paine Grace, 14 years of age, residing at 11, Lyndhurst-grcve, Lyndhurst-road, Peckham—l was at the Surrey-gardens on Sunday evening, in the third gal. lery on tt,e left hand side from the pulpit. After being there a t . oat half an hour I eaw a middle-aged man near the principal entrance. He bad dark whiskers and a begird. :He arew about his arms and cried "Fire" several times, I ' - )carl another man cry " Fire," and at the same time a young man do the same. The cry of ," Fire " was repeated from one to the other, A general commotion took place and various crie ) s. were raised. I don't think I should thoier tli` above persons again. Police constable I_74—On Sunday evening laet I was on duty - attlet surrey Hall. I was under the directi of Polito constable 65. I was at first stationed at the gate in Penton-place to keep the people back to alloev those with tickets to come first. I remained there about a quarter of an hour, when the gates were opened to :111o* the public generally to go in. I then went to the grove, and afterwards to the hall. I was posted at the main en trance, and to attend to the insiCZe occasionally. The hall was then filling fast. I ht.a charge also cf the door. I was at the stairs near the door until after the rush of people trying to make their exit from the hall. At the time of the rush I was four or five yards inside the build ing. I saw nothing that gave rise to it. It was a spon taneous movement. I saw no rush to come into the building ; they came in thick and gradually. When the rush was made I was forced out of the building by the internal crowd. Anxious inquiries were made, " What's the matter " and screaming. There were in an instant 20 or 30 persons on the ground round my feet. After the rush was over, I went into the building again by the main door. There was still great confusion inside, occa sioned by persons trying to make their way out. I cried out " Keep back—keep your seats, it's all right." About that time a gentleman said to me, " Policeman, you had better make your way to yon corner, the peo ple are being killed." I west as fast as I could to the north-west corner, and I there saw at least 100 persons lying one upon another. They were on the stair- case and on the stones, at the bottom of the stairs. I believe I was the first policemae there, but I almost directly saw police-constable 153 there. Tne balustrade had then given way. I carried three women out of the crowd, and gave them to their friends. I think one man I took from the stairs afterwards died. I didn't take any one out dead. I rendered ell the assistance I could to remove them from the staircase. I took no one into custody for an offence. A great many persons appeared to be more or less injured. George Smee, tailor, 20, Ironmonger-row ' Old-street, St. Luke's—l was in the front seat at the end of the top gallery, facing the pulpit. Wit,n Mr. Spurgeon was praying I was looking into the body of the building, and I distinctly heard a cry of " Fire !" but I sin unable to say from whence it proceeded. I immediately rose on the alarm, left my seat, and went to the top of the stairs. At that time there were about 500 more persons on the bottom of the lower flight of stairs. There appeared to be a block. I stood still, and in less than bah a minute there were 400 or 500 persons on the stairs. Sing ing commenced afterwards within the building. I called out " It's a false alarm," and just at that moment the balustrade gave way. I s •ve no policeman there at that time. I saw from 80 to 100 persons fall down the well—they were hanging to one another like bees. The balustrade must have given way from the pressure. Several persons fell after that. One woman, dressed in black, fell on her head, which rebounded so much that he almost saw her forehead. I saw a woman partly out of the window, but whet be came of her I don't know. One of Mr. Spurgeon'e friends said that the woman alluded to left the grounds in good spirits. Witness said he considered the block arose from the bar being over at the end of the stair. Mr. SUperinteedent Lund said the bar had been re moved. Witness said there was a. part of a bar across the stairs when he first went up. Mr. J. A. Joyce, coal merchant, Rosemary Branch, Canal-bridge, Hoxton—l entered the hall three minutes before six o'clock, and took ►ny station about the middle of the lower gallery, over the entrance. Everythiog ap peared to be going on peaceably. I distinctly heard at first a slight clapping of feet, followed by a cry of " fire." Iu a moment there was a panic throughout the builditg, and every oue made for the most ready exit, sonic to the doors and others to the windows. I got on the seat behind where I had been sitting, and jumped over to the fl)or. When I got to the top of the north-west staircase I saw it. give way. The stairs were densely crowded. Thu woodwork of the balustrade broke, and the iron bars were torn from their sockets. Every person near the spot was hurled with great force to the well befure. My attention was afterwards caVed to the window of the balcony at the end of the gallery. I saw one person in particular—a dying woman, whom I have since ascerta . ned was Mrs. Barlow—lying on the leads. I saw a tall, stout man (Ilear,i) fall with the balustrade, and clitd. The Coroner —I think you make a mistake. A Juror—A tall, stout man fell and broke his leg. Witness—lt may be that I have made a mistake in the man. I saw a woinao, whom I beleve to be Mrs. Mead, put through the window from the gallery to the leads. There was a great pressure in the crowd at the time. Thos. Fullager, een., house-decorator, Doctors' Com mons —I was a:. the Surrey Gardens on Sunday evening last. I was standing at the entrance door wh,n I saw two men enter and whisper together, as it bent on ink• chief, one came out and laughed and . went in again, and soon after there was a mob of people ; there was no rush inwards. Two men forced their way into the hall, and I heard one say "Jack has played his cards wilt, and has won his bottle of brandy. I wish he had put the gas out." The Foreman—You had better put yourself in c munication with the police. Mr, Superintendent Lund—l know all about it already. Thomas Cooke, beadle and constable of tho parish— I received the bodies at the workhouse. I lee.:e since visited the gardens and taken the dimensiocii of the staircase at the N.W. entrance. The fl lot log is of at me. There are 14 steps to the front landing-5 ft. 10 in. in length from the wall to the banister, the depth 7 inches, and the width at the wall from 12 to 13 inches, and next the balustrade bars 6 inches. The first landing at the wall is seven feet three inches, and lty the side of the banister four feet. There are Gen similar steps from the landing to the first gallery. No part of the stone work cf the stepe is displaced. Everything ap pear,' perfectly sound id. its construction. I presume the steps are supported on one side by the brick wall and on the other by an iron pillar. It is called a spiral staircase. The balustrade had partly given way at the first landing downwards. The stonework bad given way and the woodwork broke in the solid. Tne depth from the first landing to the bottom of the well is eight feet, and the one above 13 feet 10 inches. The ir bars were fixed two and a-quarter inches at least in the atone from the edge. 'rho width of the gallery door is four feet, and the window five feet, and three he: from the door. There are two doors :rout the gallery on to one landing, and the crowd from above would also meet there. The Coroner asked if any gentleman present wished to give evidence. The Foreman said that Mr. Superintendent Lund had sent for a man who saw the balustrade give way. Mr. Superintendent Lund said that police-constable 164 P saw the balustrade break. Police-constable 164 P was then called. He said— As I entered the building I saw a woman hanging from the balustrade. She fell down and injured her head. A. man fell on her. I pulled her out, and the blood streamed over me. I put her on the grass. At the time I was pulling the woman from under the man the balustrade pave way, and about a dozen or 18 persons fell over. The woman was hanging by the banisters before she fell. After that about 50 persons ell on the others with their heads downwards. The public after the balustrade broke was made to go down the other staircase. Mr. G. Diggings, superintendent of the gardens, in the employ of the company.—On Sunday night I was in the hall standing fn the principal entrance about a quar t tee to 7 o'clock. Up to that time there was perfect silence in the hall. Illy attention was attracted by a noise, and I saw tbree or four persons run out followed by a great rush from the body of the hall. I was unable to enter the ball by that entrance, and I went to the north-west tower and endeavoured to ascend the staircase. There was no one on the ground at this time. I was unable to ascend the staircase from the number of persons hurrying down. I got up after wards six or seven steps en the outside of the banister, but was obliged to descend, and retur led to the well of the staircase. Just after that about three feet of the rail gave way, through which two pereene fell, and others jumped through. I saw Mr. Superintendent Lund there when I first went in. I understood several persons had been killed on the upper landing of the first gallery. I saw a man (Heard) lying on his back with his head on the first step of the second flight of steps. I saw no female down. I assisted with others in forming a bar rier, by linking our arms, to prevent the crowd from above and the first gallery going over the stairs. In the north-east tower I saw Sergt. Coppin endeavouring to appease the people. I afterwards saw three females on the leads, who, I understood, were placed there. There was no dead body in the lower part of the hall until they were brought there by the police. There is no bell in the building. The nearest fire-place is 80 feet from the ball, and has not been used for some months. I cannot trace the slightest cause fir an alarm of fire. No portion of the ceiling bos given way. I have heard a tinkling sound repeatedly from the current of air rushing through the drops of the chandelier. It might easily be mistaken for the tinkliecr of a bell. I should think there were not more than 5,003 or 6,000 persons present. There was much unoccupied room in the galleries. The hall is estimated to hold 10,000 persons, and I have seen more in the hall than on Sunday evening last. The Foreman of the Jury said he considered it strange the witness should have forced his way up the gallery to prevent the egress of the people. Witness—l went up to see what was the matter, and prevent the pressure from the galleries. Mr. Superintendent Lund said if we had not done it, and formed a barrier to prevent the people from rushing down, more than 100 persons would have been killed. Mr. Jones, the architect, who was not sworn, said the measurement of the stairs, as stated by Mr. Cooke, was nearly correct. He attributed the breakage of the banis ter to the pressure from living beings, relieved and then reapplied. "Every other part of the building was gonna. No accidental fire can arise in the building without matches or things of that sort being thrown about the building ; and in the case of an escape of gas, the build ing being mostly lit from above, it would escape by the facilities of ventilation in the roof. The Ferman of tho Jury said they were ready to hear the evidence of any person who had any additional information to give. The Coroner asked Lir. Superintendent Lund if he had any further evidence to offer, or knew of any? Mr. Superintendent Lund—No. The Coroner having summed up the evidence, The jury retired at twenty minutes past six to coma der their verdict. After an absence of upwards of an hour, they returned the following special verdict :--" The jury on each case find a verdict of Accidental Death, which occurred on the staircases of the north-west terrace. It is, however, the opinion of the jury that although the staircases of 1 the Surrey Music Hail were sufficiently strong f thz., purpose they are intended for, yet we consider the con= struction ie not of that character to render them safe, more especially when large numbers of persons, are Maid an to leave•the galleries in haste. The tread of the steps hit Milbh too narrow near the hand-rail, nod the descent too steep, end the jury trust, therefore, the directors will give their immediate attention to this subject." Mr. Hohoe., a director, took some objection to the verdict, but said it was the desire of the directors to do anything that might be required by the jury. We cannot conclude our notice of these proceedings without tendering our hearty thanks to Mr. Feist, the master of the workhouse, for the kind and gentlemanly behaviour he exhibited in his great anxiety to do all in his power for the comfort and convenience of the repre sentatives of the press. From the London Gazette of Last Night. WINDSOR CASTLE, OCT. 29. This day hs, , l audience of her Majesty, Mons. Pacheco, Eacoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary from the Queen of Fipain, to deliver his credentials; to which he was introdudad by the _Slid of Clarendon, K.G., her Majesty's secretary of State for Vorelo Affairs. FOREIGN-OFFICE, Ocr. 22. The Queen has been pleased to approve of Signor Gio , vanni Luigi Vanderspaar as Consul in Ceylon for his Ma jesty the King of Slrdinia. DOWNING-STREET, OCT. 21. The Queen has been pleased to appoint Aston Davoren, Esq., Chief Justice of the Island of St. Christopher, to be Chief Justice of the Island of Nevis. Her Majesty has also been pleased to appoint John Le Gall, Alexander MacLeod, William Gemmill Alves, Charles Douglas Stewart, John James Hughes, George M'lntosh Browne, James Graham, James Mayer Grant, William Ross and John Audain, Esqrs., to be members of the Executive Council for the Island of St. Vincent. --- ----- BOARD OF TRADE, WHITEHALL, OCT. 24 The Right Hon. the Lords of the Committee of Privy Council for Trade and Plantations have received, throngh the Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs, a copy of a despatch from her Majesty's Charge d'Affaires at Madrid, reporting that the Spanish Government have extended the privileges hitherto enjoyed by the English Royal Mail Steam Packet Company, in the island of Porto Rico, to all steamers touching at that island in their periodical voy ages. WAR DEPARTMENT, PALL-HALL, OCT. 24. sth Regiment of Dragoon Guards—Lieutenant C. Ed ward Barrett Leonard, from the 28th Foot, to be Lieu tenant, paying the difference, vice Richards, who ex changes, receiving the difference. 4th Light Dragoons -- Captain Charles A. Gunter Browne, from half-pay of the 4th Light Dragoons, to be Captain, vice Ellis, deceased. 6th Dragoons—Assistant-Surgeon Oliver Barnett, from the Staff, to be Assistant-Surgeon, vice Grylls, resigned. Bth Light Dragoons—Captain Francis Edmund Mae naughten, from half-pay of the Bth Light Dragoons, to bo Captain, vice Lord Killeen, promoted. 17th Light Dragoons—Brevet-Colonel Andrew Brown, from half-pay, of the 6th Foot, to be Lieutenant-Colonel, vice Brevet-Colonel Lewrenson, who exchanges ; Major Henry Roxby Benson to be Lieut.-Colonel, vice Brevet- Colonel Brown, who retires ; Captain Alex. Learmonth to be Major, by purchase, vice Benson. Royal Regiment of Artillery—Lieut.-Col. Edward W. Crofton, from the Supernumerary List, to be Lieutenant- Colonel, vice Ellis, retired upon halt-pay ; Staff-Sergeant Henry Penson to be Quartermaster. Veterinary-Surgeon John Mason has been superseded, he having been absent without leave. Corps of Royal Engineers—Brevet-Colonel John Wm. Gordon, C. 8., to be Deputy Adjutant - General , vi ce Mat son, who has resigned that appointment ; Lieut. George Reid Lempriere to be Instructor of Musketry. 2d Foot—Lieutenant Chas. Gibbs to be Captain, by pur chase, vice Holdsworth, who retires ; Ensign Henry Hurd Mulock to be Lieutenant, by purchase, vice Gibbs ; Arthur Wellesley Gosset, Gent., to be Ensign, by purchase, vice Mulock. 3d Foot—Captain Thos. Rains, to be Instructor of Mus ketry. sth Foot—Lieutenant Francis Henry render to be Cap tain, without purchase, vice Nicholas, who retires upon fall-pay ; Ensign George Eyre Massy to be Lieutenant, without purchase, vice Pender. 9th Foot—Lieut. B. J. Pollexfen Bastard has been per mitted to retire from the service by the sale of his com mission. 11th Foot- -Captain Frederick Torrens Lyster to b 3 In structor of Musketry. 13th Foot—Ensign E. C. R. A.rundell de P. O'Xelly has beer permitted to resign his commission. 16th Foot— Ceptein James William Besteck to be In structor of Musketry. 20th Foot—Lieut. WillianeV. Maskelyne to be Captain, by purchase, vice Butler, promoted. 2'ith Foot—James Bridge, Esq., to be Paymaster, vice Craigie, appointed to a District. 28th Foot—Lieutenant William F. Richards, from the sth Dragoon Guards, to be Lieutenant, vice C. E. Barrett Leonard, who exchanges. 38th Foot—Lieutenant Frederick James Rooper has been permitted to retire from the service by the sale of his commission. 39th Foot—Lieutenant Charles Prichard has been per mitted to retire from the service by the sale of his com mission. 47th Fool; —Brevet-Major Charles Eigee to be Instructor of Musketry. 49th Foot—Lieutenant Patrick Cahill to be Adjutant, vice Gibson, who resigns the Adjutantey only. 50th Foot—Capt. eorge Wm. Banbury to be Instructor of Musketry. 52d Foot—Brevet-Celonel John Leslie Dennis, from the 94th Foot, to be Lieut.-Colonel, vice Mills, who exchanges. 533 Foot—Lieut. John Maxwell Macneill to be A lju taut, rice Follows, decease" ; Paymaster Robert Thomp son, 4th Light Infantry, British German Legion, to be Paymaster, vice Peel, deceased. 59th Foot—Assistant Surgeon John Henry Gouldsbury Meares, from the Staff, to be Assistant Surgeon, vice O'Leary, promoted on the Staff. 621 Foot—Captain Joseph Sanderson to be instructor of Musketry. 70th Foot—Lieutenant John Mackay M`Kenzie to be Captain, without purchase, vice Bailers, deceased ; En sign Henry Berkeley Good to be Lieutenant, without purchase, vice Maenzle. 831 Foot—Sergeant Major Anthony M'Clymont to be Ensign, without purchase; Ensign Anthony M'Clymont to be Adjutant, vice Mainwaring, deceased. 88th Foot —Lieutenant Michael Joseph Cunningham, from the .Bth Foot, to be Paymaster, vice Belfield, placed on half-pay. 90th Foot—Captain Johu Christopher G raise to be In structor of Musketry. Pith Foot—Lieutenant-Colonel Charles James Conway Mills, from the 53.1 Foot, to be Lieutenant-Colonel, vice Brevet-Colonel ()conk who exchanges. 15th Foot—Brevet-Lieutenant-Colonel Henry B. Her vey, from a Depot Battalion, to be Major, vice Wing, who exchanges. or 96th Foot—Captain Herbert Vaughan Mundell to be Instroeter of Musketry. 2 , 1 West India Regiment—James Frauklin, Gent., to bo Ensign, without purchase, vice E I wardes, St. Helena Regitnent—Brevet-Lieutenant-Colonel Thos. Beckham, from half-pay, Unattached, to be Captain, vice Stack, appointed to the 65th Foot ; Lieutenant William Henry Hole to he Captain, by purchase, vice Beckham, who retires; Ensign John Baldwin Hainault Rainier to be Lieutenant, by purch use, vice Hole. DEPOT BATTALION. Major VincenClVing, from the 95th Foot, to be Major, Tice Harvey. who exchanges. Captain E sward Hungerford Eagar, 40th Foot, to be Instructor of Musketry. UNATTACHED. TO BE CAPTAINS. Lieutenant Frederick Smythe., from half-pay 2d Foot (Staff Officer of Pensioners). Lieutenant Arthur Hill Hull, from half-p•ay 50th Foot (Staff Officer of Pensioner=). Lieutenant Patrick McCarthy, from half-pay 77th Foot (Staff Officer of Pensioners). STAFF. Lieutenant Elwin Griffiths, from half-pay as Paymaster of the 96th Foot to be Paymaster of the British Depots, Chatham, vice Dalgety, deceased. Lieutenant Ribert Collins Craigie, from Paymaster 26th Foot, to be Paymaster of a Recruiting District, vice Middleton, placed on half-pay. HOSPITAL STAFF. Staff Assistant-Surgeon G e org e M. Swinhoe has been permitted to resign his commission, Acting Assistant-Surgeons James Lander, and James Winter, M.D., have cols9d to do duty, there being no longer occasion for their servie 39. BREVET. Captain Griffin Nicholas, retired full-pay, of the sth Foot, to be Major in the Army, the rank being honorary only. Captain William E. Evans, of the Ist Regiment of Bom bay European Infantry, to be Major in the Army. Lieut. Alex. George Ilan, of the 50th Regiment Bengal Native Infantry, to have the rank of Lieutenant in the Army, while employed at the East India Company's Depot at Warley, vice Bingham, resigned. CONIMISSION SIGNED BY LORD-LIEUTENANT, Warwickshire Militia-Ist Regiment—Ensign Henry Garland Matthews to be Lieutenant, vice Robert Dymock Vaughton, resigned. NOTICE OF INTENDED DISTRIBUTION OF NAVAL PRIZE MONEY. Department of the Acconntaot-General of the Navy, Admiralty, Somerset-house, Oct. 23. Notice is hereby given to the officers, seamen, and marines, and to all persons interested therein, that the distribution of proceeds arising from the Swedish brigantine Elide, captured on the Bth July, 1854, by her Majesty's ship Cruiser, will commence on Monday, the 3d Novem ber, 1856, in the Prize Branch of the Department of the " Acdonntant-General of the Navy, Admiralty, Somerset house " Agents and other persons holding powers of attorney, prize orders, assignments, or other instruments, by virtue of which they may be legally entitled to claim the share of any captor, serving in the above-named ships, are request ed to present the same at this office. Any officer, seaman, marine, or other person, who may desire to receive his share from the Collector of Customs or of Inland Revenue within the United Kingdom, is re quired to intimate the same b y letter to be addressed " On Prize Business, to the Secretary of the Admiralty, Lon don," in which letter his own place of residence is to be precisely stated, as well as the place of the nearest Collector of Customs or of Inland Revenue, from whom it would bo convenient to receive such share of prize money. The following are the shares due to an individual in the several classes : £ s. d. Flag share 1 0 3 Commander Third class Fourth class.. •••••• 0 6 10 Fifth class 0 3 11 2 s. d. Sixth class Seventh class .... 0 2 3 Eighth class 0 1 1 Ninth class 0 0 9 Tenth class 0 0 4 Department of the Accountant-Gen era l o f th e N avy, - Admiralty, Somerset-house, Oct. 23. Notice is hereby given to the offi cers , seamen, an d marines, and to all persons interested therein, that the distribution of proceeds arising from the Swedish vessel, Problem, captured on the 21. st June, 1854, by her Majesty's ship . Cruiser, will com mence on Monday, the 3d November, J. 850, in the Prize Branch of the Department of the "Accountant-General of the Navy, Admiralty, Somerset-house. Agents and other persotis holding powers of attorney, prize orders, assignments, or other instruments, by virtue of which they may be legally entitled to claim the share of any captor, serving in the above-named ships, are re quested to present the same at this office. Any officer, seaman, marine, or oiler person who may de sire to receive his share from the Collector of Customs or of Inland Revenue within the United Kingdom, is re quired to intimate the same by letter to be addressed " On Prize Business, to the Secretary of the Admiralty, Lon don," in which letter his own place of residence is to be precisely stated, as well as the place of the nearest Collec tor of Customs, or of Inland Revenue, from whom it would be convenient to receive such share of prize money. - The following are the shares due to an individual in the several classes : Flag share ...... £3B 55 I Sixth class .. 9 4 Commander._ 91 18 0 Seventh class 4 6 4 Third class ...... 20 2 7 I Eighth class 2 3 2 Fourth class l2 18 10 Ninth class Fifth class Department of the Accountant-General of the Navy, Admiralty, Somerset-house, Oct. 23. Notice is hereby given to the officers, seamen, and m ats, And to all persons interested therein, that the distri! bution of proceeds arising fteM the Finnish schooners , Name Unknown, Linus, Otto, ".gnotgl ' reten and Froija, captured on the 22 d November , 1855, by her Majesty's ship Driver, will commence on Monday, the Nevem tieri 1856, in the Prize Branch of the Department of the " Accountant-General of the Navy, Admiralty, Somerset house." Agents and other persons holding powers of attorney, prize orders, assignmentq, or other instruments, by virtue of which they may be legally entitled to claim the share of any captor, serving in the above-named ships, are re quested to present the same at this office. Any officer, seaman, marine, or other person, who may desire to receive his share from the Collector of Customs or of Inland Revenue within the United Kingdom, is re quired to intimate the same by letter to be addressed "On frize Business, to the Secretary of the Admiralty, Lon don," in which letter his own place of residence is to be precisely stated, as well as the place of the nearest Collec tor of Customs, or of Inland R evenue, from whom it would be convenient to receive such share of prize money. The following are the shares due to an individual in the several classes : £ s. d. Flag share Commander 9B 8 0 Seventh class Third class Fourth class l5 10 9 Ninth class Fifth class 8 12 8 Tenth class 2 8. 7 15 5 5 3 7 2 11 9 1 14 7 017 3 BANKRUPTS. The Royal British Bank, South Sea House, Thread needle-street, Nov. 6 and D3C. 5, at, eleven, at the Court of Bankruptcy. Leo, official assignee, Aldermanbury; J. and J. H. Linklater and Hackwood, Sise-lane, Buck lersbury. Charles Augustus Towsey, wine merchant, Henley upon-Thames, Nov. 4, at half-past twelve, and Dec. 4, at one, at the Court of Bankruptcy. Johnson, official assignee, Basinghall-street ; Bsr eley Lincoln's-ion-fields; Samuel and Cooper, Henley-upon Thames. Thomas Raw, iron dealer, Tyson-street, Kingsland.road , Nov. 4, and Dec. 4, at twelve. at the Court of Bankruptcy. Johnson, official assignee, Basinghall-street ; Liuklater and Hackwood, Sise-lane. Thomas Foxley, grocer, Birmingham, Nov. 3 and 26, at eleven, at the Birmingham District Court. Bittleston, official assigue, Birmir gham ; Southall, Birmingham. George Henry Sellers, merchant, Westbourno Park road, Paddington, Nov. 12, at one, and Dec. 15, at twelve, at the Court of Bankruptcy Nicholson, official assignee, Basinghall-street ; Norris, Southampton-buildings. John Vernon, iron ship builder, Low Walker, Northum berland, Nov. 3 and Dec. 3, at twelVe, at the Newcastle upon-Tyne District Court. Baker, official assignee, New castle-upon-Tyne; Bell, Broderick, and Bell, Bow Church yard ; T. and W. Chater, Newcastle-upon-Tyne. Walter Lodge, cloth manufacturer, Fennay - bridge , near Huddersfield, Nov. 10, at twelve, and Dec. 8, at eleven, at the Leeds District Court. Hope, official assig nee Leeds; Clough, Huddersfield ; Bond and B arwick, Leeds. Joseph Francis King, builder, Belle Tue Villas, Seven Sisters-road, Holloway, Nov. 12, at half-past one, and Dec. 15, at one, at the Court of Bankruptcy. Pennell, official assignee, Guildhall-chambers; Cox, Pinner's Hall, Old Broad-street. Octavius King and Alfred King, corn merchants, Del lingham, Cambridge, Nov. 6, at half-past one, and Dec. 11, at twelve, at the Court of Bankruptcy. B el l , official assignee, Joleman-street-buildings; Lawrance, Plows, and Boyer, Old Jewry-chambers; Isaacson and B utto n, New market. Thomas Speeding, rope manufacturer, Sunderland, Nov. 3, and Dec. 3, at half-past eleven, at the Newcastle upon-Tyne District Court. Baker, official assignee, New castle-upon-Tyne • Fell, Sunderland ; Browne , Newcastle upon-Tyne ; Hanle, Bush, and Gaskell, Southampton buildings Chancery-lane. BANK OF k An Account pursuant to the Act the Week ending on Saturda, 3NGLAND. 7th and Bth Victoria, cap, 32, tol ~y the 18th day of Oct., 1856. iIATMENT. ISSUE DEPJ Mos issued ..... . • • 23.706, 185 Government debt.... 11,01:5,10r Other securities ...... 3,4F0,9e0 Gold coin and bullion 9,231,185 Silver bu11i0n.........- 523,706,18-5 £23,706,181 MAR3IIALL, Chief Cashier. Dated the 231 day of October, L BANKING Da' , eroprietors' capital .. 14,553,000 Rest . ........... 3,173,019 Public deposit On- 1 eluding Exchequer, Commissioners of National Debt, Say ing's Banks, and Dividend Accounts) 4,041,593 Other depowirs ...... 10,481,220 ieven Day and other Bills •• •• •• •• .. 985,192 pARTMENT. Government securities (includg.Dead Weight Anuulty) 11,103,89 G Other securities...... 19,051,088 Notes • .......... 2,550,710 Gold and silver coin.. 529,297 433,233,021 1 433,238,021 U". MARSHALL, Chief Caitaer. Datel the 23d day of Oetboer. 1 AVERAGE PRICE OF SUGAR. Tho Average Price of Brown or Muscovado sugar, 'com puted from the returns made in the week ending Oct. 21, 1856, exclusive of the Duties of Customs paid or payable thereon, on the importation thereof into Great Britain : a. d. From the British Possessions in America 32 11i Muscovado, the produce of the Mauritius 27 24- Muscovado, the produce of the C•ist Indies 25 11 Average of the thracr foregoing- descriptions 32 Oh MAJOR-GENERAL WILLIAMS AT LMSFORD. On Thursday Major-General Williams arrived in Chelms ford, ou his way to Great Beddow, where he wif proceeding to pay a short visit to his old comrade in arms, Major Skinner. On Monday, at a public meeting held in the Towu • hall, it was d ,terinined that a complimentary address should be presented to the General on his arrival in the town. Ac cordingly on Thursday the General was met at the railway station by a number of iufluential inhabitants of the town and district, and conducted to the Shire-hall, where the ad dress was read by the Rev. C. A. St. John Miidmay. General WILLIAMS said —Ladies and gentlemen, in accept ing the invitation of my friend and old comrade, .Major Skinner, I was in hopes that I should have been allowed to enter his house quietly, unseen, and unnoticed• (cries of " No, no")--but you have willed it - otherwise and it is my duty to attempt to thank you in fitting terms for the honour you have this day done me. (Loud cheers) You have been pleased to tell me you entirely approve of my conduct in the 'difficult position I was placed in in the East. I can assure you that to hear such words from my countrymen and my countrywomen is most consoling, and the more so because they are borne out by the military opinion, I may say, of a great part of Europe. I received in Russia, in Prussia ' and in France, proofs of the same sympathy and approval that you have shown me from military men of those nations. (Cheers.) Therefore lam induced to hope that the opi nion you ( have expressed of the conduct of myself and my aides-decamp, one of whom is here, is a just one— that it was such as the occasion called for, and that we performed our duties and executed the sage instruc tions given us by the allies, with all the firmness and consistency that the means in our power enabled us to do. (Loud.cheers ) I say this bee tuse there have been lately at tempts made to detract from that defence, or rather to prove that we were wrong in defending Kars at all. I will not eater into that question here. It is a military one. But I will remark that in defending Kars , which, as the result proved, wan unassailable, except by famine, we saved from the enemy a great part of Asia Minor, and perhaps the Turkish capital itself. (Cheers.) Therefore, anything that has been written, or may be written upon that subject will not detract one iota from the defence that was there made. (Cheers.) I will say no more on that. I will now come to another subject which I wish to bring before you—that is, the constancy, courage, and valour of the Turkish soldiers who stood by the side of me in that defence. I think this is an act of justice. I feel it would not be doing justice to those who fell in thie defence if I wore to remain silent on this point. (Cheers.) I believe that where there is that military virtue, courage. much can .be hoped for. This has been questioned. I received the other day a letter from a kind friend of mine who has a different opinion on this subject, and he says —" I cannot agree with you that there is hope for Turkey from the courage of the soldiers, for look at Saragossa, and the way in which Portu guese soldiers fought under British officers." I h ave not an swered that letter, but I say ho has confirmed my on' • • for that urge shown at Saragossa, and by the Portuguesepl on, soldiers, has preserved them iu their independ ence to thi;da (Cheers.) Whether they are misgoverned or not, they are la-. tions. The French are not in Saragossa, the Spaniards are not in Portugal. I mention this in rega r d to Turkey because I believe our policy is to be patient with that nation when it is engaged in reforming itself. Wo know what the difficulty was of carrying out reforms in this country, and wo must have a fellow feeling for them. (Cheers.) I will now turn to another point. Yon say at the end of this address that you wish mo prosperity in my future career. Now, on my first arrival at Dover I expressed to the people, in reply all was darkness as to the future to an address there, that words wh of ich ou h i a • mveileitredesttharobluisghh ments ; and I uttered a few this laud, I am led to believe, with considerable effect—" Woo n to the nation th a t neglects military art." (Cheers.) Now another and new era has dawned on us. We see establish. meats formed to re mo d e l our army ; we see the numbers that were preserved aft er t h e pease, and we have every hope that such ameliorations and regulations will be introduced that we shall have in this country a force that shall be capa bl e o f keeping the enemy from us, that we may not have our hearths polluted by foreign soldiers, and no one during our lives or the lives of our children may hear the foreign soldiers say, " Woe to the vanquished !" (Cheers.) These few remarks, I trust, will no t b e considered irrelevant to the' occasion. As you had expressed a wish for the prosperity of my future career, I have said this to show that in or cut of Parliament I shall support those measures that may give weight to the's° considerations, have a tendency to p ro t ec t ourselves as a -ita tion, and defe n d th e greatest accumulation of wealth ever col lected in any country. I do not want ono man more. (Cheers.) will not detain]. ion er • but thank you fro m m y heart for the honour you have g don ' e me, and the cordiality of the reception you - have given me, and the s ympathy you •have expressed in th e diffi cu lties by which I was surrounded, as embodied in this address. (Cheers.)—Chelmsford Chronicle. 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Th e 101b s. and 121bs. carriage free, on receipt of post.oface order. Barry du Barry and Co., 77, Regent-street, London ; Fortuum, Mason, and Co., Purveyors to her M ajesty; Piccadilly; 3 o at 60, Gracechurch-street ; 330 and 451, Strand; 4, Cheal)side ; 69, Cornhill ; 49, Bishops gate-street; 55 , Charing-cress; 54, Upp;',r B a ker-street; 63 and 011orltreot. METROPOLITAN BOARD OF WORKS. [The following appeared in part of our impression of yesterday :-1 The Beard assembled this day in the Council Cham ber, Guildhall. Mr. Thwaites in the chair. The minutes of the last Court having been read, A deputation from the Vestry of the parish of Ro. therhithe was introduced, and presented a memorial relative to the formation of a park in that place. Mr. LEGGE, on the part of the memorialists, stated that the ground proposed to be taken comprised 32 acres in the parish of Bermondsey, and 54 in Rotber !lithe. It was at present partly occupied by market gardeners, and the expense of making the proposed park would amount to 40,0001. The land would cost 32,0001., and after the park had been laid out, it could be kept in order for about 2001. per annum. The memorial was ordered to be received. The board was afterwards occupied a considerable time in hearing a statement of Mr. Badger, district sur veyor, in answer to a complaint of Mr. Harding, a builder residing at Lewisham. The point was whether sufficient notice had been given by the district surveyor that a certain bow window, in a house in the course of erection by Mr. Harding, was contrary to the act. A division was taken, when the statement of Mr. Badger was decided to be unsatisfactory. A rep )rt . was brought up frmn the Committee of Works and Improvements, recommending that the necessary surveys be forthwithl made for wideuingUnion street, Southwark, in conformity with the recommenda tion of Mr. Irvine in his suggestion for improvements in the borough of Southwark, and also that Messrs. Smith and Son should be allowed 7001. for their professional services for the twelve months, beginning Ist Novem ber, 1856, and ending 31st October, 1857. That part 9f the report relative to the Messrs. Smith was received. Mr. TURNER then moved the second part of the ro• commendation, viz., that surveys ba forthwith made for widenina Union-street, Southwark. Mr. FEW said if the new street in Southwark was to be made, he could not see why this survey should take plans. He could not understand the use of widen ing Union•street, without it was intended to shelve the making of the new street in the Borough. Ater a short discussion, that part of the report rela tive to the widening of Union-street was withdrawn. A report of the committee on the duties of the hoard was then brought up. It recommended that surveyors for the district of St. Mary's, Newington, the central division of Lambeth, and the northern division of Bat tersea, be elected on Friday the 31st, and that advertise ments be inserted in the papers, inviting applications from such candidates. The report was received. Various reports from the engineer, Mr. Bazalaette, among which was one on the failure of the Gland Junc ti•on and Grosvenor Canal Company to give three clear days' notice of their i,,tention to run off water from their works int.) the metropolitan sewers. This report was ordered to be printed. BUILDING OVER PDRECOURTS. Mr. D'IFFANGER moved that Mr. James 1331 t, of the Princess Royal public-house, Paddington, have leave given hirn to extend his shop front. The lucal board had given their consent to the alteraticn. Mr. Deputy HARRISON opposed the application. The superintending architect had reported apinst the appli cation, and he thought that decision ought to be sup ported. Various motions and amendments were made and divisions taken, but ultaryttely the motion of the super. intending architect was confirmed. THE MAIN DRAINAGE SCHEME. A resolution passed at last meeting was then read. It was to the effect that the plan agreed to for the main drainage scheme be considered, and the best means for laying it before the Government be adopted. Mr. Deputy HARRISON said that he was present on the occasion when a former deputation waited on the Government, and he then saw that the chairman and engineer were the persons chiefly consulted. On the present oclasiln he should move that this board, when it submits to the Government the scheme it has adopted for tae main drainage of the metropolis, be represented by the chairman, engineer, and clerk. - Mr. CARPMAEL seconded the resolution. Mr. LESLIE protested against the whole proceedings. He maintained that the decision arrived at was illegal, inasmuch as it was agreed to by a board not specially convened for the purpose. The CHAIRMAN said the clurt was specially convened for the consid , ration of certain matters, the main drain age amongst them. Mr. LESLIE having staled several other objections, handed in a protest against the deei , ion, and said he should feel it his duty to accompany the chairman when he waited on Sir B. Hall, in his capacity as a member for Belgravia, and strongly urge upon the hon. baro net his reason for objecting to having a permanent pumping station in the parish of St. George's II:m -over-square, whereby the sewage from Hammer smith, Kensington, and other places, would he col lected in that vicinity, and create there an insufferable nuisance. Mr. HAWKES wished that the decision arrived at the last meeting of the board should be recon sidered and rescinded. A short discussion here took place, in which some speakers were in favour of a deputation of the six mem bers who had previously waited on the Government taking the scheme up. Mr. TAYLOR said he thought the proper course to adopt was to place the official seal of the board on the plans, and send it in the ordinary way documents are forwarded to the Government. He did not see any occasion why the chairman or engineer should be sent with the scheme. Mr. NIOIIOLAY moved an amendment—!' That the plan be sent to the Government with the official seal of the hoard upon it." Mr. LESLIE said he should vote for the scheme being sent to the Government with the seal upon it. lie hoped it would be sent as soon as possible, for he was certain they woul,l have it returned to them, and the whole subject would have to be reconsidered. (Laughter and hear, bear.) Mr. TENNIS said he thought the best plan was to send it in a F. , rown paper parcel by the Parcels Delivery Company. (Laughter, and hear.) He thought at all events it ought to be sent up without any deputation, as it could not be defended for an instant. Mr. Dsputy HARRISON said it would be a disrespect to the chairman, if they sent the scheme with merely the seal of the board upon it. (No, no.) The Clerk then road the motion that the plan be sub mitted to the Government by the chairman, engineer, and clerk. A. division was then taken on the question that the official seal be placed on the scheme, and it be trans mitted to the Government without a deputation. The motion was negatived. A. division then took place upon the original motion that the chairman, engineer, and clerk convey the scheme to the Government, when there appeared— For the motion lB Against it Majority . --10 The motion was then agreed to. After the trmsaction of some routine business the board adjourned. THE CASE OF ARCHDEACON DENISON. The following is a correct copy of the paper put in by the defendant, Oct. 22, 1856, prior to the delivery of the sentence :- 1. In respect of the receiving of the body and blood of Christ by the wicked — I find in Article XXV. the words following : " They that receive them (the sacraments) unworthily purchase to themse l ves damnation, as St. Paul saitb." I find in the Catechism — That a sacrament hag two parts, the outward and the in ward. That the inward part, or thing signified, of the sacrament of the Lord's Supper is the body and blood of Christ. I am therefore unable to deny that the inward part, or thing signified, of the sacrament, the body and blood of Christ, are received by the wicke d to their damnation ; and I disclaim the receiving of theta in any other sense. 11. In respect of the worship du 9^ In the notice appended to the firut Book of Homilies, and referred to, as of authority, in the title-page of the second Book, there are the words following : "Of the due receiving of His blessed body and blood, under the form of bread and wine." aiy proposition is, " ft is true that worship is due to the real, though in visible and supernatural, presence of the body and blood of Christ in the Holy Eucharist Under the form of bread and wine.'" I have, in the only two places in which I have spoken of the worship due, expressly denied that worship is due to the consecrated elements. I am unable to deny that Christ, Hi m self the thing signified of the sacrament, is to be worshipped in and with the sacrament. I say that, apart from and with out the sacrament, wheresoever lie is, He is to be wor shipped. I disclaim a,ry other worship. GEORGE', ANTHONY DENISON, Archdeacon of Taunton. Bath, October 23, 1856. CRYSTAL PALACE.—One shilling Day.--Fri-lay, —Admissions on payment, 1,647 ; ditto by season tickets, 369. Total visitors, 2,01 G. THE VICE-CHANCELLORSHIP OF CAMBRIDGE UNI VEBSITY.--It is now understood that the Vice-Char.cel lorship for the academical year 1856-7 will, be filled by tho Roy. Dr. Philpott, Motor of Bt. CAtharineo °out:nal - yr filarke LIVERPOOL —O°T. 24. At our market this day these were only a slow retail de mand for wheat, and an sorts were 2d to 3d per bushel easier. Oats were the turn in favour of buyers. Barley and peas unchanged. Egyptian b eans 6d p er qr. cheaper. Indian corn dull, and is per qr. decline was accepted for parcels off the quay. Oatmeal irr,limited request, at about. Tuesday's cpultations. Flour is per sack and barrel lower► with a very moderate business. WAKEFIELD-00T. 24. There was a dull market, and wheat sold slowly, under going a decline of is to 2s per qr. as compared with las Oata t Friday. Barley sold at a reduction of is p er qr. and shelling were also rati:er easier, but beans steady. Average price of grain--Wbeat, 69 s lid ; barley, ous 6d ; oats, 30s nd ; beans, 50s 01; pass, 465. Od. ; rye, 455. Od. EXETER—OCT. 24. Cosa.—ln our market wheat may be quoted from 85 03 to 9s 01. Malting barley, 5s 3d to 5o 9d. ; grinding do. , 01 to Os Od. Oats. 3s 3d to 3 s 6d. _b ea ns, Os Od +0 0 . 4 Od. Peas, 00s Od to 00s Od. noutt.—Fine, —s Od to 51e 01; seconiia, ..o Od to 49 0 Od sack. CATTLE..... Fat beef was sold at from 103 01 to lOs 6,1"p0r score ; fat calves, 71 to —1 per lb ; barrentors, Os Od to 0 01. per score ; cows and catvek, 10/. to 161. ‘,s butcher calves, 611 to 6/1 per lb., rearin , calves —s 8 eac h ,I sheep, ewes and lambs, 11. lAs to 2 1 . 5 s per couple; Owes. to 5.0 ; wetbers, 64,1; —to 71 per lb. Ri„gs: largo size, 45s to 55s ; second Giza, 24s to 303. to 303 ; suckers, 103 to 14s. Rough fat, 41A per Pork carcases from 9s 91 to lOs 91 per score. BRISTOL SUGAR—ticT. 21. The offices are still without a supply, the lat e sat an sr rivals not being yet ready for the market. Prices 0 6 Y " quoted fully is per cwt. above those current a week since; Refiners produce continues in excellent request, and ic r g r sales for forward delivery have been concluded at a fa "rtii!, improvement in value. Rum meets with a fair deolsll and is 8d has been paid for Jamaica of good quality. T.—OcT. the close of the userte%. Wallsend, C. flu 9 .. 18 9 Russell's ..... 9 S'outh.Hetton ............. 6 3mddyll ................... Elden slain ....... -1° 1, 0 0 . Lambton ....... ••• ..... 6 .10 roes Belmont ..... g El i e et tto n n Lyons Marl to -"".' 23 ° ' Wayne's Blerth yr,. ....... 7 6 Riddell I Sold ANGE.--YEsTErca)AT• Gibraltar ......•• •••• 7:2S Leghorn •• 7; 5 eta Genoa ...... ..•• .• •••" -- ) Milan ......•••• •• " Ver.1ee............ Naples ...•.. •• 11 0 Palermo ...... •••• 120 :deasina Lisbon... Oporto •• ' Rio Janeiro .••• Buenos Ayres •. •• Neyr York,6o days' sigh' Philadelphia .• .... •• •• ,s . PILICE(# OP BIILLICI Foreign Gold In Bat £ 0 ' o ', I Portugal Gold Coin . • ° e 4) Mexican Dollars .• 00 New Dollars .... 0 iiiver in bars COAL lIALia ?floes of Coal poT too. s. d. Davison's West Hartley 16 g, Byass's West Hartley _l6 6 Howard's West Hartley Netherton - 16 9 rannehl Moor l6 0 tanfield Moor Butes 16 0 Huddle W. Hartley 16 Walker Primrose 15 6 Hastings' Hartley l6 6 Holywell lB 0 North Percy Hartley l6 01 Wailsenct, Gosforth l7 G Ships at mnairct... 36 COURSE OF EXCH. 11 Ditto, three months .. 11 18U itotterclata • • •• •• •• •• •• 11 18.. 4 tritwerp • • • • •• • • • • • • • • 25 45 sirussets • • •• • • • • ••• • • • 25 45 -tamburgh •• •• •• •••• • • 13 8% kli..3na••• •• •• •• •• •• •• •• •••• farts •• •••• • • •••••• •• 25 371 i Ditto, three mouths .. 25 821,4 Siarseiti s ............. 25 82% tiourdeatix • • • • • • • • • • so •—• anklort-on- sine 120 rerlia .• •• •• •• •• • •••• •• Vienna •• •• •••••• • • •• 10 44 trioste.. • • • .... 10 45 Vetersburg •• . •••• .• 37, 2 Wadrid ‘... 49 .Jadiz . ..... 49% tiarcelotta .. • • .. ovine• •• . • • . • . LOCAL BHA RE ,W4R EE;I,s• LivEitl•o6l , , Oar. 24. the STOOK EXCHANGE. —ln the market therewa s "„ quiet feeling pervading all transactions , and nothing. '" shape of change demanding comment. The f - the prices paid:—Caledonians, 27k—Grand. Tru 1i .73,4 Canada, 11—Manchester, Shefaelds, and Lir.coln, —Midlands, 7S H B—North Eastern and Ber Lancashire and Yorkshire, Olk i—South East ern, 20A1A4 London and North Westerns, 1024 i T -GreatWost ern,. —Great Western of Canads. OCT. 24. fAld .TOOK EXCHANGE.—The market was ratller - day, and the prices, thorigh not quite so wen 8111)1 3 " to rs, were steady. Manchester and Birmingham cP a :I‘ , C f par—Manchester, Sheffield,- and Lincolnshire, ; Midlands, 78—Great Western of Canada, :,3;1 - 7, 0 1; "i 44. new, 2k p.—South Eastern and Dovers, 20i --1-03 e" ' BIRMINGHAM, OCT. 24. '0 a As BTocK EXCHANGE. — The market was doing 63 business to-clay, d prices anal were firmer. London :lc North Westerns, 1021 - Great Westerns, GO 61 — ham Canals, 91—Midlands, 784. SRA BO '2 Ar Aid 11..::. signittee that the mails ara out rrom the Gonerat Poet- 4 16 ytj a übght—and 11 by Ma tnornir“- -, lap:ltch.) Iley waeut. au ,-..p svoal .J. hat v fill 0 i , ctotrviTariri. to Gor,l7w .'O O .- L ..ir dt be ilk ..-----..-•••• ..... _ , Live . • ~ w e , sl f %merino( t poo, .• ince, Lent'on.* Dia? •tcl . byfirit.pook,..7l “. I ver: ..S r , dg • .. -%.tnerlos, (by United i 3..:,, --- --.-..—........ En Lcia--% .1 ac'ket) ••,,,•• -or. ' LI verpo' • • ' IF 1 • ' racket) ...... • ...N Every '..uesclay d 13th .. • • \ Liverpool .. ' ry pool) ..... .......mritli an . _ vet .. 3onthani• ....o . n . i l li ci l : et cra... lo ,.. . o : : n sr2 ericat ral ia ( b ( .7. v is il . : . Liver- S-ia. t% : ; ditto (vla Marseilles) ht ••.........••• MO ... 1 , real ‘l ,: d th or t ,, . ~..„„i - „, lPlymont,.. .. sth a .o. N l' 10th ?.‘ 26th ol ,i.o.lDover .., .... :d 4. - . P texandria•• •• •• '" * :).1 4,1, 6* .211 to of moo .ifio. , thampio, 1 4 & 11 Ilfrifltito:p(svi()%:•ee.s..7(3.°.o.:..tt: .„(1..°1,1 ilotandrla.... • ,i:sitt: a: „..:71 7. . : : : : .. 1 .....: ......: •.., ... 3 : : : 1 1 9,, j. ,) 7 t, it:h t I , e i to:y o ,rl .„ of 1,: t „:1 1) . I, n t: n. e g f ; . l :) 7. ; 1 S E1 800 : ), juu o vti lo tt,ra ol i. ;, i u e ,.: r... 11 6 1 1 1; ;: 0 ielgiuro ..•• • • - sues% Ayres . • .... • • ..", sth of the month! gli, loll' .. 10th and 26th ..h of •Ith mid 20tn '.. ' ,- • ..,, i,Voartutom:sart! 16th. .00 16:P j iff c e ayw o n f Good llopb Cape of Good I oPe . 4th is. v., .I'f o Jhili..- ~. - • • - • • •• 54 *i d 41741 ' "rnionth toutham ? 0. , ?I bpd 9 9 . 4th and 10th l4 i ll l o t Ccia:, yitnac5iewide.:..Vi.f.0tre.i.51n5.:;1...a....),.......r...4.1;:.:, 15...,,,.,,,,,,,.,z, rl t :,,outhArn p,, 0,1 _. 16 China ....... r.instautinople ......., 10th and 26th Doi w -- - ••• 2 , 'lt d lnd 1,, ;onstantinople ~ ...... ith Lt 2On of on. 3oti.t. zm,ao . ~c o y. 7 ..loot. of Europe .14 & N fwieJ daily ~„ Dover .. -- ••• I ssc '''' Egypt (see India) r.,-•ice L ist 7 oi franca ...... -M &N PWine daily Dover .. . • i ' , 14 ' 4ibraltar ........... 31 4,7,17,20,27 •f m 803th:or Vc - ;teen° (see India) t 2 35 16 Ireytown ..........M - And & 17th of mon.lsiluittam y-, lb a'amlrirg'h ..........N Daily ..... lLoadon . ..... is " t , ) . TO lavannah ..........,3i lu.l of ilia inui th Southam; q , 'unity fiioHEUld .., m ........M Dati. , Dover ... .• •• i Get „, i s doudaras ..........M 1 710 of the ow. h Southampto n IA . 4 all „ 9 0 inlia , viaSoutliampt.)M tIIv 20 " 1 : of mon. . . lb ' l ' . India (via Marseilles) M lOth&26th of mots , Do', 'sr ...... lonian Isles see India) •. • • •• • • Ireland .........M & N Nvien deity Lisbm •••••••• • : •• ..I4 2d , :8 - 0.. Klatt noptori ...,d I.• a iladoirst ......... , -1 4 ' , . of ',in,,, Sollth,lnlptorii4; al. ladeira .......... - N 2310 , month Malta (see India) L Ili • 1! Volta ...........„ ,„.N 1, 10, 20, and 26 Dover -.:••• -' Mauritius (see Lun 4th 0 10 a) . Mauritius ..........; b 20th of the month Mexico • M :rid of the mOnth Soot tiam.?t,i.l- Ist t o ',Topics_ , ..,,. „, .„ ... AN Daily. ..... ..... gew Granada ...... v 2d & 17thof monthSouthou. ptor I Pow Zealand.. ....... ...1 4 th and 19 th mnthVarionK port ....,,,egif Papal States ...... -IT liaily.. ...... • • - - Peninrdia ......• ....b 1 iouthan. pt 3, ' • V v. Peru ... .......... 24 'r 4 '' 17 th of mon. 3outhamptcr INS Port Nata 1........ ~..11 sth of month .. • • Various port „WY: 3telly ~.„ .......,...N livery Saturday Dover ...„,,,,,, FT . :. Tuscany WO OM •• •• •• •• I".n'fl Y • •••••• • • • • • Dover ••• . . & l6 toi Voneztioli ...... .. —DI, 2d & 17.1 c‘froonth iouthamptor g Van Diemen's lomd (oe, ' * :1 1 Jf ' Australia) ......... 4111 and 18th of m. l' oil d II Trost Indies .. • - ...lr I. . .. ~ ... ....,,,O • Snothampow I 8 • 1 >•/ , ate When any of theme dates fall on a Sunday, the malls 1 7111 , b ! , f ll spatched on the following day, wit ,, the exception of the ID 4 '; . tr onthamptonband tho Malta, both of which will be dell's kd' i • preceding day. • FP [ADVERTISEMENT.]—H Aoway's Ointment and ••• - Extraordinary Cure of a Disease of the Skin of 19 Ye si ti p standing.—Edgar Martin, of Luton, Bedfordshire, fered for 19 years with a frightful disea s e of the skit), '4 body being covered with painful eruptions of a scorbotro nature. He bad a variety of professional advice, buts disease increased, he could hear it no longer, and d i then recommended to use 11)1lows.y's Ointment Pills, which he did, and in nine weeks was comp l , restored to health, leaving his body withwat a blerP7j; —Sold by all medicine vendors throughout the so r ,,'4, at Professor Holloway's .Establishments. 244, Sti ll 'm London, and 80, Maiden.lane. New York ; hi fir Stampa, Constaatinople ; A. Gaidicy, Smyrna:;„ 4l6 °`: Muir, Malta. BIRTH e.: I 07 A 1107 Wit i 1 On the 24th inst., at Claptoa-square, Mrs. Morris. f )/t On the 23d i ns t., a t West Brompton, the w ife Wallace A. Jones—twine. OF A DAUGHTER. On the 23d inst., at 72, Iforningtou-road , Regent S'l3/61. the wife of Rober Norton, Esq. On the 23d inst t Steer . at the Lodge, Corpus ahristi Co Cambridge, the wife of the Rev. James Putting , P•11' MARRIED. 1 14 On the 23d inst. , at Harro w -o n tbe-Isill, Colone l e ' Percy Douglas, A.A.G. to the Forces, eldest. son of Go. ral Sir Howard Douglas,. Bart., G.C.B ,to Loui as. , 'A youngest daughter of the late Robert Lang, 'AK ~of f V ri ' land.place. and of Moor-park, Farnham, Surrey. rnor 4 On the 23c1 inst.. at Hornsey parish church, Rai - s eir.' L. Haynes Esq , F.R.C.S., Hoiloway, to 31 iss M . 131 barn, of Haringey - park, Hornsey. D I E D. er On the 22d inst., at 24, Duke-street, Manc7iester-gq" William Mason, aged 72. 9(1 On the 23d inst., at Limehouse, Chas. Pritchett) surgeon, aged 41. o f o c° On the 2 in Bond street, Florence Eliza, child of Mr. Charles Asprey. th !3d • Wi pi ( On the 2, . inst.. at Huntingdon, Mrs. Sweeting, of the late Henry Sweeting, Esq. f ofd' M On the 21st inst., atWare, Rerts, Mr. Edvrd. al l aged 56. I`l- $/ On the 16th inst., a t C ow hill, near Dumfries, Vice-Admiral Charles James Johnston, aged 83. -g s q. , On the 12th inst., at Florence, Matthew .`iehilizzi,'". aged 40. col On the Bth i ns t., at Friedrichshaffun, Lake Coustearta Mary Anne, wife of Sir Samuel Stirling, of Glorat , •w_....e, t rs6o LONDON : Printed and Publiihed by muRD'O 1" 0 / . 1o• of No. 112, Strand, Printer, at Tae. Sun Ottic°P_. s ti 112, Strand, in the Precinct of the Savoy, in the c" - of Illiddletex, Sattircim October 25,1866`