The Sun. — London, England, 1856-03-17 00:00:00

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I r :LL Mitchell respectfully announces that the Oratorio,i c ha g', 1 D4.11 vvill be given for the second and last time, at Exeter 1r.,. TO-MORROW Evening, Tuesday, March 19. Principal singerf+;' — l . Jenny Goldschmidt (it being her last aprarance in London Util the m ax month e May next), Miss Dolby, Mr. Lockey, Mr Swift, r ' Wen. The Chorus and Orchestra will consist of more than Xoo jlerformers. Conductor, M. Benedict. Prices of adsoission— nrj (Numbered and Reserved), One Guinea; Unreserved Seats 3' of the Hall), 10s. 6d. ; 'West Gallery, 108. 6d.; Area (under 3'), 7s. Doors open at Seven, to commence at Eight 1.4e . 1( precisely. Correct Boots of the Oratorio are given with the Lib r .._` t3- Applications for tickets to be made at Mr. Mitchell's Royal ""/, 83 , Old Bend-street. NIL ALBERT SMITri'S MONT BLANC, v m __, TO-NIGHT, and every vening (except Ssturday), at 8 and Tuesday, Thursday. e and ,sittirday Mornings at B. 88 . ; area, 2s. ; gallery, la. —Egyptian Hall, Piccadilly. MARTIN'S HA.LL. - H A.NDEL'S MESSIAH will be performed THIS EVENING, under 1 6 direction cf Mr. John Hullah. Principal vocalists—Mrs. Sims i f ,,Te 18.. 21.6d.; e. bliss I3anks Miss Dolbymin, Mr. Sims Reeves, Mr. Weiss. ' stalls, bi. eence at half-past 7. A.RGYLL ROOMS.-LAURENT'S CA SINO 6 , NOW OPEN for the winter seaso n. Principal Cornet 14 0 ,' n : 14. Eouleonrt.—Doors open at S. Admission me tt rt a new Varaoviana every u;ght. wh i ,,V B EVENIG, for the BENEFIT of M. LITTEENT, on ki lt , occasion will be performed, for the first time, th 3 ST. • C IC- QUADRILLE. MR. W. S. WOODIN'S OLIO of ODDITIES. Ltd c Fifty instantaneous Metamorphoses of Voleo, iliarac!er, c,,,,estunle, concluding with an imperionation of Mlle. Rachel. as f0r,3 1 "i 2 in" Les Horaced." Every evening, at S. 'Morning Per im . i i nce every Saturday at 2 o'clock ; nizht at Z. Private i ex , s t ti ,,Z.ang may be secared in advance, without extra charge. Poly - Z.C-hall, King William-street, Charing-cross. PANOPTICON.- PASSION WEEK. —.This Day and Wednesday, 19th, a selection 01 , a , red )4ts e and on Tuesday, 18th, and Thursday, 20th. 11ANDEL's kr, LIR (Two First Parts). Principal Singers —Miss llan i sford, tl) o .7e•orge Perren, and Mr. and Mrs. Henri On;yton, and a se.ecte4 C 4 4,2. Mr. E. T. Chip!, Will preside at the Grand Organ. To 4, 4 4 .*rice each evening at 8.15. LECITITILF.A ASTRONOMY ltl t , i d l tY by Mr. C. F. PARTINGTON, illustrated by a n Orrer y . Ad .._ ' lt ' Is. Doors open, morning, 12 to 5 ; evening, 7to 10. LONDON and NORTH-WESTERN RAlL toske,, WAX.— EASTER HOLIDAYS. RETURN' TICKETS a vi ,,n THURSDAY, the 20th March, and folliwing days, will be o, 2 4 `ttP to and inclnding MONDAY, the 24th. tog „rwl Friday the Trains will run Sundays, with the a(111- li n :. the 9.15 Sm. down Mail Triin from London, widch will run "" Week days, except over the Chester and Holyhead Railway. Ity order. Cletier al Manager's olnce, Euston Sta!ion, March, !SRL LONDON and NORTH-WES'. Tin- LAND RAILWAYS. EASTE IP` I ‘tTS, Fixer and SECOND CLASS, Will b R e CERN and MID 1101.IDAYS. ))AY issued from LONDON tia,ol, . I I awdbam 1 Norrnanton Cellingham , N o ttl nl l i am Oak ensha v Ittwark Yo , k Doncaster )11 kerton I Bradford I Sheffield, and ly jb, *Marton I Leeds I Nasuorough, ti ;" , ordinary trains on THUItiD AY, March 20th, and interme- A r "Ys, to MONDAY, March 24th, inclusive, and will be avail s°lsigTor return by the ordinary trains on any day up to and includ- X2 e sdaY. March 25th. l o ' , Press day tickets will also be issued on the same days, available ,l,Siturn by express trate,. ' ) .17 tickets will als ) be issued from the above stations to London. ton By order. ‘,.._ t tatlon, March, 1856. ANK OF LONDON, Ca-4-T Threadneedle-street, and Charinw-cross. astati—Sir JOHN VILLIERS SIIELT,EY, Bart., M.P. Vlca-CnaismAN—JOHN GItIFFITII FRITH, Esq. irrent A.ccounts are received, and interest allowed on Balances. Der -cent. Interest Is allowed on deposits, with 10 days' notice wit hdrawal on sums of 10.. and upwards. By order. MATTHEW MARSHALL, Jun., Manager. 2 1 readneedle -streetBENJAMIN SCOTT, Secretary. , January 19, 185 G. TUE TIMES ASSURANCE COMPANIES, Lir e 32, Ludgate-hil', London. ti es Assurance, Fire Assurance, Annuity, and Endowment l'oli 11,3ned by these Companies. 11. B. SHERIDAN, Managing Director. PLATE - GLASS INSURANCE. Riotous h )o.preaka32. L ge of Windows —The TIMES ry AS,IJRANCE CONI tt udgate-hill, London. Eve description of plate- lass b red at thIS office. hy t rnage done by the riotous proceedings of mobs can be covered 1, i ts Company's policles. °r ale of proposals sent by post. NOIJRITY to EMPLOYERS.—To Secretaries 11....0f Public institutions, Clerks, F-t , Mon NisOcrs. Clcrks, 7 e llers. Colic 'tors, and others. —The TIMES CO'OPANY, V, til e fate-hill, aff,rds a guarantee to persons requiring the same , , t .....2West possible rates. k4ZTROPOLIT IN COUNTIES and w . GENERAL LIFE AF•II.IRANCE SOCIETY, 27, Regent• ' , Waterloc•••place, Lyndon. Capital, 10V:001. t. Tr TRUSTEES. n • spencer 11. Wriln, ole, M.P. Riehard czpooner, E q., M:l'. 41. Y Pet Fuller, r I peter .sq. E Vansittart Neale, Esq. Assurance business transac!el in all its branche , . ,:". The bonus declared at the last. division of profi , s averaged "r cent. en all the premiums raid. F. FERGU. , ON CAMROUX, Manager. IViETROPOL ITAN - LIFE ASSUR NC F. SOCIETY. a the t.• No. 3, Princos-strnet, Bank. - .-nrectors hereby give notice to Members whose Premium, tall th, on the sth of Anal next, that the same must he itbhi .t tY days from that date. h ip " Prenalums are paid Yearly, Half-yearly, or Quarterly, On kti i ,, s th of January, sth of April, s th of Jul y , and sth of October, N' of which several days constitutes the commencement of the t i tt r to M embers. Persons, therefore, desirous of entering the So- Li Members on the sth of April next, should appear or lodge .g.Proposals at the office on or before that day. *1,1; 15 Society, for Mutual and General Assurance , appr o pr i a t e s tl e sr of its profits to the benefit of parties assuring their own byes t he Whole term of life as Members of the Society. F or the year ending the sth of April, 1855. an abatement of 5l per thL, ll4 B been declared on the Premiums of all Member s of Five Standing and upwards. HENRY MARSHAL. Actuary. trinees-street, Bank. 4 th March , o r , '1 -1.--Resolved, this 19th September, 1855. That during the it :ent war every m person assured or to be assured as a memb , r, or ktip eri " , -e, not amariner by pro fess ion, may proceed to any part of Courwhere there are no hostilities, without a licence from the t of Directors, and without paying any additional premium. ESTABLISHED 1837. it RITANNIA LIFE ASSURANCE COMPANY. 1, Princes-street, Bank, London. 17,1 1 3 0Werad by Spacial Act of Parliament, 4 Viet., cap. 9, rIRECTOR3. 16 3 9 r-Osnerid ALEXANDER, Blackheath Park, .CHA.inNI.N. Bardgett, Esq., 149, Fenchurch-street. , *urge Bovington. Esq., Seckinger Mills, BermondsJy. '• P. Cockerill, Esq., Shadwell and Twick enh:m. George Cohen. Esn., Shacklewell. ) 411115 Coventry, Esq., White Hart-court, Lombard-street. Joke Drevrett, Esq., 50, Cornhill. Erasmus Robert Foster. Esq., 1, Princes - street , Ba nk. „, S. (11rdler,Esq , 7, Tokenhnuse-yard. ,_ti• L. Simile, Esq., Doctors' Commons. Q TArirorNit Bellenden Ker, Esq., 8, Old-square, Lincoln's Inn. *. ° l •llltroas;—Messrs.lll`Lecd and stennlng, 16, London-street, 141 flitaa.—Mesera. Di F m c s r d ic a l le u , r ltA t v r e t' tet,lrowlers and Barnard, d Zu, ' ,„ r 50, Cornhill. ti If Rates of Premium Ibr securing Loans 01 Debts. R„4lf ass Prem ured payableiums, only, at re Sqixty ouire du at death if occurringring first seven years. preciously, *'. °sisien, during minority, for Orphans. • BRITANNIA. MUTUAL LIFE ASSOCIATION. Empowered by her Majesty's Royal Letters Patent. - Oats divided annually. i t r etninms computed for every three months' difference of age. thZ a lf-credit policies—the unpaid half premiums liquidated out ( h I . O I . BIISTART.) (MUTUAL.) Premium First First Seven . Years. Whole I premium for Re mainder of Life. Quar- Age. Annual Yearly tel premium Pre- Pre mium. I miavn. 4 s. d. I 1 I 9 1 9 2 2 2 6 a 6 8 6. d. 2 3 6 2 18 4 4 5 0 6 13 4 , Years. 34 , '4ths s. £ s. 30 0 ! 9 7 3, 1 4 2 3!276! 1 4 4 G 2 710 1 4 6 9 1 2 8 2H 4 8: E. It. FOSTER, Resident Director. ANDREW FRANCIS, Secretary. NEW LABEL.—In consequence of the great variety of counterfeit labels of N. ROWLAND & SONS' th'ASS.itt OIL, now in circulation, and which so nearly reseinhl , no o riginal as frequently tl deceive the unwary—they have at Led those eminent artists Messrs Perkins, Bacon. & Co., wlm, 'eat cost, and by a peculiar process of their own, have succeeded Itrodacing from assteelNllEL," which cann,t be for.; ed. eta? 4o c:imposed of ection of an engint—turned circle, repeated ona red and thirty times —and fo7rns an original lace-work ground, ' , Which is engraved in white lettees, " ROWLANDS' MACASSAR OIL, Tlia GROWTH, RESTORATION. AND FOR BEAUTIFYING THE Ilutws under which is the Signature of the I'vprietors in Bed Ink " A. ROM. AND & SOBS." '- R eid by them at 20, Batton-garden, London, and b y Chemlats and mere. AIR DESTROYER, 1, Little Queen-street, 3 1 7-4- High Holborn —ALEX. BOSS'SDETIELATORY, for renrv- A effectually Superfluous Hair from the Face, Neck, Arms, and iiAnds, without the slightest injury to thelt. will warrant 0 t to irriate the flesh in the smallest degre,, and the hair to he , 4 tr olY destroyed.—Saud in bottles, at as. 6d., ss. bd., and 100. Gd.; f or 4 DPlled at the Hair-dyeing tstablishmeat, as above, Forwareled stitlips, free by post, eigt.t extra. 4 - OZEIIJ'S COPAIIINE, or SACCIIARA-TED CAPSITLER, approved of by the French C olle g e ofPh y sicians, si„ uccesstitlly , administtred in the Paris and London Hospitals, and ,Znovrledgad by titem to be the best remedy for a ce rt a in disorder. 4 ? " Lancet" bf Nov. 6, 1852.) A copy will he forwarded on appli unit —Prier,, per 100, 45.6 d. ; 50, 2s. 9d. To be had of the invoator, ali s o ' l taiL °MAU, French chemist, 49, Haymarket, London, and Pri - aclpal chemists. IN THE HIGH COURT OF CHANCERY. - r irRIESEMAR.—On the 29th of May, 1855, a n ,„ injunction was granted by the idigh Court of Chancery , and 11th of June following was made perpetual, against Joseph ;.'Lltnklin and others, to restrain them, under a penalty of one thou -ill(' Minds, from imitating this Medicine, which is protected by ~,,!),nl. Letters Patent of England, and secured by the Seals of the 11,. ° ° 1 0 de Iltarmacio de Party, and the Imperial College of Medicine, • Kinxus,. Its . TRIESEMAR, No. 1, remedy for Relaxation, Spermatorrhcea, and all the distressing ,Z mi equences arising from early abuse, &c., and its effects are effl- ; ;;:aotts in youth, manhood, and old age ; and t • those persona who ,7° Prevented entering the married state frora the results of early errors it is invaluable. TRIESEMAR, No. 2, .a -- zoally, in the short space of three days, completel and entel 14 4 ,..T0et0s all traces ot those Disorders which Cepalvi y and Cubirebsy err' so long been thought an antidote for, to the ruin of the health .vast portion of the population. th TRIESEMAR, No. 3, e great Continental Remedy for that class of Disorders, which enately the English physician treata with Mercury, to the in " 1, 015 destruction of the patient's constitution, and which all the Parilla in the world cannot remove. li n , 4I ESEMAR, Ncs. 1,2, and 3, are alike devoid oftaste or smell, sal nauseating qualities. They may lie on the toilet tab'. ...Rofut their use being suspected t o ZYLIESEIILAM, Nos. 1,2, and 3 are sold in tin cases, price lie., or rthere oases in one for 335., which saves I. ; and in 51. cases, whereby is a saving of 11. I 2s. • divide, inte s separate doses, as adminit -X4 Valpean, Leliemand, Roux, fze. 00 40 be had Wholesale and Retail in London of Johnston, 68, f ; Hannay and Co., 63, Oxford-str et: and Sanger, ISO, Os )43.etreetlngham, druggist, 46. Market-street, Manchester to,44radb Winne bookseller, Deanegate, Bolton; J. Priestly, chemist, 52, rQ s Liverpool* Powell, bookseller, 15, Westmoreland-353d, Dabs u bOokSeUtrillighltreet, a fair an ad wheat, There I 6d to 6d per it were 2a per od de -4s per with a d ihel white, m 8s oa do., Ot Id to 0- to —I I calves rearing , —d to ; slips, per lb. )rt has t India ig from been a nproTe• ~.16 6 -.17 3 ...17 6 ...15 9 ...16 0 -.17 0 ...17 9 ...18 0 ...16 0 ...16 0 ...17 6 ..16 0 _l6 9 ...18 0 _l5 6 y .17 6 _l5 6 _22 0 al 15 25 95 43% - 132% 132% RI OZ. 117 9 1 0 0 I 5 0% 1 0 0 ) 6 0% 'ost otros yrro , du in In rneertal tar 6 ►arty tar. 16. tar. 16 I lice nal, tuTh.sil Far. 20 Wiaadan *lcabill - .pril 1. sthotmo , k2O m . • whole 1 _ (arch 16 . k 200 =stub' St 16 mon & Is moe [ll uo n.II (Et. c) - d ti . • ►e been It., and London 18i -710 4 'astern. -North aatern. -Dutch 1, 63. a very igbest. Dowers, zee, 12 as dull . about. 704 )i:whim sense astern orters, ' in the • enter e wife rife of Bed• park, the t- pril I LONDON, MO DAY EVENING MARCH 17, 1856. TILE DESTRUCTION OF COVERT-GARDEN TIIEATIig. GUARDIAN FIRE AND LIFE ASSURANCE C3MPA'Y, No. 11, Lombard-street, London. DIIIECTORS. FRANCIS HART DYKE, Esq., Chairman. HENRY lIULSE BERENS, Esq., Deputy-Chairman. John Dixon, Esq. Stewart Marjoribanks, Esq. Sir W. M. T. Farquhar, Bart] Bohn Martin, Esq., M.P. Sir Walter R. Farquhar, B:e , Rowland Mitchell, Esq. Thomson Hankey, Esq.. John Ilaryey, Esq. ' Henry Norman, Esq. -- 4. P. James Morris, Esq. Jchn G. Hubbe: c t, *E sq . Henry R. Reynolds, Esq. George Job: ,stone, Req. John Thornton, Esq. Join L':couchere, Esq. James TMloch, Esq. John Loch, Esq. Henry Vigne, Esq. AVDITOPS. A. W. Robarts, Esq. I Henry Sykes Thornton, Esq. Lewis Lloyd, jun., Esq. John henry Smith, Esq. George Keys, Esq., Secretary. Samuel Brown, Esq., Actuary. LIFE DEP A.RTMEN . T.—Under the provisions of an Act of Par liament, this Company now offers to future insurers Four-fifths of the Profits, with Quinquennial Division, or a Low Rate of Premium without participation of Profits. The next division or Profits will he declared in June. 1860, when all participating Policies which shall have subsisted at least one year at Christmas, 1559, will he allowed to share in the Profits. At the five divisions of Profits made by this Company, the total , eversionary Bonuses added to the Policies have exceeded 911,000'. At Christmas last the Assurawes in force amounted to upwards of 4,240,00 0 7. ; the Income from the Life Branch in 1854 was more than 900,0011. ; and the Life ASQII,I4ICC Fund (independent of the Guarantee ('apital) exceeded 1,700,0001, FOREIGN RlSKs.—The Extra Premiums required for the East and West Indies, the British Colonies, and the northern parts of the United States of America, have been materially reduced. INVALID LIVES.---Persons who are not in such sound health as would enable them to insure their Lives at the Tabular Premiums, may have their lives insured at Extra Premiums. LOANS granted on Life Policies to the extent of their values, pro vided such Policies shall have been effected a sufficient time to have dtained in each case a value not under 507. ASSIGNMENTS OF POLICIES.—Written NoticOS of, recolved and registered. Medical fees paid by the Company, and no charge will be made for Policy Stamps. FIRE DEPART MENT. —lnsurances effected upon every descrip tion of propsrty, at moderate rates. Losses caused by Expiesion of Gas are admitted by this Company. 111 E and PERRINS' WORCESTERSHIRE .IIL4 SAUCE imparts the most exquisite relish to Steaks. Chops, and all Roast Meat Gravies, Fish, Game. Soup. Curries, and Salad, and by its tonic and invigorating properties enables the stomach to perfectly digest the food. nodally nse of this aromatic and delicious Sauce is the best safe ruard to health. Sold by the proprietors, Lea and I'errins, 19, Fenchurch-street, London, and GB, Broad-street, Worcester; also by Messrs. Barclay and Sons, Messrs. Crosse and Blackwell, and otter oilmen and met , chants, London ; and gene rally by the principal dealers i n sauce. /N.B.—To guard against imilations, see that the names o f " LEA and PERRINs" are upo n th e label and patent cap of the bottle. ATTEMPT TO STAB LADY CHANTRY.—A young woman, named Malian Daniel's, one of the chambermaids A the Pier Hotel, was charged before the magistrates at Brigh ton, on Frilay, with attempting to stab Lady Chantry, relict of Sir F. Chantry, the eminent sculptor. It ap peared that the prisoner had been some time in the establishment, and was generany very well conducted. Recently, however, it was observed that she had some % hat changed in her manner, but nothing serious was apprehended. In the course of yesterday morning she was in one of Lady Chan try's rooms cleaning it up, her Ladyship being also in the apartment, when mother domestic hearing screams went into the room and found the prisoner in an excited state with a cheese knife is her hand. After some struggling it was got from her, and then it was ascertained that she had attempted to stab her Ladyship, whose dress was cut in several places. The Bench remanded her, in order that she might un dergo medical examination. The attack has had a seri ous effect upon Lady Chantry, who is upwards of 70 years of age. [ADVERTISEMENT.J — HoIIoway ' s Ointment and Pills cured. a fearfully Bad Knee.—Extract of a letter from Mr. Joseph Rogerson, of the Pottery Fields, Hunslet, near Leeds, dated Sept. 15, 1854 : — To Proessor Hol loway—Sir, I suffered for months with a very bad knee, and tried every remedy likely to benefit me, without suc cess. The joint was quite stiff, and so swollen that I became reriou:ly alarmed as to whether I should ever re gain the use of it. However, ley the use of your oint ment and pills the swelling was soon considerably re duced, and in two weeks was completely cared, which enabled me to resume my work. Suld by all vendors of medicines, and at Professor Holloway's establishments, 244, Strand, London, and 80, Maiden-lane, New York; by A. Stampa, Constantinople ; A, Guidici, Smyrna ; and E. Muir, Malta. diately to say he di-'approvA of it, and was reiurning home t i prevent it when the fire occurred. . Mr. M. SHAP.P said he ries preeared to she‘v that the fire might have occurieei from the ;use of a galvanic battery, by which he understood Professor Anderson did many of his tricks. He moved a committee of hi quiry to be appointed. • The CHAIRMAN said the question to he co tTE idered w er. what had better he done with the land ? He thought it would be valuable for the enlargement of Covent-garden market. Mr. SURMAN said the Duke o 2 Bedford. h-r 1 been in foreied that the proprietors could not pay tberent nor discharge the covenants ilk.. the lease. They were in ar rears a year's rent, and it had been suggested to the noble duke to take possession of the land. Nothing was said in the lease about rebeildiefe or insuring against - fire. Dr. Rowe said the annuitants ought to take a share in what the properly wal worth. Mr, SURMAN said the proprietors,could not take upon themselves any liability without the annuitaotS gave thew a release. Thirty - eight years lease was a bad one. The annuitants hart batter 'obtain a new lease from the Duke of Bedford, and rebuild the premises. The proprietors were ready to five up their title to the land. He under stood the noble duke would prefer the land being added to Covent-garden Market than the theatre be rebuilt. The question of what must be done with Mr. Gye must stau'l over for consideration. Mr. THOMPSON reminded the meeting that Mr. Gye had recently received 4,000/. for concerts, 2,000/. from Mr. Anderson, and would receive 8,000/. from the in surance offices. The CHAIRMAN said no doubt the land would be worth 6,0001. a year for market purposeie The proprietor s . had only paid 1,500/. or 2,000/. a year for it. Mr. SuRMAN said that the direct charge on the land, after deductions, was 1,235/. He did not consider the proprietors were personally responsible to the share holders or annuitants. It would be useless to carry that question elsewhere. Kemble's• interest was in Chan cery, and Harris's affair', for which he (Mr. Sunman) was trustee, were in a hopeless spa. The patents of the theatre were now tAelees. Ultimately a committee of 12 fel** was appointed to inquire into the renters' - position A - . 4 report thereon.. The meeting shortly after separated. The following distinguished individuals hold shares in the theatre :—The Duke of Cambridge, the Duke of Devonshire, the Earl of Dartmouth, Lady Henricb, Sir John Dodson, Lady Bt.auchamp, the Duchess of St. Albans (executor), the Marquis of Salisbury, and Sir R. Smirke. Mr. Gye's lease was for ten years, commencing in 1853, at a rent of 6 , 0001 . per annum for the first three ' years, and 7,0001. per annum for the last seven. [The following appeared in part of our impression of Saturday.] MEETING OF PROPRIETORS. This afternoon a meeting of the proprietor; of this unfortunate building was held at Mr. Robins' rooms, Piazza, Covent-garden, to answer any inquiry relating to the property. The chair was taken by Dr. Strethwiek. Mr. Surman, in addressing the meetiea, said—l at tend, gentlemen, on the part of the proprietor.; of the late Covent garden Theatre, to give you a short state ment of the position of that theatre, in order that, by a knowledge 0! its p ieai )0, you may have some guidance far your future conduct. The proprietors are anxious that you shoull anow exactly what arc your charges on the property, and to what liability that property is sub ject. The theatre is held upon six leases from the Duke of Bedford. There are 3S years unexpired of the term, and the rent payable to the duke is 2,0851. per annum. In the year 1803 the theatre was burnt down, and woe rebuilt in 1809. Upon that occasion 150 shares of 5001. each were issued, which realised a sum of 75,0001. Of these 150 -.ban; of 500/. the gentlemen who new attend represent the original holders, who were entitled to an annuity of 251. on each share for the whole term of the lease, which h is 38 years to run, and also to a free trans• ferable admission. In the year 1832 the theatre WAS in difficulties. The shareholders had received no annuity for the last seven years, and the nroprietore had incurred a loss of from 70,0001. to 80,000/. ; the rent was in arrear, executions were, in the house, and the property appeared to be ruined. Various meetings took (dace in that year, eipeciatly among the shareholders, who had so large an interest in the property. Ultimately, in the month of March, 1832, the shareholders came to a rest:, lotion—and I hold in my hand their original document —to give up entirely the arrears of the annuity for the last three years, and to accept 10'. in the pound for the four years prior to these ; and they also agreed that, in stead of having 25/. a year in the future, they would take half that stun, or 121. 10e. until the theatre was free from debt. That arrangement, as hon. gentlemen present know, has been carried act successfully from 1832 to the present time. I believe there has only been one year in which gentlemen have not received their annuity with almost as great reeularity as bank dividends. In that year, 1843 —though I am not quite clear about it—the theatre had ao tenant. For 22 out of the 23 years the annuity was paid with extreme regularity. I believe, too, that all the ar rears which were due in 1832, upon which 10e. in the pound were payable, have been paid off. At the time when the shareholders agreed to assist the proprietors by the reduction of their annuities, a saving was effected of 1,8751., the total amount of the full annuity of 251. upon 15Q shares being equal to 3,750/., and the half of that, or 10s. in the pound, was 1,8751. The charge of 1,8751. formed a second charge upon the property, the first charere being the Duke of Bedford's rent, amount_ ing to 2,085/. The Duke of Bedford, in 1832, with equal liberality, consented to reduce his rent by 500/. a-vear. By that means the rout became reduced to 1,5851. There is also let with the theatre the Piazza Coffee-house, which produces a rental of 3151., and a small house in Princes-place, which is let at 401. If, therefore, from the 1,5351. of rent we deduct the sums of 3151. and 40/ , derived from the other property, it will leave the total rent chargeable upon the theatre 1,2301. In addition to this, in ail our dealings with the property, we have found it necessary to pay the rates and taxes ourselves, and to let the theatre fur an annual sum, we paying these rates and taxes. ,Last year these items of expense amounted to 1,0201.; it has been as high as 1,2001., and as low as 800/. These constitute a third charge on the property. The next items of expenses are salaries. We was Wm. Harrison, 8, Exeter-street, machinist, who stated have been bound to pay thelour firemen whom we have that he was employed by Mr. Anderson a t the theatre kept upon the property, a; the theatre was not insured e • in the capacity of machinist and ge neral mana g er of his in feet, the premiums of insuraece amounting to a sum ' which it would be impossible to pay. Ttie salaries of the business. By machinist he meant the makin g and pairi n ng o magil of r. . re firemen were 375/. The next charge is fur the salary of had o re f gu the lar duty ca in a th pparatus e theatre M but A to nd erson He look after a M. Robertson, a gentleman who has been connected carpenter and cabinet-maker named banning, who was with the theatre for, I think, not less than 36 years, and employed in making a proscenium for a p ortable sta g e who has given eaaisfaction in the discharge of his duties, for Mr. Anderson in the carpenters' shop, who was not only to the proprietere, but to every gentleman with who he tax; been eennected. The salary of Mr. Robert- employed up to the evening of the fire . He (winees) t m visited that room on the day befo re rho fire, and fouud son was 250/. 5 -year, and for that turn he has been a con banning planing some wood. There were two other stant resident on the property, and has been constantly persons employed there named Finlason and Deulton. in and out of the theatre during the time of the different tenants, and throughout all the difficulties which the There was not a very great quantity of " shavings," but a large quantity of wood and old " properties theatre has lied to pass through. There are further items of expense. We are bound by our covenants to about the carpenters' shop. At about a quarter before five on the evening of the fire he met keep the cuter walls in repair, and to paint it outside. There is a charge for stationery, and for insurances of Leonia.. leaving the theatre, and he spoke to him , when he said ' he was merely going to see if all was right. the Piazza Coffee-house and the small house in Princes- The carpenters' shop was generally very hot, from the place. These, which may be classed under the head of heat arising from the body of the theatre; Indeed, banning " miscellaneous," comprise altogether about 250/. a year. These are six items of the charge upon the pro perty, and, if added together, the will be found to frequently opened the window to let in a lit tle air. There was no fire-place in the shop. The pai n t in g -room was y amount to a total of about 5,000/. a-ye ears we were ear. Gentlemen a p ortion of the carpenters' shop. It was partly parti resent will remember twat for three tioned off, although the floor of t he p aintin g -room was unable to get any tenant at all except the Anti-Corn-law pye twenty feet below the shop. There was a League, hut still we managed to pay our debts. Then ventilator in the shop, but nothing more. The we gut M. Persiani as a tenant, who converted the room was a very hot one for men t o work , in. theatre into an opera house. Our agreement with him- _The heat in the shop came from the b od y of the house generally, as it covered the whale of the house, and had was at a rent of 6,000/. per annum. After him we made two entrances. One led from the flies, and the other an arrangement with Mr. Gye for a terra of ten year's, led to the Duke of Bedford's box. Re was not in the the rent for the first three years to be 6,500!., and, for house when the fire broke out ; he left it about a guar the remainder of the term, 7,000/. a-year. Assuming ter before three, at which time he had not even these figures of liabilities to he correctly stated at 5,000/. smelt the gas. He never was in the carpenters' shop a-year, there would be an annual profit of 1,0001. a-year when the performances were going on, except on one on a rental of 6,0001., and of 1,500/. on that of 6,500/. we of 1832 to 1850, the average take the working profit during the whole of that the theatre from the years occasion, and that was during a Saturday p erformance But if of the pantomime. Any one cou ld g et into the carpen ters' shop. banning was using glue in th e sho p that term would not be more than 600/. a-year, and this upon da,y, but the glue was melte d a lon g wa y from a property which, I am told, in 1809 cost 3 00 , 000 / the shop, a With respect to the property, it i; held in twelfth - shares, steam-apparin the property room. The r e was atus to make the glue with in the sho p , and they are divided in the following manner :—the exe but it had not been used. He could only account for caters of the late C. Ketnble hold two-twelfths. At the the fire by the spirit with which the g as-men had satu- death of Charles Ike,mble those shares were left to his rated the flambeau having been repeatedly spil led, and children, two daughtersand son ; and at the present time all his affairs are in the Court of Chancery. lam informed had, on the evening in question , taken fi re . By the Vestry Clerk—The wire s u sed b y Professor that it was necessary a short time since to come to some calculation of the value of hie interest in the property, for Anderson's magic could not come in contac wires. t with the gas. There was no gas near the He the purpose of probate, or some other cause, and the valua tion which, after most careful inquiry, was put open the two-twelfths shares of Clate. Kemble, was 500/. (Laugh- knew of no combustible matt er in the car p enters' shop ' • but a month ago banning brought som e s p irit ter.) Capt. Forbes and Mr. Willett represent three - to polish a box with, and he was told not to leave the twelfths between them. Capt. Forbes is I am sorry to say confined to his room by illness, but his son re polish about. He also used a lam p to kee p the presents ba n glue warm, and he was told it was not allowed, as Mr. Anderson said he would have n othin g done b y candle on this occasion, and Capt. Willett is also present. Tee l remaining seven-twelfths of the property belong to the light, and banning usel to leave off work before dark. Harris family, and that is represented by myself as the After banning left lie h er ad not entered the shop, so ou t. he executor and trustee of the family. My friend Mr. could not say whether h ad n ot shavings lying ab Harris died in 1839, and lam sorry to say that he owed By one of the entrances of the carpenters' shop (the at that time 50,000/. of private debts, which were se private box entrance) th e p lace where bannin g was at cured by mortgages on his shares in this theatre, not work, could be reached. The middle of the shop was one shilling of which has yet been paid, or is likely ever perfectly clear, there WAS no wood lying about. to be paid. You see, therefore, the position in which By a Juror—He had not been in the carpenters' shop the proprietors are placed—the representatives of the since three o'clock in the afternoon previous to the fire. largest one of them owing debts to the amount of By the Coroner —The shavings at the side of the 50,000/., and the two shares of Charles Kemble in carpenters' shop could easily be thrown together in the Chancery, and valued at 500/. But looking to the work- centre of the shop. ing of the theatre dote 1332, at which period there was B y a Juror—The wires used by the Professor were a general debt on the property of 70,0001., besides the of copper. arrears of the annuities, for which 10s. in the pound By the Coroner—Dosing the Professor's tena ntr y were agreed to be taken, which came to something like be employed all the hands. He never heard that there 4,000/., money was borrowed, the creditors behaved had been any threat of any description used by any of with extreme liberality, and eventually the whole debt, the workmen employed in the theatre. by the invaluable exerti ine Wf Mr. Moore and Captain Benedict Alletno, 22. King William-street., Strand, Forbes, was reduced to about 24,000/. What we hare civil e ngineer, stated---He rebuilt the audience part of been working fer ever since 1832, has been this average the theatre, from the floor to the ceiling ; or rather it profit of 600/. a veer, which has gone to liquidate the was built under his personal superintendence. He had general debt of 24,0001., which now stands at about I nothing to do with the canetruction or reconstruction 9,000/. The proprietore, looking et the property, having o f th e cerpcnters' shop. From what he knew of these facts before them. and seeing that the profit is SO the general construction of the theatre there was small a one, although the present figures appear to offer No thing to fear as to fire. There could be no accumule a much larger profit—yet, taking them upon the whole, tion of bas in the shop, for two reasons—first, there the proprietors feel that it is perfectly out of their power were plenty of wind ewe to let it out, and also the funnel to do anything with tee property whatever. Were the which he had constructed, and from which there was a theatre standing at this moment it would be eneam• great draft. The funnel was 30 ft. in height, and 8 ft. in bered with 5,0001. a year, and were you to rebuild it diameter. He had been in the carpenters' shop whilst to-morrow you wound put another 5,00 0 /. a year upon the performance was going on to see how the funnel it, and the property is not worth 10,000/., nor 8,0001., worked, and he had not found the room inconveniently nor even 7,0001. a year. I have often ,aid to Captain heated. Forbes, and others who have spoken to me on the sub- Sydney Smirk, 79, Grosvenor.street, architect—On ject—and who base said that Covent-t arilea latest be searching his brothers drawing, he found that there was very valuable—" I can only say thin, that if you would a wall originally so placed in the shop which would have give me that theatre to-morrow I would not take it as prevented the fire travelling from one part to the other, a g if t." The Duke of Bedford's allowauce of 50 01 . He had been over the ruins and he found that that wal a year is not likely to he deviated from, and the had been removed, which accounted for the fire extend! renters' deduction of 1,875/. is also, perhaps, not ing so rapidly from one end of the shop to the other. likely to he departed front. But as Bola as we have George Thos. Lanning, 43, Theobald'e-road, carpen paid off the remainder of the debt of 24,000/. now amount- ten was employed at the theatre by Mr.. , ndersien. He ing to 9,000/.—the renters will be entitled to their full bad been employed every day for five weeks previous annuity, and when that takes place the theatre will be to the fire making some fr ames for the new sta g e. He unproductive fer any purpose at all. lam here on behalf was engaged in this occupat ion on the da y of the fire, of the proprietors to answer any questions which may but had not had occasion to use an y g lue or s p irit of an y be put, and to inform the shareholders that they feel per - kind that day. day He worked till five in the evening , fectly incompetent, and have fully roads up their mindsduring the i n question he was visited by several and that they will not be parties in any way to reinstating workmen that property. They have not the means of doing so, and No one could com e into the sho p without they cannot see their way to obtaining the money requi- being seen by him when he was at work. The place was ' very warm when he was last at work there, sits for the purpose. I may, however, state to you, as and there was also a stro n g smell of g as, but parties representing a sum of 75,000/. charged upon this p r operty, that if you can in any way cenvince yourselves he accounted for it by the men bein g at work at the pipes underneath t he sho p . There was a of the advantages of dealing with the Duke of Bedford little shavings about , but the sho p had been cleaned up for a renewal of the lease — for with the present unex - on the Monday previous to t he bul mas q ue. There was pired term of the lease you could do nothing — and ca n no cloth of any descriptio n in the room, and when he see your way to raising 70,0003. or 100,000!. for the re- left at 5 o'clock all was sa fe. The corners of the sho p building of the theatre , the pr o prietors will be happy t o were filled with " old st uff," but there was nothin g but render you any assistance in their power. I may also his woodwork in the centre of the room, which add, before concluding my explanations, that in our consisted of 12 old and 12 n ew frames. It was 35 feet agre ement with Persiani we had to al l ow 1,000 /. one from the funnel of the cha ndelier to the place where he year for repairs, 2,000/. in another, and 1,000/. in a third was working. There was no wood nearer the chandelier year. This will tend to explain why the annual profit than 12 feet. He had used nothing inflammable on that has not been so large as it would otherwise appear. In day, and had no lucifers about him. the year 1855 our profit was 1,5001., but Mr. Gye is in By a Juror—There was no oiled cloths or polishing our debt 1,700/., which is 2001. more than our profit for that year. rags lying about the shop. By the Coroner—The doors of the carpenters' shop An Annuitant said they were not shareholders, but were locked, and the public could not get into it. annuitants. Under the deed they were to be paid 251 By a Juror—The whole of the wood of his work per annum, and have a free admission. would not fill a cart. Mr. M. SHAM' said that the proprietors in letting the Benjamin Dalliston, a carpenter, employed by Mr. theatre had been very remiss in not calling the renters Presscote for Mr. Anderson, stated that he was em together before it was let to Mr. Anderson, especially ae ployed up to the day of the fire. On the morning of two theatres had been burnt dowa whilst in the hands Tuesday he was employed carrying away the pantomime of that gentleman. tricks, and during the day he had frequently to go to Mr. Suttee/0T said that the theatre was let to Mr. the carpenters' shop. He was up there as late as ten Anderson by Mr. Gye. It was impossible to let a thea- o'clock on Tuesday night. lie went to the shop tan tre as they would a private house, binding persons down ning was working in to fetch his clothes, which were to certain things. Mr. Gyo bad been a good tenant. under his bench. His son lit him up as far as the step Mr. Gyo was at Madrid when ho heard of the Bel ladder, and then he went on in the dark. There Masque being announced, and he telegraphed inamedi- was plenty of light there to enable him to find a•• , _ what he• wanted, seeing he knew the place so well. He ha.d no lacifers about him ; ho. merely tvent in for his clothes and returned to his son, who was Wult ing for The only thin"g did: 'MIA to' thut the dormer window, which hail ,been .left open. The.place was dreadfully hot, and that was the reason no person eared about stopping there. Mr. Anderson hal had the key to the shop, bat. he had loiA i.t ; the door was always oilen, and. anyholy froin'tlin bokes could t letto the ihop. The carpenters of the theatre are so aCCOtt.OIIIO to the smell of gas that they don't notice it. He could only account for the fire by the batten lights bring turned full on that day by order of Mr. Anderson, and that the " borders" took fire in consequence. Ile did not think that people when they were erj.iyin,g them , selves world think of looking up to set) if all was right above. 13y the Vestry Cerk—The gas from the battens might Lave ignited one of the ropes by which they were worked, and be that means the flames might have been corn einnicated to the ceiling. The witness here described the battens used in thea tres. They consisted of a gas ‘ pipe, guarded by wire work, and suspended across the stage by ropes, the gas being conveyed to the pipe by leathern hose. Ropes were used tq higher or lower as might be desired. By the Coroner—He heard Mr. Anderson say to Mr. Reiner, the gasman, " Let me have the gas on full to night." By the Coroner—Mr. Anderson raised his hands, and pointing to the batten lights, said, " Let sine have the lights turned on full." He could mesa no other than the battens. The gas was turned on full. The borders and battens hang very thick and close together under the floor of the carpenters' shop. By a Juror—Was not aware the barrels of the battens were hot on the night of the ball, but from the force of gas turned rin they soon would be. If the gas escaped from the battens and. got near the front of the house and under that part of the carpenters' shop it might explode. At the time he was last in the carpenters' shop there was no appearance or smell of fly . William Jones, carpenter, employed at Covent Gar den Theatre by 3lr. Sloman. He was at work from 6 in the morning till 5 in the evening on the day of the fire. He was engaged in the flies underneath the car penters' shale ,hanging herders, and doing other things for the evening's performance. Ile was' in the flies at a quarter before four on the morning of the fire. The top flies' ' in which ho was engaged in the early part of the day were about ten feet below the carpenters' shopgand the distance of the gas light in that place from the floor of the carpen -1 ters' shop was more than six feet. If the burners were turned full on the flame would not rise more than two inches and a-half. He saw several persons go to the carpenters' shop during the day. He was on the stage when the fire broke out, having left the flies aboute2o minutes. He was standing on the stage when he saw a spark fall, but it was about twenty feet from the spot at which he had been working. If the fire had broken out in the flies it would soon have spread, as the things were very closely packed about. At the request of the Coroner, the witness here pointed out on the plan where he was standing on the stage at the time he saw the spark fall. By a Juror—At a quarter-past four, although he was only ten feet from the spot at which the lire broke out, he smelt nothing like fire, neither was there any unusual smell of gas at that time. He was not aware that there was any dispute between the workmen, Mr. Sloman, and Mr. Anderson ; if there had been, he thought he must have heard of it. James Cooper had been employed in Covent-garden Theatre ever since it had been an opera-house. lie was employed by Mr. Palmer on the evening previous to the fire. He lit part of the great chandelier. Ile lit the lower part. The upper part bad been lit during the day, but it was not all lit tilt he finished it. He lit the chan delier as usual with spirit supplied by Mr. Palmer ; he took it up to the chandelier in a ginger-beer bottle. The witness here produced a portion of a "lighting rod," arid explained how it was used. It was a piece of wire about four feet long, with a cotton ball attached. After ho had lit the chanuelier be took the spirit bottle back to the prompt box. Mr. Castles was with him when he Was at the chandelier. By a Juror—Was sure it was spirits of wine. No naphtha was used. By the Coroner—He was not in the theatre when the fire first occurred. After he hal received the news that the theatre was on tire he rushed to the stage door and met Mr. Palmer with the calve key, and they both ran to the valve nearly opposite the station-house. He then lifted the lid while Mr. Palmer turned the gas off. The gas was off five minutes after the alarm was raised. He had no idea how the fire had occurred. Mr. J. H: Anderson, 16, Cecil-Street, Strand, an artist in natural magic, stated that he rented the theatre from Mr. Gye for a period of ten weeks from the 26th of December, 1855, and had the appointment of every person connected with the theatre except the firemen, who were employed by the proprietors of the theatre. The duties of the theatre are conducted by heads, such as the painting-room, the wardrobe , the gas, and the carpenters. Mr. Sloman was his master carpenter, and was responsible for the whole of the men. He had bees in the carpenters' shop on Tuesday morning at one p.m. for the• purpose of inspecting the portable stage he was having constructed- far the purpose of exhibiting his pantomime in Glasgow and other places. He had not the slightest idea how the fire occurred. Ho bad had no notice of any dispute between himself and the men. Mr. Palmer and Mr. Sloman certainly bad a dis pute, but be arranged the matter between them. There was a summons from the police for one of them, and he told them it was unseemly that men holding their situa tions in the theatre should have such disputes. His loss by the tire was considerable; he could not say how much, as he had not yet had an opportunity of making up his loss. He was insured in the Sun Fire office for 2,0001. He had beers called often by gentlemen in the private boxes, who complained of the stench arising from gas. He felt perfectly convinced, as fir as expe rience went, that the fire could not have been occasioned by the gas. He had been connected for years with theatres, and had had a theatre of his own burnt down. He could not account for the accident. He felt perfectly satisfied with the servants he had em ployed ; they were all of the most orderly and best de. scription: He was standing near the orchestra with Mr. Palmer, asking him what was the usual termination e bal masques ' when Palmer seemed as if he bad a fit , and he said the house was on fire, and immediately rushed to turn the gas off. It was not a beam that fell and was the occasion of the discovery of the fire; it was a por tion of the scenery used in the opera of the " Favourite," and when ho looked up the whole of the upper part of the theatre was one mass of flame. There was a great quantity of light on the stage which accounted for the fire not being seen before the piece of scenery fell. At dif ferent parts of the evening, almost every hour, ho had been frequently through the house to see that no ac cident occurred, and to present smoking. He had saved a portion of his property in consequence of its standing near a window of the theatre looking into Princes-place, other wise heshould have lost everything. He had changed the gas company in consequence of its being; repreiented to him that the London Gas Company could give a better supply. The gas metree were outside the theatre. He did not think cigars were sold in the theatre, but Was not positive. Mr. Payne had no arrangement for selling cigars. By a Juror—His insurance expired a week after the fire. By the Coroner—His insurance was regulated by his term of the theatre. The property insured consisted of the scenery, properties, and dresses of the pantomime, and other things. By a Juror—There was a stringent order that no person was on any pretence whatever to go about the theatre with a candle. A fireman's lamp was always ordered to be used. Richard Jones, engineer of the London Gas Works and a civil engineer by profession, said be had heard the description of the carpenters' shop, and he thought it would be highly improbable that gas could accumulate there in any large quantity. If it bad done so it would have exploded, and have blown the roof off. A loud report must have accompanied the explosion. It would have been impossible for the gas to ignite without the application of white heat. He was quite convinced from all he had heard that the gas had nothing to de with the fire. The inquiry was then adjourned till Wednesday next, at three o'clock. WORKS OF MODERN PAINTERS IN THE CRYSTAL PALACE.—Mr. Mogford has been engaged by the Crys tal Palace Company to collect and superintend a gallery of Modern pictures of all the schools of Europe, to open in the month of May next, in the north wing of the palace, which will be constructed properly for the dis plity of the works. Five per cent. will be charged on all sales. Pictures previously exhibited are eligible, and every picture (from the space disposable) mny be well placed for viewing. Mr. Mogford will leave London next week fer the Continent, to collect the foreign pic tures.—The Budder. ROBBERY OF ROYAL PLATE.—On Saturday afternoon a waggon belonging to Mr. Thumwood, who for many years has been employed to convey plate to and from London and Windsor Castle, left Buckingham Palace ' with about 12 chests of plate and other articles for the Paddington station under the charge of five men. On their way to the station they stopped at a publichouse in the South-wharf•road, and all went in to drink, and by their own statement had not left the waggon more than five minutes. Oo their return they observed that the rope was cat which had confined the waggon cloth placed over the goods. This caused them to suspect that something was wrong, and, on looking over the waggon, they discovered that a chest of plate, which had Leen packed in the middle of it, and fastened by was g ro pe to th e rail, had been stolen. The waggo nft wards driven to the Paddington station and sent on the trucks to Windsor, and arrived at the Castle at 7 o'clock, when Mr. Thumwood, on being informed of the robbery, returned to town with his man who had bad charge of the goods to institute an inquiry into the affair. The two helpers a , :d t'le driver were s ubsequently taken into custody, but admitted to bail. The chest which was stolen was considerably lighter than the others, and consequently more easily removed. It contained a quantity of the It9yal nursery plate used by the Princes and Princesses. The value of the plate stolen is under 690/. OFFICIAL INQUIRY. This afternoon at three o'clock the inquiry into the circumat..ces attending the total destruction of Covent garden Theatre was resumed by Mr. Bedford, the co roner for Westminster. The names of the jury having been called over, and each gentleman having answered to his name, A Juror said before the proceedings commenced he had heard — The Coroner said the jurors bad better not mention what they had heard. The Juror said he merely wished to mention the situa tion of the carpenters' shop. The Coroner said as no model of the theatre had been saved, it could not be presented to the jury. There was one, however, in construction. 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Downs, going to the Baltic it s iitd believed, recy, s ghta t l ; 3,c t. ) e fi he o n ug i :in la e i e • slr : af t report ae d K rh w i ue a ia s u e loy c ftt r ob r current eanwpt await-the t t he g i t tahue. s part • `Fie steam- .re t .‘ i n ie sp e o r r i t m l ca m . p T er b it e ll, ne N c l: , 01,88p,adled! paddle -sloop; ; mouth en as lay afternoon with provisions and stores i rm t i li n Cli iii ' n li d w er Y A. iu iri. 'in, went out of Portsrantith harbour on Saturday evt min y, and loft for Bristol and Liverpool to convoy . hack .n and mortar-boats. Tie two training brigs for naval a oprentces; Rollo and Sealark, have both been refitted r the summer's exercising- ctuiisee, and were taken do' pr. a to their respective moorings on-Battu ' day afternoon. The Rhatfam a nthus steam transpor t ., arrived at Ports mouth yesterds ,3 from the Thames, with machinery for the ships being :fitted. The Cornet steamtug returned to Portsmouth : a sterday from Rye,', with a new mortar boat. The Coq ette, 4, screw despatch and gun-boat, Commander H :a I‘., arrived at Portsmouth yesterday afternoon from t 1 .e eastward. .In Portamout harbour yesterday were her 'Majesty's ship Victory, 1054 Captain the Hon. J. R. Drummond, bearing the flag o f Vice-Admiral Sir George Seymour, K.C.8., G.C.H. , the commander-inrchief of the station ; St. Vincent, 10 l, Captain G.A. Elliot, bearing, the flag of Rear-Admiral: 'Superintendent of the Dockyard, W. F. Martin ; th e' Excellent gunnery-ship, Captain Sir Thomas liiitit'ar C.B. ; the Blustrions training-ship, Captain R. Hat e. is ; the Queen's yacht Victoria and and Albert, Cap is in the Hon. Joseph Denman, and ber tenders the Fat, -, Master D. N. Welch, and Elfin, Master A. Ballis tc n ; the Perseverance screw troop ship, Commander 31`t ,nald ; the Transit, ditto, Commander C. R. Johnson ; the Lighteing, steam-tendet to the Duke of. It Mn : the Firequeen steam-yaeht, Mae ter-Corensander \ .F. Paul ; the Vivid •stearn-yacht, ,blaster-Cowman. It rH. W. Allen ; the Sprightly, steam tinder, Acting- ?A aster Mr. G. Allen, Qs Volcase, steam smithy ; the Sealark and Bella, appriatices ' brigs, and the PI 'gnly, Comet, and Echo; tugs ; the Fanny and Forts* tonth, sailing tenders and 15 steam gun-boats. At si Ahead ware—the Duke of Welling; ton, 131, Capt. On 'dwell, C.B.,aearieg 'the Captain _ot the Fleet the Hon.. F. T. Pelham, C. 8., and the flag o Rear-Admiral tbel ton. Sir R. SaundersDundse, K.C.8.; Coramander-in-Chii ef of the Baltic Fleet; the Royal George, 101. Capt *. Robinson ; the Nile, 91, Captain Mundy ; the Cres sy , 81, Capt. R. L. Warren ; the Hawks, 60, Capt. Omma an ey ; the Arrogant, 46, Capt. Lyster ; and the Devastat ion, 6, paddle-sloop, Commander Mar shall. In dock wane—the Algiers, 91, Capt. Codrington, C. 8., refitting ; to le Bellerophon, 78, fitting as a depot ship the Fox, 42, under conversion to a steam trans port ; the Urges' t, steam troop-ship, Commander Phillips, under repairs ; the Ringdove, 6, steam despatch boat ; 0 e Fury, 6, steam-sloop, and the Hardy gun-boat, Ia the fitting basin were the Rod ney, 92, convertinv to a depot ship ; the Pearl,' 21, un der repair ; the FI: Ting Fish, 6, steam despatch gun boat ; the Resistances old troop-ship, said the Opossum gunboat. In Ithe weans basin were the Marlborough, 121 ; the Victor Emt annual, 91 ; the Shannon, 51 ; the Pioneer, 6 ; the Lap* ing, 6 ; and the Basilisk, 6, all receiving or repairing renchinery. At the Motherbank were the Colossus, 81, ..Captain the Hon. H. Keppell, C.B. ; the Belleisle hosph`al-ship, Commander Hooker, and 14 gunboats. • The hired steam transport Andes, No. 100, Captain William M'Arthur, from the Crimea, put into Plymouth Sound on Saturday- She left Balaklava on the 24th of February ; Constantinople, 26th ; Malta, the 4th of March ; and Gibraltar, the 9th of March ; and brings 15 officers and 158 invalid soldiers, marines, and sea men from the Crimea, under command of Capt. Brown, 95th Regiment, and in medical charge of Staff-Surgeon Donnell and Surgeon Jephson, Ist• Dragoon Guards. Four deaths of invalid soldiers have occurred since her departure. Among the passengers is Lieut. Massey, of the 19th, popularly known as " Redan Massey." This gallant officer is slowly recovering from the serious wound which be had received in his thigh during the assault, but is nut yet able to walk. Dr. Cree, of the paddle-wheel steam-frigat Odin, 16, Captain J. Willcox, and a few seamen from Malta, have come home in the Andes invalided. At Gibraltar there was a steam-sloop of war, the steam transport Foyle with 51 military offi cers for the C:irnea, and the steamer Calpe from Liver pool. The Andes passed in the Straits a large steamer with two funnels and white-paddle boxes, bound for the Mediterranean. The Calcutta, 84, Captain W. K. Hall, was placed in the basin dock at Devonport on Friday, to have her copper examined and repaired, previous to sailing for the Best Indies, to bear the flag of Sir M. Seymour. The screw steam-sloop Desperate, 8, Commander R. White, and the paddle-wheel steam-tuff Magicienne, 16, Captain N. Vansittart, left Plymouth on Friday for a cruise in the Chaunel to relieve homeward bound vessels, of which more than 100 are new at anchor in the Sound. The screw steam-ship Conqueror, 100, Captain T. C. Symonds, is appointed to go out of Hamoaze to-day, to make another trial trip round the Eddystone. The crew of the screw steara•sloop Cruiser, IZ, Com mander the Hon. G. Douglas, bent sails at Devenport on Friday. She is appointed to go out of harbour to-day. The Resolute steam-transport sailed on Saturday from Liverpool for the Crimea, with detachments of Royal Artillery, who will be landed at Kingstown ; she will then proceed to Malta with two officers and 76 men of various regiments. The medical corps and some officers of the Turkish Contingent, who were to have gone in the Resolute to the Crimea, have been ordered back to Lon don. Her Majesty's steamer Geyser sailed on Saturday from the Mersey for Portsmouth, with the new wooden gun boats Blazer and Brazen. The Wanderer, screw despatch steamer, Commander J. P. Luce, fitting for sea at Chatham, has received her armament, including two large Lancaster guns of long range, besides a large quantity of Lancaster shells, which have been sent round from Woolwich. She has received orders to leave Chatham this day for Sheerness, where she is to await her sailing orders. The Mohawk despatch steam-vessel, CornmanderF. A. Close, having finished coppering, and the machinery hav ing been put on board, was hauled out of dock at Chat• barn on Saturday. She is to have a complement of 90 men, and is expected to be ready for sea in a short time. The Atna floating battery, building at Chatham, is nearly completed, but it is understood that the order for her launching to take place on the 24th inst. has been countermanded. An order has arrived at Chatham from the War-office, directing the following officers belonging to the depot of the Fusiliers to embark forthwith for the Mauritins : Ensign G. E. Massy, Ensign E. S. Lewis, and Ensign J. B. Barker. • Nearly the whole of the depots belonging to the Provi sional Battalion at Chatham, in addition to the 6 company depot of the 91st Regiment, under the command of Lieut.- Col. B. E. M. Gordon, have been perfected in a course of instruction in the use of the Esfieicl rifle, under Captain W. Nett, 836 Regiment, and Lieutenant W. H. Balling& I, 35th Regiment, the instructors in musketry at Chntharn garrison. Great care is taken that the whole of the men under instruction shall not acquire a thorough 1 knowledge of this weapon themselves, but that they shall I also be able to instruct others. The folioadeg appointuiente were made on Saturday at the Admiralty :—Henry Harken, assietantesurgeon to the Belleisle ; F(ward T. Mortimer, acting-surgeon, to Illustrious ; Edward Reid, acting-surgeon, to the Hawke; Hamilton If. Cole, acting-clerk, to the Con filet. THE MILITIA. Col. Cavendish, of the Chat worth Rifles, has received an order from the War Department to take vigorous mea sures for immediately making up the strength of his regi ment by recruiting. The 2d -Warwick Militia, now stationed in Armagh, having been called on for volunteers to the Line on Wed nesday, 142 immediately offered themselves, 66 of whom passed the surgeon. The regiment is still in a roost offi• clout condition, and ready for any service it may be called on to perform. The Lumber of officers is complete, with the exception of one ensign. PROGRESS or ARCHITECTURE IN DURLIIT.—To Te• visit this country after a lapse of tweaty.five years is to see all things changed; for the arts of commerce and of agriculture revive under the auspicious influence of benignant government and of happy vicissitudes. In the metropolis the improvement is truly astound ing ; a population of 180,000 inhabitants has been nearly doubled, and the extension of the city in creased beyond even the proportionate advance of London. Dublin, always distinguished for ,her splendid public buildings, unequalled by any otber capi tal for the beauty of her vicinage, has been still further Church) have been insulated and thrown open ;lave th magnificent Custom-house. the noble courts f lately completed, and the Classic Bank need no cornmea -1 embellished ; the churches Patrick's and Christ tary ; the suburbs have been extended in milee of villas; two commodious, and even magnificent, harbours (Queenstown and Howth) have been constructed at con venient distance:, the Phoenix-Park and its approaches have been impreved, the College-park throw' open, its ewhich wa ll r eplaced by a railing (like Kensington-gardens), an d wealth t h e narrows of streets (such as Holborn•bars and oth er s traits of London) h ave been ex p anded to free commerce and daylight. There exists now, and the re mus t h a ve ty, h i therto, witha publica Il th sp irit this compara tively poor place, far superior to that which condemns L on don to a filthy river without quays, and to an hh bound beenuemablewl l a i s y h s e dci less commerce can confer. The public buildings of old standing here are far superior (bating only the glo rious St. Paul's and the venerable Abbey) to those of Great Britain's capital. There are seven bridges, and only one with a toll ! There are two cathe drals, with peerless choirs ; there are railway statior $ of more than common pretensions, at fair proximity to the centre ; and there have been erectel churches of all persuasions, in style and character fully equal to the increase of population, as proportioned with other cities of the empire ; but the most palpable im provement effected in Dublin within the period specified s Is, the enlargement , of the National University, and the erection of a noble quadrangle, in keeping with the fine facade presented to College-rem—The Builder. got, considerable harm in the opinion of f #reigners. For what must be the effect of his statements in Russia and in France ? The enemy must say, "Is this boasted naval power of England so formidable after all, which sends out a fleet manne d w i t h lubbers who dare not lie out on the yards to fuil sails, commanded by officers who have not skill enough to sail in line, and piloted by pilots utterly ignorant of their business. Had we known this as in lion's skin better, we need not have shrunk from 'pectins! it on the open sea." The French, too, if they credit the statements of Admiral Napier, may not unnaturally ask whether in combined operations it is safe to 'trust to allies who are so ill prepared for war, even upon the ele, IP tlat where their-strength-has been supposed -to lie. If Sir 0; Napier's novices in. 214 were of greater value than he rates them, the disservice of his sub sequent speeches and writings outweighs them in comparably. His first complaint is of want of preparation for the war, tut it appears that ho was not more ready than the Adnaralty, and he describes himself as torn away by the hair of his head. His cabin was not fitted up *ben hp was ordered to sea, and he sailed without knives aid forks. Yet he had had ample time to make his preparations, and though so backward himself, he has no indulgence for the pilots who had not their clothes with them, and who had to land at the Downs in consequence. he has blame for everybody but himself, and he ac tually i efers to the preposterous expectations created by his own speech at the Reform Club dinner, as if he'had nothing to do with it except , indeed to complain. Mark his words ':— lie would pass over the banquet at the Reform Club (laughter)—that glorious, banquet where many flue speeches were made which, he believed, led the country to expect so much front the fleet, that if the Emperor of Russia had been brought prisoner to England the peo ple would not have been satisfied. (Laughter.) This is a pretty bold stroke. The admiral is too modest to add quorum pars magna fui. We are to believe two things explicitly. First, that Sir C. Napier's fleet was about the worst manned and the worst commanded ever sent forth for a grand campaign. Secondly, that bein g sa bad, it did, everything admirably wf.ll. For ex ample : Thinking that It would not be properto ent-sr th e Gulf of Finland so early in the year, Wei* ids US was in hand," be went to Elgenabbee, the roadstead of Steel helm, intending to remain there two dais for the -pur pose of completing the watering and coating of his ships. After leaving the entrance to the Gulf of Finland, it be • gas to blow very hard, and there was a succession o f furious gales, which detained him for about ten days. At last the storm ceased, and he proceeded to sea ; but, while in the very middle of the rocks and shoalnof Mgt nabbee, the fleet was, unfortunately, caught in the thickest foe which it had ever been his lot to see. He never paned such an anxious time in the whole course of his life. The fog was se dense that he thought it al most impossible the fleet could escape. Anchorage there was none; the danger was extreme; but, by the mercy of Providence, every ship got safely out. One, indeed, a little in advance of the rest, came in contact with a rock, but without sustaining any material damage, while an other narrowly escaped the same misfortune. He was bound and happy to state that Great energy, zeal, and decision were displayed on th at trying occasion. There was no wavering on the part of the captains. All they could do was to go forward ; they. ,did so ; and every one brought his ship safely out to ten. He himself passed alone through a passage of which nothing was known before, and he would leave the house to imagine what an anxic'ns night he spent not knowing what had become of the rest of the fleet, for it was not till the following afternoon that his mind was relieved by seeing the ships safe at sea. No human foresight could have prevented the terrible risk. He was perfectly justified in going into Elgsnabben, which was the roadstead of Stockholm, and nothing but a fog could have exposed the fleet to such danger. As the proof of the pudding is proverbially in the eating, so the proof of the fleet in the trying cir cumstances described would show than it could nct have deserved the character before assigned to it by its admiral. And some of the officers who so ad mirably acquitted themselves upon this occasion were the same as those to whom he desired to tele graph the order before the eyes of the whole fleet, " Go home, you are of no use to me here." And of inconsistencies of this character the ad miral's statements are full. The workman was al ways quarrelling with his tools and bragging of his work. He was at war with everybody, but least of all with the Russians. On the other hand, we cannot but think that he was held too much in leading strings by the Admi ralty: as the old song has it, Now fondled, now chid, Permitted, forbid. Prudence was preached till it appeared that pru dence was in excess, and then daring, and "no thing venture nothing have," became the text of the lesson. Our notion is, that an officer in chief command should have full unfettered discretion to act according to the present circumstances, of which he must have the best knowledge. If he deserves the command, he deserves this confi dence. But an error in this respect does not make Sir Charles Napier right, for he ought not to have submitted to the interference of irhic:i he complains, but should have resigned his command if his first protest against undue meddling; was un heeded, and the practice persisted in. This is what Nelson would have done, what Collingwood would have done, and what others have done. By his own showing, Sir C. Napier should not have accepted the command of the Baltic Fie et, which he thought unfit for its duties ; and by his own showing, too, after having taken the command, he should have resigned it when he found that there was an admiral over him at Whitehall, ovierruling his judgment and prescribing his operations. We do not mean to say that the fact was so ; but sup posing Sir C. Napier's representations to tie true, his Conduct in submitting is censurable. The plea of regard to the public service will not a' rail, for the public service could suffer by nothing f io much as by the criminations and.damagino• statements in which Sir C. Napier has not scrupled to indulge, to say nothing of the disgraceful breaches of con fidence. What ho has done for his own character may be an unpleasant question even in his own self-satisfied mind, but that his speeches have, in the eyes of foreigners, lowered the character of the navy, whose prestige is the protection of our coun try, is too certain and deplorable a fact. A lIIGH SIIERIFF FINED 1001. BY A JUDGE. On Monday the commission for holding the Spring Assize for Cansarthenshire, was opened at Carmarthen, before Mr. Justice Williams. It was, so far as the county was concerned, a maiden assize. Mr. Win. Goode, the under sheriff, proceeded to meet his lordship—the high sheriff, Major Rice, of Llwynybrain, being unable to attend personally on neifount of illness. Mr. Goode, who left Carmarthen in an ordinary fly, fume compiniod by jayslin men or county poldoemen, met his lordship about two miles from Carmarthen, on the road from Cardigan. We (Swansea Herald) rare told that his lordship refused to proceed to Carmarthen in Cr) fly pro vided by the under sheriff, and entered the town in his own carriage about 4 o'clook in the evening, and immedi ately proceeded to the Town-hall. On Tuesday, his lordship, in char g ing the grand jury , said :—ln Cardiganshire , when ce I h ave just come, I had the task, to me altogether as novel as it was agreeable, of telling the grand jury that I had nothing which I could make the subject of a charge, because there was not a single f p po r er i re s f o ot n rhm e e r m, for trial, da t n r t i tol a i t , : 0, laoiyrneaahn have that he alt businessthat do. Bnt, gentlemen, my plewure on this occasion is not altogether je sty h ,as appointedwit out alloy.to be The high g o e h n e t r l i e ff m &oaf thiswho whom countyahn earoMt other absent. I learned from a letter which I received on my arrival here from himself that his absence is attributable to illness. That is certainly to be regretted, and if so, h e , cannot reasonably be expected to be present here to-day ik t, the sacrifice of his health. His absence, however, from that e nly o: ja r si bt nu l fsie, s ts ec se r eyhjihtazdneuei2tecearna maintaining le cause v h ili e s g ssae r s i dt ids in s yl tm bl k ot : nn hinsi ! e r bi e g ir e mote r t s s o rin y ea ema d o r { rtvu u p e i w oir ix o a n l isnesttigeotut attendance if e i C ) I tac t u r lo h f ec e a t to o p n a l e o l r . ci t : f a n hr f a t e f d ob n a h a ir e a t dar i i 11 payingiv. i iar ia n e ff i g t a ba eat execution oe also u ogo s tat should id t the motiveapv e e r t f performance thought tm c e t th o oi f sue commission. s b s leo present r . e s This ent p i e : so th n e al d l y u . t y I w n h d i e c e h i , by would which p more h n h tah e va t en c a b e u a e s n e h un ol a t g r h iayt standsheriff, keae excused rather n u t a b an a id t. his duty should be faithfully performed on his absence. But it has been plainly and !pointedly neglected, and for that neglect I foetid. it incumbent upon me yesterday to fine him in the sum of one hundred pounds. (This an nouncement created throughout the court a sensation, amounting almost to cheers .) I need not say that it pained g me to be under such a necessity, and especially to be under there mwisohenat t o F h g e i agreeable : wa bb h st l ee o a jtuval roper os'ir• laid y e whatever p ; o . for that necessity in the country so endeared to me as your county of Carmarthen. I know not what the cironmstanct a are that have led the present high sheriff into such a course of conduct, brit I do feel sure that there is no other gen tleman in this country who is capable of such a failure of loyalty to her Majesty, and such a mark of disrespect to the law of the land. t. The —LEEDS, Sunday Night.--The prisoner, William Dove , Tus ALLEGED POISONING BY STICYCHNIA AT om L ree E n E cta D ,r S oe . r. inquiry anxietynow we vo rd ne a n p ac p neod e ft a om r h a bai en t g o dgb,ar b oro e dur sgbohoi since i t e h w. forwardl ita Hisht e a ffi appearanceeaa t t i the ad b a y od c 1.0 0 au n i mrs fi n n emen e d i n this day (Monday) is expected to be of material import ance, and the public mind is on the tiptoe of expecta tion. The defence which . will be set up at the trial is rum oured to be on the scientific point—as to the possi bility of detecting strychnine in the stomach after death ; and as Professor Taylor, in the Rugely cases, gave evi denced'k j i . a n u v g d a l i y u c c ia p e l a robable he will be an investigation Mr. vestig Morley and the mN a u l n it n a e g i o ey ni:A it ic is to ex th c a ee t I important witness at the TWELFTH EDITION. Now ready, with 15 illustr -Mons, 6s , bound, T HE CRESCENT AND THE CROSS. By ELIOT WARBURTON. " Independently of its value as an original narrative, and its use ful and interesting information, th;s work is remarkable for the colouting power and play of fancy with which its descriptions are enlivened. Among its greatest and most lasting charms is its reve rent and serious spirit."—Quarterly Review. Hurst and Blackett, Publishers, succeisurs to Henry Coiburn. Ear. 14 rar. 21 ~ Mr. wine, Owe , Mr. ?gins, n, of dims- rrey. 1-ene- Irley, !ham trate dace, Wil- gsq knn, .11( , 112,