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t c t ‘, 0. - MADAME JENNY GOLDSCIIMIDT-LIND. —HANDEL'S MESSIAH. Exeter-hall, March la. Z - Zr• Mitchell respectfully announces that the Oratorio of the SSIAH will be given for the second and last time, at Exeter !llan, TO-MORROW Evening, Tuesd , y, March 18. Principal singers, e. Jenny Gold sc hmidt (It being her last appearance in London :1111111 the month o f M a y n ext), Miss Dolby, Mr. Lockey, Mr Swift, GJ Mr. Weiss. The Chorus and Orchestra will consist of more than R - Z, Performers. Conductor, M. lieneeiet. Prices o f admission— (Zl2 (Numbered and Reserved), One Guinea; Unreserved . Seats l i 7s7 of the Hell), 10s. 6d. ; West Gallery, 10s. Gd.; Area (under Gallery), is. Doors open at Seven, te comraence at Eight lock precisely. Correct Books of the Oratorio are given with the Laetis• Applications for tickets to be made at Mr. Mitchell's Royal ° l 7, 33, Old Rend-street. MIL ALBERT SMITFi'S MONT BLANC, L,_ TO-NIGHT, and every evening (except Ssturday), at 8 Bt fir' and Tuesday, Thursday, and , 4 aturday Mornings at :i. .." 4, 38 . ; area, 2a. ; gallery, Is.—Egyptian Hall, Piccadilly. ST. MARTIN'S HILL. -HANDEL'S th_ MESSIAH will be performed THIS EVENING, under d irection of Mr. John Hullah. Principal vocalists — M rs. Sims ir'res, Miss Baks, Miss Dolby, Mr. Sims Reeves, .Mr. Weiss. ellets. 18.. 25.6dn.; stalls, Commence at half-past 7. ARGYLL ROOMS.-LALTRENT'S ,CASINO il _ NOW OPEN for the winter 113,3011. Prin-ipal Cornet n°n. M. Boalcourt.—Doers open - at S. Admission One Shilling. mmt's new Varsoviana every night, • p h ,I,IS EVENI for the BENEFIT of M. TAINIMiT, 1..K„ . . 11 . occasion will be 'performed, for the first time, th 3 ST. It ie K Q UAD L hit W. S. WOODEN'S OtIO of ODDITIES. Fifty instantaneous Metamorphoses of Voico, Character, uostae, corcluding with an Imp?rsonation of Mlle.ll2ehel, as %Zile in s " Les lleraCes.” Every evening, at 8. Morning Per -.'auce every Saturday at 2 o'clock ; night at 8. Private t , oxtl tr7„ttal lB may be secured in advance,.withoht extra charge. Poly -10.0-hall, King W ill lam- street, C haring-cross. 110YAL PANOPTICON.— PASSION - WEEK. e —This Day and Wednesday, 19th. a .seleetion.ot ' , tiered 0 ,. and on Tuc,day, 18th, and Thursda.4 20th, .1-lANDEL's , )4 1 ,:.'n4k11 (Two F7rst Parts). Principal Singers—Miss Ransfotd. georgo Perren, and Mr. and Mrs. itenri Drayton, and a , electe.l c4: 4 '. Mr. -E. T. Chips w5ll preside at .the.Grati Organ. To It:Pico each ev,Mny at 8.55. LECTUILF. S 4 ipMl". 114,' 4 Y by Mr. C. F. PAILTINGTON. illustrated hy nrrery. Ad 'sotl Is. Doors open, morning, 12 to a ; evenlitT, 7to 10. LONDON • and .NOI3TEI-WESTE27.'T RAIL WAY.— EAS'TER HOLIDAYS.—}'.r TURN TICKI!TY 4.4,1 n 4on THUI4';AY, the 20th March, and to!l..win g days, will be o able up to and InClaillng MOND V, the 24th. Good Friday the Trains will run ai on f,4nlays, with the tall -0 C i f the 9.15 A.m. down Atail.TrAin tram Lomion, wffl run "Week days, except over the Chester and Holyhead Its.ltway. By order. General Manager's Office, Euston Stivion, March, 1856 ONDON and NORTH-WE' SI LAND RAILWAYS. —EASThii i t ETS, FIRST and SEcoxi) CLASS, will be VERN and 1 , 111/7_ HOf.LDAY 5. —DAY Issued Iroin LONDON Lturvi s ( lowdhant Norm tnton C ollingliam YoWnzham Oaltenshavr Ilewark York Donca•iter Pskerton I Bradford I Sheffield, and )ay utruarton Leeds Iktashorough, Pthe ordinary trains on TEIURSD A.Y, March 20th, and interme th days, to MONDAY, March 24th, inclusive, an,l will be avail lie.lor return by the ordinary trains on any day up to and includ ,"lesday. March 25th. to r :Tress day tlckes will es) be issued on the same days, available h'llirn by express train. ' 4 7 tickets will als ) be issued from the aboVe stations to London. By order. tl l t S On :tattoo, March, 1856. IiANK OF LONDON, en Threadneedle-street, and Charing-cross. —Alltm,am—Slr JOHN VILLIERS SHELLEY, Bart., M.P. ITIMiI-CHAIRSIAN—JOIIN GRIFFITH FRITH, E sq. ent Accounts are received, and Interest allowed on Balances. pt Per cent. Interest.is allowed on deposits,. vith 10 days' notice 11 dravral on sums of 101. and upwards. By order. MATTHEW MARSHALL, Jun., Manager. Ta BENJAMIN' SCOTT, Secretary. —s-uneedle-street, January 19, 1856. 'PRE TIMES ASSURANCE COMPANIES, Ltr 32, Ludgate-hill, London. ti ts e Assurance, Fire Assurance, Annuity, and Endowment Poll 'lssued by these Companies. IL B. SHERIDAN, Managing Director. 1114.._ GLASS INSURANCE. Riotous N, T 4'reakage of Windows —The TIMES A&=I7NANCE COM -4411%4; 3 2. Ludgate-bill, London. Every description of plate-, lass b'ell at this office. t}Paire done by the riotous proceedings of -mobs can ba covered pr,„ -`415 Company's policies. 5 of proposals sent by post. NOTJRITY to EMPLOYERS.—To Secretaries l'r kv . ii " Public institutions, Clerks, Ststien Masters, Railway Clerks, tlld; 44 .,ers, Colic 'tors, and others.—The TIMES COMPANY, 32 , st lt ainrds a guarantee to persons requiring the same, ut ..,...2ire possible rates. ktrhTROPOLITA.N COUNTIES and e e , GfrNEr:AL LIFE AssIMANfIE SOCIETY, 27, Regent • ' Waterloo-place, London. Capital, 10d ,0001. TRUSTEES. • Iler h . 4 • S Pencer H. Wftlpole,M,P. I izitthard pnoner, Tr, q., Lif e Assurance busitless transacte in all its braneUe,s. qh' The bonus declar , ( - I at Vat last divisant of roil, s avera:;ecl t'Sr Cent. on all the p:••,:tniums paid. F. FERGI.T.:ON CAMROUX, Manager. IitTROPOL ITALNI LIFE ASSURANCE SO( lETY. 1 1; No. 3, Princes-street, Bank. • Directors hereby give notice to Members yrlnve Premium 4 tall the sth of April next, that the same must he LAID t I'4 days from that date. • hc '„ Premiums ar, nail Yearly, half-yearly, or Quarterly ; . - 4r tiff, ' of JAnuarY sth of April, sth of July, ani sth o• ''tit t ", Of Which se . veral days constitutes the con - une , ,cement if the ;41,, ~e mbers. Persons, therefore, desirous rateriug the So.it Members on the sth of April next, should appear or lodge ,Ti ii' proposals at the office on or hefore that day. nlolociety, for Mutual and general Assurance, sporopriates the 111. to of its profits to the benefit of parties assuring their owe ilyes e whole term of life as Meinbers of the SodetY, It ti r the year ending the sth of April. 185,:, an abatement of 51 per . It a ,:jias been declared on the Premiums of Al Members of Five `. standing and upwards. TIENRY MAUSIIAL, Actuary. D -. . - Street, Bank, 4th March, 1855. Ytts . "'" — Resolyed this 19th September, M 5. That during the tu4,-",t War eyery ' person assured or to he assured as a m'unh.,r. or g,,,'" i 'e• not a mariner by prwes , imi, may prle.•:•et . l to any part of , o 4t ;:e where there are no hostiiities, wnhent a licence f , orn the of Directors, and without paying any additional premium. ESTABLISHED 1837. li - ktITANNIA. LIFE ASSURANCE COMPANY. 1, Princes-street, Bank, London. —Dowered by Special Act of Parliament, 4 VIM., cap. 0. 44 ,1 e, I,intexmis. ; iv- General ALEXASDPIII, Blackheath Part, CIIAIILMAN. t iltatll ll Bardgett, Esq., 149, Fenchurch-ct. "8.1 Bevington. Esq., lleckinger streßermonds:ly. * ,‘ l3 . Cocked% Esq., Shadwell and Twickenham. 11'„v8e Cohen, Esq., Shacklewell. 4, 1 1 . 1 s Coventry, Esq., White Hart-Court, Lombard-street. Drewett, Esq., 50, Cornhill. 17 4 -sraus Robert Foster. Esq., 1, Princes-street, Bank. Girdler, Esq , 7, Tokenly use-yard. ' Burnie, Esq., Doctors' Commons. Abinrtgo Conscm.—H. Bellenden Ker, Esq., 8, Old-sipare, te,„ Lincoln's Inn. 44 e 1 ToBs.—liessrs.31`Lecd and t•ztenning, 16, London-street, _ . Fenchurch•street. • 42 as.—Messrs. Dimsdale, Drewett, Fowlers and Barnard, ' s@, Cornhill. Ralfßates of Premium for securing Loans of Debts. s: Premiums, only, required during first seven years. h Rasured payable at Sixty or at death if occurring previously. "' l lion, during minority, for Orphans. BRITANNIA MUTUAL LIFE ASSOCIATION. Empowered by her Majesty's Royal Letters Patent. P r :ntS divided annually. ~1144 1 Ulna computed for every three months' difference of ag e. 41 e,, credit policies—the unpaid half premiums liquidated out of P aIETART.) (MUTUAL.) IBall Whole Dttluium premium i A go. First for Re- f Seven mai niler ' rears. of Life. 4 d. 4 0 I 1 9 to , 1 9 2 Go 2 , 2 6 6 8, Half Quar- Annual Yearly telly premium Pre- Pre mium. mium. .----, £ s. d.lYeztro. 'Months £ s. (1. 4: s. d.I £ s. d. 1, 2 3 61 30 0 2 . 7 3! 1 4 2' 012 3 218 41 3 2 7 6 1 4 40 12 4 4 5 0, 6 2 710 1 4 6' 012 5 1 613 4! 9 2 8 2 1 4 14 012 6 E. R. FOSTMR, Resident Director, ANDREW FRANCIS, Secretary. Ar t ' congegoenee of the great t,• r`lrlety ot counteeit iahels o k. RWLAND a Att OIL, now in rfcirenlation, of iwhich O en nmrlv resemble k lsy o ,itirlril as fr,quently t • deesw.. , the unwary—the:: litye em•-• t h r e „ t hese eminent artiste Messrs. Perkins, Bacon. & Co., who, , t rul by a peculiar atce,ss of their own, have succeeded itie co "ing from elect " A. NEIT'L A BEL," which canuA be f Posed of a section of an engin,--turned drew, repeated one 4 404 and thirty times—and lb-me an or Ilce-work ground, Whi . - eh is en4raved in white lette , s, 1 0 0 4 " ROWE, ANDS' MACASS AR OIL , GROWTH, RESTORATION , AND FOR BEAUTTFYING TU HorgAr ~lldel' which is the Signature of the Pr , prietors in l!eft ink A. ROWI. kND &• SO b rT .s t . hein at 2), Hatton-garden, London. and by Chem i sts and • kui. I)ESTROYER, 1, Little Qa.ein-si . reet, if ti t !WIS , t •tr, for rernov- Z , l4, 3 :etually Sit;;erfluous Bair from the .Faef,s, Neek, Arms, and wlthout the sl:ghte-t ojtiry to the Ain. warrant Ztnipesl,o Irriate the fle-h in the sm allest ee.gree, and th. - , hair to be 'lt Y. destroyed.— In bottles at 3s. 6d., ss. d., an les, 6d.; Ipr Ato a at the lali , dyeing InatLshornt, as above. F.otwareked PR, free by post, eight evra. , 11 ° O 2,I EAU'S COPARINE, or SACCHARATED , -U tee„;"PS-ULEIg, approved of by the erench Co lle g e ot Pbysi d cians, ad,niniste.red in the Paris and London Ilosp' tale, an by tnern to he the best rein, ,iv for a certain disorder. ( 74; L ancet" of Nov. 6, 1852.) A copy wdi be forwarded on appli- Wii.: - Vrice per 100, 4s. 6.1. ; 50, 2s. 9d. he had of the inventor, 1, 11 +AIL JOZIZAU, French chemist, 49, Haymarket, London, and <l. Principal chemists. • tr i , IN THE HIGH COURT 01 , CHANCERY. 41 IESEMA 11.—On th© 29th of May, 1855, an t, I njunction was granted by the I•ligh Court of Chancery, and 1. 4 4 .11th of June iollowing was made perpetual, against Joseph P h krld L i n and others, to restrain them, ander a penalty of one thou- Zehnunds from imitating this Aledicne, which is protected by ~.ccoi" Letter ' s Vatent * of England, and secured by the Seals of tht , Y ie7 44 Pkarmaeio de Paris, and the Imperial College of Medicine h. • • 1% re m E, Ett TRIESEM Alt, No. 1, tr, 'ores - ,7 60 3 , fo , •ll‘,lszation. gnermatorrbcca, and all the distreQsing ‘ B 4l',' n u ences a ' risitic from early abuse, &c., and its effects are efil- It te t h - e in youth, manhood, and old age'; and t thus. persons who •t• ls i trrp— eventenvaluable entering the married state from the results of early l's . TRWSEMAR, No. 2, tadi' 4l , 1 3% in the short space of three days, completely and entirely 3 ate',,,.. L ?• 3 all traces of those Diaorders which Capalvi and C ubeb• ~ .4 eosr . ong been thought an antidote for, to the ruin of the h ealth Portion of the population. Is 4, t , TRI kISRM AR, No. 3, C3ntmental Remedy for that class of Disorders, which ‘?ltip,l' n etely the English physic i ~ an treats with Mercury, to the na , . li krsqp: l ectruction of the patient's constitution, and which al l tin, Titiltt in the world cannot remove. ..nd of Ncs, 1,2, and 3, are alike devoid of taste or sniel , l, nauseating qualities. They may lie on the toilet taa,. lila their (lee bei t.c suspected I°I Ir CR S Nos. I 2 and 3 'are aid in tin cases , price Ils., or 'n One ' for 3 . 35. , , ;vhich saves I Is. ; and in 5/. eases, whereby kreq b " S a ving of Ij . 125 .; 'nu, sa t rarato doses, as adminia r, iTY,.B.ll3eau, Lalleman4, Roux, Be Zse. eZtidly. Ri vi nd Wholesale and Real' in London of Johnston, 68, 1 at — annnY and Co., 63, Oxford-str et: and Sanger. IRO, Ox t. et ;R. B. Isgbate, druggist, 46. market-street, Manchester; Dab a t ! ib urY4 bookseller booksonPriestly, chemist, 52, Liverpool; Powell , ller, 15, Westmoreland-street, * WiAnaA, bookseller, Birmingham. [ARCH 14. rg. BHAr I , Od 503 o °, lld I 45A *1 6d 41; Ca qrs., 313 sold, qrs., 333 do qrs., 665 sold IA qrs., 16& ao [ 8 1-126$ 5 4 8-1201 JIM 13. Infeti!' 154 s ' 263 34- 0 423 01 s per b,i,be 5 PP 10d to ls 61toOs (id to 40 0 5 , Od to :it; Od to 38 6 Od t., 00.1 3 6(1 to 53 O d Od to oi4 .86.4 Od to P' 1 --d to 41 b. 05 to 191 0 i Os toOs 10 3 9d to 2ii 6j o to-day, o n * . grain, etc t sort supplies irrel. Ther e an corn $" Od to 381 0 )i.; rapogee''', 6 , 1 ; baker; s Od to 359 Ud eral Post °free nt'" du. , En,lid. Mar. 14 A , Mar. 21 ItTncertal War. 6 Da(ly Mar. 16• Nar. 16 ,Uncurtil !M.Th.' a Mar 20 Tvric 'dill 1 T ~,, ; ..,.~ • April 1 I ant' 16thotto . . 4 & 2 0 ta .3.larch 16 itnni .. :4 85 2" item April 1 Illuai) !I a ierto 1& 16 o#l us v. the in , tio C l . l tivisteh w et has beet' 1 1 to 2 P° ,oadon sn 3 . shire, S 4 I lefEeld, AEI ( ' ex dir --- Auxembourg loing a Yerr lion highe.r . , 2,18.9. CIO' t was actife ,ut a Isrg ° Blackburn , ii—Dover s ' 26i—Ditto, pital Stock , ohavon .01 ;ole, 91i . " Three Pe r pril, Edi-" :ING CO!4 Dr. SNP dative to $ onp. The nil knovi o The corn' at amoun t n alloy of mains self• iist in per,' at stated ible alloy ; er method cis of nisi' which, b 1 cp.-Ding 3 L romt rash' y Edit. Regent's' rd-street, brdshiro , m Jeerer r•sq WV? , Hon. Sir 0111185011 s !cleric T. treet, to Esq., of ar of hiz 3attalioa Sussex• ^ge army' East In' ug-croo, ar of tilt/ creel 29. ; of the id rector innd F. ,t, Dor• Richd• o f the ,kewill, °gent's• ~~ )lINo, 0.112, Ludy ~/ boll. lack. ) Os. lumort. ,1 ' No. 19,8951 PUBLICATIONS. Now ready at all the libraries, In 3 vols. R. OWN STORY. By ,- ELTNA BUNBURY. "This interesting tale is rot only a highly entertaining, but an exceedingly instructive and improving book."—J.hn Bull: "A beautihil story of love, sorrow, and patience."—Brirannia " The feeling in which it abounds is very genuine, and touches the heart."—Examilier. ' Hurst and Blackett, Publishers, successors to Henry Colturn. TWE LFT fl EDITION. Now ready, with 15 illustrations, 65., hound, 'THE CRESCENT AND THE CROSS. _ By ELIOT WARBUIiTON. •• Independently of its valu•o as an original narrative, and its usi ful and interesting information, this 'work is remarkable for the colouring 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 Wackett, Publishers, successirs to Henry Colbnrn. NOTTCE.-THE NEW NOVEL, TARGARET AND HER BRIDESMAIDS, By the Author of" Woman's Devotion," Is now ready, in 3 vols. Hurst and ]3 lelutt, Publishers, successors to Heiry Colburn, 13, Great MarlDorough-street. 1.*.10w ready, in 2 TOL post Syn., with Portrait of the Author, YRIA and the SYRIANS ; or, Turkey in the De;:endencies. By GR7:4IORY M. IVoRTA BET, of Beyrout, Syria. The work is intendsd to interest the reader by its narrative of a journey through 'he Holy Land; amuse and it,stract him by the rar,ation of the customs, habits, and Manners. so much resemblinz these of cllen Cates.. .I , s manifest object is, ho - vover, to pint oat the et its of the 430, - n - intent of Turkey in the provinces subjected to bar ru!e, anti to draw tadnic attention more especiaqy to the measttres nit2es. , yto be adopted to eiT;ct a permanent reme Iv for those evils out of wnicit, is troth, the present war has originated. James Madden, 8, Leaclenhall•street. HENRY 2IA.YHEW 7 S NEW PERIODICAL ON LONDON AND LONDONERS - • - 'Wow ready, Part 1., p le6 mesh-Ming, THE GREAT WORLD of LONDON :-- Legal London—Medical London—Religious London—Com mercial London—Shop London—Literary London—Theatrical Lon. don—Fashionable London—Poai cal London—" Genteel London"— Military London—Nautical London Market London—Working London—Serving London—Locomotive London—Street London— Fast London—Poor London—Criminal London—Exhibition London' —Musical and Artistic London—Eating awl Drinking London-- Scholastic London—Foreigners' London -- Refuse London —Suburban London—Ancient London—General View of London, &c., &c. By HENRY MAYHEW, Author of " London Labour and the London Poor." David Bogue, Fleet-street. The Third Edition. Just Published, price 55., by post, free, ss. 6d. ON TRUE & FALSE SPERMATORRII(E.A, with the V'ie'w of distinguishing the - imaginary from the Real 4ufferers under this disease, and Correcting of wide-spread Errors in relation to their Treatment and Cure. Translated from the German of Dr. PICKFORD. ".nr. Plektord 's known to Engliss readers by his frequent practi cal contritutions to German medical literature. This is the first dime, he informs es, that he has addressed himself to the non-medi sal reader. We trust this may not be the last, if ho shall detect aey other equally flagrant evil which it may be in hi. p ewer to co.r rect."—Lond on Medical Gazette. " The tribe of Quiet Sympathisers,' and Frlandi,' are mercilessly exposed and if this book could find its way into the hands of those who salter from the coin 'taint of which it treats, we are satisfied that many hundreds would )e saved much needless suffering of body and mind, and what is of :ess Important*, though it is that which the quacks most prize-- much money ...... This volume is well. qualified to put an end to the rnpirical systin of treating Sperzatorrhcea, and to place the treat ment, upon a more rational and physiological basis. It is, therefore, likely to do much good." London : Ti. Tlalliere. 219. Regent-street. r:INTRACT FOR ALDER AND WILLOW WOOD. ‘IOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN to all persons who may be desirous of contracting to supply 8 or 900 Coals of ADDER and WILLOW WOOD, for Charcoal, that sealed tenders will by receiyel for the same, on or befi.re the 02d instant, addressed to the )irector-General of Contracts, Wag' Department, Pall-Mall. London." Parties who may wish to tender are requested to use no form brit that which can be obtained from the.aboee office. W. 0. MANFIALL, for Dr.-Genl. Contracts. • War Department, Pall-mall, 15th March, 1816. A.D. 1720. 9 , OYA L EXCHANGE ASSURANCE CORPORATION, I,Establlsbect !)y Charter of bit Nlnjaty George the First), For SEA, FIRE, LIFE, and ANNITITID:A. OFFIaEs—ROYAL E7C7IANGE, LONDON. —2 -.; BRA= oFFrc Oetavi as w:: ; ,vornor neorge !.,-, 7 ; ,trrt.or. Sir John'William L;1' ,7 1 Deputy-Governor. p .tr eury Bainbrid Esq. qmond S. P. Calvert, F , Scl. Onrreit. ontiley, E6q. ellt',ries John Manninr. E. Hon. John T. Leslie Melville. Henry "Celson, Esq. . . ....o. , fer Colvin, Esq. . EdwAra Howley Palmer. Esq. ,dward Maxwell Daniel, Esq. ..:ir John Henry Peily, Bart. :v illiam Davidson, E, q. Alexander P. - Prevost, Esq. Vexan , er Druce. Esq. Ahrahltn George Itoharts, Esq.- ; - _ , ,v,•rgelale Wm. Grenfell, Esq. Charles Robinson, Esq. 7-iobert Amadeus Heath, F,sq. William Sol tan, Esq. .;'illitun 'Peilow Ilihhert, Esq. Thomas Tooke, Esq. 8 .,,,,es Stewart ilodvon, Esq. William Wallace. Esq. Lancelot frolbuyl, Esq. Charles Baring Young, Esq. Msntc,at, REFEEZE--Samuel Belly, Esq., F.R.S. Notle3.--Tue usual rid een days allowed for payment of Fire Pre vaiums tailing. due•at Ch.isimls will expire on the 9th Jantisry. EGO.; and fJFE ASsLIN.INCES may be effected with this Cor !,oration on advantageous terms. - - _ The Assured are exempt from the liabilities of partnership, and oayinent of their claims is guaranteed by a large invested capital- In the Life Department, assurances are granted with participation n profits, or, at lower eretniums, without such participation, The Reversionary KONA'S on Life Policies has aVeraveri 2 per Cent. per annum on the sum assured, or 46 per cent. on the Premiums Led. Any sum not exceeling 19,0001. may be assured en one Life, The Corporation bears the cost of Policy Stamps and 7.tiedleal Poem, ,nd requires no entrance-money. The Assured are subject to nc , expense bat the Premium. No extra charge is made for service in tht: militia within the Units I Kingdom. I.OANS are granted on LitePolilies to their full values. This Corporation affords all the advantages of modern practice, with the stability of an office safely constituted under Royal Charter and Special Acts of Parliament, and tested by the experience of nearly a century and a half. There is but one older life office In existence. ROYAL EXCHANGE, Lognov. JOHN A. HIGHAM, Actuary and Secretary. IT AR DIAN FIRE AND LIFE ASSURANCE COMPANY, No. 11, Lombard-street, London. DIILECTOAS. FRANCIS HART DYKE, Esq., Chairman. HENRY HULSE BERENS, Esq., Deputy-Chairman. John Dixon, 'Esq. Stewart Marjorlhanks, Esq. Sir W. M. T. Farquhar, Bart. John Martin, Esq., M.P. Sir Walter R. Farquhar, Brt. Rowland Mitchell, Esq. Thomson Hankey, Esq., M.P. James Morris, Esq. John Harvey, Esq. Henry Norman, Esq. Jchn G. Hubbard, Esq. Henry R. Reynolds, Esq. George Johnstone, Esq. John Thornton, Esq. John Labouchere, Esq. James Tulloch, Esq. John Loch, Esq. Henry Vigne, Esq. AUDITOP.S. A. W. Roberts, Esq. Henry Sykes Thornton, Esq. Lewis Lloyd, jun., Esq. 1 John Henry Smith, Esq. George Keys, Esq., Secretary. Samuel Brown, Esq., Actuary. LIFE DEP ARTMEI(T.—Under the provisions of an Act of Par liament, this Company now offers to future insurers Four-fifths of he Profits, with Quinquennial Division, or a Low Rate of Premium without participation of Profits. The next division of Profits will be declared in June, 18G0, when All participating Policies which shall have subsisted at least one year at Christmas, 1858, will be allowed to share in the Profits. At the five diVlsions of Profits made by this Company, the total eversion:toy Bonuses added to the Policies have exceeded 913,000. At Christmas last the Assuranees in force amounted to upwards of 4,240,0001.; the Income from the Life Branch in 1854 was more than 200,0001. ; and the Life Assurance Fund (independent of the Guarantee Capital) exceeded 1,700,0001. FOREIGN RISKS.—The Extra Premiums required for the East And West Indies, the l':ritish 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 grouted on Life Policies to the e:tent of their values, pro vided such Policies shall have been effected a sufficient time to have r ttained In each care a value not under 50/. ASSIGNMENTS OF POLICIES.—Written Notices of, received nd rete stered. Medical fees paid by the Company, and no charge will he made for Policy Stamps. FIRE DEPARTMENT.—lnsurances effected upon every descrip tion of preperty, at moderate rates. Losses caused by Explosion of Gas are admitted by this Company. EA and PERRINS' WORCESTERSHIRE SAUCE imparts the most exquisite relish to Steaks, Chops, and all Roast Meat Gravies, Fish, Game, Soup. Curries, and Salad, and by its tonic Invigorating properties enables the stomach to I . : ert,,,tiy digest the foul. The dfsily useof this aromatic and delicious Sauce is the best safo , guard to health. ';' , old by the proprietors. Lea and Perrin', 19, Fenchurch-street , London, and fls, Broad-street. Worcester; also by Messrs. Barclay ai d sons, Messrs_ Crosse and Blackwell, and ot!'er oilmen and tact .thants, London ; and generally by the principal deaf-rs in sauce. ..C.B.—To guard against hnitaiions, see that the names of"LEA PERItISS" are upon the label and patent cap of the bottle. ATTEUPT TO STAB LADY CHANTRY.—A young woman, naoned Marian Daniells, one of the chatnberinaids at the Pier Hotel, was charged before the magistrates at Brigh ton, on Friday, 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 generally very well conducted. Recently, however, it was observed that she hail some what changed in her manner, but nettling serious was a pprehended. In the course of yesterday morning she wax in one of Lady Chan try's rooms cleaning it up, her Ladyship being also in the apartment, when another domestic hearing screams went into the room and found the prisoner in an exc;ted state with a cheese knife in her b an d. 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. [AtrawrisErsrr.]-11olloway's Ointment and Pills cured a feartully Bad Knee, —Extract of a letter from Mr. Joseph Rogerson, of the Pottery Fields, Hunslet, near Leeds, dated Sept. 1 5 , 1854 :—To Professor Hol lowav—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 se swollen that 1 became seriously alarmed as to whether I should ever re gain the use of it. However, by the use of your oint ment and pills the swelling was soon considerably re duced, and in two weeks was completely cured, which enabled me to resume my work. Sold 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. 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" Wash your dirty linen at home," was a maxim of Napoleon, which Sir Charles Napier would have done well to observe. He has done himself no good by his motion, and he has done the service considerable harm in the opinion of foreigners. For what must be the effect of his statements in Russia and in France ? The enemy must say, "Is this boasted naval power of Englan4 so formidable after all, which sends out a fleet manned with lubbers who dare not lie out on the yards to furl 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 ass in lion's skin better, we need not have shrunk from meetin g it on the open sea." The Frenc h, 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 aro so ill prepared for war, even upon the ele ment where their strength has been supposed to lie. If Sir C. Napier's services in '54 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, but it appears that he was not more ready than the Admiralty, and ho describes himself as torn away by the hair of his head. His cabin was not fitted up when ho was ordered to sea, and he sailed without knives and 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. Be has blame for everybody but himself, and he ac tually refers 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 : He would pass over the banquet at the Reform Club (laughter)—that glorious banquet where many fine speeches were wade which, he believed, led the'country to expect co much from 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 admiralis 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 being so bad, it did everything admirably well. For ex ample : Thinking that it would not be proper to enter the Gulf of Finland so early in the year, before his fleet was in hand, he went to Elgenabben, the roadstead of Stock helm, intending to remain there two days for the pur pose of completing the watering and coaling of his ships. After leaving the entrance to the Gulf of Finland, it be• gam to blow very hard, and there was a succession of 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 shoals of Elgs nabben, the fleet was, unfortunately, caught in the thickest fog which it had ever been his lot to see. He never passed such an.anxions time in the whole course of his life. The fog ‘11,3 so dense that he thought it al most impossible the fleet could escape. Anchorage there was none; the danger was extreme; hut, 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 sut,taining 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 that 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 sell. He himself passed alone through a passage of which nothing was known before, and he would leave the house to imagine what an anxious night he spent not knowing what had become of the rest of tho 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 E'gsnabben, which was the roadstead of Stockholm, and nothing but a fog could have exposed the fleet to such danger. [PRICE 4D. STAMPED SD• Naval and 1111litary intelligence. Her Maj3sty's ship Cmiar, 91, Captain Robb, and the Majestic, 81, Captain J. Hone, screw two-decker left Spithead on Saturday for the Downs, going to the Baltic it is believed, although a report . was current in the port that they had been despatched merely io await the pas sage across the Channel of the King of the Bol,gians. The steam-transport Imperial, No. 18S, left Ports mouth on Saturday afternoon with provisions and stores for the army in tlia Crimea. The Hecla, 6, paddle-sloop, Commari s der Aplin, rent out of Portsmouth harbour on Saturday evening, and loft for Bristol and Liverpool to convoy hack gun' and mortar-boats. The two trainin , , brigs for nitval apprentices, Rollo and Saalark, have both been refitted for the Somber's exercising cruises, and were taken down to their respective moorings on Satnr da,V aftertmoo. • The Rhadamanthus steam transport arrived at Ports mouth yesterday from the Thames, with machinery 'for the ships being fitted. The Comet steam-tog returned to Portsmouth yesterday from Rye,' with a new mortal-- boat. The Coquette, 4, screw despatch and gun-host, Commander Risk, arrived at Portsmouth yesterday afternoon from the eastward. In Portsmouth hat bour yesterday were her Majesty's ship Victory, 104, Captain the Hon. J. R. Drummond, bearing the flag of Vice-Admiral Sir George Seymour, G.C.H.K.C.8., the commander-in-chief of the station ; Si. Vincent, 101", Captain G. A. Elliot, bearing the flag ofßear-Admiral Superintendent or the Dockyard, W. FesMartin ; the Excelleot gunnery-ship, Captain Sir Thomas Maitland, C.B. ; the Illustrious training-ship, Captain R. Harris ; the Queen's yacht Victoria and and Albert, Captain the Hon. Joseph Denman, and her tenders the Fairy, Master D. N. Welch, and Elfin, Master A. Balliston ; the Perseverance screw troopship, Commander M'Donald ;. the Transit, ditto, Commander C. R. Johnson ; the Lightning, steam-tender to the Duke of Wellington ; the Firequeen steam-yacht, Mas ter-Corentander W. F. Paid ; _tire Vivid eteam-yaoht, Master-Commander H. W. &flee ; the - Sprightly, steam under, Acting-Master • Mr. G. Allen, the Volcano, steam smith, ; the Sealark and Rolla, apprentices' brine, and the Pigmy, Comet, and Echo, tugs ; the Fauny and Portsmouth; sailing tenders, and 15 steam gun-boatv. At Spithead were—the Duke of Welling ton, 131, Capt. Caldwell. C. 8., bearing the Captain of the Fleet the Hon. F. T. Pelham, C. 8., and the flag of Rear-Admiral the Hon. Sir R. Saunders Duradas, K.C.8., Conamander-in-Chief of the Baltic Fleet; the Royal George, 101, Capt. Robinson ; the Nile, 91, Captain Mundy ; the Cressy, 81, Capt. R. L. Warren ; the Hawke, 60, Capt. Ommanney ; the Arrogant, 46, Capt. Lyster ; and the Devastation, 6, paddle-sloop, Commander Mar shall. In dock were—the Algiers, 91, Capt. Codrington, C. 8., refitting ' the Bellerophon, 78, fitting as a depot ship ; the Fox, 42, under conversion to a steam trans port ; the Urgent, steam troop-ship, Commander Phillips, under repairs ; the Ringdove, 6, steam despatch boat ; the Fury, 6, steam-sloop, and the Hardy gun•boat. Ie the fitting basin were the Rod ney, 92, converting to a depot ship ; the Pearl, 21, un der repair ; the Flying Fish, 6, steam despatch gun boat ; the Resistance old troop-ship, abd the Opossum gunboat. In the steam basin were the Marlborough, 121 ; the Victor Emmanuel, 91 ; the Shannon, 51 ; the Pioneer, 6 ; the Lapwing, 6 ; and the Basilisk, 6, all receiving or repairing machinery. At the Motherbank were the Colossus, 81, Captain the Hon. H. C.B. ; the Belleisle hospital-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 Balakiava-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 olcer is slowly recovering from the serious wound which be had received in his thigh during the assault, but is net yet able to walk. Dr. Cree, of the paddle-wheel steam-frigat Odin, 10, Captain J. Wilcox, and a few seamen from Malta, have come home in the Andes inralided. At Gibraltar there was a steam-sloop of war, the steam tran4port Foyle with 51 military offi cers for the Crimea, anti the steamer Calpe from Liver pool. The Andes passed in the Straits a larze steamer with two funnels and white-paddle boxes, bound for the Mediterranean. 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 that it could not hare 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 granh the order before the eyes of the whole fleet, " Go heine, 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 wasat war with everybody, but least of all with the Russians. The Calcutta, 84, Captain W. K. HA, was placed in the basin dock at Devonport on Friday, to have her copper examined and repaired, previous to sailing for the ErA Indies, to bear the flag of Sir M. Seymour. The screw steam-sloop Desperate, 8, Commander R. White, and the paddle-wheel steam-tug Magicienne, 16, Captain N. Vansittart, left Plymouth on Friday for a cruise in the Channel to relieve homeward bourid.vessels, of which more than 100 are new at anchor in the Sound. 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 appearei 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 which 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 Coßingwood would have done, and what others have done. By his own showing, Sir C. Napier should not have accepted the command of the Baltic Fleet, 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, overruling his judgment and prescribing his operations. Nre do not mean to say that the fact was so ; but sup posing Sir C. Napier's representations to he true, his conduct ill submitting is censurable. The plea of regard to the public service will not avail, for the public service could suffer by nothing so much as by the criminations and damagine , statements in which Sir C. Napier has not scrupled to indulge, to say nothing of the disgraceful breaches of con fidence. What he has done for his own character may be an unpleasant question even in his own self-satisfied mind, but that his speeches have, in I 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. Toe screw steam-ship Conqueror, 100, Captain T. C. Symonds, is appointed to go out of Hawoaze to-day, to wake another trial trip round the Eddystone. The crew of the screw stearn•Floop Cruiser, 17, Com mander the Hon. G. Doug'as, bent sails at Devonport on Friday. Shoji appointed to go out of harbour t.)-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 now 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 bon 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, CommanderF. A. Close, haying finished coppering, and the machinery hay in;; been put on board, was hauled out of dock at Chat ham on Saturday. She is to have a complement of 90 men, and is expected to be ready for sea iu a short time. The .tEtna 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 fur the Mauritius : Ensign G. E. Massy, Ensign E. S. Le wis, 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 deport of the 91st Regiment, under the command of LiLut.- Col. B. E. M. Gordon, have been perfected in a course of instruction in the use of the Enfield rifle, under Captain W. Nott, 83d Regiment, and Lieutenant W. H. Ballingall, 35th Regiment, the instructors in musketry at Chatham garrison. Great care is taken that the whole of the men under instruction shall not acquire a thorough knowledge of this weapon themselves, but that they shall I also be able to instruct others. A HIGH SHERIFF FINED 1001. BY A JUDGE. On Monday the commission for holding the Spring Assize for Carrearthenshiro, was opened at Carmarthen, before Mr. Justice Williams. It was, so far as the county was concerned, a maiden assize. Mr. Wm. Goode, the under sheriff. proceeded to meet his lordship—the high sheriff, Major Rice, of Llwynybrain, being unable to attend personally on account of illness- Mr. Goode, who left Carmarthen in an ordinary fly, unac companied by javelin Inca or county policemen, met his lordship about two miles from Carmarthen, on the road from Cardigan. We (Swansea Herald) aro told that his lordship refused to proceed to Carmarthen in the fly pro vided by the,nuder sheriff, and entered the town in his own carriage about 4 o'clock in the evening, and immedi ately proceeded to the Town-hall. On l'uotday, his lordship, in charging the grand jury, said :—ln Cardiganshire. whence I have just come, 1 had the task, t 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 net a single prisocer for trial, nor any business whatever to be laid be , fore them ; and again have I that most agreeable duty to perform, and to tell yon that there is nothing whatever to do. Bet, gentlemen, my plfevure on this occasion is not altogether without alloy. The gentleman whom her bfa emrstealifnly that to h b i e s jesty has appointed to be high sheriff of this county is absenceis absent. I learned from a letter which I received on my here That t m i sh certainly andatt r f b o t a b h l e e a to rr i i l v l a n l ess. cannot reasonably be expected to be regretted, present -d at here to day the sacrifice of his health. His absence, however, from such a sates is no good sumo for his failing to provide that usual and necessary attendance of bailiffs, and other incidents which are requisite not only for paying a proper respect to her Majesty, whose representative as judge of assize I have the honour to be in this chair, but also for maintaining and preserving a decent order sad a due dig nity in the administration of the law, and in the execution of her Majesty's commission. This is the duty which, by tlazt commission, is imposed upon the high sheriff, and etpon the performance of which he cannot stand excused because he is unable to be present personally. Indeed, I should have thought this would have been rather an addi tional motive for hint to be more than usually careful that his duty should be faithfully performed on his absence. But it has been plainly and !pointedly neglected, and for that neglect I found it incumbent upon ins yesterday to fine him in 'the sew of one hundred pounds. (This an. nouncement created throughout the court a sensation, amounting almost to cheers.) I need net say that it pained me to be under such a necessity, and especially to be under that necessity in the country so endeared to me as your county of Carmarthen. I know not what the circumstances are that have led the present high sheriff into such a course of conduct, but 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. The folio wing appointments were made on Saturday at the Admiralty - : Rarkan, assistant-surgeon to the Beiteude ; Edward T. Mortimer, acting-t,urg,eOn, to ; Edward Enid, acting-eurgoop, to_ tie Hawke ; Hamilton Col; acting-clerk, to the Con- THE ALLEGED POISONING BY STRYORNIA AT LEEDS. --LEEDS, Sunday Night.—The prisoner, William Dove , now appears to be somewhat affected by confinement, or anxiety of mind, or both. His appearance is more care worn and haggard since the last adjournment. Tho evidence to be brought forward at the adjourned inquiry this day (Monday) is expect?tl to be of material import ance, and the imblic mind is on th e ti p t oe o f expecta tion. The defence which will be set up at the trial is r umoured 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 dence antagonistic to that advanced by Mr. Morley and Mr. Nunneley, it is exceedingly probable he will be an important witness at the judicial investigation of the case. LONDON, MONDAY EVENING, 1 , 411R,c1-1 17. 1856. THE DESTRUCTION OF COVENT-GARDEN. THEATRE. [The following appeared in part of our impression of Saturday.] MEETING OF PROPRIETORS. \ This afternoon a meetinz of the proprietors of this nrifoitunate buildinz was held at Mr. Robins' rooms, Piazza, Covent-garden, to answer any inquiry relating to the property. The chair was taken by Dr: Sthethwick. . • Mr. Surman, in addressing tb.e meeting, said—l at tend, gentlemea, - on the part of the proprietors of the late Covent garden Theatre, to •giVe you a short state ment of the position of that theaitre, in order that; by a knowledge of rteposition, you tray have some guidance for your future conduct. The proprietors- are anxious that you should know exactly w.Liiat are 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. `nen: are 38 years Etnexpire.l of the term, and thereat payable to the dukfi is 2,0851. per annum.. In the year 1803 the theatre was burnt .down, and was rebuilt in 1809. Upon that'occaa;.on-150 . sharea of 5001. each were issued, ieh. realised sum of 75,0001. Of these 150 ,1)ar.2 ,, •'! the uenlemen who now attend represent the ot.•:: who were entitled to an amenity of 25/. on c:,,,e!.) share for the Whole term of the lease, which hns 3S years to ran; - ar also to a free trans. ferable a,drnissien. In the 'year/832 the theatre was in difficulties. The shareholders had received no annuity for the last seven yeae, and the aironrietors had incurred a loss of from 70,0001. to 80,0.00/. ; the rent was in arrear, executions were in the teense, and the property appeared to be ruled. Var;ous :meetings took place in that year, ea...ce,:.iy amoog the 'ehareholdere, who had SO large ah iee-e in the erOperty. Utt e inintely, in the month of Meaeh, nee. shAe-A'nolde s rs 'came to a reso lution—and hob! art ioy heed their eriginel doctiment —to give up eetireiyethe areearetof tete ithiiirtity fin the -• last three yeere, and e.anceept 10r . i' the round for the four yeare prior to these ; end t trey also agreed that, in-' stead of having 251. a year in the.future, they would teke half that sum, or 121. 10e. until tk e theatre was free from debt. That areangement,as - hoia.gtmtletnen present know, has been carried out euccesefullyft om 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 regularity 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 10s. in the pound were payable, have teen paid off. At the time when the sharehelders agreed to assist the proprietors by the reduction of their annuities, a saving was effected of 1,8751., the total amount of . elie full annuity of 251. upon 150 shares being equal to 3,750/., and the half of that, or 10e. in the pound, was 1,875/. , The charge of 1,815!. formed a second charge upon the . property, the first charge being the Duke of Bedford's rent, amount. ing to 2,085/. The Duke of Bedford, in 1832, with equal liberality, consented to redace his rent by 5001. a-year. By that means the rent became reduced to 1,5851. There is also let with the theatre the PiazzeCoffee-house, which produces a rental of 3151., and a small house in Princes-place, which is let at 401. If, therefore, from the 1,5851. of rent we deduct the sums of 315/. and 401., derived from the other property, it will leave the total rent chargeable upon the theatre 1,230/. -In addition to this, in all our dealings with the property, we have found it necessary to pay the rates and taxes ourselves, and to Jet the theatre for an annual sum, we paying these rates and taxes. Last year these items of expense amounted to 1,020/.; it has been as high as 1,2001., and as low as 8001. These constitute a third charge on the property. The next items of erpenves are salaries. We have been hound to pay the four firemen whom we have kept upon the property, ao the theatre was not insured ; in fact, the premiums ot insurance amounting to a sum which it would be immissible to pay. The salaries of the firemen were 375/.. The next, charge is for the salary of Mr. Robertson, a gentleman who has been - connected with tee theatre for, I think, not lees than 36 years, and who has given satielaction in the discharge of his duties, not only to the prophetore, but to every gentleman with whom he lees been cennected. The salary of Mr. Robert son was 250/. a-year, void for that sum. he has been a con stant resident on the property, and ham been constantly in and out of the theatre during the time of the different tenants, and throughout all the difficulties which the . theatre has had to peat through. Theist; are further items of expense. We are bound by our covenants to keep the outer walls in repair; and to paint it outside. There is a charge for stationery, and for insurances of the Piazza Coffee-house and the small house in Prince's place. Tease, which may be clashed under the head of " miscellaneous," comprise altogether &beat 250/. a-year. These are six items ot the charge upon the pro perty, and, if added together, they will be found to amount to a total of about 5,000/. a-year. Gentlemen present will remember that for three years we were unable to get arty tenant at all except the A..nti-Cure-law League, hut etW we managed to pay our debts. Tken we got .M. Persian/ as a tenant, who converted the theatre into an opera house. Our agreement with him was at a rent of 6,000/. per annum. After him we made an arrangement, wit,n. Mr. Gye for a term. cif ten years, the rent for the first three years to be 6,51101., and, for the remainder of the term, 7,0001. ay year. Assuming these figures of liaht te be correctly stated at 5,000/. a-year, there would be an annual profit of 1,0001. a-year on a rental of 6,000/., and of 1,500/. on that of 6,500/. But if wo take the working of the theatre from the years 1832 to 1856, the average profit daring the whole of that term would not be more than 600/. a-year, and this upon a property whit':', I am tuid, in 1809 cost 300,000/. With respect to the property, it is held in twelfth-shares, and they are divided in the following manner :—.the exe cutors of the late C. Kemble hold two-twelfths. At the death of Charles Kemble those shares were left to his children, two daughters and son ; and at the present time all his affairs are in the Court of Chancery. lam int - tinned that it was necessary a short time since to come to some • calculation of the value of his interest in the property, for the purpose of probate, or some other cause, and the valua tion which, after most careful inquiry, was put upon the two-twelfths shares of Chas. Kemble, was 500/. (Laugh ter.) Capt. Forbes and Mr. Willett represent three twelfths between them. Capt. Forbes is I ant sorry to say confined to his room by illness, but his son represents hiss on this occasion, and Ca,pt. Willett is also present. Tee remaining seven-twelfths of the property belong to the Harris family, and that is represented by myself as the executor and trustee of the family. My friend Mr. Harris died in 1839, and I am sorry to say that he owed at that time 50,000/. of private debts, which were se cured by mortgages on his shares in this theatre, not one shilling of which has yet been paid, or is likely ever to be paid. You see, therefore, the position in which she proprietors are placed—the repreeentatives of the largeet one of them owing debts to the amount of 50,000/., and the two shares' of Charlet; Kemble in Chancery, and valued at 500/. Bu looking to the work ing of the theatre ~i, ‘ ce 1832, at which period there was a general debt on the property of 70,000/., besides the arrears of the annuities, for which 103. in the, pound were agreed to be taken, which came to something like 4,000/., money VOA borrowed, the creditors behaved with extreme liberality, and eventually the whole debt, by the invaluable exertions of Mr. Moore and Captain Forbes, was reduced to about 24,000/. What we have been working for ever since 1832, ha's been this average profit of 6001. a year, Which has gone to liquidate the general debt of 24,000/., which now stands at about 9,000/. ' The proprietors., looking at the property, having these facts before them. and seeing that the profit is so small a one, plait - AO - 1 the present figures appear to offer a much larger prAit—yet, taking them upon the wleue, the proprietors feel that it is periectly out of their power to do any thieg with the property whatever. Were the theatre stazeiing at this moment it would be encem bored wit; 5,000/. a year, and were you to rebuild it to-morrow you would put another 5,0001. a year upon it,. and the property is not worth 10,000/., nor 8,000/., nor even 7,000/. a year. I have often said to Captain Forbes, and co,hers who have spoken to me on the sub jeet—and who hare said that Cevem-earien must he very valurthle—" I can only say this, that if you would give me that - theatre ta-morrow I would not take it as a gift." Thu Duke of Bedford's allowance of 5001. a year is not likely to he deviated from, and the rowers' deduction of 1,825/. is also, perhaps, not likely to be departed from. But as sown as we have paid off the remano:er of the debt of 24,000/. now amon ntt• ing to 9.000/.—the renters will be entTed to their full motility., and when that takes place the theatre will be unproductive f..r atty purpose at all. I am bcre on behalf of the proprietors to answer any questions which may be put, and to inform the sharehokters that they feel per fectly incompetent, and have fully made up their minds that they will not be parties in any way to reinstating that property. They have not the means of doing so, and they rennet see their way to obtaining the money requi site for the purpose. I may, however, state to you, as parties representing a mai of 75,0001. charged upon this property, that if you can in any way convince yourselves of the advantages of dealing with the Duke of Bedford for a renewal of the lease—for with the premsnt unex pired term of the lease you could do nothing —and can see your way to raising 70,0001. or 100,0001. for the re building of the theatre, the proprietors will be happy to render you any assistance iu their power. I may also add, before concluding my explanations, that in our agreement whh Persiani we had to allow 1,0001. one year for repairs, 2,0001. in another, and 1,0001. in a third year. This wilt tend to explain why the annual profit has not been so large as it would otherwise appear. In the year 1855 our profit was 1,5001., but Mr. Gye is in oir debt 1,7001., which is 2001. more than our profit for that year. An Annuitant said they were not shareholders, but annuitants. Under the deed they were to be paid 251 per annum, anti have a free admission. Mr. M. SHARP said that the proprietors in letting the theatre had been very remiss in not calling the renters together before it was let to Mr. Anderson, especially tv two theatres bad been burnt down whilst in the hands of that gc ntletnan. Mr. SURHAN said that the theatre was let to Mr. Anderson by Mr. Gye. It was impossible to let a thea tre as they would a private house, binding persons down to certain things. Mr. Gye had been a good tenant. Mr. Gye was at Madrid when be heard of the Bal Masque being announced, and he telegraphed immedi diately to say he disapproved of it, and- : wag retuning home ti prevent it - when the fire occurred. Mr. M. SHARP said he was prepared to show tht . the. fire might have ocourre:l from- the use. of a grvanic battery; by Which he understood Professor An.erson did many of his tricks. He mbved a normoittee of in quiry to be appointe , l. . The CHAIIIIIAN tqt,i4l tbe question to be can:siderd was what had better he sloae, with the land ? thoght it would' be valuable for' tlib enlargement of Ctivent9irdeti market. Mr. SIIMINN pall the Dike of Bedf o rd h& r t ben in formed that the proprietr:rs could, not . p,.. v the rot nor dischaige the covenants in the lease. i'll'eT,Akein ar rears a ye.ir's rent, and it hail bean tin : ;.Me'd is the noble duke to take possession of the land. Nollilig was said in the lea e about rehniktini; or in. airing aga4t fire. Dr. Rows swift the annuitatit3 ought to taket share in what the property was wort,h3 • -1 i . . Mr. SCIMIAN said t%e proprietors could not tato upon themselves aoy liability without the an:mitall'e gaii tliPin a release. ' Tiiiry-eilbt years' 1ea, , , , -- ~ a b.td oil. The, anonit.aiota had bet i..ir olkii.l a ne - w le: , 3 • froni tilt Duke of Bedford, and rebuild the ' r,rtli , e.. The I,rorietors were'ready to give up the:r ' it , e to : -..-i, a ,!,:1. aunder stociii the noble duke would ruder the 13,21 ?win. addsd to Covent-garden Market than the th.saire li! bnilt. The question of what must be done with .:d.r. G :tiaust stun=t ov,r fir em.sideration. Mr. THourzati. reminded' the meeting that i'dr. Gye had recmtl received 4,0001. far concorts, 2,00t4 from Mr. Ander.on, and would rec.:et-up 8,0001. from l t u. in surance offices. • t CHAISIIAN said no, doubt ill land would Le For% 6,0001. a year fu- market purposes. The ptopretors had only paid 1,5001. - or 2,000!. a year fur it . . Mr. SuumAN said that the direct charge on theland, after cleduytioes, was 1,2351. • Ile did not consichr the proprietor's were ry:rsonally reAponsible• to tae lia.re holders.or annuitants. It tvonid he t.l.cnrr that rrc. - 1C,A3Zr111 1 ,6".$ interest: wAtj . 4.Cher,- c,rY, ant.riatarris:s. aff , Or2.,_ far! which he (ittifsnrreart) was trustee,, were in a hopeless state. The patents of the theatre were now nsele-'s. Ultimately a committee of 12 renters was appointed to inquire into the renters' position and repot thereon. The meeting shortly after separated. The following distinguished individuals )told shares in the theatre :—The Duke of Cambridge, the Duke of Devoashire, the Earl of Dartm:mtb, Lady Henrich, Sir John Dodsan, Lady Beauchamp, the Duchess of St. Albans (executor), the Marquis of Salisbury, and Sir R. Smirke. Mr, Gye's lease was for ten years ' eannsenoing in 1853, at a rent of 6,0001. per annum for the first three years, and 7,0001. per annum for the last seven. what he wanted, seeing he knew the place so well. He had no•lucifers about him ; he merely went in for his clothes and returned to his son, who was wait ing for him. The only - thing he did was to shut the dormer window, which h a d been left open. The place was dreadfnlly hot, and that was the reason no person cared about stopping there. Mr. Anderson had had the key to the - shop, but he had lost it ; the door was always (mere and anybody from the boxes could get to the shop. The carpenters,of the theatre are se a,cceetonsed to the, smell of gas that they don't notice it Be could sonli ancount for the fire by the batten lights being turned ull on that day by order of Mr. Audeisoia, and that the "borders" took fire in cansequence. He did not think that People when they were enjoying them selves would' think of looking vp to stidif -all teas right above. By the VeetryClerk--The b as from the battens might have ignited one of the ropes by which they were worked, and be that mean; the flames might have bees core nienicated to the . • The witness here described the battens used in then tree. They • consisted of a gas, pipe, guarded by wire work, and suspended across the stage by ropes, the gas conveyed to the •b leathern hose. Ropes were need to lrigher or lower we might be deeired. BY the Coroner—He heard Mr. .kederson say to Mr. Palmer,' the gasman, " Let me have the gas on full to night." By the Coroner—Mr. Anderson raised his hands, and- petnting to the batten lights, said, " Let ins have the lights turned on foil. He could mean 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 on 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 carpehtees" shop there was no appearauae , ,r smell of fire. . . "WilliernJones, carpenter, employed at Covent Gar den Theatre by Mr. Sloman. He was at work from 6 in the morning till 5 in the evening on the day of the fires He was engaged in the flies underneath the car penters' shop, hanging borders, and doing other things for the evening's performance. He was in the flied at a quarter before four on the morning of the fire. The top flies, in which he was engaged in the early part of the day were about ten feet below the carpenters' shop, and the distance of the garelight in that place .from the floor of the carpen 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 about 20 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 fire 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 beard of it. - James Cooper had been employed in Covent-garden Theatre ever since it had been an opera-house. He was employed by Mr. Palmer on the evening previous to the fire. He lit part of the great chandelier. He lit the lower part. The upper part had been lit during the day, bat it was not all lit till he finished it. He lit the chan delier as usual with spirit supplied by Mr. Palther ; he took it up to the chandelier in a ginger-beer bottle. The witness here produced a portion of a "liehting rod," and explained how it was used. It was a piece of wire :theta four feet long, with a cotton ball attached. After he had lit the chandelier be took the spirit bottle back toethe prompt box. Mr. Castles was with him when he was at the chandelier. • Be a Juror—Was cure it was spirits of wine. No naphtha was need. • By the Coroner—He vas not in the theatre when the fire first occurred. After he, had received the newts that the theatre was on fire he rushed to the stage doer and met Mr. Palmer .vith the valve key, and they both mu to the valve nearly opposite the station-house. He then lifted the li l while Mr. Palmer turned the gas off. 'The gaS was off five minutes after the as,arm was raise , l. He had no idea how the fire had occurred. 11r. J. H. Anderson, 16, Ceciktreet, 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 been in the carpenters' shop on Tuesday morning at one p.m. for the purpose of inspecting the portable stage be was having constructed for the purpose of exhibiting his pantomime in Glasgow and other places. He had not the slightest idea how the fire occurred. He hal had no notice of any dispute between himself and the teen. Mr. Palmer and Mr. Sloman certainly had a di.. pute, but he 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 Belding their situa tions in the theatre should have such disputes. His loss by the fire was considerable; he could not say how much, as be had not yet had an opportunity of making up his loss. He was insured in the Sun Fire office for 2,0001.. He had been called often 1)y gentlemen in the private boxes, who complained of the stench arising from gas. He felt perfectly convinced, as far 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 bad a theatre of his own burnt down. He could not account fur 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 of Sal masques, when Palmer seemed as if he had 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 be 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, he had been frequently through the house to see that no ac cident occurred, and to prevent 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 a ice he should have lost everything. He had changed the gas company in consequence of its being represented to him that the London Gas Company could give a better supply. The gas metres were outside the theatre. He did not think cigars were sold in the_theatre, lout 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 insurt.,l consisted of the scenery, propertieg, and dresses of the pantomime, and other things. By a Juror—There was a stringent order that no person was on any preteoc.4 whatever to, go about the theatre with a candle. A tieeman's lamp was always ordered to be used. Richard Jones, engineer of the London Gas Works and a civil engineer by profession, said be bad 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 had 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 fur the gai In 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 Or 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 iu the month of May next, in the north wing of the palace, which will be constructed properly for the dis play of the works. Five per cent, will be charged on all 'gales. Pictures previously exhibited are eligible, and every picture (from the space disposable) may be well placed for viewing. Mr. Mogford will leave London next week for the Continent, to collect the foreign pic turts.—The Builder. ROBBERY Or ROYAL PLATE.—On Saturday afternoon a waggon belonging to Mr. Thumwood, who for many years has been employed to convey plate to and frora 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 risen. 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. On their return they observed that the rope wee cut which had confined the waggon cloth placed over the goods. This caused theca to suspect that something was wrong, and, on looking over the waggon, they discovered that a chest of plate, which had been packed in the middle of it, and fastened by a new rope I to the nil, had been stolen. The waggon was after wards driven to the Paddington station and sent on the trueks to Windsor, and arrived at the Castle at 7 o'clock, when Mr. Thutnwood, on being informed of the robbery, returned to town with his man who bad had charge of the gooda to institute an inquiry into the affair. The two helpers a.:(1 t'le driver were subsequently taken into custody, but admitted to bail. The chest which was stolen was considerably lighter than the others, and conszquently more easily removed. It contained a quantity of the Royal nursery plate used by the Princes and Princesses. The vilue of the plate stolen is under EOM THE MILITIA. Col. Cavendish, of the Chatworth Rifles, has received au order from the War Department to take vigorous rnea r...ures for immediately making up the strength of his regi ment by recruiting. The 2rl Warwick Militia, now ets.tioned in Armagh, havieg been called on for volunteers to the Line on Wed nesday, 142 immediately offered themselves, 66 of whom passed the: surgeon. The regiment is ' , till in a most effi oient condition, and ready for any service it may be 2slied on to perform. The number of officers is complete, with the exception of one ensign. PROGRESS OF ABOIIITECTURE: IN DUBLIN.—To re• visit this country after a lapse of tweety-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. i ng ; a population of 180,000 inhabitants has been nearly doubled, and the extension of the city in creaßed beyond even the proportionate advance of London. Dublin, always distinguished fur ,her splendid public buildings, unequalled by any other capi tal for the beauty of her vicinage, has been still further embellished ; the churches (St. Patrick's and Christ Churcb) have been insulated and thrown open ; the magnificent Custom-house, the noble courts of law, l a t e ly c ompleted, and the Classic Bank need no commen tary ; the suburbs have been extended in miles of villas; two commodious, and even magnificent, harbours (Qaeenstown and Howth) have been constructed at con venient distances, the Phoenix-park and its approaches have - been improved, the College -park thrown open, its wall replaced by a railing (like Kensington-gardens), and the narrows of streets (such as Holborn-bars and other straits of London) have been expanded to free commerce and daylight. There exists now, and there must have been always hitherto, a public spirit in this conspara tively poor place, far superior to that which condemns London to a filthy river without quays, and to an unembellished city, with all the wealth which bound 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 oathe ; drals, with peerless choirs ; there are railway statior of more than common pretensions, at fair proximity to the centre ; and there have been erected 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 is, the enlargement. of the National University, and the 1 erection of a noble quadrangle, in keeping with the fine facade presented to College-green,—Tlte Builder. OFFICIAL INQUIRY. This afternoon at three o'clock the incuiry into the circumstances attending the total degtructim of Covent garden Theatre was resumed by Mr. %Hord, the co roner for Westminster. The names of the jury having been calked over, and each gentleman Laving answered to his name, A Juror said before the . proceedings commenced he hai heard— The Coroner said the jurcrs had 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. Theo was one, however, in construction. After a short conversation, iu which it was arranged that the witnesses to be examined should leave the room, the inquiry commenced. The first witness called Rae Win. Harrison, 8, Exeter-street, machinist, who stated that he was employed by Mr. Andersen at the theatre in the capacity of machinist and general manager of.his business. ' By machinist he meant the inaltlag and Apt.. pairing .of the magical apparatus of Mr. Anderson. 'He had_ho regalar duty iu the theatre but to look after a carpenter and cabinet-maker named Livening, who was empley-ed in making 'a proscenium for a portable etage for 1 . 4 r. Anderson in the carpenters' shop, who was employed up to the evening of the fire. Be (witnecs) visited that room on the day before the fire; and found Lancing Waning ,seine wood. There 'vitro two other eereens employed there named Finlason and Doulton. There was not a very great quantity of " shavings," but , a large ' Cinantty of wood and old properties " about the carp enter::' shop. At almnit a quarter before five on the evening of the fire he met Lanuing leaving the theatre, and he spoke to him, when • be said he wee, merely golig to ze.-o if all. was right. • The carpenters' shop was generally very hot, from the heat arising from the badyof the theatre; indeed, Lanning frequently epeima the window to let in a little air. There was no fire-place in the shop. The painting-room was a portion of the carpenters' shop. It waq partly parti tioned off, although the floor of the painting-room was twenty feet below the shop, There was a ventilator in the shop, but nothing inure.- The room was a very hot one for men to work in. The heat in the shop Canis from the body of the house generally, as it cevered the Wavle of the house, and had two entrance.. One led . from the file., and the other led to the Duke of Bedford's box. He was not in the house when the fire broke out ; be left it about a quar ter before three, at which time he had not even smelt the gas. He never was in the carpenters' shop when the performances were going on, except on one occasion, and that was during a Saturday performance of the pantomime. Any one could get into the carpen ters' shop. Lamming was using glue in the shop that day, but the glue was melted a long way from the shop, in the property room. There was a steam-apparatus to make the glue with in the shop, but it had not been used. He could only account for the fire by the spirit with which the gas-men bad satue rated the flambeau having been repeatedly spilled,- and had, on the evening in question, taken fire. By the Vestry Clerk—The wires used by" Professor Anderson's magic could not come in contact with the gas. There was no• gas near the wires. He knew of no combustible matter in the carpenters' shop ; but a month ago Laming brought some spirit to polish a •box with, and he was told not to lave the polish about. He also used a lamp to keep the.. glue warm, and he was told it was not allowed, as Mr. Anderson said he would have nothing done by candle light, and Lanning used to leave off work before dark. After•Lanning left he had not entered the shop, so be could not say whether there were any shavings lying about, By one of the entrances of the carpenters' shop (the private box entrance) the place where Lanning was at work, could be reached. The middle of the shop was perfectly clear, there was no wood lying about. By a Juror—He had not been in the carpenters' shop since three o'clock in the afternoon previous to the fire. By ,the Coroner—The .shavings at the side of the carpenters' chop could easily be thrown together in the centre. of the. shop. By a Juror—The wires used by the. Professor were of cllier. By the Cornier—During the Professor's 'tenantry be employed all the hand!. He never helri. that there had been any threat of any 'description used by any of the workmen employed in the theatre. Benedict Albano, -22. King William-street, Strand, civil engineer, stated—He rebuilt the audieeee part of the thow,re, from the fleor to the ceiling ; or rather it was built under his personal superintendence. He had I nothing to do with the c&nstrUction or reconstruction lof the 0,4-neuters' shop. From what ho knew of the general c nstruc!ion of the theatre there was 'Nothing to fear as to fire. There could he no accumUla -1 tion of gas in the shop, for two reasons—first, there iwere pleety of witalovhi to let it out, and also the funnel which he had constractedeand from wh;cli there was a I great draft. The funnel was 30 ft. in height, and 3 ft. in I diameter. lie had b , ,en in the carpenters' shop whilst the p€ , rforfAareo was going on' to see how the funnel worked, and he hai not found the room ineonveniuntly heated. . , Sydney Smirk, 79, Grosvenonstreet, arehitect—On aearchitee his brother'e drawing, he found that there was a wall ori e le e lny so placed in the shop which would have prevented the tire traveling from one part to the other, He had been over the ruins and he found that that wal had been removed, which accounted for the fire extend! ing so rapidly from one end of the shop to the other. George Thos. Lanning, 43, Theohald' , -road, carpen ter, was employed at the theatre by Mr. Anderson. He had been employed every day for five weeks previous to the fire making corns frames for the new stage. He was engaged in this occupation on the day of the fire, but had not had occasion to use any glue or spirit of any kind that day. He worked till five in the evening, and during the day in question he was visited by several workmen. No one could come into the shop without being seen by him when be was at work. The place was very warm when he was last at work there, and there was also a strong smell of gas, but he accounted for it by the men being at work at the pipes underneath the shop. There was a little shavings about, but the shop had been cleaned up on the Monday previous to the bal masque. There was no cloth of any description in the room, and when he left at 5 o'clock ail was safe. The corners of the shop were filled with `• old stuff," lent there was nothing but his woodwork in the centre of the room, which consisted of 12 old and 12 new frames. It was 35 feet from the funnel of the chandelier to the place where he was working. There was no wood nearer the chandelier than 12 feet. He had used nothing inflammable on that day, and had no Lucifers about him. By a Juror—There was no oiled cloths or polishing rags lying about the shop. By the Coroner—The doors of the carpenters' shop were locked, and the public could not get into it. By a Juror—The whole of the wood of his work would not fill a cart. Benjamin Delliston, a carpenter, employed by Mr. Presscote for Mr. Anderson, stated that he was em ployed up to the day of the fire. On the morning of Tuesday he was employed carrying away the pantcmime tricks, and during the day he had frequently to go to the carpenters' shop. He was up there as late as ten o'clock on Tuesday night. He wept to the shop Lan eiug was working in to fetch his clothes, which were under his bench. His son lit him up as far as the step ladder, and then he went on in the dark. There WAS plenty of light there to enable him to find I I