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Inpowered by Special Act of Parliament, 4 Vict. cap. 9. Every description of Life Assurance business transacted. ANDREW FRANCIS, Secretary. rri HE DERBY.—RACE GLASSES (the best), IL. at CALLAGHAN'S, 2:4A, New Bond-street, W., corner ot Conduit-street. N.B.—Sole agent to Volgtlander, Vienna. ROYAL ITALIAN OPERA, Covent-garden. From this time until the end of the season there will be four Opera nights in each week, viz., every Monday, Tuesday, Thursday, and baturday. Mdlle. Lagrua ; Mdlle. Battu. Sig. Ittri ; Sig. Naudin. THIS EVENING (TUESDAY), May the 17th, will be performed, for the d time this season, Meyerbeer's Grand romantic Opera, ROBERTO IL DIA.VOLO. Alice. Mdlle. hmilia Lag - rua, her second appearance in that icharacter in Enz.and ; Isabella, Mdlle. Marie Battu; Elena. Mdlle. Sal vioni ; Bertramo, Sig. A.ttri ; Eraido. Sig Polonini ; Alberto, Signor C,apponi ; Lava leri , S i g nor Lucchesi, Signor Rossi, and Signor Fatlar ; ttambaldo, Signor Neri-Baraldi; and Roberto, Signor Naudin, his second appearance in that charac ter in England. Conductor, Mr. Costa. Commence at half past Eight. Pit tickets, 75. ; amphitheatre sta'ls, 10s. ed., 75., and ss. ; amphitheatre. 25. 6d. Boxes, stalls, and tickets may be had at the box-oftic, under the portico of the theatre, which is open from ten to five, and at the principal musicsellers' and librarians'. THEATRE ROYAL DR U R Y-L AN E. Managers, Messrs. Edmond Falconer and B. Chatterton. THIS EVENING, AN APRIL FOOL. Mr. G. Belmore. Atter which, Shakspere's HENRY THE FOURTH. Mr. PHELPS. Mr. Walter Montgomery, Mr. Walter Lacy, Mr. A ddiso ,, , Ur. Ryder, Mr. Robert .Rosby. Mr. Barrett, Mr. E Phelps, Mr. Rayner, Mr. H. Vaudenhoti, Mr. Belinore, Mr. Ellerton, Mr. Fitzjamcs, Mr. Neville ; Miss Edith Wynne, M ss Rise Leclercq, and Mrs. Edmund Pal zoner, supported by all the Members of the Drury-lane Ccm pany. Concluding with MY HEART'S IN THE HIGFIIANDS. liHEATRE ROYAL HAYMARKET.- Sole Lessee and Manager, Mr, Buckstone. THIS EVENING, THE BALANCE OF COMFORT. Mr. Howe and Miss L. Angel. After which, DAVID GARRICK. Messrs. Sothern, Chippendale, Buckstone, Rogers, Clark, N% eathersby, &c. ; Mesdaines Snowden, Nelly Moore, Fitzwilliam. After which, the new Easter piece, entitled VENUS AND ADONIS. Messrs. Compton, Win. Farren, COe. &e. ; Mes dames Louise Keeley, Snowden. N elly _rower, Hill, Wright, &c. To conc.ude with MRS. WHITE. Mr. Compton. Commence at 7. ROYAL LYCEUM THEATRE. Under the Sole Management of Mr. Fechter. Mr. FECHTER will perform HAM LE f on SATURDIY next, May 21st. Claudius, Mr. Emery ; Polonius, Mr. John Broughala ; Ghost, Mr. G. Jordan Jordan: Laertes, Mr. C. Vanden h ff ; Horatio, Mr. J. G. Shore ; First Gravedigger, Mr. H. Widdicomb ; Osric, Mr. Charles ; Messrs. W 31.`Intyre, F. Morton, Raymond, Mo , eland, Clifford, Edmondm, Sims, Collett, Ophelia, Miss Kate Terry ; Actress, kiss M. Hen ade ; and Gertruie, Miss Elsworthy. The Scenery painted by Mr. W. Telbin. Notice.--The doors open athalf-past 7, and Hamlet com mences at S. The whole profits of the evening will be dieded between the National shakspere Committee and the Dramatic Col leje school Fund. Box Office open daily from Eleven o'clock till Five. - • All Tickets issued for May ikh will be available on Satur day, the 2.st. ROYAL PRINCESS'S THEATRE.- Sole Lesee and Manager, Mr. Geo. Vining. THIS EVENING, THE OLD STORY. Mr. Dominick Murray. Alter which, THE COMEDY OF ERRORS. The Two Dromios, by the Brotheri Webb. To conclude with BORN TO GOOD LUCK. Paddy O'Rafferiy, Mr. Dominick Murray. NEW THEATRE-1W PAL, ADELPHL dote Proprietor and Manager, B. Webster. Last Week but three of :he Groat TragecLene, Miss Bateman, in the character of LEAN THIS EVENING,an apropos Sketch, SHAKESPEARE'S DOUSE: Messrs. J. L. Toole, R. Phillips, Stephenson. Af er which, at 8, LEAH : Miss Bateman, supported by Messrs. A. Stirling, It. Phillips, Biiiington, Stuart, Eburne, Stephenson; Bars. iiiilington. 'Co e.:Aleiude with Tali AREA BELLE: Messrs. J. L. Too:e, P. Bedford, K, itomer, Miss Woolgar, snd Mrs. 11. Lewis. Commence at 7. IISS BATEMAN.—L E A H.—'rut EVENING and EVE I.Y EVENING —Miss Bateman wilt appear in her Ereat impersonation of the Jewish manku ~ t ,til further notice. In order o give due effect to t..is most remarkable stxxs 4 of the se son, e,nire y new scenery by the celebrated anists :41essrs. bans.in and ions, au a Thomps,,n. New dry ss, s and appo ntments have be, n prepare , ) ior its productio::.—N. G. In consequence of the *Teasing* and numerous applications ar the Imx-otlix, ar initements have row been made by which Seats m•y bs ob tained a Fortnight in Anin.n.e. R OYAL ST. JAMES'S THEATRE. under the Management of Mr. B. WEBSTER. Crowded with rank and fashion.— The highly successful new Comedy, by Diun Bou.eicault, Esq., every Evening. Amongst the artists engaged will he found the popular n , mes of Mr. Benjamin Webster, Mr. Charles Mathews. Mr. Frank Matthews, Mr. J. L. Toole, Mr. Clarke, Mr. Paul Bedford, Mr. F. *lobinson. Mr. Ashley ; Mrs. Chas. Mathews, Miss llrrbert, Mrs. Frank Matthews, Miss H. Simms, Miss A. Cottrell, Miss Fanny Josephs, Miss Patti Josephs, Miso Wentworth, and Mrs. Stirling. EVERY EVENING, at 7, A DAY AFTER THE WEDDING. Miss Herbert. At a quarter beforeB, an entirely new and original Comedy In 5 acts, by Dion Boucicaulr, entitled THE FOX CHACE. tharacters by Mr. Charles Mathews, Mr. Frank Matthews, Mr. J. Clarke, Mr. F. Robinson, Mr. Ash ey, Mr. W. Cham-er laine ; Mrs. Chas. Mathews, Mrs. Frank Matthews, and Miss Henrietta Simms (her first appearance here). At 10, OCT OF SIGHT OUT OF MIND. Mr. Charles Mathews and Mr. Frank atthews. To conclude with SHAKE HANDS : Mr. J. Clarke; Miss Fanny Josephs. Commence at 7. R OYAL STRAND THEATRE. Manager, Mr. W. H. Swanborough. THIS EVENING, ON AND OFF. Followed by THE MAID OF HONOUR. Atter whielf(l6th time) MAZOURKA. Messrs. Honey, Turner, &c. ; Marie Wilton, Simpson, &c. To conclude with MARGATE SANDS• Commence at'. -9 MOSES AND SON I , • respectfully call attention to their large and well assorted stock of JUVENILE CLOTHING. The newest fabrics are combined with the latest and most fashionable resigns, and the best workmanship. E. MOSES and SON give particular attention to this important branch of their business, and they can with confidence affirm that the prices bre such as must satisfy the most economical. 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HIGH WATER AT LONDON BRIDGE. fate DAY.—Morning, 10h. 59m.—Afternoon, 11h. 30m. ro-moußow.-Morning, 11h. 58m.—Afternoon, h. m. LONDON, TUESDAY, MAY 17, 1864. It is not very long since the public was startled by the news of a terrible catastrophe in Yorkshire when two hundred persons fell victims to the burst ing of a reservior. Oa that occasion considerable blame was attached to the negligence which had neglected to warn the occupants of those houses which were endangered by the accident, as soon as any risk was apprehended, and it was felt that if due care and caution had been taken, not only in the building of the reservoir, but in promptly com municating the impending danger, many valuable lives might have been saved. But the negligence or indifference which existed in that case has now been thrown completely into the shade. There was reason, it is true, to dread the possibility of the overflow of the waters, but there was no absolute certainty, and the engineers, we believe, hoped against hope up to almost the last moment that the catastrope might be averted. In the case now under consideration, however, the danger was not only possible but imminent, not only a vague pro bability in the future, but as terrible certainty in the present. Tne result it is true was not so start ling in its extent, the injury it inflicted did not de solate hundreds of houses, nor attract the attention of the country, but though on a smaller scale, it was of much the same character. When we consider the vast extent and crowded position of many of our manufacturing buildings, we must think it very fortunate that only ten lives were sacrificed at the Greenfield disaster. A chimney being built at some mills fell in the night across three cottages, most of whose inhabitants were killed by the accident. So far there is nothing wonderful in the melancholy occurrence. The surprising part of the affair is that the cottages knew the danger which they were in but took not the slightest heed ; one them contenting himself with saying, when told of the unsafe state of the chimney, that he was not worse to die than any body else. Acting on this principle, the dwellers in the three houses went on, day after day and night after night, until the crash came, and ten of them were suddenly, in the darkness and silence of night, summoned to their account. We cannot dignify this by the name of courage; those who showed it would probably have hesitated had they been asked actively to imperil their lives for another. It was rather a stolid indifference, a reck less disregard of consequences, which we often see manifested in minor matters, but seldom in cases of life and death. The infatuation which leads the Italians to build again on the very spots once deso lated by burning lava is of a similar kind, if not in degree, to the feeling which led these poor cottagers to linger within reach of the falling chimney. But, if we feel surprise at their conduct, what must be said of the watchman ? This man, put on guard for the night to sea that all was safe, positively watched the tokens of an approaching fell without even thinking it necessary or advisable to warn the sleepers of the terrible visitant at hand. Such stupidity is almost incredible, unless it arises from absolute mental deficiency, and in any case the man was most unfit for his post. According to his own evidence he was cautioned about the chimney nn the eve of the accident, and the man who cautioned him left a stick wedged in between the corner of the stone and the chimney on the opposite side from that of the ill fated houses. Two hours later the watchman looked, and lo I the stick had fallen to the grounn. Surely this was proof positive that the chimney was leaning away from the stick, and was tottering to its fall. The man tried to wedge it in again, bat it was now half an inch too short for the place it had previously filled. Upon this startling revelation what did he do ? Did he call assistance without a moment's delay and rouse the sleepers in the cottages without pausing for breath ? No ! " I went my usual round, intending to try it again when I returned. On my way back about eight minutes later, the chimney fell." Well might the Coroner ask, " Did you not know these poor creatures were sleeping beneath it ?'' and when this most extrordinary wit ness replied in the affirmative, inquire again, " Did it not occur to you to call HAMMOND or some one else ?" Whereupon the witness answered quietly, " I thought I would come and look again." This is certainly accepting the literal interpretation of the duties of watching, since it appears that what ever he saw he was not disposed to act. But how ever great the negligence or ignorance of this man, there must have been something very seriously wrong in the structure itself. It seems that it was quite a new chimney in course of erection, and so far back as some months ago the same watchman noticed that it was leaning. Instead of being pulled down, the foundations looked to, and the whole error thoroughly remedied, it was " stretched'' or strightened, but a few weeks back it was again seen to lean to one side. On Monday night the watchman perceived a crack about three yards in length at the bottom of the chimney, forming, he says, an opening between the chimney an the earth, so that it seems this extensive structure had ne regular foundation. If a chimney of this height is raised on the flat ground we need not wonder at disasters occurring. We hope this point will be closely inquired into, and indeed thewholeaffair stands in need of a moat searching investigation that it may be ascertained at whose door the blame really lies. It is therefore with satisfaction that we hear the jury have decided that the inquest should be adjourned in order to give time for com petent authorities to examine the foundations of the fallen chimney. Melancholy as is the loss of life occasioned by this accident, it is but a type of the catastrophies wo may exreet unless due pre cautions are observed in the erection of our various manufacturing establishments, and it is therefore imperative the full truth of the matter should be ascertained, so that such lamentable disasters may be guarded against in future. The Earl of SIIAFTESBURY is not one to let e good opportunity slip out of his hands for being of 'service to the poor and suffering. The claims of the little chicaney-sweeP came under the notice :of the House a little time back, and the reception they then met with has induced the noble lord to make some more Effective regulations for the protection of the children. These excellent expedients cannot fail to be of great service to the unfortunate little band so greatly in need of succour, and it is not too presumptuous now to hope that, in a short time, there may be a total stop put to the nefarious pracd tice of employing children in this unfit and dan gerous task. In the first place it is proposed that no chimney-sweeper shall be permitted to employ a C hild under ten years of age in any work w hatever, .except in his place of business, under a p ena lty of TUE SUN, LONDON, TUESDAY EVENING, MAY 17, 1864. ten pounds. A sti►l better rule is the following— that the master be prevented from having any per son under sixteen in his employ when he enters a house for the purpose of sweeping a chimney. To fulfil the design of this comprehensive enactment it is arranged that a constable be authorised to arrest " without warrant," any chimney sweeper who thus offends, and also to detain the young person. This is a very good rule, because it attacks the evil at its source, There is no knowing what devices the , crafty will resort to to gain their ends, and there fore it is always wisest to check the commencement of such practices. If achild is not in the house it can not possibly be sent up the chimney, but if for oneex cuse or another it is taken in, no one can tell what may take place. When a chimney-sweeper is con victed of compelling a child or person under twenty one to ascend a chimney, he may be sent to prison for a term not exceeding twelve mouths, with or without hard labour. It seems almost surprising that some such rules or regulations should not have been made before, but better late than never is a very true saying, and too much praise cannot be awarded to the Earl of SHAFTESBURY for his stre nuous efforts to better the condition and emancipate the race of these little negroes of a free country. There is also a very sensible provision made to the effect that when a chimney is built, or rebuilt, notice shall be given to the Board of Health, or other authorities, and clauses are put in this bill to ensure the fulfilment of the required restrictions being complied with. Surely now there is a good prospect of this scandalous practice being discon tinued, and it is a great shame that so many per sons who were in a position to know the evils of the habit should have permitted it to be carried on in their own dwellings. • The shipowners of Liverpool are now following in the wake of those alarmists who have taken up the cause of the Federals with such sympathetic ardour. A petition has now been signed by those who signed the memorial last year, with the excep tion of one. This petition states that the under signed " view with dismay the probable future con sequences of a state of affairs which permits a foreign belligerent to construct in and send to sea from British ports vessels of war, in contravention of the provisions of the existing law." This is very likely the genuine expression of those who utter it, but the course that is proposed is a most dangerous one, and can never succeed in effecting the objects in view. After going on some time further in the same strain, the meaning of all this lugubrious statement is disclosed, namely, that it would be ex• pedient to sanction the introduction of changes in the Foreign Enlistment Act, to afford the Execu tive greater power in preventing the building of ships destined for belligerents in British ports. All this has been already proposed a score of times by various supporters of the Government policy and admirers of the Federals, but it has not as yet gained many adherents, nor will it ever be popular in the country for it to take place. The result of these proposals and strictures against the rights of subjects and the claims of others has always been that of ignoring, and has always fallen on the proposer of the innovation, and failure most com plete and mortifying has attended the venture. Still no one ever can or will learn from it the ex perience of others, and it will not be at all surpris ing] if before long wo have another attempt to change the present state of the law. Earl RUSSELL has already hinted at something of the kind rather vaguely, and he may be glad to take advantage of the excellent opportunity, which the demands of so many infiaEntial men may give him. It is to be hoped that such extremities will not be resorted to, because all such expressions of irritated feeling and angry altercations as these proposals give rise to arc beat aroided, nut: can but produce unpleasant consequences. It wont(' be quite an innovation on the free and unfettered course of action which has hitherto been the birthright of our countrymen to set down who they may build ships for, and who they may not. The absurdity of the argument here met with is, that any country may hereafter be come a belligerent, so to prevent:the possibility of the mischance they dread. The petitioners had better demand that no vessels at all shall be constructed for foreign Powers. This will bo the readiest mode of putting a stop to the danger, though perhaps even they may think that this step will be going too far. Certainly the advocates of these preven tive measures are doing their best to make foreign nations believe that the period is past when Eng land was mighty in arms, and rich in resources of all kinds for au emergency. First on one side, then on another, we hear of the imprudence of this prac tice, the undesirability of that custom, and the ex pediency of a complete and immediate change for fear a war should take us by surprise and find us overwhelmed in a sea of difficulties. According to present arrangements, there is no prospect of a speedy resort to hostilities, but no one can tell how soon the tide of affairs may change, and sometimes the very means taken to prevent war may provoke it to come to pass. One thing is certain, it will not avail us then that to please foreign nations we have sapped the strongholds of our own Constitu tion, and compromised the rights and privileges of our subjects, in order to satisfy the scruples of over punctilious people. AMATEUR PERFORMANCE.—Last night a per formance, organized by Mr. Lynch, was given in "the Bijou" attached to her,Majesty's Theatre, for the pur pose of increasing the funds of a charitable institution in Somers-town. The pieces selected were a " Cosy Couple" and " The Rivals,'' and although it is usual to pass over the efforts of amateurs with the usual complimentary phrase of'' all acquitted themselves with ability," in this instance we must particularly single out the efforts of Mr. Lynch for high commendation. From first to last he appeared quite at home on the boards of the pretty little theatre, and elicited loud applause by the excellence of his acting. The leaders also deserve great praise for the talent they exhi bited on the occasion. The performance gave great plea sure to the entire audience. CHARITIES IN THE MZTROPOLIS.—It appears that the gross income of the endowed local or parochial charities known to be existing in the city of London amounts to £06,356, and that of those in the city of Westminster to £26,666. The purposes to which the income of the first group of charities is applied are as follows :—Education, £11,292 -apprenticing and advancement of children, £1,777 —endowments of clergy, lecturers, and for sermons, £3,833 —church repairs and general purposes, £26,o4s—mainte nance of Dissenting places of worship and their ministers, £s7—education of Dissenters, £93—public parochial uses, £3B3—support of almshouses and their inmates and of pen • sioners, £6o,oBo—distribution of articles in kind, £2,801 — distribution of money, £6,37B—and general uses of the poor, £8,614. The income of the Westminster charities was de voted as follows :—Education, £7,o7o—apprenticing and advancement of children, £2,299—endowments of clergy, lecturers, and for sermons, £l,233—church repairs and general purposes, £l66—support of almshouses and their inmates and of pensioners, £ll,s63—distribution of articles of kind, Lilt—distribution of money, £l,66o—general uses of the poor, £460 —medical relief. £l,2ol—and loans, £7Bl. Besides these charities the gross income of a third group in the county of Middlesex amounted to £51,793, which was devoted to the following objects :—Education,Ll7,o24—ap prenticing and advancement of children, £2,72B—endow molts of clergy, lecturers, and for sermons, £66l—church repairs and general purposes, £2,3l3—maintenance of Dis senting places of worship and their ministers, £545 education of Dissenters, Ll,6l2—parochial uses, £1,585 — support of almshouses and their inmates, and of pensioners, £12,130 —distribution of articles in kind, £6,2ls—distribu tion of money, £s,l6l—general uses of the poor, £794 and medical relief, £2l. The Nouvelliste of Marseilles mentions the death of a little girl, 10 months old, in a rather extraordinary manner. A small nine-pins in bone, stained red, was given her to play with, She put it into her month, and sucked off the colouring matter. In a few hours after symptoms of poisoning she gshdoiewd in a showed themselves, ,and, in spite of medical as THE ROYAL ITALIAN OPERA, Adelina Patti in "la Sonnambula." Bellies charmingly tender and graceful two act opera of "La Sonna.mbult " was performed last night at the Royal Italiar for the first time this season—Madlle. Adelina latti being the Amine, Signor Naudin the Elvino, and M. Faure the Count Rodolpho. A better cast among living artistes could not be reasonably looked for. With the Amine of Madlle. Patti the London public is already familiar. The Elvino of Signor Naudin was, on the other band, a novelty. While the appearance of M. Faure as the Count vas greeted with evident satisfaction by an audience that welcomed him with the cordiality, alone displayed towards an acknow ledged favourite, by our usually blase, or, at any rate, undemonstrative world of opera-goers. The entrance of Signor Nandia a littie earlier in the evening, namely, in the fifth scene of the first act, by the way, being a signal for' no reception whatever. For this apparent apathy or indiffe rence towards himself, however, the accom plished Frenc'a tenor was fated to win f or hi mse lf, more than once during theevening, the very amplest compensation. We have hardly ever heard Signor Naudin, in truth, to greater advantage than we did yesterday. His impassioned singing and c p e te t d o t e o n t t h h e us r i a a n sm ge , acting repeatedly r o co u h s ia e s r d eax t e t tie e ert a li u yt d sa i e e dl n fa is sufficiently in T o f h h e i m e v u e s i i c e e, of a E s t l i e n harmony with his capabi.ities generally, to secure for it at his hands the advantage of an apt and, at at times, most effective impersonation. Although encores were by no means the rule yesterday evening, the fact in regard to those attesta tions of pleasure being, in reality, exactly the reverse, Signor Naudin's most impassioned de livery (at the close of the fourth scene of the second act) of the "Ah ! perche non posse odiarti"—agonized in the prevailing fervour of its intonation, nothing hss than tearful in its closing cadences—drew forth a thunder of applause that virtually amounted to a demand for its repeti tion. Any repetition there, however, being simply impracticable from the mere circumstance of the "situation"—thelovere baying separated in anguish, and the chorus of villagers having dispersed. Signor Nandin so completely took the house by surprise last evening by his representation of the character of Elvin() that we have been tempted thus to make first-mention of him in regard to last night's per formance. Mademeiselle Adelina Patti's Amine has already, in point of fact, long since assumed its p l a ce, in London as elsewhere, among her most charming impersonations. As Amine among all the most singularly gifted of living soprani, this youthful, this still almost girlish cantatrice has actually no superior, has, all things considered, no competitor. By oee only most rarely-gifted creature has she been surpassed, indeed (in our recollection) as—that fairest of village maidens, la sonnambula! Dazzling though the vocalisation of Jer.ny Lind in Amine, at Her Majesty's, bewitchingly though the character was represented by Miss Romer at the Lyceum, and exquisitely though her every look, and tone, and movement was rendered by Mad a m e Grisi, when la diva was yetinker glory—still, even then we would say, that, upon the whole, Madlle. Patti's Amine has never once been surpassed! But for Malibran !—but for one of our earliest recollections, that of Malibran !—a rea membranc.e caught at the most impressionable age of all—one of the most vivid, as it certainly is also one of the most treasured memories of childhood—but for Malibran ! as thus heard and seen distinctly in her great character of Amine, heard and seen still it seems to us distinctly et that distance of time (how many years is it ?)—bat for Malibran, we say, we should have yet pronounced Patti's Amina unsurpassed. Remembering Malibran, however, as the somnambulist, remembering that incom parable genius of the 'yrical stage—among operatic soprani what Edmuad Kean must have been among tragedians, what Paganini must have been among violiniats, just simply, in one word, unapproachable —it is no disparagement whatever to say of Madile. Patti that in one instance, though in one instance alone, in this character of Amine, has she been, in our own recollection, surpassed. Malibran's exqui site, her nothing less than matchless Amina having raised the Drury Lane Theatre as an operatic arena to a level, in those days, with the noblest lyrical stage in all Christendom. Who that once heard her, that once saw her, that listened to her en tranced, that watched her through tears—can ever lose the remembrance of it ? The passion, the very rapture of her singing awakening a shadowy reflec tion of genius, as it were, in the English tenor who then sang and acted with her as Elvino—poor past, and gone, and almost forgotten Templeton ! No— it is no disparagement whatever to say of Madile. Patti that her Amina has been in that one instance— in the instance of the incomparable Madame Malibran-deaßeriot—not merely surpassed, but surpassed ineemme nsurabl y. Hexing been thus surpassed by Malibr a n — for the one simple ) of the gift of genius. reason that in Malib r an the possession of the _ di v n e s a t s a voice bsol u was t elycombined rarest with the possession, (quite Apart from any comparison, however, with that purely exceptional instance of Madame Malibran, what a lovely and delicious impersonation it is, the Amina of Madlle. Patti ! Bellini'a sleepwalking heroine is, in fact, among the triumphs of imper sonation achieved by the most youthful and fas cinating of all living prima donnas. From the first to the last, yesterday, from the warbling joy, of the " Come per me sereno," to the rapturous end daz z:ing delight of the "Ah! non guinge uman pen sierou—Madlle. Patti's delivery of the lovely music allotted to Amina, was worthy in every note of the splendour of her reputation. The duet between Amina and Elv:10, " Frendi, Panel ti as given last niga.'"!by Madlle, Patti and Signor Naudin, was ;specially entitled to admiration, if only by reason of its evidencing unmistakeably the enhancement, yet f urther during these last few months, of the power Alice familiar to us in the fresh and radiant organ of the young eantatrice. Testifying, thus, that still evenin as her rare powers ara now, they ar e , appreciable process of development ! I'L Faures Rodolpho, excellent throughout, from his tender y and contemplative delivery of the f amous i ravviso, 0 luoghi ameni," through all the t h e bed agitating scenes that follow -- chivalrous room scene, where the Count's soul prompts him to leave the fair somnam bulist sleeping dreamily on his couch, unap proached, una wakened, undisturbed --down to the. , last breathless incident when, in Elaine's sight and in the sight of all the villagers, she unconsciously attests her own inno cence by a repetition ever the millroof, across th e bridge, of her p erilloue Born : nambuiism. Mor e th an s implyexcellent, how ever M. Faure's R o d o lph o was not. the rest of the characters ar e so peculiarly insignificant that they scarcely ad m it o f b e ing particularised. It will be sufficient, therefore, to men tion t Madame T hat aglis Sign fieor o Polonini wa s th e Al ess i°, the intriguin g Li sa , an d Madlle. Auese, Teresa the foster-mother o f A m i n e the som nambulist. The instrumental accompaniments of the action of the piece by the orchestra, together with the occasional choruses of the villagers, wer e all that could be r ng wished by th e mos t f as tidious --Mr. Caste pesidi • over the mom e nta r y whirlwind and directing the intermittent s t orm of both orc hestra and chorus with all hi s won t e d misterehlP cs a conductor—as the conductor. Th e magnificent area of the house last night was very fully occu pied in boxes, stalls, and amphitheatre. To-night Meyerbeer's " Itoberioll Diavolo" (first given this sea s on on Saturdee) will be repeated. Thursday will b e t h e first e i g ht this season of We observ©, Gonnod's "Fau s t Margherifl-" moreover, that Flotow's opera of " -Stradella " in lieu of Nicolaes " Merry wives of Windsor," is announced by Mr. Gye as noW in active preparation. The town of Miramont (Haute-Garonne) was thrown into con s t ernat i on threo days since b y a dreadful homicide committ e d on the perso n of the mayor, M. Birag. net, a cloth manufacturer. About nine in the morning a respectable man n ame d D--- called to see the mayor, w and the latter, afte r a 1 0 , i n t e rview, was taking leave of his visitor at the do or , when M. D -- stabbed him in the neck with a table k n if e , i n flicting a wound which termi nated fatally soon afterwards. The assassin immediately after the crime threw himself into the river with the inten tion of committing suicide, but was got out alive and de livered over to the police. He is supposed to be insane, LATEST INTELLIGENCE. LREUTER'S TELEGRAMS.] GIBRALTAR. MAY 12. A telegram received some days ago from Malaga, reported the wreck of an English vessel on the African coast, near the Spanish settlement of Allaucemas. Her Majesty's gunboat Procris and the Redpole were therefore despatched to the rescue of the wreck for the purpose of saving the crew, and whatever might be left of ship and cargo. There being no vestige of the ship discernible on the shore, the commander of the Procris communi cated with the Governor of Alhucemas, from:whom he learnt that the vessel had been wrecked about four miles to the eastward of that settlement. On proceeding to the designated locality, the com mander ascertained from the Riflians on shore, with whom ho communicated by means of a Moorish interpreter taken from Gibraltar, that a large English vessel, supposed to be a barque, had been wrecked, that three of the crew were drowned, and that the survivors, seven in number, had been sent in one of the Riff boats to Tangiers. The week had entirely broke up. The Procris had left for Tangiers to bring over the seven men who have been sent there, and in case the Riff boat should not have reached Tangiers, we under stand that the Procris is to coast along the African shore to Tetuan, with a view of intercepting the boat in its passage. The name of the English barque is not yet known. Commercial accounts from the Western coast of Barbary received by the Languedoc, speak of the difficulties which have been experienced by the European merchants in their commerce with the Moors, on account of their ill, more or less disgusted with which tae Moorish authorities regard all trade with the Sultan's subjects and foreigners. A regulation made by the Moorish Government, about a year and a half ago, that pro duce should be sold only in open market at the coast towns, and that agents of foreign merchants should not be at liberty to traverse the interior for the purpose of purchasing the productions of the country, although not strictly in accordance with the treaties between the Sultan and several European Powers, appears to have been acquiesced in as an experimental matter. The result seems not to have been satisfactory, for we learn that the British Vice-Consols on the coast have now been informed by a circular from her Majesty's Minister, Sir John Hay, that British subjects would be pro tected in their rights to make purchases by them selves and their agents beyond the jurisdiction of the coast towns. This would, it was thought, give an impulse to business. The supply of wool coming to market in Mozegan was not abundant, and there was a report that the Sultan at the end of the pre sent clip would prohibit the exportation. Prices of wool were higi, not only on account oF the short supply, but because vessels were in the bay loading, and their charterers were therefore under the neces sity of completing their cargoes at the high price demanded by sellers, or sending away their ships half empty. Cad'z papers says—" The object of the visit of the Duke and Duchess de Montpensier to England is to be present at the marriage of their daughter, Dona Maria Isabel d'arleans, to the Count de Paris, which is to be celebrated on the 30th inst. The Spanish Minister in London 11.. s also been directed by Itlyal order to be present as a 'witness of the marriage. The following British vessels have arrival here since the departure of the last mail :—Schooner John Pierce, 23 days from Liverpool ; schooner Mary and Jane, 14 days arum Cardiff; schooner Exchange, 17 days from Cardif f ; steamer Arasces, 61days from Liverpool ; steamer Marathon, 51,- days from Liverpool; steamer Syria, 5 days from South ampton ; and steamer Peninsular, 81 days from Swansea. Exchanges are quoted on London, 90 days' date, 50Z- to ; Paris, sf. 32c.; Marseilles, sf, 32c. ; Genoa, sf. 32c.; Madrid, eight days' sight, par; Cadiz, 2 dis.; Seville, 1 dis. ; Malaga, 1 dis. ; Bar celona, prem. ; Almeira, Valencia, and Alicant e par. FRANCE. The Duke da Luynes has again left Jerusalem with the scientific expedition under his direction, to explore tle country between the south of the Dead Sea and the Gulf of Akaba. This expe• dition, which is provided by its chief with the best mathematical instruments and apparatus, has already obtained results of high interest of science and arcbmilogy. A duel which terminated fatally has just taken place between two soldiers of the 4th Chasseurs, at Carcassonne (Rude). One of them, a brigadier named Ali!lot, was run through the lower abdomen by his adversary's sword, and expired a few hours later. General Lemaire, grand officer of the Legion of Honour, has just died at Verdun, his native place, in consequence of an illness brought on by his anxiety about the health of his son, now recovered, BOURSE, May 16, The market has been rather heavy, and the little business done has been at a decline on the last quotations of Saturday. Threes, for the Account, are now at 66f. 70c., and Mobilier at 1,172 fr. 50c. Railway Market quiet, but firm. The market closed as follows : 4t per Cents. 94 75 Italian Loan 69 10 Do. sad month.... Do. end month 69 3 per Cents Do. end month 66 80 Do. end month.... Credit Mobilier 1167 60 Russian 'Do. end m0nth....1167 50 Austrian Bank Shares 3375 Spanish Threes.... Credit Foncier 1260 Florae Debt .. — Roman RAILWAYS. Cash. Account. Orleans Northern Lyons and I'leditGrrancan S9O .. 837 50 New ditto • 885 .. Seuthern Western Eastern .... Sardinian Austrian Lon.bard North of Spain Saragossa.. 665 .. SOS 75 Ditto to Barcelona AUSTRIA. VIENNA, May 14. The following is the official report of the Aus trian commander in the recent naval engagement, in a despatch to Count Crenneville, tLe First Adju tant-General to the Emperor : "This morning, while on my way to Cuxhaven, I learned that three Danish frigates bad been seen near Heligoland. I sailed in that direction, and having come up with the vessels in question, at once attacked them. After the battle had lasted two hours and a half the foremast of the frigate Schwarzeriberg took fire. As the vessel was lying with her head to the wind I was obliged, in order to prevent the fire spreading, to let her fall off, At the sametime I mude a signal to the other vessels to break off (abbrechen) the engagement. We re treated to Heligoland, where we cast anchor.' A non• German, who witnessed the action off Heligoland, says the Austrians displayed great courage and determination, and that the foremast of the Sehwarzmberg was hit by a shell while her crew was preparing to board one of the Danish vessels. At first the Austrians maintained that they were overmatched, but they now candidly acknow ledge that they had more and heavier guns than their antagonists. The Schwarzenberg has a crew of 520 men, and carries four rifled 24-pounders, 40 smooth bored 30 - pounders, and six mortars for throwing 601 b. shells. The frigate Radetzky has 390 men on board, and her armament consists of three rifled 21- pounders, 24 smooth-bored 30-pounders, and four mortars for GOlb. shells. E.ch of the Prussian gun boats—Blitz, Basilisk, and Adler—carries three g 11E8. The Danish screw-frigate which is said to have been much injured, has 42 guns, and the screw schooners Dagmar and Hain , dal 16 cP,cla. As a reward for his gallantry, M. von Tegetthcff has been raised to the rank of a Rear-Admiral. This Government has just forwarded to Berlin a note, in which it is hinted that Austria and Prussia will hardly be able to como to an understanding in respect to the conditions to be imposed on Denmark until the question relative to the German Customs Union has been settled to the satisfaction of the Im perial Cabinet. It has long been kn o w n t o the Austrians that the ultra-Conservative party in Prussia has a hankering after the Danish Duchies, but they certainly did not expect that such men as Count Arnim-Boytzenburg and Prince Putbus woald advice the Sovereign to lay violent hands on his neighbour's pro perty. The Austrian Government is said to disap• prove the address which has just been sent to the King of Prussia, but it can hardly attach import ance to it, as it must well know that neither Eng land nor Russia will willingly allow Holstein and Schleswig to be incorporated with Prussia. In the evening of 'Wednesday you learnt from me that only a part of the Austrian Loan 'had been taken, and I am now able to give some detailed in formatioa on the subject. At 8 o'clock in the even ing of Wednesdly the various sealed offers were opened in the presence of the Minister of Finances, but the only one accepted was that made by a com pany eomposed of the Anglo-Austrian Bank, Met,srs, Baring, of Londcn, and Barons Sina and Wodianer, of this city. The Vienna Credit Bank was willing to take 10,000 : 0001 at 76, but M. von I'iener declared its offer to that ef&ct to be unacceptable. Yesterday evening the official Abend post informed the public that the whole loan of 70,000,000f1, " was in the hands of a Syndicate." The true meaning of the words quoted is that the Anstrian Minister of Finances has given the whole of the loan, with the exception of the 23,500,000 of silver florins which were subscribed, in con2rnission to a company, which is composed of the Anglo- Austrian Bank, Baring Brothers, M. Wudianer, J. 9. Sinn, the Dutch Back, the Berlin Discount Company, M. Faro, of Berlin, and B. G. Gold schruidt, of Frankfort. The independent Vienna papers plainly give the Government to understand that nothing but strict economy can keep the finances of the Austrian empire from going to the bad. The Peath Ilirnok professes to have learned from reliable sources that the recent hard frosts have destroyed nine-tenths of the raps and four-tenths of the wheat sown in Hungary. The loss sustained is estimated at 40,000,0001, but in my opinion the accurny of the esti:nate is very questionable. One hundred and sixty sailors have gone from Trieste to the North Sea, to fill up the gaps made by the Danish guns in the crews of the two Austrian frigates. - ibt• CLa, tinirt MEXICO. The Independence Beige mentions that it has re ceived letters from Mexico which give more de tailed intelligence than that published by the French journa's. It says :—" The following is a summary of the contents of those letters, and both are in accord on that point. Vidauri, who has always been the personal adversary of Doblado, would have refused to place himself in communica tion with that chief. Be, after several interviews which he had with Juavez, he i$ said to have agreed to give up Monterey to the ex-President, the latter having manifested the intention of transporting the seat 'of his Government to that town. He therefore retired with his troops, in order to leave Juarez under the protection of soldiers who had faithfully served him since the commence meat of those disasters, and in whom he might have full confidence in the probable eventuality of his being obliged to :secure his retreat towards the Rio Grande. What had become of Vidauri since he evacuated the seat of his Government no one knew, as at Mexico nobody had any susia'cion of a fact made known by some letters, that Mejia, who commands a body of Imperial troops, and who was in the State of San Luis, had gone to the as sistance of the former Governor of Leon and Coa huila. At Mexico people are not so sanguine as the 111o2nteur, which declares that the army of Juarez no longer exists. There, indeed, Ortega is said to be assembling around him, including the bands of Doblado and Negrete, from 4,000 to 5,000 men, in addition to the guerillar libeler the direct command of Carvajal; Uraga is also said to have entered Acapalo with from 3,000 to 4,000 soldiers; and, lastly, as a prcofthat the ex• President has still some real forces at his disposal, is the fact that the troops by whom Monterey is occupied are only a detached corps, CRACOW, A letter from Cracow has the following :--'` The sudden arrival in this city of Count Mensdorff Pouilly has had the effect of imparting activity to the zeal of the local authorities in their campai gn against the Polish element in Gallicia. The last females arrested were the Countess Marie Tarnowski and the Countess Zalusko, grand-niece of Thaddeus Kosciusko, the most illustrious patriot of Ancient Poland. The Governor-General declares that he will adopt the most severe measures to make them con fess their complicity with the National Government. The men are treated no better, M. Bentkowski, the eminent deputy of the Berlin Parliament, who has been detained for 10 months in an unwholesome cell without having undergone any interrogation,is dying of an affection of the lungs. Gan. Kruszwski, for merly in the Belgian service, but since settled in Gallicia for several years, is also ill and deprived of any assistance from his family. Lastly, General Count Joseph Zilaska, a veteran of the First Em pire, has just been torn from the works of art and history to which he was devoting the remainder of his life. A companion of Napoleon 1., he was en gaged in analysing and describing with talent the wars and combats of which he had been a witness. His interrogatory commenced. on the 27th ult. in the criminal prison of Przumysl. The following is an official report of the extraditions published by the German journal of Cracow :-275 inhabitants of the kingdom delivered up to the Russian autho rities (the journal takes care to add that 46 were hunch d aver by constraint) ; 359 expelled, probably to France; 217 sent for fixed residence Koncegs gratz in Bohemia, and 80, belonging to different nations, sent to their respective countries, This is the official return, but it is very far from attaining the real number, which we shall give when an op portunity presents itself." FRUIT PROSPECTS IN DEVON.—The country ge nerally, and North and East Devon in particular, is looking remarkably well just now. The late fine growing showers came just when they were wanted. If no unusually severe frosts come on, the prospect for fruit of every kind is a most excellent one. It is long since such a splendid dis• play of apple blossom has boon seen ; the trees and even whole orchards are one mass of bloom. Pears are likely to be abundant and are set, some of the young fruit already measuring two inches round.—Cherries, too, are forward, some being an inch and a half round. There is every pros pect of plenty of garden fruit.—Tiverton Gazette. TIGERS IN SINGAPORE.—Captain Nelson, of the Madras Presidency, induced by the unceasing ac counts appearing in the newspapers of the dreadful de etructionof human beings in Singapore occasioned by tigers, has written to the Government to suggest that an attempt might be made to poison the brutes by means of strychnine. lie mentions a case in which he succeeded in destroying a tiger, together with a great many vultures, jackals, dogs, &e., by putting str3 chnine on the carcass of a buffalo which, the tiger had killed and only partly consumed, and to which he returned to complete his weal. The teethed recom • mended by Captain Nelsen is about bring tried here b y the comm issioner of police, and we hope it w ill b e foundsuc cessful, although there are doubts on the point, as repeated attempts have been made in Singapore to poison tigers, buy without any good result. Dogs have been tied up in the jungle in places resorted to by ti gers, t h e i r nec k s h av i ng been previously shaved and rubbed with strychnine, means being taken to prevent their licking cif the poison. Calves have also been tethered in the jungle with their necks pre• pared in the same manner ; but none of the experiments succeeded, although from the marks of tigers' feet all round the bait in several instances it was apparent that their no tice had been attrac ed to it. In one or two cases strych• nine has also been placed on the bodies of persons killed by tigers, but the tigers did not again touch them ; indeed, we are assured it has been generally observed that in Singapore tigers do not return to eat bodies, whether of men or beasts, which they have only partly .Press, April 7. HER MAJESTY. -- -- ~a------ BAntOltAL, Saturday. The Queen, accompanied by her Royal Highness the Princess Helena, and the Prince and the Princess of Leiningen, arrived at Balmoral at half-past three this day. Their Royal Highnesses Prince Louise, the Princess Beatrice, and Prince Leopold, with the Princess Alberta of Leiningen, and the Royal suite, arrived shortly after. Lady Churchill, the Laay in Waiting, joined the Royal train at Oxford. -4> The Prince and Princess of Wales. The Prince and Princess Gf Wales, attended by the Hon. Mrs. W. Grey and Major Teesdale, went in the forenoon yesterday to see Mr. Holman Hunt's picture in Hanover street. The Prince rode on horseback, attended by Major Tees dale. The PrincesS of Wales took a carriage drive, attended by the Hon. sirs. 11r. Grey. The Prince and Princess of Wales, attended by Lord Harris, the Hon, W. and Mrs. Grey, and Major Teesdale, went in the evening to the concert given by the Philhar monic Society at the ganover-square Rooms. The Duke of Somerset, the First Lord of the Admiralty, will entertain a large party of naval and civil officers attached to his department on Tuesday next, at his official residence at the Admiralty, 'Whitehall, The Duke of Devonshire and Lady Louisa Cavendish left Devonshire House on Saturday last for Chatsworth, Derbyshire, to pass the holidays. The Duke of Marlborough has left town to meet his yacht in the Southampton 'Water, in order to take a cruise in the Channel. During his cruise his grace wil visit Cherbourg and other parts of the coast of France. The Earl of Carnarvon leaves town to-day on a visit to the Earl and Countess of Portsmouth, at Hurst bourn Park. The countess will remain in town. The Earl of Wilton left Grosvenor-r (pare yekter. day for Badminton, on a visit to the Duke and Duchess of Bsaufott during the Bath race meeting. The Earl of Coventry, Viscount Canterbury, the Earl Annesley, Viscount Curzon, Captain IL , n. Frederick Curzon, Sir Joseph Hawley, Sir Henry Des Voaux, Colonel lion: James Macdonald, Colonel Hon. 11. Forester, Captain Leslie, Mr C. Greville, Mr Payne, Mr W. G. Craven, and a large party haye left town for the Bath races, and will be among the guests at Badminton. The Earl de Gray, ae Secretary of State for War, will give a full-dress banquet on Tuesday next, at his man sion in Carlton-gardens, to his Royal Highness the Duke of Cambridge and a distinguished party connected with the military department over which the noble earl has control, in celebration of her Majesty's birthday. The Earl of Powis is expected to return to town towards the close of the week from doing duty with the yeomanly. The Earl Russell, the Secretary of State for the Foreign Department, will give a full•dress dinner to the foreign ambassadors on Tuesday next, in celebration of the Queen's birthday, We understand that the marriage of Lady Con stance Villiers, eldest daughter of the Earl and Countess of Clarendon, with Captaln the Hun. Frederick A. Stanley (the Grenadier Guards), youngest son of the Earl and Countess of Darby, will take place on the 31st inst. Loid and Lady Dufferin have left the Palace Hotel, Buckingham -gate, for Clandeboy, Ireland, for a few days The marriage of Lord Frederick Cavendish, second son of the Duke of Devonshire, and the Hon. Lucy Lyttleton, accond daughter of Lord Lyttleton, and Maid of Honour to the Queen, is appointed to be solemnised on the 7th of the ensuing month. THE MARQUIS OF AILESBURY is recovering from his recent indisposition, which prevented his Lordship attending at Court. THE DUKE OF NEWCASTLE is better. His Grace of late has derived much benefit from tranquil nights, and has regained much of his lost strength. THE ACCOUNTS OF THE VENERABLE EARL RADNOR are such as to give uneasiness to his friends. Lady C. Bulkel , y (his Lordship's only child by his first marriage with Lady Catherine Pelham Clinton) has pone to Coleshill, where Viscount and Viscountess Folkestone are expected. THE EARL HOWE 13 considerably better•, and is fast recovering from his recent indisposition. Drinking Fountains, TO THE EDITOR OP THE SUN. SIR,—In anticipation of the approaching hot summer days, the Committee of the Metropolitan Free Drinking Fountains Association beg to inform the public that funds are urgently needed to enable the society to continue those exertions which have hitherto been attended with such great success. Through the instrumentality of the associa tion upwards of 80 fountains have been already erected, at which it is computed not less than a quarter of a million people drink daily during the heat of the year. It is the desire of the society to extend the boon as far as possible to every corner of the metropolis, so that the thirsty wayfarer may not be forced into the necessity of repairing to the public- houses. The committees 'are overwhelmed with applications for new fountains, but are unkble to erect fresh ones from want of funds ; and for the same reason the provision made for the relief of the sufferings of cattle and dogs from thirst falls short of what is required. All the fountains of the association are under constant supervision, and qualified workmen are employed to keep them in an efficent state, but several of those erected by private benevolence have become dilapidated and even dry, If the public will afford the means, the committee propose offering to undertake the supervision of all the fountains in London, and :thereby to seeure for each the necessary attention. I shalt be happy to receive contributions in aid of those objects, or subscriptions may be paid at the office of the association, 1, Shorter's-court, Throgmorton-street, E.C., where any further information may be obtained.—.l am, Sze., SAMUEL GURNEY, Chairman. 25, Prince's gate, S.W,, May 16, MI. ENGLAND EXPECTS EVERY MAN [I3OTH IN ARMY AND NAVY] TO DO MS DUTY, and it seems likely that our soldiers will very soon be provided with a little book, telling them in simple language what their duty is I TELEGRAPH TO AMERICA.—The necessary ar rangements for another attempt to lay a submarine telegraph between Ireland and North Amet ice have been made, and the Atlantic Telegraph Company are more san guine than ever that the experiment to be undertaken in the spring of 1865 will be a complete sucess. By the time that the Atlantic Telegraph Company is ready for its grand enterprise, a second and entirely different line of telegraphic communication between Europe and America will approach, if not reach, its completion. This is the line running across Siberia, thence connecting with Russian America, thence passing through British Columbia, and ultimately reaching our Pacific States. The most difficult portion of this tele graph, that through Siberia, is now, according to a recent despatch, completed as far as Irkutsk, the capital of Eastern Siberia. Mr, Collins, a citizen of the United States, to whom the Russian Government has given for a period of 36 years the exclusive right of working this telegraph through the Russian dominions, has now obtained from the British Government the right of way through British Colum bia. The Western Union Telegraph Company of the United States are prepared to assume the construction of the line, and capitalists are ready to supply the money for carrying out the undertaking. It is intended to continue the tele graph northward along the western coast of British America to Behring's Straits, which will be crossed by a submarine cable 40 miles long, thence along the coast of Arctic Russia to the mouth of the Amoor River, at which point the Russ sian Government have agreed to meet the lino and connect it with their own. The new,line will be not far from 4,200 miles in extent, and, when comp l eted, it will unite Europe, Asia, and America, principally by land —New York Tribune. DESTRUCTIVE FlRE.—Lite on Friday night, or early on Saturday morning, a destructive fire broke out on Weddingtou farm, in the parish of Ash, near Sand wich. The flames were first discovered by Richard Par, a neighbour, about half• past l o'clocK on Saturday morning, as he was getting up to go to market. He gave the alarm to William Marsh, waggoner and bailiff to Mr John Woodruff, the occucier of the premises. On going to the stable Marsh found his horses dead from suffocation. The flames had then extended to the whole of the buildings, which were all burnt to the ground before an engine could be procured. Indeed, if an engine could have been got, it would have been of no use for want of water. Four young horses, worth £4O each, were Lurnt to death in the stable. After the fire bad burnt out they presented a deplorable spectacle, their bowels pro' trading as if the carcases had burst with excessive heat. The hind legs of two of the poor creatures were completely burnt off. Five breeding cows were also found in a similar condition. The buildings, consisting of a fours horse stable, a wheat barn, a barley barn, a fodder barn, a bullock lodge, all birch-built, and thatched, were completely destroyed, together with their contents, which included a waggon, tw ° carts, and a quantity of agricultural implements, and two straw stacks, the growth of 13 acres. From the appearance of the fire when it was first disco%ered it must have com menced either at the straw stack or at the north corner of the wheat barn. The waggoner's mate was the last person on the premises on F r id ay n i g h t, and he l eft t h e sta bl e a bout 10 o'clock, when all appeared quite safe. The fire is sup . ; posed to be the work o f an i ncen di ar y. The damage ! variously estimated a t f rom £7OO t o £l,OOO, but the loss iA fully covered by insurance.