The Sun. — London, England, 1857-05-11 00:00:00

and lYfilitfcry intelligence. The following officers, belonging to regiments serving in India, have received an order from the War-office to hold themselves in readiness to pro ceed to join the head-quarters of their respective corps with the detachments for India proceeding from Chatham garrison, viz. :—Col. A. G. Blacb ford, 24th Regt. • Lieut.-Colonel J. C. Otter, 61 s t Regt. ; Major W. C. Mollan, 75th Regt. ; Capt. F. Clar,k 24th Regt. ; Capt. W. Croker and Capt. H. Mitford, 27th Enniskillens ; Capt. W. Power, 32d Regt. ; Capt. Mure, 434 Light Infantry ; Capt. C. P. B_ettlicote, 52'1 Light Infantry ; Capt. H. J. Robertson and Capt. J. Maguire, 60th Rifles ; Capt. A. J. 0. Rutherford, 70th Regt. ; Capt C. Venables, 74th Highland er s C ap t. W. Nott, 83d Regiment •, Captain S. Hughes, 84th Regiment ; Captain Welman, 86th Regiment ; Captain W. F. Ring, 87th Royal Irish Fusiliers ; Ensign A. Maynihan, V.C., a n d E ns i gn A. D . C or fi e ld , B t h Regiment ; Lieut. R. H. Travers, Lieutenant W. B. Logan, and Ensign J. Johnstone, 24th Regi ment ; Lieut. A Cottee, Ensign H. M. Caine, En sign L W. Desboruugh, Ensign Dixon, and En sign Clay, 27th Enniskillens, Lieut. C. R. Ricketts and Lieut. H. S. Stabb, 32d Regiment ; Lieut. J. Davis and Ensign H. E. Fryer, 35th Royal Sussex Regiment ; Lieut. J. B. B. Elliott, Ensign H. C. Talbot, and Ensign J. E. K. Morley, 43d Light Infantry ; Ensign W. Owen and Etis'gn S. L. Pids ley, 52d Light Infantry ; Lieut. H. Buck, Lieut. E. D. Fenton, Lieut. R. F. Stoney, Lieut. C.Bag nall, and Ensign G. C. Sidehottorn, 53d Regiment ; Lieut. G. B. Macqueen, Lieut. J. Steel, Lieut. E. R. King, Hsrman, and Lieutenant J. 0. Young, 60th Rifles ; Lieut. D. Rtid, Lieut. T. E. Gordon, and Lieut. Wilcox, 61st Regiment ; Lieut. C. H. Laprimandaye and Ensign W. Morrison, 64th Regiment ; Lieut. W. T. M'Gligor and Lieut J. W. 'Madden, 70th Regiment ' • Lieut. R. E. Deare and Ensign F. Parry, 74th Highlanders ; Lieutenant C. C. Abbott, Lieutenant L. Brown, and Lieut. W. H. Urquhart, 75th Regiment ; Lieut. T. Anderson, Lieut. W. W. Young, Ensign E. J. Fitzsimons, Ensign W. Thompson, and Ensign R. P. Butler, 78th Highlanders ; Lieut. M. Hanley, Lieut. J. H. Fane, Ensign W. H. M. Jackson, and Ensign S. W. Bell, 81st Regiment ; Lieut. T. P. Wright, Lieut. C. C. Gore, and Ensign N. Penne fatlitT, 83(1 Regiment ; Lieut. P. Chute and Lieut. Du Vernet, 84th Regiment ; Lieut. T. R. Hamilton, Dent. A. N. Wilson, Lieut. V. G. Coates, and Ensign G. S. Jackson, 86th Regiment; Ensign G. W. Marsden and Ensign F. F. Deve reux, 87th Royal Irish Fusiliers. On Saturday the officers and men of the depots of the 32d, 35th, 61st, 70th, 81st, and 87th (Royal Irish Fusiliers) Regiments were formed on the parade ground of th e Provisional Battalion, Chat ham, after which they marched to the inner lines, where they were inspected by Col. H. Jervis, com mandant of the Provisional Battalion, who exa mined their new clothing and necessaries. The num ber of troops furnished by the above depots for their service companies in India i 3 about 500, the whole of whom are ready for embarkation. The Princess Charlotte, 104,. sailing three-decker, Captain George S. Vincent King, C. 8., &c., fit ting out at Portsmouth as a floating barracks for troops on the China station, is ordered to be out of hand by the end of the month. Cabins are being fitted up for the milititry officers who may have to go on board her. The troops will slev in ham mocks each man having two blankets, which. is considered to 4-3 a much more comfortable: way of sleeping on board ship than oa the had boards of the deck. The Princess Charlotte will have ac commodation for 1,000 men and officers, who will be berthed on the naiddn and lower decks. The arrangements for ventilation and other sanitary necessities appear to have had great care bes , owel upon them, with the view of preserving the health of those on board. She will be stowed with as much of the munitions of war as she can conve niently be made to carry independent of the neces sary provisions and stores for herself. She will not mount her three-decker armament, but only a dozen 32-pounders for special service. We much doubt whether the end of the present month will see her nearer Spithead than she is now. The Slelvi!le, 72, Commander Trollope, fitting for an hospital ship for the China station at Ports mouth, is leaky. To discover the defect she was docked, the dock pumped out, and wa'er enough left in the hold of the Melville to test the permea tion. She remains in dock. When ready she is or dered to embark the head-qu trters of the 23(1 Royal Welsh Fusiliers. SirJ. Liddell, C. 8., M. D.,F.R.5., Director-Genera: of the Medial Department of the Navy, on paying his spring visit to the Royal Naval Hospital at Ilitslar in the early part of last week, inspected the Melville and the Marine Infirmary of the dockyard. His inspection occupied two days, and was a genuine one, and by no means pro forma. The Agamemnon, screw, 91, Master-Commander Noddal, is expected to be put out of dock at Ports mouth this day and to be out of hand and ready to leave for the Thaines by this day week or earlier. She will be manned by seamen riggers from Ports mouth and Devonport ordinaries, and a draught of able seamen from the continuous service force of the fleet. A Russian gun, a trophy from Sebastopol, was landed at the gun wharf, Portsea, on Friday, being a present from the Government to the Mayor and Corporation of Portsmouth. It is 10 feet in length, of 36-pounder calibre, and weighs 3 tons. Its mould is handsmne, atd it appears to have been cast in 1816. It is in good pre-ervation, with the exception of a piece of the muzzle being knocked away. A suitable inscription wilt be placed o❑ the piece, and a council of the Mayor and Corporation will deter mine its site. . The Beagle, 4, screw gunboat, Lieut. Hewett, arrived at Portsmouth on Saturday from the Me diterranean, to be paid off. The Devastation, 6, paddle-sloop, Commander Marshall, arrived at Spithead on Saturday from the eastward ; and the Buffalo store vessel from the same locality in the afternoon. The Adventure, 6, iron steam troop-ship, Com mander Lacy, had her compasses adja.ted in Ports mouth harbour on S sturda.y afternoon, and will embark her allotment of the troops for China this week. The Wallace ' paddlewheel steam-tug, b ro u g ht into the service for the illeliterrauea,n arrived at Portsmouth on Saturday night, brou g ht home by some of the crew of the M3lacca screw corvette. The Spiteful, 6, steam-sloop, Commander Shoat, arrived at Spithesd during the night of Saturday front the Mediterranean, conveying the Fancy guu boat, and left yeAerday afternoon for Woolwich, to he paid off. By the Spiteful we learn that the Gla diator steam frigate is not far off Portsmouth, and that the Malacca is coining home under s lit, some derangement having occurred in 11,,r machinery, The Amphitrite, 25, sailing corvette, Captain Tatham ; and Devastitin, 6, steam sloop, Com mander Marshall, left Spithead yesterday evening for Liverpool. The steamers Beagle and Lynx, from the Modi terranean, arrived in Plymouth Sound on Friday. The Beagle left in the evening for the eastward. The paddlewheel steam frigate Gladiator, 6, Capt. C. F. Hillyar, with the paddlewheel steam tender Thais in tow arrived on Saturday. Capt. Williams read his commission on board the guardship Royal - William, 120, at Devonport on Saturday. The steamvessel Alligator, from Portsmouth, ar rived at ,Plymouth on Saturiay. The paddlewheel steam frigate Ledpard, 18, hav ing been repaired at Keyham, Plymouth, was re moved to the sheer hill in Hamoaze on. Saturday, and will be masted to day (Monday). An Admiralty order has arrived at Chatham for the Winchester, 50, late flagship on the China sta tion, to be paid off into ordinary to-morrow. The Winchester has been dismasted, and is almost en tirely stripped. Her s'ores hive been removed into the dockyard. The Creasy, 80 guns, Capt. R. L. Warren, was ordered to be paid off to-morrow, but in conse quence of the impossibility of the pay-books being completed at the Admiralty before Thursday next she will he paid off on that day. The Majestic, 80, guns, Capt. Jas. Hope, C. 8., is ordered to be paid oft on Friday next at Sheerness. The new screw steam-ship Renown, 91 g uns, was taken into No. 3 d ry d uc k on Saturday at Sheer ness. The fitment of the Renown is being made with all possible despatch. The floating-battery Terror, 1G guns, has seen taken. into the fitting-basi n at Sheerness to befitted with all possible despatuh. The gunboats Wrangler, Commander Joseph H. Marryat, from the Mediterranean, and the Brune, Lieutenant (in char4e) Walker, of the Vesuvius, to which shipthe Brave will be b orne out as a te n der, will this day be taken ,into the fitting basin at Sheerness. • _ . _ The Cumberland, 70 gun; Capt. J.B. Dickson, his been put out of the basin at Sheerne3s, now moored is the harbour. Thursday next is th e day na , lied for her departurejfor Portsmouth, where she will remain to receive the Grand Duke C on _ stautine of Russia oa bis visit to the Queen. The Cyclops, 6-gun paddlewheel steam-frigate, Lieut. -Co inma - nder Joseph Dayman, is under ord ers also to proceed to Portsmouth the same day, if poE sible. The following officers have taken up their commissions and joined the Cyclops :—Mr. Nicholas Giles, paymaster; Mr. Scott, master. Mr. Martin, the late master in charge of the Cyclops, has been c , nsequently superseded, and is now placed on the half-Ray 119 t. The Vestur;uq, paddle-wheel steam-ship, Capt. Charle3 Wise, is ordered to proceed to Portsmouth to join the 6quadli n to receive the Grand Duke C)ustanti re. Sit, has been out of dry dock at Sheernele, nd e now in the harbour. TEE CI?EDIT MOBILIER OF FRANCE. (From the Derbyshire Courier.) A meeting of this gigantic associatiion has re cently been held in Paris. The President, M. Isaac Pereira, was the chairman on the occasion. Every one interested in financial subjects knows that all the prophets of evil to France designated this project as the great Bubble of the Empire. The year 1856 has been a trying one for bankers and financiers at home and abroad. Now, said the kind friends of Louis Napoleon who make use of him as an ally in the hour of need, and abuse and revile him when the danger is past—now this Bub ble will burst. "We understand," says your Lon don correspondent, who never yet understood that two and two financially make four, "that the Credit Mobilier is on its last legs." Very well ; April 1857 arrives with its high rate of discount, its drain of bullion, its commercial pressure. The great Bubble, had it possessed toe least consistency of character, would have burst long ago. But now is the time for its yielding to " the extraordinary pressure of circumstances," and the " unprecedented depression of monetary affairs." But some people never know when they are beaten. Some enterprises are never ruined when the Times and the believers in M. Ledru-Rollin affirm that they ought to be. The Credit Mobilier of France is one of those pertinaciously and ob.tinately prosperous concerns. It has as many commercial lives as a cat. One would think that, like MrlMawworm, it "liked to be abused." It is the only t r adi ng assoc i a ti on upon record which carries out the S cr ipt ura l 'injunction—"from him that would borrow of thee turn not away." If its principl es are fi nanc i a ll y heterodox, its practice is worse. One would really think that, in opposition to all sound rules of banking, the Credit Mobilier was willing to lend to people when they want it. Here is a part of their report. "In 1856," it says, " owing to the immenie impulse given to all kinds of enterprises when peace set in, its (the company's) task was rather to restrain than to urge forward." Still it has done a little, in a quiet way. "It subscribed for 10,000,0001. to the Government Loan of 30,000,0001., it purchased 1,600,000/. of Rentes, it gave accommodation to rail way securities on one occasion to the extent of 1,160,0001., the average being 600,0001. for every fortnight; in fact, the total of such sums furnished in 1856 was not less than 28,120,000." The Credit 3lobilier further offered to purchase with the co-operation of some foreign levies, all the Recite held by the Bank of France, so as enable it to increase i . s metallic reserve ; and also to pro vide 8,000,0001. for the wants of all the Railways for their loans of 1857. These propositions were contingent on the support of other mercantile asso ciations, and were not met, The financial situation of the company at pre=ent is this, " Its transactions in cash during the year amounted to 123,407,807/. Ita account current with the Bank to 48,667,4511. The company had received payments on Railway Shares and Bond 4, producing 6,439,064, and had paid 4,986,304/. on Share-% and Bonds. , ‘• The total profits of the year were 609,9991. — which woull give a dividend of 23 per cent. for the year 1856." This is too bad. Whe❑ the Credit Mobilier was started we said that if prudently managed it might do immense good, and benefit the public, and its shareholders. But the Times and all the financial oracles of the nation convinced us that we were ignorant financial fanatics. We, therefore, declined to have anything to do with the great French bubble. On the failure of the ancient and honourable est iblishment of Strahau and Paul—where our grandfather kept his account—we invested our little all in the Royal British Bank—the name sounded E,)gliih and patriotic. Now we do not complain that we have lost our money, because what we have lost Mr. Humphrey Brown has gained, and " the country," as Lord Overstone assures us, "is just as rich as it was before." But we do say that the flourishing condition of the Credit Mobilier of France is an unpleasant affair. The great financial sages who advised us to have nothing tJ do' with Louis Napoleon's mone tary bubbles cannot he expected to reimburse us what we have lost, but we earnestly protest that they should compensate us for what they prevented us from gaining—or at the very least that they should write the Credit Mobilier of France into the Gccette. Aj. r_HE SUN, LONDON, MONDAY RVENING, MAY 11, 1857' each borough have but to take it up : the effect would be immediately felt. It would put all on their guard, and prevent many from committing themselves to a wrong course who otherwise would do it. We may be quite sure that Lord Palmer ston will disquiet no reasonable Reformers, if only they take the precaution to hang on his tail in time the weight of a watchful organisation. FALL OF THREE HOUSES AND LOSS OF LIFE, -for some those atter, and that was the unfortunate cook, A.nn Briscoe. It is stated that when discovered she had a knife grasped firmly in her hand, as if about to perform some culinary operation. The next sufferer got out of the ruins was a young man, Mr. Taylor, jun , the son of the builder. Although not dead, his injuries were found to be of so frightful a eharacter that his entrails were protruding, and but little hopes are entertained of his recovery. It appears that a heavy beam had fallen across his body, crushing him in a dreadful manner, and in so peculiar a way that the beam had to be sawn in two before he could be extricated. He was at once con veyed to the hospital. The workmen were unremitting in their labours, but it was not until nearly 2 o'clock in the afternoon that they succeeded in discovering the bodies of the two carpenters, Turner and Garnett, both of whom mere frightfully crushed and mutilated. They were got out and also conveyed to the hospital. Mr. Hughes, principal in the carpet department of Messrs. Maple's establishment, gives the foil iwing ver sion of the affair :—He states that he was aroused soon after 6 o'clock by the knocking of the men, who were re moving the brickwork for the purpose of underpinning kir. Hunter's party wall. He went into some of the rooms, and caged upon some of the young men to rise, and about 7 o'clock he saw the cook, Ann Briscoe, with a broom in her hand, sweeping out the young men's breakfast room on the second floor of the house num bered 146. He then went down stairs to see what the men were doing to the wall, and in going down passed the two carpenters, Turner and Garnett, who were at the time working at their bench on the second floor. On reaching the ground floor (level with the street) he saw Mr. Johnson's men, with crowbars, knocking the bricks out of the party-wall in two places, at each end of the wall; and, to the best of his judg ment he considers that the holes they had then made were each about five feet long and three high. There were some of Mr. Taylor's bricklayers at work on Mr. Maple's side of the wall. He had been looking at the labourers at work on the brick work about two or three minutes, when one of Mr. Taylor's men called out, "See how the dust is coming from that wall—l don't like that ; " and instantly after the same man ex claimed " Run, Mr. Hughes ! Run for your life; the wa;l is coming down !" He ( kir. Hughes) and the three men ran backward towards the carpet department of Mr. Maple's premises, which is detached from the front houses, and had only just passed through the door when they heard the most frightful crashes, one after the other, and felt no doubt but that tho houses had fallen. His fright and alarm for some few moments were so great that he did not know what to do, but he followed the other men out by the side door, which leads into Tottenham-place, and lent his aid to rescue the women, who were at the time the houses fell, in the sitting-room, and were creeping out of that portion of the ruins apparently but little injured. Soon after the occurrence a messenger was des patched to Mr. Maple, who resides with his family at Hampstead. Ho was much affected at the sad occur rence, and informed our reporter that he estimates his loss at very little short of 10,0001. That portion of the establishment which is crushed contained about 2,000/. worth of costly furniture. The loss of Mr. Hunter will not be so severe, as he had no furniture or any other property in the house 148, which was at the time a mere carcase. When the bodies of the two poor fellows Turner and Garnett were discovered they were found one over the other under their bench, which was crushed in upon them. The coroner has appointed Wednesday next for hold• ing his inquest. The following is a list of the sufferers : Frederick Byng (suffocated while in bed)—dead. Ann Briscoe (cook)—dead. Richard Turner (carpenter)—dead. George Garnett (carpenter)—dead. George Kevil—dead, The following is a more detailed account of this melartzholy accident than we were enabled to give ill our impression of Saturday : A sad catastrophe took place on Saturday. Three house, Nos. 146, 147, and 148, Tottenham-court-road, fell down and caused the loss of five lives, besides doing serious injury to several persons. . -- - It was shortly after seven o'clock in the morning that the three houses fell, and it is scarcely necessary to state that the event created intense excitement in the neighbourhood. During the remainder of the day that portion of Tottenham-court-road which lies be tween Warren-street and Grafton.street was barred to the passage of vehicles, and the whole space was filled by a dense crowd of people, who waited anxiously to hear of the extrication of the bodies from the ruins. Bet Ween Grafton-street and Tottenham-place there are seven houses; five of these are or were occupied by two furniture warehousemen, Mr. Hunter at No. 143 and 149, and Messrs. Maple and Co., 145, 146, and 147. The houses which have fallen are the three centre ones —v►z , Nos. 146, 147, and 148, leaving still standing on either side of the ruins respectively one house of the rival dealers. The front of Mr. Hunter's house and the party wall—still standing —are newly built. The house of Messrs. Maple is old, and would by this time have been a ruin had not been "shored" up at an early period of the day. The weight of cement has torn the front several inches from the walls, and the stack of chimneys, which leans over frightfully, has separated eight or nine inches from the roof. The wonder is that, like its neighbours, it too is not now a heap of ruins. In the shop of this corner house of Messrs. Maple and Co., extending a great distance to the rear of Totten ham-court-road, there is an immense stock of valuable furniture of all descriptions, which has fortunately re• mained uninjured; but in one of the houses which had fallen it is said that the furniture and other stock in trade were of the value of several thousand pounds. From 50 to 60 men were at work at the time, and some score or more of shopmen and others were sleeping or dressing in different parts of the house at the time of the accident. On the kitchen range, which yet clings with tenacity to its place in the chimney nearly at the top of the house, there are still the kettles. and on the mantelpiece over it the tea-pots anl pewter wares which in a few minutes would have been brought into use for the breakfast of the es tablishment. For some time atter the house had fallen the fire burnt brightly, and the boiling water streamed forth out of the kettle-spout on to the ruins below. In an adjoining apartment portions of wearing apparel and a carpetbag bang on the pegs against the wall ; their owner, while still in his bed, was suffocated amid the fallen rains. The cook, who was preparing the break fast, is a mutilated corpse ; she was hurled among the falling timbers of the adjoining house. A lad engaged cleaning the knives escaped, although precipitated from the top of the house, with only a few slight scratches. All around the spot where he was found lie piled up in strange confusion the debris of the house; The thick bressemers, strengthened with iron, which carried the front of the houses, are snapped in the centre l►ke thin laths of wood; girders and beams are snapped or mingled in the strangest of forms ; flooring boards are wrung from their joists, and sheets of lead, torn off like paper, are rolled and curled up in the most curious shapes ; ltth and plaster, brick and mortar, doors and staircases, window frames and cupboards, bedsteads, chairs, tables, and looking-glasses, are smashed and broken and pounded up into rubbish ; and, as the men work among the mass, they fell on a cup 3r a saucer, or some other fragile piece of crockery, still strangely pre served, secure in its weakness, amid Cie general wreck. As though to make still more complete the scene of ruin, there are huge torn printed placards everywhere which appear to rejoice in the catastrophe, and to grin more horribly in the midst of the desolation. They are headed with huge letters, " Fire, fire !" and go on to state that the salvage stock from the late fire—a portion of the pre mises were rebuilding, after a recent conflagration—is to be sold at some alarming percentrge under the original price, and " regardless of the cost." How much of the cause of the present catastrophe is to be traced to the prin oiple embodied in these four words will never be fully made known, but if it should be proved that, "regardless of the cost," rival traders had disregarded the warnings of surveyors and others, and sought to put showy exte riors upon rotten fabrics, and paid no heed to the foun dations or superstructure of decayed party walls, then it is high time, for the sake of the public, that such per sons should be told that " extensive alter►tions," when made " regardless of the cost," cannot longer be per mitted. Joseph Taylor, son of the contractor, received a severe gash in the left groin, about six inches long, completely severing the bone that unites the thigh to the general trunk of the body, and exposing the large blood-ves.rls in that region. He is likewise severely contused about the head; has been perfectly conscious ever since the accident; suffers no pain; and although in a very pre carious condition, yet hopes are entertained of his reco very. George Eaton, cashier to Mr. Maple, is severely bruised about the chest, but, though his lungs are slightly inflamed, his chance of recovery is favourable. The housemaid and a boy were likewise brought to the hospital yesterday, but were only slightly bruised and left shortly afterwards. From the statement made to us on the spot it appears that there are t'vo versions in connexion with the cir cumstances which have led to this shocking calamity. Some few weeks since the premises of Mr. Hunter, fur niture warehouveman and upholsterer, which imma die.ely adjoin the premises of Messrs. Maple and Co., 'were so much injured by a fire which broke out as to render the rebuilding of the whole, or a great portion necessary. These works were entrusted by Hunter to Mr. Johnson, builder, of Peeenix-place, Gray's-inn-road, and carried ott under the direction of Mr. Redding, Mr. Hunter's surveyor. While these works were pro gressing at Mr. Hunter's, Mr. Maple thought it a fitting opportunity to have some enlargements and alterations made in his 'itemises adjoining, ant Mr. Maplees altera tions were entrusted to Mr. Taylor, builder, &c., of Sey mour-street, Mr. Raggett, of Gower-street, being the surveyor to Mr. Maple. These works were in progress, and no apprehensions were entertained till Friday after• noon, when Mr. H. Baker, the district surveyor, is stated to have come to view the premises, and he at once condemned the old party wall standing on the southern side of Messrs. Maple's premises, numbered 145, 146, and 147, Tottenham-court-road, and directed that it shoul l be at once underpinned, and from the ground fieor to the first floor new brickwork put in. The district ceders stated to have been given by Mr. Baker, the district surveyor, to Mr. Johnson or his fore. man, were, tbrt the workmen were to take the party wall down fror the ground floor to the first, and replace it with new brickwork, which was to be supported by "un der-pinning." It appears that Mr. Johnson's men came to work about 6 o'clock, and under orders from Mr. Moore, the foreman to Mr. Johnson, they commenced the re moval of the trickwork of the party wall. Mr. Taylor's men were also at work in the premises belonging to Mr. Maple; 147, Tottenham-court -road, the house imme diately abutting on the party wall referred to. it is stated that Mr. Johnson's men commenced removing the brickwork from the piny wall in two places at the same time—namely, near the front of the house at Tottenham court-road audalso towards the back part of the premises. It is said that these holes in the brickwork were made to the extent of about six feet long by three feet high, when the party wall gave way, dragging with it the two adjoining bellies, No,, 146 and 147, in its descent. This 1 is one version of the cause which is stated to have led to the catastrophe. The other version is that derived from Mr. John Moore, the foilsman to Mr. Johnson, the builder for Mr. Hunter. He states that he had the superintendence of the works in course of erection for the new premises belonging to Mr. Hunter. He states that he had the new premises belonging to Mr. Hunter at 148, Tottenham-court-road, which al in those of Mr. Maple's last house, numbered 147. The wall of 147 had, he says, been much cut about for the purpose of putting in a new breesemrr, and all the ties having any connexion with the party wall had been cut off. The district surveyor, Mr. Henry Baker, came on Friday afternoon and inspected the works, and ordered the party wall between 147 and 148 to be underpinned and repaired. In accordance with the direction of the dis trict surveyor he gave ins ructions to the men that they should commence the underpinning of the party wall that morning. They came at the usual hour and com menced the work, when the front wall of Mr. Maple's nearest house, No. 147, fell outward, causing the entire building to collapse, and that forced Mr. Hunter's party wall into the area of the space on which the house, No. 148 (Mr. Hunter's) was being rebuilt, dragging the next door house, No. 146, with it. The first indication of anything wrong took place about a quarter.past.seven o'clock in the morning, at which time there were between 20 and 30 young men and women, in the employ of Messrs. Maple an d Co., on the spremises, either is bed or in the act of rising and dressing. Of this number about 20 were in the upper portions of the houses numbered 146 and 147, which have fallen.. At the same time there were Mr. Johnson's men at work at the wall on the one side, and some of Mr. Taylor's (Mr. Maple's builder) at work on the other. Two of these men were carpen ters, named Garnett and Richard Turner, who were at work at their bench in the first floor of the house No. 147. At this moment a craokling noise was heard, and a sound like thunder succeeded. The buildings fell with a frightful crash. Shortly after a strong body of police of the E division, under Superintendent O'Brien and In spectors Checkley and Duigan, arrived, and labourers, under the orders of Messrs. Johnson and Taylor, were set to work to ascertain who were the sufferers, and to rescue those who might be found alive as fast as possible. The first who escaped were, singular to relate, Mrs. Cbristms.e, the housekeeper, and two young women em ployed. in the drapery department. They were in the sitt 4 .og room on the second floor of 146 when the house P.lll, and were very slightly hurt. The escape of Miss Christmas was truly miraculous. She was at the moment of the fall dusting the piano, with which she wa s carried away, and, f a lli ng i n th e hollow between the piano and a beam, she escaped with a slight graze of the legs. As soon as the alarm created by such a catastrophe had in some degree subsided the muster-roll of the per. sons known to be in the houses at the time of the fall, and employed on the works, was called over, and also those attached to Adessrs. Maple's establishment. Among the latter were Mr. Frederick Byng, chief clerk ' • James Beam, Re g i na ld R u dd, H orace R egnan t, George Bayley, George Eaton, William Ayres, William Beauchamp, a youth who acted as cashier in one of the departments ; Ann Briscoe, the cook ; and Mary Daly, house -servant. Among those employed on the works, mis-ing, were Mr. Taylor, jus., the son of the contractor for Mr. Maples's works; Turner and Garnett, carpenters; and George Keel!, one of the labourers in the employ of 1)Ir. John son, at work at the party wall on Mr. Hunter's side of the premises. The large body of men set to work soon succeeded in rescuing most of the above named, and they were conveyed in rapid suc cession one after the other to University College Hospital, where they were at once attended to by Mr. Ericson, oue of the principal surgeons, Mr. Teevan, the house-surgeon, and the whole of the medical staff. After digging out the ruins for about three-quarters of an hour the men succeeded in reaching the body of the unfortunate young man Frederick Bvno e' e The poor f e ll ow was found lying in his bed, which had fallen with the upper floor, where he had slept. He had evidently been suf. faceted, as there was no mark of violence whatever upon his person, except a small drop of blood at one of hi s nostrils*. 'He Was at once removed to the hospital, but ' life was quite extinct. The next body was not got out A TALE ABOUT TAILS. (Front the _Freeman.) Reformers differ in opinion as to the tone our merry Premier will assume this session. We are, indeed, all likely to know soon, but for that very reason the curiosity becomes almost insuppressible; it is7near upon starting time, and, How will Palmer ston lead off ? for the life of us we cannot help ask ing. Tan talising hours are those which precede the minutes that convert guessing, doubting, prophey sying, into certainty. Amongst other fears of Reformers is the great one, that, over-sure of a large majority which must sup port him this session, he will gaily tell the sesssion of 1858 to take care of itself ; will jauntily move the previous question on every Reform topic ; will have a host of plausible pretences for touching no thing organic till the session when all politie,a reforms can be taken as a whole ; will try to rake the house merry over the premature zeal cif Re formers who prefer to-day to to-morro ; in a word, with all the good humour and adroitness he can muster, he will yet let his whole phalanx se e that he is the leader of the house, the first man among them, and that whithersoever ho moves his tail must follow him. Now we have a little tale anent the Premier's tail, Ere we tell it, however, we protest against any disparaging inference from the animal which figures in it. We protest, moreover, against being* required to make every illustration run on all fours. How many a dog have we seen with its fourth leg under its arm, getting along at a rate which would leave us far behind ! Thus much premised, we beg to recal to the minds of many readers, and to tell to others, the story of an as—a very " magnificent" ass, (for asses can be magnificent)—as given by M. Hue in his book on China. This noble animal, which belonged to their guide, beat hollow the mules of the train, and was ever ahead of all ; but in his premier position, he was naturally conscious of his premier qualities, and he showed them in a way which allowed no sleep or slumber to the tired traveller. in fact, full of the genial fire of sup er i or ity an d leadership, he brayed all night long to all the other asses within sound of his voice. These responded as good asses are wont to do, and poor M. Hue could not shut his eyes all night because he had no means of shutting his ears. Pleased as M. Hue was with the travelling earellen cies of his guide's animal, he could but complain to him in the morning of the creature's assurance in trumpeting so confidentlyhis own praises to all the neighbourhood around. The guide smiled, and promised soon to cure him. M. Huc supposed the promise was but a joke, knowing of no means for stopping an •ass's tongue. Next night, however, he slept soundly, and thought no more of the ass. In the morning, the guide politely inquired how the traveller had reposed—whether he. heard the noise of the ass last night : at the same time telling him that he had taken care to " stop his sing ing." M. Hue still thought he , was joking. Ho told the traveller, hoWever, his method. " When an ass," said he "is going to bray, he always be gins by raising his tail, and he keeps it extended horizontally as long as his song lasts ; to insure his silence, therefore, you have only .to tie a large stone to the end of his tail, so that he cannot raise it." Half incredulous, M. Huc went into the yard with the guide, and sure enough there was the ass with the s one tied to its tail. The traveller adds that, it being day time, and pitying the animal, he requested that the stone might be taken off, when forthwith the animal recommenced his music ! Even the author of "The Organon " would have held the experiment to be complete. Now, what we proposq is, to weight well the Premier's tail ! All reformers who fear, and rea sonably enough, that Lord Palmerston may slug too loud and clear, and altogether too assuredly for theiv comfort, cannot do better than to put the weight on his tail. While he ,enjoys the free use of that organ, he will naturally display his confi dence ' • but every such display will he preceded by an effort, through the well known nerves of the Treasury, to ascertain that all is right with his tail. Restriction there is sure to tell. Premiers who cannot get their parliamentary tail straight, and keep it straight too, become as quiet as M. Hue's ass. •We began by apologising for a story that did not go all-fours ; but we are not so sure the apology was necessary. At least it finishes right ; for the - monisoit our leader of the house had got:eut of the darkness of stand-still and Conserva tive policy, the moment he and we had all got intO broad Liberal daylight together, we should off with the weight at once, and let him "sing his song" to his heart's content. Last week we suggested such organisation in every Liberal constituency as would render useless all adroit attempts of the Premier to use his fol lowers in the house for improper purposes. We ELECTION PETITIONEL—The time allowed for present perceive our exce ll ent contemporary, the Norfolk ing pt titions to the House of Commons compl a i n i ng o f News, goes ev e n f urt h e r . It recommends a na- undue retu rns of member s to Parliament is 14 clear d a y s tionai committee, formed by a delegation of one after the meeting of the house. These days do not com mence on the election of the Speake r . Th ey d ate from member ham each b oroug h, to inform the Premier and his supporters of the minimum Reform which the passing of tb e sessional orders, which w ere on l y they are determined to have. The suggestieu is ex- moved on Thursday last. One of th e s t an di ng orders for receiving i rre n c e e t i a ving petitiona, w hi c h w ill not cellent. Why can it not he a c t e d on ? A. few in c fi l x o e s s e tutine timetilthe 21st THE GRAND DUKE CONSTANTINE. (Front the Morning Post.) Our readers are aware that for the last sixteen or eighteen days the bro. her of the Emperor of all the Russias has been received as a guest on the French soil, and that for the last eight or ten days he has been, alternately sojourning at Fontainebleau and Paris. The young admiral has been received at Toulon and Marseilles, at Lyons and at St. Etienne and, indeed, on the whole line of route, from the department of the Var to Paris, with manifesta tions of civility and interest. At Toulon, the most important and extensive military port of France on the Mediterranean, the Grand Admiral of Russia exp3rienced more cordiality than in the provinces or in the capital, for his former visit to the port a few years ago was remembered by many officials as a pleasing souvenir. In the dockyard and arsenal of Toulon the Grand Duke Constantine took the greatest interest. Re inspected the basins and salle d'armes, viewed all the vessels in construction or on the stocks, examined the magazines and lofts where sails were made and fitted ; and inspected the rope-walk, careening dock, and naval hospital, asking pertinent questions, and taking accurate measurements as he went along. A second day was de►oted to the ships of war in harbour ; and, as though this were not sufficient, the forts La.malgue, St. Cat , erine, and Faron, where Napoleon Bona patte first distingu'shed himself in 1793, were mi nutely inspected, and inquiries made which proved to the officials that the Grand Duke was not a mere dilettante traveller. While these naval perquisi tions were being made the time had arrived for certain civil formalities at the Maritime Prefecture. But these were speedily hurried over by the Grand Duke, who impatiently hastened back to the port and dockyard. This shows a true sailor's instinct ; and as sailorship is the profession of the Duke, it is laudable in him to learn everytuing concerning the practice of nautical affairs that can be uselul to his country. _ _ _ In Paris, notwithstanding its many attractions, it is understood that the Russian visitor is like a fish out of water. Attentions without number have been lavished upon him by the highest person in the State, and the most eminent fu nc ti onar i es ; but, notwithstanding these courtesies, he hungers and thirsts to visit some of the other Ports tains of France. The consequence is that the Im perial steam-yacht, the Reine Hortense, has been placed at his disposal, and after having visited Bor deaux, Indre, Roithefort,- and Cherbourg, which latter town is within a few hours' sail of th British coasts, it is understood that the Grand Duke, ac cepting the invitation of her Majesty, will, in a few days, pay a visit to this country. He has not been the first of his family who has done us this honour. His great ancestor, the man, indeed, who may be said to have been the founder of his house —Peter the Great—visited these shores in 1698. During the 1 , period of his sojourn, hab:ted as an English sailor, he continued to work in the dockyard at Deptford, and declared to his attendants that, if he had not been born Czar of Russia his ambition would be to live and die au English admiral. The first residence of Peter was in a "handsome house provided for him at the bottom of York• buildings, near the waterside ;" but as a residence " above bridge," as it was then called, was neither agreeable to his humour nor the design of his coming, "a neat residence," belonging to Evelyn, " with a basic door into the King's-yard, at Dept ford, was provided." Here the Czar used his tools, conversed with the shipbuilders, wit° showed him their draughts and plans, and expressed himself that the time he had spent in islolland was lost, and that he would never have learned his trade if he had not come to England. During Peter's stay in this country he visited the University of Oxford, was once to pay a visit to the: Archbishop of Canter bury, and went many times to cathedrals and churches, and also to the Quakers' and Dissenters' meeting-houses. Bishop Burnett, who waited on the Czar often by command of the King, tells us that "he was a man of a very hot temper, soon inflamed, and very brutal in his passiOn." "He raises his natural heat," says the bishop in graphic way, "by drinking much brandy, w hi c h he rectifies himself with great application." "He is subject," says the same acute observer, "to con vulsive motions all over his body, and his head seems to be affected with these. tie has a larger measure of knowledge than migh`., be expected trotn his education, which was ver-s, indifferent. Ho is ' mechanically turned, and se Jnas designed by natu re rather to be a ship caroent,er than a great P r i nce ." The chief favourite of P'Jter daring his sojourn was the Lard President of the Council, the M arqu i s o f Carmarthen, afterwards Duke of Leeds. L i k e th e Czar, the Marquis . of Carmarthen delighted in ri time affairs, an J. he often rowed and sailed with Peter on the Thames, giving him all the informa tion Pssi i- s . re as to maritime affairs. Nor was the Russian ungrateful, for when he entered into a with Mr. Heathcote and oth er cons id era bl e treat merchants "l of London for a free importation of `sobacco into his dominions, he made it a condition that the marquis should have five shillings a hogs head for every hogshead exported, " as a return for his obliging conversation." The Emperor Alexander, the Duchess of Olden burgh, and the Grand Duke Michael also visited England during the Regency and in the reign of George IV. During the reign of her present Majesty, both the late Czar Nicholas and his daughter, the Grand Duchess Maria, also visited this country ; and now, after a war waged during the years 1854, 1855, and 1856, the son of the last., and brother of the present, Czar will soon find himself the guest of a Sovereign with whom Russia was but very lately in open hostilities. With the return of peace, however, all feeling of hostility has died away in-England ; and the chief objects of the war being happily accomplished, there is now no reason whatever why friendly relations should not be resumed between the two countries. In fact, for one hundred and sixty years, with the exception of a few months between 1800 and 1801, during the reign of the Emperor Paul, of unhappy memory, the friendliest and the best of relations have sub sisted between this country and Russia. Without admiring the political or social system of the coun try, and at all times prepared to resist the aggres sive tendencies of its Government, every English statesman of any repute must feel that a widely extended and profitable commerce may he carried on between the merchants of the two countries, to the common benefit of England and Russia, and to the great advancement of civilisation. On this ground it is that we hail the arrival of the Grand Duke with the warmest pleasure as the guest of her Majesty. The Russian admiral will, doubtless, think himself bound to visit a c s pital where his great ancestor dwelt for a considerable time, and where two of his uncles, and where his father and sister, temporarily sojourned. Peter the Great, and subse qnently Alexander, Michael, and Nicholas visited the Tower, the Mint, and the Houses of Parliament, and also the opera and the theatres. Peter the Great went twice or thrice to the play, though one of his biographers tells us it was a diversion he had no taste for. Though not liking the entertainment, however, Peter expressed grea t a d m i rat i on f or one of the actresses of the day, a certain Miss Croft, who, we are told by one of the chroniclers of the time, " was once admitted int o hi s company ." We presume the Grand Duke will come direct from Cherbourg to Osborne. Thence, possibly, he will proceed to visit Portsmouth, a place which his gre at ancestor vislted before quitting these shores. When Peter the Great was about to re-embark for Holland, the politic William 111. sent Admiral Mitchel along with him to Portsmouth, "to put the fleet which lay at Spithead out to sea, and to entertain his Czarish Majesty with a mock engage ment." Peter had seen something of the kind in Holland, but he expressed much greater satisfac tion at the English fight, and " declared he thought an English admiral a happier man than the Czar of Muscovy." He approved, indeed, F,O well of our shipping that he took several Eurglish shipbuilders and artificers into his servico, and among the rest, at the request of the Marquis of ' Carmarthen, Captain John Perry, who 'has given. us au account of his experience in Russia. Nor did the civilities of William end here. His Britannic Majesty present ed the Czar with a fine yacht called the Royal Transport then considered the best in England. This vessel mounted twenty-one guns, and carried to -&xchangel "ono Mr. Fergu son, a mathematicia , a bred in the University of Aberdeen," "two young mathematicians out of Christ's lospital," and a number of shipbuilders and artificers, who obtained the permission of King William 111. to water the service of the Czar. These details may interest the desceudant of the inspired barbarian, and suggest matter for reflection to some of the statesmen and politicians of our own day. In the one hundred and sixty years since , 1698 England has und.ergone many transformations but not more than T Aussia. , THE LATE EXPLOSION AT LUNDHILL SATURDAY EVENING. Since yesterday 10 more bodies have been ex humed, making the tot al number now recovered 83. The first of the 10 was recovered yesterday ev,n ing, after onr despatch left, and could not be iden tified. The remainder have been brought to bank this afternoon. Eight have been identified as the bodies of the following miners :—Richard Pullin, of Wombwell • Edward G irbutt, of Lundhill, a n d his two sons, William and John Garbutt ' • John Grinashaw, of Wombwell, br o ther o f J ose ph Grim shaw, whose remains were recovered yesterday ; John Russell, of Hemingfield ; William Maugham, of Wath ; and Philip Dart, of Broomhill, "tram mer" to Maugham. The other body, making up the ten, could not be identified ; it had been greatly mutilated by the violence of the explosion. Nearly the whole of the above-mentioned bodies were found in the third boardgate, or main road on the north side of the pie, and within a few yards of each other. It is known that they were all working within three or four yards of the place where they were found. At 3 o'clock yesterday there were 30 bodies lying in the reception-shed ; 11 of these were interred yesterday evening, and the remainder this afternoon. The following 11—i.e., Jas. Edward Pollard, Win. Illingworth, Edward Simmonds, Joseph Granshaw, James and Charles Walker, Richard awl Thomas Wilkinson, John Harper and Amos James, with five others not known, were conveyed for inter ment to Darfield church this afternoon, followed by a large number of their relatives and friends and numerous spectators, many of them weeping with great bitterness, and forming a very mournful cortege. An incident occurred on the way which created a very painful sensa ion. Among the mourners was a young married woman named Ann Brookes, sister to the widow of Amos James. Brookes was taken suddenly ill on the road, and died there before any assistance could be rendered to her. Her body was removed to the house of Mr. Hinchhold, publican, airfield, where it re mains to await the coroner's inquisition. It is be lieved (but not positively known) that she was labouring under disease of the heart, but that death was accelerated by grief and agitation on account of the melancholy fate of her brother-in-law, Amos James. Though the work of clearing away the falls pro ceeds more slowly than it was at first hoped, we understand tint the different relays of men work with the greatest vigour and good-will, each relay striving to outdo the other in the amount of work and the number of bodies which it recovers. Some few of the men, with the greatest desira to continue at the work, have been compelled to re linquish it, from the effects of the impure attnos• phere. The great majority, however, suffer but little inconvenience, and stick to their disagreeable and dangerous task with most praiseworthy zeal. The further the work of clearance proceeds the greater are the evidences of the almost unparalleled violence of this explosion. On the north side of the pit, more especially, the strata and working appa ratus are found to be torn and dashed to an almost incredible degree, proving, if the violence of the explosion is any criterion as to the quantity of gas in the pit at the time of its occurrence, that the influx or accumulation of gas, from whatever cause, must have been very great. The bodies present the appearance, when found, of having died almost instantly, and the miners who are engaged in the work of clearance ridicule the idea that any of those who have perished were alive when the shafts were closed, a few hours after the explosion. Messrs. Nicholas Wood, Woodhouse, and Elliott, three of the superintending engineers, met at the pit this morning, with Mr. C. Morton, the Govern ment inspector. Mr. Elliott descended and exa mined the pit as far as practicable. The engineers approved the proceedings of the views, and gave directions for the continuance of the work, after which they adjourned until next Saturday. SEAMEN'S HOSPITAL SHIP, DREADNOUGHT.—The number of admissions last week was 39 ; out-patients, 25_; total, 64. SERIOUS ACCIDENT IN PORTSMOUTH DOCKYARD.—A very sad accident ocuurred in the dockyard on Saturday morning. The royal yacht Victoria and Albert, being in dock, a party of six seamen belonging to her were en gaged in cleaning her copper, being on a temporary stage on the side of the ship. Unfortunately, the supports of the stage gave way, and the whole of the men were pre cipitated into the dock, from a height of 15 feet. Three of the poor fellows received injuries which necessitated their immediate removal to Haslar Hospital—they are Frat,&s ltobinscn, whose thigh was broken and elbo w fractured ; P. Perry, ankle dislocated ; and f. Hayward, small bone of leg broken. Toe other three men, who riltbouqh they received very severe injuries, were G. Merrett, J Jeffrey, and J. Boulder. Dr. Allen, staff surgeon of the dockyard, and Dr. Elliott, assistant-sur geon, rendered the moot prompt and efficient assistance to the poor fellows. 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Bank of Scotland - - 7.. per cent. 100 C 0 100 0 0 19710 s British Linen Company 81. per cent 100 0 0 100 0 0 23010 s Caledonian Bank -•• . 8/. per cent 10 0 0 210 0 31 16s City of Glasgow Bank 5/. per cent. 10 0 0 10 0 0 131 is Clydesdale Bank .... 53y/. p cent. 20 0 0 10 0 0 14 , ' Is C •rnmercial Bank - 71. per cent. 500 0 0 100 0 0 248 /Os Eastern Bank.. -•• .. 61. per cent. 25 0 0 10 0 0 15/15s Edinb. & Glasgow.... 3%1. p cent. 5 0 5 0 0 5/ Is National Bank -•• .• 634 per cent. 100 0 0 100 0 0 1921 Os Norther Scotland Bank 51. per cent 20 0 0 210 051 9s Royal Bank of S cotl. .. 5/. per cent IGO 0 0 100 0 0 138/10 Union Bank of Scot. - 81. per cent. 100 0 0 50 0 0 10810 s Western Bank ••• • - - 71. per cent. 50 0 0 50 0 0 83 /12s Alliance Firs and Lire- 836 /. pr cent. 100 0 0 11 0 0 17113 s British Guarantee ... I/. per cent. 10 0 0 2 0 0 II 12s Caledonian Fire Insur. 10c.per cent. 100 0 0 10 0 0 251 Os City of Glasgow Lite.. 61. per cent. 25 0 0 2 0 0 11 5s Colonial Life ......... 5/. per cent. 50 0 0 3 0 06/ Os Edinburgh Life Incur. 61. percent. 100 0 0 15 0 0 291 Os Eng. & Scot, Law Life 51. per cent. 50 0 0 3 5 0 4/ Gs Life Assoc. of Scotland 61. per cent. 40 0 0 3 0 061 15s National Fire and Life 61. per cent. 10 0 0 1 4 0 21 Os North British Insur... 71. per cent. 200 0 0 20 0 0 36/15s Northern Assurance Co. 20 0 0 1 0 0 I/ Ifs Scottish Provincial .... - 50 0 0 '2 0 0 21 19s Scottish Union Insrnc. 7%1. precut. 20 0 0 1 0 0 1/ 155 Standard Life ...... •• SI. per cent 50 0 0 7 0 0 221 Os .-----. MISCELLANEOUS. • Dividend Amount Name of Company. per of I Paid. Price. , Annum. Share. -- -- 4 a. d. £ 5. d• - Acadian Charcoal Iron .. 10 0 0 2 0 0 - African Steam Ship • . 20 0 0 'lO 0 0 - • • Assam lea •• ...• .... 61. der cent. 56 0 0 20 0 0 - Auctien.Mart........ 2 1 4 /per cent 50 0 0 - - Australian Agriculturl - 25 0 0 19 0 0 - Australian Trust •• .. 81. pr cent. 100 0 0 25 0 0 - Australian Royal Mail - 10 0 0 all - Anglo-Mexican Mint.. 11. 10s. 10 0 0 all -.I British American Land Si. per cent 50 0 0 40 0 0 - Canada ... - ........ 61. per cebt 100 0 0 32 10 0 15134 Do. 5 per cent Bonds Si. per cent Stock 100 0 0 - Ditto, 5 per cent bds st.per cent Stock 100 0 0 - Ditto, 6 per cent. .. 6/. per cent. Stock 100 0 0 - Ditto, Gp c. bds 1874 6/. per cent. Stock 100 0 0 - Ditto, 6p c. bds 1876 Gt. per cent Stock 100 0 0 -- , Crystal Palace Ditto Preference 7l pr. cent 5 0 0 5 0 0 51, Crys. Palace of France - 4 0 0 all - City Navigation Bonds 3%1. per cent - - - Klectric Telegraph Eng.& Aus. Cop. Smelt - 50 0 all 13. Eng.&lris. flag. T. 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Soc. illl. pr cent 100 0 0 all _ I Ditto New •• -•• •• 43 2 /. pr cect. 100 0 0 20 0 0 - Royal Mail Steam 4l. p. share. 100 0 0 60 0 0 6134 Scottish Aus. Invest l5l. per cent. 10 0 all 1 4 • South Australian Land 71. per cent. 25 0 0 all 35 Trust and Loan Comp. 734.. pr cent. 20 0 0 6 a 0 - Van Diem Va en's Land.. 109. 100 0 0 28 10 0 1 I D o:Elev. 6 per ct Bds. 6 per cent. \ - _ -7 PRICES OF SHARES. From the Official List. runmsttEn EVERY TUESDAY AND FRIDAY EV.ENIII LONDON, FRIDA.Y, MAT 3, 1857. CANALS. nunos of Companies. Ashtn &Oldb Birmingham Coventry.... Derby .. • • • GrandJunctn Do., 6 pr. Ct. Grand 'Jnion Kennt & Avn Leeds &Llvrp Leicester .. • • Leicstr &Nth LoughLorogb Macclesfield. Neath • • •• • • Oxford.. • • • • ::: Dividend 7.4 per m Annum. 98 71. p. et. 40 4/. 100 11 ~ 100 61. 15s. 100 21. pr. ct. 10 6'. pr. ct. 100 7s 6d 40 64. 100 251. 100 5/. 83 1/. 5s 113 70, 100 21. 10s. 1 100 161. 1100 Name of Company. Berlin ..... • .... East Louden.... Do. 4 per Cent. Pref. Do. 5 per Cent. Pref. Grand Junction ...... Do. New ••• • • • Kent.... • • .......... Lambeth • • .......... New River Company.. Southwark & Vauxhall West Sliddlesex Do. Do, Name of Company. flunzerford....•• Southwark Ditto New of 7 X, p.c. Waterloo ..... ........ Ditto Old Ann. of 81. Ditto Nw ditto of 71. Vauxhall Name of Company Commercial .. Do. Preference East and West India.. Grand 'urry D. & Canal Do. Loan Notes .. .. Do. 5 per cent. Pref. London .• •• • .•••• • • At. Katharine •• •..... , outhampton •• •• .• Victoria •• •••• • • •... Ditto New .• •• •• •• 'IAS-LlGif Name of Company. British Frovincial Brighton •• •• .. •• • .. City of London ...... Equitable.. •• •• .. •• .. European .... . •• • • .. Great Central Imperial .. • • • • •... • . nitto New Ditto Debentures Do. Continental I stCap. Do. Do. 2d Cap. Do. Do. 3d Cap. Do. Do. 4th Cap. Independent... . f.ondon Part. Preferen. Phoenix . •• •••••• •• •• •• Rateliff • • •• • • • • • • • Surrey Consumers United General •• • • • Westtninsthr Chartered Ditto, New .• .• • • • • Western A. ... Ditto B Name of Company. Albion .... •• •• ar.3 Fcr. Ditto Marine ....... itthenemiat .......... Atlas .. Argus Life ......... • . British Commercial .. Church of England .. City of London .. • • Clericl.Med.& Gen. Life County Crown ............... Eagle .. Equity and Law...... European Life Family Endowment •• General... ...... Globe Gresham Life Do. Do.. ... Guardian ............ Imperial Fire... • • .... Imperial Life Indemnity Marine. ... Law Fire •• Law Legal and General Life I London . London & Prov. Law.. .... • • • • .. Med. Inviid & Gen. Life Minerva .• .• •••. • • .• Monarch New Equitable Pelican •• •• •• •• •• •• Phcenix Professional Life ...... Provident Life........ Rock Life.... •• •• Royal Exchange ...... Sun Fire Ditto Life ..... United Kingdom .. • . Universal Life .• • ..... Victoria Life ........ Name of Company. Bank or Egypt Bank of London British NorthAmericar Ch. Bk. Ind. Aust & Ch. City Colonial .• • • • • • • Commercial of London. En; . Scot. & Aust. Ch. Lond. Char. Bk. of Aus. Do. New .. • • London and County .. Lon. & Ensta. Bnkg. C. London •Joint• Stock ... Londn and Westminstr sat. Provincial of Eng. Ditto, New ......:. Ditto ditto Nationr.l Bank New oath Wales Oriental Bank Corpora. Ottoman Bank Provincial of Ireland.. Ditto, New......... 10nian................ 3outh Australia -• Union of lustralia.... Union of Hamburg.... anion of London...—. Unity Mutual ........ Western Bank co , Londn Names of Companies. Dividend per Annum freak Forest 91 Regemt's•• •• !Rochdale... SU! rd &Work Stonrbridga. (Severn and' I Wye Pail., 614 Warwick & 490 Birming. Warwick & 1 Napton.. ,Worcstr & 1 Birming. .j .Wilts & Brk. i WATER-WORKS. Dividend per Annum. Amount of Share. 51. per cnt. 64. per cnt. 41. per cent. 51. per cent. 4.. per cnt. 51. per cut 41. per cent, BRIDG Dividend per Annum. lOs per cent.l 11. 12s. Od. 11. vs. Od. 28s. DOCKS. Dividend per Annum. 51. pr cent. 61. pr cent. 41. per cent. 51. p;Cent. 4%1. per cnt. 4 per cent. 51. Os per c. LT AND COII Dividend per Annum. Amount Share. 71. per cent 51. per cent. 21. per cent. 21. 61 per cent. 8/. per cent 101. per cent 31. 53. 4/. Lis. 41. 103. Gt. per cent. per cnt 5/. 81 ner cent. 16s Oct peivh. 7:per cent. fRANCE CO: Dividend per Annum. 71. per c. 7L I Is. 6d. , l. p.c. & bs. 15s. Orl. & br 4/.per cent. 71. 10s. 71. 10s. Si. 5 pr ct.ec 1/. per share'', 11 18s. ss. ;14 per cent 1/. 41. per cent. 6 per cent. 56. per cent. 51. per cent IV. per cent • • 14s 5/. p. et. &bs• 2s & 2s bons 2i. per sh 4s. per share 18s. & bs. 4 per cent 5t per cent. 51. per cent. 6 , 4 per cent 5/ p. et. Si. per colt. 51. per cent. 124 per c. 72 $p c St bs .1 1 ,4 p c & bs it 14s. 41. & bonus 5/ & bonus. 3'. & onus IINT-S TOCK Dividend per Annum. 401. per cent. per cent. 9 per cent. per cent. 51. per cent. 71. p. c. & bs. 4 , . per cent. 51. percent. 15/. per cent. 6 per cent. 28 per cent. 18 '. per cent. 16 pc.&bs j 5/.per cent. '2o'. per cent. 101. per cent. p. ct.&bs. 81. per cent. 5.1. per cent. 101. per cant. 211. per cent. 151. per cent. s. d. 10 0 0 Stock. 25 0 0 25 0 0 50 0 0 25 0 0 100 0 0 100 0 0 100 0 0 GI 0 0 5 1 8 Amount of Share. X s. d. 25 0 0 1109 0 0 1 20 0 0 100 0 0 60 0 0 40 0 0 70 10 3 Amount Share. £ s. d. Stock. stock. Stock. 100 0 0 100 0 0 25 0 0 Stock. Stock. 50 0 0 20 0 0 20 0 0 si. Os. 17s 28! 121, 10s. 1/. I€s. is. Od. £ a. d , 100 all X 5. d. Stock. too '45 0 too 0 0 5 0 0 Stock. 50 0 0 20 0 0 14 0 0 :E COMPANIES. s. d. 20 0 0 20 0 0 150 0 0 50 0 0 20 0 0 10 0 0 SO 0 0 50 0 0 Stock 50 0 0 50 0 0 50 0 0 50 0 0 40 0 0 25 0 0 60 0 0 20 0 0 10 0 0 50 0 0 50 0 0 50 0 0 10 0 0 10 0 0 :PANIES. Amount of Shure. £ s. d. 500 0 0 WO 0 0 100 0 0 1 0 0 50 0 ,/ 100 0 0 50 0 0 50 0 0 50 0 0 100 0 0 100 0 0 50 0 0 50 0 0 100 0 0 20 0 0 100 0 0 5 0 0 Stock. 20 0 0 100 0 0 500 0 0 100 0 0 100 0 0 100 0 0 0 0 50 0 0 25 0 0 50 0 0 1 00 0 0 50 0 0 20 0 0 5 0 0 10 0 0 6 5 0 IGO 0 0 5 0 0 Stock. 20 0 0 100 0 0 BANKS. Amount of Share. £ 8 . d. 40 0 0 25 0 0 100 0 0 50 0 0 20 0 0 1100 0 0 1100 0 0 100 0 • 20 0 0 20 0 0 20 0 0 50 0 0 100 0 0 50 0 0 100 0 0 100 0 0 20 0 0 20 0 0 50 0 0 20 0 0 25 0 0 20 0 0 100 0 0 10 0 0 25 0 0 25 0 0 25 0 0 15 0 0 50 0 0 100 0 0 100 0 0 Z s. d. all 150 8 0 12 13 G 100 0 , 42 15 0 41 0 0 43 10 0 41 0 0 52 0 0 16 0 0 10 0 0 all 4 0 0 Z s. d. 50 0 0 11 0 0 25 4 0 all 5 15 0 25 0 0 5 0 0 2 0 0 2 0 0 10 0 0 10 0 0 5 0 0 5 0 0 5 0 0 'all 4 0 0 47 5 0 50 0 0 20 0 0 33 0 0 2 10 0 13 0 0 2 10 0 12 10 0 2 o o 12 11 0 2 0 0 20 0 0 2 0 0 4 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 o 10 0 10 0 0 0 10 0 5 10 0 10 0 0 5 0 0 Paid. A 8 . d. all 18 15 0 50 0 0 all 6 0 0 50 0 0 25 0 0 20 0 0 20 0 0 50 0 0 10 0 0 20 0 0 35 0 0 10 0 0 5 0 0 22 10 0 15 . 0 0 25 0 0 2 10 0 3 0 0 10 0 0 50 0 0 50 0 0 ANOTHER CASE OF POISO.NING BY MI; TARE. A short time ago we ha l rccasion to r±cord the death of an elderly woman from the effects cf a do:e of parego is elixir, or camphorated tincture of Opium, which operated as a deiressant, and so ex tinguished the already feeble vital powers. A still worse case of accidental poisoning is recorded in the Carlisle papers. In this instance an old woman (named Sarah M oore ) , a w id ow nearly 90 years o f age, was seized, List week, with a pain in her sto mach, and sent for twiipennyw‘rth of the tincture of rhubarb, a well-known and efficacious anti-spas modic medicine. The proprietor of the diugList's shop, Mr. Carlisle, of Lowther-street, Carlisle, was out at the time, and a junior assistant, named Thomplon, served the messenger of Mrs. Moore. This youth asked the a ge o f the patient, and on learning, said that only half the quan'i'y was to be given at once. He then handed the medicine to the messenger. The latter went to the deceased's house, poured out half of the liquid, mixed it in some water and sugar, and gave it to deJeased. Previous to doing so, however, both she and an' oth,r woman taste t the mixture, and, though they remarked that it tasted " very nasty," it did n ot occur to them that there could be any mistake. There was a in'stake, nevertheless, for the patient soon exhibited all the symptoms of narcotic poison ing, and in the course of the same afternoon, in spite of the remedies applied, she died. Need it be added that the " tincture of rhubarb" turned out to be the deadly tincture of opium or laudanum 1 The dose was certainly a small one, and the mediCal witness at the coroner's inquest stated his belief that if the same quantity of laudanum had been administered to au adult person in sound health, and the seine antidotes and restoratives had been applied as had been used in this case, the person would undoubtedly have recovered. He likewise remarked that it was the only instance on record of death havng been occasioned to an adult from se small a dose. The young man, Henry Thonar son, endeavoured to make every reparation for what he bad done, and seemed to feel bitterly the serious responsibility he had involved himself in by his careless act. The precise quantity of laudanum administered does not appear on the record. The jury returned a verdict that "The death of Sarah • Moore was the result of accident caused by the neglect of Henry Thompson in care lessly dispensing medicine," and they stronglY censured his conduct; and, further, the jury were of opinion that the present mode of dispensing medicine could not 13,3 to,) severely condemned. The coroner remarked that the verdict was a veil proper one, and he thought that the young roan who had been the cause of this inquiry, might con' side' himself very fortunate in leaving been so leei en:ly dealt with. Country Markets. HADDINGTON GRAIN MARKET—MAY 8. WHEAT. BARLEY 1 OATS. i BRANt First 66s Od 41 s 6d 333 Od ) 484 r i Second 46 s 5d 1 39s 8d ) 29a 9d ) 433 - i " Third 3-1s Od I 303 Od 127 s Od 1 35s 0 " Total quantity of wheat in market, 658 qrs., 655 0 1 ll OP barley „ 119 qrs., 114 B old If , oats ,; 29L qrs ., 265 4,1 a PP ft beans IP 139 qrs., 133 soli AVERAGES PER IMPERIAL QUARTER. Wheat, 2/. 6 5 1-12ths / Barley, _V. 19 8 942tbg Oats, ... 11. 9 9 2.l2ths I Beans, .....21. 3 2 5.120 II DALKEITH GRAIN MARKET—MAY 7. Qrs. Best. Current. J n fez i ni n r 24; Wheat 63s Cd 700 Oats 33s 6d. 26s 11d......... Ta 10 , .„ A 198 Barley 42s 0(1 37s Ohl 40 Peas & beans 463 01 4ls 6d ABERDEEN-MAY S. Potato oats 23s Od to 24s Od }4olbsper bushel Common oats 2.1 s Od to 23s 0.1 p Bere l ts Od t o 35 s Od 1 531bs Barley 31 s Od to 35 s Od ll Wheat, red (spring)37s Od to 42s Od 1 ~,, , white 37s Od t o 47 s Od c "-Lus ~ Oatmeal 18s 61 to 19s 6,1 per boll. Flour —s Od to 45s Od per sack. PROVISION MARKET. Beef, per lb 6d to 9d I Butter, plb. Os 101 to is t ° 3 l . Mutton, per lb 6d to 81 Eggs, p doz. Os 61 to °S Lamb, do., Os 0,1 to th. 0 i 1 Hens, p pair 2s tid to 3s 0 1 , Veal, per lb ... Sd to Os Od i Chi c k ens ,d o .l s 6d t o 2e ';,' i Pork, perlb...os 6d to Os 7(1. Ducks, do., Os O i l to (:1 t ' l Salmon, per lb is 6(1 Ducklings,doOs Od to 24 ~, i Grouse, per brace.....O s to O s T ur k eys , eac h 4 s Od t o 5 , .,'1 Tallow, p stone, Os to 12 s 01 P o t a t oes , per pec k , 01 to 1 Rabbits, each 3d to 4d. o 9 01 Butter for exportation (p r e sen t cure ) per cw t.... 84s t I Eggs, wholesale price, p er d ozen bid to 0 RETAIL PRICES. 2S 24 P10ur,141b....0s Od t o 2 s 6d B ar l ey f1 0ur ,14113.0s to io d Oatmeal Os Od to is 10d „ dust, ..... Os to ,_ °9 2o Bereuieal —.Os Od to Is 10d „ per lb ..........2d 2c l l"" -, rd Femora cal... Os Od to 2s 8d Sid% ............................ • Cheese, per imperial stone, 4s. 0(1. to 4s 6d 4.1 b . 10af...7d, 1 2-lb. 10af...3id. DUBLIN, MAY 5. At tho opening of the market to•day rather higher rae! wero demanded for wheat and oats, but were only obtaili tiro in a few cases for very p r i me samples of wheat, and market closed languidly at about Tuesday's curreacies* In Indian corn nothing doing, and prices unaltered. White wheat, 33s Gd to 376 Gd ; red ditto, 32e Od Od; ditto new, —s; barley, malting, 168 6d to 258 6d ; gn u 0 ing, —s to —s ; oats, old, 13s 3d to 16s; ditto, new, Od to —s 04 ; oatmeal, 15s to 1686 d; bore, new, —3 to ; rapes.- d, s Od to —s Oct per brt ; bakers' flour, 04 to 21s Od per cwt; Indian corn, 34e 04 to 378 6d r 480 lbt. LOCAL SHARE MARKETS. LIVERPOOL, MAY 9. STOCK EXCHANGE.—The market has been very 4- 1 11 to-day, and there is an evident improving tendency 00 ,7.. reading securiti es . G ran d T runk of Canada, 161. is. 3"ro Manchester, Sheffield, and Lir co ' n , 40 : 1 40,} I.—East e Counties, 11/. IGs. :3d.--Caledonian, 36 35, 7 ,--London North Westerns, 105—Blackbnrns, 9—Midlands, 820 Lancashire and Yorkshire, 1011. MANCHESTER, MAY 9. STOOK EXCHANGE.—The market opened heavy, with' ouc much change in prices. Eastern Counties, 114 , , Grand Trunks, 15 15-16 --L on d ons , 105—Slreffields, 4, Midland, 628—East Lancashi re , 98 98—Lancashire 011 , Yorkshire, 161. F, 4 d.— Ditto, new Jl. shares, 1-16 Plu• Manchester Fire Assurance, 7 1-1 G p. BIRMINGHAM, MAY 9. STOCK EXCHANGE. -- In this market there iv5 8 „, 11 ,1 4 ! material alteration to-day. G rea t W es t ern , 67,1-14, lands, 84—London and North-Western Eighths, 3s' die. [ADVERTISEMENT.]— A few more of the extraordinary care without Medicine of ladige:tion (Dyspepsia), n a tuleoci i ' Constipation, Nervous, Bilious, and Liver compl a i n t s , Cong,,'o Asthma, Consumption, and Denility effected by P u Barr) • delicious health-restoring Revalenta Arabica Fe( d, fd, here given. : Cure 52,422. Bridgehouse, FrimleY,4 April, 1854.—Thirty-three ye ars ' di sease d l ungs, sPit'ist of blood, liver derangement, deafness, singing in the constipation, debility, shortness of breath, and cough, 11 1, been removed by your R eva l en t a A ra bi ca. M y lungs, P7.-da stomach, head, and ears are all right, my hearing perfect, ." $0 my recovery is a marvel to all my acquaintances.—. 43l b, ROBERTS, Wood Merchant. —From the Venerable 1 0 ?,,, deacon of Ross.—No. 32,836. Three y e a rs ' exeeSS i d nervousness with pains iu my neck and left arm, blh general debility, which rendered my life very misery ,4 has been radically removed by Du Barry's health-reste r 9 , Food.—ALEXANDER STUART, Archdeacon of Ross, Skiber e o f supported by testimonials from the celebrated P ro fessor o ,; Chemistry, Dr. Andrew Ure ; Dr. Shorland ; Dr. Harn e y; Dr. Campbell ; Dr. Gattiker ; Dr. Wurzer ; Dr. Ingi c . Lord Stuart de Decies; the Dowager Countess of C 3s Stuart; Major-Gen. Thomas King, and many other respec t :,,et persons, whose health has been restored by it, after all 00: means of cure bad failed. For further particulars resP e , , o ing this invaluable food our readers are referred toDu Da r " advertisement in another part of this paper. BIRTIIS. OF A SON. ea On the Bth inst., at St an h o pe Villa, Campderrhill, ,- sington, Mrs. Charles Boosey. On the 7th inst.-, at Duffield House, Derby, the sv" c Major Wm: Elliott, Royal Marines. OF A DAUGHTER. On the 9th inst., at 17, Hugh street west, Ecelo.l: square, the wife of the Rev. S. Flood Jones, M.A., i nc.- bent of St. Matthew's, Sp„gardens. ocif Oa the Bth inst., at Lonsdale-terrace, Lonsdale'r Barnes, Surrey, Mrs. Edmund Pemell. MANRIED. Corr On the 7th inst., at St. Mary's, Johnsen-street po c• mercial-road, Mr. Joseph Crowther, of Bennet's-hil l 'g tone-commons, to Jane Georgians, eldest daughter 0 C. Kerbey. Whitechapel-road. 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E , On the 7th inst., at Brixton, Charles BoYd, 1'8'1" Surveyor-General of her Majesty's Customs.______ - _ -..........-- :/ ------0.-7r ri - - -- ---- , it jsv f LONDON : Printed and Published by MITIZDO i r " li,Tc. of No. 112, Strand, Printer, at The Sun C iiii°6 : o o4 112, Strand, in the Precinct of the Savoy, jo t ilt ' -- of Middlesex, Monday, May 11, 1557. Z a. d. Price.! Paid. Paid. Pkld. Paid. Paid. Price. Price Price. Price. 101 , / , , , Price. Price. 3RO 20 1 4 114 34 Price. Will Gail 'NG Adn and reSs L&UI Prin tin ten. VOre( Week the i tlg the The with much l ag 141 - eipal aoufir. jesty, A: I 1,636, lute e( quirk. The length tnodifi. %kik , The tre lno tio n, a m eat y 8 ' 4 4 of ' 4 •Pitat ex cess tio t , of Alf 'which , -ma ..., tak lodif here, Th, Nati s hare Aare, A:; quire 17 4: lit 8' Ina r ed to . Ari 11, tge r enia. NYsti ia cotni, katr