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I% IONT BLANC IS OPEN I:'t FIT. ROYAL COLOSSEUM. - OPEN I: DAILY. • Morning, from 12 to 5. Evening, `7 to 11. ADMISSION ONE SHILLING. R. W. S. WOODIITS OLIO of ODDITIES, with New Costumes and v irious Novelties, Vocal and Cha l'acteristic, every evening (except saturday) at Eight. A MORN ING PERFORMANCE every SA.TURD.A.Y, at Three. Private Boxes and Stalls may be secured, without extra charge, at the Box-office, 'ol YgraPhic-hall, King William-street, Chariug-cross. The hall has b een entirely redecorated. 1 1I ISS P. HORTON'S NEW ILLUSTRA wiII TIONS Tr)-NIGHT—Mr. and Mrs. GERMAN REED , re Peat their Entirely New Entertainment, at the ROYAL FaILERY OF ILLUSTRATIONS, 14, Regent-street, THIS EVEN - ' at 8. 'Morning Performance on Saturday next, at Three. lission, 2s. and Is. ; Stalls, 35., may be secured at the Gallery, and aw Cramer, Beale, and Co.'s, 201, Regent-street. 110SITIVELY CLOSES MAY 30th. i p r GE R TO NI THU MB'F, F AI:EWELL LEVEES at the tu nee of ales''W Bazaar, 209, Regent-street. New Imitations, Cos tos"' t-atms, Songs, Dances, &c. flours of exhibition, half-rust 3 8911 anci half-past 7to 9 o'clock. Admission Is. and 2s. The General xenDerforrn in Blackheath, Peckham, Croydon, Stoke Newington , 13figsti'tnognt.6n, &c ,as advertised. Ho performs Wham-week at ROYAL ARGYLL ROOMS.-LALTRENT'S C kSINO Great Windmill-street, Haymarket.—Great SRC- Zasus.of Roinan ' Waltz and the Lancers, every evening, with p rin ' e t nt s Grand Orchestra of Forty of the first artistes of London. eir c h t e :P a l Cornet-a-piston, M. Boulcourt. Doors open at half past I ° d rr j s e i n o e n e o a n t e nin h e inin T g. he Lancers will be danced at half-pa,t EOR KAHN'S MUSEUM, 4, Coventry-street, daily, Lcester-s. Programe :—Lctnres by Dr. Knrt, at 3ei oclock , on quare highly intere,tin m e a g and instructive Topics ; and ph:;,,ATON, F.R.G.S, F.E.S., as follows: At half-past I—The 4T i r i etla, Curiosities, and Philosophy of the sense of Sight At Great Tobacco Controversy. At half-past 7 —The Food we s ius , its 'Uses, Preparation, Adulteration, and Digestion. The o n ..: el ira contains 1,000 Models and Preparations, and is wholly hii in the world. Open daily, for Gentlemen from 10 AdMission, One' Milling. Catalogues, containing Dr. Kahn's wires, gratis to visitors. ROYAL SURREY GARDEN S.- ka 'co w cipEN lor the SEASON.—TO-MORROW (FRIDAY), c o Y 15 , and during the week, a Grand Vocal and Instrumental vitlept. Mons. Julli en an d his unrivalled Band- Miss Louisa tC:mg, the popular Vocilist, wilt appear also every evening till fuy od n , ° , tice. First Exhibition of an entirely new and original gigantic L a „,':cl Picture, by Danson, entitled, "A Peepe into ye Fairie ge ,"' , with extensive mechanical effects, in conjunction with a 0r `41,3 P yrotechnic Display by Southby. First appearance of Mr. _,,oOke's Eqestrian Company and Stud of Horses front Astley's. Vaadmired Stalactite Caverns by Danson. and Diorarnic Views by e... igat_ , * V arious novel amusements are dispersed• throughout the Orch. w ArAnkt an efficient Brass Band will perform in an open-air p. ..sulitltiring the afternoon.—Doors open at 4, First Equestrian r florznance at 6, Jullien's Grand Concert 7, Fireworks about half -47" 10 . — Omnibuses at the close of the performance to all parts.— 'Mission One Shilling to Gardens and Area of Music Hall .....______ SECURE IN VESTMENTS.—Messrs. R. JIORLEY and Co., 48, Threadneedle-street, Sworn Stock, Share, alning Brokers wi II be happy to forward a list of carefully selected Crities, paying good dividends, to those who may favour them with the; b ustneas, and to advise them on the safest mode of inveqing capital. Business transacted in the English Funds at 1-16th r rc ent., and in all Stocks, R a il wa y a n d Mining Shares, on the most reasonable terms. A selected list of dividend-paying (from 12 to 20 Per cent.) and progressive mines to be bad personally or per letter. BAN -K OF DEPOSIT N.. 3, PALL-MALL EAST, LONDON, Established A.D. 1844. Parties desirous of INVESTING MONEY are requested to examine the plan of the Bank of Deposit. Prospectuses and Forms for Opening Accounts sent free on appli cation. PETER AIORRIRON, 'Managing Director, NORWICH UNION REVERSIONARY INTEREST COMPANY. NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVE N, That the HALF-YEARLY DI VIDEND, at the rate of 5 per cent., clear of income tax, due 30th April last, is now in course of payment at the office of the Com pany H NRY NORRIS, Secretary. 23, Lincoln's•inn-fields, 13th May, 1857. !k 'N B. — Proposals for the sale of R evers i ons may be addressed to the eret rY• ECONOMIC LIFE ASSURANCE SOCIETY, 6, New Bridge-street, London. Chairman —HENRY FREDERICK STEPHENSON, Esq. Deputy - Chairman—ROßEßT BIDDELPH, Esq, --VANTAGEs Mutual Assurance. The lowest rates of Premium on the Mutual System. The whole of the Profits divided every Fifth Year. An accumulated Capital of .. £ 1 ,575,000 burin; its existence the Society has paid in Claims.. 1,455,000 Reversionary Bonuses have been added to Policies to the extent of .. •• • • • • • • 890,000 The la,t b onus, declared, in 1854, averaged 67/. per cent. on th e P rem i ums pa id , an d amounted to • • 397•001 °hetes in force • • 7,137 m,_The A.nnual Income exceeds • • .. .. 240,000 -4. e n ext Division of Proflts will be made in 1859. In,7'7urariccs effected prior to 31st December,lBs9, will participate i„, - ;e Division o f 1863 . to "Pectuses and full particulars may be obtained on application ALEXANDER MACDONALD, Secretary, OFFICE OF THE GAS LINHT AND COKE CO., HORSEFERHY-ROAD, WESTMINSTEA, May 13, 1857. 1)0 FIER_EBY GIVE NOTICE, That pur suant to the Bth By-law of this Company, JAMES COMBES GIFFARD, Esq., and T wo fJOHN 'WILLIAM SLOPER, Esq. (Auditor), rloti c:i th e proprietors o f thi s C ompan y, h av e severally given m e reef n Writing of their i n t en ti on t o s t an d for the office of a Di brecLto supply the vacancy which has occurred in the Court . of whic h will take the resignation of John Sloper, Esq., at the Election, take place at the Company's Gas Works, Horseferry road,l, Wes tminster, at 12 o' c l oc k (n oo n), on TUESDAY, the 26th "..Y of May, instant. —By order. C. BURLS, Secretary. CANCER HOSPITAL, London and West ne„ /3rompton.—Secretary's OfficePiccadilly.—This Institn- Met,,,,,", has been egtablished exclusively ' for the treatment of the poor ed with cancerous diseases. Out-door patients to attend at 167, .Lcatudy, on Tuesdays ' at 2 o'clock. In-door patients are admitted at the Brompton Establishment, for one month, and for a longer Period if recommended by the medical officers. The number of per- Sons under treatment as in or out-door patients have averaged for the last three years about 400 cases each year. Since the foundation of this Hospital in 1851, 1,799 non,. persons, suffering under every forth Of this dreadful malady, have received the benefits of this Charity. A Weekly Board manage its affairs, and every i nrm !ion connected with the Institution may be obtained on application - Ibit° t he Seeretary. Contributions to enable the Committee to continue a._ s erect work of benevolence are urgently solicited, and m may ,0 5 ... Laid te William Loxham Farrar, Secretary's Esq , the T reas urer, 66, Lincoln (Tllelds ; Messrs. CoUtts and Co., Strand ; and at the - 'eca, 167, Piccadilly. By onler. W.J. cOCIKERILL Secretary. RoyAL FREE HOSPITAL, Gray's-inn-road. 11, Patron—The QUEEN.—Founded 1828. cotam e Poor are admitted on their own application alone; no re ef !ndation is required. tliirslghthe past month the following number received the benefits aPPlicatio r aritY, either as oat or in-door patients, on their personal Week ending 7th February 2,095 Ditto 14th February Ditto 21st February Ditto 28th February : „ Or Which ta4ltsclergy of Total in February .... . 9,936 teent, 33 79 were new cases, the remainder (still under treat aving been admitted previously. all denominations have unlimited access to the live r exnenses are inevitably incurred in affording such eaten the p u t e f. The Committee, therefore, earnestly entreat the aid e of The • Yeari... - Anagement of the Hospital is in the hands of 30 Governors, o,4es elected from the general list of subscribers, at the Annual 4 w e pt' M eeting in January. A B oar d I s h e ld every Thursday, at Whe n c k (Bev. J. B. Owen, Chairman), to conduct the business, 1:11 tinlol3, s ubscriber may attend, if so disposed, the Board being at Th e desirous of receiving suggestions or giving explanation. u Ma Ro spital is not end owe d, b u t i s w h o lly d e pende n t o n vo lun- J e , n _ 'Pb trib utions and legacies, which are received by the Treasurer, arla co s terman, M.P., Nicholas-lane ; also by Messrs. CoatisPresco:2 Dr ummond and Co.; Berries and Co.; Ransom and Co.;, Jones Grote, and C o . ; S m ith, P ayne , an d C o . ; Gly n and Co. ; Dek o ,'` ° Yd and Co.; B arc l ay an d C o . ; D en i son an d C o . ;Williams, Ze ta and Co. ; Overend, Gurney, andNisbet and Co., Ber- Cl . o ";, ; _ . ' e et Masterman and Co.; and at the Hospital. — " 4 13 for the destitute patients will be thankfully received. By order. J. B. OWEN, M.A., Chairman. 0.1/ p HYSICAL DISQUALIFICATIONS, GENERATIVE New 4.PACITY, AND IMPEDIMENTS TO MARRIAGE. feeand and Edition, enlarged to 196 pages, illustrated by 100 tomical Coloured Engravings on Steel, just published, price, bY post, Is., RE SILENT FRIEND : 'A Medical Work effects en stohleitph y sical l exhaustion nce inte a e n t decay of the frame, from n t s h e e . ho n n s e 4 from the use of Mercu ' ry ; with Observations on the . obi ga marriage, and directions for obviating certain disqualillea -2,:*„._ By R. and L. Pk RRY and CO., Surgeons. Sold by J. Allen, Yvarwick-lane, Paternoster-row; Sanger, 160, Oxford-street ; l''lLl.Oordon, 146, Leadenh a ll- s t ree t, L ondon. thne C ORDIAL BALM of SY,RIACUM is employed to renovate i„ reinvigorating powers of life. 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's by the celebrated Professor of Chemistry Andrew Ure M.D., F.R.S., &e., B pc. .4,_ " London, 24, Bloomsbury-square. 1- ' e hereb Y certify , that having examined Du Barry's Revalenta 7, 11 %1 a I find it to be a pure vegetable Farina, perfectly whole stereLe,..4ilY digestible, likely to promote a healthy action of the tlem:'" and bowels and thereby to counteract dyspepsia (Indiges ' snaatipatlon, and ' their nervous consequences. Axnaaw URE, M.D., F.R.S., &c., Analytical Chemist:" Ukase by the Emperor of Russia. The Co Russian Consulate General, London, Dec. 2,1847. bin, nsul-General has been ordered to inform Messrs. Barry, Itj—eisrY and Co., that the Revalenta Arabic . a they had sent to his th e .: . Y the Emperor, has, by imperial permission, been forwarded to si-i„lnlster of the Imperial Palace. c4,,,,',7 pEr.tke..l for ,11 climates, and with full instructions. 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'I he essential object of this treatise is to point out the fearful con sequences resulting from certain habits, irregularities, and excesses which have produced snore misery in Youth, de gra d at i on in ?Zens: hood, and premature decay at all stages of life, than, perhaps, any other class of dis ase known to modern pathologists. Its perusal is particularly recommended to persons entertaining secret doubts of their physical condition, and who are conscious qf having hazarded the health, happiness , and privileges to which conscious ry human being i s entitled. It is absolutely necessary that all men should know that there are principles of personal management which cannot be violated with out incurring grievous penalties, and when wisdom and regret suc ceed the heyday of inconsiderate self-indulgence, how those penalties may be mitigated, bow the sting of their bitterness rnay be removed, and how the evil and its consequences maybe avoided, and, above all, that there is scarcely any degree of physical infirmity or functional derangement to which the timely aid of science cannot apply a cure. Published by J. Allen, 20, war.viek-I ' ne, Paternoster-row, and may tie had of .Mann, 39, Cornhlll ; Horne, 19, Leicester -square ; Gcrdon, 146, Leadenhall-street :or from the Author, who may be consulted daily, from 11 till 2, and from 6 till 8, at his residence, 37, Bedford-square, Lou den. The work may be had in Ildia, of M r . V on Lit z ky, Loll Bazaar ; Cal cutta — Messrs. C. and J. Hormusjee, Apollo-street; Bombay — Circulator Office ; Madras—Mofessilite Office ; Agra—Dodsworth ; Colombo, Ceylon; and of au,Booksenerktbroughont the Colonies., i /. ~:. it) .. ~c t L-717-, „1 ::-'w- --- '1: •: --L---.", - •'.'i ,- , , t ,,,, . /* P.# ' ''.;' *. 7 - ,g: ----- ' , ll - 'a N.: : • •-..1-- II"' 4,, alkii i„6... . '"--......... .... ' i - : , ' It p:i 1 " ' .., " • • m orif % 00 --------------- ... 1 ' 4 'e ' ix' •s..' ' all 21 44- ..: -- FIRE AT THE. PRINCESS'S /v_ i g y po ApEß .. t s „ 4o - ,,, : ~ . 4 4 4 c,.9 4 0 t ---- --,. •,).• q • , %:' , , 1,, • __l: , „x;,, iii: ,/, - ~....„- ,A,,,, i ...., LAST NIGHT. . . 1, Al , 4 , ; . ! ' • -,,--. 4 ;,,, - , 41 , f- ..t 'O/ 1 ;7 4 10E -1 ) - .1 .i • c. , -' t , '-'*,#' ' ~ ' .0M ' .- 41 .? ''' ------ Th , . 5.,„,.....,, Cr t ,; \ . 5 . , ,„), , 4 , ~,,, ka li, i 7, .._ --(0,n,,,q, ~,„; -- ~v , ; , , , ___ 4 , ,: , A. ~.,_, ar tO *41214 , . .A 7, ~ T4,ev k „ ...,. .. ----- - -7 • ~- , ~,, -—t' • • "L-LN ' (ss ‘, ,f -'-' • •. ‘ , "" • Vti, 0'4. 0 , ie." , '11! ,N,' 14. , :. - 2Yt 3 d l' . -Dnorr... . , 4 '4 • \ 41 ---- O P-- 11+ trti'tro 4 4 l :. 6 A -,,,.;- '-.-,' - ~_, ~.,•,.... 1•, g a cv: ~ Alli t •. • 4 . :5 ••1 4v i , J. - ..... .. . VP it Ae el ' attl'o d n vLy The drama and the arts have been an irreparable loss—the Princess's was is imminent risk of a conflagratiol It will be remembered that the " technically called, is at this theatre a velvet divided in the centre ; when this is custom to let fall the " drop" behind it, so the sound from the stage to the front. Just before the curtain is raised, the "drop" is pulled up. The act of doing this caus e s a d r aft towards the front, which is usually shown by the bellying out of the curtain, like a sail suddenly catching th e w ind. The fifth act an d ofth e thead been elevated dleywaastedj upsrtepabaroautteryto commence, to drawing aside the curtain, when it was disco vered that the current of air suddenly let in had impelled the sides of the curtain against the " floats," or rows of gas-lights at the sides, and that it had caught fire I The alarm was instantaneous both before and behind the curtain. The well-known fearful outcry betokening first surprise, then terror, and finally panic —was raised among the audience. Luckily, from behind the scenes, where the most numerous dramatis persona ever known upon a stage were collected—not less than 400 being engaged in the performaace of " Richard the Second"— immediate and efficacious aid rushed forth, while, with a devotedness and a heroic courage beyond all praise, Mrs. Charles Kean—while her husband did all that a man could in assisting on the stage to control and regulate the action Of so many well-disposed friends—herself stepped forward in front of the burning curtain, and assuring the audience, by her voice, ht-r earnest gesture, and, above all, by her own noble example that there was no danger ; that there was no more " fire" than what they saw, and that they would speedily see that " fire" extinguished—succeeded in allaying the riming tumult and terror in the front of the house. The audience resumed their seats ; and then might be seen the remarkable spectacle of an audience sitting to see, not the mimic spectacle of human passion and terror, but its reality—themselves, to no small extent, forming a por tion of the drama, and contributing to its interest, and its terror, for it was to save them from what must have been the fatal consequences of a panic under such cir cumstances that Dirs. C. Kean, forgetful of a woman's fears and her own safety, generously and courageously devoted herself. [PRICE 4D. STAMPED 511.] To tear asunder the curtain quickly, to pull away the burning fragments, to cut the ropes that held it, and to let it fall in one blazing heap upon the stage, was the work of a few minutes. It was the courage of the in stant, the promptness of those few minutes, and the ready presence of so many auxiliaries, that saved the Princess's Theatre—now the only seat of the British Tragic Muse, the home of Shakapeare, and the treasury of the fine arts—from the fate of the Olympic Theatre, The conflagration of which was due to an exactly simi lar accident, which occurred immediately previous to the admission of the audience, and when but three per• sons were near the stage. Mr. Hodson, the mechanist, the firemen of the house, indeed every person in the establishment, from Mr. Charles Kean down to the very lowest supernumerary and humblest carpenter, deserve unqualified praise for the courage and presence of mind which they, one and all, exhibited. The fire was ex tinguished in about seven minutes from the commence ment, if time can be calculated under such circumstances; and order being for a moment restored, Mr. Charles Kean came forward to the front of the footlights, hold ing Mrs. Kean by the hand. A few words, exhausted as he was from excitement and the labour , of the occasion, sufficed to reassure the audience, who greeted them both with nine cheers, given " with a will." Among the few words said by Mr. Charles Kean was (the public will be glad to hear) an announcement that so small had been the damage sustained that the per formances would continue uninterrupted, and the theatre would re-open this evening. The audience separated quietly, and we are able to say that the whole passed off without casualty of any kind. people were found to succumb before there was any real necessity. It was not absolutely impossible to enter Persia from Mohammerab. There were several routes by which it might be done, though ho admitted that they were extremely difficult routes. If the war had been protracted General Outram would have been obliged to go higher up the river, where the climate was comparatively good ; and, as the troops would have to remain in Persia during the summer, for the treaty of peace could not be ratified before June, and the evacua tion of the country could not be before September, the worst month in the whole year, he hoped Gen. Outram would take his troops higher up on the Karoon,- the advantage being that, although he would have a hot climate, the air was pure and clear, and by making huts and surrounding them by eamelthorn the temperature would be reduced to a bearable point. With regard to food, at the present time the whole country was a mass of o province i l obtr i alo e ouecslvie:oi m etno,nri feuy o ese s t ahser t luxuriant crttshre:ohiee.epreri IgiuetdaasiFa.sdita sl cioeati rnni n, vegetation. thhlt wp,aa cse of f calledTt h h i There ye miles ialse Dtu'ah,n sticks, s mules,yielding— o n to e n r a v e lny rY d opium,vhpaool ru s sa i bs b ii l en e di p Ting r h o oae: military point of view, but also commercially : an d although no one entertained the idea of our ob taining a permanent occupation of the country, still, the Persian Government being made aware of its commercial importance, that circumstance would act as an inducement, in order to get us out of the country as quickly as possible, for them to comply with our terms. (Cheers.) The CHAIRMAN, iu moving a vote of thanks to Sir H. Rawlinson, congratulated the seciety that it possessed a member Who v'fas so competent to illus trate the subject on which he addressed them by his own- personal experience. Mr, CRAWFURD asked Sir H. Rawlinson how he could bring himself to believe that Alexander could have founded a colony in such an unhealthy place as Mohammerali, where the thermometer was at 130 degrees ? Sir H. RAWLINSON replied that it was an his torical fact ; and not only did Alexander found a colony there, but he named it Pellman, after his native place Pella, in Macedonia. BEALTIi OF THE METROPOLIS. ',Compiled from the district returns, with, remarks, by Conway Evans, M. 8., London.) The present sheet takes account of 5,616 new cases of disease which came under treatment in the pauper practice and the charitable instiqvtions of the metropolis during the week ending, Saturday, May 2. It comprises returns for 25 workhouses, for the out-door p , mr of 32 districts and sub-dis tricts, for 8 general hospitals, 2 special hospitals and asylums, 26 dispensaries, 5 lunatic asylums, 2 schools, 1 military asylum, and 1 prison. The state of the weather has been most unusual for the season of the year. Cold north-easterly winds prevailed throughout the whole week, and on Tuesday night the thermometer sunk to " freezing." The mean temperature was below the average every day in the week, and on some days by as much as ten degrees. The ranges or varia tions of temperature were considerable. Rain fell on several days, but in very small quantity ; and in the early part of the week there was a little snow and sleet. It is worthy of note that notwithstanding - this unfavourable condition of the weather—the re markably low and much varying temperature—the public health appears to have suffered very little, if at all ; for although returns were received from a greater number of institutions for the week under consideration than the previous one, yet the num ber of new cases of bronchitis and catarrh—diseases which are so frequently associated with an unusual degree of cold and rapid variations of temperature —was only 522 for the week ending May 2, against 515 for the week ending April 25. The deaths also from these diseases were, as the weekly return of the Registrar-General shows, considerably less nu merous than those of the pi evious week ; while the mortality from all causes was more than a hundred below the average. Of the 5,616 new cases of disease recorded in the following pages, only 409 occurred in the twenty five workhou, , es for which returns were received; 2,103 occurred amongst the out-door poor ; 1,866 in the eight general hospitals, and 1,182 in the twenty-six dispensaries. Any comparison between these numbers which may at present be instituted must, in consequence of the new cases of disease admitted into all the metropolitan institutions not being included, be necessarily incomplete. At the same time the re turn contains several points worthy of comment. Seven cases of small-pox are returned this week, 4 of which occurred in the north division of Lon don. In at least one of these cases the subject of the disease was unvaccinated, the patient being, as the officer of health for St. George's, Hanover square, remarks, " an unvaccinated child, 7 years of age." Of chicken-pox 20 cases are returned, more than half (11) of which occurred in the north Measles at the present moment prevails to a con siderable extent in the districts of London north of the river, paaticularly in the eastern and central divisions. In the former of these 79 new cases of this diAease are returned •, in the latter 23. The officer of health for the Limehouse district states, " that the establishment for pauper children in _ that district is at present inundate,' with this malady, above a hundred cases having occurred within the last three weeks, 13 or 14 of which have terminated fatally." The disease appears to be almost limited to the north side of the Thames ; as, though returns have been received from 12 out of the 22 districts and sub-districts south of the river, they record only one case of this affection. . _ In the column for continued fever 151 cases are returned. This number is probably greater than that of the cases of this disease which actually came under treatment in the institutions specified, in consequence of entries of " febricula" being occa sionally included ender this head. Of croup 3 cases are returned. Of these 1 oc curred iu Bethnal-green, 1 in Whitechapel, and 1 in Woolwich. This disease is probably more inti mately associated with local, and possibly prevent able, conditions than is generally supposed ; and it is hoped that contributors will, so far as possible, investigate and note down the circumstances under which the cases of this malady which they record have originated. MARKET NEWS.—(This My.) CORN EXCHANGE. GENERAL AVERAGE PRICES OF BRITISH CORN For the week ended May 14, 1857, made up from the Re turns of the Inspectors in the different Cities and Towns in England and Wales, per Imperial Quarter. WHEAT I BARLEY I OATS I RYE BEANS PEAS 55s 10d 438 5d 23s 3d 41s 5d 41s 5d 39s 2d THE SIX WEEKS' AVERAGES. WHEAT I BARLEY 1 OATS 1 RYE BEANS PEAS 54s 2d 44s 8d 23s sd. 37s 4d , 40s ld. 39s Od ENGLISH GRAIN SOLD LAST WEEK. Wheat, 114,930; barley, 13,119; oats, 10,422; rye, 30; beans, 6,666 ; peas, 621 quarters. MEAT MARKETS. NEWCIATE AND LEADENHALL.—Beef, froin 3s Od to 4s 4d; Mutton, 3s 4d to 4s 8d; Lamb, 48 10d to 5s 10d; Veal, 3s 8d to 48 8d ; Pork, 3s 6d to 43 10d per Sibs, by the carcase. Trade dull. SOUTHALL, May 13.—The supply of fat stock was mo derate, and the trade ruled inactive, as follows :—Beef, from 3s 41 to 4s 8d ; Mutton, 3s 6d to 5s 81 ; Lamb, 5s 01 to 5s 101 ; Veal, 4s 01 to 5s 01; Pork, 4s Od to 5s 01 per 81bs, to sink the offal. ROMFORD, May 13.—The trade generally was inactive, and priccs were not supported :—Beef, from 3s 4d to 4s 101 ; Mutton, 3s 6d to 5s 101 ; Lamb, 5s 01 to 6s Od ; Veal, 4s Od to 5s Od ; Pcrk, 4s to 53 01 per 81bs. HAY MARKETS. SMITHFIELD.—Meadow hay, 2/153 to 4/ 4s ; clover do., 31 10s to 5/ ss; and straw, 11 Os to 1/ 103 per load. Trade steady. CUMBERLAND. —Meadow hay, 2/ 15s to 4/ 4s ; clover do., 3/ 5s to Si Os; and straw, 1/ 53 to 1/ 103 per load. A air demand. WHITECHAPEL.—Meadow hay, 2/ lOs to 41 4s ; clover do., 31 lOs to si 5s ; and straw, 1/ 5a to 1/ 103 per load Supply good. MEDITSBRANEAN EXTENSION TELEGRAPII.—The pros pectus has been issued of the Mediterrani-an Extension Telegraph, with a capital of 120,0001., in 101. shares, and a guarantee from the English Governtnent of 6 per cent. for 25 years. The object is to carry the line, which has already been laid to Sardinia, to Malta and Corfu, where a communication will ultimately be effected with the Euphrates line to India. Its length will be about 700 nautical miles, and a contract has been made for its completion by October next, the manufacturers taking all the risk of laying it down. From the number of ves sels touching at Malta a large revenue is especially con templated from that port. The tariff rates will be fixed with the consent of the Government, and are not to be liable to reduction, except when the prt,fits of the com pany shall exceed 12 per cent. Mr. Samuel Gurney is the chairman, Messrs. Hankey are the bankers, and Messrs. Mullens, Marshall, And Daniell the brokers. ANOTHER ACCOUNT. During the performances last night, between the hours of 10 and 11 o'clock, the numerous persons sitting in the Princess's Theatre, Oxford-street, as well as many of the surrounding neighbours, were painfully excited owing to a report being raised that the theatre was on fire. The alarm ran round the house with the rapidity of electricity, which was greatly increased by the audi ence seeing the front velvet and also the gauze curtains take fire ; and what was still worse, some one in the pit cried out to those in the upper part of the house to escape for their lives. It is hardly necessary to state that such a scene and such an announcement caused a general panic in the house, and men, with their wives and chil dren, commenced to rush out of the different depart ments of the theatre (the worst thing they could do), while Bryanstone, the fireman employed on the esta blishment, ascended the stage and cut down the curtains. During the period the parties were employed in putting the fire out Mrs. Charles Kean came in front of the house, and, with the greatest sang froid imaginable, allayed the fears of the remaining portion of the audience by making known that the fire was quite extinguished, and that they were perfectly secure from farther dan ger. Several parties, however, who rushed out of the theatre were so terribly frightened that they fainted and were obliged to be carried out of the passages, and the alarm in the immediate vicinity was so great that many persons ran off to call the engines. That of the London Brigade, under Mr. Gerrard, quickly attended, from Wells-street, and was followed by Mr. Connorton, with the West of England engine ; but fortunately, owing to the coolness displayed by Mr. C. Kean, and the exer tions of the men employed in the house, the services of the firemen were not required, and we are happy to say that the mischief done will not interfere with the per formances to-night. Mr. Maddox, the proprietor of the theatre, was insured in the Royal and Scottish Union fire-offices, and it is understood that Mr. Kean, the lessee, was also insured. Sporting Intelligence. SHREWSBURY SPRING MEETING. TUESDAY'S RACES CONCLUDED. The Queen's Plate of 100 guineas ; three-yr-olds, 7st 2l'o ; four, 9st 211; five, 9st 121 b ; six and aged, lOst 21b. Three miles. Mr. Sax , m's Mary, by Idle Boy, 5 yrs (Kendall) Captain Verner's Lance, 4 yrs (Wilberforce) 2 Mr. Boyd's South Western, 3 yrs (D. Hughes) 3 Betting-5 to 4on Lance. Won by a short neck. The Herbert Stakes (Handicap) of 5 sovs each, 2 ft to the fund, with 30 added. About three-quarters of a mile. Eleven subs. Mr. James's Queen of the South, by Mentor, 4 yrs, Est (Bullock) 1 , Mr. Stevens's Questionable, 5 yrs, Est 71b......(Pri0r) 2 Betting-4 to 1 on Queen of the South, who won by two lengths. WEDNESDAY. The Attingham Stakes (Handicap) of 5 soya each, with 30 added ; the second to save his stake. One mile and a half. Five subs. Hr. Wilkins's Cripple, by lago, 4 yrs, 6st 21b (Bray) 1 Nlr. Stevens's Ethelbald, 5 yrs, 6it 21b (Prior) 2 Batting-6 to 4on Ethelbald. Won by three-quarters of a length. A. Biennial Stakes of 10 sovs each, 5 It, with 30 added, for two•yr-oils ; colts, Bst 7lb ; fillies and geldings, Bst 41b ; allowances and penalties ; the second to save his stake. T.Y.C. Nine subs. Mr. G. Mather's The Happy Prince, by Fangb-a-Bal lagb, Bst 7lb (Wells) 1 Mr. Hughes's Knockburn, 84t 21b (Snowden) 2 Mr. Hawkins's Lifeboat, 84 71b (Knott) 3 Mr. Barber's The Redan Hero, Bst 71b ...(Heywood) 4 Betting-6 to 4 each agst Tne Happy Prince and Knockburn. Won by a length. The Hawkstone Cup (Handicap), value 100 soya and upwards, by subscription of 10 sous each ; certain penalties for winners, &c. Cup course (one mile and three-quarters). Twenty-two subs. Mr. Snewing's Polestar, by Faugh-a-Ballagh, 5 yre, Bst 71b Mr. Naylor's Laudamia, 3 yrs, 4st 121 b ...(Pritchard) 2 Mr. W. Day's Moonshine, 5 yrs, sst 121 b (Hibberd) 3 The following also ran :—The Dupe, Lawn, Baronage. Betting-6 to 4on Polestar, 4to 1 agst Lawn, 7to 1 agst Moonshine. Won by a length. Handicap Plate of 3 soya each, with 30 added, for two yr-olds and upwards ; certain winners extra ; the winner to be sold for 50 soya ; the second to save his stake. Seven furlongs. Mr. Midgley's Pidly Johnson, 2 yrs, sst ...(Edwards) 1 Mr. Gamble's Raffle, 3 yrs , 6st 2!b (Prior) 2 Mr. Saxon's T. P. Cooke, 2 yre, sst (Shakspeare) 3 Mr. Danman's Mary Lovell, 5 yrs, 7st (Fordham) 0 Betting-7 to 4on Polly Johnson. Won by two lengths. The Corporation Plate of 50 sove, added to a Handicap Sweepstakes of 5 Boys each, 1 ft, to the fund ; the second to save his stake ; winners extra. Six furlongs. Eighteen subs. Mr. Parker's Blue Rock, 4 yrs, Bst 111b...(Hibberd) 1 Mr. T. Walker's Bold Buccleugb, 4 yrs, Bst 2lb (Kendall) 2 Mr. Cliff% Old Tom, 3 yrs, 7st 121 b (inc. 71b extra) (T. Cliff) 3 Mr. J. Dawson's Agra, 4 yrs, 7st 121 b (French) 4 Betting—Even on kld Buccleugh, 5 to 4 eget Old Tom. Won cleverly by half a length ; two lengths be• tween the second and third ; a neck between the third and fourth. The Shropshire Sweepstakes (Handicap) of 10 sovs each, 3 ft, with 50 added ; certain winners extra. Shrop• shire Course (about a mile and a quarter). 15 subs. Mr. La Mert'e Katharine Logie, 4 yrs, 7st 111 b (Bates) 1 Mr. Y. King's Madame Rachel, 3 yrs, sst 71b (Pritchard) 2 Mr. Starkey's Vaulter, 3 yrs, sst 61b (Bullock) 3 Mr. Drinkald's Grey Pyrrhus, 4 yrs, 6st 121 b (includ. 71b extra) (Dales) 4 Betting-5 to 4 agst Madame Rachel, 7to 4 aget Katherine Logie. Won by a neck. LATEST BETTING. DERBY. Bto 1 agst Skirmisher (offered) 8 to 1 agst Saunterer (offered) 100 to 6 agst Adamas (taken to 12@/.) 20 to 1 agst Bird-in-the-Hand (taken) 25 to 1 agst Lady Hawthorn (taken) 20 to 1 agst Lady Hawthorn and Blink Bonny coupled (taken) The London , Racing Indicator, private circular,_ on Saturday next , p rice thir teeupence, will contain Notes and probable Winners of the Somersetshiro Stakes ; also at Bath Meeting, the Oaks, and some important infor• ill ation on the DerbY. Sent eight winners at Cheater. 1, Savoy-hill, Strand, London. LONDON, THURSDAY EVENING-, MAY 14, 1857. N'aval and laillt9.ry intelligeuce. Her Majesty will not leave Osborne until the 4th of June. It is rumoured that a squadron will be assembled at Spithead to salute the Grand Duke Constantine of Russia, whose own squadron of several sail is also expected at Spithead from the Mediterranean. Admirhl Sir G. Seymour and Rear-Admiral Mar tin went to Cowes yesterday in the Fire Queen, for the purpose of paying a visit to her Majesty. The Duke of Cambridge, with the view of ascer taining the opinions of the various commanding officers respecting the new clothing issued to the troops during the present year, has directed that all officers in the command of corps shall forward the proceedings of boards held for the purpose of inspecting the clothing received for the troops under their command to the Horse Guards, with an opinion of the new tunics issued for their men. Her Majesty's steam store-ship Urgent, Com mander S. Phillips, with the 67th Regiment from the West Indies, arrived at Plymouth yesterday. Yesterday the troops stationed at Chatham gar rison, consisting of the depots of the Provisional Battalion, under the command of Col. H. Jervis, the Royal Marines, commanded by Col. E. A. Parker, and the Royal Engineers, under the com mand of Col. 11. Sandharn, were drawn up on Chatham Lines, when the entire brigade went through a variety of manoeuvres, under the direc tion of Col. Eden, commandant of the garrison. A melancholy accident occnrred yesterday morn ing to a colour-sergeant of the Royal Engineers at Chatham, named Edward Barnicoat, an experienced diver, who lost his life whilst diving for the pur pose of recovering the 32-pounder iron gun which was accidentally , sunk at Rochester-bridge in the pontoon experiments on Saturday .last. The de ceased, who was a most experienced diver, having been employed in recov er i ng th e R oya l George, went under water about nine o'clock this morning, and made the usual signals for some time. After being down about half an hour, it was found that he did not reply to the signals, when he was imme diately drawn up; and was discovered to be quite dead, there being a quantity of water in his diving dress. An inquest was held on the body this even ing, when, after hearing the statement of Major Has:iard, and the other" 2 witnesses, the ju r y re t urne d a verdict that the deceased was accidentally drowned. The Melville, two-decker, fitting as an hospital ship, for China, was taken out of dock to-day. The Princess Charlotte, three decker, Captain St. Vincent King, is not now to take out the troops assigned to her. They are to go out in a hired steam transport. An embarkation of troops is now expected to take place here for China on Tuesday next. The Volcano, steamer, which brought round ma chinery for the new steam-ships fitting at this and the other ports in the west, sailed for the latter to-day. Lieutenant-General Baron de Brandis, the War Minister of Hanover, who represented the King of Hanover at the funeral of the Duchess of Glou cester, is expected to visit Portsmouth to-morrow, to inspect the various departments. The Hamilla, Mitchell, convict ship, arrived on Sunday evening from the eastward. Yesterday she embarked from the convict prison 60 prisoners for Gibraltar, and sailed, calling at Portland. Tho Agamemnon, 91, Master Noddall, was taken out of dock to-day. The Fancy, 2, gun-boat, has come into harbour to pay off. Sir Colin Campbell, G. C. B. , Inspector-General of Infantry, arrived in Cork on Saturday morning for the purpose of inspecting the regiments in that garrison. The 36th depot, under command of Col. Halli day, has left Cork for Athlone 300 strong. The company which was stationed at Spike Island was relieved by one of the 99th Foot. The service companies of the 36th Regiment are expected to arrive from America in the latter part of this month. They are to land at Portsmouth. The 3d Light Dragoons are expected daily to ar rive in Cork from Cahir, in the room of the 13th. Half a company of Artillery left Cork on Thurs day, under command of Captain Blackburne, for Limerick. The screw corvette Malacca, 17, Capt. Farquhar, arrived at Spithead yesterday forenoon from the Mediterranean. She left Maltwon. the 15th April, and Gibraltar on the 29th. She brought 20 soldiers of various regiments from Malta, 10 Sappers and Miners from Gibraltar, 2 women, and 6 children. She filled up with Commissariat stores, &c., as usual with vessels now coming home from Malta. On the Ist inst., in lat. 37.0, long. 10 0, exchanged numbers with the steamship Golden Fleece; on Sun day, West of Scilly, exchanged numbers with her Majesty's ships Exmouth and Colossus, under can vass ; on Monday, off Scilly, spoke the brig Moun taineer, 55 days from Gibraltar, and supplied her with water. The Malacca has sailed for Plymouth, taking round supernumeraries. Tho United States steam frigate Niagara passed the Wight yesterday for the Thames, to ship her portion of the Atlantic telegraph cable. The Hotspur, Indiaman, one of Smith's sqadron, passed the Wight yesterday from India for the Thames. She experienced strong easterly winds for 14 days. She passed the Southampton India man, bound up Channel, and a large quantity of shipping. Amon g her passengers are Major Ricketts, Captain B. P. Reid, Messrs. B. Frazer, C. W. Janvrin, L. North, F. W. Goldsworthy Browniow, The screw steamship Exmouth, 90, Capt. Harry Eyres, which arrived with the Colossus at Ply mouth yesterday morning from Lisbon, struck the ground about three miles north of the Lizard on Tuesday morning, during a dense fog, and was for a short time in some danger. She was under sail with a light wind from south-west, and was sup posed to be in a fair course for Plymouth Sound. At 9.15 a.m. land was suddenly discovered right ahead. The "Exmouth was put about, and when in the act of going round took the ground forward; sails were lowered, and she fell off immediately into deep water. The anchor was let go in seven fathoms, steam got up, and within a few minutes of 11 o'clock the ship was out of danger. The star board fora boiler was bulged by the concussion, and some of the bolts are bent, which makes the boiler leak. It is supposed that a portion of the false keel forward has been knocked off, and that some of the bolts connecting it with the keel have been loosened, as the ship has a leak averaging: , an inch per hour. The tide was in the last quarter of the ebb. Land was first seen at 6.30 a.m., and the course marked at 8 a.m., when they were about 15 miles south of the Lizard. A strong northern ' current is supposed to have put the ship out of her course. The erection of the new slips at Pembroke dock yard is proceeding rapidly. Their length is very great, in order to meet the increased size of our modern men-of-war. The beds are of limestone, with solid copings of granite. The widening and lengthening of the dock are actively being carried out, and this year are to cost 20,0001. It is pro posed that the navigation in front of the dockyard shall be materially improved by being both widened and deepened. Large quantities of mud in banks have been for many years accumulating, and these are to be removed. The mud between the Car Spit and the dockyard is to be scoured away. The extension of the sheds seaward is proceeding ra pidly, as also the erection of the various new workshops, &c. The sum to be expended this year on the extension and improvements at this dock yard cannot be less than 100,0001. PROMOTIONS. By the death of Vice Admiral of the Red the Right Hon. Granville George, Lord Radetock, C. 8., the fol lowing promotions will take place on the Flag-list : Vice Admiral of the White Sir William Henry Dillon, K.C.H., to be Vice Admiral of the Red. _ . ... Vice Admiral of the Blue Sir Barrington Reynolds, 1C.C.8., commander-in-chief at Plymouth, to be Vice Admiral of the White. _ Rear Admiral of the Red Sir Charles Sullivan, Bart., to be Vice Admiral of the Blue. Rear A dmiral of the White Henry Dundas, to be Rear Admiral of the Red. Rear Admiral of the Blue John Alexander Duntze, to be Rear Admiral of the White. _ .... Captain the Right Hon. Lord John Frederick Gordon Hallyburton, G.C.H,, to be Rear Admiral on the re. served list. Captain John WDougall (B), to be Rear Admiral of the Blue. The following promotion has taken place Mackay Ogilvie, late assistant-surgeon of her Majesty's flagship Boscawen, to be surgeon, R.N. THE FRENCH CORVETTE ARTEMISE.—On Sunday after noon the French corvette Artemise, with her consort L'Agile, got under weigh in Carrickfergus roadstead, and sailed for Iceland. The captain and officers of the Artemise entertained the Mayor and several of the Har bour Commissioners of Belfast at dinner, on board that vessel on Saturday, and reciprocated the hospitalities offered them in elegant style and with cordial good feel ing. THE LATE LOSS OF LIFE IN TOTTEN _HAM-COURT-ROAD. INQUEST ON THE FIVE BODIES. Yesterday afternoon Mr. G. S. Brent, deputy coroner for the western division of the county of Middlesex, opened an inquiry at the Lord Welling ton, University-street, New-road, respecting the deaths of Frederick Bing, aged 24, shopman ; Ann Driscoll, 26, servant ; Richard Turner, 30, carpen ter ; John Gurnett, 29, carpenter ; and George Kivil, 28, labourer ; the five victims of the falling on Saturday list of the premises of Mr. Maple and Mr. Hunter, furniture dealers and upholsterers in Tottenham-court-road, the published details of which have caused the most painful sensation throughout the metropolis. The inquest was originally appointed to take place at 11 o'clock ; from that hour until one o'clock, the time ultimately fixed for the commencement of the inquiry, a vast number of persons flocked to the inquest-room, and congregated in its immediate locality. Mr. Hardinge Giffard, barrister, instructed by Mr. J. W. Chamberlain, appeared on behalf of the representatives of the deceased Bing. Mr. Maple, Mr. Raggett, his surveyor, and Mr. Taylor, builder; Mr. Hunter, Mr. Redding, surveyor, and Mr. John son, builder, were represented by Mr. Cooper. Mr. Henry Baker, district surveyor, Mr. Reeve, surveyor to the etropolita n Commissioners of Police, and ethers who evinced deep interest in the proceedings were present during the inquiry. Inspector Checkley, of the E division, was pre sent to watch the proceedings, by the direction of the Commissioners of Police. It was intimated to our . repgter, that the Right Hon. Sir B. Hall, feeling u deep interest in the proceedings, had at an early hour yesterday morn ing personally inspected the ruins. Previous to the jury being sworn, Mr. Brent ex pressed a desire to offer a few observations. It was with deep regret he had to announce the absence from town of the coroner, which was occasioned by the serious illness of Mrs. Wakley ; the sad event had detained the coroner at Brighton for some clays past. Yesterday he (Mr. Brent) had the advantage of seeing Mr. Wakley, who came up to town ex pressly to confer upon the present inquiry, but was compelled to return immediately, and he (Mr. Brent) expected momentarily to hear of the demise of Mrs. Wakley. Under these circumstances he wished to put it to the jury before they were sworn whether they would prefer for the present merely to view the bodies in order that they might be identi fied and interred, and then to postpone for a fort night the taking of evidence, by which time he trusted they might have the advantage of the pre sence of Mr. Wakley. If, however, the gentlemen summoned were of a different opinion, he was quite prepared to proceed with the evidence. Mr. Dyke, a juryman, was of opinion that whilst no doubt it would be found necessary to adjourn the inquiry, still a fortnight would be too long a time to keep parties concerned in suspense. After some observations from the foreman, it was determined to proceed wi , h the inquiry. The jury was then duly impannelled, and having selected Mr. James Linton, of Bath-place, New road, as their foreman, proceeded, accompanied by the deputy coroner, to view the bodies, and then to inspect the scene of the catastrophe. After an absence of nearly an hour, the jury re turned and answered to their names. The following is the panel : Mr. James Linton, 14. B nth-place, New-road, foreman ; Mr. Alexan der Watson, 20 Euston-place ; Mr. Robert Pollock, 15, Osnaburgh-street ; Mr. William Dyke, 21, Grafton-street East • Mr. Thomas Alvey, 16, sow land-street ; Mr. William Purkis, 6, Cain-place, Kentish-town ; Mr. Septimus Battam, 160, Totten ham-court-road ; Mr. John Eeles Lawford, 15, Tottenham-court, New-road ; Mr. J. T. Rothwell, 27, Loudon-street ; Mr. S. Wills, 86, Tottenham court-road ; Mr. 11. Matthew, 59, Warren-street : Mr. B. Winter, 27-1 2 , Charles-street, Hampstead road ; Mr. S. Rogers, Cleveland-street; Mr. T. Thomas, 101, Stanhope-street ; Mr. G. Ell, 5, Tottenham-court, New-road ; Mr. G. 803E0113, 2, Tottenham-court, New-road. W. L. Bing deposed as follows :—I live at Can terbury, and am out of business, but was formerly engaged by Mr. Maple. The deceased F. Bing was my brother, he was employed as shopirian to Mr. Maple, and lived on the premises. I last saw him alive on Thursday week—he was then well. I have been employed on the premises myself for 14 years and a month, and lived in the house for 12 years. The place was always considered perfectly safe. Abby Driscoll identified the body of Ann Dris coll as that of her sister. Ann Turner, having been sworn, identified the body of John Turner, as that of her husband, who was a carpenter in the emplopment of Mr. Taylor, the builder. The deceased John Gurnett, also in the employ ment of Mr. Taylor, was identified by his wife, Sarah Gurnett. She had heard her husband speak of undermining and putting a girder in which he could hear it crack. Did not hoar him say that it was dangerous, or she would not have suffered. him to go to work iu the same place. Alfred Barnes, bricklayer, in the employment of Mr. Johnson, builder, identified the body of George Kivil, who was to the time of his death, a labourer in the employment of Mr. Johnson. Was at work with deceased from six in the morningun- til the occurrence _ took place. He was at work on Mr. Maple's side of the party-wall, on the ground floor. The body was found close to the basement of the party•wall on Mr. Maple's side. Joseph White, labourer, of 4, Prince of Wales% passage, deposed that he was employed by Mr. Johnson, and was at work on the premises at the time of the accident. He escaped by running across the road. After the houses fell he assisted two others in getting out some of the bodies • soon after there were a great many more helping. He got out Bing, who was lying quite dead, in bed, under the lead flat. He appeared to be pressed to death, there being nothing between him and the lead flat but a sheet and a blanket. Alfred Barnes recalled—The whole of the bodies were taken out from about the middle of the ruins. - Wm. Price Jones, M.R.C.i., swo - rn; deposed as follows—l am medical resident of the University College Hospital. The bodies of the four deceased were brought to the hospital quite dead. The cause of death in four cases was from suffocation. There were no marks of external injury. There was great lividity about the head. All the internal organs were healthy, and showed the cause of death to be suffocation merely. In the case of Ann Dris coll, I believe that death must have been instan taneous, from laceration of the liver, which was torn into several pieces. There were four ribs broken on one side, and two on the other. In the case of Bing there was no sign of injury either internal or external. The heart was filled with dark fluid blood. J. Gur nett also died from asphyxia. The scalp was com pletely separated from the skull ; but that was not the cause of death. In the case o George Kivil, in addition to evidence of suffocation, there was a fracture of the left leg and right thigh ; but death was caused by suflocation. . The next witness called was Arthur King, wbo deposed that he was a bricklayer, in the employ ment of Mr. Taylor. He was engaged on the pre mises on the day of the accident. He was running up some brickwork to strengthen the party-wall between Mr. Maples's two houses. He was at work, with two others, under the direction of Mr. Taylor. By the Jury—ln running up the brick he used Roman cement. It was about 20 feet from the street. Examination continued—The first intimation he , had of the accident was the rolling down of dust from the party wall. The foreman called attention to it. He said to Johnson's men, "You are cutting away too much brickwork, and we shall have the wall down." Did not hear what reply was made to this. The observations were made about five minutes before the wall fell. He saw the party wall on Mr. Hunter's side bulge, and split in the middle. Two men shouted to Mr. Hughes, the foreman at Maple's, and others whom he could see, to get out of the way, as the place was falling. He, witness, ran and made his escape by getting down a ladder into Tottenham-place. Just as he got to the doorway the place fell down with a heavy crash. There were two openings in Mr. Hunter's party wall, one at one end and one at the other, about 4 feet square, as near as he could judge. After some discussion between Mr. Giffard and Mr. Cooper, Thomas Hughes, salesman to Mr. Maple, de posed that he resided on the portion of the pre mises No. 2, Tottenham-place. On Saturday he was on the ground floor looking at the bricklayers making a hole in the party-wall. They were not employed under Mr. Taylor. At 7 o'clock in the morning, there were two at work ; one was knock ing away with a crowbar to make a hole. The hole that was made about the centre was about 3 feet by 3. Soon after seven, one of the bricklayers called out, " That wall does not look safe ; there is dust coining out of it." Immediately afterwards the same man shouted out, "Run, run for your lives." All those who were within hearing—about eight or ten—did run, and so just escaped. There were on Mr. Maple's premises at the time about ten per sons upstairs, who slept in the house. Up to that day be had no apprehension of the premises being in a dangerous state. He was of opinion that the premises fell through the cutting away of the party wall to make the holes. He did not see any crack in the wall. None of Mr. Taylor's men were work ing at the same • wall where Mr. Johnson's men were at work. There were three bricklayers, two carpenters, and two labourers present. Mr. Tay lor superintended the work himself. By Mr. Cooper—There bad been some alterations made in the front of Mr. Maple's shop. There was a column removed. He could not say whether a new Bressemer has . been put up lately or not. By the Coroner—Had not the least apprehension of any danger until a few moments before the acci dent occurred. In reply to Mr. Giffard, the coroner stated tl'at at a later period of the inquiry the professional gentlemen would have ample opportunity afforded them of putting any question they desired to the witnesses. The present was a most important in quiry, and would not be hurried forward. Sparrow Harrison was next examined, and de posed that he resided at Dalston, and was foreman to Mr. Johnson, builder, of the same place. Re was at work on Mr. Hunter's premises in Totten , ham-court-road, on Saturday morning last, in company with several workmen. He had set the ' carpenters to work to fix the joists, and Jones and Barnes, bricklayers, to cut away the brickwork in the party wall ; the other men were at work on Mr. Huntees roof. About a quarter past 7he went down to the office in the hoarding in front of the building to make out the time sheet, it being Sa turday. At half-past 7he was called out by a man named White, who said he was alarnied at seeing some dust falling over: — HoltvittieSs) then looked iu from the front of the shops, so that he could see the party-wall, and thought he saw it cracking. The wall is 14 inches thick. On examining it he fancied he saw it cracking. Knowing the state of the party-wall between 146 and 147, he called out to both sets of men. One of the openings was about five feet by three. The dust came from the party wall between Mr. Hunter's and Mr. Maple's. Im mediately after he called out to the men he beard a crash, and saw the building fall. He then assisted to get out some of the injured persons. Mr. Cooper submitted that it would be most de sirable at this stage of the inquiry to adjourn the proceedings to a future day. The Coroner had not the least objection to such a course, provided it met the approbation of the jury and others whose attendance would be abso lutely necessary. As he understood that the person who received the notice respecting the condemned wall was present, it might be as well to take his evidence, as it formed part of the narrative in con nexion with the lamentable occurrence. Inspector Checkley stated that it having been intimated to the officer who served the notice that bis evidence would not be required that day he had left the court. An adjournment was then agreed to, and the jury having been severally bound in the sum of 50/. each to appear at the same place on Friday next (to-morrow), the day's proceedings terminated. Mr. Taylor, son of the contractor, died this morning, making the sixth life which has been lost by this melancholy catastrophe. .PERSIA. At a meeting of the Royal Geographical Society, held on Monday evening at their rooms in White hall-place, Sir Roderick Murchison presiding, Lieutenant-Colonel Sir Henry C. Rawlinson, K.C. 8., F. R. G. S., delivered to a large assembly of the members a lecture on Mohammerah and Shat el Arab, with reference to . the late operations on the mouth of the Euphrates. After some preliminary business, in the course of which the CHAIRMAN proposed that Captain Allen Young, who had iis'inguished himself in the merchant service, and afterwards commanded the transport steam-ship Adelaide in the Black Sea, and who had since volunteered to join the expedi tion and serve under Captain M'Clintock to search after the relics of the Franklin expedition, should be elected a member of the society; Sir. H. RAWLINSON addressed the meeting 1)y observing that he held in his hand a report on Mohammerah and Shat el Arab which he had pre pared for the information of the Government about 15 years ago, when the dominion of those places was contested between the Persians and the Turks, and when those two Myers had requested the ar bitration of the English and Russian Governments for a settlement of the matters in dispute. But, as the document to which he alluded treated almost exclusively of dry geographical details, he thought the meeting would prefer hearing a statement of the history and actual position of Mohammerah to having inflicted on them a dry list of geographical names. He proposed, therefore, to divide his ad dress into three parts. He would first trace upon the map and explain the geography of Mohamme rah ; secondly, he would give a sketch of its ancient history ; and he would then offer a few observations in reference to the military operations that were now going on there, and especially in regard to the Persian war, as at present conducted by Sir James 0 utram. Mohammerah was the scene of the latest, and he trusted the last, military exploit of the Brit ish forces against Persia. Although it was a place of considerable interest, he believed that at the pre sent hour it was but little known. Its position was set forth in a very few maps, and there were not many persons, even among the best informed, who were acquainted with the actual position of the place which had been recently cap tured by the British troops. The first expe dition landed at Bus'iire, and the second expe dition moved on to Mohammerah, across the mouth of the Persian Gulf to the Euphrates. The only navigable mouth of the Euphrates was at Mo hammerah. It was not practicable in the ordinary acceptation of the term ; it was not like the Thames; it never had more than three fathoms of water, and was generally only from 12 to 14 feet. But very few vessels could cross the bar of the Euphrates without grounding. The expedition having left Bushire on the 19th of March was not able to at tack Mohammerah till the 26th—being upwards of a week. The question was constantly asked "Where is Mohammerah ; is it in Persia or is it in Turkey ?" The whole country from Ararat to the Persian Gulf had been scientifically surveyed by English and Russian Commissioners for a distance of 1,000 miles, and the physical or geographical question at issue between Persia and Turkey was whether Mohammerah was on the Euphrates or on the Karoon. It was agreed that the country watered by the Karoon belonged to Persia ; but the question was, as he had just stated, whether !Mohammerah was on the one river or on the other. It was fully decided that Mohammerah should be considered as belonging to Persia, but there was reason to believe that that was contrary to geographical accuracy. He himself was of opinion that the place was situated on the Euphrates, and, if so, it belonged to Turkey. Sir H. Rawlinson then read some notes on the history of Mohammerah. It had, as he had already stated, been ruled that Mohammerah was Persian, and the Persians had occupied the place for a certain period, but the Turkish Government was never satisfied with that adjudication, and within the last six weeks, when it was known that an expedition had gone forth with the intention of attacking Mohammerah, the Turkish Government entered a protest against it. They did not con sider that they had lost their territorial claim to that place. Sir Henry then referred to the history of Mohammerah from the earliest times. It was not generally known that Mohammerah was for merly a city of a very famous Greek kingdom, and although it might not have been the capital, it formed part of the kingdom of Karaknia and Messinm. It was a city of great importance, and there were extant coins which issued from its mint. L The ground upon which the city stood was formed from alluvial deposits. The present fort was a quadrangle enclosure of about 350 yards by 300 yards, and was entirely destitute of artillery. The town had no natural advantages over Bussorab, but had thriven solely from the uncertainty of its dependence, whether on Persia or on Turkey, and its consequent freedom from a tariff. The object of General Sir James Outran' in removing from Bushire to Mohammerah was to obtain, a position for carrying on the war. It was absolutely neces sary that he should secure a strategical basis from which be might advance into the country. Had he remained at Bushire it would have been a mere idle demonstration. He had no reason to suppose that a treaty of peace would be concluded at Paris; his object therefore was to carry on the war with activity and vigour, and the basisforhis operations could only be obta'ned at Mohammerah. No doubt he believed that by gaining a position upon the Karoon he would have made an impression upon the Persians which would have brought them to reason, and had the war continued he would have gone further into the country. This was, however, now a matter of speculation which he would not investigate. 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