The Express.
London, England, 1856-03-10 00:00:00

THB DBSTROCTION OF COVENT O4RDBNI

221ZATII.

Yesterday some thousands et persons flocked to
Bow-etreet, for the whom of viewing the still ankle,
ruins. At an early beer in the mernieg the loaning in
most of the streets wore opened, to allow persons to pees
alcoff, but in • very kin fireod the crowd became sodium,
as to prevent the fireman from pawing to and fro to their
work. It was therefor* again found necestary to stop the
FAH' tome.
A great =ay, in fast some hundred persons, managed
to pees down the Priam's-plies, the entrance to weer' ha
ltejasty's state box stood, and got within the wills. Super-
intendent Durkin seeing the plaster and brickwork fulling
was apprehensive that salsas the nine were cleared of the
populace, a great many pessoes would be lulled. He there-
fore mad* knows hie opinion to the firemen. and the plea
was forthwith clewed. After that time, the only persons
aliened to eater wen the firemen, wbo are npreed to grist
danger by the matiasons falling of the brickwork sad iron

dam leidiai hen the private boas, sad other *hp left
by the lins duals, lease in the sidles el the appal boos.
Be imams was the heat of the madlessitiea Oh*
. teeny of the nuaseeas iron Ohmu on whirl the differear
lien el hem steed, sue new found ta be wempletely heed,
ad the vestal ears bs Fished ay is huge i 5..... weigh's,
upwards of half a 'misdeed weight. The wall, ander

whisk the Qom stood when IL tided the Wes,

bar Mien Oa the growl, showing that her Ma-
jesty mast have nut a great risk 'whilst she re-
pulsed than; in feet. Mr. Coif, the yrinelyal foreman of
the Are brigade, stated yesterday that if he bad been re-
sent when her Majesty arrived be should have pomaded
her sot to restore while the wall, sore especially at the
play where she sawed, whisk worths suet dasgerens
pert of any in tie rules. His Royal Highness the Prime Of
Wales, spas his Invert oa of the rotas, having eareesed a

wish to coital& eons of the attests of the theatre, to pre
serve se a memento of the devastation, Parrs', the
eagiatter of the the brigade. enured the walls of the
theatre, sad picked ate some pima of osystal that had
fallen hen the pest sheadelia, I. a Mel state, sad be-
SOON nixed with boa. His Raul Highness very politely
theahed the eaglaeor. sad appeared to greatly vase the
calk.
It was yesterday neatened fiat, besides saving the
private eccouts of Mr. thefersoo, Barites, the bill-sticker'
olio re the whale of the plots of mantis for the
open sane.
Main. Helloed, of Dike-street, Bloomsbury, have aon
mead erecting a plotters eataading Ma the Int story
make across Herbetreat to the parapets of the impolite
hewer, fer the purple of prevestiag usideats, as the wall
h bean takes down.
It has tweastated that the whole of Mr. White's stack of
gad loos sad ornaments bad bees destroyed is Bow-street.
This is burnact ; and the splendid throatorom and eft
teats Islay is the French Inhibition resula manna
by either fire or water.
TM splendid staircase leading to the dna anis Many
disappeared yesterday, not a step Wag now visible; sad at
the extreme sad of the pit. the stainmes Melia; to the

private boxes are rayddly gilds. way sad ambling like so
reach dot, owing to their Waded soedltioe. The dream
wets engaged the whole of yasterday, bet at 9 o'clock last
_ _

night theyhed not aneteesied in estlselyeztLegaithiag the
fire, whisk hasp obese oarless pelts of the theatre, end,
feeding apes the bead timbers le the stalky makes toes still
mere dangerous. The firemen en of °Oaks that, with
strong triad, the wells sight fall without the lust warning.

Fizz AT DauzT•LANE

digit, betimes 9eseilo o'clOl, and d wills the Pilothouses
were proceeding, this splendid atatilisbnisat was dboovered
to be es fin; but timely aid clinked its career before aay
particular damage was dove. Mr. Bradt/God, the emporia-
wildest of the Fire Bligedv, was afterwards seat ter by
the lessee, Mr. Smith, and a strict inquiry was instituted
into the origin. The molt, however, has not bees per-
mitted to transpire. Neither the theatre nor its cattiest' an

BRODIE.