The Express.
London, England, 1856-03-07 00:00:00

COVENT GARDEN THEATRE.

Her Majesty, sharing in the sympathy which per-
vaded all elutes at the dalmatian of Covent Oudea
Theatre, visited the yet smoking rains yesterday afternoon.
Mr. line arrived in London at sin o'clock yesterday awn-
ing. having left Paris eva the previous day is early as pros-
Cub's after receipt of the sad inteWgenee. He drove area
to the Main. and after inspecting the rain Ohio property
proceeded with great eaergy to Makin' anangemeate
which should provide for immediate soatiageacies, sad led
up to immures thet in all probability will proonve to the
public the lyric dream, the appertain itropenbie lees of
which had created so anivenal a regret.

White thus engaged, as intimation !noised Mr. Op. of
her Majesty's gracious intention to visit and invest all that
nrealned of the theatre, and sub preparatiesa as were se-
usury for the royal merles =re hastily sada.
At half-put 3 o'clock her Majesty arrived at the Price=
place entrance, by which aka had so often visited the
theatre ander happier amnia= Mr. Oyer was inamediataly
la attendance, and pro:stud to pay the last =shoat oly
honours of this house by ushering her Majesty to the door
thasedisvely out to the royal entrance, where a few beards
and broken doors being laid dowa over the yet warm
ashen, an.' a dragget spread epos them. eluded her Ma-
jesty an ejportanity of =maul la safety a shut distaste
into the Interior, and viewing at one ussp d'aii the ahead
rains of the amphitheatre sad the vast isms of property
burled within Its chuumferimee.

The Qaeos, reining bar hand en IlLr. Gye's arm, impressed
la terns of natural and gracious empathy the pain she felt
at Mr. Gye's great personal lemma which she considerately
inquired the sweat, while abe alleviated this by a royal
eatriterion of her lease of the praheworthy exertions he
had snide in elevating the lyric drama to the height it
had attained la this emir,.
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The Qum altered the theatre by a small sr:lmq
whtek brought ber to what wee formerly kaown u the
Pisan entreat*. Amending ma the debris of the emir-
sas leading to the Bedford atrium, her. MOM, mete
epee the brink of the abyss looking dcwe ;pow the pit. A
sole= graham perverted ell erased. TM vest eres—the
lofty wells—etill prewrsisg their methane/al greedanr—
the emphitkeetrisel form mid the dedeed amen fermarty
npponing the pit, elmort maim! the offset of the Coll-
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antis. Her Ifsjo;tistcoi fee ease nomeats to elleat sad
apperratly regretful eaatesplstiou of the tone, Wes.
raped fatly by the est Wesel sasppiag of the beaus wider
the hest of the dn,—the splash* of Ming water, sad
the missiles spectacle pesesabsd by the assay still baralag
Wass is mane parts of the ►seer.

Ups this rotinakost of her Majesty Mr. flys had tho
beam of kaselhos ay the Primus Royal to the um point
of vkw, aid eabssquestly Lady Churohlll. Lady-L-Waitlag
to bar Majesty.

After repet;tias the kind aed metes upsides of ha
feelings the Qseeo took bar depart's.
ebtrtly after 6 o'clock hie Royal Righnes Prins Albert,
attanded by Cassel Phipps us Captain the Ifs. Dadlay
de Ras, drove ap is a private earriage to the Royal s-
truts S Prime tad ea alighting ware maim' by
Mr. eye, aad ems/sated to the spot from which the gums
and the Princes Royal bad jut inapectS the rains. Rio
Royal Highness spent about tweet, minutes contesplatiss
the speetacla of devestatios.

The moment the QINOS sad ter attenuate entered the
sarriage a heavy wall fell, sad sowed a load rumbling
seise, which fir s memeat made the hones nth' r naive.
In 'deities to tba obit from the Royal Family, the place
was yesterday impested by the Duchess of Wellington, the
Doke of Bedford, the Marqsis of Lassies's', Lady Peel,
Lord Ward, Lord Colville, Lord Mum Rill, Lord Riche,
sad Mr. Hudinp, M.P.
The public will Mar with great satidaction, that the sh-
rivelled troupe of artistes shish Mr. ups has brought to
for the present stases will not be scattered by this
mithrtune. This is entain. What the nature of the
amusements may be I sot Wasik entiy dated for se to
111410111140, bat le is ssireestienshis that Leaden will hot be
without its opera this seams, sod that ander the nonage-
meat of Mr. (lye, who has received letters of sympathy,
and offtn t f maistases, if the most gaseous notate, from
the highest quarters.
The walls of the theatre lave base peononmed unsafe,
sad aro in proems of demolition.

Yesterday a searth'ng loyestigatioa was made by the
&tee authorities, with a view of ansertalaing how the
disaster occurred sad the amosat of yrs party &Mr( yed.
Mr. Castles, the srissipal imam to the setablishareat,
Mated that the mamma, Me house was diesover.d to be es
AM he was toa het wlthia the doorway of the corpeatore
shop, sad so dam was the smoke that be sad hie assistsat
were obliged to retrest. He sad his fellow-me »lain thus
raa to the flee-asia, which he oherg•d with water, and was
la the act of riming out the Ems, whoa some perms celled
to thins:, sad bogged them to some oat—if sot they would
both be ber. His thou west to the lint tier of flier, and
span getting sear the gam attain ho oat the roye straps, I
sad let fell may " pained goals'," which were coceidered
by thos: is the house is hays boon lonia( beams. The Ant
thiog that the principals of the home ham of the Me was
by seeing the flames travelling over the roof of the scenes
of the opera Lo Felonies. From that spot Cosies pre-
seeded to the siege, sad oa getting to the refruhanut
Moos ke cslltd to the people propeat to escape. A young
men tamed Bryant maamted the toss, whoa his father,
who is alas espied at thu shish, as a mams, cried oar,
Some me has his. tempering with this miss." Castles,
however, sakl that he tad ilasdtko vales so that it soul& he
°pool the Instant it was mated. Mr. Bryant, jag., the&
hold the breath as long as the smoke would permit, whoa
he dropped it, aid he (Castle) thou mined it sad ressalaed

at the opt util 'ow porton palled Ida way. St *Ma
ram oet•ide, sad was astvaithed at aiding several engines
drsady t►eta sad at fell •orb. Es bad cot the lean
dosla that the Ars Degas la tin earpeater workshop. Se
was the lest puma la tha weekehap, sad he sem. allowed

tho pilau to light the chudelisir of tho theatre with.
oat the athealsoce of a imam The woos of

lipluing the 4166.44,11er wee by a Marko mar, 'Marled to
whisk wee sliest tree feet of boa wire, sad also a ball of
rotas Illittfliad wish spirits of wise. rename t light's(
the alasdelier a mesa sawed Cram held hie head miler
the coitus hell to prevent the sprit from falling as the Awn,
end Wore the light was applied it was allowed to bawl la

the sae of the eisadelier: Thor vas we gee awl fa the

crpeaters' stop Bile I the prodaetlea of lb; put •Was et
CDs:mates lust. lin Attie.. of the cheadeller were of hos
barrels. so that then could be so fear of their manias,
wh eh sated have boss the ease had they beam coareed of
pouter. Owias as the great &sushi through the hoses at
tbs top, saga pintas; that the whole of the gas had West
tamed ea loose, it most have escaped, sad coeld sot have

soar la sestaet with de light, more esposialli ;aitsse
wn a ventilator ever the shaft of the ekeadeller. Shortly
before the streak, a visa Wed Jean, engaged is the
Iw, west up stilt., bat asitherhe ler isistatlf (Castle')
guilt gee or saw asythiag batwing. The bones frost the pa
skim I. whielt they stood, had a fall eyportssity of 'nisi
miry gas boner ia the house. • great amber of persons
insisted apes molds' cigars, whisk the dream attempted
to Fewest. Is the earpestere instiskops were a amber
of old lessee. Ile del t set kli by what spiny the Sea
took Vim, bat he wee potitlee it stemeaced la the wash-
shoPlL

ir Jobs Neville, the popsies. °median, for whom bene-
ath, Gnat Wiser' bas undertaken is ploy William in
diet-Sped Susan, at the Berm Th• ere te-tight, appears
to have been the first person in the lower part of the beau
husk* the sawskoons discovery. He stases that all of a
midis he saw an taassid glare of light immediately our
the chandelier. He spoke Iss a psdise-eingeant, who pre it
se hie °pillion that it was only the needles of the gyp
lights used is the chandelier, bet fa the onus* of a few
minutes the terrible asissaity bemuse perfectly keewn. He
also slated that the last person in the hoses, or needy is,
was Mn. Fiesons, wto bosun se frightened that she
fasted. and was obliged to be raled oat by the wife of sae
of she prrforseen.

Istaediately over the portico la Priase'r-plaes eras her
Majouy's box, boding t, tablets was the privets Malcom.
There ware oho fire rooms fitted op meet saegnifierstly,
the reticle, rem Laois' a rely bandanas fire-pleer, •
splandid loAlsg-fibs and alma, with is islald rimier
glue table, in gold sad bias allegorical davits. All that
new 'maims of tbe beautiful slats of noes is • few pions
of eowl.t sloth, wbieb was used as the carper, sad was
bashed Ws whip Is the elaborately-appointed setae aid
chairs: seed only by bet ailefillanin The
whole of tba essiervatery &lofting the Quint's boa has
!Lewin bees Wally eansamed.

It is rot a little singular that there wets native km
deers between each room et her Majesty's boa, sad she
'peewees t►e prints beau, hat they wen either kit eyes,
or ►ed offend ni resistance to the fay el the demist's,
element. Same an esatpletsly ieshled ep by the (abase
heat Its Wools they wen eatteted.

The liagliek Minty, It Is the apish* of Kr. Bootee, bee
moped mash lump. This'll fa be e feet, will be ea-