The Express.
London, England, 1858-05-18 00:00:00

PARISH 7113-INGINIS.

The following psamge, taken from Mr. Marsh
Nelson's report on the terrible Gilbert-street fire, diaclueee an
extraordinary state of parochial administration
" The first engines that arrived (sot till about half en hour
after the fire was discovered) were the brigade engine', and
five of these came with their usual deepatch after receiving
the call. There had been evidently great delay in sending
for them, for on their arrival the house was past saving. Sad
to relate, within one minute's run from the door of No. 20,
Gilbert-street, were two pariah engines, in fair working order
and of sufficient power, but they were not brought out
dozing the Are. The person in charge of these engines live.
two MestaTpower,
off, but his name and address are not on the en-
gbe-homes door. The name on the door is that of the 1112..
glue-keeper aurae years ago, and of comes at the address
gloat the keys ere not to be found, nor do the people of the
homes law anything about them. The parish authorities of
St. George's, Bloomsbury, are not singular in this instance
of parooldsl mismanagement. So recently as about afortnight
ago a the occurred in Union-street, Oxford-street, nearly
merits a pariah engine-hones in Marylebonalane.
The neighbours rem for the engine, sod to their
asksishment the engine-man refused to let the engine
go out. On inquiry into the fact the engine-man
toil me that ft was perfectly true, and added that he
walked over to see the fire, and on reaching the house he
.solid welly have put it out with hi. small engine. The
=me=
Id to be sent for; but the house wee gutted,
y, no lives were lost. This ellipse be-
kegs to the pariah of tdarylebone ; the house on fire wee in
the parish of Bt. George's, Hanover-equare. The kfaryle-
bone vestry do not interfere with their engine-man, be may
take his engine where he pleases; but the St. George's vestry
order their engine-keeper on no account to go out of the
pariah ; end he states that when called to a fire In a street ,
partly in St. George's and partly in another parish, he
always inquires at which end of the street the fire la, and If
it proves to be at the end of the street out of his pariah he
ys no attention to the all, but goes to bed again. The
between the two parishes arises, it is said, from the
ne engine-keeper having a horse to his engine,
enabled hi= to carry off the rewards. The St. George's
&mean having no horse could not arrive so quickly, although
be occasionally ' tied his engine to the beck of a cab ; so to
be revenged the St. Georp'e vestry mulcted the Marylebone
firemen of his dna, and NI, in return, refuses to take his
- isle et. Geeepfs perish."

STATUE OP TEE LATE LORD HARDIROE.—On
Friday last her Majesty and the Prince Consort inspected
the equestrian statue of the late Viscount Hardtop % which la
teroponwily placed in the court-yard of Burlington
House—ita final resting place, Calcutta. The statue,
which was subscribed for by the inhebitanta of Bri-
tish India of various races and creeds, is made of
the finest breeze, and Mande 14 feet in height, and
weighs four tons. It was modelled by Mr. W. Foley,
R.A., to whom her Majesty expressed herself much pleased
with the fidelity of the likenees and beauty of the work.
The group was cut by Elkington and Co. of Regent-strest,
at their works, Newhall-street, Birmingham. The work is
now opts to the inspection of the public.

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ROYAL NAVAL FIMALI SCHOOL, ST. MAR-
Genres Hones, htzwonvw.—The annual ' of the
friends at this institution took place on Saturday, the 15th
inwent, at Wale's Roma The chair wee tiled by the
president, the waratile Kern Weavers. Thera was • con-
sidereble attendance of navel of and other &apportioned
the school, amongst whom we noticed General Poeney, Ad-
mirals Sir Geotlia Beck Sir Thomas Herbert, Fan/Jaws,
F. E. Vernon Hateoaet, Brans, Flummox, end &mane ;
Captains Nam* Rwilasy, A. P. Ryder, Woodgete, Which,
Westbrook, &o, The report of the past year's p
with an abstract of the accounts, was submitted, atirdwae=
to give general satieLaction. The usual evolutions baying
been peed, • vote of thanks eru given to the chairmen for
ide timber
the day. in presiding, and he his attention to the bwdnese
of

NORTH-WEST LONDON PREVENTIVE AND NE-
TORMATORT IIreTITUTION.—TO-morrow (Wednesday) after-
note, at throe o'clock. the Bishop of Oxford will deliver a
iarfltt stigma to twelve young ma wno are about to mai-
Mats the institution. This is the second tarty
_sent out
bola the =Me retorrnatory this spring, the REV. Maki Mows,
el our readers will remember, having given • hrewill sadism
about a month ago to sixteen young men then shunt to loam
far Cabala The North-west Reformatory,alroady the most
otmeidorabis fn London. is rapidly Incrossing its proportions.
Boast additions have brought up the number of its inmates
to 108, and a building is in coarse of erection at the roar of
the promisee, intended for the training of future masters of
reformatories. The cause of the institution was advocated
on &today work in special sermons—at Belgrave Chapel, by
the Archbishop of Canterbury; and at St. John's Church,
boss wo
Odeni-strisre, by the Bishop of Oxford, when liberal oaks-
re made.

OLUITERHOrBE SCHOOL— The following gentle-
men are candidates for the head mastership of Charterhouse
which became vacant a few watts slate by the death
of the . Dr. Edward Elder: the Rev. John Enust Bode,
M.A., late student of Christchurch, Oxford (first class to
eludes, 1837), rector of Weetwell, Oxfordshire; the Rev.
Mary Wright Phillott, M.A., late student of Christchurch,
Oxford (second clue in classics and third clue In m•the-
matins, 1838), rector of Steunton•on-Wye, Herefordshire;
Richard Elwyn. Eaq., M.A., Trinity College, Cambridge
(18th junior optima and first of the first class in a
1849), sow seated muter of the Chuterhonee Schooll:lat
the Rev. Edwin Palmer, M.A., Fellow of Balliol College,
Oxford (bet dm is ohmic., 1815). The camera will take
place fa the wane of a few cloys.

SUBMARINE TELEGRAPH COMPANY.—A special
meeting of the Submarine Telegraph Company wee
Id yesterday at the London Tavern, Sir James Canniol.ael,
Bart., in the chair. The object wee to authorise the direc-
tors to rescind the reeolation for the sale of tbs Hanoverian
encenite, and to raise further capital for the extension of
the teieraphie communicants. The chairman stated the
advantage of retaining the Hanoverian ccacoodets, which wee
sosessated by the huecoacession rented for 16 years Joe the
kingdom of Deszeirk. To give thole two privihmes
swam oteepeny could not but tend to diminish the general
receipts of the whiting alba:wine company, the oaf& from
the two esneesekaa being estimated to produce at least a
dividend of 9 per ant. The contracts for carrying out the
ememeniestkm betwixt England and those two coaatrlse
would be under 160,000/., to effect which it would be woe-
ouy to raise the addhlonal oapital, to be offend to the present
shareholders and the French proprietors. Ons of the lines
would run from the neighbourhood of Hull to Toning, to
Denmark ; and the other to Hanover. Soma Mammies took
plaoe, when the director. were authorised to issue chars for
the remaining capital unissued, and to sales new capital for
the above-meatimed wpm.

FATAL RAILWAY. ACCIDENT.—Richard Forshaw,
a maa employed ea a horse driver at the Edge-bill statics of
the Uri= and North Women Railway, wee accidentally
killed lon week by being to ever on the line. He wan
ediridag • Mese to wine vane= what en opium caszm
Wreak the tow of waggons, and Forehew, who wee
dove, wad so Word that be died in a few dap' afterwards.
Tim eandadesjony returned s verdict " Awidental death."

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GREAT 'jai PEAR XISIGHLEY.—A fire of an
diming .!waster broke out at Dookroyd, mar Kedgbley,
abaft baba IhMay mbisdids, mbsraby the large new Inn-
beer et Me/fle. Mit Brothers, and all Its valuable
mdlealle, mere destroyed, bat by the prompt et-
trier lbe mid met darn of the an bet-
Melt= oils eat goring reds were saved. Mr
ks rreteteed, bet will earner le err
reetred penert—fleteei lair of lads likrover.
DIA= or AuitioL.—We ere Envy to mama
the death et she narrated down Aria Per ewe Ire
prt be bee bra et re beet et a *mufti ekes, eel vele
Liddy perhes Ifered mbar re are sok bM
wee poled upede massittlag lbe he.
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ria The aleament umhelneegy tend sue may •00
tree, kt ear the ernimee pselinernee be we Nisei with
a ot amiss: aid ieseeNk szpirei.—adoessi.