The Express.
London, England, 1868-08-01 00:00:00

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DREADFUL PAN!(' AT A MUSPI-11Aa.:

TWFATII-SIX KILLED. AND THIRTEEN
WOUNDED.

(From the Morichesler Entwiner of this day.)

Yusbrilay evening a deplorable aocident Do-
ve, ed at a place of amusement known as "B. Lang's Vie-
toria Music-bell," Victoria-bridge. The room in which the
eutertairiniente take Islam oocupiee thethree upper floors of&
fcinr-storey boilding, the outer portion of which is a range
of shops. A large number of persons were admitted yester-
day evening at 2d. ench, the ordinary price, to witnest the
benefit pet for mance of Mr. and Mrs. Clifford, vocalists.
The perfoi mance* commenced at half-past six. All went
well till about ten o'clock. Shortly after that hour soma
of the youths who were in the back part of the audience in
the pit, in their eagerness to obtain a better view of what
was going on upon the stage, lifted themselves by the gas-
pendants, three of which were soon broken off. No evil
consequences could have followed had not somebody
in the pit raised an alarm of " Vire !" There wee
immediately a rush to the staircase from tho two upper
Te iitaircabo Li sic feet wide, and winds up
btlwetn walls from the ground floor to the top gallery,
with a landing-stage on tech floor. The crush of p'opte
attempting to leave was terrific, and appears to have been
the role mute of the loss of life. Mr. Clifford role up on
the stage and did all he could to allay the panic, by telling
the jooplo there was nothing to fear if they would keep
their plaits. All remenstianoes were vain. Mon and
women precipitated themselves recklessly one over
another down the fist flight. The degree of pressure at
the onset may be judged from the fact that out of !a
audience of nearly 1,01.0 in two galleries, scarcely a score
forebore to rush to the common staircase. The other ball
of the audience, who were in the pit, would find compara-
tively safe egress from a separate staircase. At the time
this account was written it was not ascertained how many
were injured from the crush on the stairs, or how many by the
attempts to sayethemselves through jumping from the win-
dows. From a quarter past 10 to 11 o'clock 26 dead
bodies were received at the infirmary. A large number
of severely injured cases were also taken to the in-
firmary, of which 13 or 14 were considered so serious that
they were sent for treatment to the surgical wards, Of
these several are set down as dangerous cases. Eight
persons, after receiving treatment for bruises and contused
wounds, were sent out. Shortly alter the accident occurred,
and as soon as information of its serious nature had had
time to spread, a large and deeply excited crowd gathered
outside of the Infirmary gates, many of whom were
women, who, believing that their Mends might be among
the killed, made clamorous and weeping entreaties to be
admitted to the dead-house, but up to midnight it was
impossible to admit anyone within the walla, and none
of the bodies bad been identified.

JIiIPPINQ INTELLIGENCB.-(THIS DAY.)

(By TELEGI &PH.)

LoN was, August I.—Calm at noon, and bary.
Li rmirout., .1 illy 31.. Arrived : Sitintria, from Rangoon; Sophie,
Mien.. Am..; Jamaica, Jamaica; Regina, 2dirarnieni ; TALigdala
Quebec. Mnorhill, f,, • Bombay; Anglems, Montnal ;
Thum,, Quebec; Marley Mil' . _

Orr i.:I3jOKIIAVE27, t A.—Arrived Cuba (ea.) from New
Yo: k.

BRA OXIET.A,‘. July 28.—Railed: Fatima, for Rio Grande;
Adouia, Rio Janeiro; ER: David ('a.), Ydo _ . .

-441145i/el ON Jul}, 31.—ArriVeci7 Ja •et ii;rbes. , from Trini-
dad ; Gladstone, Havannah Marimba, New York; kfarshal Keith,
Portland, U.S.; Myrtle, St. John'a, N.B. ; Julia, Pomaron.
Ls.. I, July 31.—Arrived ; Maria PM Cm. ), from Maderia ; Palron,
Shield , for Port Said. Arrived from the river and mailed:
Cadiz, Lisbon ; J. R. Hind, West. August 1: Wagala, Hobart
Town.

FA LMOI rll,July 31.—Arrived : Olive Branch, from Bt. Thooma.
August I : Mos del Juria, 31anilla ; Veritas, Savannah.
Orr LIVERPOOL, August I.—Arrived: Cupid° Bahia, from
_ _ _

July 31.—Arrived: Brothers, from Shields for Gib-
raltar. Arrived from the river and sailed: Indian Cluetlfrom
Mauritius; Winfield Scott, West. Arrived: Argonaut, from
Quebec.
Gasvr.seini, July 111.—Arrived : Dona Anita, from Port Under-
wood; Brisbane, Madras; Akhbar, Madraa ; Blair Athol,
Colombo Arm, Colombo; Elisabeth Ann, Colombo; dea-
man, tubs; AeLrSas, Baltimore, floblernsten, Quebec.
BOUTIIAMPTON, July 31.—Arrived: Ceylon Om), from Gibraltar,
with 280,777 in specie.
Cowes, July 31.—Arrived : Bammonia (ss.), from New York,
left July 21, with 136,300 do/a. for :U. eand, 67000 dole. for
prance, and 1,200 doh'. for liambuag ; she reports having pa...3rd
sevcral large icebergs on Jrly 27, in lat. 48 N. lon. 44 W.
NEWPORT. July M.—Arrived : Jessie /hula, from Bristol, for

r, July 31.—dnivedfrom Bilbao : Bt. Clement;
Bilbao ; Ceeilie Caroline, Eilbao; Jenne Julie, Bilbao. Sailed,
July 31: Orand Condo, for Rio Janeiro.
801er0,., July al.—Arrived ; Vcadel, from Monte Video ; Port
Glai3ow, Quebec.
PLYMOCTII, July 31.—failed : Oriental, for Quebec.
Owucianti,JWl3l.—Anived:Nmaty,fmmTmWa.
Sournanrros, Await I.—Arrived : Seine (ea.) from Elio Janeiro.
CABUALTIES.
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HAY AA AA July Bl.—lAo agen tat Et. Jmo de Caba ad-
vise; by to ereat that the Mari %uther (BriPA W*),tlt Jago
de Cuba to Tried*, irea lost at Five Keys Castle, Lund, 6th
July ; cargo eared, and reported as sold.

SOUTHAMPTON, AUGUST I.—The Hamburg
Jimmie:an Company's steamer Hammonia, Capt. Meier,
has arrived, with 106 passengers for this port, Havre, and
Hamburg ; 46 sacks mails for London, 700 tons cargo for
Hamburg ; also 136,000 dollars for London, 67,000 dollars
for Paris, and 1,200 dollars for Hamburg. The Ham-
monis left New York on the 21st. On the 26th she spoke
the English ship Anabella ; on the 26th, in let. 48.40 N.,
lon. 44 W., passed several large icebergs, and on the 314
passed the screw-steamer Cimbria, bound for New York.

Lrmroot., Auourr I.—The West Africa royal
mail steamer Lagos arrived here to-day with 62 minces
gold dust and 23 passengers. Her dates are—Benin July ;
Fernando Po and Cameroon, June 29; Old Calabar, 28;
Brass River, Nun, and Bombay, July 2; Lagos, ; Jellah
Coffee, 6 ; Accra, 7 ; Cape Coast Castle, 8 ; Cape Palmas,
11 ; Monrovia, 12; Sierra Leone, 16; Bathurst, 18; Tene-
riffe, 23; and Madeira, 25. The general health of the
coast was good, and business steady.
No less than 12 foreign mail steamers are due
at Southampton from the United States during the present
month.

A letter from Ems relates that the King of
Prussia, while walk'ng under the colonnade in that town
a few days back, with his aides-dc-camp, Count de
Dilindorfl and Count de Hymnen, perceived in a shop a
marble bust of himself, crowned with a wreath of laurel.
Going in, be said to the dealer :—" Take off the poor
man's head-dress ; he does not like to see himself made
such a show."

The project of enlarging the fortifications of
Mayence has been abandoned by the Pruseian government
on the advice of the military engineers. The choice of the
fresh si:e has fallen upon Frankfort-on Ake -Maine.
The Escaut mentions a terrible accident which
took place at the village of Sainte-Anne (Tite-de-Flandre),
in Belgrum, three days back. A number of persons were
assembled in en enclosure in which sparrow shooting was
going on, when a barrel of gunpowder exploded, and
more or less seriously injured about 30 persons.
THE REPRESENTATION OF BRADFORD.—At a
meeting of the supporters of Mr. Thompson, M.P., held
last night, the hon. gentleman announced his determina-
tion to retire from the representation of Bradford. He had
come to this decision, he mid, from the conviction that
parliamentary life did not suit him, and no consideration,
he added, would, under these circumstances, again induce
him to re-enter parliament. After a vote of thanks to the
bon. member, it was at first proposed to adjourn the
meeting, but the gentlemen present expressed themselves
strongly in favour of selecting another candidate to con-
test the borough against Mr. Miall. The names of Mr.
Ripley and Mr. Powell, M.P., were mentioned, the former
receiving general support, but no final decision was come
to.—Leeds Memory.
A RAILWAY AND RAILWAY TRACT ON FIRE.—
The whole district of Ryedale was en Thursday morning
with an unmistakeable odour of burning peat
rroeiriardown from the moors by the strong north
wind. On inquiry it turned out that an early North
Eastern goods tram from Halton to Whitby bad in it
three waggons of •• pickled " sleepers, which are highly
inflammable. About Fen bogs, on the Saltersgate moors,
two of there loads were found to be on fire. They
burnt violently until the whole cargo and the waggons
had disappeared. The fire was communicated to the
sleepers of the railway, the heat of the whole so
twisting the rails that the traffic was stopped until the
damaged portion of the line could be relaid. From the
railway the fire spread to the adjoining moor, the ling and
turf of which were as dry as possible. It spread rapidly
and burnt all day, but on Thursday night it was thought
its progress was arrested. On Friday morning it was re-
ported that the fire had run up the side of the glen to the
hill top, but that the men had succeeded in getting the
flame out. The thick peaty turf on the ground is all on
fire, and nothing but heavy rain can put it out. Men are
watching to suppress any outbreak of flame. The cause
of the fire seems a mystery, as when the train pained a
Pet of repairers 200 yards back all wee right. By train at
2.30 yesterday it was reported the fire was spreading to
the moors, in spite of the efforts of a great number of
I men, who were doing their utmost to thrash out the fire
with branches of trees.
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A MuNerEg
COWONERY.—In Nevada a Mr.
Bong lots a cocooricry CA) feet square and 18 foot high.
His noracry and hatching room, containing 1,000 feet of
shelveN an sufficient for making 2,000,000 cocoons. His
nursery is heated artificially. He is now feoding nearly
1,000,000 silkworms, and he hopes soon to feed 3,000,000.

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ROC(JETT'S !VAT ANP DAMN.
alits !Mr.)

ThO gran ol contest for Doggett's cost and badge
took place this day from the BWII4 at London-bridge to
the Swan at Chokes—a counsel very nearly Am miles.
'the tonowisg were the competitory :
Thomas Day 190=ic.
Charles B. Messenger
Henry Hero Stringer Rothedstkr.
Thos. W. Ilswkins, Jun. Liniehouse.
Alfred Er!altoa
George block
There were various other prises beside. the bequest of
Mr. Thomas Doggett, amounting to 41. 17s. 9d. for the
wood youth, 2/. Ns. 9d. for the third, a guinea and a
half for the fourth, and a guinea each for the other twoi
provided they rowed the entire course.
legalton came away immediately after Me start, was
eear in 100 yards. and wos with great ease. Messenger
was Kei.ond, Hawkins third, and Day fourth.