The Express.
London, England, 1868-10-08 00:00:00

SERIOUS ACCIDENT AT Asnmrs
THEATRE.

The Biege of Mac/dales, now being perform,,,) s.
Adler*, was on Tuesday night wide more than
madly realistic by ea accident. To add to the effect of up,
misses ess**, the gateway of the *ortress is assaulted in 4,
Let act by a body of soldiers of the Scots Fusilier lin el,
The discharge of ordnance ia imitated by little ber„.,.,
plead behind the scenes. One of these, oonsi.tie;
some 16 gone attached to a frame, was laid behind ft,
of the wings. The pyrotechnist* having the workm
it fired all 16 barrels at once just at the moment
the gates were burst open. During this discharge ,
the barrels burst, and the fragments were scat,r,i
amongst the British hoops. The excitement at
so great that for the moment it was 11.4
served that any accident bad taken place
the two men who were wounded remained steam.;
apparently unconscious of the fact that th,y fuel • ..,
struck. The curtain descended at the usual Inns%
then Private Ashley, of the Ist battalion of th, •
Fusiliers, fainted from leas of blood. A fragment
gun-barrel had passed through the del

thigh and calved a vory bed jagged wound. I'. .0
My, also of the lit battalion, was hkewi.vi w
but act so seriously. A splinter of iron str
in the foot, lacerating it to acme extent. A-1.: •
already dated, lost so much blood that be became
&dour, and he was removed to a private Cri a....I
10-t much blcod also, but his wouad is not very 4. • .
They were as soon as possible placed in cab. and r.
to the military hosplal in Vattxhall-bridgo-na
their wound% were drawvd by the surgeon. Aces
latest ac,ounte both the men are progranimr

Whoever may be the new sovereign of Span.
revolution is cottain to effect a considerable sa,n-,•.::
the civil list, the annual flotation to the royal fan2:4
ing hitherto b.eu 458,.;001., apportioned at loilows -
Queen, 310,000/.: her husband, 24,0001. ; her son Alfo
24,5001. ; her daughter Isabel (the Countess Gir;ro
20,0001. ; her sister, Donna Maria Luisa, 2 hOOOl. ; au 1
mother, Qu. en Christina. 30,0001.

The theatre at Treviso bus just been comp!.
detstr-.yed by fir,.

General F.-coffier, commanding in Itavenn%
informed the Florence government of the cVath

bandit Luigi alum Gaging. Thie m.►lei
n refuge• in a heti.% in the Villa Fil••tto which w

rounded by the royal troops under Captain 1%4

. -
stoutly defended himself, and killed one of th,
and wnunded another before he fell deal

ikvald bul tt..

A letter from Brusiee, in the Astrio, iy.
the King of the Bel isas is indivosed et the 7, .
Lakk, n Ile ha+ gr. we very t An, au! uhn

:oot , ha cou t i.aacu aso Llrsv Lu ..

st4te.

Count Binnarck is not yet well enough t•o r .
as Engl.ah watering-place. Since his fall from pity h •
has been obliged to pips the greater part of the day
reeambuit position. The irritability of the nerved 1, .1
to have brought on permanent pain in the muscle..

There is a rumour at Berlin that King Geer; •
Hanover, in the neat session of the British Parham.%
will take his seat in the Lords as a prince of the
royal.

The improvement in the Krupp cannon, prodw
jive of such formidable results. consists in the enlarsi:
the chamber in which the cartridge is lodged. The ohs;
Is to be double what it wee, while the bail remains at .
former weight of 2001 h. When tried side by side s.
the 9-inch Armstrong. having a ball of 227 lb , the 1
sun gun proved greatly the superior.
The Russian General Frit"..ricks h.6.f
apoplectic stroke on Sunday while in his carriage a:
races in the Bois de Boulogne. Death at once .30.411...

The Russian Invalide says that the Emper..r
the French has presented the Sultan with cuirasee I
boats, to be employed on Lake Scutari agaimit the 31

The Russian frigate Alexander Neepily. in
Archduke Alexis was wrecked a few days ago on the '
land coast, is hopelessly embedded in the sand. The P:
:ian man•of-war Medu,se. despatched to h& nice...
come back without cdorting anything. Tha crew

10,t vessel is shortly :pseud at Berlin en rlve i:r
stadt.

A Swiss contemporary emeludes s rmnAr',i t"
article against duelling, with tLis appeal .---•
some intelligent men, some true philosophers, hs.s
the courage to found an association against
Temperance and other societies of the same k-.
have been formed to arrest the prognas of br,:, •
icing vices. Well, we propose that there ski!: s.•
be an association against that prejudice, thst rid:- .:
and bloody vice, which goes under the name of

Will there not be found some citizens roars:.
and intelligent enough to found one ? 11 we hid i~
reputation or authority we would apply ourselves to
tug the basis of such an asexistion, and appealing t.r I
to intelligent men and fri. nag of justice. Alas! we sat:.'
even undertake this noble task; but we hope that
voce will reach some elevated minds. To the work'
whed this great ant novel &Ivan shall be realise I v
will have denrved will of humanity."
SOCIETY Or ENGINEERS.—At the first °rain ry
meeting of the Sudety of Engineers for this sass
held on Monday last, Mr. Baldwin Lathan', k:
in the chair, a paper was read on the •• S:
Propeller," by Mr. Arthur Rigg. Jun., and the
lowing members were balloted for and duly elacte.l.
as members Edward Baker, Reading Oa
Works ; Oeorge Atteock. Great Eadera Railway ; Aroh.
bald 1). Dawnay, Maismoraaquare ; Jams Eldridge,tie
Works, Richmond ; and as associate, Mr. John Walter
Smith, Oston, near Birkenhead.

TUE GUARDS' INSTITUTE.—The following noti-
fication, issued by the adjutant-general. Lord Wlllidrie
Paulet, has been promulgated :—•• The Field ILarshi.
Commanding in Chief has the utmost satisfaction in nm:
lying to the army that a communication has been received
frum the general officer commanduig the brigade of
Guards, stating that the Guards' Institute. situate in
Franevitstrset, Vanshall-road, London, is open to all n •u-
-commissioned officers and men of the army, either on S. y
or on furlough in London. The institute is free to boa ,r•
ary members for any period under a fortniett, after wh:
the monthly subscription is fid., 6d.. and 4d.. for @srg am*.
tcorporals, and privates, respectively. Emery kind of re-
eat and malt liquor can be obtained at the an4l.
tote, and the oupsruiteudent has orders to give ani .r.
'station where respectable and cheap lodgings cut
obtained. His }loyal Highnees assures himself that stl
soldiers • the instihite will show by their conduct dni
demeanour they tightly appviciat• the hamlet:my
held out to them by their omorades in her majesty s rep-
ine:ft of Foot Guarde."

TEN QtrilLrell ROYAL &TlMM"'lros.—Tha
hunting season with the royal pack commensal on Tuoc•
day, the meet being at the Ascot Royal Kennels, when
there was s muster of familiar faces of stAutteh
en, in uding the often of the Life Auarde and
EColdstream Guards in garrieon ea Windsor, and gesit
of the neighbourhood. Harry Ring, who succeoled
Davis as royal huntsman, and She whip, splendidly
mounted, were in capital tram and eager fur sport, and the
hounds were also well prepared for a good 1111411011. Thera
were among the peck 'lighter ten coupleof young hound..
looting Inolaarfot promising. A due hand, caught in
Windsor Great Park a week previous. was unearloa
the aide of Sir Williams Baylor s park. and went Imo
over Ascot-heath, pawing the deer paddocb at Swittley.
the music of the hounds giving note of what the imam,.
may shortly espied when called upon to pilot the C. 4,1
over the huntang distrirb of Buckinghamshire, in Vt.*
coarse of a few weeks ; from Swink, the kind etniol
round to Ascot, took a pasha; view of the konnela, am(
was sof* taken at Laurel Cottage. seer Winkfleki. The
iamb for leant hunting will be enTuseday. and Fridays.
at the Remmak snail the diet Teseday to Novemberrwhon
*stars oat wli be at Kr. leery Cenerelre, Baylis Perms
Salt-hilk Moat*
NATIONAL NXIIIRMON OF WORKS OP ANT, AT
Later—listura of admisMohs : —Wednesday' Oct. 7 by
641000 hake.% 1,107: by Mom* 1,107: 29. dti molts 1.i01;
2.201.