The Express.
London, England, 1868-02-25 00:00:00

DRURY LANE.

The short and very actable version of Shake-
speare's tragedy of Richard 111., compounded by Colley
Cibber, was produced at this house last night, with Mr.
Barry Sullivan in the part of the Duke of Glo'stes. This
tragedy is so seldom performed at a West-end theatre,
that it is almost a novelty, Charles Kean and Gustavus
Brooke being the only actors of any importance whom wo
remember in the character, and they only played it
for a new nights. The vigorous and amusing reading of
the part of Richard 111. established by Edmund
Kean is the one now adhered to by modern actors, and Mr.
Barry Sullivan attempts no important variation. His per.
formance brings out all the well-known points, and
amuses the audience quite as much by its patent morality
as by its intensity. Where Shakespeare ends and Colley
Cibber begins few ordinary playgoers probably know or care.
To-morrow (Ash Wednesday) Mr. F. 11. Chatterton
will give a grand musical entertainment, in which half
the singers in London will take part; the School
for Scandal will be played on Thursday, Friday, and
II Saturday ' • and on Monday next Mr. Phelps will appear in
11 The Man of the Florid; and a new play by Mr. A. B.
Richards will be produced called The Primmer of Toulon ;
or a Peasants Revenge.

tintbersittp Intelligence.

OXFORD, FIB. 24.

LOCAL XXAMINATIONS. —EXTENSION OF THY
EXAMINATION TO GIRLN.—The following memorial, signed
by Lord Taunton, as chairman of the local committee at
Taunton, has been received by the secretary to the dele-
gates of local examinations :

it OXFORD LOCAL EXAMINATIONS.—TAUNTON CZNISZ.
• " The committee of the Taunton Centre desire
fully to call the attention of the delegacy to the reXl:nt-
tages which may be derived from the extension of the
examination to girls. The committee do not pretend to
argue on abstract grounds a question whose bearings must
be familiar to the delegates. But the general deficiencies
of women's education, the rarity of good schools for
girls,andthedifficulty of meeting with efficient governesses,
are universally admitted. The system of competitive
examination as applied to girls has been fairly tested by
the University of Cambridge. It is found by the
Cambridge. syndicate that female candidates are both
increasing in number and rising in the social soils ; and
that in elementary subjects of practical value, such as
English composition and arithmetic, a marked improve-
meat has been effected by the examination,. It is under-
stood also that both those who have actually conducted
the examinations, and those who have watched their
results, am distinctly convinced that the experiment has
already been a success, and is likely to be more and more
successful. The committee is not prepared to invite the
Cambridge examinations to Taunton ; but its member
venture to lay before the delegacy their hope that the
tErol.noir2"..ofteer:dl.lyn bCeralfhriolgtehemscoy be extended
to
" TAUNTON, Chairman.
" To the Delegacy of the Oxford Local Examinations."

DLAN IRZLAND 8 SCHOLARSHIP.—Notice bas been given
of the election of an Ireland scholar. The examination
will commence on Monday, March 16, in the school,. Can-
didates, who must not have exceeded their sixteenth term,
are to call on Mr. Thorley, at Wsdham College, on Friday,
March 13, between one and three p.m., with the neual
certificates.

FIRE IN CmintrnvEtt. —Last night, about
eight o'clock a fire broke cut in an extensive range of pre-
mieres belonging to Mr. Drew, a builder, timber merchant,
and shop fitter, in Sutton-street, Clerkenwell. On one side
of these premises is a brewery belonging to Mr. Gardener,
and on tho other the factory and stores of Palmer and Co.,
the patent candle and lamp makers. In a very abort space
of time, considering tho stoppages caused by the cattle in
the roads, Mr. Bridges, the cef officer of the B district of
the metropolitan brigade, and other officers, with about
eighty firemen, were on the spot with six powerful steam
engines, but by the time the engines were brought into
play the whole range of workshops, over 100 feet in length
and three floors high, were in a general masa of flame. At
one period the destruction of Messrs. Palmer's factory and
the brewery were threatened, but they were saved. Before
the fire was extinguished, however, the whole of Mr.
Drew'e manufacturing premises were consumed, including
the costly stock in trade and the workmen's tools. The
timber in the yard and at the entrance of the front pie-
r/rises was saved, as were also the books. The origin of the
fire is unknown. -

SERIOUS FIRE AT 04Thrust.—An alarming
are occurred on Sunday morning in the pariah of Cobham
in Surrey. Jud as the doer, the Rev. Yr. Banoks, heti
given out his text, a panic occurred among the congrega-
tion owing toe messenger arriving at the church for help.
The clergyman immediately dismissed the oo
(amongst whom was the Countess of Ellesniere)=lattli;
then mostly repaired to the scene of the
This occurred at a farmhouse known as " No=lg7tire-.
fore assistance could be rendered, nearly the whole of the
farm buildings and their contents were destroyed, sad
also several ricks and haystacks were consumed by the
fire. We regret to state that two valuable bodes, seve-
ral cows, and about fourteen calve' were burnt to death,
besides a great many pigs. The cause of the Are is un-
known, but it is supposed to have been the work of an
incendiary. We understand that the property was fully
insured In the Olobe Fire-office.
FATAL STEP FROM A TRAIN WHILE IN MOTION.
Yesterday an inquiry was held at the Rosedale Tavern,
Poplar, relative to the death of bk. James Pinang. sled
70 years, who was killed through elisikting fres' • sassed
elms carriage on the Blackwell Railway befozamsVstle
bed sense to a stand. The deceased was a
living at 194, High.street, Poplar, and on the 9th lash
me se by the 9.5 train from Hackney to Poplar. Wires the
train came up to the platform at the letter phoebe put set
his hand and opened the door of the second class la
which he rode. A porter named Draper called oats W
three times to shut the door, and not to get oat Sintare
train stopped. The deceased, however, stepped one god
retained Lii hold of the earriageo door. l& was ewe=
round end thrown down, fell Between the
the platform, and was frightfully crushed. The be
received were described by Dr. Brownfield. His less, hie
knee, and all his ribs were broken. Nevertheless belled
until Wednesday hat, when he died from hie Ways.
The Mr, returned a verdict, " That the doolegol died
from Warta geodes& from =g out of maws, sir-
riste while the train was in
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