The Sun.
London, England, 1855-06-11 00:00:00

BANQUET AT THE TRINITY HOUSE.

His Royal Highness Prince Albert, as Master of the
Trinity Corporation, dined with the members of that
body at the anniversary dinner on Saturday night, at
the Trinity House, Tower-hill. His Royal Highness,
attended by the Marquis of A.berccrn, Lord George
LeD.llO; Captain the Hon. Dudley de Ros, Colonel the
Hon. C. B. Phipp, and Colonel Biddulph, arrived in.
two of the Royal carriages at a quarter to seven
o'clock, from Buckingham Palace, and, on alighting,
was received in the entrance hall by the Deputy-
Master, Captain Shepherd, and the following elder
brethren, in full uniform :—Captains Bax, Owen, Fan-er,
Drew, Waller, Nelson, Maden, Probst'', Pitcairn, Gor-
don, Welbank, Shuttleworth, Redman, rexley, Were,
Pigott, and Pelly. Prince Albert, on entering, was met
by the band of the Grenadier Guards in attendance,
playing the national anthem, and was conducted to the
Court-roorn, a splendid apartment, hung with full-length
portraits of the late Duke of Wellington, William Pitt,
and several of the masters of the corporation ; also,
of the late King and Queen Adelaide. There were
assembled the following noblemen and gentlemen,
invited to meet the Prince at the banquet :—Vis-
count Palmerston, Viscount Canning, the Right Hon.
Sir C. Wood, the Right Hon. the Chancellor of the
Exchequer, the Right Hon. Vernon Smith, the Right
Hon. Sir Win. Molesworth, Viscount Hardinge, the
Eari of Dundonald, Lord Redesdale, Lord de Ros, the
Right Hon. Francis T. Baring, the Right Hon. Dr.
Lushington, Admiral Sir G. F. Seymour, the Chairman
(Mr. Macnaughten) and Deputy-chairman (Col. Sykes)
of the East India Company, the Deputy-Governor of
the Bank of England, Sir James Emerson Tennent,
Sir George Couper, Sir James Melvill, Viscount Dun-
can, M.P., the Right Hon. Edward Cardwell, M.P.,
the Right Hon. W. G. Hayter, M.P. the Right
Hon. Sir Thomas Fremantle, Rear-Admiral Eden, Cap-
tain Richards and Captain Milne, Lords of the Admi-
ralty • Major Robertson, Captain Craigie, Captain
Washington, Lord Stanley of Alderley, Professor Fara-
day, Captain Fitzroy, Captain Walker, Captain Thomas,
Mr. Masterman, M.P., Mr. T. Baring, M.P., Mr.
Phinn (Secretary to the Admiralty), Mr. D. Dunbar,
Mr. W. Wigram, Mr. Lushington, &c.
The Royal Master and company proceeded to the
library, in which a dinner of the most recherche descrip-
tion was served up, covers being laid for 110 guests ;
upon their entrance the military band struck up " The
Roast Beef of Old England." His Royal Highness, as
Master, presided, the Deputy-Master filling the vice
chair. Darin.. the Vroceedings some excellent speeches
were delivered by Prince Albert, Viseount Palmerston,
Sir Charles Wood, Viscount Hardinge, &c., in reply to
toasts. The company broke up shortly after 10 o'clock.
The Marquis of Lansdowne, the Duke of Welling-
ton, the Earl of Clarendon, and others, were prevented
by prior engagements from joining the party.
His Royal Highness Prince Albert on leaving pro-
ceeded to join the Queen and Royal party at the Royal
Italian Opera.

The cholera is at Venice, Pesth, and Prague, but has
not yet assumed an epidemic character.
Yesterday the Lord Mayor and City deputation were
received by the Emperor at the Tuileries. His Excel-
lency Lord Cowley was in attendance.
BERLIN, June B.—The statement that has been so
long and perseveringly circulated, that while on his
travels the King would have an interview with his Im-
perial nephew of Russia on the sly, is in a fair way o!
vanishing at last ; another also, that the Empress of
Russia is about to visit Berlin or some part of Germany:
NARROW ESCAPE FROM POISONING.—A family of the
name of Doe, consisting of the husband, wife, and a
young child, residing in Durant-green, Chesterfield, with
Samuel Taylor, father to Doe's wife, had a very narrow
escape from being poisoned on Tuesday night last, in
consequence of a quantity of arsenic (kept for the pur-
pose of destroying " black-clocks" or beetles), having
been carelessly allowed to tumble about the cupboard,
till it became mixed up with some meal, which bad been
used in the preparation of gruel, after partaking of which
all were seized with violent retching and vomiting
Medical aid was promptly called in, and the usual an
tidotes administered. All are doing well, but their
escape has been a very narrow one.

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' 0178 FIRE.—TIIBEE LIVES LOST.—On Sahli'
ay d moim-ning, shortly after nine o'clock, a shocl inn fata
fire occurred in the vicinity of Henrietta-street, Ilailtney
road, which produced much sensation among the las.
bitants of the district. On the alarm being raised flames
were observed issuing forth from the first floor windows
of the house,
labouring man, Nnamed Go. 21, a smaraham, when, in consequence of
ll dwelling„ tenanted by a
loud shrieks of children bayingeen Previously heard by
b
some of the adjoining neighbours (though no one seems
to have troubled themselves to learn from whence they
proceeded), apprehensions were entertained that there
was a family perishing in the upper rooms. All attempts
to get into the first fluor were unavailing, the fire having.
got such a firm hold of the interior. Assistance arridvemtgo,
and the engines being sent for, endeavours were
maaccom-
extinguish the flames, which was eventually
pi-hed, although not until the upper part of
was nearly burned out. A shocking sight t.
presented
of the
in one
itself. Under the remains of a bedstead,odis of the whole
upper rooms, were discovered thein number,b a fine girl,
family of the man Graham,
three
children, boys. They
the house
seven years of age, and two
iyoungera
y. It
is presumed that one of them
were crouched together inheatlibe
luci-
fer matches, and had set
escape for the poor little to the bed. There was no
creatures. The mother, who
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had gone on an errand, to get in some work, had, in order
to keep them
f the streets, locked the room door.
The anguish of the
out
o parents on becoming acquainted with
the melancholy fate of their children was very great. An
, inquest will be held on the bodies this day (IVonday).