The Sun.
London, England, 1865-01-27 00:00:00

LATEST PARTICULARS THIS DAY.

This melancholy catastrophe, we regret to state,
has not been unattended with fatal consequences.
The name of the sufferer to whom the injuries re-
ceived proved fatal is Miss Adelaide Fallen, the
matron of the Milbank Penitentiary, who expired
this morning, atshalf-past 11, in the Westminster
Hospital, despite the greatest exertions of the me-
dical attendants. Another inmate of the institu-
tion, an aged female, whose name is unknown, lies
in such a hopeless state, that Mr. St. Albin Hawkin,
the house surgeon, despairs of her recovery.
The number; of sufferers at present in Westmin-
ster Hospital amounts to 26, 16 of whom were ad-
mitted last night and nine this morning, most of
whom, with the exception we have stated, are doing
well.

Superintendent Gibbs and Inspector Hawkins,
with several constables, aided by a body of labourers,
have turned over the whole of the ruins ; and
although it was strongly reported that at least three
bodies were buried beneath, we are happy to say
such is not the case, at least nothing has been dis-
covered after the most minute search. The heap of
torn wearing apparel, such as shawls, bonnets,
boots, shoes, &c., presents a very melancholy spec-
tacle, especially as relatives come up to make in-
quiries respecting many of their friends now from
home.

Intelligence of the death of Miss Fallen has been
forwarded to the coroner, so a full and searching
inquiry will be made into the whole of the circum-
stances connected with the calamity.

We are requested to state that subscriptions for the re-
lief of the more destitute sufferers by this terrible occur-
rence are being received at the Charing-cross branch of the
National Bank.

After a perusal of the foregoing account of this very
lamentable catastrophe of last evening, our readers
will be interested to glance at the following extract,
taken from a book which is but just published, the
third and concluding volume of Mr. Charles
Knight's Autobiography. The passage refers to an
incident in one of the provincial theatrical expedi-
tions undertaken by Mr. Charles Dickens and his
amateur company of comedians. Speaking of
Sunderland, Mr. Knight says :

We had arrived there from Newcastle in the middle of the
day, and found that Charles Dickens, who had started early to
walk, was busied at the Musical Hall making the necessary
arrangements. It had been recently erected ; had never
been used ; and was in some parts not completely finished.
Our manager was a long while absent, but at length he
came to the inn, looking jaded and anxious, and, what was
very unusual, depressed in spirits. He called me aside and
told me that there was a notion amogst some people in the
town tha, the place would fall down. The recollection of
the catastrophe in the Brunswick theatre was full upon his
mind ; but he had done all that man could do save stopping
the performances. He had gone over the building with a
surveyor, who had assured him that all was safe. Several
of us went with him early to the Hall, examined under his
advice all the modes of getting out connected with the
stage, and at the same time were urged not to• talk about
about our fears so that the ladies might be alarmed. The
place was crowded. The performances went on, Our
manager struggled with his nerves, and kept them under ;
but I saw upon him all night the effect of the apprehension.
There were at least a thousand people present, and when
they huzzaed and stamped their feet till the roof shook
again, we turned to each other, and heartily wished the
night was over. Between the fear and the excitement of
the popular demonstration, everybody had a racking head-
ache.

BANK OF FRANCE.

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PARIS, JAN. 26.

The following is the return of the Bank of France
for the week ending to-day, together with the cor-
responding figures of the previous account :

DEBTOR.
Jan. 26. Jan. 19.
fr. c. fr. c.
Capital of the Bank 182,500,000 182,500,000
Profits in additioh to
capital (Art. 8, Law,
June 9, 1857
Reserve of the Bank
and its branches 22,105,750 14 22,105,750 14
Reserve in landed pro-
perty , 4.000 000 ---4,000,000
,
Notes in circulation . . 808,283,925 817,443,275
Banknotes to order and
receipts payable at
sight 5,596,403 38 5,462,364 77
Treasury, account cur-
rent creditor
Current accounts, Paris 116,666,715 37 116,860,164 66
Do. branch banks
Dividends payable 4,447,856 75 6,165,655 75
Discounts and sundry
interests
Rediscounted the last •
six months
Sundries

Total
CREDITOR.

Jan. 26. Jan. 19.
Cash in hand and in fr• c. fr. c.
branch banks
Commercial bills over-

2,630,867 13 1,041,343 54

due
Commercial bills dis-
counted, not yet due
332165:896171:475834 25
3323
89:080228:538195 72
Do. branch banks
Advances on deposit of

bullion
Do. branch banks
Do. on French Public

14,004,931 55 14,846,431 55
4,081,210 - 4,394,610 -

Securities
Do. by branch banks
Do. on railway shares

14,731,600 - 14,968,100 -
9,375,900 - 9,534,500 -

28,167,500 - 28,344,900 -
18,315,950 - 18,468,050 -

and debentires
D. branch banks
Do. on Credit Fowler
Bonds
Do. branches
Do. to the State (Con-
vention, June 10,
1863) 60,000,000
Government Stock re-
serve 12,980,750 14 12,980,750 14
Do. disporable
Rentes Immobalisees
(Law, June 2, 1857) 100,000,000 100,000,000
Hotel and furniture of ,•
the Bank and landed
property branches
Expenses of manage-

524,500 -
389,750 -

60,000,000 -

8,397,442 - 8,389,142 -

Mont
Smithies

44,720 70 36,821 15
5,585,036 08 2,949,804 44

Total 1,281,477,410 49 1,298,856,919 86
:Signed) The Senator Governor of the Bank of France,
BOVLAND.