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four knots, the wind having lulled. Immediately after this
boat left Colonel Moore came to me again, and asked what
I thought of doing ? I replied, that there was no boat which
it was possible could be moved; but, in order to encourage
the men, I endeavoured to hoist out the horse-boat. There
was then none of the ship's company on board, with the ex-
ception of the carpenter and one ordinary seaman. I then
gave the wheel in charge of a soldier, and went to assist the
carpenter in getting the tackles on the bow of the horse-boat.
The proper tackles were unable to be got at, owing to the
positian of the fire. We found it quite impossible to move
her, ;Lad were driven back by the flames coming up to the
bow of the boat from the main hatch. We then took refuge
on the poop, in number about 30. At this time from t&
taarail I could see a light; it was about a quarter to 12, and
about a quarter of an hour after the last boat left the ship. I
instantly imagined it to be a ship's light, and put the helm
down inainall,:t ly for the vessel to come up with us. We
remained tO the wind about 20 minutes, then lost sight of
' the light, which I have heard since was a light on-board the
schooner Kennet Kingsford. When I lost sight of the light
I then thought it must have been a light shown by one of the
boats. I thou bore up again, but during the tine the ship
had been to the wind the„flames had so increased that they
had lapped around to the mizeu chains, the colonel still
standing by me. The lee rigging being burnt through, and •
the ship being again-Vefore the wind, the first roll she gave
the mainmast fell over the port gangway. This made her
unmanageable, and she came up to the wind; in a few mi-
nutes after the foremast fell over the bows, and the flames-
wore rapidly oausuming the poop. The weather mizen rig-
ging being untouched, the mizeumast still stood All the
remaining persons were then driven into the mizen chan-
nels, where we remained for some time before the
mizenmast fell over the stern. To the best of my be-
lief it must have been at this time about 1 a.m. Observing
three men on the wreck of the mainmast sitting ou the rim of
the top, in consequence of my recommending them to swim •
to it, I tried to persuade Colonel Moore to accompany me to
this place of comparative safety ; but he said he could not go.
Hearing from the men on the wreck of the mast that the'
flames were less violent forward, owing to the wind blowing
the flames aft, I endeavoured to persuade Colonel Moore to
accompany me to that part of the ship, without much hope
of his being able to get there. I went as far as the main
channels and came back again for him, but he could not at-
tempt it. I then told the soldiers that if they were able to do
so to follow me. I then went forward, followed by the car-
penter and one soldier, but the latter was unable to get fur-
ther than the main channels, and was obliged to return. I
never saw Colonel Moore again. I was taken off from the
fore channels with the carpenter about 3 a.m. of the Ist inst.,
by the boat of the brig Clemanthe, which picked up 12 of us
iu all, including one soldier, who died in the boat. By
some of these I was told that when the flames caught
the mizen rigging and burnt it through, the colonel and
several others, including the woman, fell overboard. The
boat of the Clemanthe made two trips. I came back in her
myself. The weather was moderate, with heavy rain. To
the best of my belief, had the Admiralty agent's boat stopped
by the ship she might have saved several lives. Having
pulled round the ship after the last trip, I am convinced that
there were no survivors left on the wreck. GARDINER.
Ta

ken and sworn before us—
S. PAGET, J.P.
G. GRFY, J.P.
I knew nothing of the fire that took place in one of the
seamen's berths, the day previous to the burning of the
Europa, until I heard of it on board her Majesty's ship Tri-
bune, and from the position of the berth it is utterly impos-
sible that it could have had any connexion with the burning
of the ship. W. G.

S. PAGET, J.P.
G. GREY, J.P.

THE KING OF PORTUGAL'S VISIT TO

THE CITY.

Yesterday, the King of Portugal and the Duke of
Oporto, attended by the Portuguese Ambassador and
several distinguished persons, were received at the
Mansion House by the Lord Mayor, Aldermen, and
Common-Councilmen, at twelve o'clock, his Majesty
having appointed that hour for receiving the address of
the City. The members of the corporation appeared in

state costume.
Mr. JAMES ANDERTON, and Mr. Deputy HOLT, the
mover and seconder of the address, handed the docu-
ment to Mr. Serjeant Merewether, the Town-Clerk, who
read it in an impressive manner. It was as follows :
" We, the Lord Mayor, Aldermen, and Commons of the
City of London, in Common Council assembled, approach
your Majesty to welcome your Majesty and your august
brother, the Duke of Oporto, to this our ancient and loyal
city, and to offer our congratulations on the auspicious
visit of your Majesty and the Duke of Oporto to our
beloved and gracious sovereign, Queen Victoria.
" Impressed with feelings of deep interest in every cir-
cumstance calculated to affect the peace and happiness of
mankind, we hail with sincere satisfaction the presence of
your Majesty and that of your august brother in this
country at this peculiar crisis in the affairs of Europe, as a
certain indication of your Majesty's sentiment of friend-
ship and goodwill towards our beloved Sovereign and the
people of these realms, and as a sure guarantee that your
Majesty participates in our ardent wishes for the restora-
tion and establishment of universal peace.
" We respectfully desiro to express our earnest hope that
your Majesty's visit may tend to perpetuate the friendly
alliance which has for so many years happily existed between
the Portuguese and British nations, and that your Majesty
may long be spared to promote the best interests of the
people over whom, by Divine Providence, your Majesty is
destined to reign."
The Kink_ of Portugal then read the following answer,
which was, we were given to understand, written by his

Majesty :
My lord mayor, I thank you and the aldermen and
commons of the City of London, in my own name and in
that of my brother, the Duke of Oporto, fur the kiud ex-
pressions with which you have welcomed us upon the occa-
sion of this our first visit to the city. The premature death
of my dear and for ever lamented mother, the Queen Dona
Maria 11., having obliged me to ascend a throne, which,
however glorious, I would rather have ascended much
later, I have undertaken this voyage, not for my amuse-
ment, but for my own instruction and for the purpose of
better fitting myself hereafter to guide the destinies of the
noble people over whom I am called to rule, and in doing
so, I do but execute the late Queen's will.
"Painful as are for me the circumstances which obliged
me to quit my own country sooner than I would perhaps
otherwise have done, it is a satisfaction for me that the
first soil upon which I tread should bo that of our most
ancient and faithful ally, and that the first court I visit
should be that of your gracious Sovereign, to whom, as
well as to her Royal Consort, being already connected by
ties of relationship, I am now attached by the deepest feel-
ing-, of friendship and gratitude for the cordial and affec-
tionate reception they have given me.
" I cannot but acknowledge with the utmost satisfaction
that the city of London, whose worthy representatives you
are, has been united by the most intimate relations with
the city iu which I was born, not only at a time iu which
European commerce was conducted by municipal corpora-
tions, by small republics who, in the midst of monarchies,
acted with almost sovereign independence, but also in
modern times. These relations, I confidently hope, will be
maintained for ever. The friendship between England
and Portugal has existed for centuries, and increased more
and more.
" England has always fought for Portugal whenever her
independence has been threatened. Our liberal institutions
powerfully contribute to identify the feelings and interests
of both countries. Throughout the course of my reign, my
conduct and firm purpose will be, under the blessing of
Divine Providence, both to maintain the institutions of my
country, and to render more and more close the relations
which have existed, and continue to unite the two nations."
(Loud cheers.)
The royal party, attended by the Lord Mayor, alder-
men, and sheriffs, then proceeded to view the Bank, the
Royal Exchange, the Stock Exchange, &c., &c., and
returned at three o'clock to partake of a dejeuner a la
fourckette in the Egyptian Hall, served up in a style of
regal magnificence by Messrs. Staples and Co.
Mr. Harker officiated as toast-master.
The King of Portugal and the Duke of Oporto were
evidently delighted with the whole entertainment, and
the Lord Mayor and the Lady Mayoress were most
enthusiastically cheered. The company separated before
six o'clock.

WHAT CAN BE DONE BY LOCAL
BOARDS OF HEALTH.

From an interesting report of the Local Board of
Health for the parochial
.district of Regent Square
Church, St. Pancras, we learn that the population of the
district is about 9,900, giving an average of nine persons
to each house, there being 1,100 houses included in the
district, disposed in the following manner : 415 of the
higher classes ; 635 of the lower classes (113 dwellings
s
in mews being included in the latter number)—togethe
making 1,100, which is 1-17th part of the houses in the
parish of St. Pancras, or 1-280th part of the wholeth num-
ber of inhabited houses of London, according to e re-
turns of the last census. During the past six mont
in vas
the inspector has made 1,453 personal inspections -
rious parts of the district, 130 notices and letters have
been served upon 63 different landlords—requiring the
removal and abatement of nuisances existing on their
premises ; 172 separate dwelling houses have been in-
cluded in the above notices, in connection with which
1,101 visits have been made. No less than
639 separate sources of infection have been, or are
about being abolished, by the removal of cesspools,
the renewal of drains, the renewal of sinks, and there-
moval of refuse. Taking the average superficial area of
each cesspool to be about eight square feet, they lae v
to u© closed,
succeeded in closing, or are now causing
1,344 square feet of excrementitious matter (of an ave-
rage depth of 2 feet 6 inches), the exhalations from
which form the most injurious description of infectious
effluvia. Taking the average length
of the drains of
each house to be 30 feet only, they have caused or are
now causing the renewal or cleansing of 5,100 lineal
feet of foul house drains. More than half of tl-e • rI s
required to be done in thenff
thedist o
district are now comileled) in
a systematic manner, a
d
by the board, including printing al expenses
and
v inspector'sinscauirlrrey
has been less than fifty pounds. This is what has been
effected
ected in a few months in this district, which contains
but the 280th part of the total number of the inhabited
houses of London. Is it, therefore, unreasonable -to
assert (adds the report) that 280 times the good might
have been achieved in the same time, had similar means
been resorted to, by every district in the Metropolis
Granting the fairness of this assertion, the conviction is
forced upon us that, during the past winter, no less than
177,920 separate sources of infection might have been
wi
abolished, or in course of annihilation
; Bcres of eva-
porating surface of fatal matter (th an average depth
of 2 feet 6 in.) might have been obliterated ; 270 miles
of foul house drains might have beenrenewed, renewed, cleansed,
or in tour:® of bein o treated.