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. WINDSOR,
Late last night a fire of the mL 3
character
broke .out in Windsor Castle, the re, this mo■
ment, of her Majesty, his Royal !Pe-Prince
Consort, and the royal children, which at one time
threatened to involve in one common ruin the whole of
that ancient and majestic edifice and its vast and varied
interior appointments and decorations. all of 'them of
singular interest and magnificence, and which; as it is,
has resulted in the partial destruction of a valuable pore,
tion of it.
The part of the structure destroyed forms the north.
eastern angle of the castle, and is known as the Prime
of Wales's Tower, which commands an extensive view
for7many miles round of the richly diversified landscape,
extending beyond and including the Home Park, the
Slopes, and the terraces, gardens, and pleasure grounds
to the east, in which the Royal Family are wont to take
daily exercise and recreation during their residence here..
This tower consists of a low basement story, and im-
mediately above that the royal dining-room, an apart-
ment of elegant and lofty proportions, and decorated in
a style of unusual magnificence. This room is 'flanked
on the one hand by an apartment of an octagonal form
- constituting the principal part of the Brunswick Tower
—and on the other by the Red Drawing-room, all on
the same floor. Immediately over the royal dining-room
is a small suite of apartments, consisting of a sitting and
two bed rooms, which have been hitherto occupied by
Mr. Norton, the clerk of the kitchen, and one of his as-
sistants, and it was in the vicinity of one of these rooms,
if not in one of them, that the fire first manifested itself.
The Queen, His Royal Highness Prince Albert, ac-
companied by their Royal Highnesses the Prince of
Wales, the Princess Royal, Prince Alfred, the Princesses
Alice, Helena, and Louisa, and Prince Arthur, and their
suite, left Buckingham Palace yesterday afternoon,
about half-past three o'clock, for Windsor Castle, which
they reached within an hour aftertvards, travelling by
the Great Western Railway. The Duchess of Welling.
ton, Lady Caroline Barrington, the Hon. Eleanor Stan-
ley, the Hon. Beatrice Byng, Lord Camoys, Colonel
Grey, Major-General Berkeley Drummond, Colonel
Bouverie, the Hon. Captain de Ros, and Mr. Gibbs,
composed the royal suite on the occasion.
About half-past . nine o'clock,. Colonel Biddulph, the
Master of the Household, and some of the ladies and
gentlemen of the Court, who had dined in the octagonal
room in the Brunswick Tower, observed smoke issuing
from the walls in the vicinity of the fire-place, accom-
panied by a peculiar crackling noise. An alarm was in-
stantly given, and Mr. Turnbull, the clerk of the works,
and several officers and servants of the household, im-
mediately summoned to the spot. On proceeding to the
floor over the dining-room they observed masses of smoke
issuing from the floor andskirting-boards of one of the bed-
rooms occupied by Mr. Norton, which in a few moments
more became so intolerably dense and suffocating that
they were unable to remain. They then retired into a
large square lobby, on the same floor, and immediately
contiguous, from whence also they were soon driven
by the immense volume of smoke which now poured
out of the rooms leading into it, and circulated through
all the adjacent apartments. It ought to be here stated
that a series of fire-pipes, constantly charged with a
plentiful supply of water, are stationed at frequent
intervals, all round the various lobbies and stair-
cases throughout the interior of the Castle. The water
for this service is derived exclusively from a large tank
or reservoir, capable of holding a million gallons, which
was erected for this special purpose a few years ago on
the top of Cranburne-hill, about four miles from the
Castle, and is kept constantly supplied by means of a
large steam engine, which raises the water from the
Thames at a place called Datchet-lane.
The next step taken was to connect the hose with the
various fire pipes in and about the Prince of Wales'
Tower, which was promptly done, and a volume of
water was poured into the rooms from which the smoke
was seen to issue. On ascending to the floor immediately
over that occupied by Mr. Norton, and which consisted
of a series of small rooms, also used as dormitories by
some of the servants of the household, all access to the
several apartments was wholly impossible, so completely
were they enveloped in the thick cloud of smoke which
had found its way from below. Up to this time no
flame had been observed; but shortly afterwards a small
volume was seen issuing from a short narrow passage
leading from the smaller of the bedrooms occupied by
Mr. Norton, and which for a long time maintained a
complete mastery over all the efforts made to subdue it.
The officers and soldiers of the second Life Guards, and
of the first battalion of Scotch Fusiliers, stationed Wind-

[PRICE SD.

The Spiteful steam-sloop is to be juryrigged and sent
to Woolwich, where she will receive new boilers.
The crew of the steam-frigate Valorous, 16, Captain
C. M. Buckle, were inspected on Wednesday by the
Commander-in-Chief, and were paid wages to-day. The
ship is ready for sea.
Strong winds from the eastward have prevailed
for some days past. On Thursday morning, at 11
o'clock, the brig Madonna, of Liverpool, Captain
Boase, with sugar, from Bahia for Gothenburg, was
caught in a squall off Portland, and dismasted.
Twenty miles south-south-east of the Start she was
fallen in with by two French fishing boats, which
brought her safely into the Sound. On Friday, at 3
a.m., the barque Jessie, Captain Bird, of North Shields,
from the Mediterranean with linseed, for Hull, was run
into off the Start by a trawl sloop, which carried away
five of her stancheons, bulwarks, rail, &c. The Jessie
came to this port. The sloop was seen after the colli-
sion.

The emigrant ship Albemarle, 704 tons, Captain I. F.
Trivett, belonging to Scarborough, with 21 cabin and
178 intermediate passengers from London, and 544 in-
termediate from Plymouth, sailed yesterday with a fair
wind for Port Philip and Sydney. She took with her
111 bags of newspapers, originally placed on board the
steam-ship Australian.
The mails landed on Wednesday from the Royal Axis- •
tralian Mail Company's steam-ship Sydney consisted of
146 packages and boxes, and weighed 4 tons 15 cwt. 51b.
The dimensions of her Majesty's screw steam-ship St.
Jean d'Acre, of 101 guns, and 600-horse power, to be
launched on Wednesday next, are—

Ft. in

Length from fore part of figure to after part of -
taffrail 273 0
Depth from upper part of figure to lower part of
false.keel
' Ditto
Length for tonnage
Breadth, extreme
Ditto, for tonnage
Ditto, for moulded
Depth in hold

52 0
56 6
. 202 5
. 55 4
. 54 6
, 53 8
24 5
Tons.
(old measurement) 3200
(new measurement) 2084

taffrail .

Burden in tons
Ditto ...

Mr. Charles Besley, chief clerk in the storekeeper's
office in this yard, has been this day superannuated on a
pension of 3301. per annum, that being his present rate
of salary. Mr. Besley has been above 50 years as clerk
in the dockyard.
The Spiteful, steam-sloop, is ordered to Woolwich for
iepair of her boilers.

NRW ELECTRIC FLOATING LIGHT.—In our journal of
the 3d inst. we noticed the principle of this new and
valuable patent, of so much importance to mariners.
On that occasion the gutta-percha tubing was not suffi-
ciently strong to bear the pressure of the gas ; since that
period some larger and stronger tubing has been made,
and the scientific inventor, Captain Sherringham, as-
sisted by the talented Lieutenant Julius Roberts, of the
Royal Marine Artillery, have brought it most success-
fully to bear. The light has been shown off Hollings-
worth Rooms, South Beach, the last two nights, and
proved beyond all doubt that, whether for 2 or 20 miles,
it is equally effective, and can be lighted and extinguished
at pleasure.

WOOLWICH, MARCH 19.
APPOINTMENTS.

Master Joseph Chegwyn (1838) to the Queen, 116,
at Devonport.

Clerks.—Edward J. Giles (1850) to the Edinburgh,
58, screw steam-ship, at Devonport ; F. F. Miller to the
Victory flag-ship, at Portsmouth.
The Tyne storeship, Master-Commander Peter Wel-
lington, left Woolwich at an early hour this morning for
the islands of Ascension and Rio.

A casting took place to-day at 2 p.m., at the foundry
at Woolwich dockyard, of a brass screw propeller for the
Agamemnon, 91, screw steam-ship, at Portsmouth.
The quantity of metal required for the casting was about
11 tons, and the time occupied in running it first into
an iron pot made for the purpose, and subsequently into
the screw propeller mould, was about 20 minutes. The
iron pot was expressly made for being used when large
castings' take place, and is so constructed that there is
very little chance of serious accidents occuring, as has
been the case in some foundries, through some of the
boiling metal falling on the men. Lieutenant-Colonel
M'Adam, Lieutenant-Colonel Bury, and several of the
officers of Royal Marines, Dr. Burns, Mr. Atherton,
chief engineer, Mr. Macdonal, master attendant, Mr.
Trickett, assistant to the chief engineer, and several of
the officers of the yard, were present to witness the cast-
ing, and were much gratified by the excellent manner in
which the men were enabled, by the working gear, to
gradually turn up the iron pot, containing 11 tons of
fluid metal, and pour it into the mould, while the pot
was suspended by a powerful crane, without the slightest
apprehension of danger shmild any -of -the men with-
draw from the gear, as it would remain safely in the
position in which it was left until they again proceeded
with the operation. The screw was cast 18 feet in dia-
meter, but it will be reduced when finished to about 16
feet, and the weight to about eight tons.

sor, now appeared, and with the whole available force of
the Windsor police, under the direction of Mr. Superinten-
dent Eager, and the local fire brigade, lent the most valu-
able assistance in subduing the conflagration which threa-
tened destruction to all around. His Royal Highness
Prince Albert had been early apprised of the catastrophe,
and was immediately in attendance consulting with Col.
Biddulph, Col. Phipps, and other officers of the house-
hold, as to the best means of averting the impending de-
struction. Finding that the interior and exterior appli-
ances for mastering the fire were wholly unequal to the
task, it was deemed advisable to dispatch a telegraphic
message to Mr. Braidwood, of the London Fire Brigade
to command his immediate attendance with a number of
engines and men proportioned to the emergency. Im-
mediately on the arrival of this communication, that
active and experienced officer started for the Waterloo
terminus of the South-Western Railway with two pow-
erful engines, one from the WWing-street, and the other
from the Farringdon-street stations, with ten men, five
to each engine, selected from the London Fire Brigade,
There they found that a serious delay would arise before
the necessary arrangements could be made for dispatch-
ing a train with them to Windsor, and they pushed on
to the Nine Elms station, whence after some little time,
they were conveyed by a pilot engine at the greatest
possible speed to their destination, which they reached
about two o'clock. By this time, the fire which had .
been rapidly circulating through the various floors in
each of the stories from the dining-rooms upwards, had
reached the ceiling immediately below. the roof, and was
blazing out of some of the windows in the adjoining
rooms. It had also communicated with the splendid
ceiling of the royal dining-room from the floor above, of
which it was making appalling havoc. By a dexterous
movement on the part of the London fire brigade, and
immediately on their arrival, the burning ceiling of the
upper story was effectually cut away, by which means
the roof was wholly preserved, and the flames kept
within the walls. The windows in many places were
now broken by stones purposely thrown from without
to admit the hose of the engines, which had been

MALTA, MARCH 14, 7 A.M.
At the early hour of three o'clock this morning the
Wasp steam-frigate arrived very unexpectedly from Con-
stantinople, bearing dispatches of primary importance.
They are said to have reference to the visit of Prince
Mentschikoff, late from the Russian Court, and his non-
reception by the Sultan to an audience.
The outward Indian mails from Southampton, per
Indus, arrived at three p.m. yesterday, and those by the
Euxine, from Marseilles, at one o'clock a.m. this morn-
ing. They will be forwarded to Alexandria at 10 to-day,
and mails to Corfu also at 10, by the Triton.
_ _

The Caradoc is ordered toMarseilles with dispatches
from Constantinople for the Foreign Minister. She will
sail as soon as her steam is up.

COMMUTATION OF THE SENTENCE ON STAPLETON.-It
will be rememberd that a court-martial was held on
board H.M.S. Impregnable, guard-ship at this port, on
the 3d inst. for the trial of Francis Stapleton, boatswain's
mate of H.M. steam-ship Vulture, on a charge of con-
temptuous conduct towards Lieut. Mansell of that ship,
and for having also knocked down John Ashpole, a
sentry on board the same ship. The defendant, who it
seemed was in a state of intoxication at the time he com-
mitted these very serious offences, admitted his guilt and
threw himself on the mercy of the court, who sentenced
him to be disrated, to receive thirty-six lashes with a
cat-o'-nine tails, to be imprisoned in the county gaol at
Exeter for twelve calendar months, and then to be
discharged in disgrace from her Majesty's service.
The press has been almost unanimous in condemning the
sentence as being much too severe for the offences taking
the circumstances under which they were committed into
consideration, in which opinion the Lords of the Admi-
ralty appear fully to concur, for on perusing the evidence
given at the trial they ordered that the sentence should
be mitigated by a reduction in the period of imprison-
ment to three months, at the end of which time Staple-
ton is to be discharged but not with disgrace. Had the
sentence been carried out, he would have been prevented
ever again entering the service, and have lost all his ser-
vitude. On the expiration of his imprisonment he will,
however, now be received into her Majesty's employ-
ment on board ship should he desire it, and his servitude
will count as before.—Devonport Independent.

drawn up outside, and by dint of exertions on the
part of the metropolitan and local firemen, and an
abundant supply of water, the flames were gra-
dually got under, but not before a considerable portion
of the ceiling of the dining room, and the floors,
ceiling, and furniture of the apartments above had been
destroyed. All communication with the adjacent parts
of the Castle was also effectually cut off, by tearing up
the floors and removing the furniture, a service in which
the officers and soldiers of the Life Guards and Fusiliers
engaged with the most praiseworthy zeal and effect, and
by this means the conflagration was strictly confined to
a comparatively narrow circle in the extreme corner of
the building in which it originated.
It has been said that shortly after the discovery of
the fire her Majesty left the Castle and proceeded to
Frogmore, her Majesty, however, did not leave
the Castle. On the contrary, she remained there during
the whole of the night, and, though she could not but

feel considerable alarm on such occasion, it is stated that
she evinced throughout the same remarkable presence of

mind and courage which she has more than once shown
in the presence of danger.
The origin of the disaster is as yet wholly matter of
conjecture ; but it is most generally assigned, by those
competent to form a judgment in such a case, from their

experience and professional pursuits, to the overheating
of a flue. At all events, that it had its rise in accident

is
be undoubted. At present it would idle to attempt
to form anything like an accurate estimate of the damage
done. It may be sufficient to state that it will amount to
nothing like between 80,000/. and 100,000/., the sum stated
in the newspapers of to-day. The whole of the magnificent
furniture in the royal dining-room was removed without
anodrigiannyatpi eu:sionnanlo
ment, which consisted of oak elaborately decorated with
gold, has fallen in, and lies a shapeless mass of charred
injury ; but a large portion of the ceiling of that apart-
wood and mortar on the floor beneath, whilst the water
poured into the apartments above, for the purpose of
extinguishing the flames, has continued percolating
through the remainder of the ceiling in showers during
the day. The exterior walls of the tower, however, re-
part of the structure from without to-day can discover
little or no trace of the conflagration which raged within
for eight hours during the previous night.
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cornerthat
of the stately edifice. Had it been otherwise, the result
must have been melancholy and d' ' '
iastrous in the
extreme.
main
Happily, perfectly
the intact,
accident

last anelopement
occurred Alm. evening
El, o P EmaEt N T E
Almondbury,
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remarkable( ], n Sunday
character
tßahettbyeea,utifuisl , andj.p urY• Miss Fanny Battye, aged 22,
happened to accomplished daughter of B. N. R.
story. It .3 of Fenay Lodge, is the, heroine of the
York-
shire al;Pears that Miss Fanny, who is a real domesticated as well as accomplished lady, occa-
sionally
these went to Huddersfield a shopping. On one of
occasions, towards the close of last summer, she
book-
seller where she was served
,and stationer, in Westgate,
visit the shop of Mr. Joseph Brook,
.I'y a young shopmen whose name is Charles Edward
KeYmour. Being leap year rumour states that she
availed herself of the traditional privilege of her sex, and
cast a " sheep's eye" at our Adonis, which was followed
by the "accidental " squeezing of his hand as he gave
her a packet of envelopes. Young Charles immediately
detected, and as promptly reciprocated these telegraphic
indications of love. Miss Fanny's visits at the shop
from thence became more frequent until at length suspi-
cions were entertained by the other shopmen, which
were embodied in whispers that ultimately reached the
councils at Fenay Lodge, and the result was that young
Keymour was removed to !a shop in London. Time
rolled on, and it was thought that the intimacy, which
appeared to have been ripening into love, had been
finally broken off. On Sunday evening last, being
no evening service in Almondbury parish church, Miss
lookiantg person
opened Fanny proceeded as usual on foot to her devotions at
the workhouse, where the vicar holds an evening ser-
vice. After service was over she returned by a rather
off to the Hud-
dersfield
Bridge,circuitousa cab
wasroute homewards.
standing,ap
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tyOys t
end
1.1 arrivingioo .
opened the door, Miss Fanny bounded into the vehicle,
Charles was
bywhtheere
party thenyoung
proceeded by train
awaitingt the doer
hwaser
arrival. closed,
The the
he
anand
Railwayfrom Station,thence
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train on 'the Midland line to L0nd0n.2.30 Monday morning
the metropolis they proceeded to S On arriving in
where a clergyman was in attendance,t.
Pancras
Church,
united them together for '
' better and for worse."