The Sun.
London, England, 1856-03-20 00:00:00

EAST INDIA COMPANY.

The .. • uarterly eourt of the prnprietors was
held yes the East India House, Lead-
enlaall-street , rid 5
naughton in the chair.
Mr. J pOstpo 'his motion relative to the ap-
pointment of a cormilitite to the obtaining a more
suitable governing body for India than at present
existed.

Mr. JONES brought under the notice of the Court the
case of the late General Sir John Maccaskill, relative
to the amount of remuneration to which he was entitled
to fo 's services in Affghanistan and Cabal, where he
was app iirigado by General Sir George
Pollock, and a divielorll commander. Lord Auckland,
when Governor-General of India, was in favour of the
deceased being paid the full amount of pay to which
commanders of divisions were entitled, but Lord Ellen-
borough bad decided that the pay should only be thai,--Of
a brigadier of the second class. He moved that the
documents connected with the subject of Major-General
Sir John Maccaskill's claim (belonging to the home de-
partment) be brought into Court, and that they be
printed.

- Mr. LEwIN seconded the motion, which was negativcd
after a few remarks from the Chairman.
The meeting then adjonrned.

Sporting Intelligence.

COVENTRY SPRING MEETING.-MARCII 24
AND 25.

FIRST DAY,
Handicap Plate of 401. Three-quarters of a mile.
Age st lb Age st lb
Humboldt
Little Tom 6 8 2 Vestige
Plausible
Redemption
Lady in Waiting a 7 3 Phillip
Usurer , 4 6 12 Flom Shon Catti 4 5 6
Questionable 4 6 9 1 Speculator 2 4 9

SECOND DAY,
Handicap Plate of 501. One mile.

Age st lb
Le Juif
Assayer
DukeofLanea,ter 5 7 10
Aladdin 5 7 7
Bolton
Joshua
Noisette 6 7 5
Flagelot 4 7 3
Lady Godiva 5 7 0 j

Age at lb
II Kate Hardcastle 4 6 10
I Freckle
Engleinere 4 6 7
Miss Hatch
Little Bird 3 6 2
General Windham 3 5 12
Mark Foulis
Curious
Phillip

AN AVALANCHE ON THE ST. GOTHABD.—On the 23d
ult. a train of 10 sledges was overtaken by an avalanche
on the St. Gotbard. Five of the sledges were driven
down a precipice with all their passengers, only three
persons escaping—Prince Lebkowitz, his servant, and
one of the drivers. M. Fragnani was not got out until
he had been lying for about 20 minutes, covered to the
depth of five feet.
The Bavarian Chambers have resolved that the Mun ich-
Sal tzburg Railroad shall be built at the expense of the
State. The Railroad Committee of the Lower Chamber
proposed that the line should be conceded to a private
company, but the house refused to give its consent, and
empowered the Government to raise the 12,200,000f1.
which it is likely to cost.

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acid was used in the production of the light, but it had
not been used since the second week of the
pantomime. He .never saw the sulphuric acid in the
theatre. Every article belonging to the company ought
t) have been removed from the theatre at the expiration
of the time for which the engagement bad been entered
into. Did not know hew the sulphuric acid was used.
If any tackle had been necessary to convey the acid
to any part of the theatre it would have been
the duty of Min;-Sloman to erect it. His servants had
nothing at all to tio,with the electric light. He did not
even know in what part' of the theatre the gas for the
electric light was generated. The gas was removed
from the proscenium to make way for his galvanic bat-
tery. The wires used by him in his experiments were
removed before the ball.
The Coroner asked whether any directions had been
given about lamps ?
Mr. Anderston stated that no directions were given
by him. A person was under contr....ct to supply every
lamp that was required, at a weekly contract.
Mr. Sloman, recalled—The electric light was on the
portico in Bow-street. He did nothing to that ; it was
done by Mr. Anderson's carpenter. He had nothing to
do with raising the carboys, neither had any of his men.
The firemen knew that the vitriol was going to be used,
as they went to Mr. &man and told him about it.
The witness here again repeatcd his evidence respecting
the first crutbreak of the fire.

By a Juror—When the electric light was done with
he saw the men removing the things, but he did not
know whether they removed the whole of the articles.
Wm. Harrison recalled, and, in answer to questions,
said he recollected some carboys being pulled up from
the outside to the top of the theatre on the
day before Christmas•day. They were brought in a
waggon. The carboys contained sulphuric and nitric
acid. As near ag he could recollect there was about
half-a-dozen carborys. They were placed on the leads at
the top of the house, against the wall of the top flies.
He was sure the top of the houe was clear of the car-
boys in a few days afte: the arrangements with the
company terminated. He never knew the carboys
taken to the carpentars' shop. The carboys were taken
to the top of the house from the outside. They were
never in the inside of the house. The wires from the
outside of the theatre had no communication with those
of the interior. They never had more than a Canter.
bury quarter of sulphuric acid in store for magical expe-
riments.
Castles was again called, and stated the carboys were
taken to the top of the theatre from the outside. He did
not see them taken up, but he saw the whole of the car-
boys taken away. After the waggon had left the
theatre he examined the roof, and found it quite clear.
He had seen a, carboy in the ball of the theatre ; but he
was told it was empty. It had no cork in it, and had
been taken away soon ar.er the others had been re-
moved.

Mr. Thomas Grieve, the scene-painter, residing at
Palace-ma-1, knew well the construction of the theatre.
He had been engaged in the theatre nearly 30 years.
He always considered the little property-shop highly
dangerous. On one occasion he returned to the thratre
after a short absence; he found a little heap of rubbish in
the shop, which be ordered to be removed. When it was
being cleered away the heap began to smoke ; it was
composed of the sweepings of the paint;ng room.
Mr. James Braidwood, superirtendent of the London
Fire Brigade, stated that he had inspected the ruins, and
could gain no knowledge as to the cause of the fire.
He had heard all the evidence that had been adduced.
He thought that the firemen having been engaged con-
tinuously for forty hours,was too long a time for men to
be so long engaged, and without imputing drunkenness,
or any other improper act, it was certain that persons so
occupied were not capable of carefully watching pro-
perty. The fire could be supposed to have
occurred in two or three ways. It might have been
occasioned by spontaneous combustion. If such had
been the case there would have been no smoke with the
flame. If the gal had escaped in the manner in which it
had been described it would have escaped up the venti-
lating shaft. He believed the gas had nothing to do
with the fire, further than helping it on. He had been
over Drury-lane Theatre, and from inspecting the battens
he should think that the supposition of Dallaston as to
the fire being caused by the " battens" was the correct
one.

By a Juror—lie did not believe the candle which had
been spoken about caused the mischief.
By a Juror—Suppose, Mr. Braidwood, you were
asked the cause of the fire ?

_ .
Mr. Braidwood—l should say it arose from sponta-
neous combustiomitisl say opinion is that the whole of
the people engagoil iwthe theatre were so worn out that
they did not know.-whitt they were about.
The Coroiih said that that was the whole of the evi-
dence. They met for the purpose of ascertaining
the origin of the it would be for the jury to
say from " thi*Vid4peeithat had been placed before
them whether they could arrive at any satisfactory con-
clusion. He thought that the inquiry had been conducted
in a very able manner by the parish and police authori-
ties, and also that it wag one of a very proper descrip-
tion.

The jury then deliberated for a short time, and re-
turned a verdict to the following effect :
"That there was no evidence to show how the fire
originated."

The proceedings did sot terminate till a quarter past
six o'clock.