The Sun.
London, England, 1851-05-19 00:00:00

MONDAY EVENING-, MAX

Mr. HARDWICK further requested the police to look
after tho house in Leicester-place, and if evidence of
g.-cabling could be had, to indict the parties im-
mediately.

THE GOLD DUST ROBBERY.
ADDITIONAL PARTICULARS.
Since the last examination of the prisoner (William
Pamplin) at Winchester, on Friday last, the detective
officers of the city of London, Funnell, Trew, Hug.
getts, and Brett, under the direction of Mr. Superin-
tendent Hodgson, have been unremitting in their efforts
to trace the stolen property, and several new facts have
come to light which will tend to connect the former evi-
dence, and more firmly,fix upon the prisoner the charge
of a guilty knowledge and participation in this deeply
laid and cleverly executed robbery.
As has been already stated, a person answering the
description of the prisoner arrived at Mr. Eldred's, the
Railway Coffee-house, Shoreditch, in a cab from the
South-Western Railway, on the morning of Friday, the
Bth inst., at about five o'clock; and it has since been as-
certained that when the person alighted from the cab he
would not allow the driver or any one else to assist him
with his luggage, consisting of a bag and a parcel, but
carried them into the house himself'. He placed them
upon a seat in the coffee-room, upon which Mr. Eldred,
seeing that his customer was a traveller, offered to take
charge of them, but he imperatively desired him not to
touch them, stating that he would take care of them
himself. Ili face was muffled up with a black shawl,
which covered a great part of it; and although he
was supplied with a chop and coffee, he only momen-
tarily removed the shawl. During his stay he called
the coffee-shopkeeper by name, but his manner after-
wards indicated that his having done so was an act of
inadvertence or accident. When he was about to leave
with his luggage he remarked that ho wanted a cab,
upon which the coffee-shopkeeper volunteered to call
him one, which courtesy was declined, his visitor stating
that he could get one for himself, and be went to the
door and got one. When it drove up Mr. Eldred and
the cabman wished to assist him to the cab, but he again
declined their services, and himself placed the two par-
cels in the vehicle. This cab, it has been ascertained,
was driven to the terminus of the South-Eastern Rail-
way, at London-bridge, shortly,before seven o'clock, and
on its arrival there, the porter No. 39, William Wardle,
opened the door, and was about taking out a parcel and
a blue bag, when the person inside put out his hand and
pushed him off, saying, " I will take them out myself."
The porter describes the bag as a similar one to that
used by lawyers, and tied with a black cord, and it ap-
peared to be very heavy. He then entered the hooking-
office, where the porter noticed him for some little time,
and he thought it rather strange that he did not take a
ticket. He was met there by a man, with whom ho en-
tered into conversation, and the porter left them to-
gether. The train then started, and upon this point a
great deal of further intelligence has been received, but
at the present moment its publication might have the
effect of defeating the ends of justice.
On Saturday morning Edward Funnell, the officer,
accompanied by Mr. Eldred, the keeper of the Railway
Coffee-house, left London for Winchester, and proceeded
to the county gaol, where, in the presence of Mr. Bar-
ber, the governor, and Mr. Sheppard, the superinten-
dent of the Winchester city police, Mr. Eldred positively
identified the prisoner Pamplin as the person who had
come to his coffee-shop on the Friday morning in ques-
tion with the blue bag and a parcel, and who afterwards
left his house in a cab in the manner described. Mr.
Eldred spoke with the greatest confidence to the person
of the prisoner, as he knew him by his voice; which
means of identity was strongly dwelt on by the witness
William Edwards in his examination at Winchester on
Friday last.
Funnel has also discovered a black shawl and two
blue bags at the prisoner's lodgings in Earl-street, one of
them, and the shawl, exactly corresponding with the
description given by no less than four witnesses, viz.,
Edwards and Walter Smith, the porters at Wincester,
and the two witnesses above alluded to.
The variation in the statement of the prisoner's wife
as to the cause of his leaving home is also a strong cir-
cumstance of suspicion against him.
It is believed that the whole matter 'is now in fair
train of being brought to a satisfactory issue in a shot"
period.

LYNCIIING IN CALIFORNIA.
Two men were hung on the Costmes, on Friday
night last, for stt.aling horses. The circumstances are
as follows:—The same night, about ten o'clock, a team-
ster came up to the rancho of Messrs. Gage and Almond,
and informed them that " some won were below at-
tempting to cross the river with stock, and were having
ah—of a time." These gentlemen at once seemed to
be impressed with the idea that the men were
horse theives, and they started for the spot. On
arriving there they discovered two men whom they
hailed, " What horses aro those you have?" They re-
plied that they were some horses of their own, and that
they had brought them from Dry Creek. "Are they
all yours ?" said Mr. Gage. They replied, " Yes, all
but one." " When did you leave Dry Creek?" said Mr.
Gage. They replied that they " had left there late
this afternoon" (Friday), and that they were taking
the horses over to the American Fork. Messrs. Gage
and Almond, in company with two or three others, saw
at once that the horses had beon stolen from their own
rancho, and belonged to themselves. They said to
the thieves " God d— you, you must have stolen these
horses," and they at once arrested them. The men
and horses were then taken back to the rancho of Gage
and Almond, opposite Rhoades', where strict inquiry was
instituted. An examination was made of the brands un all
the stock, and the brands were identical with those used
by that firm, and each and every animal fully recog-
nised, not only by Gage and Almond, but by others in
attendance. The prisoners were then arraigned, and a
motion made to give them a trial by jury, but the
proposition was hooted down by the incensed crowd.
A motion was then made that they be hung at
once, which was carried by acclamation. They were
called on to make a confession, being told that they
had but half an hour to prepare for the
solemn change that awaited them. They gave their
names as James Baxter, of Maine, and Charles Sim-
mons, of Massachusetts; the names, however, may
have been assumed. The prisoners were then told
that their time had nearly elapsed. They seemed to
be much excited, and begged, " For God's sake let
us live a little longer." Five minutes more were
given them, during which time one of the prisoners
called on the other, saying, in a low tone of voice, " Let
us tell them all about it," to which the other replied,
" No, no, hush." When :he half hour had elapsed, they
were told their time bad come. Lariats wore brought,
nooses made, and the guilty wretches hung up. This
took place at twelve o'cl ck last night (Friday), and the
bodies were still suspended this morning when our in-
formant left, although persons were engaged in digging
two graves.—Sacramento Transcript.

TIIE LACE TZADE.—Since our last report we have
had a number of buyers here from London and other places,
but their purchases are unusually small. There have been a
few American orders receiyed since last week... Nottingham
Journal.

COMM;

1. CiI;NTRAL CRIMINAL COURT.
IVE IV COURT.
(Before the RECORDER.)
JO; 'huct Smith, who was indicted for breaking and en-
terinA• the warehouse of Josiah Lowe, was Acquitted.
Ile was again indicted, with a man named John Lang-
ford, -for being concerned in a burglary at the house cf
a Mr.. Edmonds, a wholesale silk weaver in Spitalhields,
when nearly 6001. worth of property was stolen.
Mr. Parry defended Langford.
Iu ti tis case the girl Bail was the chief evidence, and
through her instrumentality the prisoners bad been
taken, and also a portion of the property traced. She
was partly confirmed by a servant of the prosecutor's,
who saw the two prisoners hanging about her master's
premises, and watching the windows through which the
entry had been effected.
The jury found them both Guilty.
It was proved that the prisoners formed part of a re-
gular gang of notorious housebreakers, a great number
of whom had been transported
They were both transported for ten years.
The case occupied nearly the whole day.
POLICE INTELLIGENCE.

MARLBOROUGH-STREET.
GAMING-HOUSE PRACTICE.—Joseph Belasco. 4, Little
Catherine-street, and Isaac Belasco, of the Fountiin
public-house, Little Catherine-street, were brought be-
fore Mr. Hardwick, the first prisoner charged with hav-
ing violently assaulted Nicolans Papafi, an Hungarian
refugee, and also with being concerned in defrauding
him of 701. and his watch, by inducing him to play with
false dice at a gaming-house, No, 4, Leicester-place, and
the last prisoner, the father, charged with attempting to
rescue his son from the police.
The prosecutor, through the assistance of an inter-
preter, described himself as an Hungarian refugee, liv-
ing at No. 42, King-street, Soho. For some time he
had frequented a coffee-house and gaming-house, No. 4,
Leicester-place, for the purpose of play. Altogether, on
various occasions he had lost about 70/. in money, and his
gold watch and chain. On Thursday night he went to the
house and played at faro with dice, and lost about 71.
Having his suspicions that he had been cheated
throughout, he took up the dice, and on examining them
discovered they were false dice, and was deficient of the
highest number, a fraud that made loss inevitable to
players. The defendant Joseph Belasco, who acted as
treasurer, seeing him in the act of examining the dice,
knocked them out of his hand. He then left the house
and returned to his lodgings. On Friday ho went to
another house, 24, Cranbourn-street, where he saw the
prisoners, and in the presence of several persons he ex-
plained how he had been cheated. A person named
Wagner came in, and threatened to horsewhip him if he
did not retract his words. He refused, and Wagner
' then struck him a severe blow on the face, and left the
house. He left the place and procured the assistance of
a constable to accompany him to the gaining-house
where Wagner lived. Not finding Wagner there, he
returned into the street, and seeing Joseph Belasco, he
pointed him out to the constable, who took him into
custody. The prisoner, however, before this was
effected, struck him two severe blows between the eyes.
Police-constable Blunt, C 164, said the prosecutor,
when he saw Joseph Belasco, called out to him loud
enough for the prisoner to hear, " Here comes one of
the thieves who robbed me." As soon as witness had
the prisoner in custody, the elder prisoner came up and
laid hold of witness's collar in order to rescue his son.
Witness gave the father into custody.
Mr. Davies, for the prisoners, denied that any fraud
had been practised at the house, where the prisoner
Joseph was only a servant at the wages of 11. per week,
but he admitted that Joseph Belasco had struck the
complainant when he heard himself called a thief.
Mr. HARDWICK said, in consequence of the provoca-
tion given he should not inflict the full penalty.
The penalty of 34 was inflicted on Joseph, and 40s
on Isaac Belasco.

As soon as the excitement consequent on the accident
had in some degree subsided, the foreman of the works
had the men mustered and their names called over, when,
in addition to those taken to the hospital, two men, of
the names of Harrigan and Martin Crowan, were found
missing.
Some of the labourers escaped death under circum-
stances of a most marvellous character. In one instance
a labourer who was in the vaults, hearing something
tumbling above him, stepped aside into a nook, and the
next moment the crown of the vault was burst in by the
falling floors, completely wedging him in, but without
doing him the slightest injury, and after some time he
succeeded in extricating himself. Another surprising
preservation of life came to the writer's knowledge: six
Irishmen were on the uppermost floor, and seeing or
feeling the building sinking from under them, they ran
along the top, and reaching one of the ends, they, one by
ono, let themselves down to the street by means of the
projecting iron stays. Those who witnessed their es-
cape described it to have been attended with the most
imminent danger; how they managed to keep hold of
the thin pieces of iron from such a height is considered
truly marvellous.
The only persons who probably witnessed the falling
of the building, save those who were withi❑ it—ac the
portion which failed was shut out from public view—were
Mrs. Beckett, the wife of Mr. Beckett, boot and shoe-
maker, of 18, Gracechurch-street, and Mrs. Back, of
Langbourne Coffee-house, in Church•passage. As be-
fore mentioned, the building formed the north side of
the passage. Mrs. Beckett was in her kitchen, and, was
looking out of the window, when she saw the place fall
in. The pillars running up between the windows ap-
peared to split in the centre of the building, and, one
after another, gave way, " just like the falling of houses
built of cards by children." It appeared as it' the outer
walls were too weak to bear the enormous weight upon
the iron girders.
A portion of the walls fell on to the roof of the
vestry-room adjoining Allhallows Church, and broke it
in. Fortunately the church has sustained no damage
whatever.
During the afternoon the City surveyors were engaged
inquiring into 'the primary cause of the accident, but
we have been unable to collect their opinion. The
reporter had a❑ interview with Mr. Charles Corbett
(woo is an architect), and that gentleman attributed
the cause of the lamentable occurrence to the break-
ing of one of the iron girders. He stated that in the
centre of the building was a " well•hole," intended
to form the staircase, and across were run on eery floor
or landing, iron girders, each weighing nearly two tons.
All had been fitted and properly secured, and when in-
spected yesterday morning, seemed perfectly sound.
From some cause or other the uppermost girder sud-
denly snapped in two; its excessive weight dragged the
wall out of ics perpendicular, and the girder, getting
loose, fell and broke the girder below. This instantly
brought the walls down with the floors. Mr. Dennett,
we understand, was close to the girder when it broke,
and the opinion he forms of the cause is, that there was
a flaw in the metal of the girder, and that it uid not
arise from any want of foresight. Whether the girders
had undergone the ordeal of testing before they were
erected is a matter that will be subject to the strictest
inquiry. The walls on which they rested were 18 inches
thick, and were formed of what aro called old stock
bricks.

ADDITIONAL PARTICULARS.
From all that can be collected the building appear
,o have been too weighty for its site; for the magnifi-
s
cently designed front is bulging in, and seems likely to
follow the example of the back walls, while an Alton
ale-shop adjoining it on the north side has every square
in its plate-glass window cracked, the frame in its
centre being driven several inches from the perpen-
dicular.
The accident, dreadful as it was, appears to have been
in some degree anticipated by persons employed in the
building and others residing near the spot. We were
informed, although we cannot vouch for the accuracy of
the statement, that the district inspector visited the
building about a fortnight since, and advised the cessa-
tion of the works until the foundation should be
strengthened. His advice, however, was neglected, and
the catastrophe we have recorded is the consequence.
Upon this point we have the more authentic, and still
more decisive, testimony of the unfortunate widow of an
Irishman (Harrigan) who has fallen a victim to the acci-
dent. She said to us, when condoling with her under
her misfortune, " I knew the place was not safe. Yes-
terday I brought my husband's dinner, and he sat down
to eat it. I saw several cracks in the wall which has
fallen, which they were stopping with compost, and I
said to him, 'Harrigan, this is a bad place to eat your
dinner in; it doesn't seem safe.' He replied, No, I
know it ain't safe; there'll be a grand smash before
long!' And," continued the poor
woman, with tears in
her eyes, "it seems to have been a sad smash for him;
for I can't
the rubbish." see anything of him, and they say he's under
The portion of the wall which fell carrying with it se-
veral immense iron girders, the raising of which is said
to have been the immediate cause of the accident, was
about 50 feet high by 30 feet in length.
Up to half-past six o'clock last evening an immense
number of men, under the personal direction of Mr,
King, the superintendent of the works, had been actively
employed in casting down the dangerous walls, and re-
moving the debris that covered the unfortunate men
known to be beneath them. Owing, however, to the
many tons weight of bricks, iron-work, and cement, that
rise some dozen feet above the basement, it is the opinion
of the officials employed that at the least the entire night
will be required to clear a sufficiency of the rubbish away
so as to be able to reach the unfortunate sufferers.
Mr. Woodthorpe, the surveyor, with several members
of the Court of Common Council, have been for hours at
the scene, giving instructions to the men to
removeere such
portions h
portions of the remaining walls and floors as
w
con-
sidered likely to topple over and endanger the lives of
those working beneath; and the malls y now be said,
unless a very stiff breeze should spring'a
up,
struck the
to be tolerably
safe. To show the force that must
sufferers when the building fell,
itl is:toansynecessary 10
thick as small
as if they had
b
state that heavy beams of iron,
a
trees,een ewerere timber
snapped asunder h
s;
aed saesarinceelloisy.ll)two bricks have
fallen without being separated, notwithstanding that
had been previously fixed together with strong

CORRECT LIST OF THE KILLED AND WOUNDED,
Joseph Hanky, aged about 32; a coolpouud fracture
of the base of the 6111111, and both legs broken. Taken
to SC. MI:4I2IWD 1190Pitig. P 41300 dead.

THE FRIGHTFUL CATASTR,OPHE
IN THE CITY.
An accident of a roost appalling character happened
on Saturday morning between ten and eleven o'clock in
the immediate vicinity of Gracechurch-street. It caused
the sacrifice of several lives and serious injury to a large
cumber of persons.
The premises, which were the property of Messrs.
Bell and Corbett, of Pope's Head-alley and Adelaide-
aambers, King William-etreet, occupied the site of the
old Cross Keys Inn and coaching-house, on the west side
of Gracechurch-street. They were intended exclusively
for chambers and other private offices; and some idea
may be formed of their extent when it is stated that the
number of apartments amounted to 140. The property
comprised one lofty range of buildings, four stories in
height, and extended some 200 or 300 feet into Bali's-
court, George-yard, Lombard-street, the south frontage
running the whole length of Allhallows Church-passage.
The works had been going on for the last six or eight
months, and it appears that the firm who owned the
premises were their own builders, the workmen and
labourers being under the direction of a Mr. Dennett, a
kind of superintending foreman. The walls and flooring
were built so as to render them fireproof; the girders
being of iron, and the intermediate spaces filled with
concrete, and it seems that the workmen had just com-
pleted the upper floors, preparatory to laying down the
roof, when the catastrophe occurred.
On Saturday morning some 30 men were busily en•
gaged in the upper portion of the premises, completing
the floors by throwing in the concrete. Others were
employed in the lower floors, while many were busy at
the very bottom of the building, preparing the mortar
and sand for the use of those throughout the premises.
About 20 minutes to 11 o'clock a sudden snap, something
similar to the report of a gun, was heard, and the next
moment the men, to their horror, found the building
tumbling beneath them, and in another second or so the
whole of the south side, which overlooked Allhallows
Church, was soon sinking in one general mass. A mo-
mentary glance sufficed to apprise the men of the fearful
catastrophe that awaited them. Some of the poor fel-
lows, by an extraordinary and almost superhuman effort,
bounded, as the floor gradually gave way, on to the roof
of the church, while others, in as astounding a manner,
contrived to leap on to the adjoining houses. The great
majority of the workmen, however, fell with the build-
ing, and the scene that ensued may possibly be imagined.
The crash shook and startled the whole of that part of
the city, and for some time the greatest consternation
prevailed; it was only to know the character of the
event, however, to anticipate the melancholy results.
Crowds of excited passers-by and neighbours rushed to
the scene, and then it was discovered that the whole of
the centre of the extensive range of building, from the
highest story, had given way, and had fallen to the
ground in one shapeless mass.
The labourers who had escaped instantly made their
way to the ruins, and with the police and other persons
proceeded to extricate the unfortunate workmen who lay
buried in the rubbish. In many instances their piercing
cries for help intimated to their rescuers the spot where
they lay imprisoned beneath huge rafters and masses of
brickwork; and in the course of ten minutes or so some
20 or 30 were got out, and those most injured, about 17
in number, were carried to the shop of Mr. Harris,
chemist and druggist on the opposite side of the way,
where they were visited by Dr. Smith, of King William-
street, and several medical gentlemen in the neighbour-
hood. On the arrival of a reinforcement of police they
were carefully removed in cabs and on stretchers to St.
Thomas's Hospital. Among those most seriously hurt
were 'Timothy Sullivan, William Ranson, Joseph Hen-
ley, William Whiting, H. Clark, J. Cooper, G. Barham,
J. Kerby, C. Perry, D. and H. Daly. At the hospital
they were at once placed in beds in William ward, and
every possible attention rendered them
by Mr.
Macmurdo, the head surgeon, and the principal officers
connected with the institution.
Apprehensions being entertained by those connected
with the works that the remaining portion of the
building, fronting Gracechurch-street, would fall, the
police, under the direction of Mr. Todhunter, Mr.
Mitchel, and Mr. Nl'Lean, were at once ordered
to clear the mob, which was very great, out of
Gracechurch- street. This was quickly accomplished,
and the road was kept closed until such time as
the city surveyor could make the necessary inspection of
the ruins. The same precaution was adopted towards
several courageous fellows who exposed themselves at
times to much peril in searching for several unhappy
creatures who were supposed to be buried in the ruins.
They were called off, lest a second catastrophe should
ensue.

TO THE EDITOR OF THE SUN
SIR,—We deem it our duty to aloay any feeling of
excitement that may be produced in the public mind by
exaggerated reports of the occurrence that has taken
place at the building in Gracechurch-street, to r quest
you will be good enough to insert this in your 1011•Eial.
We were both absent at the time of the aceideut; but
we are informed by the contractor and others, that an
iron girder crossing one of the staircases broke from
some imperceptible defect, and by its falling weight
broke through the flours beneath, the iron joints of
which, being built into au internal wall, prized over suc-
cessively each story of that as it fell, and which conse-
quently drew inwards with it a part of the external wall
towards the court.

We have to deplore the loss of the life of one man,
one missing, supposed to be in the ruins and now being
searched for, one dangerously wounded, and five with
contusions more or less slight; this account of itself is
sad enough. and we therefore desire to prevent as far as
possible the anxiety that may be caused by the repre-
sentation that it is more terrible.—We are, Sir, your
very obedient servants, BELL AND CORBETT.
Gracechurch-street, Saturday afternoon.

CALAMITOUS FIRE IN THE CITY.
Yesterday (Sunday) morning, at a few minutes before
three o'clock, the city of London was visited by another
terrible occurrence, which, as far as the loss of human
life was concerned, proved equally as disastrous as that
which happened a few hours previously in Grace-
church-street. The scene of the present disaster
was the well-known tavern termed the Rose and Crown,
situate at No. 17, Love-lane, Lower Thames-street, C,ty.
The premises in question were of great antiquity,
having, it is said, withstood the great fire of London.
They were, including the basement, five floors high, and
extended some considerable distance backwards. The
houses in Botolphdane abutted on one side of the pro-
perty, while those in Thames-street adjoined the sou-
thern side. From the fact of so many houses and ware..
houses being so closely connected with the building on
fire, it appears truly miraculous that the loss of life, and
the destruction of property, had not proved far more ex-
tensive than it really has been.
From inquiries made on the spot during the progress
of the fire the reporter ascertained that, as police-con-
stable Trimber, No.
586, was passing down
.that the
Love-lade,
ho perceived smoke pouring forth from the
window.
shutters of the front-bar. Feeling satisfied
premises were on fire, he forthwith raised an alarm by
knocking at the street door and springing -shis rattle.
Unfortunately, however, the residents were so over-
time elapsed
powered with sleep that a considerable
sensible of the great
before any of them could be made
danger to which they were exposed. 13
lower portion of the house became a blazing Y that time the
persons in the premises consisted of Mr. Ricliamradslis'arvTehy:
the proprietor of the establishment, his mother-in-law, a
woman .52 years of age,G named Ehz4beth Gray,
Abraham Clark, a
.10(1..,
young woman named ElizA h firge the potman, and a
the servant. , airs. Baru et chamber., who acted as
disposed, went to Bark' °wing
to her child being in-
mg for a few days, and her
mother came up to town and took care of the house
while she was away.
life has been ' "ifi ced. Unfortunately, by so doing, her
sacr
According to the statement made by the servant maid,
the only survivor out of all ain't) •t' • the building, it
appears that the house was clos4edwal at twelve o'clock on
Saturday night, when she turned off the gas in the par-
lour, the pottnan did the same in the taproom. and Mr.
Harvey was left to turn the ps oil' at the metre, hi=ii,eal
practice. Little more than two hour, had elapsed titer
the various residents had retired to rest when they Isere
awoke by the policeman knocking at the door. The
servant girl i,tates, that when she a A eke she found her
room so full of smoke that she could scarcely o, eathe.
She:Jun:Teo nut of bed and read, for Ihe door, when she
could hear Mrs. Gray calling out "Richard, Richard !"
That was the only name she heard called, and there was
no UOihQ in the hew() like guy way rugniDg 0044

LATEST PARTICULARS.
SUNDAY NIGHT.—The whole of the men employed on
the premises who were fortunate enough to escape with
their lives when the deplorable accident occurred were
engaged during Saturday until midnight, when a fresh
number of hands were taken on to assist in removing the
ruins, in order to get to the three unfortunate sufferers
known to be within the building. Several carts were
filled with bricks and iron girders, and many tons'
weight of both articles were removed before the least
signs of a human being could be discovered. At length
the men, in turning over a heavy iron girder discovered
the body of one of their fellow-workmen. Great care
was used to avoid mutilating the remains. After some
time the brickwork around him was so loosened that the
body was pulled out with little difficulty. The poor man
was immediately recognized as Martin Cronin, a labourer.
Life, of course, was quite extinct. The unfortunate
sufferer was 40 years of age, and had been within the
ruins 24 hours. He has left a widow and three small
children totally unprovioed for.
Within a few feet of the spot where the body was
found, that of James Harrigan was discovered, but not
so deep below the surface of the ruins. About 4 o'clock
the workmen came to the body of Matthew Connor, and,
after working round it for nearly as hour, they suc-
ceeded in extricating it.
The three bodies were forthwith placed in shells and
removed to the parish church of Allhallows, Lombard-
street. Neither of the three bodies appeared so much
injured as the survivors in the hospital. There is no
doubt therefore entertained that the three pour fellows
died from suffocation, and not from any external
wounds.
During the day (Sunday morning) many thousand
persons flocked to the scene anxious to view the ruins,
but owing to the dangerous state of the remaining walls
no one unconnected with the works was allowed to enter
the premises. So great was the excitement in the
neighbourhood that the churchwardens of Allhallows
judiciously dispensed with the performance of divine
service during the day. The side windows of the sacred
edifice affording a view of the ruins, it was considered
the people would flock to that portion of the building
and interrupt the proceedings, and hence the discon-
tinuance of the service.
During the afternoon two more bodies were found,
both shockingly mutilated. The poor fellows had fallen
through the arch of the basement, and up to the time
this account was written neither of the two had been
identified. It is now extremely questionable whether
there may not be one or two other bodies under the
ruins.
Respecting the cause of the disaster a great many re-
ports are in circulation. Several scientific gentlemen are
of opinion that the mortar was not of good quality. This
is to some extent borne out by the fact of scarcely two
bricks adhering together. Several portions of the walls
are still in an exceedingly dangerous condition, and,
should the wind blow with any degree of violence, it is
quite probable that they will be thrown down; great care
is, therefore, obliged o be used by the parties employed
lest a further loss of life should occur. The proprietors
of the premises, in order to satisfy the public mind, have
determined, as far as can be done without endangering
the lives of the men, to have every portion of the ruins
turned over to see whether or not any others have
perished.
Upon making inquiries last evening, at St. Thomas's
Hospital, the reporter was informed that, with the ex-
ception of Sullivan and Whiting, the survivors were all
going on favourably. The first named, it is feared, can-
not survive the night; the latter, it has been found, has
sustained a fractured radius, the back is dre•sdfully con-
tused, and the scalp is seriously wounded. So far as
can at present be learnt, Sullivan has sustained a com-
pound tracture of the clavicle, several ribs are broken,
the tibia is fractured, and both legs are broken. Another
of the sufferers, a man named George Barham, has his
head fearfully contused, and the abdomen is crushed.
The following are the correct names and residences of
those in the hospital ;
The poor fellow Hauley belonged to Westminster. He
has left a widow and young family unprovided for.
William Ransom resided to No. 25, Phoenix-street,
Somers Town ; by trade a bricklayer. He is going on
favourably.
Timothy Sullivan resided at No. 3, Morgan's-lane,
Tooley-street. No hope can be entertained of his re-
covery.
John Cooper resides at No. 3, Nee-alley, White-
street, Borough. Be was a married mart, and, besides
sustaining a fractured scull, has his left leg completely
smashed.
George Barham is a single man, and he suffers se-
verely from his eyes being filled with lime. He has
likewise received many iuternal injuries. Recovery ex-
tremely doubtful.
Henry Clark, another of the sufferers, resides at No.
5, Vincent-street, Stepney, and, besides being terribly
crushed, has lost his eyesight.
A great crowd, at half-past ten o'clock last night, was
in the immediate neighbourhood of the disaster, and it
required the services of a powerful body of the City po-
lice to keep them out of danger.

.AIL WA SHARE MARKETS.
BRISTOL, MAY 17.
STOCK EXCHANGE. —There is a considerable improvement
in the share market to-day, and a good business has been
done at rather better prces. The transactions were as fol-
low :—Great Western, 87—London and North-Western, 126
—Die to,
—Leeds, 61—S
New, 21h outh-Easternp and Dover, 26 q—Taff Vale, 170
LIVERPOOL, MAY 17.
Srocx EXCHANGE.—The share market has been quiet
to-day, without alteration in prices. The transactions were
as follow : Caledonian, 141/B—East Lancashire, 1618—Lan-
cashire and Yorkshire, 604 - Ditto, Fifths, 7 dis.—London
and North-Western, 125 c.—Ditto, New Quarters, 414
Liverpool, Crosby, and Southport, 3% dis.—Manchester,
Sheffield, and Lincolnshire, 311,4—Midland, 591,42—Ditt0,
Halves, 141/2 dis. —Northern Union (A), 241—South-Eastern
and Dover, 2614—York and North Midland, 251,i—Dublin
and Belfast Junction, 1914 dis.
MAVCHESTER, MAY 17.
STOCK EXCFIANGE. There was a slight reaction in the
market to-day, and prices were better, the quotations at-
taining a degree of firmness which has not been seen since
the agitation preceding the announcement of the late defalca-
tion. The transactions were as follow:—Leeds Stock, 61--
Ditto, Fifths, 678 dis.—South-Eastern and Dover, 26%--
Sheffield, Preference, %—Ditto, New Preference, 3-16th n.
—Manchester and Birmingham, Quarters (C), 2 p.—East
Lancashire, 16 n.— Eastern Counties, 7-1,4 n.
BIRMINGHAM, MAY 17.
STOCK EXCHANGE. The business tr aasacted to-day was
so trifling as not to justify a detailed report. The London
quotations of Saturday may generally on that day be taken
as those of Birmingham.

- RK , MAT 1.
STuOR EXCHANGE.—YO The transact6
ions to-day were 113
follow:—Great Northern, Halves (A), deferred, 6—Forth
British, 84/4—North-Western, Preference, 13—York and
North blidland, 241/2.

ADVERTIS FIVE T.l —A Person, 75 Years Old
cured of a Bad Leg by Holloway's Ointment and Pills.—Mrs.
Larendon, of No. 2, Richardson's-buildings, Goswell-street,
ever since giving birth to twins, 34 years ago, had suffered
with dreadful wounds in her leg, and which several medical
men, both in France and England, had been unable to cure.
Her sutlerings were intense, and oftentimes she was during long
periods wholly confined to her bed. Ultimately, by the advice
of her friends, she made trial of Holloway's ointment and pills,
wounds,and these n
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about
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Sold by all vendors of medicines, and at Professor Holloway's
Establishment, 244, Strand, London.
RIOT AT HOLYHEAD —The past week has been
one of great excitement at Holyhead, and a serious riot has
taken place at the harbour works. For some time past the
Welshmen engaged at the works have harboured very hos-
tile feelings towards their fellow-labourers, the Irish, on ac-
count of the prejudices they entertain towards the country of
the latter. On Saturday evening lt an Irishman stabbed a Welshman in a drunken brawl With a knife. The latter nar-
rowly escaped with his life, having received a dangerous
wound in the neck. On the circumstance becoming gene-
rally known on Monday morning, a party of Welsh, en-
gaged on the mountain, made a furious attack on a number
of the Irish, and with much cheering forced fifteen of the
poor men on board the Irish Express packet, leaving their
wives and children behind. On Tuesday the excitement be-
came still greater, business was suspended, and the shops
were closed. All public-houses were ordered to be shut up
and no liquor to be sold. A great number of workmen
perambulated the streets all night. On Thursday, after
much persuasion, the men resumed work, and it is hoped
that the affray has ended. The late disturbances on the
sßaamnegoferelainngd
ofe aprrnearvdon Railway, which originated in the
and the line is rapijdul ice agains.t:Lelrish, have terminated,
3 Progressing.
Gladstone,iY,tL ZyA,vAL
SCHOOL, NEW Caoss.—Captain
has presented the munificent sum of 1004
in aid of the fund for the erection of a chapel attached to
this institution.