The Sun.
London, England, 1867-03-06 00:00:00

L A TEST INTELLIGENCE.

(REUTER'S TELEGRAMS.)

AUSTRIA.

VIENNA, March 6.

Herr Louyai, the Hungarian Minister of Finance,
who has arrived here, has taken part in the discus-
sions of the Cabinet of Ministers relative to the
forming of the tobacco monopoly.
Contradictory reports are current upon the result
of the Mini3terial deliberations.

The Emperor and Empress intend making a tour
July next through all the Hungarian Comitats.

PRUSSIA.

BERLIN, March 6.

M. Sorret, the Secretary of the Ministry for
Foreign Affairs at Paris, has arrived in this capital
with despatches, and proceeds to 'Warsaw and St.
Petersburg.
Numerous despatches have recently been ex-
changed between the Cabinets of Paris and St.

Petersburg.
Both the Conservative fractions of the North
German Parliament have determined that the draft
of the Federal Constitution shall be discussed in full
sitting. A portion of the Liberal faction has
adopted a similar resolution.

INDIA, CHINA, AND AUSTRALIAN MAILS,

MALTA, March 3.

The Delta, from Southampton Feb. 20, arrived
yesterday at 8 a.m., and left at 3 p.m. for Alex-

andria.

The Ceylon, from Marseilles Feb. 28, arrived at
10 p.m. yesterday, and left at 4 a.m. to-day for
Alexandria.

GIBRALTAR, March 4.

The Ripon, from Southampton on Feb. 27, ar-
rived to-day at 7 a.m., and left at noon for

Alexandria.

The Massilia left for Southampton on the 2nd
inst. at 10 a.m.

FRANCE.

BOURSE, March 5, Two o'clock.—The market to-
day is weak, and stocks and shares of every descrip-
tion are being offered at a sensible reduction on
yesterday's rates. Three per Cents. are 124 c.
lower—at 70f. 10c. ; and Italian Fives 10c.—at
53f. 80c. Credit Mobilier shares have fallen 13f.
75c.—to 503 f. 75c. ; and and Credit Foncier have
receded 15c.—to 1,507 f. 50c. Comptoir d'Escompte
have declined 7f. 50c.—to 785 f. A similar down-
ward tendency is noticed in the Railway depart-
ment.

Three o'clock.—The close has taken place on the
following quotations:—

4} per Cents lOO 40
Do. end month —
3 per Cents.
Do. end month 7O 10
Credit Mobilier 505
Do. end month 507 50
Credit Foncier —
Do. end month 1510 -
SAIL'

Bank Shares 3565
Italian Loan 53 80
Do. end month 53 85
Mexican Loan —
Do. Bonds —
Spanish Threes
Home Debt —
Deferred -
'AYR.

For Account.
Orleans
Northern 1235
Lyons and Mediterranean 942 50
Southern 590
Western —
Eastern

Sardinian ..
Austrian
Lombard 417 50

North of Spain —
Saragossa
Ditto to Barcelona —
Roinau. —

The Fire and Loss of Life at Accrington

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ACCRINGTON, March 4.

' More detailed intelligence concerning the fire that
broke out in a workshop at Accrington on Friday,
and spread to the chamber above, in which an in-
fant school was assembled at the time, shows that
nine or ten lives were then lost instead of 13, as at
first reported. The building, of MO storeys, was
erected under one of the tall arches of the via-
duct over which the Lancashire and Yorkshire
Railway is carried, and was situated at the
bottom of King-street. The ground floor and the
room above it were practically each one chamber,
measuring 30 feet long by 15 feet wide ; but in the
lower department, or shop, where the heald-knitting
was carried on, under the wooden staircase by which
alone the upper floor could be reached, was a small
enclosure containing a stove, and used as a drying-
room for the healds when varnished. The fire
broke out in this division, and by consequence
the wooden stairs were first to burn of the whole
place. The flames, however, spread with fearful
rapidity, and as the flocring of the room wherein
the children were was only one board thick the
havoc was soon consummated. The school was a
Roman Catholic seminary, suppot ted by a charit-
able lady. Before the stairs broke the mistress
succeeded in descending with several of the little
scholars, and she bravely returned again and again
ou the same errand. When this means of commu-
nication had given way a ladder was got up to one
of the windows, and a man commenced passing
the children out with some success, but so many
men from the crowd got upon it endeavouring to
help that it broke in the middle, and thus a delay
ensued till another ladder could be procured. The
excitement at this conjuncture was most distressing
to witness. The children, screaming piteously,
thronged to the window furthest from the approaching
fire, which flamed every moment nearer and nearer.
Below many of the mothers were shrieking and
crying to those above, and every spectator was
moved with horror. A second ladder was brought,
and through the very flames a number of the chil-
dren were dragged out. But all could not be seized.
Certain of them could be hoard screaming on some
spot to which they had retreated, but were bidden
by the smoke. Soon their cries ceased. The fire
was practically extinguished in an hour, when
almost everything in the place had been con-
sumed. Huddled all together in one corner
the remains of nine bodies were fciund, pro-
bably on the spot to which the little creatures
had retreated when the floor beneath the window
was burnt. Seven of them were girls. The corpses
were almost past identification, and a majority were
recognised only by portions of clothing found with
them. One part of a boy's clothes was discovered
without any body. The workshop in which the fire
originated belonged to Mr. Jas. Duckworth, heald-
knitter. The schoolmistress's name was Miss

Burscough.
A coroner's inquest on the nine bodies that have
been recovered was opened on Saturday, but the
proceedings were only formal, and were adjourned
till this day.