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did not so much relate to landlord and tenant, but the un
lawful and malicious injuries to the person.
Mr. LOCKE supported tie clause.
The clause was agreed to.
Clause 14 was agreed to.
Clauses 16 and 17 were agreed to, with some trifling
amendments.
The remaining clauses of the bill were agreed to.
FORGERY BILL.

The house went into committee on this bill. The whole
of the clauses were agreed to vithout amendment.
COINAGE OFFENCES BILL.
The house went into committee on this bill.
Clauses up to 30 were agreed to.
On clause 31 being proposal,
Mr. M'MAHON objected to this clause, as it created a
power altogether new. Nothing was so common
as to mistake the genuineness of a piece of money,
and it appeared to him monstrous to give the
power of as resting persons without warrant for passing bad
coin. A lady some time ago was taken up on suspicion of
passing counterfeit coin. The coin turned out to be gold,
and the lady recovered damages from the person who gave
her into custody.
The SOLICITOR. GENERAL thought the clause ab-
solutely necessary.
After a few remarks from Mr. Cmos,sand Mr. DENMAN,
Mr. HUNT objected to the clause. He thought they
should be careful, while they were setting traps for the
guilty, that they did not catch the innocent. He thought
it highly objectionable that favour should be given to
any trader to call in a police officer and give
into custody any person offering a counterfeit coin. Every
one at some time or other had a counterfeit shilling passed
upon them, which they, not being aware of, might offer in
making a purchase, and it seemed highly cbjectionable
to give power to any individual to order the arrezt of that
person.

Mr. LOCKE supported the clause. A person giving
another into custody for passing counterfeit coin was liable
to an action at law if he did so without good and sufficient
reason.

The SOLICITOR-GENERAL said the clause was
framed purposely to enable the utterer of base coin to be
apprehended when th* offence was committed, because it
was generally the case that when a man uttered a base
coin with an intent to defraud, he generally had some evi-
dence of importance in his favour.
The committee divided on the clause, when there ap-
peared—

For the clause
Against it 7
Majority —sB
_

The clause was agreed to, as were the remaining clauses
of the bill.
ACCESSORIES AND ABETTORS BILL.
This bill passed through committee.
CRIMINAL STATUTES REPEAL BILL.
This bill also passed through committee.
The sitting of the house was then suspended till six
o'clock.
The house resumed its sittings at six o'clock.
CHURCH-RATES ABOLITION.
In answer to a question put by Mr. S. ESTCOURT,
Sir J. TRELAWNY said that it was his intention to
proceed with the Bill for the Abolition of Church Rates on
Wednesday, but that the time which had been taken up in
negotiation on the question had not been wholly lost.
TROOPS FOR CANADA.
Mr. AD DERLEY asked whether it was true that three
more regiments of infantry and a force of artillery were
under orders for North America, and that the Great Eastern
steamship had been engaged for their transport, and if so,
for what locality they were destined, and whether they
were to be paid for from the Imperial or Colonial Trea-
sury, and if from the firmer, whether such expenses had
been provided for in the Estimates ?
Mr. T. G. BARING replied that two regiments of in-
fantry, in addition to the regiment previously under orders
for Canada, and a field battery of artilleryhad been ordered
to proceed to the colony, and he believed that the two regi-
ments of infantry and the battery were to proceed by the
Great Eastern steamship. (Hear, hear.) The payment of
the passage had been already provided for in the Estimates,
and no additional expense would be incurred. The expense
of the movement of the troops would be borne by the trans-
port service.

COLONELS IN THE ARMY.
General LINDSAY moved that a humble address be
presented to her Majesty, praying that she will be graciously
pleased to take into consideration the present position of the
officers promoted to the rank of colonel, for distinguished
service in the field during the war in the East in 1855 and
1856, who, when the list of colonels was revised in 1858,
were unfortunately overlooked in the recommendations of
the Royal Commission of that year, by which their prospects
in the service have been seriously injured. He stated that
the Government had intimated to him that they would offer
no objection to the motion. The gallant member proceeded
to point out that the effect of the new rule, adopted with
respect to colonels, had been to inflict considerable hardship
and injustice upon the class of officers whose case he pro-
posed should be inquired into by the Commission. The
extent to which these officers had been injured was shown
in a return recently presented to Parliament, and from
which it appeared that Colonel Troubridge had lost by this
rule as much as 85 steps, and was so much further re-
moved from the rank of general by reason of his appoint-
ment as colonel. In the cases of Colonel Herbert, Colonel
Eawaras, the Ear! of Longford, Sir David Wood, of
the Artillery, and others, had suffered similar injustice.
Colonel Lake, who was with Sir Fenwick Williams at Kars,
had lost 56 steps; Colonel Emden and Colonel Chatterton
had lost 9 steps in regimental, and 104 in the collective
service of the country. There were not less than 200 offi-
cers who had to complain of the operation of the existing
regulations.
Mr. T. G. BARING stated that it was the intention of
Lord Herbert, in conjunction with the commander-in-chief,
to appoint a commission, and it would not therefore be
necessary to discuss that position of the officers referred to
in the address. That position was in strict conformity with
the recommendations of the two commissions, and was not,
therefore, duo in any way to the administration of the army,
and he trusted that some mode would be devised for remedy-
ing a state of things which had probably never been in-
tended by those who bad framed the regulations.
The motion was then agreed to.
CUSTOMS AND INLAND REVENUE BILL.
The SPEAKER informed the House that the House of
Lords had agreed to this bill without amendments.
CASE OF MR. BARBER.

Mr. BRADY moved the following resolution ;—Tha
the strong claims of Mr. Barber upon the favourable con-
sideration of the Crown, referred to in the report of the
select committee on his petition, have not been satisfied, and
that the circumstances set forts in his petition to the house
are entitled to the consideration of her Majesty's Govern-
ment.
Sir G. GREY opposed the motion, contending that the
claims of Mr. Barber had already been fairly considered
and satisfied.

The CHANCELLOR of the EXCHEQUER also
opposed the motion, which would involve tha most dan-
gerous precedent of compensating every innocent man who
was unjustly committed.

_ .
After some further conversation, the motion was nega.
tived without a division.

NEW ZEALAND.
Sir J. TRELAWNY then moved :—" That this house
has heard with surprise and concern that the Governor of
New Zealand has used forces entrusted to him by her Ma-
jesty for the protection of the inhabitants and the impartial
administration of affairs within that colony, in depriving
several of her subjects of certain property in land situate on
the river Waitara, such property having been tendered for
purchase by Teira, a member of the Ngatiawa tribe, who
had no power to sell without the consent of the chieftain,
Wiremu Kingi." He did not ask the house to support re-
bellion in New Zealand, but as the Government had thought
proper to support Governor Browne, and to promote him
for the course he had pursued, and as the house would have
to vote supplies for the war in New Zealand, it was but fair
that the house should have an opportunity of expressing its
feelings.

The hon. member was proceeding when it was moved
that the house be counted, and there being but 31 members
present the house adjourned at ten n:inutes past eight
o'clock.

Sir Edward Bulwer Lytton is to commence "A
Strange Story" in All
,the Year Round on the 10th of
August. The publication of the story is to be concluded
in six months.

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SPORTING INTELLIGENCE.

ASCOT RACES.-TUESDAY.

The Trial Stakes of 5 soya each, with 100 added; weight
for age, &c. ; the winner to be sold for 600 sovs. New
mi. e. 14 subs.
Lord Portsmouth's Buccaneer, 4 yrs, 9st 21b (J. Goater) 1
Mr. R. Ten Broeck's Satellite, 5 yrs, 9st 81b (G. Fordttara) 2
Baron Niviere's Wedding, 5 yrs, 9st 81b .... (Watkins) 3
The following also ran :—Naiad, Handsome Jack, Fan-
nie colt, Parasite, Principal, General Hesse, Cock Robin,
and Liberality.
Betting-5 to 2 agst Buccaneer, sto 1 agat General
Hesse, 6 to 1 agst Liberality, 7 to 1 agst Satellite.
After Buccaneer had run to the bottom of the hill the
lot was arranged in pretty good order, and when the flag
dropped, Liberality, Principal, Satellite, and the Fannie
colt formed the front rank. At the Stand, Buccaneer, who
had been lying off, crowded all sail and went to the fore,
attended by Satellite and Wedding. From that point the
issue was confined to the first three. Wedding being beaten
at the Royal Stand, and Buccaneer, shaking off Satellite,
won cleverly by half a length, two lengths between the se-
cond and third. Clear of them came the Fannie colt fourth
and principal fifth, heading the others, who were pulling in.
Cock Robin lost start, and in his progress up the course, ran
against several posts, which he knocked down like skittles.
A Handicap Plate of 100 sovs, for three-yr-olds and up-
wards. Straight half-mile. 34 subs.
Capt. Lane's Southport, 3 yrs, Est 101b....(Woodhouse) 1
Mr. Wyndham's Lisbon, 3 yrs, 6st 121 b
Mr. Payne's Gabardine, 3 yrs, Est 41b (Parsons) 3
The following also ran :—Angelo, Predictor, Rosalind,
Vergiss Mein Nicht, British Prince, Camerino, Redpole,
Barbiton, Little Dick, Carbine, Arabia, Jessie Brown, and
Medora.
Betting 4 to 1 agst Vergiss Mein Nicht, 6 to 1 agst Little
Dick, 7 to 1 agst Rosalind, 10 to 1 agst Southport, 12 to 1
agst Camerin and Lisbon.
Upwards of half an hour was cut to waste before the
horses could be drawn up in proper order to effect a start.
They seemed all to be playing at cross purposes, and the
jockeys seemed to think that a rule of contraries had been
established for their especial benefit or amusement. The
breakings away were so frequent, and nearly every starter
took part in them, that we have no necessity to specify the
repeated failures. Before the flag was lowered even the
most industrious speculator, who seldom likes to omit an
opportunity of " laying," closed his book in sheer weari-
ness, while the patience of that portion of jthe spectators
who were indifferent to the mere racing was quite ex-
hausted. Ultimately the flag fell to a very straggling
start, Barbiton and Carbine being left so far in the rear
that they were never enabled to show in the race. The
front lot comprised Southport, Lisbon, Vergiss Mein Nicht,
and Rosalind, the others, with the exception of the two
mentioned, running pretty nearly abreast at their heels.
Opposite the Grand Stand Southport and Lisbon separated
themselves from the ruck and finished the race together,
Southport winning by a neck, a length and a half separat-
ing the second from the third, Vergiss Mein Nicht was
fourth, Rosalind fifth, Little Dick sixth, and Arabia
seventh. Predictor was last of those that took part in the
race, but far behind him came Barbiton and Carbine trot-
ting in.
The Gold Vase, given by her Majesty, added to a Sweep-
stakes of 20 sovs each ; weights for age, with certain
penalties and allowances. Two miles. 10 subs.
Mr. Savile's Parmesan, by Sweetmeat, 4 yrs, Bst 101 b
(Aldcroft 1
Mr. F. Valentine's Silverhair, 3 yrs, fist 21b (Challoner)) 2
Count Lagrange's Royallieu, yrs, 7st 31b (Grimshaw) 3
The following also ran :—Cantine, Aurelian, Ebony,
Sporting Life, and Lupus. •
Betting-7 to 2 agst Cantine, sto 1 each agst Ebony,
Parmesan, and Royallieu, 6 to 1 agst Aurelian.
They jumped away abreast, Parmesan taking a slight
lead, but passing the Royal Stand Silverhair joined him,
and led round the top turn, Aurelian taking close com-
pany with her, and Parmesan being next, the four run-
ning side by side; the next lot, headed by Sporting Life,
being in compact order about two lengths off. On enter-
ing the Swindley Course they slightly split, and Parmesan
resumed the lead, Sporting Life going on second, Ebony
third, and Silverhair fourth. Parmesan increased his
lead at the Lime Kilns, Ebony, Sporting Life, and
Silverhair retaining their relative positions, Lupus
toiling on in the extreme rear. Parmesan carried on
the running to the straight, which he entered next the
rails, Sporting Life and Silverhair being next. At the
distance Spotting Life and Ebony compounded, and were
beaten, and Royallieu and Cantine went on in pursuit of
Parmesan and Silverhair. Mr. Savile's colt, however, held
his own to the end, and won by two lengths; the second
beating the third by a length. The others were scattered,
Lupus walking in last.
A Maiden Plate of 100 sovs, for two-yr-olds ; colts, Bst 71b;
fillies, Bst 51b. Half a mile. 27 subs.
Mr. Merry's Knave, Bst 71b
Mr. Valentine's Hippodamia, Bst 71b
Count Lagrange's Absinthe, Bst 51b
The following also ran :—Deceptive, The Cutler, Tarra-
gona, Ernestine colt, Perambulator, Brava, Bacchus, Miss
Livingstone, Annette, Summer Breeze, Walpole, Snow-
drop colt, Tom Sayers, Peru, Southerly Wind.
Betting-2 to 1 agst Knave, sto 1 agst Walpole, 6to 1
agst Cutler, 10 to 1 agst Tarragona.
The usual difficulties were experienced at the post. Some
jockeys would not go back, and some horses would stand
still, and it was not until neatly an hour after the appointed
time, 2.50, that the lot got away. The start was pretty
good, only Cutler getting off on disadvantageous terms, and
he was last throughout. To define the relative positions of
the " leaeers" was impossible, and even the jockeys them-
selves were not agreed as to the order in which they left
the post. As the horses crossed the road, Summer Breeze,
Absinthe, Deceptive, Tarragona, and Knave showed
prominently in front. At the distance, however, the race
was virtually over, for the Knave came out and ran home
the winner by two lengths. The others pulled up, and
finished "anyhow," Hippodamia being second, three
lengths in advance of Absinthe, who was third. Deceptive
was fourth, a length from the third, Summer Breeze fifth,
and Tom Sayers next.
On being unsaddled, Walpole was attacked with the
" meagrims." He fell, rolled on his back amongst the
crowd that surrounded him, but was quickly on his legs
again. Madden weighed in llb short of weight. The
trainer of Southerly 'Wind was fined two sovs for not de-
claring his colour.
The Third Year of the Ninth Ascot Triennial Stakes of 10
sovs each, for four-yr-olds ; colts, Bst 71b; fillies, Bst 41b.
Once round. To start at the distance post. 28 subs.
Lord Ailesbury's St. Albans, by Stockwell, Bst 71b
(L. Snowden) 1
Baron Rothschild's King of Diamonds, Bst 71b.. (Wells) 2
Mr. Gratwicke's Allington, Bst 41b (E. Sharp) 3
Lord Ailesbury's Plumper, Bst 41b (Drew) 4
Betting-2 to lon St. Albans.
Plumper rushed to the front, and was soon in possession
of a long lead, King of Diamonds lying second, and Ailing-
ton being last, a long way behind. They ran without
change until entering the Swinley Course, when St. Albans
"hanging" very much, drew into the second place, and on
passing the Brick-kilns the lot slightly closed up. As they
headed the hill, on making for the last turn St. Albans
joined his stable companion, and coming away by himself
just after entering the straight, he cantered in the winner
by six lengths. The third was beaten double that distance.
The Ascot Stakes of 25 sovs each, 15 ft, and 5 only if de-
clared, with 200 added ; winners extra. Two mile and a
half. 44 subs, 22 of whom declared.
Mr. Ten Broeck's Optimist, by Lexington, 4 yrs,Ro ri7cha
stlm3T 1
Lord Ailesbury's Intimidation colt, 3 yrs, sst 131 b (Buck) 2
Mr. Brayley's Weatherproof, 2 yrs, sst 71b .. (Whiteley) 3
The following also ran :—Moorcock, Horror, Frederick,
Danae, Conscript, Bandsman, Rapture, Knightsbridgei
Juno, Jackal, and Prince Imperial.
Betting-5 to 1 agst Prince Imperial ;6to 1 each agst
Weatherproof, Optimist, and Horror; 7 to 1 agat Jackal;
12 to 1 each agst Moorcock, Juno, and Conscript.
A capital start was made at the first attempt, and on
settling on to their legs Weatherproof took her colours to
the front and led past the Stand, with Rapture, Knights-
bridge, Jackal, and Juno running in a cluster at her heels,
the others being well laid up. At the saddling enclosure
Rapture rushed to the fore and led alternately with Juno
and Weatherproof round the top turn, but on nearing the
Swinley Course Prince Imperial temporarily showed in ad-
vance, but soon after dropped back again, and Rupture once
more took the lead, followed by Prince Imperial, Juno,
Weatherproof, and Optimist, but they ran so close and
sa
frequently shifted their positions that it would be absurd to
attempt to indicate the order in which they passed the Brick
Kiln turn. After rounding it Weatherproof and Rupture
ran side by side for a short distance with him, Jackal, Prince
Imperial, Intimidation colt, and Optimist being close up in
a body in their wake. Rupture soon afterwards gave way,
and in the straight Optimist and the Intimidation colt went
in first and record, with Weatherproof, Horror, and Baud;;,,,
man tailing in hopelessly after them. Horror was, how-
ever, quickly disposed of, and the race was left to the first
two, Optimist winning easily by two lengths ; three lengths
between the second and third; Bandsman was fourth,
Moorcock fifth, Prince Imperial sixth, and Jackal seventh,
all pulling up. Juno, who was beaten before rounding the
turn, walked in last. Pretendant was struck out at 12.50
p.m. The trainer of Rapture was fined 2 sovs for not de-
claring his colours.
The Queen's Stand Plate of 300 sovs, added to a sweep-
stakes of 10 sovs each; weight for ago; winners extra;
allowances, &c. T.Y.C. 37 subs.
Mr. Merry's Buckstone, 2 yrs, Est 51b (Hayward) 1
Count Lagrange's Marignan, 3 yrs, 7st llb (in. 31b ex.)
(Grimshaw) 2
Count Lagrange's Gabriel d'Estrees, 3 yrs, Bst 21b

(Fordham) 3
The following also ran :—Woodford, Babette filly, Miss
Julia, Sleeper, Twilight, Jeddah, Leontes, Pellucid, Lady
Ripon, Amsterdam, Overton, Feu do Joie, Mainstone, Re-
yille, Penalty, Lucky Lad, and General Hesse.
The betting opened at even on Buckstone, but closed at 5
to 2 agst him, 4 to 1 agst Marignan, 6 to 1 agst Twilight, 7
to 1 agst Jeddah, S to 1 agst Hesper, 100 to 6 each agst Miss
Julia and Leontes.

The start was a pretty fair one, Twilight having some"
thing the worst of it. When the flag fell, Marignan jumped
off with the lead, but after going about 100 yards Buckstone
took up the running, with Marignan, Mainstons), a►e Ba-
bette filly, Jeddah, and Gabriel d'st+rees, showing the
most prominently in his wako, Wo attempt a detailed de-

scription of such a race would be ludicrous, for it was im-
possible to distinguish all the animals, lying well up in
such a mass of shifting colours as the jockeys' jackets
formed. Just before reaching the stand, Buckstone and
Marignan quitted their pursuers, and came away locked
together by themselves. They could scarcely be whipped
apart, and Buckstone won by a short lead only. Three
lengths off, Gabriel d'Estrees was third, Jeddah a bad
fourth, Pellucid fifth, Leontes and Babette filly heading
the ruck.

The Ascot Derby Stakes of 50 soya each, h ft, for 3-yr-
old colts, Bst 71b ; fillies, Bst 31b; winners extra ; maidens
allowed 71b. Swinley Course. 15 subs.
Baron Rothschild's Janus, Bst 71b (Wells) 1
Lord Exeter's Knight of St. Patrick, Bst 71b.. (Aldcrof.) 2
Lord Strathmore's Struggler, Bst (L. Snowden) 3
Mr. Merry's --Itarlight, Bst 7th (Custance) 4
Betting-6 to 5 agst Janus, 3to 1 agst Starlight, 4to 1
agst Knight of St. Patrick.

Janus led throughout, the others keeping pretty close
company; at the distance Knight of St. Patrick became
second, but failed in his effort to catch Janus, who wan by
four lengths, a bad third—Starlight walked in last.
The First Year of the Fourth Ascot Biennial Stakes, of 10
sots each, with 100 added, for 2-yr-olds; colts, Bst 71b ;
fillies, Bst 31b. T.Y.C. 64 subs.
Baron Niviere's Alerte Bst 31b (Watkins) 1
Mr. Fisher's Lord Burleigh, Bst 71b (D. Hughes) 2
Mr. 1. Valentine's Carisbrook, Bst 71b (A ldcrott) 3
Cutler, Clockmaker, Exchequer, Manrico, Watchfire,
Morocco, Keane, St. Lawrence, and Jung Frau also ran.
Betting-6 to 5 agst Carisbrook, 4to 1 agst Morocco, sto
1 agst Jung Frau, 6 to 1 agst Alerte, 10 to 1 agst any
other.

Alerte took the lead on rising the hill, and ran home an
easy winner by two lengths, the second beating the third
by a length and a half. Clockmaker was fourth, Cutler
and Jung Frau heading the next lot.

LATEST BETTING.
GOLD CUP.
Even on Thormanby (taken)
7to 2 agst St. Albans (taken and offered)
4to 1 agst Parmesan (taken)
THE DERBY, 1862.
10 to 1 agst Buckstone (taken)

BETTING AT MANCHESTER—TUESDAY
ASCOT GOLD CUP.
Even on Thormanby (taken)
sto 1 agst Parmesan (offered)
6to 1 agst St. Albans (taken)
ROYAL HUNT CUP.
100 to 6 agst Buccaneer (taken)
20 to 1 agst Cheesecake (taken)
20 to 1 agst Seclusion (offered)
20 to 1 agst East Sheen (taken)
NORTHUMBERLAND PLATE.
Bto 1 agst Underhand (wanted)
10 to I agst Yorkminster (offered)
100 to 8 agst Rapparee (offered)
25 to 1 agst Viscount Brignall (offered)

THE NORTHUMBERLAND PLATE.—Viscount Brignal
was struck out at 2.30 p.m. yesterday (Tuesday).

DEST.RUCT 10 A' 0 P THE MUSIC HALL
IN THE ROYAL SURREY GARDENS.

This once splendid structure, probably erected in
less time than any similar building in or near the
metropolis, was yesterday afternoon almost totally
destroyed by that fearful and devastating element--
fire.

The hall in question, as most of our metropolitan
re4ders are aware, was of considerable dimensions,
the frontage facing the lake being not less than 140
feet in length, and taken from one Bilge to the other,
it was 90 feet wide. The ground floor was fitted up
in a most expensive manner, and at one end was the
stage for pantomimic representations, and also the
well-known orchestra designed by the late M. Jul-
lien. The galleries rose three floors high, and were
most elaborately fitted up, the fronts being formed
of iron trellis work picked out, so as to resemble
gold and silver. A variety of national arms and,
flags were projected frcm the fronts of those gal-
leries, whilst in front of the great lake were two
large open-air galleries, having corrugated zinc
roofs for the accommodation of visitors to witness
the pyrotechnic displays. At the four corners of
the hall were as many towers, which rose as high
as 120 feet from the base. These had each most re-
markable domes with a kind of golden dagger at
the top, and could be seen fdr miles distant. Upon
the outside of the verandahs were suspended flags
from beautifully-decorated staffs, representing vari-
ous nations. Unfortunately, little if anything is now
left to show the beautiful effect mice produced by
this building. Certainly a few twisted and mis-
shapen iron columns, that once supported the edi-
fice, can be seen, where the different galleries stood,
and the massive stone columns on the ground floor
are so fretted by the boiling water that fell upon
them, as to appear far from being sufficiently safe
for any one to enter the place. The roof of the
building was lighted by means of several hundreds
of gas jets, whilst eighty chandeliers supplied
the light to the various galleries, the front of the
latter being decorated with carved or moulded
figures.

From careful inquiries made on the spot during
the raging of this fearful fire, our reporter was
informed, that about 10 minutes to two o'clock in
the afternoon, two persons, named Fray (fornierly
a sergeant in the H division of the police), and con-
stable Langley, of the A division, were proceeding
along the W alworth-road, on the top of an omni-
bus, when they noticed smoke issuing from the roof
of the hall, but not of any considerable extent.
Knowing the construction of the building, and that
no chimney was near, they felt satisfied that the
premises were on fire. They therefore immediately
proceeded to the gardens, and, strange to say, Mr.
Inspector Worels, of the P division, who was pro-
ceeding to give evidence respecting a smoke
nuisance in the same neighbourhood,also discovered
the fire at the same time, and no doubt they would
have been able to have extinguished the flames in
the course of a few minutes, had they been able to
have reached the roof, for, according to the state-
ment of the persons present, the fire was little
larger than three feet square ; but the only means
of getting to the roof was by a ladder at the other
end of the building, which was unknown even to
the master carpenter of the establishment. All of a
sudden, and before any one could get to the roof, a
plumber's brazier fell through the roof unto the top
gallery, firing in its descent the stuffing of the
flooring below, and then the work of destruction
continued to spread with the greatest vehemence—
in fact, as fast as any fire has travelled for years
in the metropolitan distriot. Immense volumes of
smoke rose high in the air, and then huge sheets of
flame broke through the roof. At this conjuncture
it became
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head carpenter, who was at
dinner in an adjoining house, at once proceeded to
the place, and, with the assistance of the men under
him and the police, succeeded in removing the
scenery and most of the stock in the ground floor
of the hall, into the gardens, but the fire continued
to progress in a way too fearful to describe with
accuracy.
Information having been despatched to the
various engine-stations, and also to the chief station
of the Metropolitan Police in Scotland-yard, in the
course of a very brief period the engines of the Lon-
don Brigade from Waterloo-road, Southwark-bridge-
road, the large engine of Hodges's distillery, under
the personal superintendence of Mr. Hodges, dis-
tiller, andleveral others of the brigade, under the
direction of Mr. Superintendent Braidwood and
Mr. Henderson, the foreman of the D district,
attended, as well as others of Messrs. Burnett's dis-
tillery, Price's candle works, and the immense steam
land engine, built by Messrs. Shand and Mason, of
the Blackfriars-road.
By order of Mr. Henderson, and Mr. Braidwood,
his superintendent, the steam and several of the
manual power engines were taken into the gardens
and backed to the lake, which the Southwark Com-
pany's mains kept feeding with water, whilst Mr.
Phipps, the secretary of the Lambeth Company, di-
rected the working of the engines from the outside of
the gardens from the mains of that company. Such
showers of water, unless at a river-side fire, have
scarcely ever been witnessed as were thrown upon
the flames; notwithstanding which, they continued
to progress, and about three o'clock the whole of
the galleries, which were considered fire-proof, pre-
sented an appearance approximating to some grand
pyrotechnic display, for the fire curled round the
iron work in front, melting the metal, at the same
time seizing upon the elegantly-appointed stalls
and sofa seats. Even the lofty iron columns which
supported the roof could not withstand the intense
heat, and they were twisted like bows, some fall-
ing from their perpendicular position and allowing
gallery after gallery to topple to the floor. This
was a scene fearful to look upon, but still more
fearful to hear the noise occasioned by the falling
of heavy timbers and beams that stretched across
the galleries. The sensation caused by this was
comparison to what followed, about
threeno hi n i
o'clock, when at least sixty feet of the
four great
great towers fell, almost at the same mo-
The noise made was like a discharge of
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artillery, and it seems a perfect miracle that
several of the firemen had not been crushed to
death ; as it was, one of Mr. Hodges's firemen
was severely cut about one of the hands. Mr.
Brown, surgeon of the fire brigade, was in attend-
ance to render assistance in case any of the firemen
should be hurt. With the exception aft the slight
accident above referred to, no other person up to
nine o'clock last night had been injured. The walls
of the Inain building and also. the remainin
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