The Sun.
London, England, 1868-07-21 00:00:00

SPAIN.

MthRID, July 20.

The Madrid journals consider it probable that
Porto Rico will be made the port of call for the
West Indian mail steamers instead of St. Thomas,
in which case the governor of the island would
make the port free.

AMERICA.

QUEENSTOWN, July 21.

The Cunard extra steamer Malta arrived here at
7 a.m. to-day with 113 passengers She landed 34
passengers and her despatches, and proceeded at
7.15 for Liverpool. All well.

CHOOKIIAVEN, July 21, 11 a.rn.

The City of Baltimore from New York is now
passing Browhead signal station en route for
Queenstown.

INDIA, CHINA, AND AUSTRALIA (HEAVY

MAILS.

SOUTHAMPTON, July 21.

The Peninsular and Oriental Company's steamer
Syria, with the above mails, arrived here this morn-
ing with 173 passengers, £2,605 in specie, and a
general cargo (including 847 bales of silk, valued at
£76,000).
The Syria experienced fine weather throughout
her voyage. On the 17th inst. she spoke the
steamer Aurora, and on the 18th the brig Fairy.
Queen.

GIBRALTAR, July 16.
The cholera is spreading at Mazagan, and the
deaths reach 20 daily.
Europeans as well as the Moorish population are
among the victims. The disease was also spreading
at Rabat, but declining at Casablanco The Board
of Health has cut off communication altogether with
Baibary. Tangier and the whole of the Riff coast
have been declared in quarantine, and vessels with
foul bills of health are not permitted to enter the
harbour.

Exchange on London--49i; Paris, 522; Madrid,
par to i dis.

FRANCE.
BOURSE, July 20.—Three o'clock.—The market
closed as follows :

41 per Cent.
End of month —
3 per Cent
End of mouth 7O 23
Credit ➢lobilier
End of month 276 25
Credit Fonder —ll6B
End of month —

Bank Shares 3710
Ital'an Loan

End of month
Mexican Loan 23 50
Do. Bonds -
Spanish Threes
Home Debt..
Deferred .
RAILWAYS.

Cash
Orleans ..................................... 881
Northern ......... 1153
Lyons and Mediterranean ............... 933
Southern..." .................... . ............ 568
Western ....................................... 567
Eastern ............ ........................ 558
Sardinian .................................... 49}
Austrian ....................................... 562
Lombard ..... ................................. 401
North of Spain
Saragossa
Roman

TERRIBLE SCENE A 7 THE BURNING OF
A THEATRE.

Tgives details of the burning
of thehe TurinNa
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in that city.
The disaster
occurred during the performance of Crispino e la
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your places; it is
female dancer had
Comore. The house was crowded, and the piece
3 ofKeep
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had arrived at about the middle of the second act
when the scream of a woman was heard from be-
hind the scene, followed by the noise of hurried
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footsteps,.”The
and a ecrloyth ofe 4,
caught fire, and in her terror she had run about
with her skirt in a blaze, and had thus set light to
some drapery at the wings. She was, however,
firmly enveloped in a linen cloth, and
the flames of
her dress were extinguished before she had suf-
fered any injury. The alarm had, however, spread
among the spectators, and a general rush was made
to the doors ; for a moment there was great danger
of loss of life from the pressure, but some young
men who were in the gallery above, and could see
what was going on near the stage, called out that
the fire was over. About half of the spectators
then returned to their seats, while those who were
nearest the door left the building. The disaster
had, indeed, for a moment appeared to be at an
end, as the canvas on fire had been torn down and
trampled under foot. But the flames had found
in the painted scenes and light woodwork an ali-
ment too favourable, and the flames again appear-
ing, the panic once more became general ; screams
were heard on all sides, several women fainted,
many persons jumped from the windows on the
staircase, and every one made for the street, leav-
ing behind hats, shawls, umbrellas, &c. Fortu-
nately the theatre had been partly emptied at the
first alarm, and every one was able to get away in
safety. The scene outside was most curious ; the
spectators might be seen, some bare-headed and
others with clothes torn from their backs, hurrying
to and fro in search of friends or relatives ; the
actors and actresses were in their costumes, while
some of the ballet girls, who had been surprises
while dressing, were between two toilettes, half
civil and half theatrical. The flames, in the mean-
time, had gained the pit and the galleries, and as
the interior of the house was constructed of wood
and canvas only, any attempt to check the progress
of the fire was useless ; all that could be done was
to prevent the conflagration from extending to the
adjoining houses, and in a short time nothing but 1
the blackened walls remained.

The hon. secretary of the Church Defence As-
sociation at Manchester has issued a circular which
is unique of its kind. He says :—"
Your help and
assistance is needed towards defraying the ex-
pense of 10,000 copies of Fox's Book of Martyrs,
which is published by the Book Society, 28, Pater-
noster-row, London, at 2d. each, containing 192
pages, and which is intended to be distributed free
in all our Church of England Sunday Schools, to
scholars of nine years of age and upwards, to
counteract the circulation of 'William CObbett's
History of the Reformation, which is being sown
broadcast in our city, and is calculated to inflict a
deep wound on our cause at the general election.
We therefore appeal to you, hoping you will assist
us in our noble work, so that the truth can be
carried to 10,000 firesides.
BRITISH COLLEGE OF REALTII, EUSTON-ROAD
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