The Sun.
London, England, 1868-02-11 00:00:00

THE SUN, LONDON, TUESDAY EVENING FEBRUARY 11, 1868.

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HER MAJESTY.

OSBORNE, Feb. 10.

Her Majesty went out this morning, accompanied
by Princess Christian and Princess Beatrice.

COURT ARRANGEMENTS.—We are authorised to
state that her Majesty's stay at Osborne being unavoida-
bly prolonged in consequence of the late illness of his
Royal Highness Prince Leopold, the Court which was
announced for Tuesday, March 3, is postponed till Fri-
day, March 6.

The Marquis and Marchioness of Bristol and
Lady M. Hervey are expected to arrive at their residence
in St. James's-square to-morrow from Ickworth Park,
Suffolk.

The Marquis and Marchioness of Hastings have
during the past week been entertaining the following
guests at Donington Park :—Mr. Story, Mrs. Story, and
Miss Story, of Lockington Hall ; Lady Charles Innes Ker,
Mr. Wilkinson, Captain Johnstone, Mr. Ilontge, Lady
Rossmore, Major Groen, _ _

The Marquis and Marchioness Townihend enter-
tained at dinner last evening, in Dover-street, Mr. and
Lady Ida Hope, Lady Gardiner and Miss Stephens, Mr.
Augustus Savilo Lumley, Captain Ward, Mr. Francis Gor-
don, and Mr. Praed. _ _

The Earl and Countess Russell and family leave
Pembroke Lodge, Richmond Park, on Thursday, for their
town residence in Chesham-place. Viscount and Viscoun-
tess Amberley come to town the same day.

The Earl and Countess of Dunmore have arrived
at Dunmore Castle, Stirlingshire, after a series of visits to
their friends in the South.

THE MARRIAGE OF EARL BEAUCHAMP AND LADY
MARY STANHOPE.—At Worcester, as well as at Malvern,
the preparations for celebrating the marriage of Earl Beau-
champ and Lady Mary Stanhope, on the 18th inst.; are
being rapidly pushed forward. At Malvern the subscrip-
tions announced already amounted to about £250 ; and it
has been decided to present the future countess with a
bracelet, valued at 120 guineas, as well as some other
ornament. The school children are to be feasted. Many
of the inhabitants of Worcester will illuminate their houses
on the night of the wedding.

MR. CHARLES DICKENS.

Mr. Charles Dickens (says a letter from New
York, dated January 80), is still received every-
where he goes in America with the most gratifying
proofs of esteem, and his readings continue to
attract crowded and appreciative audiences. Last
night he read in Baltimore, and he gives his second
reading there to-night. Later in the week he gives
two readings in Philadelphia, and next week he
visits Washington. The sales of seats in the vari-
ous cities continue to attract large competing
crowds, and Mr. Dickens is coining money, though,
like every one else here, he is suffering the penalty
and will have to pay a heavy tax—probably $20,000
—to the Inland Revenue Collectors on the money
given to hear his readings. He constantly receives
the most polite attentions from the American
people. In Philadelphia the mayor tendered him
the hospitalities of the city, but he has made it a
rule to decline all proffered hospitalities, though
they have been made on every side. He walks
about all the places he visits, and says of the Ame-
rican cities that he could never have recognised
them from his recollections of their appearance at
the time of his former visit to this country. In
Philadelphia he has taken great interest in the
thousands of small but neat houses which are the
homes of the working people ; and his visit to the
Public Ledger building in this city was commemo-
rated by Mr. Childs, the proprietor, by christening
a large new Hoe printing machine, 'first put in
motion in Mr. Dickens' presence, the " Dickens'
Press."

THE CLERKENWELL UUTRAGE.

-O.

BOW-STREET-THIS DAY.
ANOTHER REMAND -FURTHER IMPORTANT INFOR-

MATI ON.

To• day ,William and Timothy Desmond, Jere-
►uiah Allen, Nicholas English, John O'Keefe,
William Barrett, James O'Neill, and Anne Justice,
were again placed before Sir Thomas Henry charged
with wilful murder.

The interest that has attached to the examina-
tion during the last two mouths still continues, the
court being crowded to excess.

Mr. Giffard, addressing the magistrate, said that
since the last examination of the prisoners somo
very important information had reached him, there-
fore he proposed to-day that the reading of the
depositions of the witnesses should be completed,
and at its termination he should have to ask for
another remand until that day week.
Mr. Harper (who appeared for the Desmonds)
asked whether it was fresh evidence ?

Mr. Giffard was understood to reply that it was
not.

Mr. Burnaby then commenced reading the depo-
sitions. On coming to that of Worth, the late
warder at the House of Detention,

Allen said—l wish to be allowed to ask the wit-
ness a question.

Sir T. Henry—You had better defer it until the
whole of the witness's evidence has been read.
Allen—l merely wish to ask him if he has never
given me the office to follow other people beside—
Sir T. Henry—You hear what he says ?

Worth—Yes, sir ; but to my recollection I had
never seen the prisoner at the House of Detention
until the day of the explosion.

Allen—l can bring undeniable evidence that he
has done so on more than one occasion. I have
been engaged by a police Inspector at Bayswater,
and also in this (the F) divisimi as well.
The reading of the depositions having been com-
pleted,
Mr. Lewis said—l propose to call witnesses on
the part of the prisoner O'Keefe, but as I un-
derstand that the fresher evidence which I have
heard has come into the possession of the
prosecution will more than likely occupy the whole
of next Tuesday, it would be a great inconvenience
and expense if I had to keep the witnesses in London
until another opportunity was afforded me to call
them. What I propose, therefore, is not to
call them at the conclusion of the proceedings
next Tuesday, but to ask for a further remand for
a week, when the witnesses could attend and give
their evidence.

Mr. Giffard—That is quite reasonable.
Sir T. Henry—Very well, let it be so.
Allen—May I bring witnesses for my defence on
that occasion. I believe some of them are in court
at this moment.

Sir T. Henry—You will have an opportunity of
doing so when Mr. Lewis calls his witnesses.
The prisoners were then removed.

GI?EAI CONFLAGRATION AT THE
0.1F01?D MUSIC HALL.-THIS DAY.

.
This (Tuesday) aayn) m
threeTh alarm
mnmg at a few
was
ssoundedmiinnuotexs
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street and Tottenham-court-road, and cries of
"Fire" and " Help" followed. The brigade engines
were immediately pulled out of the stations in
Crown-street and Wells-street, when the fire-
men were informed that the outbreak had,
taken place in that splendidly-appointed place
Air. Morton,
of public amusement, the property of .
known as the Oxford Music Hall. At that time no
fire could be observed from the outside of the
building, but upon the firemen entering the build-
ing they found that the flames were attacking with
full vigour the roof, the grand balcony, the stage,
and some other parts of the noble structure.
Telegraph messages were, therefore, at once
despatched to the chief stations of the
Metropolitan Brigade, and the London Salvage
S
Corps in Watling-street, and forthwith Captain
and Mr. Superintendent Swanton started to
the scene with a body of firemen and salvors, and
several land steamers by Shand, Mason, and Co.
By this time the flames had played fearful havoc to
those parts of the hall before enumerated, and
it was the opinion of the firemen that the
whole of the noble building would have been
consumed, but the mains of the New River and
Grand Junction Companies having yielded copious
streams of water, the land, steam, and manual en-
gines were called into operation, and it was
remarkable to see with what execution the
water from the steam power flew over the roof
and into the balcony, and even deluged the pit, the
promenades, and the stage. This immense distri-
bution of water at the same moment over so many
parts of the house enabled the brigade to suddenly
stop the flames from lapping round the front of the
house, which unquestionably must have fallen a prey
to their fury had it not been for the almost super-
human exertions of the brigade, who, regardless of
the danger of falling burning materials, kept on
successfully at their posts, and eventually had the
satisfaction of seeing the fire palpably diminishing
and succumbing beneath the weight of water that was
falling, and, before seven o'clock, the fire was pro-
nounced to be safely extinguished. Mr. Morton's loss
will be considerable, amounting to thousands of
pounds sterling. The catastrophe could not have
taken place at a more unfortunate time, for whilst
Maillart's comic opera of " Les Dragons," and
Hackney have been drawing crowded houses, so
that money has been obliged to be turned away,
the tide of prosperity has been suddenly
changed. Many of the ancient music scores have
escaped the ravages of the flames by being deposited
in one of the patent Reliance fireproof safes. The
origin of the disaster cannot be accounted for.