The Liverpool Standard, and General Advertiser.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1854-10-31 00:00:00

MUSIC AND THE DRAMA.

TSB GIZAND OPILEA at the TIEBITBB ROYAL can hardly
be said to carry forward a very lively vitality. The houses
are dishearteningly thin, and, in spite of our best endea-
vours to believe the contrary, the conviction seems forcing
itself upon us, that the artistes are in reality disheartened.
In the style of the performances there is an apparent
sluggishness, as if adequate attention had not been be-
stowed in the getting-up. Lax performances on the part
of the choristers and orchestra occasionally suggest the
idea of careless or imperfect rehearsal. Bellini's opera
"Lucia di Lammermoor'? was performed on Monday
evening under circumstances in many ways suggestive of
the preceding observations. On Friday, Beethoven's
splendid opera " Fidelio" was given with a generally good
cast, .Madame Rudersdorff doing 'great justice to the
music, and also to the general acting of the part of
.Leonora. The character of Roco is one in all respects
happily suited to the style and capabilities of Herr Carl
Formes, and he did it great justice. Of his performance
in this character we have previously had occasion to re-
cord opinion, and see no reason for changing it. In his
hands the role is rendered with freedom and ease, and the
style of the music is happily adapted to the magnitude
and power of his vast organ, but requiring few of those
sympathetic graces of manner and expression which lend
a charm to the singing of some of the higher class
artistes. Of the other parts it is not necessary to say
much, and as the little we could say would not go far in
compliment, it is probably as well to leave it as it is.
Oil what are called the off-nights of the opera, last week
the performances were varied. Tuesday evening was occu-
pied by the play of "Masks and Faces," and "The Pretty
Girls of Stilberg." The character of Triplet in the
former piece being sustained by Mr. B. Webster, with his
well-known tact and finish, many portions of the dia-
logue being delivered with a degree of delicacy and feel-
ing in a high degree beautiful as well as expressively
pathetic. The giddy, volatile, yet generous and impulsive
Peg Woffington found an able representative in Madame
Celeste, whose embodiment of the character was clever as
well as picquant. In this play Miss Swanborough ap-
peared to advantage as Mrs. Vane. This character she
sustained with dignified yet simple earnestness, display-
ing the confiding fondness of the inexperienced though
loving wife, combined with the elevating beauty of con-
scious virtue. The play throughout was well acted. On
Thursday evening the English version of Moliere's
comedy of " Tartuffe" was presented, Mr. B. Webster
playing Tartnge, with his customary unction and decided
impressement. Mr. Baker took one of his benefits on
Thursday night, and was honoured by a full house. The
play of " William Tell," aided by the operatic chorus,
was performed on Saturday ; the part of the Swiss hero,
as on the previous occasions, being sustained by Mr.
Barry Sullivan.

AT THB ROYAL AMPIIITIEHATUB the houses have
generally been fair at the commencement, and well filled
at half price ; the audiences being chiefly attracted by the
self-possessed and admirable acting of Mr. Buckstone, who
continues his engagement during the present week. Of
this popular performer it is now unnecessary to speak in
terms of commendation to a Liverpool audience, by whom
his style is as well known as his features and figure, all
those being exceedingly popular. The pieces performed
have been generally of a light and playful character, more
immediately addressed to the eye and ear than intended
to appeal to the heart or understanding. They are amu-
sing, if not edifying ; and. from the numbers who flock to
see them, they are evidently attractive.

SHILLING ORATORIOS.—On Tuesday evening, Horsley's
Oratorio "David" was given as a cheap concert, in the
Philharmonic Hall, by members of the Philharmonic
Society. The chief vocalists were Miss Stott and Mrs.
Otty ; Mr.' Millar and Mr. Scarisbrick, Mr. Armstrong
through family affliction being unable to appear. The fine
hall was well filled, although not crowded, by a highly.
respectable audience. The Oratorio as a whole is rather
a-fiat affair, and the performance on this occasion did not
greatly improve it. Several of the solos were fairly sung,
but most of them were very indifferently executed. The
'chorus seemed to lack drilling, and on the whole appeared
a little careless. This should be amended ; these Oratorios
given in the same style which marked their first produc-
tion here would do much to diffuse a taste for high-class
music, and, from the extent of patronage they have met
with, they are evidently worth, attending to.I
THE SOCIETA ARMONICA gave one of their pleasant
concerts at the Mechanics' Institution, on Thursday last,
assisted in the vocal department by the Glee and Madrigal
Union. The Hall was comfortably filled by a highly re-
spectable audience, and every thing went off well. There
is one remark we should wish to make on these concerts,
and that is, that we should like to see a more numerous
body of amateurs in the band, as we are sure any one
with a taste for instrumental music must have it im-
proved nnder such a leader as Mr. Herrmann, and we
trust at the next concert we have the pleasure of attending
we shall find important additions. Few studies are more
delightful than that of instrumental music, irrespective of
the instrument studied, and therefore we heartily recom-
mend the Societa Armonica to the attention of the public,
and trust their labours and objects will continue to be
highly esteemed. With the exception of the first piece by
Dr. Chard, which was extremely well sung, but rather
long, all those performed by the Glee and Madrigal
Union were encored.

MESSRS. PILICIRGTON and WILSON have presented
handsome chronometers to the mate and second mate of
the Red Jacket.

LIVERPOOL MAGDALEN ASYLIIM.—The promoters have
taken a large house at No. 24, ➢Zason-street, Edge-hill,
which they are fitting up for the residence and industrial
occupation of its future inmates. It is expected the house
will be ready, for occupation next month. .

BA.NQIIET.—On Wednesday, the Recorder (G. Hender-
son, Esq.), the Assessor (E. James. Esq., Q.C.), and the
members of the bar attending the Quarter Sessions and
Court of Passage, were entertained by the Mayor (Mr. J.
B. Lloyd), to
,a banquet at the Town Hall.
ROBBERIES.—Od Saturday, the London police received
information of the following robberies :—The robbery of

the London and Brighton Railway Company of nearly
£lOO, by Joseph Drew, a station-clerk, who has absconded;
of t'he sum of £250 by a clerk to a Manchester firm, who
is supposed to have come to London with a view of emi•
grating; of the robbery of a quantity of jewellery and
cash, from the residence of the Rev. H. Allen, of 19, Royal
York-erescent, Clifton, while the family were at church.

A WOMAN DROWNED.—On Saturday morning, Ma
Lenahan, aged 50,. who kept a lodging-house, No.
Harrison-street, went to the Canal side, about five o'cloc
to pick up pieces of coal from the boats ; and_sl
wards

e cries of distress were heard, when two mer
!.en watching some premises in the neighbour
side, where they discovered hei

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the water, but by the time she was got out

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get the wood out of the water. An inquest was he'
yesterday, and the jury returned a verdict of Four
drowned,

AT a few minutes before twelve o'clock on Thursday
forenoon, an alarm was given that' a. fire had broken out
in one of the warehouses in Lancet:it's-hey, which unfor-
tunately proved only to be too correct. It had taken place
in the cellar of one of the large piles of warehouses known
as Molyneux's warehouses, the property of James Moly-
neux, Esq., situate on the west side and near the northern
extremity of Lancelot's-hey, nearly opposite to the west
end of Union-street. The pile of warehouses in Lance-
lot's-hey extends westward towards the river until they
abut upon the rear of the magnificent warehouses front-
ing the New-quay, opposite the Prince's Dock. Mr.
Preston's spirit warehouses adjoin towards. Chapel-street,
and on the other side a series of warehouses extend to
Queen-street, forming a solid mass of building, inclosed
by Lancelot's-hey, part of Chapel-street, the New-quay,
and Queen-street. The warehouses in which the fire ori-
ginated are six storeys high, with vaults and cellars
from three to four stories in depth below the street.
They are the property of the Messrs. Molyneux, and were
let to Mr. Alderman Dover and Mr. Robert Hutchison.
Mr. Dover rents the cellars and vaults, and Mr. Hutchison
the upper floors. In the cellars were warehoused 600
barrels of spirits of turpentine, 100 barrels of rosin, a
large quantity of potash, pork, and some brimstone, whilst
the upper floors were loaded with cotton, coffee, and corn,
the various articles belonging to different owners. It
would appear that some men were in the cellars sampling
the spirits of turpentine, and it is believed they used a
naked candle whilst performing this work, and that a
snuff of the candle accidentally fell into the bung-hole of
one of the casks, the turpentine instantly igniting, and
the flame spreading with fearful rapidity. The supply of
water being abundant, most vigorous efforts were at once
made to stay the ravages of the fire, although from the
highly combustible nature of the goods in the cellar, it
was considered impossible to check the spread of the fire
until it had not only reduced to ashes the pile in which it
originated, but the entire block of warehouses adjoining.
So strongly prevalent was this feeling, that the removal
of all the goods in the warehouses in the neighbourhood
commenced, the result being a scene of the most extraor-
dinary confusion and bustle, in which merchants, ware-
house owners, insurance agents, brokers of all descriptions,
carters and firemen, took part. In consequence of the
hose being carried down Union-street, and across Lance-
lot's-hey, where 16 mains poured immense volumes of
*ter into the cellars, the through traffic was obstructed,
and loaded lorries had to turn round in a very narrow
space and leave by the way they entered, to the infinite
annoyance of those coming in to load, with which they
every instant got locked, blocking up the thoroughfare,
and impeding the transfer of valuable goods to a more
secure depository.
The supply of water was very ample, no less than 16 two-
inch mains being at once turned into the cellars, which
they deluged with water ; but still, though no flame was
visible, the masses of smoke, charged with sulphureous
and other gases, which issued from the cellars, showed
the great progress of the flames. The smoke was so
dense, and so thoroughly permeated every part of the
building, that it was considered the fire had ascended from
the cellars, and hose was conveyed on to the roofs, and the
engines commenced working to check its upward progress.
Shortly after eleven o'clock, a series of loud explosions,
like the booming of distant cannon, showed that the
fire had seized upon the spirits of turpentine. One of
those explosions blew away a door which secured the
entrance to one of the vaults, and a portion of it struck
Major Greig, the Head-Constable, and knocked him down, li
but without inflicting any serious injury; and from the
effects of this explosion Mr. J. A. Tobin, the chairman of
the watch committee, had a narrow escape. The windows
of several houses in Union-street were broken by the
concussion. As explosion followed explosion, the libe-
rated turpentine caught fire, and occasionally lurid masses
of flame shot with the rapidity of lightning from the
cellars and ascended the building. Up to three o'clock,
notwithstanding the efforts of the fire brigade, and the
immense supply of water, no mastery had been got over
the fire, which even then seemed to be extending. Still,
no effort was spared, and in another hour the explosions
became fewer, the smoke less dense, and there were strong
indications that in some parts of the cellars the fire had
been vanquished by the water, which in some places stood
to the depth of several feet. Hopes began to be expressed
that the fire might be altogether got under; but the dan-

gerous nature of the contents of he building made many
doubtful. On entrance being effected to the second floor
of the warehouse, it was discovered that the fire had
ascended, and that the cotton on that floor was one burning
heap, and at 10 o'clock the fire had not only driven the
firemen out, but had got up to the next floor, which was
also filled with cotton. By 11 o'clock the flames had burst
through the windows of the whole of the warehouse on the
northern extremity of the pile, to which in the earlier
part of the day the firemen had succeeded in confining
them. Shortly before midnight the roof fell in with a
tremendous crash, and then the flames burst forth with
brilliant but destructive effect.

The course of the fire was exceedingly singular. It
commenced in the cellar of the southern extremity of the
pile, and then either was driven or followed a northerly
course until, it was imagined, nearly extinguished in the
northern extremity of the cellars. Here it seems to have
concentrated itself, and then ascended perpendicularly,
and having forced its way. through the roof, commenced
its ravages at the summit in the very opposite direction to
that pursued at the base, travelling from north to south.
Immediately after the roof had fallen in, the upper floor
of the adjoining warehouse of the pile became ignited, and
the heat became so intense in the street that the firemen
had to remove, it being found impossible to remain any
longer in the position from which they had been pre-
viously playing. They were next ordered on to the roof
of a cooperage opposite the burning warehouses, where
they had not been more than 20 minutes when a portion
of the shed gave way, and four police-officers were preci-
pitated to the ground, a distance of about 15 feet, and
received some severe injuries.

At one o'clock the fire had attained such a head that
all efforts to check its progress seemed unavailing ; the
third warehouse of the pile had caught fire, and an explo-
sion of turpentine in the cellar showed that the fire still
raged there, and drove the salvage officers from their posts.
About half-past one o'clock, the front of the warehouse in
which the fire had originated fell with a tremendous
crash, but fortunately the fall did not cause loss of life or
serious personal injury; and between five and six o'clock
the front wall of the warehouse adjoining on the south
also fell, without causing personal injury. At an early
hour in the morning of Friday the northernmost ware-
house of the range caught fire, and in spite of every exer-
tion it was entirely destroyed. The stalk on the south of
that whose front fell second also took fire, and was bUrned
down through the roof and the three upper storeys. The
wind, during the whole course of the extensive and pro-
tracted conflagration, was fortunately still, and the exer-
tions of those who bravely struggled to subdue the flames
were so far successful as to prevent their spreading beyond
the points mentioned.

The Mayor, Major Greig, Mr. Duncan, water engineer;
Mr. Newlands, borough engineer ; Mr. J. B. Moore, M.P. •
Mr. J. A. Tobin, and a number of gentlemen connected
with the various insurance offices, were present, and ren-
dered material assistance ; and all those parties bear will-
ing testimony to the extraordinary efforts made by Mr.
Hewitt, Mr. Barrett, and the men under their command,
to extinguish the fire. All the goods in the warehouses
are covered by insurance.
Daring Friday afternoon the fire continued to rage
with unabated violence, throughout the entire mass of
buildings, fronting Union-street, notwithstanding the im-
mense volumes of water poured upon them by the fire
brigade ; the fire still held the supremacy—and the fire
brigade concentrated their energies to save the line of
warehouses fronting the Prince's Dock. The removal of
the goods and merchandise from the premises contiguous
to the burning warehouse still continued.

Notwithstanding the immense numbers of persons as-
sembled in the immediate locality of the fire, since it first
broke out, the daring acts of some of the fire brigade and
the police, in their exertions to suppress the flames, and
the great confusion which must of necessity prevail, in
the removal of the contents of the buildings, but few
accidents occurred. Joseph Adamson, (45,) a member of
the fire brigade, was ascending a ladder with the hose
in his hand, when he fell into the cellar of the building, a
distance of 15 pr 16 feet. He was immediately got out
by some of his comrades and removed to the Northern
Hospital, where he received every attention. It was
found that he had received some very severe contusions
on various parts of the body, but no bones were broken.
The confusion in removing the goods both in Lancelot's-
hey and New-quay, was not so great as on Thursday, but
that did not lessen the activity. The order kept by the
police was admirable, and the courage and daring of the
men, and all concerned are deserving of every praise.
From the commencement of the fire, fears were enter-
tained as to the safety of the extensive block of premises
known as the New-quay Warehouses, and consequently
vigorous measures were commenced to clear those ware-
houses of their contents. The pile in most imminent
danger was that occupied by Messrs. Garnock, Bibby, and
Co., sailmakers, and also by Messrs. Ackerley, Whitworth.,
and Crocker, sailmakers and chandlers; for just at the
back of it, was the great mass of ruins, as well as the
burning warehouse of Messrs. Holme. Sails, canvas,
cordage, &c., were consequently lowered by the teagles,
or more generally pitched from the different storeys intothe
street. Separated from this warehouse (except by a one-
storey building), stand four double warehouses belonging
to Messrs. Harbord and Co., all eight storeys high, inde-
pendent of the cellars ; there being three or four single
warehouses between those of Messrs.Harbord and Chapel-
street. Messrs. Harbord's premises were filled with goods,
chiefly East Indian produce ; among them being large
quantities of (Surat) cotton, sugar, rice, and matting.
During the forenoon, all the goods got out were lowered
by teagles ; but soon after twelve o'clock there seemed
reason to believe that fire had got into the basement
storey of the warehouse. nearest Queen-street, which was
almost wholly occupied with cotton ; and from that time
the use of the teagle was dispensed with, as far as this
warehouse was concerned, and the bales were rolled out
of the doorways of the different storeys, and allowed to
take their chance. Many of them burst on alighting ;
but a pile was soon formed in the roadway, and the suc-
ceeding bales falling upon it, most of them remained
whole, but the force of the fall sent them occasionally
bounding in different directions, to the great danger of

the men employed below. From the others of the-New-
quayWarehouses, the packages of sugar, &c., were lowered
by teagles. A great proportion of the sugar, we believe,
belongs to Messrs. R. A. M`Fee and Co., refiners, &c.,
Tithebarn-street. In one spot of the latter description
there was found; during the morning, a large pool, four
feet deep, filled principally with water, but havini
quantity of turpentine floating on the surface ; and t
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About five o'clock on Friday evening, the last remain-
ing portion of the front wall of Mr. Molyneux's pre-
mises fell with a tremendous crash ; it had been foreseen
that ;it must fall, and although firemen and policemen
remained on the adjoining heap of ruins to the last
moment, the man who had been placed to watch, gave
repeated warnings of the gradually-approaching danger,
so as to enable his comrades to rush across into Union-
street, and escape unhurt.
Various persons have been mentioned as the owners of
the wdrehouses ; but it must be understood that those
gentlemen are in but few, if any, instances (as far as we
could learn) the owners of property stored in the ware-
houses' or that may have been destroyed. Indeed, the
great difficulty in ascertaining the amount of damage—
and even in many instances the nature of the goods stored
in different parts of a warehouse—arises from the fact
that there were numerous sub-tenants. We subjoin what
we believe is, however, a correct and tolerably perfect list
of those who had goods stored in Mr. Molyneux's pre-
mises; but we could obtain no reliable information either
as to the nature or value of those goods, or as to what
portions may have been saved before the fire had made
much progress : Messrs. Molyneux, Taylor, and Co. ;
Findlay, Campbell, and Co. ; Frangihadi and Sons ; Newall
and Clayton ; Eason, Barry, and Co.;Zwilchenbart, Bles-
sig, and Co. ; Musgrove, Vance, and bo. ; Thomas Postle-
thwaite ; Pinto-Leite and Co.;• A. Perugo ; A. and S. H.
Sleugh ; Baron and Grey ; R. Christie, jun.; G. Holt and
Co.;J. E. Greenwood- Finlay, Armour, and Co. ; J. H.
Schroeder and Co. ; J. Merser ; T. Chilton ; T. H. Little-
dale ; Franceys and Corner ; Harrop and Co. ; Stead
Brothers; T. Dover and Co.; Washington, Jackson, and
Co.; Kearsley and Hadwen ; Miles Barton, Son, and Co. ;
Blessig, Brown, and co. ; Gregory and Ti:lb:us ; Thomas
Mills and Co.

The apprehensions at one time entertained that it would
be impossible to confine the fire in such a way as to save
the adjoining warehouses; and in particular those known
as the New-quay Warehouses, have happily been averted,
and no grounds for further alarm appears now to exist.
The cotton ejected from the burning tenements by the
falling of floors and walls has been in course of removal,- a
careful watch being maintained lest any smouldering fire
might be suddenly fanned into a flame.
The total amount of damage done to property and
premises has been variously estimated as ranging between
£120,000 and £150,000.
In the three warehouses which we have distinguished
as "A," "B," and " C," there have been at least 9,000
bales of cotton destroyed; and as American cotton rates
at £8 or £9, and Surat at £6 or £7 per bale, the loss in
the material contained in those buildings, without taking
the warehouses into the calculation, will be about £70,000.

We understand that the losses are covered by in-
surance, distributed, as far as can be at present ascer-
tained, as follows :—Liverpool and London, £lB,OOO ; Royal
Liverpool, £15,000 ; Lancashire, £11,000; the balance
being about equally divided between the Alliance, Guar-
dian, Norwich Union, Imperial, West of England, Atlas,
County, Phcenix, Sun, Globe, North British, and West-
minster offices.

The great bulk of the loss will, of course, be upon the
9,000 bales of cotton stored in the three warehouses, A,
B, and C. Of this large quantity, it is stated, in round
numbers, that Messrs. Finlay, Campbell, and Co., owned
2.600 bales ; T. and H. Littledale, 1,000 ; Newall and
Clayton, 500 ; Musgrove and Vance, 600 • Francis and
Comer, 300 ; Eason and Barry, 400 ; Stead Brothers,
100 • Mills and Co., 300 ' • Pinto, Leet, and Co., 200 • J.
' Eccles and Co., 200 ; G. Holt and Co., 150 • Mr. George
Marten, 200 ; Miles Barton, 900 ; Robert Hutchinson,
400: total, 7,650 bales, the remaining 1,400 bales being
distributed in a large number of small quantities.
Meetings of the agents for the different insurance com-
panies have been held on Friday, Sturday, and yesterday,
and from what transpired in reference to those meetings,
it is considered that the above statement is a fair approxi-
mation to the actual losses and their apportionment.

THE PATRIOTIC FUND

PUBLIC MEETING IN ST. GEORGE'S HALL,

TAB arst public meeting held in this hall edifice took
place on Friday, when his worship the Mayor convened
an assembly of the inhabitants, in accordance with the
order contained in a Royal Commission, to consider the
propriety of contributing towards tha Patriotic Fund, for
the relief of the widows and orphans of the soldiers
who have fallen in the East. The meeting was nu-
merously attended, the large hall being nearly filled.
The Mayor took the chair, supported, amongst others, by
the Ven. Archdeacon Brooks, Thomas Berry Horsfall, Esq.,
M.P., Thomas Thornely, Esq., M.P., John Bramley-Moore,
Esq., M.P., Colonel Derinzy, commandant of the district,
Major Bourne, J. A. Tobin, Esq., Alderman Parker,
Alderman Bennett, G. W. Moss, Esq., J. C. Ewart, Esq.,
A. Hodgson, Esq., and a very large number of the clergy
and the members of the Town Council, &c.

The MAYOR, in opening the proceedings, referred to
the proclamation in the Gazette, by which he, as mayor,
was appointed a commissioner-in-aid. Having explained
the objects of the commission, he read a number of letters.
The first was from the Earl of Sefton, regretting that indis-
position prevented him from attending, but giving the com-
mission his most hearty support, and enclosing in his
note a cheque for £lOO, which he wished to be inserted
in the list that might be returned for the borough of
Liverpool. (Loud cheers.) The next letter he read was
from Mr. William Brown, M.P., who was prevented from
attending in consequence of an affliction, the extent of
which was yet in doubt. He referred to the loss of the
Arctic, in which he had seven relatives. Mr. Brown re-
gretted that his feelings . and spirits would not allow
him at the present moment to take part in any public
meeting. -He expressed himself warmly in favour of the
object of the meeting. The next letter was from a number
of tradesmen in St. James's-street, who had in two hours
subscribed the sum of £29 16s. ed., which they enclosed.
(Great cheering.) Another letter was from the Mersey
Steel and Iron Company, communicated by Mr. W. J.
Horsfall. Enclosed in the letter was £123 6s. 7d.,
which the clerks and workmen in the, establishment had
subscribed, being a day's wages of each. (Tremendous
cheers.) This sum was accompanied, by £lOO, being the
contribution of the firm. (Renewed elieers.) After a few
more observations, his worship concluded by calling upon
the Ven. Archdeacon Brooks to move the first resolution.

The Ven. Archdeacon BROOKS, on coming forward,
was received with very loud cheers. The. resolution
acknowledged the great successes which had attended Her
Majesty's arms during the present war, and considered
that the widows and orphans of those who had fallen or
might fall, were entitled to their sympathy and to every
assistance which it was in the power of the country to
afford. The yen. gentleman delivered a very affecting
speech, in the course of which he said the present war
was a just war, because it had been engaged in to check
the ambition of a power which would, if uncontrolled,
overstep everything which stood in its way. He remarked
that it was inseparable from a state of warfare that wives
should be made widows, and children made orphans, but
by our kindness we might alleviate their sufferings, and
to some extent be a husband to the widow and a father to
the fatherless. (Hear and cheers).
Colonel DERINzY seconded the resolution, which was
carried amidst acclamation.

THos.' BERRY HORSFALL, Esq., M.P., moved the next
resolution, to the effect that, Her Majesty having instituted
a patriotic fund, it was desirable to establish a local com-
mittee for the borough of Liverpool. The hon. gentleman
spoke warmly in favour of the object of the meeting.
JosErn EWART, Esq., briefly seconded the motion,
which was carried unanimously. _ _ _ _

'GILBERT HENDERSON, Esq., (the Recorder of Liver-
pool,) moved the next resolution, which was that the
magistrates and the Town Council, the clergy of all
denominations, the local military and naval staff officers,
and the members of the select vestry, with power to add
to their number, be a committee for the purpose of carrying
out the objects of the meeting, and that they be em-
powered to appoint sub-committees.
ADAM HODGSON, Esq., seconded the motion, which
was carried unanimously.
On the motion of Tuos. THORNBLY, Esq., M.P.,
seconded by J. BRA.MLEY-MOOSE, Esq., M.P., a vote of
thanks was passed to the Mayor, and the meeting
separated.

SINCE the breaking out of the cholera at St. Petersburg
there have been 20,620 cases down to September 1 (13);of
which 8,652 proved fatal. At ➢iitau, down to the 14th
(26th) of September, there were 384 cases_; of these, 189
persons had died.—Russian Medical Gazette.

A MONUMENT is about to be erected to Sir William
Wallace. Funds have been realised, and the Hill of Barn-
well, near Cragie, between Kilmarnock and Ayr, is pro-
posed as the site.
BREAD DISTURBANCE AT NOTTINGHAMOR
Taes-
day night, a number of persons, principally youths,
assembled before the shop of Mr. North, baker, in the
lower part of Nottingham, and broke a number of panes
of glass in his windows. After this the shop of Mr.
Greenfield, in the same district, was attacked, but no great
damage done. The report quickly spread that another
bread-riot had commenced, and the bakers of the town
immediately closed their shops. Several other shops were
also visited by the rabble, and a number of panes broken.
A POLITICAL FOUNDLING.—Not long ago, a young
Pole, of good family, disappeared at Warsaw in a most
mysterious, but, in Russia, not unusual manner. A few
days ago his brother, a clerk in an English first-class
mercantile house received unexpectedly a letter from him
from France, containing the information that he had been
sent for some unguarded expressions that escaped him, to
forced labour at Bomarsund, when he was sent to France
with the rest of the garrison, as a prisoner of war. On the
facts of the case being made known to the French au-
thorities, he was immediately set at liberty.
TIIE AUSTRALIAN FUGITIVE BANKRUPT.—Joseph
Bernestein, the fugitive bankrupt from Australia, who
was taken into custody on his arrival in Liverpool- and
brought up before Mr. Commissioner Per-- s,

zy, on stunts`,
,nd whose examination was reported in the
of last Tuesday, was again brought before the
Wednesday last. He underwent
orief examination touching his dealings with
And others at Melbourne. From his staf—
pears that he had between £l,lOO
Melbourne, namely,
£lOO the moneys of Miss

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IN his chart, to .le grand jury on opening the Hutt
Quarter ses one, the Waned recorder, Samuel Warren,
Esq., after a brarialit allusion to the late visit of Her
Majesty and the royal family to Hull, proceeded to remark
on several recent legislative enactments for the adminis-
tration of criminal jurisprudence. Having alluded also
to the appointment .of a stipendiary magistrate for the.
borough, he proceeded :—" Gentlemen, what effect this last
appointment may ultimately have upon yourselves as grand
jurymen, it is not for me to say : but I fear that attempt&
will again speedily be made in parliament to dispense, to,
a great extent, if not altogether, with your invaluable-
services. The hands of those wishing to inaugurate this
serious innovation have been certainly strengthened by a
very recent and eiarefully-expressed presentment of a
Middlesex grand jury. 'ln former times,' they say, 'me
doubt our forefathers wisely instituted this tribunal, to
stand between the accused and a court of justice ; to pro-
tect innocent persons from the ordeal of a trial, who might
have been committed from either the ignorance of the
magistrate, or political causes, when party spirit ran high-
But by the intelligence of the magistrates of this day, and
the powerful influence of the press, these causes are no
longer in existence. The present utility of yourselves as a
grand jury is in respect of indictments, which, being pre-
ferred entirely on ex parte statements we consider would
be much better dealt with by the magistrates, on bringing
face to face before them the accused. We, therefore, trust
that the legislature will relieve us from being summoned
to attend to business which may be considered a matter of
mere form—ours being an institution which has outlive&
its utility.' These topics deserve grave consideration
undoubtedly ; but speaking for myself personally, awl
reminding you of the solemn oath which the grand jury-
man takes, and which you have all just taken, I say, leaver
me the grand jury : let me have the concurrent voices of
twelve (at least) intelligent sworn fellow-countrymen, that
the case alleged against me really requires me to undergo,
the agony and peril of a public trial :—and I am not satis-
fied to leave interests so momentous in the hands of &
single magistrate, however able, honest, and experienced..
Again, you must combine with the consideration of this
topic that of the contemplated institution of a public pro--
' secutor, and the projected great augmentation of thee
summary powers of a single magistrate. All these are
topics of infinite moment, but I must pass on, with the
expression of an anxious hope, that the legislature will not
suffer itself to be precipitated into rash and pernicious
action.. The treatment of the criminal section of our poim-
lation continues to excite the utmost anxiety among all.
thinking men. There really must be a re-consideration of
what I shortly designate as the ticket-of-leave system, the
serious evils of which are multiplying around us in all
directions. The subject, however, is one of great diffi-
culty, and requires profound consideration by the legis-
lature. As to youthful criminals, a hearty but cautious
effort has been made by the legislature during the last
session to meet the wishes and requirements of the
country and the age. This, also, is a subject remaining-
environed with practical difficulties ; and, I for one, ant
watching the operation of the great experiment with the
utmost solicitude ; carious also to see how far the coun-
try's voluntary efforts will second those which thelegisla-
ture has been so urgently pressed by that country to.
to make. I wish, from my heart, God speed to this noble
effort ! I am alluding now to the statute 'for the better
care and reformation of youthful offenders in Great
Britain.' Under its provisions, the managers of any volun-
tarily-established institution for the better training ofjuve-
nile offenders may apply to the Home Secretary to order
the institution to be inspected by one of the inspectors or
prisons ; and, on a favourable report, it may be declared by
the Secretary of State to be a Reformatory School' under
the act. It is then enacted that any youth under sixteens
years of age, convicted on either indictment or summary.
conviction, may be ordered by the court or justices, ia
addition to the sentence, which must not be less than.
fourteen days' imprisonment, to be sent, at the expirstiors
of it, to any Reformatory School,' which may be willing
to receive him; to be detained there for not more than
five, nor; less than two years. The parents of such offenders
shall be compelled, if able, to contribute to the main-
tenance of such offender a weekly sum not exceeding ss. ;
payment to be enforced by the compulsory powers of the
Poor-law Acts. The Treasury is made liable to pay the
whole or such part of the maintenance as cannot be reco-
vered from the parents ; and the act contains provisions
rendering absconding or refractory offenders liable to three
months' imprisonment, with or without hard labour, in-
any gaol or house of correction for the county or borough:*

SPORTING INTELLIGENCE.

-•
LATEST BETTING.

Timms hasbeen nothing done on events Which will be'
decided this season, but the running at Newmarket has
caused some changes in the Derby. Grnculus Esuriens
was not strong in the market in the early part of the
week, 15 to 1 being laid against him in hundreds, but 121
to 1 would have been taken at the close. De Clare, also,
one of Scott's lot, has been so much inquired after, that
he closed with takers of 10 to 1, thus displacing the needy
Greek in the premiership. Oulston, since his race for then
Clearwell, has had a declining look, but from the easy
manner in which he cut down his horses in his race ow
Thursday, has revived the confidence of his friends, andi.,
has been backed for an even thousand against Wikt
Dayrell. There have also been inquiries after Frederick,.
The Nailer, Prince of Wales, Claret, and Cruiser, and:
they have each had supporters at the prices quoted. Rifle—
man and Saraband, although defeated in the Clearwelt,
still maintain their position, as they each carried a penalty
of 61b. for former winnings. Latest prices :

THE DERBY.
10 to 1 agst Lord Derby's De Clare (taken.)
12 to 1 agst Mr. Bowes's Grnculus Esuriens (taken.)
13 to 1 agst Mr. Merry's Lord of the Isles (taken.)
20 to 1 agst Mr. Popham's Wild Dayrell (taken.)
-20 to 1 agst Mr. Howard's Oulston (taken.)
25 to 1 agst Lord Eglinton's Dirk Hatterick (taken.)
40 to 1 agst Mr. Gulliver's Frederick (taken.)
50 to 1 agst Lord Orford's Affghau (taken.)
1000 to 30 agst Mr. T. Arnold's The Nailer (taken.)
1000 to 30 agst Mr. Sully's Prince of Wales
_(taken.)

2000 to 90 aist Mr. Ostaldeston's Claret (taken.)

1000 to 15 agst Mr. Payne's Polydora colt (taken.)

Mr. Morris has sold Kingston to Mr. Blenkiron, what
has also purchased Exact, for £l7O for a brood mare.
Mr. Jaques has purchased Daisy, Alboni, Cacique, and:
Whimsical, as brood mares for the Ensby Abbey Stud.
Mr. Thomas O'Reilly has sold his horse Master Tom, to
Mr. G. Boyan, Jenkinstown, for £2OO.
Mr. Howard has purchased all Lord Exeter's yearlings.,
The stallion John O'Gannt, by Taurus, out of Mona.
has been purchased by Mr. Stebbing, for 300 guineas.
The two-year old colt, by Annandale, out of Enchan—
tress, has been named Raglan ; and the filly by Epirus,.
out of Ma Mic, Ida.

Mr. Joseph Rogers, one of the oldest and most respected
of the Newmarket trainers, died on Friday night last,.
aged 65, from an attack of quinsey in the throat, after
three or four days' illness.

Mr. Popham has named his ch fby Pyrrhus the First,.
Aria ; b f by The Flying Dutchman, The Fleet ; and b f
by Balsamo, out of Lady Flora, Mrs. Hay don.

At the sale of Mr. J. Arnold's stud, Saucebox was pur—
chased by Mr. T. Parr, for 155 guineas. The other lobs-
brought very low prices. The Nailer was not sold, and
remains at Danebury.

Miss Mowbray and British Yeoman, both reported ham
de combat, have been struck out of the Worcester steeple—

Lord Chesterfield has purchased from Lord Exeter
yearling colt by Flatcatcher, out of Glenara (Cobnut'3
dam), for 290 guineas.
Mr. Bateman, the trainer of the winner of the Cam—
bridgeshire, after a long residence on the Continent, is
about to remove his establishment to this country.

The Cambridgeshire Stakes this year experienced a-
great falling off in the number of competitors, 19 only
reaching the starting-post, whilst last year the numbee
of competitors amounted to 39. Sherz, the winner, is the
property of Baron Wilhamoritz, of Mollendorf, in Prussia,
who bred him, and is by The Provost, an English-bred
horse, out of Freude, a German mare. He is a three-
year old, and carried a stone more weight than any of his
English opponents of the same age ; and at the conclu-
sion of the race was so full of running, that he ran some
distance into the town before he could be stopped. His
owner wins about £2,000 in bets beside the stakes.
The following horses changed owners during the
Houghton Meeting, at Newmarket, last week.J.—Higlv
Priest, by Jericho, out of Priestess, claimed by Mr. Mare„
for 300 guineas ; Vaultress, by Birdcatcher, 4 yrs., claimed
by Mr. Elwes, for 80 guineas ; The Dandy, by The Ugly
Back, claimed by Mr. Armstrong, for 40 guineas; Shunt-
ing, 3 yrs., claimed by Mr. G. B. Price, for 40 guineas ;
Usurer, by Flatcatcher, 2 yrs., claimed by. Mr. Walker,.
for 50 guineas ; Michaelmas Maid, by Bay Middleton.
4 yrs., claimed by Mr. Elwes, for 400 guineas ; Dame
Bartltt, by Chanticleer, 2 yrs., claimed by Count Bat-
thyany, for 200 guineas ; and Humgutfin, by Epirus.
3 yrs., claimed by Mr. Bayley, for 100 guhwas.
Lord Zetland has sold Ivan, by Van Tromp, 3 yrs., to
Londesborongh, for 1,000 guineas, awl he has been
transferred to the care of John Scott..

Mons. Anmont's Hervine' did not start for the Cam—
bridgeshire, having been seized with.eramp in the loins
on the morning of the race. She had lately defeated
Orestes, in France, and, her owner was very sanguine or
success. -

THE GITASI

The Citzsm RE H

Tuesday, 31st .
Thursday, Nov.
Friday, 3rd.....
Monday, 6th.
Tuesday, 7th ,
Thursday, 9th
Friday, 10th ~
Monday, 13th
Tuesday, 1411
Thursday, :16tt
Friday, 17th...

Orheys Parra.
....Duddon Heath
.Highway Side
Shipbrook Bridge
Poorer

Arley
Norton,. Priory
....... Appleton

.....Wrenburt
Cholniondeley
1001 Windmil

Ravens

Each cl

half-past ten o'cloel

Sir W. W. WYNN'S HOUNDS

Tuesday, Oc
Wednesdun

Nov. Ist

Malpas

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Damremont, in Al-
!am a bulbous plant,

IMPORTANT COLLECTION OF PICTURES OF THE

HIGHEST CLASS

NfR. BRANCH begs respectfully to announce
NJ
to the admirers of the Fine Arts, that be is instructed
to advertise for SALE by AUCTION, ou THURSDAY, the 9th
November next, at Twelve o'clock precisely, at his Gallery,
in Hanover-street, Liverpool,
A very choice COLLECTION of PICTURES, of the hialiest
(plant

formed during the last thirty years, with great judg-
inent .and taste, by an eminent Collector, who, through
declining health, determines to dispose of his Cabinet of
Pictures by an Auction Sale
The PICTVRES by t

liable Specimens of
ar attention of the connoisseur.
lf the DUTCH and FLEmisit Scnoots of Art will be found
by the rare Masters who have immortalised Holland

ITALIAN Masters: some highly
t interest, well worthy the parti-

and Flandeis

Amongst the BRITISH PAINTERS are included Works of
Sir Jos'ata Re.nnolds and Richard Wilson, Pictures which will
be found worthy of their great names, and Specimens of
Masters since their time who have ceased to adorn the English
School, and several choice examples of Living Artists of the
Royal Academy, &c.
to be viewed on WEDNESDAY, the Sth of November next,
when Catalogues will be ready for delivery at Mr. BRANCH'S

Offices

FURNITURE, VALUABLE PICTURES, &c., LARK-
LANE, TOXTETH- PARK.
By Mr. BRANCH,
On FRIDAY, the 10th of November next, at Eleven o'clock, on
the Premises, in Lark-lane, Toxteth-park, the corner of
Hadassah Grove, by order of the executors,

THE genuine -HOUSEHOLD FURNITURE,
Silver Plate, Cut Glass, China Services, Table and Bed
Linen, Books, a number of valuable Paintings, and various
other Effects of the late John Tunstall, Esq.
The FURNITURE comprises Four-post, Camp and French
Bedsteads, with various Hangings and appropriate Feather
Beds, Mattresses and Bedding, Painted Chamber Requisites,
Mahogany Furniture in Sets of Chairs, Sofas, Dining, Card,
and Pembroke Tables, a Secretaire and Book-case. Ward-
robes, Chests of Drawers. &c. ; Brussels and Kidderminster
Carpets, Eight-day Clock in Mahogany Cate, Chimney and
Toilet Glasses, handsome Gas Hall Lantern and Chandeliers,
Window Curtains, Feeders, Fire-irons, Kitchen and Culinary
Utensils, and other useful family Effects.

To be viewed on TuunsnAy;the 9th of November, when
Catalogues may be had on the Premises, or at Mr. lla...xcH's
in Hanover-street, Liverpool.

THIS DAY

MODERN HOUSEHOLD FURNITURE, DRAWING.
ROOM SUITE OF ROSEWOOD, PIANO-FORTE, AND
EFFECTS.

By Mr. GRICE,

Tx Is DAY (Tuesday), 31st instant, at Fleven o'clock, prompt,
on the Premises St. Ann-street, near Islington,
THE whole of the Elegant and Modern FUR-
NITURE, comprising, in Bed-rooms, massive Maho-
gany Fonr-posr, Half-tester, and French Bedsteada, prime
seasoned Feather Beds, Mattresses, handsome Winged Ward.
tto, Two Pairs Toilet Tables, fine Marble Tops
Mahogany Commode, Box and Tray Dressing
;any Chests of Drawers, Chairs, Carpets,.
Painted Chamber Articles, &c.

9rawers,
Mah(

Glasses,

The DRAWING-ROOM of Rosewood Chairs,
covered in rich figured damask, Easy and Occasional Chairs,
handsome Chimney Glass, 50 inches by 40, in a gilt frame,
pair of very rich Bohemian Vases, Centre too Table of Rose-
wood, handsome Conch with Spring Seat, Card Table, Maa•
sire Fender and Fire Irons, Engravings, Superb Tapestry
Carpet.and Rug, Fancy Table and Scent Jar. • •
The DIN I NO.ROOM and PARLOUR are Furnished with two
sets of Modem Mahogany Chairs in Hair-cloth, capital Sofa,
with loose cushion, Easy and Cabriole Chair, with spring
seat, capital Mahogany Bookcase, a Pedestal and. Enclosed
Sideboard, also Cabinet, all of rich Mahogany, Modem
Bookcase, with glazed doors, capital Cottage Dining Table,
on a massive carved block, Oblong and Centre Loo Tables,
Easy Chair in. Leather, Ironstone China Dinner Service, Tea
Set, White and gold, Electroplated Articles, Tea Trays,
Kngravings, Brussels .and. Kidderminster Carpets. Chimney
Glasses, handsome bronzed Fenders and Fire Irons, Vases,
massive carved Hall Table, Hatstand, capital Timepiece, large
piece of Oil Cloth, Stair Carpet, Weather Barometer, together
with the 'useful Kitchen requisites and effects.
The whole may be viewed on the Morning of Sale, and
-toques had from Mr. GRICR, 40, Whitechapel. or on the

Cat
premises

To-limutow.
DRAWING-ROOM FURNITURE, Brussels and Kiddermin-
ster Carpets, Tapestry and Velvet Rugs, Stair Car Pet,
Druggets handsome Tapestry Carpets, &c., the small
STOCK of a CABINET-MAKER.
GRICE will SELL by AUCTION,
--- 'Wednesday), the Ist of November, at
Rooms, 40, Ni hitechapel, the STOCK
CARPET-DEA LER,comprising
—et', and other Carpets, Stair
ugs, Half-tester Bedsteads,
f Drawers, Dressing Glasses,
ard, Book case, Chiffonniere.

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Carpets, Tapi
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Mahogany Chairs, Pedestal S

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`TIRE CONTENTS of the
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tACCHINESE JUNK.

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and THURSDAY

)NTENTS of

AIENTALCUF

NORTH TOXTETH W A RD.

WE, the undersigned, having been informed that our
names appear on a " Placard" as forming a portion of the
Committee for conducting the election of Mr. Ogden, do
hereby deny, in the most positive terms, that any person had
authority from us to affix such names to the document in
question; on the contrary, we are upon Mr. Hall's Com-
mittee, and our best exertions are being put forth to secure
this gentleman's return.
WILLIAM J. HORSFALL, QUINTIN FLEMING,
JAMES LORD, JOSH. HARRISON,
R. L. JONES, ABRAHAM HORSFALL,
JAMES BLAND, GILBERT HARRISON,
JAMES SEMPLE, GEORGE CRAGGS,
THOS. HUNTINGTON, &c. &c.
MATTHEW GREGSON. Chairman.
CHARLES BATTEN, Vice-Chairman.
THOMAS INMAN, Hon. Secretary.
Committee-room, Royal Oak Inn *
Park-road, Oct. 28th, 1854.

GROSS FABRICATION!
TO THE BURGESSES OF NORTH TOXTETH
WARD.
GENTLEMEN.--I have received the accompanying letter
from Mr. W. 11. Jones, denying, in the most positive terms,
that he is acting as Chairman of Mr. Orlen's Committee, or
in any way taking an interest in that gentleman's election.
Your obedient servant,
(Signed) M. GRRGSON.
Harrington-street, 2Sth Oct. 1854.

MATTHEW GREGSON, EsQ
SIR,—As Chairman of Mr. Hall's Coinmittee I beg
you most distinctly to understand that I am not in any was,
supporting Mr. Ogden's election, and that the party who has'
made use of my name as chairman, in such an improper and
impertinent manner, had not the slightest authority for so
doing.—Yours respectfully,
(Signed) W.. 8. JONES.
Brunswick Dock, 28th Octoter, 1854.

Noxicn or PARTNERSHIP.—Benjamin Higgs begs re-
spectfully to return thanks to his friends and the public
in general for the very liberal patronage he has received
during a series of years, and has now the pleasure of an-
nouncing that he has taken into partnership his confiden-
tial assistant, Mr. William Jones, under the firm of Higgs
and Jones. B. H. also begs to state that, having pur-
chased the property in the rear of his premises, he has
been enabled to greatly extend his shop ; and he trusts,
with these increased facilities, and the determination of
the new firm to conduct their business on the most liberal
principles, a continuation of that support will be insured,
which he now thankfully acknowledges.—Furnishing
Ironmongery Warehouse, 46, Lord-street.
CnoLzKA. has broken out at Vienna, and carried off
Princess Josephine Lichtenstein, heir of the reigning
prince of that name.
The Cologne Gazette notices a rumour current at
Brussels, according to whibh Prince Napoleon, the heir
presumptive to the French throne, is about to espouse the
daughter of King Leopold, a grandchild of Louis Philippe.

THB DUCHESS OF WURTEMBURG died on Saturday
week, aged eighty-nine. She was a Princess Czartoryski,
arc sister to Prince Adam Czartoryski. Her highness
shared her brother's exile and is greatly regretted by all
Poles.

FROM E ELECTION terminated on Tuesday, in the re-
turn of Lord Dungarvon, by a majority of 52 over his
opponent, the numbers at the close of the poll being—
Dungarvon, 181 ; Nicoll, 129.

DlocEsß OF MANurvsTEß.—Appointment : On Tues-
day, the Lord Bishop of Manchester licensed the Rev.
John Brettle Cane to the stipendiary curacy of the parish
church of Bury.

FATAL ACCIDENT AT HOLTHEAD.-011 Monday, a
boat, with four men on board, went down in the bay, and
all hands were lost. The boat was on its way from Tre-
vaddock to Holyhead, and was overladen with apples and
potatoes. The names of the men on board were David
Hughes, James Brady, and two brothers named Hughes.
James Brady was the sole support of his widowed mother.
One of the bodies has been found.

PRODUCTIONS OF THE CRlMEA.—qame and fish
abound in the Crimea. The oyster beds, in various places,
are inexhaustible ; and the bays and shores swarm with
fish. The red deer and the fallow deer throng the woods
and parks ; and wild goats, hares, and various birds, are
plentiful. Fruits and honey are to be had for the gather-
ing; and the cattle yield plenty of dairy produce.

THE LOCAL Coitrs or PENSIONEES were out for four
days' drill last week, tinder the command of Colonel
Swan. On Wednesday they appeared on 'Change.

Paimea VINCENT, Count delfilazzo, son of-the King
of Naples, died at Caserta on the 14th; of apoplexy. His
Royal Highness was born on the 21st of April, 1851.
LniEnrcic ELECTION.—Ou Saturday Mr. Sergeant
O'Brien was returned, at Limerick, for the seat vacant by
the death of Mr. Potter.

DREADFUL SCENE IN A CHAPEL.—The Cork papers
contain accounts of a scene which occurred at the South
Parish Chapel on Wednesday evening, and which has
created " intense anxiety and terror through the entire
city." The version supplied by 'the Constitution is as
follows :—" A body of Romanist priests, entitled the Re-
demptorist Fathers' have again, after a short absence,
paid this city a visit, and last night, at 7 o'clock, a lecture
was given by one of them, which was attended by an im-
mense audience ; it was given in the South Chapel, which
building was crowded to suffocation. The galleries, the
body of the chapel, and every available inch of space, were
filled. The heat and oppression in the atmosphere, caused
by the collection of so large a number of persons in a
small space, were intense. At about 8 P.m. however, a
sudden crash was heard, occasioned by the breaking of a
long stool, on which a number of persons were standing.
The noise thus caused- was heard by all present, but as,
from the crowd, few persons could perceive the nature of
the accident, it was conceived that one of the galleries
had given way. A cry was immediately raised, The gal-
leries are coming down!' followed by a sudden rush to
the doors. The shock caused by the pressure of this im-
mense body of persons, all striving to escape through the
narrow doorways, threw down several persons, who, being
unable to recover their legs, were trampled upon, and
their cries added to the general alarm which prevailed.
The terror augmented every instant, and soon many per-
sons received serious injuries—being suffocated, or tram-
pled under foot by those behind them. The anxiety to
get out of the building still increased. Many to the right
and left, lay on the ground, crushed, bleeding, and insensi-
ble, and, to all appearance, dead. Women and children
were jammed in the doorways, and the confusion, the
screams of the wounded, and the groans of the apparently-
dying were plainly heard by the inhabitants of the streets
iu the vicinity. Numbers of persons accordingly collected,
and, after a great deal of exertion, the chapel was cleared
to some extent. Attention was then drawn to the per-
sons who lay apparently dead and dying. Men, women,

and children were removed, all mangled and senseless as
they were, to the yard and the adjacent stables, and to
the neighbouring houses in 'Margaret-street. Some per-

sons, ‘‘hose injuries were not of a dangerous character,
were removed to their homes ; while five men and five
women were borne on men's shoulders to the South Infir-
mary, apparently dead. .Others have not given any signs
of life, and it is feared their cases will prove fatal. At
12 o'clock last night the persons who still remained under
treatment at the Infirmary were five men and five women.
Some were in a very precarious state, but others were in
a fair way of recovery. The principal cause of danger was
asphyxia, with which all the
.patients eciemed to have been
more or lees affected."