The Express. — 1856-03-27 (London, England)

FIRE AT A PIANOFORTE FACTORY.—Last night, about 8 o'c:ock, a fire broke out on the extensive rrernisoe, 4, John-street, Tottenham-court-road, occupied by Messrs. Harrison end Co., as a pisnofoite factory. Each floor °fills building was filled wan iostrunienta in various stages of manufacture. When the men left off work the premium were carefully inspected, end no signed firs could then be detected. Neverthi less, at the hour above named, politeconstable 92, of the R division, dunovered that the factory was on fire, and before the engines rescind the scene, whicn they did in a brief period after befog summoned, the lionise were rushing oat of some of the windows. A good supply of water having been obtained, the fire was got seder in two e r three hours, but not until • serious amount of damage had been inflicted. Kenn. Harrison are pertly covered from loss by an insurance in the County Fire office, but the whole of the workmen have lost their tools, and may of them were sot i d. The pr mime of Messrs. Andrews and Spokes, tin plate workers, 2, North mews, =stained damage by tire and water. The onus of the disaster is not known. SUICIDES IN PARlS.—Several suicides (says Galip neat) have taken place within the last two dale at Parts. One was that of a you's man of twenty-two, • clerk in • shop in the Pettis it, yel, eke, having become sernewbat distipated of lets In bee received notice on Monday from his employer to seek another situation. Ye stordey morales he was toned dead in his room, having terminated lis existence wiih the fumes of lighted ahsreoal. Another cam of suicide, by means of ctarsoal, was thus of • hire rout of earrisges, cording in the Rue Bayard, who, attic making great PM rAces for hie son, an ill.conduc tad young man, sad finding that en additional sum of money was required from Illak to pay fresh debts of his, pate' the =Roast, and then committed suicide. An elderly woman, afflicted with an incurable disease, threw herself, on Monday morning, from the window of her room on the third flier in the Rae des St.. Fires, end was killed on the spot She left behind her a paper containing them word.: I vesture to hope that God will pardon me, for I have suffered me greatly and pr= ed so f ly." Lastly, two asses occurred of suicide by hanging on Monday, one being that of a mason named Goodin, of Auteuil, aged 32, whose mind family annoyances bad affected ; end the whit ,r of a 'saraband de in of La Viilette, named Souler, who terminated his exist/eel be cause a young woman, to whom he was paying his addresses, had consented to marry another. Tug INDIAN AND QUEEN'S ARMlES.—Without caring too nicely to inquire whether a snub is a private establishatest or a public institution, whore affairs may be Properly canvassed by the prim, we may mention as • filet, in which at least a public principle is involved, that on the 11th and 12th init•llt, at two ballots taken at the Senior United Serves Club, every Company's officer proposed for election was blackballed. Sin field officers of the Indian army were on those days re jscted—not one was admitted to the club. The subject has been much ducussed in nailituy aitclee daring the past fortoight ; and very strong opinions have been expressed regarding it, not only by Company's officers, but by many in the service of the Queen. It is rumoured, we know not with what truth, that the active promoters of the opposition are the officers of her Majesty's navy. It may be remembered that is Jely, 1854, out of eleven Company's officers proposed seven were r.jeeted— among the seven los ion one who hes since, without fresh service, been appointed an aide-de-camp to the (lutes. At the ballots of 1855, however, cot one Company's =beer wee rep cted. The candidates of the present year, there fore, believing that the opposition tad ceased, ware at little pains to muster their friends. The result of this feeling of delsMeese eerily has been the rejection of the esti, e =ten. All this is to be greatly e.eo lured Perseverance in such a course taut lead in time to the dieotgan nation of the o.ub. The retaliatory process, though by uo means to be counselled, is see aot easily to be abate ned front under such cif c assumes, and, whatever might be the resole, the blame would lie at the doors of those who struck the first blow.— Seek and Elder's Overland Masi.