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      o clock at night ; by eleven , the flames had extended ' to the northern side of the Blackwall Railway ; several of the neighbouring premises were involved in the' fiery destruction ; and it was not until three o ' clock on Sunday morning that the flames -were entirely' subdued , though , several engines were playing upon them . No lives were lost ; but one man-was pulled through a window of Messrs . Forrest ' s factory after the fire had got a complete hold , of the premises . —Between seven and eight o ' clock on Monday morning , another fire took place on even a larger scale than the preceding-. It burst out on Fresh Wharf , Lower Thatnes-etreetj close to London Bridge . The premises cover an immense space of ground , on which , stood a great number of lofty

      warehouses , containing 5 a the whole-property valued at more than 1 , 000 , 000 / . sterling / . That part of the premises in which the misfortune commenced was on the north side , nearest Thames-street , and formed a blook of three warehouses about one hundred and thirty feet in width , and nearly eighty feet high , each having six stories . The fire commenced from some unexplained cause in the middle floor of the centre wareh ouse . This building was divided into sundry stores : the first floor was for depositing dry fruits as they arrived from abroad ; the second floor was used as the receiving depot ; the third floor was assigned to the stowage of silks and satins ; and the other floors -were

      appropriated to the Customs examining rooms and to the stowage of miscellaneous goods . A vast amount of water was thrown on the flames from several engines ; and at noon all danger of the further extension of tlra fire seemed over . Some of the engines were accordingly sent home , when , large bodies of smoke were seen to issue from , the six-story warehouse at the south-eastern end of the wharf adjoining the centre one in which the iire commenced . The flames again rose to an enormous height , arid it was a long time before they were subdued . Fortanately , however , the conflagration did not reach , those parts of the wharf in which the spirits , tinctures , &c ., are deposited .

      East Norfolk Election . —Sir Henry Straey , the Derbyite candidate , and . Major ' the Hon . Wenman " Coke , the Liberal Candidate , for East Norfolk , addressed the electors in , the Corn Exchange at Norwich last Saturday afternoon . Very little of their addresses was heard , owing to the noise- ; but Sir Henry Stracey expressed his belief that the Premier would bring in a genuine Keform Bill ; for'" Who ever lieard of Lord' Derby ' s promising anything ; either in- private or public life , which he did not perform : ? " ' Suicide . — -A . Mr . Henry Matthew " Witt has

      committed suicide at the Museum-of Geology , Jermyn-street . He was found by two porters 1 in a closet on the third floor , in a ; sitting posture ,, and'it was soon discovered that he had taken a dose of nicotine . On the body being searched , there were found in the pockets three 5 / Bank of England notes , 67 . 10 s . in gold , rings , &c , and some letters , on the envelope of one of which was the remark , "I have adopted a profession beyond my capabilities and means . " Mr . Witt , who was about twenty-eight years of nge , -was an able man , and much respected by all persons connected with the Museum .

      Royat , Botanic Sociktt .- —The last exhibition of this season took place on Wednesday in the gardens of the Regent ' s Park , The Heat last week was so great at Romford , Essex , that fourteen- pigs , five calves , a bullock , and a sheep , died from its effects . Jenny Lind : —Madame Jenny Lihd-GfoWschnridt resolved , as is well knovirn , a 16 ng- time agoy aft ^ r she-hadgiven up her projected journvy tn > Russia , ' , to < leave ; her present residence , Drasidon , and . setdo in . England .: This intention she has now carried out .. After all her furniture inDresden had been disposed of , ; no inconsiderable number of packages , wfth arti ' cle * -of ' vahiOi&c ., were forvaided last week , vitl Hamburg , to England , where Jenny Lind will repose in retirement on her laurels at a villa near London . *—fflodem-ltiniiitoho Mitaik + Zeituna ,

      Sale of a New River Company ' s Share . —Mr . t febenem offered to public sale , at the Auction Mart , on Tuesday , , a property which very , rarely comes into the marker , being a one-sixth pavt of an entire thirty-sixth slmroin-tho adventurers' moiety of the New ItiverCdinpnnyj thfe'aimualinxjotneon ^ fhicH is 1401 . 6 s . 8 d : ; being on an ' omiie'share , as deulared atClirlsfcmns last , 896 £ . Tuo entu *»< property is divided : into only seventy ; -two shares ; Tho lotsisoM tot' 3500 / : ; and a etmiW onesiJtth nha * o was taken' by . , thoi . purchaser at the ssmo price , making tho vfclueof an . entire share to bb 19 , 800 / .

      ARoyal CoMPLiMKtw . — 'Her Majesty was ^ so much ploaaedwith ttote beauty of tho glass which was . set on tho table ut tho . luncheon at Aston Hall bv thoMesar . s Osier , of Broad-street , Birmingham , that through one of her suite she asked those gcntlomen to allow her to carry away iv couple of specimens from tho tuble . So gteat nn honour has probably never before been paid to any manufacturer . Wo need not add that the request was gladly complied' with' ; nn < l so much " store" did the Queen « efrm to'set on lior wine-glasses tliat hIio took personal chargo of them on reaching the railway carriage .

      St . . Tawbr ' h Ham ,, — Tho Vocal Association will give thoir hut Subscription Concert for the sonson , at St . James «> I 1 nil , on W-ednofldsiy evening next , June : lOtlu Mendelssohn'a Hymn of Piaiso , Mozart ' a Concerto in E

      flat , and a naw Overture by Joachim , -will be amongst the principal features of the evening ' s performance , With . Miss Louisa Pyne , Miss Sfeabbach ,. Mr . Ifontem Sfmithj Mr . Charles 11 all 6 , and a band and chorus of 400 performers . ¦ ' Results op- the Science and Art Department for 1857 .- — Summing up the general results of the action of the Department during 1857 , it has - been shown that the various metropolitan museums and exhibitions in London , Dublin , and Edinburgh have been visited by 553 , 853 persons , being an increase of as many &s 186 , 915 persons on 1856 . The visitors to the Botanical and Zoological Gardens irt Dublfiv have been 168 , 098 , showing an increase of 10 , 222 persons on 1856 .

      The circulating Art ' Museum has been' sent to Stourbridge , " VVercester , Liverpool , Glasgow ; Paisley , and Dundee , and 36 , 024 persons have consulted it . The various Schools of Science and courses of public scientific lectures have been attended by 10 , 372 students . The total number 'of students connected with the Schools of Art , or under inspection , has been 43 , 212 , being an increase of twenty-five per cent , on the numbers returned in June , 1856 ; whilst the cost of the State assistance , from being an average of 3 / . 2 s . 4 d . per student in 1851 , before the reform of the Schools of Design , has been

      reduced to an average of 13 s- Ifd . per student , the instruction at the same time having greatly improved , and the means for study largely increased . The number of students in the Art Training School at Maryborough House during the session ending ! February , 1 856 , was 292 . The number in the month of last M arch at South Kensington was 4 . 07 . The visitors to the Museum in less than ten months have amounted to 439 , 997 persons , being nearly live times the average numbers annually that attended Mnrlborougli House . —From the Lord President ' s Annual Report .

      A Danger at Sea . —A correspondent of the Times calls attention to the danger arising from the spontaneous combustion at sea of oilskins or waterproof macintoshes . He mentions a case in point . ' The ship Royal Charter , on board which he was a passenger , caught fire in this way in lat . 19 . 35 N ., longitude 24 . 41 "W ., on the 24 th . of last January , and the flames were only extinguished by great exertions . The East India Company . —The usual quarterly Court of Proprietors was held on Wednesday at the East India House . The chairman was Sir JF . Currie , who moved the confirmation of the annuity of 2000 / . a year , which had been awarded by the Court of Directors to Sir Colin Campbell . To this an amendment ; was

      moved by Mr . Crawshay , declaring the impolicy of rewarding officers engaged in . the operations against Oude , which were unjust and unnecessary . However , this amendment was not pressed to a division . A similar opposition was made by Mr . Malcom Lewin to : the motion for conferring an annuity of 1000 ? . on Sir James Outran * . On a division , the amendment was lost by a large majority ; and Dr . Beattie then moved to continue General Outram ' s pension to his son . The amendment ¦ was ultimately withdrawn- ; but Dr . Beattie gave notice that he should renew his attempt at the next meeting , A discussion then ensued on India Bill No . 3 , which was a good deal condemned ; and dually it was agreed that it should be more fully debated at the next meeting .

      Ministerial Banquets at the Mansion House . — - Tho Lord- Mayor gave a banqueton < Wednesday , at 1 the Mansion House , to the Ministers . Owing ; to Lord Derby and : Mr . Disraeli-being , absent ,. on account of iudisposition , the chief speech of the evening was that of the Lord Chancellor , . who at great length" set forth tlie services which ha-asserted'the present Government had rendered to the countrj * . IhoTurkish Minister / responddd : to the tAaat of . " Tho-Ambassadors , ! ' and the Duke of Malakboff made sonic genial observations on tho alliance between England and France , and the good feoliny which he hoped to uid in coutirrning .

      SAwrtAttY State ov tiik City . —Tho Commi 8 sionersv of Sbwers mot on Tuesday , nt . Guildhall Mr ; Deputy Christie ' presiding . Dr . Letheby's report had . reference to tho sanitary condition of 172-houHCs : that had . been inspected during' the week , and it contained a list of thirty-rtino places that required improvement in various particulars . TlieN mortality 1 returns ' for the previous week awe a little above the average ; but they do not indicate an iniBatiafactory state of the public lwfcltli , because the cxccsbuii ihe number of deaths in due to the addition of the coroner ' s returns of inqucnts for uoinc

      weeks past , and which ought to bcr distributed over tltiit time . The total number of deaths was G 3 , and tlifo , minus tho inquests , is about tho averag e fur tins season of tho year . Tho chief cuuaos of death were diseases of a chronic character , mul , if we except two deaths from fever , and Jive from measles and whooping-cough , there fire no returns of deaths from diseases of a zymotic chnrncter . Judging , tliurcforo , from tho returns , and having regard to the high tuinporaiuruol' tho week , and the offensive Htutc of tlie river , it may be satisfactory to know that there wore no dcatliH from diarrhoea or

      dysentery . IT . M . Smi 1 Vtn . Tintrc has returned to Malta from Alexandria ^ where slio landed- sumo Moorish princcB on their way to JM < jcco . 1 'itlNCic-AiAtium lift Vulonoia-at am «» rly . hour yc « terday morniug .

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      Leai » kr Office , Saturday , June 2 . 6 th . LAST NIGHT'S MRLIAMENT . HOUSE OF LORDS . ONthe motion of tire Earl' oF Albesta-rle , a message was-sefnt to the Commons for a copy of the Report of the Ootnmlttee-of'the House on- the su . bject of the colo > nisatfon and settlement in Ihcliav on-wfalch-attention-wa » called' tO"the importance- of" a system-of emigration of English-born subjects to that * country . THE THAMES . TiaiE I >( jke op B occu&vctt brought forward tlie ques tion of ! the state of the Thames , on which a discussion followed , but it was finally arranged that a more formal ' debate should take place oh . the subject next , week . The House adjourned shortly after seven o'clock .

      HOUSE . OF COMMONS . The House held a morning sitting , and-made some progress in committee witla ; tba Scoumsh UNiVBasi ^ TlBB . Blhl . SALE OF COMMISSIONS . At the- evening sitting ,-. Colonel . Nohth begged to ' - ask » the Secretary of State for War-whether the sale of commissions- for the benefit of widows and cliildreu ; , urtdor tb . e sole authority of the Commander-in-Chief , has-been di » contiuued since' the-year 18 ^ 5 . —General Pkel aaid there could be no doubt oii- the subject Ther practice had been abolished in 1825 .

      BILLSOFEXCHANGE , Mf . Bass begged to ask the-Attorn « y General whether he contemplates proposing any change in the law affecting accommodation bills of exchange . —The Axr 6 B *»« i' * - Gknerai . said some provisions on the' subject had been , introduced into some bills in progress on bankruptcy and insolvency .

      FAIR ATHOUNDSDrrCR * Mr . K « r Seymkii-called attention to the existenoe of a- Sunday fair at Hoandsditcb , at which 14 ^ 00 ^ or 15 , 000 persons assembled to buy and sell , and a number of thieves to plunder ; This appeared from-Or case brought before the Lord Mayor last week- He dlti not wish to open the question of Sunday marketing , but this was clearly not a case which should be allowed . Such a proceeding ought to be put down by the police . He > askred the Home Secretnrv if any stops would- be

      taken forits suppressitm . —Sir Koqert Cakden- said , a » Lord Mayor , his attention had been drawn to tile abominations of Hourulsdifcch on- Sunday ; He badvisited tlie scene ,. and could bear bis testimony to the existence of theevil . There-was a ditSculty with regafd : to the police , as one- side of the locality w « s in tbJr county and the other in the City , and Sir Richard Mayne had told him thttt he did * not- see his way to . assist him in putting the nuisance down . There were , a great many other localities- iiv London wtiere thes « Sunday fairs were held . THE RIVER THAMEB . Mr . Owen Stanley called the attention of the Houeeto tho putrid state of the Kiver Thames , and suggested . that a commission , be appointed by the Crown to carry out theembankrnent of the Rives'Xhames , and tho prevention of tho sewage of the metropolis from flowing into tbe river within tho tidul limits ot raffux ; and that a bill bo . introduced by the Government this session to repeal so much of tho Act 18 and IS Vic , c . 120 , us gave powers to the Metropolitan Board to embank the Kiv « r Thames , and to confer the necessary powers on the Commissioners to enable them to carry out the necessary works without delay . lie . al <*> iieked the following questions : —' Whether it be . true' that the Victoria-street

      stitvor had had no proper outlet fur many months past , , owug to its defective constrooiiou and partial falling , in ? wlietUur it bo U-uo , that an outlet fur all tUoaccumulated contents of the Victoiio-atreet aow « r liaaquiie recently ) been made iw clone proximity to Weatmintter-bridge . ancl tho Houses- of PurHAmont ? how . largei an area of . London is druinod into the Viator i « .-. 8 tTect fi « w « r ? aiHl howmucU money has tlie V ictoria-street 6 « w « r cost ( rota its construction to tho present day ? — Mr . Tirmur ^ ed that tho Government w « a responsible for the puriticattoxboftbte Thames , into which ninotymUlion gullonaof aowutjowora . daily , injected ^ wliilo the proportion .-of pure-water which , flowed into it was by no means ns grentan wa « nocossa ry * —Tho most olFensive pnrt of tho river wa ^ at tho London

      Doekfc , whioli could bo remedied . Tho great uituculty was , that the . tidal aciioii of tho river brought book all tho sewnge after it had flawed down to the sea . Ha sugge . st (!< l a system of deodorizing tho sewage . — Sir JoHKfit 1 ' axtiiN Hu ^ gr'stcd that uticmpls . should al once bo made to carry tho sowuge down ti > thu parts of tlie river which Imd ' becn pointca out , in I lie pin us of several enginevrs . It would be pos-Vililii to tnke tlio sowage down to th « Gprnian Ocean at tins cost of live or six millions . — Mr . llotn'Ki . r , objcutod to tho waiting for tho carrying out of any coio . sHul scheme for tho rcknovnl of tim sowage . He statoil Unit the people liVliig on the river were in a St . tic of < : lironio elK * - lora . —Mr . Ki « : ni ) . \ i > , na cliairmnn of thcCmninittoo ofttc IIomso apnoiutud to inquire into tlio HtjUo of tlio TliantiO * , '

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      KOi 431 » Jtob 26 , 1858 . ] T H E Ij WA D E K . 611

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    • Leader (1850-1860), June 26, 1858, page 611, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse-os.kdl.kcl.ac.uk/periodicals/l/issues/vm2-ncseproduct2248/page/11/