The New York Herald Newspaper, December 7, 1876, Page 5

= ie torium, clinging to the ceiling, as it were, tarting wider and wider each instant over the Leads of ihe struggiing people in the dress eircie. Volumes of Jense smoke began to descend in an oblique line from | the top of the stage. Atthis time his wife faimied, | and he took berup in bw arma, His iriend disap- peared and has not since been secn. SAVES MIS WIPR, Now there was a desperate struggle. Persons from the gallery and elsewhere hed blocked the doors, and there were many behind him tn the dress cirele, push- ing Violently, one even clutching at tho head of his wile as she bung over his shoulder. Siowly they were making for the doors, when the flames from the cetl- ing seemed to dart down and met the jets from the gaselier, Thon there was dreadiul yelling and crowd- ing st the doors, men and women struggling desper- ately for every inch gained. A horrible accident occur- red, A laay partly suffocated, like the rest of them, bad fallen and could not be lifted, and was evidently trampled to death. But there was no time to think. He passed over several turms. Looking behing for an instant he saw there was a fright{ul pante in the thea- tre, The gas or something else had exploded, the lights were out, the flames roared and the pieces of wood and plaster tell upon tho heads of those at a dis- tance. “Mercy!” “My God, save me,’ and names of busbands and brothers were shouted. The heat wasin tense, tor the fire was rapidly closing upon them, Arms wore thrown up in an attempt to force a passage, as men sometimes do when swimming, and dozens must have been swept under and trodden to death. He had row nearly reached the door, All at once a tearful crash came, as if the gallery or ceiling bad lallen, “Murder!” “Help!” ‘Hel; soomed to be shouted from a bundred lips. He turned, as he felt the fresh air blow upon his tace, and saw behind something like a dark wall, He then felt that at least a hundred and fifty people wore shut in to certain destruction. But the groaning and yolling pontinued worse than ever, Beyond this wall he sould see bright flames, which seemed to swell and surge ina terrible manner, On gaining the street ho found still more excitement; but he had to hurry to Flatbush avenue, where ho lived, to have his wile Attended to, as sho remained ina tainting condition, He was at the Morgue to look tor his poor friend. This was told in such a pathetic, straightforward manner that it was impossible to attribute any of the terror to tmagimation. THE IDENTIFIED DEAD. The following persons have been Identified as among the dead by friends aud relatives :— Jonn Turner, No. 126 Jay street, Brooklyn. Nicholas Haley, Meeker avenue, Brooklyn. Thomas Wostervelt, No, 447 Hudson street, George Shicl, No, 100 Select street, Brooklyn, Nicholas Couray, No. 256 Plymouth street, George Lalel, Fulton avenue. Patrick McGreary, No. 104 President street, Jon E. Garvey, No. 264 Adams street, Daniel Collins, James Cassidy. Abram Kurts, No, 322 Myrtle avenue. Jane McCivllan, No, 168 Pearl street, New York. Edward McClellan, No, 168 Pear! street, New York, Mary Ann McClellan, No, 168 Pearl street, New York. Delia Hamilton, New York. Christopher Armstrong, Brooklyn. P, MeCaffray, No, 131 Charles street, Brooklyn. James McClair, Myrtle avenue, Brooklyn, John Reddy, No, 90 Walworth etreet, Brooklyn. William A. Gray, No. 108 Cuyler street, Greenpoint. Thomas Demsey, No, 103 President strect. Henry M. Bunce, No. 196 Fulton street, Jobn Grace, No. 87 Douglas street. James Welsh, No. 98 Catharine street, New York, Mrs. Ann Martin, No. 371 Lawrence street. Francis Spaulding, No. 175 Fourth street. Jobn Tracey, No. 262 Wyckoff street, James R. Laughian, No. 244 Bridge street, Joseph Looney, No. 205 Congress street, Stephen Drew, No. 66 Princo streot. Mary Muivany, No. 11 Little Water street, August Auerbach, No. 82 Hudson strect. Richard Curran, No, 623 Jay street. Isaac Lesser, No. 326 Ailantic avenue - D. Collins, No, 101 Pacific street. James Gay. No. 113 Jay stroet, Joho McGinnis, No. 11 Little Water street, Shmuel Hayes, Wyckoft street and Filth svenue, Abner Stebthauer, No. 435 Flatbush avenue, Officer Scott, Michael Weldon. Charles A. Styles, No, 251 Putnam avenue. Josephine Rogers, East New York: Dr. Frankert, No, 751 Falton avenue, James F. McColly, No. 251 Navy street, William Brown, No, 520 Hicks street, Mra, Brown. Robert Jackson, No, 443 Flatbush avenuo, — Barrett. Teromiah Donovan. Otucer Lott and son. Michael Weldon. Louis L. Beckett, No. 286 Grand street. John Addison, No, 117 Water street, J. Russell. Jamos Guy, No. 113 Dey street, William Hartmann. Hugh O’Brien, Hanover street, Polizist S. Lott. Abrahain Hettaner, No, 45 Flatbush avenue, John Lockier. James IL Styles, Putnam avenue, Nicholas Kieley, age 22, brother of Rev, Father Kicley. Officer Patrick McKean, of the Central squad, do- talled to do ducy in the gallery. Mrs. Richard Berri, age 38, No. 45 Smith street. Mrs, Martins, mother of Mrs, Berri. Joseph Ziegler, age 20, No, 296 Atlantic avenue. Hugh O’Brien, No, 193 Concord streot, William Densch. John Meehan, age 20, No. 76 Lafayette streot, a iriver in the employ of Golonel W. C. Booth, THE MISSING. The following is a list of persons who are reportea ‘missing” to the police and who are known to have intended to go to the theatre. There are, of course, others who have not yet been missed :— A. Abram, 19, No. 541 Hamilton avenue, Amanda Albert, 17, No. 266 Atiantic avenue. Lewis Albert, 17, No. 266 Atlantic avenue. Arthur Ariman, —, No. 341 Hamilton street, Arturo Arno, 18, No. 341 Hamilton avenue, George Bakisnedge, 2: Edward Bealty, 17, No, 71 Carlton avenue, Caroline Berry, 40, Smith and Livingston streets, Charles Blackford, 38, No, 212 Bridge street. Wife and child of the above, Bennett Boyce, 15, No. 233 Plymouth street, Thomas Boyle, 24, No, 380 Adams street, Bennet Boyne, 16, No, 235 Piymouth street, Patrick Broderick, 17, No, 85 Sackett street, Miss Brown, 17, No. 500 Hicks street. William Brown, colored, 35, Atlantic avenue, be- tween Adelphi strect and Clermont avenue, Edward Bryant, Long Island. Claude Burroughs, 28, Hotel St. Stephens, Eloventh greet, New York, Played Picard lact Tuesday night, George W. Cadmus, 30, No. 628 Fifth avenue, Mrs, Philip Cadmus, 28, No, 628 Filth avenue, Jon Cajalet, 22, No, 164 Prince street, Thomas Chichester, —, corner Baltic and Court nreets, Mrs. Chisholm, 23, No, 232 Court street. James Cigieor, 19, No. 206 Atlantic stroet, James Cojlan, 15, No. 66 Hicks street. James Collins, 13, No, 46 Amity stroet, Mrs, Conlon, 49, Smith aud Livingston streota, Michael Conroy, —, No. 46 Amity streot, James Cowan, 21, No, 197 South Portiand avenue, Nicholas Coyle, 30, Johnson and DuMleid streets, Patrick Culcannon, Walworth street, Williamsburg. James Cullen, 14, No. 14 Amity street Daniel Dagen, —, New York. Harrict Dakin, 22, New Londoa, Conn, Edmund de Lapotteri, 19, No. 66 Smith street. Edward Delipartre, 19, No, 66 Smith street. Stephen Devoe, North Second street, Williameburg, Ditty, two boys, 18 and 19, Kent avenue, Mr. Donovan, Fourth street, Mra. Donovan, Fourth street, Hugh Doner, 33, No. 117 Tillary street ham Donten, 18, No, 229 Navy street, james Donne, 19, Canton and Willoughby strects, Wuliam Doolen, 18, No. 229 Navy street, James Doonan, 20, corner Willoughby and Canton, Hugh F. Doner, 50, No, 117 Tillary street, Henry Feeney, 26, No. 426 Ggand stroct, Williams. burg. G ye Fitzgerald, 15, No. 70 High street, NEW YORK HERALD, THURSDAY, DECEMBER Stephen Fordham, 47, No, 66 Prince street. Walter Foden, 21, No. 209 Jay street, Cornelius Foley, 18, No. 151 Degraw street. RosinaFreudnarx, 15, No, 257 Columbia street, Johu Giles, 23, Woodbury, L. I Chories Gasserb, 19, No. 98 Livingston street. pamuel Giibolm, 28, No 138 Portiana avenue. James Goodwin, No. 495 Court sireet, Jobn Gowan, 28, No. 246 Adams street Frank Green, 18, No. 1,050 Lafayette avenue, Jobn Grerg, 21, No. 251 Van Brunt street. William Haedrich, corner Fulton and Nassau streets. Dora Haedrich, 9, corner Fulton and streota, Emma Haedrich, 7, corver Fulton and Nassau streets. Envice Hampton, 30, No. 451 Deau street Frederick Hampton, 55, No. 451 Doan street. Stewart Hand, Brooklyn reporter New York Com- mercial Advertiser, corner State and Smith streets, Thomas Harrison, 14, No 349 Bridge street. Charles Harrison, 14, No, 349 Bridge street, William Hartinan, 21, barber, corner Fulton street and Myrile avenue, Samue! Hawkins, 21, No. 81 Prince street. Louis Hecht, 18, No, 431 Pulaski street. Mr. and Mra. F. Hempson, No, 461 Dean street. James Hennigan, 22, 441 Water street, New York, William Heterck, son and two children, Jobn Hickey, 23, No, 103 Fultoh street, George Holdridge, 22, No, 245 Adams street.” | | | | | | | ! Holbrook, —, Bultic street. Frederick Hurb, 24, Livingston street, near Hoyt, Charles Jackson, 13, No. 56 Hicks street. George W. Jackson, 35, No. 66 Hicks street, John W. Jennings, 19, No. 47 Concord street. Henry Jones, 17, No. 154 Summit street, Otto Kamecke, 22, No, 182 Atlantic avenuc, Jobn Kavanagh, 19, No, 474 Hudson avenue, Joseph Keiglee, —, No. 296 Atlantic avenue, Michael Keeley, Richardson street, Wilhamsburg. John Kennedy, 18, No. 81 Gold street. James Kerrigan, 22, No. 341 Water streey Edward Kerts, Vanderbilt avenuy. Nichoias F. Kiely, 27, No. 141 Jobnson street. Joseph Kramer, 21, Bershank avenue and Stagg street, Williaméburg. George Kraft, 18, No. — Boerum street, near Bush- | wick avenue, E. D. | Henry Kraft, 25, No, — Boerum street, near Bush- wick avenue, E. D. Henry Lantz, 15, No, 289 Court street. Charles Lantz, 18, No. 289 Court street. Lawrence Lamb, 21, No. 51 Plymouth strect. ‘Thomas Lamb, No. 211 Plymouth street. James Lennon, No, 194 John street, Isaac Leisler, 19, 362 Atlantic avenue, Charlos J. Leverich, 35, Ciermont avenue. James Leyaen, No. 199 State stroet, Margaret Litgater, No. 30, and 1,189 Atlantic avenue, Georgo Logan, 18, No. 190 Amity street. George Loitmer, 21, corner Pearl and Concord streets, Charies Lott, 50 No, 464 Sackett street, George Lott, 29, No, 464 Sackett street, Josephine Lunt, 39, No. 452 Hart street, Charies Lunt, 18, No. 452 Hart street. Abrabam Lowenthall, 13, No, 202 Fulton street, Daniel Maclain, No, 490 Court street. Daniel Macleer, 19, No. 94 Hudson avente, Stepnen Mayhew, 47, 63 Prince street Agues McCullough, 26, No. 294 Fulton street. Augustus McCullough, 26, No. 204 Pacific street, Jobn McCullough, 22, No. 294 Pacific sireet, D. Rosa McCullough, 15, No. 269 Pacific street, Officer McEwen, of the Sanitary Squad. Daniel McGwin, 45, No. 11 Adam street. John McGwin, 18, No, 11 Adam street. George McLaughlin, 23, No. 229 Fifteenth street, James McLean, 20, No. 160 Myrtle avenue, James McNeil, 20, Wythe avenue. Joun Meighan, 20, No. 76 Lalayette etreet, Thomas Muliey, 23, Atlantic avenue, H. S, Murdoch. 53 Concord street. Daniel Mocklor, 19, 94 Hudson avenue. John Morrell, 23, No, 101 Fleet place, John Mowbery, 26, No. 286 Centre street. Stephen Northam, 49, No. 66 Prince street, Hough O’Briea, No. 193 Concord street, Charies K. Otis, —; Exchange place, New York; residence, Henry street, Brooklyn. Lena Pampel, 16, corner Fulton and Nassau streets, Frank Pickiord, —; Patchen avenue. Mra N, Pierce, 44, Duflield street, James Pollard, 18, Flushing and Grand avenues, William Pollard, 19, Flushing and Grand avenues. Annie Qaining, 17, No. 64 Court street. James Ramie, 18, No. 19 Prince stroet, Thomas Robinson, 19, 25 Willoughby stroet, Catharine Rogers, 25, Williamsburg. Mary Rogors, 22, Willamsburg. Charles Rome, 49, No. 191 Prince street. Daniel Rose, 15, No. 204 Pacific streot, Mr. Rosello, 22, No. 62 Fultos street, Mrs. Shepberd Rothwell, No, 1,191 Atlantic avenue, Adelia Rothwell, 48, No, 1,191 Atlantic avenue. Charles Sauits, 18, No. 289 Court street, Henry Saults, 15, No. 289 Court street, Deborah Solomon, 19, No. 103 Boerum place, George Solomon, Pearl ana Concord streets, Lena Solomon, 21, No. 103 Boerum place. Mary Sotomon, 22, No. 103 Boerum place. Morris Solomon, 47, No. 103 Boeruin place, Philip M. Solomon, 47, No, 103 Boerum place, Daniel Stell, 19, Ninth street, George Stevens, 16, No. 214 Jay street. Annie Training, 17, 54 Court street, Michaol Trainor, 13, Underhill avenge and Pacific street. Henry Treder, 23, No. 112 Myrtle avenue, Jonn Thorgbery, 26, No. 281 Centre street, Troy, three brothers, Skillman street. William Trapington, 18, Fourteenth street Mr. Valdes, 18, No. 62 Fulton atreet, Everott Wakeman, 16, No. 140 Willow street Harry Weedon, 23, No, 112 Myrtle avenue, John Woods, 26, No, 101 Fleet place, Charles Wroe, 49, 191 Prince street, Charles Wroe, Jr., 18, 191 Prince strees, Joseph Ziegler, 20, No, 296 Atlantic avenue. ARTICLES FOUND ON THR BODIES. The following list of articles, found on the bodies of the victims and atalate hour last night unidentified, may serve to guide somo one to a missing relative. | some gentieman whom I do not kuow took me out of The numbers are those borne by the corpse and by which it may be found at the market 17. $18 06 and two gold stuas. 19, Card, marked W. S. Quigly, five cents. 22, 23 and 24. Gold ri; 52 Card, George Bur! Bz and 51. Fitty bodies mashed together, 16. A. Stetsov—card, 33, $4.21, “National Hose, 24,"" badge. 29, 28, 27 and 26, Misccllaneous property, 87, 169, 158, 157 and 156. Keys, &c. 155. A card bearing ‘J. Russell and lad; in and hooks, visiting card “Georgo 8, iver sleeve buttons, a Dutton, 4. Gold open-iaced watch, bair chain, gold studs, coliar button, pair scissors, halt dozen pencils, torty- three cents. 109. Card, Yale-College Dramatic Association. 110. Seal ring, collar button, two studs, gold open- faced watch and chain, $6, bill addressed E. 8 Boxin, 111. Collar button, one stud, keys and one cent. 112. Pair opera glasses. 7a Silver watch, open face. 74, Collar button, ninety-seven cents, silk hat, knife, bunch of keys. 76, Wicket Yate College Dramatic Assoctation, at Union Square Theatre; collar and siceve butto eign silver prece, set of keys, silver waich and ehan, key with compass, red morocco pocketbook ; cards in pooket marked E.’Peet, Lear C, Ruy, Mr. G. Ricbards, Prank E. Green. 76, Opera giass; letters, Mr. C, BR, Armstong, United States Centennial Commiasion; ©. R. Armstrong, com- mercial office, 29 Broadway; letter in pocket trom J. ¢ Chew, trom Philadelphia, $1. stiver bunting case wateb, plated chain, collar bution, koife and handkerchief. 113 One collar buiton, three postage stampa, keys, ‘ive cents, card Eu. H. 114 Silver hanting case watch, plated cbain, $5, card Charles Willis, joweller, 165 Ailautic avenue, bunch of keys, knite. 116. Gold ring, diamond stud, collar button, gold ring, match box, fifty six cents, keys. 120. Collar button and stad, gold. Pa White bone handie Knife, seal ring marked THE OFFICIAL INVESTIGATION, Fire Marsha! P. Keady, of the Brooklyn Police De- partment, commenced his investigation atan early hour this morning into the canse of the fire at his office in Police Headquarters. Tne toliowing is tho testimony /— MISS CLAXTON’S STOR Miss Kate Claxton, being sworn, testified :—I am re- siding atthe Prerrepoot House and Played Louise, the “vlind girl,” in the “Two Orphans,” at the Brooklyn Theatre yesterday evening; at the berinning of the Jast act, just ag the curtain went up, | heard a rum- bling on ihe stage. and two minutes later | saw flames; I think the fire commenced in the fies;” 1 fire was all on the stage; Mra, Farron, myselfund Mr. Studley and Mr. Mardocn were on the stugo; we four stayed on the stage and tried to qu dienes; I said to bbe people, “Be quiet; weare you and the fire; tho front door and passages are clear; wo aro not one of the audience Jumped om the | ober im tein ran out; I jumped over several people; Mrs, Farren ana the others Were also quieting the people; we used no fire ou the ein the play; 1 could not tell what caused the tire; the Urst alurm of the tire was when we Saw it, 4. B STUDLEY'S TASTIMONY, Mr. Studley, who was playing Jacques Froc the play of t “Two Orphans," said;—I was of stage at the time of the fire; I cannot tell the cau discovered it by restiveness among the people b the stuge; tried to quiet tue people, and finally my way out, but how is a conundrum that 1 have pot solved ax yet; 1do not think that any of the actors Were buri, but I cannot be positive about that; when I first saw the tire it was over our heads; the audience were preity well oat ot the lower purt of the house before we loft the stage; | inink I was the iast to leave the stag: MRS, FARRNN'S TESTIMONY. Mary Ann Farren was sworn aud testified: Sand 265 Washington street, and played t Part of Frochard iu the “iwo Orpuans,’? at the Brook- iyn Theatre last evening; about the beginning of the lastact I looked up abd saw the root over the en- closed scone on fire; 4 carpenter then was trying to put the fire oat; just as 1 pulled Miss Claxton off tho bed she said, “Is ib mot on fire?” I said 1 am atraid so; Miss Claxton, Mr, Studiey and, T think, Mr. Thorpe, came to the footiights and begged the aud ence to be quiet, but the audience paid no attention; Mr. Murdoch was there then, but when or where he wenticould not say; I walked ofthe siage, went gown to my dressing room and grabbed a waterproot cloak and loud, and was going back when | met Mike Sweeney, and he said, **No, ladies; xo back! Go the other way,” Lthen came throagh an underground paskage into ihe box wMice, and through to the lobby ; Mr. Rush. Jord told me the fire caught from a ‘vorder but this is alll know about the orn of the fir the theatre; the audience were in g when I lett the stage; { have been acting at the theat since the first might tho curtain rose, and this was only fire | over saw there; but [ am told there wasa t coulusion shght fre ina curtain there recently; it was of no | consequenee: it was in the box office orin the window that looks on the lobby; Mr. Murdoch's dressing room Was up stairs, and | think he went up there; I could not say whether there was any one on the si when 1 leit; 1 hink the border lights were all cover ‘with wire screen; | know ali the lights down stairs were except the foot lights, and tb ot low down ; they were very strict abou! the use of fire in this theatre, and we always considered it very safo, THR STAGE MANAGER'S TRSTIMONY, Mr. J, W. Saw the fire in the lower part of drop or scale that hangs from the rigging loft, near the centre of the stage; it was then a mere handful of fro and had just caught; there must have been three of tour men in the ''files’? at the time; the carpenter, Mr. Weaver, and one of his assistants ran up lo pat the fire out; the assistant climbed out on tho groove and tried to roach the drop that was oo fire, but belore he could do so the fire had communicated with the other scencs and drops; in less than ten minutes the whole was ono mass of flames, CAUGHT FROM A BORDER LIGHT. The fire must bave caught from a border light which is placed bet tne borders; there were (our of these lights on the stage; they were ali protected om the top by a tn covering, ventilated with circular iron hoops and wires; they were culled the ‘saicty gas battens,’ and were of the Jai Muproved patiorn, such as are used in all the first class New York theatres; they were the only lights between the bor- ders; there was ono which was up in the dome, which wes protected by a globular wire scicen; wo did not allow smoking, tbe use of matches or any open lights on the stage except when used in a play; the gas was lighted by electricity; the fire broko out at seventeen or twenty minutes past eleven o’clock; we had a fair T appealed to the audience to keep quiet and get out quictl ‘dor God’s sake get out quietly,” ur something to this effect, MBANB OF EXIT. Thero were five separate means of exit from the Auditorium, two on the Washington street side and three on Fluod’s alley; there were two separate means of exit from the stage in addition to those irom the inside door of the stage opened inwardly, aud fhe storm door; the large double doors leading trom the stage to Jol n street opened outwardly; I think those doors were not opencd last nigut, but I cannot say positively; nobody trom the audience could get through in that way; we had asmail fire from a cur- | tain in the box olfice two weeks ago; ‘Colonel Sellers” was being played then. RAVING HIS FAMILY, Iwent out through my dressing room into the pri- vate box and through the auditorium and box office up to the apartments occupied by my family over the principal entrance to the theaire; we all went out through the private door; there was then greut con- fusion among those rush circle on their way to the street; I could not suy how Many people were in tho building at the time of the fhe. . ‘THE JAXITOR'S BTORY. Michael Sweeney was sworn and testified:—I live at No. 461 Fulton street, Brooxiyn, and 1 was janitor in the Brooklyn Theatre; I was in the lobby when the curred; had just come from the stage; the fire took place on the *‘prompt,” or left hand side irom tn audience; I just heard st by the noise 1p the audience; the roof of the scene hid the fire, but I thmk 1 camo from the second border hght; I had just lett the stage then, where! had been helping them to set that scene; there was great confusion among the audience; every- body was trying to get out the doors at the samo time; T started for the stage through the passage ander the auditorium; met Mrs. Farren, another lady and gon- Ueman coming {rom the stage on their way out. PUTTING THR Gas OUT. Lalso met the gas on his way to put out t on the stage only had three meters in all; thi ight for the auditoriam and passage ways was not put out until we supposed the audience were all out; I think one of the men from the gas company put it out; I helped Mrs. Farren and her party out and tben returned to the s'age, but tt was all on fire; it did not take more than five minutes from tho time the fire broke out until tne stage was al! in flames; | coaid y what caused the fire, but 1 know it caughtin tne ‘hes’? THE CHIR USHER’S STATRURNT. Mr. Roobford said:—I live at No. 230 Washington street, and was chief usher in the Brookiyn, Theatre; was in the building at twenty-five minutes past eleven last night, when the fire broke out; I first saw iton the lett hand sive of tbe stage, on the “fly; I stood outside the orchestra door and heard the cry of “fire,” rushed in, but people crowded out and | tried to qaiet them, anda number of them sat down again Mr. Studley and Mr. Murdoch made similar reques: from the stage; { thought then it ceuld be put out. TWELVE HUNDRED IN THE HOUSE. There were about 1,200 persons in the house, 300 of whom were iu the orchestra, and the balance, about 900, up stuirs on the o. her two fJoors; there must have been 500 on the gallery, and these wore mainly the persons who could not get out; there was one entrance only irom the gallery to Washington street from the dress circle was not open; been it would have blocked up the passage way and made matters worse; | remained there until I was driven out by the fire; I had then cleared the orchestra and parquet out to Floou’s alley in the rear; 1 am pretty positive that there was no one Jost jn elther of these departments; 1 went to the foot of tho stairs of the dre: but could go no further; the erowd was then rushing down on top of each other and sov- eral were trampled on; thero were twenty officers thero helping the people out; the stairs were six or eight feet wide on euch flight and served to give ample ac- comimodation heretofore. SEVEN MINUTES TO HMPTY, The whole difficulty seemed to arise trom the desire of the people to get out allatonce; it takes usually about six or seven minutes to empty th the time the Ore was first seen till the veloped in flames was not over five minutes; were three avaliable passage ence and three for the actors door on Floou’s alley last nig there last night for the andi- we opened a passage ht, which i only opened in case of tire, and had never been used by an audience before; if it had not been for this there would have been 200 more lives lost; 1 opened that door and I havo the Key im my pocket now; “i was hung beside the joor, LESSEE PALMER 8 STATEMENT, Albert M. Palmer textified:—1 reside at No. 16 East Forty-seveuth street, New York, and with Mr, Shook 1 leased the Brooklyn Theatre from Messrs. Kingsley & Keeney, of the Brooklyn Building Company, for three years; 1 was not in Brooklyn last night, but camo over this morning when I heard of the tre; wo lost a stock of sconery, properties and furniture amounting to about $20,000, all of which is destroyed ; e had an insurance of $5,000 only; the lighting ma- ebivery of the building was titted up tour or five years ago, and was of the most approved and modern pat- tern; we spared no expense to make the theatre per- feotly sale; we had just put in a now set of ropes on all of she drops and borders in order to make ‘bem perfecily secure; I did not see the fire, and cannot say how it was causcd; I only know that we employed tho most carctul and cqinpetent persons we could g that we were very exacting and strict in our aboat the use of fre in the theatre; no one was allowed \ my 4 w printed notices to this effect’ posted all through tho theatre; 1 supposed that the Brooklyn Theatre was ¢ of the beat and safest im the country, and telieved 118 means Of exit quite ample; In ordinary times the bouse would be emptied in Ove minutes, wecarh, played the part of H 6 “Two Orphans,” testified that abe was in the greonroorn ut the time of the fire with Claude hs and Mr. Daly; heard a noise as if there Me and told Mr. Burroughs there was a fight; Mr. Burroughs lett me at the door uf the room abd Went up to the siege, and | went toward the stage in another direction; mot Mise Claxton and Mrs, Far- ren coming down stairs; Mra Farrep said the theatre was gone aud we had better cacape the front way; I saw bat a few sparks at this time and made my way out through the private passage with Mrs, ‘ren and Miss Claxton; | went oot through the orchestra into lobby and sa no confusion in the audien playing the first part of last act whe: occurred; the lower portion of the house was fairly filled and the upper portion was well filled; I know that Mr, Thorpe, stage manager, was very careful about fire, THR BUSINESS MANAGER'S STORY. Mr. Loraine Roger: business manager of the theatre, vestified th ras inside the buil up to ike, the janitor, the dre occurred; there were about 250 people on the first floor, 450 on the dress circle or second foot, and 405 in th He lery, or about 1,000 persons in all; the means of exit from all poinis of the hovse and especially from the parquet were more ample than in most ovher theatres, and he bad transacted businesa in four-Uiths of the theatres of the United States, PANIC IN THR GALLERY. Tho stairs from the gallery were unusually wido for theatre of that size; he felt assurcd that the andi im the gallery inust have become terr vtricken and precipitated themselves one eller Thorpe, the stage manager of the Brook. | | lyn Theatre, testitied that he was on the stage and firat ditorium, making seven 1m all; the smail | ing down Irom ihe dress | oe bh ‘Woaeb cute aug us, clonea uy | st ‘, for ail; every precaution was taken by slook & | Palmer against tire, and notiwes 10 this eflect were | posted all over the building; the stage carpenters and others, from the stage manager down, wer good and iulmen as he had cver seen Ina theatre, he was contident that, if there bad been apy hue Q means ot preventing the calamity, tt would not | have occurred. | THE MASTER MACHINIST'S NAKKATIVE, Hamilton Weaver was sworn and testified ag fol- —l hve at d 104 South Firet street. and was em- ved aS muster machinist in the Brooklyn Theatre; iu the buriding fast eventas up to and atter th | time of the fire; ihe whole machinery of the stage and ler my ebarce; Thad nine men to as their names are \ s, William Van a gher, james Korke, Join Cumberson, Willias } and Joba iv tin the theatre, at their respective posis of duty, last night when the fire oveurred; | was then on the stage behind the scene, and saw ihe canse and commencement of it; Ltbink | iscame from berder | tin the middle of the , Siage; there were only four berder lights; ihe *ioou- | light cut wood drop’? in the ordinary moving of th ag the first to take lire; irop it comes within about a foot or flieen inches of tho border Hight; it could | | not touch ihe hight unless it was’ pushed | | back against it, and there was no draught; | 1 do not know of anything that coud push the drop | agatnet the light; tt was a largo burner, provably six foot; the drop ix simply a canvas scene, and is very | dry; the light was protected by a tin guard in front | anda wire guard in the back: it was compioteiy cov- ered; if the drop swung back at al! it would strike the sold tin guard and pot the wire; Ido not think | tho tin ever gets hot enough to get the canvas drop on firo, and, besides, the canvas was rot within a toot of it; the tn guard caching all tho Way ucrors the st hight, which is composed of a row of forty burners; these | rows of border lights hang one bobind the other from | the front of the stage back; the fire could not have becn reached in any way after we discovered it, on account of the root of the mimic houso then erected on the stage for the purpose of the play; we tried to reach tho fire with poles, but tailed, and’ one of our men, Mr. Van Sick!en, wont out on the grooves, but failed to reach the flames, NO HOSE OR WaTR: Wo had no hose or patis of water, or any other means of putting out the fire at band at the time; there was no fire apparatus in tho building that [ Know of; never saw any pails of water kept there; if bad had a boso 4 am satisfied I could have put out the fire; the men that { have named above as my exsistants are all carciul, sober men, and were sob r | last might; it did not take more than two minutes | from the time the tire broke out unuil the scenery and | | stage work wore in flames; al! my men were saved, although Cumberson and Layton were severely burned, THR GAS BNGINRER'S STATEMENT, William Webster teatitied that he was employed as pas engincer in the Brooklyn Theatre; was there last night at the time of the fire, butdid not see how it occurred; the burners on the border hghts wero six foot burners, but they were turned down very iow when the fire took piace; they bad been turned on in full in the act before that Wobster textitiod, tur- ther, that he had entire charge of the gns and could Dot ace how the fire could have occurred in any other way than from the border lights; the gas was lighted by electricity. THE TREASURER’S STORY. Abner C. Keeney, upon being sworn, gave tho fol- lowing testimony :I live at No. 175 Cumberland street, Brooklyn; Lam the treasurer of tho Brooklyn Building Association, who owned and built the Brook- lyn Theatre; the building was erected 10 the spring and sammer of 1871, and cost about $200,000; Mr. ‘bomas Jackson, of’ Broadway, Now York, was the architect; he built Wallack’s, the Albany and Boston theatres, and was recommended to us the best architect {or the construction of theatres in tho coun- try; the construction was under his exclomve cont assisied by myse'f, and was done entirely by day’ work; the Walls were sixteen to twenty inches thick, on concrete foundations, carricd | up solid, grouted throughout; she cross walis and supporting columos were all capped and bound together with stone sv as to insure as much strength as possible; the timber, yellow and white pine, was sawed at our own mill—the New York and Brooklyn Sawmi! ordered by the architect; it was all properly ned and dried; the building was erected to seat about 1,600 comfortably ; the means of egress was a subject carefully discussed by the metubers of the associaiton, in order to make thie theatre us safe as possibile; with that view the theatre was built adjo:n- ing Flood’s alley, a small strect ruonipg trom Myrile avenue to Johnson street, and three different means of exit, with largo capacity and double doors provided on that side of the butlding; those assages to Floed's sliey led trom the’ vesti- | bute opposite the main entrance, and irom the parquet in the middle of the building, and also from | the lower part o! the parquet next the stage; those pa-sages were about six or seven foet wide; these were connected with the second gullery, as weil as with the first floor or parquet; the front was provided with a main entrance trom Washington street, leading to the Parquet on the first floor, and also by a wide stairs to the dress circle on the second floor; these irs were about twelve feet wide, and led down into the main Vestibule; there were two pairs of doors—one a tour door and one a two door entrance—from this vestibule into the parquet; besides thts, there was a separate and distinct means of egress from the gallery out by Washington street; this gallery stair was about ten feot wide all the way up, and in no cao could this 3¢ become choked up or interfered with Fae Say other part of the building; 1 was exclu- sively for the use of those going to or from the gallery; there was still another, a private entrance, to the riments occupied by the stage manager, Mr. Thorpe, over the vestibule; the stage was provided with two nets of doors—one, irge set, opening on Johnson street, and the oth so opening on Jobn- son street, nearer to Weahington street; thero was a private passage from the stage entrance to the main entrance under the stage and parquet; we estimate our loss on building and fixtures at about $120,000; in- sured for about $40,000, THSTINONY OF A STAGE TAND. Wilham Van Sickle, employed »s a stage hand tn the Brooklyn Theatre, testified that the fire started on the cutwood drop about the centre of the stage, catohing from the gas in border lights; saw no means of extinguishing a fire there; have never seen any bose or paiis of water; tried to reach the fire by getting out on the grooves, but could not do so. THE ASSISTANT CARPENTER. William Salta, assistant carpenter, testified that he tried to got the grooves down for Mr. Van Sickien to et upon, but did not succeed; had no apparatus at hand for extinguishing the fires; there is no arrange. ment for extinguishing tires; i a hose bad veen thero hi been extinguished; ihe whole stage portion was in flames ina very short time; do not know that any effort had been made by the em- pore to rescue the people in the gallory; cannot say how it was that the people in the gallery did not get out, THR PROPERTY BOY. Raymond Moore, a property boy, testified that he gavo the alarm of fire at the station bouse, next door, and then, securing bis clothes, be regained the street by meuns of the green room window. The Fire Marshal contined taking testimony last night at seven ofolock. The following person wero sworn :—William Tous, carpenter; William Van Sick. len, stage hand; Raymond Moore, property boy; Lo. raino Rogers, busincsa manager. No absolutely now testimony was taken. ‘THR INSURANCE. The following is the official list of the insurance policies held by the owners ot the Brooklyn Theatre :— Royal and London, of Liverpool. Insurance Company of North A Merchants’ Phoenix.. Fire Association, Pawolx insurance Company. Wilhamsburg Cit Royal Canadian, of Mentreal 8,000 Citizens’, of ada. 2,000 2,500 2,600 2,500 Bangor, of Bangor, M 2'500 Globe. 2.500 1,250 1,250 Total... $40,000 Of this amount $30,000 is om the building and $10,000 on the fixtures. The loss 6n the building is $150,000 ; loss on fixtures, machinery, &c., $10,000, A. W. Dieter’s loss on stock, fixtures, furnitare, carpets, &o., $5,000. Mr. Dieter hasan tt nce of $2,000 in the Continental; in the Mtna, of Harisord, $3,000; People’s, of New York, $1,600, AT THE NEW YOLK THEATRES LAST NIGHT. Toe calamity tn Brooklyn i# likely to injare the theatrical business for somo time, Last night a visit vo the various houses revealed a great failing off in the audiences, The Union Square Theatre was ciosed and in tho front of the house was u large sign, draped {a mourcing, bearing the following annoancement:— eerececvonaccosace rere neresererorecereert ee cene® in consequence of the terrible disaster at the Brook-3 lyn Theatre thero will be no periormance this evening. = OOOO LE POLE LO LODOLOLD LO DEL LOLL LODE DD POPE LOTOLOOP DAD At Wallack’s, tor the Grst time since the production of the ‘'Shaugraan,” thore were tickets leit in tho box ofMfee, The tickes speculators had their hands full, Nearly all the best seats are sold in advance, but many of thom were unoccupied, The man selling tickets in front of the house said that the closing of the Union Square Theatre belped them or the house would have ona, Mr. Theodore Moss last night made the following statement to a Hexanp reporter:—‘‘The stage lights are protected by wires, and are so closely covered that nothing can get near them, There are five rows of border lights that are used according to the require- mente of the scene, They aro all periectiy protected. Wo have two special watebni al- daty, and a we. fh ire is generally emptied in two minutes and » half, Ail tho doora open ou”? The Park Theatro had a smalier audience than usual, bat had caught a great many stray pie from tho Union Square, The man in the box oflice thought the fire would bh them more to-morrow night, Booth’s bad a very stim hoase, and the sale of seats for to-morrow was very poor. Joseph Tooker, tho manager, sad, “twill hurt us lke yibing and Y theatre in town,”? MeVickor said that there aro 275 lights om the warded by wire screqua our waichmgn are. | the pertormanee, at \ | Hous. 1876.—TRIPLY SHEET. stage; the flames were then coming down on us and I | the entrance, which otherwise would have been ample | on duty ach performance. There aro two gallery one Of them a separate exit, There are two ‘or trom the dress cirele, There are four doors , ive leet w on each floor of se can be emptied in jess than bre dvor stairea minute on the ste a trom All the doors open outward. Besides Ait on the floor of ihe dress ciree large front Vindows open ona sold stone balcony tho full whith of the theatre, The exit iui tue actors is on Fifeenth street. The Fitth Avenue Theatre bad a inir audience, but | peibiog like that of the previous evens, and the sale of seats for pertormances abead was very sniall. Mr. Stephen Fiske, manager, sa°d nore are about three hunired 5 wre ip attenda are three gallery ein each periorman es and one in the tear bariding for tue periormers. ‘ib Btalreases are about eivht tect side, Oo the d all the doors open directly on the stuircases, jena down stairs lo the street or to neh windows opening on an tron portico, ranniug the full wrath ot the buiid This portico ix only seven feet above the str We of the tirst and second ters there $ opening directly tte the 3 Building, and through that to Broadway, On Monday night, tbe first of the ‘sehool for Seandal,’ the house was emptied in three minutes There are Keven doors on Twenty-cighth street, about ten feet wide each, There are three onsiets to every part of the re, and all the doors open outward, most of them working on double hinges. The Lyceum was not much more than balf full, At the Theatre Comique business was reported odingty dull. The audience tn the Grand Opera House waa lost i the large theatre. At the various hotels showed that scarcely y 218 had been sold during tho day, and the re- turns were the heaviest Known fora long period. It was the general opinion of the managers that business would be mach worse to-morrow night, when the de- tuils of the calamity were thoroughly ‘understood by the people. A series of performances at ali the thea- tres for the beuedt of tho sufferers by the tire is eug- gested. . AID FOR THK SUFFERERS. DION BOUCICAULT'S GENEROSITY. WaALLack’s THEATRE, To tax Epiror or Tae Heraup: — The calamity at Brooklyn has carried sorrow to wp- ward of 400 homes, and perhaps to many it has brought want also. meet the immediate necessities of the sufferers and the families of the victims an ample fund will soon flow through your hands imto those who need it sadly. Will you allow me to enclose you a beginning? Yours faithfully, DION BOUCICAULT. (Mr. Boucicault encloses a check tor $500}. MISS SOLDENR’S TENDER OF THE RECRIPTS OF A MATINEE PERFORMANCE. Provingncn, R. [., Dec, 6, 1876. To tre Epiton or Tux Henarp:— Miss Emily Soldene and her company of English ar- tists, wishing to express their heartfelt sympathy for the sufferers by the aroadful calamity in Brooklyn last night, offer their services for a matinée pertormance in Baltimore noxt Wednesday for tne sufferers’ fund. C, A. CHIZZOLA, Manager. MESSRS. POOLE & DONNELLY OFFER THE USB OF THE GRAND OPERA HOUSE FOR A WEEK. Messrs. Poole & Donnelly, lesseos of the Grand Opera propose tu devote the entire receipts of their theatre during every evening of next wock toward aiding the needy sufferers by the calamitous fire at the Brooklyn Theatre, provided any company will volun- teor their services. Messrs. Poole & Donnoliy will defray all the expenses of running the house, stage included, pay rent, gas and aivertising. THE BROOKLYN COMMON COUNCIL TAKING AC- TION. A special meeting of the Common Cononcil was held, pursuant to call of Mayor Schrocder, at four o'clock. President French occupied the chair. A communica- tion was read trom His Honor, setting forth that the meeting had been called for the purpose of taking ac- tion with regard to the calamity at the Brooklyn Thea- tre, The letter set forth that ovor 100 bodies had already been éxhumed, and the end was not yet. Many rela- tives of the victims will not be able to identify the remains, and for this reason public pro- vision sbould be made for the burial of tho unrecognized dead. Many homes have deen deprived of husbands, fathers and sons, and they may possibly be made to feel the immodiate deprivation which they have sufferod. No real want should ve allowed to be apprehended, The ailliction itself 18 unsupportable. Alderman Murtha moved that a committee be ap- pvinted to take suitable action in the premises. The Chairman appointed Aldermen Fisher, Burnett, Murtha, Black, Arnott, Rowley, Guthrie, Donovan and acker. Alderman Fisher said that Talmage’s Tabernacle had been tendered to the city from which to hold a public funeral. The Rink had also been offered for tho pur- pose, and, as it was @ moro commodious building, he urged that the jatter building be accepted for the pur- pose, ‘The following resolutions were adopted :— inittes of nine be xppointed duty ineumd: upon the municipal the recent destruction of the Brook. Theatre, and mitous results following there- from. Kesolved, Thut there be a xpocial meeting of thi at two P. Mi. on Thursday, the 7th inst., to recel from said committee ani to take acti Kegolved, That snid committee be authorized t confor upon this subject with other organizations, official or otuer- wise. Sub-committees wero then appointed to take chargo of the obsequies, arrange for the funeral, the barial plot and the identification of the remar THK SUPERVIAOKS CO-OPHRATING WITH THE COMMON cOUNCHL. A meoting of the Kings County Board of Supervisors was held, pursuant to adjournment, for the purpose of transacting business, but, in consideration of the calam ity whieh bad fallen’ upon the community, the object of the meoting was not referred to. A committee, con- sisting of Supe visors Strong, Sexton, Hannan, Byrnes, Ryder and Brown, was appointed to consult with tho aldermen and other pablic bodie: Felation to the matter of relief and the obsequios, COLONEL SINN’S TRIBUTE, Tho manager of the Brooklyn Park Theatre has issued the following card to the pubuc;— . BROOKLYN PARK THRATRE In view o' the appalling calamity at the Brooklyn Theatre on Tuesday evening, this house will ‘be vlosed during the week. In the meantimo I will take such measures in conjunction with those of our citizong and members of the dramatic profession who wil! aid me to create het fund tor Theatre, Brookiyn, on Thursday afternoon, 7th inst, at three o’ciock, to take such action in the prem. ies ag the occasion demands, WILLIAM E, SINN. OBITUARY, HARRY 8 MURDOCH, COMEDIAN. The body of Harry 8, Hitchcock, whose profossional name was Harry 3. Murdoch, and who bad appeared as Pierre, tho cripple, in tho play of the evening, was found, yesterday afternvon, in the stage portion of the theatre, Prior to tho fire, he bad been suffering from disease of the sciatic nerves, and had tainted once during the progress of the performance, When the tire had made some progress he was adyised by somo of his projessio: friends to leave immediately. He wont out, bat returned, saying that he would go up to the dressing rooms and warn Burroughs, whose room was immediately over his, Ho then entered the building.” That was tho last seen of him until his head and a por- tion of his body appeared through a window on the line of his dressing room, The window be had raised fel on his body, and he struggled long before ho could raise it again, a hosemnan of an engine on tho street playing on and around him antl he, haviag raised the win- dow pple disappeared inside, The belief was tnat ho had falien back for position to jump from the window; bul, as he did not appear again, the assuraace Was thai he nad been overcoine by heat and exertion and was dead within. Harry 3. Murdoch was a nephew of James Murdoch, tno once famous actor. He was born in Zanesville, Ohio, and wi n the 19th of August last, thirty-one years of in bis boyhood time his ancie, Mr. Miteteock, an artist, now resident here, designed him for an artistic life, and he so far folowed the desiro uf bis relative as to become a very fair drauthisman and make some effort at painting. His fondness for the stage, however, caused his uncle, James Murdoch, to bim with =bim .on bis professional first as bie drosser und then to appear in small paris, He then chose name of his ance, as did also hie brother Frank Murdoch, who wrote ‘*D, for Frank Mayo, Witb bis facuity for ¢ accustomed, after his appearance on the singe, 10 search tie books recognized as authority for the dross of the characters le played, and making a draw. ing trom them have them made in strict accordance therewith, despite the advice ot his seniors. His Bret appearance was at the Arch Street Theatre, Philadelphia, neatly eightceo years ago. Ho had veer th only jupport of his aged and inirm mother ever sin brother Frank died, aud was highly respected by fession over since he obtained promivenco asan yr. His professionai friends iu. 49 Hoyt street, Brooklyn, ure anxiously uwaitibg permission to remove bis remains, and Mr. Paimer, of the Union Square Theatre, has asked to be permitted to take charge of his Wile CLAUDE BURKOUGIS, COMEDIAN. Tho talonted young actor, who mot the terrible fate of death by fire at the burning of the Brooklyn Theatre, was bora/in Philadephia in the year 184 belax | lyn. | & Aspinwall, | lve of Nantucket, and commanded ships belopging to | Messrs, Hicks & Co. | Rev, James Lynoh, Vicar It you will open a subscription to | | theretore, twenty-seven years of age when be died, | His tather was the proprietor of the Irving Hou-e, cor | ner ot Irondway and Chambers street, ia 185% Mr | Burrongis made his dévut on the stage in 1863, at the Theatre, Philadetphia, under the manage { tot Mrs. John’ Drew. Afterward be joined ihe Union Square Theatre compauy in 1872, and remained with (he company upto the date of hia death, His | first part at the Union Square was one of the | reporters in “Agnes, tue secoud Kéné d’Alby in “One Hundred Years ¢ ’ He then played Andre in “Fernaude,"? originated the part of Baron Moot gosin in ‘Led Astray,’? and aller the departure of Stuart Robson from the ty selected for the leading eeceniric parts represen’ tive of Picard in the “f'wo Orphans” when be met bid th, Mr. Burroughs was very popular in bis pro fession, Was am excellent sctor ip Lis line and a host of | friends’ will mourn his loss. PAUL BUNKER. Mr. Paul Bunker, manager of the gold departmeny { of the Bank of New York, died yesterday in Brook. He was well known ia Wall street, and had been connected with tho wank for forty-lour years Pros vious to eptertng the bank he was a clerk of Howland His father, Coptain Banker, was a na- VERY REY. JAMES LYNCH, V. G A despatch from New Haven says that the Very Goneral of the Catholic diocese of Hartford, and @ resident of New Haven, died there yesterday morning from the effects of injaries received by 4 fall three weeks ago, He was fifty yearsold and had been in the ministry twenty- seven years, The funeral will toke piace ou Saturday next | SENOR CANTERO. Acable despatch from Madrid announces the death of Sefior Cantero, the Governor of the Bank of Spain, WHO IS TO BLAME? Coroner nger held an inquest yesterday oveniny Yn the case of a man named Thomas McElgann, of No Forty-second street, who was found lying in sensible in the hallway of No. 629 Tenth avenue oo th: sht of November 18 last, and who was removed t¢ Forty-seventh street siation house by an offices who charged bim with drankenness, The man was put in acell,where hy died next morning aboat four o'clock. Accordiug to the testimony, McElguon, on the evening his friend MeCae at Tenth avenue, between nine and ten At that timo, McCue suid, Meflgaon was At ten minstes to eleven o'clock the tho latter's door, sober, jumates of No, 620 Tenth avenue were startied by whot seemed to be tho falling of some heavy object in tof the house, Mr. and Mrs, Murrell on, who lived on the third floor, quickly the lowor and John I vicd and found Mefiguon lying in ap un- conscious dition at the foot of the first fight of stare, Thor tried to revive him by putting salt in Qis mouth and by rabb'ng bim, bat without avail, A policeman was sent lor, ont none could be found unul noarly one o'clock, when Ofieo Timmons, of the Twenty-second precinct, came along and was called in the house, The olfiver, alter look: ing at the prostrate map, at once concluded that he was drunk and began to pound bim on the soles of feet witb the club. A little girl at the head of the sta}; cried out at this, “Oh! don’s kill him!” 7 officer iooked in the said, with an oath, about it up there?” ¢ direction the voiee came from and “What has anybody got to say Mra, Murrell replied, “1 ho; you will oe careful with the man, as he | has fallen down — stairs aud burt’ himself | badiy.?? The next feeling remark of the offlcer was, “Itisa pity he didn’t break his neok;’’ at tho same time making us? of an mfamous epithet, The jury rendered a verdict of death from an accle dental tall, INTERCOLLEGIATE LITERARY ASSO- CIATION. The annual examinations of tho Intercollegiate Literary Association began yesterday morning at half. past ten o'clock, Contertants from Cornoi!, Rutgers, College of the City of New York, Princeton, North. westorn University and St. John’s, Fordham, presented themselves tor examination in the various depart- ments—viz., Greek, Latin, mathematics and mental scionce. The examiners in Greek were Rev. Talbot W. Ohambera and Profes- sors ©, T. Lewis and Wilham K. Dimmock; in Latin, Professor A, P. Peabody, of Harvard; Pro- fessor J. H. Moore and Protessor Mython Murray; in mathematics, Admiral Davis, Professor Simon Now. comb aud Professor Peter 8. Michio; in mental sect ence, President Nowh Porter and Professors H. B, Smith and C. P. Krauth, The morning session ex- tended from half-past ten A. M. to hall-past one P. M, atwhich tine the contestants took a recess of an hour, and the exam} Latin and Greek the exami ten and oral, while in meatal science and mathematics no oral examination took place. Tho prizes offered in the four examinations are—tirst prize, $300; second, $100, The report of the examiners will be read on the night of the oratorical contest, which will take place inthe Academy of Music on the evoniag of the 3d of January, 1877. The judges on that occasion will be Bayard faylor, Rev. #. H. Chapin and General Josopn R. Hawley. The report of the juages on essa namely, Messrs. Richard Grant White, James T. Ficlds and Colovel T. W. Higginson—will be read on tho same evening. The next convention of the association will be hold January 4, 1577, n THE DOCKS OF NEW YORK. An important conference was held yesterday at tne Chamber of Commerce tor the purpose of taking action fn relation to several matiors connected with the dock system of this city, There were repro- sentatives present of the Chamber of Commerce, the Cheap Transportation Association, the Cotton Ex- change, the Produce Exchange, the Shipowners’ As. sociation, the New York Board of Trade and of the Council of Political Reform. Five sub-committees were appointed, and a special subject coonected with the dock system was assigned to cach to be thor. oughly investigated and reported upon to the confers ence. z THE APPORTIONMENT OF REPRESENTATION, The meeting was called to order by Captain Ambrose Snow. Tho several commercial bodies taking part ia the conference were declared entitled to the following reprosentation:—Chamber of Commerce—Gustave Schwab, William H, Guion, J. W. Elwell, Theodore Roosevelt, Seth Low. Cheap Transportation Associa- tion—A. P, Baker, A. B. Miller, J. P, Robinson and two others to be yet appointed. Cotton Exchange--Thomas Scott, John Eario, E. J. Donnoll, fonry Hontz, Robort Dillon, Produce Exchange—W, A. Cole, 8. D. Harrt- son, Jesso Hoyt, M. M. Caleb and another member tc he at appointed, Shipowners’ Association—Robert Mor inturn, Ambrose Snow, Edward Hincken, W. D, in, J. E. Miller, Now York Board of Trade— Goorge Opdyke, William Orton, John ¥. Henry, Peter Cooper, William P. Groome. Council of Political Ree form—William H. Webb, 0. B. Potter, Edward Fiteh, James M. Requa, H. N. Beers. Most of tuese gentle. men were present at yesterday's conterence, THR SUB-COMNTITES. ‘The Chairman announced tho appointment of the jub-commitiess and assignmonts of subjects ion i— Committee No. 1 (W. H. Webb, W. H. Guion, Gas. tave Schwab, K. J. Donnell, H. N. Bee ra)" The first cost and prasticability of stone bulkheads and piersom the present of any plan, and also of bulkheads and piers of other materials and on what plan.’? Committee No, 2 (Messrs. B. P. Baker, Thomas Scott, J. B, Robivaon, James M, Requa and Seth Low “The prover width’ of the stroots bordering on the wa ter front of the city and the necessary facilities fos commerce.’ Committee No. 3 (Messrs, Theodore Roosevelt, 0, B, Potter, Eaward Fitch, Jonn H. Barieand J, W. £e woll),—"The city’s title to the dock property, bulke hoada, wharves and solid filling adjacent and to the land under water.” Commities No. 4 (George Opdyke, 8. D. Harrison, Jon F. Henry, W. P, Groomo, A.B, Mitler).—“The propriety of selling the whole or part of the city dock property and applying the preceeds (0 the payment of the pertnanent debt of the city.’? Committee No. 6(i, 6, Minturn, Henry Hents, Kdward Hineken, W. D. Morgan, A, Cole). —* What changes, if any, shoulda be made he existing laws creating the present Dock Commission, with a view to employ- ment ot the facilities for commerce and tor the general interests of the public?” All these subjects are to be thoroughly investigated and special attention will be given io that having ref- erence to the ttle of the cily tothe dock property. Experts aro to be called, the best legal advice ob- d. and the bability ie that the mawer will be before the supreme Court ‘he Conference adjourned to meet at the call of the Chairman, THE HUDSON RIVER TUNNEL ‘The success of the Hudson River Tannol ts assured, The Delaware, Lackawanoa and Western Railroad Company has been boaten in every legal contest against the project. The Commiasiovers sppointed by the Su. preme Court to condemn lands met at Taylor’s Hotel, Contrary to expectation, the Attoruey Goneral ap peured on beval! of the railroad monopoly, and Mr. Henry 3S. White appeared on behalf of the tunnel company, When the Commissioners entored upon the consideration of the caso Mr. White an- pounced, on behalf of clients, the Hudson River | Tannei Company, that be would imsist on the case being proceeded wih, Attoruey Geaoral Vanaita and General = Brisbin — ofere 4 compromise on the part of the — railfoad pany and the Commissioners adjourned for one hour. An amicable arrangement was made and Commis vers adjourned until poxt Wednesday, @ Attore y General will ofler no jurther o; to une scheme, aud he is quite satisied with the pro. posed by Mr, White on tho part of the iWol Comme pany. The whole mattor is now practicall the ana oF two weaks its exneeted tha Ire tare ol laborers wil employ: the Jersax City avi © - a