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      _TR-rsTRUCTIOI-J OF RAGGETT'S HOTEL BY FIT FIRE _* - - ° READFIJL I _»! [) SS 0 F L 1 FE _- i Tr nnTuesaav morning shortly before one o ' cloek , a inn . _mvolviBg _asserious destruction of valuable _pro-Tffi h _? broke out on tie well-known _airdertenare * ofjlof _nremises termed Raggett / _a Hotel , situate _SvSver-ltreet _^ i _^ J . _^ _efirst terq » sUi ?\ sto nave been made hy ponce-constable 44 C . offift _^ fficer instantl _*? sprang _bis rattle , and after much _& L _«< t 3 e _succeeded in making some of the inmates re Se of _$ _& grea _** ' danger to -which they were esaI _^ _Zj _, when several persons made their appearance be * _Hie windows . Such , a strong "hold had the fire _lineSitained of the building before the first discovery _jns _^^ ade , that in less than ten minutes the flames _edZrt shooting from the -windows mtk the greatest r aS _fr and extending nearly half-way across the road . . « _S-. « Jii * e-constable , on giving the alarm , had the

      _senLscnce of mind to send messengers for the _fireipcSiipes and engines , and in the space of a few iul _nfcutes , two escapes belonging to tiie Royal Society th ) _fe-tbe p-rotectioiioflife-Erora _firetrereat the sceneof fls _^ _iflsgation , and also the parish , engine . The one Dnj _SXpng t 0 _t-h * _•^ _Mty-office vras also early in _inlying , as well as several belonging to the London -pi hisa fc , and tbe West of England from the station fa _^ _Waterloo-md . The -first object that was sought be t » be accomplished was tne rescue of the irunates * 1 _] t before ladders or the escapes could be placed in EtfioEf of the building , a number of persons had got _\ x _^ upon a small balcony over the door-way , and , d < \ gaxg assisted by the police and neighbours , they re _gf-re enabled to effect their escape in safety . The is _pHSonsinthe upper floors were obliged to remain f-i yfi the escapes could be placed to their windows ; a js soon , "however , aa that was done several of the b inmates entered the machines and were -received lo _fglow in safety . A young woman , however , in X Ascending the escape , missed by some accident her

      it rj » tJr * g , _andfeBtoth . e ground with great violence « lie _Domains in the-vicinity were quickly drawn , _0 tad a fast stream of water discharged upon and into i lie blazing pile . At a quarter past two o ' clock the e fire was at its height . Notwithstanding that the e fcemen were beset on every hand they exerted _them-1 selves to the utmost , and ascending the _roofe of the | j _^ joining- hou ses , they were enabled to direct the a tranches of the engines in such quarters as to proj _^ t the surrounding _p-tmierty . By a quarter before ihree o ' clock , owing to -the exertions of the firemen , Je d the tast body of water they were casting -anon toe conflagration , it at length became manifest that _{•" - £ flames -were rapidly succumbing beneath the power ofthe antagonist element , and in the course cf another half-hour all danger of any farther _extcnejs of Biischief was at an end . The fire , however , _jrififar from being , even at that time , entirely ex-¦ _j-suished .

      ADDmOXAL PARTICCLARS . TMs dreadful fire has , itis to be regretted , been _rjsre disastrous in its consequences than was at first _j-iicipated , having involved the destruction , in adcilion to a vast amount of property , of as many as _f-: T , if not a greater number , of human lives . The following additional facts , collected from _jatements made by the Earl of Huntingdon and tikis , leave no doubt as to the origin of the fire , _^ -3 that four persons at least— -viz ., Mrs . John jtomd , aged fifty-six , the lady of the hon . member fir Maldon ; Mr . Raggett , sen ., the proprietor ofthe ytel ; his daughter , Miss Raggett , aged twenty j-tce ; and Mrs . Jones , a nurse , in the service ofthe £ srl of Huntingdon , have perished by the sad

      _oeparence . It appears that the hotel ( which was a-very extensre one ) was at the time of the outbreak completely oxupied by families . The Earl and Courites 3 ef fiimtingdou ,- with their infant son , Lord Hastings , _eocupied tiie front drawing-room on the first floor , » ad the corresponding room above for their servant Ma Jones and the nursemaid , & e . The back _drawi-g-roora was occupied by Mrs . John Sound and her Jjaghter , who had only arrived there late on Mon-¦ bv afternoon from Brighton , and they had also a ¦ atting-woni and other apartments on the secqndfiwr . Another suite of apartments on the _drawingiwmi floors was occupied by Mr . Richard Poer lung ad his aster : and beneath these were apartments

      ia the occupation , of Lord Louth , ihe Hon . Colonel Mveric _, and other gentlemen ; the remainder of the building "being devoted by Mr . Raggett to his era family and domestics , and those of the families _staying at the hotel . Singular as it may appear , when the fire was dis-Kvcred , the hotel had not been closed for the night . Hr . Raggett and his daughter retired to rest shortly More twelve o'clock , as did all the servants , with Ik exception of the head waiter and the cook , who £ weQ as Mr . Raggett , jun ., were sitting up for _fiasft inmates _whoTnad not then returned home His . Round and her daughter had been to the St . _Jraes's theatre to witness the French Plays , and the Sad and Countess of Huntingdon to tie Opera . Mis . Round and her daughter came home a few

      _ninutes after twelve , and retired to her sitting-room , ia the . second floor . They had scarcely sat down vien the head waiter , who had seen Mrs . lung " ¦ "Mist going upstairs entering her bedroom at the lack oi the first floor , and who had again descended , •"" as alarmed at hearing screams of "fire'" On nsliing np to the first floor landing he met Miss ling coming down in a distracted state , exclaiming feat her bedroom was in flames , and that she had set « e to the bed-curtains . He found the rooiilin a 1 W , and enframe impossible from the dense smoke _suiiijfromit . The screams had attracted the _attenfea ofthe inmates , and on hisnishmgnpthesccond _feor stairs he saw Mrs . Round on the landing , in the ame dress in which she had arrived from the theafre .

      He told her the house vras on fire , and to make her " _j-ftpe . He -ran downstairs , snpp > osing the lady tobe _isS-ming him , and saw no more ofher . Jlia Round states , that she was with her mother & tins time , and either from the smokeor fright Mrs . _wcsA fen on the stairs , hut at the same moment a fail caught her up , saying he would save her , and ¦ fiang feer , as she supposed , safe , she ran back into as apartment occupied hy her attendant , bat was Gable to proceed down stairs on account of the in-• 31 % of tiie heat and smoke . She and Miss Bag-| tt again went back to the front -room , and opened « e window , and when -Que fire-escape arrived the fire " _" _***& coining into the apartment . Miss Raggett was toe firstto so outbut did so before the conductor

      . , _®? M getup _andfellon the pavement and was killed j » ss Round then got ont with her attendant , and _% effected their escape . A minute or two before this occurrence a painful sb was witnessed by the crowd - which had already _Ambled . A poor fellow , servant to Mr . King , was _£ & to make lus appearance at an adjoining -window _? fee second-floor to that from which Miss Raggett f- The flames were in the apartment , and in the ¦ * e of immediate assistance he got outside and _^ 2 to thc window-ail for several minutes . The « _aes bursting through ihe window burnt his hands * . _teadfolly that he let go his hold , and fortunately * ¦* into the balcony , from -which he ultimately ¦¦ - "¦ Jased with great difficult ? to scramble into the or four to the

      _*^ k About three minutes prior cry F 'fire" being raised I _^ rd Huntingdon had anired " woe ,. and his Lordship states that he had scarcely I *? _lushat down when he was startled by the alarm . : _* - _* ¦ " * fet impulse was to rush to the room where his , -- ¦ an < l servants were . "Mrs . Jones , tiie nurse , had _-gra the alarm , and wa 3 preparing to dressthe child , f _^ _ais Lordship snatched his son from her arms , _£ _i "with the Countess , ran out of the house , telling Mo follow him . He believed she did so , but re-5 d for some article , and must afterwards have r _etaken the staircase , and got into one of the back -Jos and out atthe window , from thc position in . _Su her " body was found . The person whom Miss _handsaw on the landing with her mother is

      sup--.- _""• _al to have been Mr . Raggett , sen ., from the fact _l _^ i the remains of two bodies when discovered on _^ day -were found close together . Ihe rapidity and intensity of the fire may "be _ac-| ' _-aied for froin thciict that thedivisionsoftheapart _•^ were lath and plaster , and that there was three _5 _*» as much wood in the building as is usual in _^ _emho-ases . Alihongh , therefore , there were ten pise 3 in attendance within half an hour ofthe out-¦ _/|« _i and a plentiful supply of water , the whole _ljf % [ was destroyed , with the single exception of _^ - _^ _iag room of Mrs . Round , -which remained _r-. * m- _* sapper things still standing on thc table , _^ , n « _Wuntouched . ... ne ¦ "it bodv discovered was that of the

      npfortur _* _ocian Jlra . Jones , ahont three o ' clock , by NU . _Mtttor Aggs , of the C division , and some of the _jsaacn , W m a perfect state of nudity , -anddread _?? _mnei about thc head , face , and arms , on the , 7 ¦» « 'me leads in the rear of the premises and _^ tLe kitehen . She had evid _^ tif dropped from ? , _* -ie second _^ oor windows . She . had also a _^ Su wound on her head ; the body was immedi-* _Jf _? identified bv Lord Huntingdon . The rains _^^ sunidentJv cool to eoramence a search for $ _5 ;« kr bodies supposed to be there , until ten TO when , at -lirurgent request , of Colonel t _^ -w , Colonel Rolt , and other relatives of Mn ,. i _*^ ' * " >» of the brigade were induced to enter , 4 r 5 l ? a _aiwrt search they found those which are _$ 2 _* * _4 to be fhe remains of Mrs . Round , lyuig on fea tf _*•» -Jurnt flooring of tiie first-floor , and close 4- _^ _n- fflains of another body , _ampo _^ ed to he _i _^? , _* _fiagcett . They presented a horrifying

      ! _ffis- Tiey-Were _' phiced in shells and conveyed i _, if Wrfdiouse of St , George ' s , Hanover-square , _^ _M-streef , as was also that of the deceased _wo-K ? JJrs . Jones . Miss Raggett was conveyed to Ivo . 8 , _SS _^ exactly oppoate the hotel , where she t _^ _- _^ immediate ! v after . ' „ . . 3 _fo - appears that the Countess of Huntingdon has _^ _fe wMe of her jewels , the * 3 stima _^^ tte of _StHv"us Lordship stated to he as much as _Mif _& _£ ** of the _imfortunate Mrs . Round and her _^) ir , -which tiiey intended to hare worn on _TneshiC fte I _^ _mng-TOoin , are estimated at a much is | _" ' an , inadditiontotheplate . Mr . King , who _•^ r _iian-iifrom Bristol , had in one of his apartto S _\* large andvalnahle chest full of plate , _sopl _^ _** destroyed . _t . _ts-nM ? _** _w the dreadM ocenrrence _, having , _"" « . the ears of her _Majeafy , who had herself i 1

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      witnessed tne progress of the flames from the Palace , ? Sf _^ a * a * *« _% hour sent to inquire the trnttof _thestotement , and theextentof thedamage . in the report made on Tuesday evening by ] Sr . Braidwood , he attributed the rapid , progress of thc nretothe fact that the whole of tie doors were thrown open , and thus a free current of air tended to increase the flames . A . singular eirenmstanee in eonneaaon with this shockuig aflair occHrred on Tuesday afternoon , about two o ' clock . Lord Huntingdon came to Inspector Aggs and asked if it was safe to enter the drawing room on the first floor , as he remembered that in his flight he had left a _-vaSnahle gold watch on the mantelpiece . He was referred to the firemen , one of whom his lordship accompanied un the ladder and

      through the window into the apartment , and shortly after returned , having found the watch in the fender , partially in a fused state . In order to appease the doubts of Mrs . Round ' s family , a messenger shortly after this occurrence arrived , to "know if the ruins near where the body supposed to be her ' s was found could , not be sifted , as , if it were , no doubt the remains of some of the rings she had on her fingers might be found , and thus prove her identity . This however , * -ras prohibited , in consequence of the dangerous state of the -ruins . Prior to taking apartments at Raggett ' s Hotel , on Monday evening , Mrs . Round and her daughter applied at Mivart ' s , bnt that _estahlishment was so full as to be unable to ac _^ -mmodate them .

      - FURTHER PARIICULIES . The body of Mr . _Raggettis moat dreadfully muti lated ; tbis , with the others , is removed to the bone house of St . George , in Mount-street , where they lie awaiting the inquisition ofthe coroner ' s jury . The following statements have been obtained from the sufferers : — Benjamin Rich , a footman to Mr . TV . lung , merchant , of Bristol says that he went to bed shortly before twelve o ' cloek , and supposes thathe had been asleep about ten minutes , when he was awoke by hearing aloud cry of "Fire" raised . He immediately got up , and opened his window , on the third floor , when he noticed his master and mistress looking out ofthe drawing-room-window and shouting

      " Fire . " He ( Rich ) got out of the window , and hung by the sill until the flames burst open his bedroomdoor , andrushed through the window , and burned his hands so badly that he was obliged to relinquish his hold , and dropping upon the balcony , hc succeeded in climbing round a post , and then slid down . Hc saw his master get out of the window first , and then pull his wife out , and escape in the same way . Charles Roberson , the head-waiter to the establishment , says—I was sitting up waiting for the return of two families from the trench theatre . On the arrival of one I saw the party upstairs , and was returning down again , when Mr . Raggett , jun ., called for a light to show another party upstairs . I theu noticed a light in the drawing-room , and on going in ,

      I there perceived a lady ; she had a candle in her hand , and she entered the bedroom adjoining the drawing-room . Having been down stairs about three minutes , 1 heard a sudden cry of "Fire ! " raised , and on ruxming up to ascertain the cause , I met the Earl of Huntingdon on the stairs , who begged of me to go and rescue Lord Hastings . I tried to rush through the smoke and flames , but could not . I then ran to awake the parties asleep in the building . In the mean time Lord Hastings had been rescued and brought down . Mrs . Raggett was confined to her bed , she having broken her leg a few days pre-• viously . The two sons forced their way np , and carried her down . I then , after much difficulty , succeeded in saving the books and the cash-box , and

      also Colonel Bouverie's luggage . I believe that thc fire was occasioned hy a spark flying from the lady's candle on to the bedding . Mrs . Round and her daughter came the same day , in order to be present at the Queen ' s Drawing-room . I had _amoat difficult task to wake the porter , for upon entering his bedroom I shook him violently , and told him the house was on fire ; he answered mc , and I retreated , hut hc BOtmaking his appearance , I returned , and found him fast aleep again . _. By great force , I at length succeeded in getting him up . C . Collins , -valet to Lord Maidstone , states that he -was just lea-ring the Coach and Horses , opposite the hotel , when flames were bursting from the back part of Raggett ' s Hotel . Ashe well knew , and was well

      known on the premises , he ran in instantly , the people in the streets at the time joining in a general cry of" Fire ! " Finding that the staircase was in flames , he went tothe foot of it , and called as loudly as he could , shortly after which the screamings of persons in tiie upper rooms wcre dreadful . At this _instast three ladies appeared at one ofthe drawingroom windowsnearestthebalcony . Beingencourageu , they came ont in their night dresses , and ladders being procured , they were taken in safety into the neighbouring houses . Collins , after rescuing a quantity of property and clothing belonging to Colonel Bouverie and others , which he lodged at the Coach and Horses opposite , was compelled to with draw and leave the house and its contents fo the fury

      ofthe flames , as the heat was too powerful for him . He saw eight or nine persons rescued , the majorityof whom were ladies . James Thompson , an omnibus timekeeper , was waiting at the tune of the outbreak , in company with one of Mr . Hardwick ' s conductors , for the omnibus to Knightsbridge . He saw tiie first of the fire , and ran npstairs _, the flames bein g then confined to the -rearof-aie _buflding . _TrTiile there Lord Huntingdon cried out , " Save my son 1 " Thompson made the attempt , but could not undo the nursery door , the handle being so hot . He went round to the leads , andlooked in at the window , bnt Lord Hastings was taken ont of his cot . The nurse was endeavouring to escape , bnt she fell backward and perished . Mrs . Ann Raggettthe landlady , was bedridden , and

      , Thompson states that he saw her in her son ' s arms , who brought her down stairs , and _aftei-wards conveyed her to Batf s Hotel . Four or five persons escaped during the earlier progress ofthe fire . Mrs . Raggett is not expected to recover the shock she has experienced by this calamity . On "Wednesday but mint hopes were entertained of her life hy her medical advisers . The house is a complete ruin ; the whole of the valuable contents are destroyed . Most of the visitors have lost their valuable property . The whole of the police arrangements , under Superintendent Beresford , and Inspectors Aggs , Squires , and Flume , were admirably sustained ; and the conduct of the firemen , under their several

      officers , was beyond praise . The following is theofficialreportof thedamage : — Nearly one-half of the front of ihe building and greater part ofthe back and contents destroyed . Supposed cause of fire—curtain becoming ignited froma candle . Five lives lost . Insurance unknown . No . 46 , Lord Gardner , slight damage to furniture —insured in the San-office . No . 44 , Mr . E . Moson , publisher—slight damage to buflding . Fire extinguished hy eight brigade engines , with those ofthe County and "West of England offices , and two belonging to the parishes .

      _DCQUEST OS IHE BODIES . On "Wednesday evening an inquest was held at thc Rising Sun , in Charles-street , Grosvenor-square , before Mr . Bedford , the coroner for Westminster , and a respectable jury , on view ofthe bodies of William Raggett , Ann Raggett , Ann Jones , andafemaleunknown ( supposed to be Mrs J . "Round ) . The jury having been sworn , proceeded , accompanied by the Earl of Huntingdon , to view the bodies , which werc lying at the workhouse in Jfount-street , Grosvenor-square . __ . „ ., _" •*•** " * ' * _•****•*» "IW- _^ _M-kWW _. _

      - Two ofthe bodies , those" f Mr . Raggett and of the female unknown , arc literally burnt to cinders , and one unaccustomed to such sights is astonished to conceive how it is possible to swear to tho identification . Miss Raggett ' s countenance is exceedingly calm and placid , and there are less visible marks of snfiering about her's than on those of any other of the unfortunate deceased . Ann Jones , the nurse in the family of Lord Huntingdon , appears to have suffered greatly , though her countenance is not so much disfigured as that of some of the other sufferers . She is perfectly burned , and the skin is completely off her feet—a proof that shemusthave been _sorrounded with flame , and eren standing upon a portion ofthe burning mass . Elizabeth King , of No . 2 , Ratcliffe-parade , Bristol , was the first witness examined . She deposed as follows : —

      I was in my bedroom , on the first-floor , between twelveandoneo ' clockonTuesdaynight , at Raggett ' s Hotel . I went into an adjoining room to obtain some water to make liquorice-tea , and before _rcturning to my bedroom 1 heard a crackling noise . I immediately went towards my room to ascertain whence it proceeded , when I perceived a large mass of flames issuing as it were from my bedroom-door and from over the door . I directly called "Fire " as loud as 1 could , and one of the male waiters came np the staircase , and joined with me in shouting " Fire . " My brother and sister-in-law then came out of their room , and Iran into his bedroom to get a blanket to cover him ; J could not get onc , however , and when I came out again I found that they had gone into tiie drawing-room , where I joined them . aiarui

      Thev were standing at the windowcreating an . I persuaded them to go down thc staircase with me , as I thought the flames had not then reached that spot . They were in their _night-clothes only _^ and were afraid to go because there was a flame there . I persuaded them still , and ran to the stiiircase to showthemthat there was no material _impediment in the way of then-egress , intending to return to them , and thinking that there was plenty of time for all to get down the staircase . When 1 had descended a step or two tiie flames followed me , and _o _**™™/ clothes in several places , and my hand and forehead . Two men rushed np at that moment , and earned me downinto the street , I begged that the people rounfl would _proe-are ladders , as from the street 1 saw my brother andsister and several others at the

      drawingroom window . Br the Coroner . —There was no fire or fire-placein my bf * dtwm . When I went to bed I took a candle

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      with me , and 1 took it out with me also into the drawing-room . I have no certain knowledge how the fire originated . My candle had no guard to it . I saw no sparks fly from my candle . I havenorecol lection of anvthing ofthe kind . There was a bed in my room , with dimity curtains . There wero some lucifer-matches in the _waah-hand-stand drawer , but pone lying about the room . I think no one had been m the room besides myself . No one had any business there . Less than three minutes , I think , elapsed between the time of my leaving my bedroom to get the water and hearing the crackling noise . I do not know who was in the room underneath me ; and I wish to say this , because it would be a great relief to my niind . By a Juror . —Would you infer that the curtains

      caught fire of themselves ? Witness ( who appeared tobe much affected ) said it was hardly right to ask her that . She had no certain knowledge how the fire originated ; she could only "fear" that the fire had been occasioned in tliat way . When the staircase was in flames , and she saw that she could not , without getting burnt , go "downwards , " she thought that she might have gone upwards . Her bedroom was in the back of the house , and was separated by a passage from the drawing-room . She is living now at No . 18 , _Osnaburgh-strcet . The Earl of Huntingdon examined . —I am at present lodging at 13 , Hill-street . I was in the hotel at the time of the fire , having just arrived thero from the French play . On going into the drawing-room

      onthefirst-noor , about half-past twelve , or between that hour and one o ' clock , I had just time to put my hat upon the table , and take a bedchamber light which I found burning on the table of the drawing room , when I heard the alarm . Lady Huntingdon and Mrs . Power , my mother-in-law , had gone before mc . There was a passage between the drawing-room and our bedrooms , and going towards mine I met Mrs . Power , and after making onc remark to her about the play , I heard the cry of "Fire , " and I thought I recognised thc voice of Mr . Raggett , jun . The words I think were "Fire—Oh , my mother !" I rushed up stairs to my child ' s room , and caught hold of Ann Jones , the nurse , hy thc shoulder , and shook her , saying , "Jones , Jones , get up , here ' s fire :

      give me my cliild . " She said , "Wait a moment till I dress him , my Lord . You'll give the child his death if you take him out in the cold . " I shook her again and said , " Good God , woman , the house is in flames , give me my child and follow me . " The room was a long one , and was above the room in wliich Miss King slept . The bed stood in a recess , and when I went to the door , and considered for a moment whether I _shonld go on through the flame , or return to the window , I at length determined to proceed , and got through the flames , though I burnt my eyebrows and my child's hair . I fear that poor Jones made the fatal mistake of receding to the window , instead of following me and rushing through the flames . I took my child to Batt ' s Hotel , and I

      eannotlspeak in too high terms ot praise of the conduct of the proprietor of that hotel ; the door was open for every one to go hi , and the utmost attention was shown to every ono . After leaving Batt ' s I went into the street again , and saw the lire-escape getting up . There appeared to me to he a groat deal of bungling about it . I haye no idea whence the flames proceeded . By a Juror . —I never saw a fire-escape used before ; but it appeared to mc that there was some sort of hitch at the top of the machine . I won't blame any one , though it did appear to mc that there was a bungling ; nor will I say that if the escape had been in proper working condition the fatal consequences might not have happened . I recognise the body of my maid-servant Jones , from her having red hair ,

      from the marriage ring upon her third finger , and other circumstances . Her features I could not identify . As far aa I could judge , the men who worked the fire-escapes were sober . Things appeared to me to be generally well managed ; and I cannot give too much credit to the firemen for the way in which they conducted their operations . The police also deserved all praise . F . W . Raggett , son ofthe late proprietor ofthe unfortunate hotel , was next examined . His left arm was in a sling , and he appeared to have suffered very severely . I superintended my father ' s business , and acted as head waiter for him . I was sitting up with my brother , the waiter , and the cook on Monday evening . Mrs . Round occupied a sitting room and

      two bedrooms on the second floor . There was only one door out into the passage from all these three rooms , and onc was obliged to obtain entrance to the two inner rooms to go through the outer room . Mrs . Round and her daughter , who had been at the theatre , arrived at the hotel about twelve o ' clock , when supper was served by me , and the things were left npon the table . On my retiring down stairs the cry of fire was given by Miss King on the drawing-room floor , and I saw the flames at the same instant rushing out of her bedroom . My thoughts naturally reverted to my poor mother , whohad broken her leg about three weeks before , and I immediately ran np again to the second floor , where my mother slept . My brother followed me upstairs , and we

      dragged her out of bed . In carrying her down stairs , the flames were so overpowering that my brother fell , and we wero both obliged to leave hold of her . I also fell . When I recovered , a man came upstairs and assisted me , and we took her tO Batt ' s _IlOtel . When _Ifirst discovered the fire , I called out ' _* * Tire " so loud , and made so great a noise , that I should have thought every onc must have been disturbed . I returned to the hotel to look for my brother , but could not ascend , so great were the flames . I then went into the street , when I saw my brother without his hat scaling a ladder , and I saw him bring Miss Round down the escape ladder . He ascended again , and brought down Mrs . Round ' s maid . At this time I was called away to my mother , and having

      pacified her , I went again to the street , when I met my brother , who rushed into my arms and said , " We have lost them all ; I can't find my mother , father , sister , or any of them . " If the fire escape had been properly placed , I think every person might have been saved , * but I believe the men were drunk . The witness expressed his wannest acknowledgments to Mr . Knight , the surgeon , for his kindness . He added that the house property was insured , but everything that belonged to his father and his family had been destroyed . He and his mother and family were left without a single farthing . By the Coroner . —There was no wainscot in the house , as had been erroneously stated in thc publie journals . The partitions wcre mere lath and plaster partitions . I have no doubt that thc fire originated in Miss lung ' s room . The candle must have come in contact with the curtains . I do not think that a spark would have done it , as the curtains were of

      quilted dimity . By a Juror . —I am perfectly satisfied that the man who brought the fire-escape was not in a fit state to manage it . I did not see him or any one belonging to it attempt to ascend . My deceased sister was thirty-seven years old , and my father was about sixty-two . I think that the deceased woman unknown must be Mrs . Round , because she was found near my father , with whom she was last seen . The chambermaid , who is also missing , was a very sound sleeper . Mrs . Barnes ' s hair was auburn . I do not exactly know the colour of Mrs . Round's hair . There was some means of escaping hy the roof , because my brother and one of my sisters escaped in that way ; though how they did it they do not know . Mrs . Barnes slept in a front room . Thero is a heap of rubbish on the premises now , which I have pointed out to the police , and it is my impression that Mrs . Barnes is under that rubbish . I saw only one

      fireescape . A Juror . —There werc two there—one iu the mews at the back of the hotel , from South Audlcystrcet , and the other ia front , from St . James ' sstrect . Another juror observed , that he subscribed to one of these foe-escapes , and he was veiy anxious that every inquiry should be made as to the conduct of the me i having the management of it . Several gentlemen present , the majority of whom appeared to be interested in one or other of the fireescapes , offered their testimony as to the efficiency ,

      or otherwise , of their maclunes ; but The Coroner put it to thejury whether it would not be better , as all the bodies had not yet been found , and as it was probable that the body of the only remaining person missing would be found in the course of a day or two , to adjourn the inquiry . Inspector Aggs stated thatthe walls of the hotel wcre being shored up , and in all probability thc remaining body would be found by to-morrow . Thejury having concurred in the recommendation ofthe coroner , theinquiry was adjourned until Friday at three o'clock .

      ADMTIO-SAI . PAHWCUMSS . Thc shoring up of the walls had not on Thursday evening been completed ; nevertheless , portions of them were rendered sufficiently secure to enable the firemen to enter the ruins , and , at the urgent request ofthe family of Mrs . Round , in order , if possible , to discover her "body , they heing impressed with the conviction that the remains , not identified before the jury , were not her ' s . For several hours nothing was discovered of any consequence , but about halt-past onc o ' clock in the alternoon , Fogo , the foreman of thc brigade , turning over some rubbish , observed the remains of one ofthe Countess of Huntingdon ' s toilet boxes , containing jewels of the value of £ 250 ;

      although the case was nearly burnt to a cinder , strange to say , thc jewels wcre but slightly injured . Encouraged by this success , his lordship increased the exertions to find the more valuable case of jewels , which , however , was not found , although the new dress and other portions of the countess ' s wardrobe , and also his own , in which they intended to appear on Tuesday at her Majesty ' s Drawing-room , were dug out . They were recognised hy the lace and other ornamentsuponthem , but were wholly useless . Up to six o ' clock , a considerable number of diamonds and other jewels were found , which were identified as belonging to Mrs . Round .

      During the afternoon the firemen succeeded in recovering the large chest of . plate belonging tb Mi " . King , and on that gentleman receiving Information of the fact he attended for the purpose of having it removed . At the moment , however , Mr , Kin g was

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      about to do so , a circumstance took place wliich , tram ite unparalleled character , created considerable astonishment amongst those assembled . A person who gave his name as Mr . Abbott , of Portsea House , Southampton , entered the rubs , accompanied by a man who , was said to be a sheriffs officer . He in . fomed Inspector A ggs that hewas the landlord of the house , thatthe deceased Mr . Raggett was his tenant , and owed him four years' rent , amounting to the sum ot ± 1 , 000 , and that every article in thc ruins belonged to him , as he had instituted legal proceedings and was prepared ivith a warrant to levy a distress on everything that was contained in them . Under the circumstances he prohibited the removal of the property said to belong to Mr . King . Mr . InsDector

      Aggs immediately conveyed this information to the Earl of Huntingdon and the family of Mrs . Round . It is needless to describe their amazement . They immediately had an interview with Mr . Abbott , and urged upon him to reconsider the step he was about to take . The result was , that Mr . Abbott consented topermit him and the relatives of Mrs . Round to retain what they had discovered , and what they could find up to sunset , but refused to do so with regard to Ms . Kings plate , declaring that the legal proceedings with respect to the ruins would be enforced after that period . Respecting the fate of Mrs . Round , the facts whicli have been hitherto elicited are , to the members of her family , exceedingl y unsatisfactory . Tliey state that Miss Round informs them that she aud her

      mother were in the act of sitting down to supper when they heard the screams of " Fhe . " They went out of the room together and looked over the bannisters , although , on opening thc room door , they were met by a great body of smoke . On going to the landing to see where it came from , Mrs . Round wont down the stairs one or two steps . Thev then saw flames rushing up the stairs , and her mother screamed and fell backwards on the landing . She tried all she could to drag her mother back to theu * apartment , but was unable to do so from the smoke , and seing some men on the stairs she made certain they would rescue her mother , and ran back herself . Having remained in her apartment for a few seconds , and , feeling recovered , Miss Round determined to return to her mother , but on re-opening the door , so rapid was the fire , that not only smoke but a body of flame was on the staircase . She had in the interval called the servant , who came out

      with her , and they were both forced to retire to the apartment , where tliey remained until the fire-escape came , and were saved . The impression , therefore , on the mind of Miss Round is , that the fright ofher mother at seeing the fire _causedher to lose her senses , and , never recovering them , she perished . Lord Huntingdon , on being spoken to by Mrs . Round ' s sons on the subject , said he had an impression that he passed that lady on the stairs when escaping from the nurse ' s room with his son , and that she or some one else touched him on _theshofulder ; but had he stayed one instant lus own life would have fallen a sacrifice . The reason for Mrs . Round ' s family believing that the body found by that of Mr . Raggett is not her ' s , is that a quantity of unburnt black hair was found near the spot , whereas Mrs . Round ' s was ofa different colour . The fears entertained with respeet to the supposed loss of Colonel Bouverie ' s servant , we are happy testate , are now dispelled , as he haB been discovered tobe safe .

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      _Exxraobmsary . _Reminisce-sces . —Wednesday , at the police court , a respectably-dressed and intelligent man of colour , named John Thomas Blenman , appeared before Mr . Rushton , to prefer a claim for wages to the amount of £ 1710 s „ alleged to be due to liim by Messrs . Rintoul and Zimmerman , of this town , owners of the ship Vitula . Mr . Davenport appeared for the claimant , and Mr . Collier ( of the firm of Davenport and Collier ) for the defendants . The complainant stated that he sailed with the Vitula , Captain Fielding , from this port , on the 2 nd of October , 1842 , bound to Buenos Ayres and Valparaiso , and was , as steward , to receive £ 2 10 a . per month . The ship reached Buenos Ayres , and proceeded to Monte Video , whence she went round Cape Horn , and finally reached Callao . From the last-named

      port she went to the Chincha Islands , about 100 miles off , in the Pacific . There they took in guano , but the Peruvian authorities said they were stealing it , and a Peruvian schooner , formerly a man of war , captured the ship and orew . The captain aRd crew were taken to Callao in custody , when they were driven on shore , and very ill U 3 ed . The Vitula was seized , and sold by the Peruvian Government , and the claimant added that the sum stated was due to him as wages . Mr . Collier cross-examined the witness , who said he had received no advance or payment beyond a month ' s pay on starting , and a dollar afterwards . Mi * . Collier explained to Mr . Rushton that liis clients had unfortunately given the vessel in charge to Captain Fielding , with instructions to proceed to Monte Video , and thence to Valparaiso , at

      whicli last port he was to do his best for their interests . In place , however , of complying with these instructions he had , on his own account , taken the vessel , to the islands named to get guano . He was caught in the illegitimate act , and the ship was seized and sold . ( The witness read a letter , from which it appeared that the sale brought 15 , 000 dollars . ) Mr . Rushton inquired of the claimant whether he had ever applied to the British consul for Ms wages , and the reply waa , that he had . He added that tho captain ofthe Vindictive , British vessel of war , then there , knew many of the circumstances , and he believed was now in this country . He ( claimant ) being in expectation of receiving his wages , remained in the country for fourteen months , serving on board of a Peruvian steamer , from which he produced his

      discharge ; but as there werc political commotions and warfare going on aU the time—with three successive presidents—he deemed it advisable to return to this country . He wished to get to his home in Barbadoes as soon as possible , and would work his passage if he could find _aahip . Mr . Collier said that his clients had no wish to withstand a fair claim for wages , but as they had receivedno official account relativeto the sale of the vessel , they naturally inferred that the crew had been paid their wages by the consul , who , itwas to be presumed , would look after that matter . He requested , on their part , that the further hearing of the case should be postponed until a reply to a letter to the Secretary of State should be received , as to whether any information on the subject had been _tra-Qsmitted to him by the British consul at Peru .

      Mr . Rushton said he considered it but reasonable that a fair time should be allowed for such inquiry by return of post _; but thc prima facie facts were such that he thought the man entitled to his wages , unless good cause was shown to tlic contrary , and that soon . He should ( as he was going out of own for few days ) in thc meantime order payment on Saturday next , unless by that time such evidence were adduced by the defendant as would justify a departure from that award . To this Mr . Collier assented . The facts connected with the Vistula are of painful reminiscence . Captain Fieldiug , in place of attending to his instructions , went to obtain , surreptitiously , a cargo of guano at the Chincha Islands , without leave of , or the customary payment to , the authorities . He was caught , his ship others iu

      seized , and himself , amongst , imprisoned Callao , and treated with , so far as we have heard , great severity . He contrived , however , though strongly manacled , to elude thc vigilance of his Peruvian keepers , and got on board of the Saladin , a passenger , along with his son , a boy . While in that vessel he formed a conspiracy , with a great part of thc crew , to murder the master and mate . These two were accordingly murdered , as were also eight of the crew . After that horrible transaction , six of the crew survived , including two who had taken no part in the transaction . These , after they had been some time at sea with Fielding , became fearful for their own safety , and secured , as far as they could , the knives and anus in the cabin ; and , continuing to bo still more and more alarmed , they determined to make away with him . They secured him and bound

      liim down ' to the cabin floor for two days , after which they threw him overboard . They then held a consultation as to the fate of his son , which ended in liis destruction in a similar way . All this was thc work of four out of the six survivors . The ship was afterwards , in her homeward voyage , overtaken by another vessel , and taken into New Brunswick , where the win "" aggressors were tried , and , being convicted of thc murders , executed . The full details appeared in our paper last year . The claim for wages made by the steward ( Blenman ) on the owners of the Vitula is the first that has ever been preferred ; and he states that there is but another man , the second mate , who can make any claim , the two alone being thc only men who accomplished the voyage , until the seizure , the others being shipped at Valparaiso , — Liverpool Standard of Tuesday .

      _Dreadfc-i , Shipwrecks a . sd Loss or Life . —We have to announce the total loss of thc Russian steamer Miettia ( Master , M . Rhors ) , trading between Hull and Riga . She was wrecked last week in the North Sea , while on her outward passage from Hull . Letters received , dated from Elsinore , give the subjoined particulars ofher loss : —Late oil Tuesday night she was run into by a timber vessel , which stove in her larboard bow . In about an liouv afterwards thc engineer shouted out that tho vessel was sinking ; and such really proved the case , for the water was several feet deep in the hold , and was flowing over the deck ofthe engine-room . Tho greatest confusion consequently followed the discovery . The water gaining rapidly , the boats were got overthe steamer ' s side , and the crew were ordered to save themselves ,

      for not a moment was to be lost . Having taken to the boat , they abandoned the vessel , and she is supposed to have foundered immediately , for she was not seen afterwards . After remaining in the boat twelve hours , they were picked up by the schooner Roberts , which landed them safely at Elsinore . The steamer , although thc property of a Russian company , is insured at Hull . —On Wednesday night thc wind blew a heavy gale from the northeast , and occasioned much loss along the eastern coast . During its height , between eleven and twelve o ' clock , a sloop named the Daniel , of and from Maldon , in Essex , bound to Sunderland , broke away from her anchor off Lowcstoff , and was carried by the sea into Pakefield flats . Thc crew , fearing the vessel would go to pieces , took to the boat , thc master ac-

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      companying them . They had uot got far , and were pulling in the direction of thc beach , when a sea struck the boat and capsized it . JLhree of them , _managid to hold on to the bottom , but thc remainder , consisting of four hands , tho master , Mr . Sergent , the mate , Paines , Howe , and the boys , met with a watery grave . Not one of their bodies has as yet been picked up , It is expected that the vessel will be got off after tho car _^ o has been got out . —At Southwold a vessel called tfie Orb of Whitby was run ashore in consequence of the violence of the wind , and great doubts are entertained if she will be got off . Thc crew were saved by the life-boat . Vessels lying off Whitstable , Harwich , and in thc roads at Yarmouth , managed to weather the gale , but several sustained damage bv

      collisions , ahd lost anchors . —A large steam-tug , the Meeson , founded off _Broadstairs on Monday last . She was on the "lookout" for vessels to be towed up to London , when itwas discovered she had opened aleak . Active measures werctaken by the crew to save tlic vessel , and she was run in the direction of Broadstairs for the purpose of placing her on the beach . As she nearcd the shore , it became evident that she would founder , the water having * extin guished the furnace fires , and her head fast settling downwards . The crew took to the boat ; but tliey had scarcely done so , before the steamer sunk . She lies within a mile of the beach , and is a complete wreck . The vessel , unfortunately for thc owners , is not insured . A wreck took place on thc Scroby Sands , off Yarmouth , on Monday night last , and but

      for the promptitude ' displayed by the boatmen , all belonging to the unfortunate vessel wonld have been lost . The vessel was the Edward , a large barque belonging to Scarborough , laden with coals , bound to London , from Sunderland . On beatin ? through the road she got on to tho edge of these dangerous sands , where , in -the course of eight hours she broke up , and not a vestige could be seen . Directly she struck , the Yarmouth beachmen put off in their yawls , an saved the crew , consisting of ten seamen , two apprentices , the master , his wife , and a child . The loss ofthe vessel is described at £ 4 , 000 . On thc same night , the Swansea trader , a sloop belonging to Folkestone , foundered on the " Boston Deep , " about twenty miles north of Cromer Lighthouse . The crew were

      saved by the schooner Vfctoria , whicli landed them at Hull . Five other losses are also reported to have occurred off different parts of Yorkshire . ! Fatax _. Accide . ni Two Youso Me . v Drowneo . — Oxford , Wednesday . —A gloom was thrown over the whole university by the report wkisli was spread early this morning , that two young men , members of Pembroke College , and who had but just passed thoir examination for their degree of B . A ., had met their death by drowning . On inquiry it unfortunately proved to be too true . The particulars that have been ascertained are as follows : —Last evening James Frederick Ede , B . A ., scholar , and Edward Harris , commoner , both of Pembroke College , proceeded in two light skiffs up the Cherwell , as far as Islip , where they were to have met two Mow _colleaians . who

      proceeded to the same town by the road ; the latter returned without liaving seen their friends , who , it appears , had been to a different inn . They waited up for them iu the common room of tho college till two o ' clock this morning , when tbeiranxiety for thesafety of those who were to have been then * companions became so great that they applied for leave to go out of the college and search for them . The tutor , the Rev . R . P . Smith , immediately accompanied them to Islip , where they ascertained that their friends had left at a quarter past eight thc previous evening to return home , They then returned by the river side , and near Marson , a village about two miles from Oxford , found the two boats , one with the oar broken

      and the other nearly doubled up against a tree . It is supposed that one , having broken his oar , had joined liis companion in thc other boat , and that , the night being stormy , darkness fast closing around them , and the stream rapid , they , from some _cauise or other , being unable to avoid a tree , projecting partially across the river , were upset ; and , thc water being very deep , Mr . Ede unable to swim , and his unfortunate companion trying to assist him , both were drowned . Drags and every assistance were immediately obtained , and about ten o ' clock this morning the body of Mr . Ede was discovered , and some time afterwards that of Mr . Harris , about one hundred yards apart . The accident took place not far from the ferry crossing the river near Someretown .

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      _Bikolet "Weavers . —Tliis little and comparatively quiet town has lately been the scene of an arduous struggle between capital and labour . The circumstances are as follows : —A Mr . Wm . Anderton , an extensive manufacturer , informed his Weavers about a month ago that he intended to reduce their wages 3 d . per piece . This was rather unlocked for news , and consequently led to much discussion , as the rest of the manufacturers were then giving better wages than Anderton was . Thc result was a determination on the part of the Weavers to resist the attempt to deprive them of their hard earnings . They , therefore , struck work , and by the assistance of the United Trades Mutual Protective Society rao able , in a day or two , to " draw out" the whole of the

      factory hands . The Woolcombers also struck work * _, thus the operatives of the whoic "firm , " consisting of between 400 and 500 " hands , " werc out , and continued so for near a month . Collectors were sent out in all directions to solicit funds for the support of the "hands" on strike . Several manufacturers ( to their honour ) allowed collections to be made in their factories , and likewiso promised to employ as many ofthe "hands" as they possibly could , declaring to the collectors that there was no occasion at the present time to reduce wages . The struggle continued till the evening of Saturday last , when , after some ineffectual attempts at compromise , Mr . A . was compelled to make a full surrender , and the hands commenced work again on Monday morning . It is to

      be hoped that this strike will prove a salutary warning to that portion of the manufacturers who arc continually trying to reduce the labourer down to the lowest pittance . The present struggle has been attended with a serious loss to Mr . Anderton , and there is every reason to believe that he is not very anxious to try the experiment again . The Timsout at Bum . —The turnout at Bury , amongst the Millwrights , Moulders , Mechanics , & e ., still continues , and although the turnouts have conducted themselves with great credit , the following facts -will show that the knobsticks arc capable of eommitting any outrage . At the police office on Tuesday last , the 21 th instant , onc of the knobsticks , named Frederick Harris , a Blacksmith , said to come

      from Bedfordshire , was charged with stabbing a youug man named John Todmorden , who works at Mr . Enock Jones ' s Foundry , Bolton-street , Bury . It appeal's by the evidence that a number of the new hands were drinking at a beer-shop near the foundry on Monday last , and about eight o'clock they were returning to then ; lodgings in Butcher-lane , when meeting with a number of factory hands , who had just finished their work at thc various mills , the knobsticks began to shout at them , and in the row that followed tiie abovenamed prisoner drew a dagger , from twelve to sixteen inches in length , which he ran into thc left side , below the ribs , of the boy Todmorden , who bled profusely . It was stated before thc magistrates on Tuesday last , that Todmorden was dangerously ill ; consequentl y the prisoner was remanded to Friday , the 30 th instant . We may add

      that the row was commenced wholly by thc knobsticks ; many of them cany pistols , and fire them every evening as they go along the streets . Mukpeh . '—Death of me Kkobsticks' Victim , —* Since tho above was in type , we havo received the following : — " We are under the painful necessity of informing you that the young man who was stabbed on Monday night last died this morning at half-past four . —Bury , May 28 th , 1845 . " Wc have received another account of this shocking affair , in which the name ofthe victim is stated to be John Sugden . It seems that thc mechanics of Bury are alive to the enormity of this act , and that they are determined not to he insulted and slaughtered without endeavouring to obtain that justice which the law affords them . W . P . Roberts , Esq ., solicitor , is , we understand , retained by tho friends of the deceased for the prosecution .

      _Bradfoiu _) Woolcombers . —Sthike at Rand's Mitt . —This struggle of right against might still continues . The activity of thc Woolcombers' Committee , and the general determination of the trade to conquer , has baffled all attempts to make them submit . They are well supplied with funds , as the Protective Society is gaining strength daily , hundreds liaving enrolled tlieir names within the last two or three weeks . There are on strike 300 Combers , 600 women and children , and IfO mill hands . The men receive fs . per week , the mill hands their full wages , and each child under twelve years of age ls . Cd . _periveek . The women are paid atthe same rate as the children . _SinrsEY _Cokdwaiseus . — A general meeting ofthe Old Stepney Society of Cordwainers was held on Monday , May 26 th , when it was unanimously agrcec that we should become part of the Cordwamcrs General Association ; and that theseeretaijsend the same to the Northmi Star , that being thc only paper where labour is truly represented .

      _^ __ A Com Kiso Defeated . — On the 10 th of May , a certain coal king , not twenty miles from Gildersomc , published to liis men a new regulation , as follows : — " Any man sending to bank one slack com or tub , to lose the same ; and if two corves or tubs in onc day , to be called out , and not to go down into the pit to work for a certain number of days . " This he put into practice , and because one of his black slaves ( colliers ) sent to bank one deficient corvc , hc would not let him go to his work again . When the colliers heard of this , they , every man , about forty in number , fetched their tools out and told the coal king that if he wanted tiie coals riddling ho might go riddle them himself . This he did not much approve of ; and seeing that thc men wero determined to get work elsewhere , he called them back , and gave the whole of them , about ninety in all , including colliers , hurricrs , bye-workmen , & c , a dinner , promising them that he would never want them to riddle the coals auy more .

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      Oldham Misers . — Thc Coal Miners of Oldham and the surrounding district held a camp meeting on Oidliam-cdge , on Sunday last , May 25 th . The first meeting was held at half-past ton in tho forenoon , when Mr . Charles Parkinson delivered an impressive discourse from the following words : — " Oppress not the poor "—which was followed by a short sermon by Mr . Septimus Davies . The speakers were _listened to with the most marked attention . The second meeting was held at two o'clock , and was addressed by the above-named gentlemen , who , in an able manner , defended the cause of labour . Thc meetings , we arc happy to say , were well attended , especially the one in thc afternoon , when there could not havo been less than 1000 persons present . Tue London Shoemakers . — On Monday thc 26 th , being the regular meeting night of thc West-end body , twelve men were chosen , who agreed to act gratuitously , for the purpose of forming a code of

      district laws , in consonance with the general laws of thc Association ; and also to devise what other improvements , in the new position of thoir Society , might be thought needful , towards the lessening of their expenditure , and the clearing off some of their present _liabilities . The City Men ' s-men are also preparing their district bye-laws . Tho West-end Women ' s-nien will hold a mass-meeting , on Monday , Juno 1 st , for the regulation of matters of importance in connection with their present-circumstances . _Laxcashibe _Minehs , — The next general delegate meeting of Lancashire Miners will be held on Monday next , June 2 nd , at tho house of Mrs . Mary Elliott , Miners' Anus , Dukinfield : chair to be taken afc eleven o'clock in the forenoon . There will be a public meeting on the same day , wliich will be addressed by W . P ; Roberts , Esq ., andseveral other gentlemen Thc levy for the fortnight , including general contribution , is ls . 8 d . per member .

      Rochdale Miners . — Mr . Septimus Davis has lectured at several places , and attended several meet _« ings in the Rochdale district within the last week .

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      " ~ EPSOM IUCES . _—Weduesdae , Mat 28 . THE DEUBY DAY . Tlic Derby speculations tliis year , though certainly materially affected by the growing importance of the Chester Cup , werc lioavyin legitimate betting ; and had if not boon for the Old England and Weatherbit- affair , there would have boon little or no " nobWing" to complain of . Derby lotteries aud sweeps werc numerous ,, but assuredly not so much so as they werc last year ; for confidence in them was cooled by the llnnning flein business , and by thc dishonest and disgusting legal _obstructions thrown last year in the way of payment of prizes . This year it is to he hoped the treasurers of the lotteries will feel that they have no excuse to make , and that they will pay without demur the drawers of the wining horse . Another sort of speculation—we might properly call it a mania—viz ., that in railroads , has inter _, fered with and diminished the Derby betting ; we fancy it would be very difficult to decide which was tho safer speculation .

      The meeting on Wednesday was numerous . Although it rained , not very heavily it is true , from dawn until a little before noon , the weather-wise prophesied a fine day . They were right in their prediction ; between eleven and twelve o ' clock the rain ceased , and the sun shone pleasantly during the whole of the races , and almost up to the very moment of starting arrivals on the coursecontinued to take place . When , at half-past two , the bell for saddling rang , the course presented an animated _, and thronged apuearauce , and the coup < J' < ctS from the Grand Stand might have challenged comparison with the best days of Epsom . The hill just in front of thestand was crowned with booths , and its sides and base were covered with carriages , _csammcdwifli occupants o £ either sex . Close by , ou the eastern side of the winning stand , was a line of carriages twenty deep , and each side of the course , from its western extremity all round to and beyond Tattcnham Corner , and nearly up to tho betting ring , was densely lined with all sorts of vehicles , and every grade of spectators .

      The chief race was fixed for half-past two o ' clock , but * punctuality in such an event is so difficult , that it has never yet been attained . Thc difficulty was increased on . this occasion by the unprecedented number of horses brought to _"* the post—no fewer , in fact , than 31 . ' Besides three false starts , an accident happened to Alarm and his jockey , which delayed the final start at least a quarter o £ an hour . The Libel reared up , and striking at Alarm , hit Nat upon the wrist—this caused Alarm to plunge , aud his rider being dislodged , he ran against tho chains and fell over , but immediately jumping up , he broke away towards Tattenham Corner ; being headed about midway ,

      he made for the road leading into the bottom below the weighing stand , and after narrowly escaping another fall was caught , taken back and remounted . His leg was cut , and the jockey ' s arm much bruised , but not to the extent to prevent their taking part in tho race . At about halfpast three a good start was eficcted , and in a few brief moments the hopes and fears of thc thousands who had breathlessly awaited the commencement ofthe struggle werc set at rest . The " crack" was beaten disgracefully , and a horse that was not oven mentioned in the betting prove ! to the satisfaction of the unlearned in _racingmat . ters , that the " knowing ones were done again . "

      HOW they wore done—and the oftener thoy are done in this way thc more they like it——Gie following details will show :- — The Debut Stakes of SO sovs cacb , h ft ; for three-year _, olds , colts 8 st 71 b ; and fillies , 8 st 21 b ; tlic owngr oftho second horse to receive £ 100 out of the stakes , and the winner to pay 100 sovs towards the police regulations of the course . Last mile and a half , _Onehundr-j-i and thirty-eight subscribers . Mr . Gratwicke ' s The Merry Monarch ( P . Bell ) I Mr . A . Johnstone ' s Annandale . ( Marson ) 2 Mr . Gully's Old England _( S . Day ) 3 Mr . Mostyn ' s Pantasa _( Marlow ) £ _.-, The following also started , but wero not placed : * - Lord Stradbroke ' s Idas ( G . Edwards ) On Mr . Gully ' s lVeatherbit . ( John Day " , jun . ) 9 > l

      Mr . A . IV . Hill ' s The Libel ( Calloway ) Ot Mr . Gratwicke ' s Doleful { H . Bell ) 01 Lord Chesterfield's Pam ,... ( F . Batler ) O ) Mr . Ford's Fuzbos ....- ( Sly ) 0 > Col . Cradock ' s Jinglepot ( Tcmpleman ) 0 ) Duke of Richmond ' s Laird o' Cockpen ... ( _"Whitehouse ) ( X X Mr . Wreford ' s Worthless ( J . Howlett ) 0 J Mr . St . Paul's Mentor . ( Eye ) 00 Col . Peel's e by Slane , out of _Csbweb ... ( E . Edwards ) 00 Mr . Waller's Columbus ( Wakefield ) 00 Lord Exeter's "Wood Pigeon ...................... / Boycc ) 00 Mr . * Worlcj' 8 John Davis ., _.... _ijCrouch ) 00 Mr . A . W . Hill ' s Salopian _.... tDenman ) o 0 Col . Anson ' s Kedger ..... ( Simpson ) 0 0

      Lord Glasgow's colt by Bay Middleton , out of Miss Whip ........ ( Holmes ) 0 Q Lord "Verulam ' s c by Liverpool , out of Corumba (\ V . Cotton ) 0 0 Sir G . Heatheote ' s Gwalior .. ( Chappie ) 0 0 Mr . T . Theobald ' s Desperation .. ( Bartholomew ) 0 fl Mr . Lintott ' s Cabin Boy ( Buckle ) 0 0 Mr . _Grevillc ' s Alarm ( Nat ) 0 0 Mr . Watt nd Adonis ( Hornsby ) _Q 0 Mr . Ferguson ' s Clear-thc-Way ( llobinson ) 0 C Mr . Coleman ' s Young Eclipse ....... ( _IV . Coleman ) 0 0 Mr . Mytton ' s The Black Prince , ( Copcland ) C ( Mr . Mack's Little Jaek ( Chance colt ) ( Balchin ) ( I BETTIKG AT STAHTING .

      3 to 1 agst Idas ( taken ) , 7 to 2 agst Weatherbit ( taken ' an ' i G to 1 agst The Libel ( taken ) , 10 to 1 agst Alarm , 20 to to each agst Pam , Doleful , and Fuzbos , 22 to 1 agst "Pantasaasa 22 to 1 agst Old England , 30 to 1 agst Jinglepot , 40 to to each agst Mentor and Worthless , 50 to 1 each agst Coluinum bus , Laird o' Cockpen , Cobweb colt , and Annandale , 100100 to 15 caoh agst Miss Whip colt and Wood Pigeon , 200200 to 10 agst Clear-the-Way . Just before starting 1500 tOO t 100 was laid against 'Fovth ' s lot , but singly the winaenae was not mentioned . Mr . Gully declared to win with Oh OI England . While speaking of the betting , we should meimer tion that iu the course of the morning thc party rcferrcirrc to on Monday as having laid so heavily against Old EngEng land was called upon to stake , and was prepared wit witsecurities to the amount of £ 18 , 000 or £ 20 , 000 . _Thes'hes werc objected to , and it was then required that the whoVhol of the money laid on Mr . Gully's account should be _hedgffidgn at 20 to 1 , some points above the raarUctprice . This wis wi done , and the matter for the present is at rest . We hea hea , however , that it will shortly come before the Jockiockn Club .

      TnE hace . A good start was accomplished at thc fourth attemttem ]! Idas leading off , followed by Salopian , Fuzbos , Cobniobw colt , Wood Pigeon , Kedger , and Doleful , Pantasa _aia a Merry Monarch next , side by side , and behind thi thn Mentor and Pam , Annandale ' and Old England lyingying ( hc centre . In this formation they ran at a good bat ! bat the top ofthe hill , where Kedger and -Boleful went to t to t : front , and jointly earned on the running at an improvtprov pace , Pantasa and the Merry Monarch next , _witiiWui "Woi Pigeon , Idas , Mentor , Pam , Old Englaad , and Annandaandu in their wake . They came thus to the turn , in roundiundi ! wliich Tarn , owing , as it is alleged to another horse haie han ing upon him , struck into Wood Pigeon ' s heels and fend fee Weatherbit , who was following , jumped over him , am , _s : being put out of his stride , of course , lost some _grougroui Doleful and Kedger , kept tlieir places to the distarlistar ;

      where the Merry Monarch went in front , followedowedl Annandale , Pantasa lying third , and Old England in _cdin en pany with Doleful , Kedger , and Wood Pigeon . Thc : The : in was all in favour of the Merry Monarch , _Annancinanti never getting nearer than his quarters , and being finag fim defeated in clererstylebyalength . Old England camlcami the last , and bent Pantasa for third place by a ne a nei Annandale beating liim by a length . Next to tliis lot is lot to Wood Pigeon , Doleful , and Kedger , and behind them them . crack ( who was in trouble before he got to the road ) * oad ) Adonis , How the next ruck came in we could not moot mi out , but those who pinned their faith on the Stanton mton n The Libel , must have been notalittlc _* moxtifiedtoiedto ceivc that he was the first horse beaten , and the _laShe _lasi thc winning chair . The Laird o'Cockpen , the Conn _Corujc Colt , Worthless , Young Eclipse , The Black Prince , Cnce , _C ! Boy , and several others , wcre beaten early . The The was geod all the way . Value of the stakes £ 3975 . 75 .

      Death. May 19, At Birstall, James Holmes...

      DEATH . May 19 , at Birstall , James Holmes , aged _fifty-l fifty-It maybejpstly said of Mm that ho was a reft- * - reten of sterling integrity . He has stood firm to the C the _d _tist -movement through good and evil report , frort . from fine commencement m this locality / and waad wav _ST tl th -W _¥ _® _WWl . A large cinge cira friends lament ms death , _e _e

  • Citation
    • Northern Star (1837-1852), May 31, 1845, page 5, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse-os.kdl.kcl.ac.uk/periodicals/ns/issues/ns3_31051845/page/5/