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      intensive Fires in Finsbury . —On Sunday the inhabitants of London Wall were aroused byr . fire which hid broken out upon the extensive working premises of Messrs Wertbiemere and Co ., foreign printers , No . 1 , Circus Place . Before tn engine had time to arrive the flamesi broke thiouzh fte windows and roof , and ascended to a great altitude . The supply of water was abandant , L nearly two hours elapsed before the fire was wbo ' -ly subdued , the premises and their valuable counts being wholly consumed . The total loss is \ er . considerable , but , fortunately , Messrs

      Werthi ; mWe were insured in the Alliance Fire Office . Tic -voiding was the property of Mr Dalton , of Watford , and i t is not known whether or not he was insured ! The origin of the disaster could not be accounted for . About three hours previously a fire , which , atone period , threatened to be attended with ihe mO 3 t disastrous results , broke out in the Kortli Green Saw Mills , North Street , Finsbury , in a shop used for sharpening the saws . The workshop in which the fire commenced was destroyed , and some sta ' -ks of timber in the yard were sli ghtly injured . _ . . .. .

      Fires . — On Monday , between the hours of one and two , a fire that did considerable damage broke out in the premises belonging to Mr S . G . Chapman , a plumber , painter , and glazier , known as Seymour House , No . 38 , Seymour Street , Eu 3 ton Square . It was discovered by the police constable on the beat , aiid an instant alarm was raised . In a very brief period the eng ines of the parish , North-Westera KniWay Company , London Brigade , and West of Eng land Fire-offices arrived , and the flames were speedily extinguished , but not until every article in the front warehouse was much burned . The owners of the premises were from home at the time of the ouii'reak , having left about ten minutes previously . —v . ' uiist the firemen were engaged at this fire , information was conveved to them that another bad

      brokra oat in the parcels office of the North-Western Bafi « ray , in Whtttlebury Street . Various engines ha \ ing been despatched to the spot , the firemen fonnd ih ' at some sulphur had become ignited , and fired the partition in the offices , but the damage done wu inconsiderable , although the alarm was very great—About half-past eleven o ' clock in the morning a fire , which , had it not been opportunely discovered , might have been attended with serious consequences , broke out ia the first floor of the premises belonging to Messrs Nswion and Co . ' , the advertising agents , in Warwi " . ¦ iare , Newgate Str ? e . It was cs . u . ed thtougl .. ig a large are t >; : ' i ; e arswine-rooi : ! s ; ove , wi : ¦ . i the timbers

      CU'V :-the hearih in ilaaies . f ! i en , by ripping op ! h-: luarth and bond timber ; . eded ia gettk t : -b * ilre cu ! —About i \ ie ssnii hour a fire broke su : Hi gh Street , Poplar , to w ' - . icu the fire-engines ¦ & ; aiJed , but owing to ; b $ timel y aid afforded , ih- . l ^ u . age done was confined to the destruction of some furniture , &c—At a late hour on Christmaseve a fire occurred at No . 6 , St Martin ' s Court , Ludgate Kill , in the occupation of Mr Wise , fishmonger . It was caused from a defect in the flue of the house which , set the landing stairs on the second floor in flames ; the firemen were unable to get the fire extinguished untfl the flooring , joists , and part of the stairs , and the landing and ceiling below were cut

      away . —About half-past ei ght , a . m ., a distressing accident happened by fire at 15 , Clare Court , Drury Lane , which it is feared will terminate fatally . A girl , sixteen years of age , named Fanny Tcrner . by some means Dot clearly ascertained set ber dress in flames , and in order to obtain assistance she ran from thefirst flaor into the shop with ihe fire raging round her . As speedily as possible the fire was got out . but not until the poor girl was frightfully burned . She was removed to King ' s College Hospitil without the slightest hope of recovery . —On Monday night , shortly before eight o clock , a fire , attended with a serieus destruction of property , broke out upon the premises belonging to Mr

      Plummet a coal-dealer and timber-merchant , situate at 100 , Great Dover Road , Southwark . The premises , which were four stories high , extended backwards a considerable distance , the back portion , being filled with piles of timber . The discovery was madeandan alarm given by Sergeant Hay of the M division . The flames soon shot through the various windows , and extended almost over the road in one immense bodj ; at the same time they ascended so hi gh that the metropolis was completely illuminated- So strong was the reflection thatmultitudes of spectators lined the various bridges to witness the piogress of the flames . With all possible expedition the engines of the London Brigade , with Mr Superintendent

      Braidwood and Mr Heudersea arrived , as well as the Wet of England engine . At that period the whole of the . timber in the open yard , as well as the front premises , were enveloped in one broad sheet of flame , and the noise occasioned by the combustion of the wood was like the discharge of sundry firearms . Fortunately there wa 3 an immediate and an abundant supply of water fornisljed by the Lambeth Company , from which the several engines were set to work , but , in spite of the most strenuous exertions , the fire continued to spread , and it was not extinguished until the whole of Mr Hummer's

      extensive premises were gutted , the bare walls only remaining . Besides which the adjoining premises of Mr Penny , triraming-seller , are extensivel y damaged , the roof being burnt off . The loss is considerable , and at present it is unknown whether the sufferers were insured . Owing to the absence of all parties connected with the premises oi Mr Hummer , fears were at one time entertained that the inmates had been burnt to death , but , from the examination made by the firemen , there is every reason to believe that no one was in the place when the disaster commenced .

      Fatal Wager . —An inquest was held before Mr Baker , at the Black Lion , New Montague Street , Spitalfields , od the body of C . Ddany , aged 36 , a plasterer . —G . Croft , a plasterer , deposed to having ! known the deceased , who , up to the previous Sunday evening , was in good health . On that evening witness was in company wiih the deceased , in the taproom of the Black Lion , when the deceased wagered , that he would drink twelve pints of porter , within an hour , allowing himself five mmutes to each pint or forfeit ten shillings ' worth of drink . The bet was accepted ; ana the deceased having drunk ten pints within the specified time , was in the act of drinking the eleventh , when he fell to the ground , and was immediately conveyed to his lodgings in a state of insensibility , where he was a'lowed to remain on the floor , wholly unattended , till the follow

      ing morning , when / not having rallied , a surgeon was called in ; but the man died on the next day . — The coroner having animadverted in severe terms apon the grass impropriety of such wagen , the jury returned a verdict of Died from excessive drinking . ' Aodacious Stkeet KoBBKRY . _ 0 n Saturday last , a little girl , nine years old , the daughter of Mr William Redgrave , of York Street , Covent Garden waB returning from the house of an acquaintance of her father ' s and when in Drury Lane , she was asfeedbyauoldwoman . who wore a handkerchief over her eye , to hold some money whilst she tied &er shoe . This she did , and the woman was very profuse m complimenting the child her

      anupon pearance , andhaving got out of her who her parents wer ^ and where they lived , she said ste would see her home , at the same time taking her hand . She led her through some courts and back streets into Lincoln ' s Inn Reids , when the child tail that was not the way to her father ' s . The woman said she was going to make a call on the way , and prevailed on the child to accompany hemp a court in Chancery Lane . There the old wretch dragged her into a water closet , and , threatening to murder he- if ate screamed , proceeded to strip her ( f her clothes .

      She took from her her ghoes and stockings , a smali woolten paletot cloak , bonnet , and her frock / aU of which were new , and said she should return in ! ££ ?? a » e , remamder of her clothes . The chid had allowed herself to be thus stripped from fear , but no sooner had the old hag Appeared 2 ? m f ? > aai he to ° her Lome half dead Wthcold . Information was given to the police , and they have obtained a clue to the thief . Thish the third ca « of the kind that hascome under the notice of the pohce within the last week . 1

      ItidfefK f ™^ PaiiM - ~ Oa *»«*« . Mr SwmF ^ ssa S' ^ rdigir fcoDgeBtioaofthebrain - ver « , f " K Buaat V £ ^ wa rfliWed on Sunday night at Th « r ^ L ° ° oant CarI ° P eIi ( > ' »« Kaniingtoa . whfl / tU f J 8 apP ° te haveb ! en committed While the famil y * re at dinner . Tii 3 rroperfcy % M 1 DClM 1 T 8 « and amounted to npwards of Jkuwnr A ^_ Swcn > 5 .-0 n Tuesday eveaiae bawa n fin and ox . o ' otoak . Mmnj woaxan coSS tacidaby precipitates bm& UtothTSSZ

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      SSS ^ BS ^ S ^ SS I ' » I » ' it Bintaide , Surrey . It appears that the had been drinking at a public-houiB in Bliekfrim-road , with a youog man , when another female entered , to whom ha paid greater attention , and ths unfortunate woman , smarting under the slight , left in tean , and though followed by her male friend , who tailed in reconciling her , she must have immediately proceeded to put her deiign in execution , is he had not parted from her more tban tea minatea when the alarm of huulf-deitruction reached him , on his re . turn homst Masblauohtib . — On Taesday night an inquiry , adjourned from Saturday last , was conduced before Mr W . Carter , the coroner , at the Mitre , Broadwall , Blackfriarj , as to the death of Louisa lies , aged ixty eight , who was alleged to have been killed by the reckless driving of a joung man named John Wether , wuoii in the Berrioe of Meisw M Leod and Harrison , brewers of Stockwell . Mr Jones , of

      BlackfriarsRoad , surgeon , stated , laat night , that he had made ^ postmortem examination of the body . On opening the head , he discovered about three ouneei of extravasated blood , from a rapture of a vessel of the dura mater ; and above Uwasa aealp wound . The rupture was the cause of death , and had been produced by violence . Other witnesses were examined , who deposed to seeing the deceased crossing Blaokfriars Road on the afternoon of Thursday last , when the prisoner Wetter drove from the direction ef the bridge in a four-wheeled ohaise at a rapid pace , and the deoeasedwaa knocked down . Toe driver conld not help seeing her , but the moment she wasdown hs whipped bis bone and drove away . He wig stopped at Rowland Hill ' s Chapel , when he was found to be quite tipsy , and had to be pulled out by a policeman before he would surrender . The jury returned a verdiot of manslaughter against George Wether , and the coroner gave Mb warrant of committal to Newgate .

      Careiaqk Accidknt . —On tnday night week , a man named Clifford , aged twenty-nine , was passing along Charing Cross , and ia erasing the road directly opposite Northumberland flouee , a carriage , driven at a slow pice , belonging to Mr Cripps , of Bond Street , came up , and the unfortunate man was knocked down by the pole axd run over . Three ribs were fractured , a kg broken , and ether extensive injuries were sustained , which canted his death in the Charing Cross Hospital , on Tnesday . Suicide fboh Filial Aipeciioh . — On Saturday last , Mr Mills held an inqneit at the Red Lion ,

      Waiham Green , Falham , on Mary Acne Partridge , aged thirty-fire . About four months ago deceased ' s mother died , snd sinc 9 then she had been exceedingly dejected , through grief for her mother ' s death . Lately ahe betrayed symptoms of insanity , and g&rc up a house which her mother had bequeatbod her to lire with her brother-in-law . On Friday morning week , she put a Wheelbarrow dote to the water butt , and . mouDting the borrow , p itched herself head . furemoEt into the butt , whore ihe was toon after , wards dhoo ' versd by her brother-in-law . Verdiofc , ' Dsceaied destroyed herself , bat there ia no evidenoa of her state of mind at the time . '

      Fatal Accident on the Brighton and South Coisi Railwat . —On Wednesday evening , Mr Pajne , thecaroner , held an inquest at Guy ' s Hospital , on the body of Caiar Augustus Page Bnmstead , aged twenty-osclataaguardin the employ of the above railway company , who came by his death on Tues * da ; tat under the following ciioumatance ? . Henry Divis , railway porter , deposed that , on Tuesday , he travelled on the line by the quarter-part two Croydoi train , from London Btation , of which train dacsssed waa guard . The train Btopped at New Cros * , where it remained the usual time . The Btarting bell having ran ? , the train proceeded to move slowly from the platform . Witness then observed deceased to make a spring at the projecting handle of tbe last

      carriage but three , with the view of assisting himself to his seat on the roof of the carriage . He appeared , however , to miss his grasp , and was immediately preojoitated on to the line between the steps of the car * riage and the platform . He seemed , to have fallen in a longitudinal direction ! and parallel to the platform , for he was csrriei along by the train some slight distance without receiving any injury . In his straggles to extricate himself , however , his body got transversely across the rails , and before the progress of the train conld bs arrested , the three caniagea passed ovsr his body . The practice waa no doubt a

      dangerous one ; bat it was no unusual thing for guards to mount their boxes when the carriages were in motion . Deceased was conveyed to town by the first np-train , and wu removed to Guy ' s Ilospita ' , where he erpired from the extensive bjories he had received , in three quarters of an hour after his admusion . These facts having ^ been corroborated br Benjamin Ford , another railway porter , and Mr Backle , tha surgeon , the coroner summed up , an 1 remarked upon the numerous fatal accidents resulting from the dangerous and foolish practice of attempting to enter a carriage when the train wai in motion . Verdict , ' Accidental death . '

      Gas Explosion at Kings College . —An explosion oi gas took place on Tuesday evening at King ' s College . Some fresh pipes have bsen laid down to convey gas to tome portion ! of the building in which it had not been hitherto employed . One of the workmen engaged in laying down the pipes cut through one of them , not knowing that it was already in connexion with the main pipe , This being the case , however , a quantity esoaped into a large passage on the lower story . About m o ' clock some one went into this passage with a light , and an explosion immediately occurred . No other damage was done , however , than the breaking of about 112 equates of glass . No one wai injured .

      Post Office Notice- —On and after &e 1 st of hnnstj , 1849 , the British rate of postage of 6 d the half-ounce on letters from the United Kingdom , addressed to Mecklenburgh . Schwerin , and conveyed by tie direot Hamburg packets , or by private ship , direct from London or Hull to Hamburg , w 'l ba combined with 4 d the rate due to Meckleaburg-Schwerin , which inolades the transit rate payable to Hamburg . This combined rate of 101 the half-ounee , may either be paid in advance or left unpaid at the option of the sender ; but the payment of the British rate only , according to the existing practice , w U not be permitted .

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      their friends . —H * d it not bean for the exertions of the police it is more than probable that several other persons would have lost their llyes . So great was the crowd outside the theatre that it required the services of between thirty and forty police constables , who were under tha direction of Mr Superintendent Rutt , Inspector Rogers , and Serjeant Roalea to keep the people bick , to that the injured could be removed from the stairs . The whole of the other parties injured were found to be , npon making iaqniries at tueirreipeotive residence in the afternoon , going on as well as could be expected , and nothing fatal in either case was apprehended .

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      MARLBOROUGH STREET , —Boxiko Day . — The sitting magistrate , Mr Hardwick , was engaged all Wednesday morning in disposing of cases of drunk and incapable , whioh figured in tbe police sheets to the number of about fifty , a proportion considerably less than previous 'Boxing Days ' have generally furnished . The excuses wars pr&U ; muoh of the same character—namely , the necessity at this particular season of accepting the hos pitable offers of friends and acquaintances—and this plea was allowed to have its weight , as far as lightening the usual fine , wherever it could be done with propriety .

      At the other offices the magistrates were similarly engaged daring a great part of the day . Numerous oases of attack upon tbe police were also heard , some of them of a very severe and desperate character . SOUTHWARK . —Ahotheb atibmpibd Suioidb —Mary Moss , a respectable-looking woman , was ohareedwith making two attempts to throw herself off Waterloo Bridge into the tiver . —A gentleman named Biokerton Btabd that on the preceding night , as he was walking over Waterloo Bridge , he saw the prisoner frem the opposite side enter one of the reoesses and get upon the parapet . Suspecting that she was about to throw herself over , he ran to the spot , and ' seized her olothea , while she struggled to

      get free and to precipitate beraelf into the river . He had some difficulty in holding her , and being a strong woman , she did break away from his grasp , and again attempted to ascend the parapet , but he prevented it , and a policeman coming up at the time , be r / . ive her into custody . The witness added that he Bnbstqv . eKvly heard her stato that she was prompted to mnko ths attor&pt upoa her life owing to the brutal treatment she oi . in > riencad at the bands of her husband . She was p > .- • fecHy sober at tha time . ' -The poUcoraan said tint , he prisoner ' s husband had been keeping up tha Christmas holida y * , and that he was drunk night and dp . v , and boat and abused her in * uch a manner that ehe was compelled to quit thehouee —The magistrate

      inquired if her husband was made aware of what had occurred , and tbe reply bains in the affirmative , the husband ' s name was then called aloud , but no answer was returned , and the magistrate having remirked on the heartless conduct of the man , said that after the unfortunate womaa had made suoh a determined attempt to put an end to her life , he would not feel justified in permitting ber to go at large , although she promised not to repeat the attempt , without responsible persons becoming Burety for her , and he therefore committed har-. WOSSHIP 8 TREEX -BoBMaT . — Edwin Davl ? , a man of rather stylish appearance , was placed at tbe bar before Mr Hammill , eharged with havfc g feloniousl y received a quantity ef waollon cloth and nnmeroni

      articles of haberdashery , the property of Mrs Catherine Standon , n outfitter at Oxford . It appeared from the evidence thataboutthrsemonthsslnceayoungman named Samuel Marshsll wu engaged by tbe pros « outrix in tbe capacity of thopmaa , end it having been recently die . covered that he had carried oa a systematic course of robbery almost sines tbe first day he had entered ber service he was given Into custody , and subsequentl y consigned to Oxford gaol to awclt his trial . Upon search , ing his papers , a number of letters were discovered amongst them addressed to him by the prisoner Divls , urglug him to transmit te him various articles of olothing , which were particularly specified , and a Jarge parcel , containing a p » l « tot and other property , sb directed bj Marshall , having been stopped in trmullu MrNioholls .

      the manager of the establishment , immediately posted to town , and proceeded on Saturday night , with the officers Fi > z ; erald and Gifford , to the prisoner Davit ' s house , in Dake Street , Spitalfields . Upon asking the prisoner whether he had recently received any parcels from the country , he repliednot , but afterwardsaoknow . lodged that sevoral had bsen sent to him from Oxford , containing various property , no part of which , excepting a satin scarf , remained in his possession . On searching the house , however , they discovered , beftUes the scarf in question , which was valued at a gnlnea , a number of silk and cambric handkerchiefs , artioles of wearing apparel , and a remnant of cloth , the whole of which were identified by Mr Nicholls as forming part of the pro . perty stolen from his employer ' s premises , k large

      packet of letters was also found , relating to the different consignments , in the handwriting of Marshall , sna in answer te corresponding ones from Davis , which were taken from the former at the time of bis apprehension . Amongst the letters In the prleeaer ' a handwriting , addressed to Marshall , and produced by the foreman , was ona which , after adverting to a previous ptopesal to send him something for Chriitmu , proceeded In these words : — 'Yon ars poking jour kindness again upon me , my boy , ¥ nt I will not tax your generosity , so muoh this time . Yon write me that you are eUcktoc it into the Oxford tradesmen . That's right , my boy , keep up your dignity at their expense ; . gentlemen like yen can ' t , of course be expected to wear shabb y clothes . Bat I ' ll tell you what you oen do for me ;'—and the letter then wound np with a request that he would send him a

      paletot and other articles , whioh exactly tallied with the cantents of the paroel above referred to as hating been Intercepted In Its course to the prisoner ' s addreiB In town , A pair of gold sbirMmks , valued at a guinea , but which had bean pledged by the prisoner Davis for 8 s ., were produced by tbe shopman of Mr Darker , a pawnbroker in Houndsdltob , and were also identified by Mr Nicholls , as the property of the proseoutrix . —Mr Pelbam , on behalf of the prisoner , submitted that the evidence in Identification of the property was of too loose aid nnsatlifaotory a character to justify a committal ; but Mr Hammill considered that the ownership and unlawful poisesiion had been fully established , and there , for * ordered ths prisoner to bo conveyed forthwith to Oifotd , in tbecoitody of the omoen . to undergo bis trial before the local authorities .

      CLEBKENWELL . —Ayoungman of respectable but very dfj acted appearance , who gave his name Henry Prlu , was placed at the bar befora Mr Combs , oaarged uader the following oircumstanees : —Police constable No . 62 'Q said , that on Tuesday morning , at an early hour he was oa duty In St John Street , Clerkenwell , when the prisoner came np , and accosting him , said that ho was very nneasy in his mind , and could not get any reat . He added , that a few weeks ago he { picked up a letter In the street , on opening whioh he found it tocsntaln a Bink post bUl for £ 20 7 » , pajable to Mr Samuel Gardener , residing in the neighbourhood of Brentford . He immediatel y proceeded to the Bank of England ,

      where it was owned , and he receipted it in Mr Gardener ' s name . He had ever tlnoe been squandering away tbe money ! b profligacy , and having spent the whole of it , his mind was seized with compunction , and he determlnsd on dtUveriog himself at onoe to the police , in order that be might be brought to jmtloe . A clerk from the Issue-office in tbe Bank of England deposed that the bill was brought to the Bank and paid in on the 20 th ofNovembsr , and had been drawn on the 13 : hefthe same month , and the value was reoelved through Coutts aad Co . Mr Coabe asked the prisoner if he wished , to say anything in bis defence to tbe charge f Prisoner : I have nothing at all to say , only that all stated is quite true . He was then remanded until Monday next ,

      Dabino Highway BoBBsax —Alfred Planer , an un employed toll , collector , was placed at tbs bar before Mr Hammlll , charged with having been concerned with ethers in aiiaoltlDg and robbing Jeremiah Dravsrs , a decent looking labouring man , living In the EaitRo « d , ' Hoxton . The prosecutor , whose f aee was muoh swollen and discoloured , stated , that hiving been apprised on the preceding day that ihe prisoner had offered him an intuit , he proceeded ia seaioa of btm and found him , ! at two o ' clock in the afternoon , with several other men , in front of beer-shep in Plummer Street , City Raad . The moment he made his appearance he waa surrounded and hustled by tbe whole parry , and while endeavouring te disengage himself from them , one of them Btrack him a violent blow ia ihe faoe , and knocked him down . Before he could recover his feet , the prisoner and another knelt upon bis ohest and held him down , whilst a third man commenced rifling his pock . eti , from which he abstracted all tbe Uoie oasb he

      bad about him , amounting to about eight shilling * , in silver and copper money . As soon as he had secured it , he Instantly started off , bnt was tnUrcepted by a person who witnessed the outrage , and who was attempt , ing to seiza him when he was knooked down by two of the gang , and robbed of his pocket handker . chief . Witness , In tbe mean-lme , continued struggling with his aesailanti , but every time he attempted to rise he was struck to the ground by tbe prisoner , who kept him forcibly down until his confederate effected his escape with tbe money , when he and the others also made off in difftrent direction ? . Witness afterwards

      went to the station-house , and furnished such a deiorip . tlon of the personal appearance of tbe prijoner as lod to his B pr « hen > lon . Upoa being asked If he wished to But any quesdonste the witness , the prisoner unguardedly answered , that It would be useless to do so as he ( tbe prosecutor ) was In such a drunken state at the time that he could Hot posBlbly recollect anything about It PoHce . cons : able Jenklnson , however , pro , e 4 that the proiecutor was perfeotly sober when he lodged his oom . plaint at the statlOB-bouse , and that his face and person exhibited severe marks of recent lU-usagu . Tke pri . toner , in defence , repeated tbe same statement , and was reminded for a week .

      WANDSWORTH . —WiUamMayo , a carpenter , in the employ of Hr D . Nicholson , a builder and contractor at Wandaworth , was charged with stealing- , at A tbford two psisenger tickets , of tne value ef Is 83 , the property of tbe 8 euth Western Railway Campany . Jamta Horsford , a ticket-colhctor at Richmond , proved that en Friday evening the prisoner got oat of the five p . m . I

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      Datcbek train , which is first aad seoond « nly , and pretested a third-class ticket frosa Ashford . He demandefl tha excess fare , 43 , and tbe prisoner said be had clreaty paid Is to tke station agent at Asnford , whioh would be the price of a seooud . class tlokei from that piaoe . After some trouble the prisoner paid the mocey demanded , and he was allowed to go about his business , it not being kaowh at that tuns that a frand bad been oommltted , Oharlas Gardiner , the company ' s policeman at Putney itatlon , itated that on the evening previously mentioned , a man , who was now present , alighted from tbe five p . m . despatch train , and banded him tbe ticket produced , whioh purported to be a third , class ticket from Ashford to Wandiworth , Witness told him the ttoketwas wrong , and there was additional

      fare to pay , when he said the porter at the Aihford station , who aoted for the agent during his abienoe , had given It him , and he psld Is 81 fo * it , bat he got out at Patney became ho wanted to oall at Falham . As he was recognised as one of Mr Nicholson ' s work , men he was allowed to go , and the tloket was forwarded in due courae to the agent at Asbfora . Police , constable Bent , of the V division , who is speolallj employed by the South Western Company , « ald . th * prlseoer had been at work at tb « station at Aibfoid and on Friday afternoan , dating tbe absenoe [ of tb . agent , he had sent the porter after some cb ! p 9 , and during bis absence had stolen and stamped tbe tickotn . One was only partially stamped . What led to hi * detection was taking tblrd >( . lats Insttad ol second

      William Field , a labourer , Itid he worked with the prieoner at Aihford , They left W . ndiwcr h together In tha morning , and It wae agreed that prl . « n « r should pay for tbe journoy down end up , and he would pa ) him again la tbe evening . He found the prisoner a * . he station , who . said be had got tbe llokets , and hr received his from him in the train , He did not noMct which class it was , but supposed it -te be a second . The ' pri soner , nbo baa the appearanoo of a respectable man , comp lained bitterly ol bis dettnlloa In Sunburj atatton . hoDBO from Saturday evening , and said he eoulr explain everything satisfactorily ; and having been cautioned by tbe magistrate , ho said that he went into tbe station and asked the porter for a time bill , and wns

      told to take odo ; he did so and at the same time picked op two tlokets whioh were lying there , intending to pay tbe agent for tbem tbe nest morning , as tbr agent had oa other oocatiom trusted htm , Mr Paynter asked if it was truo . tbat . the ageal had been in the babli of trusting the prisoner ? The agent eaid be had le > Mts have a tloket on one ocoasion osly , and then bt had considerable trouble in jetting bis mosey , Mi Pajuter said tha evidence of the porter hi theAthford eution * &r important , mi no should reraitoi ) to * prisoner till Thursday next , but he would t » h& kite sureties In £ 10 each for his re . appoaranca on that day . The . prioocier not being provided with ball , r . a ; locked up .

      THAMES . — Hobbebt . —Mr George Wall , u mpect able-looking man , advanoed in yeare , vitB charged t ? i ' . b being concerned , with others , in stealing four piece * o valuable damask , the property of MeisrsDruoe and Co ., the extensive upholsterers of tbe Bazaar , Pcrlman Square . —On Thursday week , Cabley , 65 E , arrested a man named Arment , in Whlteohap&l , who had on him apiece of damask , of which be coold give no satisfactory account . The constable , after much labour , discovered that tbe damask belonged to Messrs Druco and Co ., who had lest from their Btook aoverat other pleoes . Healso found that three of these pieces had been sold to Mr Jackion , an upholsterer in Shoreditch , at a very low price , and another pleoe to an upho ' sterer named Garter , in tbe Mlnorles ; and though the private marks had been cut off they were recognised by the maker as

      well as by Mr Tray , who oonduota the fcuilnoss for MeiarB Draco . Whea Arment was at this court on Saturday , Mr Bal . antlne , tbe bar * liter , who was engaged by Messrs Druce to conduot the proseoation , Bald his clients were resolved to Institute a Btrict inquiry into the wbole affair . It was tben ascertained that Wall had seld one of the pieces for Arment to Jackson , and Oobley arrested him on Sunday last , at 42 , CnarlcB Street , Hoxton , waere he appeared to be living in a very respeotable style . He admitted having sold the pieoe of damask for Arment to Jackson , bnt as it appeared that he only aoted in his professional capacity ef a commission agent , he was released on his . own recognlsanots to attend here on Friday next , when Arment will be brought up fo ? final examination .

      Chbistmab Fbomo . —Jamea Perry , a mechanio , « a brought beiore Mr Yardley , charged under tbe following circumstances ' . —The complaisant , James Parcell , residing in Shakespeare ' s Walk , Shadwell , Bald he was slar-ned at a late hour on Christmas night by a man entering his roam and palling fcim oat of bed , As soon at be recovered from tbe fright , be collared the hvrader , and asked him who he was and what he wanted , on which tho stranger Bald be was in bis own room and wanted to go to bed . He endeavoured to get tho man from the roos , when a violent struggle ensued , and his night shirt , the only garment he had on , was torn ta pieces . The noise brought several periobb to the apartment with lights , and the tiisonor

      was secured , bnt not befora he made a desperate re slstance . —The prisoner said , be had been cojoylng the festivities of Christmas with bis friends , and feeling 111 , he left them , with the intention of returning home , and strayed into tho complainant ' s house , the doer of which was open , by mistake , he believing it to be his own , He waj fur gone with liquor st the time , and scarcely knew what he was about . —Mr Tardley asked the prisoner where he lived , and he named a street half-a-mlle frota Shakespeare ' s Walk ; on which the magistrate said it was strange Indeed he should have committed such a mistake ; and although he acquitted him of any intention ef committing a felony , he must order him to pay els ahllllngs for 'the man's shirt he had destroyed , or it be Imprisoned for fiva dayi .

      Mobdkboui Assault . —Jobs Kelly , an Irish mendl . oant , in the garb of a sailor , who has been in custody a fortnight , was ohargad with feloniously catting and wounding Charlotte ( hunell , The proseoutrix , a woman of the town , who was disoharged . from tha bospltal on Saturday , stated that on the night of the 14 . 0 Inttant ehe was la the Sir Sidney Smith public bouse inDook-street , Whlteohapel , in company with a sailor , when the - ' prisoner eatered and demanded relief In a very Improper manner , and on her tilling him to go away , he said to her young man ' Can ' t you help a poor — shipmate V She told him if he asked for relief in a proper manner oho would sot hinder her companion from giving him seme money , bat if he insisted npon it as a right , he had better take himself

      away . He tben offered a jacket for sale , bat the sailor refused to purchase , and the prisoner tben abased her in a gross manner , using tbe most foul language and epithets of a melting description , of which the witness gave the Court a sample , She tben gave the prisoner a shove with both bands , and told him to get away . He immediately knocked her down with his fist , ; and as she was rising he stabbed ber ia the face wi ; h some blunt instrument , and she fell again . She got beblsd a man for proteotlon , and the prisoner again struok her and inflioted another wound . It was such a dreadful blow that it took her senses away , Francis Smith , a respectable man , who keeps sailors' board , ing noise in Glasshouse street , Upper Sut Smlthfield ,

      confirmed the tvidence of the prosecntrlx , and stated that the instrument with which tbs proseoatrlx was stabbed was the blast heel of a razor . The prlsoaer ran away after he bad inflioted the injuries , aad the tritnoss pursued him , and upon overtaking him In the street , he made a larious attack upon bim , and said , ' H « re goes , for Ufa or death , ' and aimed a blow at his head with tbe rtz ) r in his band . Witness stooped and the blow fell oa his breast , and his coat was cut and torn . He then tripped up the prisoner , {¦ 11 upon him , and prevented him doing any farther mischief . The prisoner made a long and somewhat ingenious de . fence , aud endeavoured to make it appear that the prosecutrlx fell upon tbe heel of the rczor which he held Id his hand . The prisoner was committed .

      MARYLEBONE . — Uitebiko Codhtebfeit Com . —A youug man who gave his name Thomas Pneny , * as placed at the bar before Mr Brougbton , charged with havlag uttered counterfeit coin , and It is supposed that he is connected with others who for some time paat have gone about dtf / audlng tradcspople in various parks of town . —It appeared , from the evidence whioh was gone tnto , that one day last week tbe prisoner went to tbo house of Mrs Humphreys , who keeps a small coffee suop cear the Boston Btation of the London and North Western Railway , and there called for a cup of coffee , for which he paid with a piece purporting to be a orown , and which was pat away bj the poor woman , who was aniieus to make up ber quarter ' s rent , A night or two afterwards be had a cap of tea and bread and butter , for which he paid with a com resembling a half sovereign , asd he then reoeived as change 93 . 9 d . On Friday night last he cams

      in a different attire , and asked for a cap of caff jp , which was immediately given to him , and upon this occasion the prosccutrix also gave him change for a half soverei gn , Bad amongst the silver whioh see baaded to him were three half crowns . He returned to her tne of them * hlcs he said w » b bad , aud she gave another in exchange , upen whioh he went away . She then examined a bag , in which she kept her money , and ascertained that in it were a crown piece and four half-sovereigns all of them counterfeits . On the oeit day ( Saturday ) the prisoner again attempted to pasB off a spurious half-sovereign in the aame way as before , and be was thea given Into custody . Two of tho half-sovereigns produced and the orown-plece were distinctly traced to the prisoner , some of whose companions had no doubt leagued with him in bis nefarious practioes . —The prisoner wsb remanded till Thnra-Ay .

      Attempted Suicide fbou' Dibibeis . — A decently dressed female , named Elizabeth Trench , was charged with having attempted to oemsntt sulolde by throwing herself into the Regent ' s Canal . —174 D said that , after seelog the prisoner throw herself Into the water , he tuocceded In getting her out ; she was quite insensible , and life seemed newly extinct . Other evidence wa » gone Into , from which it appeared that the poor creature was teojly in the greatest distress imaginable ; ber husband was out of employ , and ehe had ten ohildron to support ; it was nothing but tho prospeot of starvation which Im . pelled her te throw boreelf in tho water , Bho having Dam unabla to obtain more tbau a loaf or two occasionally from tne workhouse . Tne prUoner , who rsgrotted having made the eulcldal attempt , was dtoocarged atd the worthy magistrate gave Whlpp , the officer , 5 s to be s ? a ? JtH 5 r * " " ¦*—ita -

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      causes of evil over the earth may be removed , and the causes of good may be made to supersede them . . Is it not , then , man ' s highest interest to exert all his power to acquire the knowledge to remove the causes of evil from his race , and to supersede them with those causes which shall produce good only , and to apply this divine knowledge to immediate practice ? True charity , based on the Knowledge of the laws of humanity , applied to practice , under tha direction of thn Rp . ianp . n of tJin

      overwhelming influence of circumstances over human nature , will easily and speedily effect this great change in the condition of man over the earth , and in its wondrous results greatly surpass the accumulated wonders of the past period of human existence . Thus will the cause of good and evil become familiar to man , and for the future be' placed , by this new knowledge , under his control ; he will thus be new-formed in mind , regenerated , made rational , intelligent , beautiful and hi ghly refined in person , manner and conduct .

      Prepared thus , by the influences of superior and good circumstances only , he will be ready to receive the wedding garments to enable him to become an inhabitant , not of an imaginary heaven in or above the clouds , but of a substantial paradise upon our own earth . Then , and not till then , will there be real Liberty , Equality , and Fbaternitt ; and this is the change for which Europe is today so blindly contending for and against . The Socialists blindl y attempting , with inefficient knowled ge and an erroneous spirit , to attain it ; while their opponents , possessing only the errors of past times , vainly oppose , and desire to retain the unjust and absurd state of things as they are , producing to all , endless evils and miseries .

      The contest between the existing . false and irrational system which is most injurious to all , and the true and rational system which will be permanently most beneficial to all , may , arising from the present irrational state of both contending parties , be severe and cruel in its progress ; but as Truth is about to prevail over error , the ultimate result admits of no doubt . Robert Owen .

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      Effect of Fbight —One of tbe moHt affecting occurrences in the lite of Campbell was the conveyince by himself and wife of their only boh to a madhouas as an incurable lunatic Ail tbe particulars about that melancholy episode are of the most pain * ful interest . Describing many of the inmates , the post Bays ' . — 'You may remember a horrible incident , a few years ago . on the Salisbury road , when , a lion broke loose from a caravan . All escaped into a house b it two men , one of vhom was killed by the wild beast on the spot ; the other flew to an ad * jacent house- It was locked by those who fled to it for shelter . The poor fugitive saw the lion , after killing hit companion , stalk slowly towards the house . He shrunk up to the aide of the wall . The monster glared upon him , but , by some

      unaccountable accident , passed hire , and went en . At that moment , he said , be felt exactly an if half of bis bead had bten torn off . Nevertheless his senses did not immediately forsake him , for he proceeded to London , and had composure enough to draw up a distinct account of the catastrophe ; but his intellect pooh after fell to ruins , and he is now incurable . '—Beat * tie ' s Li fe of Campbell Wrecks . —The brig Margaret , of and from Stcekton , coal laden , and bound tor Aberdeen , wai wrecked on tha morning of the 20 th , in attempting to make the harbour . The eta at tbo time was running very high , and a strong gale blew from the 3 * ath east , Na sooner did the vessel get among the broken waves than she ceaatd to obey her helm . When almost close U the pier-head , and jntt about to enter , a heavy tea , struck her on the starboard side , and hove her to tbe north of the pier , while a

      succeeding one carried her farther t ) the back of the breakwater , where ahe struck . Immediately after , a tremendous swell swept the deck , and washed away the m&Bter . The mate and reat of the crew got on shore by means of life buoys . The body oi the master was recovered the same evening . —The Clydesdale , of Glasgow , Thomas Auld , master , l&den with cotton , from Ctmlestown for Glasgow , waa totally wrecked on the island of Colonsay on the night of the 15 th . The orew , including the master aod mate , consisted cf twenty-two ; of that number fifteen were taken on shore , and tho reat drowned ; nine of the number were first saved by some boats belonging to Golonsav . The captain and fire men remained on the wreck for several hours , and would have perished had nst the wreck left the rock on whioh it first Btruck , and come to the shore of tha island , when they got on shore .

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      CORK . GENERAL AVERAGE PRICES OF BRITISH CORN Forth * Week , eliding December 28 th , 1818 , made up from the Returns of the Inspectors in the different Cities and Towns in England and Wales , per Imperial Quarter . I Wheat I Barley I Oats I Rye I Beans 1 Peas PRICE 17 d 6 d | 31 s 4 d lS ; 4 d I 29 s Id I 83 s 7 d 37 sl 0 d D 0 TIES ON FOREIGN CORN . Wheat I Barley I Oats I Rye I Beans I Peas | 8 s Od I 2 s Od ' 3 s Od | 21 Od | 2 s Od 12 s Od Brkad . —The prices of wheaten bread in the metropo . Its are from 71 d to 8 d ; of household ditto , 5 Ad to 7 d per < lbs loaf . CATTLE , ic .

      SMrrnriEiP , Monday , Dec , 25 . —For the time of year our market to-day was very scantily supplied with beasts , both as te number and quality . Although the attendance of bujers was limited , tbe beef trade waa somewhat brisk , at , in most instances , an advance in tbe quotations of quite 2 d per 81 bj , and at which a clearance was rea . dily effected . At least two thirds of the beasts came to hand from Lincolnshire . The supply of sheep ( 5 , 500 head ) was very small . All breeds were in good request , and tbe currencies had an upward tendency . Only four calves were in the market , and which sold at late rates . The sale for pigs was steady , at fully previous rates . Hsad of Catths at Smiihueip . Beasts 1 , 0171 Calves 4 Sheep and Lambs ... 6 , 500 Pigs 69

      Price per stone of Sfcs ( linking the offal . ) Beef ... 8 a . 2 d . to . 4 s . 2 d . I Teal ... 4 s . 0 d . to 5 s . fld . Mutton ... 8 0 ... 6 0 I Pork ... 8 18 ... 4 8 Newgate and Lkadbhhau , Monday , December 11 . — Inferior beef 2 s * 6 d to 2 s lod , middling ditto 3 s od to 8 s 2 d , prime largo 8 s 2 d to Ss 4 d , prime small Ss 6 d to 38 8 d , large pork 3 s 6 d to " 4 s 4 d , Inferior mutton 3 s 2 d to 3 s 4 d , mid . dling ditto 3 s 6 d to 3 s lOd , prime ditto 4 s Od to 4 s 4 d , veal 3 slO d to 4 s 8 d , small pork 4 s 6 d to 4 s 8 d , per 81 bs by the carc&so .

      PROVISIONS . London , Monday , Dec . 25 th . - We experienced a seasonable demand for butter during the past week , and a moderate amount of business transacted , chieHy in low priced descriptions ; and in some cases an advance of Is to 2 s per cwt . was realised towards the close of the week . The beneficial change in the weather has given holders increased confidence . We have to notice hut a sluggish , demand for bacon , and the sale 9 effected were quite of a retail descri ption . Price * ransa from 80 s to 51 b landed .

      POTATOES . Sodthwah k Watkuside , Dec . 11 . — The arrivals of the past week , both coastwise and continental , have be : n bo extensive that c-ur market is supplied with a larjer quan . tuy of potatoes than it has been any one week the last tnrea years , which , with a very dull sale , has caused prices to go down considerably with all sorts . There were a few choice York Regents sold the early part of tne week at a high figure , but , with that exception , every sort hag been and is heavy , at the following quotations : — Yorkshira Regents , lOus to 151 s ; Newcastle and Stockton ditto , 100 s to 12 's ; Scotch ditto , 100 s to l « s ; ditto cups , 60 s to 90 b ; ditto reds , 60 s to 80 s ; ditto whites , 6 Bs to 80 s ; French whites , 60 s to 95 s ; Dutch , 40 s to 60 s .

      WOOL . Citt , Monday , Dec . 25 h . —The wool market haa been steady . The imports into London last week were more limited ; comprising 134 bales from Germany , 271 from Egypt , 171 from South Australia , and 16 ) fro n Odessa . Tnere are fair orders for fabrics to hand , by tha last steamers from North and South America and India ,

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      THE RATIONAL MODE OF PERMANENTLY AND PEACEABLY ADJUSTING THE PRESENT DISORDERED STATE OF EUROPE . ( Concluded from the Star , Dec . 23 . ) Law 13 . "Thatit ia a law of nature , obvious to our senses , that the internal or external character of all that have life upon the earth , is formed for them and not by them ; that in accordance with this law , the internal and external character of man is formed / or him and not by him , And therefore men cannot rationally have merit or demerit attributed to them , or be praised er Warned , or rewarded or punished .

      REASONS FOR THIS LAW . No one possessing the ' power of accurate observation and reflection , can doubt that that which is created or formed ia unconscious of its own formation , and that that which has life becomes conscious of its own existence ^ only when formed . But such has been the insane state of mind of our ancestors , that they have attributed the possession of the qualities given to the individual human being created , or formed , tlje merit or demerit of creating those qualities himself , although he could have had no knowled ge whence those qualities proceeded , or any control over their formation or combination .

      This mistake has been the GREAT ERROR of the human race from the ( beginning of known history ; the origin of evil , the source of every crime , and now the chief , if not the j sole cause of misery throughout all nations ' and people . It is the most fatal error ever made by man , and now bars his progress to rationality ! de- ! ranges his mental faculties , and divides him from his fellows all the world over . On this fatal foundation have all the institutions Jef man been based , This has been the source of [ his religions , governments , codes of lawB ,

      nn < l classification of society ; of his injudicious rewards , and unjust and cruel punishments ; of his fears in this life of a future diabolical everlasting punishment , and of hopes in another state of existence of happiness , happiness which , but for this error , might bej soon securely enjoyed in this life , and renewed I and improved through every succeeding ! generation . In short , it is vhe cause of making j man irrational , disunited , uncharitable , and I miserable , when he might now be made highly intelligent , charitable , kind , united , and happy ,

      'Ihe first step to ameliorate the condition of the human race , and to put it in the direct road to union , rationality / and happiness , will be for the authorities of the world openly to abandon this fatal falsehood , and all its misery-producing consequences in practice . Law 14 . "That the knowledge of this fact , ( see previous law , ) with its all-important consequences , will necessarily create in every one a new , sublime , and pure spirit of charity fer the convictions , feelings , and conduct of the human race , and dispose them to be kind to all that has life , seeing that this varied life is formed by the same Incomprehensible Power that has given man his peculiar faculties . "

      REASONS FOR THIS LAW . Without charity—pure ] practical charity for mankind—there can be no real virtue or rationality in the mind or conduct of men but this charity has never yet existed among any nation or people . It is not to be given by precept ; as well may the human race be told to fly without giving efficient wings , as to tell them to feel universal charity without creating the cause which can alone produce it . Charity is a necessary effect , emanating alone from an accurate and extensive knowledge of human nature ; from knowing that the natural and

      qualities propensities of men are formed for them at birth , without their consent and knowledge , and that their subsequent character and conduct are the necessary result of the inferior or superior circumstances in which they are placed by society . Did the authorities of the world possess this invaluable knowledge , they would know how easily and certainly all men might be made from their birth to receive this knowledge , and be made to become not only charitable in mind and conduct to the full extent of its divine expression , but , in consequence , to be also good , wise , and happy .

      With this knowledge of humanity , the most important knowledge yet acquired by man , the human race will attain a new life ; anger , and all the vicious and inferior passions , with all falsehood , will die their natural death ; truth , unalloyed with deception of any kind , will become the universal language of men ; they will lave new minds and feelings formed within them ; strifes and contests will cease universally ; man will not only be kind to his own

      species , but , to the extent practicable , to all that has life , The earth , as population can be made to increase , will be reclaimed from its original wild condition , drained , fertilised , made healthy and beautiful ; and humanity , for the first time , will be enabled to enjoy , in innocence and purity , its natural rights , " unrestricted except by the mind highly cultivated , knowing how anddesirousto create the greatest permanent amount of happiness for all .

      If there be wisdom and intention in creation , it must be to produce , at the earliest period , the happiness of all sentient beings . Increased knowledge in man will stimulate him to aid , with all his wondrous powers , this great advent of all existence . Innumerable , illimitable new powers from science have been given to aid man ' s limited natural power , to enable him to become an active agent in making our planet a terrestrial paradise . Pure , genuine , universal charity is the onl y true motive power that can work

      these all-powerful means for their rightful purposes , and secure , in perpetuity , the happiness of terrestrial existence ; and thus will man cease to contend with his Creator , and longer to oppose his ignorance or inexperience to the wisdom of nature . Law 15 . " That it is man ' s highest interest to acquire an accurate knowledge of those circumstances which produce EVIL to the human race and of those which produce GOOD , and to exert all his powers to remove the former from society and to create around it the latter only . '

      REASONS FOR THIS LAW i ft r i ences yet ac q « ired by man , the knowledge of the science of the overwhelming influence of circumstances over human nature , is beyond all estimate , the most important , l he tuture happiness or misery of all of the human race depend upon it , and are now under us immediate control . With this knowled ge , immediately , wisely acted upon the population of the world may soon be reeved from its present sin and misery . Were all the late scientific great improvements and discoveries introduced over the world , metal money reduced to dross , and industry and wealth everywhere made to superabound , and to be superabundant for

      the rational wishes of all , Europe and North America may be made rational and happv in ess than five years , and Asia and Africa in less than ten . EVIL is the Effect of bad circumstances , created and maintained by inexperienced and hitherto ignorant man . GOOD is an effect that will be produced b y superior circumstances that will be created by man as soon as he can be made a rational being , with sufficient knowled

      practical ge to properl y combine those superior circumstances - circumstances o saaMtfetrsi'sss world wi ! nfoJ apidl 3 r i apPr 0 aches whe" the 8 SS 5 &S 3 ttssssfesiS

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      MELANCHOLY OCCURRENCE AND LOSS OF LIFE AT THE VICTORIA THEATRE . On Tuesday night a terrible catastrophe occurred at the Victoria Theatre , by which tno lives were lost and many persons seriously injured . It appears that during the afternoon an immense number of perrons had congregated at the gallery door of tbe theatre anxious to witness the pantomime , and the instant the place was opened a general rush to the top of the gallery ataira oconrred . The consequence was that in a few seconds the entire stairs were crowded with men , women , and chilf-sn . For some time they remained packed together without erinoing any disposition to create a riot , but at length they felt the inconvenience of being bo closel y wedged to gether that they could scarcely breathe and the

      -, par ties on the upper part of the stairs made an endea vonr to get out , when the weaker portion were thrown down and trampled upon . The criea at this period became truly appalling . The : e whe were at the bottom of the stairs , not liking to lose the position they had taken , rafoged to moye an inch backward . Tne crowd above cried as loud as they were abe to those below to let them get down , bnt with ont avail , when all of a sudden the pressure from above forced those fcelow against the hand rail which gave way , and abrat thirty persons were thrown dowa npon the crowd standing there . At that titce the clearance of the lower stairs caneed those above to descend , and a general movement from the top to the lower part of the stain naturally followed . Two parties were thrown down ai . d trampled upon at the landing jnBt above the spot where

      the hand nil was forced down . One or two men who were on the stairs , on seeing the people faintina from the want oCair , handed them down as wall as they were able , and they estimated the number thus rowed at nearly thirty . They were forthwith taken so Mr SewelTaanrgery , when it wa 3 found that two Oi the aofottanate sufferers were qiite dead . They were both lads , and apparently about the aees of fiftean and sixteen respectively . They were forthwith removed to the vaults of St John ' i Chnrch to ba identified . The other Bnfferers ware alto taken te Mr Sewell ' g , and were attended to by that gentleman , and also by Mr Brookes and Mr Fairbrother , two other surgeons linng in the immediate vioioity . Every asiutance was rendered te the parties , two of wh « n were sent home , although suffering from severe brouet .

      ABDiriOlfAL PABIICOLARS . On Wednesday morning an inquiry wai instituted by the lenee and other officials of tbe theatre , with a view of ascertaining tbe precise cauua of the disaster , and for the adoption of such steps as should prevent the recurrence of a similar calamity ; bat tbe particulars atated upon such an examination—it not being an official one— _ cannot with safety ba relied aeon . No coroner ' s inquest has yet been held . — Daring the forenoon of Wednesday the bodies of th deceased were identified by their relatives , when it was ascertained that their names were William Phillips , of No . 5 , Turk ' s Row . Chelsea ; he was about 11 years ef age ; and John Cattello , aged 15 , of No . 2 , Plough Court , Fetter Lane . Several anxiouB parents , who had children tnissinj , vitited the ohurch

      mthecourfe of the day for the purpose of viewing the bodies—thus affording melancholy evidence of tha faot that a number of children and young persons ate frequently lost ia London ia the coaree of a night oi whom the public hear nothing , and the knowledge of whose loss is confined to tho bereaved family circle —Workmen were engaged during the day in repairing that part of the hand rail whioh had been lorn down . —The following were among the persons injured - . —Leonard Tuchin , of 33 , Causton Street , Regent Street , WerfminBter , severely ipjured ; Henry lain , Providence Yard , Vauxhall bridge Road , seriously injured , with concussion of the brain : Henry Neat , 97 , Wiekam Street VanrinU , slishtlj injured ; George Astell , 3 , John ' s Place . White Haras Street , severely injured . There were several other persons who were hurt , bat they were taken home by

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      ft THE NORTHERN STAR Decembeb 30 , 1848 .

      Printed By William 1uder, Of No. 5, Mnccwsfleu.

      Printed by WILLIAM 1 UDER , of No . 5 , MnccWsfleU .

  • Citation
    • Northern Star (1837-1852), Dec. 30, 1848, page 8, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse-os.kdl.kcl.ac.uk/periodicals/ns/issues/vm2-ncseproduct1503/page/8/