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Sfje ittetvopolte . Births axd Deaths ix London . —By the returns of the registrar-general , for the week ending Feb . 17 , it appears that the numbers were : births , 1 , 407 ; deaths , 1 , 225 . The present return is of an unfavourable character . It shows that 1 , 225 deaths were registered in the week , while the average is 3 , 109 . The increase is still the effect of epidemics , to which 333 deaths are ascribed , or 112 more than have occurred on the average at this season . Amongst these scarlatina and hooping cough ( which Lave doubled the weekly mortality from these causes of previous years ) , diarrhoea and cholera are observed to predominate . The mortality from cfcolera and typhus was last week the same , namely 49 deaths—the latter disease havina ; declined to near
the average . A considerable decrease continues to be observed of deaths from consumption ; they were 124 , or 24 less than the avcraec . Inflammation of the lums is also less than the average , while bronchitis fi considerably above it , though the two diseases usually rise ami fall together , ftimw ™* tis the deaths were W 3 , tbc axpra- 'c being vb ; ii om pneumonia there were SB , though H 0 is the average . Some of the above facts ^" Fj *^ intimate connexion with * e unusmi stag of U j e € ^ f ' eos r ^ 4 ^^ i ^^ jjs ss yf ^ Sav , the reading was 30 715 which continued tiU -Mbiidav at 2 h . a . m . The highest temperature was 57 £ , on Thursday ; the mean of the week
was 40 7 . „ „ _ The late Hobbehy at St . Paxcras Workiiocse . At the parish vestry , held on Wednesday week , the chairman , Francis Healcy , Esq ., related all the circumstances which had come io the knowledge of the Board of Directors , founded upon the evidence they had obtained , and the rigid investigation they had , with the aid of Mr . Inspector M'Culloch and Mr . Lockei-by , of the detective force , pursued in the matter . * This statement , like the evidence already riven , tends to show that the thief not only
• well understood the premises , but also all the business transactions of the hoard . In addition to the £ 20 in gold abstracted , there had also been taken tfiree deposit receipts of the London and Westniin-St 3 r Bank for the sum of £ 1 , 000 each . The chairman Stated , that the board had felt it their duty to suspend the vestry clerk for one week , and had given him six weeks to make up all his accounts . The directors have offered n , reward of £ 50 for such information as shall lead to the apprehension and conviction of the offender or offenders .
Inquests . —Tkk Fike is White-Street , Sorrn-¦ h-a rk . —On Monday before Mr . Payne , at the Constitution , White-street , Southwark , respecting the fire which occurred upon the premises of Mr . Gresory , in the same street . After several witnesses " had been examined , the jury returned the following verdict : — " That there was not sufficient evidence to prove how the fire originated . " De . ytii from Fire . —On Monday , before Mr . Bilker , at the London Hospital , on the body of Sophia Petet , who was burned to death under the following circumstances : —The deceased was the ¦ widow of a labourer , and the mother of three children , and she obtained a livelihood by washing . On Tuesday week last the deceased was standing near the fire , when her clothes ignited , and she was immediately enveloped in names . Several persons went to her assistance , but before the fire was extinguished her body was burnt in a most dreadful manner . She was removed to the hospital , where she died on the following Friday . Verdict— "Accidental ilwith **
Death from Starvation . —On Monday before Ml . Carter , at the Wevniouth Arms , Ifewington , on the bodv of Mary Ami Ward , aged five weeks . —Mary Wafd stated that the deceased was her daughter . "Witness her husband , and deceased , occupied a small room . Her husband was a travelling tinker . "Witness very seldom had any money from Mm , for he was a man of drunken habits , and frequently illused her . The only means she had of getting a little fool'was by shirt making , for which she was paid three-halfpence each ; and all witness could earn , by working from eight in the morning until after midnight , was 4 id . Witness , since her confinement , had suffered great privation , and bein g unable to afford the deceased , any nourishment irom the breast it was brought up by
hand . Witness , when first confined , received Is . 6 d . and a loaf from the parish , but , after that , the board of guardians refused assistance . The deceased was therefore placed under the care of a female named Sarah Bellamy , who lived with them . "Witness became very ill froni -want of food . On Saturday , the lOtliinst ., the deceased was entirely without food , but on the two subsequent days she received a little , but at last became very weak , and on the next day expired . —Mr . W . Fairbrother , surgeon , stated that the body of the child was xery much emaciated , -which lie attributed to a . want Of nutritious food . There was tubercular disease , which was very common with children brought np ~ i jhand . —Verdict , " Death from tubercular disease arising from the want of proper nourishment . "
Tuesday . —Death from Chloroform . —Before Sir . Bedford , at the Westminster Arms , Marketstreet , Westminster , on Samuel Bennett , a labourer , aged 3 fi , whose death was caused by chloroform ¦ while he was under a surgical operation . —Julia Hennett , widow of the deceased , said that about six weeks a < ro her husband was employed at the Earl of Ellesmere's , Bridgewater House , St . James ' s , when ie received an injury of the right great toe , which confined him to his home , lie was attended by Mr . Frith , one of the surgeons at the Westminster Dispensary , and on Friday night last , four small bones -were removed from the toe . The following day some medical gentlemen came from the dispensary for the purpose of removing the toe . Previous to
the operation they stated that they vould apply chloroform if hoi husband wished to avoid pain . They tried some chloroform , hut which had no effect . One of the medical gentlemen then asked the deceased whether he would have the toe taken off without chloroform . When he observed that he ¦ was suffering great pain , and that he would submit to the operation without chloroform . Some more chloroform was obtained . Witness was not in the room when the second application of the choloroform took place , In about two hours ' time she was told that her husband was dead One of the surgeons said it was a bad job , but that they liad " done their best . —Mr . T . Cowing , landlord of the house where the deceased lived ,
stated that the deceased made no objection to the use of chloroform , and that by the direction of one of the surgeons he ( witness ) went to Mi . Ilooper , chemist , 1 ' all-mall East , and purchased an ounce of chloroform . It was applied with a handkerchief io the deceased ' s nostrils . The deceased got very restless , and required four persons to hold him . After the " struggling" had ceased and the amputation was performed , deceased went off apparently senseless . The medical gentlemen immediately tried to restore decease to consciousness . They opened the window , inflated his lungs , threw cold water on his face , and poured some brandy into his mouth , but he never recovered . —Coroner : Are
yon snre that the deceased was aware that they were going to apply chloroform ?—Witness : I am quite sure , and that he made no objection . —By the Coroner : The operation was performed in about a minute and a quarter , when the deceased ceased to breathe . —The widow of the deceased stated that ¦ while the last witness was gone for someeldorofoim , her husbandexpressedhisobjeetiontohave itapplied . —Mr . W . Brown , assistant to Mr . Xunu , sunreon to the Dispensary , had no doubt that death arose from the action of choloform on the nervous system . Dr . Arledge , Mr . . Xunn , and Mr . Frith were present at the jKtst mortem examination . —Dr . Arledsre stated that lie observed the walls of the heart deficient in their muscular fibres . That would weaken the
action of the hear t , -which , in consequence , would he more likely to be influenced by the inhalation of choloform . The heart was not in that state that its condition could be observed during life . He was of opinion that every cave had been used . Much larger doses of choloform had Leen given to patients without injury . —Verdict , " That the deceased died from the effects of chloroform , properly administered . " Eabk Closing Movement rx the City . —On Saturday last , the majority of the most influential manufacturers in the City of London closed their several places of business at one o ' clock in the dav , in pursuance of a resolution passed at a numerous meeting of merchants and others on the 31 st of
January last . The large warehouses in Fridaystreet , TFatling-streef , Cheapside , Aldermanbnrv , and other places in the eity , were entirely shut upj as on Sundays . One important effect of * this new system will be that the carrying trade , which , in consequence of the Lite closing ofthe manufacturers ias hitherto been conducted after eleven o ' clock on Saturday nights , and during a portion of Sunday will now be completed at an early hour on Saturday afternoon . CoMMITTAl OF A POLKE COSSTABLE FOR FelOJTT —Nicholas Halliday , 109 ,-K , -was finallv examined at
ihe Thames Poliee Office , on Monday / charged with steahog a £ 5 JBank of England note , number 90 , 609 . The note was posted in a letter at the Stratford office on the 9 th nit , bnfc never reached its destination . It was traced by Peake , an officer attached to the post-office , to the yosscssion of the prisoner , who had given it to his landlady in payment of a W , i ^ P lc £ n S Progress of the note , w ^ ffi bhowin S > w it was abstracted from the pst-offiee , was given , and the prisoner , who said tZ £ & £ ? l 2 VT ¦ W" ** Stratford , SS
IilPBOrainiS is tu Ciir . ^ On Monday work men commenced removing thebuUding , Kd £ r between Bud ge-row and tnVdd Churchward oS ^ chary , for the purpose of for mingthe newlme of strojtfrom Walbrobk io St . Paul's , ! . The whole 3 ge house , between ¦ TuYnwI ^ el-hm '«? -DowgaS torehsea : caapletity-nuafc ¦ - .-. ' > -. ¦ ;¦ ¦ .
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£ t ) e iJvomucctf . TOSBRinGE WKU . S .-FORGKD BAXK OF EXGL . l Mj XoiES .-An individual who came * om the metropolis bv the South Eastern Railway on Friday week , M » inundated this town with forged Ban * . of Eg taJ S 5 jSriS «^ ff £ i 3 ! S ttzr ^ gg&arit rn ^^ m Jhich abused suspicion . Inquiries wre instituted £ following morning , when it was found that all the notes were forgeries , and that hehadleft the preceding evening The £ 10 notes are dated LonffoMth af Octofcr , l « 8 , Xo . V K ^ aM ; the Jto . Xewcastlc-upon-Tyne , 28 th of August , 1847 . The individual who missed them is a man about
fortyfive fair , dressed in black , and apparently afflicted with asthma , A person of this description passed forged notes ofthe same date , to a large amount , at Guildford , on Thursday week last . Peterborough . —Tue Murder of Major Maiion . —On Wednesday week last , the Peterborough constable , Taylor , succeeded in apprehending Thomas Brennan , described as of Carroward , in the county of Roscommon , labourer , at the house of Mr . Spencer , called Woodcraft Castle , near Peterborough , he being charged with the murder of Major Mahon , in Ireland , on the 2 nd November , 1847 . Brennan is supposed to be the man who fired the fatal shot . A true bill having been found against him bv the crand iury at the last Roscommon
assizes , a bench warrant was issued for his apprehension , and placed in the hands of Taylor , who had received information he was somewhere in this neighbourhood . Taylor had been engaged for the last three weeks in devising means for apprehending the prisoner , who had nearly escaped ; for , on searching the prisoner , a letter from his brother was found upon him , stating that his passage was paid to America by his sister , and that the vessel would sail in a few days for Liverpool . Taylor ultimately succeeded in finding him , in company with five other Irishmen , at Mr . Spencer ' s . lie immediately went with two assistants well armed , and , after a struggle succeeded in capturing him . lie then lodged him safely in gaol at Peterborough , where he will
remain until orders are received from Ireland . £ S 00 reward has been offered by the family of the major , and £ 209 by government , for the apprehension of Brennan and his accomplices . Durham . —The Game Law Tragedy near Kabt Castle . —A short time since a murder waa perpetrated on the game preserves of his Grace the Duke of Cleveland , adjacent to his princely seat , Raby Castle . One of his watchers , George May , after being missing more than three days , was discovered in a remote plantation a corpse , having been shot through the head . Last week three poachers , known by the names of John Xesham , "Nicholas Peverley , aud George Smith , were apprehended on suspicion of being concerned hi the assassination . Nothing being adduced against Smith , he was discharged . The other two were removed to separate prisons , Bishop Auckland and Staindrop , for
connnement . On Tuesday week a communication was made by Peverley , which led to the immediate apprehension of another man , of the name of Christopher Simpson , also a poacher , living about two miles from Bishop Auckland . Peverley complained of the injustice done him by his being imprisoned for an otteRce committed by another man . When questioned more particularly on the subject , he ( Peverley ) said Simpson , with the other prisoner , Xesham , and himself , were on the estate on the Sunday morning , the 21 st ult . They were shooting at a hare , when the deceased , May , made his appearance . Jfesham turned away to make off , but he and Simpson remained , and the latter declared his intention to shoot May . He begged of him not to do so . Simpson replied with an oath , " That he would fire at the , " and levelling his gun , took a deliberate aim at the unfortunate man and shot
hiin dead , the poor fellow falling on his face . Nesham did not see the shot fired . He afterwards spoke to Simpson in the plantation , and he advised their leaving by different roads , which they did . The prisoners underwent another examination at Bishop Auckland . Peverley persisted in the truth of his former statement , which was partly confirmed by the other prisoner , Nesham , who admitted he was in the plantation with them , and that he saw the deceased , as described by Peverly , but ran off , and saw nothing of him afterwards . After a great mass of evidence was adduced of a circumstantial and confirmatory character , the magistrates remanded the prisoners , but at the same time intimated their intention of ultimately sending the case for trial at the assizes .
GLOCCEsiERSniRE . —Baxk-xote Forgeries . —The prisoners Sterenson and Emma Jackson , -who had been remanded upon charges of being concerned in the Bank of England note forgeries at Bristol , underwent final examination before the magistrates of that city , oa Friday and Saturday last . In addition to the testimony previously adduced , evidence was called to show that Stevenson and Westwood had been seen constantly in company of each other , not only at the Birmingham Arms Tavern , where they slept , but at different parts of the city . A witness also deposed to their having been together at a public house where Stevenson was very Lavish of his cash , spending sovereigns freely and treating the persons present to liquors . The magistrates committed Stevensor ifor trial , and determined upon sending Jackson to Walsall , where charge of uttering a forged note can be substantiated against her .
Fokgebx . —At the police-office , Norwich , on Friday week , W . IL Warren , described « is a farmer , was charged with having forged and counterfeited the acceptance of Edward Wigg to a bill of exchange , with , the intention of defrauding Messrs . Cozens and Son , corn merchants . —Mr . Cozens deposed that the prisoner had dealt with him since June last , and on the 24 th of November he was indebted to him and his son to a considerable amount . The prisoner then paid him on account a bill , dated at two months , for £ 25 , drawn by him on Edward Wigg , merchant , of Xorwich , and having the name " Edward Wigff , " to an acceptance thereof , payable to
Messrs . llarveys and Hudson . He ( the prosecutor ) produced that bill , He endorsed it and paid it away , but it was returned dishonoured . —Mr . E . Wigg said that he had kept the King ' s Head Inn , in St . Giles ' -street , for the last ten or twelve months , and he contracted for the mail carts . He had purchased corn from the prisoner , which had feecn delivered to him from the Messrs . Cozen and Son . The signature " Edward Wigg" to the acceptance was not his handwriting . He never drew a bill of that sort for the prisoner , as he always paid Aim in cash . — The prisoner declined to say anything in reply to the charge , and was committed for trial .
Norfolk . —The Assassixatio . xs at Staotield Hali ^—The late housekeeper of the accused murderer Rush , who is known as the widow James , hut whose real name is Emily Sandford , a single woman , was on Thursday night week confined of a female child in Wymondham Bridewell , where she has been kept since the committal of Rush , to ensure her attendance at the trial . In the event of her recovery Rush ' s trial will in all probability take place at the latter end of next month at the ensuing assizes . Bush occasions considerable uneasiness amongst the authorities at Norwich Castle by his
restless conduct and the singular requests lie is constantly making . He has instructed a solicitor to retain a leading counsel of the Norfolk circuit to assist him in points of law that may arise hi the course of his trial , but it is understood that he has been unable to obtain one on the conditions imposed , Bush intending to conduct his own case throughout the trial , which , on account of the number of witnesses , is likely to extend over two or three days . The prosecution will be conducted b y Sir . Serjeant Bylcs and Mr . Prendergast . Mrs . Jermy has not yet recovered from her wounds . It has been found that portions of the elbow bone were shot awav .
Scrret . — Charge Agaixst a Solicitor at Epsom . —Saturday last was appointed for tho reexamination atEpsom of Mr . Robert Henry Bartlett , on a charge of having criminally assaulted Maria O'Grady , a young woman , aged fifteen and a half years , who formerly filled the situation of a companion to the wife of the accused . The first witness was Mary Ann Norris , a servant , who resided at Mr . Bartlctt ' s at the time referred to by Miss O'Grady . She remembered , on the Thursday night that lady inquired of her what had become ofthe key of her room-door . She could not find it . Saw Miss O'Grady next morning aa soon as she was dressed , and she said nothing particular to her that day . By pcrmissioa of Mi-. Bartlett , another young
woman , named Emily Hewett , a servant out of place , had slept with witness on the previous night . —Cross-examined by Mr . Borthwick : " When I made Mr . Bartlett ' s bed , on the Friday morning-, I observed , that the under-shect had been partly washed . I washed it again because it had been imperfectly done . I do not think Miss O' Grady ' s bed was slept in at all that night . "—By Mr . Owen : " I wa * asked by Mr . Bartlett to wash the sheet I have spoken of . I heard no noise whatever during Thursday night . I did not advise Maria O'Grady to tell her mother of any circumstance . She never named anything to me . The reason for my leaving Mrs . Bartlett ' s service was , that it was her wish
that I should do so . She gave me a month ' s notice some time before she left for Fareham . When doing so , she told me it was Mr . Bartlett ' s wish to have two new servants in the house together . I have never seen Mr . Bartlett since I left his service until now . —Emily Clara Hewett , who slept with the last witness , deposed to hearing her speak of Miss O'Grady having missed the key of her door . About two in the morning , her bedfellow awoke her , and said she had heard a noise , and on looking over the banisters , saw- Mr . Bartlett in his nightshirt , with a glass of spirits and water , in his band erosssing . the passage below . In the morning , Mr . Bartlett called for four or five iu"S of hot water , ead when Jfe O'Grady came down , she ex-
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—— nressed some wonder what he could want so much water for . Norris replied , " You must know best , " and Miss O'Grady made no reply . She went up with Norn ' s to make the beds . She could not tc } l if two persons had slept in her master ' s bed , as it was a mattress ; but the sheet was Simp where it had been washed . Mr . Borthwick admitted Miss O'Grady ' s statement had been shaken by the two witnesses ; but prayed time to obtain further evidence . Mr . Owen begged to lay before the bench a letter which Mr . Bartlett had received from the Mayor of Liverpool , in reference to the prosecutrix . The following is a copy of the letter : — " Liverpool , February 15 , 1849 . —Sir : My attention having been called to a paragraph in the London 1 'imes of Monday , relating to yourself and Miss O'Grady ,
I deem it my duty to address you on the subject . You are a perfect stranger to me , and I can know nothing of what may have taken place between you and Miss O'Grady , and I deem it a duty incumbent on me to inform you , that all which Miss O' Grady is said to have stated as having taken place between the Mayor of Liverpool and herself is entirely untrue . There arc other important points connected with Miss O'Grady ' s visit to Liverpool , which , if you think it worth whijc to inquire into to promote the ends of justice , I will afford every facility and information respecting her during her stay here . — I have tho honour to be , &c , J . Buamlet Moore , Mayor . "—After a short consultation , the bench decided on remanding the accused .
Epsom , Wednesday . — Mr . It . II . Bartlett was brought up for re-examination before the bench tlds morning . The inquiry lasted nearly eight hours . The prosecutrix stated , that she was taken partly by force into the bedroom of the accused , and partly induced to go there by promises that he would not repeat the offence , and that while he had anything she should not want . The two women examined on Saturday were re-examined , and both of them contradicted the evidence given on that day in one point—viz ., Emily Hewitt s having slept at Mr . Bartlett ' s on the night the offence was alleged to have been committed . The evidence was also contradictory in two or three minor points . Tho evidence for the defence was then gone into . Mr .
Bartlett said , Maria O'Grady was staying at the union . Her mother stated to me that she was in great distress , and on my mentioning that fact to my wifo , she proposed that the prosecutrix shoukl come to our house and stay for a short time . The girl then came to my house to reside , . and stayed with us about three or four days , during which time I obtained the situation for her at Mr . Oades ' . She then went to Mr . Oades' from my house , and after being there a short time Mr . Oades came to me on a Sunday morning , and said that , from her general conduct , he wished to get rid of her . _ I consulted my wife , and she desired that the girl might return again to our house , until we could procure a situation for her . On the following day
Tuesday my wife went to London , and in the middle of that day , between the hours of twelve and two , I first had connexion with her . At that time there were two servants in the house . The door of my dining-room where this took place , was open—the door ofthe kitchen was open , and the servants were in that kitchen . During tho whole time she spoke in a whisper that the servants might not hear . The accused then continued to assert that she came voluntary to his bedroom on the night of the alleged offence , and was a consenting party ; that she shortly afterwards went to Liverpool , having previously gone to consult Mr . Legge on the subject . On her return she stated that Mr . Leorire said he thought it was the
best thing she could do . My wife and myself both offered to take her to her mother , but the said if we sent her there she would run away from her . My wife also wrote to her mother a week , or nearly as long , before we sent her to Liverpool , stating that she was going there . On hearing from Maria O'Grady , whilst at Liverpool , that she could not find her relations there , I wrote to some gentlemen whom I knew , desiring them to see Avhat she was about . A fevr days after that I met Mr . Owen in London , and he informed me that Mrs . O'Grady had been to Ms office , and had expressed regret that we had sent ker daughter to Liverpool . I then consented , by Mr . Owen ' s advice , to pay her expenses back to London , and I
wrote to Messrs . Harnden and Co ., the gentlemen I have before alluded to , requesting them to pay her expenses back to London , and to ' send her to her mother . Soon after the return of the prosecutrix from Liverpool I was informed by Mr . Owen that he had received an application from Mr . Holmes to know if he ' would accept service of a writ against me for the seduction of Miss O'Grady . By Mr . Owen ' s advice I subsequently called on Mr . Holmes -with Mr . Owen , and it was then suggested —I think I should previously say that , then , feeling that I had been guilty of a great indiscretion , and being anxious to keep the knowlcnge of the matter from my wife , I suggested , in the presence of Mr . Owen and JVIr . Holmes , that if any small pecuniary
consideration would satisfy tho parties , I wouU leave it to Mr . lHolmcs and Mi . Owen to say what I ought to do , and at Mr . Holmes' suggestion I left the room , that Mr . Owen and Mr . Holmes might talk the matter over privately . This negotiation lasted for nearly a fortnight . In the mean time Mr . Holmes gave Mr . Owen notice that an application would be made here for a warrant against me on a charge of rape . The negotiation went on until the 11 th of the same month , and in the meantime Mr . Holmes , having , as he stated , consulted Mr . Peter Borthwick , demanded of me £ 700 to compromise this charge of rape . Mr . Owen attended twice for me before the magistrates here to meet the charge , according to their notice , and mentioned the subjee
to the bench on both occasions . From the beginning to the end of this affair I have suffered under great hardship , aud have been treated in a most cruel and overbearing manner . There arc four or five gentlemen sitting at that table ( here Mi * . Bartlett pointed to Mr . P . Borthwick , Mr . Holmes , and Mr . Bieklcy ) , who , with the two women , have been guilty of a conspiracy to extort from me the sum of £ 700 , and I will indict every one of them at the next session ofthe Central Criminal Court . One ofthe gcijtlcnien was convicted of a conspiracy only a few days ago . After the examination of Mrs . Gratton , the matron of the Epsom union-house , the bench decided on remanding the accused back to Horscmonger-lane Gaol .
Serious Accident with the Electric Light . — A gentleman , near Waltham Abbey , experimenting with the electric li g ht , a few days ago , having an incised wound on his left-hand , touched the conductor , a copper wire , and shortly afterwards experienced an irritation , which immediately spread in inflammation to the arm . The arm became immensely swollen , and large tumours appeared all over the body and limbs . Eminent surgeons from London have been in attendance ; some of the tumours were opened , and every means resorted to for the purpose of checking the poisoa , but without avail . The unfortunate patient lies without the least hope of recovery .
Wales . —Emioaation * to California . —The Latter-day Saints . —On Tuesday last Swansea Was quite enlivened in consequence of the arrival of several waggons loaded with luggage , attended by some scores of the " bold peasantry" of Carmarthenshire , and almost an equal number of the inhabitants of Merthyr , and the surrounding districts , together with their families . The formidable party were nearly all " Latter-day Saints , " and came to this town for the purpose of proceeding to Liverpool in the Troubadour steamer , where a ship is in readiness to transport them next week to the glittering regions of California . This , goodly company is under the command of a popular saint , known as Captain Dan Jones , a hardy traveller , am
a brother of the well-known John Jones , Llanspllen , the able disputant on the subject of " Baptism . " He arrived in the town on Tuesday evening , and seems to enjoy the respect and confidence " of his faithful hand . Amongst the group were many substantial farmers from the neighbourhoods of Brcchfa and Llanbydder , Carmarthenshire ; and although they were well to do , they disposed of their possessions , to get to California , their New Jerusalem as they deem it , where their fanaticism teaches them to believe they will escape from the general destruction and conflagration that is shortly to envelop this earth . It is their intention , we arc informed , not to visit the gold regions , but the agricultural districts , where they intend , they say , by helping one another , to reside in peace and harmony , and to exemplify the truth of " brotherly love , " not in name , but in practice . Amongst the number who
came here were several aged men , varying from seventy to ninety years of age , and " whose hoary locks" not only proclaim their " lengthened years , " but render it very improbable they will live to see America : yet so de uded arc the poor and simp le Saints , that they believe that every one amongst them , however infirm and old they may be , will as surelv land in California safel y , as they started from Wales , Their faith is most extraordinary . On Wednesday morning after being addressed by their leader , all repaired on board in admirable order , and with extraordinary resignation . Their departure was witnessed by hundreds of spectators , and whilst ttS steamer gaily passed down tho river , the Saints commenced singing a favourite h ymn . On entering the piers , however , they abruptly stopped sinirin " and lustily responded to the cheering with which they were greeted by the inhabitants .
LiqnFJEtD , Monday . — South SrAFPon » sniRE jbLECiio . v . —The election of . i member to represent this division of the county of Stafford in Parliament in the room of Lord Ingcstre , took place to-dav . Lord Lewisham was the only candidate . A host of the noble lord ' s friends were present . No » other candidate being proposed , Lord Lowisham was declared duly elected . '•• Hampshire . — Timber Steauxg is the New Forest-On Saturday last , at the Queen ' s House Lyndhurst before - Captain Compton , Jotiah and George Cull father and son , remanded from the previous Wednesday , were charged with stealing a beech tree from the Few Forest , the property of
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her Maiesty . The prisoners were both committed for trial Mr . Pocock-applied that the prisoners might be admitted to hail . The evidence was very slight and the prisoners were then admitted to bail , thcms elYeg in £ 40 each , and two sureties in £ 20 ea KBSr . —POISOMXG WITH S WEETMEATS . —A CMO liaS Uist occurred at Tentcrdcn where the life of a fine boy , four years of age , was sacrificed by partaking of nait of one of the green ornaments used to decoiXe , a ClXmas cake . Violent sickness came on shortly after the ornament was eaten and tlie lad , after lfngering a few days , died from its effects .
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15 , Sidney-street . John I ^ dwy , 16 ; 48 , South Coburg-street , Lauvieston . William Dawson 32 , Princes-street . Angus M'Lean , 16 ; 10 Nicholsonstreet . Henry M'Ewan U ; 48 , Portland-street . James Kean , 16 ; 119 , Main-street . William Paterson , 17 ; 61 , Dale-street , Tradeston . Archibald Doyle , 47 ; 66 , Main-street , Gorbals . David M'Analtv , 22 , Sweet ' s-court , Great Hamiltonstreet . ' Duncan Clarke , 18 ; 148 , High-street . James Stewart , 12 , Stewart-street , Cowcaddens . John Watson , 14 , Crown-point , Mile-end . Frederick Fraser , 12 ; 21 , St . Enoch Wynd . James M'Cowan , 16 ; 48 , Portugal-street . Mary Donachic , 17 , East Clyde-street . Thomas Lindsay , 18 ; 25 , Main-street , Anderston . James Wilson , 15 ; 36 , T . i , T . inflsnv Ifi ; 4 fi _ Knnt . 1 i
Rose-street , Gorbals . — Mitchell , King-street , Glasgow . James M'Donald , 17 ; 72 , Bridgegatc—[ AH claimed . ] Died in or on the way to the Royal Infirmary : —Robert M'Ewan , Alexander Morrison , Name unknown ; a young man . —[ All claimed . ] Persons taken to the Infirmary alive : —Hugh M'Cready , William Kemp , Alexander Strutt , James Gilchristj James Getting , John M'Lachlan , William Tait , James Hammond , Robert Montgomery , — Livingston , — M'Callum . Of these eleven persons , eight were found tc be little injured , and left , leaving three in the Infirmary . —James Smart , Superintendent of Police . Monday . —Sheriff Alison commenced an investigation this morning ; the theatre has been inspected ,
tho staircases measured , and several witnesses examined . In Scotland these inquiries are made in private ; but public opinion will demand that in this case the result shall be given to the world . Many of the sufferers were buried to-day . The funerals were on a humblo scale , and almost all of them were conducted at theexpense of the relations . One poor woman named Clark liad three sons among the dead , aged respectively 16 , 17 , and 18 . It has been announced that the theatre will open in a few days with two benefits for the relations of the sufferers . The following is the manager ' s statement : — " The theatre was lighted at the usual time by the servants of the house , without the slightest indication to anything being wrong until the end of
the first act of the play , when it was observed tnat a man in the second gallery had lighted a paper for the purpose of smoking his p ipe—notwithstanding the stringent prohibition against such practices in the daily bills—and which paper he threw at his feet , near to a portion of the lining of the gallery , where a small gas pipe communicates with the globe light . The alarm of ' Fire' caused a rush to the staircase , although only a few minutes had elapsed before one of the carpenters of the theatre came from a private door and instantly extinguished it . Mr . Alexander went on the stage and begged ofthe audience to retain their seats , as there did not exist the slightest danger . No one , either in boxes , pit , or lower gallery , was in any way injured . Doors were thrown open at each end of both galleries ,
communicating with private stone stairs , by which the audience could have made their escape , even had there been cause for the great alarm . So much had tranquillity been restored , that preparation was made for proceeding with the performance , while Mr . Alexander went himself to the front to ascertain if all was safe , without the least suspicion of the melancholy scene on the staircase . He made his way in hy the gallery door leading from the lane , and found the people , although within afew steps from the street , so crushed together that , notwithstanding every effort , he could not make his way until he rushed to the private door , followed by Messrs . Younge , Langley , &c , and stage carpenters of the establishment , by whose joint efforts upwards of fifty individuals , in tho utmost state of exhaustion , were rescued from their fearful situation . Notice of
fire having ; reached the police-office , the fire-men were speedily on the spot , broke in the windows , and entered ovov tho heads ofthe sufferers , who became frantic , dashed forward , and trampled one on another , and those on the lower part of the stair . It is supposed that 300 people were on the stairs at the time . The gas-pipes through the house are of the best description , those in the audience part of the house being ofthe strongest malleable iron , furnished by Mr . Andrew Liddell , and the whole constantly under the surveillance of an experienced gasfitter . It is only two weeks since the pipes leading to the globes were examined by a workman in the employment ofthe old gas company , and who is regularly retained for that purpose . The sufferers
were with all possible speed removed to tho dressing-rooms , green-room , &c , of the theatre , and to the houses opposite to the theatre , -where every effort , dictated by surgical skill , was made to relieve the distress . " The following narrative is from a gentleman who was present , and exerted himself to rescue the sufferers : — "As I was present during the whole of the awful panic which terminated so fatally at the Theatre-Royal , Dunlop-strect , on Saturday evening , a short narrative of what came under my own observation may be interesting . The piece was the Surrender of Calais . The precise time I did not think of noticing , but the first act had just closed . Almost at that instant when the curtain had
descended a horrid outcry was raised in the upper gallery . As that part of the audience in this theatre is not usually remarkable for its quietness and order , I imagined that there was no cause , more than ordinary , for the disturbance . Soon , however , the fearful words , " Fire ! fire ! " wero heard above the other noises . I then leaned forward from the box where I was sitting , but could not discover any appearance which could lead me to believe that any portion of the woodwork of the gallery had become ignited . Still tho cry of " fire ! " grew louder and more in earnest ; and distinct cries for " water ! " were fiercely intermingled . There was how no possibility of mistaking , as the audience began to push away from the spot where the
woodwork of the \ ipper gallery had taken fire . During this Mr . Alexander came on the stage for an instant , seemingly to discover the cause ofthe alarm . Ho spoke some words , which were very indistinctly heard in any part ofthe theatre , and from the noise , I should say not at all in tho gallery . What he said was to the effect that there were men sent up to extinguish the five . Just at this moment a young manj dressed in a blue jacket and fustian trousers , put one of his feet over the front of the gallery , using his heel as a hammer to force out the pannel , crying at the same time , "It is the gas ! it is the g as ! " Then a very little smoke appeared over the front of the gallery , not more than if a person had been smoking a pipe—then a slightly luminous
glare , and then a few sparks . One or two persons , in tneiv shirt sleeves , like carpenters , now appeared , and the boarding was wrenched from the inside of the breastwork of tho gallery , and the fire was extinguished . While all this was taking place several people had found a way out of the gallery , and were seated in the upper boxes . All seemed restored to order . As it appeared from the boxes , the people had returned to a state of joy and happiness , artd hundreds of voices cried out " All ' s ri ght . " The young man I have already mentioned lifting a piece of the wood over his head , gave the time fov a hearty and joyous three cheers . The orchestra had commenced to play , and everything looked like a continuance of the performance .
Every face was beaming with smiles , when all at once I heard a gentleman in the next box cry out , as if in mortal anguish , " There are people boin « murdered on the stairs . " I rushed out , and by a private staircase which Iead 3 to the office where the people pay for admission to the galleries I came in sight or a scene of agony such as words are powerless to describe . Though the simile may seem harsh , the people , young and old , wore lyin " wedged upon each other like herrings in a barref Upwards and downwards on the staircase was one continuous mass of human bodies dyin « - and dead . Directions were instantly given to send for as many surgeons as could bo found , and cabs to remove the sufferers . At this time there was no want of air
every aperture that could admit fresh air had been thrown open , and all the nearest wind ows had been broken open . Fifteen minutes had not elapsed from the first outcry of " Fire . " At this time a number of firemen were in the theatre , hut they seemed for a moment to be panic-struck . . Those who know the theatre are , of course , aware that thero is at this part of the staircase a low barrier about three feet in height . The firemen were requested to remove this obstruction and assist some ofthe people from the fatal crash , as there is a passage here out by the box lobbies . Immediatley three were removed one of whom moaned out , " Let me die where I am . " He was laid down on the floor , as were the two others removed at the same time . Only a
moment was left to look at or assist them , and thev were past the reach of all human aid . Seeing that it was in vain to think of removing more oi the sufferers by this way , as when one was taken away the superincumbent persons only fell with increased weight on those beneath them , I left this place to find some people to go with mo to the private staircase which leads from the pit lobby up past the end of the stage , and on the stage enu Of tho upper gallery I found Mr . M'Kay of the police , who gave me four of his men . They at once Jo llowed me to the top of the main stair of the « allery where the awful catastroDho was iusf-. fnlf ; n »
place . Here I found Mr . and Mis . Alexander togcther with Mr . F . Younge and Mr . Langlev , mem . norsof tho Dunlop-street company , and two other persons who had the appearance of tradesmen actively engaged in lifting those who could not hob themselves And , I may add , that those who escaped death were mainl y saved by the persons T te' ° J - V \ i metL Th 0 Se who were taken thus from the top of the mass were carefully removed to the various dressing-rooms , where a your £ mcS gentleman whose name I do riot'CC adrnff tered all . that he could to the sufferers as 1 ™ , life remained . But the most of them who hR ceived mmvies died almost on the inlnKw * w
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had been engaged from the time that the first tu » . son had been taken out of the staircase I £ *« only add , in conclusion that every possible egress from the upper-gallery had been thrown onenlw Mr . Alexander and his company , and hud twj , who were in the gallery taken advantage Of tho different exits , of which there are three , the ealler could have been emptied without accident in thrJ . minutes . ° •>¦¦* H « VW | ^ had been cnffaffcd from t . h /> t . imn tlmf ti , « « ....
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Ivti&nxi . Dublin , Saturday . —Trial op-Mr . Dufft , — -Xlin proceedings of this day were commenced bv the Attorney-General , who resumed the argument on the admissibility of the suppressed number of the Nation as evidence . Ultimately the judges reserved their decision on the point for the close of the case for the Crown , when the various documents are to be read and handed in , as evidence . The examination of witnesses for the Crown was then continued On the adjournment of the Court this evenin" the jury were taken to the Shelburnc Hotel , whero ° tho \ will remain until the business opens on Monday morning . One of the jury ( Mr . Sorth ) is reported
ill . Mondat . —The case for the Crown closed shortly after post hour on Saturday evening , but it bom ]* then too late to enter upon the defence , at the re . quest of Mr . Butt tho Court adjourned to this morning , when the learned gentleman will address the jury on the part of the prisoner . The following appears in Saunders' News letter of Monday morning : — " We are informed that Mr . North , one of the jury , is confined to his bed since * Saturday evening . Sir Henry Marsh , Hart , is in attendance on him . The remainder of the jurywere driven out to take the air in carriages yesterday , accompanied by police-constables . " Tuesday . —Notwithstanding the indisposition of one of the jurors f / Mr . North ) the trial was proceeded with at the opening of the Court this morning , when Mr . Butt proceeded to address the jury on the part of the prisoner . The speech of the lcavncd counsel ! which occupied nearly seven hours in its
delivery , was not wanting either m ability , eloquence , or zeal . At the end of one passage he was loudly applauded , and amongst others by one of the jurors in the box ( Mr . Burke ) , who was called to order by Mr . Justice Ball . Mr . Butt ' s concluding allusion to the Marquis of Lansdowne's testimony that Mi . Duffy did not write the articles , caused much sensation . At six o ' clock the court adjourned . Wednesday . —The defence closed yesterday evening . The Solicitor-General is to reply , on the part of the Crown , at the sitting of the Court this forenoon ; then Judge Ball is to charge the jury ; but it seems to 1 ) C the general opinion that there will be no verdict . However , it is likely that all doubt upon this point will be set at rest before the adjournment of the court this evening . Mr . Meaglier was brought into court and avowed himself the author of one ofthe letters mentioned in the indictment , lie was vehemently cheered by the audience in the gallery .
Sales op Iiusn Estates . — The extensive estates of the Earl of Coxirtown , in the county of Kilkenny , containing upwards of nine thousand acres , are advertised to be sold , " in such lots as purchasers may desire . " Four lots of the Chandos estate , m the county of Westineath , comprising more than four thousand acres , are also offered for sale . A sale of one hundred and seventy-five acres oi an estate in a midland county is also announced , with an intimation that " the proprietor is by no means influenced with immoderate expectations , but is ready to go with the temporary depression o £ the times . "
Landlords axd Tenants . —The Tippercmj Vindicator states that Lord Portarlington has arranged with the trustees of his estates to give ninety-rime years' leases to enterprising tenants , as a means of encouraging employment , and the investment of capital on the improvement of the land . In various quarters—even in some parts of Ulster—landlords are reducing- their rents , in consequence of the pressure of distress , and the low ' price of agricultural produce . Mr . Euoene O'Reilly , the young gentleman who figured rather prominently in the councils of the late Irish Confederation , has entered the service of His Majestv the King of Sardinia as a lieutenant of Lancers , with pay at the rate of 180 fr . a mom ' n . The Papal Fund . —The poverty-stricken people of tho diocese of Meath have , through Bishop Cantwell ' s exertions , subscribed £ 1 , 000 in aid of the Irish fund for the support of his Holiness Tope Tins the Ninth .
Bepatmbxt of Theasuby Advances . —In reply to a memorial from the county of Galway , on the subject of the repayment of loans obtained under die ' Labour-Hate Act , the Lords of the Treasury have made a concession , hy giving the fullest latitude to the law as it at present stands . Laxd Improvement axd Emkloymekt . —In some districts of the county of Carlow the landed proprietors are working with encrgyto extend employment , and thus lighten poor rates . The Uurrin drainage works are to he renewed with great activity . The Earl of Besborough , Captain Bunbury , M . P ., Messrs . Clayton , Brown , Rochforfc , and other Dronrietors . have considerable numbers employed .
and many able-bodied labourers are thss taken oil the relief lists . Several ofthe farmers , also , are giving increased employment . Bankrupt Unions . — The vice-guardians ofthe Galway union have , it is stated , intimated to the government that their resources are entirely exhausted , and that if some funds arc not supplied , they must shut tho doors ofthe workhouse . There are 1 , 500 paupers in tho house , and 800 receiving out-door relief . Other unions in the south and west are making most pressing demands for relief . Foreion Imports . —Vessels are still constantly arriving with foreign grain at the various out-port * . Fifteen vessels reached Limerick on Friday week with breadstuff's , making the number during the last
week . twenty-three . Brutal Murder . —The Limerick Examiner says : — " Our Brutf correspondent informs us that on Simday night last a poor man named Ilanly , who went to steal turnips , was brutally murdered at KilfVusii , by two watchmen , who were in charge of the property . Conciliation Hall . —T . M . Ray , in a letter to the Frc&ftum ' s Journal , contradicts the reported pa ' . c of Conciliation Hall , but adds , that it " must soon pass away from the people , unless funds be contributed to defray the rent and taxes . "
High Treason Trials at Clonmel . —It lias been arranged that the Attorney-General is to coinhii't the trials for high treason at tho Clonmcl assizes , which are to commence on the 10 th of March , htfore Judges Pewin and Jackson . Twenty persons avo to bo tried for high treason . Amongst them are Mr . M . Loyno , who had boon arrested war Thurles , in company -with Messrs . Measlier : ;" , il O'Donohoe . Thirty other persons are ' amenable for this assize , charged witliDeing implicated nn he second outbreak at Clenbower and the polico-b : irrack at the Slate-quarry .
A Lunatic Murderer . —There arc twenty-four murderers for trial at the March assizes at pivsctt in Clomnel Gaol , and amongst them is one lVllow who , it is believed , has had a hand in many Clt the murders which have from time to time Oisp ivtced the county of Tipperary . His name is Q . iiiis !« n * nicknamed " Tho Cud , " and stands charged v . iili tho murder of three bailiffs at Bansha , and also with the murder of Uenncssy , at Dundriun , a li ' days after . Tho evidence in " both cases is saiJW bo conclusive ; but latterly he has put on the manner and language of a lunatic . The authorities liavo communicated with the regiment to which ho belonged , and have received information that ho was discharged the service some time since for insanity . 1 hc
Opposition to the National Rate in Aiu . — '' feeling of hostility to the proposed rate in aid for the relief of the bankrupt western and southOlfl unions is extending in Ulster . Mr . George Macartney , an extensive northern proprietor , lwsr ^' dressed a letter " to the ratepayers and landed proprlctors of Lister , " urging them to meet forthwi : " " m their respective unions and counties , "torcsi ^ i by every legitimate means , the imposition of so w just a system of taxation . " There can be no douto that the appeal of Mr . Macartney will be m-omptty responded to . _ Manslaughter at a Marriage . —At a coroner ' s inquest , held on Tuesday week , at "Whitchou . se , before J . K . Jackson , Esq ., coroner , and a jury , the following painful occurrence was dohiilwl : —A
wedding between Cunningham Greg Robinson and 1 W garet Lewis , took place on Monday week . IMweii six and seven o'clock in the eveniii" - a numbcv oi boys and girls assembled ( as had been the cus tom on similar occasions ) about the door where : !' newly-married couple and friends met to pass fW evening , and commenced cheering , throwum stom'fi and kicking at the door . The bridC £ rroom " aiiJ l " * - two brothers feeling irritated at the comlm * <* the party outside , sallied forth on several occasions , and dispersed the crowd . Two shots hi ^ h been fired outside the door , and some oftlie windo ^ broken , Cunningham Greg llobinson took a W ^ irom a chest in the house , and attempted to get o <» at the front door , but was prevented by the f ' iju
«»« , wnereupon lie rushed out of the 1 k «* » y ; and , after being absent a few minutes , retui'iie'i «) the front door , in company with his two brotl' «'' ( with blood on his forehead , and the bayonet stsi « - ' deeply with blood , and stated , "he had i- !^ something to somebody that would koep him ' ' his work for some days . " A few minutes a " . , wards / William Lindsay came into the house , ' said that a man had been found murdered ; a " ' ' , examination the dea d body of George Cunning : ' was found with a wound on his person , penctwtu , through the h } p into the abdomen , which occasw almost instantaneous death . The jurr iietl ) rI 1 w verdict of manslaughter against Cunning ^'" '" j Robinson , and against- Alexander Robinson toi ing and abetting therein . Tho coroner inwnP 111 ^ committed them to Carrickfergus gaol , t ° j their trial a | t-lw enspig assizes , ^ , * - ^
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Scofuto-\ TTEMPTED MuRBBR AX 1 > ROBDERT .-On Wednesda y night week , about twelve o ' clock , an attemp S miule to assassinate a you % XY ^ rdner maker , residing in Glasgow , namef Robert Gaidncr , near Barshaw , on the Glasgow and Paislej load He was returning from Paisley , and when about half Imile beyond " Barshaw was surprised by a man Smping over the hedge and ""^ S ^ . t ™ -.,, ?' 3 y called out " Who is there ? " but the villain immediately closed with him , and stabbed him witl , " knife . He prevented him from repeating the thrust bv seizing his wrist , and a deadly struggle ensued , in which Gardner received two or three wounds in the neck and head , but ultimately
succeeded in wrenching the knife from assailant , and plunging it into . his abdomen . Hearin ? a whistle , and eonjectunng that some of the villain ' s accomplices must be at hand , Gardner made off as fast as he could , and returned to Paisley , where he proceeded immediately to the police omcc , and gave information of the assault . Officers were immediately despatched to the spotwhere the attack occurred , and found the ground saturated with blood , but found no appearance of the defeated assassin ; and it is supposed that his accomplices must have carried him off . Nothing farther has at present been discovered , but no efforts are being spared to discover tho authors of this daring assault . Discovery of Hidden Treasure near Brechis . — Afew days ago , one ofthe farm servants on the Mains , whilst engaged at work on the hill of Edzell ,
turned up ajar of coarse earthenware , which , on examination , was found to be filled with coins , amounting in number to seven hundred . They are all composed of copper , with the exception of nearly a dozen , which are of silver , and about the size of a modern sixpence—the coppers are placks or bodies . The thistle is distinctly impressed on each , and the dates range from 1540 to 1572 . From the vicinity ofthe Castle of Edzell ( a stronghold ofthe Lindesays ) , to tho situation of tho pose , and the latest date borne by the coins , it seems not improbable that they had been secreted by some ofthe members or retainers of the family , immediately after tho engagements known as the " Bourdsot Brechin , " fought between the Regent ' s party , headed by Gordon of Auchindown and the families of Ogilvy , Gray , Lyon , and Lindesay , in behalf of the unfortunate Mary , in which affray the latter
were routed . SIXTY-FIVE LIVES LOST IN A THEATRE AT GLASGOW . Glasgow , Sunday . —We lament to announce one of the most appalling events which ever took place in the West of Scotland , and which occurred in the Theatre Royal , Dunlop-street , last night . About eight o'clock , while the company was concluding the first act of the drama of the Surrender of Calais , the alarm of fire was given from the upper gallery ; and it turned out in reality that a lighted paper ( believed to have been thrown down by a person after igniting his pipe ) liad come in contact with an escape of gas , and produced a small flame ; but so insignificant that it was extinguished by a person in the vicinity . At first there was a slight commotion visible throughout the house , and those in the boxes ,
pit , and lower gallery kept their seats . Many m the gallery did not know , apparently , whether to treat the alarm of the fire as a real ov false one . Several persons from the stage and other parts of the house came forward and shouted , at the top of their voices , — " Keep your scats , —there is no danger ; " and a round or two of cheering was given . But in the midst of this a frantic panic arose , and there was a general and wild rush from the upper gallery towards the stair which lend to the street , where unfortunately they were brought to a halt by some of them stumbling at the first landing above the flight of stairs from the street door . They crushed upon each other so rapidly that they soon formed a compact mass , and all chance of escape
was gone . Those behind , unaware of the nature of this obsfruction , and hearing the shrieks from below , pressed on more furiously than ever , only of course to augment tho catastrophe . Independently of the pressure tho staircase soon became a second Black Hole of Calcutta , from the intensity of the heat and the want of fresh , air . The -weaker were trampled down by others , who were only to be trampled down in turn by the fresh and furious in the rear . The noise of the stifled cries and groans , and of tho struggle for bare life which came from this horrid staircase , was most agonising ; and even those who could not reach it , hut wore compelled to remain in the spacious gallery , whereby their lives . were saved , set up dreadful yells . This
shocking scene lasted for several minutes , and many gentlemen in other parts of the house made generous and noble efforts to reach the spot ; but they were unsuccessful , for the lower staircase was jambed by the dead and the dying , and the entrance to the upper gallery was crowded by the frantic crowd . The fire brigade waa early on the spot , but , being informed that the accident had been slight , and the flames extinguished , they quietly returned with their butts arid engines , quite unaware that such an awful tragedy was acting near them . They were soon recalled , however , and some time again elapsed , in the confusion , before it could be decided where an entrance was to be effected . A kind of wooden partition , -which separated a part of the
loirer gallery from the stair above it , was hewn down by hatchets , and a frightful scene presented itself . A mass of bodies were found closely packed together , . with the damp sweat of death on many a face . With difficulty some of these bodies were dragged through the hole , and carried along the lower gallery to the apartments behind the scenes , with which there is a communication . At the same time workmen procured ladders , and mounted to the window with which the stair is lighted from the lane ; but , unfortunately , this was protected or shut in by strong iron stancheons , and these had to bo torn away by crowbars , which smashed away the solid stonework in which the stancheons rested . When once opened the air
was admitted , but the aperture was too small to allow of any of the bodies being removed by it . A third mode of relief was by'dri y ing down a ' kind of bulkhead , which joins the main stairs , leading respectively to tho street from the upper and lower galleries . For some time those taken out exhibited onl y a few bruises , and were laid down , and some of them walked out ; but it soon became evident that much more serious suffering had occurred , for the staircase had been utterly choked up , and many bodies were taken out quite dead ; and before the place was cleared , the Garrick Hotel opposite , and eevry available room in the largo theatre , were covered with the dead or tho dying . Many of the sufferers had been severely bruised ; but , from the appearance of the bodies , it was apparent that death , ? n almost every case , had been
caused by suffocation . Accommodation for the dead having been procured at the Clyde-street nospital , the task of removing them soon commenced . There being upwards of sixty dead , this work was accomplished , first by means of omnibuses , and afterwards by hearses , the extent of the calamity not permitting tho bodies to be covered or coffined . The , dead almost all belong to the working classes , and , from appearances , few of them hadf received any external injuries . In 4 ; he struggle many of them had lost their shoes and stockings , and all of them their caps . In the course of Sunday , all the bodies at the hospital—viz ., sixty-ono in number , wore recognised . There are in all sixty-five persons dead , three of whom either expired on the way , or immediately after beinjr taken to the infiimaw nn
Saturday evening . A female who was injured and conveyed to the town ' s hospital on Saturday night , died on Sunday , making the total as above . They were all recognised by their friends . List of Persons Killed and Injured . Catherine . Hannigan , aged 16 , Clyde-street . Catherine Buike , 20 , Castle-street , Blind Asylum . John Emerson , 15 , Gcorge-strcct , Mile-end , Peter Ferguson , 13 , Musc-lane . John Hannan , 20 , Broadstrcct , Mile-end . Matthew Maitland , 10 ; 1 , Oxfordlane . John Forbes , 1 C , St . Enoch ' s Wind . John M'Aulley , 12 ; 27 , Clyde-street , Port Dundas . David Cameron , 18 ; 31 , Bell-street , Calton . Charles Templeton , Wallace-street , Tradeston . Arthur Mullin Warwick-street . Edward O'Noil , 14 , Bi'idgo < v . ite . Malcolm Russell , 12 ; 1 , Oxford-lane . Robert Forrest , 21 , Garscubc-lahe . John Anderson , 13 ; 76 , Cowcadden-strcet . John Brodie , 10 133 New Vcnnei , John jivwe , 17 ; 73 , Nelson-street .
Patrick Mullen , 16 ; . 34 Dale-street , Tradeston . A female child , 4 . Thomas Brady , 16 , Cowcaddens . Alexander Kirkwpod , 17 , Scotland-street . John M'Aulloy , 17 , Bishop-street , Port Dundas . Lindsay Tonnach , 17 , North Portland-street . James Jamicson , 13 ; , 16 , St . Enoch-square . Robert Galloway , 15 ; 15 , tficholson-street . William Lee 14-31 , ISclson-street . James Steven , 11 ; 67 , Stewartstreet , Cowcaddens . James M'Lachlan , 15 ; 15 , Catherine-street , Anderston . Elizabeth M'Phcrson 16 , Parliamentary-road . Andrew Fleming 17- 4 G New Wynd . ¦ James Kennedy , 16 ; 106 , Stobc ' rosssfcrcefc . Robert Clarke , 1 C ; 7 < t , Clyde-street , Anderston . James Clarke , 17 ; 33 , Scotland-street , tobert Rough , 18 , Finnicston-squave . Alexander M'Adam , 15 ; 10 , Stockwell-strcet . John Caulder 2 ; 3 , Saracen-lane . Charles Milarkey 12 New Venncl . Andrew . Donachy , 42 , East Clyde-street : Alexander . M'Quigan , 12 ; 9 , Gallowgate . John Cunningham , 1 17 , Clyde-street , Robert May , if ;
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Northern Star (1837-1852), Feb. 24, 1849, page 6, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/ns/issues/vm2-ncseproduct1511/page/6/
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