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_^ TRUCTIOS RAGGETT'S HOTEL BY _^ FIRE- — DREADFUL LOSS OF LIFE . * rv , esdav morning shortly before one o ' clock , a c involving a serious destruction of valuable _pro-^ _Tbroke out on the well-known and extensive P _^' _nfpronises termed Raggett ' s Hotel , situate l _^ ver-Wt , Pieeadflly . The first discovery ap-13 hare been made by _police-coiptable 44 0 . _Officer instantly sprang Ms rattle , and aftermuch _nMc su « ee _** e * l in making some of the inmates t _Seof the great danger to wliich they were ex-* _S . _w- * cn scvera _^ _pe _* 50118 _vftfe their appearance * _S windows . Such a strong hold had the fire wained of the building before the first discovery _^ Biadc , that iu less than ten minutes the flames _^ shooting from the windows with the greatest _iSr and _erfending neatly half-way aeross the road . _^' police- «> nstable > on giving the alarm , had the
• eence rf J "" 1 * * ° sen _(^ messengers for the _fire-Lus and engines , and in the space of a few ffitoutes , two escapes belonging to the Royal Society _Artue _protrct _* of life from fire wereat the seeueof _tgSzgtdioD , and also the parish engine . The one _ieVing to the County-office was also early in _Jfamg , as well as several belonging to the London _^ _s _" and the West of England from the station In Waterloo-road . The first object that was sought _Siic accom plished was the rescue of the inmates ; L t before ladders or the escapes could be placed in fact of the building , a numher of persons had got outupon a small balcony over the door-way , and , _jjjing assisted by the police and neighbours , they ¦ xere enabled to effect their escape in safety . The
poisons in the upper floors were obliged to remain jntil the escapes could he placed to their windows ; _sjsoon , however , as that was done several of the janiatcs entered the machines and were received below in safety . A young woman , however , in descending the escape , missed by some accident her footing , and fell to the ground with great violence The fire-mains in the viemtfy were quickly drawn , asd a vast stream of water discharged upon and into the blazing pile . At a quarter past two o ' clock the fire was at its height . _No-lsrithstanding that the firemen were beset on every hand they exerted
themselves to the utmost , and ascending the roofs of the adjoining houses , they were enabled to direct the branches of the engines in such quarters as to pro _tettthesnrronn'Jtog piroperty . By a quarter before three o ' clock , owing to the exertions ofthe firemen , and the vast body of water they were casting upon { he conflagration , it at length _bebane manifest that the flames were rapidly succumbing _^ beneath the power ofthe antagonist element , and in the course if another half-hour aU danger of any further extension of mischief was at an end . The fire , however , -jtufer fi-om being , even at that time , entirely _exti-aa _& 'lied _.
_AODinON _' AI . PARTICrXAE 3 . Thisdreadfnl fire has , it is to be regretted , been sore disastrous in its _consequences than was at first aficipated . having involved the destruction , in _adoption to avast amount of property , of as many as { oar , if not a greater number , of human lives . The following additional facts , collected from statements made by the Earl of Huntingdon and osiers , leave no doubt as to the origin of the fire , and that four persons at least—viz ., Mrs . John Bound , aged fifty-six , the lady of the hon . member for Maldon ; Mr . Raggett , sen ., the proprietor ofthe hotel ; his daughter , Miss Raggett , aged twenty seven ; and Mrs . Jones , a nurse , in the service of tne flail of Huntingdon , have perished by the sad
occurrence . It appears that the hotel ( which was a very extensive one ) was at the time of tlie outbreak completely occupied by families . The Earl and Countess ef Huntingdon , with their infant son , Lord Hastings , _wenpied the front drawing-room on the first floor , and the corresponding room above for their servants Mrs . Jones and the nursemaid , & e . The back drawiHg-room was occupied by Mrs . John Round and her daughter , who had only armed there late on Monday afternoon from Brighton , and tliey had also a sitting-room and other apartments on the secondfloor . Another suite of apartments on the drawing room floors was occumed by Mr . Richard Poer King
and Ms sister : and beneath these were apartments inthe occupation of Lord Louth , the Hon . Colonel Bonrerie _, and other gentlemen * the remainder of the building being devoted by Ms . Raggett to his own family and domestics , and those of the families staying at the hotel . Singular as it may appear , when the fire was _discovers , the hotel had not been closed for the night . Mr . Raggett and his daughter -retired to rest shortly before twelve o ' clock , as did all the servants , with the exception of the head waiter and the cook , who as well as Mr . Raggett , jun ., vrere sitting up for those inmates who nad not then returned home . Mrs . Round and her daushterhad been to the St .
James ' s theatre to witness the French Plays , andthe Earl and Countess of Huntingdon to tiie Opera . Mrs . Bound and her daughter came home a few minutes after twelve , and retired to her sitting-room , on the second floor . They had scarcely sat down when the head waiter , who had seen Mrs . King whilst going upstairs entering her bedroom at tiie tack of the first floor , and who had again descended , was-alarmed at hearing screams of "fire . '" On rushing up to the first floor landing he met Miss King coming down in a distracted state , exclaiming that her bedroom was in flames , and that she had set Ere to the bed-curtains . He found the room in a blazeand entrance impossible from the dense smoke
, r _^ png fromit . 'Ihescreamshad attracted the attention of the inmates , and on his roshing np the secondfloor stairs he saw Mrs . Round on the landing , in the same dress in which she had arrived from the theatre He told her the house was on fire , and to make her escape . He ran downstairs , supposing the lady to be following him , and saw no more of her . Miss Round states , that -she was with her mother it t ins time , and either fromihe smokeor fright Mrs . Round fell on the stairs , but at the same moment a dan caught her up , saying he would save her , and seeing her , as she supposed , safe , she ran back into ihe apartment occupied by her attendant , but-was nnahlc to nroeeed down stairs on account of the
intensitv ofthe heat and smoke . She and Miss icaggett again went back to the front room , and opened the window , and when the fire-escape arrived the lire was coming into tiie apartment . Miss Raggett was the first to go out , but did so before the conductor could _<* etup , andfellon the pavement andwas killed Miss Round then got out with her attendant , and thev effected their escape . A minute or two before this occurrence a painful sight was witnessed by the crowd which had already Sembled . Apoorfellow , servant to Mr . king , was seen to make Ms appearance at an adjoining window of the second-floor to that from which Miss Raggett fell The flames were in the apartment * , and in the hone of immediate assistance he got outside and
dung to the window-sill for several minutes . The flames bursting through the window burnt his hands so dreadfully that he let go his hold , and fortunately fell into fhe balcony , from which he ultimately managed with great ' difficulty to scramble into the _*** w _: et . About three or four minutes prior to the cry tf "fire" being raised Lord Huntingdon had arrived home , and his Lordship states that he had scarcely Put his hat down when he was startled by the alarm . « is -first impulse was to rnshto the room where his | oa and servants were . lbs . Jones , the nurse , had heard the alarm , and wasprepaxing to dnsathe child , hsthis Lordship snatched his son from her arms , and , with the Countess , ran out of the house , telling « er to follow himHe believed she did so , but rci
. _*¦ , turned for some article , and must afterwards have mistaken the staircase , and got into one of the Daclc rooms and out at the window , from the position in which her body was found . The person whom Miss Bounasawon the lan ding with her m other ¦ » supposed to have been Mr . Raggett , sen ., from thefact that the remains of two bodies when discovered on Tuesday were found dose together . The rapidity and intensity ofthe fire may be accounted for : _iWuthc . _-tu : t _^ Sentswere bthandplaster _. andt _^ t _therewasto time asmuch wood in the building as is usual in eimnes in attendance withk _fcdl an hpur of the outoi water
break and a plentiful supply , u «* » - **«•* h & _raS 3 with the angle exception of _bSJum S _^ Mrs . Round , which Rmamed _ShIte _^ _™* things still standing on the table , _" it & _ssssiily « _s * t—ar _MybmVcd about the head , face , and _^ on _& e top of some leads in the rear of the F _™ "J _^ _verthekitchen . She _. had f _^ _- _J _^ _-K _« ue of the second-floor _^ _Tsi _? J _« t ™ Si ftigbtfid wound on her head ; _f _^ _rfhTSn ately identified by Lord Huntingdon . The _» rums * ere not sufficiently cool to commence a _«« f £ « ... _«« i _„ . i : ~ * _u . _nnnuui to lie there , until ten
_tfclock , when , at tne urgent request of Cohme Boucher , Colonel _Rolt , and other V _^^ toJtr Bound , _lome of the brigade were _ng _^ J ffl tei _Rafter a _^ s _^ . _^^ _t _^^ _JZ S upDO _= * d to be the remains of Mrs . Round , lying on _•^ _ftwFoSiiuj ofthe _« ooj _^ ddose _toWherS-nsof another body j « W «« J . * . _^ ** of Mr . Raggett . They presented a _iomfjing _SP-tfatle _aaraly anv parts but the mere trunks re-S ' _CSTplced in shells and conveyed also tnaioi u
" -Mount-street , as was , , c _« _" _— : * £ _toan _Mn , Jones . ' Miss R _^ gett w _^ _<» nycyed to _M _^ _** ver-street , exactly opposite the hotel , where she « _- _* d almost immediately after . .., * _ _.,. . It appears that the _County of H _^ don has lo * _theSrhole of her Jewels , the estimated v _** of * hich his Lordship stated to be as much as i 3 , W > , Jed those ofTSrtunate Mrs . _**« _£ _»»}** Miter , which they intended to hare worn on _rug-. _« % at the _Drawingioom , are estimated at a much - ? rger sum , in addition to the p late . Mr . ™*™ -3 amerdiant _» _-6 omBristol , hadinone of _his ap _^ - _a-eats a _lmge and valuable chest full of plate , _eup-Posd to be destroyed . , •„„ The rumour of the dreadful occurrence having _*« ched the ears of her Majesty , who had _herseu
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witnessed the progress ol the flames from the Palace , a messenger was at _aa , early hour sent to inquire the truth of thestatement , and the extent of the damage . In the report made on Tuesday evening by Mr . Braidwood , he attributed the rapid progress of the fire to the . fact that the whole of the doors were thrown open , and thus a free current of air tended to increase the flames . A singular circumstance in connexion with this shocking affair occurred on Tuesday afternoon , about two o ' clock . Lord Huntingdon came to Inspector Aggs and asked if it was safe to enter the drawing room on the first floor , as he remembered that in his flight he had left a valuable gold watch on the mantelpiece . He was referred to the firemen , one ol whom his lordship accompanied up the ladder and
through the window into the apartment , and shortlv after returned , having found the watch in the fender , partially in a fused state . In order to appease ihe doubts of Mrs . Round ' s family , a messenger shortly after this occurrence arrived , to know if tlie ruins near where the body supposed to be her ' s was found could not be sifted , as , if it were , no doubt the remains of some of the rings she had on her fingers might be found , and thus prove her identitv . This , however , was prohibited , in consequence of the dangerous state of the ruins . Prior to taking apartments at Raggett' s Hotel , on Monday evening , Mrs . Round and her daughter applied at Mivait ' s , but that _eatablishment was so full as to be unable to accommodate them .
FffBTIffin _PAHTICCLIHS . The body of Mr . Raggett is most dreadfully mutilated ; this , with the others , is removed to the bonehouse of St . George , in Mount-street , where they lie awaiting the inqukition ofthe coroner ' s / jury . The following statements have been obtained from the sufferers ;—Benjamin Rich , a footman to Mr . W . King , merchant , of Bristol , says that he went to bed shortly before twelve o'clock , and supposes that he had been asleep about ten minutes , when he was awoke by hearing a loud cry of " Fire" raised . He immediately got up , and opened his window , on the third floor , when he noticed , his master and mistress _looking out ofthe draw - in £ _* -rooni window and shouting
" Fire . " He ( Rich ) got out ofthe window , and hung by the sill until the flames burst open his bedroomdoor , and rushed through the window , and burned his hands so badly that he was obliged to relinquish his hold , and dropping upon the balcony , he succeeded in climbing round a post , and then slid down . He saw Ids master get out of the -window first , " and then pull his wife out , and escape in the same way . Charles Roberson , the hcad-waiterto the establishment , savs—I was sitting up waiting for the return of two families from the trench theatre . On the arrival of one I saw the party upstairs , and was returning down again , when Mr . Raggett , jun ., called for a light to show another party upstairs . I then noticed a light in the drawing-room , and on going in ,
I there perceived a lady ; she had a candle in her hand , and she entered the bedroom adjoining the drawing-room . Having been downstairs about three minutes , I heard a sudden cry of "Fire ! " raised , and on running up to ascertain the cause , I met the Earl of Huntingdon on the stairs , who begged of me to go and rescue Lord Hastings . I tried to rush through the smoke and flames , but could not . I then ran to awake the parties asleep in the building . In the mean time Lord Hastings had been rescued and brought down . Mrs . Raggett was confined to her bed , she having broken her leg a few days previously . The two sons forced their way up , and car ried her down . I then , after mnch difficult _} ' , succeeded in saving the books and the cash-box , and
also Colonel Bouverie ' s luggage . I believe that the fire was occasioned by a spark flying from the lady ' s candle on to the bedding . Sirs . Round and her daughter came the same day , in order to be present at the Queen ' s Drawing-room . I had a most difficult task to wake the porter , for upon entering his bedroom I shook him violently , and told him the house was on fire ; he answered me ,-and I retreated , but he not making his appearance , I returned , and found him fastaleep again . By great force , I at length succeeded in getting him up . C . Collins , valet to Lord Maidstone , states that he was just leaving the Coach and Horses , opposite the hotel , when flames were bursting from the hack part of Raggett ' s Hotel . As he well knew , and was well
known " on the premises , he ran in instantly , the people in thestreefs at the time joining in a general cry of" Fire ! " Finding that the staircase was in flame 3 , he went tothe foot of it , and called as loudly as he could , shortly after which the screamings of persons in the upper rooms were dreadful . At this instant three ladies appeared at one of the drawingroomwindowsnearestthebalcony . Bebigencouraged , they came out in their night dresses , aud ladders being procured , they were taken in safety into the neighbouring houses . Collins , after rescuing a quantity of property and clothing belonging to Colonel Bouverie and others , which he lodged at the Coach and Horses opposite , was compelled to withdraw and leave thenouseaud its contents to the fury
of flic flames , asthe heat was too powerful for him . He saw eight or nine persons rescued , the majority of whom were ladies . James Thompson , an omnibus timekeeper , was waiting at the time of the outbreak , in company with one of Mr . Hardwick ' s conductors , for the omnibus to _Knightsbridge . He saw the first of the fire , aud ran upstairs , the flames being then confined to the rearof the building . _TThile there Lord Huntingdon cried out , " Save my son ! " Thompson made the attempt , but could not undo the nursery door , the handle being so hot . He went round to the leads , andlooked in at the window , but Lord Hastings was taken out ofhis cot . The nurse was endeavouring to escape , but she fell backward and perished . Mrs .
Ann Raggett , the landlady , was bedridden , and Thompson states that he saw her in her son ' s arms , who brought her down stairs , and afterwardsconveyed her to Battfs Hotel , Four or five persons escaped during the earlier progress ofthe fire . Mrs . Raggett is not expected to recover the shock she has experienced hy tins calamity . On Wednesday but faint hopes were entertained of her life by her medical advisers . The house is a complete ruin ; the whole of the valuable contents are destroyed . Most of the visitors have lost their valuable property . The whole of the police arrangements , under Superintendent _Beresford , and Inspectors Aggs , Snuires . and Plume , were admirably sustained ; and
the conduct of the firemen , under their several oflicers , was beyond praise . The following isthe official report of the damage : — Nearly one-half of the front of the building and greater part of the back and contents destroyed . Supposed cause of fire—curtain becoiuing ignited from a candle . Five lives lost _. Insurance unknown . No . 46 , Lord Gardner , slight damage to furniture —insured in the Sun-office . No . AA , Mr . E . Moxon , publisher—slight damage to building . Fire extinguished by eight brigade engines , with tliose ofthe County and West of England offices , and two belonging to the parishes .
DCQUEST ON IHE BODIES . On Wednesday evening an inquest was held at the Rising Sun , in Charles-street , Grosvenor-squarc , before Sir . Bedford , the coroner for Westminster , and a respectable jury , on view ofthe bodies of William Raggett , Ann Raggett , Ann Jones , and a female unknown ( supposed to be Mrs J . Round ) . The jury having been sworn , proceeded , acconipaniedby the Earl of Huntingdon , to view the bodies , which were lying at the workhouse in Mount-street , Grosvenor-square . Two ofthe bodies , those of Mr . Raggett and ofthe female unknown , are literally burnt to cinders , and one unaccustomed to such sights is astonished to
Conceive how it is possible to swear to the identification . Miss Raggett ' s countenance is exceedingly calm and placid , and there are less visible marks of suffering about her ' s than on those of any other of the unfortunate deceased . Ann Jones , the nurse in the family of Lord Huntingdon , appears to have suffered greatly , though her countenance is not so much disfigured as that of some of the other sufferers . She is perfectly burned , and the skin is completely off her feet—a proof that she must have been surrounded with flame , and even standing upon a portion ofthe burning mass . Elizabeth King , of No . 2 , RatcIuTc-parade , Bristol , was the first witness examined . She deposed as
follows : — I was in my bedroom , on the first-floor , between twelveandonco ' clockonTucsdaynight , at Raggettls Hotel . I went into an adjoining room to obtain some water to make liquorice-tea , and before returning to my bedroom 1 heard a crackling noise . I immediately went towards my room to ascertain whence it proceeded , wheu I perceived a large mass of flames issuing as it were from my bedroom-door aid from over the door . I directly called " Fire " as loud as I could , and one of the male waiters came np the staircase , and joined with mc in shouting " Fire . " My brother and sister-in-law then came out of their room , and Iran into his bedroom to get a _Mani-i * . * to raver him ; I could not get one , however ,
and whenl came out again I found that they had gone into the drawing-room , where I joined them . They were standing at the window creating aasdam _jg-Siithem to go down ( _hf" _^ _"J as I thought the flames had not to reached that spot . TlTcy were iu their _night-clotlus only . i and were afraid to go because there was a flame theic . I persuaded _tlim still , and ran tothe staircaseto showihemthat there was no material impediment _^ ui the way of their egress , intending to return to thein , and thinking that there wasplenty of _tnaefcraUI to « et down th ! staircase . When I had *» ended » Step or two the flames followed me andi taint , _ny dotb . es in several places , and my hand and _^ _geau Two men rushed up at that moment , and earned jne _downintothestrcet , Ibeggedthatthc peop _krround would procure ladders , as from the street _WJJ brother andsister and several others at the drawingroom -window . Bv the Coroner .-There was no fire or &• _•*» _$ {? mv bedroom . When I went to bed I took a _can « le
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with mc , and 1 took it out with me also into the drawing-room . 1 have no certain knowledge how the fire originated . My candle had no guard to it . 1 saw no sparks fly from my candle . I have no recollection of anything of the kind . There was a bed in my room , with dimity curtains . There were some _lucifer-matchesinthe wash-hand-stand drawer , but none lying about the room . I think no one liad been m the room besides myself . No one had any business there . Less than three minutes , I think , elapsed between the time of my leaving my bedroom to get the water and hearing the crackling noise . I do not know who was in the room underneath me ; and I wish to say this , because it would be a great relief to my mind .
By a Juror . —Would you infer that the curtains caught fire of themselves ? Witness ( who appeared to be much affected ) said it was hardly right to ask her that . She had no certain knowledge how the fire originated ; she could only "fear" that the fire had been occasioned in that way . When the staircase was in flames , and she saw that she could not , without getting burnt , go "downwards , " she thought that she might have gone upwards . Her bedroom was iu the back of the liouse , and was separated by a passage from the drawing-room . She is living now at No , 18 , _Osnaburgh-street . The Earl of Huntingdon examined . —I am at present _lodging at 13 , Hill-street . I was hi the hotel at the time of the fire , having just arrived there from
the French play . On goinsr into the drawing-room on the first-floor , about half-past twelve , or between that hour and one o'clock , I had just time to put my hat upon the table , and take a bedchamber light which I found burning on the table of the drawingroom , when I heard the alarm . Lady Huntingdon and Mrs . Power , my mother-in-law , ha _' d gone before me . There was a passage between the drawing-room and our bedrooms , and going towards mine I met Mrs . Power , and after making one remark to her about the play , I heard the cry of "Fire , " aud I thought I recognised the voice of Mr . Raggett , jun . The words I think were " Fire—Oh , my mother 1 " I rushed up stairs to my child ' s room , and caught hold of Ann Jones , the nurse , by the shoulder , and
shook her , saying , " Jones , Jones , get up , here's fire give me my child . " She said , " Wait a moment till 1 dress hun , my Lord . You'll give the child his death if you take him out in the cold . " I shook her again and said , " Good God , woman , the house is in flames , give me my child and follow me . " The room was a long one , and was above the room in which Miss lung slept . The bed stood in a recess , and when I went to the door , and considered for a moment whether I shonld go on through the flame , or return to the window , I at length determined to proceed , and got through the flames , though I burnt my eyebrows and my child ' s hair . I fear that poor Jones made the fatal mistake of receding to the window , instead of following me and rushing tlirough
the flames . I took my child to Batt ' s Hotel , and I cannot speak in too high terms of praise of the conduct of the proprietor of that hotel ; the door was open for every one to go in , and the utmost attention was shown to every one . After leaving Batt ' s I went into the street again , and saw the fire-escape getting up . There appeared to me to be a great deal of bungling about it . I have no idea whence the flames proceeded . By a Juror . —I never saw a fire-escape used before ; but it appeared to me that there was some sort of hitch at the top of the machine . I won't blame any one , though it did appear to me that there was a bungling ; nor will I say that if the escape had been in proper working condition the fatal consequences _ininht not have happened . I recognise the body of
my maid-servant Jones , from her having red hair , from the marriage ring upon her third finger , and other circumstances . Her features I could not identify . Aa far as I could judge , the men who _workedthefirc-maueswere sober . Things appeared to me to be generally well managed ; and I cannot give too much credit to the firemen for the way in which they conducted their operations . The police also deserved all praise . F . W . Raggett , son of the late proprietor ofthe unfortunate hotel , was next examined . His left arm was in a sling , and he appeared to have suffered very severely . I superintended my father's business , anil acted as head waiter for him . I was sitting up with my brother , the waiter , and the cook on Monday
evening . Mis . Round occupied a sitting room and two bedrooms on the second floor . There was enly one door out into the passage from all these three rooms , and one was obliged to obtain entrance to the two inner rooms to go through the outer room . Mrs . Round and her daughter , who had been at the theatre , arrived at the hotel about twelve o'clock , when supper was served by me , and the things were left upon the table . On my retiring down stairs the cry of fire was given by Miss King on the drawing-room floor , and 1 saw the flames at the same instant rushing out of her bedroom . My thoughts naturally reverted tomy poor mother , who _hadbroken her leg about three weeks before , and I immediately ran up again to the second floor , where my mother
slept . My brother followed me upstairs , " and we dragged her out of bed . ii car-tying her down stairs , the flames were so overpowering that my brother fell , and we were both obliged to leave hold of her . I also fell . When I recovered , a man came upstairs and assisted me , and we took her to Batt ' s hotel . When I first discovered the fire , I called out " Fire " so loud , and made so great a noise , that 1 should have thought every one must have been disturbed . I returned to the hotel to look for my brother , but could not ascend , so great were the flames . I then went into the street , when I saw my brother without his hat scaling a ladder , and I saw liim bring Miss Round down the escape ladder . He ascended again , and brought down Mrs . Round ' s maid . At
tliis time I was called away to my mother , and having pacified her , I went again to the street , when I met my brother , who rushed into my arms and said , "We have lost them all ; I can't find my mother , father , sister , or any of them . " If the fire escape had been Eroperly placed , I think every person might have ecu saved ; but I believe the men were drunk . The witness expressed his warmest acknowledgments to Mr . Knight , the surgeon , for his kindness . He added that the house property was insured , but everything that belonged to his father and his family had been destroyed . He and liis mother and family were left without a single farthing . By the Coroner . —There was no wainscot in the house , as had been erroneously stated in the public journals . The partitions were mere lath and plaster partitions . I have no doubt that the fire originated in Miss King ' s room . The candle must have come iu contact with the curtains . I do not think that a
spark would hare done it , as the curtains were of quilted dimity . By a Juror . —I am perfectly satisfied that the man who brought the fire-escape was not in a fit state to manage it , I did not see him or any one belonging to it attempt to ascend . My deceased sister was thirty-seven years old , and my father was about sixty-two . I think that the deceased woman unknown must be Mrs . Round , because she was found near my father , with whom she wag last seen . The chambermaid , who is also missing , was a very sound sleeper . Mrs . Barnes ' s hair was auburn . 1 do not exactly know the colour of Mrs . Round ' s hair . There was some means of escaping by the roof , because my brother and one of my sisters escaped in that way * , though how they did it they do not know Mis . Barnes slept in a front room . There is a heap of rubbish on the premises now , which I havepointed out to the police , and it is my impression that Mrs . Barnes is under that rubbish . I saw only one
fireescape . A Juror . —There were two there—one in the mews at the back ofthe hotel , from South Audleystreet , and the other in front , from St . James ' sstreet . Another juror observed , that he subscribed to one of these fire-escapes , and he was very anxious that eveiy inquiry should be made as to the conduct of the me i having the management of it . Several gentlemen present , the majority of whom appeared to be interested in one or other of the fireoffered then' testimony as to the efficiency ,
escapes , or otherwise , of their machines ; but The Coroner put it to the jury whether it would not be better , as all the bodies had not yet been found , and as it was probable that the body of the only remaining person missing would be found in the course ofa day or two , to adjourn the inquiry . Inspector Aggs stated that the walls of the hotel were being shored up , and in all probability the remaining body would lie found by to-morrow . The jury having concurred in the recommendation ofthe coroner , the inquiry was adjourned until Friday
at three o ' clock
_Annmom _pariicbxaks . The shoring up of the walls had not on Thursday evening been completed ; nevertheless , portions of them were rendered sufficiently secure to enable the firemen to enter the ruins , and , at the urgent request ofthe family of Mrs . Rouud , in order , if possible , to discover her body , they being impressed with tne conviction that the remains , not identified before tne jury , were not her ' s . For several hours nothing was discovered of any consequence , but about halt-past one o ' clock in the afternoon , Fogo , the foreman ot the brigade , turning over some rubbish , observed tne remains of one ofthe Countess of Hunfa- §* KL . toilet boxes , containing jewels of the value of £ _^ v , _althoush the case was nearly burnt to a cinder , strange
to say , the jewels were but slightly injured , _encouraged by this success , his lordsliip increaseu tne exertions to find the more valuable case of _je _« eis , which , however , was not found , although the nev . dress and other portions of the countess ' s warurooc , and also his own , in wliich they intended to a PP , _^ on Tuesday at her Majesty ' s Drawing-room , _^ ' _^" f out . They were recognised by the lace and other oinaments upon them , but were wholly useless . U P _^ six o ' clock , a considerable number of diamonds _anu other jewels were found , whicli were identified as Belonging to Mrs . Round . During the afternoon the firemen succeeded _iniecovering the large chest of plate belonging to mi . King , and on that gentleman receiving information of the fact he attended forthe purpose of having it removed . At the moment , however , Mr . King was
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about to do so a circumstance took place which , from ite unparalleled character , created considerable astonishment amongst those assembled . A person who gave his name as Mr . Abbott , of Portsea House , Southampton , entered the ruins , accompanied bv a man who was said to be a sheriffs officer . He ¦ informed Inspector Aggs that he was the landlord of the house , that the deceased Mr . Raggett was his tenant , atld ° _?' p 1 S _^ a " _» Jenn' rent > _amounting to the sum of £ 1 , 000 , and that every article in the ruins belonged to him , as he had instituted legalproceedings , and was prepared with a warrant to levy a distress on everything that was contained in them . Under the circumstances he prohibited the removal of the property said to belong to Mr . Kine . Mr . Insnrfctor
Aggs unmediately conveyed this information to the Earl of Huntingdon and the family of Mrs . Round . It is needless to describe theu- amazement . Thev immediately had an interview with Mr . Abbott , ancl urged upon him io reconsider the step he was about to take . The result was , that Mr . Abbott consented to permit liim andthe relatives of Mrs . Round to retain what they liad discovered , and what they could find up __ to sunset , but refused to do so with regard to Mr . lung's plate , declaring that the legal proceedings with respect to the ruins would be enforced after that period . Respecting the fate of Airs . Round , tiie facts which have been hitherto elicited are , to the members of her family , exceedingly unsatiafactorv . Thev state that Miss Rouud informs them that she aiid her
mother were in the act of sitting down to supper when tliey heard the screams of " Fire . " Thev went out of the room together and looked over the bannisters , although , on opening the room door , thev were met by a great body of smoke . On going to the landmgto see where it came from , Mrs . Round went down the stairs one or two steps . They then saw flames rushing up the stairs , and her mother screamed and fell backwards on the landing . She tried aU she could to drag her mother back to their apartment , but was unable to do so from the smoke , and seing some men on the stairs she made certain they would rescue her mother , and ran backherself . Having remained in her apartment for a few seconds , and , feeling recovered , Miss Round determined to return to her mother , but on re-opening the door , so rapid was the fire , that not only smoke but a body of flame was on the staircase . She had in the interval called the servant , who came out
with her , and theywere both forced to retire to the apartment , where they remained until the fire-escape came , and were saved . The impression , therefore , on the mind of Miss Round is , that the fright of her mother at seeing the fire caused her to lose her senses , and , never recovering them , sho perished . Lord Huntingdon , on being spoken to by Airs . Round's sons on the subject , said he had an impression that he passed that lady on the stairs when escaping from the nurse's room with his son , and that she or some one else touched him on the shoulder ; but had he stayed one'instant his own life would have fallen a sacrifice . The reason for Mrs . Round ' s family believing that the body found by that of Mr . Raggett is not her ' s , is that a quantity of unburnt black hair was found near the spot , whereas Mrs . Round's was ofa different colour . The fears entertained with respect to the supposed loss of Colonel Bouverie ' s servant , we are happy to state , are now dispelled , as he has been discovered to be safe .
_APJOUBNBO INQUEST—ANOTHER BOOr FOUNn . The exploration of the ruins was resumed at an early hour yesterday ( Friday ) morning , under the superintendence of the police . Many small articles of wearing apparel , * fcc , were found , but they were so burnt as to be worthless . About eleven o ' clock Mr . Loder , the principal engineer of the western section ofthe brigade , received information from one of the men engaged on the upper floor that he had found a body . Mr . Fogo , the foreman , being informed of the fact , the ch'cumstance was kept exceedingly quiet , and only those informed of it who were immediately concerned in the discovery . The Earl of Huntingdon was upon the spot at the time , and upon viewing the remains his lordship appeared to feel
the deepest emotion . It was so deplorably mutilated that identity was impossible ; but , from what subsequently took placo before the coroner , it will be seen that this body is deemed too large in the bone for that of Mrs . Round , consequently the first female body must have been that of the unfortunate lady in question . As soon as possible after the finding of the body , information of the fact was communicated to the famil y and the official persons connected with the offices of insurance . A shell was speedily procured , and the remains deposited therein , and conveyed to the workhouse of St . George , Mount-street , Grosvenor-square , where the others lie . Mrs . Round was in her 56 th year , and was the daughter of George Caswell , Esq ., of Sacomb Park , Herts , aud had been married to Mr . Round about thirty years .
AMOUKNED INQUEST ON THE BOWES . The inquest upon the bodies of the sufterers in the late fire—namely , Mrs . Round , aged 56 ; Mr . Raggett , aged 62 ; Miss Raggett , aged 37 ; Mrs . Jones , aged 28 , and Mrs . Barnes , aged 40 , was resumed yesterday ( Friday ) afternoon , before Mr . Bedford , the coroner for Westminster , at the Rising Sun , Charles-street , Grosvenor-square . The bodies altogether presented an awful appearance , and were so much burnt that they could scarcely be identified . Thomas Davis . 69 . Brook-street , Hanover-square ,
was first examined . He said—I am a surgeon , and have been in the habit of attending upon Mrs . Round professionally , and I consider that the body discovered this afternoon is not that of Mrs . Round , [ Hero Mr . Davis produced a portion ofthe lower jaw of the body alluded to , which was handed round for the inspection of the jury . There was only one large tooth in the jaw , which was very much burnt . ] Mr . Davis continued : I liave carefully examined the jaw , and think , from the projection of the teeth , that it belonged to the maid-servant , and not Mrs . Round ,-besides , the body is of too large a size for that of Mrs . Round .
Edmond Shepperd Symes , 67 , Broad-street , surgeon , having heen sworn , deposed—I have examined three bodies now lying at the workhouse , two of which were females , the third a male . They are all very much burnt . The body brought in this morning appeared to be that of a large woman . The molar teeth were very much decayed . Benjamin Rich , servant to Mr . W . King , was then sworn—He said I was staying in Raggett's Hotel at the time of the fire , where my master and mistress had also been staying since the previous Friday . On Monday night I went to bed between eleven and twelve o ' clock . My bed-room was on the second floor . I had not been to sleep long when I was awakened by an alarm of fire , on which I got up
and looked out of the windows into the street . I then went to my bed-room door , but directly I opened it the flames rushed in upon mc . I returned to the window and threw it open , when I got outside and held fast by the window-frame . I hung there as long as I could until my fingers were veiy much burnt , when I was forced to let go , and I fell down upon the balcony . As I was hanging by the window I saw Miss Raggett , Miss Round , and the lady ' s maid at the window next to that by wliich I was holding fast , and Miss Raggett called out to me , " Rich , for God ' s sake save us , or . we shall be all burnt to death , " When I was clown upon the balcony I saw ACss Raggett attempt to descend the fire-escape , and iu doing so she tell upon the pavement in the street , Bv Juror—The fire-escape was placed against
a . the wall between two windows . There was no fireengine in the street at this time . It was twenty minutes from the commencement of the fire before the fire-escape arrived . I am sure Miss Raggett fell from the window . At this time there were a few policemen about , and the fire-escape had come , but a few minutes elapsed before it could be used . I do not know how wide the space is between the windows . Philip William Raggett was again sworn , and gave a good deal of evidence in confirmation of what he had before deposed . He also added that it was lus opinion that Martha Barnes must have got out of her bed and come down to lus father's room in order to awaken him , but that there she had been overcome bv the smoke , and the floor having given way , she was precipitated below , and that would account for her body haying been found beneath his fathers'
bedroom . , By a Juror . —Mrs . Round was more corpulent than Mrs * . Barnes , though her bones were not so large . Miss King was then called and examined . —She said : When the fire took place two men came up to take me down , and I cannot remember , anything else . I do not recollect having seen any woman at aD . _••& should _InaVckaown Mrs , Round or Mrs , Raggett if I had seen them . _Hem-y Raggett , civil engineer , deposed . —On Monday nigui , the 20 th instant , I was waiting up with my brother at tlie * hotel , for the return of a party who , I was informed , had visited the French plays . On then- return , at a quarter-past twelve o ' clock , 1 accompanied my brother to the second floor , to the
room Mrs . Round occupied , and after again reaching the bottom of the staircase , I lieard a cry of fire , which appeared to issue from the first floor . I immediately returned with my brother to look after my mother , who had been ill for some time . The fire was issuing from the first floor bed-room . We succeeded in getting my mother as far as tho first floor flight of stairs , when the smoke overpowering me , I let her fall . 1 do not recollect anything more till I felt myself in the fresh air , and I waited in the street about twenty or twenty-five minutes , by which time the fire-escape had arrived . It appeared to me to be worked in a very awkward manner , but as 1 did not
understand it , 1 attributed it to the machine . I saw a man ascend it two or three steps , and then return . I then ascended it myself , and in doing so I saw a female falling down , whom I have since learned to be my sister . When I got to the top I succeeded in rescuing Miss Round and another lady , but I do not think it was in their power to reach the ladder without my assistance . By a Juror . —I cannot tell whether the man whose business it was to attend to the machine was hi liquor or net . I think that if the machine had been properly placed my sister could have escaped _^ There is no trap-door at the top ofthe house , but there are windows leading on the roof . If ladders had been
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placed frem the balcony to the windows all the lives _w-gbt nave been saved . I saw several policemen in the hall , who were springing their rattles and giving the alarm , but I cannot tell whether thev did their dirty . Charles Robinson , a waiter in the hotel , was then examined . He said—I was in the house at the time ot the fire . Here Robinson repeated the evidence that had been given before , and continued—When tlie escape aimed , which was nearly half an hour alter the fire commenced , there was some delav before ifc was made to work . Tlie man who had charge of it did not seem to understand it , but I cannot say whether he was drunk or not . I ran to the person who keeps livery-stables next door , to obtain ladders , but he refused to let me have any , and said , " Never mind , let me have my horses out first . "
Joseph Widdison Wclbourne , of No . 33 , _Albemarlcstrcet , deposed—I had just passed Raggett ' s Hotel , about 20 minutes to one o ' clock on Tuesday morning last , when the alarm of ( ire was given . I heard a loud crash and a scream of fire when about 20 vards from the window on the south ofthe portico , oil the drawing-room floor , which was broken . Apolieeman almost at the same time ran up ancl sprang ; his rattle . 1 wont back and saw three ladies at the window which wns broken , and the room . ippeared to he full of smoke and a glare of fire . One of the ladies tried to get out , but the others attempted to prevent her . Just at this moment a cab came down the street , which I stopped , and begged of the gentleman inside to go and fetch the fire-escape , which he refused to do . 1 then requested him to set out of
the cab and allow me . He did so , and I immediately jumped on the box and made the cabman drive off at f ' _uil speed . The man in charge of tho fire escape was standing on the pavement and a policeman near him . I told liim to come up immediately , and went behind to assist in moving the escape , but found it was fastened so that we could not stir it . I then desired the man in charge to unlock it immediately , but he seemed quite unconscious of what he was about . _ I spoke veiy severely to him , and told him that this delay would occasion a great loss of life , and begged hun not to stop a moment . I asked him what he was about , * and said , " Give me the keys ;" on which he threatened to knock nie down if 1 said anything more to him . The policeman here said , " You must not mind him , sir , tor he is intoxicated . "
The man in charge of the escape then very quietly turned round to lock up his box , and afterwards tried to prevent me from assisting to push the machine along . About four minutes were lost by this delay ; but I should state that the machine , altogether from the time I started in the cab , was not more than a quarter of an hour in arriving at the fire . When he got to the end of Dover-street a number of persons assisted in pushing it along . I then left it and went opposite the fire , and with a little move loss -of time the escape was placed against tho wall . At tin ' s moment I saw a lady upon the roof , whom I have since heard was Miss Raggett . She stepped over the roof on to the cornice , about three feet below the top . She then lowered herself by her hands and took a kind of spring , as if for the fire escape , which she missed , and fell down into the street upon the
pave-. Tho Chairman ofthe society belonging to the fireescape here observed that he had attended in order to ascertain the conduct of the man in charge , and what had fallen from the gentleman who had last given evidence was quite _sufficient to show that he had been a faitldess servant . The chairman assured the jury that the man would be forthwith dismissed , and it was deeply regretted by him that any servant of the society should have been the occasion , by his negligence , of less lives being saved . At the same time , it was gratifying to know that two lives had been preserved by the lire-escape . A desultory conversation ensued upon this subject ,
in which the foreman remarked that some persons refused to go for the fire-escape because the reward for fetching a fire-engine was greater . The Chairman assured liim , however , that they rewarded as much for fetching one as the other . Paul Craning , police constable 158 C , was next examined , and confirmed the evidence of Mr . Welborne . A Juror observed that he thought Sir James Graham should be memorialised on this subject , and the whole facts of the case laid before him , that he might take the evidence into his serious consideration , that something might be dene to prevent such dreadful loss of life in future .
John Fisher , 48 C , was accordingly sworn . —He said : About twenty-five minutes to one o ' clock on Tuesday morning , the 27 th instant , I was on duty at tlie corner of Arlington-street , in Piccadilly , when my attention was drawn to some flames in the first floor window of Raggett ' s Hotel , I ran up the street , and sprung my rattle several times , after which I went into the hotel , and met two or three persons bringing a female down stairs . I ran up on the first floor landingplace , which was all in flames at the time . I had just arrived when a female dressed in black came stumbling down the stairs , and when she got on the landing-place she fell down and cried out , "O V there are some more up stairs . " I dragged her down to the street-door , and returned a second time , but the
flames were so strong I was forced to go back . Ai ' ter that I went outside and held a ladder against the balcony , whilst two or tlu-ee persons got down . I then took a cab and went for the County and King-street engines , and returned after sending two fire-engines . A gentleman from the Royal Society , for Providing Escape for Persons at times of Fire , observed that he was very g lad the jury had brought tins policeman under his notice , for he would obtain , a reward from the society for having preserved the life ofa fellow creature . It was the custom of the society to reward all those who distinguished themselves on these awful occasions at the risk of their own lives .
All the evidence having now been given , tho jury unhesitatingly returned a verdict of—Accidental Death , adding , however , the following injunction , wliich they requested tho Coroner to forward to the Home Secretary : — " The jury request that the Coroner be invited to call the special attention ofthe Home Secretary to the evidence given at the inquest , in order that Goverament may take some means of preventing in futnre such awful loss of life . " The Coroner assured the jury that their instructions should be attended to on the first opportunity , and after inspecting a variety of ingenious models of fire-escapes , the court broke up .
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Fatal Accineni.—Two Iouno Men Drovr - ™ ...
Fatal _AccinENi . —Two iouno Men _DROVr ™ ) .- _? - Oxfokd , _WEPNEsnAY . —A gloom was thrown oyer the whole university by the report which was spread early this morning , that two young men , members of Pembroke College , and who had but just passed their examination for their degree of B . A ., had met their death by drowning . On inquiry it unfortunately proved to be too true . The particulars that have been ascertained arc as follows : —Last evening James Frederick Ede , B . A ., scholar , and Edward Ham ' s , commoner , both of Pembroke College , proceeded in two light skiffs up the Cherwell , as far as Islip , where they were to have met two fellow collegians , who proceeded to the same town by the road ; the latter returned without having seen their friends , who , it
appeal's , had been to a different inn . They waited up for thorn in the common room of tho college till two o ' clock this morning , when their anxiety for the safety of those who were to have been their companions became so great that they applied for leave to go out of the college and search for them . The tutor , the Rev . R . P . Smith , immediately accompanied tliem to Islip , where they ascertained that their friends had left at a quarter past eight the previous evening to return home . They then returned by the river side , and near Marson , a village about two miles from Oxford , found the two boats , one with the oar brck . cn and the other nearly doubled up against a tree . I * * supposed that ono , having broken his oar , had j v"Jj his companion in the other boat , and that . _S _. _, niVht
the stream rapid , thoy , from son " ; , Ca „ or off being unable to avoid a trcp p _^ _S" mrtS across the river , were u _^ . _' _W _^ n _^ _tJTffl very deep , Mr . Ede niu > i _^^ _S _„& £ wnT n ,. w _tl" ' f _fe' t 0 a *** Win , both were T- I ? u V 6 vci > y assistance were imme-SS Srn _^ M d' _^ nd ab 01 _!? ten ° ' clock _« - _*•* "ing _StoJS _& u ¥ l _f \ _™ T discovercd , and some timo _aitei-ASVi-ds that of Mr . Hams , about one hundred yards apart . The accident took place not far from the ferry crossing the river ne « r Somerstown _, . Se / _-- _£ ¦ _# is hum & TiLL . - _* On Sunday morntwo oi the Customs
ing ' officers having received information oi the existence of an illicit still being at work 111 the neighbourhood of Whitechapel , proceeded to the premises in question , and succeeded in mailing a seizure of the apparatus , and also capturing tho parties who wero at work at the time . It appears that the persons implicated have hitherto succeeded m eluding the usual vigilance of the officers of the Excise in respect to such matters , which accounts ior the seizure having ' been made by the Customs ' officers , though , according to the nsual regulations , the affair will nave eventually to come to under the cognisance of that department .
Fatal Accident . —On Saturday afternoon , between three and four o ' clock , while a number of men were engaged at Cripplegate workhouse in removing bricks preparatory to taking down part ofthe building , the weight of bricks piled up in the upper floor caused it to give way , carrying with it the three floors below . Two men were found buried in the ruins . One of them , named David Cauty , was taken out dead , and another , named George Bedford , was so severely injured that lus recovery % doubtful . Suicide at Leeps . —On Monday last , Mr . John Armstead , of Springfield Mount , and partner in the firm of Messrs . Wilson and Co ., skinners , Leathleylane , Ilunslet , put an end to his existence by taking poison , at the George and Dragon Inn , Briggate . The deceased was fifty-one years of age , and was ( we understand ) a member ofthe Society of Friends . Fatal Accident at Edinburgh . — On Monday evening , about ten o ' clock , one of the workmen engaged in the tunnel at St . Andrew-square , in coming up the shaft , fell from nearly the top to the bottom of it , and was killed on the spot ,
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EPSOM RACES . —Wednesdat , Mat-28 . THE DERBY DA . Y . The Derby speculations this year , though certainly materially affected by tha growiug importance of the . Chester Cup , were heavy in legitimate betting- ; and had it not been for the Old England and IVeatlierbit affairj there would liave been little or no " nobbling" toconiplain of . Derby lotteries and sweeps were numerous , but assuredly not so much so as they were last year ; for confidence in them was cooled by the Kunniug lloin business , and by the dishonest and disgusting : _legal obstructions thrown last year in the way of payment of prizes . TMs year it is to _behoped the treasurers of the lotteries will feel that thoy have no excuse to make , and that the . v will pay ivithout demur tlie drawers of the wining horse . Another sort of speculation—we might properly call it a mania—viz ., that in railroads , has interfered with and diminished tlio Derby betting ; we fancy it would be very ditlieult to decide which was the safer speculation .
The meeting on Wednesday was numerous . Although it rained , not very heavily it is true , from dav-n until a little before noon , tho weather-wise prophesied a fine day . Tliey were ri _^ ht in thei r prediction ; between cloven and twelre o ' clock the rain ceased , and tlie sun shone pleasantly during the whole of the races , and . almost up to the very moment of starting arrivals ou the coursa continued to take place . When , at half-past two , tho hell for saddling rang , the coiwse presented an animated and thronged appearance , and the coiy > _d'aiil from the Grand Stand might liave challenged comparison with the best days of Epsom . The hill just in front of the stand was crowned with booths , and its sides- and bass were covered with carriages , ciammod with oicupantsat either s « . Close by , on the eastern side of the winning stand , was a line of carriages twenty deep , and each side of the course , from its western extremity all round to and beyond Tattenham Corner , and nearly up to the betting ring , was densely lined with all sorts of vehicles , andovery grade of spectators .
Tlie chief race was fixed for half-pait two . o ' clocl ' ., bu . lv punctuality in such an event is so difficult , that lit has * _, never yet been attained . The difficulty was ineveas- ed ootids occasion by the unprecedented number of 1 _lorscsbrought to Hie post—no fewer , in fact , than 311 B _esidea three false starts , an accident happened to Alarm a nd his jockey , whicli delayed the final start at least a qua , rter of an hour . The Libel reared up , and striking a . t Matin , iiit Nat upon the wrist—this caused Alarm to ¦ plunge , and his rider being dislodged , lie ran against the chains and fell over , but immediately jumping up , lie hro ? . _« away towards Tattenham Comer ; being headed about > midway _.
he made for the road leading into the bottom t _. _elowtha weighing stand , and after narrowly escaping am _jfher fall was caught , taken back and remounted . His le ( $ was cut , awl the jockey ' s ami much bruised , but not to < the extent to prevent their taking part in the race .. _Ati djout halfpast three . 1 good start was efiectcd , and in a fe _> , v brief moments the hopes and fears of the thousand s who . had breathlessly awaited the commencement off . ho struggle were set at rest . The " crack" was beateudi . sgracefuUy , and a horse that was not even mentioned 11 1 the betting proved to the satisfaction of the unlearned in racing _mattet-s , that the " knowing ones were doue agai . n . "
How they were done—and the oftentr the y arc done in this way the more they like it—tlie _followir ig _detsils will show ;—The Demjy Stakes of 50 sovs cach _^ h ft ; .-for _tbrse-yearolds , colts 8 st 71 b ; and fillies , Sst 2 lb ; tt ie owner of tho second horse to receive £ 100 out of the -stakes , and tha winner t » pay 100 sovs towards the poi ice regulations of the course . Last mile and a haK One hundred and thirty-eight subscribers . Mr . Gratwicke ' s The Merry Monarch ..-...... ( F . Bell' 1 Mr . A . Johnstone's Annandale .. ( Marson ) 2 Mr . Gully ' s Old England ( S . Day ) 3 Mr . Mostyn ' s Pantasa ,... _„ ( Marlow ) 4 The following also started , but were not placed : — Lord Stradbroke ' s Idas .... ( G . Edwards ) 0 Mr . Gully ' s Woathcrbit „ ( Jrim Day , jun . ) . «
Mr . A . W . Ilill ' s The Libel ( CaUoway ) O Mr . Gratwieke ' s Doleful ( S . Bell ) t » Lord Chesterfield ' s Pam ( F . Butler ) I ) Mr . Ford's Fuzbos . - „ .,. ( Sly ) 0-Col . Cradock ' s Jinglepot .,.,,,,. ( Teniplewan ) O Duke of Richmond ' s Laird 0 ' Cockpen ... ( Whitehouse ) O Mr . Wreford ' s Worthless , ( J . Howlett ) O Mr . St . Paul ' s Mentor .. ( Lye ) 0 Col . Peel's e by Slane , out of C » bweh ... _( B . Edwards ) l > Mr . Waller ' s Columbus ( Wakefield ) < J > Lord Exeter ' s Wood Pigeon ( Boyce ) 0 > Mr , Worlcy ' s John Davis ( Crouch ) < k Mr . A . W . Hill's Salopian .... ( Denman ) » Col . Anson ' s Kedger ... v ....,..,............... ( Simpson ) %
Lord Glasgow ' s colt by . Bay Middleton _, out of Miss . Whip ., ...... ( Holmes ); f Lord Verulam ' s c by Liverpool , out- of _Coi-umba ( W . Cotton ) Sir G . Hcatheote ' s Gwalior ( Chapp ie * * Mr . T . Theobald ' s Desperation ( Bartholomew ) * Mr . _Lintott's CabiiiBoy ( Bucklo ) _' Mr . GreviUe ' s Alarm , ( Nat * "» Mv . WattndAdonj 3 ( Hornsb j ' Mr . Ferguson ' s _Clcar-the-Wuy ( Robinsr _W ° in ) 0
BETTING AT STARTING . 3 to 1 agst Idas ( taken ) , 7 to 2 . agst Weathexhit 0 to 1 agst Th _3 . Libel ( taken ) , 10 to 1 agst Alan < t _^ 'i each agst Pam , Doleful , and Fuzbos , 22 to 1 _ags' - " ' i 010 * 22 to 1 agst Old England , 30 to 1 agst Jingle * ' _antasa , mi . agst _Jslentor and _VTortWsiss , b & to 1 easi _* . ' P ot _*<• to I bus , Laird 0 ' Cockpen , Cobweb colt , and Aar agst Colum - to 15 each agst Miss Whin , colt and Wool 'andale , 1009 to 10 ngst ' _Clear-the-Way . Just before , s * p , S ' 100 was laid against ' Fortii ' s lot , but sin tartmg 1500 to was not-mentioned , ilr . Gully declared ' _g'y the winner t 0 tt
England . While speaking of the _bettinj * _™ - "j * OH tion that in the course of the morning * „ ¦/ we s _* J 0 * "d _* nen . to on Monday as having , laid so _heayil " parly referred land was called upou to stake , and y a S ainst ° * d Eog . securities to the amount of £ 18 , 000 was re P _***"* > d with were objected to , and it was then xe < ' ? r _£ _20 >>' * These of the money laid on Mr . Gully's ace ' ! vUred that a _* ° _- at 20 to 1 , some points abovc the . ir ° "nt should t > e hedged done , and the matter for the _nrese _'"wtpricc . This wai however , that it will shortly f - _'ntwatrest . We hear , Club . ; ome before the Jockey
ins _«/ A good start was . accomp' . ' , " , _.., „ Idas leading off , Mowed b _" ** * ho fourth attempt , colt , Wood Pigeon , Kedgw y _b f ° _^ ' _FuzIw- « » Cobweb Merry Monarch next , sid 0 ' . . ? H Pantasa and Mentor and Faro , Annar ; . b > ' _"fle ' _» nd ***** them the centre . In this for _' _^ . lc a"d ° 'd England lying in the top ofthe hill , who * _™^ _^ i _™ f e _« od bat to front , and jointly can _, _^ _ff and Doleful went to the pace , Pantasa and tf _^ _Z _^ _™""?* at an imP _™ c d Pigeon , Idas , Mentor ' ' _S _^ f _/^ _^ _* " * in their wako . Thr ' _Jj" _" ' _° _*»?»** ¦ «* _Annandale which Pam , owing , £ _£ _T _* us ° «•<• *««™ . In rounding ing upon him , s * _^ tt _^^ _^ bmmam B ' Weathcrbit _, , vho k _? _£ _^ ood ***** ne ** and fell ; S put on v _™ g _£ " _3 * Jmni f ° m" bia ' Doleful and Kr 1 ** 1 ™* !? °° ™ ° ' lo 9 taom _" Sround . where the Mr S ° Jj kePt , thBlr _?•««• to the distance , . e ... fr . _* rry Monarch went in _fmnf fi , u _„ .., „ . > . ' Annnnaaie _^
_, r antasa _iying mh . and QJd En gi j ;„ conl , pany with _m _^ K _^ ger , and Wood Pigeon . The run in was ah ., _giraul . 0 f yl < s ifervy Monarch , Annandale never ge' . j ng neam . t _* ] _, _- quarters , and being finally defeater _^ * n c ' eTer style by a length . Old England came at the _UU- _. t _, and beat Pantasa for third place hy a neck , Anna * ' _. _^ ale beating liim b y a length . A ' ext to this lot were _Wor _, d Pigeon , Doleful , and Kedger , aud _liehind tliem the cl _:- ' ack ( who was in trouble before he got to the road ) and ¦ ? . idonis . How the next ruck camo in we could not make out , but those who pinned their _faitlu on tlie Stanton nag , The Libel , must have been not a , little mortified to perceive that lie was the first _hoi- _^ e beaten , and Uie last at the winning chair . The LaV fd o'Cockpen , tlie Corumba Colt , ' _Wordless , Young Eclipse , The Black Prince , Cabin Boy * " . ad several others , -were beaten early . The pace ' _V- _! . s good all the way . Value of the stakes £ 3975 .
_Fbidav , Mas 30 , The Oaks Stakes of SO sovs . each lift ; for three-year old fillies , 8 st 71 b each ; the second to receive 100 sovs . cut of the stakes , and the winner to pay 100 sovs . to _« wards tlie police regulations of the course . Last mile and a hah ' , One hundred and tiveiity . eight sub . scribers . Duke of Richmond ' s Refraction ,, ( 11 . Bell ) 1 Mr . Bennett ' s Hope ( Marlow ) 2 Major Yarburgh ' s Miss Sarah ( J . Holmes ) 3 Lord Chesterfield ' s Lady Wildair ( Whitehouse ) i The following also started , but were not placed : — Mr . Worthington ' s Lancashire Witch ; Lord G . Bentinck _' s Rose of Cashmere ; Mr . Gully's Maid of Orleans ; Mr . Rogevs' Glee , by Touchstone ; Mr . Armstrong ' s Venus ; Mr . Lilcy ' s Stamp ; Lord Eglinton ' s Plaudit ; Lord G , Bentinck ' s Miss Elis ; Mr . Bowcs ' s Heather Bell-, SirG ,
Hcatheote's f by _Samarkand , out of _Lafilio Male Gardee ; Sir C . Monek ' s f by Physician , out of Castaway ; Mr . Osbaldeston ' s Fickle Wild Rose ; Mr . Hopkins ' s Event * Colonel _Wyndliam ' s Caroline ; Sir J . 11 . Mill ' s Giantess ; Lord G . Bentinck ' s Longitude ; Colonel Feel ' s Heresy . Mr . Wagstaff _' s The Queen of Cypress was weighed for by Buckle , but an objection , made by Lord George Bentinck , was examined by Messrs . Harrow and Bartletc _, pronounced to he four years old , and was uot permitted to start . The mare , we understand , was sold on Thursday to his lordship , but on a hint that she might possibly be above the proper age , her mouth was examined , and found to be a very suspicious one ; his lordship , therefore , not only refused to ratify the purchase , but immediately objected to her starting .
Bettiko . _ 5 to _i agst Kent ' s lot ; 7 to 2 agst Lanca . shire Witch ; _U to 2 agst Lady Wildair ; 7 to 1 agst Glee ; 8 to 1 agst Miss Elis ; 12 to 1 each agst Maid of Orleans and Hope ; 18 to 1 agst Rose of _Cosluwsvo ; 20 to lagst Refraction , _Longitiidi-, Plaudit , and Stamp ; and 2 a to 1 agst any other . A good start was accomplished at the first atterapt _. -and _, a novelty here , not more than a quarter of an hour after the time fixed for running . The lead was taken by Hope , Lady Wildab _* - and Lancashire _Witeii following her , with Caroline , Refraction , Longitude Miss Sarah , and Glee in wailing ou them . They ran in thin way at an indifferent pace to the turn , where Caro line and Lancashire Witch were beaten . At the roart Miss Sarah took tlie lead from Hope , and carried the run ning on to the stand , where Refraction went up , took un the running , _mcreased her lead , as she went on , and won easily by a couple of lengths ; Hope , who hadfollnw _^ r beating Miss Sarah , for second , by a fi _? rTJ-l _* dair a good fourth , Glee fifth , SU C . MoSl' _SA _^ and Longitude seventh , The others _^ tmlnV '
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Northern Star (1837-1852), May 31, 1845, page 5, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse2.kdl.kcl.ac.uk/periodicals/ns/issues/ns4_31051845/page/5/
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