Star. — London, England, 1828-11-20 00:00:00

NA,TIONAL SOCIETY Yesterday morning an adjourned Meeting of the Na tional &elm was held at St. Maitin's Vestry. Among the number present were, The Bishops of London and Exeter, the Rev. Dr. D'Oytey, the nes. H. Norris the Rev. R. Ulan, the Rev. Dr. Walmesley, the Rev . W. D avis, Esq. Giants were made to the following pfaces St. Peter's Derby shire, 1501. Bream, in the Forest of Dean Gloucestershire, 1501. Writtle, Essex, 3.51. Binstall, Leicestershire, 301. Haslingteld. Cambridgeshire, 531. Keighley, Yorkshire, 301. Walden, Bradford, Yorkshire, 1001. MELTON MOWBRAY, Nov. 18. This celebrated and most delightful Winter resort for the plrasure of bunting is rapidly filling with distin guished Fashionables; amongst those already arrived ate—The Rai and Countess of Plymouth. Lord and Lady Dar- Logien, Lord end Lady William Pwwlect, Lord Forrester, Count Sandor, Sir Harry Goodrich, Sir F. Mackenzie, Sir James Mus grave. Sir James Braswell. Mr. Stephens, Mr. Moore, Mr. Maxie, Mr. White, Mr. Ford, Mr. Hewitt, Mr. Warton, Mr. Cecil For wester, Mr Mickley William, Mr. Maher, Captain Rosa, Captain .tenser. i.ord Alvanley is hourly expected. The Duke ci RUTLAND'S hounds will commence bunting for the season on Thursday next, at Herring's Gorse, when bi► Grace comes from Chevely to meet them. BRIGHTON, Nov. 18. The weather, both yesterday and to-day, has. been mild and bright for the season. The Pi incest Auaidtrra yestetdav merely took a carriage ailing, attended by L idy Dzatuo and Miss WvsayAttu; but her Royal Highness this day has also enjoyed a lengthened pro itnenide with Miss WYNTARD, on the Steyne and Ma rine Esplanade. Among others of the Nobility and Fashion who have left their 'tames at the Palace since Sunday are the Duke and Duchess of St. Albaht, Lady Louisa und Lally Georgiatia Beauciercki Ilinntague•Gholmeley, M.P. Lord and Lady Audley, Met. Colonel Wekh, sirs. Barrington Price, Mr. Barrington, and Miss trice. The cftlinge in the weather Is higtitr favourable to the field sports. 'The Duke of Sr. ALIANS and Lord. Lax' were with theSubscrip dots Harriers yesterday, which threw Al at Patcham,and produced capital diVersion ; though, of four pursued, a brace of bares made up the pluile of the victorious trophies of the day. The Meeting on the face comic to.tnurrow is expected to be Isnlileit. EXETER PROTESTANT MEETING. The Mreting at the Guildhall, convened by the Mayor, lor the put pose of petitioning against any fur ther concession to the Catholics, took place on Saturday. The Mayor having taken the Chair, the following letter ttom Lord Exmouth was read— Dean Sta.—Having veeelved Ate last.rtight a printed requid- 1 eon addressed to your Workhip, to convene a Meeting of the Inhabitants of the City of Exeter, for the purpoie of expressing their attachment to the existing Constitution in Church and State, and nn the back thereof a written expression of their wish (with out signatures) that I wduld join mytrother freemen at the Gull& ball to-morrow for that purpose, I beg leave through your Worship to assure the requisitionists, that they are perfectly correct in the opinion they have formed of my sentiments on this vital question; which, indeed, have been often expressed by my votes in Parli►- ment, and that although, from my increasing deafness,' have lorig declined taking a part in public proceedings of this nature, yet I most fully concur In the objects for Which the present Meeting, is convened. and earnestly hope that ha result may be satisfaCtory. —I have the honour to be, dear Sir, your very respectful and most obedient bundle Servant, •• EXMOUTH. " yeignmoutts, Nov. 14, 182 d." BARNU, Esq. in presenting himself to 'the lkleet.ng, said that imputitionS had been cast on the manner in which the requisition had been obtained. He Must, however, positively state, that the requisition it rid was signed by malty respectable patens cf the Middling class, and be lkikew of no improper in iluenee: for many years this hid been a most mo asentous public question, which had been often dik cussed in Parliament; but the time wissloW net When it must be referred Cott* kingdom at large fbe sate a ship in danger of going upon die rock', and did not endeavoUr to .prevent its - wreck, he 'should not roasider himself acting the part of a man or a Chri.ttins The question ?vas, whet bey tiorkitin Ik'ws regarding the Ro man Catholiis should he "repeal. d? and nn this de pended whetter the Church of England should vlitt as it was by law established He telt no hesitation in say ing, that by the concessions they sought they Would acquire a great deal of power, and by it would uphold the influence of their own Church. He would willingly grant them their concessions, but he considered that, for the welfare of ihe Sate, sante security ought to be given. He wished to knOlr whether some security might not be taken ? and if this could be adopted., he would be the last who would stand op against theta. He conceived these securities ought to be'of three kinds, but he laid the Brea eat Stress on the security oroatbs. He then invented the foll.iwing Petition: " To the Honourable the Commons of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland in Parliament miembled—The hum ble Petition of the Inhabitants of the Cuy of Kzeter. `• Your Petitioners approach your Honourabk House with sett thnenu of deep veneration for our CUnstitution in Church stos State, of motions Akita& for the prenervatien of the internal peke and welfare of Wiese realms, and with in ardent delre t$ maintain those bends by which thit People. the Legielatuti, and the Crown are united. " Your Petitioners view With continued apprehension and 'alarm the {stressing efforts of the Roman Catholics to obtain fee their body the unlimited possessibi of ptAitical power In this lidtidlim. Devotedly attached its your /Petitioners ire to the print:Wei of the t r e t ta Constitution as einnitsbed bt the dons "itetrolutlon of lath— deeply sestsiMe ag they bra of the Me sliest:Tigre Moltin g ! to this nation and to Vie **IQ, tens i 'Maintaining lef the PlO solemn Church Ithil PrOti4Mol GneirrYnnittit of this country— indelibly convinced as yOtir rikitittoeth roust hi by the proceedings' of the Roman Catholic Asetitildott Ii Ireland, that the ultimate tendency of what they advocate is the extinction of the Reatietant Chuich there, and the destruction of the essential character at the British Constitution-your P r tadtioners most earnestly iiiplotO your Honourable House not tb tiiiietitio any tnesetitet by - Which the entities securiti e s for the Protestant Religion May be West ened or impaired, or wistroby Roman Catholics, betel; admitted to ilie Legislature and high executie• functions of the State. the Spltitual dominion of a Foreign .rower may be established. to the subversion Of the Pretertiot *dor& of this country, and the destruction of the %Mann ibiligions Liberties of the United Kingdom." • .. J. Trastim., Esq. moved the following amendment: " That this Meeting. conaiding,ln his Majesty's Governmeot on the question of the claims a our Catholic fellow subjects, deems It expedient to leave that Important subject to be settled by the deli. time Modem of she tegiristure." 1)r. Coz.Ltsra should. not have come forward but for the appearance 4 his name in the leqtrisition. When the Church was in danger, it was the duty of the Clergy to stand . op in her detente. At regarded the requi.ition,it warisigned by that class, sf all Others, by whom he shoold wish to have it signed; hid it beau signed by the Nobles and the Clergy, it Might base, been said that it Was a job. It .rat mot Eiranapatioit 1 the Iti - sh Win - tia, litit,pOytical firiirer, Li ite Putioti of establishing the Ronsin Catholic religion on the 1 ruins of the Protestant. If the Church Ascodastcy,, however, was destroyed, the State Weald alio be de I stroyed. After a fevi observations from, the Rev. Hamar Across, who asked, ,4 whether any body of men, pos sessing the power of the Cath"lic A.sociatinn, had ever used that power with so much moderation?" and fronk WILLIAM NATION. Esq. also in faiour br the Catholic Claims, „ ..; • The Amendment indthe original Nation were thee put, su the dui order of business. whin the latter was carried by a majority of about ten to one... The Matron, ,iientlemen, I declare the Petition to be carried by a large majority—(The result fleas tece,ved atria tremendous cheeringj. TUE L.ATE ACCIDENT AT COVENT GARDEN TURATRIL 71111- rittatiliT ok Ting $ 'Om. Yesterdiy afternoon a JoirY . , erslisting of several of the principal inhabitants of 'St. nial, Covent garaen, assembled at the Garrick's Head, 90" w-street, to inquire into the cause of the deaths of William Douglas and Richard Fennell. The bodies ifeie lying in Mr. Far ley's dressing room. There did not appear to be any marks of external violence, and their clothes did not seem scorched. Mr. James Corder, Vestry Clerk of St. Paul, Covent garden, said, about half pat one o'clock on Tuesday he heard an explosion from Covent GArden Theatre, and on going there discovered that there was a ire in one of the vaulted passages, and a strong smell of gas. Some firemen, Bow-street officers, and persons, were engaged in eadeavouring to suppress the fire burning in the gas room and parts adjAcent ; when the fire was conaiderably checked, it was recommended that the water in the lower passages should be pumped off, Preston descended a short way and called ouL several times, but no answer was returned. It occurred to witness, that with a safety lamp a person might possibly teach thtextremity t f the passage ; two were procured, upon which, in company with II swlins and Ramsden, witness descended into the vaulted passage, reached the gas room, and after one or two effnts witness sue ceeded in geiting under the gasometer, called out, and through the aperture of a newly built wall, discovered the remains of Douglas. He was lyidg at the foot of some stairs, with his legs up, horn which position it was evident he had fallen is the act of escaping. At the top of the stairs 'was found the body of Fennell against the door, which wis locked. Witness assisted in conveyiagi them into the Bedford avenue, into which they got b forcing open another door, where they had the assistant, of four Medical i Gentlemen. They were quite dead. Do you know the cause ,f the accident ?—The fire man is here, who will prove that it was solely an ex plosi,n. lam satisfied they died by suffoc,tion. The witness produced some property which hefoend on the body of Douglas. It consisted of a gold „witch, seals, &c. and six sovereigns, two half-sovereigns, one Queen Anne's half-crown, some toys, rings, Ste. Some questions wet e put by a Gentleman in the room to Mr. Corder, respecting the door which led to the passage where Fennell was found, and he was asked whether a man named Bliss, who was acquainted with the house, had not volonttered his services on the oc casion, and recommended that the door should be forced open ? Mr. Corder said that he did not hear of the door until the bodies of the men were found. The Gentleman then inquired whether, when Btu offered his a•.sistance to rescue the men, he was not de. sired to leave the premises? Mr. Corder said he bad no recollection of the cir. cumstance. James Er yington, fireman to the Theatre, said, I was in the Theatre yesterday (Tuesday). and was sent for by Mr. Roberts , n, the Treasurer, and Mr. Cooke, into the gas works; Mr. Cooke asked me whether one of our small engines would get the condensed water out of the tank in which the gasometer floated? I replied, that I thought the suction pipe was not tong enough, and Mr. Lott, of Lang Acre, was sent for to provide another ' , suction pipe to reach to the water in the tank, and I made preparations for getting the engine ready for work ; Fennell, Douglas, and three other men who were after Wards taken to the Hospital. at this time had gone to the other end of the gas room. I and one of the lamp lighters were making after them. They were about a deten or fourteen zards ahead of us, and when . 'they had reached the gasometer. I observed the flames caa.e but of the doorway of the gasomet r. 1 and the man who was with me hastened back. on seeing the flames cothe along the passage ; at this time the deceased persons were about fourteen yards ahead of me, hut they were close to the gasometer. The three persons who accompanied Mr. Douglas and' Fennell hastened back towards me; I opened the door and enabled them to pass. The first that approached was a man, named Skinner ; he was all in flame's but rolled him on the ground and extinguished the file. kr. Cooke and the other man rushed pat me into the street; their clothes all on fire; I then instantly pro cured assistance to estingoish the flame?, but an hou'r elapsed before we were enabled to reach the ga,ometer. Did either of the men carry a light ?—Yes ; otre of the firemen carried a back lamp (a commcn lamp, which is mate to hang against the wall). Did you think that Vas the occasion of the fire?-1 Jon% know. Do you think it was occasioned by the light having been taken into the gasonietet ?—Yes I believe that the fire was occasioned by the naked light having been carried into the gasometer.. Were the men in the habit Pf carrying a light into that pine r-Y4s, I have been a light carried in their several times. Was there any objection raised by Fennell or Douglas,, to the light being carried into the gasometer?—No; never beard them make an objection. Then du you think the accident was caused by the, light having been carried into the gas-room?—Yes, that is my opinion. Have you known of a light having been cirried into the gasometer on other occasions?—Yes, several timer, and I have gone into the gasometer with it, thinking there. was no danger. Was there a safety lamp on the premises ?—Yes, one was always kept in the gasometer, but the men did nut chuse to use It. They took the open light,thinking there u as no danger. Do you consider that any blame is attributable to. any body ?—No, do not ; I think no person was to blame; it was solely an accident. Mr. Edge, of the Gas Light Company's office, i 6 Westmin-ter, observed, that a hen the machinery was at work, and the gas in use, there would have been no' danger in entering the gasometer with a light; but in he slate it then was, it was extremely improper. On that morning he had adinonished Fennell not to enter I the ?Own., A. Medi s ial Gentleman said he had no doubt that the deceased "men bad died from suffocation. In answer to a question put by a Gentleman, he said that if the bodies had been got out sooner they probably might have been restored. Mr. Edge was then examined— He said, that on Mon day morning he received a letter from Mr. Robertson, desiring him to proceed to alter the gas fittings in the' interior of the theatre, as it had been determined to use no more oil gas, but to substitute coal gas for it. He intended with his workmen, and 'before he proceeded with the work, he examined the retorts used for gene rating the gas, and the gas-houses, where he discovered a strong sme'l of gas, and essential oil, and - water was running into it. Th e wbOle of the gas apparatus Was so' carelessly and slovenly managed, that he expressed his surprise that the theatre had not been burin down before. He examined the oil apparatus, and gave such precau tionary instructions to his foreman to guard against in eaplosioa es Le deemed necessary ; and icier giving his Mu directions in ,what manner the pipe* were to ,bo, Nhaneged : kit `the" theiire. 0 going Collie theatre on .Theiday gaining, his tireihnis !legged he would not allow Nona, or to into Me With the . gas ap- Ottani', otherwiie the Vies (Tall the workmen and the theatre were in clinger, rticulatly if Fiona' ? was per. t • • /bitted to have the management of 'the gas holder s.-.. 1 In consequence of these reptis,•ntatiOn's he admonished Fennell, and told him to be cautions, and not to attempt to discharge the gas frosts the holders, but to leave the apparatus alone, and keep the cocks communicating with the gas holders 'shut. Witness at the same moment lizanninet'd the principal coek„whith pressed upon the gai; holder, and found it open. Pennell said that it bad been left turned by accident, but he promised, to guard against such an accident in futute; witness again ad monished him—told him that the greatest care was necessary, and then went home ; soon after be had reached home a messenger . came to 'apprise him of the explosiOn having taken place; he hastened back, and found that the accident had occurred duiing the absence of his men, none of whom were injured; his opinion as to the cause of the accident was, that it originated in consequence of the men having endeavoured to extract the gas out of the gas holders; a portion of it escaped and exploded; the gas which was in the holder had not "'Winded, as the holder was not shattered ; the explosion bad been caused by Fennell's having taken a candle into the foes room ; both Douglas and Fennell were exceed ingly anxious to remove the nuisance from the theatre, and they had not been so cautious as they ought to have been. Joseph Hutchinson, foreman to Mr. Edge, said, that on Tuesday morning, when he went to the Theatre to remove the oil gas apparatus, he saw Douglas, and before he commented work he desired to sic the gaso meter ; D.-uglat said that the main cock was fastened, and nothing was to tear; but on entering the gas room, he found that the main cock was turned, and which Douglas said was occasioned In the carelessness of Fen nell; witness told him that it was extremely dangerou for hint to allow any one to enter the gas room with's light, until all communication with the pipes had bee'n 'cut off; Douglas promised that no one should enter;, loon atter waids he went home to dinner, and during his absence the accident took place. Mr. Phelps, a chess's', was next examined—He said that Mr. Robertson applied to him to remove the water from the tank in which the gasometer floated, and also to remove the apparatus which was erected for the oil gas; he went to the Theatre at eleven o'clock on Tues day morning, and saw Douglas and' Fennell; on ex amining the gas rooms, he found the walls saturated with essential oil; he went into one of the gasometers, but saw no gas nor the appearance of gas; he car ried a candle with him into the gasometer, an did not consider the least danger, or he should not have placed his own life in jeopardy ; he recomn esded that the oil, which was of an inflammable nature, should be drawn off, and then some liquid should be pouted in to purify it; Fennell said that all the gas had been removed; witness then went to a corner of the gasometer, and, on making a small puncture,he lighted it, and found that it did not contain ga-, but essential oil; he allowed it to burn for a short time, and then put it out with his foot; he recommended Mr. Robertson to draw oat the oil, by a small hole; Fennell shortly afterwards went into time gas room, and, by making a puncture in the corner of the gasometer, some of the essential ign'te, and burned with great rapidity, but the sic not ..sing upon it, it went our, and all was agaio,qune safe; he (witness) then again went into the gasometer; he the left the room. N. twithitanding all itteditections arti Instructions Fennell had received from witness, he suf fered water to get into the tank, not , thinking the oil, which was the lighter bo.iy, would float, and of cou s e , first run over ; the oil, after it had run over the tank, formed a small pool, and being of a volattle,inflaminable natine,it caught fire, but made only a etplosioa. It his instructions to }emelt hid been attended to, the ' accident Would not have taken place; there was no over lioa log of gas; no danger was to be apprehended' frons•the escape of the gas, as witne4 ht u up tab lights to the ceiling ; the toreillosing'of the oil was the cause of the accident.the slightest spar b'eing sufficient to ignite it; and it then generates gas; *hither Douglas or Mr. Co. ke had a greater influence °kir norll he knew not, but it seemed strange that be obeyed the', instructions, instead of attending to Witness's directions. Witness thought that Fennell was a ticientific man, and had entrusted him two or three times with the management of the apparatus, or he would not hav'e left him in the gas-room. Fennell disobeyed his orders; if he had attended to his instructions the accideut would not have happened. Mr. Robertson cot tobrlated Mr. Phelp's statement. The accident, he considered, occuried from over zeal s h the part of the two men. He was obliged to check their z. al several times. a • Mr. Guid, Secretary to the Chattered Gas company, begged leave to it & am the Cot otter and Jut,. that about tight years ago an application was made by the Thea tre to supply them with coal gas, but they retused, on account of the Theatre manufacturing oil gas on the i premises, which they also consumed. John Palmer, Inspector to the Chartered Gas Com pany, said that at about half-past one o'clock on Tues day atm noon, he was informed that an explosion of the gas had taken place in the Theatre; he went to the stage door, and saw some men come out in a dreadful state; hethen sent for a safety lamp, and descended into the ,gas works ;•he met with Bliss, who said he would go down and see if he con!d render assistance; witness went down, and got within 10 or 12 yards in front of thel gasometer, and was obliged to return on account of Ole efilJvia; he went in again and called for the men, Ibut received no answer. Miss then proposed that they should got in through a window, which, be said, would bring them to the tops of the gasometers, but at that swami befsaid he heard them groan ; Bliss then [imposed they should break through a stone wall, by which means, he said, they could get to the men; but on going into the street, a Gentleman spoke to him, and bliss immediately put down the legs of his trowses which he had pulled up to get through the water, and said he would net again go into the house; witness then went down with Mr. Beasley, but could not find flit bodies ; two young men who accompanied them, and went in a different direttion, found the body of DouglaS lying against a brick wall; he had pushed his bead through the wail in endeavouring to esc a pe; Fennell was found lying at the foot of the stairs, near the duo/ which Bliss had proposed forcing open, when he was sent away ; he did not know who sent Bliss away, but he found the body of Fennell near the door which Bliss had proposed to enter, and which could have been pushed down in a few minutes. Do you think it dangerilus to the public to allow gas to be manufactured in a Theatret—Most certainly. ' Are not gis Mantifactories_grabrilly isolated and away from other buildings?—alley generally are. DO sOis ram the alert in your facia) , to use other ' thin the sefety Wisp ?—Certnioly ' Has there not been a great escape of gas lately in the Thisqe?—Xts. dfiis wiz hen essrsit d -. • on toe- •'• • ;aid that wily he came to l Ow '-':iferettt :meet lifih Palmer, the last witness, to thank leim for having.procnred him a situ ation, when he hearcl the eaplotion. He had been enu played for seven years in the gas *co ks in the Theatre, hut having been dismissed, he refused to enter the Theatre to tender any assistance, unless he obtaiged permission from Mr. Fawcett, or some other Gentleman connected with the Theatre. He was called upon Nun various quawrs to render assistance, and at length Mr. Fawcett did direct him to assist, and he made every exertion to rescue his fellow creatures. He was tlsus engaged when he was ordered off the premises. He firmly believed, that if he had been allowed to continue those exertions, and force open the door, he could have saved the lives of the men. Mr. Phelps—Are,you the man who had the manage meat of the gas woo kquitne Fennell was employed at the Theatre? illiss—Yes. Mr. Phelps—Then I tell you that the state in which y 4 u left the works reflects great discredit upon you. Bliss—l say that is (else; I thought I should have my enemies here. f Mr. Phelps—l had my information from Fennell himself. Coanwza—D'd any accident occur at the Theatre at the time you were there? Bks—No, never. Mr. Thomas, the comic rble, said that he was employed throwing .water into an aperture where the efiluvia came from, when Bliss pointed to a spot under the King's Avenue, and said if they could get up some of the stones they could get to toe spot whee the bodies were lying; the men went to work, but Mr. Robertson haw ing been informed that Bliss was at work, .aid he bad been discharged from the Theatre some time ago, and desired he would quit the premise.; Bliss then walked away, and did not say any thing about the door. Mr. Fawcett then stepped forward and said that Bliss had been engaged at tile theatre as principal gasman for some years. Having received repeated a .m. plaints of his slovenly bad conduct they discharged him at the end of the season. Since that time Bliss had annoyed them by every means in his yower, arid had circulated a variety of unpleasant. but unfounded rumours in the public houses in the neighb. hood. At the time when the unhappy calamity to k place, a person cerise up to him in the street, and re que-ted him to allow Bliss to enter the premises. He did not like to explain the Gleti% character •n the street, but said, I have no power to direct him to go on vie pre mises; if he is a proper person let him go in. Upon this girth rity, Bits immediately entered the remises. If, said Mr. Fawcett, Bliss had proclaimed that there Was a door in Pr inces•place, the King's avenue, or else. where, that. upon being o,,ened, the litres of the poor men could have been saved, many deem of met., fire men and others, with crow bars and other implements, would have flown to open the door —(Loud cheers, and Cries of .4 Certainly, certainly.") The Jury said it was unnecessary to waste time by further observations, as the object of Bli ss was quite apparent. The Coaostra then summed up the case to the Jdry, and said he did not 'hook they could swerve at any other conclu.ion, than that it was an accident. It lault could be imputed to any persons, it must be to the men them. tellre-, for having disobeyed the instructions which had been given to them. As to the opinion that some per sons had entertained, that the Managers had refused to h:ore the dour leading to the passage opened, or • small wall which was near it culleddow ft, because it might occasion a destruction. proptity in the Theatre. he was confident that they would never Wink from any le nor sacrifice of property, if life could be saved. The Jury then c. n.oited together a few moments, and returned a verdict of Accidentally Suffocated:* Alter the return of the verdie t, tile of the Jury, ad dowsing Kt. Fawcett, hoped that after tire dreadful at cidenytithich had happened, the proprietors of the theatre would discontinue the use of gas altogether, at least in the interior of the hou s e. M.. Fawcett—l wisi s i it to be publicly tinier:toad. that it is the intention of the proprietors never to make gas again in the htiese, and never to use it is an interkr light ; indeed, they had made sip Weir minds ro that before the accident took place. (Mr. Fawcett) was always opposed to the use of gas, from its eateemely hazardous and inflammable nature, nut to speak o f its , offensive smell. On making inquiries at the Hospital last night, we • learned that Mr. Cooke and Mr. Charles Skinner, the ; Directi.r of the Gas, etre still considered in a dangerous suite, acid 1144 ultiniate tee. very rendered extremely doubifo‘. Berry, ti e 16;11 labourer, is doing as well at cal be expected; and, indeid, the Midi. cal Gentlemen, since u e melancholY catitunphe, • have confidently entertaitfeJ hopes Of his recovery. The report that one of We ut.forlunate men had expired after being conveyed tb t e Hospital, is totally unfounded, although the injuries they had receied were mast serious. Mr. Cooke is suffering under • considerable degree of fever, produced in • measure by his flesh having been toin in a shocking manner by the eiplosion. The unfortunate Gentleman, although laboutityg under great torture, is perfectly sensible, and appears willing to relate all the circuits fannies attending the expl..slon ; but Mr. Albert Green, the Acting House Surgeon, and the other medical Gen tlemen, request that lie may abstain from any wine ces., sary exertion. Several persons of distinction sent to in quire the state of the sufferers in the course of the day. TO THE EDITOR OF THE SATR. " Theatre Royal, Covent Garden, Nov. 19, 1 . 828. "Sea—As several erroneous statements, and greatly ex *aerated accounts, of the accident at this Theatre haae appeared, I think k right to inform you of the following particulars— " In pursuance of the published intention of the Proprietors to remove any future fear of nuisance to the Public, from the effluvia of the gas, persons of experience bad been employed since SAturday to effect a complete removal of all the gas app.ratus in the 'Meares for which purpose, it was necessary to empty the fasometen if all the remaining gas.—To do this effectually and safely, persons from a public Gas Establishment had been employed, and these Go/N4l. men had taken every precaution to prevent accident, and bad moss particularly directed some workmen, who were not immediately under their cornrow!, to be careful in their operation* •' In spite, however, of this precaution. during the tempos , : r, absence of the Superintendent at his dinner, one of the unfortunate men, who bas suffered by the calamity, in his over anxiety, it in supposed, to get rid of the gas, perforated a small bole in the gags• meter, with a view of burning it out. The flame produced by this unfortunately communicated with the volatile oil no the gasonteier, and the See coming in contact with the gas w►ich was unavoidably Boating in the arched passages, It instantly ignited awl occasioned the accident. Every exertion was made on the part otall penes* present to presesve the lives of the two unfortunate individuals who have suffered. It is my most sincere regret that their efforts should have proved unsuccessful. " I think k right to add, that the solidity elate arches on which the 'Maude* is bulk entirely prevented any .lesions damage sawlike to the building. I 420, air, your 11411 °bodkin humble sonata. N FA TigliTT:' V