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No. 21, New Compton-street, s painter ana gla zer.' Witness knew the deceased ; her husband J Chalkely, lived at No. 24, Little Castle-street, 0 .tord-market,,biat could not attend, on account ef ill ss. Witness could'not tell by what means the ale -ieed came by 'her death. Coroline ---,- was identified by Class Jacobs, a saii.lr - helonging to his Majesty's Ship the York, of 74 Buns, at Sheerness, „hut who had leave of ;ib- Hence from his Ship., The Coroner took great pains to nupresS on Witness's mind the nature of an oath, he being a very low illiterate man. Witness lodged at the lieu 4e of a Jew, at. No. 5, Plough. court, Whitechapel. ..The deceased lodged in the same He hail known her about two or three clays. S ! e was a woman .of the town, and • about gviyears of age.. Witness, and several- other sail or-, hi•• I:indlorn's. daughter, and the deceased, went to Sadhr's Wells, on Thursday .night ; they all went into•the Gallery. Witness being. very hot, "fl on!, and feturned a quarter, of an, hour after wavit, out coold not get to his seat, the • Gallery h.i:ng so lull ; he was obliged to sit ,in another place. It was past:tett o'clOck before the confusion began, occasioned by the cry. of " fire." Witness could Hot tell from what part of the house the cry pro ceed.e.d. Thinking the alarm Was false, Le did not atteowt to go out till about half of the people had gone away ; he then found his-landlord's daughter, but did not see the deceased.' Witi'iess went out at the private door in the gallery, that leddi to the stage, there being no possibility of going down the usual way, on aecount.of the great pressure and con fusion. WitnesS had not seen the deceased, and was - 'desired to go-down and see if she were amongst the dead ; when he came up, he said; that. he was perfettly sure .he had seen her amongst the dead bodies . below stairs. - Witness stated, that several of his comrades, why were in company with him, had been very Much hurt, and he had assisted in taking them in A coach to the London Hospital ; but they ,ivere better this morning. I'. Elizabeth Margaret Ward was identified by l ltit'y Ward, her mother, who lives at No. 20, 'Flurntree•street, Bloomsbury. The deceased was unmarried, and 21 years of age. Ott Thursday bight she went with her sister, three children; and iWo young men, to Sadler's Wells; but Witneis 'could not tell by what means she came by her Beath. Her other daughter, aqd the two young w e r e very much hurt. Witness during her )t.'ainin at i on ,_ was very much affected, and Was sup ilorted out of the room. John !Gard was identifiedby Mary-Ann Pead, 17 rears of age and daughter to Mr. Peed; of No. 1, Glass-houselard, Goswell-street. Witneis had Ituown the deceased for above two years ; he was' an rratid-boy out of place : was about twelOe years of 'age; and lodged in the same house as witness, Who, with Rebecca Chapman and the sister of the des •eased, 'went to Sadler's Wells on , Thursday night. -About ten o'clock Witness heard the cry of " Fire," and attempted to go down the Gillery ttoirs with her company; but after she had de ' ended three'Or km,- steps, she 'returned into the Gallery without her company.; and did not know 'What was become of the deceased, until she saw him 'dead in the house. • Rhoda If• al/. was identified by• Martha Wall, her Aather,, who lives at lfloitton Market. Witness was at the Theatre with her daughter, and on the iliatin being given, she-went down stairs and ,was outward door, and perceived several 'persons .carried oi4 iii men'sarnis, in appearance very much bitused. -1 -qtdit4. COI' was identified by Joseph. Carr,' her () tether, who at No. 23; City Road. De. eea)ed lived servant at a hoUSe nussell-square. Witness hiving heard of the accident in. Sadler's Wells, •,carne.and recognised his stster'proongst the dead.. . Rebecca Sandell was identified byWilliam San ders, of No. 12, Draper's-buildings, London-Wall, father to the deceased, who stated, .that his .daugh ter was nine years of ago last April, and lived in the house of Mrs. Lewis, of Bell-yard, Tenvle, bar, as nursery-maid. Her mistress went to the Theatre, accompanied by the deceased g they were I n the gallery, and during the perthrtnauce her mis,- tress was obliged to leave the house, owing, to child, w hieli she had in her arms, crying. She left tho oeceatied in the house, intending to return, but dating. bee absence the unfortunate accident t , ok pla ee . lie had 'knowledge as to the cause, of his daughter's death, further than fro : 4oM report. lie had seen the deceased an she lay amongst the rest of . the unfortunate persons 'down stairs, and had no doubt as to her being his daughter. • . .Edwrit . d Clements was identified by his father, ,Robert Clements, •of Paradise -court, .Battle-bridge. Tbedeceased, he stated, lived with him, and had gone . to the Theatre with his "permission.. He not having returned home at the time expeded, Wit bus lrcame uneasy';, and, having heard that some accident had happetied at Sadler's Wells, he re paired to ' , the Theatre, where he foun,d his sou amongst the dead. He-had no doubt as to his person.. • N aty Evans was i dent i fied by Sarah Evans, wife Of Evan Evans, labonter, of No. 3, Hoxion Mar ket-place, and mother of tite decpased. She stated that ha thighter was 2.3 years of age, and that the was unacquainted with the cause of the neck dent, furtLer 'than from the relation of those who accompanied her daughter.. She had seen her as the lay amongst the rest at the killed, and had no doubt qs to her being the same person. ' Joseph Grovcs wag identified by his brother John. Groves,. Brick-maker, Hutton, who stated that his brother wag 23 years (If age.; he was by trade a Carver and Gilder, and worked with Mr. Taylor, of Hutton-square. Witness had' heard of the acci dent at tvvel e o'clock, when he came to the Thea tte, where he found his brother. James Phillistan was identified by John Cutler, of the Angel public.hotise, Islington: Witness had 'know n the deceased tor five years he was about 30 years of age. He had brine to the Theatre with his daughter, a little girl about,nine years old ; alter the alarm was given, in coming . our he was thrown down upon the stairs, and his daughter saw Lin) lying in that sittiaticai. ltenj Canin frier wa s identified by Uis mother, who stated, that she resides at No. 31, , Lime -street, Leadenhall•street : the deeeased was eleven years Qf ngel,he obtained leave to accompany 'some_ neigh hw.►rs to Sadter's Wells. Ahout.half past ten, his iittie slittit; who was at home, went into the kitchen, . - ti , hcre she sa‘v her brother, Worn thonglit was at the Play: She but : heimmediately disappeared. She then becatte alarmed, and saint it certainty wets her brother's gliost, and she was safe he was dead.' :Witness being alarmed at the story told by. her daughter, hastened with a friend n) Sad ler's Wells, where she found her boy a cornse. These bodies having been thus identified, wit 7 nesses were called as to the catise of their death's. John -Dobson,' 30, Colemanstreet, chemist ,and druggist, • deposed, that on Thursday night he went, accompanied by his wife, one of hii children, and three or four friends, to Sadler's-Wells Theatre.— The. Pit was quite fall; so that witness and his friends .could not get a Seat, but were • obliged to' stand on the forms at the back Of the Pit. -.About an hour after Witness and ..his party had arrived at the Theatre, six or eight men, and two girls, came in, and were obliged also, for want of seats, to stand : they stood very near Deponent. A very little time after they .came in, they appeared, very riotous, and wished to quarrel, with those about - them ; but not finding any person willing to quarrel, they soon, be gan to quarrel among themselves ; is appeared to Witness and several other persons that the condu& of those persons,was premeditated,and that their quar rel was only a pretence.. Several persons on the spot, who had observed them, when they saw them shoving one another out, cried, " turn them all out," and they had just got as far as the door, when Deponent heard . the noise. in, the Gallery, which be supposed was caused by the people endeavour ing to ger out., .After the noise began in the .gallery, and the riotous persons had got out of the pit, he heart.l no more of the fight, nor did he hear any cry of `,`,ire." Those persons in the. pit, who made the most noise, and were most alarnied, were prin cipally ,women and children. One •of his friends had left the pit. Witness went in ,search . of him, 'fbuna him in the yard, and brought !tieback ;• but:. side of the house, the confusion was general; he did not takeparticular notice of the persons who be haved so riotously, but thinks - it was owing to their condtia' that the accident, happened; thinks he should know two of those persons. With. great dif ficulty 'he kept his party quiet,. and in a little time they.gat out with very great ease.. During the time the Witness remained, fie saw several persons car. tied. upon the 'stage, who appeared to be either dead or very.much hurt. • George Smith, one of the performers at, Sadler's Wells Theatre,. deposed, that on Thursday night; about laall past 10, he was'en the.stage, . when he heard. a. tumult in . the gallery, .and saw two men fighting; he also,saw . several persons come over .the gallery, and drop ..into the pit : he did every thing in his power ,to , quiet the fears, of the audience. When he saw the women fall irito the pit, he jump ed in his stage dreSs into the orchestra, and. assisted in carrying several persons on the stage : he after wards went up to his room to change his dress, and when •he crime -down be save a boy, lying dead, Witness thinks the first cry of 4 a tight" was Mis taken for that of ", fire," and thereby created an alarm. William Reeve, Esq. one of the proprietors of Sadler's Wells:Theatre, stated, that about a quarter past Jen there was some disturbance at the•back of the pit, _several persons seemed to be pushing or shoving one another and . fighting. In about the space•of a ,minnte, the company at the back of the boxes were , observed _by witness looking into„the lobby. Something it seemed had alar.ned them, for in a little iime some Ladies in the side boxes, in. sight of the gallery, stood up, and, lift ing up their hands, cried out " Fire I Fire !" whieli so alarmed ;almost'. each individual in the gallery, that, every one was anxious to save himself. Witness - observed several persona get over the , front of the genet.), and drop down into the pit andboses. At that instant, several persons in the pit rushed into .the orchestra. Witness left the orchestra, where he had been the greater part of the night, , and went upon the stage. The house appeared in tumult. He heard, atter he got on the stage, a cry of " fire !" and ladies screaming. Witeess called out, as loud as he could, " No fire.!" which, it did pet appear, was heard. ..ak speaking-trumper was ,used, and every means in the power of the Mane gers were tried to convince the audience that the alarm was false and groundless. Mr. Wm. Sharp,'Surgeen, who resides in ,Isling 7 ton-phice,:being sworn, stated, that at hall-past ten, on Thursday night, 'he came to the Theatre, having been sent for to render assistance. lie went into the music-room, where two persons lay dead; he examined them; and they were very much , bruised' abont•the body and lace, The people kept bringing in dead bodies to the nUmber of eighteen. There were about twelve wounded persons brought in, • who received every assistance that possibly could be procured. Several medical Gentlemen were pre sent, 'having been assembled - by the aCtivity of the Managers, who had used every exertion to give re lief, to the sufferers.' Mr: Sharp was of opinion that, the , different persons had lost their lWes by being trampled to death. Mr. JOhn Forrester, who keeps the Islington Spa public-house, was told by several persons of the eon, fusion there was at Sadler's Wells; ,in consequence of an alarm of fire; when he came therb" he found great outliners of persons,.,in crowds, Vint; in differ ent •diredions, some attempting to return to .the Gallery, and eXclaiming against the villains who had: spread the . alarm of fire, as there wasiro foundation for such an outcry,' He iininediatelyWent into the: Lobby,: and pos.:it - 1g through .the Pit, jumped on the' Stage, and' totted the Proprittof's making every: exertion to convince the audience-that there was no . danger. • Witness perceived two stoat men in the Gallery, one of -them dressed smock-Crock, and, 'he `believed with a red waistcoat, exclaiming,' " Open the &ors," and intrclsing the alarm amongst the people, but could not tell %Ohether it was m with Jan- intention, of mischief or fro fright. Witness was confident the' doors were all open, from the great eui rent of people that came rack into the gallery.' One of the Proprietors spoke te ,tho' people with a trumpet, entreating them to , keep off the staircase ) and that the gallery doors:.W ere not-- shut. The people then almost unmediately' seemed composed. . Monday, one of the door-keepers, said, that the doors had not tieen 'shut - daring the whoie even, logy and eorrobbrated the foregoing evidence in al4 mast every point. - John Fairbrother, tindertaker, of No. 33, Brown low-street, Dewy-taue, depoiecl, 100 wai Thur,_ day night at- the Treasury of the Theatre, when he heard a great'imise-and•confuOon. He Went upon . the sine to ascertain the cause, understanding it was occasioned by an alarm of fire. Upon inquiry; liOwever, he found the- alarns was without any cound-sti,n. While he was on the stage, a, man called (sot to him .from the v,allery by his. name , that the doors w ere Out_ He Went' - round to the gallery door, and saw three persinss- slyitig-upo'n the first . lauding-place. When he came .to raise them,;they were quite deal He assisted in carrying them to a room in the . Theatre, - and afterwards in conveying thirteen, more to the same place; Several persons were not identified by any of their frionds; their names were"only made known. Two young men, in particolar, of the name of Judd and Bland, were amongst .those 'whose fri - ends did not appear. After every person had been examined who could throw any. light upon the subje.6l— HODGSON intimated to the Jury, that the friends of some of the unfortunate persons not, hav ing appeared, the way to prOceed, with respe& to them, he conceived, Was tO put their names upon their coffins, and have thorn buried. It appeared to him, that, from the nature of the case, the unfor tunate sufferers came casually by their death's. - But, he observed, if it could'be proved that it as owing to a riot, the persons so occasioning such riot or 'dis turbance were guilty of a misdemeanour, and ought to be pimished. • The Jury returned .as their verdiEt—Died Casu ally, Acciir4intally . and - - • After the Jtiry had delivered their verdiO, the Coroner asked, as a matter of satistaction - to‘t he Ma nagers and Proprietors of Sadler's Wells,„whether it was it.eir opinion that blame could be attached to them ? when the Jury unanimously 'were of opinion, that the Mtmagerd and Proprietors were free.: from any imputation of the sort, and were entitled to great praise for the promptitude_ they dis played, ".in pr&curitig medical aid; and further de- ; dared, that no exertion which the mind could sug gest, or humanity didate, was left 'untried by them.. Whether the persons who were kilted had been plundered or not, We, cannot tell ; bit( if. we may judge of their situation by the tittle property they had about them, they were. in the loWest Class of life. Not a watch, or other article - of value, tsla - si foUnd upon theni. 'A single purse; one pocket-book; and about twenty shillings in money; were all thill was collected: . . This calamitous event happened • only four days before the closemf the Theatre e ibr.the season. W 6 .understand that the Proprietors have been very.Suc. cessful. gvery motive of 'delioacy and'of respect to the Public ) , has induced them to discontinue the ex hibitions for the present. POLICE. night four persOns, two men .and two women, supposed,, to have been the principal promoters of the calamity at•Sadier's Wells, were brought before the Magistratea,in Hatton-Gar den. The m e n, linept Pierc e and ,Juke Pierce, (two brothers) were.first called in for:examination. Mr. C. Dibdin, 'Manager •of the - Theatre, Sad- lees Wells, said, that on Thursday night a riot had occurred in i that. Theatre, originating in the Pit s in consequence of mhich, alter being allowed some tir tl y to ttespet3s on the patience of the audience, two men, supposed to be principiilly instiotue n t a i,i o the disturbance, had been taken into custody. • This riot had been productive - of the most disastrous con sequences, as the Magistrate must already have beard. In carrying out the Prisoners, the wcrdjight had been mikonstrued intofire, and the id ea of c h at b e i ng th e tad, 'had been conveyed from the Lobby into the balms. The appearance of agony and wringing of. hands exhibited by the Ladies,. quickly 'communicated the alarm to the gallery, and in a few moments the whole house was in a state of the ut most confusion and disorder.: Mr. Dibdin, himself, and the whole of the pertbreterS, did all they could, by their voices, and by a speaking trumpet, to con since the audience that the'alarm was false, and to, endeavour to persuade those in the gallery .not to precipitate thentielves into the pit. The 'conster nation, however, was so great that their remon stranioa, if at all beard, were in vain, :ind several persons threw themselves down from the gallery, 'and were tratunledon. . • Mr. J. Dobson, 30, Coleman.strect, said he was in the pit at Sadler's Wells, on Thursday night, awl was seated 'in the right hand . 'Corner towards `the back. .He described the 'condu& of -the Prisoners, whom he particularly remarked, as anxiotts to excite a disturbance. He believed that the scuffle in the pit was the cause of the alarm prciduced in the gal lery. He could not impute any•thing intentional to the Prisoners. . Mr. ,Suter, Somer's Town, who was also seated near the Phsoners, observed theth to be etretuely disorderly for nearly two hours before they wet taken into .cUstody. There were two women in 'company'voith them, 'tc;fici the* witness thought lie sass ' t little no in the outer Office. They all seem -ed as' if they had come to the 'Theatre with no good intention. One of the . wonteu slapped a Gett• tleman in the face ; and they seemed dt,iruto of fighting among themselves, 'as if froth the wtisOla. ,tion,that others might take •it up. The women 'reached over'the Men, saying, that they should not fight, as if they maot to provoke a fight. The polly did not. seek) at' enmity with each other, hut only appeared desirous of ,e2Nititig a quarraarrtott Others. 'One of, the Prisoner's.said—" if be did ,noefight he' would kick up a d'---;--t! row," or ‘vont s to that ef i. fed, though the Witness would not swear to the `elta;:t words: When spoken tot by the Officers, the Prisoners sec them at defiance, They were at' length pulled off their seats and carried our. Resist ance being made, the Ottiecri called for help, which the witness was about -to lend, when, on turning round. he saw the pit all in confusion, and an alarm of tire prevalent. From the riot . in the pit all this confusion had beenprodueed. The two women alluded to by this Witness, having beett brought fiit*iard by an Officer, they were lin mediately recognized by Mr. Suter, as being,those whom he had observed in compaitywith the Pri 'soners ; they stated their names to be Mrs. Luckar and Mary Wynne. The different Peace Officers, who are in the habit of attending tins theatre, and who took the Pri 'setters into custody, concurred in bearing testimony to t'hcir riotous and d6orderly cundu6t. Neither of them i llowever, heard either of the Prkoneis use the word fire, or the word fight, which occasioned the alarm in .the gallery. The women were equally aaive in the riot with the'tnen.' . . , Vincent - Pierce, i - Oriscteteke, said that .be i.yas a brewer's servant, i was in the employment of Whitbread, ilk brother,. the other Prisoner at the bar, had arrived . ..from the country only the day, before, and he, along with the two women at the bar, with the elder of whoni he lodged, and the younger 'of whom was a neighbotir, living imme diately opposite, 'in Cradle-court,. Redcross-street, had accompapied him to the Theatre. The girl who was alOng "With him had beep insulted the mo. ment she went into the house, and a Gentleman had also pushed his brother. He,had made riot, 'Only ref Using to be.turtied Out, becanse, as he told those who threatened to do so, but Whom he did not knew to be OtliCers, his money' was Al good as another's. John Pierce told a similar story, -stating that he had only come from Wiltshire the day Oefore Mrs, Lac said she was a inn woman, and re. sided. In .:Cradle -court, Redcross-street, Vincent Pierce-lived with her, and treated her to Sadler's Wells on the night in question. She could not tell how the 'quarrel began. She begged of them not to be tronblesonie,- but they would, be troublesome. Mary Wynne said, the Prisoner, Vincent Pierce, bad asked her to accompany, hitn and his brother: The younger - .brother,. in stepping from one seat to another, -fell against a Gentleman in black, and they quarrelled. , Alr.7Baker said,' there was, no evidence here of Any intention, on the pa r t o f the Prisoners, to pro. duce the dr,adful catastrophe, which had unfirtu natelY resulted from the riot which they-had been so instrumental in producing. For their very cul pable corn6l,- however, though not such as war• ranted him in committing them to take their trial as for Murder, they were . clearlyindiaible ; and he . thouglit,Mr. Dibdon,would do an acceptable service to the public in indiding the whole of the .Prisoners fur the riot. • . . .Mr. - Dibdin , said be had immediately offered a rem ward tOr-th4'discovery of the guilty persors. On un derstanding; that the Prisoners were in custody, he bad come forward to prosecute, and now duty to the public, as- well as his own inclination, should induce hjtn: tocotuply strictly with the worthy Magistrate's recommendation. • .. ');Mr. pindin . and the,oiher parties concerned were bound over to prosecute. for the riot and the pri soners not being ready with bail, were ,ordered to bei committed.. • SPORTI.Nr:; INTELLIGENCE. NEWMARKET SECOND OCTOBER ME El INC. Fit!DAY, OcT. Mr. C. Browne's Woodhull, fist. zib. beat Mr. ke's Woodcock, Bst.4lb. Two.yr old C. 2.5&, - S.-2. to i a ;,at ‘VOutl 11hol. Mr. Lake's Citizen; 7st. 731 b. beat Lord fersey's Ipswich. Bst. Sib. T. M. M. songs. h. to z agst Citizen. D. of.CraftCri's Musician, Bst. 81h. beat Ld Chase. and-one, S,i. sib. Across the Flat. zoogs, h. ft. —f tto to Ott M usician. . Mr. Payne's Ferdinand, 7st. ilb.,beat Mr, Craven's Bronze, Sst. 71b. Across the Flat. UogS.—; to 4 agst hadin Mr. Wyndliani's Canopus, Bst. beat Mr. Artilueb Zodiac, Bst. sib. Ab. A 4 tongs. —5 to 4 agst' Can/piis. The Third Class or the oaober Oatland Ntakes. D. M. Mr. D. kadclifEes Selim. ; yrs old, test. 31b. - i Mr. Lake's Goity, 5 yrs 014, 7st. 1 'lb. . - Lit Foley's Captain Absolute, aged, Bst. Ilb. ~. 3 Gen. Gower's 3Winley. aged. Est.. slb. • - 4 Mr., Watson's Dicadnought, aged, Bst. ¢lb. - . 5 Six to tour on Selim. • Mr. Beaver's b. 1. by Strrntiard, agst Mr. Bradley's Prodi gal, ilst. 41b. each. Across the Flat, sogs.—Ottby Consent. PEDESTRIAN FRAT.-411 May, 1778, ti very ex« traordinary pedestrian race was prformed for a con siderable 'wnger, by the Hon. Mr. SHIRLEY, theta Lieutenant-Colonel of the Warwickshire 4egiment of Militia, who undertook to go from London to Bath in one day, between sun-rise and shp-set, which he 'completed within the time (about teen hours), although he had been taken ill on the way,. and obliged•to lie- down . an lout-. --The dis tance lob mile 3. • ~. Mrs. JORDAN is SO , much recovered, that she will soon be able to animate the theatrical world again.— Hor zeal to gratify the public should not, however, impellier to come forward too sooti. The Margate Theatre was opened on Wednesday List, for the. benefit of the Benevolent Fund, The Pit was ltied into. the Box es , and the prices Of:ad mission were increased on this laudable ()tension, and to the honour of the place, the house was rne. rotvilyattendeli., The play was I'ameilano, and the part'of Minerlune was performed in a very able inanner, by Mr. TAitouRDEN, orie of the Propr:e t2rs of the ,I - IlvttEtttet . T4atre. Bcdazet - was re pr4lntea by. Mr. GRUBB, a Proprietor of DrUry .I_,[ln, Theatre, with ,inueh ; and the most,Of tin. Nrforrnets N•ere Ifqii,lleurs of the A rt ,. wh o 4111-a4 li,:il themselves iespeCiably, : .The Nrce was The , //Map? Liwzjer, and Mr. TAHQURDE display ed tlii~ of'his powers, by a humorous per formance of Scout. 061ober dividends are now paying . at England's great B:1Illi, the dui of. which is directly . opposite J; • Whit tisa's - State Lottery Ot ice, 16, Cornhill, where it - is ext, - Recled Fortune will 'distribute her largest favour iti.the Lottery which begins Drawing nest 'Tuesday, namely, t Grand Prize of 4 , 0,0001. J. \V. would think himself remiss in Ilia attention to the Public, wasshe no\ to recommend - their immedi ately laying out a part.'of theitjeceipts, in order. that the next dividend they receive may be increased in the additional sum of 20001. a year b' th purchase of a Ticket, or year by a halt Shiite, tool. a year by a quarter . 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