The Northern Daily Times.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1856-03-08 00:00:00

POLICE COU
RT.-YESTERDAY

(BEFORE MR. G. GRANT.)
HOUSE ROBBERT.—A respectably attired young woman,
Jane Wilson, was charged with stealing three shawls from
the house of Mrs. Chadwick, publican, No. 13, Argyle-
street. It appeared that about mid-day on Thursday, the
inhabitants of the house were engaged in the kitchen, the
bar being locked, and that in the temporary absence of
the attendants the prisoner entered the premises, went up
stairs and took the shawls from a room. She was going
out with the property when she was stopped by a young
man and the daughters of Mrs. Chadwick, to whom the
articles belonged. The prisoner admitted her guilt, and
was sent for trial.
THE GOLD DUST AFFAIR.—Mary Anne Mather, who
was remanded on a charge of stealing gold dust, money,
and a watch from one Joseph Stokes, was again brought
up. Some additional evidence was produced, and the
prisoner was sentenced to three months imprisonment.
STEALING COMBS.—Two boys, named Thomas Mason
and John Jackson, were charged with stealing a quantity
of combs from the shop of Mr. Astley, Bold-street. They
were well known to the police, and were sent to gaol for
two months.

STEALING FROM THE INDUSTRIAL SCHOOLS. —Agnes
Muckey, Emma Jones, Mary Ellen Jones, and Mary Jones,
recently inmates of the Industrial Schools, Bootle-lane,
were brought up by detective-officer Laycock on a charge
of having stolen six dresses, six aprons, three pairs of clogs,
and some under-linen, from that establishment. It:appeared
that the prisoners were inmates of the house, and that
they absconded, taking the property with them, which
they pledged at the shops of Mr. Wilkins and Mr. Roscoe.
The officer arrested the prisoners in a cellar in No. !-
court, Comus-street. They were sent to gaol for 21 days,
and the property was ordered to be given up without pay-
ment to the pawnbrokers, as they had acted wrong in
taking it in.

HIE FIRE AT COVENT GARDEN T HEATRE

LATEST PARTICULARS

The destruction is c mplete. All the scenery—the exquisite pro-
ductions of Grieve and Telbin—the splendid properties of the theatre
—the wardrobes—the mountings—the dramatic library—the valu able
operatic scores, some of which can never be rep'aced, as the " Elisir
d'Amore " of Donniretti and the" Oberoa " of Weber—all are gone—
crumbled up In one undistinguishable mass.
The value of the properties destroyed is something fabulous. An
approximate estimate may be formed from the fact that in in tenting
the several operas contained in the repertoire of the theatre when
uncles the management of Mr. Delaield no less than £6O 000 was
expended, of which the four operas of the " Prophete' " the " Hu-
guenots," " Lucrezia Borgia," and " La Donna del Lago," cost
.re2s,ooo.
The valuable dramatic library belonging to the theatre—unique of
its kind—is gone in the general wreck. The original MSS. of the
"School for Scandal," the " lil er and his Men," and the opera
of the "Slave," and hundreds of other curious w,rks were there
preserved.
The armoury, containing more Virtu 100 suits, and occupying a
series of rooms, is wholly destroyed.
Four original pictures by Hogarth, representing the seasons,
which hung newt the walls of Mr. Gye's private room, within only
a few paces of the box office, could. not be saved, so rapid was the
progress of the fire.
As to the origin of the calamity nothing is known at present
It is perteAly lamentable to think of the distress and inconvenience
which the destruction of this theatre will occasion. It is not too
much to say, that at least one thousand families will be thrown into
distress by it, to say nothing of the nation.l inconvenience which
must arise from the lass of an opera Ivaise which has of late become
one of the charms of the London season.
The loss to Mr. Gye and his c -partners will scarcely bear contem-
plation. A more me'ancholy reverse to the bright anticipations for
the future which they had formed could not have b fallen them.
There is no hope looming in the distance. One thing only are they
spared, and that is the necessity of keeping their engagements with
the artistes they have enlisted, a proviso being always inserted in
foreign agreements, that in case of death in the royal family, the
prevalence of plague, or loss by fire, such agreements shall not be
binding.

Mr. Gye left Paris on receipt of the disastrous inteligencea and
arrived in London on Wednesday.
Early on Wednesday morning the Duke and Duchess of Wel-
lington, the Duke of Bedford, the Marquis of Lansdowne, and
various other distinguished personages, visited and surveyed the
scene from Princes-place. A great number of the visitors wished to
proceed into the theatre, or rather within the walls, but the heat still
contained in the debris prevented anything like an approach being
made.

HER MAJESTY'S VISIT TO THE RUINS.

On Thursday afternoon, about half-past three o'clock, her
Majesty, attended by four outriders, drove up in a private
carriage to witness the utter destruction which has
befallen this magnificent theatre. Her Majesty alighted
from her carriage and entered the ruins. After having
witnessed the fearful havoc caused by the dreadful confla-
gration, she expressed her regret for the great loss the
musical and dramatic world had sustained by this awful
calamity. The Queen remained for about twenty minutes,
and afterwards returned to Buckingham Palace. Prince
Albert afterwards visited the scene of devastation.