The British Press; or, Morning Literary Advertiser.
London, England, 1808-09-24 00:00:00

2:7RE 41' t4OrMrI'GARDEN.

It still remains a matter of uncertninty‘itsiO the
-exact number el nitfortuitisti [Joyous whir4iavelost
their lives by the einuburtiou of Corms-garden
Therm*. Then* are a great number of labourers
coastantly emplorml it, digging up the ruins in
search of deal bodies. Thepursitit has not proved
vain, for the mutilated reaming of two persons were,
yesterday separated from the rubbish, aural carri4'
to the Buie-house of St. Paul's, Curesst-gartieti.r.-
The bodies, or hither the skelittona, utfm,l no doe
to Oar friends or relations of t; rise !raw people who
may have missed their husbands, b. others, sous, or
lovers, in order that they 1114. be elAttiell, so coos-
pletely has the tire destroyed every ve lige of their
clothes, As well as the tie.h Coin their limbs. Se-
veral [warms, *nice the Urea's happened, have inh-
umed to the Chareliwardeas aid Overseer.. of St.
Paul's parish their having missed same irien.is since
the mor:iiitig of the hre, and,. is Conseil ueacc of t cis
informathia, strict search has hero al-di rest to be
made amongst the wins, to ascertain if there are
still any more to lie added to the catalogue of titose
who have Niko victims in the ;general calamity
On Tuesday evcii:a4 the affectionate spouse of
a lirtiosh, having head of the dreadful tire, I its
still more lameitt.46ll consequences, cud nut having
seem her husband the night preceding or the night
auhsecraesit to the tire, came miming with the ut-
most agitittioo, with despair cud vet* dieted in
her conoteinmee, expecting to leant that her has.
hand ices one of those numbeed with the
dead, to iatiiiire fur his safety. Her anxious
alarms and agonized feeliiip were immediately
change:l into those of parosyrins of jealousy,
on li truing that tie cause of his newsier, the
preceding niglit, IV 45 not occasioned by his *psi-
eti to greeds mitt lire iii Cileeitt-zitriirii, hut that
he had beet, grc3rhi.ig the tire of lore in thy arms of
his chore-curer, welt whom lie continued the whole-
day and nii,ht. The trail Gentleman had told one
of his erunpanions, oil Itimithiv, t'•,t he meant to
lay up for some days, in order to recruit his strength
in the sanctuary of love.

MORE INQUESTS.
Yesterday even o inquest vvlv held before
T.Sutt:rotr, P:s4. one of the Curonera for the
Bolortzli of Southwark, and 2 reapectalue Jury, on
the bnJir of two firemen, belungitig to .the Phoe-
nix Office, who were amongst the unfortunate
victims of the lute tire at Covent garden Theatre ;
the one n.uncd Fish, an enineer. end the other
named Phi,,ket, of the lame Office.

The evidence es to the catlie of death to these
unfortunate LII:M was Much the bailie as that al-
ready before the Fish was the 111311 ho rr
jeeted the aluoiutiau of the play-house raltenter,
beware of hi., &larger, and hack out the engine,.
•he roof should fall, and paid with his life the
forfk it of his temerity. Both the deceased were
hvi.tt,4ld frotu tt:e scene of their misfortune dread-
fully bruised and burnt. Eyery attention was paid
to t:Lon. They continued sensible, but in great
agonr, to the last ; the one died on Thursday night
mkt the ether yesterday morning. The ,Jury, of
course, found their veru:rt—Accidentat peqh,,

Another ingnest wtei leeld before the maineCtivo-
ner, on the holy of W;11• tin ':: boy betausea
tive and bi ye. urs covringe of
J. Monstrild, to be thin ()ILA
Manwiell,) in Bi•. ,iouti, on Thursday even-
ing. The eirconw,. is prored to he purely ac-
cidental, and th, Ju. , etc:our:iv, Gotta! a vi-diet of
accidental death: the Court itti:-.osed a fine
of 31. upo s the ho:,es, and 21. upon the whecis
of the cat ri.Ne.