The Sun.
London, England, 1853-05-09 00:00:00

A CHILD KILLED BY A BEAR.

A shocking tragedy occurred at Portsmouth on Friday
evening. The 38th Regiment quartered in that gar-
rison, possess two bears, one of which was kept in a
yard adjoining a public-house (the Rose and Crown, in
boy, about six years of age, son of the landlord, whose
name is Curley, appears to have been playing with the
Eilin:let:ditsbdyent.heTohffie officers
do
screamed
c ther ea med St. Nicholas street) adjacent to the barracks. A little
in the lan-
guage
a.re-
gimentnimal,t‘ovnhbdiecdhrreawmgasgareke:anhbly docile, when it seized him with
its paws a
come to his
out and a neighbour ran to his assistance and commenced
belabouring the brute with a wooden prop. The bear
by this time, however, had, with his teeth, seized the
shaking
manhin assistance,coming into
arlelwinithuisah and he
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length
nagt attacked ked
compelledthe
child, but who, on being taken la is hold of the
His neck was dislocated and the Rey 'was quite dead.
frightful manner, the teeth of the savages i rn open in a
met, apparently, in the child's throat,beast having
vein being opened, every drop of .An important
seemed to flow out on to the Tv bloodin the boy's body,
this was licked up by the bearp' pavement of the. yard, and
with a relish most sick-
ening to behold. The brute having tasted of human
blood, then became quite ferocious, stroyed forthwith, which was
effectedanbd had po. be
.de-
y administering
a strong dose of poison. At the
inquest that was held
on the child's bod ic, .
had y, ic appeared that the 38th Regiment
two bears in Mr. Curley' yard, paying
week for the use 'of it, but that about sixveUms s's. a they became very troublesome to him, one of them
e
escaping and creating great alarm in the locality, on
which he complained to the officers of that regiment,
when they sent one of the bears away to Gosport, where
the 88th Regiment have another bear. The coroner's
inquest returned a verdict to the effect—" That death
was caused by the bear's attack, and that sufficient cau-
tion had not been used in placing it in a place of secu-
rity." They also recommend that the other bears at
Gosport should be muzzled ; it would have been a great
[ deal better if they had recommended them to be shot,
for whenever they are paraded through the public tilt);
• roughfares, they naturally excite great alarm 11,2 the
; minds of the majority of passers-
'
the gratification of a whim that by, whilst it is only for
they are kept at all.

THEATRE ROYAL, HAYMARKET.
Under the management of Mr. Buckstone.
THIS EVENING, MAY 9,
Will be performed TIIE LADY OF LYONS. Supported by Mr.
Barry fiu'bran and Miss Helen Faucit.
After which MIL BUCKSIONt.'S ASCENT OF MOUNT FAR-
NA SSUS.
To conclude with MARY ANNE.

ROYAL PRINCESS'S THEATRE, OXFORD-STREET.
Under the Management of Mr. Charles Kean.
THIS EVENING, MAY 9,
Will be performed the Tragedy of MACBETH. principal cha-
lacters by Mr. and Mrs. C. Kean.
To conclude with the new Drama, adapted from the French of
Mons. Scribe, by Mr. Palgr ava ilmpson, called MA BC° SPADE.
Principal characters by 'Messrs. W. Lacy, J. Vining, Ryder, Graham,
sad Everett t; hisses Lleatl3 and C. Leclercq.

ROYAL LYCEUM THEATRE.
Under the Management of Madame Vestria.
THIS EVENING, MAT 9,
Will be performed A.S.S. Characters by Messrs. F. Mathews.
Suter, and Rosiere ; MN. Macnamara and Miss Wyndham.
After which, A FAST TRAIN—HIGH PRESSURE EXPRESS.
Characters by Messrs. C. Mathews, Baker, and Suter.
To be followed by IRY ENG IT ON. Principal character by Mr.
C. Mathews
To which will be added a DIVERTISSEMENT, in which Miss
Rosina Wright will appear.
jaw which. USED UP. Principal character by Mr. C. Mathews.