The Sun.
London, England, 1841-10-13 00:00:00

COURT OF CHANCERY.

The Lurd Chancellor has issued the following order
under the Administration of Justice Act :

" GENERAL ORDER.

" Tuesday, Oct. 12, 1841.
" Whereas an Act was passed in the fifth year of the
reign of her present Majesty, entitled ' An Act to make
further provisions for the Administration of Justice,'
"-Now, for giving effect to certain provisiorts in the
said Act • for transferring to this Coart all suits and
matters which, on the 15th day of October instant, shall
be depending in her Majesty's Court of Exchequer as a
Court of Equity, or under the special authority of any
Act or Acts of Parliament. I do•hereby order that every
plaintiff and defendant in any suit to be transferred under
the authority of the above-recited Act shall, on or before
the said 15th day of October instant, name one of the
sworn clerks of this Court to conduct and carry on and
act in such suit as clerk in Court, according to the
usual practice of this Court ; and, in default thereof,
either party to the suit may cause to be served upon the
other a notice in writing requiring the party served to
appoint a clerk in Court within seven days after the day
of service of such notice, which shall be left at the
dwelling-house or usual place of abode of such party ;
but if such dwelling-house or usual place of abode can-
not be ascertained, and affidavit shall be made to that
effect, then service of such notice upon the solicitor who
was last concerned for such party in the Court of
Exchequer, shall be deemed' good service. And
in case, at the expiration of the period so to be
mentioned in such notice, no clerk in Court shall
have been appointed, according to the requisition
thereof, then the party giving such notice shall be
at liberty to apply to this Court to appoint a clerk in
Court for the party so making default as aforesaid, and
such application may be upon motion or petition without
notice; but it. shall be supported by an affidavit of such
notice as aforesaid having been served, and of the ad-
dress of the party or solicitor served. And Ido hereby
further order, that no proceeding shall be taken by any
party in any suit so to be transferred as aforesaid
until after the appointment of a Clerk in Court, and
that where such appbintment shall he made by this
Court, the order directing the same shall contain the
address of the party so malting default in such ap-
pointment, or of the solicitor so representing such
party as aforesaid, in order that the clerk in Court so
appointed may be enabled to forward notices and other
matters to such party. And I do hereby further order
that so far as regards the taxation and allowance of
costs in any of the suits or matters so to be transferred
as aforesaid, and which shall not by any order of this
Court be directed to be regulated in that particular by
the present practice of the Court of Exchequer, such
costs shall be taxed and allowed in manner following—
that is to say, the costs preciously to the said 15th day
of October instant shall be taxed and allowed according
to the practice of the said Court of Exchequer, and the
costs from nu i inclusive of the said 15th day of Octo-
ber shall be taxed and allowed according to the prac-
tics cf this Court. "LYNDHURST, Chancellor."

M:CIDENT AT THE VICTORIA

THEATRE.

Yesterday evening the neighbourhood of Waterloo-
road and vicinity, were thrown into a state of the ut-
most alarm and consternation, arising from an accident,
which, but for the interference of a Providence, would
have been attended with the most calamitous and dis-
tressing results. That an immense number of lives
• have not been sacrificed is a matter of astonishment to
every person, although that the results will be fatal in
more than one or two instances, is placed beyond adoubt,
when it is stated that the middle flight of stairs leuding
to the gallery of the Victoria Theatre fell without giving
the slightest notice, crowded with a dense numer of
human beings. The following are the particulars of the
accident :—About a quarter to six o'clock It Mortlock,
the constable on duty at the Gallery entrance, opened
the doors, when a tremendous rush wits made by men,
women, and children to obtain an eligible position
on the stairs, so that they might be enabled to.
obtain front seats, and at this period there could not
have been less than dine hundred persons on the various
flights of stairs. The money-taker having entered his
box, proceeded to take the price of admission from those
on the upper part of the stairs, when a pressure from the
lower part was made. On a sudden a loud crash was
heard, followed instantaneously by piercing shrieks, and
at the same instant, about fifty persons disappeared. The
cries whieh arose were most heart-rending, and which
were re-echoed through the building, that the place was
falling. To add to the alarm, those below rushed to the
door, and in the struggle which took place to get out,
the multitude fell over each other, and fur a few moments
blocked up the outlet. The inhabitants rushed from
their houses, and, assisted by the police, began to drag
the people out, and in a short time succeeded in getting
a free egress for those who were on the lower
flight of stairs. As soon as this was accomplished,
Mortlock, Ballenger, Percy, " Joe the gas-man," and the
police constables of the A division on duty,' at the
the hazard of their own lives, commenced removing the
fallen timbers and extricating the persons underneath.
Sewell,e medical men
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Children were actually taken up and thrown into the
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the neighbonrhood. To the shop Mr. of Sewell alone
there were fifteen persons taken, and amongst them was
a rawer of the name of Clayton, residing •
n Boors-yard,
Holborn. So severe were the injuries which the poor
fellow received internally that nearly two hours elapsed
before he was brought to his senses, and for some time
Mr. Sewell considered red he was dead. A young woman,
named Mary Field, living in Pitt's-street, Tottenham-
court-road, was injured about the hips. A little boy, about
12 years or age, living in Potter's-yard, Waterloo-road,
had his lower left rib broken. The most extraordinary
part is, that although this dense mass of persona tell
about 30 feet, not a single life was lost. the cause of
the accident appears to have been occasioned by the
supporters of the stairs giving way, from being in a
rotten state. Shortly after the accident had occurred
Mr. Osbaldiston arrived, and upon being made ac-
quainted with the calaniitous event gave directions for
every attention to be paid to the sufferers, and also
stated his intention to pay their medical bills, and also
to compensate thoSe who required it. .A number of
persons subsequently entered the gallery by the pit en-
trance, and proceeded to witness the entertainments as
if nothing had occurred. The number of persons, more
or less injured, is supposed to be between fifty and sixty,
several of them being females and children.

An inquest was held before Mr. W. Caner, the
Coroner, on Monday evening, at Kingston, on the body
of an old gentleman named William Harvey-, whose death
took place under the following circumstances. It ap-
peared that the deceased was seventy-three years of age,
and possessed of considerable property, and during the
latter period of his life he conducted himself in a most
eccentric
.manner. He absented himself from all his
friends and relation% and went to live by himself, and if
they discovered his residence he immediately left it, and
went to another place. He had resided for some time at
Kingston, and he was in the habit of fetching every
thing, himself; that he required, and would not allow
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of beer, and at that time he appeared very ill; and in
consequence of his shutters not being opei,ed the next
morning as usual, some alarm was excited, and
the police were sent for, and on their getting
into his room they found the deceased lying on
the ground, apparently in a fit. They raised
him on the bed, when be motioned them to leave the
place, and muttered the word " begone." Some stimu-
lants and restoratives were procured, but the deceased
would not take anything, and he expired shortly after-
wards. Upon his person being examined thirteen pounds .
ten in gold were franc] in his pockets, and by means of
a letter that was discovered in the house his relations
were traced, and a brother of the deceased attended be-
fore the Coroner, and from his evidence the above state-
ment was collected. The Jury having been satisfied
that no violence had been offered to the deceased, but
that his death arose from natural causes, returned a
verdict to that effect.

Some very curious relics of antiquity hare been
recently dug up in a field in the possession of J. T.
Greme, Esq., near Winchester. They consist of two
antique jars and a curious drinking cup, of great anti-
quity, and in a perfect state. The drinking cup is evi-
dently of Roman manufacture, as are also, probably, the
jars. The articles are now in the possession of Mr. H.
Drew, of the High- street.