The Sun.
London, England, 1870-06-08 00:00:00

ALLEGED THEFTS BY VOLUNTEERS.

A fancy fair, opened by the Earl of Derby on Monday,
is now being held in the new Stanley Park, at the north
end of Liverpool. Several corps of volunteer's took part
in the festivities, and a number of men were detailed to
guard the tents of the bazaar department during the
night. Yesterday, two of these men, named Thomas
Laffan and Bernard Rice, were brought before the magis-
trates charged with stealing some of the goods entrusted
to their care.—They were remanded.

ALARMING OCCURRENCE AT THE
ALHAMBRA.

An alarming accident occurred on Tuesday on the stage of
the great hall in Leicester-square. About half-past ten,
when the ballet Les Fleurs du Jardin " was being acted,
about a dozen of the girls engaged in it were stand
ing on a section of the stage, while a number of others
were dancing on the portions nearer the auditorium. The
motion of those who were dancing affected all the
other parts, and when the action was brought th bear on
the particular section referred to, it was driven from its
position and dropped literally downwards. Tho girls who
stood on it when the accident took place fell into that
part of I:.e building under the stage, and fortunately the
fall was ',Token by some of the scenery, which is moved
upwards N.-hen it is employed in producing scenic effects.
Assistance was promptly rendered to the sufferers who had
fallen through the bridge, being removed to their homes or
the Charing-cross Hospital. One girl had her arm broken ;
another had her ankle dislocated ; and a third had some of
her ribs broken ' • and a fourth was found to be suffering
from injuries in the back. About six or seven others were
bruised, but were able to reach their homes without any
difficulty. The accident appears to have taken place in
consequence of one of the men to whom the arrangement
of the bracing irons was entrusted having neglected
his duty. The audience thought for a time that the
lowering of the bridge was required for the purposes of
the performai:;es ; otherwise a panic might have arisen
attended with considerable danger, if not disaster.
When, however, the shrieks of those Who had been in-
jured were heard, great excitement was aroused, and it
was not until an explanation of the occurrence had been
given that the feeling subsided. The news of the accident
seems to have spread with the traditional rapidity of
rumour, for at half-past eleven o'clock a large crowd had
assembled at the stage door of the Alhambra, and only
dispersed when the rain began to fall in heavy showers.
The presence of mind exhibited by the ballet
girls when they found that the accident was
about to happen was efficacious in preventing far more
serious consequences than those which were caused by it,
.and the assistance rendered to the sufferers by their com-
panions did much to alleviate its immediate effects. Mr.
Strange and the officers of his staff were assiduous in their
exertions to secure the most speedy treatment of the in-
juries sustained.
LATEST PARTICULARS—THIS DAY.

Upon making inquiries at noon this day it was clearly
ascertained that the whole of the unfortunate young ladies
who met with injuries the previous night during the grand
ballet entitled " Fleurs du Jardin," at the Alhambra
Palace in Leicester-square, were progressing under the
unremitting attention of Mr. S. S. Noakes, the house
surgeon at Charing-cross Hospital, most favour-
ably. No fatal case had taken place, as had
been. rumoured, and it is satisfactory to state
that there is not the least apprehensions entertained by
the medical staff of the hospital that any of the young
pc:zons have sustained mortal mounds- The worst case
of the whole is that of Miss Kate Graham who, besides
having sustained a fractured arm, is severely bruised about
the legs and lower part of the body. Miss Anne Sands,
whose ribs were broken, have had the fractures reduced,
and is going on as well as can be expected. Miss Fanny
Abrahams, who was also taken to the same hospital, has
been found not to be so severely injured as was at first
considered. The other sufferers, from careful inquiries,
are all going on well. From an investigation made the
occurrence arose entirely through the cellermen having
neglected to put up the regulating iron rods under the
stage•

The Right Hou. lhotnas O'Hagan, Lord Chancel-
lor of Ireland, has received a letter announcing his eleva-
tion to the peerage, under the title of Baron O'Hagan.
A thousand invitations an; to be issued for the
State breakfast, which will be given by the Queen, at
Windsor Castle, after the return of the Court from Scot-
land. Marquees and tents will be erected upon the lawn
in front of the East Terrace.