Star.
London, England, 1825-08-02 00:00:00

CORONER'S INQUEST.

Saturday night. at eight o'clock, an Inv= was held
at the Buffalo's Head, New Road, Mary-la-bonpe,
fore THOMAS STIRLING, Esq. Coroner, on the bodies of
Mrs. Elizabeth Groves, aged 40; Miss Margaret Mor-
ris, aged 28 ; and Mary Ann Jones, aged 12, her ap-
prentice, whe were burnt to death at the fire in Old
Cavendish.street, on Friday night last.
Mr. Jones, tailor, and owner of the house where the
fire broke out, was the first wiutess. His statement
went to prove, that on Friday night last, about tea
o'clock, he was in his front parlour, in conversation
with a Gentleman named Holmes, when they were at-
tracted by something heavy falling down ; witness con-
ceiving it to be one of the bales of cloth which he kept
in the back parlour, he immediately went out to ascer-
tain the cause, and on opening the door of the back
parlour a body of flames rushed out upon him, and
burnt his face ansl hair. He instantly called ott
" Fire I" as loud as he possibly could, in order to alarm
the inmates of the house, and he then proceeded to the
Court House, Mary-la-bonne-lane, for the engine. On
his return back again, the house was all in flames, and
in a short period was burnt to the ground. The de-
ceased Mrs. Groves was his servant, and at the time pf
the fire was in the upper part of the house, unwell.
Miss Morris was a dressmaker, and occupied the se-
cond floor apartments, and Mary Ann Jones was her
api,rentice. Mr. Jones, who seemed tru:b affectec,
at,ributed the cause of the fire to a fide in one of the
kitchen chimneys having caught fire, as the washer-
women had been at work there for two days. When be
(witness) first discovered the tire, Robert Groves ran up
stairs to alarm his mother; the old Lady managed to
get to the first floor landing-plav, where she was met
by the deceased Miss Morris and Ann Junes, but they
were almost suffocated by the smoke, and were obliged
to return up stairs again, when the unfortunate acci-
dent took place. Witness was not insured, and he has
lost the whole of his property, which was con‘iderzble.
Mr. Holmes's testimony was corroborat;te of the last
witness, and several otl ers were examined as to the
finding of the bodies in the ruins, whit's resented a
most horrid appearance—nothing but the bones, which
were completely burnt to cinders, and clotted t%ith
Miss Morris's head was separated from the body. The
former was picked out of the rubbish yesterday morning.
The Jury, after sitting until a late hour, returned a verdict of--
Accidental Death by Burning.
Prince Schwartzenberg had taken a suite of apart-
ments on the first floor during the last month, but had
only been one week in the house when the dreadful ca-
lamity happened. He returned home on the night of
the fire, with Iris interpreter, and proceeded to his apart-
ment, where he was undressed, preparing for bed, when
the alarm was made; and in order to save his life he
was necessitated to escape out of the back window by
sliding down a water-pipe. His servant escaped by the
same means, as did also Robert Groves, who had a very
narrow escape with his life. Prince Schwartzenberg's
loss has been very considerable.

Sir Faawcts BcanETT is now at seat at Rams-
busy, in Wiltshire, where, it is probable, his friend, Lord COZ&I.
Lutz, will shortly pay him a vidt.
It is now generally understood in the City, that all
loans on stock are refused by the Directors of the
Bank, although no public notice to that effect has been
given in any form. When de determination wa*
adcpted to resort to that mode of employing
capital, the intention of the Bank Directors was, we
believe, announced at the Stock Exchange; the omis-
sion, therefose, of any notice respecting its abandon-
ment has created a degree of doubt, whether it is meant
only to exclude particular individuals from that accom-
modation, or refuse it altogether ? It is certa'n that
refusals have been given, and that the reJemption of
large pledges of stock, previously made, has been
called for.
ENGLISH OPERA Honsit.—Last night Mr. Bitztam.t
and Miss PATON made their first appearance for the
season, in the Opera of Der freischiitz. Their reception
was highly flattering. The Opera was succeeded by a
new afterpiece, entitled Who's at Home? or, Man and
Wife before Marriage. The plot turns upon the mu-
tual embarrassment of two lovers, Captain aarply
(Mr. Waimea), and the Widow olace (Miss GHAV;,
who are both lodged in the same apartments, by the
contrivance of their servants, Schentewell (Mr. CHAP-
MAN), and Mitten (Miss KELLY), and who consent to
marry at last to save the character of the house. Mr:
BARTLEY plays the part of a delicate old bachelor,
named Scruple, who is shocked at the sight of naked
statues, &c. In the struggle which took place when the
curtain fell, the ccntents had the best of it.

Sunday morning the inhabitants .of Hammersmit'n
were dreadfully alarmed about half past ;is o'clock, by
a young female, very respectably dresseJ, apparently
about 20 years of age, being discovered by the ostler
of the George public-house, lying in the Broadway,
near the watch-house, with all her clothes tied over her
head. He immediately released her from her situation,
when he found her in a dying state, with part of her
tongue bit or cut off. She was instantly conveyed t 3
the workhouse, but before she could receive any me-
dical assistance, the poor creature breathed her last.
It is supposed that the unfortunate young woman, who
is a perfect stranger at Hammersmith, was on her way
to Brentford, and was be.et by some ruffians,. who
brutally ill-used her, and robbed her of her shawl and
other things, as no property was found upon her.. Two
persons were seen coming from the Broadway about an
hour previous to the discovery taking place. The
body lies at the workhouse' to be owned, and await the
Coroner's Inquest.
An alarming fire broke out last night, between the
hours of nine and ten, on the premises of Mr. OLIVER,
Tunbridge-place, New Road, when two new hoose,,
belonging to Mr. 0. were completely gutted. Several
engines soon arrived, but, from the scarcity of water,
were unable to save any more than the adjoining housef.
We are sorry to say that a poor man was driven over
by one of the engines) and seriously injured. .Several
individuals, attributing the accident to have arisen front
the negligence of a driver belonging to one of them,
gave him in charge, and had him conveyed to the
watch-house. The fire was subdued by 11 o'clock.
Last night, just at nine o'ctock, a fie broke out in
the lower part of the house of Mr. Peters, an eminent glass cutter,
in Cannon-street Road, Whitechapel, and such was the rapidity ..f
the flames, that in less than an hour the house, together with the
furniture, &c. were totally consumed.
Thursday, Mr. WHITE, the unfortunate Gentleman
who was tried before Lord NORSUitY, on a charze et murder, and
who was found to have been insane, was seat up by the Sheriff ,:f
the Queen's County, attended by four special nto.sergers, to the
Richmond Lunatic Asylum, by the. dicection of the Lose Liao.
TEXANT. Ibe poor Gentlentan exhibited proofs of t!yr distraction
of his mind on the mid. Having escaped out of the card :Er in
which he was conveying to ttriett,,he r.sited liimaelf in The dust; a id
utherwiii. behaved so unruly, treat hi. kespeis wear tureen to tkt
him under strict cocicion.

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