Star.
London, England, 1830-04-23 00:00:00

CALAMITOUS FIRE IN FRTTF,R•LANR.

Adjourned Inquest upon Serer, of the Sufferer.).
Yesterday aftetnoon the Coroner and Jury tnet Lit St. Ilartholo-
IlleW.Sl Hospital. to inquite into the death of the I.[VCI/ itichviduala
who lost their lives at the fire in Fetter-lane.

William Henderson, Mr. Grant's foreman, slept in the flout attic
next to Mr. Smith's house. Went to bed at half past 11 o'clock
on Saturday night. He was awoke by the cry of fire, and the ibis?
of a watchman a rattle. There was smoke on his going to the win-
dow. He saw H. Wade in the street, standing opposite the parlour
window ; he and the housekeeper got out at a trap door on the top
of the house of Mr. Grant to Mr. Smith's house ; the hakehous:
was not then on fire. The last time the witness was in Mr. Grant's
cellar was at 7 o'clock on Saturday morning, and he does not know
how the fire originated.
James Hill, an Exeiee-officer, of Nevin-Court, Fetter.lane, saw
a light over Mr. Grant's shop door at half-past one o'clock on Sun-
day morning; be saw a man (11. Wade) conic out of the front door,
it then shut as if by a spring; it was then broken open, as well es
the shop and parlour window.
Ann Baker, servant to Mr. fil'lreway, a first floor lodger of Mr.
Grant's, went to bed at a quarter past one. Her mistress and Mi.
Grant were the last persons she saw hetore going to bed; she w
smoke by a watchman's rattle, and the cry of fire. She opened the
first floor window, and is certain the smoke first issued (tom the par-
lour shutters. Her master, mistress, and children, and Mr. Grant.
were in the first floor room after the alarm of fire was given, and es-
caped at the first floor window.
Mr. 11I'Leway confirmed his setrant's evidence in every respect.
A draft of the staircase and the ground floor passage was shown the
witness, and he pointed out from whence the smoke and fire issued
when first seen by him.
Mr. Edmund Wilson, of Fetter-lane, six doors from Mr. Grant's
house—He heard the cry of fire. Went to the spot, and saw H.
Wade open the parlour window.sbutters on the outside. reached up
to the sill of the window, and drew out a parcel of bed cloths
front the patlour, which the witness took to the other side of the
street. Wade told the witness that he was Insured. Wade was
dressed when he opened the parlour shutters. The bed clothes were
not tied up ins bundle, but loose, as if pulled off the bed.
Mr. William Kean, of the White Hart, Fetter-lane, heard the
cry of fire and the rattles sprung— went to the window and saw
Wade and his wife come out of the private door of Mr. Grant's
house in their night-clothes--fire and smoke appeared to be ii.
Wade's parlour. Wade and his wife came in their night-clothes
into the White Hatt.
William M'Leunan, of Neville's-court, Fetter-lane, was employ-
ed in digging through the ruins, and on examining 'Wade's float
found it much burnt—but the shop floor was not burnt ; there was
a quantity of ashes like those of hay, on Wade's floor, who told wit-
ness that he was insured for 1001. Wade accounted for the hay as
coming from the sofa The witness found Wade's watch in the
ruins in his presence. He is clearly of opinion, from the appear-
ance of the ruins, that the fire originated in Wade's room.
Harry Wade, a former witnesa, was re-examined : he admitted
having opened the window-shutters on the outside, threw up the
window-sash, and pulled out the bed-clothes, fte. as mentioned by
Mr. Wilson. The witness was insured for lOW. in the Sun Fire
Office, which will not cover his loss. He and his wife left the house
in their night clothes, and got into the White Hat.
Here it was stated, that all the witnesses who could give any
evidence as to the manner how the fire originated, had been ex-
amined. The Coroner then summed up the whole evidence, when
the Jury, in a few minutes, agreed to the following verdict :
" That the deceased John Howard, Mary Howard, William
Howard, Margaret Syrett, Mary Caney, Mary Ann Bursen, and
Charlotte Bursen, came by their deaths by burning; but how the
fire originated cannot be determined upon bZ the Jury."
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LUDICROUS SCENE.
From the Edinburg Weekly Chronicle.
The following ludicrous scene occurred at an Inquest before Lord
Monate' on Saturday last, for serving an heir to the late John
Granger, writer to the signet
Alscer—Thomas....—, my Lord.
But we must endeavour to describe the witness. He was a tall
figure, whose dress corresponded with his countenance, which erns
odd and ridiculous in the extreme ; he had a peculiar affection in
the face, of snuffing up the air, and twisting his head at the same
instant as if surveying the audience. His costume, which consisted
of a snuff-brown coat and a red waistcoat buttoned to the throat.
bespoke him the bellman in some borough town, or a retainer
or dependent of the council.
Solicitor-General.—Now, Thomas, speak so loud that my Lord
and the jury may hear you.
Witness.—l'll do that, RD it like your honours.
Mr. Marshall.—Thomas, did you know the deceased Thomas
Muir and his wife?

Witness.—A wcel did I that, for how could 1 miss wiron I laved
nest neighbour to them. (Snuff)
Mr. Marshall.—We'll dispense with your remarks, Sir answer
the questions simply as they are put.
Witness.—lll do that, an it like your honours ; but ye wouldna'
has me to swear till a thing I wasna positive about ; that's a thing
no to be expectit.
Solicitor-General.— Very right, Thomas.
Witness.—Na, na, I'm no brought here, I reckon, to gang au
after ony sic fashion, an it like your honours.
Mr. Marshall.—This man is perketly incorftgible ; attend to
me, Sir, Did you know their daughter?
Witness.—l canna just say that I preceesely ony particular or
yespecial aequantance wi' the young woman.—(Sr.tif and twist of
the reek.)
Cour.cll.—Do you remember her being martird and leaving Ha-
milton ?I
Wie.ess—l mind her Tllllllin away wi' a scrjeant in Hay's Light
Dragoons, an' it like y nur honours; bat' whether she was made au
honest woman o' or no, it's no becoming in ire to itay, who was an
acquantarce o' the family : but it's a thing I could :tot be positive
about. It's a story aboen Stl year auld. and I was bit a boy at the
time, an't like your honours ; I could not be posits vs, it's no a thing
to be looked for ; I was bit a boy at the time.
Judge--- It's in:possible to record the answera, if the witness is per..
mined to run on at that rate.

Witness--Na, na, it's no a thing to be cspeckit when I .as a
bit a boy at the time: I could not be pnsitive, for I was a bit a
boy at the time : is s Uty years since it happened. an' it like your
honours.—(Nose up, and quaint glance at the audience.)
Coons.').—Do you remember the dragoon and his wt:e returr.ing
to Hamilton

Witness.—tae doubt but I mind that, and besAes they had a
laddie with them, a thing to be capeck it an the comae o' cutt.r.„
an it like your honour*. (('p nose).
Counsel.—Did you nes bear it, said that this child was a baron:
%Vim, ss—Ne‘er till this tossinass began, whin I was taen afore
the Mina, an like it your honours ; fur there ass an awfu' suits
mash in the Town Council about it, tut atischtr the bairn as a
bastard or no, I wull nut be positive; a May year mold talc, a:.'
I was bits boy n)ysel' at he tiait, anal bad ;1•1( coni:ern in the be.
gettioir o' the gallant ; that was a thing nu to be lobkit fur, an it
like your honours, when I was bit a bur at the time. (Nose up.,
7 he witceps was his, rid Jed to withiitate.