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The Week
British Bank . ——Oto Monday evening an awful explosion took place in the Wesiminster road , near the Waterloo road , by wM deal of property were destroyed ^ and upAvards of 300 persons were injured , and two little girls were killed . ——The adjourned inquest on the three persons killed by the accident on the South Eastern Railway , at Chilham ^ was resumed on Monday , whenthe jury returned a verdict to the efi ^ ctthM
accompanied it with the recommendation that the curve should be kept in good order , and that the speed round it should not exceed twenty miles an hour . ——On Monday evening a large open air meeting of the inhabitants of Bel gravia and its vicinity took place in the grounds of the Pavilion , Payih * on-street , Sloane-street , to adopt a memorial to the Queen , and to petition Parliament "to take such measures as may he deemed advisable for the immediate suppression of the confessional system now attempted to be intrpduced ^ ^ m ^ Colonel
^ Vereker was in the chair . Several gentlemen addressed ihe tions , in . accordance with its objects , At the Lewes assizes a young woman , very fa was tried fora misdem station at New Shoreham . She was found guilty and sc ^ twelve months' imprisonment been pr
when she commenced tearing her fine hat and clothes to pieces ^ and on her arrival at the prison she broke seyeralp she broke evei ^ thing within her reach- ——John Jervis , a clerk in the employ of Sir Claude Scott and Co ., bankers , Cavendish-square has been examined before Mr . Long , at Marylebpne Police-court , charged with having embezzled the surdof £ 250 from his employers . Several witnesses were heard the prisoner , after which he was remanded , but bail was accepted , himself in £ 1000 , and two sureties in £ 500 each . ——In the case of EdAvin Hart , charged with the murder of his brother at Portsmouth in March last , which caused a great deal of excitement at the time ) the grand jury at the Winchester assizes ignored the bill against the prisoner . This course was adopted because , if the evidence had not been sufficiently clear against him , he must have been acquitted ; but how , should fresh facts appear , he may again be apprehended and put on his trial for the murder . ——On -Saturday morning the inhabitants of the Strand Avere alarmed by a loud report , which arose from an explosion of gas in the street immediately in front of BeWs Life office .
The road has been undergoing repair for some time , and the carelessness or ignorance of some of the Irish labourers there employed caused the disaster . The paper was in the height of publication at the time . Mr , Tandy ,, the machinist , and one of the workmen , were severely burnt and shaken . The publisher and several others in the office , and at Mr . Jordan ' s newspaper shop , next door , were slightly injured . The report of the Registrar General , for the past weefc , does not show any
improvement in the state of health of the metropolis , but rather the contrary ; the number of deaths exceeding the estimated average by 117 . Diarrhoea continues to make progress , the deaths from that cause amounting to 129 . The total number of deaths was 1191 , and the births 1470 . From the report of Dr . Letheby , medical officer of health , it appears that the health of the City was in a satisfactory state , the number of deaths during the past week having been fifty-three , of whom twenty-two were among children under five years .
PUBLIC AMUSEMENTS . At Her Majesty ' s Theatre the event of the week , has }) een the performance of the "Lucia diLammerhioor , " played for the first time this season , the occasion being the benefit of Signer Giuglini , whose Edgardo has now , probably , no living superior . It is sufficient to say that the great tenor sang with all the beauty and expression for which he has been so justly eulogised . The Lucia of the evening Avas Mdlle . Piccolomini . A divertissement succeeded , in which Mdlle . Rosati
danced ; followed by a repetition of "La Serva Padrona , " and the scene from the " Italiana in Algeri , " containing the popular oomic trio , (< r Papatacei , " which Avas sung with great spirit by Giuglini , Vialetti , and Rossi . Tho regular season has been brought to a close . A series of performances at reduced rates are uoav taking
Note: This text has been automatically extracted via Optical Character Recognition (OCR) software.
The Week
British Bank . ——Oto Monday evening an awful explosion took place in the Wesiminster road , near the Waterloo road , by wM deal of property were destroyed ^ and upAvards of 300 persons were injured , and two little girls were killed . ——The adjourned inquest on the three persons killed by the accident on the South Eastern Railway , at Chilham ^ was resumed on Monday , whenthe jury returned a verdict to the efi ^ ctthM
accompanied it with the recommendation that the curve should be kept in good order , and that the speed round it should not exceed twenty miles an hour . ——On Monday evening a large open air meeting of the inhabitants of Bel gravia and its vicinity took place in the grounds of the Pavilion , Payih * on-street , Sloane-street , to adopt a memorial to the Queen , and to petition Parliament "to take such measures as may he deemed advisable for the immediate suppression of the confessional system now attempted to be intrpduced ^ ^ m ^ Colonel
^ Vereker was in the chair . Several gentlemen addressed ihe tions , in . accordance with its objects , At the Lewes assizes a young woman , very fa was tried fora misdem station at New Shoreham . She was found guilty and sc ^ twelve months' imprisonment been pr
when she commenced tearing her fine hat and clothes to pieces ^ and on her arrival at the prison she broke seyeralp she broke evei ^ thing within her reach- ——John Jervis , a clerk in the employ of Sir Claude Scott and Co ., bankers , Cavendish-square has been examined before Mr . Long , at Marylebpne Police-court , charged with having embezzled the surdof £ 250 from his employers . Several witnesses were heard the prisoner , after which he was remanded , but bail was accepted , himself in £ 1000 , and two sureties in £ 500 each . ——In the case of EdAvin Hart , charged with the murder of his brother at Portsmouth in March last , which caused a great deal of excitement at the time ) the grand jury at the Winchester assizes ignored the bill against the prisoner . This course was adopted because , if the evidence had not been sufficiently clear against him , he must have been acquitted ; but how , should fresh facts appear , he may again be apprehended and put on his trial for the murder . ——On -Saturday morning the inhabitants of the Strand Avere alarmed by a loud report , which arose from an explosion of gas in the street immediately in front of BeWs Life office .
The road has been undergoing repair for some time , and the carelessness or ignorance of some of the Irish labourers there employed caused the disaster . The paper was in the height of publication at the time . Mr , Tandy ,, the machinist , and one of the workmen , were severely burnt and shaken . The publisher and several others in the office , and at Mr . Jordan ' s newspaper shop , next door , were slightly injured . The report of the Registrar General , for the past weefc , does not show any
improvement in the state of health of the metropolis , but rather the contrary ; the number of deaths exceeding the estimated average by 117 . Diarrhoea continues to make progress , the deaths from that cause amounting to 129 . The total number of deaths was 1191 , and the births 1470 . From the report of Dr . Letheby , medical officer of health , it appears that the health of the City was in a satisfactory state , the number of deaths during the past week having been fifty-three , of whom twenty-two were among children under five years .
PUBLIC AMUSEMENTS . At Her Majesty ' s Theatre the event of the week , has }) een the performance of the "Lucia diLammerhioor , " played for the first time this season , the occasion being the benefit of Signer Giuglini , whose Edgardo has now , probably , no living superior . It is sufficient to say that the great tenor sang with all the beauty and expression for which he has been so justly eulogised . The Lucia of the evening Avas Mdlle . Piccolomini . A divertissement succeeded , in which Mdlle . Rosati
danced ; followed by a repetition of "La Serva Padrona , " and the scene from the " Italiana in Algeri , " containing the popular oomic trio , (< r Papatacei , " which Avas sung with great spirit by Giuglini , Vialetti , and Rossi . Tho regular season has been brought to a close . A series of performances at reduced rates are uoav taking