A villainous attempt was ...
A villaitnous at tempt was made on Friday last to fire thie Exeter theatre. Dtin i,g the temporary alysente of the check- taker lust al the commencenien, of the farce, some talidot5usseiun- rel put2a lighted paper into a lanipin the plssmgeleadingto the pit, which, setting fire to the couton in it, lroduced a high ganme, ald a great deal of smoke. which the c4rrent o! air through the avenues naturally conveyed iiton the firi. Thih autempt h,ving been accon)- paiied bly the cry of - F4re!" the contusion which took place may be easily conevived. Laties werc bhrieking and aiinting in variPus directions, tild in one nitrutc the most tintid of the audience found themselves in safety on the outjide el the theatre; but those who retin,tined were soon satisfied bv the exertnors of ilr. H-rver. the atage.Rnanager, oh their secunrity. G(od savce tie KFng was then pIzyed hb the orcbesta, and the perforotanee preceeded.--EvenitigpnPer. XiO nut: irs I I NQU F StI .-1eS't. rd1y mOrning an inquert was held at the Vauxhill Tap, Vauxhnall, before Chaules Jemmet, Es'q, Coroner for Surrevy on view oh the bod)yof a mae whose name was ttnknown. Thomlas Rose, of thie Vauxhtall Tap, deposed, that out Monday la-t, while te i as sitting bv the window, he heard the nnise of a horse coming bh and, on oking out, be saw a horse in fuill gallop in the roal, witi) a timnon e lim * in a few sDoonds be tiearel the crv ot " Oil ! and oni going nnt of doorm he savw the man I ving on the ground. nrar a bar whl ich crrsses the road; he was blecd. ing v ery much at the head ; witness assisted in taking himn up, and a suraeon was sent for, who orderetl Iiin to be taketn into the tup this was done, wvhen the man' . Aull was discovered to be dreadfidtly fractured, He died soon afler. John Loft stated that hIe also saw Ihe 4eceased lying in the road near the cross-bar ; a gqeast quantity of blood issued train his ears; and ott witness assistieg in titktt uirt tip byh the head. his finger wenit into s lar c wound wbicb the dOceased had received. Htls i: ill teas dreadfulfy beaten i:a and it seemed as it he had been thrown oft' the horsc and pitched an the post ot the cross-bar. Charles Pennington, of KenniingwOlcr*osj dreposed, thYt lis father ivas tie owner of the horse on which thedt. ccaseld weas riding; the deceased was in the witnes&'s father's employ; he had stated his name to bc " John Hor too t` butt that has been ascertained not to be his niamie. On Mlonday he and the witness went out ersci on a horse, autd whets they got to VaeiLaIrdl the de_. ceased stuck his heels into the hore's siid, whieih nade hitn set off at full gallop, and when the witness csue up he found the deceaaedl as befote described. The horse on wsich the deceasedilode was 1a perfcctl quiet onte in general. The jury returned a verdict o-_ s Acrcdetal Death." Deodand on the horse 1s