30 DECEMBER 1848, Page 7

An inquest was held yesterday by Mr. Carter on the

bodies of the two boys killed by the crowd at. the Victoria Theatre on Boxing-night. The evidence showed that the boys died from suffocation simply; and the story ascribed to the lad Kitchener was not adopted by him in his evidence. He was not thrown over the balustrade by any man: he slipped down among the feet of the crowd, and could not rise: he was trodden on, and nearly choked; he bit a man's leg to call attention to himself, and was then drawn out. Verdicts of "Accidental death" were found in each case; with recommendations of improved lighting and venti-• lation in the entrances to the theatre.