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Aleo he has beta_ las just pnr— loxes, iA &A- I may be• en- ished this and original hors, No. 8 ; drawn from edotaa of the ,r Alexander, Greece, MI !ni of Crito, Valerius— rative of the ; The K 117.. 3enealOgiCa ; ther English oblic Amuse tree-6. The sines of the . Review of !rice, &c. She en royal 4te lay, by W ar Somerset lerks of the ountry eircn )untess of [-street, front and Mar •om Hatfield insittart, and it seat, Shat ' Winchester, House, An- Dover-street, ad family, at e, from their )wley, Bart., et, from their Addington,ia ;ust, /ki.P. in ; Capt. Hart, Esq. and the -street, from rpool ; Edw. Royal Hotel, 'Apt. Brymer, )m Brighton; 1, Albemarle at ditto, from Wituhead, at 3, frois St. Iy, from the 1, Esq. M.P. irk, Ireland ; r their seat in t the Berner, Thief Jus t, Sir Colqu -36, Sir John inor, Lieut.- Huntly, Cla ruatice; Rev. Lee. ea ; Mr. and )n, Pulsfind, and family, and family, nyold, Baker, ix, Munday, n, Hickmart 'eke, Watson , we, Pattivor, rd, Attersolf, etr LONDON, Dowding! eboutt, Wio ntliv, Vile* TO THE WORTHY AND INDEPENDENT ELEC TORS OF THE TOWN AND PORT OF SAND WICH. BROTHER FREEMEN', WITH the approval of our Sovereign, I have been named a Member of the Council of his Royal Highness the Lord High Admiral. my seat in Parliament will he vacated by this removal, and I hasten to present myself before you, to solicit your support again to place use in the enviable situation of your Representative in Parliament. GENTLEMEN, I trast that neither my pant tonduct, nor this new mark of my Sovereign's most 7atious and continued approba. ti o2 9 will render one + l l24c:serving of your renewed support, and I rely with conkdence upon your favor. If it is your Pleas74re to replace me in the honorable situation I aspired, to, it shall be my study to discharge my duties with r.oper attention to your interests and wishes, and to prove myself as I truly am, Your sincere friend and faithful servant, E. W. C. R. OWEN. *tIL FRIDAY EVENING, MARCH 7, mi. Sir 11. PARNELL moved, last night, in the House of Commons, for the production of a Copy of the Treaty of Limerick. An interesting discussion took place, in which the Honourable Baronet, Mr. H. GRATV-W, Mr. S. RICE, and Mr. A. DAWSON, con- tr,nded that the Articles of that Treaty contemplated the restoration of Roman Catholic:, to the civil as . well as to the religious privileges which they un questionably enjoyed in the reign of CHARLES the St colic', and that the breach of this covenant was as scandalous as it was glaring. The speech of Mr. SPRING Rica, in particular, was a powerful appeal in favour of those who have been so long oppressed—and was calculated to enhance the regret which even his opponents must feel, at the prospect of his being speedily removed to a distant quarter of the globe, At few periods could the House of Comrnoat worse spare any one touched with the P ';6tnethean fire of eloquence. Mr. PEEL, on the other hand, admitted that the Treaty of Limerick had been violated by the enact ment of the Penal Laws, but said that no privilege is now withheld which they have a right to claim in consequence of that Treaty. There was, however, one important and manly conce6sion on the part of Mr. PEEL, to which we will take the liberty of recalling his attention whenever the articles of the Irish Union come under the consideration of Parliament. "I do not mean to say," observed the Right Hon. Gentle men " that the ancient date of the Treaty is any bar to the faithful execution of it at this moment. If I were satisfied that the object of that Treaty was to admit Roman Catholics into Parliament on merely taking the oath of allegiance, I should be so far from thinking that the age of the Treaty was of no avail, that I should permit it to have full in fluence on my judgment whenever the Roman Ca tholics came to this House to ask for the fulfilment of their claims." If it be, therefore, clearly established by evi dence, as we are convinced it may be, that the Prime Minister of the day and the Vice roy of Ireland, did distinctly hold out to a Number of influential persons in Ireland, that the Union with Britain would be attended by the concession of the Catholic Claims, and that the essential co-operation of these individuals was procured solely by their confidence in the authority of these ostensible representatives of MAJESTY—We do trust that Mr. PEEL, who would ratify the na tional faith pledged (if he conceived it had been so) a century and a half ago--will feel himself much more called on to fulfil the stipulations of a recent Treaty, in the violation of which the Irish Nation, as one of the contracting parties, has every right to com plain that they were deceived by their Sovereign's disclaiming the authority of those whom he had in ♦ested with the outward symbols of plenipotentiary delegation. That this conduct of his Royal Master (who w as nevertheless, as all must admit, the most amia ble of men and princes,) was resented by Mr. PITT retiring from office, is no consolation to those who are furnished with explanations in lieu of that valu able consideration, on the promise of receiving which they consented to reduce an ancient kingdom to the rank of a mere province of the British Empire. The continued tempestuous state of the weather bap prevented the arrival of any communications from the Continent. In the total absence of news, the Speculators on 'Change and - elsewhere, are busy in their vocation of coining and circulating false for T eal intelligence, to impose •n the credulity of the Lisbon Gazettes have been received to the 24th nit. They contain some orders of the PRINCESS REGENT respecting a riot which took place among the populace, who interrupted the passage of some witnesses summoned to give evidence before the House of Peers. The military refused to interfere. Don MIGUEL had not then arrived : OFFICIAL. !Asset:, FE). 16. ller Highness the Infanta Regent, having been informed that on the 13th inst. the Commanders of the Guard of Infantry, and the piquet of Cavalry, posted at the Palace of the Peers of the kingdom, neglecting the obligation incum bent on them to maintain the Police in that district, and the orders they had expressly received to preserve tran quillity, remained indifferent spectators of the excesses com mitted there towards some persons who were summoned before the Chamber to perform duties imposed on them by the law, the said Commanders not interfering till after acts were perpetrated on themselves, so contrary to the law, and the consequences of which might besides have been very serious; her Highness, in the Ring's name, orders your Ex cellency to have these twoCominanders confined in the prison of the Castle, and giving directions to proceed without loss of time to the proof of the above facts, and to the exami nation of the documents of which copies are sent to your Excelling, that the whole may serve as the basis of the proceedings to be instituted against the said officers accord ing to the law ; and her Highness further orders you to renew the mest positive orders that the Commanders of the detachments appointed in future to that service, do not permit any assemblage in the district confided to their vigi lance, and inviolably maintain in it tranquillity and good order as is their dnty.—God preserve your FAcellenq. Palace of Ajnda, Feb. 15, 1828. CANDIDO JOSE XAVIER. To his Excellency Renhor Carlos Frederico de Caula. Fe , . 18.—The Gazette contain' in the official part, some more documents relative to the same subject, viz : ••••••• 3 letter from the Marquis de Tancos, dated Feb. 14, to Sen. Candid° Jost Xavier, stating that the Chamber of P swa had received a petition from Manoel Joaquim Francisca Queirol, stating that, on the 13th, he and ano ther person had been insulted and attacked in the square of St. Domingos, by a niob, after leaving the pa l ace o f t h e Peers, whither he had beeen summoned to give evidence i n the proceedings against the four Peers. The Marquis complains of the conduct of the troops, and represents the necessity of inflicting prompt punishment on the authors and aocessaries of such sandalous excesses. To this letter is annexed the petition of the said Queirol, representing, that leaving the Chamber of Peers on the 13th, with the Desenibargad or Joao Antonio, they We re pursned,insulted, and attacked by several persons, who l a y in wait fer the purpose of insultin g them, and even t aint vet.--" Kill them ! Kill them 1" lie eoreptiined of the conduct sf the troops, who dirt not atttmpt to inter fere. Several of the rioters, he says, were known, and mentioned the names of two of them ; and all these facts were witnessed by a great many persons whose names he gives. FEBRUARY 19. The Gazette contains some further correspondence be tween the Marquis de Tancos, Secretary to the Chamber of Peers, Senhor Jose Frsire de Andrade, Minister of Justice, and Senhor Candido Jose Xavier. CHAMBER OF PEERS. ' I❑ the sitting of the 13th, the trial of the four Peers con tinued, and in which Manoel J. F. Queirol was examined, as also Desembargador Joao Antonio. In the sitting of the 14th, before the proceedings com menced, the petition of the witness Queirol was read, in which it was resolved to refer to the executive power. The Chamber then proceeded to examine the first wit ness against the Marquis de Fronteira. The Chamber continued the examination of witnesses on the following days : On the 15th, the Count de Linhares said that the offi cer who was on guard in the Palace of the Chamber, on the 13th, having heard of the accusations made by Quei rol, desired that his conduct might be investigated, de claring that the complaint made by the witness was ill founded as far as he was concerned, as he could not go beyond the limits of his command, which did not extend to the square of the Rocio, but was confined to the inte rior of the Palace of the Chamber, where tranquillity had been constantly preserved. The petition of the officer was referred to the Government, together with that of Queirel, the witness. gHIPPING INTELLIGENCE.-(THIS DAY.) FROM LLOYD'S. DEAL, FEE. 6.—Wind N.N.E.—Arrived from Lon don the Eden, Anthony, for Berbice. The Indian, from the South Seas, is putting back. The M'Queen and Lord Lowther, for India, are passing. FALMOUTH, Mancit 6.--Wind N.—Arrived the Duke of Kent packet, from Lisbon, in I I days. The Levity Increase, from Stockton to Sunderland, was totally wrecked near Scarborough on Wednesday evening. The Finchett, Hamilton, from Savannah, sunk in the Rock Channel, Liverpool. on Wednesday—crew saved. The Commerce, from Macao to Liverpool, and Fame, from Campbeltown, were driven on shore on Tuesday night, near the Meckbeggar, and it was feared tke former would go to pieces. The Jane, Bargrave, from St. John's (New Brunswick) to Jamaica, was totally wrecked in the Bay of Fundy pre vious to the 26th of January—the crew and part of the cargo saved. THE FUNDS-(THIS DAY). CITY, Trvnivz •'CLOCK. The reported arrival of an Express from Paris this morn ing caused some bustle in the English market, but we have no French Mail, which has been deemed rather extraordi ■ary. Consols opened at 841 were buyers, but have since become rather heavy, in consequence of the reported fall in the Renter ; added to which the accounts per the Lisbon Mail are said to be of an unfavourable character, and it is stated of an insurrectionary description, which caused Consols to decline to BLi R.. A trifling advance may be stated in tlte premium on Exchequer Bills and India Bonds, the former being 58 60, anii the latter 88 90. In the Foreign Fonds there is literally little •r nothing doing ; Mexican are 34 5 ; Colombian, 25+ 6 ; 901 ; and Danish, 611 2. Shares remain in very limited demand, and prices con tinue nearly at the same rate they have been at for some days, the only alteration being, late yesterday, an advance in Brazilian Mines from 42 4 to 43 5. Three per Cent. Consols, 88+ ; Ditto, for the Account, 831 ; India Bonds, 88 30 ; Exchequer Bills, 58 60 pm. FOLEIGX.-Brazilian, 631 4; 13uonos Ayres, 38 7; Chilian, 2b V ; Colombian, 251 6 ; Danish, 61+ 2 ; Greek, 15/ 16/ ; Mexican, 5 per Cent. 261 7/ ; Mexi can, 6 per Cent., 351 ; Pernrian,24 b ; Portuguese, 74 75 ; Russian, 901 ; Spanish, 10 31txr.s.—Anglo Mexican, 62k 60 die. ; Brazilian, 43 45 pm ; Bolivar, 21 2 dia. ; Colombian, 4+ 8k die. ; United Mexican, 21* 20 dis. ; General Mining Ameocia ties, 10 , 1 11* pm. - - TWO O'CLOCK There have been a great variety of rumours of the nature of the Portuguese Dews ; whilst some state it to have been of a serious nature, others state it of the molt trifling im portance, and that it was nothing more than a street broil. Duu Miguel is stated to have arrived on the 22d ult. but the disturbances in question had nothing to do with his arrival. Cansols have been ultimately buyers and sellers at 84i, are now the latter, with little or nothing doing. THREE 0' CLOCK. Consols, 84g f. THE MARKETS.-(THIS DAY.) CORN EXCHANGE. There are this week small arrivals of Wheat, but large of Barley and Oats. There is so little Wheat of good qua lity at market, that the millers are not diposed to give the high prices asked for such, and there is, therefore, little doing in the trade. Barley sells heavily, but is not lower. Beans and Pease are dull in disposal at last quotations. Oats meet a slow sale, but the factors do not appear in clined to take less prices than on Monday. Flour unvaried. AItILIYALs. Wheat. Barley. Oats. Flour. Engli:l ...r. 3,900 qrs. 8,150 qrs. 17,100 qrs. 6,4sosacka. Irish I - 14,100 --- Forsign GENERAL AVERAGE PRICE OF BRITISH CORN. For the Week ended Feb. 29, 1828, made up from the Returns of the Inspectors in the different Cities and Towns in England and Wales, per Imperial Quarter. 4:1. Oats 20s. 11d. I 375. 5d 8ar1ey......—..2.95. 9d. Rye 325. Ild. Pease.--, 38s. Ild. Per Winchester Quarter. Wheat 50s. 9d. Oats 20s. ld. 8ean5.—......365. I 10d. Rye —31 s. I ld. I Pease 9tl IMPERIAL AGUREOATE AVERAGES Of the Six WEEKS PRECEDING. Wheat.-- 525. lid. Oats 21s. Od. 8ean5...........355. 2d. Barley--- 30e. 2d. I Rye 31s. Sd. I Pease-- Ws. 6d. Duty on Wheat (this week) imported prior to July 1 is 425. Sd. SMITHFIELD MARKET. This day's market was, for that of a Friday, well sup plied ; but the carcass markets having been clear of the stale meat, the weather favourable to slaughtering, and the demand here tolerably brisk, Beef, Mutton, and Pork, went off readily at 2d., Veal 4d. per stone beyond monday's prices. PRICE! PEA STONE OF SLES. TO SINE THE OFFALS. a. d. to s. d. s. d. toe. d. Inferior Beasts 2 2 3 6 Large Lambs ....... 0 0 0 0 &Tend quality ditto 3 8 4 0 Prime small ditto... 0 0 0 0 Prime large Men 4 4 410 Large coarse Calves 3 2 3 8 Primo Scots, 4 8 5 0 Prime small ditto... 0 8 7 0 Inferior Sheep 3lO 4 2 Large Hogs 5 o 5 4 Second quality ditto 4 4 4 8 Small Porkers 5 8 5 0 Coarse.woolled ditto 410 3 3 Suckling Calves 12s to42s. each. SouthdownWethers 4 8 5 6 Quarter old Pigs lls to 18s. each. surrrx, AS TER CL Beasts. I Sheep. G 203,150 Mikh Cows were :EEICS STATENENT. Calves. rig's. 170 90 scarce and dear. NEIVGATE AND LEADENH ALL MARKETS. At per stone by the Carcass. s. d. to s. d. a. d. to s. d Beef 4 4 1 Veal Mutton 3 4 4 6 Pork THE ARMY. The Right Hon. the Lords Commissioners of Chelsea Hospital, will hold a Board at the Hospital on Wednesday the 12th instant, at eleven o'clock, in the forenoon, for the examination of invalid soldiers claiming pensions for services er wounds. The Duchess of KENT entertained the Duchess of CLAI‘XIiCZ, the Princess Emma of CaI°LATH, and a select party to dinner on Wednesday, at her apartments in the King's Palace, at Kensington. The Princess SOPHIA and the Princess So ratA MATILDA. visited the Princess AUGUSTA yesterday, at her residence, in the King's Palace, St. James's, and par took of a dejeuue with her Royal Highness. The LORD CHANCELLOR entertained the Cabinet Ministers to dinner on Wednesday, at his residence in G e orge -street, Hanover-square. General Lord HILL held his second levee on We d nes day, at the Commander-in-Chiefs office, in the Horse Guards, which was very numerously attended. Prince PoLIGNAc, the French Ambassador, had a long interview with Earl DUDLEY yesterday, at the Foreign Office, Downing-street. The Duke of BUCCLEUCH left his residence, Buccleuch-house' Privy-gardens, yesterday, for Rome. A Cabinet Council was held yesterday after noon, at two o'clock, at the Foreign Office, Downing street, which was attended by Earls BATHURST, DUDLEY, and ABERDEEN, Viscounts ikIELvILLe and PALMERSTON, Lord ELLENBOROUGH, Mr. Secretary PEEL, Mr. Secre tary Husussox, and Mr. C. GRANT. About four o'clock, the CHANCELLOR of the EXCHEQUER and Mr. HERRIES joined the other Ministers. The Cabinet broke up soon after half-past four o'cloci. LAW INTELLIGENCE.-(THIS DAY.) HOUSE OF LORDS. MA AY B. MACNEILL, APPELLANT.-M. MACGREGOR, RESPONDENT. This was a very singular case in the Scotch law of mar riage. The facts were shortly, that the appellant was married openly in facie ecclesice on the lGth June, 1816, to a person of the name of Jollie, a surgeon in Edinburgh. But it appears that the respondent enjoyed a very intimate intercourse with this lady some weeks prior to her marriage to Mr. Jollie; for, in the month of March, 1818, he instituted an action against her in the Scotch Consistorial Court, claiming her ao his wife on the ground of a mutual exchange of matrimonial consent, con summated by their having slept in the same bed for several nights, and finally that in May, 1816, they were regularly and publicly married by a Clergyman. One of the difficulties of the case arose from the character of the priest who officiated on this occasion. He had long:been notorious in Scotland, and was at last tried by the Supreme Criminal Court for celebrating clandestine marriages, and banished from the country fey life. The result of the liti gation has been a decision of the Consistorial Court, declar ing the appellant and the respondent married persons. This judgment, which was affirmed on the review of the Court of Session, virtually annuls the other marriage to Mr. Jollie, on which the parties had relied for years, and of which seve ral children were begotten in the confident but precarious assurance of legitimacy. The appeal from the decision of the Court below came on for hearing in the House of Lords in the month of June last; but the discussion was arrested by an unexpected question from Lord Eldon. This was, whether Mr. Jollie, and the chil dren born of the connexion between him and the appel lant, ought not to have been called, or at least to intervene in the action. On this point cases were prepared ; and Doctors Lushington and Jenner having closed a very learned argument on Friday last, the case came on to-day for judgment on this preliminary objection. Lord Eldon, after some prefatory observations, called the attention of their Lordships to a very singular circumstance, in the present case. Whatever might be the real fact, their Lordships had the children of Mr. Jollie now before them, because prima fade they were the children of the mar riage which had been declared between the appellant and the respondent. Prima facie M'Gregor was the father of these children, and he would continue to possess that character until divested of it. It was not denied that Mr. Jollie might intervene ; and in special cases the Court might call other parties, besides those who bad originally con tested the suit. Now, the question was, whether this case possessed that special and peculiar character ; and in order to ascertain this, lie would advise their• Lordships to call upon Counsel to go into the merits of the cause. It was accordingly agreed to resume the case on Friday next. LENT ASSIZES. NORTHERN CIRCUIT.-NORTH LIAIBERLAND, MARCH 5. FORGERIES ON THE SCOTCH BANKS. John Bradley, aged 26, and Charles M'Arthur, aged 26, were indicted fur disposing of and putting away divers forged Twenty Shilling and Guinea Notes, purporting to be of the Commercial and Sir William Forbes' Banks of Scotland. Mrs. Grace Gribbon, wife of Mr. John Gribbon, draper, at Alnvvick, deposed, that about 10 o'clock on the morning of the 18th of August last, the two prisoners came to her house. Bradley bought a pair of stockings and a hand kerchief, which came t• six shillings, he tendered a guinea note of Sir Wm. Forbes' Bank; she wrote his name upon it and gave him 14s. in change, and he and the other prisoner left the shop. About 12 o'clock Bradley came again, as also did the other prisoner, but he stood at the door. Bradley bought four pair more stockings ; and gave a twenty shilling note of the Commercial Bank of Scotland, for which also she gave him change. (Here the witness pro duced the two notes she had received from him.) Mr. John Gribbon, the husband of the last witness, corroborated her testimony ; adding, that Bradley came again and made another purchase, and paid with a Com mercial Bank Note, for which he gave him change. He gave the note shortly after to his wile.—(Nete produced.) Mr. Thomas Appleby stated, that on the same day Bradley came to him, and asked for change for a 201. Commercial Bank Note. Witness asked him if it was a good one? and he replied, "I have worked hard for it, and it's all the notes I have got. Witness then changed the note. The prisoner cane back in the evening about eight o'clock, and asked to purchase a piece of meat ; and before witness could reach the piece, he threw down a guinea note of Sir W. Forbes's bank. Witness suspected im mediately from this that it was a bad one, and sent it by his lad to procure change and to ask if it was a genuine one. In a few minutes after he returned, and said it was bad. Wit ness told the prisoaer that he suspected the one he had given him in the morning was bad also ; and giving it to the bey, desired hint to ascertain if that was also bad. The prisoner now manifested the greatest uneasiness, and en deavoured to make his escape, but witness cellared hint ; however, he got away, and witness pursued him to the shop of Mr. Andersoo, where the boy had gone to chew the note. Witness and a constable named Cousins went in and took him into custody, and the note that he had re cently offered in payment of the meat was found upon him. Susannah Thompson keeps a public-house at Alnwiek ; on the 17th August, the prisoner M'Arthur came to her house and called for a pint of ale, for which he paid with a 20s. Commercial note, she procured change at Miss Cat ternack's, and gave the balance to him. Miss Jane Catternack produced the note which she re ceived from the last witness. Cousins, a constable, proved apprehending Bradley, and subsequently he arrested M'Arthur, and twe other men named 111‘Dermott and Carr, the two latter were discharg ed for want of evidence. M'Dermott said, he knew Brad.. ley was confined, but declared he was not aware the notes were bad, he said he would show him and Ormand, another constable, where liDermott had hidden some notes, about 300 yards out of the town ; he took them to the spot, and pointing to a large stone, said they were concealed under neath. Ormond turned the stone over and found six notes, three guinea notes of Sir William Forbes' Bank, and three 20s. Commercial notes. Mr. James Thompson, one of the tellers in Sir W. Forbes' Bank, proved that the guinea notes, purporting to be of that establishment, were forgeries in every respect, and Mr. Mitchell and Mr. Mercer, two gentlemen of the Commercial Bank of Scotland, also proved that the whole of the twenty-shilling notes were forgeries upon that bank. M'Arthur said that he had the notes from M'Derinott, whom he accidentally met whilst walking from Edinburgh to Newcastle. Me was not aware of their being forgeries, and hoped for a merciful consideration of his case. The Le►rned JUDGE slimmed op, and the Jury found the prisoners Guilty, aed they were ordered to be trans ported for life. WESTERDI CIRCUIT.---WINCHESTER, ItARCH 6 ROBOTII/.11 V. LOAD xtLcouusir. This was an action in forma pauperis, brought by the plaintiff, late servant to the Noble Defendant, to recover a sum of money due to him for board-wages and other ex pences. It appeared that the plaintiff had been servant to the Noble Lord for some years, and in 1827 was discharged, in consequence of a dispute with some of the servants ; at the time of his discharge, his wages were paid; but the sum now claimed being for board-wages, money laid out in the house, turnpikes, and, in fact, nearly every thing connected with the domestic department of a Nobleman's establish ment, were left unpaid; and from what transpired it ap peared, that something at the time of the payment of the wages must have been disputed, for one of the witnesses who was servant to the defendant at the time the plaintiff was paid his salary, heard the plaintiff say on leaving the room, that there was between 20/. and 30/. more due to him. The defendant paid '7l. I Os. into Court, to cover an y s um that the plaintiff might be able to prove as due to him at the commencement of the cause. Mr. Justice LITTLEDALZ recommended a reference, which was accepted by the Counsel for the plaintiff; but the Counsel for the Noble Defendant (Mr. C. F. Williams) would not accede. The consequence was, the Court and Jury were for some hours engaged in going through the account, item by item, till nearly every one i n C ourt were Damages 2 1 31. tired. The Jury finally gave a verdict for the plaintiff— The Duke of WELLINGTON was confined to his residence, in Piccadilly, yesterday, by a cold. The Right Hon. CHARLES GRANT was, on Thursday last (the 28th ult.) re-elected for Inverness shire. His nomination was proposed by Colonel Macnox- WELL of the Coldstream Guards, seconded by MaciEncrossi of Mackintosh, and carried unanimously. Lieutenant-General KENETH MACKENZIE will be appointed Colonel of the 58th (Rutlandshire) Re giment of Foot, vice Major-General Lord FREDERICK BENTINcK, deceased. DIED—At Fetternear House, on Wednesday the 27th oh., domi LESLIE, Eq. of Baliuhain, Aber deenshire. DESTRUCTION of the NEW BRUNSWICK THEATRE, WELLCLOSE-SQUARE, ADJOURNED CORONER ' S INQUEST: THIS DAY. To-day, at a quarter-past nine o'clock, the Coroner and Jury re-assembled to proceed with the Inquest on the bodies of those who perished by the destruction of this theatre. Ewe are requested to correct a mis-statement of two facts that appeared in a Morning Paper (the Times), namely, that the builder stated in his evidence that he had paid 1/. 10s. per thousand for the bricks he purchased; . and that Mr. Carruthers was in the Court, attending the Inquest ; the truth being that ties builder stated he had paid 11. 14s. per thousand (as may he seen by reference to the Sun of Wednesday evening) ; and that Mr. Carruthers was not in Court, but was, and is, so ill as to be unable to come out of doors.] When the Coroner took his seat, and the names of the Jury were called over, the business was immediately pro- ceetied with. Mr. Arding's (the carpenter) examination resumed. Examined by Mr. Corayn.—The plan now put into my hand, marked E, No. 3, chews a section through the building, marked in the plan, from A to B, in No. 2, and exhibits the whole of the openings as left in the whole of the front wall. It shows too a longitudinal section of the stage, dressing-rooms under it, the flies, and the carpen ter's and painter's shops ; it is a reversed view of the sec tion spoken of yesterday. It 'hews the iron roof also. Before the flies were put up and the roof put on, for expe dition they commenced the floors and the stage. I mean the iren roof. The woks of the stage and the rooms under it were going on at the same time. This was not done by myself and therefore I cannot tell when it was began. In the former part of my examination I said it was about the beginning of November when the second meeting was, and when I went to Mr. Shaw's for timber. I have not the bill with me for that timber, by which I could be enabled to state the precise date. The impres sion on any mind is, that the timber for the stage was sup plied in the course of the third or fourth week in October. A Juror.—We should wish to know the date more ex actly? Mr. Comyn.—Then, gentlemen, I think I shall get it. You said it was in the beginning of Nov. when the se- cond meeting was called ?...1 How soon after that was it that you saw the works going on ?—On my next visit to the theatre. But that is too indefinite ?—Perhaps in the course of three weeks. _ _ _ In the course of three week from when?—l mean, in the course of three weeks after the meeting at which it was arranged that Mr. Shaw should do the work. Where were you then 2-1 was in the theatre. What part of the works was then in operation ?—The joists of the stage were first doing► to my view. As this is of the utmost importance, the Gentlemen of the Jury may be assured that I shall endeavour not to let a word relating to it escape. What were those joists for ? ---Those joists were to rest the floor boards upon. Were the floors then begun ?—At that time they had nut begun any past of the floors. How soon afterwards were the floors begun ?—I should say I saw the floors begun in about a fortnight after wards. lam only speaking at present in allusion to those visits I made as a timber merchant, therefore I cannot speak with perfect accuracy as to the time ; but I believe they were begun about a fortnight after the joists were being put in. Who was performing those works ?—Mr. Shaw's people were working at the floors, entirely under the direction of himself; that is what I believe. Mr. Shaw was giving the directions ?—I believe so; I saw him giving them. I.ly the CoaoNEa—Had you any opportunity of know ing what sort of directions Mr. Shaw gave ?—No, none. By a Juror—Was there any surveyor employed at that time ?—The architect himself, I believe, to the whole— Mr. Whitwell. By the CORONER—Do you know that of your own knowledge ?—I saw him some six or eight weeks after wards in the building, and I received instructions from him. A Juror—We want to know what we are to under stand exactly upon this part? Mr. Shaw did this work. I don't know whose instructions he had to do it. I did work there, and 1 had Mr. Whitwell's instructions for do ing it some six or eight weeks afterwards. A Juror—That does not bear on the question at all. Was the work doing under any surveyor by Mr. Shaw's men? —I have no means of knowing that. Another Juror—Was there not a surveyor appointed at the second meeting, when you met Mr. Shaw ?—The surveyor's name was not mentioned, I think. Was there not one appointed at the second meeting ? There was a surveyor to the building. You mean Mr. Whitwell?—Yes. The surveyor 1 named was my friend Mr. Benson, who went with me to guide me in making my estimate. Mr. Benson was not surveyor of the building; he was merely a friend of mine. Mr. Comyn.—Had Mr. Benson any thing to do with the building whatever, except as to going with you in order to guide you in making your estimate ? Nothing whatever. CORONER —Do you wish that answer to be taken down Mr. Comyn ? Mr. Comyn.—Certainly, Sir ; it may be very important, because when a thing is mentioned in a public Court, we know how expeditiously it gets into the public Papers ; and Mr. Benson's name being mentioned, the Jury will easily understand how necessary it may be for them to leave it distinctly understood that he had nothing on earth to do with the building. Now, Sir, state how long a time it took.to put up the flies and the workshops ?—I should think the flies took about a fortnight ; the painter's shop was the next erection, which probably took three or four days. The carpenter's work shop was not erected till within the last throe weeks, there were two shops, the one the painter's and the other the carpenter's. Juror—Did you say completed or erected ?—Completed. A Juror—You most distinctly said erected. Mr. Comyn—Within three weeks of what ?—Three weeks of the completion of the building. What do you mean by the word " erected ?"—Putting it together. When was it completed then ?—lt was not completed until three or four days of the opening of the house. After the floors of the stage were completed, be good enough to describe, for that is the material point now, how the flies bore upon the building, according to the plan you have now in your hand ?—One end was supported in the walls, the other was framed into a trimmer, and the for mer supported by strutts from the stage floor. The painter's shop rested upon the flies. The carpenter's shop had girders resting in the walls, and was suspended by bolts and iron straps to the roof. Be so good as look to the plan marked No. 1.--I have that plan in my hand. I see upon that plan the word "Flies" on each side, and lines; what do the lines represent ?—Joists. I observe these Joists are numerous ; is that so ?—lt is so ; they are about a foot apart. Do those joists bear upon the walls?—At one end they do. Can you tell the Cl:ironer and Jury what height the walls are from the stage to the roof?—No, I cannot tell at all, as I have no ~ortle. Will yca state to the Jury where the strutts are placed ? —Tba strutts or uprights are placed under the trimmer. What height and thickness are they of?—That I cer tainly cannot tell. Can you tell about the height of them within a few feet? I should think the first fly was about 14 feet from the stage. That is not what I asked you. However, did a struts support that fly ?—lt CORONER-What do you mean by the first fly ?—The first fly from the stage ; there were two tiers of flies. Mr. Cornyn—When you say there were two tiers of flies, what do you mean ?—I mean that the one was pre . - cisely the same as the other, but that the one was over the other. Were those flies on both sides the same?—Yes, they were. Will you state to the Coroner and Jury what support the upper fly had ?—Strutts as before, that is to say, the earse as the lower fly. Can you state to the Jury what distance in height there was between the flies ?_About seven feet. State in what manner the floor of the painter's shop was supported ?—Resting on the second tier of flies. Does that plan represent truly, as far as yon can judge, the manner in which the floor was supported by the flies ? —Yes. By a Juror. —.That is, the floor of the painter's shop.— Yes. The plan was here handed to the Jury and minutely examined b) them at the suggestion of Mr. Comyn. Mr. Comyn—Tell the Coroner and Jury about the length of the joist which supports the floor of the painter's shop ?—From recollection I would say from 30 to 34 feet. Can you tell us the thickneso of the joists ?—I believe that they were about 12 inches by three. Will you state to the Coroner and Jury whether this plan represents the girder and the carpenter's shop, and how it was supported ?—The floor was supported by the girders, the ends of which lay in the walls of the theatre, having suspension bolts and iron shafts. Are the bolts iron ?—Yes. Does this phut (No. 2) represent the manner in which the irsuilbolto and the straps support the trimmers of the flies?--I believe eo n the t.rimmere are repitiefited in the plan, No. 1, by two strait lines. Will you state in what manner these two bolts which are represented in this plan as connected with the carpen ter's shop were connected ?—The bolt from the roof went through the centre of the girder. When it went through the girder how was it connected with the roof?—ln the iron ties of the roof were placed long pieces of timber. The witness now referred to the plan, and explained, with great minuteness, the parts of the building represented on it; but it would be impossible for us to convey intelli gibly his explanation, unless we were enabled also to fur nish a copy of the plan itself. Can you state in what manner the bolts go from the girder of the carpenter's shop, and how they are connected w i t h t h e roo f,—that IS to say, how are the bolts fastened into the roof?—They are fixed by iron nuts and screws, and in some places they were strapped. The distinction between bolts and straps is this—the bolts are attached by nuts and screws : the straps lap over ; the bolt which goes through the girder of the ca r p enter to 's shop, goes up pieces of timber. Describe to the Juryhow that iron bolt was fastened—. With a nut and screw, and au iron plate ; what we call a washer. Mr. Comyn now pointed out to the :ury the nuts and screws, as they were marked on the pi .n. The Learned Gentleman gave a similar explanation to the Coroner. The Coroner asked whether the r. Os were counter sunk in the timber, or screwed home on the plates ?—1 did not put the nuts in, I merely speak from what I after wards saw. I should not think that the nuts were counter sunk, having shewn them above the timber in the drawing. I have described in my former evidence that there were straps as well as bolts. State how did the iron roof rest upon the building ? On its four walls. Describe in what manner the ends of the roof rested on the walls?—On the tall-plates, the plates really formed one continued plate, as they consisted of several pieces of timber fastened together, and reaching round the four walls of the building, the roof was simply laid on, or rested merely on the plate. We also call the four walls, when finished, the wall. A Juror—Was the roof secured to the walls ?—No ; it simply rested on the plate, just in the same manner as if a tub was inverted and laid on the ground. The roof was bedded in morter. Have you ever before seen an iron roof resting •n the plate merely ?—I never before saw, as I recollect, but two iron roofs in my life. Did you see these laid simply on the plate in the man ner you have described ?—I do not know how those two roofs were laid. _ _ Be so good as to describe to the Jury how the roof was bedded in snorter P—The roof had an iron plate of its own, composed of a great nnmber of pieces dove-tailed together. This plate was laid on the timber wall-plate, and bedded in morter. Mr. Comm now recommended the utmost attention to the witness's answers, as the iron roof was the real cause of the falling down of the building. The CoaoNva.—What was the length of the pieces forming the iron roof plate ?—I can't tell. The COBONER.—I mean the pieces which you said were dove-tailed ?—I don't know. A JUROlt.—Had you any connexion with the construc tion or putting up of this iron roof ?—I had nothing what ever to do with the iron roof. The CoaowEe—Gentlemen, the witness is speaking o what he saw; his evidence is the result of his own know• ledge, and I think that we usefully can hear it, and that ought to take it down, if the Learned Counsel tenders it to us. I really do think that this evidence is most important. The witness is perfectly disinterested, and therefore the more likely to tell us the truth and the whole truth, as far as it has come to his knowledge. By the CORONER-The exhibit, No. 2, shows the man ner in which the roof was constructed. How was it con structed?—The iron ties of the roof were composed of wrought iron, like figures grasped together. [To explain his meaning, he drew on the plan a view of the manner in they were hooked together.] The CORONER—Are there any persons who made the iron roof present? Mr. Comyn—No, Sir ; the roof was made at Bristol. The witness continued—l did not make myself so well acquainted with any other part of the roof as to be able to speak to the mode in which it was constructed. Was the roof of wrought or cast iron ? Wrought iron ; there were gutters. Mr. Consyn—Of wrought iron ?—No ; of cast iron. You said in the former part of your examination yester day that you supplied all the timber, had you occasion to go to the theatre at different times afterwards?—l had. Would the bolts from the first to the second fly, and from one shop to the other, give any sort of support to the carpenter's shop which was over the painter's ?—I do not know ; those bolts were fixed into the flies. The question was here repeated by the CoaotEn, the witness not understanding it?—They do not afford any support to the carpenter's shop. I wish the former answer to be struck out, as I did not understand the question. Will you point out the use of those bolts?—The use of them is obviously to support the flies; they render no support to the carpenter's shop whatever. CORONER—When you say the bolts from the first to the second fly, you mean from the lower to the upper?— No. I understood Mr. Comyn to mean the reverse. Ile was going from above to below—working downwards. Mr. Comyn—No, I assure you I was going upwards.— (A laugh.) I think you told me you were at the Theatre several times after you supplied the timber?—Yes. On an average, I was there about twice a-week. From whom did you receive the orders for the different pieces of timber, necessary to do all this work ?—From Mr. Shaw. Did you receive all the orders for every thing neces sary for you to supply from Mr. Shaw understand you now to be speaking of the flies and workshops? Yes.—Yes. During this time, while the work was going on, did you see the architect there ?—Yee, I did. Did you see him often ?—Not often. You said before, you did the joiner's work ?—I did part of it. The joiner's work is laying the floors, I believe?—l did not lay them, but I prepared part of the work. You said, the first fly was supported by the upright marked iu the plan you have in your hand. Now, how was the upright from the stage door to the first fly sup ported ?—By standing on the stage floor. Do you know whether it stood upon the part of the floor under which the joists ran beneath ?—The floor is composed of the joists and the floor-boards. Conowen—Did it stand on a floor-board or a joist?_- Ido not knew, because the floor was ;on ; I should have put it, if I had done it, over a joist, and therefore I pre sume that it was so placed ; but I don't know how it was. What other part did you do?—The only other part of the carpenters' work I did of the interior of the thentrewas the pit ; the joists, the floor, and the seats constituted the pit. State in what manner the pit was supported ?—I have not a plan of the pit, There was a circular wall round the back of it, upon which lay cast iron girders, from which sprung brick arches, over which were joists, flooring boards, and seats, which formed the pit. CORONER-What were the flooring boards of ?—luch and a-half deal. Yellow or white?—Yellow Christiana deal. Mr. Comyn—lii your judgment was the Pit properly support ?—Very much so. In all its parts ?—Very much so indeed. As you did not perform any other part of the carpenter's work, do you know how the Galleries were supported of your own knowledge, so as to be able to inform the In quest ? _ " C0R02CER...4 beg pardon ; What were the joists of ? They were of Dantzic timber; they were of different sizes, according to the length of their bearings, from 6 by 2A- to 9 by 3 inches. Will you be so good as to put in those two letters now ?--(Here the witness threw down two letters upon the table.) Mr. Comyn—Why, Sir, do you produce letters now, that have the effect of interrupting the thread of evidence? --Because, Sir, I wish to speak the truth. Mr. Comyn—Well, but these letters are letters ad dressed to yourself from somebody else, which surely can not have the effect of preventing your speaking the truth, which you are sworn to do ? CORONER.—AIIc.'..7 me to look at the letters. (The letters were now handed to the Coroner.) I find they art from the deceased It. Maurice to the witness, and perhaps the Jury wuuld like to hear them read. Mr. Comyn.—But, Sir, I must mast respectfully object to their being read at this period. I know nothing of wh at they are—they can only be cal culated to distract our atten tion at present, and which in this very complicated in vestigation is to be most anxiously avoided. CORONER—Then if you will allow me I shall read them and see whether any thing arises out of them calculated shorten the inquiry. Having read them—l think the reading of them wool, only interrupt us at the present moment ; they are ver ) important letters , and, with the permission of the witness 1 a 111 keep them in my &au ex until a more Csr.Ver.lttt opportunity occurs of reading them. Witness—l am hands of the Coron er . perfectly satisfied with their being in the Mr. l o r Coyn —Beso good a t ow h_why th they will s only ya distractlow tne to y look our at a tt e t --(Great laughter.) 111 r. Cotnyn—Oh, I'll take care of that, Sir. I was asking you, though you did not build tier whether you can inform the inquest of the manna in which they were ,ffected?- 1 can. The Learned Coroner and Jury will under3tand that I am now examining into this, because this carpenter heir, , the individual who saw the work, hut did not do it, is thu most proper person to give evidence respecting it. Ili the first place then, Sir, will you inform the Jary how tlie galleries were supported ?—Will you allow me to kgin at the bottom and go upwards? Certainly. Now, how were the boxes supported.— The supporters to the boxes rested on the circular wall I believe I have already alluded to at the back of the pit, by wrought iron columns standing on brick pier, That was the first tier of boxes. The second tier of boxes had one end resting, on the circular wall as be fore, the other end by wrought iron columns standing above the ones before described. - The gallery was suppoited it a similar manner ; the principal timbers of .‘%;hichrLq Over the circular wall to the main walls of the buildhq. The wrought iron columns were continued through the pl. lery to the under side of the girders to the carpenter's shop. You will now see the reason of the earpern,fr'c shop beginning at one time and finishing at another. CoxoNna..___Have you now dene with that part pit and boxes ?—lf I have satisfied you. There is one question I want to ask : What ties there were from the exterior walls, or brickwork, into the body of the Theatre ? We find there was a circular wall : row were there any ties from that to the external building ? It united itself to it. Was there any connection or tie between the brickworL which was erected within the interior of the house and the outer walls?—No. There was none. The interior brick work stood on its own base. I have before stated, that the timbers of the gallery, united themselves to the outcr walls of the building. And with the exception of that ?—With the exc*tion of that, and with the exception of the principal timbre of the boxes, there was no tie to the external part of the build. ing. There was a tie to the carpenter's shop. I wish to know for my own information whether any other person wishes to bear it or not, what connection there was between the building of brickwork within the four walls of the carcase of the theatre, and the external wads of the theatre ?—None, Sir. There was no tie ?—You said ticnneetion—tiatre was tio connection. You are quite sure that there was no connection ? Ara you sufficiently acquainted with the business cf a brich— layer, to say that there was no chasing ?..—I du not con sider a chase in the wall a connection. Mr. Comyn—You said there were coluinns hum the floor to the galleries ?—Yes. Was any part of the timber work that supported tile gallery let into the external walls ?—The principal part of the timbers of the galleries and boxes were let into the external walls. In your judgment were the boxes sufficieatly end tafe'y supported ? Yee. In your judgment, were the columns which 3-ea Levu described as running from the bottom to the top, sufficient to support the weight of the boxes and gallery ?—Ample, amply sufficient fur their purpose. Was that purpose the support and strength of the pl.. lery ?--To support the gallery ; they were pervinciicuh.r. A Juror here observed, that there GV as only one galit r ; ;. to the theatre, which might perlisps in fu:ure save zicnici confusion. Mr. Cornyn—l want you to inform the Inquest whe ther the flies had any other support than those uprights which you hare already deposed to, and the joists being let into the external wall,?—No; those let into the walls, and the other supported by uprights from the stage. Co enee. a—There was no other ?—None 0 le, e r ee other supports than what I have before described. Mr. Comyn—Had the painter's shop, or the Ts orkshap, any other support than what you bare described None. Take a little time to consider that, and see ss'iiether vca are correct in the answer you have gii - en ?—1 will add, there were four posts in the building' which were called, as I understood, proscenium posts, into which the trim mers of the ties were framed. How high were the supporters ?—About forty feet. Will you tell us where those posts or supporters Truly . ; from ?—The two front pests were supported by a wall which was built for the front of the stage, and the two hack posts by brick piers, brought up from the foundation of the building. There were four posts in the building called proscenium poets. Do you know, Mr. Arding, what the thickness of the posts was ?—About twelve and a half inches. What part of the flies or the painters shop, or the carpenters' workshop, did these posts support?—The trim mers of the flies were framed into them. The trimmers of the first flies, and the trimmer of the second flies, were secured by the proscenium poets, and the girders of the carpenters' shop also rested on them. Nuw, in your judgment u a carpenter, did these poste give any support to the flies ?—Theee posts certainly gays strength to the flies, and to the carpenter's workshop ; the painter's shop was at the back of the building. You have stated that the uprights stood on the floor of the stage; Did you ace those uprights and , e,rutts laid into the joists ?—No. Were the strutte or uprights let into the joists before the stage floor was put up ?—I don't know. There are two terms in the carpenter's trade, nameiy " floors" and flooring boards?" What do you mean by floor ?—I do nut mean by that word " the boards ;" by saying that the upright rested on the floor, I meant that when the carcase were b u ildi n g, there were joists laid under the floor-boards ; the uprights were resting on a piece of board, placed over three or four joists. This was done before the flooring-boards were tail on. There was brick-work under the joists. Did you ever see, whilst the work was going on, ane. plane of the flies, the painter's shop, the work-shop, er of the roof?—No. Did you see a plan of the roof before it was put en ? No ; I never to this day saw any such plane. How long have you been a carpenter?---Frees efe is 20 years. Was Mr. Shaw a carpenter don't know. Now, l ask whether, from your judgment and experience, the joists which supported the flies, and which were let into the external walls, injured these walls ?—Certainlv. Will you describe how they injured them?.—The walls of the building, as I before explained, were perfect, but when these walls were mutilated fur the insertion of tine joists, they were necessarily weakened ; the walls originally were entire. In order to receive the joists must not apertures have been made in the walls ?—Yes, the walls must tows been cut into, for the ends of the joists to rest in. Now tell me again, did this mutilation weaken the walls?—Most certainly. In your judgment, and from your knowledge oflmeinets, what was the cause of this building falling down ?—I can not form any judgment or opinion as to the cause of the fall of the theatre. I wish now to gu back to the joists; tell me in what manner these joists were fastened into the walls ? Th e joists of the flies were simply let into the walls, and rested upon them. Were there any plates or any thing else to faster them in? Yes, in some places where there were openings a piece o f t imber was let into each pier to eopp er e Thisthe j'othe ists. th :vr t li b n e t r h w e a f s ro a n b t ou w t a n ll in o e f inches thebu by s ildi i 2 s cantling of —. Was that timber continuous?—No; this was a peculiar building from beginning to end. The timber so laid in from pier to pier in the front wail only was a bout three feet six inch es l ong , an d wa s D en tric. i he J u ry here retired to the Grand Jury-room, fur t quarter of an hour, in order to obtain some refreshment. A Meeting took place this afternoon at the Coburg, for the relief of the aufferers at the Brunswick Theatre. KEAN, as we have already stated, has ra= netvtd his engagement with the Covent-garden managers for next season. Ile is to perform twenty nights e' a night. LANIRTE, in contradiction of the state ment of Signor VELIXTI, states that his offer was WV. and half a clear benefit, which he insured to produce 4.00/. more; and this Signor VEtturt refused. His first derma was stm/. and an e ntire free benefit. MADAME FEnow.—This lady was engagel to perform at M anchester for five nights, commencing last ' Tuesday, with a contingent engagement at Bath and B r i s t o l ; but in consequence of the death of her relation 17 .:he late awful calamity at the Brunswick Meese, she felt oo much depressed and agitated to perform on that ma. Her appearsr-er in iostponed till next WrxlneAsy.