The Sun. — London, England, 1828-03-27 00:00:00

r I 4. v. 1-111iXi 8 0 are perfectly quiet ; they are rationed by contract ; as to pay they have none. The extreme misery throughout the country is beyond all description. The,near approach of the day on which the Corn Bill is to be submitted to Parliament, naturally directs anintense anxiety to this most important subject. It will, no doubt, be curious to discover how the conflicting opinion& of his MAJESTY'S Ministers on some details of the Bill, have been reconciled by farther communication, and the enemies of the pre sent Administration must look forward with great satisfaction to the anticipated expo sure of some inconsistency. But though in the d ark as to the nature of the resolutions to be Proposed, we are nevertheless confident that these expectations will turn out to be ill founded. It must be borne in mind that the Duke of WXLLINGTON was last year not only removed f rom on interchange of sentiments with those colleagues, to whose department the construction of the Bill had at first more particularly belonged, but was exposed to the insidious observations of less able, but far more cunning individuals, who were ready to sacrifice any thing to the ac compliihnient of their purpose On farther viva voce discussion, the Noble Duke may have satisfied Mr. HUSKISSON and Mr. GRANT that they were mistaken, or 41 4 y have been himself undeceived ; but however that may be, we trust that neither party will shrink from manfully acknowledging a mis take, natural enough with the ablest of men in a very difficult and intricate subject, and will by no means sacrifice a tittle of the country's weal, to an attempt at supporting a cha racter for that mock consistency, of which we have before expressed our opinion. It is actually stated that Mr. HERRIES and Lord LOWTHER are , the chief sticklers for retrenchment on the Finance Committee. , We real ly should not have suspected the Noble - Member for Westmoreland of any such propen sitiess-but this is a curious world we live in, and wonders never cease. We understand that the Candidate for Sud bury • is Mr. iviACLEOD of Macleod, who op posed the Right Hon. CHARLES GRANT, in the late contest for Inverness-shire. His father, Gen er a IVIAGLEon, was many years Member for that County, and the family is one of the oldest a nd most respectable-in the Highlands of Scot land. • The name of his Castle of Dunveggan must be familiar to those who have read Dr. JOHNsoN's Tour to the Hebrides. Mr. 11 ActEop's sister is married to Mr. SPENCER PIRCEvAL. We sincerely hope that the Elec tors of Sudbury will choose for their represen tative a gentleman so well qualified for the situation to which he aspires. THE ,MARKETS.—(THIS DAY.) . . ~„ PIELBIARKET, BILLINGSGATE. l'ais-day's mar k e t was but mo d erately suppl i ed ' w i t h the choicest fish. Whitings, Sol e s, Flounders, Plaice, and Halibut, were in great plenty ; on th e w h o l e th ere ' was a t°leralY f an, demand, at the following. prices : Frio. i Ditto s 18s. each lBs. Od. to 225. Oct. 1.1„2, 11,1 41, per do. S 0 12 0 '"` , ikl-tis, •ch Itilariec d i tt o , each 20 4 0 bolmoo pis. lb. 26 6 6 k l Pin e e h o W . t i pe ctlx4, per 15 ' l9 0 16 0 ~cafe, ea c h I 0 7 0 haddocks • d oze n l O .O is 0 B rill, m per I 0 0 Flue Soles, per three pairs • 1 0 76 ' Gureetti each 1 0 0 0 Live. e nders, Flu cacti per qtkartern . 2 0 2 0 "" Dutch Plaic per Mb. .ro • - . 4 0 0 0 e per b a s ket .... . .... ......« ' 3 0 - • 4 0 rah Herrin'ip, per hundred 0 0 4 0 Moo Lobster s ,' per score 0 0 40 0 Inferior ditto -10 0 20 0 line Prawns per lb. ,... 2 U :1 0 Halibut, each ' • 5 0 IS 0 Mackarel, per 100_....... £2 0' £4 0 HAY M A RKE f3.--(At per Load of 36 Trusses.) ST. JAMES'S. L. a.. s s. L . a. 4 °Wand Mead. Hay 3 5 to-1 5 Clover May....,.... A etos 15 st.lplaiid Ditto 4O 5 0 Oat 4` , traw Ilya-grass Hay 4O 5 0 Wheat Ditto liu 2 0 N e w Meadow Hay 315 410 moderately fair supply, and a steady trade ; prices as last quoted SMITHFIELD. £. s. s. - Lowland Mead. Hay 3 0103 15 upland Ditto 415 4. 15 Bye-grass Hay 315 415 New Meadow Hay 310 4 0 Meadow Hay 55., Clover Hay than last quoted ; in prices of St a nd trade dull. .f. 0. s. Cloy. Hay generally 4 sto s Do. extra tine 0 0 510 Oat Straw llO 1 12 Wheat Ditto 112 1 lti from ss. to 10s: per load lower raw no alteration. Supply good, LIVERPOOL CORN EXCHANGE. —March g 5. At this day's market the secondary descriptions of Wheat brought an advance of Id. to 2d. per 701 b., being nearly equal to that obtained on the finest qualities last Tuesday ; but on these we cannot note any further improvement, nor vfa' , the demand by any means brisk. There were few prime Oats on sale ; the best brought 35., which is Id. per 451bs. above our former currency; but general runs scat cely commanded that advance. Flour was more free , of sale, and la. dearer. We do not vary our quotations for other - Fine WHEAT, per 7011), s. d. s. d. Sweet Old English & Welsh, white and red 8 ti to 9 0 New (crop 182'7) . ............ .......... 7 9 8 6 ri ne Old Scotch and Manx 7 6 8 3 Irish, Old 69 7 4 New red...fis. Bd. to 7s. 4d sup. white 7 6 7 9 'an, fine qualities " r e'fiti (duty paid) superior white 8 0 9 0 79 8 0 red -----':"---""----Foretiln (in bond)_, inaßpousrtsiaeBh OATS, per 451 b. 3 0 4 0 s a i n n d celul dd y . qualities l,1827 0 ~ kine street English, Scotch, &c. 0 -----• In.,h, 1526 0 Middling and ordinary ditt o an d W e l s h ........... 22 119 Irish, (crop 182:?) ... . 2 8 .............. ....... .............. . 2 7 2 9 Foreign (free, F )rench, &c. Fine Maltin EARIAY, per imperial quarter. 32 0 35 0 g ........ .... ................................ --••• Grinding, per 60Ibs to . Foreign (duty paid), di ' 3 8 4 4 0 49 0 1 rrsass, White boiling, per Imperial quarter 2 0 42 v —,.... grey 40 0 4 2 0 ••• Foreign, nominal 411 0 ilsims, Filte English, per Imperial quarter 42 0 n 40 v 1 ------ Scotch, Irish, Dutch, &c. 40 0 ----""---- Egyptian and inferior Foreign 35 0 . „ MALT. Fine Norfolk and Suttblk, per Imp. qr 55 0 62 I ,'; ---- Aliddling and inferiorqualities ----- Irish.... . q . 38 53 0 4056 0 DAMN, English ....... .... .. ~i .......... ii .............. .iBolb 42 0 43 0 ~ e dri super t o ne' ..-- ,--- 'ditto ditto loaanetrii.eupf swe e t C bo nd) per bane! t 2 0 25 0 ........--•••••• Call • ....-...''""'• Orelell, . 'n filtt ' F agimi ( dui paid) 3. 2 2 1 3 sour.. 30 0 Xi 0 OATMHAL, E n ,,, . ... 4S.l.rk (24016 i . .."1 . ; ...... :255" .. " ...... Old 21 0 22 0 .--•-----,Scotch, . ' --.' - ,_ . .. ........... 243. to 25s 22 0 Old 21 0 jtvg, per 10.111s4ai, ...... .. ....... 235. to 24s irmuN c omic whitelsa. rter, English and Foreign 32 0 34 0 20 0 30 0 r e al ------------, Yellov, a % qr. of 4801 b. 29 0 30 0 ItIPESEED, Irish, perl,t.r.ed 191. 0 201. 0 IMPORT oPaarG I*.or'it.the Weet endinge, _ye. Ilgrch 24. Wheal Oats, 1 Oatml. Qrs. Qrs. Qr,:' TLI • I Beans. 'Peas . 4,... Loads . 5,408 11,466 TJ3 17k Qrs. Qrs. 14 ; 1 0 Hour, 5,104 sacksB6jo barrels. • . IaXPOILT4. Wheat. 712-11arleY. 0-43eans , qrs... 0 Flour, 1,465 brls. Tile Duke of SessEx, the Duchess of KENT, t h e Duchess of GLOtrcitsTka, the Princess AUGUSTA, and t h, Princess Surma, visited t h e Duke and Duchene of cLARENC g yesterday • SHIPPING INTELLIGENC-(THIS DAY.) FROM LLOYD'S. DEAL, MARCH 26.—Wind E.S.E.—Arrived from London, the England, Reay, for Bombay. Arrived the Ocean transport, from Lisbon. The Mary, Vibelia, and Timandra, passed for Ramsgate to dis charge troops, and the James Colvin and Ocean, will proceed for the same purpose. The Lady Raffles, for Bombay, sailed at 10 a. m. PORTSMOUTH, MARCH 26.—Wind E.N.E.— Arrived from London, the Hope, Brown, for Cape Coast. PLYMOUTH, MARCH 26.--Wind N.—Arrived from London, the Spanish packet Wrightson, for Malaga; Heroine, Dalrymple, for Dominica; Zeno, for Cadiz ; Bengal Merchant, for New South Wales; and Argus, Forster, for St. John's. FALMOUTH, MARCH 25.—Wind N.E.--Sailed the Liverpool packet Rosewater, for Gibraltar. DOVER, MARCH 16.—Arrived off Port, the Felix, Vandyke, from Havannah. The Farmer, Swanson, from Dublin to Lynn, was lest on the Sunk Sand on Tuesday; crew saved. The James Dennistran, Campbell, from the Clyde to Trinidad, was on the Gunaway rocks the 23d inst., and discharging. The Courier, Lochie, from La Gusyra, is supposed to be arrived of Plymouth, sailed the Ist ult. Extract of a Letter from the Agents to Lloyd's, at La Guayra, dated Feb. 1 : This port was embargoed.on the 11th ult., mad it was raised on the 21st. The Henry Freeling mail boat, arrived on the 18th ult. from Barbadoes, was boarded two days before by a Spanish 74, a 40, and 20-gun ship, 60 miles to the windward, under Com modore Laborde. The squadron appeared off here on the 29th,•. but this morning is not in sight, and is supposed to have proceeded to Curacoa. The Co lombian schooner Trimmer went out to the squa dron yesterday, and received from on board about 50 Colombian prisoners. This port has been em bargoed since the 28th ult. The Courier, for Lon don, and Amelia Matilda, for St. Thomas's, sailed by permission of Gen. Paez. THE FUNDS-(THIS DAY). CITY, TwELrE o' CLocr. In the absence of news from Russia a considerable degree of surprise is expressed that no official com munication has been made by that Power to eur Government, relative to its pending relations with Turkey, and it is surmised that if this course had been taken, it would have been at least more correct, more cautious, and more in conformity with what was due to this country ; in the present situa tion of the affairs in .the East this delay, however, cannot last, and the measures the Czar means to pursue will not remain much longer unknown, as the season has now arrived for active measures. If it really be his intention to proceed to hostilities on the Pruth, the next advices from his Cabinet may be ftilly expected to be important, not only to this country but probably to the other parts of the civilized world. If any doubt can be ascertained on this important subject, the opportunity thus lost for the putting into,. execution a long and favoured pro ject, is likely to create great dissatisfaction in the Russian people, and in this point of view, knowing the materials the Russian army is composed of, and the inactive state they have remained in, even in this view it may have important results. The British Funds have bat little novelty to-day; Cowols opened at 83/ for money, and 83 for account; they have sir.7e, after nearly reaching 831, been alternately bUyers and sellers at 831, which is the present quo tation ; the difference between money and time stock is about 1-16th per cent, in favou'r of the latter. India Bonds are 90 1, and Exchequer Bills, 56 7 pm. There has been little business of consideration to day in the Foreign Funds, but the eyes of the speculators are on the watch, particularly as re lates to Russian, Brazilian, and Portuguese stock ; the following are the present quotations—Russian, Sfi ; Brazilian, 60 ; and Portuguese, 60 J ; the inquiry for Spanish has ceased, and the market has reverted to its former inactive state. • There is nothing new to state in the Share market. Three per Cent. Consols, 834; Ditto, for the Account, 830 ; India Bonds, 90 I pm. ; Exchequer Bills, 56 7 pm. FORElGN. — Brazilian , 60 1 ; Buenos Ayres, 32 3 , Chilian, 256 ; Colombian, 25 4 ; Danish, 60 4 ; Greek, 161 171 ; Mexican, Five per tent., 234 44 ; Ditto, 6 per Cent., 32 4; Peruvian, 24 5 ; Portuguese, 60 1 ; Russian, SG 1 ; Spanish, 101 11. 111ms.—Ang10 Mexican, 65 2:1- dis. ; Brazilian, 46 8 pm. ; dis. ; Colombian, 6 5 dis. ; United Mexican, 214 201 dis. ; General Mining Association, 11 12 pm. TWO O'CLOCK. Within the last hour a number of reports got into circulation in the city :--Bad news from Tur key ; the indisposition of his Majesty, and the consequent postponement of the Levee; to which others have added the arrival of unfa vourable accounts from Odessa. This had the effect of driving Consols down to .83, sellers, after remaining buyers for some time. The new account for the 30th May, opened this morning, and business has been done on it in Consols at a continuation of t per cent. Brazilian Bonds, 59 GO; Russian, 85i 86. THREE O'CLOCK Consols have recovered, and are now 83`4 The Dutch steamer has just arrived, bringing the Foreign prices rather lower. No news. The Duke of CLARENCE entertained a large 'part , of Naval Officers to dinner yesterday, at his resi dence in the Admiralty: Among the company were Ad mirals SCOTT, LAMBERT, WEST; Captains Lord JOHN HAY, Lord JAMES TOWNSHEND, Hon. B. P. PELLEW, Hon. R. S. Dumas, Hon. G. P. CAMPBELL, Sir W. HOSTS, .EDGCUMBR, PACKWOOD, MEYNELL, MAUGIN, PLUSIRIDUE, DALLY, SOTISEBY, T. A. OMMANNEY, GEL. LON, CARLTON, USHE R , SEYMOUR, Colonel FITZCLA RENCE, &C. The Incorporation of Bakers of Edinburgh resolved, at a meeting held on the 2 let current, to petition both Houses of Parliament for the repeal of the Test sad Corporation Acts. They at the same time voted their thanks to the Lord Provost and Council for their proceed ings on this subject.--Edinburgh Observer. The Wells Races, fixed for the beginning o f July, are expected to be more numerously and fashion ably attended than on any former occasion, under the auspices of Thos. CALLEY; Esq. of Burderop-park, Wilts, the Steward ; and from their following in di rec t roa d an d succession the great meetings of Cheltenham and Bath, and having already 19 subscribers to the Mendip Stakes (handicap) of 20 sovs. each, with 50 sovs. add e d, an d s i x subscribers to the Cup, it is confidently anticipated that the patrons of the Turf will give them their increased support. —Bath Chronicle. THE EXPLOSION AT JARROW COLLIERY. The names of the persons who have been suddenly de prived of life are—TM:WAS JEFFERSON, THOMAS GIB SON, JOSEPH' ROBSON, RICHARD FLETCHER, THOMAS BEWICE, MICHAEL WHITFIELD, GEORGE JOHNSON, and GEORGE BELL. An inquest was held oa . Monday, the 17th inst., before M. Rau., Esq., Coroner, on the body of THOMAS JEFFERSON, and the Jury, after hearing the evi dence of several witnesses, returned a verdict of " Acciden tal Death." LAW INTELLIGENCE-(THIS DAY.) COURT OP CHANCERY. IN THE MATTER OF BRUCE. Mr. TEED said he was requested, in consequence of the domestic calamity of Mr. Twiss, to ask that this case might stand over. Mr. BRUCE did not intend to oppose this, but he trusted the Court would fix some final day for the hearing of it. His LORDSHIP said, he would, on Saturday next, name some special day . VICE-CHANCELLOR'S COURT. His HONOUR, after disposing of some uninterest ing motions, rose at one o'clock. AFRICA. The country of Walo is situated on the left bank, and near the mouth of the river Senegal. The French have lately been founding establish ments there for free colonial labour ; the result of which may have a great influence over the whole of that part of Africa. Walo is governed by a King, who bears the title of Brak. This word has no meaning in itself. According to the ne groes, it was the name of the first of their Kings, and his successors have considered themselves honoured by adopting it ; just as the Roman Emperors took the name of Caesar or Augustus. The order of succession to the throne is esta blished in a very singular manner, with a view of averting the evils that spring from rnino rities and regencies. On the death of a Brak, his brothers succeed him in the order of their birth. When this first series is exhausted, recourse is had to the eldest son of the first, and so on. It is required of the legitimate heir that he should be neither blind nor infirm : that he should be able to ride, to shoot, &c. If he do not possess those quali fications, his right devolves to another. The ceremonies of coronation are allegorical. The new King must pass through all the conditions of society, not excepting even that of the fisher man, which is nevertheless a despised cast.— The Brak goes into the water, with some of the principal fishermen, in the middle of the appointed river ; and when he comes out, he holds in his hand a fish, which it is to be sup posed he has caught himself, but which, in fact, has been secretly conveyed to him. It is ridiculous enough to find, at the coast of the Brak, and in the places subjected to his autho rity, the customs and the ceremonies which prevailed in Europe during the feudal ages. — Thus, for instance, the people believe that the royal family possess the gift of curing diseases by the imposition of hands. In his travels, the Brak and his retinue are maintained and fed at the expence of the villages through which they pass ; while the Griot, or musicians and buf foons, sing the praises of the Monarch to the unhappy peasantry, who are thus despoiled of their sheep, milk, and poultry. The Bou kanek is a confidential servant, the Major domo and Prime Minister. This important post is reserved for a family, who call them selves the Brak's slaves, but who, in fact, go vern him. Dignities rarely go out of the fami lies possessing them ; and every one takes the name of the province over which he heredi tarily reigns. They farm out the villages and domains to vassals, who pay them annual ground rents : these vassals sub-let divisions of districts: and the fiscal and feudal chain thus descends even to the lowest inhabitant. The seigniors, proprietors of the villages, have adopted the same order of succession as that to the crown ; but a few societies of the people have shaken off this system, and have formed a kind of community, which have their civil offi cers, charged with the measurement of the lands, the collection of taxes, the management of the police, and the administration of the law. The chief of this municipal magistracy is some times a Marabout, who assumes the title of Serin, or priest, and who obliges the people to pay tithes, which tithes are divided between the priest and a military chief appointed by the Brak. To the possession of the soil is attached the right of administering justice ; and the maxim, " no land without a lord," is the basis of the common law in the country of Walo. One fact ought to ex cite profound reflections on the comparatively deplorable ignorance of the European popula tion ; namely, that in most of the villages of Walo, the greater portion of the negroes can read and write Arabic, which is to them a dead and learned language. The inhabitants of Walo are extremely polite. They are gay, argumentative, and fond of narratives of travels, combats, and the traditions of their country. In their assemblies by moon fight they amuse them selves with games of skill. Hospitality is a vir tue by which they are particularly distinguished. Their superstition is equal to that of Europe in the ninth century. Such is the account given of these remarkable people by Ramn Roger, ex governor of the French colony of Senegal, who intends to publish an extensive philosophical s.nd political treatise on Senegambia, to which lie will add a very curious collection of negro tales and fables.—Literary Gazette. The Princess AUGUSTA entertained the Duchess of GLOUCESTER and a select party to dinner yes terday. The Duke of CLARENCE has been indisposed for some days with a cold, but, we are happy to state, is nearly recovered. Yesterday afternoon, at two o'clock, General Lord Hut held a levee at the Commander-in-Chief's Office in the Horse Guards. The levee was attended by the Marquis of LOTHIAN, a few Generals, and' abOut fifty other military officers. Mr. Secretary HUSK ISSON entertained the Cabinet hlinistere to dinner yesterday, - at his residence in Downing-street. Prince ESTERHAZY, the Austrian Ambassa dor, bad a long interview with the Duke of WELLING TON, yesterday, at the Titasury. The Prince h.ed after- wards a conference with the Earl of DUDLEY and Mr. Se cretary PEEL. The Marquis de PALMELLA, the Portu guese Ambassador, and Baron Butow, the Prussian Mi nister, transacted business with the Earl of DUDLEY yesterday. Count LUDOLF, the Neapolitan Minister, the Mexican. Minister, and the Right Hoe. STRATFORD CANNING, transacted business at the Foreign-office yes terday. DIED.--On the 25th instant, at Brighton, ELIZABETH, the wife of WILLIAM YOUNG KNIGIIT,'Esq. of Great Marlborough-street, London, and Barnes Com mon, Surrey. We perceive, by advertisement inserted in our first page, part of the valuable Stock purchased from the Assignees to the Estate of Messrs. HURST, Roaixsoti, and C0.,.wi1l be sold by auction, by Mr. WILLIAMS, to morrow, in Holles-street, Cavendish-square. The following statement of ammunition, &c., expended on board his Majesty's ship Albion, in the action with the Turkish fleet at Navarin, on the 20th of October, we have been supplied with from unquestionable authority, even by a person who was on board, and who unfortunately lost his right arm in the action :—powder, 7 tons ; round shot, 52 tons ; grape and canister, 54 case.; musket ball, 5,000; pistol ball, 2,000 ; pistol ball, in bags, 2,000; iron crow bars, 6.—Suffolk Herald. DESTRUCTION of the NEW BRUNSWICK THEATRE, WELLCLOSE-SQUARE. RESUMED ADJOURNED CORONER'S INQUEST, (THIS DAY). . This morning,at a quarter-past nine, this adjourned inquest was resumed. , After the names of • the Jurors were called over, • Charles - Holder, of 5, Cornwall -street, St. George in the East, bricklayer, sworn—Was in Well-street when the Brimswick Theatre fell down ; heard the noise, and immediately ran to the spot. Was the first •on the premises after they fell. This was about twenty minutes to twelve in the forenoon Witness found the body of the late Mr. John- Evans, near to the stage door. - lie was. a very stout man. The body was like sitting up when witness found it on the second step from the stage entrance. The body was outside, the head was rather within the door way, supported as it were by the brick-work. One of his thighs was smashed all to pieces. It seemed as if Mr. Evans had been coming away from the building and caught by the falling. Witness carried the body to the watch-house. On returning to the premises, saw Mr. Hardwicke, and said to him that he believed there were yet some other bodies near to the spot where Evans' body had been found. Mr. Hardwicke then told him to go and get some refreshments, but he renewed his search and soon found the body of Davidson; lying about the middle of the street, nearly opposite the baker's shop. It appeared that he had been running from the Theatre to the baker's shop, and that he had been overtaken by the ruins, because his head was towards the shop, and one leg past the other. The body was lying on the stones of the street, with a .larg e mass of rubbish over it. Witness worked , absut an hour and a half in removing the rubbish before be could get to the. body. The rubbish consisted of bricks and mortar. There was na part of the iron roof or iron work on the street. Some of the cantelivers were then up and some down. Those that were down had- one end on the pave ment, and the other against the brick-work. Under neath some of the cantelivers there was some rub bish. At the time he saw such rubbish it had not been disturbed by any person froni the time of its having fallen. • By a Juror—Did not know either Mr. Evans or Davidson ih their lifetime. Only knew that the bodies of which he spoke were those of Evans and Davidson, from what he had learnt. James M'Cann corroborated the above evidence. John Sylvester sworn—Witness lives at 85, Great Russell -street, in the parish of St. George, and is an engineer. On the 15th of February was in the carpenters' shop in the late Brunswick Theatre. Shaw, the clerk of the works, the late Mr. Maurice, Mr. Carruthers, and Mr. Whitwell, were present. Heard Mr. Whitwell first complain to Shaw about the suspension of any weight to the roof of the Theatre. Mr. Whitwell afterwards complained to the late Mr. Maurice in the same way and in the same place, in the presence of witness. Complained in the same terms ; and subsequently to Mr. Carruthers likewise in the same way. Mr. Carruthers, witness believed, then mentioned that a letter had been written to Bristol, and that they had authority from that letter to suspend weight from the roof, supposing it to be a steady weight. The architect, Mr. Whitwell, then observed, that after such authority he did not think it necessary to say more, but still seemed unwilling to agree to it. By a Juror—Mr. Whitwell did not say he was unwilling. He appeared, from the way he left the conversation, to he impressed with the idea that it was wrong to hang weights. By the CORONER—How does a man appear to think different to what is actually stated, if that man does not express his thoughts ?-- By looking down, or shaking his head. Mr. Whit well appeared, as witness had said before, to be un willing to take the statement in the letter as a sit& cieqt authority. He did not express that unwilling ness. He appeared to witness to express his un willingness by gesticulation, inasmuch as witness believed he slightly shook his head, and left off the conversation. _ _ A Juror expressed dissatisfaction with this sort of evidence. The conversation must have been re peated three times, and witness ought to be able to express himself more distinctly. Witness—The conversation was, that the roof was intended to bear itself and the slates as its covering, and that it was not for the purpose of sus pending any other weights. This was the 'impres sion on witness's mind. Mr. Carruthers said some thing about having written a letter to Bristol], from which he had authority to suspend the weight. By a Juror—lndeed witness' thought Mr. Whit- . well's conversation as of that serious nature that was calculated to impress on the minds of those whom he addressed, that the idea of danger was to be apprehended. The observations alluded to were particularly addressed to the late Mr. Maurice and to Mr. Carruthers; both were present, as well as Shaw, at the conversations. Believed that no reply was made to Mr. Whitwell's observations, except the statement with respect to the letter that had been written to Bristol. By Mr. Hill—From the conversations that passed, witness believed that Mr. Carruthers must have un derstood that Mr. Whitwell was complaining of weights having been improperly hung to the roof, Mr. Carruthers never to the knowledge of witness requested Mr. Whitwell to attend to the strength of the building ; certainly he did not in the conversa tion that had been alluded to; nor 441 he make any such request regarding the roof. Wm. Finlay, 19, Vauxhall-walk, Lambeth, scene, painter, sworn—Was principal scene-painter to the late theatre. The first announcement of the accident washy the carpenters coming down stairs; witness was on dim stage, A few minutes before that, had been in conversation with the late 111 r, Maurice, and also with Messrs, Carruthers and yarren, Jesse (deceased) the carpenter, Was then at work on the stage, cutting off a piece of timbre, Was standing in the middle of the stage, when witness saw the car,. peuters coming down in a body from the carpen ters'-shop. The foremost of the body witness met at the bottom of the go*, 44e4 the foremost what was the maws ? He said, " we clonEt like that roof, master, we won't stop there to work any longer." Witness enquired what it was ? He said " the moror was falling, and there was a cracking.'' Witness observed, if any thing was wrong, for God's sake don't run away from it; let's go and face it ;" considerin g that if he allowed the men to go out, an alarm might be excited in the neighbourhood, to the prejudice of the nonvern, anfl not supposing the danger was so great as it actually was. He added there were enough of them to shoulder the building up, rather than go out to alarm the people. The meu returned. In the eagerness of witness to ' ge t up, he passed them and got into the minters' shop; he then got up a ladder, aUd'svent Op to the carpenters' shop. This was from the east side of the house. Some of the men from but the majority of them rema ined at the head of th e s t a i rs . Had scarcely been in the carpenters' shop a second till he sate large lu m p s o f the morter falling. By the drag witness had got to the middle of the ear penters?shop a pra4l - ig of the slates followed ; and w itnessjumped down km the earpenter4' shop into his owe. A general rush was then made to the stairs b y a ll present. Witness exclaimed at the moment, " Its all up, but for God's sake do not run down stairs." and to prevent that, witness jumped down a few stairs into an tipppt iq p, where prevented tho men r unning . (IDWU stairs, and hgggeo of t4e4? tci Iwel ) c l ose ~vtt } t the angle, as he thought there was a tie suppospti would preserve them.— H e got as high 4p as ire could ' hgltling his hot on with both hands, and looked northward to the walls as much as the floor on which he was would allow. The breaking and cracking noise continued, and in• creased very rapidly during this interval. He raised his head, and saw the sides of the roof or principal rafters apparently compressed or drawn together, they appeared to collapse, and the hor4ont a l tie-beams were, drawn down alto,gether, while at the same moment the iron straps that hung these ties to the rafters seemed to part from the rafters and fall. down like the arms of a telegraph, crossing each other. A shower of mortar and slates followed this motion of the roof. At . the same moment, from the east side the roof appeared to claw off from its situation in the Ivan; or out of the -parapet ; the roof appeared to be drawn froth the wall plate. The draught, or -action, of the roof appeared to be from the south east corner towards the centre; it began in the centre. A tremendous noise folloWed this .action, and the whole fabric seemed to . go in one moment in a mass. At the very instant of time following the fall of the carpenters' shop floor, or I may say at tke same moment, the painters shop floor and the flies were carried away close to the stairs, on which we stood, and a shower of bricks and morter from the angle of the parapet over where we stood fell over us, and with such veloeity, and in such a quantity, that it was like a moving wall before the eyes, end we could see nothing through it, One of the bars, I imagine a hip, fell on my shoulder, in a diagonal position, and slid over it without injuring me. One principal, cause of fear, was the angle of the cast-iron gutter, which weighed several hundred weight, falling within six feet of us, and bounding over our heads. When the dust and noise subsided, we found ourselves standing on • the • remnant of those stairs. The men; in great alarm, were for rushing down stairs ; but fearful that the rash of so many would break down the stairs, I persuaded them to stop till I went down myself to the floor of the dressing-rooms under the stage. The men then fol lowed, and not being able to get through the wreck, we returned, and stove a window through, and we got out one or two at a time. On looking down upon the ruin, the carpenters' shop-floor appeared to have fallen in one sheet unbroken, which struck me us very singular. I then saw' Richardson, Shaw, and James creep out from beneath the stage floor. In answer to a question from .Mr. M'Cann, The witness said that be knew that the roof was net calculated for the work that it might be called upon to bear, and he had told Mr. Maurice, Mr. Whit well, and Mr. Shaw, that an accident would happen, though he did not apprehend an accident to the ex tent of that which has happened. The,vibration in the carpenters'-shop was so great, that I have been obliged to leave it, for I could not do any work, my pencil was so shaken in my hand. I have said the roof was a beautiful thing in itself, but it was not proper for a theatre, for it could not bear the weight , which in all probability would be hung to it. The accident was certainly owing to the suspension of weights to the roof. Ido not recollect any specific answer from Mr. Whitwell to my observation • but Shaw one day said, "it is not a proper roo f, and if I had my way, I would have had a wooden roof." Mr. Maurice remarked, when spoken to on the sub ject, " I suppose it is all right. Shortly before the opening of the theatre, Shaw said, in reply to an observation of mine, that he would, if he did not take great care, have the roof about his ears, " what am I to do ; I have spoken to Mr. Carruthers and Mr. Whitwell, (I am not quite certain that he said - Mr. Whitwell, but he positively said Mr. Carru thers) and they say they have received advice upon the subject, and that I am to go on." Mr. Pullen said, as a natter of curiosity, and also for the purpose of information, he would ask the witness how many lives were saved through his interference. Mr. Finlay said, he believed about twelve or fourteen. Mr. Pullen said, it was exceedingly to his credit, and he hoped it would be mentioned. The Jurymen expressed themselves in similar terms of approbation. By Mr. Hill--I have had a good deal to do with architecture as aJiraughtsrnan, and seeing buildings erected. I saw nothing in . the roof which would lead me to suppose it was not competent to all the common purposes of a roof. It would have been possible to hang the weights which hung to the roof to other parts of the building. I never saw any thing about the walls from which I could sup pose they were incompetent to their purpose. I almost lived in the building latterly, and had every opportunity of judging. 1 have been a good deal acquainted with theatres, and have-reason to believe that the walls of the Brunswick Theatre were as thick, if not thicker, than the walls of the Coburg Some part of the walls of the Brunswick Theatre were certainly thicker than the Coburg. This was at the wall plate where I measured it. I drew the plans from Mr. Whitwell's designs for Mr. Whitwell's part of the theatre. There was a plan of the stage drawn up by Shaw, and left at Mr. Whitwell's office. It merely exhibited the floor of the. stage. It did not exhibit the weights being suspended to the roof. Mr. Whitwell pro fessed himself ignorant of stage arrangements. There was a large fire-place in the painters' shop ; it was of heavy brick-work. There was also a cistern which was filled with water about half an hour before the accident. By Mr. Pullen—l have inspected almost all the theatres abota London, for curiosity. I have been concerned in the Birmingham and Bristol theatres. I don't remember any theatre in which the ma chinery. and appendages .are not suspended front the roof, as they were in the Bt . utiswic4 Theatre. Mr. Hill said he bad no hesitation in admitting that it was the usual way in building tbqtres to suspend the machinery from the ro of, Mr, 111‘,Catin (one of the Jurors) thought that it was a very important cut for the public to know. For his own part, knowing it, be should not sit again with the ziame seeutity as he had dene in a theatre. In reply to another question put by Mr, pullo), the witness said he had never before seen a theatre with an iron roof; and although he considered the roof of the Brunswick Theatre excellent as a cover ing for a building, he did not consider it suitable for the purposes of a theat.re, At this period the C9itoNpt adjourned the In quest for a' quarter of an hour. Ti.e Invest was not von,clnded, when we went to press. FASHIONABLE A 'MI VA LS.—Col.Domvill e , in Clarges-street, from Dublin ; Major and Mrs. Corbett, iq Regent-street ; from paris ; Mr, and Miss Duncan Stuart; in Brook-street, from Bath ; Major Oates, in Hall Moon-street; Mis. and Miss yavaiour, in Piccadilly; Captain and Mrs. D'Oyley, in Sack - Mlle : street ; Mrs. and Miss Prevost, in Hertyietta-stteet, Cavendish-square ; Mrs. and Miss Fitigerald, in Piccadilly ; Captain Maiweli, in New Burlingtor-street ; Major Robertson, in Waterloo-place ; Colonel Tynte, M. P„ at his house in Hill-street, Berkeley-square, fNin his sk.ar, Ilalswell House, Semersetsbire; captain and Mrs. Percival, in Cavendish-square, from their seat in Surrey ; V. Biscoe, Esq., at the Berners Hotel, Berners-street, from Oxford ; R. Welstead, Esq. at ditto; G. C. Thornton, Esq. at ditto ; Lord Lynedock, at Warren's Hotel, Regent-street, from his seat, Cosgrove Priory, Suffolk ; Si; Thomas Itl'Maltpn, Bart, at Fenton's Hotel,lt. 4arte4:s-strcet, from Brighton; J. Cutliberi, ESq. at ditto, front ditto ; G. asthope, Esq. M.P., at ditto, from a tour ; Colon e l 111Weagli, at ditto, from Kent; Colonel Sumner, at ditto, from his seat in Kent ; Major Sparrow, at the Royal Hotel, St. James's-street, from a tour; D. Lynch, Esq. at ditto, from America ; G. Raikes, Esq. at ditt9,, from his seat in Surrey ; the Rev. pr. '49tty, at ditto, from a tour; penerO•Sir Lutnley, Bart. at ditto • Mar quis of Hastings, at the Burlington Hotel, Old BurlingWo and Cork Streets, from Oxford ; Mrs. Barton and the Hon. Miss Kent, at Gould's Hotel, Jertnyn-street, from their twat in Monmouthshire; Colonel Dowman, c,t Cook's Hotel, Albemarle-street, from a tour • 'gr. and Mrs. John Trotter, from ditto f-om their seat in Surrey; Benjamin Harman, Esq. it date, from a tour. DEPARTURES.—The D u ke of liueeleugh for Lord Monta'ue's sea t, Ditt on sacks; Viscount in , Mandeville and Lord Moutague, from the Berners Hotel, e for the 6irpve, lleacOnsfie)d, Berks ; Augustus Atkyns, Esq.'; froth Vicars' Hill, near Newton Abbotts, Devon_ shire, for Elm G rove , S ou th sea , near Portsmouth ; M r. and Mrs. Stevenson, from F e nton's Hotel, St. Jatne4's_ street, for Brighton; Captain Griffiths, front t itto fot ditto; Mr. and Mrs. Clay, frotn,Co4% Hotel, Alb emar l e street, for their seat in t z ehT4teTshir Captai n F orbes from dittq tot a tour; Mr. and Mrs. Ogilvie, f rom Brook street, for Brighton ; the Rev. John Bower, from Jordan'i• Hotel, St. James's-street, for Gloncesterthirs; Vernon Dolphin, Esq. from ditto, for ditty, SPIRIT OF THE PUBLIC JOURNALS The advice which is offered to the Finance Committee by a writer in this day's Times, • _ who signs himself Scrutator, appears t6.ns not unworthy their attention. If it had been the practice of the Committee to restrict their in- vestigations to written documents, and to "do cuments furnished by the public offices them selves,—the abuses of which it was the chief end of Parliament in appointing such an inqui sition to remedy,—it is obvious that the work of reformation would, through such a channel, be most imperfectly accomplished. There is no thing like viva voce evidence, as a method for arriving at the truth. 'Written interrogatories, like those framed in the progress of a Chancery suit, are mere facilities.fOr impunishable evasion, and leave an ingenious rogue at liberty to tell, or at least to insinuate, as much falsthood, and to suppress or distort as much fact, as he thinks fit. How much more, then, must the cause of knavery be promoted, if a Parliamentary tribunal be satisfied, not only without parole evidence, but without even interrogatories framed and written on its suggestion,—if the only fountain of discovery, and channel of redress for time public, is to be the official statement made up and furnished by those who ought to be sus pected as culprits, or sifted through and through as witnesses, before the eyes and observation of the committee. We cannot, and do not, believe in its full extent the hypothesis of bur corre spondent Scrutator,—that the committee, in any instance where better evidence was accessible, had been contented with the written . returns of men in office. Indeed, a complaint which we have heard from a shrewd quarter, negatives any such supposition, and substitutes for it another but very different ground of regret. We have understood that viva voce examinations them , selves had in some instances proved of little ser vice to the Committee, the members of which were not sufficient adepts in the nefarious mys teries of the departments called before them, to have any clew to the precise questions which ought to be asked, or effective materials for a cross-examination of the inmates. One or two old foxes, who had for years filled subaltern situa' tions in a certain extensive and job-famous office, are said to have come away from the Commit tee impressed with a strong sense of its ex cellent intentions, but likewise with no slight conviction - - of innocence,—we mean inno cence of all real knowledge of the subjects into which it ought to have inquired. The questions, numerous and perspicuously put, were answered with due respect and gravity—but, adds the legend, although the witnesses answered every thing, yet did they contrive to tell nothing, nothing of what they were ready to bring for _ ward, had the old Bow-street maxim been at tended to, of employing a certain descriptic , 11 o f persons to " catch" others of the same dr, scr i p _ don ; for our parts, we should rejoice 'to learn that a proportion of superannuated c l er k s o f public offices were attached to the Fin ance Coni mittee, like under-keepers at a baittue in the shooting-season, to " save the gentlemen trouble," and show at once where the came might be found.. We, agree quite cordially with our cor- Jespondent, that no official document ought to be entertained by the Committee, without an overhauling - of the parties - from whom it pro ceeded, or by whose orders and under whose g uidance it was declared to be concocted : vet of s h o d i rs of reece, f the stant, at of Ot COB ailled I I the I, we the 14, 3CFI' )e a ex. such awn! 3USC tinst !ong the can ibo- Dug uld VUL kny ion air teir At ids jet lot " TO THE EDITOR OF THE TIMES. Sir,—Giving the utmost credit to the good inten tions of the gentlemen composing the Finance Com mittee,,l am thoroughly persuaded that they will: he fir, very far, from coming to a correct conclusion, in regard to the abuses in public offices, particularly in the higher ones, if the written returns called fel by the Committee from those offices be the only data before them. These returns, it is true, may !!ontain the number of persons on the establishment, of each office ; the amount of their salaries, collec tively and individually; they may contain, also,, correct account of the allowances, emoluments, an; m ~loth for perquisites of office, in some cases but not is all a _ the returns are framed, and in many instatw,s out, by persons filling the higher °flies ;„ the mac• e. partments, who have th e m os t t o f er , r, themselves and their immediate con tle x; ..ons, by a discovery of the truth:. o o r victualsThl the le e facto, employed a P ! :as must be proved,. P .;nly as to the correctness of l o v f il t l he n s e e t retu examination of the indi .tos o t u h r e c e na o t f the , .., emolut _ obtain a just knowledge rso•,-,0 4n the several offices, both b° the committee do tb:sr,,,,anadndpeuxttel:ttrsti:tieghi,:: '.,ims as cannot well he evaded, .not b a a ar n s : Lote l li o ‘icit • islain.eospiell . cet duputoileisit:lfiaecytsh‘arivlei caoemtueatloly per orstea ; and depend lig f hieh - never o wili t o e r can be otherwise elic;te.d. I have h 1 t .e honour to be, Sir, your N . , ery humble servant, [ WirneF,j ' . . • . SCRUTATOR. We , erect is have in a few days, a copy of t}': iteaty between the Brazils and the kianse Towns ; meanwhile we insert a copy of t.', le 6th article, as particularly interesting to British com merce, and likely to afford employment to some of our ships which are unable to obtain freights. • This article provides that the vessels of favoured nations---that is, of nations having treaties with Brazil—are to be allowed to carry the produce of that country to. Bremen, Hamburgh, and Lubeck, .anti to take in return any goods from those entrepots of Germany. Now England and France are the only nations so circumstanc ed. France has not enough of vessels "for her own trade. Not one F renc h vesse l entere d Hamburg,h last year, whil e b e t ween 500 an d 600 English arriv e d th ere , Thi s art i c l e , i n f act , eon , 'the cedes the indi rec t t ra d e o f t h e nort h of Gemany and Brazil t o B r i t i s h s hipping,---Brazif, t h e most productiv e country in :i America, ask It may be asked, why did t h e this boon, and th e B raz ils grant it. Th e cause is evident. N e ith er the Hanse Tow ns , nor Brazils . hav e s hipping enough foc thii 'trade. The object of . the former is commerc;• rather by her flag for this trade, if she titan navigation, (although she might , her flag, rationalize chose to lend winch is evidently to encourno the depots at., Bremen and Ham- P:ot her policy),— b mg h—those trading Bremen ofnorthent Europe; while Brazil . fp, ,-- :41 that whatever attracts wealth. and fac:ititates the introduction of it into 'Znlntry, c her new - - , eminently p ro m o t es h er pros perity, We have reason to know, that the feeling was. to benefit Britishl • • ; and the Hans s upping Towns, from' l • . ase with their perpetua intercot Enalai lt I t , f and fr om th e l arge B r itish capital in volved in the Hanseatic trade with this country (one-third of that 'with Europe), naturally lean to those who support them. In short, both parties feel that the one is necessary to the other, and the Hanse Towns, having an opportunity, did not forget their old friends. The shipping of the Hanse Towns does not exceed 300 ves sels—that of Great Britain exceeds 20,000. The advantage gained is a reduction from 24 to 15 per cent. on goods imported into, and ex ported from, Brazil. The ratifications of a con vention of commerce and navigation, signed at t he Brazils in November l ast , b y the Marquis da