The Sun. — London, England, 1828-03-08 00:00:00

THE SPIRIT OF THE PETBLIC JOURNALS, We are sorry that a distinct debate upon the true bearing and character of the Treaty of Limerick has taken place, because so far as the said Treaty goes, it appears to its that a good deal of secondary rubbish had been cleared away from that broad, though difficult path, by which the great measure of Catholic Emancipation is destined ere long to attain its final accomplishment. There seems to us no particle of ground to stand on, for those who con tend that the pledges of the Treaty were fulfilled towards the Catholics of 1691, or that the King's übjects who now represent them, have no claims upon the State for that rich political inheritance, of which their confiding ancestors were faithlessly and unmercifully plundered. For those who assert with Mr. Peel, that the rights. and immunities engaged for, comprehended only the garrison of Limerick, and the people of some parts adjacent, it is enough to quote the first clause of the Treaty, viz.—" The Roman Catholics of this kina-dom shall enjoy such privileges in the exercise of their religion as are consistent with the laws of Ireland, or as they did enjoy in the reign of King Charles IL" Then fol lows an assurance, that the King and Qu een w ill endeavour to procure for them from Parliament full security against " any disturbances on the account of their said religio'n." There is no allusion here undoubtedly to the garris on or p eo pl e o f Limerick only ; the freedom from disturbance on account of their religion, is guaranteed to all the Roman Catholics of " this kingdom." The clauses which bear a restricted reference to the inhabitants of Limerick, and to the garrisons still outstanding against King William, were framed so as to provide securities which could ta a requisite only, and therefore only applicable, to men ao baaaairrz arms against their 6overeign,— men who, if not shielded by such formal guarantees, would have been liable to confiscation of property, amoozat the other punishments of rebellion. These men were all washed clear of their offences by sub mitting to the new Sovereigns (William and Mary) and by taking as a proof of it, " when thereunto re quired" (but not otherwise), the oath of allegiance only. So noblemen and gentlemen referred to in these partial articles—that is tl e offic of the Irish army, who complied with the above conditions, were at liberty to ride with arms. And this leads us to a tolerable specimen of the clearness and ex pansion of Mr. Peel's talent for political reasoning. After quoting this permission to the r.oblemen and gentlemen to carry arms, he asks, after this, is it possible to " suppose that such an article could have been introduced into the treaty, if it had been inten ded to admit every nobleman and gentleman to a seat in Parliament, on merely taking the oath of al legiance ?" Yea, we reply, both possible and rea sonable; and, indeed, we are bound, and at the same time sorry, to add, that the question argues either very feeble facilities, or a very crooked pur pose. Nothing could he more consistent than to give especial liberty to a certain description of men who must have been looked upon so pecu liarly and prominently open to suspicion on the part of the Government, —namely, to those who composed the army with which King William was to that moment at war; and to leave all others, who were not in that state of armed hostility against the Sovereign, in the natural and unstipulated exer cise of the same privileges. It was not noblemen and gentlemen generally who were authorized to possess or carry arms, for in general no such autho rity was required; but the gross error which runs through the anti-Catholic construction of all these articles is, the assuming that the whole Catholic. community was treated by the King's negociators as in a delinquent state, and released from it by con ditions which have no application but to the troops; whereas, in the sound and wholesome view of the question, had no Treaty of Limerick existed, the frisk Catholics, as a body, (not the English but the Irish Catholics), were possessed of every right and privilege enjoyed by them snider Charles 11., that of holding office, and sitting in Parliament included; and the Treaty of Limerick provided nothing fur ther than there should he no exceptions to the en joyment of the common right, not even in the per sons of those individuals who were engaged' in bodily warfare against the Protestant Sovereign. Truly considered, the Treaty was an instrument not for restoring an entire community to the rights which t had forfeited, but merely—and this is a most im portant view of the case— •for raising one (viz. the armed) portion of that community to the same con stitutional level from which the bulk of it had in fact wever fallen. There is a tremendous confusion made by applying the laws of the British Parliament, and for Britain only, as rnles for determining the legal condition of the Irish Catholic; and whatever might be the oaths and qualifications imposed on Bri tish Catholics by their own legislature, the oath of abjuration, when introduced after the 'treaty of Limerick into a certain act of the Irish Parliament, was protested against by Sir Toby Butler as an infraction of the Treaty of Limerick, which confirmed to the armed Jacobites among the Catholics the right not previously denied to the unoiTending portion of their brethren, viz. that of qualifying by virtue of the oath of allegiance alone. Sir Toby Butler protested against this, as a direct and manifest breach of faith. Had the Treaty of Limerick not been signed, he might have pro tested on broader ground,—minaely, that of usage and public right; but his business was with a formal treaty, as ours has been in the present argument. The Treaty of Limerick, however, is but paltry ground. It is a wretched eaTedient to resort, in an age like this, to a parchment executed a century and half preceding. The Catholics humble and de grade their cause by :rusting it to the protection of an ancient and controvert 01 bargain. They have the present century to stand pn,—they have the ripened wisdom of a snore instructed world. Those political exigencies which have been so Widly dere operl by the state of the British empire, end by the changing combinations of Europe, are on their sido, the running fire of liberal opinions throughout so ciety has prepared the Protestant to communicate freedom to his fellow, and has fitted the Catholic to enjoy it. Common sense, common feeling, common justice, enable the friends of emancipation with im munity to join the Orange monopolists of Ireland in committing the Treaty of Limerick to the flames. A race of new intellectual powers and of new national necessities have arisen, which tend to facilitate for every Government the opright application both of laws and treaties, by giy:ag it a preceptor in the people.--Times. - In the course of the discussion in the House of Commons on Thursday, upon the subjept of the ~.on,2ulsOry Manumission of Slaves in the Weit Indies, doctrines were broached and supported by Lord Nugent, Mr. Whitmore, Mr. W. Smith, and Mr. F. euxi - pn, which might warrant the inference that these persons are the determined enemies of all improvement in tts state of society in the West Indies, if we did not, indulgently to them, prefer the mcre charitable concigsion, that they labour un der an unfortunate incapacity to understand the most obvious points and bearings of the subject to Which So much of their att ent i on has ben devoted, and upon which they appeared to think themselves qualified for Leaders. A very few words will suf fice to place this matter in the clearest light, The man who purchased a - West India estate twenty, ,or ten, or five years ago, d id so in the persuasion • ti:at the gangs of slave s attached to it, we re to he a permanent part of his possession, and this persittoion was sanctioned and inculcated by the jaws of the Colonies, by the laws of E ng ,. /and, by the principles repeatedly and durin g a long course of years, and in every possible manner proclaimed by the Governments and Legis latures of the Sugar Islands, and of Great Britain. The gangs of slaves are . necessary to the cultiva tion o the estate. Without them its value is not impaired, but annihilated, This is asserted by every man who has any interest in the West Indies—by every man who ever set his foot in the WeSt and very feebly denied even by the Philanthropists who haying not a shilling's worth of property in the West Indies themselves, find it conducive to their personal importance and their political influence in England, to be exceedingly generous and humane at the expellee of those- who, relying upon the good faith of the British Legislature, have embarked their fortunes in the West Indies. But grant that the fact is doubtful whether free labour can be substi tuted for slave labour on a West India plantation without annihilating its value, and it is very faintly maintained, even by the most zealous of those who aim at a cheap character for philanthropy, is it not important that this fact should be ascertained, — placed by ineontestible evidence beyond all doubts or controversy before the Legislature shall proceed to decree the manumission of slaves invito do-- mine. Until this is done, a law for the compul sory manumission of slaves would be a law of con fiscation,—unless accompanied by an express under taking on the part of the Legislature to compensate the Proprietors if loss should eventually be sustained by them in respect to the value of the estates, to which they expected, and had a right to expect, the slaves to remain legally attached. When Lord Nu gent talks of the law of God and Nature ; when Mr. W. Smith insists that no presumption however extended can give man a property in man ; when Mr. F. Buxton exclaims that the property of the West India Planters is derived from crime—why do not these philanthropists direct their denunciations against the Legislature of Great Britain ? Why do they not say to Parliament, you, acting in the name and with the tacit approbation of the British Nation, have sinned against the law of God and Nature; you have ,called into existence a delusion which, with the legal name of property, is no pro perty; you are the original authors of the crime, of which the present state of the West Indies is the fruit—to you then we appeal, and to that na tion, in whose name and on whose behalf you acted ; undo what you have done, and let the na tion as a whole sustain the loss, if loss there is to be ? This would be candid and manly—it would be, what the language now applied to the West India Planters is not—it would be honest. But the philanthropists do not and will not employ it. They fear that the popularity they bold so dearly would suffer, were they to propose any mea sure, or to hold any doctrine tending to increase the burdens of the people at home. They would re joice to see the property of the West India Planters confiscated—they tremble not at the idea even of devastation and massacre in the West Indies; but two things are indispensable to their happiness, and for these no sacrifice can be too great, provided it is to be made at the expense of others, to have the name of Philanthropists, and to be popular with the ignorant and unreflecting part of the community. It is of course the merest folly to expect, while such language as we have described is spoken and tole rated in Parliament, that the West Indian Body can cordially adopt the recommendations of the British Legislature with respect to the government of their slaves. Are the Philanthropists actuated by this folly, or by other and less pardonable motives and feelings ?—Morning Post. It is most amusing to hear Honourable Mem bers, in the examinations in the case of East Ret ford, gravely dwelling en the hardship of de priving the freemen of that borough of their fran chise on account of the well-established bribery of a part of their number. What is meant by the fran chise in such a case ? The right to receive bribes, to be sure. In what other way can the franchise be valuable to a poor man, but in the power itgives hint to put money in his pocket ? Poor people have ways of reasoning of their own, as well as rich people ; and there is one maxim very frequently in their mouths, " the money is come wrongfully by; - but it is as well we should receive it as others." So long as there was no money raised from the people to be shared by those returned to Parliament, the Repre sentatives were paid their charges; and the fran chise, so far from being considered a privilege, was viewed as a burden. In Prvnne's Brevia Par liamodaria Rediviva, we have abundant instances of places relieved from the burden of returning Members on account of their poverty; and par ticular Boroughs were sometimes selected from pique, as a means of punishing them. Men in the present day are, in point of generosity, much about what they were in the days of our forefather. We do not find men canvassing to be placed on Juries, or to be in other situations where trouble is given merely for the public good. It could be no privilege now to return Members, more then it was four hundred years ago, except we suppose it pro ductive in money's worth. The small places can only be valuable to the freemen as a franchise, be cause they yield them a larger share of the money raised from the nation than the share paid by them in the way of taxes amounts to. To consider the exercise of the franchise as a privilege instead of a burden, is to depart from the principles of the Con stitution. The franchise is a debt which indivi duals are bound to discharge for the common good. The viewing the franchise as an estate implies, what is notoriously known to be the case, that the franchise has become a title to share in the plunder of the public, valuable to those who share it in pro portion to die paucity of their numbers. The best of the rotten boroughs are those which are openly vendible; the worst, those which are so rotten that the freemen are property of the individuals. But as we cannot have the latter disfrauchised, we must be satisfied with an occasional transference of one of the former to a populous place like Binning ham or Manchester.—Morning Chronicle. We hope the Parliament will oppose Mr. G. Moore's Lottery scheme for a Canal through Ireland. Lord Cloncurry has, we believe, something to do with this scheme. It would not surprise us if he had been trot hold of by some of the crew, whom we disappointed, a year or two since, in their schemes for robbing the people of England. The project for cutting a Canal through Ireland is to raise the money by means of lotteries in England—English pockets are to be got into for Irish purposes, and this while Ireland pays only five millions toward, the taxa tion, and has no Poor Laws, though her population is seven millions ; and England pays fifty millions of taxation, and has Poor Laws, and fourteen millions population. The population of England to Ireland is only as two to one, but her taxation, compared with Ireland, is ten to one, and no Poor Laws in Ireland, though heavy Poor Laws in England. Mr. G. Moore must think that the people of England are a little beside themselves to listen to such a pro ptssition. If there is to be a lottery in England, we had better have one to get rid of some of our debt. tint we - would ask Mr. G. Moore—if the people of Ireland can raise 300/. a week by means of the Ca tholic Association, they might raise so much a week by means of a Canal Association ? Why not call the Catholic Association the Canal Association, and spend the 300/, a-week, or 15,000/. a-year, on the projected Canal. But we have no doubt that knaves are goading on Lord Cloncurry, Mr. G. Moore, and thg merchants, &c. of Dublin. Some ten or a dozen wanting large salaries for their lives.—Morn ing Herald. " McNeil v. McGregor," A case of Sects Appeal, of considerable interest as well its importance, was part heard on the 29th ult. in the House of Lords, and further heard yesterday. As it has been post poned until Friday next, we shall have an opportu nity of again adverting to it. The lady, who is ap pellant, was regularly married in 1816 to a Mr. Jolly, with the cognizance of the respondent, McGregor. On the death of her father, however, the respondent commenced an action before the Scotch Consistorial Court, praying for restoration of conjugal rights, on the ground that she had be en previously married to himself. lie obtained Judg ment, which was confirmed by the Court of Session, and to reduce that Judgment the present Appeal was made, The point of law on which the decision seemed at first to hinge was, whether in an action, winch went to affect the civil rights of Mr. Jolly and his children, by the appellant, he and they ought not to have been cited as defenders. Counsel were heard on this point yesterday, when it was objected by Lord Eldon, that the suit in the inferior Court was not a simple action of declarator, insomuch as it concluded for restitution of conjugal rights,which, waiving the question of the marriage, it might be doubtful whether, on the merits of the case, the re spondent was entitled to claim. On this objection, Counsel are to be heard on Friday.—New Times. DESTRUCTION of the NEW BRUNSWICK TMEATRE, WELLCLOSE-SQUARE. ADJOURNED CORONER'S INQUEST, 11fAxcir 7. (Continued from our Paper of yesterday, which appear ed in a part of our impression.) On the return of the Jury their names were c died over, and all being present, the examination of Mr. Arding was resumed. A juror inquired as to the arrangements for the sitting of the Inquest. The CORONEK replied, that the Court would rise to-day at four o'clock, and that they would meet again on Monday morning at nine o'clook ; the avocations of the jurors not allowing them to attend to-morrow. Mr. Comyn then proceeded with the examination. In letting joists into a wall, is it usual to fasten them by iron ties ?--No, if they are built in. _ _ Yes, but if the joists are afterwards inserted, and the walls cut to receive them ?—I never before saw a building constructed as this was, as far as regards the joists of the flies. You have described the iron bolts to have come from the roof through the trimmers and girders of the flies and workshop in the manner described. 1)u yen think that these bolts affected the roof ?-1 think that they did affect the roof. In what manner?—By my judgment as a practical car penter I understand that the tie of a roof is for the pur pose of preventing the spreading of the foot of the rafters of the roof', and consequently a weight placed upon the tie of a roof must tend to pull the roof within the walls which support it. Now, Sir, in your judgment, was there such a weight from the carpenter's shop, the painter's shop, or the flies, as could produce such an effect on the ties us you have de scribed?—Certainly not, so long as Ono uprights from the stage to the flies remained. In your judgment, Mr. Aiding, did the uprights which you have described prevent the weight of the carpenter's work-shop, the painter's shop, and of the flies, as long as they remained, from dragging on the ties of the roof?— Certainly. Now, tell me the utility of putting the bolts and straps from the work-shops to the rouf through tke trimmers ? To connect the floors to each other. Supposing that these bolts had not been connected with the roof, would the external walls of the late Brunswick Theatre have been of sufficient strength to support the roof ?—Certainly. Do you know, of your own knowledge, whether any other weight was put on the roof of the theatre other than the iron gutters?—The slates, the lead hips, skylights, and ridges; no other weight that I know. When was the last time, before the accident, that you were at the Theatre ?—I was there on the preceding morn ing._ _ _ _ How long before the opening of the Theatre had you discontinued your work ?—I had some persons actually working there when the theatre fell in, and one man, John Abbot, was severely hurt ; he was taken to the London Hospital, and lost I leg, which has been amputated. He has been a good and faithful servant to me and my father, for between 30 and 40 years ; and most sincerely do I re gret his misfortune. The CORONER—Was he a sober man ?—As sober and as honest as ever God created. The last time and the time preceding that you were there, did any fact occur to call your observation as being dangerous ?—None whatever. 1 was there for two er three hours on the Friday previous to the (lay before the accident at the Theatre, and nothing then occurred to call ruy observation to any appearance of danger in any thing relating to it. _ By kr. Cotnyn—As you are both a carpenter and joiner, you know that a settlement in the walls would affect the doors?—lt would do so in a common building, but not in this building it' the settlement were confined to the exter nal walls. The box doors would not be affected, nor any other internal doors. Why would they not he affected ?—Because the interior of the house had little to do with the external walls, standing as it did upon its own basis and not upon those walls ; and therefore the doors of the interior would not be affected by a settleureat of walls with which they - had little communication. The external and internal walls were carried up separately, and the interior wails stood upon their own basis. Do you know whether any of the uprights of the flies had been taken away or removed before the accident ? I do not know of my own knowledge that they were so. By a Juror—Are you aware that tke bond timber which ran through the opening of the building was cut away? Mr. Hill here interposed, and said, that as the witness had put some letters in, the proper time for reading them had arrived, as the examination in chief had closed. The following letters were then read : Fenchurch-street, Jan. 4, 1828. My DEAR regret to hear that you have been unwell since yesterday, but hope it will be only temporary. Agreeably to the arrangement so judiciously made yester day, Shaw has engaged some good hands for the night work, and I have no doubt it will answer your purpose. slr. Whitwell thinks you will he a considerable gainer ky this mode of getting through the work. Ile suggests, how ever, as a material improvement on the general plan, ►hat Shaw's men shall do the skeleton work of the boxes and gallery, and that your men shall make rood the floors, partitions, ;teats, &c. His reason is, and I think you will deem it a good one, that Shaw will lead the work and have nothing in the way of instructions to wait for, as Mr. Whitwell empoavers him to decide during his absence. As he will net give the same latitude to Hader, the works would frequently stop several hours, and our men would probably hare nothing to do. Another reason is, that Shaw's men so well understand the kind of work required, that it will much expedite the whole. We hope therefore, you will approve of this, and the timbers are ready. Shaw purposes to begin the lower boxes on Mon day night. There will be plenty for your• men to do till the lower boxes are ready. Shaw will be able to bring in all the tiers, and I shall endeavour to do so with the doors you told me you had got up in hopes of coming in. I aro, dear Sir, yours sincerely, D. S. MAURICE. To Mr. J. Arding, jun., Dorset-street. Jan. 7, 1828. DEAR SIR,—We have determined to adopt your sugges • tion, and employ eur own bands under Shaw's superin tendence, night and day, till the house is finished. All the preparation and joinery to be done, as you propose, at your shop. You shall receive clear and prompt instruc tions, &c. as required, to which your zealous attention will much oblige. I apprehend there will be plenty of work for your men on the premises as well as ours. I am, dear Sir, yours very truly, D. S. MAURICE. To Mr. Arding, jun., Dorset-street. Coaoxßa—Who is the person named in the letters as Elder ?—He is my foreman, and is here in attendance, his name is Hilder. Juror—Were the timbers which ran through the long openings cut or not ?--They were not cut out, Sir. Did they remain as originally inserted ?.--They did not, one inch, and in some cases an inch and a, half, was cut away, for the purpose of plastering, because the plastering will not affix itself to smooth solid timber. Coaosaa—Were they so at the time of the aceidetat Ye 4, Sir. A Juror—l understood you to say that there were strutts, do you know whether any . of those strutts were removed?-- I do not, Sir. Were any parte of them removed ?---They were not. CORONEK.H suppose that the inch or inch and half parts that were cut out were filled up?---We put cement and tile heads to supply the place. Juror—l wish to know, with the permission of the Coroner, for what purpose you wished those letters to be put in and read?—That the Jury should know, Sir, who did the work. During a great part of the time I see that you furnisks.d the timber, and I suppose you did the work ?—I have be fore stated . that I executed all the work in the pit connect ad with the flooring. Mr. HILL, on rising to cross-examine the witness on behalf of his client Mr. Whitwell, did not think it neces- Airy to correct any technical mistake he had fallen into ; he had fallen into a few, but he had gi ven M s evi dence in a way most complimentary. Cross,examimtd by Mr. Hill—Did you• receive any direc tions, or your workmen to your knowledge, any directions respecting the stage, the flies, or the workshops, from Mr. Whitwell ?—No, Sir. Were there not bolts and straps connecting that part of the floor at the carpenter's shop which were nearest the gallery with the root ?—Yes, Sir. Is it your opinion that the weight of that part of the carpenter's shop which was nearest the gallery could have been much supported by the uprights from the stage ? None at all—certainly not. Would not, therefore, the weight of the carpenter's shop near the stare, produce a great strain on the roof?—Had it not been for' the wrought-iron columns I before men tioned, running from the ground to the boxes, and from the boxes to the gallery. What was the distance between those - wrought-iron columns which were between the upper and the lower boxes—between each?—l should say from 30 to 35 feet. You must have mistaken the questions ?—No, I have not. What was the distance from column to column, in the box tiers I mean ?—I speak entirely from guess, and should say about ten feet. New, Sir, what was the distance between the two iron columns in the gallery tier, that is, those columns that went to the gallery from the carpenter's-shop; what was the distance of the two nearest the centre?—l shall say about ten feet. Do you mean to say the distance between the two was alite.—Certainly. Were there 10 columns omitted on the gallery tier as compared with those on the box tier ?—I do not know. I understand you to say you were not aware whether the uprights from the stage were taken away or Lot?--No. Then suppOse you were informed that they had been taken away, ami the number of columns on the gallery tier Lad been , liminished, or been fewer by two on the gallery than on the box tier, what, in your judgment, would have been the cause of the accideut?—l cannot ferns an opinion of the cause. Then what would have been the effect of these removals or omissions?—The effect would have been that the weight of the two tiers of flies, the painter's, and in a great measure the carpenter's shop, would have had to depend for support upon the roof. Was the throwing of such a weight upon the roof a fair and proper use of the roef?—Certainly not. You have described that the weight thrown on the roof was borne by the ties of the roof ?—Yes. Does it appear to you that if it had been thought right to have thrown weight on the roof at all, such weight ought to have been thrown on the principals of the roof, and not on the ties ?—Certainly. Certainly. What ?—The weight ought to have been thrown on the principals of the roof, and not on the tiers. You have described that the effect of putting a weight on the principals would be to draw in the tiers and walls ? No, just the reverse. Suppose the weight to have been put on the ties ?—Then it must cause the ties to belly iu, and the roof must in some respect follow. Then what would be the effect of a great weight being thrown on the ties ?—lt would be to belly them down. Supposing the tie to belly dowr, would not a great weight be thrown upon the girders of the flour?—Cer tainly. CORONER. —Of what shop ?—Of the carpenter's shop. Mr. Hill—Suppose that the weight was ►o great as to break them down, where would they break ?—At the parts pierced by the bolts. Do you happen to know whereabouts in the girder the bolts were ; were they in the centre, or alternately near the ends?—Alternately, near the ends, as set forth in exhibit E. No. 2. Now supposing a girder to have broken near to the back wall, as it was inserted into the flout wall, would it not have become a lever to prize up the front wall?— Certainly. _ You have already described to me, that supposing the facts to be as I now suppose them to be, the walls were drawn in by the drawin g in of the ties, which way would the falling wall fall ?—I should suspect, if it had been a parallel wall it would have fallen inwards, but as it was a pediment it might fall outwards. You have described the joists of the trimmers as having been let into the outer wall, now might those joists not have been supported by trimmers, let into the wall, and supported by vertical posts?—Certainly. In short, my question is, could the joists have been supported without having been let into the wall at all by posts at each end ?—Certainly. Now, Mr. Arding, in point of fact, were not the joists of the stage supported by breast summers, and vertical posts ?—Ye,. You say that you were in the theatre the morning be fore the accident; how long were you there ?—Twu or three minutes. In what part of the theatre were you ?—ln the pit and in the box stair-citse. Were you in any part of the Theatre where you could ex amine the state of the roof ?—No, Sir. Pray, Sir, you said that you prepared part of the car penter's shop, did you prepare the girders?—Nu. Did you get directions to prepare any ?—I did about six weeks before the house opened. I had an order for six trusses ; they were connternaanded. The first order was by Mr. Shaw. What was the use of these trusses ?—They were for the carpenter's shop; the object of a truss is to put it in, to let it in between two pieces of timber, to strengthen these pieces of thither. If these trusses had been erected, they could have strengthened the girders, and consequently the floor ? Certainly. The CORONER—Now, do you know that the trustee were for the carpenter's shop ?—I have a memorandum at home about then/. Mr. llill—Were there any other girders besides those of the carpenter's shop, and were not trusses for the girders ? —There were no other girders but these—and trusses could only be wanted for girders. The trusses were to be for girders of about 60 feet long? —The witness here drew on paper a representation of a truss, which the Coroner handed to the Jury, observing, that perhaps some of them knew of ao other truss than a truss of hay.—(A laugh.) Counsel on both sides now declared that they had no further (questions to put to Mr. Arding. Samuel Hilder was next called and examined by Mr. Comyn—l believe that you were the foreman of the last witness ; from whom did you get directions to counter mand the order alluded to by Mr. Arding?—From Mr. Shaw, the clerk of the works. Mr. Coniyn now put in the agreement made between the Proprietor and Mr. Whitwell, respecting the Theatre. It was us follows : Memorandum of an agreement made this day, June 22, 1827, between Messrs. Carruthers and Maurice, pro prietors of the site of the late thc,tre in Well-street, Well close-square, Goodman's-fields, and Stedman Whitwell, architect, relative to the services and remuneration of the latter, during the erection of an intended theatre on the said site. Mr. Whitwell is to design and prepare a plan, and super intend the erection of the intended theatre as architect of the same, for the suer of 300/., to he paid by monthly instalments of 50/. each ; the first instalment to be made on Monday the 2d July next, and the following in stalments to he" paid on the Ist Monday in each succeed ing month, until the whole sum of 3001. be paid. Mr. Whitwell engages to give his most zealous attention to the interests of the Proprietors, to reduce the costs within the limits of a due economy for the above remuneration ; but if he lays before the proprietors any arrangement by which security from ire, ventilation, and warmth can be obtained, which are unusual in theatres, and the proprie tors adopt such arrangements, then tke proprietors will feel that Mr. Whitwell will have claims upon them for additional remuneration, the amount of which he leaves to the honour of the proprietors ; and if the wcrks under his direction shall be completed for less than 6000/., then for each 1001. less than such amount Mr., Whitwell is to be paid 5/. by the proprietors. All expenses of the Clerk of the Works and Measures are to be defrayed by the proprietom s. But during the hours of work the Clerk of the Works is to be under the direction of Mr. Whitwell. Mr. Whitwell is nut to be required to design any of the works of, or relating to, the internal decorations, the stage and its machiney; the scenery, or the orchestra; but lie is to superintend, at the request of the proprietors, the parties who may be appointed to construct the same. The costs of these works not to be considered as any part of the six thousand pounds before mentioned. Several of the Jurors now reminded the Coroner that he had already much exceeded the time fixed for their rising. The Coroner said that it would be ssathat th e d e p os iti on o f M r . A i di ng s hould be r n o r a c ( e lp ry previous to his signing it. At this late hour that proceeding would be attended with some incon venience, therefore he requested that the Witness might attend on Monday for that purpose. Mr. Arding promised to be in attendance on Monday. The COAONEtt then adjourned the Inquest until nine o'clock on Monday morning, having preNionsly bound over the Jury in their several recognizances to give their at tendance at that hour on that day. There are above 90, prisoners for trial at the ensuing Devon Assizes.—Dorset Chronicle. STRIKE AMONG THE COLLIERS.—The strike among th e co lli ers h a s not been exclusively confined to those in this country. In East Lothian several collieries have been at a stand for nearly a fortnight. Deputations front the idle pitmen visit the neighbouring collieries, to induce those who are industriously employed to join their combination. Threats are daringly and successfully used, in order to levy contributions for themselves and families. The visits and menaces of the delegates occasion the greatest anxiety and alarm to those who are willing and anxious to continue to fulfil theirengagementa. —Scoteman. POLICE INTELLIGENCE. BOW-STREET.—Yesterday Mary Ann Bell, a de cent-looking, middle-aged woman, was charged before Sir Mena an BIRNIF., Mr. and Mr. MINSICULL, with having fraudulently obtained certain kid gloom, ribands, Sce. of the value of some pounds, from Messrs. Howell and James, Regent -street. It appeared that in the early part of last year the pri soner was in the service of Lady Alice Peel, wife of Lieut. Col. Peel, brother to the Home Secretary; and that she obtained the goods from the prosecutors a considerable time after she had left her Ladyship's service, under the pretence that she had been sent for them by her Ladyship, in whose service she represented herself then to be. The prisoner was committed for trial. It was stated by Sayers, one of the principal officers, and who had the management of this case, that the pri soner, although she resolutely denied the fact, has been made the dupe of an Irishman, the same who, by per sonating Mr. Spring Rice, the Under Secretary of State for Home Affairs, got exceedingly tipsey upon credit, at a whiskey warehouse, in York street, Covent-garden, two or three months ago. MARLBOROUGH--STREET.—Yesferday E,. L— S—, Esq. a gentleman well known in the fashionable circles of society, and possessing au income of 10,000/. per annum, appeared before Mr. Cos Awe on a warrant, for having horse-whipped his coachman. John Piggott,. the complainant, deposed that his master, on last Tuesday week, ordered his carriage-and-four to be got ready at the yard of Mr. Elder, where the horses stood, as he intended to drive out. Accordingly, the horses were got, and put to ; and, on being ready to start, his master took the reins. Upon his master dri ving a little distance, lie observed the horses were not under sufficient controul, and proceeded to make some aol ditions to the harness for security, when his master swore at him for stopping his horses, cut him with the whip, and started off. Not thinking any thieg of the first cut, he looked after the horses, which wore extremely spirited ; they begun to get unruly, when he ran after the carriage, and stopped them, and altered the harness a second time, and for so doin g he was again horsewhipped ; his master then set off and drove into John.street, when he saw it was necessary to put the kicking traces on ; this put his master into a violent passion, who swore at him, and asked him if he did not think lie was capable of driving by this time a four-in-hand, without his impertinent interference, and, concluded by giving him a third horsewhipping. His master then went off, and on his return he gave him notice that he should quit, on which Mr. S. observed, he was determined not to keep such a fellow iu his employ, who dared to inter fere with his mode of driving, or the harnessing of his horses, and that he should leave instantly, which he accord ingly did. . . Three or four persons, present at the time of Mr. S. starting from the yard of ➢lr. Elder, deposed that the com plainant had only endeavoured to put proper harness on the four horse,' to prevent any accident, when Mr. S. assaulted his coachman. Mr. S.—On my word and honour, as a gentleman, I never horsewhipped any of my coachmen in my life. Coachman.—Yes, you did. You horsewhipped one you had in Paris, and for which you had to make him a com pensation. Mr. CONANT.—You most put in bail, unless you can arrange it, for the assault is distinctly proved. Bail was accordingly put in, and Mr. S. left the office. UNION-HALL.—Mr. Tate, the insurance-broker and Member of Lloyd's, who underwent an examination on Thursday, charged, under Lord Ellenborongh's Act, " on suspicion of feloniously shooting at Thomas Parnell, with intent to murder him," was yesterday brought up for re examination. Several of the prisoner's friends were present, among whom was Dr. Stanger, physician to the Foundling Hos pital. The Doctor is uncle to Mr. Tate, and from his statement it was obvious that the accused has been some time labouring under a delusion respecting a conspiracy, which he believes to have been formed against him, by the leading members at Lloyd's. He conceived that Bellamy recently a clerk in his office, had been employed by the party to circulate the report injurious to his character. Air. Charles Bellamy had never circulated a report in jurious to the character of the accused ; nor had he ever heard the slightest insinuation against his morality. Between one and two o'clock Mr. Harmer, who was retained on behalf of the prisoner, entered the office. lam attending here, Sir, he said, on the part of this unfortunate gentleman at the bar, and I feel interested on his account, having had him waiting repeatedly at my office for advice how to act, he being under the impression that some mem bers of Lloyd's had conspired to defame his character and reputation. This was about six weeks ago. 1 perceived from his manner, Sir, that lie was labouring under a delu sion, and have been anticipating some time that I should be called upon to give evidence as to this unfortunate gentle man's state of mind, on a Coroner's inquest. The prisoner here requested to speak to Mr. Harmer. Ihe latter gentleman having communicated with him said, " I find I have given him great offence, in declaring my opinion as to the state of his mental faculties," Mr. Bellamy declined prosecuting. The prisoner was then remanded for a week, after Dr. Stanger had solicited his discharge, which the Magistrate would Dot listen to. LONDON MARKETS. PLANTATION SUGARS....-There was only a moderate quantity of business done at the beginning of the week, but in consequence of the very great scarcity of the good and fine grocery and refining qualities, which now has be come general, and for which there is at present by far the most demand, the trade were this morning induced to come to market, and purchased all those descriptions on show eagerly at an advance of full ls. per cwt., the sales at the close of the day being full 1,000 casks : nearly the whole of the Sugars at present in the market consist of the low and middling sorts, worth from 555. to 60r.; 4,292 bags Mauritius Sugar were this morning sold by public sale with considerable spirit, the good and strong qualities s. to Is. 6d. dearer than the last sale; the low aed brown qualities, of which there was the greatest proportion, with out alteration. Delivered last week from West India Docks, 2,670 hhds• 178 tres. Stock on hand iu ditto, on 3d instant, 16,407 hhds. 1,532 tres. Stock on hand in ditto, on sth Breech, 1327, 20,532 hhds. 1,448 tres. FOREIGN SUGARS.—This market remains in a state of inquietude, the expectation of the admission of Foreign Sugars for home consumption, as noticed last weak, be coming more general; nothing, however, as yet appears to have been decided, consequently no business of import ance has been done. ItEFINED SUCARS.-The demand for the low descrip tions of goods has considerably increased this week, and the short supply, which has been noticed for many weeks past, still continuing, has caused rather an advance in the prices to-day : for the good and fine qualities also, of which there is now a great scarcity, and of which the Grocers are in want (several of the Refiners who manufacture these descriptions of goods having worked out) lull 2s. per cwt. higher prices are paid ; the middling sorts of goods, with which the market at present is best supplied, and the prices of whirl' have been for some time exceedingly low, in propor tion to those of other qualities, also appear to attract more attention, and consequently are held firmer for the quota tions. For crashed there are many inquiries, and small parcels continue to be taken off at the last prices. COFFEE.-606 casks and 367 bags Plantation have been offered this week by public sale, consisting of Jamaica and Demerara, the former of which sold steadily, without al teration in price ; but the Dutch (fine ordinary to mid dling quality) did not maintain the quotations of last week. In Foreign Coffee there has been scarcely any thing done ; a parcel of good ordinary St. Domingo has been sold a 38s. ; two small parcels ordinary Brazil and Havannah were offered by public sale, but principally bought in. Delivered last week from West India Docks 431 casks, 1,394 bags, &c. Stock on hand in West India Docks, on the 3rd inst., 16,984 casks, 88,872 bags, &c. Stock on hand in IN est India Docks, on the sth March, 1627, 9,191 casks, 79,400 bags, &c. FRUIT.-The common descriptions continue to be in brisk demand, but are becoming rather scarce ; prices are firmly supported ; of New Red Smyrna Raisins also, the sales this week have been rather more e xtensive, and the importers sheer less anxiety to get out of stock, expecting an advance in the price; Currants are rather more en quired aftet, hut there are very few remaining in first hands. In general SPICES are more in demand, at the previous prices. TEAS.—The East India Company's quarterly sale is go ing on this week. Good breaks go off readily at a slight improvement, while inferior sorts are little in dernauil. A very large quantity has been refused by the Trade. The sale will not conclude until the beginning or middle of next week. . . _ The SPIRIT Market remains without any material al teration. The dealings in Rum are not extensive. TALLOW.—The disposition of the market to rise seems over for the present, The high prices lately demanded Wheat. Barley. Oats. Boa's. Per Quarter. Ashburn 49 56 32 35 20 • 27 50 52 Basingstoke ----- 50 63 26 32 .30 23 5(3 56 Bath 4B 62 27 '33 22 30 41) 64 Bridgewater 56 29 18 40 Bristol 52 56 28 32 16 V 4 40 461 Chesterfield Derby 55 56 30 33 22 25 42 50 PPriXes 44 56 26 32 111 30 49 50 pencxagr i 6 t 59 td 3Q 14 e t D0rehe8ter,...,.....„, 40 64 21 24 '4l 9N 58 62 24 !e" ) 3 J 9 ej 44 461 Gloticester—..—.. 45 50 24 30 20 `2B 39 42 I - lunge/ford 48 63 26 32 18 31 38 68 Leicester«.— 46 56 26 33 22 27 50 60 Mansfield . 49 51 3: 94 26 30 46 48 Itomsey 55 58 27 29 21 20 48 50 Shaftesbury —...— 59 26 25 48 Shelton Mallet 52 58 28 30 20 24 42 48 Sherborne 50 58 25 28 91 26 40 48 'Taunton , — 55 29 --35 Yeovil „ 4B 64 26 28 20 24 9i 4;t, Per Bushed. 8.11. s. d. s. d. s. d. 0. d. g. d. s. d. s. d. Shrewsbury '1 0 8 3 4 8 5 0 5 0 00, Y U U SCOTCH MARKET& • • EDINBURGH CORN MARKelt—llarch I Our market was well stocked to-day with Oats, Pease, and Beans, prices much the same as last week. Rather a short supply pf Wheat and Barley, which sold readilr, prices considerably hiher ; top pries of Old ;irlasst 66e., New ditto, 6411. Wheat. Barley. Oats. Pease. BUDS. First 66s Od 3.5 s Od 30s 6d 37s 61 37s Od second s4s Od 28s 6d '26s Od 33s Od 33s Od Third ..., 44s Od 26s Od 16s 6d J 25G Od 23s Od PRICES OF PROVISIONS, .fie. Beef, per lb. Os. &l. to 0,1.7 d. Fresh Butter, lb.s.lod. to Is. Yd. L a u l a lo rt w e , ni caLt . . l: 3s o 11 0 Mutton--- 0 4 0 7 Salt Ditto..--.... 0 9 010 0 8 010 Ditto, per ewt.Bo 0 84 0 0 4 0 6 Eggs, per doe. 010 0 0 lamb, per qr. 10 p P Ict=_LttZtTi.wazp.) 9 9 I 9 0 370 6 9 ra t :lel NZ: 0 0 8 4 8 0 Potatoes, litn. 0 0 0 4 Hay, per 010 011 EntNialltGl-1 MEAI We bad a large El uppiy of sales dull, at last week's pricy Per Sack of 2801 b. Imp. First Oatmeal £l 16 0 Second ditto 1 14 0 parleymeal 1 9 0 FtiVenigall 1 6 0 Pot Barley --tiro. ;, per cwt. 12 MARKET.—MarO4 : atmeg,i 04 40 if f au ktF, s. Per Stone of I.llb. Imp. First Oatmeal .to 2 0 Second ditto Barleymeal 0 1 Pe;smeai 0 1 , .-211; /61:. - --Poai 1225. GLASGOW CORN :ARKET.—March 5. - , - - The market is heavy, with little alteration in the price of any kind of Crain since last week, Wheat, per 2401 b. s. d. s. <I. Gats, per c'6-11b. s. d. s. ti. British, old 3O 0t033 0 Irish l6 oto 19 0 -- new 27 0 28 6 British — 0 0 Canada, free — 0 31 0 Beans, per 2601 b: Irish - 0 0 Barley, per 320th. Scottish English .... .„„ .. . 25 6 26 0 Pease, Scottish Scottish n ... ~ Vti 2"i 0 D4tnteaiagett: Mil -16 6 Ir i sh . r r-4ri ) , t'} .no 41$ 0 47 ki have checked consumption, so that the deliveries are oft considerably less than at this period last year. The stocl of Tallow is now only about 21,000 casks, above B,ooe casks less than at this period last year. The business don' on 'Change yesterday afternoon was at from 425. 6d. 0 425. 9d. per cwt. The large Bull speculator in this at tide remains firm. INoico.—Bu;ness is brisk in Indigo, but there is 01 furtter improvement. The present stock is nearly 3,06 chests greater than at this period last year. Export s iur so brisk as it wa s tow a rd' litie rr s h a e r i e p ßo Th t • ra ase de d i r s ea n d o i t ly. neurly the end of last year, and at present the orders for the eV port of machinery are limited. Prices of Iron may be quoted at a reduction of from 4 , to 5 per cent. SALTPETRE is not more brisk than last week; the large. public sale, which went off heavier than was expected, 10 rather damped the spirits of the speculators. The price jo not above 235. Gd. per cwt. The COTTON trade, at least. the raw material, has D ot improved, although the manufacture of Cotton goods is carried on freely, prices of the raw article are heavy, owing to large arrivals. In the article of SILK there is no a]tsration. The prhieO given at the last India Sale are maintained. Italian do not go off so readily, at improved prices. The xuanufao wring department is rather more active than at the cow. inencemeat of the year. WHITECHAPEL HAY MARKET.--March 6. 72's. Od. to NO,. Od. I Clover 90s. Od. to 120 g. Od. Straw 32, M. to 36g. 01. PMCES OF HOPS (per Cwt.)—March 7. Kent Pockets Sussex Ditto ESSQK Ditto 41. 4s. 41: 15e. to . 51. Os Farnham Ditto, Seconds 0/. U. 41. 2s. 21. (I_ (Is. 81. Os. to 71. (is. to 41. 15s. to 41. 2s. to 41. IN. to Di: 9s. 11/. Os. fm. 4i. Oe. 41. his. Kent Bags_ Sussex Ditto Essex PRICE OF OIL. Rape Oil, brown 31/. 6s. Refined —...gsa 6 Linseed Oil Id 4./ Linseed Oil Cake at the Mill, per thousand Nape Cake, per ton . ...... PRIG. AF POTATOES.—March 7. 01. N. to 41. N. per ton. Ml. N. to S/. ss. ditto. :31. 10a. to 4/. N. ditto. 21. .5.3. to 31. 53. ditto. Kidney Scotch Reds Marsh Champion Oxnobles and Shms PRICES OF LEATIant. Per lb. d. to d. Per lb. Butts 50 to 561 b.— 20 21 Tanned Horse Y Ditto-60 to 661 b.— 22 23, Spanish Ditto , Dressing Hides.---. 14 16.. Per dozen. Fine Coach Irides —l7 19 Calf Skins... 36 to 401 b. 1.9 2.3 Crop Hides, 35 to 401 b. 14 151 Ditto 50 to 701 b. 23 26 Ditto 45 to 501 b. 151 171 Ditto 70 to 80l1s. 2U V. 3 Ditto.. 170 20 Small Seals. Greenland 19 21 d, to d. 15 1111 14 MA%V HIDES. Per Stone. s. d. to s. d. Per Stone. s. d. to.. d. Best Heifers & Steers 3 0 3 4 Ordinary Middlings 2 6 2 9 Market Calf-. 8 0 each SHEEP SKINS. 4d. to 28. 10d. I Shearhugs.... Oc. ed. to Ov. Polled ----.. 3s. 6d. to 55..0d. Dow, PRICE OF TALLOW, SO Town Tallow 51s. 6d. Yellow Russia.----- 455, Od. White-- 465. (Id. Soap Ditto 4ls. Od. Melted Stuff 365. Od. Ditto Rough —2ls. Oct. IAP, Ac. per 1121b.--March 7. Yellow Sec Od. Mottled Erb. lA. _ B4s. Od. Graves 20J. Od. Good Dregs, . PRICE OF RAW FAT, per stone of 81b.—.March 7. Pricy by Tallow (as statesiby the Tallow 3lelters) sp. PRICE OF CANDLES. The price of Store Candles, in the retail shops, is as follows : Candles, per doz. is. Od. to Os. Od. .2oloalds, per dozes Bs. tki COAL MAR Adair's — 335. 6d. Beaumont 3l 6 Charlotte Felling Maim-- 32 0 Holywell 33 3 Kenton West._ 3 .2 Killingworth ...35 0 Ord's Redhugh —„— 30 6 Percy' East--.--„ i 9 6 Pontop Windsor 3l I) 31 0 ET.—March 7. Willington Wylam Walk End Bell and Co. 31 0 Ditto Bewiekeand Co.—. 36 9 Ditto 34 0 Ditto Burrakon St 6 Ditto Clarke and C 0..., 32 0 Ditto Carr and Co.-- 6 Ditto Cramlington 3O 0 Ditto Hilda .........x....,..:3;3 9 Ships at market, 1.?7 1 ,4 —SI cotncrgy cOnN )114.R4ILTS DURINO TAR Walk End NeWrriareb— 355. Osl. Ditto llotspur 33 6 Ditto Northumberland &S 6 Ditto Perkins and Co. 35 0 Ditto. llusiell's 36 6 Ditto' Walker 35 Lambton's Eden 32 Lambton's Primrose 33 U Neshant Slain 34 0 Walls End Hetton--.... 37 6 Walls End Lambton—., 36 9 Walls End Lyons-- 35 U Ditto Stewart's 37 6 Ditto Stobart's 49 0 Cowpeu 56..) 0 Hartley 30 0 Llangennoth C0a1....... 41 ti Walls End Ellin ',sm. tV Ditto Nutt 26 Cramlington Trader.„—, 3o 0 Ellison small 18 6 1 ips sold, 52--thi!;s;qt TS tmTrfs. On the 6th instant, the lady of the Rev. H. C. Kno;, of Laughton, Sussex, of a daughter. On the '7th instant, the lady of Dr. Seymour, George• street, Hanover-square, of a son. On the 6th instant, the lady of A. Shawe, Esq. of Port. laud-terrace, Regent's Park, of a daughter. On the 29th ult. at Bolton, Northumberland, Eleanor, lady of Wm. Gray, Esq., of the Inner Temple, of a son. MARRIED. On the 6th instant, at St. Dunstan's-in-the-East, by the Rev. J. T. 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