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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
dark 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
from 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
414 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
really 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,
Genera
IVIAGLEon, was many years Member for
that County, and the family is one of the oldest
and 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.
11ActEop'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 market was but
moderately supplied ' with
the choicest fish. Whitings, Soles, Flounders, Plaice, and
Halibut, were in great plenty ; on the whole there 'was a
t°leralY fan, demand, at the following. prices :
Frio. i
Dittos 18s. each lBs. Od. to 225. Oct.
1.1„2,11,141, per do. S 0 12 0
'"` ,ikl-tis, •ch
Itilariec ditto, each
20 4 0
bolmoo pis. lb.
26 6 6
klPineehoW. tipectlx4, per 15
' l9 0 16 0
~cafe, each
I 0 7 0
haddocks • dozen lO.O is 0
Brill,
m per
I 0 0
Flue Soles, per three pairs • 1 0 76 '
Gureetti each 1 0 0 0
Live. enders,Flu cacti
per qtkartern . 2 0 2 0
"" Dutch Plaicper Mb. .ro • - . 4 0 0 0
e per basket .... . .... ......« ' 3 0 - • 4 0
rah Herrin'ip, per hundred 0 0 4 0
Moo Lobsters,' 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
New 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
and 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
rine 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
"re'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
sainndcelulddy. qualitiesl,1827
0
~
kine street English, Scotch, &c.
0
-----• In.,h, 1526 0
Middling and ordinary ditto and Welsh ...........
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 42 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 .
3853 0
4056 0
DAMN, English ....... ....
..
~i .......... ii .............. .iBolb 42 0 43 0
~ e dri super tone' ..--
,---
'ditto ditto
loaanetrii.eupf sweet C bond) per bane! t 2 0 25 0
........--•••••• Call •
....-...''""'• Orelell, . 'nfiltt ' F agimi (dui paid)
3.221 3
sour..
30 0 Xi 0
OATMHAL, En,,, . ...
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 comic whitelsa. rter, English and Foreign 32 0 34 0
20 0 30 0
real
------------, 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; 10
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,
the Duchess of GLOtrcitsTka, the Princess AUGUSTA, and
th, Princess Surma, visited the 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, USHER, 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
of 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 direct road and
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. added, and six
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
.large 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 ;" considering 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 '
get 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 remained at the head of the stairs.
Had scarcely been in the carpenters' shop a second
till
he sate large lumps of 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
witnessjumped down km the earpenter4' shop into
his owe. A general rush was then made to the stairs
by all 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 tippptiqp, where prevented tho men
running. (IDWU stairs, and hgggeo of t4e4? tci Iwel)
close ~vtt}t the angle, as he thought there was a tie
suppospti would preserve them.—
He 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 hor4ontal 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 roof, 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 roof,
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.Domville,
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 ; Colonel
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.
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,
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e
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Esq.'; froth Vicars' Hill, near Newton Abbotts, Devon_
shire, for Elm Grove, Southsea, near Portsmouth ; Mr.
and Mrs. Stevenson, from Fenton's Hotel, St. Jatne4's_
street, for Brighton; Captain Griffiths, front t itto fot
ditto; Mr. and Mrs. Clay, frotn,Co4% Hotel, Albemarle
street, for their seat in tzehT4teTshir Captain Forbes
from dittq tot a tour; Mr. and Mrs. Ogilvie, from 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 of
persons to " catch" others of the same dr,scrip_
don ; for our parts, we should rejoice 'to learn
that a proportion of superannuated clerks of
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
guidance it was declared to be concocted :