The Sun.
London, England, 1828-03-17 00:00:00

POLICE- INTELLIGENCE.

MARLBOROUGti-STREET. —A middle-aged female,
of respectable appearance, named NArgarce Rose, was
yesterday charged with robbing her master of property to
a vast extent,

After hearing all the evidence, Sir GEORGE FA RRANT,
the Magistrate, put some questions to. the prosecutor.
Sit:Qttoucat—llow long, Mr. Anderson, has the prisoner
lived in your tier Vice? Mr. Anderson—About nine years,
Sir.

Sir GEORGE—In what capacity has she lived with you?
Mr. Anderson—Merely a servant, Sir; a confidential
servant only.
Sir Grottatt—llas she acted in the capacity of house-
keeper at all? Mr. Anderson--Why, she ,has been in
some degree house keeper sinco the death of Mrs. Ander-
son,some years ago. _ _

Sir GeonGe—'-lfave you ever, Mr. Anderson, taken any
personal liberties with the prisoner? Mr. • Anderson—
Never, Sir George, 'upon my solemn oath I never have.
Sir GEORGE—Have you ever solicited M. induced her
to be your companion at night, since Ales. Anderson's
death? Mr. Anderson—On my oath I ;lever have : look
at my age, Sir George. What can a man of '7O like me
want with companions at night ?
Sir Geoarm—Did you ever complain to her of the cold
at night, and have her to keep your hack warm in bed?
Mr. Anderson—Never, Sir George, my back wanted
none of her warming, but I understand she has been say-
ing things of this kind.
After several other questions of this kind,
Sir GEORGE said, " The reason, Mr. Anderson, that I
ask you these questions is, that the prisoner has handed
me a written defence, in which she first says, that she
pledged all this property with your knowledge, to supply
funds for your house expenees, and next, that she was in the
nightly habit, by your desire, during the last winter, of oc-
cupying a part of 'your bed to keep you warm while you had
severe fits of the cramp and gout."
Mr. Anderson—l assure you, on my oath, Sir George,
it is totally falee.
The prisoner, however, persisted in her statement, but.
the Magistrate said she must try the effect of such a defence
with a jury, and committed her for trial.
lIATTON-GARIAN.—John- Edvestaff, a hair-dres-
ser residing at No. 52, George-street, Battle-bridge, charg-.
ed on suspicion with the murder of a female, supplied to
he his wife, in Ihalfbrdshire, in the autumn of 1821, was
yesterday brought up for re-examination before W. B. Ro-
Gees, Esq., the sitting magistrate.
Charles Carter, keeper of the Greyhound Inn, Leighton-
&mord, in the county of Bedford, and one of the over-
seers of the parish there, being asked by the Magistrate-
upon what grounds his suspicions rested, and in what man-
tier they'were first excited of the prisoner's guilt in that
murder, stated that the prisoner, who is a native of Leigh-
ton Buzzard, had come down from London at the time Of
the murder, and then answered pretty neatly, both in his
person and dress, the description given in the hand-bills, of
the man seen in the company of the deceased, at the fair
of Dunstable, on the 14. th of August, 1821, the day pre-
' vious to the 'lnsissicr: Souse time afterwards, in the cools.,
of the following winter months, when the dreadful agita-
tion produced in the minds of the people had somewhat
subsided, and the neighbourhood began to lay aside its ap-
prehensions and-forget the circumstances of the murder,
he entered the shop of a Mr. Morgan,. a shoemaker, at
Leighton-Buzzard, his spirits were very much depressed,
and Keating himself down, appeared quite dejected, and his
mind seemed considerably agitated. Concealing, as much
as be possibly could, his countenance from the eyes of Mr.
Morgan, he began to inferm him theft he had received a
letter from London of the death of his' wife, and of her
interment but a few days previously, in the burial-ground
at Chelsea. " Poor woman," said he, " I regret my ab-
hence from her, for I am given to understand she died in
'a state of utter destitution." Leighton Buzzard being the
place of his nativity, and the residence of all his family,
it afforded sufficient ground for surprise that no one
there knew any thing whatever of his having been at all
married. This circumstance, somewhat naturally enough
connecting itself with those of the murder, such as the wo-
man's having been an utter stranger in the country, and
that the little wood, called Black-Grove Wood, the scene
of the murder, lying between Dunstable and Leighbm, and
at a distance from the high road, must have been selected
for the purpose by sometperSon perfectly acquainted with
• the pathway leading to it, induced the first suspicions of
the prisoner's guilt, but not till a considerable time had
elapsed subsequent to the murder. Ile left Leighton-
Btrzzard its November, 1821, and it is supposed continued
in London since then. 'About three or four months ago,
Mr. Carter wrote to-the head police-offiee, Bow-street, to
inforM the Magistrates of Ihis reasons for his suspicions of
the prisoner, giving a description of his person, and re-
questing that some intsuatres might be taken (Or the pur-
l)* of securing•him in custody ; but Mr. Stafford, the
chief clerk, brorder of G. 11. Minshull, Esq., returned
au answer to the following effect :—That no measures
could be adopted for the apprehension of the person alluded
to by him, who was suspected of having committed murder
out' an unknown female in Bedfordshire, as the Magistrate
had before bins no evidence or atatement of circumstances
connected with that fact sufficient to implicate him in it.
When this was done, he was assured that every necessary
step should he taken, for the sake of justice.

John Morgan now came forward, and stated—Some
short time before, Christmas, in the winter of 1821, I re.
member the prisoner having come into my shop, and having
sat down, laid his head on his arm, seemed to be quite dull,
and then said his wife was dead. " Bless me," said I,
" I never knew you were married ; you perfectly astonish
me." " Yes," replied be, " I was married to an Irish
woman of the name of Jane Lynch, in the church of St.
James, Westminster, on the 19th of July, 1819. We lived
together a life of misery till she left use, and connected her.
self with another man. She afterwards had me arrested
and committed to the House of Correction, whence I was
bailed out by a person who became bound for my appear-
ance at the Sess►ons.

Mr. Ittwitus.—Well, what further passed ?-11e said
he went to see her a, little before ; and about a month after
the bay time of that year, he got a letter of her death, and
there was a young man then in Durottab!e who knew of it.
Mr. llonra.—Did he show you the letter but
promised a young man, of the name of Richardson, a work.
man.of mine, and who was present during part of the con-
venation, and another of the name of John RAS ill, that ,he
Would bring it and show it to theni. But he never after-
wards did, at least I-never understood be did,
Mr. Ronxas—h there any further evidence here ?!.
Carter—No, Sir; I tried all I could yesterday to procure
more evidence, but was unable.

Mr. Milieu, chief clerk.--Is not there a Mary Linnet',
an important witness in' this case, and where is she?.--
Carter—She lives at Leighton Buzzard, and can give her
testimony to her having retzlived. a parcel from the pri-
soner the day after the fair of Dunstable, sent to herfrom
the fair by a young min, an intimate actittaintance of here,
There is also annther person down at Leighton Bossard,
who says he saw the prisoner in company with the woman
at the fair on the evening previous to the murder.
Mr. Rouxns,Has the witnua. Morgan any more to
say ?—I saw the daughter of a Mrs. Philips, who resides
here in London, some time ago at Leighton. She is well
acquainted with the prisoner, and I inquired of her if she
knew Eavestafra wife, and whether she was living or dead.
She replied that she had seen her for the last time AMA
five or six years ago, but knew nothing whatever of the
circumstance of her death. I then wrote by her to her
mother in London for intelligence of the prisoner's wife,
but I never received an answer.

Mr. Hallett-.-When did you first mention these circum-
stances to' Mr. Carter?—Morgan—About 12 months ago.
Sarah Philips lived et No. 2, llishop's-uourt, Holbert).
The: prisoner lodged with me about eight years ago in
Upper King-street, Bloom►bury. 1 lcnsw hitn from his
childhood) but did hot that know that ho WM married,.

Mr. Romins then asked the prisoner if he wished to say
any thing, when, leaning forward, he stated,—" About
eight years ago, I heard my wife was dead.. Subsequently,
however, I understood she was not, for I saw her four years
after. My father and mother wished us to come together
again, but to this we would not agree, as we were separated
by a Magistrate."
Mr. ROGERS.—I Discharge the prisoner; bat if you
choose to take him down to Bedfordshire, do : there he is,
and let You; Colton (to the constable who had him in
custody), take him if you please.
Several persoas were in 'the office who wanted to be
heard in his defence, but some person having handed a
letter to the Magistrate, he ordered the office to be cleared,
and the prisoner to be taken out. During this private in-
vestigation, we learned that it was stated to the Magistrate
that two of the Bow-street patrol had made every inquiry
for the registry of the wife's burial at Chelsea, but to no
purpose., We also understood that her mother, a Mrs.
Downey, lives as servant at a cook's shop, corner of Keppel-
street, Fulham road, and that the daughter has not been
dead more than three years and a half. While the pri-
soner remained outside, surrounded by his friends, he was
silent, thoughtful, and livid in his countenance, his sister
all the time hanging on his arm, in all the agony of grief,
and shedding a continual flood of tears.• After the lapse
of about a quarter of an hour, be was again brought in and
put to the bar, when Mr. Roce.as said, 4‘ Upon the best
consideration I can give to the matter, I deliver him up
to the constable, to be taken iu the quickest manner possi-
ble to Leighton Buzzard." He was accordingly removed
from the bar, and the parties left the office.

DESTRUCTION of the NEW BRUNSWICK

THEATRE, WELECLOSE-SQUARE.

CORONER'S ADJOURNED INQUEST, blaticit 14,
(Continued from our Paper of yesterday.)
_ _ _

Wm. Morgan, one of the jurymen, was next exit:trilled.
—About eight o'clock on the morning of the accident he
observed a crack or fissure sufficiently large to admit a
man's hand in the arch of the balcony near to the stage-
door; the faces of the arches were plastered; could not say
whether the fissure was in the plaister or in the briek-
work. The fissure was in the brick-work which had
nothing to do with the walls.
Mr. James Wellington, the maker of the roof of the
theatre was next examined, he deposed as follows :—I am
an iron roof manufacturer, and reside at Bristol. I had
no correspondence with the proprietors'of the New Bruns-
wick. Theatre, but received orders from Mr. John Barlow,
Dowgate-wharf, my London agent, in consequence of
which, 1 sent up an iron roof for the Theatre. The roof
was consigned to Mr. Barlow. Four of my best men
were sent to help to put it up. We are accustomed to
prove our roofs of a certain description ; but it was un-
necessary to prove this, because it was of a much stronger'
description. Our usual roofer are made of rafter bars, three
inches wide by three-eighths of an inch thick. The weigth
of customary slates for such a roof is about 7 cwt. or' 8
cwt. per square of one liundred feet, In this kind
of roof the rafters are about three feet asunder. In the'
roof I manufactured for the new Brunswick Theatre, in-
stead of the rafter being three inches by three-eighths,
they were three inches and a half wide by three-eighths
thick, and every fourth rafter was four inches wide by
three-eighths thick. The tye beams were three inches
wide by ay-re-eighths thick. Part of the braces called the
struts in our usual roots are made of three bars two inches
and a quarter wide by three-eighths thick, but in the roof
of the Theatre, these struts were made three inches wide,
by three-eighths thick, and the rafters' were only three
feet one inch and a half apart, instead of three feet six
inches, us is usual, The roof of the Brunswick Theatre
was so much stronger than ordinary roofs, that it was not
deemed necessary to prove it, before it was sent off. I
have no doubt that the roof of the Theatre would
have carried a weight of from a ton and a half to two
tons per square of, one hundred feet, if that weight
was placed on the rafter*, but no weight should have been
put on .the tie beame. The tie' beams are never prepared
or contemplated to helix any weight. I have erected large
wrought iron roofs in several places. 'the roof of the
Theatre was a large span, and I provided for it by an ex-
traordinary strength of iron. There is no person of the
name of Tomlinson connected in trade with me. There
is a person, of that name in Bristol, an iron bedstead
I maker. He was a manufacturer of iron roofs. Neither I
myself, nor any one belonging to me, gave any consent
or sanction to the proprietors of the Brunswick
theatre to attach weights to the roof. The roof was made
of good Welch iron, which is usually used in roof work.
To the best of my belief a woorlen roof to cover the theatre
would be more titan double the weight of the wrought
iron roof to put lip. The specific gravity of the root; is
the hest fixture to the walls.;The weight of roof and gutters
was from 35 to 10 tons; I never saw any weight affixed to
the tie beams of iron roofs, and therefore cannot speak po-
sitively to the effects, but I believe any considerable weight
affixed to the ties must inevitably bend and bring dawn
the roof.

Examined by Mr. Pullen. —Mr. Tomlinson, of Bris-
tol, was the original patentee of wrought iron roofs.
I made roofs under his patent for a few years. I rented
his patent, but hail no partnership with him. I used his
patent four or five years. The connection terminated about
three years ago. Mr. Tomlinson never saw this roof,
and could nut have given any opinion of it. Had Mr.
Tomlinson seen the roof, and being told of the weights to
he attached to it, he would have said it was highly improper
and dangerous. The roof was so constructed, that all
the iron work was placed edgeways.
In reply to a Juror—. Neither Mr. Maurice nor Mr. Car-
ruthers, nor any person on their behalf, applied to me, to
know if any weight might be hung to the roof. If
any inquiry was made to me as to the propriety of aus•
tending weights to the roof, I should have protested against
it as strongly as Mr. Barlow, my agent, did.
Mr. John Barlow stated that Mr. Whitwell, the archi-
tect, applied to him iu August last for an iron roof for the
Brunswick Theatre. Witness told him. that Mr. Wel-
lington, to whom lie was agent, bad a fine roof erect-
ing at Deptford Creek. Arrangements were mole that
witness should accompany the Proprietors and Mr. Whit.
well to examine the roof at Deptford Creek, and they visited
it for that peewee., In a few days after. Mr. Whitwell
gave directions that Mr. Wellington should set about
manufacturing the roof of the Theatre. The cost price
was 290/. Witness had no reason to believe that Mr. Whit-
well was to receive any thing from Mr. Wellington, whose
foreman and three men erected the roof. After the
roof was erected shout three months, some men who bad
been sent to leaks in the gutters told witness that
heavy weights went suspended to the roof, upon which he
wrote to the projector in the following terms :
Dinvgate Iron Wharf, Feb. 25.
Dear Bir—The workmen who have been employed
in opairiug the gutters et the theatre, report to me
that you are hanging . very heavy works to the iron
roof. Now as this was never contemplated in its
construction, I feel it my duty up behalf ,of Mr. Wel-
lington to disavow all responsibility as to the result
•of such a meaeure. I do nut say that the roof will
not hear it, but, as it, was not contemplated in the con-
struction or contract; it is but right that I set Mr. Wel.
lington free from all contingency by,this protest.
I am, Sire, yours, faithfully,
JOHN BARLOW.
To this letter the witness received an answer from Mr.
. Maurice, requesting him to visit the Theatre, and give his
opinion. To this request Mr. Barlow wrote the following
reply:—

AIIKSSRS. DIADJUDg AND CARRUTIIIRS.

.
Gentlemen—Not being myself a professional man, I
could not give any dictum as to the roef, if I eurveyeti it,
and having, by the order of my princpal, protested against
any weight whatever being added to it, I cannot with pro-
priety interfere further, but remind you that Mr. Welling-
ton's contract can hold him responsible, should any catas-
trophe take plate. I am, Gentlemen,
Your most obedient servant,
JOHN BARLOW.
The wirnesa further deposed, that before making a for-
ma protest to the proprietor; be bed spoken with Mr.

•
The CORONER said he would grant his warrant to oblige
Mr. Treadgold to appear with pleasure, but perhaps it was
better to postpone taking that course, until the rest of the
evidence was gone through.
Mr. Pullen said it was his intention to call three or
four of the workmen, and also to produce Mr. Carruthers
who he understood was now so much recovered that there
was every 'probability of his being able to attend en Mon-
day or Tuesday, at farthest.

It was finally agreed that the. Inquest should be post-
poned until Monday next.

MELANCHOLY EVENT.

(From the Montreal Herald, Feb. 6.)
On Sunday last a most melancholy circumstance
took place about 00 miles from this city. The day, as
Many of our readers.' will recollect, was very cold,
and at o'clock in the afternoon, a heavy shower
of snow `began to full. •• One hour before this a man
named „Bethune with . wife and her brother,
whose name is PCileoch, aud:a girl seven years of
age, also related, left the township of Godmanchester
to cross over Lake St. Francis on the ice, to Lan-
caster. The bike at this place is seven miles wide.
They had gone about half way before the snow came
on. This part of the journey they performed with-
out much difficulty, the opposite shore affording
them direction with regard to the course to pursue.
When the snow Aim falling, however, they had no
longer this advantage, and they consequently had to
travel at random. The course they took cannot
be known, but it is certain that they continued their
exertions for a long time after it was. dark. At
length the little girl sunk with fatigue and cold;
Bethune lifted her up, and stripping himself of his
coat, wrapped it round her but in vain; she expired
in the midst of his exertions to preserve her life. The
state of his wife next attracted his attention. The
drowsy weakness which betokens the approach of
the, cold to the vital parts, was now obvious
upon her, and he had the melancholy task of endea-
vouring to preserve her life. In spite of all his en-
deavours she also perished. M'Oeoch was last seen
by Bethune endeavouring to pursue his journey; but
so much weakened as to be only able to travel on
his hands and feet. The latter reached a friend's
house on the north shore about midnight, and in-
formed them of the melancholy events which we.
have just narrated. The night, however, was too
stormy for any one to attempt to go in the direr...
Lion in which he had come, even if their doing so
could have availed any thing. Next morning se-
veral people set out in search of the bodies : and soon ;
discovered those of Mrs. Bethune and the girl. It (vas
not, however, nn dl Tuesday that the body of MtGeoc h
was found. Ile had crawled in the manner we have
described about a mile and a half from the place
where Bethune last saw him—but in the very op.
posite direction from that which he ought to have
followed. What renders this the more distressing
is, the fact that the same exertion, if property di-
rected, would have brought hint fairly over. The
only survivor of this unfortunate party, in addition
to the melancholy fate of his wife and relatives,
.has
suffered severely from the cold, having been frost
bitten in several parts of his body.
One circumstance in this melancholy tragedy de-
serves to be mentioned, and adds one to the many
instances of canine fidelity. The party when they
set out had with them a dog. The faithful animal
remained all night with the corpses of the females,
and it was with difficulty that those who discovered
them in the morning were permitted to approach.