The Sun.
London, England, 1845-05-05 00:00:00

FREE-TRADE BAZAAR.

Within the last five weeks Covent-garden Theatre
has undergone a complete metamorphosis, for the
purpose of preparing it for the proposed Free-trade
Bazaar, to be held there on the 12th instant. On
Saturday evening we were admitted to a private view
of the theatre, which was lighted up for the occasion,
and presented a very splendid appearance. The entire
audience part of the house, the stage, and the scene-
room beyond, have been converted into a vast Gothic
hall, two hundred feet in length. Standing at the
entrance in the centre of the dress boxes, the eye is
struck by the magnificent effect of the old wooden
roof, very similar to that of Westminster Hall, or
King John's Palace, at Eltham. The grand hall is
terminated by a screen, and a lofty archway, in the
Tudor stylP, through which is seen a richly stained
glass window, that lights a smaller hall beyond. The
general form of the hall is not unlike that of a
cathedral. Gothic arches, supported by clustering
pillars, run round the hall, and give it a very light
and picturesque effect. The stage portion of the
theatre forms what may be termed the transepts of
the edifice, in which are several alcoves, corresponding
in style with the other parts of the building, and each
lighted by a stained glass window. Two tables
extend the entire length of the hall, for the display
of the various articles to be exhibited in the bazaar.
A. number of transparent lamps give a cheerful
appearance to the same. But the most ingenious and
novel feature in this fairy palace is the mode in which
the light is equally diffused through the roof, which
is formed of transparent painted cloth. All the shields
and scrolls in the decorations bear the device and
cognizance of the League—a wheatsheaf, with the
mottos " Free Corn," and " Free Trade." The whole
arrangements do infinite credit to the taste and
ingenuity of Mr. Grieve, from whose designs, and
under whose superintendence, it has been executed.

BRITISH AND 'FOREIGN INSTI-
TUTE, HANOVER-SQUARE.
Within the last few days the Duke of Cambridge has become a
member of this Institute; and on Saturday a dinner was given by
the President and Council to his Royal Highness, and to several
distinguished visitors. The party was of comfortable dimensions,
hardly exceeding 50 ; and the enjoyment that prevailed during the
whole of the evening, although the individuals present were as
various as could well be imagined in political sentiment, testified
very strongly that the comprehensive spirit of the Institute was
working well, and that it is possible for gentlemen to meet in
friendly brotherhood and interchange social kindnesses, however
much publicly they may be in uncivil opposition. In addition
to his Royal Highness the Duke of Cambridge, there were
present, the Right Rev. the Lord Bishop of Chiches.
ter, Lord Ashburton, Lord Lifford, Lord James Stuart,
Lord Claude Hamilton, Lord Sandon, Lord Courtenay,
Sir John Yarde Buller, Mr. Mackinnon, Mr. Hindley, Mr.
Matheson, Mr. Wentworth Lambton, Admiral Sykes, Brigadier.
General Sir Henry Pynn, Mr. Benjamin Bond Cabbell, Mohun
Lal, from Caubul ; Dr. Wolff, from Bokhara, and others. Mr.
Buckingham took occasion to state that accident alone occasioned
the absence of the Duke of Cleveland, the Marquis of Westminster,
Lord Francis Egerton, Lord Carbery, the Earl of Derby, Lord
Dacre, the Bishop of St. David's, the Speaker of the House of
Commons, the Hon. Sidney Herbert, Lord Brougham, Sir George
Staunton, Sir George Larpent, Sir Edward Codrington, and Mr.
Wynn Ellis, all of whom, as members of the Council, intended to
have been present to receive his Royal Highness.
The dinner and wines would have entitled Mr. Neale, the maitre
&hotel, to a crown of laurel, had he lived in the times of Apicius.
Nothing could have been in better taste, either as regarded the eye
or the palate. After the customary toasts had been proposed by
the President, opportunity was given for speeches by his Royal
Highness the Duke of Cambridge, the Earl of Devon, the Bishop of
Chichester, Mr. Buckingham, Lord James Stuart, Dr. Wolff, and
Mr. Mackinnon. The speakers, one and all, took occasion to ad.
vert in the most flattering terms to the success which had attended
the establishment of the Institute, how it had given introductions
to many distinguished foreigners, how it had- promoted a refined
and'lntelicetool aochdity, and how 4* had been 'a common ground
upon which gentlemen of all shades of opinion and of rank had had
personal intercourse and enjoyed the advantages incident to polite

communion.
The Bishop of CHICHESTER, In graceful terms, spoke of the
pleasure he experienced in seeing the original scheme so satisfac.
torily carried out, and emphatically eulogised Mr. Buckingham, to
whose energy, suavity of deportment, and discreet management the
Institute owes so much of its prosperity. •
Mr. BUCKINGHAM, in reply, expatiated eloquently, upon the
obligations which British travellers were under to foreigners f,r
ready and assiduous attentions; and spoke of the Institute as a
most desirable instrument for returning such kindnesses—the more
necessary as the convential rules and reset ved temperament of the
English generally (so unlike the practice and disposition abroad)
made it extremely difficult for strangers to get access to good
circles, unless peculiarly accredited. He further mentioned that
the communications which had been addressed to men of
literary and scientific distinction on the Continent, apprising
them of their being made honorary members of the Institute,
had in all cases been responded to in the most gratifying
terms; and he alluded particularly to letters received from
Humboldt, Guizot, Thiers, Arago, COUSINS, Villemain, Chateau.
briand, Lamartine, Berzelius, and Liebig, in proof of the utility
of the club, and the influence it is likely to exercise in the intellec.
tual world. As a practical illustration of its present working he
pointed to the two distinguished visitors, Mohun Lal and Dr.
Wolff, who were sitting within a few yards of him, paying at the
same time appropriate tributes to their intelligence and force '.'f
character.
To the address Dr. WOLFF made a few pertinent observations.
The speeches of the Duke of Cambridge, the Earl of Devon, and
of Lord James Stuart, tended to show that the objects of the Insti-
tute were warmly appreciated by all who were acquainted with
their spirit, and that nothing could be more satisfactory than the
results which had hitherto ensued.
At ten o'clock the company adjourned to the drawing-rooms,
where some instrumental pieces were admirably performed by
Messrs. Rousselot, Sainton, Vicutemps, Salaman, and Hill. A
3 oung gentleman of the name of Coenen, a pupil we believe of
Molique's, played a solo on the violin with great dexterity and
precision.
His Royal Highness the Duke of Cambridge did riot retire until
the riunion broke up,

HUNG E RFOR D•nRI DG E.—Yesterday, at an early
hcur, people were seen flocking from all quarters towards the new
bridge, and the turnstiles on each side were in perpetual ;notion.
Bet weer the hours of six o'clock in the morning 4nd six in the
cyping, Upwards of 56,i00 persons are said to have
passed over ; but far such a crowd we never saw so little
preparation for preserving order. In fact, at each end,
but especially on the Middlesex side, the utmost confusion pre-
vailed, and no respectable person could visit this elegant structure
without the risk of being hustled or robbed. Two policernri
would have prevented such a diagraeful seine, but 'net one was
present. Tire Dire4OrB ky4i tiiirs is not the Way to inerease
their funds.

DREADFUL CATASTROPHE AT
YARMOUTH.

ADDITIONAL PARTICULARS.
(From the Second Edition of the Norfolk News.)
One of the most calamitcus events which ever betel
this town, or any other in this district of the kingdom,
has just transpired, and has spread lamentation and grief
throughout the entire population. The scene of this
dreadful event was the Suspension-bridge, on the North
Quay, crossing the River Bure, and which has been the
entrance to the town from the railway terminus, and the
new road from Acle. Cooke's Equestrian Company has
for some time been staying in the town, and on the
morning of this fatal day it was announced by public
handbills that Nelson, one of the clowns, would sail up
the River Bore, starting from Yarmouth-bridge, to
Vauxhall-gardens, at five o'clock, in a common washing
tub, drawn by four " real geese," elegantly harnessed
and caparisoned. At the time appointed, this absurd
exhibition took place. The clown and his geese started
from the Old Bridge in the presence of an immense
concourse of persons, who had assembled en the
banks of the river to witness the feat. On his
arrival at the mouth of the Bure, a current took
him towards Braydon, whence he was obliged to
be towed back to the union of the two streamaj
The multitude of persons along the North Quay was I
greatly increased by the rush from the Old Bridge, and
every spot where a view of Nelson and his geese could
be obtained, was filled with spectators. By far the most '
advantageous view was had from the Suspension-bridge,
acid this was eagerly sought for by the unsuspecting
populace. About four hundred persons occupied this
position, and were pressing on the south-side to obtain
the first glance of the coming wonder. The bridge is an
elegant structure, suspended from two piers, and capable
of standing a much larser number of persons than that
we have named, but we understand every point of vision
towards the spot where the geese were to be looked for,
was densely crammed with men, women, and children,
and even the chains and suspenders had many occupants.
This is the bridge which has been the cause of so much
litigation between the Yarmouth Railway Company
and Mr. Cory, its proprietor, and which has, since
the arrangement with the parties, become the prin-
cipal, if not the only medium of transit to and from
the railway terminus. In order' to accommodate this
increased traffic, the proprietors have been induced to
extend the bridge on each side the chains, to the extent
of four feet, for foot passengers, and the platform on the
south side was the chief receptacle for the multitude
who were on the bridge on this, occasion ; the north
side was comparatively empty, consequently there was
an extreme pressure on the south—so much so, that a
gentleman who passed over, noticed that the crown
of the bridge, instead of maintaining its convex form,
was completely flattened. lie remarked the circum-
stance to a companion, but at this moment all eyes were
stretched to the utmost, and every ear listening with
eagerness for the first announcement of the clown's
appearance. This anxiety was br,•ught to its highest
pitch by the cry of " Here come the geese." The
shout resounded from side to side ; but amidst was a
shriek from the shores ; the bridge was observed to
give way ; it lowered on one side ; the chains snapped
asunder, one after another in momentary succession, and
almost before the gaze of the thronging multitude could
be drawn from its object of worthless interest it was ii •
vetted to the half sunken bridge—suspended on one side
by its unbroken chains—cleared of all its occupants—
every one of whom were plunged into the stream, and
over them the waters were flowing as if unconscious of
the fearful tragedy which had momentarily occurred.
Those who witnessed it assert that not a scream was
heard, nor a sound emitted from the unfortunate
victims. A fearful splash and a few gurgling
struggles only recognised the spot which had swal-
lowed such a mass of human life. Some few men
banging by the broken chains were earnestly entreated
to maintain their hold, but it was soon observed that in
consequence of the obstruction of the stream by the fallen
bridge, and the human bodies below, that the advancing
tide would soon bury even them from sight. Every
boat was immediately in requisition, and as many as 25
were soon on the spot, and rendered active and gallant
service. The scene at this moment beggars description
—husbands and wives, parents and children, were
excited with the deepest anxiety. The efforts to
save the victims were noble and praiseworthy. One
man who was precipitated from the bridge caught
a hold and maintained it—a female made a desperate
clutch at his ancles, and succeeded in reaching them.
The brave fellow looked down, and though in fearful
peril himself encouraged her to hold ta,;ht, and she
was rescued. The man refused to get into the boat,
telling the occupants to pick up those who were float-
ing about the river—subsequently, however, he was
obliged to release his hold, and he fell into the stream.
We are happy to say that a rope was thrown to him
immediately, and he was brought safely ashore. The
bodies were picked up in quick succession, most of them
dead. Among the number was a woman—doubtless a
mother, who had in her arms an infant, and in one hand
a little girl three or four years old—she had firmly
grasped both, and her firm hold had not been broken by
the struggles of death, for it was with difficulty they
were separated. They were all corpses and very stiff.
Their names we have not been able to learn. The va-
rious
incidents of the tragic scene are some or them very
:ouching. The children were many of them found with
their heads fast in the railing, (which on the bursting of 1
the chains lapped over into the water), doubtless fixed
in that position in their anxiety to feast their eyes on
the expectant sight. It was with difficulty they were
extricated, and there were some discovered with their
heads smashed to pieces by the falling of the iron-work.
Mr. F. N. Palmer, surgeon, was amongst the parties
rescued, but at first there was seine doubt as to whether
he was dead or not; by proper attention, however, being
paid to him, he was s 3 far restored at ten o'clock
as to be considered out of danger. Many e thers were
also restored by similar means. Barrels of hot watt r
were sent from the brew. orrice of the Messrs. Lacon, to
Mr. Laws', of the Norwich Arms Inn, where the scene
was most dreadful. The kitchen, the tap-room, and
other rooms, with the stables, were filled with victims.
As many as ten or a dozen were ultimately restored, but
no less than 53 corpses were brought iuto that house,
and which defied all the means of restoration ; others
were taken t' other public-houses in the neighbourhood,
but not in very considerable numbers. We lament, how-
ever, to say, that of the number who had been taken out
of the river at eleven o'clock at night, the eyes of 73
were for ever closed in death. Tire great majority Of
them are women and children. About 30 umbrellas
were taken on shore. Persons whose relatives and
whose children were down to see the sight, on hearing
of the catastrophe, flocked from all parts of the
town to make inquiries, and to examine the dead
bodies, fathers and mothers were moaning for their
children, and children for their parents, husbands for
their wives, and the awfully distressing scene was such
that no description can do justice to. The bodies were
removed by the relations as they were recognised, and
at twelve o'clock only ono body remained in the Norwich
Arms stables, that had not been recognised. With the
exception of this, who is supposed to be a waterman,
named Ecclestone, all the rest have been removed.
Several bodies are said to have passed under the bridge,
and it seems to be impossible to remove them without
-Teat violence, or, as our informant says, " pulling them
sub from limb." Nets have been laid down across
eae river, by Richard Hammond, Esq., and Mr. Davy,
ead were to be taken up on the flow of the tide, at two
•'cloak, when it is expected that many other bodies
mill be brought up—for it is thought that there are
many other persons drowned whose bodies are not yet
recovered, and inquiries are perpetually being made by
parents and relations who have missed members of their
family, the fate of whom is unquestioned. The excite-
ment in the town is very considerable, but yet not so
great, at the hour we are writing, as might have been
expected. The haven and pier commissioners assembled
at the office of Mr. Cory, late last evening, but their pro
ceedings were brief and private, and the meeting ad-
journed to this morning. It is said that the coachman
of H. N. Burrcughs,Esq., M.P., of Burlingham, is missing,
and it is feared he has experienced the common fate,
but no such body, that we can learn, has been picked up.
The clothes of the poor unfortunates arc mostly all lying
in a room in the Norwich Arms. Numbers of bonnets,
dresses, shoes, and a large heap of garments, which will
be given up to the relatives in the morning. The pro-
fessional gentlemen of the town were in immediate at-
tendance and rendered all the aid which human ingenuity
could suggest,.
(From the Norwich Mercury of May 3.)
The distressing intelligence was instantly transmitted
to Norwich by the electric telegraph, and a special train
was as immediately sent off, containing the manager
at the station and other persons. The tidings soon
spread, and the station was not only soon filled, but a
large number of persons awaited outside the result of
the communications which Mr. lloratio Bolingbroke, one
of the Directors, and Mr. Birkett, the brother-in-law of
Mr. Peto, were making with the Yarmouth station, re-
garding the extent of the calamity. Persons also who
had relations or friends in Yarmouth were constantly
arriving until ten o'clock and after, sending messages
by telegraph to inquire for the safety of their friene's,
and it is but due to the two gentlemen to say that they
were most anxious to afford every facility and accommo-
dation. The first intelligence was telegraphed at fifty
minutes after five, and instantly express messages were
sent into the city, and to the journals, communicating the
intelligence. When we left the station at ten o'clock,
numbers were still there, making inquiries and receiving
replies. To the gentlemen we have named, and to all
the establishment, we are much obliged for the civility
and attention paid to our inquiries and the facilities
afforded us.
The escape of some was miraculous, One woman,
of the name of Gillings, the wife of a carpenter, was
on the bridge with her child ; when she was
hurled into the water, with extraordinary presence of
mind she seiz, d her child's clothes with her teeth, ar.d
paddled herself to a place of safety.
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moll lhaenry,
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excitedas
one safely emerging from the
sandsthronged the North Quay—messen-
ccroogwnids. cognised
Thousands missing
gers were dispatched in all directions to procure medical
aid, and the communication with the west side of the
water being cut off, hundreds wereleft in painful stlee
pshenorsee.re
sPNocethtiiknlgg those who were
could exceed thesparroemopnti
tide,
thel oapetpiolsitlyte,
and attention of the
surgeonsi
town, all of whom were in al e,g cl medical men of the
all they could to afford reliertoeiat
seuattendance,
the
slightest chance of resuscitation appeared.c rs t
tr e r A.her doinge h e
Ir. Lacon and a number of the persons employed in
his brewery were exceedingly Leave in supplying hot
water for baths from their brewery, which is not far
distant. All the blankets from the union house that
could possibly be spared, were in re quielrlon.
.The search Per hacked was continued till about half-past
nsne Arlock, wben the boats were compelled to desist,
but before the turn of the tide note were placed on each
side of the bridge to prevent, if Tensible, any of the
bodies not yet recovered being cart it d out to sea by the
OM a the current) which is very strong.
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On this side the bridge the greater n
to the Norwich Arms Inn, where there ww...40,7 e
fifty-three corpses. Others were .take' it " ral
Collingwood and to the Swati, an o own
houses. Not a few of those ,y4rfineittl the
water went away unnoticed," '"their number is un-
known. Up to a late hour last night, it was ascertained
that seventy-five dead bodies had been taken out of the
water ; and up to midnight, from the inquiries made, it
was ascertained that forty-five others were missing.
Among the latter I have been able to obtain the fol-
lowing name] :—Caroline, daughter of William Church,
aged 16; James Church, aged 34; John Seaman, 11,
son of Daniel Seaman; Matthew Barney, Daniel Powley,
Richard Powley, Elizabeth Powley, Mrs. Morgan, Mrs.
Ditcham, a daughter of Mr. Robert Crow; a child of
Mr. Robert Adams, a son of William Duffield, broker ;
an old man named Gilbert, and two children of Mr.
Gotts, excise officer.

By far the greater number of those lost were females
and children. James Marshall, 16, escaped with a
wound in the scalp. Two boys named Honorley, aged
12 and 17, were taken home ; the young:r died last
evening, the elder is likely to recover.
Among the dead I have not been able to ascertain sa-
tisfactorily many of the parties. Mr. D. Little has lost
one child, Mr. Livingston one if not two, Mr. Borking,
dyer, a daughter ten years old, Mr. R. L. Utting, a
daughter, 16. It is in vain, till the coroner's inquest, to
hope to furnish you with an nuthtntic list of names, and
any other would be mischievous.
All the bodies, except one alich has not been identi-
fied, have been removed to their respective homes.
Th 7 const,. million which pervat:es the a hole mass of
our population—the intense 'e;rief into which alince4
every one we meet is plunged-7eemed to defy our at-
tempts to procure au. Lentie information. 'lbis diffi-
culty is materially enhanced from the inability which
has prevailed to identify many of the bodies. I have
carcely met any person who has not either directly or
relatively been bereaved or thrown into a state of painful
suspense. _

When the multitudes who lined the banks of the river
first heard the shrieks from the bridge, they mistook
them for cheers to hail the approach of the aquatic tra-
veller, and turned to look away from the scene of despair
to the obj ct that had brought them tog( ther only
to be turned suddenly back on the scene of desolation.
At the time of the occurrence, two gentlemen in a gig
came through the toll gate, and so near were they in
being involved in the melancholy catastrophe, that we
are credibly informed the horse had actually stepped on
the end of the bridge, but being suddenly pulled back
on the first announcement of alarm, they were most pro-
videntially saved.
The haven and Pier Commissioners, as many as could
be got together, met at the office of their clerk, Mr.
Tolver, about ten o'clock, and adjourned to an early
hour this morning, to take some steps about the bridge•.
It will be gratifying to the parents and friends of the
children in the Proprietary Grammar School to learn
that they are all safe. We have also inquired at Mr.
I'lummer's school, and find that in consequence of t' e
rain the little boys were not allowed to go out ; four Of
the biggest boys who went to witness the exhibition re-
turned quite safe.

YARMOUTH, FOUR o'CLocK.—The scene at the broken
bridge at this moment is one of the most heart-harrowing
it has ever been our lot to witness. Before the faintest
approach of, morning, a number of boatmen and others
have been most actively engaged endeavouring to find
the bodies of the missing persons, and their efforts have
been in some degree successful, as three more bodies
have been discovered. The banks of either side of the
sir. am, even at this hour, are crowded with an expectant
and anxious throng who await in breathless anxiety the
enrts of the boatmen, anticipating in every fresh endea-
vour to recognise the features of some beloved object.
On one side may be seen a group of pale and weeping
women with tearful eyes watching the progress of the
search, and on the other a. group of hardy seamen, their
strong frames convulsed with emotion as they clasp in
their arms the dripping corpse of some favourite child,
and carry it just as it has been lifted from the water to
their homes. Indeed a more distressing scene than the
present, or a catastrophe more horrible in its COMO..
quences, it has never been our lot to witness. Every side
wherever the beholder turns, the same frightful prospect
of human suffering is apparent.
It is generally supposed that many persons n he, were
standinc, on the edge of the bridge, or cn that, portion
allotted to foot passengers, when the accide:it occurred,
clasped the hand-rails, and were precipitc.ted head fore-
most into the stream, and became entangled among the
broken balustrales. The body of a little girl, the
daughter of a man named George Parker, a coal-heaver,
has just been brought out. The bodies are so swelled
arid distorted that in many cases identification has been
extremely difficult. One of the nets has just been
drawn, but this contained no bodies. Two or three
corpst s have been found lying entangled with some of
the iron-work about the centre of the stream. When
our express left, they were extricating the bodies, and
drawing the other nets.

Among those that have been recovered are Mr. F. N.
Palmer, surgeon, Mrs. 1). Little, Mrs. Livingston, Fre-
derick Dye, 16, taken to the hospital with injury to the
knee and leg, Dye, North end, with a fractured kg,
a young man named Simmons, whose leg was also frac-
tured in extricating it from the bonded iron of the
bridge with a crow bar. Mr. '..iloman's son Fmk has
been rcovered, but his servant, Moss, is still missing.
One or two circumstances demand 4, tassing glance—
one, th::: state of the bridge. That stlucturc was erected
by the late Robert Cory, Esq., in. lieu of the ancient
ferry across the Bure, of which he was possessed, and
was opened on the 23:1 of April, 1829, and suspended
from a chain on either side, attached to four pedestals or
piers, also of iron, and fastened to abutmt nt st-nes.
In April, 1544, in contemplation of increased traffic to
the railway, in order to afford sufficient width for car-
riages to pass, a platform for foot passengers was erected
outside the bats on tither side, it being the intention of
the proprietors, on completing an arrangement with the
railway company, and obtaining an Act of Parliament
which has been applied for this session, to erect a new
arched stone bridge. The immense weight of the thickly
congregated mass being thrown on one side of the bridge
caused the calamity.
A gentleman who was present on both occasions
assures us that the crowd assembled on the bridge to
witness the return of Royall, Mapes, and Hall, from
Norwich assizes, was much greater than at this time, but
that then the weight was distributed more equally
over the surface.
Many questions have been asked as to how far it was
the duty of the police to have prevented such numbers
assembling on the bridge. To this we cannot venture a
reply. It is not attempted to be denied that a large body
of the police were in attendance on both sides of the
river, where danger seemed most to be anticipated, to
prevent, if possible, any accident ; their error, if such
it should be called, seems to have ben one of judgment,
not of neglect of duty, and had the accident not hap.
pened, probably no observation would have been made.
By this event the traffic to the railway terminus has
been considerably impeded, there being now no other
means of communication than a ferry boat across from
Limekiln wharf.

LATRST PARTICULARS.
(From the Fifth Edition of the Norfolk News.)
The following is the best list which has been produced
of the names of the unfortunate sufferers. It was pre-
pared by Serjeant Willament, and presented to the
Magistrates at their meeting this morning:—
Sasan Mayers, aged 9 ; Maria Stolworthy, 14; Maria
Juniper, 9 ; a daughter of D. Little, 15 ; Maria Ed-
wards, 12 ; Hannah Field, 8 ; Mary Ann King, 8 ;
Sarah Utting ; Fulcher, 18 ; Eliza Hatch, 12 ;
Durrant ; Burton ; Trory ; High ; Miss
Johnson ; Caroline Anger, 16 ; Eliza Duffield, 10 ;
Harriett Bussey, 24 ; Matilda Livingstone, 6 ; Ann
Maria Seotter, 20 ; William Lynes, 6 ; Thomas John-
son, 8 ; William Tennant, 10 ; Harriett Tann, 13 ;
Clara May, 20 ; Sarah llunn, 14 ; Charles Dye, 2 ;
William Hindle, 10 ; Eppy Thorpe, 11 ; Caroline
Church, 16 ; Rachel Vincent, 20 ; Caroline Parker, 8 ;
Sarah Gilbert, 12 ; Benjamin Dye, 9 • Walter Watts ;
Philip Livingstone, 9 ; Barking ; Eliza Hunnerable;
Robert Moss, 26 ; Daniel Ebbage ; Miss Johnson ;
William Grimmer, 8 ; Horace Fox, 20 ; Richard Row-
ley, 4 ; Elizabeth Crowe, 11 ; Burton ; Betsey Mor-
gan, 62 ; Mary Ann Jenkerson, 10 ; John Tennant, 12;
Mary Ann Lake, 2 ; Christopher Barber, 11 ; Eliza
Powlry, 21 ; Eliza Conyers, 13 ; Sarah Ann Butti-
fant, 18. _

A lady, dressed iu mourning, with a gnld watch sus-
pended by a ql' chain.
TWELVE O'CLOCK.

Tbr, number of dead bodies actually ascertained at
this hour was 90. Before our reporter left the Yarmouth
station the number was stated to be 104.
At Once o'clock it was impossible to tell exactly the
number of persons dead. Several had recovered that
had been reported as dead, and some few had died
whom it was thought were not dead ; but as near gui
could be ascertained the number of the dead was 93.

JURY LIST.
The following gentlemen were impannelled
:
Samuel T. Palmer, Esq., Foreman.
Mr. John Ncrman, Mr. ames Pratt, Mr. Garwood
B. Palmer, Mr. William Spillings, Mr. Charles Wolver-
ton, Mr. James Emms, Mr. Math Blowers, fir. John
Stagg, Mr. Thomas Davy, Mr. John Orfeur, Mr. John
Fenn, Mr. William Smith, Mr. Charles Barber, Mr.
Joseph Davy, Mr. William Hallett, Mr. J. Eastmore
Lawes, and Mr. Edward Garrod.
After the jury had been sworn, at the suggestion of
the Coroner the investigation was adjourned till Mon-
day (this day).

LATEST PARTICI:LAE S.
SUNDAY.—Ore hundred and thirteen bodies have been
already taken out of the river; the number will probably
be 130 to 140, as many are uder the bridge, as well as
those who have been carried up the river.
The bridge has fallen down on the side nearest Brey-
don, and forms a complete barrier to tje stream and
navigation.

The excitement and sympathy riccasioned by this
painful disaster continues unabated ; the trains ate over-
flowing.

MEMOIRS OF PRINCE CHARLES STUART.—We are
requested to stWe, that M:r. Celburn, of Great Marl-
borough-street, has this. -day published " 'Memoirs of
Prince Charles Stuart, commonly ealh d the Young Pre-
tender, with Notices of the Rebellion in 1745," by Charles
Louis Mose, in 2 vols.' Bvo., with portrait, 245.
bound, which can now be had ofall booksellers. Mr. Colhurn
has also just published-2. Adventures in Georgia, C:r-
cassia, and Russia, by Lieut.-Col. G. Poulett Cameron.
&c., 2 vols., 21s. bound. 3. Peninsular Sketches,
edited by W. 11. Maxwell, Esq , author of " Stories of
Waterloo," &c., 2 vols.. 21s. bound. 4. A second edition
of The Crescent and the Cross, by Eliot Warebu)rtuone,
Esq., 2 vols., with illustrations, 21s
bound.
si:lrs.'bOund.
of Wellington's hlaxims and Opinionsvo:_,s.,
es_t_
nt.
G. Revavions of Spain in 1845, by t 1?
0 vols., 019. bound; and 7. Three I ca.rs in Constantinople;.
or, Domestic Manners of the Turli-s, by Charles Whit:,
Rsq., 3 vols., with 34 illus'sations, 31s. 6d, trund.

LAW INTELLiGENCE.
COURT OF CHANCERY, May 3.
The LORD CHANCELLOR sat in his private room this
day, with the Master of the Rolls and Chief Justice
Tindal, and proceeded with the long-pending argument
respecting the crown jewels.
Sir C. Wetherell and Mr. F. Kelly (who spoke for
four days) have been heard on the part of the King of
Hanover, and the solicitor-General for the Queen.
Sir T. WILDE commenced his argument on the same
side this morning, and had not concluded when their
Lordships rose.

COURT OF QUEEN'S BENCH, May 3.
(Sittings in Banco.)
THE QUEEN V. GREGORY.
The defendant in this case had been indicted for hav-
ing published certain libels against his Highness the
Duke of Brunswick, and upon that indictment the de-
fendant was convicted ; but a motion was subsequently
made to the Court to arrest the judgment, on two
grounds—first, that it was not shown that before the in-
dictment was preferred any recognizances to prosecute
had been entered into ; and, secondly, that from the re-
cord it appeared that the recognizances had been entered
into at a time subsequently to that when the indictment
was preferred. The indictment was dated before the
recognizances, but they were, in fact, taken before the
indictment was preferred.
The COURT took time to consider the question.
This morning Lord DENMAN delivered the judgment
of the Court. He stated that the question was, whether
the judgment against the defendant ought not to be
arrested, in consequence of the indictment not having
stated that the prosecutor had entered into recognizances
to prosecute the defendant before the grand jury had
found the bill. Their Lordships considered it to be un-
necessary that the caption should state that recognizances
had been entered into ; that allegation, therefore, not
appearing, was not a sufficient ground why the judgment
should be arrested ; but supposing the omission of that
allegation to be an error, it was upon the face of the
record, of which, of course, the usual and customary
advantage might be taken. Ile then came to the other
objection, which was this, that if no recognizances had
been entered into before the time when the indictment
was found by the grand jury, the Court ought to quash
the indictment. The Court had considered this question
to be one of a difficult nature, and had therefore taken
time for consideration. The Central Criminal
Court Act had given large powers to the
grand jury, and it was a provision that no Bill
should be presented to the grand jury unless the party
who prosecuted should previously have entered into re-
eognizances to prosecute at the sessions, thereby intend-
ing that the recognizances should be entered into
at some previous sessions. An application had
been made in one instance to the Lord Chief
Justice of the Court of Common Pleas to
permit parties to be examined and enter into recogni-
zances at the same sessions, before the indictment was
preferred, and this had been done in order that the re-
quisitions of the statute might be complied with; but
Lord Chief Justice Tindal would not allow it, and he
(Lord Denman) and the rest of the judges, considered
that the Lord Chief Justice hail done right, but did not
consider that he intended to give any opinion upon the
construction of the statute, or that the decision amounted
to a declaration that the omission of such a preliminary
proceeding on a bill found by the grand jury, and which
was correct in all other respects, would for that reason
only be a void indictment. That case, therefore, would
not bind the Court, and this rule must be discharged.
WILLIAMS v. THE QUEEN.
Mr. C. EDWARDS made an application for a rule to
show cause why the judgment given in this case for the
Crown should not be arrested. The now plaintiff in
error had been tried and convicted upon an indictment
charging him with having stolen a horse, a saddle, and
bridle, and he was therefore sentenced to be transported
for fifteen years. He submitted that neither the indict.
ment nor the conviction would support the sentence. It
was not alleged by the indictment that the prisoner hail
committed an offence " against the form of the statute."
Looking, therefore, at the indictment, no one one could
say that the offence was other than one at common law;
there might, therefore, be a conviction for sterling any
pile of the three article,, which might amouet only to a
I.teeny, and then the prisoner would not be subject to so
lard A punishment.
Lord EN)L stated the opinion of the Court to be,
that this wa,3 an offence at common law—that the punish-
ment alone was Altered by the statute, which it was not
necessary to allege.—Judgment fur the Crown.

BAIL COURT, May 3.
THE QUEEN P. MEYER.
The dofendant in this ease had been committed for
trial on a charge of having violently assaulted his bro-
but under circumstances of great provoca
tio:!, by Mr. Twyford, one of t' magistrates at the
Poliec-court. ITh the day after the de-
fi,ridant*,; commitment Mr. Clarki.on applied to this
(!Gurt, and obtained a writ of habeas corpus to bring up
the body of the defendant--a writ of certiorari to remove
the depositions taken against the defendant into this
Court—and also a rule calling upon the prosecutor to
thow ause why the defendant should not be discharged
roue custody, on his entering into such recognizances as
the Court might direct, after having before it the who!e
facts a the case. Yesterday the defendant was brought
tip untl,r the writ of habeas, when
Mr. who appeared on the part of the
prosecution, said he hal no uppcsition to make to the
patties whom the ttsfendant had proposed as his bsil.
The rctptired recootnizlimes Si ere then entered into,
and the defendant was disc liarged feotn custody.

IMPORTANT TO WLICITORS.
Mr. CROMPTON said he had been in .tructed by the
solicitor to the Commissioners' of Stamps and Taxes to
apply to his lordship for a rule to show cause why an
attorney should not be struck off tte rolls, whose name
it was not necessary to mention, aril to whom not tie
slightest misconduct was imputed by the party by whom
he was instructed. The circumstances which gave rise
to the application were briefly these:—The gentleman
had been admitted an attorney of the County Palatine
lourt of Lancaster, having previously served his clerk-
ship under articles which bore a stamp of 60/. only, that
being all that was necessary to entitle him to admission
to practise in that court. He had since been anxious to
be admitted to practise in the superior courts, and to
enable him to do so, had paid an additional sum of 604
making in the whole the amount required on the articles
of clerkship of parties seeking such admission; the ques-
tion, however, was as to the right construction of the
Stamp Act, and whether that act did not require that,
notwithstanding he had already paid 601., he must now
pay the whole sum of 1201. in order to enable him to be
admitted an attorney of the superior courts at West-
minster, and the present application was made in order
to obtain the opinion of the Court as to the construction
of the statute. Mr. Justice Coleridge granted a rule to
show cause.

ARCHES' COURT; May 3.
SUSPENSION OF A CLERGYMAN FOR THREE YEARS.—
At the sitting of this Court, Sir H. J. Fust pro-
nounced sentence in the case of " The office of the
Judge promoted by Towers v. the Rev. Mr. Hurst."
The Learned JUDGE said it was a proceeding against
the Rev. John Hurst, the rector of Feniton, in the dio-
cese of Chichester, and instituted by the Rural Dean,
charging, by articles, the defendant with adultery, in-
continence, obscene language, &c. The Court would
not go into a detail of the grossly inch cent conduct of
the reverend gentleman. It would avoid referring at
length to the charge. The first charge was that of adul-
tery with Mrs. Dolman, the wife of a labourer in the
employ of the Rev. Mr. Hurst. It appeared from her
evidence that her husband was committed, on a charge
of stealing, to Lewes Gaol, for two or three months—
that she was left destitute with her children—that the
defendant, taking advantage of her state, visited her at
her cottage, and induced her to commit the crime of adul-
tery. The woman in this first charge came forward and
avowed her own shame; and it was clear, too, there was a
feeling of animosity on her part, the rev. gentleman having
subsequently put in a distress for rent. The husband of
Mrs.Dolman also came forward as a witness, but it did not
appear that he had connived at his wife's guilt. If the
evidence upon this part of the case could not be im-
peached, there was not a doubt but the Rev. Gentleman
had been guilty of adultery with Mrs. Dolman. She de-
posed to receiving presents of money, &c., from the Rev.
Mr. Hurst, " in order to induce her to give way to his
desires." Then there was the charge of adulterous con-
nexion with his servants. Mrs. Hurst slept apart, and it
was proved that he would leave his bedroom at night
and go to the servants' room, and sleep with two of them
in one bed. This was sworn to by the youngest servant,
who slept in a bed in the same room. She had sworn
that he attempted to get into bed with her ; that he used
coercion, hot that she resisted, and then he went and got
into the other bed where her two fellow-servants were.
The credit of this witness had been impeached, as she
had remained in the service of the Rev. Mr. Hurst for
fourteen weeks afterwards, but the fact appeared to be
that she would have had no home to go to if she had left
rfinediately, as the Rev. Gentleman had threatened to turn
tier father and mother out of the cottage they occupied
it she went. This witness dirt tell 'SIC& Hurst of the
eonduet of the husband in attempting. to get into her bQd.
said she could not helpit. If there was not any
truth in the charge of adultery committed, as alleged,
by the Rev. Mr: Hurst with the
htwo servants,, why did
Ito not call them to disprove the charge? Mr. Hurst had
not called a single witness aseteo is. general conduct.
There was ample proof of adultery,lesin.contmency, and
indecent language to otherir ffurlyaprov,ed indeed of such
gross immorality as must, tend to bring
scandal upon the church, anti which called imperatively
lion the Court to administer the law to check such
coudaet.
The COURT had no doubt that the Rev. Mr. Hurst had
Levu guilty of nearly all the heinous conduct Put
to him. The Court had the power of deprivation.m (4
that there sys now no question. If incontinence would
lead to deprivation the commis non of adultery ought to
410
so The paishioners of the parish left the church
in consequence ri the conduct of Mr. Hurst, and since
he was inhibited from doing duty it appears they had
returned. This showed the feelings of the parish upon
the subject. Looking to the decisions in former cases
the Court thought that though this was not a ease in
ehich deprivation shouldlir! declared, still it was one in
which a suspension for time ;ears ho pro-
nounced. The Court was raixionS to sire the rev. grim-
tlsman time for reformation, so that might return to
his parish; and recollecting that no tartl.ier charge
bee had
been made against him during the period he n
suspended from doing duty in the church (about seven
months already) the Court would direct the suspension
for three years, and the payment of all the costs of the
suit.

BRISTOL SEGA& MARKET, AIAY 2 —ll e have had
a very dull we °k in sugars, the trade being fairly stocked, but no
general decline i. t prices can be quoted, although, as usual in a flat
market, the turn is in favour of the buyer. Refined goods exceed-
ingly scarce and Attsch wanted, very little offering under 70s.
Crushed lumps and t'coscle in good demand at extreme rates.—Bris-
tol Mercury.

POLICE INTELLIGENCE.
(SATURDAY.)
GUILDHALL. _

A disagreeable-looking fellow, named Thomas Agnew, I
in the employ of Mr. Pearce, a painter i i Ironmonger-
lane, was charged with having committa the following
outrage upon her Majesty's subjects.
On Friday afternoon the prisoner w t painting the
fronts of some houses in Alderman's-row, Old Broad-
street, when a pot which contained paint, and which was
standing on the pavement, was partly upset by two fe-
males who were passing along. The prisoner instantly
caught it up, and, without the slightest ceremony, threw
the contents of it indiscriminately about ; the result of
which was, that portions of the paint went upon an in-
fant's face, a little boy had his clothes completely
spoiled by the paint, and a gentleman had his attire
nearly sharing the same fate. Instead of apologising
he displayed the coolest impudence when he was given
into custody.
The prisoner said it was the women's fault ; if it had
not been for them be should not have thrown the paint.
Mr. Alderman HUMPHERY—What business had you
to throw it about at'all? You might have blinded several
persons with your malicious attack. You are a very bad
fellow, and for this assault I fine you 51., or three months'
imprisonment.