Star.
London, England, 1828-04-10 00:00:00

MIDDLESEX SESSIONS.

Charles Beswicl.• and 1 lal.lhide were indicted yes•
terday, together with a person named Dixon, who is not
in custody, for a conspiracy with intent to defraud the
creditors of Charles Besu ick.

Mr. AD;LPIIUS appeared for the prosecution ; and
the Honourable Mr. LAW, with Mr. PRENDERGAST for
the two defendants.

The circumstances of the case, as stated for the pro-
secution, were these:—The defendant Beswick was a
working lapidary, and getting into insolvent circum-
stances, was advised by Dixon how to Face: d, in order
to get rid of his debts. In accordance with this ad.
vice he gave Dixon his acceptance for 111, upon which
the latter arrested him. Beswick was possessed of
some valuable furniture, which he sent prior to his ar-
rest to the premises of Ilalf hide, and then petitioned the
Insolvent Debti:rs'Court to be discharged under the Act.
When be appeared before the Court, however, the debt
to Dixon,upon which he had been arrested,was discovered
to be fictitious, and the petition was dismissed. As soon as
he left the Court, Dixon gave him his discharge, and he
went home. Soon alterwards, however, he was again at-
rested at the suit of a bonajde creditor, and again applied
to the Insolvent Debtors'Court for his discharge under the
Act. On this occasion, the debt to Dixon was altogether
omitted, and the furniture was stated to be in the pos-
session of Ilalthide, who had a lien upon it for money
advanced by him. Owing to some errors in the kir:-
dule, the prisoner was remanded, and then his creditori
struck a docket against him, and fialfhicle was applieii
to under the commission of bankruptcy relative to the I

furniture, which was still in his possession. HAlfbide
then said that he had no lien on the goods, bat that he
required to be paid at the rate rf S.. 6d. per week is
warehruse room GI them. The ass:7nees paid Ifni the
sum requited, t•eitig ov,-t 6/. and to,,k the furniture, and
in consequence of these ttanbactinns the present indict,
nsent wa, instituted.

The Learned Coumel then called a great many lit,
nesses in suppott of his case.
The CHAIRMAN sad that he saw no cite to go totht
Jury, who accordingly returned a verdict of not

THE BRUNSWICK THEATRE.

ADJOURNED INQUEST._

After a rece:.sof nearly a fortnighr, the proceedingsin this melanc:toly case i% ere resumed yesterday MOr".•
sworn,
11 the office of the Sari
and deposed to the fol.
lowingeffect :—I shortly John
vcyor
roofs have been placed on buildings erected by ordtr of
Government. I was sent by the Comptroller of tke
Barrack Department, in March, 1821, to survey anima
roof whi..h had been placed on the walls of the North
Cavalry Barrack, Glasgow, sa !rich had fallen in them,
gress of being covered in with slates. It had beau
only covered half way whin it fell. The rod- was fifty.
five feet in the clear. When the roof fell it carried with
it the inner walls, but not the ontsi.le walls. After iu„
spectirig the fallen roof, I ordered a wooden roof to be
placed on the walls. I heard that the iron roof had bees
supplied through Mr. Smith, of Old Swan Stairs.
Mr. Barlow, Agent to Messrs. Wellington, of Bristol,
produced a model of the iron roof.
A long and rather warm discu sion here took plate
he,weett the Coroner and Mr. Hill, in allusion to the
failure of the roof cf the Glasgow Barracks, the lasses
contending, that if this was brought forward with
view to iouud any charge against the contractors fa
the roof of the Brunswick Theatre, it was necessary that
a full and thorough invetigatinn should t.ke place...
The Coroner, on the other hand, insisted on his right to
obtain whatever evidence he might think becessary,
without any regard tn private interests. fie sat there to
see that justice :vas done to all parties, an behalf of his
King and Country, an i he was not obliged to explaia
his motives tb any one, in respect of the course that he
should pursue in the investigation, whether it lasted for
a month or for a year.
Mr. Thomas Moraman, ironfounder—l have sees
Part of the materials which composed the roof of the
late Theatre, and am of opinion that the iron roof wit
of a good description.
Mr. Boycd, in answer to a question from Mr. HILL
said, that the plan of the roof of the Bruiiswir k Theatit
was far superior to the one he had suraeyed at tba
Glasgow Barracks—the roof was capable of hearing
moderate dead weight, but a vibrating weight %vomie!
be dangerous. lie would coves a large building %v.
a roof of this description. •
By Mr. PVLLEN.-11 you had to cover a Tiled
would you prefer an iron roof?
Witness—Most decidedly not, being aware that gre.
weights are suspended to these reofs.

Mr. Richardson, gas fitter to the Theatre, here d
scribed the way in which the weights were Ali
to the roof.

Mr. N.idt and Mr. S•nirke having been sworn, they
staled that they had received a communication Iron
the Secretary of State for the Home Department. ii
consequence of which they surveyed the ruins and wall+
and beams of the late Theatre in Wells•street. Th

paper now produced to them is their report after
the ,urvey.

The Report was then read, and was to the follow-
ing erect:—" After a careful inspection of the ruins
of the late Brunswick Theatre, and of the drawings of
its construction submitted to us. and also having read
the •arious depositions made concerning it, we are of
opinion, that the principle on which the roof was con-
structed was unsafe, injudicious, and improper for a
Ti'eat•e; that the walls o ere not in a condition CO sup•
port the weight which it was necessary to charge upon
them ; that many portions of the Boor of the different
tiers of boxes, and of the gallery, and the manner is
wirich it was supported, were weak and improperly
executed. It is, however, impossible for us to point out
which of those causes it w.s is Inch occasioned the de.
struction of the Theatre ; but, from the account gives
to us by several of the deriositinns, describing the use
that was made of the roof, and the change that was ob.
savable in the form of different parts iit it, several dayr
before the fall took place, we are of opinion that the root
gave way fir •t, and, by its tall, destroyed the weaker
parts of the Theatre."
The CORONER then exam;ned Mr. Nash, who gars
the followiti.; evidence:—ln my opinion the roof gave
way first. I cannot tell whether the front wall was or
was not in motion at the same time. The cantileve.l
world, no doubt, have thrown the front wall down.
Mr. Sruirke concurred.

In ausa er to the Jury, the witnesses said, that they
did not mean to say that the bricks or mortar were not
good ; but they did mean to say those materials had
been injudiciously used, as was apparent horn the fact.
that the mortar had not adhered. The wall was not con-
sequently a good one, even supposing it had been of a
sufficient thickness. %%re are (continued the witnesses) of
opinion that the walls wet e not of a sufficient thickness.
At the same time, had the roof been of a proper ccn-
struction, we arc of opinion, that the building might
not have fallen. The roof was not calculated to bear any
weight at all, and the slightest sett!. merit of any part of
the walls would have been sufficient to pull down the
whole building. The walls were so constructed, that
we are of opinion that almost any roof placed on therm
would have ciused the fall of the building. When ve
speak of the thickness of the walls we do not mean to say
that if there had been internal walls, or ties, the outer
walls would have been insufficient; but we ate elc,tly
of opinion that, taking into consideration the height 01
the walls, the want of cross walls or ties, the height and
number of the openings, we are, we repeat, of opinion,
that the walls were insecure, and insufficient to carry
the roof of such a building.
The cross-examination was continued for a con,idei
ble time, but nothing material was eliciaed.
After Messrs. Nash and Smitke had retired, M.
HILL said, that he could produce Gentlemen of as higli
emtreNce to prove that the iropinions were founded in
error; among them were Messrs. Treadgold and Wil-
kins, who, he thought, would ,Inply route the state-
ments that had been given. A lung, desultory, and
uninteresting
conversation here ensued, t which tLe
Jury expressed their perfect weariness of the investiga•
u
lion, and on its termination it was resolved, that they
should adjourn for an hour, then hear the evidence read
over, and meet again this day, at nine o'clock, to tecei re,
as the Coroner expressed it, a final charge, and it is to
be hoped, their discharge.

Upwards of forty convicts have been appropriated io
Chatham dock yard to do the work formerly done ty
one team of horses. • •

THE EVENIN

LON 1)01V.1

THURSDA Y, APRIL

STOCK EXCIIANGE, TWF.I.

• This 4 settling day in the British marl
except settling their Accounts. Consols
63/ (or the Account, but it cannot as yet
it is a Dail or Bear Account.
In the Foreign market little!, doing at
CITY, HALF-PAS

Tie Consist market remains steady at
and sellers, with little doing, although an
Paris.

AT T\
India Sh
Ditto "
South
£lOOO Ei
£5OO Diti
£lOO and
Bank for
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Consols fo,

PRICE OF STOCKS
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5 per Cent. Red. 821 f ex die
'5 per Ct. Cons. 831
.51 per Cent. 901 ex die
si per Cent. Red. 901 g ex die
4 per Ct. New 1001
'4 per Cent. Scrip
4 per Cent. 1826,1001 ex Air
LongAnn.Shut.lB 13-16 e die
FdititlllN FUNDS, TWO (
Austrian Bends, 5 p. Ct 921 Do Acct
lhasatolt M.. 3 pCt.
Mo. Ace. 531 Do. Acc)
Portrg. Bds. 5 p C. Do At
BRITISH AND FOREIGN SHARKS,
ANAap rA II
35
100
40

Brazilian
ezicas
United Mexican

We received this forenoon the
dated ye.terday. The following
contents :

ODESSA, Mama 60
The war against Persia was no
than it was terminated, thanks to the
adopted by General Paskewitsch.
testimony of his satisfaction with till
. him a present of one million of tut
• distributed favours to the army.
1
.• The preparation, made by the art
GIINSTIEIN, give countenance to the
paign Against Turkey will be soon ei
. Many Of the Armenian exiles harm
fuge here, anrj have received a hetri
the inhabitants have taken an intern
combined with hatted against the Tr
that all the Christians who reside it
I Asiatic Turkey will not remain
!Government, which has been guilty oi
GREECE.
1 The new Provisional Government
!stalled at Egina on the 7th February.
,all was-ready for this general fete.

• Piesident's house to the church was
branches. The President was follow,
inerals and superior Officers, and by a
belonging to the English and Russigtil
Ater the prayer was finished for
Protectors of Greece, twenty-one dial
were fired from the town, and the Er
'rshipping in the port fired nineteen
the Greek flag..

They write from .Toulon, Slit
izsrd, belonging to his Majesty, is to
mission for Tunis.

r • From the Gazette of Lyons, 31st Mari
was reported that the expedition to the
aertnanded, these still arrives here
troops and a number of employies.
artillery and cavalry; the regiments
ale to complete the expedition will
last moment. Eight hundred men
bark, to keep gariison at Carabusa.—
for sea axe also considerable.

On account of the solemnity :Mem
only one of the Finis Papers, the
was published on Monday. It is aim
with a report cf the Judgement of the
the subject of the tumult at Paris in
which, in substance, acquits all '

cr Armes, and orders their immediate lil

We received this forenoon the Alge
he 4th April. According to an article
to Emperor NICHOLAS was expected
n the Pi uth on the 20th inst. Fror
ated, that the Divan, in assuming
ittitude, were about to dispatch the Ca
the purpose of treating with the three .4
The following are extracts:

uucn A REST, 111AZCH 1r
Accounts from Cunitantinople of 21
tr no news of importance. On the
every thing- is quiet ; but le►tcrs from
the Emperor Nicholas was expected in
Bth (20th of April.)

SMYRNA, Fits. 21.
A report is current here that the D
to the Treaty of London. It is said tha
old Capitan Pacha, who is personally
Admirals of the three Allied Powers, wi
the Mediterranean to negociate with the,

CORFU, MAacii 18.
It was in consequence of an arrangen
Count Caro d'lstria, that an allied squ.
we have already heard, under Sir 'I

against Carabusa, and demanded the
pirate vessels and the most notorious
Council at Carabusa refused to give u
pirates, but were compelled by tilt mea
Staines, who cut off all communication
of Candia, and the fort was occupied b
and l
cit uiocicshii; $ Gpcpoiint wereachi
i
be taken to Malta to be tried. The fa

. . THE
REVENI N.
• • . LONnoN.
THU, APRIL
STOCK EXCHANGE, TWF.I.
• 'i'bis Is settling day in the British mark
inapt tattling their Accounts. Consols
113/ (or the Account, but it cannot as yet
it is a Dail or Bear Account.
In. the Foreign market little Is doing at p
CITY, HALF-PAS
The Conrad market remains steady at
and sellers, with little doing, although an E
Pais.
PRICE OF STOCKS AT T
Bank Stock ea divdivlndia St
3 per Cent. Red. 82/ fex div Ditto Bo
'5 per Ct. Cons. 831 i i South Se
'5l per Cent. sin ex div OEIOOO E
5i per Cent. lied. 90i gex div £5OO Dit
'4 per Ct- New 1001 i .6100 and
SDAY
p.
'4 r Cent. Scrip Bank for
4 per Cent. 1826, 1001 fex dry India for
Long Ann.Shut.lB 13-16 a div Consols fo
FthiltlilN FUNDS, TWO
Austrian Bends, 5 p. Ct 921 Do Acc
I)asirolt 11(1..3 pCt. Ruu.lids
-Da Ace. 581 Do. Ace
Poring. Bds. 5 p C. Do Ac
BRITISH AND FOREIGN SHARES
SHAM l'Al
Brazilian 35 2
l‘lexicsa 100 2
Uaited Mexicaa 40 3
We received this forenoon the
dated yesterday. The following
contents :
ODESSA, Slam; 6.
The war against Persia was no s
than it was terminated, thanks to the
adopted by General Paskewitsch.
testimony of his satisfaction with th
him a present of one million of rub
distributed favours to the army.
The preparations made by the ar
GIINsTIEIN, give countenance to the
paign against Turkey will be soon c
h Many Of the Armenian exiles liar
Ifuge here, anrj have received a heart
the inhabitants have taken an inhere
combined with hatred against the T
that all the Christians who reside i
Asiatic Turkey will not remain
Government, which has been guilty o
GREECE.
• The new Provisional Government
stalled at Egina on the 7th February.
all was-ready for this general fete.
President's house to the church was s
branches. The President was follow
inerals and superior Officers, and by a
belonging to the English and Russian
Ater the prayer was finished for t
Protectors of Greece, twenty-one disc
'were fired from the town, and the En
shipping in the port fired nineteen
she Greek flag.
They write from .Toulon, 31st Ma
iiz trd. belonging to his Majesty, is to
4 mission for Tunis.
___...........7.._
• From theGarette of Lyons, 31st Mar
was reported that the expedition to the
termanded, there still arrives here
troops and a number of employies.
artillery and cavalry; the regiments o
are to complete the expedition will o
last moment. Eight hundred men ar
bark, to keep gariison at Carabusa.—
for sea axe also considerable.
_.....—„aa.,...—.
On account of the solemnity atten
poly one of the Paris Papets, the. C
was published on Monday. It is aim
with a report cf the Judgement of the
the subject of the tumult at Paris in
which, in substance. acquits all dr