a new musical Entertainment, called AN UNCLE TOO MANY. Doors to be opened at six o'clock; to commence at a quarter before seven. Had the Almighty therefore permitted the roof to continue until eight o'clock at night, when the house would probably have been filled, (as hundreds said they were going there,) perhaps one thousand immortal souls would suddenly have been launched, unprepared by an interest in the precious blood and all-sufficient righteousness of the Lord Jesus Christ, into an eternal world. God is, therefore, to be glorified in his great mercy and goodness. His warning will be heard, but it is a merciful one. The prophet says, The prophet says, "Shall there be an evil in the city and the Lord has not done it?” and another scripture says, "The Lord's voice crieth unto the city." The voice of the Lord is powerful,— may those who are in their graves of folly and sin hear it, and seek the Lord while he may be found, and call upon him while he is near. If any should be disposed to hug themselves in fancied security, and think how much better they are than the people who have been killed in the Brunswick Theatre, I would remind them of the words of Jesus, when some "told him of eighteen persons on whom THE TOWER OF SILOAM FELL:" He said, "Think ye that they were greater sinners than all men that dwell at Jerusalem? I tell you Nay, but EXCEPT YE REPENT, YE SHALL ALL LIKEWISE PERISH." February 29, 1828. BRUNSWICK THEATRE; OR THE Second Part OF OBSERVATIONS ON THE DESTRUCTION OF THE New Brunswick Theatre, WELLS STREET, WELLCLOSE SQUARE. BY THE REV. G. C. SMITH. LONDON: PRINTED AND PUBLISHED BY W. K. WAKEFIELD, New Sailors' Magazine Office, NEAR THE BRUNSWICK THEATRE, 19, WELLCLOSE SQUARE. Price 1d. or 7s. per hundred. 1 DREADFUL CATASTROPHE. PART II. THE very alarming circumstance which still continues to agitate and distress this thickly populated neighbourhood, induces me again to resume the subject, and add some farther details. On Thursday evening, Mr. Hardwick, from St. Catherine's Dock, as I have already observed, came up with a party of men, and undertook to give directions respecting the ruins. was heartily rejoiced at this, as I had been for some hours necessitated to superintend the removal of the ruins, in order to see if there were any bodies of the unhappy sufferers. I One, it appears, was found during the night, and one has been dug out since. The magistrates of the district have certainly exerted themselves with most commendable promptitude and alacrity, to prevent intrusion upon the workmen, to guard the property of the neighbourhood, and to preserve the peace generally. The officers and soldiers from the Tower have also been of singular service, in aid of the civil authorities; and, upon the whole, Wellclose-square, and the immediate vicinity of this awful calamity, have been preserved in a state of comparative tranquillity, far beyond what might have been expected from so extensive a disaster. Yesterday afternoon I had an opportunity of seeing all the bodies that were then found. Their appearance was frightful in the extreme. Mr. Maurice had a considerable cut in the forehead, and must, I apprehend, have been crushed down upon a sharp stone. I should suppose he must have been forced off the stage into the street, as the wall at the end nearest to the London Docks, burst out as low down as the stage, and the stage floor, it appears, was on a level with the portico over the doorway. His death is truly melancholy and distressing. From the slight knowledge E had of him, he appears to have been a person of considerable energy, and remarkable perseverance. Having embarked in this speculation, his whole energies appear to have been devoted to it in a most extraordinary manner, and if he and the other gentleman proprietor were, as I suppose they must have been, the ardent principals in this concern, they have pushed it for ward with a degree of vigour that indicated the amazing devotedness of their minds to this object, and with such haste as is now deeply to be regretted. Mr. Maurice seems to have been determined that every exertion that tradesmen and mechanics could possibly make, should be made to the utmost extent, that the house might be open this winter, In consequence, we have been perfectly surprised every week in this neighbourhood, to see the manner in which the building was run up." Every person of the most ordinary judgment concluded this was injudicious and dangerous, and that such a building could not stand very long. We have been equally surprised to see placards at different times announcing the opening of this Theatre, when it was obvious to every passing stranger that the thing was impossible, as the interior was still insecure and utterly unfit for any assemblage of persons on any occasion but mere labour. This, however, sufficiently indicated the intensity of mind with which this object was pursued, and the determination to go to the utmost stretch of human nerves and exertion in order to accomplish the design. A few weeks since it was again announced for opening, and such exertions were made as evidenced a determination to actually bring the public together at this time, and commence performances in this building. We beheld with astonishment the amazing rapidity with which every thing proceeded. I could not leave my bedchamber in the morning, or ascend it at night, without observing this; nor could any person cross from Well-street into the Square, or from the Square into Well-street, without perceiving it. As the time drew nigh, the sound of preparation grew louder and louder. The performers, it appears, were drawn around Wellclose-square to different residences. The tradesmen were hastened forward with every possible stimulus; and so surprising was the general activity, that I could not help observing to one of our secretaries, after passing and surveying the exterior of the Theatre last Wednesday afternoon, "How wonderful it is to mark the superior influence of things that relate to this world on the human mind, to things which respect spiritual, religious, and eternal objects. Look at this building;-here are persons who will expend an immense sum of money](perhaps twenty thousand pounds at least); they will rise up early, late take rest, and eat the bread of carefulness; they will display the most surprising energies, and the most extraordinary perseverance on an immensely extended scale-and for what? For a business perfectly speculative-all uncertainty. It may answer, or it may not. It is at the utmost quite a speculation; still they will spare no pains, regret no sacrifices, nor hesitate for a moment at any exertions to accomplish the object they have in view. On the other hand, look at religion, and the exertions necessary to advance the salvation of precious and immortal souls, and the glory of God. Here in this work all is certainty and assurance. Here men have the exceeding great and precious promises of God to encourage, to stimulate, and to urge them forward in the path of duty-yet how very few will venture on them! Where are the men in London, that, for the sake of the kingdom of our Lord Jesus Christ, will lay out so much money as that Theatre has cost-will devote so much time as the Proprietors have, or will display half as much energy and indefatigable perseverance as they have ?-yet the work of God is no speculation. "In due season we shall reap." "Our labour is not in vain in the Lord." Oh let us learn a lesson of ardent labour, unshaken confidence, and unhesitating perseverance from this buildng, that we may be always abounding in the work of |