Star. — London, England, 1828-03-06 00:00:00

Miss Daltym. vonshire plat{ ; Hereford .tali, t, from his sex on-street ; Mt. ennett, in Hat. L blin ; Mts. !Ind mte, in Charlet in Oiosvenor k lane; Major Mrs. Hume,. eet; Ili's. and N. at Ibbetson's ton Hotel. Old mersfield rash, Capt. Harrison, Pritt, Esq. and he, at Fenton's npion, E•q. and their seat near a Hotel, Albs t Cook's Hotel, John Trotttr. q. and Family, nd Countess of reet, froth Col. a, from a tout; ne •Bath lughes, at ditto, a large circle ease. irge party to of fashion• diluter party It public melt 1, his Grace the :wintry who has wary. tide yesterday tames were Wed of the barges or %ter overflowed renal stables be- Surrey side the Lambeth-palace favourable tn r en the Test and Ind China. by ►ea, were doted trier data ship. as in London. Aux of oar Bat' ays ago in the k, near saimbati• ,sq. of Alder feet WT. havi n g he. are as perfect !ci by Tunatal ittee of Prig nt capture of Buenos Arm atAY, and CO. March 3, 161.11. of I'rivy Council an the blernortA f the detentior. s Ayres, 1 ass do. :ently been 110 let rnment, an 4 that is blajesty's Cow view to check 1 1 ° of •essels taltirt mercbdudise. yes authorised is iM AS LVC AFF" Korthilant, the Clyde, experienc e d 15:h, in lat. tied :sway i Amdon tirt for Indli ; • or sailing rdsy, at tees Teu Gent44l Is, to Ms M nyak mid Ea e, Sir Mitts rltingham, Sir Watson, &r evrell, Cattle, Ism, Sir R. Bridges, sad tent of Foot, neat morning Regiment, at of at Stirling I Welch Pod re of company eptford, frost Brightest es e Tenth. for some dap int MAxwats, ", terminates% I not be knows led hey ge st andl* eft Ctth waste law kelt i t • A as, a i d • h Admiral I Highnes s at Isis resi. I O. Raw - sis, York% G. Rick crvievr wit , asury. &dor, true. g -street. CE. BRUNS IC t: 1 H Tit E. MEETING—(TIIIS DAY). being the day appointed for holding a General Meeting at the City 01 Llocinn Tavern, for the put• pos e of takin.t into considera.ioii the best mode of relieving the dreadful state of misery to which the unfortunate sufferers on the late melancholy occasi n have been reduced, arm ordinary anxiety was ev inced on the occasion. TWe hour at which the Meet. ing was to be held was announced at twelve for one o'clock, but lo:Ig before that time a very considerable nu mber of persons had assembled in the I.irge room, the Committee having the use of the one adj About one o'clock the Lord Mayor arrived ; and in a for minutes after his Lordship, accompanied by the Committee, entered, and were loudly cheered. His Lordship -having taken the Chair, briefly ad. d,essed the meeting, and stated the purpose for which they had that day met, namely, to t3ke into consideration the best mode of relieving t he obliitvpy state to which a large number of our knew creatures had been reduced by the destruction of the lAte Bt unswick Theatre. The Meeting was now fully opprhed of the whole of the accident ; but great aud deep misery still remained unknown to the in ,ijority of the public who had evinced so laudable an anx ecy to relieve the distress entailed on t►'e su fferers. His Lordship would not now detain the Meeting by going into a detail, and therefore would proceed to state, that there had been local Committees formed, who . had distributed their number so as to take an immediate view of the cases of the whole of the sui ferns. In the fi, st place their attention had been turned to those who had fallen a sacrifice to the calamity ; next to the wives, families, and relatives of those unhappy vic- tuns•; next to the bituati-n of those who were confined to their beds, their rives and families; again, those who ♦ere more seriously injured, and also those who were :nine slightly affected, but who still, with their fellow sufferers, had been reduced to 'penury and abject misery. Such had been the first labours of the Committee, and he was happy to say that the Committee were not aware of any one person who bad nut been temporarily relieved. This, howerer, was a mete momentary relief, and much, very jnucb re mained yet to be done, as there were a greet number of persons who had been reduced to want, in consequence of the loss of employment, and whose sufferings were ■tort acute. Mr. GoULD read a report of the cases which t 1 e Committer had visited, and which excited a groat dev gree of sympathy in the breasts of the Meeting. Among the Subscriptions announced, there were, in addition to those of the Winter Theatres, the Opera, Adelphi, Haymarket ; those of the Lord Mayor, 101. the Lady Mayoress, 101. the Duke of Devonshire, 1001. Mr. Rothschild, 551. Mrs. Mulls child, 251. the Proprietors of Vauxhall Gardens, 101. Truman, Hanbury, and Co. 101. Mr. HUNT, in rising to second the motion for the add ing Mr. Fawcett, of Covent Garden, to the Committee, begged to suggest that the Committee for the distribu tyirOof the funds might be intrusted to the Lord Mayor, Sheriffs, and one or two Gentlemen from the principal Theatres, with liberty to add to their number, as they would be the better enabled to come to a speedy deter mination on the relative merits of the claimants. He had not the least objection as to how far the Collecting 'Committee was extended, but without in the least attempting to infer any the slightest slur on the Gentlemen who now formed the Committee, he must: say, that the more extended the Committee were the greater the delay would be iu disposing of the funds. In! fact, were the proprietors and managers of the Theatres added to the Committee, they would render the most valuable assistance, as they would in many cases be personally acquainted with the real merits of the claims of the unfortunate persons whom they were now called on to relieve. The suggestion seemed to be very well received. A number of Resolutions were then passed as to the' fume labours of the Committee, and a great number of subscriptions were collected. When the whole of their labours have been completed, a statement is to be laid before the public, and we trust that it will give general satisfaction. ADJOURNED INQUEST ON THE SUFFERERS. (Continued from the Sus of yesterday.) • Mr. COMTN attended as Counsel for the widow of the late Mr. Maurice. No witnesses could be found to depose to the Ending of the dead bodies of Alexander William Davison, Jesse Miles, or John Evans. Mr. COMYN suggested that a public notice should be •stuck up in the neighbourhood of the late Theatre, re questing of all persons capable of giving evidence respect ing the death of the persons above-mentioned to come forward, which was accordingly ordered. George Pound—l live in Brudenell Place, North Road, Motion, in the county of Middlesex ; I am a bricklayer. Mr. Cram submitted that the ends of public justice required that the evidence should be elicited by question and answer. _ The CORoNU expressed his doubts of the correctness of the mode suggested, and proceeded with the exami. nation of the witness. _ When the walls of the Theatre were up to receive the roof, they were perfectly upright and safe. After the roof was on, I had nothing further to do with the building, except the getting up of the parapet.by order of the clerk of the woi ks and the surveyor. I used to work under the clerk of the works. After the root had bee n put on,there was a great weight hung to it, which, ol my opinion, was the cause of this shocking accident. Mr. CoMYW then suggested that the witnesses might be examined fist by the Coroner—then by the Jury ; and if they bad any questions to ask of them, that lie (Mr. Comyn) should be permitted to cross-examine them. The CortoNen objected to that mode, but should he, of the course of the examination of the witnesses. omit to elicit uny necessary facts, he should feel greatly obliged to the Leaned Counsel to suggest them. 1 shell (continued he) therefor; now proceed to examine the vsi•ness in my own way. By whom (tu witness) was you employed to build the Brunswick Theatte ?—I was employed by the teceased Mr. Maurice and Mr. Carruthers. Mr. CONiYN here interposed—The a itnebs must have I Icted under written instruction., which ()tight to be -reduce'. This was a specimen of the inconvenience hat might arise out of the departure from the usual cour.c of examination. The CORONER-4 will examire the witness on that point. Had you any written instrnctions to carry on the building of the late Brunswick Theatre? Witness—l used to go by the orders of the Clerk of the Works and of the Surveyor (or Architect). The name of the Architect was Mr. Stedman Whitwell; the Clerk of the Works was Mr. Edward Shaw. I first began to build the foundation of the Theatre on the 2d of August. There was one written paper, in which I was required to state the prices of the various works in my department (the brickwork and scaffolding). I put the prices of the works in figures to that paper. I returned it to Mr. Maurice; I never saw it after. I always conformed myself to the specification contained in that paper. I c insidered my contract to have been made with Mr. Maurice and Mr. Carruthers. I agreed with them, but not in writing. CORONER—Has any person now in Court the paper to which the witness alludes ? (No answer was given.) Mr. COMYN said the production of that paper was absolutely necessary.—(A messenger was then dis patched for it, and the examination of the witness was resumed.) CORONER (at the suggestion of Mr. Comyn)— Did you say to any person here this day that you returned the paper to Mr. Whitwell ?—Never ; I have seen it in the possession of Mr. Pulstord. I commenced the build ing of the Brunswick Theatre on the 2.1 of August last ; I finished all my part of the building of it a little after Christmas; I can't say for a week ; the parapet was then finished. • A great mass of britk•work was built after that time in the area of t!e interior of the Theatre. The walls were fit to receive the roof in the month of Sept. The CORONERWas the wall, in its then state. capable of sustaining the roof afterwards laid upon it? Mr. COMYN again interposed, contending that the written agreement not having been produced, it was «moats , to law and juvice to admit parole evidence respecting it. The evidence of its exis:ence having been proved, The Cottostea concurred in the observation of the Learned Gentleman, and conceded that it would be highly improper to ask another question respecting that paper, until either it should be produced, or that the pet son (Mr. Pittsford) into whose possession it had been traced, should come forward and. account for it. In or der tohave that evidence before the lt.quest, he should suspend the proceedings of the Inquest. Mr. CONYN said it would be convenient if other por tions of the evidence wexe in the interim elicited. The CORONER concurred, and received the ex amination of the witness, who went on to state— Mr. Shaw and Mr. Whitwell were the persons who saw that I performed my part of the contract with propriety. Mr. Shaw was always over me; he never left the works one day during the building. Mr. Whitwell used to come occasionally while the building was going on, three or four times a week, to see that I was doing the work properly. Coalmen—ln what character did Mr. Whitwell ap pear on those occasions? Witness—He always used to apply to the Clerk of the Works as to the mode in which I was doing my part of the business. He used to go round the walls of the building, and survey them right round, and survey the walls which I was building from the scaffolding. lam now 42 years of age, and have been all my life a brick layer. Mr. Whitwell paid as much attention to it as (if . I had a building in progress) would have satisfied me. I was there night and day, and Mr. W. came in the way . I have stated. A letter was here handed to the Coroner, which he read, and which, it appeared, was from the architect, Mr. Whitwell. The following is a copy of it : " Wednesday Morning. " Sea—On my road down to tire Inquest, I have been informed that Counsel are permitt.d to examine the witnesses on behalf of some of the parties interested. As I have made no preparation for any assistance of this nature, I feel obliged to defer presenting myself before the July for a very short time, that I may repair my omission, by endeavouring to procure instantly a similar repre sentative. I shall not lose, however, a moment in furthering turd assisting the investigation by every means in my power. " I have the honour to be, &c. " WHITWELL." The Cohomm—You see, therefore, Gentlemen, if I had not followed the course which I have done, I should j have had reason to regret it. As legal assistance is to be produced for Mr. Whitwell, my objection to the professional attendance and interference of an Advocate, on the part of the relatives of the deceased, is removed. I shall now resume the examination of the witness. Was any plangiven to you as the diagram or scheme on which you w ere to proceed ?—The Clerk of the Works bad always the plan and drawings of the build• ing in his counting-house. There were several plans. The ground plan first—l always applied to him in the progress of the work, and he frequently atterded on the walls by assisting me. I have also seen a rough sketch of the elevation of the building, in the custody of the Clerk of the Works. I never saw a plan comprising a , section of the thickness of the walls. I used to have orders for the thickness of the walls from the Clerk of the Works. Did the Clerk of the Works, at the times when giving you any orders, produce to yon any plan, scheme, diagram, or drawing, laying down (or not laying down) a scale for the thickness of the wall? This question the witness did n it appear to under stand ; it was repeated. His answer then was— I might have seen some such thing in,the custody of the Cletit of the Works, showing the intended thickness of the walls of the Theatre. I cannot call to mind having seen it. I always received my orders from the Clerk of the Works. I cannot swear positively to my having seen, or not seen, mat a paper or plan. Is it not usual, prior to the commencement of a work of such magnitude as this Theatre was, for the archi tect employed to superintend the erection of the build ingots furnish a ground plan, elevation, and section of the work ?—They do. Do not these show the intended thickness of the walls?—They do. Those plans are usually drawn with a graduated scale attached to, and appealing on them. I believe that with resp.ct to the BrunswickTheatre they were made. A great deal of interrogatory here followed respect. ing this plan. The witness proceeded—l am certain th.t at the time the walls were finished they were perfectly upright. I surveyed them after the roof was on, and they still remained upright. A great weight was afterwards hung to the roof. The District Surveyor, Mr. Goff, came three or four times a week during the progress of the building, and surveyed it in a careful manner,,as it appeared to me. The CORONER—You have stated that after the roof was put on, a great weight was attached to it. What description of weight was it? • Witness—The machinery, the flies, and the woe kshop. I was never up oa the flies, and cannot tell of v hat the . . ork Arf Was cornposed. Thut rcot kslsop was for the carpenters, in which to do their wank. I could see ii Irons the gallery of the T:)e,ir!e, and I saw two girdeis put into the building, which we re a trap; ed to the toot. Mr. Coityst said, the w•tritss not being a carpenter, was not the proper person to depose to the wor k of rhos • persons, who no doubt would he produced. A Juror bete asked the pusitiOn of the girders. The witness, in continuation said; the girders were slight, but I cannot depose to their icantling. They carried the floor of the carpenter's shop. They were supported by two iron rods, and strapped up to the roof. They bore at each end in the greeh walls of the roof, but I cannot say how far they were inserted. They were put in just lately before the building fell. I was carrying up wly air flue, and saw those girders from the gallery. The heavy weight of the building was at the end. The carpenter's shop and the weights were not, t believe, the cause of the accident. I bend that it commenced at the flies. (This was objected to by Mr. Comyn.) I saw the theatre for the last time standing, on the Saturday preceding the accident. I saw the ruins the nest day after the accident. The CORONER here intimated that he was much ex hausted, and wished to retire for a few minutes. Mr. COMYN begged the Coroner would fix a time for the commencement and the duration of the proceedings on each day of the many that it was likely would b consumed in the inquiry. From the nature and progress of it hitherto, it bid fair to rival in its length the tr al of War:en Hastings. The Cowman having consult' d tl e Jury, said tl at Cle inquiry should continue for eight hours each day, commencing at nine, and :er.nrnating at five o'clock. • Tire Coroner and Jury then reined. At ten minutes t 2 o'clock the inquiry was resumed. - The CORONER, on taking his seat, stated that he had, in accordance with the t'esire of the Jury. sent. for the hest professional assistance, and in this important in quiry done himself the honour of writing to his Grace •he Duke of Wellington, the Constable. of the Tower, communicating the wi-h of the Jury, and should now erd to tl•em 11;s Grrke's reply, with - which he had just been hor•.aureJ. The Coroner then read a letter cf which the following is a copy : " London, March 4,1828. " Sts—T have tbis evening teceived ynvr letter, without date, and 1 have accordingly applied to Mr. Secretary Peel t• give directions for the attendance of two of the architects employed under the Surveyor Geoeral of the Board of Works. " I have the honour to be, Sir, " Your obedient humble servant, " WELLINGTON. is To Maurice Thomas. Esq. Steward and Coroner, Court House. Welklow-square." After consulting the Jury, it was fixed that the sur• veyors should attend on Monday near. The Cwmbran—Before you go, Gentlemen, we will have some arrangements made, as to when these Gen tlemen, whose time is most - valuable to the public, can attend upon you. and give you their opinion as to the erection of this building . Whether you shall think that Saturday will be the most convenient time for their attendance, they having to survey the building in the intermediate time, will be for you to say. Foreman of the Jury—Thourh it has been our most anxious wish that the thing should be gone into, and kept up as closely as possible, yet Saturday would inter fere very much with business, we being all men of busi ness. At the same time we, having this duty thrown upon us, feel bound to discharge it. CORONRR—What time is it likely the business of the Sessions will be got through to-morrow ? Mr. Staple, Clerk of the Peace—l should think that the business would not occupy more than two hours. CORONER—I understand that the publicans will at tend to-morrow for the renewal of their licenses, and which will probably cause the business of the Sessions to be rather mote prolonged. This induces me to re mind you again, that if you have observed any house to hive been kept open, contrary to the orders issued by me, in these precincts, yeu will have the goodness to' bring forward witnesses to prove it, that the necessary steps may be taken. As this will make it rather a heavy Sessions, and as it is extremely desirable that we should not lose time in the prosecution of this inquiry, suppose we say we will meet to- morrow at three, and continue the inquiry till nine. After a few more observations, it wits decided that the inquest should be resumed to-day at two o'clock, and continue till eight in the evening. -Cc:mouse—Gentlemen, I shall now, if you please, ask you to be kind enough to put such questions to this witness as you may think will elicit important answers in the prosecution of truth. You will, however, not ask him any thing bearing on what is to be proved by a written instrument about to be produced, because you understand that that instrument is not in Court, but that a e have sent to the Gentleman who has it, and it is wetted to he here by half-past three o'clock. Examination of George' PJund continued. My opini- n is, that the walls were quite safe, according to the-thickness I was directed to carry them up. lam certain the walls would have borne the roof for a cert• tory, if the weights had not been attached to it. There, was a tremend..us weight hung to the roof, which the walls were not made. nor intended to bear. f Mr. Comyn read a letter just received from Mr. Pulsford. statbik that be bad all the papers relative to the building at his place at Pentonville, and adding his willingness to send to the 'Court any papers the Coroner should iequire, and to attend the Court in persod when be should be able to leave a Committee at the East fildia'Ffousel • Examination continued—The walls were only two bricks and a•half thick at the top. The portico was a great weight en the front wall. I cannot say what effect it might have had in causing the fall of the building. The walls, florin the surface of the pavement up to the under side of the portico, were dine bricks thick; the thickness of t!.e foundation was three bricks and la half in cement ; from the portico to the under side of the roof, the walls were two bricks and a half thick ; the four wills 'were of a similar thick ness, excepting that next to Mr. Jotfes's, which was somewhat thicker than the other three; the walls of the building wete built of stock bricks, of a good quality ; the bricks cost the highest price, 11. 14s. a thousand in the geld ; the mortar used through the building was made of lime of Medway stone and sharp sand ; it was worked in a mill by a horse, and was very good ; the walls were as dry two months before the roof was put on, as could to expected. It was . a b: time of year after the roof was on for mortar to ret.— Four courses' of Ist icko orlc round the top of the building were laid in cement, and were afterwards cemented over to form a coping. No old bats were used—they were all carted away. The lower walls were worked up to the pavement in cement. We built on the old founda tion, and a funsoustoundition'itwas. They went about four feet from the old top of the foundation with cement. That was the back and front walls. The two end walls were not in cement. because they began on a line with the pavement. The front of the Theitre was built with piers and openings... The piers were three feet wide , by two bricks *and..a...balf thick: They were (witness thought) from twenty to thirty teet high, and extended from the portico to tl e underside of the pediment, and tbey sere covered over with Yorkshire stone; about four inches thick, sopped in the. centre . of the piers with iron erampi . and'hial. a,ch for ar',l over elCh . opening. The :rich W:is of the ,same thick- . ness as the , . . walls, They we, e wcsked sin!) Alt r ear sisch as witness had tlercribed. Witn• accounted for the state of thebrick forming the rain now . in front of the Theatre (being clear from Molter) to be in Consequence of the shake. and also from the season of the year the liana would not tit y. Tltere was a deal of frOst, wh:th shook all the joints. Where Were band timbers est' j four feet, as far as the piers and openings extended. The chain bond went ' right round, with an angle tie At each corner. There was. brick wo:k of a brick or a brick and a half rhickness.built in many of the openings, but small windowi were kft. Witness did not krone whether the bond timbers were even cut out. Doi foreman, Stephen Srencer, can tell, but he is ill in the London Hospital, wounded by this accident. To a quostion from Juror—The brickwork owlet-the roof was perfectly safe. Witness considered the building perfectly safe. The bricks were dry and ,the lime was hot. All the walls were earned up in good weather, except the parapets. Witnesi always ,considered the weight of the flies, &c. (carpenter's work), was too great for the roof, but never expressed such apprehension at the time to any person whatever, because it was not wit ness's business. Witness had nothing to do with 114 roof, and did not wish to trouble himself with other (!e' pattment.. Witneis erected the whole ..f the l.tickwilk of ihe s building. Toe steps leading to the gallery eve s supported by brickwork. The gallery and t ores were sum tied by piers, and had no bearing on the eiteroai walls. The interio• fittings of the theatre were tci ll' inee ;endent of the external walls, Examined by Mr. Comm.—The late Mr. Mau ice citeired on the business of a printer, in Fenchurch-sfteet, land Mr. Carruthers carries on the business of making fluid frit axletrees, in Gracechurch street. The height of the external wall from the pavement was hard on '7O feet; witness could not say exactly. Witness repeate,c 'that the great weight of the potties' rats er strained slip pers. The joists which supported the fie: mere mot pot in at the time they were working the walls. The flies contained a great number of joists. The hoes cut in the wall to receive the joists would do it on got"; i. The least thickness of the external Wall was 22 inclies; or two bricks and a half; witness did hot reeollect an.y part less. The parapet wall the witness had been ap e th ing of as built in frosty weather, was above the root and had nothing to do with the roof ; it extended about 5 feet above the gutter at each end, and about 8 feet in •the centre from the pediment. The top gallery was sup ported by iron pillars, having their footing oa tl.e foundation. • The pit saloon was supported by brick piers, and the iron columns were bedded on the piers, up to the underside of the upper gallery. Shaw (the clerk of the works) gave orders to a:1 the workmen. The architect (Mr. Whitwell) made two or three alte: a lions in making flues during the time witness - V aS building the carcase of the building. The floes were well pargetted. There were no other alte:ati •ns in the carcase; but many in the interior, for the ; tti eof its convenience,. done under Mr. Whitwell's di: retinas. All the directions, from first to last, which witos-s; received, were from Mr. Whitwell and Mr. Shaw, with the exception of an order from Mr. Carruthers, t' b k up three openings at one end, oprosite D selley's. the wheelwright. It was in the southern wall. These alterations. or openings, did not affect the building. James - Arding sworn—Dees in Dorset-street, Fie. r. street. Is a carpenter—a master carpenter. Snmeime in the month of August, 1827, witness received instruc tiOnsfrom Mr. Maurice to place a horde in front f the site of the late Theatre in Wellsstreet. After which, Mr. Maurice asked witness if he liked to cla the carpen ter's work of the then intended Theatre, to be built on such site for himself and Mr. Carruthers? Witness asked to see the drawings cf it, that he (bight judo.— Was once or twice promised a sight of them, best dud rant see them then, Mr. Whitwell not having them complete. Afterwards, when witness's dec don was asked tor, Mr. Maui ice, and Mr. Carruthers said they intended that the building should be in a great roeasure : fire proof, and that the carpenter's work should be..yery Witness was then desired by Mr. Maurice and Mr. Carruthers to call on Mr. Whitwell to enter 1110 terms to do the work at per foot. Wit Less entered into a written contract. . Two written contracts.were here pro.luced, .one of whith witness deposed to be his own handwriting, signed J. Ardittg and Son (witness being in partnership wi . h his father ). The other, which was a duplicate of the former, with the addition of two sentences; !lore the signature of D S. Maurice. Witness identified , the signature to be the handwriting of the deceased Mr. Maurice, and witness was brood by the cootsact to execute the work in the. most substantial manaer, and find the very be.t materials. At this period another letter was handad.to the Co roner, which, when he read, he stated to be a letter.fram the Office of Wil's, the effect rf which was, to inform him (the Coroner) th. t Ir. Nash and Mr. Smirk, the architects attached to that office, had been ordered to proceed tomorrow (this),morsting - to survey the. ruins of the late Theatre in Weil-street; that they should pc cordingly he there between 11 and 12 o'clock, and th t the bearer of the letter was to have tent by him to tl e office all the plans and drawings that had. bren made f the building, that the Surveyors might. be the bt tie . , a ble accurately to mate their survey. Alt. Courts said that neither Mr. Carruthers nor the relative. of the deceased, Mr. Maurice, had those documents; that they were in the bands of Mr. Whit well, and that nothing would get them from him but the Coroner's warrant, calling upon him to product them. The Cortonart inquired if there was any friend of Mr. Whitwell la Court. • ' Mr. Finlay, who described himself to be of No. 19, Va•uxhill "walk, Lambeth, a draftsman and artist, said he was. and that he had assisted Mr. Whitwell to make the plans. The Coaotrea then desired his complirritnts rn be conveyed ro Whitwell, with his request that Mr. W. would have the good nest to semi the plans for the purpose they were now required tor. Mr. }inlay was not cure that he could find Mr . Whitweill tire in she evening. lie would, however, do his ntmo-t to met t ( with bim,and get whatever plans he had. ' Ile did not believe*: t ' Mr. Whitwell had them all; he thought some of the friends' of Mr. Maurice and Mr. Carruthers must have some of them. • • Mr. Comer; now reminded the Coroner that it was hale:part five elock, and suggested that the further examination initht be p9st pened. - The Com:ems adjourned the Inquest until two o'clock in the afternor. of this day, having previously bound the Jury in their . I several recognizance* to give their attendance at that hour. ' ,ad -.-- The dimensions of tl:e Theatie were as follows :—:lt was about 118 feet long by 62; the rcoms and wink shops suspended to the rool, and supported by woolen girders, were in all 100 fe t long and'abour 60 in depth. The girders, the end; of which were affixed in the eastern and western walls across the Theatre. were 65 feet long and abinit 12 inches in diatheter. Mr. Rich ardson describes these girders to have bent like whale bone frequently. The brick walls may be said to be about tyro bricks deep, without the lacing brick. Upon the outside of the building a heavy brick portico was erLccedi supported by iron rafterc, which is described to have acted like 'a lever upon the falling building. It will be remembered that the falling of this portico caused the deaths of three persons, namely, Mr. Mau rice, Je.;se Miles, and a labourer named Davidson. , [ -t ..1 p I . I 4 t l' A , t t . . 11 1 t ' . i tt • , • 1 10 , 1 4 . , . 1 I l ji ' 1 I;. i 1 4 .. . i L, ~ 1 41' 1.'6 1,; , 1 1 10 li . i t 1 i i 1 l 1 1 . 1. 41 , t . $ 4 . 1. ;0 ! t • ' I I ...; . , E . 0 i 4 I 1 ' 1 0 ' , i ii n 1.1 ' lit: ter '• ii 113 ' I ,4, •,... i ll 1 .7. •.! i , it i Al l l , - p i.l t i 1 . 4 . , 11..1 - v `l , ' I' ' ' 1f i :,‘. i 1 , ' I 0 i ' ! t , i , 1 1 1( , i I, , . • t ; :,, i 1 i ji 1 ,; r 4 , ,, i ',, H • I 1 1 4.4 .1 ;.? 1 0 i ' '' • - I i 1 I , 1 , i . , , . , ill 4 • ~ , 4 . A • . . I (►~ ~• i.~~ . .11'5 1 N 1 t i ,c,igt,. f 11 1 ~ .I~ 1! 1, , .!,,j! „f4l 4 ~;