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HORTON' ttd displayt It is , one 1 to thitili e 3 the differi 3 Parliameill :essive and that Emil Jtfensivs sI latii mi iency of poi by any of human 51 hrow on E 0 ng 1 / oectipatl t to its aid,o lord and pi by legislate rence of the peculationi ical econore. ich the subj ce of that r into.religi )it exercise which has ppy Irelanc in the cr., be, the Erl abject, And 1 one would : we ock Exchaa :s., that cap Il is also c ary diminui [rns from t. lat there is this great di, )r one, two,l id the moue! cent. could r so fortnidabll of that ino ti distinguish to of the fite )t be so ads l :tion of the Id Ireland j that name ' ) npable of b 1 ritsin, sups Innificence Island. t sceptical in all experie Imit, that if the interest alatios ate the art ,i ' to 'one whf, eave EnOi m esuivo rivers:, wl whicit a , From a cow ssing and I e earthqua , currenco of 7 the Sub I e arc satin Governroet such wot 'Ate indi vidut e country, t. end of ten ?ing portion ire bogs, °id or entail eircumstano dentin' habi tied in mi9el ton might on a Boa or in mega It the expel in an inver teticable in t w in existent recurrence' id futile whit sources of tt rdra head, A statemos winching, e and, if the 7om starratie" the lixecuti 4 vaeotted see' ;hall never tiros of mist?' morning colt e the Germs( 6 ; Bank Shat` to of the 19t of Province .e going to 1 the affair are in tt of riot at 0 itants of them Lve been killer ;-cre sent troof' General Di j y M. Goma . ; paid the pe mate person public prix:' I from Bogo i to undcrstof ' o the 22d te- c:ernber, which /10 not mention any such eircuni- stanec The latter:: from Lanayra are of the - 4th January. The Authorities were not under the least :alarm, from the demonstration of LABORDE's squadron, which it appears had been hovering on the coast of Cumana, but had thought fit to take its departure without making any attempt at a landing. tiIiIPPINGINTELLIGENCE.-(THIS DAV.) • . -- --- FROM LLOYD'S. DEAL, Nam:it 4,—Wind W.N.W.—The outward hound have sailed, with the excepting of the Mary. for .L.una.ira. The Indian, from the South Seas, has sailed for the Rirer. Posasmotyru, MARCH Majesty's ship Mersey, for Jamaica. The Earl of Egremont, Johnsor. , arrived from the Mau ' iitins, spoke, on her outward-bound passage, the Warren Ilastings, Mason, for Madras and Bengal, on the 11th Aug., in lat. 38., long. 38. 40. On the 15th and kith,' experienrea heavy gales from N.N.E. to N.W. On the I th, in lat. 3/. E. long. 41.25., the Warren Hastings was 'again in sight, standing to the northward, and apparently nll Well. The Earl of Egremoat arrived at the Mauritius `‘; , is At.. 29th August. THE FUNDS—(THIS DAY). tis - fteivei i CITY, TIVEL, z o' Cr, oc x Consols opened at 83i -, afterwards became buyers at *.q, an have been done at 83: 1 4 1 , but a leading Broker hav ing made me,or two rather extensive sales of money stock depressed them to 831, since which they hare recovered to at which price they continue, but stock appears nearer; the Commissioners gave t 334, the difference is only . a sixteenth per cent. between money price and time. India Bonds remain at 87 9, and Exchequer Bills, 37 9 pm. The Foreign Funds are in a complete state of inactivity, :rind there is no business of any importance, the prices having bad little or no variation for the last few days. It appears 1. ..4 that the revenue of the Brazilian Government is likely to receive a considerable augmentation, in consequence of an intention to farm the Custom-house duties in the various 4 It: . ports of that Empire, and put the same up for competition ; the, knowledge of this intention has had the effect (al though nothing has been actually agreed upon) of causing Fors to be made tci the Emperor of 30 per cent. advance on , 4141", , the sum now produced under the present arrangements; it itals t y is,- we believe, understood, that these new reettlations are intended as.an experi:nent for three years, and are likely to he attended, by the prevention of a system of smuggling which •satc.7:f his lately been the case under the present manaeement. oliary The Share market is in a dormant state, and nothing of the least novelty can be quoted. Up to the present hour we have no news in the City, nor any arrivals from France; • it is probable this arises from the state of the wind which blew heavy in the course of the night, the books of Lloyd's Mot giving more than four arrivals this morning. Theee•per Cent. Consols, 83-, buyers ; Ditto, fur the ~. Account, S3l, buyers ; India Bonds, 87 3 ; Exchequer 57 9 pm. FoattoN.—:-Brazilian, 62, 1 y 3 ; Buenos Ayres, 251 61 ; Chilian, 24 6 ; Colombian, 25+ ; Danish, 61 ; Greek, 15i 161 ; Mexican, 5 per Cent. 25-.1 61 ; Mexi can, 6 per Cent., 344 ; Peruvian, 24 5 ; Portuguese, 7+ 5 ; Rnssian,B9l- 90-,1-; Spanish, 10. Mmes.—Anglo 11Iexiean, 6,2 60 dis. ; Brazilian, 42 • ,44 pin ; Bolivar, 2- 1 4 2/ die. ; Colombian, 5 4 die. ; United Mexican, 2144 20} die. ; General Mining Association, Of ' TWO O'CLOCK. Consols have been 831 SI, but are now a shade lower, end quoted at B:3i with little doing. THREE O' CL O CK. Consols, 831 FOUR O'CLOCK. eottools for Money 83U.—For Account 831. smiab THE ARMY. Two companies of the depot of the 29th Regiment of Foot, embarked on the 29th ult. at the Cove of Cork, on board the Amphitrite transport, for Plymouth. Large detachments of the under-mentioned Regiments embarked on the 3d inst. at Gravesend, for Madras, viz. : —.2d battalion .Royal Regiment of Foot, 45th Regiment of Foot, 49th and 89th do. on board the William Fairlie. 13th Light Dragoons, 45th Regiment of Foot, 46th and 59th do. on board the Lord Lowther. LIES OF THE DAY. . - A meeting was held this morning at the Eul of EL PON'S to concert measures for defeating the Test and Cor poration Aets in the House of Lords. A deputation waited on Mr. Fox, the Banker's Clerk, now in Newgate, to return thanks for his zeal in the good cause. A wag has bestowed on the conclave the name of Foxites. Alderman PAM7.II, has this day purchased 100 Prints of Sir C. NVETHER?:LL, to distribute in East Retford. The price of horse flesh is much raised by the recen! purchase of a Cotemporary. SPORTING INTELLIGENCE. SPARRING BENEFIT. Jack Carter had his promised benefit at the Tennis Court yesterday, and received very liberal support from the Fancy. The Court was crowded to an overflow, and many of the airiest supporters of the pugilistic school were present. The setting-to was pretty good, but many of th e nobs did not show. Among the exhibitors were—Aliek Reed and Jack Scroggins; Bitten and Spencer ; the Two Dwarfs, Morgan and M'Bean, who afforded lots of fun ; J el aa Burn and the Cheshire Hero. The latter got a com plete. tie-up. He was quite a novice, and bad net a chance. Peter Crawley and the Chatham Caulker. The latter.walkedsix and twenty miles to give his friend Jack a turn.—a fact which the severity of his treatment by Peter induced him to plead as an apology for his defects. Pick (the Bristol youth) and Harry Jones; Young Dutch Sam and Jens Raines; Jem Burn's Pupil from Hatfield and Black Brerehes—a very manly and spirited display. Sheen and Crayfor ; and, as a wind-up, Jesh Hudson and Jack Litter. Josh showed the inevitable effects of good living, being thick in the wind—hut Carter did not seem suffi ciently alive to take advantage of his opponent. In the evening there were several sporting meetings.— The first of any importance was that between NED NEAL ANT) WHITE-HEADED Ben.--These men met at Harry Holt's, in Cross-laue, Long-acre, and completed their final deposit. A new alteration took place as to the time of fighting. It was discovered that the 22d of April, the day fixed, was in the week appointed for the New market Meeting; and as this circumstance might have prevented many of the turf men from being present, 8010 proposed an adjournment for a week. Neal said a week would make no difference to him; but if he acceded to Bob's wishes, he considered that he was entitled to an equi valent ; or, in other words, that he should have the right to name the place of meeting. Te this Bob at once agreed, and it was therefore • arranged that the fight should stand over to the 29th of April, instead of the 22d, and that Neal ehould'have the right to say " where." B o b l oo k e d well; kit although Neal had been out of town for several weeks, he was too fat, and has much flesh to get off. As the fight does not take place till the 29th of April, how ever, he has abundance of time to work down his super fluities. The betting on Neal is 40 to 20, and b 0 to 20. He is also backed at even to win in 20 minutes, and t o g i ve the first knock-down blow. HARRY Jo.ties AND BILL SAVAGE.—The third deposit for this fight was also made good last night, at the H o p e , in Blacknaoor-street, Drury-lane. Boa CASTLES AND PADDY FLYNN.--These men made their third deposit good on Monday night, at the Sun, in Devereux.court. They settle their differences on the 2d of April. • DICK ACTON AND NICHOLLS. —The last deposit for this affair will be made good this evening, at Harry Halt's. Both men are hearty, and look anxiously for the 18th in stant, when the important question " Which is the best man?" will be decided. The following is a correct list of the Boxing Bill of Fare for the coming two months : March 11.---Larkins and Kelly, 10/. a side. March 18.--Dick Acton and Jack Nicholls, 25/. a side. March 25 . —Harry Jones and Bill Savage, 251. a side. April 2.—tob Castles and Paddy Flynn, £5/. a side. April B.—Brown and Sampson, 2.50/. a side, half way between Birmingham and Bridgenorth. April B .—Piefinch and Young Gas, 100/. a side—ssme ring. April B.—Dobell mid Bailey, 100/. a side. April 29.—Ned Neal and Baldwin, 250/. a side. May 27.—Jem Ward and Carter, 501. a side. The Spring Mackarel Fishery has commenced if? Monnt's Bay. In the present week mackarel have been fo ld in Penzance market at from 6d. to Sd. earls. ...-Exeter Arfreff. NEW BRUNSWICK THEATRE CORONER'S ADJOURNED INQUEST. (THIS 'DAY.) • This being the appointed day for prosecuting the inquiry into the causes of the calamity that befel the .ts'ew Bruns wick Theatres M. THOMAS, Esq. and Jury assembled in the Court-house, Wellclose-square, at 20 minutes past nine Mr. Comyns attended as Counsel for the widow of the late Mr. Maurice. The names of the same Jury were called over, who were all in attendance. The Coroner inquired if Every one of them were present who had etttnded before ? Mr. Brown, the c7erk, replied that they were. CORONER.. —Gentlemen of the Jury, I am very much obliged to you, indeed, for the extreme regularity of your attendance. The Clerk will now be se good as to make the proclamation upon each inquisition from the general evidence, which will relate to the deaths of the whole eleven persons. The Clerk then read over the proclamation, calling upon every one present, who could give evidence touching the deaths, to conic forward- and he heard. Mr. Conlyns.—Mr. Coroner, among the unfortunate persons who have *lost their lives by this melancholy acci dent, one of them 1 see is of the name of Alaurice; he, I dare say, as you have learned from the inquiry that Lis already been before you,.was one of the proprietors of this Theatre. CORONER.-And do yon represent him ? Mr. Comyns—Sir, 1 was going to say that 1 represent the unfortunate widow of that deceased person. CORONER.-Then the gentlemen of the Jury and my self, will be most happy to hear anything you can state on the part of the relations of that deceased individual. Mr. Comvns-1 have no doubt, Sir, that you, a, well as the Jury have already learned that he was one of the proprietors of this theatre, and that he, in common with those other sufferers, has fallen a victim to the unfortunate calamity that has happened to the building. His family, therefore, with that of the other proprietor, of the name of Carruthers, for I believe there were but two, have been phtnged into the deepest possible distress—a calamity that not only involves the persons of the individual sufferers, in common with all the other sufferers, but the widow and family of Mr. Maurice, as well as the family of Mr. Car ruthers, have been plunged into the utmost extreme of pe cuniary distress. The situation of Mr. Carruthers is very lamentable ; because, though he has not met with the same accident that his unfortunate co-partner has dose, yet he is in a situation of mind as well as body which ren ders him totally unable at present to attend, which he has been most anxious as far as it could be to do, to give every possible information upon this inquest. The friends of the deceased (Mr. Maurice) acting, as I am sure you will find they have acted most correctly, as well as the friends of Mr. Carruthers, by their joint advisers, have felt it their duty to, come forward to this inquest, to lay before you, Sir, and the Jury, all possible information as to the causes of this unfortunate eilainity.[Here a little restlessness at the learned Gentleman's observations being evinced among theJuryd The CORONER, said, Gentlemen of the Jury, the Learned Counsel is informing us of something that he wishes to submit to your and my consideration. lie is a very Learned Counsel at the Bar, who is employed and engaged on the part of the relations of the deceased, to see that nothing is omitted in the inquiry in which we arc en gaged tending only to the elucidation of truth, and I trust that you will agree with me in the propriety that lie should be heard with all the attention that is due to that object. Mr. Comyns—l feel greatly obliged to the Learned Ceroner for the kind observatious he has made, and indeed I would almost say, which he owes to the relations of the deceased ; and also to the Jury for the attention I am re ceiving, who have to discharge a most painful duty, My duty is very simple though painful, because there is nobody who can be engaged in an inquiry like the present but who must feel extreme pain on account of the very unfor tunate calamity that has happened. 'Without further epos logy then, Sir, I was about to state, as my duty is but simple, as my duty is merely to afford information on the inquest, that 1 was endeavouring simply to come to the statement of the facts which I have, on the part of the deceased Mr, Maurice, and en the part of the surviving proprietor, to lay before this inquest upon this occasion. I was about to say, Sir, without stating what every per son must know, that from the calamitous situation in which the relatives of the deceased are placed, they are in eapable of acting for themeelvesi, as it enust easily be sup posed, the event being of so recent a date, they must call in the assistance of those who are best able to give them advice. I was about to say, in which I think the learned Coroner and Jury will agree with me, that the advice given to the widow, and the friends of the surviving pro prietor, has been I will only say proper; I will say no more than proper ; they felt that there was a great duty which they owed to the public, because this is a public calamity—a great duty they owed to the public, calling upon them to lay before this inquest every ciroutnstanee of this unfortunate event, therefore they came forward with that feeling and desire on the part of these nnfortnnate sufferers to give that information, and the information, I apprehend, cannot be better given than by saying before this inquest, under the direction of the Learned Coroner, those facts which will give a full and ample detail of the manner and con struction of the building; because the fall of the building being the cause of the unfintunate death of so many indi viduals, and of the sufferings of many of the survivors, it will be necessary that those facts should be detailed. They are anxious to lay this information before the inquest, and without at all considering what the con sequences may be, they feel it to be their duty to do it--titey Owe it to the public, who have, with that usual lively sympathy and benevolence, shown that feeling such a calamity called for, and their friends think they cannot better show the state of their feelings than by coming forward on this public occasion, to lay all the facts below the inquest. I shall therefore, with the permission of the learned Coroner, merely state the facts I am about to detail in evidence. CORONER.—With great submission to the learned Counsel, I think if lie would be kind enough to hand me up the evidence of the witnesses he wishes to have called, and to let the list lie before mc, in order that the officer of the Court may call them in the order I shall suggest, it will be the better way ; otherwise the proceeding will assume a character of advocacy, which, perhaps, the learned Counsel himself would think not quite regular. Mr. Comyns—Sir, it was not my intention to go into the details, I was merely going to give you the outline of the facts ; but agreeably to your wick I shall proceed to give you the names of my witnesses, and the first I will call shall be Mr. Pound, the bricklayer. Mr. Pound appeared on being called. CORONER—Now, Gentlemen of the Jury, the Learned Counsel has proposed to us that ws, should examine a wit ness whose name he has just repeated as the beginning of our adjourned proceedings. lie must permit me to say that I cannot permit that witness to be heard till one fact is in evidence before you, which strikes my bumble judgment u the first which ought to be proved—namely, the character of the building, through the means of the falling of which those unhappy deaths have arisen. Whether it was a building of a private nature--or whe ther it was a building of a public nature--a messuage in the language of the law, but in common parlance a theatre, ought to be in evidence. If it was a theatre, there roust have been a licence to perform within it music, dancing, &c., of which as yet we have had uo evidence at all, except common rumour, and which you and I mist expel from our minds. But I have ordered the Clerk of the Peace to be summoned, to produce certain records of the Court of Quarter Sessions, to satisfy you whether a licence was granted to this building under the Statute of Geo. IL, as a theatre for the performance of music and other entertainments; therefore, the first witness I shall require to be called before you, shall be the Clerk of the Peace of these hamlets and precincts. D. H. Stable, Clerk of the Peace, was then called. Mr. Stable —Mr. Coroner, before being sworn—. CORONER--.Sir, I can hear nothing until you are sworn. You come here to give your evidence on behalf of the King, touching the deaths of those unfortunate individuals, and I tender to you the oath upon which alone you can give us any useful information, because without the sanction of an oath the Jury could not sit here, nor could I act on your statement. Mr. Stable —My object, Sir, was merely to explain the situation I hold. _ CORONER—But you had better be sworn first.—The oath whs then administered to this witness. Mr. Comyes—Do you produce a license for this place from the Magistrates? Witness—This is the license that was granted at the Quarter Sessions, and signed by me. CORONER—Were those the names of the several gentle men, whose names they purport to be ?—Yos they ar c— You know their handwriting ?—Decidedly ; and I saw them sign it. The licence granted at qv) Michaelmas QUilittf Stuivas of the Peace, dated ISth of October, agteeably to the statute of the ?..'sth year of George H. was then read. The license was granted to Richard Carruthers and David Sampson Maurice, proprietors, and signed by the Magis trates of the Pead, M. COMyns—l 'propose, Sir, that we should show the manner in which this building was erected. Conoxrn—But we must draw a distinct line, and not permit the Jury or myself to be mixed up with any wishes of the parties representing the decealed individuals. We etand here as concurring with no one in any given mode of action : in any given mode of inquiry—we wish to arrive at the truth by the shortest road. Mr. eatnyns-Then; ivill Van allow me to make one siiggestion? lam willing, and those on whose behalf I appear arc most anxious, in whatever part we take, to be entirely under the direction of the learned Coroner. The only case to which I could assimilate this is that of a bridge. CpßoNr.ft—The authorities that the Learned Counsel may give us may he invaluable, because hereafter they may enable you to judge upon any point of law it may he my duty to submit to you. When the Learned Counsel gives us his opinion, it is entitled to our highest respect, b u t in the end we must look t o s ee ho that opinion is support ed by authority. Mr. Comps—The ease I allude to is to be found in ~)(1 Hawkins's Pleas of the Crown, chap. 9. Foreman of the Jury—The Gentlemen of the Jury wish the Learned Counsel to speak louder. CORONER-The Learned Counsel very properly felt that he might suggest any thing to me, but that in this stage of the proceeding . , he had no right to address the Jury. However, I will ask hies to be so good as to let his voice go to your side of the Court, without attending to m e . at all. Mr. Comyns—l was just saying that the only case to which I could assimilate the present inquiry was, that of a bridge where an accident happened by the bridge falling; and the inquiry upon the inquest before the Coroner was into the causes of the fall of that bridge ; se that the in quest would have to find whose duty it. was to repair the bridge, to preserve it, and keep it in good condition for the public safety. On looking into the books, as I have just stated, I thought that the most apt instance by which I could illustrate the present inquiry. The present subject matter of inquiry being a building, it is perhaps not of that great public nature that a highway or thoroughfare is, but it certainly is of a great public na ture; it having been licensed, which the Learned Coroner has now very properly had evidence of before him : setting therefore at rest all question as to whether it was a build ing of a public nature or not, the two cases appear to me very much to resemble each other. Then the inquest was to enquire into the defects of the bridge, so that the Coroner and Jury might return to the (hurt of Sessions the causes of the accident. Under these circumstances, I was taking the liberty of proposing to the Learned Coroner to all persons, being entirely under the direction, however, of the learned Coroner, because I hope there can be no other feeling than to give to the public that which they have a right to demand, and to give to the Jury every in formation that can lead to a just conclusion as to the causes that led to the catastrophe; I was taking the liberty of proposing to call, in the first instance, the bricklayer who built the theatre, to show how it was erected, the state of the walls, and under whose superinteudencetliey were reared. CORONER—Gentlemen of the Jury, we have listened to the conversation of the Learned Counsel, who has been re quested to attend here to watch the regularity of our pro ceedings, and to assist them in any proper way he could. The observation I shall make in answer to that conversation between the Learned Counsel and myself, is this-that it being now in evidence before you, that those deceased per sons came to their deaths by the falling of this theatre, the next step in the order of our enquiry should be, in my opinion, to call witnesses to prevc that the eleven bodies of which we have had a view, were the persons immolated in those ruins, because that is not in evidence before you' yet, to the best of my recollection. Mr. Comyns—l really had thought that evidence had been given in the part of the enquity that has already been prosecuted. CORONER-It has not. Mr. Comyns—lndeed I thought it had. Then will you allow me to call a witness for that purpose? CORONER-The Jury and myself must be tenacious of your being the instrument of m ars h a lli ng th e ev id ence which the Jury are to receive, because they might subject themselves to the imputation that the evidence was mar shalled by those who, by a very proper feeling, are sent here by the relations of the deceased Mr. Maurice and Mr. Carruthers. Other persons whose names and whose characters may he implicated in these inquiries, would im pute it to the Jury, that the marshalling of the evidence through that particular channel should not be permitted, because they might say it was the Coroner's duty, and the duty of the Jury under his control, to call the witnesses in the order which they thought their consciences but approved. I shall therefore ask the Learned Counsel to permit me to take my own way, in the order I shall pursue; and if I wish to satisfy myself respecting any given fact being probable to be produced in evidence before you, I might ask him whether I should be losing time by calling a witness, lie having any that could more satisfac torily and more speedily elicit the point. Mr. Comyns—l really had no other object in coming here'to•day, than to pay the most implicit obedience to the Learned Coroner, and to do all I could in laying the facts before the Jury, which those on whose behalf I appear, are merit anxious to do. CORONER—Is there any witness in Court who can prove to myself and the Jury that the body of David Sampson Maurice was to his knowledge taken out of the ruins ? The following witness answered that he could. J. T. Hain, Thomas-street,Whitechapel-road, an orna mental painter, sworn.--I was on the ruins first, with the Rev. Mr. Smith, endeavouring to extricate the bodies of both living and dead. I made inquiry as to Mr. Mau rice. This was about ten minutes to twelve. I was called to look at a boot with a bit of black cloth trow sers attached to it. I went outside the door, and Mr. Ballantyne asked me if I knew the boot. I replied in the negative. I remained until the body was dug from the ruins which covered it, and I also assisted in bring ing it here. It was the body of Mr. Maurice, and was quite dead when taken from beneath the ruins. This was on Thursday last, immediately after the building had fallen. I ordered the men to remove the ruins from off the body. A Juror asked if it was necessary that he should be exa mined, as lie was an eye witness to what the former wit ness had already deposed to. The CORONER thought there was sufficient evidence to the fact of Mr. Maurice being taken from the ruins. The CORONER then enquired if any person was present who could speak as to the death of Edmond Gilbert. Jas. T. saw Edmond Gilbert taken out. In clearing away the rubbish under the prompt wing I found a body ; at first I did not know whose it was, but I soon discovered that it was Ned Gilbert. He was quite dead. I also saw Mary Anne Fearon, and Mai y Anne Freeman, dug out from tbo ruins, and several other bodies which I .did not know at the time, though I have since learned whose they were. When I saw the boot of Mr. Maurice it was in Well -street. in the King's highway. The deposi tions were then read over to the witness and signed by him. The CortoNita said that it appeared to him that the , . ought to go one step farther ; a question of law might arise as to whether the persons killed were found in the ruins within the limit of the theatre, or whether they were found on the King's highway, in Wen-street. He did not say that this question would arise, but he thought they ought to have evidence before them as to where the deaths happened, and he would therefore recall the last witness. J. T. Hain recalled— saw the body of Mary Ann Fearon under the prompt wing, and Mary Ann Freeman was close to her. The prompt wing is within the theatre. Alexander Perry, 15, Cable-street, Wellclese-square, sworn.—l am a baker. I was on the ruin, and saw the body of Penfold bent down with the rubbish, and lying across that of a live man. He was quite dead, and it was past twelve o'clock before we got him extricated. No part of his body was in the street, he was entirely within the theatre. The time occupied in drawing up the depositions, in order that they might be signed by the witnesses, occasioned a consideratic loss of time. Samson Darking Campbell sworn.—l live at No. 3, George-street, Hackney. I was under the prompter at the theatre. Towards the close of the evening after the acci dent, the workmen were clearing th e f oo t pat h oppos i te t h e Star public-house, immediately across the flat of the cellar of the public-house I saw the body of Joseph Levi taken from out of the rubbish. I did not see the body of Levi afterwards, and I subszquently heard. but I do not know it ut Inv own knowledge, that the body I saw taken from the rubbish has been since claimed as that of Joseph Levi. He was quite a stranger to me. I also saw other bodies taken from the ruins, but they have already been spoken to by others. George Cooper sworn—l live at No. 6, Edward-street, King - eland-road, Shoreditch. I am a carman, and between ten and eleven o'clock on Friday morning I was engaged in when some carpenters told me that they knew there was a body lying beneath the spiral staircase. They ae eordingly set to work there, and in about an hour after brought out the body of Wipitra Loden There was but one spiral staircase, which waS that leading 4o the dress boxes. William Leader was quite dead. I knew Leader when living.• He was a carpenter, and worked at the Theatre. I believe he was killed by the falling of the rfteatl'e; . . William Price sworn---I live at No. 15, Grace's-al:ey, •Well-street. lam a carpenter. About one o'clock on Thursday I was one of those who assisted in removing the rubbish from a body in the street. When the rubbish was taken away I knew it to be the body of Robert Purdy. 'He was grate dead. The body was found in Well-street, on the King's highway. Purdy tfas a I , lael!,,nnith. The body was completely buried under the ruins; Wificb had fallen into the street. The CORONER now asked if there Was,any PersOn pre sent who saw either John Evans, Jesse Miies t or Alexander William Davison, dug out of the ruins; but no one ap peared. The Cormier then requested that intimation might be given that evidence was required as to that fact. Mr. Comyns suggested that a public notice should be posted on the ruins; which suggestion was agreed to, and a bill was accordingly written for that purpose. The CORONER, then addressed the Jury, and said that they had now before them the fact that the building in question was a theatre and a public building: They bad also before them, the fact, that eight persons were killed by the materials of that theatre falling upon them, and that some of them were killed within the theatre, and some in the street, upon the King's highway. The most convenient course robe pursued non', was is enquire into the natnre of the building, and into the causes which led to the death of so many individuals. If the person who built the theatre was in attendance, he called upon him, it he thought proper to de so, to come forward and give any explanation in his power as to the immediate cause of the accident. Mr. Comyns said, that having the facts stated by the Coroner now before them, and particularly the depsition as to the death of one individual having been occasioned by the fall of the building, it was reasonable to conclude that the same cause led to the death of all. The Conon:a.—Draw no inferences if you please, Mr. Comyns. Mr. Cornyne.l stand here as the representative of a person deceased, and I call on the inquest to hear the evi dence which I am prepared to lay before it. That person is unable to represent himself, but as his representative I call upon the inquest in the name of his surviving rela tives, to hear.-- CORONER.-And I call upon them, in the name of the King, to inquire into the cause of the deaths of the de ceased.--,-In the name of the Xing, the father of his people, who cares as much for the poorest life that is lost, as he does for the wealthiest or most eminent. Mr. Comytis.—Sir, I equally revere the name by which you call, but I am bound both as a representative of the deceased, and also as one of the public, to lay before you, all the evidence which the relations have been enabled to obtain, as to the causes which led to this me lancholy accident. He did not know what other course could be pursued, than to lay before the inquest the evi dence he was prepared with. The CORONEK.—I call;ipou the builder of the theatre to come forward and give evidence. Mr. Comyns—The builders of the theatre are many persons. I call upon one of them to give evidence as far as he knows. The person I call is named Pound. He is the bricklayer who was employed upon the building. The Learned Counsel then referred to the case he had before alluded:to from Hawkins' pleas of the Crown, relative to the fall of a bridge, where it was held that inquiry into the nature of the building or of the repairs was most im portant for the Inquest, as the Jury had the power of amercing the parties through whose carelessness or negli gence such a fatal occurrence happened. Mr. George Pound, the bricklayer, who built the walls of the Theatre, was then called and sworn. Mr. Comyn was proceeding to examine the witness when he was interrupted by The CORONER, who said, that no person except himself or the Jury had any right to interrogate the witness. Mr. Comyn—l can assure both the Coroner and the Jury, that nothing but the conscientious feeling that it was my duty on behalf of the relations of the de ceased Mr. Maurice, to lay before the inquest all the information in their power, could induce me to pursue the course which has been thought irregular ; and perhaps I could now have acquiesced in the suggestion made by the Coroner, if I had not before me a precedent for my interference. Every one will recollect the melancholy occurrence that took place upon the death of the late Queen, when several persons came by their death ; an inquest was then held on the bodies of the sufferers before Mr. Stirling, one of the Coroners of the county of Middlesex—a gentle man 'of the most extended experience in the duties of his office. The enquiry then was as to the cause of the death of some persons who were killed in an affray between the military and the.mob which had assembled en that occasion. I remem ber that a Learned Counsel attended the Coroner's Inquest on behalf of the officers and soldiers, who were sup posed to be the cause of the death of the parties ; I remember well that a Learned Counsel then ap peared on the part of the person supposed to have occasioned the deaths, not for one day, but for many days—Ate called all the witnesses, which lie felt it his duty to examine in exculpation of his clients. I certainly, Sir, do not recollect any other precedent from which it. could appear that any legal gentleman,or indeed any other person represented, either the accused or the dead, by interrupting the proceedings, so far as to assist in the enquiry which had brought the In quest together. I am sure, continued theLearnedGentleman, that no one can be more anxious than I am, from inclination, as well as from every principle of duty, to respect the judge by whose determination I must be bound. But representing, as I do, one of the deceased parties, in order that this inquest might be better assisted in its inquiring into the causes and effect of the late dreadful calamity, I can have no doubt as to tie propriety of following the prece dent I have just cited. I can also see another reason— namely, the great convenience that must result from such a course. Neither the Coroner or the Jury now assembled can by possibility know any of the facts ; indeed no person can he acquainted with them but the persons who bring the witnesses forward to give evidence between the King and his subjects. As a proceeding, therefore, both useful and convenient, I submit to the Coroner that the 'iiitirtiOpe ought in the first instance to be interrogated by the advo::.' cute of the parties. This was the only mode of 'cirri ducting a legitimate enquiry. It was the rule that governed all legal proceedings. The Coeoe Eft—Gentlemen, when the Learned Counsel, for whose great learning I have the highest respect, inter rupted me, I was about to inform you that the situation of Judge, sitting here as I do, is one of complicated diffi culty and embarrassment. It is my duty to state to you what I think to be the law as applicable to this inquest, and if I am wrong, most ready shall I be to acknowledge my error and redress my mistake. I sit here, Gentlemen, to inquire with you into the cause of the death of certain of his Majesty's subjects, therefint I call in the King's name upon all persons who can give any evidence touching the cause of the death of the deceased to come forward and give that evidence to you. It is then my duty, Gentlemen, to ask those witnesses as they cone, up, to tell their impressions as to the causes, as far as they know. If I find them, Gentlemen, concealing any thing, if, will be my duty then to put such questions to them, in the King's name, as I think are calculated to elicit the truth. The learned Counsel has cited a prece dent, and I am bound, as well as every one sitting in this chair must be, by precedents—to act otherwise, would be to introduce the most mischievous innovations. It would be to nncettle the law itself and leave the subjects of this realm at the discretion of a Judge. The precedent, however, now quoted is so very isolated an instance, that I cannot bring myself to subscribe to it. With the greatest possible re spect for the Learned Coroner who presided upon the oc casion alluded to, I do feel that I would be giving to this Inquest a character which it ought not by any means to assume, if I allowed the advocates, either of the accused or of the deceased, to take a leading part in this enquiry. I would put it to the Learned Counsel whether the better course would not he this,—if he should find that the truth, and the whole truth, has not been extracted front any one of the witnesses, or tint Ido not put such questions as are calculated to elicit the whole truth, or that the witness does Not give such an swers as convey the whole troth to the Jury, then that the Learned Counsel would be kind enough to suggest any thing which he may think likely to forward the ends of justice. Mr. Comyns—l beg pardon for one moment. It has been just mentioned to me, that the same course which I wish to pursue, had been allowed upon the inquest on the body of Lord Ffrench, who committed suicide in Dublin in 1811. Ido not myself know this fact, but as it has been mentioned to me, I thought it right to put the Coroner in possession of it. The CORONER-..-1 would ask the Learned Counsel in , consideration to you, Gentlemen that he will permit us to pursue this enquiry in the way in which we wish, and I assure him and you that I will this very night for ward a letter to my learned High Steward to ask his ad vice. If he should think that I ought to persevere in my own view, I shall of course do so, if on the other band he should say that I am mistaken, I will then readily acknow ledge my error ; or if upon cool reflection this evening,after looking into the authorities, I find myself mistaken, I will alter my mode of proceeding. It is due from the Muck Cnntiosnan to Admit tbd ths duty of o Coroner M ~r~"~' is i one 01 a Very- nmplicatc4. sits to inquire how the subjects of his Majesty came ddath. His Majesty, as the father of his people, has a right to deurtnd such an inquiry—and 1, in conducting it, must not be led away by the representations of any interested party. 'Lie el.aroinAlftt of the witness, Mr. Pound, was then resumed, Mr. Pound said, 1 live di kaffe'tiel-:Place, North Road, Hoxton, in the county of Middleset. lam a brick layer. When the walls of the theatre were up to the under side of the roof, they were perfectly safe to receive the roof. They were quite upright, and I bad nothing forther t pat,:j o o t ; lo with n en o ) f m o re c t l i e la rk n erecting the the i he works. After the ttiof tt!re'!.. apt To on ; or th , e p r i e .R 7 s s , a th g a r t ea it t tached caused most satisfactory a Ts weig htsheh hat tt4t'P.ll,!st:ttellO9'uretc?kotiogr. accident. questions fi o v ruc ll,kt b e.s permitted to ih e witness, when Mr. Cornyirl st 4 gEres`ted, chat, as representa tcloiovuTeerxhso'etefmNtC%hio°'eeUßfliililC'eebnle:Nßl:fio‘to'rn'faelstisli:;firi odr t s i pe : cei'n ex ia 'a sme m dt ii i e at tl t l h iwitness first. In answer to the Coroner the witness said—l was employed to build the walls of the theatre by the deceased Mr. Mau rice and Mr. Carruthers. I acted as I was ordered by the architects. I received no written orders from Messrs. Maurice and Carruthers. 1 went for orders to the architect, and to the clerk or the itorts. Mr. Stedritin Whitwell spas the architect or surveyor, and Mr. Edward tiba‘v was'' tire clerk of the works. I began building the theatre on the Qd of August last. There was a paper containing a specification of my depart ment of the work shown to me by Mr. Maurice before the building commenced. I returned it to him next day, after affixing the price of the work in figures to the paper. I never saw the paper since, but conformed myself to that specification. I looked to Mr. Maurice and Mr. Carruthers for my money, but had no written agreement with them. Ido not remember having said I ever gave the specification to Mr. Whitwcll. 1 never saw it in Mr. Whitwell's possession, but I saw it in Mr. Pulford's. 1 finished my part of the building of the Theatre about Christmas last, I can't state the precise day. The parapet was then finished as well as the walls. There was a great mass of brick-work erected after wards within the area of the interior walls. The walls were fit to receive the roof in the month of September last. The Comaxxa was about to put some question respect ing the contents of the specification, when Mr. Comvns suggested, that no parole evidence could be taken, as the contract was in writing, and might be produced. The Coaomt acquiesced in this suggestion, and sent for Mr. Pulford, who was stated to have the writing al luded to in his possession. The witness was then examined by the COlitiNtitoil other points. He said, Mr. Shaw and Mr. Whitwell superintended the building. Mr. Shaw was always over me. He was never absent for a single day whilst the building was going on. Mr. Whitwell came three or four times Y weak to see how the work was going on. He used to go round the building and survey the walls from the scaffolding. I have been a btleklayer all my life. lam 42 years of age. Mr. \Vhitwell paid the same attention to the building, whilst I was engaged on it, as architects generally do. Mr. Whitwell paid that atten tion to the building which would have satisfied me, if I had employed him. I was there myself night and day, and he came constantly to survey the WOlliS. CORONER—Gentlemen of the Jury, I hove this moment received a letter from Mr., Whitwell, addiesstd to myself, which I will read to you.— " Wednesday morning. Sir—On my road to the inquest I have been informed that Counsel have been permitted to examine, &c., 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 Jury for a very short time, that I may repair my omission by endeavouring to procure instantly a similar representation ; I shall not lose, however, a moment is furthering and as sisting the investigation by every means in my power. I have the honour to be, Sir, Your most obedient humble Servant, STEDMAN WHITWELL. Therefore you see the course I have taken is one which, if I had not taken, might have been objectionable to Mr. Whitwell, and other persons interested. I rejoice that he, and perhaps others, are to be similarly represented with those for whom Mr. Corny'', appears, because then 1 shall he relieved from all responsibility. When we have the legal assistance of an advocate for all parties interested, we can then steer• our way clearly. Examination of Pound restrrned.—The clerk of the works had a plan of the building which he kept in his counting-house. I received my instructions from him.— There was a ground plan, and a plan of the elevation of the building. I used to have orders for the thickness of the walls, from the clerk of the works. I might have seen some plan or drawing showing the thickness of the walls, but I don't remember it. I will not swear that I had never seen such a plan. It is usual before any building is commenced to make a drawing, which shows the thickness of the walls and other matters connected with the building. In point of fact, every brick that is laid down must be according to the plan or draw ing. Those plans or drawings are laid down according to a graduated scale which appears on then'. I believe such plans were made before the building of the new Brunswick Theatre. Those drawings and plans are usually made in duplicate. The clerk of the works gene rally keeps the working plan, and the surveyor or parties keep the original. I never saw any thing but a working plan of the Brunswick Theatre. Whea the roof of the theatre was on, and some of the slates on, the district surveyor saw the walls, anti expressed himself perfectly satisfied. I plumbed the walls in September, when they were slating the roof : they were perfectly up right, as perpendicular as before the roof was put en. I subsequently looked at the walls, and can state that they were perfectly upright up to the day when the district surveyor inspected them. 'This was the day the license was granted. I cannot state the fact from my own knowledge, but I understand that to he the case.— J . must state that I was not with the district surveyor iiiio . daythe Theatre was licensed. The District Surveyor, however, frequently inspected the work whilst the walls were erecting. Mr. Goff is the District Surveyor. lie generally came and looked at the works three or four times a week., After the 'roof was put on a great weight was attached to'it. There was the machinery of the flies and the workshop over the Theatre. I was never up in the flies ; it was not my business. The workshop was used for preparing the scenery. This I could see from the gallery. There were two girders strapped up to the roof. The end of the girders was strapped rip to the roof, and ran into the walls ; the girders were of very slight scant ling; they carried the floor of the carpenters shop, and were supported by two iron rods carried to the roof ; each end of the girders had 1 bearing in the walls ; those gir ders were put in the green walls a short time before the accident ; 1 have seen them so far as this ; I was carrying up my air flew and I saw those girders in the walls. The heavy weight of machinery for the flies was at the end of the building, which I understand first fell. I sass' the building standing on the Saturday, and saw it in ruins on Friday last. At this period of the proceedings the Coroner stated that he was about to retire for a few minutes, and that if the Jury choose they might take advantage of his absence, and retire also. Mr. Comyn wished to inquire whether the Coroner would appoint a certain time for the proceedings to close every day. It was quite clear the investigation could not conclude this day. Indeed, from the nature and progress of the investigation, it bid fair to rival the trial of Warren Hastings in duration. At all events, there was a certain time when nature became exhausted, and therefore some limit should be fixed fur the commencement and termina of the proceedings. The CORONER thought that from nine o'clock to five in the evening was as long as the Court could conveniently sit; but he wished to consult 'entirely the wishes of the Jury. Mr. Cemyn thought eight hours was as long as the Court could continue to sit, consistent with what was due to public justice. It was for, the Coroner, however, him-- self, to fix a time ; he was the Judge of the Court, and the question was solely for his consideration. The CORONER said, that when twenty-one respecta_ blc gentlemen were summoned, he considered it his duty to consult their convenience in every instance in preference to his own. After the Jury deliberated together fora short time, the Foreman stated that they were unanimously of opinion that eight boors a-day was as long as they could, and that the most convenient hours were those suggested by the Co roner, from nine in the morning until five in the evening. The Coaewra observed that the Quarter Sessions com menced to-morrow morning, and as the Court would be occupied by the Magistrates, he feared the Inquest must adjourn over to-morrow. However, this was a matter which the Jury might consider amongst themselves. The Coroner and some of the Jury the* retired for a few minutes. On the Coroner and Jury returning into Court, The CORONER addressed the Jury to the following effect ;sen Oentletnent in COnlecintLlCV 9f your repot, that '.;:t CT I should riroune the m , ..si - tespe,talaT2 sure are this unfortunate place. T had fue..hunottx of adaressing letter to his Grace the Duke of WelliPstv, the Constat)..., of the Tower of London, to request that !iv would he gra.: fl t lsoil to cause your wishes to be cill-i.rytlie,d anti I shall 1t1 , T7 have the honour of reading- hi:, letter in answer with March,2e. Sir,-1 have this eveniitg• .eseeived your- ktter, have accordingly applied to Aft. Secretary Peel, to gire. direction ft,r , .'he attendance upon you of two of the archi tects employed ntlf:er the Surveyor-Gener a l of thr Board of Works. I have tilt Irmlour to be, " Your obedient, Nimble Servant, • \YELLIN GT ON. Therefore, iwcore you go gentletriVi's we will have eurne arranements made, as to where these' gentlemen wh ose time is most valuable to the public can ateitti upon,you. and give you titeir opinion as to the erection e. this build ing. Whether you shall think that Saturday w; 1 1 be the most convenient time for their attendance, they bt'utg to survey the building in the intermediate time, frill be .ft'r you fc sad.• Foreman of the Jury.—Though it has been our most anxio:ts wish that Mt:thing should be gone into, and kept tip SS closely Its possible, sit Saturday would interfere very much with butines;:, we being ;11 men of busimss. At the same time we hashlg this duty thrown upon us, we feel more preorl3,o.,onugeeodh:i honored to dischargeit. Conosith—What time is it likely the business 01 the Mr. Staple, Crerk of the Sessions wilf s lie got throlol to-morrow Y P ea ce—l should tlitilt that tlyr. business would not oecupy more than twn hours. CORON I:11 -- ---I understand that the prtb/icans will attet to-morrow for the rc,-tiewal of their licences, and %Vn:c , ' precincts, you will have tliCgo will probabYy cause the businco of the Scstions to he rather.' atrvac T ry ll o is stto i l n , ( l l ; u .eh e tci es ao n t i ri c dvel t .,, o bui r ii: e sc ii l i n in t,r d , y bh o ya t . :_ ieu a g eb, a , e . to prove it, that the necessary steps may be taken, is odness to firing forward. k t tw i l l e i ' es i l t ilt ee o sp i f n p r ese As this will make it rather a heavy sessions, and as it is extremely desirable that we s',,ould not hiose time its tha prosecution of this inquiry, suppo:;e we say we will !TIN E * 1 to-morrow at three, and continue the inquiry till site. 1 After a few more observations, it was decided that the inquest should be resumed to-morrow at two o'cloclz, ant; and contince tilt eight in the evening. ConoN Ea.-Gentlemen, 1 shall now, if ou: please, ask you to be kind enough to put such questions to this witneas as yon may think will elicit important answers in the pro secution of tnith. You will, however, net as him an 7 thing bearing on what is to be ptoved by a written instru ment about to be produced, because you uuderstand that instrument is nut in Court, bait thilf we have sera fl the gentleman who has it, and it is expected to be bete ii;' half:past three o'clock. Exatnination of the witness reiuwed. Br d Jimlr-- , tlic walls were safe in my own opinion, J., fir as I eatried thetn, end were safe when I left them. F took the thickness of the walls from the survey gi - Ten me by the clerk of the works. [Sir Richard Birnie here enttred the Court.] The walls were never built to cony a great under the roof. The weight hung to the reef was. tremendous, hut I cannot tell what the a eight was ; I am certain the walls would have, stozai A , LT a century if it had not IR.-2 - 11 for the weight hung to the :vol . , 1 never saw the paper again ivhich we are waiting fur ; I did not work according to that papet, but I worked according to the directions of the Clerk of the Works. That paper related to prices. Witness left it at Mr. M.'e i:otintiog-linute and Mr. Whitwell never showed it rue afterwards. I never took a copy of that paper. I worked by ineastife, and only put down the price. I was to work by the dire.niuu the architect of the workF, or of his c;:erk, and Lad no written direction. I worked by inuasurc, at a aiven pric4. • Mr. Co n importance. i y n po here rt ue I said thatt a i es from received l ei \r, pui eda letter o was which great r with the permission of the Court, be would read it. The. Learned Counsel then read the letter which was to the effect,. that he had just teceived a message requiring him to produce the specification, which avast, however, at his house in Clare mont-square, Peutonville, whither he would send for it, and also for any other papers which might be ris and he would come himself in person as soon as the enquiry at the place he was then at should be concluded. A message was immediately send in reply, requesting that Mr. Pulsford would be kind enough to send ial7llC d iately for the papers. Examination resumed—l examined the building on Sa turday, and looked at the walls externalla They v..ere perfectly upright, and ell appeared to be pe t afeetly saw They were thin walls, only two bricks and a halt' . tbiek. I plumbed the walls when the roof was put on, but :set afterwards. The parapet was sonic places two, and' in others three bricks thick. The portico was a 'great weight, haviny no support from the street by means of pillars, but I can form no opinion as to whether it had any effect in bringing down the building. It was solely supported by the wall and the piers, and sustaioe by iron cand.:lievets let into the building- The front wait was two bricks and a half thick up to the top. The walls upon each side of the building were of the same thickaest, except that next to Mr. Jones'e, the blacksmith's, whicl , was four bricks when we came to it, and we continued it un three bricks to the bond timbers, after which we reduced it The bricks used in the building were stocks. Thronglunta the building stock-bricks were used, except the old bricks-, Those unfit for use we threw aside, amounting to 6,000, awl. were taken away as rubbish. No bricks of inferior qualit,:a were used,—nothing but sound stocks. I had not all picked stocks, but common stocks, at the price of thirty-four shillings in the field, per thousand, which is a tip top prier. There- were no bits amongst them. 'The 'porter used the in the building was made of grey. stone lime, procured front the Medway Company. 7 had sharp sand to mix with it. I don't know the proportion in w hi c h th e y were mixed. The mutter was worked up in a slug-mill. The brick-work under the roof was as dry as it possibly could be expecte in the time (which was two months), before the roof was put em. It was a bad season of the year after the roof was on for 'porter to set. The walls were perfectly well cemented. There were font courses of cement round the top of the building.— No old bats were used, they were all carted away; the lower walls of the thcat,o were also• worked in Roman cement up to the pavement ; they were throughly set and dug, as we built on the old foundation, and a famous foundation it was ; this applies to the back and front walls, the side walls were not built in cement because they had nut been pulled down below the surface. We began to build on them at the level of the pavement , large spaces were left in the front walls ; the theatre was built with piers and openings between them in t 1 front ; the piers were three feet wide by two bricks and a half ; I think that they were from twenty to thirty feet high, and extended from the portico to the un der side of the pediment, and were covered over with. Yorkshire stone four• inches thick. The stones were. cramped iu with iron bars and lead in the centre of the piers, and a dead arch was turned over each I )pcning ; the arches were worked with mortar. la answer to a Juror—l have been on the ruins since; the theatre fell down ; the causes of the mortar not ad , h of er t in h g e s t e o as th o e n b o r f ic t li h s e n ,. %w r, ar a e l , i in rael so the great shake ; the y opinion, in conseqm n ee bricks appar to be clean from mortar ; the parapets were , taken up during a hard frost, which shook all she joints; there were besides timbers every four feet, as far as the piers and openings extended. The chain-bond weht right round with au angle-tic in east corner. There was brick or brick and a half brick-work built up in most the pier,. se of injuries received 1. , , Small window holes were left in seine of the piers. 1 . don't know whether the bond timbers were ever cut away. tell, but he is ill in never absent from the build roof. My opinion o dry f re spectingttrtihhn: build ing fallLf u o t o i r :t el i odm l Hospital, t fo h i ati t e lihi l e v: r i tS a s h i t e l e o l t .eet.tol the Spencer) pelceetoe:hiniceVseaseertirlt'neleei:e:n' taking eel'.br carried d t tits endinthe season of the year, and every thing into consideration is, that they were perfectly safe, the bricks were dry, and the lime was hut.. I said before, that there were frost and wet weather dur in; the erection of the parapets, all the other walls were to do with binding the building. lam still of opiniosi, weather. September last.Th The externalTh epa walls raet e ha d '3. ere n fi o t ri l i :in l' i that the weight of the flies, Sc. was the cause of the fall— ing down of the Theatre. I always thought that the depending of these weights to the root of the Theatre, would greatly endanger the building. I never expressed that apprehension to any one connected with the theatre,‘ or to any persona whatever. I never troubled my head about it, because it was net my busincse ; I bad 11,.tisii g to do with the roof; I did not abstaiir front t.enti :::ng it, from my fear that it might injure myself if it were ge nerally known ; I e rected the whole of the briek-worl; oc the interior of the building, as well as of the outside; the passage leading to the gal!cry vas of brick-work t the steps leading to the gallery were supported b y it, and both the gal l ery and boxes were supported by piers and had no bearing on the external. The interior fittings of the Theatre were independent of the walls. ca rried on the baAiness of a printer in Fenchurch-atto..t. Comyn—The late Mr. and Ex :l m r. in C e a d rr i u l the l : l s r is a patent manufacturer of fluid f r axletrees, in Gracechurch-street. I cannot t&l t',e height of the outer wails. They were, perhap , 6 a';uut aeTenty feet high, hum the paN'emeut to the top ut the