The Sun.
London, England, 1828-03-06 00:00:00

the only points where it is lawful in religious rnatteri.
He adds, " it is not lawful to Statesmen to inflict
uny evil without correspondent advantage." We
Lrunt this most fully, and therefore would we oppose
ord John Russell's Bill, which goes to inflict a
great evil, without any advantage at all.—New
Times.

NEW BRUNSWICK THEATRE•

ADJOURNED INQUEST CONTINUED FROM OUR PAPER

OF YESTERDAY.

Examination of Pound resumed—There were two
girders strapped up to the roof. The end of the girders
was strapped up to the roof, and ran into the walls ;
the girders: were of very slight scantling; they carried
the floor of the carpenter's shop, and were surported
by two iron rods carried to the roof; each end of the
girders had a bearing in the walls ; those girders were
put in the green walls a short time before the accident;
I have seen them so far as this; I was carrying up
my air flue 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 saw 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 chose 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 for the commencement and termina-
tion of the proceeding'.
The ConowEa thought thlt 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. Comyn 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-
ble 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 hours a-day was as long as they could sit, and that the
most convenient hours were those suggested by the Co-
roner, from nine in the morning until five in the evening.
The CORONER 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 then retired fer a
few minutes.

On the Coroner and Jury returning into Court,

The CORONER addressed the Jury to the following
effect :—Gentlemen, in consequence of your request, that
I should procure the most respectable surveyors to survey
tide unfortunate place, I had the honour of addreseing a
letter to his Grace the Duke of Wellington, the Constable
of the Tower of London, to request that he would be gra-
ciously pleased to cause your wishes to he complied with,
and I shall now have the honour of reading his Grace's
letter in answer :

"4th March, IS2B.

Sir,--I have this evening received your letter, and I
have accordingly applied to Mr. Secretary Peel, to give
direction for the attendance upon you of two of the archi-
tects employed under the Surveyor-General of the Board
of Works. I have the honour to be,
" Your obedient, humble Servant,
" WELLINGTON."

Therefore before you go, gentlemen, we will have some
arrangements made, as to when these gentlemen whose
time is most valuable to the public can attend upon you,
and give you their opinion as to the erection of this build-
ing. Whether you shall think that Saturday will be the
most convenient time for their attendance, they being to
survey the building in the intermediate time, will be for
you to say.
Foreman of the Jury.—Though it has been our most
anxious wish that the thing should be gone into, and kept
up as closely as possible, yet Saturday would interfere very
much with business, we being all men of business. At the
same time having this duty thrown upon us, we feel bound
to discharge it.
CORONER—What time is it likely the business of the
Sessions will he got through to-morrow ?
Mr. Stable, Clerk of the Peace—l should think that the
business would not occupy more than two hours.
CORONER—I understand that the publicans will attend
to-morrow for the renewal of their licences, and which
will probably cause the business of the Sessions to be rather
more prolonged. This induces me to remind you again,
that if you have observed any house to have been
kept open, contrary to the orders issued by me, in
these precincts, you 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 cc, ,tinue the inquiry till nine.
After a few more observations, it was decided that the
inquest should be resumed to-morrow at two o'clock, and
continue till eight in the evening.
CORONER-Gentlemen, I shall now, if you please, ask
you to he kind enough to put such questions to this witness
as you may think will elicit important answers in the pro-
secution of truth. You will, however, not ask him any
tliing bearing on what is to be proved by a written instru-
ment about to be produced, because you understand that
that instrument is not in Court, hut that we have sent to
the gentleman who has it, and it is expected to be here by
half-past three o'clock.
Examination of the witness resumed.

By a Juror—The walls were safe in my own opinion, as
far as I carried them, and were safe when I left them. I
took the thickness of the walls from the survey given to
me by the clerk of the works.
[ Sir Richard Birnie here entered the Court.]:
The walls were never built to carry a great weight
under the roof. The weight hung to the roof
was tremendous, but I cannot tell what the weight
was ; I am certain the walls would have stood for
a century if it had not been for the weight hung to the roof.
I never saw the paper again which we are waiting for ; I did
not work according to that paper, but I worked according
to the directions of the Clerk of the 'Works. That paper
related to prices. Witness left it at Mr. M.'s counting-house,
and Mr. Whitwell never showed it me afterwards. I never
took a copy of that paper. I worked by measure, and only
put down the prices. I was to work by the direction of
the architect of the works, or of his clerk, and had no
Mitten direction. I worked by measure, at a given price.
Mr. Comyn here said that lie received a letter which
was of great importance. " It was from Mr. Pulsford, and
with the permission of the Court he would read it. The
Learned Counsel thrn read the letter, which was to the effect
that he had just received a message requiring him to produce
the specification, which was, however, at his house in Clare-
mont-square, Pentonville, whither he would send for it,
and also for any other papers which might be repaired,
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 sent in reply, requesting
that Mr. Pulsford would be kind enough to Fend imme-
diately for the papers.
Examination resumed-4 examined the building on Sa-
turday, and looked at the walls externally. They were
perfectly upright, and all appeared to be perfectly safe.
They were thin walls, only two bricks and a half thick.
I plumbed the walls when the roof was put on, but not
afterwards. The parapet was in some places two, and in
others three bricks thick. The portico was a great
weight, haying 110 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, 2nd sustain-
ed by iron cramps let' into the building. The front wall
was two bricks and a half thick up to the top. The walls
upon each side of the building were of the Caine thickness,
except that next to Mr. Jones's, the blacksmith's, which
was four bricks when we came to it, and we continued it up
three bricks to the bond timbers, after which we reduced it.
The bricks used in the building were stocks. Throughout
the building stock-bricks were used, except the old bricks.
Those unfit for use we threw aside, amounting to 6,000, and
were taken away as rubbish. No bricks of inferior quality
were used,—nothing but sound stocks. ii had not
all picked stocks, but common stocks, at the price of
thirty-four shillings in the field, per thousand, which
is a good price. There were no hits amongst them-
The morter used in the building wee made of grey-
stone lime, procured from the Medway Company. I had
sharp sand to mix with it. I don't know the proportion in
which they were mixed. The morter was worked up in
a slug-mill. The brick-work under the roof was as dry as
it possibly could be expected in . the time (which was two
, months, before the roof was put on. It was a bad season