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

THE NEW CUSTOM-HOUSE.

This morning, at ten o'clock, the long room was opened
for public business, for the first time since its completion.
It is now three years and a few days since the foundation
of the eastern part of the building gave way,viz. in Feb. 1825.
Mr. Smirke, the architect to the present work, has had a most
difficult task to perform in renewing the foundation with-
out pulling down the western end of the edifice, and, in
fact, the foundation of the whole building has been ren-
dered perfect by this eminent architect. In order to effect
the object, the building was shored up, and was
suspended on the wood work. The great difficulty to be
overcome was that of giving uniform support to every
part of the walls, otherwise they would have bulged out,
This support, however, was given by a piece of carpentery
of no ordinary skill. Stout planks were placed perpendi-
cularly against the walls, six or eight feet apart, and con-
nected together with beams fitted into a wood work, some
distance from the building. An excavation was then
made, in order to lay bare the foundations, and the walls
having been propped up, the new foundation was laid and
carried up to the original walls with every prospect of du-
ration. The long room, as it now stands, is wholly new,
the walls being made close to those of the old, at least such
as remained firm. The room is 186 feet five inches long,
and 60 feet wide. The roof is Gothic, and supported by
plain square pillars at the sides. In lieu of stone, the
room is floored with oak. '1 he stone-work, it m ill be re-
collected, in the first room, was one of the causes of the
building having sunk,the weight being so great. The room is
warmed by a current of air rising through a shaft which
runs up through the building, and escapes out of two circu-
lar frames placed in the centre of the room. Tfie Cus-
tom-house agents have a room appropriated to them, at-
tached to the long room, which will greatly facilitate busi-
ness. At the east end of the room is a clock, and at the
west end the King's Arms. The clerks' desks are made
strong, but very simple, and indeed the whole character of
the room is a combination of neatness and aptitude for the
despatch of business. Beneath the long room is the King's
warehouse, roofed with iron, and having iron pillars. The
long room is approached by two noble staircases composed
of stone. The room is exceedingly well lighted, as besides
the windows on the first story, light is admitted by nine
windows on each aide of the roof, having ground glass in
them.

ARRIVALS OF GRAIN IN LONDON DURING LAST WEEK.
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Sirs. Qr/. Qrs. Qrs. Qrs. Qrs. Scks.
Aldborough 149 526 22 Ili 21 60
Boston
Clay
Cowes
Colchester 197 346 572 298 66 900
wHarwich
,2 Leigh 727 209 344 323 184 .--
'l4 Maldon i7s 239 120 148 385 , 159 1525
Gainsborough — 9
Hastings .... 89 ----
Hull — 770 220
Ipswich — 56 450 7 436
Kent 736 519 35 447 529 270 828
Lynn
Poole — 25 22 23
Rye
Southwold
Spalding
Stockton
Wells — 640 420
Weymouth
Wisbeach 643 754
Woodbridge
Yarmouth
Aberdeen
Banff
Berwick — 435 45
Dunbar
Dundee — :17 33
Montrose — 125 130 130
— —
4875 6234 5618- 6155 2134 1181 8457
Inisu.
Cork — 775
Dublin
Dungarvon — 775
Kilrush — 1144
Ross
Sligo
Waterford
Wexford
Youghall — 2031
FOREIGN.
Antwerp —
Hamburgh —
Ostend
Rotterdam —
Total

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