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London, England, 1828-03-10 00:00:00

mint; where the higher part was injured by the the, and
about thirty-two feet in breadth.
Juror--Describe more particularly ?—One part of Mr.
Jones's wall when we began to rebuild on it was, I think,
about twenty feet from the pavement ; the thickness of the
old wall was three bricks and a half, and we carried it up
to the height of forty feet.
What thickness was all the rest from the 40 feet from
the pavement ?—Two bricks and a half to the top in
thickness.
Tell us the thickness of the parapet above the wall-
Plate•—l know of no alteration in the thickness of the
walls of the parapets, which were continued two and a
half thick, with the exception that we made an over-
sailing where the fall of the gutter comes, about five inches
towards the west wall, and about two inches in the front
wall.
What was the height of the front wall to the top of the
parapet L_About 77 or IS feet to the top of the parapet,
and about 60 from the pavement to the plate.
Tell us what new bricks were brought on tie premises,
and by whom ?—The bricks were brought from Mr. Hob-
s on's yard.
How many of the old bricks were used ?—About
140,000 of the old bricks were used in the walls built by
Mr. Pound, as well in the exterior of the walls as in the
interior of the house.
Were any of the old bricks used, in point of fact, in the
interior of the house?—The chief part of the old bricks
were used in the interior. _ _ _

Did you see any of the old bricks taken away ?—I dare
lay I saw thirty or forty loads taken away as rubbish ; and
Mr. Hobson, who tot=e the building down, carted them
a way.
Were there a great number of bats amongst the bricks
Which were left ?—There were a great number of bats
amongst those left behind.
What character of new bricks did you see brought on
is the -premises to work up the walls P—The only new
bricks that I saw, or that I believe were used in the ex-
ternal walls, were second stocks—towards the latter end
some place bricks were brought in for the interior walls,
because Mr. Poend told me that there were no stocks in
Mr. Hobson's yard.
What mortar or cement was used in the external walls?
--Greystone lime and river sand, or sharp sand.
Was any cement used in those external walls ?,—At
times there was, in arches and things of that kind, where
the epeningl were covered over.
What proportion was used of sand to the lime in the
matter with which the external walls were carried up ?
There was, I believe, generally about three loads of said to
a load and a half of lime.

Are you sure those were the proportions ?—I think they
were, but I did not take particular notice of it.
Were the joints of the brick-work, as they were carry-
ing np the external walls, made wide or shallow ?—What
I call pretty close joints.
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Is there much a term in building as seambling-woik ?
Yes, Sir.
What does that mean ?—lt is applied where the work
is scarnped.
What doei scamping work mean ?—lt is where there
are very thick joists of mortar.
Had this 'building very thick wall joists ?—No; not in
the generality of it. It had not.
Not in the generality ?—No, Sir.
The joists Were what ?—They were generally fair
throughont—what they call good wall joists.
By a Juror..='-llow was this morter mixed, through the
hand, or by a pug-mill ?—Through a pugmill.
By the CORONER.—The whole of it?—The whole of it.

By .a Juror.—Yon have stated that a certain quantity
of bats, of rubbisk as they were called, were taken away.
Am Ito understand you any portion of the hats were
used in the building ?—Not in the external walls.

By the CoßoNEii..—No old bats, I suppose, you mean?
—No old ones.

By a Juror..—Whit proportion of the old hats, I mean
the old broken bricks, were used, in your opinion, in the
erection of the internal walls ?—I am sure I cannot ex-
actly say how many, but there were, perhaps, seventy or
eighty thousand carted away, and the remainder were
boned in places which were of no consequence.
That is impossible. Take time to consider your an-
swer because the one you have now given, is in entire eon-
contradiction to what you have before stated. I under-
stand you to have stated, that from thirty to forty loads
were carted away, and that each of those loads consisted
probably of five hundred bricks. If that is so, it is impos-
sible that seventy or eighty thousand could have been carted
away ?—lt is impossible for me to say the exact number
contained in each load, but I know the deduction made to
Mr. Pound, or the measurement en account of the bats,
were 60,000. As to the loads that the carts contained I
was not there to see them at all times carted off.

I Ain not disposed to hasten you, and if you cannot
speak positively, don't answer' the question ; but what
I want to know from you, and which I should think you
are able to answer, having had experience in these mat-
ters—what quantity of bats—l mean of the old broken
bricks, because I am told that when new bricks are broken
they are called bats—what quantity were used in the in-
terior of the theatre'—The whole that were left at that
time from being carted away were buried in the foundations
and pavings ; but they were not used in the walls where
they were of any importance. They were not used in the
erection of any of the walls above the earth.
[Want of space prevents our giving two columns more
of the examination. It was, however, clearly ascertained
that the carpenter's shop was suspended front the iron roof,
at the express command of the Proprietors. The late un-
foi tunate Mr. Maurice, in p-rticular, when spoken to by
one of the workmen on the subject—only replied, •' Go
on, there is no fear of the weight."