The Sun.
London, England, 1853-05-13 00:00:00

COURT OF COMMON COUNCIL.

Yesterday a Court was held for the dispatch of busi-
,ess, the Right Hon. the Lord Mayor in the, chair.
BLACKFRIALS AND SOUTHWARK BRIDGES.
Mr. R. 0. BUCKNALL then moved that, the further
consideration of the repoit on the reference in relation
to the proposed erection of a new bridge between Black-
friars and Southwark bridges, delivered in en the 14th
of April, 1853, he then proceeded with.
After the CHAIRMAN had introduced the report, he
simply moved that the Court should agree with the
Committee in the same:
The motion having been seconded,
Mr. Cox moved, as an amendment, that the report be
referred back to the Committee, that the parties might
confer with her Majesty's Government as to 431ackfriars-
bridge, and the one proposed at Paul's-whar9 and as to
the mode of raising the funds for the purposs.
Alderman SALomoNs differed entirely from the state-
meets made in the report. He advocated the opening
of Southwark-bridge to the public free. The worthy
alderman repudiated many of the statements made by
Mr. Bennoch, in his recent publication, entitled, Are
more Bridges needed ? He (Alderman Salomons)
thought that Mr. Stephenson's report was conclusive in
favour of Southwark-bridge, which that gentleman
thought was all that was required. The question, he
considered, was not ripe for consideration, as to the
erection of a new bridge. He had no shares in South-
wark-bridge, nor any interest in it, directly or indirectly,
but he did hope that some communication would be
made by the Court with the Southwark-bridge proprie-
tors, with a view to an arrangement as to the opening
of the said bridge to the public.
Mr. BENNOCH, at great length, brought before the
Court the whole of the principal features ofi his scheme
for the erection of a new bridge between Blackfria,rs and
Southwark bridges, as proposed in the paraphlet he had
published. The majority of these propositions have,
from time to time, appeared in the public papers, so that
it it is not necessary to repeat them here ; but this may
be said, that neither as to the necessity for the bridge,
on the ground of increasing traffic, or the. cost of its
construction, and for the approaches, did that gentleman
deviate in a single instance.
Mr. T. H. HALL ridiculed the idea of a new bridge
being erected for the sum Mr. Bennoch had set down.
He thought, with some judicious alterations, that South-
wark-bridge would answer all the purposes required.
Mr. DE JERSEY did not consider that a new bridge, as
proposed, was necessary, besides which, the Bridge-
house estates were pledged for many years, so that they
had not the power to provide funds for the proposed
erection.

Alderman LAWRENCE strongly argued in favour of
additional bridge accommodation. As to the raising of
the funds, he was of opinion in that case there would be
not the slightest difficulty. He thought that the popu-
lation might be taxed at the rate of a few/pence in the
pound for such a purpose ; and as to the Corporation
being responsible, he considered that the Bridge-house
Estates Committee or the Corporation need not fear be-
ing in debt in such a case. He should glory in seeing
the City in debt five millions of money, as the municipal
authorities in France were, the money having been laid
out in' public improvements stretched over a period of
years as to payment. He was, for having the plans
made for the new bridge, and for inquiries being insti-
tuted for the raising of the money as soon a possible,
and in the best manlier.
Mr. GRESHAM quoted from the report of Robert
Stephenson, Esq., in favour of Southwark-bridge, and
urged delay in the matter, because of the motion of Mr.
Oliveira in the House of Commons, with reference to a
general inquiry into the present state of ithe metropo-
litan bridges, and the necessity for increased bridge
accommodation.

Deputy HARRISON showed that the 'Bridge-house
Estates Committee had riot the pecuniary means of pro-
moting the project of Deputy Benuoch. The rent and
income of the Bridge-house Estates, upon 'the credit of
which he wished to raise the amount of money required,
was 32,0001. per annum. There was a charge upon
this of 6,0001., reducing the sum to 26,000 L, and, taking
a set-off annually (which would expire in 1871) of 21,5501.,
they would find that the present net annual income was
only 4, 450/., out of which they had to provide for annual re-
pairs, and the lighting and watching of Blac kfriars-bridge
at 7001., and for the interest on 73,1001., namely, 2,9671.;
total, 3,667/. They had left, to pay off the existing
debt of 73,100/., the small sum of 7831. only, while the
rebuilding of Blackfriars-bridge, as already agreed upon,
would amount, as estimated, to 350,0001.
Mr. li. L. TAYLOR, at this stage of the proceedings,
proposed the following amendment (Mr. Cox having by
agreement withdrawn his), namely, "That ; the further
consideration of the report be adjourned, and that it be
an instruction to the committee to conitider in the mean-
time whether it be desirable to throw open 'to the public
Southwark-bridge, and to ascertain if the proprietors
are willing to dispose of their interests therein," and
further, that it be an instruction to the committee
"to confer with her Majesty's Government as to raising
the necessary funds and to report to the court."
This amendment was eventually carried, , and shortly
afterwards the court adjourned.

DIRECT LONDON AND PORTSMOUTH RAILWAY.—We
feel great pleasure in stating that letters have been re-
ceived from the solicitors of the above projected line,
announcing that no further opposition is to be antici-
pated from the existing companies. We trust the com-
pletion of this undertaking will be as successful as its
commencement has been auspicious.—Portsntou44 Guar-
dian,

THE FRENCH EAIPIIif.

' There is a long article in the Siècle on the repo't—for
when the article was written it was only a report the tt°
the Government had prepared a bill restoring.
penal code the punishment of death in politie 7rn.
which had been abolished by the Provisional G.° 0
ment. The Siècle professes to disbelieve that a
_n).' etfs
intention was entertained, and enters into 3 V3irlopt.
arguments to prove that it must be right in its jutiple
There is in France a strong repugnance to the Pr' iery
of the punishment of death in any case, and nea!loso
eminent men have advocated its abolition even Inof the
of murder. No greater proof can be Oen. sutr
success which their speeches and works on Too of
ject have produced than the frequent Yon' hostn
horrible extenuating
cas e s
o f circumstancesmurder
and
parricide
juriese ide ion
:rdetrhe.el,o4reto
vent the judges from applying the penalty ofd 30n
the criminal. If this feeling, which we neither no
nor approve, leaving the appreciation of it to our 704
exists even in cases like those which we have reentio pr
it must exist equally, if not in a stronger deghein ree'oo is
gards political crimes, which although very e pee
the eye of the legislator, are not regarded with th
pro'
horror by the population. When M. de L31,131.610)1
posed the abolition of capital punishment for P,rthe
treason, he declared that he was an advocate ; not
abolition of it generally, and hoped the time `,°,oisi
far distant when it could be proposed and Piot.
adopted. In the meantime, he said, the PO
ment of death could very safely be abolished for po
offences, thus declaring that he considered the Pugh
mind to be fully prepared for the latter, alt,„,ioo
might not be so for the former. Without enterlses
the question as to whether the penalty of death for_ddi
additional guarantee against treason—without inctlrtiii
whether anything has occurred to prove that toc7isties
not prevent treason against the Government c'fbe
X., or against that of Louis Philippe, Would 000
effectual now, we cannot conceal from ourselve! cooll
that there is a strong feeling in favour of tie obi°
adopted by the Provisional Government. ,060
motive for that course may have been perhaPe
Revolutl°, be
110
impunity for the chief actors in the
whatever the motive may have been the act itself
certainly popthinular. 11131°
There is nog else of interest in the original e°
of the Paris journals. •t.,
The Legislative Body met on Wednesday, -• .vg,
in the chair. The President presented a bill, ba'nofthe
its object again to put in force Arts. 86 and 6 f tAlle
Penal Code; also a bill for the better organis3t'°,;soesw
mortgage societies. The Marquis d'Andelarre P' bdl
a report on a local bill. The discussion on the aia
lating to the civil pensions was resumed, and 7, ter°.
journed to the next day. The proceedings the-
tit
nated. ;."
The following are the terms of Articles 8613,40'. eso;
the Penal Code, in the bill presented oniSt'; Pcl,;
by the Government at the sittingofthe Legise,lesteu,,)
These articles, as formerly worded, and which
the pain of death in political matters, were av°,..docerf
February 26 by a declaration of the Provisionait %roc,
ment, and by Art. 5 of the Constitution
1848. The new articles run thus ;-- „of
"Art. 86. Every attempt against the life or Perrir9(ici"O'
the Emperor is punished with the pain If
Every attempt against the life or person of We
of the Imperial family is punished with the Pin c
ne°f t
n of
Every offence, publicly committed against the es
the Emperor, shall be punished with an inalots°; f
from six months to five years, and with a r-idit`;
500 f. to 10,000 f. The guilty person, may, in ci"c'
cbieviiln,toerrdfiacmteidly-frriogmhtstladeuriwnhgolea opreraiopdorteigoif'f;dirvoilhote;if,
the imprisonment to which he shall have been eell tl
That period shall run from the day on which the
party shall have undergone his punishment. 1, gollhl*
eith"eArrtto. Bd7.esAtrnoyy attempt the tehethobejeGctovoefrnywhieetil'et;thoer.ieriti;
order of succession to the Throne,g or to exel I r.
zens or inhabitants to take up arms against tile
authority, shall be punished ith death."
c, the s-
The Mona:tear contains A decree prolonikno
sion of the Corps Legislatif to the 28th just. 0131 P,,.
At the Bourse yesterday there was hu
peciipe
amricoeusntcoomf bpuasriendes
e
The Three
steadily maintained, i ee dsuw,ttransacted
nui
emtswaodpuoiarutkoyohvu' saeudi tg?
:01911;i: I;etllctubt;e the
°re r°:ife
of the business. A fall of sc.
per Cents. for cash, and of 15c. in thep a;011T-811cloir. tb
per Cents. In the Four-and-a-Halfper Centa•ff rsv,e,"
end of the month the decline was 10c. Bank•o-erP.riw ;
Shares remained without variation. The closTa 05c.,
were :—For cash, Three per Cents,
~_Bl'Accole'
Four-and-a-Half per Cents., 104 f. For inepriblf 100
Three per Cents., 81f. 85c. ;Fo r and-a")-,,, is ",
ocChfeatnint)
change
.e,stolocOire4etfp.6o3mr
report
co.ibn;il ißive
Mortgage
gt
hSa
egt Stook of
former
n2ek,r7sub3heo-aifnr. lis
thi
le;
rlthteej:;
„, or °NJ
at 885 f., and the latter at 940f.m The being
dency in prices previously noticed as existing deoliii;
Railway Share Market has not been arrested,:' Ott:
having again occurred in the shares of near'l of °I
important lines ; in Paris and Rouen to the
.pextentn,4oo-
and in the remainder of from 2f. to eac (1° (1
7f h. fe '"
shares there was F al
an improvement of 2f. 111 is
tions :—Northerns, 930 f. ; Orleans, 1,107 f. -f
‘,l 5' C.
Strasbourg, 934 f. 25c. ; Paris and Lyons' n"-;,60 "A'
Paris aneßouen, 1,145 f. ; the ot
845 f. 'soc. ; Western of Franyce, 795 f 50c. ; °-en
Havre, 542 f. 50c. ; Bordeaux and Cette, 6681-

SPP
journals
se
ofis nthospo7ltihti.calTrewAAlN.siinofi itneteareisiatdinastshee Imbi4o,
council at Aranjuez. Count de SsaurLiiis (Sartorfgree
tinned to be spoken of for the department c 6
Affairs, and there was a rumour that General
likely to be appointed Ambassador in France.
Diario publishes in a supplement a report of t"T" fso,„"-e
de Sotoinayor, General Jos6 de la Concha, YlLfof
and other senators, who formed the conuit''„-sion°lo
Senate on the railway question against the 0,11111,1
lines made by the Bravo-Murillo Cabinet. lizie'; se°
announce that the Empress of the French has P'ethe°,
a large oil painting to the chapel of S~. Loins in bf
Franciscan convent at Cadiz, which is frecill_er"-fi'
o Pof
French residents, and that ie Countess de Nit set
Majesty's mother, has presented a crown 29',1, of t'9
jewels to the statue of the Virgin in the &Lir"
Lady of Grace at Madrid.

GERMANY. „ rfrfr°o'll
The Nouvelliste of Hamburg contains o_;.itiieedl-O°A
Kiel, of the sth, which says :—" I have just le p„)leL to
a good source that the Cabinet of Vienna has Tanoti4
the Danish Government, in the most positive 'v, 11"";
suspend the works of demolition at the fortress a'th,et
burg. It has been even said at Copenhageatvolis
works, already demolished, are to be rebuilt, 1312-
fro
port requires confirmation."
The New Prussian Gazette has the followirfe4
Vienna, dated the 7th :—" Prince Danilo of 31,'.,
and Berda, has taken his departure for Cet'itl,ll tip
Baron de Mamula. Before his departure 193„- eiellA 1
to Colonel O'Donnell and to Chevalier d'Ett,e,-rttsrl-teo
express to them in person his esteem. Baron Pot
is to represent Austria at the Conference, w,',1,,c1 t'ot
take place this year at Kissingen. It is be„ 11. stria
Count d'Appony, at present Ambassador er-P-4,00-1:0
the Court of Turin, is to be named Ambassador 3, 0 11:
The Vienna Gazette contains the followiag,:,o 13,,,110
Minister of Foreign Affairs and of the En2Per°. t
hold has charged the Ambassador of Austria' es'
to request the Minister of Foreign Affairs to efilr
be W6rl:
thanks to Lieut. Lefdvre, in command ef' coa!,•11oli
steamer the Narval, and to M. Les rde, tm-
pa ices 0,
general of France at Beyrouth, for the sere sta°
they rendered to the Austrian steamer the
when she went ashore on the coast of Syria"

naiA,
slaeytste:r_fr,o,mThWe
EmperorarsawßUofStNShlei.:6h.tohlas,
inisaezeentkefaortoilciolibe:
city towards the end of the next week. ilrveot for
several reviews of troops, but his Majesty `c:ii 10181 e°
a long stay. On the 18th or 19th he 0-the ra3:rs
Vienna. From the preparations makilig in 1 Apeto
of Lazienki and other Imperial residences, iiii„strof
that his Majesty expects to be visited by sorb, Joigi,er
personage on his return. It is hoped that
,s,
the Belgians will come. It is, however, 13"`VieiO4.
tain that the Czar will come' direct frora ary-0
Warsaw, as he may first pay a visit W
Russia is continuing her warlike prePovist Cow
which it is assumed that her negotiations
tinople are not going on favourably."titobves,
iroo,