The Sun.
London, England, 1838-09-28 00:00:00

COURT OF COMMON COUNCIL

Yesterday a Court was held for the despatch of public busi-
ness. The most interesting subject appointed for considera-
tion was the Report relating to the vast Civic Improvements,
undertaken, accomplished, and about to be accomplished, by
the Corporation.

GREAT CITY IMPROVEMENT&
Mr. R. L. JONES, the Chairman of the London-bridge
Committee, brought up the following Report :
" To the Lord Mayor; Aldermen, and Commons of the
City of London, in Common Council assembled.
" We, whose names are hereunto subscribed, your Commit-
tee appointed to carry into execution the several Acts of Par-
liament for rebuilding London Bridge, and fur improving and
making suitable approaches thereto, do ccrgy, that having,
in our Report presented to the Hon. Court on the 223 day
of June, 1836, stated, amongst other things, that we had
agreed for the disposal of nearly the whole of the grourid
from Lothbury to Moorgate, upon terms of a very favourable
and advantageous nature, such as to justify thc, statement
contained in our Report of the 24th day of February in
that year—viz., that having carefully considered the .s•t•it, of
the funds under our controul and management, with all the
charges and liabilities up :n the same, rye are fully sati:-.11,A
that a considerable surplus would re.i;ao o ter th, ccrupl.-
Lion of the various improvements contemplated by the several
Acts of Parliament that were referred to U 3 to be carried into

effect—we have now in continuation to report that the remain-
der
of the ground in Aloorgate having been let upon equally
advantageous terms, the bui!dings generally were proce',Aled
with and are now nearly completed; that in furtherance of
the wishes of this lion. Court, we directed a communication
to be made to the Governor and Company of the Bank of
England, informing them that this city having- widened
Prince's-street, and formed the new scrod to Aloorgate, they
confidently hoped that the Governor and Company of the Bank
would have carried into full effect the promise contained in
their letter of the 24th day of May, 1834, respecting the en-
closure at the north west corner of the Link, in Lothbury,
in which communication we (your Committee) referred them
to a letter from Sir John Soane, dated July 23, 1835, ad-
dressed to the Clerk of the City Works upon the subject,
a copy of which letter had been transmitted to the Bank
by our direction; and on the Bth day ofJuly, 1836, the Town-
clerk laid before this Hon. Court a letter from Mr. John
Knight, the Secretary to the Bank, in reply thereto, stating.
that the portion of ground
,referred to had at all times been
found of great convenience and use to them in their building:
operations, but that as soon as the city improved Lothbury by
throwing back the houses from the Church to the new street
and finished their improvements to the corner of Coleman-
street, the Bank t‘oull not object to ced, the ground in que:,-
tien for the convenience of the public.

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‘' We beg farther to certify that the improvements autho-
rized to be made in Eastchcap, Little Tower-street, and
Gracechurch-street, have been wholly effected, and the pulAic
have received the benefit thereof fora considerable time.

" That we have also proceeded with the improvement for
widening Upper Thames-street to such an extent that t•.vo cares
at the least may be enabled to pass through the same from
Earl-street to Fish-street-hill, and although great public con-
venience has resulted therefrom, it would nevertheless be a
desirable improvement if certain blocks of buildings is the
street were taken down. We beg alsa to repeat, that in pro-
secuting the provisions cf the Act of Parliament, whereby v. e
were required to provide a new rectory house for the rector of
the parishes of St. Mary Woolnooth and St. Mary Wool-
church Ilaw, we hive caused a most commodious house to be
erected in King Wiiliam-street, and the lease is now ready to
be conveyed to the propel authorities, and we have also pro-
vided new burial.grounds for the parishes of St. Michael,
Crooked-lane, and St. Magnus, London bridge, in lieu of
those taken for the purposes of the new bridge and approaches,
which have been auly consecrated, and appropriated to the
uses of those parishes.
" We beg leave further to certify, that this Honourable
Court having, on the 24th day of February, 1836, been
pleased to agree to our report to empower us to borrow the
sum of 30,0001., to be secured upon the remainder of the
ground-rents, for the purpose of enabling us to proceed with
the treaties we had entered into for the completion of the

before-mentioned improvements, that sum waa advanced by
the Bank of England, and we have now the satisfaction of
stating that the whole of the same has been repaid to them
during the present year.
And for the more full and complete information of this
Honourable Court, we have annexed hereto an appendix (A.)
—a statement of all the purchases of property allele by us
since our report of the 19th of February, 1335, and is conti-
nuation of the statement annexed to the raid report, together
with an account of the sums claimed and paid, or agreed to
he paid, for the respective premises, and the manner in which
the same was settled.
I r carrying into effect the provisions of the various Acts of
Parliament for the sale of ground-rents, we have during the
last an present years disposed of considerable portions of
property of that description in King William-street, Arthur-
street, Newgate-street, Gracechurch-street, Little Eastchcap,
and Little Tower-street, upon satisfactory terms.
" And for the further information of this Hon. Court, we
have caused to be hereunto annexed an appendix (B), or ac-
count of our receipts and expenditure from the 31st day of
January to the present time.
" We beg further to certify, that see have recently taken
into consideration the state of the funds which have been
placed at our disposal for effecting the various improvements
connected with the Bridge and its approaches, and have much
gratification in stating that after carrying all the foregoing
works into effect an available balance will remain.
" That we have considered the great and increased traffic
in the Poultry and Cheapside, which leads us to draw the at-
tion of the Court to the necessary improvements on the south
side of Cheapside, and the want of a better access to the
Southwark-bridge, and also the like want of a better commu-
nication to the north side of Cheapside from the north s;de of
the Post-office to Lothbury, which would materially relieve
the great thoroughfares of the Poultry and Cheapside, and
after the best consideration we have been able to give the sub-
ject, we recommend, in the first instance, that the remaining
portion of the funds should be applied, so far as the same
will extend, in widening the line of street from Lothbury to
the north side of the New Post-office, the further improve-
ment of Upper Thames-street as before referred to, and the
completion of the improvement in Lothbury from Moorgate-
street to the church, and we therefore recommend the Hon.
Court to empower us to take the necessary measures for en
application to Parliament, in the next session, authorising the
appropriation of such balance to these purposes. All which
we submit to the judgment of this Hon. Court. Dated this
24th day of September, 1838.
" R. L. JONES.
`6 W. VENABLES,
" H. J. ELMES
" H. MARRIOTT.
" W. HUNTER.
" W. DAY.
" W. A. PEACOCK.
" J. HLACKET.
The Report was received with the most marked approbation,
Mr. R. L. JONES, on rising to move that the Report should
be agreed to, said that the calculation he had made some time
ago, as to the balance which would remain after the improve-
ments at that period projected should be effected, had been
tested arid found to be correct. He concluded by moving that
the Report be agreed to.
Mr. Jeer' seconded the proposition.
After a long discussion, the Report was received and agreed
to, Mr. Lott being the only member who held up his hand
against it. It was then ordered to be printed.
THE ENTERTAINMENT TO THE FOREIGN AMBASSADORS.

" J. LORKIN.
" J. EVANS.

" W. CIIRISTIE.
" T. Noon.
" J. LAINSON.
" W. WIIEELTON.
" J. DRINKALD."

Mr. HUNTER brought up the Report of the Committee ap-
pointed to superintend the entertainment given to the Foreign
Ambassadors at the Guildhall, which was agreed to, and
ordeied to be printed.

It is the intention of the Medway Steam-packe`
Company to apply for leave to build a pier at Chatham. To
this they are induced from the superiority of the bathing to
that of Margate.—lllaidstone Journal.
A SOLDIER AT ANCHOR.—A military officer, who
most cordially detested the halberds, used as a substitute for
flogging to expose delinquents upon parade with a large bomb.
shell attached to one of their legs. One day, when several
men were undergoing the punishment, a sailor, who by chance
bad strolled near, called out to his companions, " My oyes,
shipmates! only just look here ; I'm blest if here isn't'a soger
at anchor !"—Mirror.

On Wednesday morning two trains on the Great
Western Railway, both proceeding in the same direction, Carrie
into collision in consequence of the thickness of the fog. Only
one of the trains contained passengers, the other being what
is called " experimental," for the purpose of testing the soli-
dity of the railway. None of the passengers sustained the
slightest injury, but much damage was done to several of the
carriages, and to one of the engines.
On Monday, at the Police-office, Liverpool, 34 per-
sons were brought up charged with felony, and 91 charged
with being disorderly; in all, 125 persons taken into custody
in one day.

HEIGHT OF WATER IN THE CANADIAN LAKES.
—We understand that Alfred Barrett, chief engineer upon the
western section of tie Erie Canal, with Mr. D. Jay Brown,
assistant eneineer, visited Port Dalhousie, at the mouth of
the Welland Canal, last week, to examine the water marks
made in 1825, awl ascertain the comparative height of water
in Lake Ontario from that period to this. On examination
they learned that since the year 1825 that lake had been gr a-
dually rising, and within three years past rapidly increasing in
volume, awl is now six feet eight inches higher than in 1825.
It has fallen since the Ist of .July two inches, so that the entire
rise of water has been six feet ten inches. Lake Erie, as near
as can be ascertained, from water-marks at the feet of the
lake and at Black Rock Harbour, leis risen only about four
feet, or something less. And the Niagara river below about
the same, the comparative height of the river and lake not
varying over two inches since 1826. Lake Erie has appa-
rently fallen eight inches from its greatest height in June ;
and from the extraordinary hot weather of the present summer,
and the consequent evaporation going on, it would not be sur-
prising if the lake should fall 18 or 20 inches by the Ist of
December. The lakes appear to be following the present year
a similar course to what they did in 1818, after the very high
stages of water which succeeded the cold and wet seasons of
1815, 1816, and 1817. During those three years they rose
rapidly; and in the spring and early summer of 1818 were
much higher than they had been for many years previous, al-
though not so high as now. But in the hot summer of 1818
the evaporation reduced the lakes nearly two feet in depth, and
they continued to fall gradually in each successive year, till
about 1821-2, and there remained without much change till
since which they have been continually gaining in
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DREADFUL PIRACY.

(From the Smyrna Gazette of the Bth inst.)t
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An attempt unheard of, even in the time when pit 'acy
wi thin
at its height in the Archipelago, has been committed
the last few days at the entrance of the Gulf of Smyrn e• The
following are the details of the event as transmitted to us by
the Chancery of Holland : by
The Netherlands brig Ilendrica Elizabeth, comman dad
Captain A. Riedyk, coming from Trieste, was on the art et
September, about noon, and in a dead calm, near the . h-
east point of the isle of Chin, when she was hailed by an, ,penboat, rowed by two men, who asked them for water. Sc.iireel
had the boat approached the brig than several men who, were
' hidden under the deck suddenly apeeared, firing upon! the
crew, whom they succeeded, after wounding three ss ilors,
ie. driving below. The bandits then forced the Captain to.
give them all the money he had; they also took poi'session et
ail the new ropes they could find, as well as a part of thie
ship's cargo, consisting of sugar (in loaves) and tobace'o•
the afternoon the pirates forced the captain to condue:t the
vessel to the coast of Ipsara, compelling the remainin the
ShIIUIS to assist loin. Thus about sunset the vessel was l wined
the island. The robbers then made the sailors go below once
more, closed the hatches in such a way that no one could es car,
and after having strongly bound the arms of the unforti inate
cipt sin, pu4.lii him again into his caldn, and scuttled'. the
vessel. It was by almost a miracle that the crew were allßat to
s ,ve themselves, at a time when there was eight feet of
in the hold, by means of a small opening at the foot the
mainmast, which communicated with the Captain's cabin.
a:d which the robbers had not perceived. Once frc e, the
crew endeavour. el to save the ship by the pumps, but .seeing
the of theL• efforts, the Captain decided upon resorting
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to the la't extrein'ty, and at the moment that the wate
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gained the deck they embarked in the boat, into which het
had conveyed ail that they were able to save. On Standil af
noon the vessel disappeared under the waves to the nOrth
Chio, two leagues foes the shoie, and on the next day of
crew arrived at Smyrna, where every assistance was rendoreu
them by the Consul-General of the Low Countries, %/he
er
hastened to inform the French Admiral, Commodore 130-
deira, and the Capitan Pasha, who was at Ourlac, demanding
their assistance to discover the villains. The brigs Le .13(??'"
ganvilb! and Le Montecuculi set out directly with the intentiort,
of lairming the pirates, and the Capitan Pasha promised to
despatch a frigate to make an active cruise about Ipsara.
In coesequence of this event, Commodore Bandeira, in the
interest of commerce, and to prevent new disorders at a time
elpecially when a great number of ships frequent our ports,
place one of his vessels to cruise continually outside the
Gulf, and he proposes himself in the trip, for which he sailed
' to-day, to make the most active researches on his side to dis-
cover the authors of this act of piracy.