The Sun.
London, England, 1844-05-14 00:00:00

WESTMINSTER-BRIDGE.

No. I.—A Return of the amount of money expended on West-
minster-bridge for repairs, alterations, professional and
other services, from the sth day of April, 1810, to the sth
day of April, 1838.
Repairs and alterations in the structure and £. s. d.
foundations of the bridge.
Lighting, watching, watering, and maintain-
ing the roadway over the same.....
Salaries and allowances to officers, including
Surveyor's and Engineer's charges
Law business and Parliamentary and other
costs in constituting the Corporation
All other expenses and disbursements, in-
cluding fee -farm rents, loFs of rents, pur-
chase of property, and repairs of premises 10,426 S 11A

Total amount of expenditure from. the sth
day of April, 1810, to the sth day of April,
1838.

No. 2.—A Return of the sums of money already expended,
or now due, in respect of the repairs and alterations of
Westminster-bridge, since the sth day of April, 1838 ;
specifying separately tho cost of the works and services re-
lative to the elongation of the piers, with a view to the
widening of the superstructure, and of the works lately
executed in lightening the superstructure, and filling up
the bed of the river, in consequence of the recent sinking
of the foundations.
Costs of erecting coffer-dams, securing foul], s. d
dations, restoring piers and arch stones 58,321 0 0
Costs for the elongation of the piers to receive
a widened superstructure
Costs of the works lately executed in lighten-
ing the superstructure, in consequence of
the recent sinking
Costs of all other works, miscellaneous ser•
vices, and superintendence...

5,232 0 0

7,008 0 0

Total amount of the costs for the repairs and
alterations of the bridge. £82,661 0 0

No. 3.—A Return of the sums of money required to defray
the probable cost of the farther works and services re-
quired in repairing, altering, and widening Westminster-
bridge, under the following heads : s. d.
For repairs of foundations and arches ..
For the elongation of the piers, to receive a
widened superstructure ... 5,900 0 0
For repairs and alterations of the superstruc-
ture
For superintendence and miscellaneous ser-
vices

Total amount required for farther works £52,879 0 0
* To Widen the superstructure or roadway 12 feet, making
the whole width of the carriageway and footpaths 53 feet 6
inches (the same as London-bridge), would cost 40,0001.
additional.

No. 4.—A Return of the income 'of the Commissioners of
Westminster-bridge, arising from property belonging to
the commission. s. d.
Rents received from the tenants, less pro-
perty-tax
Charges on the estate (*)
Clear rents received
Dividends on stock, for one year, ending sth
April, 1844 .....
Total income
(*) Eee-farm rents
Mrs. King's annuity

.. 6,955 2 6
.. 123 10 4
._. .6,831 12 2

632 19 6
7,464 11 8
£23 10 4
100 0 0

£123-10 4
J. CLEMENTSON, Secretary.

Died suddenly, at Ealing, on Saturday, Edward
Percy Sinnett, Esq., of 9, Ehrenberg-terrace, Regent's Park,
aged 47, an able and much-respected member of the metro-
politan newspaper press. For some weeks past Mr. Sinnett
had shown symptoms of declining health, which indicated a
gradual breaking-up of the constitution. Though most
zealous and anxious in the discharge of his duties, and un-
willing to quail under a debility which he fondly believed to
be only temporary, he was nevertheless persuaded to abstain
from active exertion, and especially from night employment,
and it was hoped, even by his family and friends scarcely less
than by himself, that retirement, change of scene, and fresh
air, were exercising over him a.restorative influence, when,
suddenly, the lamp of life went out, an apoplectic shock hav-
ing been the immediate cause of death. He has gone to the
grave early, but few have descended into it more fully in
possession of the respect and affection of friends and family
connections, and none, perhaps, ever more thoroughly de-
served them. In addition to invaluable qualities of head and
heart, Mr. Sinnett's learning, extensive information, and
professional experience as a public writer and Parliamentary
reporter, readered his services an acquisition to a public
journal. His knowledge of the modern languages, as well as
of classical literature, gave him great advantages, of which
he never failed to make an effective use. For some time he
held high and honourable appointments upon several eminent
continental journals; but the last years of his life were de-
voted to the London press. He ended his unostentatious,
though not inglorious, career upon the Morning Herald ; and
the proprietor of that journal joins the colleagues of the de-
ceased in offering to his memory a tribute of sincere regard
and unaffected regret :
"No sculptured trophies may. his tomb adorn, .
But the heart will pour its incense there."

THE LATE CHILD MURDER AND MUTILATION AT
Mimi-Tux COURT.—Yesterday, Mr. P. J. Manning, the Co-
roner of the Queen's household, held an inquest at the Can-
teen, in the fore-court of Hampton-Court Palace, on the
mutilated remains of a male infant, the principal portions of
which have been recently found in a sewer belonging to the
palace, and upon which Mr. T. Wakley held an inquest at
the Mitre-inn, on Tuesday last, the 7th, instant. The un-
usual circumstance of two inquests being held on the same
remains, and the dispute between the county and Crown
Coroners as to their relative jurisdictions, has greatly in-
creased the interest excited throughout the neighbourhood,
and the inquest-room was crowded by respectable persons. It
will be recollected, that at the first meeting of the jury on
Wednesday last, the inquiry was adjourned until yesterday,
in consequence of Mr. Wakley, at the conclusion of his in-
quest, having sealed up the jar in which the portions of the
body were contained, which seal the police refused to allow
to be broken. Yesterday, on Mr. Manning taking his seat,
he handed to Inspector Dowsett, V division, his warrant for
delivering up the jar, which was thereupon brought into the
Court, and afterwards opened: A good deal of evidence, but
none throwing any light upon the subject, was brought forward.
The jury returned a verdict of " Wilful Murder against some
person or persons unknown." The Coroner then ordered the
remains to be replaced in the jar, and having.resealed it, gave
it into the hands of the police. The inquiry occupied four
hours.

CHANGE IN THE MAIL TRAINS.—The Earl of
Lonsdale, the Postmaster-General, has given notice, that on
and from to-morrow, the 15th inst., several changes will take
place in the departure of the morning mail trains by the
Great Western Railway. The most important one is that to
and from Exeter, the line now being finished, the up-day
mail-train, from Devonport to Bristol, is to leave Exeter at
46 minutes past 12, instead of 30 minutes past eleven, as at
present, which will require the London train from Bristol (at
30 minutes past two) to be one hour and ten minutes later,
leaving at 40 minutes after three, and arriving at the t er-
minus at Paddington at 15 minutes past eight, instead of
minutes past seven. The night mail up will leave Exeter at
35 minutes after nine, and arrive at Paddington at 45 minutes
past four, instead of 20 minutes past five. Several changes
are also to be made in the Folkestone and Dover Railway,
the French mail having been received yesterday morning for
the first time by that route, instead of by coach through
Canterbury. On the Eastern Counties arrangements are
going on for expediting the morning mails, which will be a
great convenience to the public in the transmission of letters
and newspapers to places at present having only one delivery
dailv.

DESTRUCTION OF LYNN' COBB, BY FIRB.—The
Stag, revenue cruiser, just arrived from the westward, reports
that when off Lynn Cobb, on Saturday, the 11th, at thirty
minutes past nine, A.M., in company with the Adelaide, saw
a fire, and manned their boats and landed to give assistance.
No fire-engines could be procured till eleven o'clock, and then
no supply of water. They remained assisting, by attempting
to cut off the communication between the houses, until seven
o'clock, when they were obliged to leave for the Isle of Wight,
the fire still raging. The fire broke out at a baker's, and was
carried by a strong north-east wind to ether houses and the
Custom-house, which, with about sixty other houses and
taverns, was destroyed. There appeared great apathy on the
part of the inhabitants. The boatswain of the Stag and
several others were severely scorched ; one man was much
injured by falling from a house, but it is believed no lives
were lost. The damage done was reported to exceed 60,0001.
The surrounding hills were lined with ladies and gentlemen,
looking on this town on fire. Accounts have since been re-
ceived that the fire was eventually got under.—From a Cor-
respondent.

NOVEL FEAT OF PEDESTRIANISM.--Yesterday a
large number of persons assembled at the Princess Royal
public-house, Westbonni-green, Bayswater, to witness the
performance of a match, made by Molloy, the pedestrian, for
his son, a boy of 14 years, to pick up with his mouth, and
without the use of his hands, 100 eggs, placed on the ground
at a yard apart from each other, and to deposit them in a
basket placed at one end. At five o'clock he commenced his
task, by going down upon his knees, picking up the egg with
his mouth, and bringing it away and dropping it in the
basket placed at the end. He continued at his Herculean
undertaking until he had cleared the whole number of eggs,
and which he accomplished in fifty minutes. During the
performance of the feat he.had to go over 5 miles, 5 furlongs,
and 200 yards of ground. He appeared much exhausted to-
wards the conclusion, but the ambition of winning soon re-
stored him.

Mr. Milner Gibson is absent from his Parliamentary
duties, in consequence of the death of a near relative.

We understand that Admiral Bowles has accepted
the seat at the Admiralty, vacated by the appointment of Sir
G. Seymour to the Pacific.
On Thursday afternoon a child, about two years
old, unfortunately fell into the Grand Surrey Canal, near
the wooden bridge leading over to the Victualling-office. It
was rescued from a watery grave by the admirable conduct
of Mr. Oliver' a retired gentlemen, in the 86th year of his
age, who intrepidly leaped into the water and brought the
child on shore, and in the space of an hour it was quite re-
Awed. Such heroic conduct lowa], worthy of record.