The Sun.
London, England, 1828-08-22 00:00:00

COURT OF COMMON COUNCIL.

Yesterday a Court was held, which was- very
numerously attended. The object of interest wat;
the question of the projected approaches to the New
London Bridge.
Mr. WasToat rose to move that the Committee
appointed to snperintend the building of the New
London Bridge should give in a statement of the
money already expended in the erection, and the pre-
sent condition of the bridge and the approaches to it,
:together with whatever other information they might
have upon the subject. He regretted that there
existed any necessity for this motion, but there had
been no regular intelligible communication made to
the Court since the Committee had been appointed,
hlndtos
althongh so enormous a sum as 602,0001. had passed
t b throughe Committee t ey laudable Committee.
reconcile the extraordinary silence upon the part of
oafnyth.
ever
Mr. JONES (the Chairman to the Committee)
motive.
Mr. not
stated that reports bad been regularly, made every
year since 1824.
Mr. DixtiW said, the Committee regularly reported
when they wanted money, but not otherwise.—(A
laugh.)—He complained of the want of system, and
the inconsistency which prevailed. It bad been first
determined that the bridge should not approach with-
in twenty-five feet of Fishmongers' Han, but now,
by some wonderful accident, it was advancing to a
complete contact with the Hall. With respect to
the injury to which those who resided in the neigh-
bourhood of the bridge would be subjected, he knew
that would be serious indeed. He admitted that the
New Bridge was upon the most admirable plan, and
would probably be equal to any bridge in Europe.
At the same time it was extraordinary., and a re-
proach to the Court, that they could not- answer a
single question relating to it.—(Hear, hear.)
Mr. STEVENS said that the City was now intensely
interested in this question; immense property was
at stake, and it was natural to enquire what was
further intended. A report containing full particu-
lars ought to be furnished.-7(Hear, hear.)
Mr. FAVELL deprecated the idea of throwing-
out insinuations against the Committee. The bridge
was now an object of the greatest admiration—five
beautifully covered arches were to be seen already,
and the work was proceeding rapidly, and to the
high honour of the architect. A great deal had been
said about the injury to the shopkeepers and traders
in Fish-street Hill. He regretted that any thing
should affect the interest of his fellow-citizens, but
there was an interest paramount—the interest of the
public. A petition had been presented to the Court
which demanded the greatest attention. It besought
the Court to prevent the steep ascent and descent
to the Bridge as much as possible. A coach a
minute was the estimate of those which crossed the
Bridge, and the fall at the old. Bridge and Fish-
street Hill was dreadfully severe. The remedy of
such a grievance was of first rate importance.
Mr. PEISTRESS had strong reason to complain of
the Committee—when they found they could not
carry the Act of Parliament into effect, they should
have come down to the Court and stated their em-
barrassment.—(Hear,hear.)—They should have laid
the plans and designs'before the Court, before they
made application to the ,Lords of the Treasury.—
(Cheers.)—It was by mere accident the communi-
cation between the Committee and the Lords of the
Treasury was found to have taken place upon the
subject of the approaches to the Bridge. The thing
was kept a dead secret. The discovery was any
thing but satisfactory. He was confident that those
who examined the•Subjectwith an unprejudiced eye
would admit that there was no necessity for what
be would call the abominable measure of throwing
an arch over Thames-street.—(Rear.)—He wished
now to know from the Chairman of the Committee
whether he was not in possession of some important
information which it would be desirable to the
Court to know. He heard that a. communication
had been made from the Lords of the Treasury on
the subject.—(Hear, hear.)
Mr. TAYLOR said that a general report ought to
be laid before the Court, before they should think
of deciding on the course as most advisable to be
adopted. He did not relish the idea of taking away
people's property for the public good. If that argu-
ment was good, a man might, if his neighbour's
house stood in the way of the public, set it in flames
for Ole public good.—(A laugh.)
IVir. SLADE said the great cause of complaint was,
that every body'S house was not, to be pulled down.
—(Laughter.)
Mr. Loci said, the project of the arch would be
full of inconvenience to the public. There wonld
be no passage through Tkimes-street to the Bridge,
and all the heavy carts and waggons would crowd
Cheapside, and all the other streets, which are
already crowded to inconvenience.
Mr. Dixort—" Pray, is there any arch in the
Act ?"—(A laugh, and cries
.of no, no.)
Mr. GaLLowav wished for immediate information.
Mr. BLEADEN said that the progress ofethe work
had been sufficiently ascertained. Mr. Rennie had
given it as his opinion that the best approach would
be by the arch.
Mr. TAYLOR said that if the bridge had been built
according to the approved plan, there would have
been no necessity for an arch at all.
Mr. JONES (the Chairman) said, that the Lords
of the Treasury were unanimously of opinion, that
the best approach was by an arch.
Mr. LOCKE said that he heard a conversation
between a certain worthy Alderman, and the Lords
of the Treasury. The Alderman recommended the
arch. A Minister said that compensation must
follow. " No," said the Alderman " not a shilling."
" No ?" said Mr. Croker, " Why that would be
worse than the Buonapartean system ; they must be
recompensed."
Mr. SAUNDERS thought it odd, that when appli-
cation was made for information, the Committee said
the models were all locked up.
The Motion was then agreed to, not a hand having
been held up against it.—The Court then adjourned.

Lord GEORGE BERESFORD is arrived at the
Lakes of Killarney.—Dublin Freeman's Journal•
Blue striped shirts are now worn by Dandies
con-
sidered an excellent shift for economists,
gAfrlo'ienr the same and by ether more masculine aspirants. They are
rallyyrrtoornn.:LwecekuwnitihootistigTtcryoeuw.—hining.
very' extraordinary
igneanrey-
cowslip has been picked in the garden of Mr. SHER,Fr.
has the appearance of six stalks grown into one, supports
Hoaxer, in Stockton-lane, near York. The steetn,roti:t.ich
s head of flowers, comprising 114 Pip'. The stem itself
was above eight inches in length. Several other cowslips.
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of eating a helter,the ssitnesses, a butcher's wife,
vhsott„,.. brought forward to swear to his person, repeatedly
the coarse of her evidence, towards the prisoner
lurned,iu
bar, and designated him as " that gentleman I"
at the • 4 .
Justine ,K at last lost all patience and exclaimed
joutlld woman, yt2;l are become quite offensive."—Hertford
Journal.
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MARCII. OP INTELL'ECT.--Dine with a
inarch-of-intellect man, and only observe the down cast
eyes of his pale-faced trembling wife ; the knit brows of bi
sullen sons; the sulky sorrows of his joy-denied daughters,
who, to escape the cruelties of that unnatural thraldoAmli
:° iworked by
would elope even with the devil or a dancing master.
aint-
in-and-poetry-despising, ut;Litarian'urnaluslallP-in-all
admirable as a steam-
tehdautcaeotitonnesisotsf,y‘ovuhro Inca-hearted, enaortt:din,gbard-beaidieedct,
world
engine, and would wish to see tie who.,
machinery. —Blackwood's Magazine.
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The present fashion of tight Waists has, ►.,
many years, been condemned by medical men, and foe a
time had been abandoned. The rage has now become
greater than ever, and the physicians of tl.e metropolis at c
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consequences.
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possibility of dige,tion. Inflammation i ,
the consopience, and death must follow.--Bath Chronicle