The Sun.
London, England, 1842-10-14 00:00:00

~1.../...Z...---1-e--- Zf,/ --..'---'--,,---4?-t----17,-Afri t/--1- /---- • '‘f-
_...
1, -. , .._ . •
_______ •
.c;,-riP----‘-:;1.77,-/
,
~ . f „11. 4 t.
.__ ~ ................._
-.....• .
- . .
~..s ~A. i• , t
kitirtit;-:II
1 !-.;° ' , ,
• . . .... - - I
f .111111111111‘44>of , •
l r-- -.
~* , , _ '. 9 . 4).r../..."(111
Si
n . •
r4e 'c.7,, i nit, f-.... 1,
~..A._-.7..„5.:%-' 7ill'fi:''Cl%:;:427:l-‘-'7:---, :
)7(4:T11.7131:.:11E' ;47:
.T. 5.., - '"
:--
f1.•11.'''.(7,-':::f-7:',1:11-7'.1..-11:: V--;'-'l/1:744‘.:11i ..g-.--31‘4,'"?c, 7;j.::": I:Zr-Aie4:ll).----13-'‘,.:\ 0 I\T --
W 1454::. : ':
''''
K-.... -.--- ' '41.N.,,,
;f1,.. L' .
, , • .!,:,....: , ,-- !.,, : :.;P.)
.it0N..,...
~,.......„.:
....t..,,
~. .. 4':: ,
\ V,, :''ci i t'' 't A: . .‘'-t-N.,:''
1 :z. t 1 ' ~4 ',
~ . , . . .. ----2. 'f, , ,, .cA• N''' X .(:i I 4.0. . • ,--.L'!7':'. .' -. v . , L.,..., IP 1
~.
...,, 7. .
•*.i. ',.
K '.
. •
, ) / I il 1'
.., 1 j
'
1.---i..... iI: - 5 . *T
-----7'N. /&k.. 4- 1." 11.- -
, :14,...
,
.....W.7-3‘ ag hp,. ~
-if 4/TH, ~:01, ..p ,..
' (.... 4
__
, 3......•'^',909:17/1112,MCC.12•1,2=rm,....,1C6,11.X.C.1.Ter.... AthErCllmmiaanteure-..,-.,,

No. 15.643 LONDON FRIDAY

-2,
OCTOBER 14, 1849.
.zo.
S N

PRICE sd.

THE SUN is Published EVERY MORNING at FIVE O'CLOCK, in Time for the EARLy
,TItAINS and TOWN DELIVERY; a SECOND EDITION (Evening Sun) is Published in Time for the AFTERN-00iV TRAINS
and a THIRD EDITION at SEVEN O'CLOCK, for POST, containing PARLIAMENTA.RY and all other NEWS is LONDON up to that Hour.
ADVERTISEMENTS INSERTED in ALL THE THREE PAPERS, Morning, Noon, and Night, thereby insuring a TOWN and COUNTRY CIRCULATION, at ONE CHARGE.
_ _

11ANCHESTER AND LEEDS RAILWAY
LOAI\S
The DIRECTORS are prepared to receive TENDERS or
the LOAN of MONEY, in sums of not less than £1,0( 0 each,
to be secured by the Bonds of the Company, for periods of
three, five, or seven years, at the option of the lender.
Interest thereon will be allowed at the rate of Four per cent.
er annum, payable half•yearly, in London or Manchester.
The Tenders to state which of the periods above mentioned
is preferred, and to be addressed to the Secretary.
By order, JOHN JELLICORSE, See.
Manchester, Sept. 6, 1842.

COURT OF COMMON COUNCIL.
Yesterday a Court of Common Council was held,
for the dispatch of public business.
The ;LORD MAYOR presented to the Court a letter
which he had received from Alderman Humpbery,
expresSive of that gentleman's willingness to take upon
himself the office of Lord Mayor for the year en-
suing. The letter was ordered to be entered on the
minutes of the Court, and to be printed.
THE OFFICE OF HOUSEKEEPER OF. THE CENTRAL
CRIMINAL COURT.
The Report of the City Lands' Committee relative
to the loffice of housekeeper of the Central Criminal
Court, was brought up. It stated that the present
hOusekeeper was, in consequence of old age and in-
firmities, wholly unfit to perform the duties of the
situation, and recommended that he should 'be pen-
sioned off•with 1001. a year, and that a married man
should be appointed to the office, with a salary of
2001. a year, and without having anything whatever
to do with the galleries-of the Court.
The Court unanimously agreed with the Committee,
and a new housekeeper will be appointed.
THE REPAIRti OF THE MANSION-HOUSE.
The Report relative to the state of the Mansion-
house was brought forward. It stated that the Com-
mittee had viewed the building, and were, of opinion,
that it required to he.papered, gilt, and decorated, and
that the necessary Improvements would cost 3,0001.,
which ;urn they applied to the Court to allow them to
draw from the chamber for such purpose.
Mr. MusGßovE, the chairman of the General Pur-
poses Committee, stated, that the Committee were
unanimously of opinion that the improvements recom-
mended in the Report, should take place as soon as
possible. In consequence of the alterations which had
been in progress for six weeks as to the dome, the
dust and dirt had increased the bad condition of the
house. Tho clerk of the works had estimated the ex-
penditure at the amount mentioned in the Report, and
the Committee thought the best course to adopt was
to make the improvements to perfect as to prevent any
application to the Court for ten or twelve years more.
Mr. WIRE was decidedly of opinion that the Court
ought to pause before they consented to so large an ex-
penditure.
Mr. LAWRENCE said the present proposal of a large
outlay was one of the consequences of agreeing to
take off the dome of the Mansion-house, and no doubt
if the Court sanctioned the recommendation, that ex-
pense would be followed up by a proposition that
3,0001. more be laid out in carpeting and other mat-
ters which would immediately after be found to be
necessary.—(Hear.)
Mr. It. L. JONES entertained just the same opinion,
and said that on former occasions Committees never
went to work, as regarded the Mansion -house, in sa
wholesale a way ; but proceeded to make improve-
ments and repairs by divisions.
Mr. ANDERTON said the present condition of the
Mansion-house was such, that a gentleman could not
reside in it. He, however, could not approve of so
large an outlay without inquiry as to the state of the
funds of the Corporation applicable to such a purpose.
It was ultimately determined to take the Report
into consideration at the next Court.
Mr. ASHURST gave notice of a motion for the pro-
duction of accounts of the expenditure for the last ten
years, on repairs, &c., at the Mansion-house.
OFFICES IN THE GIFT OF THE COMMON COUNCIL.
Mr. MUSGROVE called the attention of the Court to
an important report relative to the 26th Standing
Order---" That no person, not having been admitted
to the freedom of the City two years, except entitled
thereto by servitude, or patrimony, shall be elected to
any place or appointment of emolument in the gift of
the Court, or of any committee or commission chosen
by them." The Report stated in substance, in
order to guard against inconvenience, that a fixed
principle in election of offices might be, as far as
possible, adopted and maintained; it was the opinion of
the Committee that the Standing Order should be
amended by the addition of the following words :
" But that this regulation should not extend to clerical
nor educational appointments, nor professorskips, nor
to offices to be filled by barristers-at-law, nor to the
offices of Town-clerk and Secondary, nor to the
offices of Clerk of the City Works, the Commissioner
of the City Police, nor the Clerk of the Works of the
Thames gavigation, but that all candidates for those
appointments shall be required to be free at the time
of election." The Report concluded with a list of the
offices proposed to be exempt and the offices proposed
to be not exempt.
A discussion of some length, in which several
Members joined, took place upon the subject,
and it was finally determined that the obli-
gation to be two rears free of the City should no
longer exist, but that the rule should stand, that no
man should be eligible to an office under the Corpo-
ration who was not free of the City.

FIITIE CHINESE COLLECTION_
ST. GEORGE'S-PLACE, HYDE PARK CORNER.
This Splendid Collection, consisting of Objects Exclusively
Chinese, surpassing in extent and grandeur any similar display
in the known world, entirely filling the spacious saloon, 225
feet in length, by 50 feet in width ; embracing upwards of
Fifty Figures as large as life, all fac-similes, in groups, in
their native costumes • from the highest mandarin to the blind
mendicant in his patched garment. Also, many thousand spe-
cimens, both in Natural History and Miscellaneous Curiosi-
ties, illustrating the appearance, manners, and customs of more
than Three Hundred Million Chinese, respecting whom the
Nations of Europe have had scarcely any opportunity of judg-
ing, IS NOW ODEN for Public Inspection from Ten in the
Morning till Ten at Night.
Admission '2s. 6d.—Children Is.

• POLICE CASE.
(FROM A CORRESPONDENT.)
QUERN'S ScittadiE.—A case of considerable import-
ance connected with fraudulent dealing has engaged
the Maigistrates' attention et this office for some time
past. Che.complainant, Mr. John Cowhead, a gen-
tleman of small fortune, and, it would appear, of less
wit, made coMplaint of having been awfully taken in
and nearly done for, by a firm which eStablished them-
selves in Westminster about eighteen months ago,
and who have been doing a swingeing trade in their
particular line ever since. From the character of se-
veral o'i' the accused being so well-known, it is mar-
vellous they succeeded so well. It appears to haire
been agreed amongst them that the business should be
commenced and a board hung out, announcing the
firm; "Arthur Duke and Co
to catch the unwary ; the said Arthur Duke having
npany," one very likely
a character for some little of honesty, a suspicion
not likely to attach to any . other of the gang.
With this convenient cover, they set to work, and
one of their first victims, appears to have been
Mr. Cowhead, whom they
completely bamboozled,
together with a great many of his relations. Mr.
Cowhead, whose affairs were slightly deranged, had
been induced, •by the fraudulent representations of
the set; under a promise of a speedy and satisfactory
adjustment; to place matters in their hands. No
sooner were they in possession of Mr. Cowhead's
powers, &c., than they turned round on the old gen-
tleman, fleeced him enormous ty- for their services,
and laughed at the blockhead . for his folly. This
• proceeding excited no surprise in any one excepting
Mr. Cowhead and his family, the rest of the world,
well knowing the lot, did not, for one moment, doubt
their intentions or their capabilities for such work.
Mr, Cowhead, considering that Mr. Duke must fairly
be, answerable for the doings of the firm, applied to
him for redress, when, to the astonishment of Mr.
Cowhead and to some others, Mr. Duke dis-
claimed all responsibility, and, further, that
he had no control or influence as to the
manner they conducted the— business. Failing
in getting anything satisfactory from Mr. Duke, Mr.
Cowhead was induced to apply to the Magistrate, in
order to point out to him, more particularly, several
members of the gang. First, and the most active one
amongst them, is rather a rum one at any kind of
work...not at all particular, He calls himself a
Cabinet-hand, at the same time it is well known he is
only a " polisher ;" but at this part of the business he
has considerable dexterity. The thing must be bad
indeed which he cannot put a face upon. Mr. Cow-
head complained bitterly of Bob (for he at last gave
his name) doing him to a most cruel manner at the
Tamworth exhibition—he had induced Mr. C. to put
his head into the " lucky bag," where he " should see
what he should see 1" No sooner had he so placed it
than the gang set on him, turned his pockets inside
out, and took most especial care of their contents, Bob
all the while preaching loudly, cautioning Mr. C.
against bad advice and bad company. Mr. Cowhead
here handed in a bill, which announced a list of the
performances, where, independently of calling him,
self a great doctor, able and willing to pure all hinds
of diseases, he professed to do feats of great dexterity
—but oh 1 this world, &e. His 44 poor man's plaster"
was nothing but a blister of the worst kind. His
" soothing syrup" a regular hocussing drop. His
" heal all" has produced gangrene, which it is
thought will require years to shake off. His advice
and regulations as to aiet are in a fair way for
bringing a great many of his patients to an un-
timely grave. Then, as to his dexterity, he promised
to do some " splendid balancing," when, after a con-
siderable flourish, he placed the points of throe sticks
upon his nose. On the top of one was a ship; on the
other a loom ; and on the third a plough. At the
first move down came the loom, nearly shattered to
pieces ; the ship soon followed ; the plough, by the
assistance of both hands, he held on with for some
little time, then carefully replaced it in the breeches
pocket 'of a particular friend,
who generally assists
him at these exhibitions. It is needlesssto say, not
one half which he promised had ever been performed,
and that which he did attempt was done in the most
bungling maler, but r.; t disc caution. The bill
states—No money returned,
- - The next man in the firm is a-crafty old chap,
whom they call the "Lawyer," one down to every
thing and up to most—a question has often been
raised as to his true calling. It was strongly as-
serted, and believed, that he served his apprenticeship
evidence
totlie IV
showedig c
business;lear l thisy
that he
ifs ntoutoit a Wig hand hey denied, yet the
had been a "complete shaver."
Another of the gang is " Burly ,Tim," rather an
awkward customer, a great hand at "ringing the
changes." Many years ago he opened a regular flash
and blazing concern at Hull, afterwards
in Cumber-
land, but being found out, lie was obliged to run.
Since then he has chiefly exhibited at small places,
but now, having started again, and in a large way, he
seems disposed to be rather reckless, therefore will re-
quire well looking after.
Another member is " Tamboff," rather active, and
might be useful, but a sad infirmity of temper makes
it difficult to find for him suitable employment. He
was formerly set to answer questions, but his waspish-
ness was such that had he continued not a single friend
would the concern have had left. He was kept in
the back shop. There is great hope of his being found
useful as regards the present connexion. It is thought
that ultimately he will expose their shocking doings,
he having a peculiar delight in damaging his friends.
The Magistrate heard Mr. Cowhead's statement
with much patience and some pity, but assured the
applicant he could do nothing for him, and further
observed he thought Mr. C. nearly deserved all he had
got for being such a flat as to place his affairs in such
hands.

ef the works in progress, and having themselves care-
fully abstained from interfering in any manner with
the contractor, were convinced either that he laboured
under some strange misapprehension as to the terms
and conditions of the several contracts into which he
had entered, or that deviations to an alarming extent
had been made without their knowledge or consent.
In this state of circumstances your Committee in-
structed the City Solicitor to institute a searching in-
vestigation into all the facts of the case; to compare
the monthly reports of the engineer with the items in
the contractor's accounts ; to examine the whole in
reference to the stipulations of the several contracts,
and report to your Committee as to the liability of the
Corporation to allow any of the charges in his further
bill
" The Solicitor having carried out this inquiry, cer-
tified to us that, in his Opinion, the contract had not
been broken, and the claim of Mr. M'lntosh for pay-
ment of the additional items of charge in his further
bill, could not be sustained. He however thought it
necessary, in an affair of so much importance, to lay
before the Solicitor-General (Sir Thomas Wilde),
the Recorder, the Common-Sergeant, and Mr. James
' Wilde all of the materials collected and arranged by
the Solicitor; and they having, after several consulta-
tions, confirmed the Solicitor's views of the case, he,
by our directions, proceeded to carry into effect the
suggestions which counsel had thrown out, for the
purpose of placing the Corporation in the best pos-
sible attitude, in the event of their being obliged to
contest the claim in a court of law. Having effected
this object, we were about to report our proceedings
to your Court, when we received an intimation from
the Solicitor, that Mr. Timothy Tyrrell, the solicitor
to Mr. M'lntosh, was desirous of addressing the Com-
mittee, in the expectation that by withdrawing the
futher bill, and placing Mr. M'lntosh's claim for con-
sideration fairly before the Committee, a settlement
of the whole might be effected upon honourable and
equitable terms.
" Your Committee being anxious not to involve the
Corporation in a protracted suit, and being equally
desirous to avoid a legal controversy with a gentleman
who had executed the work so much to their satisfac-
tion, they cheerfully granted Mr. Tyrrell the inter-
view which he sought. The circumstances upon
which Mr. Tyrrell principally relied in support of Mr.
M'lntosh's claim for an additional sum beyond the
amount of the February bill, will be found in the So-
licitor's letter to Mr. Walker, which we have hereunto
annexed ; and the Committee, taking the whole mat-
ter into their serious consideration, were of opinion
that it was expedient to allow the contractor the sum
of 5,000/. over and above the amount of the February
bill, together with the sum of 2,0001., being the esti-
mated amount of his charge for the removal of the
piles, &c.
"Your Committee having received Reports from
Mr. Walker and the Solicitor, recommending the set-
tlement of the accounts in the mode proposed, we
have entered into a conditional agreement with Mr.
M'lntosh, subject to the approbation of your Court,
whereby he is to receive 21,0701. 13s. 9d., the balance
of these accounts, upon his executing a general re-
lease, it being distinctly agreed that the arrangement
in this Report shall be without prejudice to the rights
and interests of either party in the event of their not
being ratified by your Honourable Court. We, your
Committee, are unanimously of opinion that the fore-
going facts are sufficient to induce us to recommend
your Court to sanction the proposed arrangement, and
that it should be referred back to your Committee to
carry the same into execution.
" We, your Committee, do further certify that, under
the order of your Court of the 3d July, 1837, we
caused the sewer at the mouth of the Fleet river to
be made in the manner described in Mr. "Walker's

ROYAL POLYTECHNIC INSTITUTION"
The COLOSSAL ELECTRICAL MACHINE, ex-,
hibitino the varied and beautiful Phenomena of ELECTRIC
LIGH the AURORA BOREALIS, &c. &c. is shown
Daily at Three o'clock, and at Eight in the Evenings. Three
excellent SPECIMENS of MACHINERY have just been
completed, and are now at work by Steam Power, in the Hall of
Manufactures. CALOTYPE PORTRAITS taken daily by
Mr. Cotten. On THUaSDAY, the 2f.th inst., a LECTURE
on LINGARD'S PRINCIPLES of the ORIGIN of FUNGI,
and the PREMATURE DECAY of TIMBER will be deli-
vered at Two o'clock. The fine Exterior at 'ST. PETER'S at
ROME, and the Interior of the CHAPEL of ST. HELENA
at JERUSALEM, the latter after D.. Roberts, R.A. (pub-
lished by Mr. Moon), are among the latest additions to the
ENLARGED DISSOLVING VIEWS. The ORRERY,
DIVING BELL. DIVER, &c. &c. To the COSMORAMIC
VIEWS, shown in the Evenings, a beautiful addition has just
been made. Conductor of the Baull, Mr, Wallis.—Admis-
sion, Is. Schools, half-price.

PHOTOGRAPHIC PORTRAITS.—The im-
provements introduced in " Beard's" Process, render
those likenesses unerring reflections of face, figure, and dress.
Portraits and Croups of various sizes, in Frames, Cases,
Lockets, Brooches, and Rings, in an elegant style.
Royal Polytechnic Institution, Regent-street; 34, Parlia-
ment-street ; and 85, King William-street, City.

Report, and the construction in respect thereof, has
included in this bill a charge of 2,555/. 14s. l Id., and
Mr. Walker, for superintendence, has also charged
the sum of 1501. As this useful work, though not
chiefly required for the repair of the bridge, and not
included in the works originally contemplated and
provided for by Parliament, was undertaken solely for
the public good, and in conjunction with the repairs
of the bridge, we deemed it right to include the
amount of the proposed improvement in the estimate
laid before Parliament. When seeking an additional
grant, this charge would properly have been payable
out of that fund, and it pleased Parliament to autho-
rise the grant ; but that not being the case, in our opi-
nion, we ought to be allowed to draw upon the
chamber for the sum of 2,705/. 14s. 11d. to enable us
to discharge so much of Mr. Walker's and Mr.
M'lntosh's bills as relate to that work.
" All which we submit."
(Signed by the Committee.)
REPORT OF THE SOLICITOR TO THE ELACKFRIARS-

ELACKFRIARS-BRIDGE--FINAL REPORT.
Mr. PRIOR called the attention of the Committee to
the following most important Report relative to the
settlement of the accounts of the contractor for the
performance of work at Blackfriars-bridge. The
nature of the Report, he said, required the most
serious consideration of the members, who would,
also, most particularly attend to the appended Report
of the City Solicitor.
" We, whose names, &c., of your Committee to
whom, on the Ist of August, 1833, it was referred to
carry into execution the Act for the permanent repair
of glackfriars-bridge, and for raising a sum of money
for that purpose ; and to whom it was referred to
carry into execution certain extra works to be per-
formed, the more effectually to repair the upper parts
of the bridge, and to lower the roadway over the
same ; and to carry into execution certain works
to be performed ; to remove the nuisance arising
from the river Fleet, by the sewer at the
north end of the bridge, into the river Thames,
do certify : That having obtained the several sums
authorised by Parliament to be raised for the purpose
of permanently and effectually repairing the said
bridge, e proceeded at the time and in the manner
detailed in our reports from time to time presented to
your Court to carry into execution the several works
committed to our care; and we have the gratification
to report that we have succeeded in executing the
whole of the works directed under the orders of your
Court of the Ist of August, 1833, and the 24th of
September, 1835, to be performed at a sum which
(notwithstanding a contemplated addition of 5,0001. to ,
the contractor's first bill, to which reference will pre-'
sently be made) will amount to a gross sum of .51.
per cent. less than the original estimates of the en-
gineers, and will keep the whole amount of charge
upon the fund, including contractor's and engineer's
bills, and all incidental expenses, within the sum
voted by Parliament for the execution of the works.

Nearly at the close of Mr. Cowhead's statement, a
person called Lively Dick, a sort of west country tin-
man and coppersmith,. stepped forward and addressed
the Magistrate heard Dick's state-
the Magistrate saying he was anxious to support Mr.
ocl,lls3eer;v.ed, that
.his firm conviction was that
DiCielnkthiseaa.ilnid'sxiety did not arise from any commiseration
for or good feeling t9wards Mr. Cowhead, but solely
from a desire to be revenged on some old confederates
for refusing him his share of the plunder ; in fact,
doing
heividnee of very small value.
se
" regulars." He therefore
thought
As Mr. Cowhead was about to leave the office, a wag
whispered him as to ever having had his fortune told,
pAit. out Liv Lively 's
and strongly recommended him to apply to the wise
man of the I:ast—a certain City Solon, rather skilful
in dealing with the false pretence gentry—who would
be uncommonly likely to take up the case, and see Mr.
Cowhead righted.

were combined
We know not when
more of curiosity OFsit) P,
and of
expectationNT.—We
that at the real opening of the political drama in
l):t oN
1842. The theatre was crowded in all its parts. The
applause of the Tory galleries was all prepared, and
only awaited the signal. The stage lamps shone
brightly. The great performers were known to be
behind the scenes ; the scenery, machinery, dresses,
and furnishings were all said to be new, and to be got
up uncle/ the direction of the new manager.
The pre-
mier coup d'archet was heard ; but when the curtain
rose, and the performance was begun, greater asto-
nishment and surprise could not have been created on
comparing the play-bill with the representation, than
if the tragedy of Cato had been substituted for the
Agreeable Surprise, or the dead march in Saul for
bridal chorus of the F 7 eyschutz. It is true, that all.
the actors whose names were announced, made their
appearance ; but, alas for the lovers of the melodrama!
the actors appeared in new characters, and their
dresses and machinery were those which had been so
long worn and used by their rivals and predecessors.
It is true, that this bold confidence in the indulgence
of the audience succeeded to a certain extent ; but,
perhaps, the cause was a theatrical one. The-good
folks had paid their money at the door, , , they had
secured their seats, and, if they had yielded to their
discontent, they might have been left without any
play at all, or have been condemned to call back her
Majesty's formex servants.— Edinburgh Reniew.
QUESTIONABLE FOOD.,The blind traveller Holman
stated that at Fernando Po a couple of lambs grown
to no more than six inches long, were served up to
him by order of the King. Galen reports of swine,
that their flesh possesses no less than 50 flavours, and
is greatly assimilant in kind to human flesh. DuCha-
telin relates that in his days dogs and cats were eaten
at Paris as they now are in China ; indeed, Sir Joseph
Banks and Dr. Solander affirm that dog's flesh is the
sweetest imaginable. At Rome, camel's heels were
the choicest tit-bit for an epicure's tooth. Whale's
tongues ranked among the delicacies feasted on in the
middle century by Europeans. The Caffre eats his
lion for food, and the traveller Bruce among them ate
his lion-steak with gusto. At Rio Janeiro an ordi-
nary dish is a monkey pie ; and the head of the ape is
left to appear above the crust for ornament, in the
style of the feet in our pigeon pies-
Dispatches frOm Sir Charles Bagot, Governor of
Canada, were received yesterday afternoon, at the
Colonial-office. Dispatches were. also. received yes-.
terday from the Governor of Ceylon.

• "Your Committee think it due to their engineer,
James Walker, Esq., to express their admiration of
the zeal, ability, and judgment, displayed by him in
'designing and superintending the works, and their
entire approbation of the manner in which Mr.
M'lntosh, the contractor, has carried Mr. Walker's
designs into execution; by these united efforts the
stability and beauty of the original structure have
been greatly increased, the approaches to the - bridge
have been considerably enlarged and improved, and
the dangerous acclivities of the road on each side,
which had been the subject of continued complaint,
have been most materially reduced; and by the ex-
cellent arrangements entered into for promoting the
public convenience, these important objects have been
accomplished without interrupting the traffic (except
while the bridge was being re-paved), either by land
or by water, for a single day.
" It would have afforded the Committee the high-
est degree of satisfaction if they could have here
closed their labours, referring to the foregoing facts
as the best record of the manner in which they have
endeavoured to discharge the important duties con-
fided to their care. They deem it, however, their
duty to your Honourable Court to regret certain
other circumstances that have occurred during the
last few months to create in their mind a consider-
able degree of anxiety, but which they hope they are
now about to bring to a happy termination.
"In the month of February, 1841, the repairs of
the bridge having been completed, and the works
being finished, with the exception of the removal of
number of piles from the bed of the River, which re-
quired a considerable time to accomplish, the clerks of
the works on behalf of the contractor and the Corpo-
ration, adjusted the whole of the accounts up to that
period ; and the amount of the charges in respect of
the two contracts, and cf additional works authorised
by the engineer, was approved by him at the sum of
90,6321. 13s. 9d., includingthe sum of 2,555/. 14s. 11d.
charged for the construction of the new sewer on the
northern side of the bridge. While these bills were
under consideration, preparatory to the winding-up of
the accounts, the Committee received an intimation
that the contractor had further claims upon the Cor-
poration in respect of the works executed by him ; and
in the following November a further bill was deli-
vered, with an additional demand of 46,8521. 15s. 6d.,
exclusive of his claim for the removal of the piles,
which was not then completed.
" Your Committee having taken the precaution to
obtain from the engineer monthly reports of the state