The Sun.
London, England, 1829-06-10 00:00:00

60U13.11 -OF CONINION COUNCIL.

Yesterd4 a Court of Common Council was hekl
in Guildhall for the despatch of business.

LONDON-BRIDGE APPROACHES BILL.

The LORI) MAYOO. stated, that a Court of Alder-
men had been held that morning, which had taken
the athice of Counsel, and had come to the risoln.
tion recommending to the Court of Common
Council-to ticker in the accounts of the income
and expenditure of the city of London, or an abstract
of them, -as oidered by
.the House of
Mr. TICKNER -thought it would be desirable for
the Court to agree with the resolution of the Court
of Aldermen.

Mr. S. DIXON: Iyished. the proceedings of that
Court to be known to the whole kingdom, but at
the same time, when a matter of so great importance
was being agitated between the House of Lords and
the Ciurt of Common Council, he would wish that
the plbject shoyld be discussed with closed doors.
He :,:gged leAve-to make a motioM to that effect,
thtre- t it I,.as the first time he ever wished strangfirs-
to'lli-xcittled. -
'l7.:e LORD MAYOR said there was no necessity
fora motion. It was an order of the Court, tit.t. no
strangers should be present daring the proceedings
of the Court, and of course they must be excluded
at the desire of any member.
Strangers were accordingly ordered to withdraw.

It was immediately proposed, we understand, that
the discusSion should be public, and a discussion
took place upon the question, in which it was urged
by the advocates for nn open Court, that the very
circumstance of closing the doors was calculated to
engender a suspicion that there was something in
the affairs of the- corporation which was not exaltly
adapted to the eye of public scrutiny,—that a gar-
bled or deficient report at least was sure to make its
appearance, partaking of the prejudices of those
who might furnish it, and that the Court were not
obliged; on the score of delicacy to.their Lordships,
to prevent the -public from hearing what the Mem-
bers of the Corporation had to say. By those who
were for 'Making the Court a private one on this
occasion,;it was stated that thete was a necessity
for privaCy„as the question was one between the
House of Lords-.and the Corporation, and the dis-
cussion before -the public, would not be calculated,
perhaps, to serve the interests of the latter.
After a warm discussion, a division took place, the
numbers were—For admitting the public, 60; for
exclusion, 64; majority in favour of a closed court, 4.
The Court then proceeded to debate the propriety
' of agreeing to the recommendation of. the Court of
Aldermen as tp submitting the papers required to
their Lordships at the .bar of the House. The ge-
neral sentiment was in favour of presenting the ac-
counts. It appeared that the accounts ordered were
neither more nor less than those which had been sent
to the Committee of their Lordships on the London
Bridge Approaches' Bill; so that the point to be
settled was a mere matter of form in the opinion of
the great majority.
After some discussion had taken place upon the
subject,
Alderman WOOD took occasion to allude to
the active exertions of two noble Lords (we be-
lieve Lords Londonderry and Durham) in .9p.,
position to the Loudon-bridge Approaches'
Those exertions bad, it was well known;been attri-
butable to a very different • cause from that of the
good of the community. The private interests of
their Lordships were the real foundation of their
determined repugnance to the measure, and that
repugnance had been exhibited by one of them in a
manner which did not argue much for his dignity
or good sense. So far did the Noble Lord's kind '
wishes attend, the Corporation, that he thought
fit to ascribe a total incapacity to the magistrates
of. that Corporation as to their performance of
their official duties. This charge had no -more
foum:ation in truth than it bid in good nature. ~The
111 ;13trates of the city, it wftS well known, most
Scrupulously performed their duties. It would .I*,
seen by the comparison of the commitments rOade"
by•them, and the convictions which took place, that
they formed very accurate estimates of the chances
of conviction and acquittal. In Middlesex the ave-
rage number of acquittals was 42 out of every 100,
while in the city of London there were no more than
:27. This proved that the City Magistrates were
• most undeservedly censured. He did not see. why
experience, who were daily in the habit of
what Was #iittig on in the world,- should not -
be to perform tric-tinties of a Magistrate as well
as the NOble Lord, who had been induced by the:.',
great changes in the coal trade, arising 'from the
breaking up of the cOmbination system, to fling his -
anger about upon persOns of v hose zeal and exer-
tions be • was wholly ignorant. • !!sakinit'considered
an important feature of this attack, thitigtwas made
in the House of Lords; but she motive was too pal-,
pable to allow censure to have any effect.- The
Noble Lord toitltilted his ow it Private interest in the:
whole matte:-, and that was the secret of his-:inve-
terate opposition to the London bridge Apriroaches'
Bill, end of hisubuse oithe city Magistrates. The §aree

The retired village of Charlton, in Kent, has,
since Sunday, been in a state of considerable excite-
ment, produced by the discovery. of #the dead body
of a gentleman in the Lower Twelve-acre-field, near
the seven-mile stone, on the. Great Dover-road. The
circumstances under Which the .deceased was found
were at first deemed so extraordinary and myste-
rious, that it was believed he had either been
,mur-
dered, or had fallen in a duel, as it was not until a
fuliand minute examination of the spot where the
dead body was discovered, that it was ascertained
he had lain violent hands on himself. The following
is the authentic outline of the discovery of the gen-
tleman, who has since been recognised to have been
a:foreign merchant of great worth and respectability.
On Sunday morning, about ten o'clock, a labouring
gardener, .named Weekes, was employed in scaring
the birds from a field of young oats, and his atten-
tion was particularly drawn. to a vast assemblage
}Hived:le-over a very. retired part of the field, as. if
they had found something unusual and extraordi-
nary. Weekes proceeded in the direction, and was
surprised at finding footstepS deviating through the
oats froni the footpath. Upon reaching within a
few yards of the spot, he was horror-struck at find-
ing the dead body of a man, from which the head
had been almost as effectually blown off as if he had
been decapitated. The gardener was so alarmed
that he instantly went back to the village, and gave
information to Johnson, the constable, and they, with
all speed, returned together, accompanied by several
of the inhabitants, and proceeded to the distressing
duty of examining the corpse. The deceased was
dressed in deep mourning, and upon his hands
were white kid gloves. The right was thrown
back, and the fingers were
..stained with blood.
The death appeared to have been occasioned by a
pistol or gun-shot : and after a minute search, the
shattered stock and fragments of the lock and barrel
of a pistol were found scattered near the dead body
and about the field. They placed the corpse in a
shell, and deposited it in the church of Charlton,
where the clothes and pockets were examined, and
the articles found were several letters relative to
mercantile- transactions, a Russia leather wallet, I 2s.
in money, a gold watch and seals, and ten pistol
bullets, with some trifling monortinda. The letters
Were all directed as' follows•:—To Monsieur Gus-
tavus W. Peipers, (which 'was the name of the de-
ceased),--Monsieur Mouremanns.
One of the letters was from Messrs. Jamieson and
Adrics, of Lawrence Pountney-lane, Cannon-street,
to the deceased, advising him of the shipment of
some wines. They were in the German .langurge,
and led to the means of ascertaining who the de-
ceased was. A tnesSenger was dispatched to his
late residence, No. 53, Great Coratn-street, Russell-
square, and communicated the heavy tidings of his
death. Upon the circumstance of a dead body being
found becoming known in Greenwich, it was ascer-
tained that two gentlemen had been the whole of Sun-
day searching the park and its shrubberies, and the
place called the Wilderness, for a gentleman wbo had
written a letter, dated Saturday, from Greenwich,
apprising. thctn of his intention to commit suicide.
They did not succeed, as it will be observed, in
finding the object of their search, who was the de-
ceased, and rettuned in the evening with an im-
pression that he had abandoned. his --'suicidal inten-
tion. Colonel Foreman, the' local Magistrate, had
been applied to, and by his direction Larkins, a
constable, assisted in the search, and in the course
of Sunday learned that a• foreign gentleman, an-
swering the description of the deceased, took a
luncheon and drank a pint of • wine at the Crown
and Sceptre, Greenwich, on Saturday, where he
wrote two letters, and appeared deeply dejected.
A similar kind of person was seen wandering in a
very agitated manner in the Great Dover-road, and
it is believed he• accomplished the dreadful act by
firing the pistol into his mouth during that•night :
from the circumstance of the pistol being so greatly
shattered, it is evident the unfortunate man must
have pursued his design with the most fatal deter-
mination, and must have heavily charged the pistol.
Information having been given to Mr. CARTTAR,
one of the Coroners for Kent, he directed the con-
stable to summon a jury, and collect 'the necessary
evidence by Monday.

THE INQUEST.
At eight o'clock on Monday evening, a highly
respectable Jury assembled at the French Horn Ta-
vern; Charlton, to inquire into the eireuinstances
which led to the deplorable event.
A slip of paper was handed in, whereon was writ-
ten. Gustavus W. Peipers, aged 6 years, with the
watch, money, letters, bullets, gloves, and the shat-
-4ere<l.picees of the weapon.
The first witness was Mr. James Hayes, broker,
of No. 22, Cornhill. The.deceased had been known
to him for a considerable period, and until latterly
was of a particularly good-humoured „disposition.
lie hoarded and lodged in Great Coram-street, but
his counting-house was at the residence of witness
in Cornhill; the last time he saw the deceased alive
was on' Thursday last; lie appeared then to
,be
greatly agitated and disturbed in his mind.

The CORONER here handed tlitgAtijoing singu-
lar document, .which was found -tifon tfie*son of
..the deceased, to Mr. Hayes, and asked hint if he
knew the handwriting ?—Mr. Hayes aid the writ-
ing was Mr. Peipers, but' greatly altered from his
usual style,.which he thought might have been occa-
sioned by agitation.
The document was then read :
" This is the body of Gustavus Peipers, from Cologne,
, .• •
in Germany, aged 26 years.
" Misfortune has brought 'him to ,1,1:1- ektr-einity of kill-
ing himealf.. _ - - •

. . .
"Living without hOnOur I's worse than death.
" Je diets near Boum friendly eon), and liopea to be

" Proceeding by a fine road, planted on each
side with acacias and sycamores, whose growth,
owing to the richness of the soil, kept pace with
the impatient disposition of the Pasha, who had,
atone sweep, cut down the avenue of mulberry
trees three years before, we arrived at the house,
which is ,situated close to the Nile, and coin,
mands a fine prospect of the river and city.
The exterior of the building exhibited nothingse-
markable. On ascending a terrace a few feet
and
found aisiasiasedfit tohiriloyugiohr aan rou
h outhouse,lt was matted, and round the walls was fixed, a
row of cushions, on two corners of which were
rough `wooden e n
found ourselves in the Pasha's room of audience.
placed satin pillows, marking the sot of flip
Pasha occupied according to the position of the
sun. Just over a . low ledge in the door, ive
stepped into a small room with a bedding on the
floor : this was_ his sleeping chamber. Surely
never monarch had so little luxury.. or state.
Thence we.; came at once ta the magnificent suite
of apartments appropriated .to the chief lady of
the harem. The centre of the principal room
formed a sort of octagon, with three recesses, all
inlaid with marble. From the four corners
opened four; smaller rooms, fitted with splendid
divans and cushions.of velvet and cloth of gold ;
and a set of marble baths completed this series
of elegant apartments. - The ceilings, executed
by a Greek artist, -were lofty and vaulted, orna-
mented with gold and representations of
p.dland-
scapes, or of palaces and colonnades,. the whole
painted in light and pleasing colours. The Sul
tana's private sitting-room was still more sumptit,
ous. The ceiling consisted of a circus of palaces,
the columns -and arches- of which were deli-
neated with a most successful regard to perspec-
tive. These apartments were until lately occupied
by the Pasha's deceased wife, mother of Ibrahim
Pasha by a former husband. Their splendour
was singularly contrasted with the plainness of
those inhabited by the Pasha himself. This led
one of my friends to ask if I was not penetrated
with so convincing a proof of the gallantry of
the Turk; and he challenged me to cite the
English husband who would- have done so moth
for the exclusive gratification of his wife. To
which I could only reply that, with my erratic
propensities, I should not willingly resign the
privilege
of locomotion for such proofs of affec-
don ; and that I apprehend few English women
would answer either the Paella's or Sancho
Panza's idea of a good wife, by continually re-
maining, according to the latter proverb, like
an honest woman, at home, as if her leg were
broken.' Mahomed Ali's late consort had great
influence over him during her life, as he con-
sidered.his marriage with her We' foundation '.of
his good -fortune. She was esteemed and I,)c-
-loved by the people ; for her influence was ever
employed on the side of justice and mercy.
Much of her time was occupied in receiving pe
titions ; but it was seldom she bad to refer them
to the Pasha, as her power was too well known •
by the Ministers to require this last appeal. If,
however, in consequence of any demur on their
part, she had to apply to him, he answered their
remonstrance by saynag—' It is enough. By
my two eyes ! if she requires it the thing must
be done ! be it through fire, water, or stone.'
His Highness, during the heats of summer, sits
from
signifying,
Arabic
below in a room particularly adapted for cool-
ness, and having a marble fountain in the centre.
Oh'.tkiarnaocihiteeoruosr, a verse of
the
, waaells i
is inscribed,he Koran, in lar
of justice is worth seventy days of
prayer.' The gardens of Shoobra, with their
golden fruit and aromatic flowers. having
already been described by former :travellers,
I shall
.pass on to the magnificent pavilion,
which constitutes the chief embellishment of the
place, anti which was completed only a few
weeks before my visit. This' pavilion .is about
250 feet long by 200 broad; On its sides .rain
four galleries or colonnades, composed of elegant
pillars of the finest white marble (of an order
resembling the Composite), surrounding a sun-
ken court of six feet deep, paved throughout
with the same beautiful material. At each cor-
ner of the colonnade is a terrace, over which
water passes into the court below in a murmur-
ing cascade, having omits ledges figures of fish,
sculptured so true to nature, that, with. the flow-
ing stream, they appear to Move. The whole sup-
ply of water rises again through a fountain in the
centre, and re-appears in a beautiful jet-d'eau,
lofiy;. sparkling, and abundant: One seldom
sees an exhibition of this character without ap-
prehending a failure of water ; but here the works
are fed by the Nile, and the spectator is aware
that its exuberance will not cease. In fine wea•-
ther the Pasha occasionally resorts to this splen-
did fountain with the ladies of his harem, who
row about in the flooded court for the amuse-
ment of his Highness, while he is seated in the
colonnade. Great is the commotion when the
ladies descend into- the garden. A signal is
given; and the gardeners vanish in an instant.
We were all struck with the ruddy cheeks wild
healthy appearance of these men.. They were
principally Greeks ; and.the gay colours of their
fanciful costume,—each with a nosegay or bunch •
of fruit in his hand,-7combined with the luxuri-
ant scenery around,, gay e .ahem more the sem-
blance of actors iu a ballet,representing a fete in
Areadia,thati the real laboureta bi a' Turkish
Lushington. -

The Eau India Company's ship. Earl of
Dalearras arrived off Falmouth the 6th instant; she left.,
China 2d Fvbruary? and St. Helena NOW 44.

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