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Edition has just been published by Mann and Co., 39, Cornhill, London, price ls., sent post free for 13, or in a sealed envelope for 20 stamps' Dr. LA.'IIIEnT, &c., having for 20 years devoted 1111 1,56.4 entirely to this branch of practice, may be consulted dailY, either personally or by correspondence, at his residence, No 37, BEDFORD-SQUARE, London. LITERATURE. How we got to Pekin. By the Rev. R. J. L. M'Ghee. Bentley. Having been chaplain to the forces in the late expedition to China, Mr. M'Ghee had excellent op portunities for observation, and the amusing volume before us shows that he turned them to extremely good account. He describes what he saw neither from a military nor a clerical point of view, but as it would appear as an intelligent and comparatively unprejudiced spectator. His style, too, is lively and agreeable, his philosophy is evidently that of mak ing the best of things, and he shows a quick per ception of the ludicrous. The work he has produced, then, is essentially a readable one, and not only re lates the progress of the English army to Pekin, but conveys a good idea of the country and the people. The place at which he joined the expedition was Hong Kong, and he was much struck with its pic turesque appearance, stating that it has many of the beauties of Naples upon a smaller scale. Here he says, " Probyn's Horse and Fane's Horse were the objects of the greatest attraction, although the Armstrong guns excited a good deal of attention. I never saw anything more gay, and yet thoroughly soldierlike, than those two Irregular Regiments. Probyn's regiment had been embodied much longer than the other, and yet Fane's fellows were just as well drilled and in as good order, although they had only been raised for service in China. The light grey tunic and that most handsome of head dresses, the turban (Probyn's blue, Farm's red), set off the men to the best advantage, and some of them were not only handsome but noble-looking fellows on horseback—for they did not seem as if they were ever intended to walk—their legs were not good, and required the large boots to hide them. They were armed with pistols, carbine, lance, and sword. Until I became accustomed to them I could not help speculating as to what sort of people they really were; they looked almost knightly when tilt ing with the lance ; yet there was clearly a dash of the freebooter about them, so that one was re minded of Byron's criticism on William of Dole raine, i Not quite a robber, yet but half a knight.' Of the officers commanding both these regiments there was but one opinion in China, as there bad been but one in India—that they were two of the finest fellows in the service, and you could hardly avoid finding it out by looking at them." Leaving at Hong Kong and touching at Shanghai, the author paid a visit to the sacred island of Pootoo, which is occupied entirely by temples in and around which about a thousand Buddhist priests reside. " From the landing-place you walk along a flagged road, which ascends with an easy incline ; ancient temples on your left near the shore, and noble trees casting a pleasant shade around them ; while on every side magnificent camellias, 20 and 30 feet high, are to be seen glistening with their wax-like blos soms to the top. Azaleas innumerable of humbler growth, and wild flowers of various hues, form a rich carpet of surpassing beauty soldlatter picture h maps the eing sacredrepreseinstlaend as islands of l the world, elongated parallelogram, of which the Celestial Empirecovers nearly the e l h w o , though a small bor der is considerately left all round for the different Barbarian nations; each having a square patch, and being described in a few words, whilst it is re presented as bringing its chief produce to China as tribute. The expedition then arrived at T Y a ien whan ; a large bay, some 20 miles long by about nine wide, where, as the French were not ready, the troops were disembarked and encamped. In the attack on the forts, which sopn after followed, the Armstrong guns. speaks highly of the effect o f th e guns. " I was standing close to Barry's battery, and it was at once a beautiful and yet a fearful sight to see the precision of their fire, as the shells struck the exact spot aimed at, and knocked the guns of the Tartars about their ears, clouds of t k s of &Ist." Strange as it may seem, tea was not used by the natives of that part of China, as Mr. IVi 'Ghee found on making excursions into the country, a n d even when he did meet with it, afterwards, he speaks anything but favourably of its quality. The cap ture of the Takoo forts is well described, the T artars fought desperately, an d our success seems to h ave ~been owing to the dry weather which har. dened the mud around the forts, and so enabled the troops to act. " But no sooner were our opera tions over, and the forts ours, than a tremendous storm of thunder and rain broke from the heavens. If it had come a few hours earlier it would have rendered us perfectly helpless." The country on the south bank of the river is described as being one continuous garden and orchard, full of delicious fruits and all kinds of vegetables. In these gardens the French made themselves at home, whilst our troops occupied the arid plain. The Chinese now entered into negotiations, treacherously seized Mr. Parkes and his companions, and the occupation of Pekin and the looting and burning of the summer Palace were the consequences. On arriving in sight of the city the F rench mysteriously disap peared, but found their way, unintentionally no doubt, to the Summer Palace. "It was a curious accident," says the author, " that we should be separated but once during the campaign, and that upon that occasion the French should march to the Ewen-Ming-Ewen (Summer Palace). And another curious fact is, that while General Montauban assured Sir H. Grant that " nothing had been touched" (which, of course, he believed to be the case), any number of richly -jewelled watches were to be bought at that moment in the French Camp, " with a very large portion of silver and gold," while the soldiers' tents and the ground around them was a perfect blaze of silk The beauty and extent o f t h e and embroidery." palace and grounds, Mr. M'Ghee describes as mar vellous. "The grounds extended for six or seven miles in every direction, and 'further towards the hills. If you can, you must imagine a vast laby rinth of picturesque rocks and noble timber, lakes and streams, summer houses roofed with porcelain of the imperial yellow, theatres and their store houses, filled with all the paraphernalia for masquer ades upon a gigantic scale, one theatre and its be longings covering from five to ten acres of ground, all richly planted around ; temples more numerous still, full of quaint deities (some of them, as it has since turned out, of gold), and every building with a view of at least one other, and all these filled with works of Chinese art of great age, beauty, and value, and in the background a range of hills, their outline cut clear against the sky; you must think of all the best gifts of nature, in colour and in form, of trees, shrubs, and wild flowers ; wood, water, rock, hill, and mountain, you must add ; then deck the scene with all the world-famed skill of the celestial in landscape gardening, thrown in here and there so well that it looks like nature's own hand ; scatter those beautiful buildings round, with their gorgeous roofs peeping through the dark forest timber ; see th ere i s an imperial stag bounding across your paths; conjure up the quaint old Chinese 'ridges here and there, to carry you across the feeler of some placid lake, with its ornamental waterfowl, and you may be able to form some very faint and indistinct idea of the Ming Ewen, which yen can no more conceive than I can describe." With the city of Pekin, Mr. M'Ghee expresses some disappointment; he says " it is soon seen, nor are you long in making the dis covery that every street is exactly like its brother," and "it looks better fromthe wall than anywhere else." And of the climate of Pekin in the winter he speaks with anything but pleasure. "We imagine that the bracing cold would be the very thing for us all, and set is up again, after the re laxing heat of summer; but experience taught us another lesson. Any weak point was seized upon by the cold, and it was only the man who had no such point about him that kept his health unim paired. Diarrhoea, dysentery, cheat complaints, and fever were the prevalent diseases ; and there fore the greatest part of the winter we had ten per cent. of theforce in the hospital, and I was informed upon the best authority, that the month of January at Tien-tsin was more fatal to the troops than the worst month in autumn had been at Hong Kong." The volume contains translations of various Chinese State papers as well as documents relating to the captivity of Messrs. Parkes, Loch, &c. Some illustrations, too, are given, and although the theme has somewhat lost its novelty, the plea sant manner in which Mr. M'Ghee has treated it will ensure his work a favourable reception. An Inquiry into the Theories of History. W. H. Allen and Co. With the intention of clearing the ground for students of history, and of affording them a firm basis on which to rest their investigations, the author of the work before us has examined the principal theories respecting it, with especial refe rence to the positivism of M. Comte. " There are three principal theories," says the writer, " to which men adapt their ideas of the events of history. The first is, that events happen by chance; in mere suc cession as regards time, in mere contiguity as re gards place, without order or design, without co herence or connection, without mutual dependence or relation. The second is, that events happen according to law; law fixed and invariable, neces sitating the most stable order ; law final and abso lute, the ultimate and highest concession of the hu man mind. The third is, that events happen according to law fixed and invariable, necessitating the most stable order, but that that law, instead of being the ultimate and highest conception of the human mind, is the expression of a Supreme Will. These three theories, with their re spective modifications in different ages and nations, apparently exhaust human speculation on this question. The first theory, that of chance, the writer considers to be wholly unten able. Nor is the second, that of law, entirely sa tisfactory, " Since law implies, while the theory of mere law negatives, the existence of a lawgiver. The third theory supplies this deficiency, and affirms a Supreme will, the source and support of law." The tone of the writer is temperate, his style is clear, and those to whom the subject is of interest will find his work repay perusal. Harebell Chimes, or Summer Memories, and Mus ings. By Andrew James Symington. Longman and Co. If these poems show no great power or originality, they evince, at least, considerable taste, feeling, and fancy, together with a healthy tone of thought. About fifty of them are reprinted from a former edition, the rest are either collected from magazines or published for the first time_ As a short speci men we give— ASPIRATION AND DUTY. Oh I what is earth to those who long For higher, holier, nobler thin gs ? I'd soar aloft, on burning song, Amid the rush of spirit wings! But; hush, fond heart I while here below, At duty's call, fulfil thy f a t s ; And humbly, onward—upward go So shalt thou en ter Heaven's gate ! Brother -Help. Darton and H o d ge . The aim of this work i s to illustrate " The heroism and humanity of every age." It is inscribed to Geo. Peabody, Esq., and consists of five chapt ers t rea ti ng of educaticn, liberty, the influence of thefclergy, sla very, and the prison, hospital, &c. Thus the scheme is sufficiently comprehensive, and as a great num ber of anecdotes are given, a readable volume is the result. It is, in fact, a series of biographical sketches of those who have distinguished themselves by doing good, and its influence, especially on young people, is likely to be beneficial. The letters from Frankfort state that in that dis trict and the whole south of Germany the harvest has been got in, and that the yield proves to be excellent, both in quality and quantity. Prices, neverthele ss , h ave b een well ma i n t a i n ed in the various corn-markets—a circumstance which is attributed to the fact that cultivators in recent years have always found that they obtai ne d b etter pr i ces by h o lding back than by selling at once. Hops look well, and also the vines, but these will yet depend on the weather, which thus far remained unsettled. At the Frankfort Ex change money is abundant, and . the prices of stocks firm, the RlllOBll loan being a faveuri . te investment, while there was also a demand for the various kinds of Italian pre ference share/9 " We have again to record a scarcity of commer cial news, and a general dulness in the markets, both import and export. In the former market things are but little altered since our last. The same stagnation prevails, and holders are showing no disposition to compel sales, more especia lly as the recent intelligence from home will induce buyers to hold off in the hope that holders may eventually moderate their charges. Should, how ever, sellers be moderately firm, present prices must be maintained, at least for the:present, as the active season is approaching, and supplies are coming in slowly. Yarns, however, continue in steady de mand, and stocks in first hands are diminishing. In exports, too, there is but moderate business doing, and the prices of all articles, except salt petre, are looking down. Government securities are still dull ; money is but little in demand, though the supply is abundant, and the share market con tinues firm. With the exception of a slight altera tion in the rates for seeds there is no change to re port in the freight market since our last." V. R.-TOWER.--SALE OF STORES. El y Order of the SECRETARY OF STATE for WAR.—TO BE SOLD BY PUBLIC AUCTION, in the Tower, on MONDAY, the 4th of August, 1862, at 11 o'clock in the forenoon, precisely, the following STORES : Great Coats, Stable Fitments, Oil-dressed Coats and Sou'- Chimney Pieces, Officers, westers, Large Quantity of Common Copper Stills, Tin, in sheets, Cooking Stoves, various, Surgical Instruments, Ranges, Pumps, Grates, Accoutrements. Old Iron, Steel, and Miscellaneous Articles, The Oil-dressed Coats and Sou'westers may be viewed at the Military Store Department, Pimlico, and the remainder of the Stores at the Tower, from 10 to 4 o'clock, the Three Days previous to the Day of Sale, and Catalogues may be had at the War-office, Pall-mall; the Tower ; and Royal Arsenal, Woolwich. rrEA.—STRACHAN and CO.'S Strong Rough " Domestic" Black at 3s. Id. per lb.-26, Cornhill, London, E.C. TEA'-STRACHAN and CO.'S Fine " Inter mediate" Black at 3a. Bd. per lb.-26, Cornhill, Lon don, E.C. 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Such is the confidence in the undertaking that guarantees have been placed in the hands of the Directors, for a minimum dividend of 6 per cent. per annum on the amount of capital paid up for the first two years. Complete prospectuses and forms of applications for shares may be had at the Offices of the Company, Bankers, Solicitors, and Engineer. THE LONDON AND MIDDLESEX BANK (Limited). Incorporated under the Joint-stock Companies Acts of 1856- 7-8, whereby the Liability of each Shareholder is limited to the amount of his shares. Capital, £1,000,000, in 10,000 shares of £lOO each, a large num ber of which have been already subscribed for. Deposit £1 per share on application, and a further payment of £1 per share on allotment. •- -- - It is not intended to call up more than £3O per share, and no Call will exceed £5 per share, with an interval of not less than Three Months between each Call DIRECTORS. The Right Honourable Viscounti'oßßlNGT ON, Chairman, 4, Warwick-square, S.W. 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Joshua Hutchinson and Son, 15, Angel court, Throgmorton-street. Temporary Offices, 69, Cornhill, E.C. The London and Middlesex Bank (Limited) is established for the transaction of every description of business usually undertaken by private and joint-stock banks, and being in corporated under the new principle of limited liability, offers great advantages to shareholders, inasmuch as no one can be held responsible for more than the unpaid amount of the shares standing in his name. The portion of the Capital remaining uncalled will be £7O per share ; and this will form an ample reserve for securing the confidence 01 customers. Application for the remaining shares must be made on or before the Ist August. Prospectuses and forms of Applications for shares may be obtained at the Temporary Offices, as above, and of the Brokers. _ _ _ _ - --- For full Prospectus, see "Sun " of July 22 and 23. CHINA. We take the following summary of news, which relate almost exclusively to the rebels before Shanghae, from the China Mail of June 11: " The rebels are withdrawing their forces from above Nanking, and are proceeding to reoccupy the country about Shanghae, from which they had been driven by the allied troops. For the last few months we have regularly recorded the capture of towns, villages, and stockaded positions by our own and the French forces, assisted by the force of disci plined' Chinese under the American, Ward. The admiral's plans have hitherto been to clear the country of rebels for a distance of about 25 miles from Shanghae. In various expeditions, in none of which the forces numbered more than 1,500, many places were captured without a single casualty, by the mere superiority of Western artillery. Large quantities of Taeping plunder were recovered at several of the places captured, and divided among our soldiers and sailors under the name of loot ; by some unaccountable neglect none of this easily-won treasure, possibly amounting in all to half a million dollars, was applied to the relief of the famishing losers who are refugees in Shanghae. This career of plunder has been pretty suddenly checked by the arrival of one of the leading Taeping generals, the Chung Wang. This did not take place, however, until the French admiral's life had paid the penalty for this series of loot-hunting excursions. That species of bravery which leads a man sword in hand to assault a rebel post that has been thoroughly shelled for a couple of hours, and in which a few frightened soldiers are usually found, is not worthy of a really great officer, and we have already recorded our regret that the troops should achieve such easy triumphs and take large spoil for their trouble. In the case of Nanjao, however, where Admiral Protet fell on the 17th ult., there was more courage wanted than the attacking force imaginei ; for, instead of, as usual, finding the walls deserted and the garrison in a panic of terror, they were suddenly faced by an ambuscade which had lain under cover during the two hours bombardment. It was then that a volley carried the fatal messenger to the French admiial, whose death was the signal for a most indiscriminate carnage on the part of oar allies at the taking of Cholin' on the 21st ultimo. With the capture of Cholin is likely to close, for the present, our account of artillery practice upon towns and villages of the loot-yielding description. The noise of our doings has reached Nanking, and has resulted in the despatch of ' The Fighting King' (Chung Wing) to the Shanghae province. This rebel chief is reported to have taken a very practi cal view of existing affairs. His first step was to give foundation for a rumour that an immense force was menacing Shanghae; this rumour, as was in tended, caused the withdrawal of our expeditionary forces from the captured towns, which we had in dulged the hope of garrisoning with handfuls of men and guns. Very soon after the capture of Cho lin word was brought to the English admiral that the town of Kah-ding, held by Major Taylor and a party of the sth 8.N.L.1., was seriously threatened. A return to Shanghae was at once ordered ; and on the Queen's birthday our troops started with guns and reinforcements for Kah-ding. An Armstrong gu n with ammunition had previously been sent on in charge of 17 sailors and 6 Sikhs. On the way, however, there is reason to suppose that the Jacks went on shore to loot, for the half dozen boat-loads of ammunition and provisions were taken and the Sikhs killed, while the Jacks returned to Shanghae without a scratch, reporting themselves to have fought desperately. The only Shanghae newspaper —which seems, by the way, to be hopelessly sold to the military interest—is quite silent upon this remarkable little circumstance, as well as upon a good many more points on which it becomes a jour nal to speak out. The relief party which proceeded to Kah-ding to relieve Major Taylor found the coun try in a changed state, consequent, it is said, upon the superior tactics of the Chung Wang. It was found that large numbers of Taepings were kept continually employed in making mock attacks, with banners, on various parts of our encampment succes sively. This mode of procedure was eventually found to be so easy to the enemy—whose numbers are large—and so painfully harassing to ourselves, that the place was decided to be too ho a t r f r o i ru n fms,raond an order was given to withdraw the g arrison Kah-ding and make a general return to Shanghae, and there remain at bay. Of course the various posts were reoecupied by the rebels as soon on lvg a a s ns we , vacated them, so that, on the whole, Chung tactics show him to be a man of some judgment. He has, in effect, driven us back to Shanghae ; and beyond the loot and a little experience in the field, we have gained nothing at all by our country ex cursions. The sudden accession of force to the Taeping ranks has drained the army at Nankin, and the Imperialists' gun boats (small craft carry ing a bow gun) are engaged in another desultory attack upon the forts on the river bank fronting the city. " Shanghae appears to be sufficiently defended for the present ; if it be not surprised there is not much to fear with the existing force to defend it. There :will be a good deal of trouble yet, and we are now certain to find in the rebels a much more formidable foe than we did in the army that Sall upon a footing i k n o - C l i h n i - n s a i w l e e d in ; u b s u t t , a c a c s e w p te insi s tedthe onsequences of our req “ u F es r t o h m av r i e n k g in been gra nted. there is no important news. A t Teintein the building of merchants' godow" 711 E NAVY. VALETTA, jaly 23.—Her Majesty's screw gun vessel Foxhound, Commander the Hon. A. C. Ho bart, which left Malta on the 15th inst., with mails for the Commander-in-Chief, returned on the 21st, two days from Zante. On her passage to Corfu she met the Marlborough, 131, Captain W. H. Stewart, C.B. (bearing Admiral Martin's flag), and the Amphion, 36, Captain A. C. Gordon, cruizing outside, and took the former vessel in tow as far as Zante, the Amphion following. On the 29th, when 100 miles from Malta, she met the screw line-of battle.h ship Algiers, 89, Capt a i n E. B. Price, wh left this island on the 19th. This s hip, with the screw frigate Doris, 32, Captain Sir F. L. M'Clin tock, which left Malta on the 16th ult., Wa s t o join the flagship on her return to Corfu, in the vicinity of which island the Admiral intended to exercise the ships immediately under his orders in those waters. Fresh orders had been received by the Commander-in-Chief from England to con tinue in the neighbourhood of Greece, as notwith standing that country remains quiet, apprehensions exist for the future. The only English man-of.. war now at Athens is the screw line-of-battle ship Exmouth, 86, Capt. J. A. Paynter ; but it is thought not improbable that this force may be shortly in creased. Some anxiety has also lately been shown to add to our naval force on the coast of Syria, and the gun vessels Wanderer, 4, Commander M. C. Seymour, and the Surprise, 4, Commander W. H. Whyte, are being got ready with all possible dispatch for that important station. The paddle wheel steam-frigate Magicienne, Capt. his Serene Highness the Prince of Leiningen, returned to Malta on the 22d inst. from conveying invalids to ' Gibraltar for passage home in the iron screw troop ship Himalaya, Capt. J. Seccombe. By her we learn that his Excellency Lieut.-Gen. Sir W. Codrington, Governor of that fortress, embarked on board the Himalaya from England, on short leave of absence. Major-Gen. Sir R. Walpole assumed the command of Gibraltar on the departure of Gen. Codrington. The Scylla, 22, Capt. R. Lambert, was hourly ex pecting to be relieved by the screw sloop Malacca, 17, Capt. G. J. Napier, from Malta. The Alacrity, 4, screw gun vessel, Commander K. E. Baird, left Malta for Corfu after the receipt of the last over land mail from England with despatches for the Admiral and a mail. The Trident, 3, Commander C. J. Balfour, is having her engines repaired, and it is expected will be ready for sea about the 4th proximo. The Medina, surveying ship, Capt. T. A. Sprat, C. 8., is engaged in examining a coral bed lately discovered in the vicinity of Gozo, from which in the course of two or three days several hundred pounds' worth of the coral of commerce was extracted by a single boat. It is not yet known whether the quantity of coral to be obtained in these waters will come up to the expectations formed by the public from the great success of the first operations. She will leave shortly to resume her surveying duties in the East. Major Young, 22d Regiment, Lieut. Bourchier, and Archdeacon Lemesurier, for many years chaplain to the forces, but now on the retired list, left Malta by the Peninsular and Oriental Company's steamer Delta ; and Surg. Lawlor, Lieut. Cuff, and Captain Maul arrived here by the Pera from Southampton. The Pera on her way from Gibraltar passed two Russian frigates, one of them the Gramoboi, sailing in an easterly direction." The Shannon, screw frigate, Capt. Oliver J.Jones, sailed from Spithead on Saturday afternoon, on a cruise, pending the casting of the blades for the ex perimental Griffits trial, for the purpose of fully testing the merits and demerits of the four-bladed Mangin (French screw), in the various positions and circumstances in which a ship would be placed under both steam and sail,separately and combined , during sea service. This screw, which is of the same pattern as the one now in use in the French Imperial navy, has its four blades set in parallel pairs, and was tried by the Shannon on the second of her recent series of experimental trials on the 17th of May last, when it gave the ship a speed of 11.328 knots, w th an indicated horse-power of en gines of 2,030.72. The mean pitch of the screw is 25ft., its diameter 18ft, and its iength 3ft. The area of one blade :is 19. ft. ; the four blades, 78ft. The weight is 7 tons 7 cwt. 3 qrs. From its peculiar form it requires but a narrow aperture as a " lift ing" screw for the screw well in the ship's stern. It has in consequence been looked upon with much favour. Its blades, however, from being set close together lock the water between them in the screw's revolutions, and, with a peculiar and violent beat in the water, the working of the screw transmits an extraordinary amount of perpendicular motion its tion to the ship's hull, which must always prevent adoption in the English navy in its present form. So great was this movement on board the Shannon that the bell of the captain's cabin was kept ring ing by it during the trial —an unprecedented cir cumstance. On the Shannon's return from her cruise with the " Mangin" she wi ll Witheomnie trials with the ''Griffits" two, three, and llee four h er blades. The Osborne, paddle yacht, Master Commander George K. Bowers, sailed from Portsmouth on Sa turday for the eastward, to convey the Lords Com missioners of the Admiralty, on their annual visit of inspecti on , t o t h e western ports and the Channel Islands. The Warrior, 40, iron screw frigate, Capt. the Hon. A. A. Cochrane, C.B. is expected to sail from Spithead to-morrow on a cruise westward. 7HE A Va. His Royal Highness the Duke of Cambridge and a brilliant staff from head quarters are expected to be present at the grand review appointed for to day of the whole of the troops stationed at Alder shot. It will bo the last divisional field day at the camp this season. THE WATERLOO MURDER.—The conduct of the mur derer, :GiPSY Lee, who was tried at the Winchester assizes for the m urder of his wife, has, since he was brought up, been more violent than ever. his stated that two per sons are constantly with him, and that great restraint is exercised upon him of necessity. His appearance is much altered, and evidences of insanity appear every day more manifest. 7, G c~ ~jl~~ .':r ~_ ~~ z _ NFL ST' , t PER THE NEW BRlDGESCc o un c ils, cils , AT BLA KEW • - e - After delays, debates 1;1;It ). meats almost innumerable definite P ti6l4 being taken in the matter of the w Blackfriars. The time that has beenew4A . ' ' City authorities i n quarrelling over\-tbkvs schemes submitted to their considerationras long enough to have almost finished both the struc tures in dispute. It is more than a year since Mr. Page's designs were accepted, and about four months since the Common Council overruled the Bridge.- house Committee, and rejected them. This time it is Mr. Cubitt's design which has been chosen, and we are assured that this decision is final, and that vacillation and delays are at an end. We hope this is so, not only as regards the decision itself, but as regards immediate steps to carry it into exe cution. What the public wants is a convenient, strong, and handsome bridge, and if they get this they won't much care to inquire whether Mr. Page or Mr. Cubitt builds it. Much of the delay, it is said, has been caused by the fact that alongae the new City bridge at Blackfriars the railway bridge of the London, Chatham, end Dover Company Wfis also to be erected. As both these structures are important public works, and as new Blackfriars-bridge especially is one on the quick completion of which great interest is felt, a short outline of its chief features will be acceptable. This bridge, to be built by Mr. Cubitt, is to be five arched, of mixed stone and wrought iron, and, while its gradient on either side will be reduced to a slope less than half that of the present structure, the headway or space between high water mark and the crowns of the arches will be quite as greet, the increased strength of the wrought iron ribs not necessitating their being of such a depth. The site of the new bridge will be exactly that which the old one now occupies, allowing, of course, for the difference of increased space which the larger dimensions of the new one will require. Its length is to be 963 ft., and its width for traffic 76ft.. latter space is to, be divided into one roadway 45ft. Wide (wider than the entire - width of the present bridge) and two footways of 15ft. each. Of the five arches the centre is to have a span of 189 ft., the two arches on either side of this a span of 176 ft., and the shore arches at either end a span of 167 ft. each. The clear headway between high water mark and the crown of the centre arch will be 27ft., the sprining of the arches commencing about 18ft. above the water. The whole structure will be about sft. lower than the present bridge. The piers are to be of solid masonry, taken down into the Lon don clay no less than 40ft. below high-water mark. These, by means of iron caissons, can be built with out resorting to the cumbrous and expensive system of cofferdams. The caissons will be sunk on the exact spot to be occupied by the masonry of the pier, and forced down by pressure into the bed of the river'. The water will then be pumped out, and the mud and gravel at the bottom dredged away, and as the dredging progresses the caisson will be forced deeper and deeper till the ultimate site of the foundations on the London clay is deeply penetrated. Here the masonry will be laid in immense blocks of granite, which will be bolted together and continued to the point above high-water mark where the springing of the arches commences. The arches are to be formed of ribs of wrought iron, light in appearance, but, of course, of immense strength. Each arch will be composed of 10 of these ribs, each rib being placed at intervals of about 62ft apart. They are to be con nected together by cross girders and covered in above with an iron fl o o r . O n this floor will be placed a thick layer of asphalte, and over all the light granite roadway pavement known as " stone pitching." The spandrils of the outer iron ribs on the east and west sides will be filled in with wrought iron scroll work, and the whole surmounted with a handsome iron cornice and balustrade. Above the five stone piers we have spoken of red granite columns will be placed, so as to screen the junction of the wrought iron ribs behind them. These granite columns, which are to be highly polished, will be nearly 7ft in diameter and 18ft high, with hand some pediments and capitals, the latter surmounted with richly carved recesses in white stone. The cost of the bridge, including temporary wooden bridge for the traffic while the new one is building, iato be £263,000, and the whole is to be completed in from two and a half to three years from the present date. The railway bridge is hereafter to form, with that at Charing cross and that at Chelsea, the great main avenues of communication between the lines north and south of the Thames. The size and position of its piers will exactly correspond with those for the City bridge, and (as the end of the cutwaters will only be 25ft. distant) it is proposed to connect the two together by a slight line of masonry or iron casing. Some such measure will, we think, be neces sary to prevent the dangerous eddy currents which are otherwise certain to arise between the pier heads. This railway bridge, of course, is taken at an uniform level across the Thames, leaving a clear straight headway between the openings(which, like the piers, correspond in width with those of the City bridge) of more than 29ft from high water, making it on the whole 2ft higher than the highest part of new Blackfriars. On each pier will be placed three groups of cast-iron columns—one in the centre and one at each end ; each group con sisting of four columns braced together, and each column 6ft in diameter and 18ft high. These co lumns will be tinted bronze colour, with highly de corative castings on pediment and capital, and their general effect from the river as to size and massive ness will more resemble the gigantic columns of Egyptian temples than any modern work we have yet seen. Resting on these groups of columns will be very powerful flat wrought-iron lattice girders, the outermost ones on the east and west sides, like the outermost ribs of the bridge, being filled i n with ornamental brackets and scroll iron-work. This bridge is to be laid for four lines of rails, to run into the new station on the site of the old. Fleet Prison, whence by the Subterranean Railway, the communication will be direct w ith t h e Ring's: of this b r id ge h ave cross A s a w n Great ed have rveea said, a N i V d e , st t e b r e n lines. works already o st ecommenced,haalnyd their pr ogress i s likely t the con s t ruct i on of the n eon sconsiderably ab temporary wooden bridge that is to be erected when Blackfriars falls into such a state of dilapi dation as to be unable to support The piers of th e railway its own weight. bridge will some of the m os t d e f ective of those w c b om icb e close to of timbering and stone ballast are enabled to support the arches. But the foundations for the railway viaduct are to be taken into the London clay, and the rotten basement of old Blackfriars will never bear this disturbance. Before the railway piers have been commence d a month it seems very likely th a t Bl ac kf r i ars mus t browcleovseerd, against all been l traffic. Thi s con ti n gency, foreseen, and Mr. Cabitt is instructed to make a temporary wooden bridge for the foot and carriage traffic the instant the old one becomes danger-. ous or that he commences his works for the new. This temporary one will be commenced on the east pr esent bridge, and m id wa y b e tween t s h id a e t and the e e intended railway viaduct. Its width for carriages will be the same as the present bridge ' roadway, but the footpath will be little more than ih a lf. It is to have five openings for water traffic of 70ft. span, and one at each shore end of 30ft. Of course the roadway over these openings will be carried or. iron girders. By lowering the present approaches, the height of the temporary roadway can be brought Sft. lower than that of the present bridge, and raised on beams above this temporary roadway the footway will be carried Wt. higher. Not more than two or three months is required to complete the temporary bridge, which, though very strong, is simple in its method of construction. A s far as the public arc concerned this makeshift thoroughfare cannot be commenced too b oon. rI g wanted i toa Th er e has been delay enough in comin g d ec ision as to whether a new bridge was at all, but now that it has been shown to be im peratively necessary the least that may be ex pected is to begin the work as soon as possible. The designs have been are nearly all accepted, the working draw ings Council do not again change re voke this decision , and . if the Co mmon m ll their mindst that the works so ) we hope soon to repor long needed. have actually menced. been com-