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what u Happy Land" can I see yon after the "Opera?" I only know of Ono HAPPY LAND in which a Gentleman may Sup—EVANS', COVENT GARDEN, my deir fellow! liINAHAWS LL WHISKY V. COGNAC, BRANDY. This celebrated Old IRISH WHISKY rivals the finest FRENCH BRANDY, It iq Pure, Mild, Mellow, Delicious, and very Wholesome. Sold in Bottles, 3s. Bd,, at the Retail Houses in London ; by the Agents in the principal towns in England ; or wholesale at 8, GREAT WINDMILL•STREET, W. Observe the Red Seal, Pink Label, and Cork branded LL 'Whisky.", rrE IMPERIAL. MERCANTILE CREDIT ASSOCIATION, Limited. Capital subscribed, .f,5,000,, 00, in 100,000 shares of £5O each. Paid up, X.50',000. BOARD OF DIRECTORS. JOHN CHATMAN, Esq., Chairman. 'Xenophon Barn, Esq. Charles Nelson, Esq, K J. Colem an, t . sq. G. G. Macpherson, Esq. Mr. Alderman Datin. Sir J. H. Pelly, Bart. James Dickson, Esq. W. Scholefield, Esq„ M.P. I'. D. Tladow, Esq. Sir S. 1). Scott, Part. .T. 0. Hanson, Esq. 11. D. Seymour, 17,5 q., M.P. W. H. Ilarford, Esq. Joseph Thornton, Esq. G. P. Tlolroyd, EN? Y. G. Westmorland, Es l. J. G. Homere, Esq. Alfred Wilson, Esq. Capt. J. Gilbert Johnston. M. Zarifi, Esq. BANKERS. The Bank of England. The Agra and Masterman's Bank, Limited. The Bank of London. The Union Bank of London. Sir W. Miles, Bart., and Co., Bristol. SOLICITORS. Messrs. Ed war d s an d Co., and Messrs. Ashurst, Morris, and Co. MANAGERS. henry J. Barker, Esq., and T. Fraser Sandeman, Esq. This Associltion receives money on deposit at notice, and for fixed periods, on terms to be agreed upon ; makes advances 00 approved securities, a n d e ff ects purchases and sales of stocks, shares, and debentures ; nego ti ates loans, and under takes general financial business. Communications io be addressed to the Managers. By order. W. C. WINTERBOTTOM, Secretary. TEMPORARY OFFICES. Crosby house, 96, Bishopgate-street Within. THE ANGLO-EGYPTIAN BANK (Limited). Incorporated under the Companies' Act, 1812. with limited liability. Capital £2,000,00, in 40,000 shares of ao each. With power to increase. Deposit, £2 on application, and £3 on allotment. Geo DIRECTORS. rge Gordon Macpherson, Est; , Governor of the Agra and seer don Bank. Samuel Laing, Esq., Chairman of the General Credit and Finance Company of London. Edward Masterman, Esq , Director ot the Agra and Master . nlan's Bank. Alexander Devaux, Esq., Director of the General Credit and Finance Company ot London. Pastre, Esq., Member of the Conseil Superieur du C. m tnerce in France, President of the Chambre de Commerce of Marseilles. Tulee Pastre, Esq. (Pastre Freres), Alexandria. G. Sinadino, Esq. (G. Sinadino and Co.), Alexandria. With power to add to their number. BANKERS. The Agra and Masterman's Bank (Limited), 35, Nicholas lane, Lombard-street. SOLICITORS. Messrs. Uptons, Johnson, and Upton, 20, Anstinfriars. • BROKERS. Messrs, Hill, Fawcett, an d Hill, 29, Threadneedle-st., E.C. SECRETARY, PRO 'rms. J. L. Bawer, Esq. TEMPORARY OFFICES. 29, Threadneedle-street, E.C. PROSPECTUS. This Bank is founded on the basis of the well-known and old established Firms of Pastre Freres and G. Sinadino and Co., of Alexandria, under the following circumstances : The trade and commerce of Egypt, which have been for a series of years steadily increasing*, are now raised by the Change in the cotton trade, caused by the American war, into first rate importance, and corresponding banking and finan cial facilities arc required. 'the export value of the cotton crop of Egypt for the pre !ent year is estimated at X 17,000,000 • thepopulation is now 'rota 5,0 , 0,000 to 6,000,000. The financial position of the country is most flourishing, all the elements of wealth and Prosperity are rapidly expanding, and an extensive field is t cPened for public works and indust r i a l un d er a ki ngs o f a ll 'duds. The situation of Egypt, half way between England end themakes it also an important station for a large ortion of xchan,ge and other financial operations With the immense trade between Europe and the East. 4 , The Agra and Masterman's Bank, having a leading posi 'lon both in Eng and and India, has felt the advantage Which would result from havin e an ie dependent Agency in ' 4 B'Ypt, while a great amount of financial and industrial busl - not falling within the scope of ordinary banking, opera tions, will afford large profits in a country where capital coinmands such a high rate of interest, t o an I ns tit u t on act '„ll,9,' in connexion with the General Credit an d Fi nance COLS- Va!ly of London and its influential Continental allies. Under these favourable circumstances an opportunity has Presented itself of founding a powerful Banking and Finan -0,i51 Corporation, with a ready-made business and first-rate local influence and connections, by a transfer of the two est ablishments of Messrs. Pastre Freres and G. Sinadino and Co., who have for many years had the honour of' trans "'Ong," banking and mercantile business on account of the Government of Egypt and of his Highness the Viceroy. A satisiactory aereement has been made with Messrs Pastre and S nadino for merging the whole of the business of these .'wo in this Bank, ith the preises occupied by them, and the t entire staff of their intedige m nt and expe r•cocel employes. Messrs.., ules Pastre and G. Sinadino, who are row at the head of the establishments in Egypt, and under whose ma '2,2% meta they have attained their preseat great prosperity, tocontinue to superintend the operations of the new bank I _ ll that country, in toncert with English gentlemen of first rate banking- experience, while the Financial Agency of the .-;ks.gra and Masterman's Bank, and of the General Credit and !lttnee Company of London, will ensure to this Bank the 'all advantages of banking i n L on d on, I n di a, an d through , cut the Continent of Europe. A nee o-Egyptian hank will thus possess the immense `,,'-.vantage of entering at once upon a bu s in es s i n f u ll acti ttv, yie di g large profits, with The co-operation of gentle- C << who are intimately acquainted with the usages of the " T 'llY, and who have for a long merles of years retained the confideece of the Government and of the mercantile commu nity in Europe and the East. The Memorandum and Articles of Association and Copy 1 ) 1 tne A greement with Messrs. Pastre and Sinadino, will lie for inspection at the Offices of the Solicitors, 20, Austin friars. A. large proportion of the Capital is already subscribed. he tibetcrivions for the remaining Shares will be received by Agra and Masterman's Bank, 35, Nicholas-lane ;by the General Credit and Finance Company of London, 7, Loth bury ; and by Messrs. Hill, Fawcett, and Hill, the Brokers of the Company, where Prospectuses and Forms of Application ntay be obtained. The amount of .£2 upon each , hare applied for must be paid to the Company's Bankers previously to the application being aunt in _; this sum will be r e t urne d it no a ll otment is made to the applicant. Temporary Offices, 23, Threadneedle-street, E.C. July 19, 1868. FORM OF APPLICATION FOR SHARES. To the Directors ot the Anglo-Egyptian Bank (Limited). Gentlemen,—Having paid to yo ur cre dit , w i t h the Agra an Masterman's Bank, the sum of £ , being a de posit ot £2 per share on shares in the above Com pany. I request that you will al , ot to me shares of X. 50 each in the Anglo-Egyptian Bank (Limited), and I hereby undertake to accept the same or any smaller number which you may allot to me, and to pay the further deposit 9i £3 per share on allotment ; and I agree to become a mem ber of the Company*, and request you to place my name on the Register of Shareholders in respect of the shares allotted to rae. I am, gentlemen, your obedient servant, Name in lull. Address in full Date ANGLO-EGYPTIAN LBANK. (Limited). NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN, that NO APPLICA 'HoNS for SHARES will be received after SATURDAY the 23d instant, at 12 o'clock. , By order of the Board, J. L. SAWEB, Secretary, 29 , Threadneedle-street, July 21, 1864. THE REGENT'S CANAL IRON WORKS COMPANY (Limited). Incorporated under the Companies' Act, 1862, by which th e shares . liability of each shareholder is limited to the amount of his Capital £250,000, in 12,500 shires of £2O each, First issue 8,000 shares, of which one-half are already sub scribed by the Directors and their friends. Deposit £1 per share on application, and £2 on allotment and the remainder in calls not exceeding £2 per share, at intervals of not less than two months. It is not contemplated to call up more than £lO per share. DIRECTORS. James Goodson, 32, Kensington Gardens-square, Chairman. 4 ' ;Ward Hornor, The Howe, Halstead, Essex. 2, James Feunings, Fennings' Wharf, Tooley-street. John Everitt, 18, Tokenhouse-yard, London. tollinson Hall, sen., Navestock, Essex. John Watson Lay, 3, Savage -gardens, Tower-hill. howard Reed, Hendon, Middlesex. William Tabor, Bishopsgate-street, London. Henry Grissell, Regent's Canal Iron Works, Managing Di rector, - - With power to add to their number. AUDITORS. Cornelius Walford, 14, Leadenhall-stroet. F. W. Spooner, Public Accountant. I teasto. Kingsford and Dorman,SOLICITORS. Essex-street, Strand, W.C. BANKERS. The East London Bank, Lombard-street. The FINANCIAL AGENTS. -e Financial Corporation (Limited), 14, Leadenhall-street. SECRETARY (PRO TEM.) Fred. Bolland Moore, Regent's Canal Ironworks. TEMPORARY OFFICES. 14, Leadenhall• street, E.C. ABRIDGED PROSPECTUS. lY h ia Company is formed for the purpose of carrying on, as e in t - stock ent rprise, the well known engineering works of 4 r. Henry Grissell, situate in the Eagle Wharf-road, 'gent's Cana', London, wh ch are now in full operation. ~ the Works w ere esta b lished by M r. Grissell in the year 4 _ 4 , and since that time have been most successfully carried em under lila Immo :iate supervision. thEnaec nlintapplicant will be required to pay into the bankers of for, and P ur Y 41 11 d Per share on the number of shares anp e shnre on the allotment to make a iurth, r payment of £2 per made at int, Rhares a l lotted to him. Further calls w ill b e w -111 exceed £2als of n o t less than two mouths, an d no ca ll er s Prospectuses and Marc,. had of the Solicitor. onu at application for shares m . ay be poration (limited), ii,a_nedthe Offices of the Financial Cor- I. a denhall-street, City, EX. T HE REGENT'S CANAL IRON WORKS COMPA NY (Limited% of the above Company NOTICE IS HEREBYn GIVEN, that th e SH ARE LIST wi be CLOSED on TUESDAY, the 2 6th instant, for London; and on THURSDAY, the 28th lattant, for the Country._ BY order, P. R. MOORE, Secretary, Temporary Offices, 14, Leaclenhall-street, E.C., July 20, 1865. ORNAMENTS for the Drawi n .... .K room, Library, and Dining-room, consisting of ane w Groups, Candlesticks, Obelisks, Ink andeiegant assort nient uf VASES,FigureS, in Italian stands, beautiful inlaid Tables, Paper weights, a m, Alabaster, Parian, Marble, Bronze, Derbyshire Spar. Italian , itiported and manufactured by JAMES TENNAT, lane: saloolst to her Majesty, 149, Stand, W.C. Lonaon. which will greatly „Ali'. Tennant arranges elementary collections of SHELLS, '‘IIDIERALS ROCKS, and FOSSILS, facilitate the' interesting study of MINERALOGY, coisr OLOGY, and GEOLOGY, at 2, 6 , 10 , 20, 50, to 100 guineas" each . INSTRUCTION in GEOLOGY and MDTE., 14A.LOGI, 18g i v e n b y Ju r. TENNANT, at 149, Straw), Nv,o, EET H. - IMPROVED MECHANICAL DENTlSTRY.—Professional abilities and great artistic skill have been most successfully combined in the production of AR TIFICIAL TEET ki upon a new principle. The real value of the perfection of the art of Dentistry will be experi enced by all wishing to avail themselves of professional assistance by consulting Mr. AL RERT, 34, Great Russell street, Bloomsbury, whose experience has enabled him to effect such admirable, convenient contrivances by artificial means, and which are so perfectly efficient. Second Edition, Corrected and Revised, post free 7d., In cloth 13d., THE TEETH a Practical Treatise, with the best means of restoring them when defective or lost. By A. ESKELL, Esq., Surgeon-Dentist, 8. Grosvenor-street, Grosvenor-square. " It really contains all that is necessary relative to the good keeping of he mou h and teeth, and deserves the serious consideration of all who adequately regard their health, comfort, and appearance."—The Sun, May 4, 1851. "We can commend this little brochure on a subject upon which everybody takes an interest."—Medical Circular, June 6, 1861. "We can recommend its perusal to those who Wish to pre. serve their te.-th, and to those who know the value of them.' —Daily News, June 20, 1861. London : Clements, Little Pulteney-street. BED-ROOM CANDLES. "pRICE'S CANDLES, which will not drop zrease when earried."—Thin, very hard candles, sold in boxes ls. and 3s, each, are reconuatendel as the best carriers. " EXTRA. HARD 5.12 CHAMBER CANDLES," sold in boxes 2s. each. Thicker candles intended for those who will not burn thin. " SHERWOOD ECONOMIC BED LIGHTS," In packets of 36 candles for one shilling, intended for use where cheapness h a great object, will be found an improve ment on the ordinary candles, as they gutter less. Special candle.ticks to fit thin candles, is. and 2s. ed. each; reducing sockets, makinc , them lit any candlesticks, 2d. each. TOIL ET SOS.. Sherwood Brown Windsor Soap AP , with a pleasant scent. Belmont Glycerine Soap, contains Price's Glycerine. Camphor and Glycerine Soap, to tender skins in winter. GLYCERINE. SHERWOODOLE "Price's Glycerine"may be Cleans gloves and removes had from any Chemist, in grease and other stains. caosuled bottles, l e ttered Perfumed, in capsuled bot " Pric3's Patent," from 6d. tles, Gd. and if. each. upwards. Impure Glycerine has been sole Pai the state ment that it is "equal to Prices." Retirw.; i l Wholesale by Price s l Patnt LonC h any Grocer. t Caudle Company (Limited: don. pRI Z E ME D A L.—INTERNATIONAL EXHIBITION, 1802. FRANCIS TUCKER & CO., Wax Chandlers, &0., 409 To the Queen and the Prince of Wales. (Established 1720.) The Jurors' Report on Wax and Church Candles in 1862. testifies to he excellence of th e quality of Messrs. Tuckers' manufacture. A distinguished Dignitary, in a letter addressed to Francis Tucker and Co., on the subject of WAX CANDLES with PLATTED WICKS, says:-- " I have found them fully equal to the recommendation which you gave them , and can sincerely, in my turn, I com mend them to the clergy for the use of the altar." Finest quality, with latted Wicks, patented.. 2s. 2d. per lb. Ordinary quality • • • • • • • • • . Is. Od. per lb. VEGETABLE G.L.NDLES, with a Mixture of Wax. Best quality • • • • • • •• '• • • Is. sd. per lb. Second quality •• • • •• • • .. ls. 3d. per lb. Third quality .. • • • • • • • • •• ls. Id. per lb. Carriage paid in London on Orders of Five Pounds in value. lanufactory 8, South Holton-street, TUCKER AND CO„ Tbe largest Establishment iCensington l s an illei d dia f rl o e7 r .34) th l: e Ma/110 4 d = of was; Candles tor the use of the Alta!: (iEnstEanbgli No. 22,488 il eERSONS SEEKING LANDED .E 6 ATES, TOWN AND COUNTRY RESIDENCES, FREEHOLD AND LEASEHOLD INVESTMENTS, AND PROPERTIES GENERALLY — To BE HAD GRATIS, at the principal Railway Bookstalls throughout the kingdom, or at the Auction and Estate Offices, No. 67, Chancery-lane, London, Messrs. E. and 11. Lumley's "FREE PROPERTY REGISTER," containing a varied selection of landed and house properties now in the market, from the nobleman's mansion, with its manorial domain, to the cottage with its few acres. OWNERS OF PROPERTIES wishing to Sell or Let can em brace the opportunity that the medium of this Register affords, by sendino. the particulars of their propert i e s to the Estate Offices, 67,' Chancery-lave, London, as the Messrs. Lumley can in most cases introduce immediate customers, where the property is of an eligible chant ter , thereby avoid ing the disadvantages of delay and its attendant incon veniences. MERE IS NO CHARGE, incurred, unless a tenant or pur ctinzer is introduced through Messrs. Lumley's Agency, and then only the usual moderate commission. Auction and Land Offices, 67, Chancery-lane, London. VURNITURE, CARPETS, BEDDING, and FLOORCLOW, CARRIAGE-FREE to any house,in the kingdom, regardless of amount or distance. First• class Coods at second-class prices. Terms peculiarly liberal t o lergymen and Gentlemen. An immense stock to select from, displayed in Showrcoms occupying an acre of ground. Every article warranted. CLERGYMEN and GENTLEMEN ABOUT TO FUR NISH are respectfully informed that Messrs. Cobbett and . are publishing an entirely New Edition of their un equalled HOUSE FURNISHING GUIDE, illustrated by4lo adm -able engravings of every description of Furniture and Beasteads, with prices attached. A copy sent gi atis and post-free on application. This costly work also contains complete estimates for furnishing on the following revised cale A Six-roomed Parsonage £74 3 0 An Eight-roomed ditto A Ten-roomed ditto ........ A Twelve-roomed ditto Together with a Price List of purified Bedding, and a mass of valuable infbrmationto all requiring househ 31d furniture, carpets, or bedding. References kindly permitted to Clergy men and gentlemen in or near Great Malvern, Southampton, Chichester, Bury, Ely, Preston, Grimsby, Ryde, Plymouth, Wells. Oxford. Brighton. Gainsborouch, Margate. Kidder minster, Wellington. Croydon, Cambridge, Staines, Dorking, St. Alban's, Worcester, Ipswich, Peterborough, St. David's, Wrexham, and above 500 other places in all parts of Great lints COBBETT and CO.. General House Furnishers. Deptford bridge, London. S.E. T HE MARLBOROUGH CLUB COMPANY (Limit ed NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that this Club will be opened for the reception of its Members on MONDAY, the 12th day of August. S. O. RATTENBURY, Hon. Secretary. Registered Office of the Company, 6, John-street, Bedford row, W.C. THE OXFORD AND CANTERBURY HALL COMPANY (Limi ed). Incorporated under the Companies' Act, 1862. Capital £120,000, in 8,000 shares of £l5 each. Deposit on application £1 per share and £2 on allotment. No call will be made until at least two months after the date of al'otment, with an interral of three months between each call, which will not exceed £1 at any one time. It is not contemplated to call up more than £lO per share. DIRECTORS. Evan B. Jones, Esq., 15, Hanover-street, Hanover-square, Chairman. George F. Anderson, Esq., 31, Nottingham-place, York-gate, Regent's-park. George Bermingham, Esq., Kentish Town. Rneben Whitmore, Esq., 63, CornhilL F. W. King, Esq., Hil marton-villas, Camden-road, Hollo way. Charles Morton, Esq., Grove House, Putney, Managing Director. With power to add to their number. BANKERS. The London and County Bank, Lombard street, and 411, Oxford-street. AUDITOR. Robert Joseph Clarke, Esq. (Messrs. R. Josh. Clarke and Ford, Public Accountants, 9, Old Je wry-chambers). BROKER. C. A. Murton, Esq., 27, CornhilL SECRETARY (PRO TEM.) Mr. W. T. Harrison. TEMPORARY OFFICES. 1?, George-yard, Lombard-street, City. PROSPECTUS. -- --- This Company is established for the purpose of purchasing the property and continuing the business of the well known Oxford and Canterbury Musio Halls. sn suzcessfully con ducted by the present proprietor, Mr. Charles Morton, for several years pa-t. The Directors in bringing the present Company before the public, are not inviting subscriptions to an unknown or un tried venture, but to an established and highly r emunerative undertaking,' and one which, with the additional means at the command of a Joint-stock Company, may be made still more so. An agreement has been entered into for the purchase of the whole of Mr. Morton's interest in these properties, together with the goodwill of the business and the stock in trade, on terms highly advantageous to the Company, and in order to show his confidence in its future success, he has subscribed for one-fourth of the entire capital, and will continue for some years the manager. It is the intention of the Company to increase the hot:1 accommodation, which has hitherto been found inadequate, and thus materially add to the present large returns. i here is also an exeellen , private wine trade attached to bath establishments, which is capable of considerable extension. It is impossible to show, with certainty, by any statistics, the returns whioh may be expected from the present under taking, but the certifies) accounts for the last three years show an annual profit of upwards of 20 per cent. upon the whole amount of capital, wh chit is contemplated eventually to call up, The uresent average attendance at the Oxford and Canter bury M..sic Halts is about 61),(410 a mc nth, and the proposed extension of business will doubtless render the profits of the urviertaking still more remunerative than ever. One•half of the capita has been already applied for, and applications for the remainder ,houti be made to the barkers of the Compzny. accompanied by a deposit of £1 per share ; if no allotment be made he deposit will be returned. Pros; ectuses and forms of applicati ,n for shares may be obtained at the Oxford and tha Canterbury, at the Brokers, and at the Temporary Offic s of the Company. The Share List will °lose on Tuesday, 26th July, 1864. VINTAGE WINE COMPANY, Importers of Spanish and other Wines, 14, Thoomsbury-street, London, Four Doors South of New Oxford-street. The Vintage Comida Sherry, Golden lBs per doz. The Vintage Xeres Ditto, Pale The Vintage Port, No. 1 ... 20s. 9, The Vintage Port, No. 1* 248. ~ The Vintage Port, No. 5, fine rich old 358. ~ The Vintage Claret The Vintage Beaujolais, recommended ...... — 1 6 s. ~ The Vintage Champagne, quarts 41 .• pints The Vintage Hock, sparkling, very choice lss. ~ 365. The Vintage Burgundy, sparkling superb 4os. ~ The Vintage East India Sherry 545. ~ The Vintage Amontillado, the choicest imported 565. a, Fine old Cognac. Liquors, Spirits, kr,. THE VINTAGE AL3IANACK, with price list and medical and clerical testimonials, sent post free. See 30' opinions of the press. 14,'Bloom,bury-street. N. W. HODGES, Secretary. FOUR PENNY PACKETS of HARPER TWELVETREES' GLYCERINE SOAP POWDER nd half a pound of Soap will wash fifty counterpanes in six ours, and sheets, shirts, table linen, &a., in hail the usual time.—See Mrs. Goulder's Report, Chelsea, Laundry, S.W. Sold by grocers and druggists. Works, Bromley-by-Bow, London, E. - •. . - . , '''' ' - ' . -, 54" $ : „Z.V', - ----- ... r t , • - - '' 4 k:c. 4121/P .. .4' e .."14." . 1 ; A' -- -A- 1' i - ' ....', •t , •.. `'' ' • . 4r2. A t . Q.rl-r3-1 . ~,,,/,..< ' ~,, - "- rt- '• 41 `,S, t• k , -° ,:t . .., .? ! 4 , , , , .. : ''',4lh , - i ll l - +14:4 1 ,0 11 %,? -V- • '..2e:a. Sl,.. 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A sketch of the scene was taken by more than one artist. Mr Thwaites addressed the a,s2,embly at some length, tracing the progress of the idea of em banking the Thames from the time it W 3.9 first pr()- pounded until Mr Cowper gave it effect. Mr Cov7.. per, in proposing a vote of thanks to Mr Thwaites, described the work as one of the great undertakings of the day. He observed that, when the Embank. was completed, from Blockfric,rs to Ai - este:in, star there would be a magnifieeßt proznenadc, hc,v ing the principle object at ono end with its unrivalled dome, and at the other the Pai• Ice of Westminster, which, notwithctanding its f lts, was, he maintained, the finest Gothic buildin g Europe. Lord S. Mann-:s second e d th e vol sand a i' 11N- c o o t : sr \ 1,7: upassedontheMrwarmly dispial - ell by him as engineer of the Embankment. Thanks were subsequently voted to Mr Cowper and Lure]. J o h n Manners. and most of the party prcceedeit to a marquee and partook of a luncheon provided by M r Furness, and supplied by Mr Lucas, of Parliament. street nucF .4d. 1 STAMPED ....53. there will be steamboat landing-places. The dun mies for these piers will be partly concealed witlei recesses formed by massive granite pillars projectimt; into the river in front of the general line of Embark' ment. These pillars will have moulded pedestal?, and will rise about 30ft above the roadway, and it is part of the design that they shall be ornamented with statuary. Half way between Hungerford: and Waterloo Bridges there will be a flight of landilng steps GOft wide projecting into the river, and fleet ke I at each end with massive piers, rising to the level of a few feet above the roadway, and hereafter to be surmounted with colossal figures of river deities or other appropriate groups. There will be an approach for foot passengers from the high level roadway to the river by a second flight of steps, descending to the level of the lower or Embankment roadway. As the plan at present stands, it is proposed to construct the Embankment from the Temple to Blackfriars bridge on arches, so as to give an access for boats ' from the river to the wharves; but is not likely that thin design will be adhered to, because it is expected that the Inner Circle Railway Bill will pass into law this session, and, if so, it will cut off all water approach to those wharves, and the Embankment will be continued in the solid, the roadway ascend ing by a gradual incline to the level of Blackfriars bridge. Besides the low-level sewer, there will be a sub-way for gas and water pipes and telegraph wires beneath the road, and if the Inner Circle Railway be adopted, this line will also pass under the entire length of the roadway or the space be hind it. From end to end the Embankment will be faced with granite. It will be enriched with mould ings of a simple character down to the level of high-water mark, but the line ofeeroulding will be broken by the introduction at intervals of massive blocks of granite to bear ornamental lainps and by occasional recesses for seats. Behind the embank ment wall the reclaimed space will be filled in to a level of 4ft. above Trinity high-water mark. Owing to the uncertainty to which we have al luded as to the way in which the embankment will have to be constructed between the Temple and Blackfriarte bridge, that portion of it has not been contracted for; but the remainder has been divided into two contracts, and since early in the month of March the pile-driving "monkey' has been heard day and night from the Temple to Blackfriare, and piles have been driven and the dams lowered,with,a rapidity marvellous in the case of an English public work. Perhaps it is that the Board learnt a lesson from the railway companiei, arid determined notto be outdone by Mr. Hawkshaw, who throws an iron bridge across the Thames in a few months. Be this as it may, they have bound their contractors within short and narrow limits as regards time, and since the present session of Parliament opened they have greatly changed the appearance of the river. The work from Westminster to Waterloo Bridges, 3,740 ft. in length, has been contracted for by Mr. George Farness, at a sum of £520,000, and he is bound to complete it in two years from the 16th of February in the present year. Mr. Ritson is the contractor for the 1,970 ft. from Waterloo-bridge to the east side of the Temple. His contract price is £229,000, and his work is to be completed in two years from the 9th of March. Each contractor is proceeding on a different prin. ciple as regards details, though to the public eye their work when finished will present an uniform appearance: Mr. Ritson commenced on the old coffer-dam system. It may be observed that the river mud and sand average a total depth of 7ft., below which :there is a bed of gravel, varying in coarseness and character, and averaging from ;bout 15ft. to 25ft. in thickness. Beneath this is the London clay. The foundation of the embank ment wall is on the lower portion of the bed of gravel, at a depth of about lltt. below low-water mark. The old coffer-dam principle would require a vast number of piles for a wo;:le like this, and in driving these Mr. Ritson found that many of them split to pieces in consequence of the hnedness of the ground. He, therefore, abendoned that plan and resorted to iron caissons. His present plan is to sink caiteone 20ft apart. These caissons are joined with gir:dere. On the top are iron plates, from which the Embank ment wall rises, The spaces between the caissons will be filled with concrete. Mr. Furness is pro ceeding on a different system. He is using a caisson invented by Mr. Joseph Phillips, of the Charing. cross Ironworks. Unlike the ordinary caisson, which is circular, this is oval in shape, 12ft 6in long, 7ft. wide, 4ft Gin deep, and having a groove Gin square at each end. These caissons have shelves inside, on which weights are placed to fix them as they aro put one over the other 'till they rise from the foundation to the required height. They are sunk to an average depth of 36ft below Trinity high-water mark, and never less than 3ft into the clay. The process of sinking them is partly by the " bag and spoon," where the nature of the strate is open and full of water, or by a simple process of dredging by steam-power, and partly by excavating, where a water bearing strata is found and the pumps can be got to work. Each column of caissons is sunk end on to another as nearly close as possible. A key of timber is driven down the groove, and this makes up for any opening between the caissons and tightens and holds them together. It makes a water-tight joint by the pressure of the water on the outer side of the timber, so that the greater the pressure the tighter the joint becomes. When the caissons are all in their place they will form an iron dam or wall along the whole length of the Embank ment. As the work proceeds the coffer-dams are formed at intervals of from 100 ft to 300 ft, and of such size as is desirable for building the Embank ment wall itself within. The caissons below low water mark remain as a part of the permanent work, and, being filled with concrete, form a solid basis to the wall; but those above are removed and fixed in advance to serve their former purpose over again, while the wall and Embankment above low-water are being constructed. The facing of the wall will be of granite ; the rest of it is to be of the best brickwork. The wall will recede gradually upwards from the point where it is to leave the caissons immediately under low-water mark. The space behind the wall will be filled up with ballast, Mr Phillips's system has been found to answer admi rably, and the Government have determined to use caissons on his principle for some of the fortifica tions at Portsmouth. One advantage in having the cylinder of an oval shape is at once apparent. A caisson of this shape presents a greater surface to the water in front of the wall than would a round one of similar cylindrical dimensions. The preliminaries having been sufficiently ad vanced for the purpose, yesterday was appointed for laying the foundation-stone of this gigantic work. The company invited to witness the memor able ceremony entered on the scene from the con tractors' yard in Cannon-row, whence they emerged on tramways, which run here and there and every. where over what in a few weeks will cease to be the muddy banks of the Thames. The workmen were as thick as bees in a hive, and steam-engine, travelling platforms, dredgers, and pile drivers were scheech ing and rolling and scraping on all sides. Mr Cowper, the First Commissioner of - Works, Lord John Manners, Mr Doulton, M.P., and other gen tlemen inspected the works, accompanied by Mr Thwaites; Chairman of the Metropolitan Board, Mr Bazalgette, Mr Furness, and Mr Phillips. The first stone was laid at low water mark, so that the com pany ware obliged to descend to some depth in a coffer-dam, though the tide was ra p idly coming in at the time. The stone was a large bloc k of granite a d bottle forming a portion of the facing eceive a t he wall. In its centre a square cell was cut to r ent,on seale which some containing a parchment datum account of the ceremony wa s inscribed, a copy of the 7imes, and severa l coins of the realm. When this bottle was deposited, Mr Thwaites, 'who had Mr Cowper on his right and Lord John M an n e rs on his left, duly fixed the block with the aid of a wind. a ver y beautiful silver trowel which had to by the contractors. The blaesesnanpdreeented If no unforeseen accident should occur, thero is every reason to believe that both Mr Furness and Mr Ritson will have finished their contracts within the stipulated time. Happily, no unexpected diffi culty has hitherto presented itself. The forte ation of the railway under the Embankment will make some alteration in the works necessary, and will affect the terms of the contracts, but not to a serious extent. Since the commencement of the present summer one-third of the entire sewage of the north side of London has been diverted from tho Thames. The construction of the low level sewer is at a stand, awaiting the further progress of the Embankment, but there is every probability that before three. years hsys passed we shall sea the Thames an ur e . polluted river, and that we shall be able to look at it, as it flows through the heart of the metropo . ii s , as one of the most magnificent promenades of which Europe will be able to boast. St. Thomas's Hospital. The governors of St. Thomas's Hospital made th.r it an nual inspection of the temporary hospital at the Garrey Gardens yesterday morning, after which they adjourned to the London-bridge Railway Hotel, where a genen d court was held ; Alderman Sir John Musgrove in the clit Lir. The minutes of the last meeting having been read and confirmed, Mr ADAMS rose, in pursuance of a notice givea at the last meeting of the court, to call the attention of the gover nors to several matters affecting the internal economy of the. hespital. He would first notice the very great disproportion of the medical and surgical staff to the number of patientes as compared with other hospitals. For example, Guy"e Hospital contained 600 beds, and their annual surgical e,r.d medical expenses amounted to £2,003, while their own, for only 200 beds, were no less than £3,000. As, however, the occupying of a new•site would no doubt make a great alte ration in this respect, by increasing the number of b ads to their proper quantity, he would not do more than call their attention to the facts he had stated. He would now. come to the extravagant allowances furnished at the expense of the charity to their apothecary, Mr Whitfield, who during the last year had had supplied to him 912 gallons of Barclay and Perkins's porter and 36 tons of coal. In 1813'24 from Sept. 22 to Jan. 29, be had received 16 tons of coal, or at the rate of 48 tons per annum ; and from Jan. 2 to March 31, 16 tons, being at the rate of 64 tons a year. All these quantities were far beyond the requirements of any private gentleman. He thought these allowances ought to be discontinued, and a fair increase of salary guested instead. Their steward at present had a salary of £4.00, and £35 for coals and beer, He regarded Mr Whitfield as the best paid official in Europe. He was in the receipt of £5OO a year salary, besides £5O from the Nightingale Fund, and 8 per cent, on the receipts from pupils. In addition to all this, he had a house and the extravagant allowance he had mentioned. Being so well paid, they would naturally lexpect the greatest vigilance and activity in looking after the interests of the hospital. From the facts ho was about to bring forward they would be enabled to see if Mr Whit field had done his duty in this respect or Lot. During the last year the patients had been supplied with no less than 1,333 dozen of sodawater and lemonade. Dosing the past year 600 patients at Guy's only consumed 260 dozen. Those beverages were only used by fever patients, who con stituted only a mall portion of the inmates of the hospital, and he considered it impossible for them to consume 16,000 bottles of eedaweter in 12 months. In the wine, brandy, and gin accounts there were serious deficiencies. In wino 95 gallons in 655 gallons, in brandy 17 in 147, and in gin 5 in 72. These deficiencies could not, be accounted for by loss in deawing off small quantities, Ile did not tl:z:nk that atter laying these figures be.fore them the: - would y that this gentleman had looked after their interests. He now came to the accusation made by Mr Whitfield to the Charity Commissioners, that the hospital did not supply thcirpatienta with the best drugs. The speaker then made several other accusations against ,Mr Whitfield, and concluded by sug gesting that a committee of seven governors be aepointed to inquire into the matter. The PRESIDENT said that the whole of the matters men tioned by Mr Adams had been already considered by the grand committee, who had proposed certain alterations in the regulations of the hospital that would meet the evils complained of. He thought Mr Adams's object would bo attained if the whole affair was left in the hands of the grand committee. The TREASURER, Mr R. Baggallay, acknowledged that the allowances had been rather extravagant; but when he went back to the year 1842 he found the same consumption of beer and coals going on. The matter had been long known to him, and had given him the greatest anxiety. He had since holding the office of Treasurer done much to reduce certain petty allowances which had obtained from time immemorial. The sodawater and lemonade had been ordered in the quantity mentioned by the medical staff, and it would be a bold thing in any governor to dictate to those gentlemen what they should order the patients under their charge. Mr Whitfield had explained that ho said the authorities bought drugs of good, although not of choice quality. That gentleman had been the zealous officer for a very long period, and he could give him the best character as to his scientific attainments. He thought certainly he had been imprudent, but the meeting should take into consideration the length and value of the services he had rendered. A motion to the effect that the grand committee, assisted by Mr Adams, should investigate the matter at once, Mr Whitfield being ordered to attend before them, and, further, that they should report the issue of their inquiries to a general court as soon as possible, was then put and carried. Dr LEESON begged to say a few words in defence of Mr Whitfield. His family was 12 in number, and if they divided the quantity of beer supplied among them they would find it only amounted to about two pints per day per head. He thought, too, it was most unfair to calculate the rate of consumption of coal per annum by what wao con sumed in the winter months. He quite concurred in the motion which had put the matter into the hands of the grand committee. Mr Deputy ELLIOTT feared the public would blame the grand committee loudly for letting things run on so long. It really seemed as if the inquiry was being made only at the last possible moment, when a Government Commission had been appointed to inquire into the affairs of the hospital. He had papers in his his hands which contained facts quite that as condemnatory of the system at present carried out es those brought forward by Mr Adams ; but, as there was a moat alit n e a A c an U zu s oa S ub a :el dufkrbignidtvb.i nagtH g a ev mall had chance of reform taking place, he would allow the matter to rest at present. until the and di e Mr BAGGALLAY, the treasurer, here rosO an place hie re hi s s ig l on- 11 the time had come for him to the hands of the court and take the rest lae had ancing years rendered necessary. Four years glerfriend Mr announcedj bewiennthtfil4hehraist. successor ki:loh\vadhboev(e: his intention of resigning, but his g° dams had persuaded him to stay longer do his work with plea the railway company had eeer, that he could no sure to glad to remain with them u to Mr Baggallay for himself and profit to the chanty. Ho should, however, be appointed. e him owed an apology so long worked with Mr four years of extra work of Bagganay, be could appreciate tho enormous amount of being the M m r had to undergo dur i n g the past four years, He then passed a high eulogium on Mr Baggallay for the capacity and energy lie had shown during his long connexion with the hospital, and concluded by wishing him health and happiness in his anxiety and honourable retirement. Mr TITE, 13 passed a similar eulogium on Mr Bag galley, and joined with Mr Adams in his high appreciation of that gentleman's judgment, ability, and decision, as shown during the contest with the railway company. He then moved a resolution to the effect that the governors re ceived Mr Laggallay's resignation with deep regret, bear ing testimony to tho way in which the office had been carried out, and wishing him every happiness during his well-earned retirement. 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THE PLANET JUPITER. when magnified 250 times with the NEW £5 TELESCOPE, appears seven times as large as the moon is to the naked eye ; and the other planetary bodies proportionately. It will also distinguish the face of a sheep and features of a man four miles, shot marks upon a target two miles, acid time by a church clock 10 miles. This instrument is guaranteed in writing to per form the whole 01 the above, and to be equal in the most im portant respects to telescopes costing £7O. It has a 3 inch superior achromatic object gl ass, two eyepieces, &c., with portable metal tripod stand with jointed claw feet. Persons are invited to apply for a diagram with other particulars, and eight sheets of testimonials from scientific and other gentle men, including Lord Itosse. Sent free by book post.—S. and B. SOLOiIONS, 39, Albeinarle-street, Piccadilly. Powerful small pocket telescopes, opera, race, field, and general out door glasses. shell, a segment shell, and a solid shot. The come mon shell is 21 -ft. long, and carries 471 b of powder. The segment shell carries upwards of 500 segment pieces, weighing nearly 1 lb. each, which are dis persed on bursting by a charge ot Leib of powder, ignited either in flight or on striking an object by the action of the time o r p er cussion fuse. The ordi nary solid shot is of cast iron ; but the most fermi dwahbilcch p e r: , j r er carries te a bursting; charge of 24!b. Steel shells containing molten iron can also be used against plated ships. In the two years that have Pearly elapsed since this gun has been made only 27 rounds have been fired from it with 701 b. and 901 b, charges. Four of the latter charges were fired, two of them with rifled shot; and these, like our system of overproving generally, have done the gun more harm than good, and made it after proof a less safe gun than it was before a shot had been fired from it at all. The first rounds were fired to teat the velocity of the shot on leaving the gun, and its velocity on striking the target at 1;500 yards. For this practice it was laid at 3 deg. elevation, and when fired the noise was less painful than that 100-pounder; but the shock of the explosion was very great, and became distressing to those who were obliged to stand near. The enormous bulk of the projectile made it per fectly easy to trace its progress from the muzzle of the gun to its mark ; and nothing could more strikingly demonstrate the accuracy of the piece or the care with which it was laid than watching the huge shot rising with a long 'wavering roar high into the air as it culminated and then began its downward flight till it struck full on the, little black spot at which it was aimed, and then ricochetting on, bound after bound, till its course was lost in a long thick trail, half send, half water. It was impossible to- ascertain its velocity at the screen, as the first shot struck on the - right side of the target, uprooting one of the supports of the screen, which fell aside. The second shot, - which was aimed to the left to avoid the same mishap, broke up the screen with the splinters of the target, and again there was no result as to velocity at that point. As the tide was low, and it would take a long time to repair the screen, the trials for velocity at 1,500 yards was abandoned, and only three more rounds were fired at this elevation to test accuracy. This test, considering that the cast-iron shot used varied from 5201 b to 6121 b in weight, and that of the backet of water poured into the gun after each discharge very nearly a quarter was once left in the bure, showed that, as far as flight of shot went it was as perfect as it well could be. Its mean error in range—that is to say, the difference between the shot which fell nearest and that which fell furthest —was only 161. yards, while the average ot the error from the true line of fire was Ift gin. A still more formidable experiment, as regards testing the strength of the gun, was next tried. The elevating screw and all the quoins wore removed, so that as the breech was depressed the muzzle of the piece was gradually brought higher till it rose to the portentous height of 23 deg 19 sec—the highest elevation, we believe, at which any large rifled gun has ever been tried sinoe rifled guns were thought of. No one expected the gun carriage would have sur vived the tr al, and very few believed in the gun, though they showed their confidence in its principle by standing by it. The gun was fired, and the huge shot went towering with a terrific roar higher and higher into the air till it disappeared in the clouds. Yet still the ear could trace its progress as it went roaring onwards, fainter and fainter, till as it seemed on the very verge of the horizon, it alighted on the sands, which it threw up in a cloud, and went blun dering on fir a short distance further. Strangest of all, however, was the kind of after roar ; which seemed to begin in the clouds, and as it gethered force came hoarsely down from the upper air in a dull reverberation that seemed almost mysterious in its vague sullen noise. The flight of the shot was nearly half a minute (26.2), and its first greze on the 'earth was 7,400 yards, or nearly 4-1 miles. Three shots were fired at this enormous elevation, giving a mean range of 7,300 yards, a mean error between the nearest and furthest shots of 89 yards, and a mean deviation from the true line of fire of 21 yards. The gun was then depressed to 5 deg. elevation, at which five rounds were fired, giving the astonishing result of a mean error of 26 yards and a mean error in line of 013 $ or as nearly as pose sible 24 feet. At 10 deg. the mean error in range was only 45 yards between the longest and shortest, while the mean error in line was precisely the same as at 23 deg., that is to say, 2.9 or 71 feet. In all 47 rounds were fired on Monday, which, with the charges previously discharged at proof and against iron targets made a total of '74 shots. At the close of the day, and early on Tuesday, careful impressions were taken of the bore of the gun, and these at once showed the value, if not the necessity, of Sir William's latest improvement_the steel lining inside the iron coils. The gun showed signs of wear. The fibre of the rim in the coils was clearly indicated on the gle a n . perehe mould, while between some of the welds there were little fissures varying from the 100th to the 60th of an inch in depth, and from a quarter of an i nc h to two inches long. All these were in the Powder chamber at the heel of the shot; none were in the rifling, where the grooves were as sharp as when they were first turned. Compared with the impressions taken when the gun was first delivered at Shoebury, the trials of all kinds which he es taken place since have opened and then seem todeepened the cracks that a third, rather more and less than one half the y were at first, more than Beyond all doubt, however, the coils may be said to be gradually it is only a quest , not opening, and the inner coil will stand a large number of rounds before it gives Way Once the inner coil yields, all the others on the outside b eco me useless until the plac e of the . 'll d e fective coil is supplied with a tube of steel, a_ all the modern Armetrong s are now built with. There seems, how• ever, not the slightest re h asen to doubt that the piece will bea r easily all t e i rounds, 250 in number, w ith which the committee ntend to test it. Corns performancesthe 600 paring the of pounder for accuracy with the perfotneenceof the French, the Scott, and the Lancaster gun, which ei ach are now com• peting at Shoe bn ry, the 600 pounder has on the whole a clear gain at 5 deg. and 10 deg. of eleva tion, as the subj oined table sho o s e Firm eeveere. E M e an rror in Mean Error in Range* Line. Yards. Yards. French ........... 3 3 ' 5 • 4.7 Scott ................ 3 5 ' 7 ........ 15'9 Lancaster ............ " .... 4.3 ....... . poo pounder .......... 25 " ... TENT H E I .EYATIOX. Ittean Error in Mean Error in Range , Line. Yards. Yards. 46 ............ 10 . 6 French .............. 0 COO pout,. , geott On Tuesday t:: ......... .1 . 6 3 ' 8 ............ 28.2 continued for ' -der ...... 7 5 ' ....... 12 9 La,..,c, ...... eanttiß2owfet.refrom the muzzle " !cr .......... 6 4 ............ 2.8 ` l OO yards it was muzzle it was 1,240 ft. per b ` , velocity, which was .. and at 1 ,000 yards. At the of the gun, at 530 yards, . 'cond, a t 500 yards it had diminished to 1,17`,./ff.i at '''' .Icities no to 1,122 ft„ corresponding with the eel. - • ago. It 1,5t3,? yards, which were taken °vole t!mt, „. 1. time has been saij this gun would take so lob': e " Ye s e t r e i In d in loading as to (:;minish ita , ralue as ari enk. , war. The result of the t r ials of Mond ay _ and Tut.. day showed this objection to be in practice as illua sort' as almost all the others which are from time to time brought forward ag ainst the use of very heavy ordnance. The average time occupied in loading by men who had never served the gun before was only 2- i l min., though not the slightest haste was used, .or any attempt made at quick firing. Some valuable experiments were commenced yesterday by the Iron Plate Committee to test the hardness. end general suitability of steel shot sup. •;218 6 plied by Mr. Krupp, John Brown and Co., Messrs. Sanderson, Brothers, and Co., and various other makers. The shots were used against 5-inch plates, and Mr. Krupp was the only maker whose ehot, during yesterday's trial, went through one of these plates. Only one shot did so, however, and, as no other competitor fired against that identical plate, it wou:d be premature to call this a victory for Mr. Krupp. Neat to Mr. Krupp's in order of merit, and close upon them in penetration, were those of John Brown and Co., and the difference between the performances of these shot was by no me Ins so great as the difference in their prices, Mr. Krupp's being about £5O per ton, whereas those of Mr. Brown, which are almost as good, are only £3O. All the shots, however, did very well, and showed the necessity for a largo supply of these formidable projectiles for both army and navy. At present not a single steel shot has been ordered for either branch of the service. All these projectiles were fired from the old and much-abused Armstrong 110-pounder breech-loader, which with only 12- pound charges, always had immense effect on the plates, and which, as we have said, in one instance sent the shot not only through the plate, but deep into the bank behind it. The trial of La Gloire target, which is looked forward to with the greatest interest, is not likely to be made for some days yet. The Thames Embankment. When Parliament passed the bill for the embank ment of the north shore of the Thames, the ins habitants of the metropolis, forming their estimate of the probable progress of the undertaking on the usual speed at. which our public works advance, were not at all sanguine that the present genera tion would be able to enjoy a walk by the banks of the ricer from Westminster-bridge to Blackfriars. They knew they were doomed to plant the acorn, but they very much feared that they were not to see the oak. However, from what has already been done in the formation of the Em bankment, the oldest amongst us may hope to see our great river quite a different thing from what it is now ; and there is every probability that car riages will be rolling along its margin from West minster to the city before the Houses of Parliament are finished or the liens have taken their places on the pedestal of the column in Trafalgar-square. The idea of embanking the Thames is not a new one. As a theory it is traced back to the days of Sir Christopher Wren ; but the merit of giving effect to it pertains to the Metropolitan Board of Works. Some years ago a book was published by a French author in favour of effluvium. He pro duced statistics to show that the nightmen of Paris and other continental cities invariably escape cholera when epidemic; but the British Legislature has for a long time steadily refused to adopt that view, and when some six or seven years ago the Thames smelt so badly the great main drainage scheme to relieve the river from the sewage of the metropolis was adopted by both houses with scarcely any op position. The system decided upon was one of high middle, and low level sewers; and it is to the prac tical inconvenience of constructing the low level sewer on the south of the Thames that we owe the embankment. Notwithstanding the great number of people carried daily by the river steamers between the east and west ends of the town, the traffic along the Strand, Fleet-street, St. Paul's Churchyard, and Cheapside, even under ordinary circumstances, is more than these thoroughfares can accommodate with convenience and safety to the public, but the confusion, loss of time, and actual danger occa sioned by the ripping up of one of those streets for the purpose of laying down gas or water mains, or cleansing the old and comparatively small sewers, have long been a subject of complaint and remon strance. When therefore the Metropolitan Board of Works had to set about constructing the low. level sewer on the north side it at once occurred to them that to carry it under the streets just named would involve a diversion for many months of the most considerable traffic of London ; and they saw that an embankment of the Thames, while adding immensely to the beauty of the me tropolis and providing a new thoroughfare from west to east, would afford them an opportu nity of constructing the north low-level sewer without the slightest inconvenience to locomotion. Aocordingly, they brought the matter under the notice of Mr Cowper, the First Commissioner of Works, who succeeded in having the bill passed under which the works along the river are now being constructed. The portion of the north shore of the Thames which is now being embanked is that from West minster-bridge to Blackfriars-bridge. Already there are embankments along nearly the whole of the liue between Westminster and Chelsea, but there is not much prospect of seeing the portion of the snore between Blackfriars-bride and London-bridge embanked, owing to the great value of the wharves and to the river being rather narrow between these points. A bill has passed for the embankment of a portion of the southern side, but its operation is confined to the shore between Westminster and Vauxhall bridges. Whether the southern bank between Westminster and Blackfriars bridges will be embanked is a question the consideration of which has been reserved. Should it not be decided in the affirmative, what the Board of Works is now doing will be only a partial, though a splendid and useful, work_ There is to be a roadway 100 ft. in width from Westminster to Blackfriars. Of this about 70ft will be devoted to vehicles and the re. maining 30ft to foot passengers. Bat the 100 ft do not represent the entire space of reclaimed mud bank, which will vary in extent of area at different points, in some the width being as much as 400 ft. The total length of the Embankment is about 7,000 ft, but it is divided by the bridges into three sections, each of which will be viewed by itself. Indeed the line of vision could scarcely be continued from one section to tne other, for there is no doubt that the first span of the Charing-cross Railway bridge, with its cylindrical supports, will very much mar the appearance of the Embankment at that point, and destroy what would otherwise be a fine through view from the river frontage at Whitehall. At Westminster the roadway will rise at an elevation of 1 in 80 to the level ef the bridge, and will be set back some 30 or 40ft from the face of the Embank ment wall. The intervening space is to be reserved ' as a promenade and a steamboat pier, to which there will be access from the bridge by a wide and impos ing flight of steps. There are not in any city in the world more disgraceful makeshifts than the present approaches to the steamboat piers on the Thames, and most of the piers themselves. The latter are used•up barges, with a sort of sentry box, styled a ticket office, at one end—the former commence in narrow lanes and end as they join on to the barges in an extension of the contrivance used in shipping cattle—a long and narrow pen open at both ends and generally rickety. How these gangways and piers have been suffered to continue so long, and with such an immense and growing traffic on the river, is a wonder. The Embankment will put an end to them, and substitute handsome avenues, and, in most instances, really convenient landing places. Between Westminster and Hungerford Bridges there will also be a pier for smaller craft, and at Whitehall -gardens the elaborately sculptured water -gate, after a design by Inigo Jones, which now stands at the end of Buckingham street, will be re-erected. The public will not have access to the entire space behind the roadway from -vestminster to Hungerford Bridge. The Duke of iltleh will obtain a considerable addition to his Bum. -hich, when the Embankment is cone garden, N't- -me down to the roadway. Thus, strut ted, will u. 0 : bank will form a portion of his what is a" a Mil Nearer to Hungerford. the Board j Works will obtain G r ace's priv ate grouna .. bridge, howev er ' f a large sp ace which they intend to plant to a pose ' e ssion o pu blic recreation ground. On and c onvert in z Hungerford and Waterlog Brid g egi either. side° ' FOREST OF SHADOWS "The figure of Fame, winged and trumpeted, passiwr and repassing through the Magic Fountain, is so complete an Illusion that it wellnigh ceases to be illusory."--!Morning Star, Feb.l9. Prince Blossom, Miss Townley. In addition to the usual Entertainments of the establish• ment, supported by the whole of the talented comrany, in. eluding Arthur Lloyd, Miss Nclly rowzr, Mr. T. Maclagan 11". Jester„&o. So dmission—Area, (Id.; Stalls arid Balcony, Is. SIIADAME TUSSAUD'S HISTORICAL LTIL GALLERY; established 28 years at the Bazaar, Baker-street. NEW ADDITION. A WI length portrait model of DR. COUTY DE LA POMMERA ES, the Poisoner, taken from the original phot, graph. by Mons. Triuquart, of Paris, from life, is now added to the Chamber of Physiognomy. Admittance, Is. ; Napoleon Rooms and Chamber of Horrors, 6d. extra. Open from 11 in the morning till 10 at night. A GY L L ROOM S, W indmill-street, Piccadilly, ARE OPEN EVERY EVENING. Latest dance music, from the immense repertoire of these world-known rooms, and performed by the unrivalled band, 40 in number. Ben Lomond Valse by L. Mosca. Doors Open ct Half-past 8, commence at 9. Admission is. Manager, M. GRENET. Experiments at Shoebaryness, Some most curious experiments, and likely in their result to lead to a better appreciation in this country of the value of the rifled ordnance we possess, were made during Monday and T uesda y with "Big Will," the 600 pounder of Sir W illiam Armstrong. It is now very nearly two years since this magnifi cent forging was completed, and just a year and four months since it was delivered for testing and trial at Shoebury—an interval sufficiently long to enable even the French and other Governments to test the shunt principle, and so far approve it as to provide themselves with both 70 and 300 pounders built and rifled on Sir William's system. It is, of course, mortifying to think that guns of this kind, which have in a great measure been brought to per fection at the expense of this country, should have gone into the service of foreign Governments; but, on the other hand, Sir W. Armstrong and Mr Whit worth, both of whose guns have been sent abroad very freely of late, may retort, with perfect justice, that if the authorities chose to deny the va lue of both their inventions, they could net be expected to keep idle their vast plant, dismiss their hands, and close their factories. Because two admirable guns were pressed upon their notice our Government determined to have neither, as they were uncertain which was best ; and it was just be cau se they were uncertain which was best that for e i gn Governmt:lts haue taken a totally different course, a n d t r ied to get as many of each as they could. It is to be hoped, however, that the course of experiments with various rifled guns which is now being entered upon at Shoebury may put an end to this vacillation, and lead not alone to the adoption of a good gun, but, above all, to its immediate and extensive manu facture. It is something towards a solution of this question that one 600-pounder has been tried, though the trial might have been made with the same ease and certainty just 16 months ego. This excellent specimen of forging was made by the Els wick Ordnance Company. Its calibre is 131 inches, its greatest external diameter 4 feet 51- inches, its total length 15 feet 31 inches, and its weight up wards of 22 tons. This was, when it was delivered, not only the largest gun made on Sir William Arm strong's coil system, but was also by far the largest gun in existence. There are many 600-pounders on other systems made now, and all for the use of foreign Governments. The best idea of its tremen dous powers of destruction may be formed from a description of its projectiles. These are of the usual ki n d a d o pted by Sir William—namely, a common i