The Express.
London, England, 1860-06-28 00:00:00

EMBANKMENT OF THE THAMES.

This conini---iiiee again—unYZallay, Sir J.
Yuba in the chair.

Mr. H. A. Bird, civil engineer, was examined, and
produced a scheme of ha own for embanking the river,
which included a railway cominencine at Victoria station,
peeing down Victoria-street, joining tho embankment
near Westmioster.bridge, lad terminating at Qnseuhitlie.
He had submitted his plan to the Nlezrors.litaut Board in
l 8 L He proposal that the endunkinent should com-
mence at M estriunster.bridge on the north hide of the river
and terminate very near to Southwark-bridge at Queen-
'titian-dock, and would leave the average width of the rim
about. NU feet. A portion of the cuilankment would be
solid and a portion would contain Mating-docks. From
Wlutehall.place W ChAthandpLice, Blackfriars, he pro-
p And to tarry on tho embankment on a ...virriage.road fifty
feet in width, supported on iron coluninv, and tidy roadway
would have dinaet communication with Surreyotreet, Nor-
folk•itreet, and Arundedstroet, Strand. The total length
of railway would he about two miles and a half.
To tarry out his plan for the embankment of the Thames,
be del not contemplate any appluxi t ion whatever to the go-
vernment fur pecuniary aid, as ho believed Ample aid would
sr,- from the sale and leasing of land which would be re-
st toned by the embankment and by private capitalists, who
had eiprvaiied their readiness to subscribe if the plan were
adopted by the committee. The wharfingets on the banks
of the river bad approved of his plan. The estimate for
the construction of the railway was 2/1,0001., and for the
embankment, roads, and the works, 512,01U01., making a
WWI of 731,1111117.

Mr e.g.. w. nett examined—He said he had been for-
merly resident eat:inner of the Th:111.01 Tunnel, and we.
bow the en,pueer sal designer of the new Westninster-
bridge• and also of the Vieturu.brul;,•. He hut considered
the question of the embankment of the Themes, and had
prepared plans for that purpose. llis plan was to :ono
menet with an embankment lying half nay between South-
wark and Blackfriarsdridges on the Middlesex side of the
neer• aad terasinating opposite Lauded) Mace, at the ended
illbenkntreet. On the south aide of the river he ',amines.'
to commence an embankment opposite Oueeillothe Duck,
and to ternsinste it between Lambeth Palace anal Vauxhall-
From ltbrkfrtare•bridge to Waterloo-bridge, there
would be c.irruge.way 50 feet wide, but the rest i.f the
einteukinent would be devoted to a promenade for f...t
pa...tigers only. On the south side, the enibmikinent in
trout of Lambeth Palace would also be applied only to a
pionleMide Hie object was to encroach as little as possible
upon the river and to adopt an economise' mode of con-
struction.

la answer to questions by Sir 3!. Peto, witness said the
amount of hi. estimate was ; that was for an
embankment from Westminster-bridge to Blackfriars-
lirsie, inclusling railway. His plan was no: seif-support-
iie4, -let it could be mule so by appropriating a fart of
the embanked land between the embankment ml t..e pre-
sent shore, awl also by having additional wharves nest the
einbuiduni:ut

Atter heathy, nome further evidence, the committee ad•
juurued.

METROPOLIS LOCAL MANAGEMENT.
The committee re-assembled on Tuesday, Mr. F.
Peet in the chair. The other members present were sir J.
Hamner, Major Stuart, Mr. Hassan', amp Mr. Childers. The
Vuumtkr4tiou of the first two clauses. designated the appor•
two inent clauses, was proceeded with. The first provides that
the in respect of C. iuntessert akworks, and part of debt
iu respect of kavensbeurne works, shall be re..listributed
and made pay:thle out of the moneys borrowed oa trsurity
of the Main drainage rate ; the second provides for the ap-
plication of money raised on security of metropolis drainage
to the repayment of the sums expended on the Victoria-
street sewer since the Ist January, petit!. Evidence having
!sea taken in favour of and against the clauses, after a short
consultation Vic committee pawed them and then adjourned.
The committee met nun yesterday ; Mr. F. Peel in the
.hair.

Phinn, Q.C., proceeded with the third clause, by
which. m connexion with the schedule to which it refers,
poo .own IA made for the remainder of the mortgage debt of
the Metropolitan l'ommissionare of Sewers for works
...or _Led, and the object of the enactment is to put an end
to ties, ihsild • toiich have been raised as to the incidence of
these debts, suit to ascertain and define those districta of
the oiettopolit ts err to be held responsible for their
jeiyitiebt. ..-nptwortiosiment contemplated was intended
to T5...ie.... eio tAill par:thee of debts charged upon them fur
the Mog,t as executed in ether gwriabes,
the drat ion of those charges having become
ueeessety r— as ni of the determination of the
Mvtd,,Polittot mcwors C..111i11111100. The schedule sets out the
"in" of th« I,trlidics nod parts of pat sties, and the sties
to I. eliargal on the sev.ral parishes and rani of
jemmis.
i.e torishes of lie:rmondsey, St. Saviour, St. Olave,
Kt. Man Nos oc.tion. Lambeth. St. Paul's (Deptford). and
Litaelimise, who I. obiectol to the apportionment, so far as
they. were rtspeetisely cuncernrd, w„„ all represented by
counsel.
Mr Bandgette was examioed at considerable length as to
the extent id the aorkskiecuted it particular districts, and
the proportionate amount of benefit derived by the adjoin-
ing districts, and .toted that the apss-irtionnientil had been
mit aimed with a desire to do justice to all patties.
tfter some fort 'icr evidence had been given in support of
the clause, the committee adjourned.

El.avrok At. STATurnat. —The total number of
registered electors in Great Britain, wording to a return
issued, is 1,071.1175, of whom 570,461 belong to
counties, and 501,514 to charmed boroughs. The object of
the return is ik show the gewportion in wlh these elector.
voted at the last genera deseices. The number of elector.
on the melees of contested counties in Englsed and Wake
was 1:11,970, of whom KM only voted, while a verymuch
smaller proportion of the sireton voted in cities sod
boreugits-•1M,'76 on:y oat of 330,7,90. lo Scotland the
number of electors in contested counties is 7,115' of whom
3.91t2 vated at the last election. hi contented borough.
the total number of electors registered is 4,756, Idols the
somber of voters was 3,806.