The Express.
London, England, 1857-12-18 00:00:00

INSTITUTION OP CIVIL JINOINZEIS.

Ville annual general meeting of the members of
the institution wee held MI Tuesday, Smarr Swienisisox,
Esq., M.P., president, being in the dude.
In the report of the council for the poet session, which was
read, allusion was made to amoral undertakings which had
°templed the attention of civil engineers during the preceding
twelve months, including the unfortunate failure in the
attempt to lay the submarine electric telegraph cable be-
tween this-country and the United States; and the hope wee
expressed that this daring enterprise would be completed
newt year. The euccerieful submersion of the electric cables
between Cagliari and Malta, end between Malta and Corfu,
the project of Sir Macdonald Stephenson, Amor. lest C.E.,
sad )d. J. C. Warshmen, M.P., under • &man granted to
Mr. Lked Gebouw Assoc. Inst. C.a.; of a submarine te-
legraph to India by way of, and along, the Red Sea; the
Leviathan ewe-ship, constructed by Mr. Scott Ruse% M.
Inst. CA., under the direction of Mr. Brunel, V.P.;
the bridge erecting by Mr. Brunel, V.P., on
the Cornwall Railway, for carrying the line
across the River Tamar, at flaltsah, near Plymouth ;-
the new landing stage at Liverpool, recently completed
from the designs of Sir Willem Cabin ; the Airington
Waterworks of the Liverpool Corporatice, constructed by
Mr. Ilawkalcy, M. Incl. C. E. ,• the works foe • supply of
ester for Olsegow, designed and executed under the dowtion
of Mr. Bateman, M. Inst. C.E., and the Bombay Water-
works, under Mr. Conybeare, M. Inst. C.E., were succes-
sively remarked upon. The piaci* papers read during the
session were also noticed, end It wee redid that the rffective
Wean during the year amounted to 46, whilst the total
number on the books was 836 members of all cheese. The
statement of the receipts and expenditure showed that there
was a behuice of 7001. in the hands of the treasurer; end
that the financial position was in every respect eatefactory.
It wee steed that the proposal to recognise the services of
Mr. Charles Manby (es the secretary during MOM= )
to the institution, by the presentation of a was
go eagerly received, and nick an amount was promptly sub.
earthed, as to enable the committee to devote a portion to the
maltase of • clock and pair of candelabra, which,
with a cheque for two thousand pounds, IMO pre-
sumed to Mr. Maltby by the president, in the pre-
sena of the members, in the theatre of the inetitation.
Mr. Maltby bee Mime transferred to the institution the sum
of 2001. la Five per Cent. Debenture, the intermit of which
OK pee imam) it was proposed to award to the authors
e lapses read at the meeting, to be denominated the
by Premium."
Alter the reading of the report, Telford medals were pre-
meted to Messrs D E. Clark, R. Hunt, F.R.B. ; G.
Rennie, F.A.S. ; and W. B. Adams; and Council Premiums
of Hooka to F. R. Window, G. B. Bruce, A. S. Lakin, C.
B. Cowie, W. Bell, F. R. Colder, and T. Dann.
The thanks of the Mediation were unanimously voted to
the Priekent, the Vice-Presidints, sad other members and
associates of council ; also to the auditor, of the accounts
and the seratineers of the ballot, for their services. A 'pe-
dal vote of thanks was accorded to Mr. C. Metby,
weary.
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Vas following gentlemen were slated to 1111 the several
sews en the eeenco for the enseing year : Joseph Locke,
X.P.,Peeldent; O. P. Bidder, I. H. Brawl, J. Hawk-
show, end I. R. M'Clean, Vico-Presidents ; W. O. Ann-
rlal. Cable, I.E. Arrington, 2. Fowler, 0. H. Gra-
. E. Amnion, T. Hawledey, G. W. Hasa I. B.
sad Whitworth, musters ; and B. Wood sad
rysit, modem.
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