The Express.
London, England, 1861-12-30 00:00:00

THE EXPRESS, MONDAY EVENING, DECEMBER 30, 1861.

beets of others are heitioning to feel the necessity of doing
Its
same. in consequence of the depressed state of trade,
and the great expetse they are compelled to incur. Pepe-
' cially must this regret be felt at a time when the strength
and efficieocy of the volunteer foam may be most needed.
The position of our volunteers should be clearly and dia.
tinetly cornerehendesh and more especially that of the
Articau Volunteers. The working man who enrols as a
volunteer, iu the first piece willingly finds his own uniform,
derot., most of his leisure hours to drill, and very often
web of his working, time, for which he give. up his wages;
cud he is unity, should necessity arise, to risk the lons of
Lis tread nay. even his life. is the service 41 his country.
It must be admitted on all hands that in giving up this
niueli be makes a noble sacrifice, mid it will be conceded
that mote ought not to he required of him. But whet are
the Lel'', There 11110 necessarily many other expenses eon
-
meted with the volunteer service, such as rest of bead-
quart..r• and place 44 meeting, providing butts and ranges
for rife pnectior, military heed funds, de., for the support
of all of which the men are called upon largely to subemibe.
The result is that the artisan class are unable to meet the
demands upon them. a fact to which the recent proceedings
in some of our police courts against volunteers bear ample
testimony. The esteem volunteer, therefore, fiudin the
tax upon him both in tune awl money too heavy to bear,
uuturslly relieves himself by resignation. The question
then arum, what can lie done to prevent this, and to aid
f the petriotic working class volunteer in his willingness to
I defend his country in case of necessity We have already
I repeatedly pointed out that the Government to not do
enough for the movement, and that they ought to provide
every appurtenance for rendering the force efficieut with-
out placing the volunteers in the postilion of a soldier of the
line, or a militiaman. To call upon the government
e; beer to provide the volunteer with clothing or with pay
weuld be at once at variance with the spirit of the volunteer
movement, and would not be accepted even by the most
humble bodies of working saes ; but there is another means
hy which they might be aided in their legitimate expenses
without in the slightest degree affecting their dignity or kids-
pendeuce. Surely it is not asking too much of the classes who
take no active part in the suovenieut to aid those who sacrifice
no much to defend the hearths and homes of all. In order
to do this, let there be a sort of voluntary rate established
in each district represented by a rifle corps, let local com-
mittees be formed, and the public be called upon indivi-
dually, as well as collectively, to subscribe sufficient fends
annually for the efficient maintenance of their respective
corps. By this means the permanency and increased
strength of volunteer regiments may be maintained ; but
when only partial support, by small or occasional donations,
is given. they are found totally inadequate. and practically
useless in support of continued service. truless some such
steps are taken, and energy used by the general public for
their maintenance, the volunteer movement ice this country
will soon cease to be the terror of our continental neigh-
bours and the proud boast of °unsling as Englishmen.

THE WINDHAM LUNACY COMMISSION.

After our report left on Saturday,
Joseph Toed, formerly • railway guard on the Eastern
Counties line, was its,uninecL He said—l know Mr.
Windham very well. He often travelled down by
the night mail, winch lie would leave at Nor-
wich. On the 24th of August he was with me in the
guard's van. There was • friend of mine also in the
van. At the Liaolou station Mr. Wiorlham gave me a
carpet big to take care of, and said there were clam-
mue bottles in it. He came into my van at
Bruzbourne. As soon eis be got in he put
on my great coat and railway belt, and worked
as a guard all the way down to Norwich. My
friend bad some sherry, and we had some. Theo Mr. Wind-
ham pulled the tucks out of the champagne, and we had
that. There was one bottle of sherry and three of
champagne. He talked all the way down. His language
wee very foolish and low. He showed me two rings,
sad said his " nsissus" that TM to be bad given them to
him. He said he was going to get married, but he did not
my to whom. I have seen Mrs. Windham—Agnes Wil-
loughby that was—once. One evening in September
Mr. and Mrs. Windham and another gentleman came down
by the mail train. Mr. Windham said the other gentleman
was Mr. Roberta. At Ponder's End Mr. Windham left
the carriage and ran,e into my van. He said Mr. Roberts
wanted me to post a letter for him. He did not say who
Mr. Roberta was, but told me to look after him, far be was
a d-- good sort. He said Roberts was going down as •
friend of his wife. He asked me to lock the carriage
door and lock them in. That was when we stopped
at Broxbourne. Mr. Roberta looked out of the window, and
asked me to lock the carriage, and I did so. I saw her put a
large dreesing-case stress the carriage to put her feet on, and
put the other cushions on, and formeda bed right across the
carriage. They then drew the blinds right across the win-
dows. Mr. Windham walked up and down the platform of
every station we stopped at, and saw the blinds down.
He did not interfere with that carriage,
but be shut and opened the doors of the others..
From Ely to Norwich he rude on the engine. I have
seen him act as guard on many other occasions.
Our coats hang up in the vac ready for wet
weather, and when be came into the van he would
put on the guard's costa. He hail plenty of guard's
whistles of his owe. He would frequently start the train
by blowing the whistle, and work the train through its
journey as far as Norwich. He used frequently to use bad
language. He often talked about the misaua" he was
going to have.
Croesexamined by Sir H. Cairns—l never saw any one
interfere with him at the stations when he acted as guard.
It was mostly the night mail, when the officials were not so
generally on the platforms. I have seen him on the engine
often, and I have often seen him work the levers, the driver
being, however, beside him. Mr. Windham had • very
good memory as to the times of starting the train. I was
about five years on the Eastern Counties line, and I am
new about logo out as a railway guard to Melbourne. We
have been sometimes as much as • week without having
champagne is the guard's van. (A laugh.) He did not tell
me to look after Roberts' luggage on the night I have
spoken of. Mr. Windham told me to keep the door locked,
that they might not see where he was or what he was
doing. We are not allowed to take people in the guard's
yen if the officials know it.

By Mr. eoleridge—Carriages may be engaged on the
&stem Counties Railway. IL is Lot unusual fur parties to
=l a whole carriage at night. and wrap themselves up,
make themselves comfortable.

By Mr. Chambers—Ur. Roberta gave me belt a sovereign
when we got to Norwich.
By the Jury—l was out discharged by the company, bat
resigned. I spoke to Mr. Windham about lits wife being
locked ill the wrings with Mr. Roberts. and he answered,
" Oh, Robots, l •d—good fellow."
• Juror hoped, for the sake of the public, the
publicity given to this use would induce the company to
take precautions against the infriogenient of the rules thus
shows to exist (Applause from the body of the court.)
Mr. Chambers said that the company had already dose so,
mull wished it to be known.

la reply to Biz H. Cum, the witness said he had often
removed 'tip" front passengers while in the Eastern Conn-
ties' service, but the greatest amount before this halleavw
reign that Roberta gave him was sa.
Mr. Joseph Goody examined by Mr. Hume Williams—l
am an irpeotnr on the Eastern Counties Railway. I know
Mr. and saw him oo the 3rd December at Um
Haeghley statoa. It was the day of the Bury cattle fair.
I was directing a horse-box and some extra carriages to be
attached to the back of the train. I heard • voice call out,
sad maw that the train was in motion. I saw Mr. Wind-
ham with • guard's coat awl belt on, and saw him blow •
whistle. He was about blowing it a second time when I
knocked it out of his mouth. Had be blown the whistle the
second tame the carriage would have run into the bone
boa and additional carriages I was patting on. I afterwards
'eked the guard where his belt was, and he said, addressing
Mr. Windham, who come running up at the time, ' Oh,
Mr. Windham, I told you not to take my belt away. Mr.
Goody will report me now for not hamog it ois." I told
Mr. Windham to get into the carriage, but he said he Imo
his own ouster, and would not. I insisted that be should,
and ran down the line, unlocked the door of a esoond-claas
carriage, and got in. He had themirriage key. I don't 'mow
whore he got the key from. I bare seen him open the ear-
rings doors on other occasions, and have stopped him, telling
him not to interfere. At Btowinarket, on the same night I
hays referred to, the driver put back a little below the
platform, in consequence of a whistle being blown as the
passengers were getting out, and two or three of them fell,
Out we got them out without injury. I saw Mr. Windham
on the platform. I have seen him on other occasions on the
engine. I saw him on the engineonceatthe Colchester statiwi,
and at Ardleigh station I .raw him once, when on the engine,
blow the steam whistk. I saw him drunk. I always
looked upon him as • very excitable person, and not fit to
be trusted with • railway wain. I consider him very short
in his intellect.

Cross.exarnined by Mr. Kerslake—l Lave known Mr.
Windham twelve months. I have seen him on the line
twelve or fourteen tinted during that period. I saw him
twice on the engine ; the Brat time in July, at Colchester.
I have no doubt, from the sound at the whistle, that he
blew the whistle at Colcheetar, and I law him do it at AA.
Leigh. I reported the circumstance at my journey's end, and
the driver was fined. I did not repine him to each station-
master as I weed. I ordered Lim off the engine at Colches-
ter, and be refused to get off. I did not seed a policinia
to take him off. I don't know that he was in the constant
habit of riding on the eagle.) with the eaginiedriver. I
do lot know that he was in the habit of assisting the driven
in driving the engines. Instructions were issued to prevent
Mr. Windham riding to the engine. or in the guards
breeks—l believe about the time these law proceedings
began. That was about a month ago. I reported the
engine driver for allowing Mr. Windham to tide on the line
on the 9th of July, but I never heard of any instructions
Ibtmastied to prevent his riding on tho engine or in the
seal about a month ago. 1 have seen Mr. Wind-
bans in the guards' tree Ic-vans at timer, but be has always
oome out when 1 told hum to do so. The key of the carless-
doors is like sa ordinary dog-cart key which gentleman
frequently wry.
By Mr. Chambert—The earriage which would have roa
into the extra avrtagee had the whistle been sounded the
wood time was fall of pamengen. I told the station-
master at Haughley not to slaw Mr. Windham to get on
the engine.
Bythe Jury—l did not know that he bad not got off the
engine at Colchester when I told him, became he had always
got off before when told.

- Win. Bradley, a guard of the same line, deposed to Mr.
Windham taking hie mat out of the guard's van during the
journey from Norwich to London, on the occasion when
Mr. Windham blew the whistle, and endangered the safety
of the passengers, and generally as to this circumstance
corroborated the evidence of the previous witness. —I hay*
frequently seen youag Mr. Windham, when be was at Emu,
riding upon the engine on the South-Western line, as I
have sevens' other Eton boys. They generally liked, if they
could, to get into the guard's van or upon the engine.
Mr. Hobert Wheeler, waverer of the Euston Hotel, Eno-
ton station, examined by Mr. Chambers—On Monday, No-
vember 4, a lady, calling herself Mrs. Willoughby, bat
whom ! afterwards knew as Mrs. Windham, came to the
hotel. Mr. Vi'indham aod Mr. Gwyn came there the same
evening to im,nire for her. Yr. Windham inquired for
Mrs. Windham. I said we had uo such person there. They
.described a lady who answered very much to the person
who had arrived, and I told them we had such a lady therm
Mr. Windham wished to be introduced to the lady imme-
diately. I requested him to send is his nano-, which be re-
fused, and I told him be could no. be admitted. He thensaid,
" I am that lady's husband." I add " If Oaths the case, sad
this gentleman will bear it out, that is another matter." He
was then introduced to the room where the lady was dining
with a gentleman. I was not in the room when be west in,
but was close to the dour, and I beard an altercation be-
tween the parties. This was about eight in the evening,
sad Mr. it iudhato remained till between one and two
o'clock. Mrs. Windham slept there, and remained three
rights at the hotel. Mr. Wiodhani came again early the
out morning. He dived wit Mrs. Windham on the fol.
lowing day with Mr. Gwyn and two other gentlemen. He
endeavoured to get into his wife's bedroom, but I believe
abe would not let him. He made • great noise, and there
was an alte-ration. Mrs. Windham left in oomequence 01 el
note from nie that she could sot remain. On the evening
of the sewed day Mr. Windham, In. Neil, Mr. Barry
Hutchinson, and lire. Windham dined together. I un-
cheibuid Mr. B. Ilutchinerin is a solicitor, bid I knew noneof
I the party. There was a disturbance, and Mr. Windham came out
abontiag ha the most extraonlioary way into the ;
sad itteetiei me at the bottom of the stairs , "
they are killing a man iu the room, they have knocked his
eye out, and it is hanging down upon his cheek, mid the
Wood is Bowing horn Ina bead." I sari, " Whata coward them
you must be to rue away and leave the man to be killed r
upon which he psesed on to giving rue a deneriptioe of his
pugilistic powers, and said, "1e had puniabed the etas well
for doing so." I bad arrived by this time at the opinion
that he was not to be depended on, sod took no notice of
what he said. I was asaions to quiet him, and asked bim
into my office. lie wanted to get the polies. sad went out
and returned with a policeman, who took Dr. Neil away
before I could interfere. I conversed several thew with him
daring the three days. I spoke to him about his affairs, of
which I had beard something. I spoke to him about his wife's
conduct. I told him he had made a very great mistake in
marrying mach • persoo a. they said was his wife, to which
be pepiled by Done foolish, childish rework which was no
esayst be whet I bad said. I told Mu Utat the isdy esseeed

to me to quite loathe him. I mentioned the case of a young
gentleman I knew who had been in the same way, sod was
in a lunatic asylum, and I added that be was going tise way
to the same end. He did not appear to understand what I
mid, and replied by • half idiotic laugh. 1 consider him as
imbecile, a mere chi* almost an infant in intellect. 1
should not like to trust him with 10/. to take care of for
me, nor do I believe him capable of taking rare of 101. for
himself. Much of this conversation took place in the pre.
mace of General Windham and Mr. Hutchinson, the gentle.
man who was said to have been injured.
Croes.exaniined by Mr. Kerslake—Mr. Windham paid his
wife's hotel bill by a cheque. The amount was 40/. •.k. lid.
Ido not know the amount paid, as I have nothing to do
with the cub. General Windham called at the hotel, I
believe, to see Mr. Windham. I did not see whether the
gentleman Loki to be annulled had a black eye. I ordered
the gentleman who was said to have committed the assault
to leave the house ; but I afterwards thought I had acted
hastily iu doing so. When I went into the room, in con-
@event* of Mr. Windham's complaint, I saw Mr. Hut-
chinson lying on the door, and he told me that he had had
a tumbler thrown at his head and he had taken a piece of
broken glass out of his eye. There was no blood, bruise, or
any other Ingo of injury. I went to the police-court with
General Windham in a cab the next morning, and Mr.
Neil was taken away from the hotel to the police-
station. General Windham went about bailing Mr.
Neil. but the case did not go before the magis-
trate. I doe'( know that the assault was settled by a
money payment. I went afterwards with General Wind-
ham to Mr. Field's office to make the affidavit in this case.
General Windham never told me that he had gone down to
Felbrigg the day before Mr. Windham came of age and
told him that if he would put his property in trust he would
leave him alone. If be ever said anything of the kind it
has slipped my memory. I heard him say something about
having made en offer to his nephew, but I don't know what
it was. I beard him say be would make any sacridceto save
his nephew.
By Mr. Coleridge—l do not know that the charge upon
which Mr. Neil was taken to the police station was that of
stealing affidavits. I heard something about missing affi-
davits afterwards.

James Hudsoo, a policeman of the Norfolk constabulary,
proved that Mr. Windham had frequently represented him.
self as a London detective.

i's;iliqtiiry ws;iiisigai 'a adjourned.

THE MURDER NEAR CARLISLE.

CARLISLE, SATURDAY.

William Charlton, engine-driver on the New-
castle and Carlisle Railway, was brought before the magi-
strates to-day, on remand, charged with the wilful murder
of Jane Enunerson, on the 21st nit., and the subsequent
robbery of her house. It will be remembered that the old
Woman kept the gates at the Derma-hill crossing on the
Newcastle and Carlisle line, and lived alone in a cottage
hard by. On the night of the `List November she was bar-
barously murdered as she was going out to take is her
lamps. !the had been felled with an iron bar apparently,
and murdered with a hedge-slasher. Her house was robbed
by the murderer while his hands were red with the blood
of his victim.

The following is a report of the most important features
of the evidence taken today :
Inspector Taylor, of the county police, gave the following
evidence—l was present at the scene of the murder the
morning after it was discovered. There were two footmarks
close to the gatepost as if made by a man concealing him.
self behind the poet. They were about three inches off the
post. I traced the footmarks along the south skis of the
rails up to opposite the door and then right across to the
cottage—straight across both mils. I traced them straight
back in the same direction they had gone, but u if the man
bad been running back. The steps were longer. There
were no other footmarks on the road; but there was a
mark of the rams foot on the cottage door—the left
foot. On the cottage door I observed the mark of a
similar foot as if a person had struck at it to kick it in.
We only found one impression in the garden, opposite the
oorth-aiat window, where the "slasher" was found. One
or two I traced were bloody footsteps. I saw the same
footmark in the pool of blood where deceased bad been re-
moved from. She was removed before I got there. The
blood was congealed then. The blood extended for about a
yard from where the deceased was lying, and was about an
inch or ea inch-anda-half thick. Yr. Pickering, sculptor
made the caste of the footprints with plaster of Paris. I
numbered them as be made them, end I measured the dis-
tance of each from the house. I now produce them.
I also produce the panel of the door which I
awed off, and on which a footprint is also visible.
I have since measured the shoes with the caste I have pro-
duced, and also compared them, and they correspond. The
heel of one of the boots corresponds very distinctly with the
heel of one of the casts. There are three particular nails
in the heel of one of the shoes which are also upon the im-
pression. I have carefully compared the cast with the heel,
and at is ther, mime size of caulker, and shows these three
nail very distinctly. Besides the nails round the sole there
are nails in a semicircle round the broad part of the foot ;
and across the toe there are three tiers of nails—that is, two
rows round the shoe, three rows at the toe, and two semi-
circles in the tread of the foot. There are marks upon the
tread of the foot where semicircles of nails have been.
There are 13 on one side and 14 on the other. 't here is
no appearance of the nails having been burned out. They
are the same now as when I received them. I examined the
house ; the door had becu broken in. I found a pickaxe,
or pick-hack,uoder the old woman's bed, and stains of blood
were upon the handle. The blood was quite fresh then.
[The pickaxe was produced, and on the point of the pick-
axe beio put in the mark made in the door they cone-
vended.] I tried the pickaxe with the marks on the door
of the cottage and they corresponded, awl it appeared as if
it had been burst in by the pick and the kick it got.
There are just the two marks upon the door. I also ob-
served that the drawers had been broken. [Two drawers
were produced and shown to the bench. They had marks
upon them ;hailer to those on the door produced by the ;icy.]
The drawers were in confusion, and some papers were lynig
on the floor, as if the drawer had been searched. I found
the slasher, or hedge-knife, standing outside the cottage,
beside the north-east window. It was covered with blood,
broken glees, and one grey hair. There were three slums
of glass broken in the window. It appeared as if the point
of the hedge knife bad been shoved through. I think the
window frames were of iron, and there wee a mark on the
window storm. The wounds on the deceased woman were
such wounds as might have been done by that slasher. There
were eight wounds altogether, which might have been given
by such an instrument. There was one upon the face, ose
upon the eve, and various other wounds on the back and side
of the bead. I have the lamp and ban of iron used et the
gate,which might also have produced such wounds as IMO en
the back of the bead ; and I have also a stove. There was no
blood upon the stone ; but there was blood upon the iron
has. I examined the cottage garden gate. It was at that
Urns fastened Ina peculiar way, but has been altered 'Moe.
It was fastened in such a manner that a stranger could not
open it unless he had been there before.
Joseph Pickering, the sculptor, who took the plaster of
Paris casts of the footprints, expressed his opinion that the
shoes now produced had made the footprints he had taken
cute of at the sane of the murder.

Medical evident* having been given on the cause of death,
John Irving Mitchell, fireman to the prisocer, said—l
was fireman to the prisoner Wm. Charlton. On the 2'2nd
November I went out with him a little after four o'clock in
the morning. We bad a mineral train. I first saw Charl-
ton that morning about four o'clock. Ws were going east.
When within a little of the Dump-hill ptes, the prisoner
asked if "them were cabbage plants in the field." The
plants were on the south side of the line. I said they were
plants ; and be said some MAO about Wsrwiek.bridge had
made • good deal of money with plants last year : about
MI. or M. 1 said it would be the year before when
plants were dear. Before we came to the crossing he told
me to fill up the fire. I was with the prisoner on the
previous day. I bad not bean! of the murder when I left
Catheter. I first beard of it at Newcastle. I told Charlton
that Jens Eraineeson was murdered, and I asked him if he
saw • light at the gatea when he came through in the morn-
fag, wad he said "yea." He asked me if I did not see it,
sad I said I could not say I did. He said "It is a queer
thing you didn't." What made it more particular was it 1
went from the Routh side to the north. In fact, I saw the
old woman in the porch. A few days after he mid he
wished he had his shoes done, as if a shoemaker was making
him a pair or repairing • pair, as the "muds," or nails, were
dropping out of those he had on. He .aid he had been
standing in the pit where we oil the engin...n.l burned them.
The prisoner had a garden about • hundred yards from the
cottage, which he cultivated Peet summer. I leave seen him
go to it. I never was then. when he was working in it.
After the examination of this witness the prisoner was
remanded till Thursday. There was • great crowd outside
the court, who had been unable to gala entrance to the
crowded court.

THZ LATE !litiDTA AT DEPTFORD. —lt will be
remembered that at the Old Bailey tissalons held in Novem-
ber, Georg* lukpen, a youth 20 years of age, was con-
victed and-sentenced to death for the murder of his sweet-
heart, Margaret Edmonds, with whom be agreed to commit
suicide by drowning in the Surrey Canal. at Deptford. 11e
was subsequently conveyed to fdsidatone Gaol, and a respite
of the capital punishment being carried out was afterwards
received by the governor. The friends of the convict
having obtoined a numerously-signed memorial in his behalf,
coupled with the strong recommendation to mercy of the
jury who tried him, the same was transmitted to the Secre-
tary of Slate for the Home Department, and on Saturday
last an of reply was received, to the effect that uoder
all the circumstance■ of the man the Home Secretary felt
warranted io advising her Majesty to commute the Khmer's
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THE THAMES EMBANKMENT.

A bill for the Thames embankment has been
printed and circulated, and the plans and sections arc de-
posited with the clerk of the peace and other authorities
under the studio orders. From these documents we
learn the general aharaeter and extent of what is now pro-
posed, and which are as follow, :—The embankment starts
from the lower side of the New Weeuninster.bridge, rang-
ing with the face of the abutment of the new bridge and
continues io • curved line, following what is geoerally
called Page'. line, to the back of the first abutmeut of
Waterloo-bridge. It then start. again from the lower
side of Waterloo-bridge at the corresponding point, and
proceeds in a similar curved line until it terminates ab-
ruptly against Blackfriara-bridge, 2i chains nearly, or
about 100 feet. into the river beyond the present wharfs
and houses. The embankment is solid throughout, and the
projection into the river, in some cases very considerable, is
to be filled in by soil taken from the Thames, or otherwise
obtained. The height of this new wall from Westminster-
bridge to the east side of the Temple is to be 41 feet above
Trtnity high water mark. From that point the embank-
ment ascends rapidly by a steep viaduct to the level of
Blackfriars-bridge. This viaduct, we presume, would stand
on the level of the embankment, and would be 40 feet
above low water mark. On the surface of the land thus
pined there is first to be a public road 190 feet wide from
Westminster-bridge to the Temple, where it is to
become 70 feet wide only. In addition to this
read or street, property is also scheduled for the
following new streets. viz., first, an entirely new street
from the Baniretting-house at Whitehall down to the river; I
secondly, Whitehall-place is to be continued down to the
river, and will form part of an entirely new street between
I
the Strand and the river, terminating at Waterloo-bridge,
just opposite the new wing of Somerset-house ; thirdly,
Norfolk-street, Surrey-street, and Arundel-street are to
be made to join the river by a common communi-
cation to the new reed ; and lastly, from Blackfrian-
bridge a new street is shown from the bridge to the Mao-
, won-house, joining also New Cannon-street. This street
proceeds flat obliquely, and then nearly parallel to the
river, avoiding the tiniell offlce,the Equitable Mlles, and
Apothecaries' Hall, where it goo off at an obtuse angle,
and is continued across New Cannouetreet, to the front
of the Exchange and the Mansion House. The bill consti-
tutes a board for carrying these enormous works into effect,
consisting of the chairman sod four members of the Metro-
politan Board, sod two members of that board returned by
the corporation of Loudon, thus forming • board of maven
members in all ; it empowers the borrowing of
one million and a half of money, sod gives compulsory
powers of purchase. sale, ice., in the usual way. It enables
the board to deal with the Chatham and Dover Railway
and Bridge, but the Hungerford, Blackfriars, Westminster,
or Waterloo Bridges are not to be interfered with, and au;
levels appear very embarreseing. Houses may be built on
any of the vacant lands, subject to the approbation of the
Board of Works, but mine ale to he built in front of the
Temple. The solicitors for the bill are Baxter, Rote, and
Co.. and the engineers 31•Cleao and Stillman.
The low-level sewer is but slightly referred to, the only
clause relating to it being one empowering and directing the
board to facilitate its construction.