The Express.
London, England, 1861-09-24 00:00:00

TURSDA V EVENING, SEPTEMBER

able play of light and .hade, besides being a fine specimen of
brickwork. This space is bounded by Mitchans.street oca
the north, and by Chapel-street and Idarylebone.roed on the
south. It get* narrower toward* the astern end by Har-
eourseerest, where a series of vault. have been constructed
under the roadway. The tunnel then recommences by a
belheouth 36 feet wide, diminishing gradually to the ordi-
aary width of ft. 6 in. Our course is soon checked by
the names of wuodeu framework, muck waggou., lifts,
piles of bricks, navvies, bricklayers, and labourers, all busy
at their work. We ascend into the Idaryleboneroad, and
find a perfect labyrinth of pipes, all of which have to be ten-
derly cared for until such time as they can be quietly stowed
away in the haunches of the tunnel vault. A syphon :3 feet
in diameter to be carried under the railway with flushing
gates in Redford-street. by means of which the sewage can
be emit down Hars.ourt-street westwards, or down • new
eggshaped sewer which the railway has had to construct
by the side of the tunnel on the north aide of Marylebene-
road as far as Baker-street, where it is connected with the
Kieg's *hoists' Pond sewer, which there crosses the road.
This reminds us that the company have had to build •
sewer 4 feet by 2 feet 9 inches, egg-shaped, to drain all the
boilers which they have pared, and to take in all the
sewers and drains which they have iatereepted le their
course hither from the Great Western Railway, and that
they had even to commence a considerable distance west-
ward. of their work seas to obtain the necessary fall.
The sewer which we have just mentioned in the Mary-
lebene-ruad Si; feet by 3 feet 6 inches. They have like-
wise had to divert 1,506 feet of 21-inch main between
Stafford.street and Gloucester-place in addition to gee-pipes
and water-pipes innumensble.
At Baker-street, the King's SchoLus' Pond sewer has to
be carried transversely through the tunnel arch by a large
enclosure of iron plates, supported by two cast-iron girders,
only 13 fret 6 inches above the line of rails. Here the
second station will be situated. The arch will be extended
to 45 feet in width—to embrace the platforms on either
side; the station and stairs leading downwards will be built
in the front gardens of the two corner houses. After passing
Bakeretniet, we commence with another mower which is
earned beneath the railway into the Regeut'sestreet sewer
et
the top of Harley-street.
The lice is complete, with the exception of the permanent
rails, up to Stafford street. Thence to a point lee feet west
of Northumberland-street nothing has been done besides the
sewers. From that point to Harley-street it is again
finished, and about a month's work remains to connect it
with the portion at Portland-read, where the nest passen-
ger station will be built, partly in the evil at the angles al
the Portland-road and Euston-reed.
At Harley-street even an ordinary passer-by is able to
judge partially of the difficulties which have never deserted
the contractors, and of the admirable provisions rustle by
them for carrying out their undertaking. One of the can
thoroughfares which they have bad to preserve all
the time their work was going on is here earned on beams,
whilst the banks of the cuttingareplenked and etrutted,and
the labourers at work in every direction. The excavations
are made with the nicest accuracy, so as to receive the re.
quisite thickness of brickworkagaiusttbe supporting planks,
which are allowed to remain between it and the earthen
sides. All the arches are turned on cast-iron ccutreitig,
which ensures perfect uniformity. The work is done la
12-feet lengths. On the top of the arches there is • layer
of asphalts, and un that and in the haunches concrete in
put. Just by the Portlatebroad the engine is fixed
1 for hoisting the excavated earth—a one-horse load
is lifted each time with surprising facility. There
are also engines for mixing the lime and mod for the
mortar. Adjoining the Regent's-park provision had to be
made for the tunnel under the roadway for communication
with the two gardens, and which could not be removed.
The sides of this tunnel are now carried on girder., 2 feet
6 inches deep in the centre. Cross girders run between, and
York stare lauding forma the floor of it. It is in this way
suspended 3 feet 6 inches below the arch soffit.
By the side of the Regent's-park, opposite Portland-place,
another piece of extra work is being constructed. It s •
winding staircase, 41 feet deep, leading to the sewer under
the line of rail. the diameter is altogether 11 feet. The
stairs themselves are 2 feet 6 inches wide. They are divided
by a ring of brickwork ii inches thick from the central shaft, ,1
through which solid matter may be hoisted out. The stairs
are of 4-inch York stone. At the bottom there is a
plumage leading through an arch under the foundation of
the tunnel wall to the junction of the Maryleboee-rued and
Regent-street sewers.
About 100 feet west of Tottenham-court-road a sewer
3 feet 9 inches by 2 feet 6 inches was put in oo each side of
the tunnel, and the aggregate of all more than occupied the
width of the street; the sewer was, therefore, built Pertly
in the tuned wall, and the greatest rare and circumspection
were needed to any the work successfully through. At
Tottenham-mortised the sewers run in opposite directions,
one going northwards into Hampstead-read, the other
southwards into Tottenham-eourt-road.

The next station after Portland-place, forming the fourth
from Paddington, will be at George-street and Goweratreet,
Euaton•roed. The arrangements for it are precisely similar
to those we have before described.

The western end of Euston-rued forms the boundary of
Messrs. Smith and Knight's contract. There, about 100
feet is finished, and the remainder is being rapidly pushed
forwards.

The works are being done from the plans, and under the
direction of, Mr. Fowler, with Mr. Johnston as resident
arerr. Armstrong, Messrs. Smith and Knight's agent, is
constantly on the works, and to him they arc grertly in.
debted for the able prosecution of their difficult task. We
are likewise indebted to him, and acknowledge the assistance
he hu given us in our survey of the line. Next week we
shall notice the progress on the concluding portion of the
works between Euston.aquare and Victoria.street.—From
the Building New,.

Tax Pyraiviom op Orin.-It has been lately
stated that the Ordnance Select Committee of Woolwich
Anneal being anxious " to prove the extreme power of re-
Gideon,', of one of the 100-pounder Armstrong guns, have
tested one with much severity and with the following re-
sults :-" The. gun has undergone 100 rounds of firing, with
charges of 141 b. of powder, and projectiles increasing in
weight from 1001 b. to 1,00011).. Thel,ollolb. projectile was of
such length as to extend nearly two feet beyond the muzzle.
Ten rousts were fired with these enormous bolts, and the gun
is reported to be totally uninjured. The recoil of the
gun was very violent. It is understood to be the unani-
mous decision of the select oommittee that no further
attempt should be mule to burst it, as Its strength is
deemed abundantly sufficient for all practical purposes."
To those who know little of guns this may seem a severe
test indeed ; but those better informed will be aware that it
is hardly, if at all greater than a good cast-iron gun of the
muse weight (70 cwt.) ought to withstand. The 100-14 gun
is not far from 64 in. bore, the 80-Ib. Armstrong having shore
of 6 in., the weight being 63 cwt, Let us see, therefore, what
has ben done by mat mos guns of weights and sizes ap-
t preaching those of the 100-pounder experimented upon.
Colonel Eardley Wilmot his stated, in the Institution of
Civil Engineers, that a 68.1 b. out-iron gun had been sub-
jected to the following testa at Woolwich. With charges
of 1616. of powder, or 21b. more than those used in the
"extreme test" of the Armstrong gun, ten rounds were
fired with a cylinder weighing 681 b., ten rounds with one
weighing 13616. ten with 3041 b., ten with 2721 b., tea
with 3401 b., ten with 4061 b., ten with 4761 b., and six
with 51416., when the gun burst. A Spanish 32-lb.
cast-iron gun, weighing 45 cwt., bad withstood the fol-
lowing rounds : 211 b. of powder, 641 b. of shots and two
wads, then 91b. of powder, 641 b. shot' and three weds,
the last charge being repeated and fired 827 times without
injury; then with 91b. powder, 9616. shot, and two wads,
then with 9b. powder, 12816. shots and two wads; and
then, successively, with 91b. of powder at each round, with
1601 b., 1921 b., 2241 b., 25616., 2681 b., 3201 b., 3521 b., and
3611 b. shots when the gun was full to the muzzle.
After this the gun was fired with 1216. powder and 3:01b.
shot', 1516. powder and 2861 b. shot', ddb. powder and
5616. shot', 211 b. powder and 2241 b. shots, 241 b. powder
and 1921 b. shots ; and, finally, with 271 b. powder and
1601 b, shot', when the gun, full to the muzzle, burst. It
thus took to burst the gun an aggregate of 3 tone Liewt. of
powder, 25 taus Bcwt. of shot, and 2 tons 19ewL of wads.
An Americo) 9-in. cast-iron gun, weighing 81} cwt., bed
Colonel Wilmot added, been fired with the following
charges : Two rounds with 151 b. powder and a 90th. shot,
then fifteen hundred consecutive rounds with 1016. powder
and a 721 b. shell, then fire rounds with 151 b. powder and
nee 9016. shot, then flu rounds with 1514 powder sod
180th. of slicer, then two rounds with 151 b. powder and
27014 of shots, then three rounds with 1514 powder and
20811,. of shells, then seven rounds each with 2014 of
powder and shot shell weighing, respectively,at each round,
34216., 468th., 6121 b., 61011,., 8101 b.,
_nod 9001 b.,
when, at the last charge, the gun bunt. Taking into ac-
roust the greet complication and cost of the Armstrong
guns and the comparatively low "extreme test" to which
they have been subjected, fora few rounds only, they cannot
In considered to show any remarkable superiority.-
Esoineer.
Gortlu.se is Bossra-Tbe Straits Times draws
attention to the great similarity of the animals an well as in
climate and smeary between the gorilla country described
by B. de Chaillo and the Eastern Archipelago which lies in
the same latitude. The ants, wasps, and modify correspond.
All the statements of the natives of Sumatra and Borneo
agree in the fact that there is an animal, not the *ening.
outang, thin described by a recent traveller :--" Had
another palaver with the hubs men about the Maw's, and
they gave me almost word for word the same story as the
Pekes Bern people. All insist that it is not an orator utan
-that is, not a monkey, but a man covered with black hair,
standing as high as a man, with the ton turned inwards,
and the hone of the forearm bare and sharp -with this it
ma eat down trees, and a single blow is sufficient to kill •
man. They were first seen by the sea Malays, some is
years ago, when the high price of gotta percha Wooed
whole villages to turn out into the jungle for the purpose
of gathering it, and in the deepest and densest Coven of
the interior they found UN Maine."

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Law intellignue.

COURT OF BANKRUPTCY.--86rr. 23.
(Before Mr. Commissioner GOillbll/10
IN 116 tIANCEL NEW.

The bankrupt was • builder, at Sudbury. This was the
sitting for the consideration of the bankrupt's certificate.
The accounts, prepared by Messrs. Hart Brothers and
Hayles, commence in January, 1860, with • capital of
The bankrupt now owes to unsecured creditors,
3,!t34/. ; to mart which he gives up assets of about 1,1001.
Further debts of 7,460/. are secured by property of as equal
amount.

Mr. Pennell, in his report on the case, stated that the
trading had been very unfortunate, the bankrupt having
incurred considerable loss on his building operation; add-
ing the loos and expenses together, it would be found that
5,270/. had been thus absorbed. As be bad not kept any
cash-book or account of his purchases, the balance-sheet
could only be considered as an assumed amount. Mince the
bankruptcy be had rendered great assistance in getting in
his debta.

Mr. Chilton, for the assignees, offered no opposition.
Mr. Wa!linger was for the bankrupt.
Hie Honour observed that upwards of 1,5001. had bees
paid for law costs and interest in sixteen months. The
in the same period were 2,873 f., and there appeared
to be little or nothing for the creditors—about 4001., after
the expenses were paid.
Mr. Garden, a creditor for money lent. wished to oppose,
but it appeared that he had not proved his debt.
His Honour gave the creditor the option of having the
sitting adjourned at his own expense, to give him the oppor-
tunity of proving his debt.
The offer being declined,
His Honour said the case was a very scandalous one ; the
losses and expenses were upwards of ~,7001. ; and it was de-
sirable that the matter should have been fully inquired
into. The certificate must be suspended for six months,
when granted to be of the third class ; meanwhile the bank-
rupt would have protection from arrest.