Northern Times.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1859-11-21 00:00:00

The new bridge when completed, will be 85 feet in

width, or more than double that of the old one. The-
portion which will be finished in a few days is 33 feet
wide, and will be exclusively devoted to carriage traffic.
Foot passengers will continue to pass over a portion of
the old bridge until the new one is ready. for them. Two
tramways of iron are to be laid down for the heavy
traffic. They are 7 feet in width. The trams are formed

of iron plates about a foot in width, with a raised flange
on one side to keep the carriages from going off the line.
Timber sleepers are laid longitudinally, as in the case of
the Great Western Railway, upon which the iron

plates of the tramway are bolted down. The space
between the ways is filled with broken granite. The
other portion of the bridge for the lighter traffic is

entirely of granite. The roadway rests upon a found-

ation four-inches thick of cork and bitumen, which

forms an elastic and non-conducting bed between the

granite and the ironwork of the bridge. Heavy loads
will be drawn over the new bridge with an amount of
ease to the horses to which they have been wholly un-
accustomed in the old steep structure which will be
superseded. The gradients of the new bridge are re-
markably easy, and it is ten feet lower at the crown than,
the old one. It will be lighted at night by the new
lime light, which is produced by the action of a mixture
of hydrogen and oxygen gases upon lime. It is of exceeding
brilliancy, and two burners will be amply sufficient to

illuminate the whole of the carriage-way.
The parapets of the new bridge will be of light and
elegant character, formed of open iron work, with a
trefoil decoration. Over the abutments on either side of
the bridge, which are faced with stone, the parapet will.
also be of stone, the iron parapet extending only for so
much of the length of the bridge as is constructed
of iron. Some of the octagon granite columns on the
piers have been placed in their position, and their effect
is extremely. good, affording a fine contrast with the light
span of the iron arches. The quantities of materials used
in the construction of the bridge have been 457,000 cubic
feet of timber for the bearing piles, 1,600 tons of cast
iron in the foundation, and 2,600 tons in the super-
structure. The wrought iron in the foundation amounts
to 70 tons, and in the superstructure to 1,300 tons.
The granite in the piers and abutments is 165,000
cubic feet, of brickwork and Portland cement 21,000
cubic yards, of concrete in Portland cement 30,000
cubic yards. The average number of labourers and
workmen daily employed was 285.
The precise day for the opening of the bridge has not
yet been fixed, nor has any ceremony been arranged for
the opening. In the case of the Chelsea Bridge there
was no opening ceremony ; her Majesty was the first to
pass it, and possibly the same course may be adopted
with respect to this new bridge. The proximity to the
New Palace at Westminster, however, affords grounds
for believing that some public mark of interest will be
shown by her Majesty on the occasion.

A PALTRY CASE.—The Cheltenham Board of Guar-
dians are at loggerheads with Mr. Walters, one of their
medical officers. lie has charged the " amputation fee"
for cutting off a portion of a man's thumb, and the board
contend that this is not an " amputation." It was de-
termined the clerk should write to the Poor-law Board
to ask "whether the amputation of the first phalanx of
the thumb was such an amputation as was contemplated
imf
ptohretanltnteror, nature has3i
M.
by the act of parliament, the board considering the same
to be only a removal of a portion of the thumb."
THE FRENCH GOVERNMENT AND THE FRENCH
PREss.—l have reason to believe that, with the view of
obviating the effect produced in England by the violent
language of a considerable portion of the French press,
mb I Tly 1 Ili : a tli Of ni n
if:lBft
:rll.
oßillault, to all the prefects of France. If lam correctly
informed—and I have.reason to believe that I am—the expresses his regret that such exaggerated lan-
guage should be used when speaking of the English peo-
ple, as well by reason of the disquietude which it must
excite among them, as that it tends to destroy the a been confidential
addressedco
con-
fidence and embitter the feelings of those of whose
opinion the English press is the channel. The prefects
are reminded how much greater that unpleasant effeot
must be when this violent language is employed by
journals usually supporting the policy of the imperial
government, and which is made responsible abroad for
these excesses. The prefects are therefore instructed to
request the purnals in question to be more circumspect ;
and while t ley are at liberty to refute errors and pro-
test against injustice and calumny, and to defend ener-
getically the rights of the country, they might easily
avoid offending the susceptibilities of a great people,
and rather promote friendly relations between the two
countries. By pursuing this line of conduct the Minister
is of opinion that the dignity of the imperial policy
may be reconciled with the interests of the alliunees
of France, and the maintenance of peace, and with this
view the prefects are invited to use their influence with
the_press, and with publie opinion. The prefects are
requested to communicate their views on this subject, in '
a confidential manner, to those journals that usualll sup-
port the government, and not to. interfere with the
ethers unl2ss in eases where their exagg ration tends too
manifestly to counteract the wishes et the government
bn the point. The foregoing is u fair summary, though
not a literal transcript, of the instructions transmitted
*vithiti the la'st five or six days to the Prefects of De-
P irtelei t 3 by tic Nlinister of the Interior.-I'c!ris Col.•
respondent of the Ttnee. . •

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