Northern Times.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1859-10-04 00:00:00

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THE NEW WESTMINSTER BRIDGE

COMPLETION OF THE ARCHES

_Tess of the works of

Since our last notice of the prop-

thii new bridge, the whole of the remaining iron ribs
of the arches have' bees fixed in their place, and with
the exception of
.a few feet traversed by a plank, it is
possible to cross the river entirely upon the 'covered
arches. There is every reason to believe that the half
of the riew bridge, which, it may be remembered, will
be opened in the first instance, will. be fully completed
and ready_f9r. traffic by the. aose of the present year.

On the Middlesex side considerable advanne has been
made with the stone parapets ; and on the SUrrey side a
large quantity of the wooden pallisading, which will form
the protection to the side of the new bridge which
adjoins the old structure, has been put up. The whole of -
the granite for the base and upper part of the colossal
octagonal columns which will, be placed on each pier has
been- finished, with the exception of some portion of the
capitals. These columns will have an excellent effect,
and will form an agreeable contrast with the light and
graceful forms of the iron arches. The roadway on the
Middlesex and Surrey side up to the land buttresses is
in course Of formation. In a few days the firing of the
ornamental iron ribs. of the arches will be commenced,
and many tons' weight of the castingshave already 'arrived-
from the founders. These ribs will be-ornamented near
their ends by,quatrefoil- decoration, containing-in their.
centre the arms of the city of Westminster ; and the
same style of ornament, will be adopted -upon a smaller
scale in the thinner portiens of the ironwork orthe arch.
The masonry.required for the remaining half of the.
bridge is as nearly-completed as it is possible to be while
the old structure is standing. Four of the piers have
been carried under the arches of the old 'bridge, and
portions of two only will have to be completed when
the old bridge is pulled down, as the existing piers
stand in the way of the. new ones. One of the piers,
No. 4, has been driven through "the scaffolding which
supports the centre and most defective of the arches of
the old bridge ; and considerable care was required in re-
moving and re-adusting the timber supports of the struc-
ture in order to aunt of the new works being carried on
safely. The difficulty has,been successfully overcome by
Mr. Page, and the completed pier by its solidity gives
additional stability to the old bridge. The builders of
the venerable structure never entertained for a moment
the idea that their work was ever to be pulled down ;
for it is more difficult to cut away the portions of the
piers, formed of brick or stone, which are required to
be removed, than it would be to work the limestone from
the original quarry from which to _obtain materials for
the new one, and the facings of the,buttresses on each
side of the river is formed almost entirely of old stone.
—Observer. • _

A letter from Turin, of the 27th ult.; says :—"Yeg"
terday the British Minister, Sir James Hudson, left
here, having suddenly, been -Summoned_ by Lord John
Russell. All the Italians are full of confidence in the
English nation, am:l'in those who at present conduct its
diplomacy."
CHAMBER OF COMMERCE.—The monthly meeting of
this council was held yesterday, W. J: Tomlinson, Es+,
vice-president, in the chair. The only portion of the
business demanding notice at present was the adoption
of a letter to Lord John Russell un the subject of cruel-
ties to seamen, offering the co-operation of the chamber
with other bodies in preparing suggestions for the con'
sideration of Government, with the view of checking
such practices.
FATAL RAILWAY ACCIDENT. Saturday morttiff
as Mr. Bruce, in company,with a gentleman named
croft, was passing the level ciossing on the Union line
of the Eastern Counties Railway, near the Ardleigh ate;
tion, both gentlemen, unfortunately being deaf, they w"
not hear the approach of the up-train, which came upon
them before they cleared the line. Mr. Bruce '044
struck by the buffer of the ei4ine, and hurled a distance
of forty yards, the engine in
.gine again striking. his body, Or
the wheels paising. over both legs, cutting them ou'
His mangled remains were taken to the station for so
inquest. Mr. Allcroft had a most miraculous escape'
the engine brushing his clothes, and tearing a portion
of his coat away.
FATAL AITRIY IN BIRMINGHAM.—A shocking occur-
rence took place in Birmingham at three o'clock 011
Saturday morning., A man named Samuel Dutton 14'35
i .stabbed n a street affray, and died immediately after'
wards. The deceased and a companion of his nanlead
Blick had been drinking all the previous evening, O
were, in all probability, in a state of intoxication. Thel
left some liquor-vaults in Dale-street at three o'clock
the morning, and -appear to have taken part in a fight
between two women. Presently another man came u'
Dutton was knocked down, kicked, and stabbed in the
groin, the effect of which caused death. One of the
women is not likely to recover. There is no clue to the
men who perpetrated, the horrid' deed.
RAILWAY ACROSS THE Axrs.—Whilst we have bee°
admiring the grandeur of the scheme proposed for thh
passage of the Alps, by a' railway tunnelled thros,t
Mount Cenis, it is very doubtful if either this generati;sm
or the next is to see that work completed. -`to
great tunnel, eight or nine miles- long, is likely
be the work of scores of years. The Woodhead twine;
on the Manchester, Sheffield and Lincolnshire
tin
although of but one-third the length, and 1157',4
several shafts by which a number of faces
worked at once, required five -years for its comet ti
If we mistake not, the longest railway tunnel yet tdd
cuted without shafts, is one upon the Virginia Col!7"-tit
Railway, in America. Although but 4,240 feet, or so d
four-fifths of a mile in length, its excavation occupt,'a
seven years. . Without doubting the practicability. °tie
tunnel 81 miles long beneath the Alps, it is probsu,,
that, under a different system of engineering, the P_'"ia,
sage could be surmounted, and in regular use for ".%
years before such a tunnel could possibly be °pellet'

Engineer.
SHIPS CARRYTN6 LETTERS TO SAIL 'r l'A05111L:
The Warrior (s.), from. Gravesend for Lisbon, Cau'et,
Mogador, and Canary 'lslands, on the Ist ; C°lll,z,
from Southampton for Madeira, on the Ist ;
from Liverpool for Melbourne, on the sth ; Result, fr.s.,,
Plymouth for Melbourne, on the 7th ; Southampton, fru;
Gravesendfor Melbourne, on the 29th; White Sta.,., fr°„,
Liverpool for -Melbourne, oa the 20th ; Dawn of -ulri
from ]Liverpool for Melbourne, on the 15th ; Atiribe
Australia, from Gravesend for Hobart Town, on
on
sth ; African, from Plymouth for Auckland, N**o."
the 10th ; Phoenix, from Liverpool for Auckland,
on the 10th ; Verulam;
on the 10th ; Emperor from Gravesend for Na 'the
the Bth ; Layard, from Liverpool for Natal, on
12th ; Robert Small, from Gravesend for Wellingt°ll'
el-
N.Z., on the sth ; Phoenix, from Gravesend for
fora
lington, N.Z., on the 10th ; Hammonia (9.), 1,0,
Southampton for New YOrk, on the 3t
; Kangaroaoirk_
ria
from Liveroool for' New York, on the 12th ;
131.8 t. ;
(s.), fro,. Southampton for New York, en the
25th ;
Omar Pasha, from Gravesend for Sydneit
tthe 3rd
from Gravesend for Adelaia
Milan (s.) from Liverpool for Gibraltar, or; r Bergen,
do.. do. for Corfu; Anna )
(8.(9\fr11111;11°for 000-
m the 14th ; Scandinavian from Londe Director•
tiania, on the 7th.—Post-ofa, Officiel Lo n

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...... James gtoixe. AMERICA
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.... G. Lott. NIAGARA,
Jac. Lang. EUROPA •

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