The Sun.
London, England, 1864-04-15 00:00:00

DANISH ADDRESS TO ITALY.

A very large pubic meeting, under the manage-
ment of respectable persons of every class, was held
here on SAturday eN ening, at which the following
address to the Italian people was proposed and
unanimously adopted:—

" Italian Brothcr;!—A fewyens only him elapsed

since you, the noble people of Italy, made a gigantic
step in advance towards the sacred end of unity and
civil freedom. The sighs which resounded from your
beautiful country over the entire universe and deeilly
moved all free nations were replaced by ierleiliarib.
able exultation at the elven n v r regeneration,
the most splendid achievement of the century. You
now stand equipped, strong through concord, free-
dom, and dominion over a great country, calmly and
courageously awaiting the future) which tnay per-
haps soon lead you to new batticb and victories.
" When you recently lcught heroically for your-
selves by tho side of the French, you fought at the
same time the battle of freedom, of civilisation, and
of humanity fgt every people that, like yourselves,
h"° suffered under the national arrogance and detes-
tation of liberty manifested by German powers. But,
Italians, many of your countrymen stand now in the
Austt lin ranks, side by side with Poles, Magyars,
and Czochs, fighting for a cause alike hateful to you
and to us. This feet hasfiiled our hearts with sorrow.
Hundreds of Venetians have fallen in battle or have
succumbt d to the hardships of a winter campaign in
our rigorous climate, and yet we have no quarrel with
you. The nation situated between us—a nation
greedy of conquest and hostile to liberty—is your
enemy and ours. Recently it wea you who waged
war against this people to free a portion of your
country from its domination. Its arrogance then was
humbled ; it was pressed back within narrower fron-
tiers, and compelled to accede to a degrading peace.
It is now our turn—a small nation hardly a tenth part
as numerous as yours—to maintain a life and death
struggle against this same enemy. He sends out his
hordes upon a foray against us, and relying upon the
circumstance that a number of Germans have immi-
grated into Schleswig and have been hospitably re-
ceived, supports Germany in her attempt to gain
possession of this ancient Danish freedom. He desires
to rob us of our nationality and our civil freedom,
which areour strength and our pride. He endeavours
to gain sa isf-...ction from little Denmark for the
humiliation 30l have inflicted upon tin, and to
re o. er Lola us the acre s v, Oa from him by 3 0,/r
eroisrn.

I sali ter evt erience • hat the peop.es of
Entope dvdet ei fo ces he:k t)1€1 endeavour
sng), ea h nation ro. •I f, 0 tesist opp ess n
a•.d wro, g. It is a b tter experience hat
Powers who abtor fre:eoaa c],nn ngiy know how
to over throw their opp tc enti singly, ayr.Alit g t hem-
teyes of or.e c .nqae,ed nation t t enclave en t' e-.
" Italian ! yo it cause 's s tcrel a. d will s. m day
prevail. You comma' d ri,sour,u,s c n Inca
cure thetnte:vf s with those of Vie o temy. Our cause
too is holy ; we fig'it, fur our lives and our hopes,
and, although in spire of the enormous supesicr:ty
of the enemy we are not by any means vanquished,
a heavy bu, dea Te ti upon our t h tuld,,rs. The por-
tion of our country adjoining Germany is overrun
by the Enemy, and we stand alone—alone ag, i :st
two a :11-3 first military powers of Euri R.,. We
are unable to expel them from the peninsula. I-, is
true that we are still mere than a match for the
enemy at sea, and can inflict on them sensible losses
n that elemrnt ; but even these will be lessened It
Austria should find herself able to despatei a large
division of her fleet from your waters, manned by
your seamen, to walch our coasts.
" If wa are still compelled to stsnd alone in
futu-e, we must ultimately succumb. Victory
shall oust the enemy dear, if he attain it; and m,ny
more will follow those who have already met
'heir death upon the la t'efif-lds of Schleswig
and Ju,land. But, Itaiian brothers! if German
is now permitted to vanquish us, yJu will have boat
an ally who labours for toe same object as your-
moyes, who fights for freedom, tor right, for coun-
try, and for honour.

" We send you our greeting in fraternal affection,"

Progress of the Thames Embankment.

A sub-committee of the Board of Works, from the grand
committee, under whose supervision and control the exten-
sive works intended to form the northern embankmont of
the Thames is confi led,with their engineer, Mr. Bazalgette,
a few days sinco, inspected tae rks at Westminster-bridge,
and the several points on the line eastward, where large
bodies of men, under the direction of the contractors,
Messrs. Furness and Ritson, are employed in the prelimi-
nary arrangements for the construction of the new em-
bankment and street from Westminster to Blackfriars-
bridge, and thence to the Mansion-house.

Subjoined we furnish an account of the present state of
the works, and also an outline of those connected with this
great project:--

The contract numbered " 1" in the working drawings is
being carried out under the superintendence of Mr. Lovick,
one of the engineers of the board, the contractor being Mr.
George Fume ae, and tho amount of the contract £510,000.
This portion of the embankment extends from Westmin-
ster to Waterloo-bridges, and about 250 ft eas•avard. thereof.
It is 3,710 ft in I,ngt la, and will consist of a main brick
embankment or retaining wall, faced with granite and backed
with concrete. At the back of this wall ono of the main
drainage sewers, called the "low level sewer," is to be con-
atructed of a circular form varying from 7ft Din to Bft Sin in
diameter. With this sewer the following will be connected,
and consequently intercepted from discharging sewage into
the Thames, namely, the Northumberland-street sewer,
the Victoria-street sewer, that of Regent-street, and the
Savoy-street sewer, weirs, or safety channels in large cham-
bers will be attached to the main sewer for the purpose of
letting off into the Thames the flood waters in periods of
storm. On the top of the low level sewer, a subway (for
gas and water pipes, &c.) 7ft Sin high, by 9ft wide, will be
built. Steamboat piers will also be constructed. That at
Westminster-bridge will be about 300 ft in length; that at
fluagerford 509, and that at Waterloo 480 ft. The cele-
brate d" watergate" erected by ledge Jones, and at the pre-
sent time standing at the bottom of Buckingham-street, will
be carefully removed and re-erected opposite to Whitehall-
gardens. It will be thoroughly renovated and restored, and
sustained upon an arch and wall of rusticated work, and
forming landing stairs; the improvements and alterations
being from the designs of tbe chief engineer of the Board of
Works, Mr. BazalgAtte. The whole work of the line of
embankment will be formed with 'wrought iron caissons,
the main caissons immediately facing the river b big about
12ft long and 7ft wide, their form being elliptical. These
main caissons will be sunk through all the superficial
strata into the London clay. One of these caissons has
been sunken already to a depth of about 36ft below
Trinity high-water mark, and they wtll continue to be
lowered along the line as rapidly as possible. The pre-
liminary works of pile-driving for guides for the
eaia-
sons, for jetties, landing places, travelling cranes, steam
pumping, and engineer's work in general, have at the
western end of the embankment been some time in hand,
and are in several instances completed. Of coarse these
are but, temporary works, intended to endure only until the
completion of each section of the intended structure, but
hey are the essentially necessary extension parts of a work
of this vast and complex character, whilst they necessarily
consume much of the time permitted for the completion of
the work itself as a whole.

The pile driving in the No. 1 contract commenced in
December last, and has been actively proceeded with since ;
and the "filling in" of the wharves, &c., has boon going on
with rapidity, and along a considerable extent of frontage
for some time. The formal order to Mr. Furness, the con-
tractor, was delayed in consequence of the difficulty expe-
rienced in obtaining possession of the wharves, and even
up to the present time only a few of those required have been
obtained, The order alluded to was given on the 16th Feb.
last. Mr. Furness is the same contractor who has so suc-
cessfully carried out the northern outfall main drainage
sewer and the northern reservoirs for the Metropolitan
Board. The time allowed for the completion of this branch
of the work it three years only.
The contract No. 2 is under the engineering superintend-
ence of Mr. Cooper, the contractor being Mr. Kitson. It was
let on the 18th i iecember last, the amount being £229,000.
This pet tion of the great whole extends from and eastward
of No. 1, already described, to the eastern end of the gardens
of the Inner Temple. It is in length about 1,970 feet, of
similar construction, and will have a steamboat pier and
landing stairs at Essex-street. Both contracts have intsr •
cepting sewers formed in and under the foreshore of the
river for the purpose of taking the collateral sewers and
drains which at present discharge their contents along the
shore, much to the annoyance of the nearer residents and
the thousands who are conveyed by steamboats, &c., along
the river, The preliminary arrangements in the case of
No. 2 contract are not so far advanced as in that of No. 1,
but the pile driving and filling in has commenced, and is
being vigorously proceeded with.
The contract No. Zis not yet settled. This portion will
join that of No. 2 at Temple-gardens, and pass along east-
ward to Chatham-place, Blacktriare, and join the new street
leading to the Mansien-house, but its exact line has not y t
been agreed upon, nor has it yet been determined whether
the under eurface of the embankment and new street is to
be used for railway purposes, these propositions still waiting
the final decision of Parliament

Persons who have been in the habit of paving weekly as
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a stamped envelope, to Messrs. Watts and Co., 12, tieaufort-
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