The Sun.
London, England, 1862-07-24 00:00:00

RHODE ISLAND.

" Citizens of Rhode Island,—ln the present crisis
of our national affairs no good Union-loving citi-
zen can look upon passing events with apathy and
Indifference. We are confronted by a bold, un-
scrupulous, and unprincipled enemy in the field, in
great strength, who, with almost barbarian ferocity,
makes war on our Government and our institutions,
who would destroy our liberties, and reduce us to
the condition of serfs of a military despotism. To
triumph at once over this lawless horde of rebels,
and to restore peace and prosperity to our now dis-
tracted country, the Government absolutely requires
an augmentation of our military force. Rhode
Islanders ! you will readily and joyfully respond to
this call. Let no consideration stand between us
and the duty we owe to our country. Let no sacri-
fice be thought too great to be offered on the altar
of our country. Carry out the good work you have
so nobly begun, and so nobly prosecuted; and by
all means let us give to the great and glorious cause
all the aid the exigencies demand. More troops
are wanted. Let men be furnished forthwith.
" WILLIAM SPRAGUE."

COMMITTEE OF THE ROUSE OF LORD
ON THE THAMES EMBANKMENT.

Yesterday the committee appointed by the
of Lords, consisting of Earl St. Germans (chairman
Lord Stratford de Redcliffe, Viscount de Vesci, the
Earl of Powis, and Lord Longford, met to finally
consider and settle this important question. There
was a large array of counsel and of the various
parties interested. After hearing Mr. Serjeant
Wrangham, Mr. Hope Scott, Q.C., and other
learned counsel, pro and con., the committee
passed the preamble of the bill as it came
amended from the Commons, affirming unal-
tered the cardinal clause of the measure, which pro-
vides that the embankment shall commence at the
northern side of the Middlesex end of Westminster-
bridge and terminate at Blackfriars-bridge, thus
setting aside the opposition of the Duke of Buc-
cleuch and of the crown lessees, and furnishing an
uninterrupted public route between the east and
west of the metropolis. The improvements and
orks clauses, as finally settled, provide that the
embankment shall be 100 feet wide up to the
eastern boundary of the Inner Temple, and
wnotith less
than 70 feet wide thence to Chatham-place,
requisite approaches. The approach road leading
out of the embankment is to be of an uniform width
all
of not less than 40 feet at a gradient of 1 in 30, and
communicating by means of approaches with Surrey,
Norfolk, and Arundel-streets, The new street to
come out of the embankment at the east side of the
Middlesex end of Hungerford-bridge, passing
through the parishes of St. Martin's, St. Clement's,
and the Savoy, will terminate in Wellington-street,
Waterloo-bridge, opposite the north wing of the
western front of Somerset-house, with several
shorter communications out of it, terminating in
Villiers-street, Buckingham and Cecil streets.
Another new street, commencing by a junction with
the last communication, will form a junction with
it at George-street, Adelphi, and terminate in
Whitehall-place at its eastern end ; and the com-
pleting feature of the undertaking will be another
new street running out of the embankment or road-
way near Whitehall-stairs, passing through White-
hall-yard, and terminating in Whitehall, opposite
the Horse Guards.
The committee struck out three clauses inserted
by the Commons—clause 9, to empower the Metro-
politan Board of Works not to proceed to construct
the street between the east side of the Middlesex
end of Hungerford-bridge and Wellington-street,
until the other works authorised are completed ;
clause 33, which sought to provide that the plans
and elevations of all buildings proposed to be erected
on the land reclaimed by the embankment, or on
lands fronting the river, should be submitted to the
First Commissioner of Works, who it was proposed
should have power, within one month after the re-
ceipt of the plans and elevations, to express in
writing his disapproval of the whole or part of them,
and enacting that the buildings so disapproved of
shall not be erected. Clause 36, empowering the
board to sell surplus land, was struck out as being
superfluous, that power being sufficiently conferred
upon them under the Lands Clauses Act. The
committee, after making various verbal and routine
alterations, then adjourned, and the bill, as amended
by the Lords, will now go back to the Commons.

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