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THE PROPOSED NEW BRIDGE AT

BLACKFRIARS.

The Court of Common Council held a special
meeting yesterday, pursuant to adjournment, for
the purpose of further considering a report by the
Bridge-house Estates Committee, recommending the
erection of a new bridge of cast iron, of three arches,
at Blackfriars, after the plans and estimates of Mr.
Thomas Page, at a cost of £245,000.
Sir TotiN MUSGROVE presided as locum tenons of
the Lord Mayor. There was a very fall attend-
ance, and the proceedings were of an animated de-
scription.

It may be as well to remind our readers that a
special meeting of the court was held on the 24th
of January to consider the report in question, and
that upon this occasion an amendment was pro-
posed by Mr. Deputy Fry, to the effect that the re::
port of the committee should not be agreed to, but
that the subject should be sent back to them for re-
consideration, with power to obtain professional as-
sistnice, if they should consider it advisable to do
so, and to report again to the court. The amend-
ment was seconded by Mr. Kearns, who has taken
a very active part in opposition to the proposed
scheme, and the further debate was then adjourned
until yesterday.
Alderman ALLEN, before the besiness for which
the court was specially summoned commenced, pre-
sented petitions from the captains and owners of
barges and other craft Bavigating.the river, pray-
ing the court to sanction the erection of a bridge
of three arches, as best calculated for the purposes
of the river traffic, and to prevent accidents.
Upon the motion of Deputy FRY, the petitioners
were called on to appear at the bar, and a number
of questions were put to them by different members
of the court, and this proceeding occupied a consi-
derable time.

Mr. BLAKE also presented a petition from the
rector, churchwardens, and other officers of the
parish of Christchurch, praying the court not to
sanction the erection of the proposed bridge, on the
ground that it would seriously damage the property
on the Surrey side of the bridge by causing the
level to be raised 3 feet 6 inches.

The debate upon the original motion was then
proceeded with.
Dr, ABRAHAM, who was the first speaker, said
he was not one of those members of the Midge-
house Committee who had changed his mind several
times upon this question as to which was the most
expedient plan to be adopted, a three-arch or a
four-arch bridge; but having carefully considered
all the plans that were sent in by the eminent engi-
neers who had been consulted upon the subject, he
had come to the conclusion that a three-arch bridge
was the one best calculated for the accommodation
of the traffic of the river, which, it appeared to
him, was the real point to bo considered. Sir John
Rennie and Mr. Barlow, two most eminent engi-
neers, to whom all the facts had been submitted,
by their reports and estimates were decidedly in
favour of a three-arch bridge, and appeared to con-
sider that a bridge of this construction was the only
one calculated to meet the requirements of the
case; and when the committee came to the con-

elusion to adopt the plan sent in by. Mr. Pilge
he felt himsvtftinsitified .in supPtirting that reso-
lution. .(11.sav,Aear.) The hon. member cOnclnied.
by stating thatAthouhhe shoula support
,the mo-
tion that the stilled shoufdunder—go further ; eonsi..
deration:‘ he fjltlisatisfied that . a three arch bridge
was the one that should be.aaopted.
Alder%an rtosE fiad no hesitation in expressing
his' opinion that:Vl° matter had. not been sufficiently •
diseussd in the mina'. itYc'ct and that if proper op-
portukiity
.lita,,d/been,liffeded the members to have
dale FO it would have been shown• that-a ,thre
rnrch bridge was not _the. most desirable ore for the
pnrppse in view. (Bear, hear.) The plan of ,
Page no ttoubt looked very pretty on paper; but he'
admitted-that he had made a mistake of 3 feet 6
inches in his levels, and if this were so he thought
if Ivasonly fair to the other eminent engineers who
had sent in plans that they should also be permitted
to send in Yetised estimatesiund he. should, there-.
fore, support the antendment_that the subject should
o back to the committee forlurther.consideration.
(Hear.) :

Mr. DE JErtsEY said that the present bridge had
only been. built 100 years, and that. 20 years ago
£90,000 were expended upon it, and they were told
that it would ilia for ever by some of the most emi-
nent engineers. ,(A laugh.) This opinion turned
out to be erroneous, but it was not unt- e year
'lB6l that there was any suggestion for t rection
of a new bridge. (Hear.) The hon. melitter pro-
.
ceeded rst-Seme.lngth t 2, usto various objections to
'
the litopTsed`schte-'fß4tr three-arch- bridge, and
concluded by expressing his opinion that it would
be entirely premature to adoptthe recommendation
of the- citmmittee,, who, in his opinion, hid exceeded
their authority, and that the interests of the public
and of the
_corporation also demanded that the
whole subject shuuld undergo further considera-
tion. - .. • , ~ .

After-some further discussion, in which Mr.Lusk,
Mr. Deputy Harrison, Mr. Alderman Mechi, Mr.
Bone, and others, took part,
M rN
oittitis Al
.P'asked the chairman of the
committee withdraw his motion, and consent to
the proposition for the further consideration of the
subject.
Mr.
Committee)YALAC (chairman_ ofthe._ Bridge-house
at once consented to do so ; and
Estates
he said that, without reference to the apparent
feeling of the court, it appeared to him that since
their last meeting, in consequence of the London,
Chatham,' and Dover Railway Company having
applied to Parliament and introduced a bill autho-
rising them to erect a. large station on
_the south
side of the bridge, the position of affairs was so al-
tered that he was free to admit that he felt himself
that it would not be advisable to proceed with the
tion that the report of
erection of a new bridge at present, and that the
subject ought to undergo further consideration.
ot( (Hear,
eteha
er , hear.)court,committee
w tHe
be
he shouldda rgar
we
agreed h i t
ts home:eftre, with the consent
(Hear, hear.) o•
The. amendment of Deputy Fry was then put as
an original motion.
Mr. J. PARKER moved, as an amendment, that
the matter should be.referred tea special ward com-
mittee. . _ _

Deputy 013)3ARD seconded the amendment, but it
was negatived by a very large majority. The origi-
dneaellaarmedentodmbeenetarorfieDd.eputy Fry Was then put and

The court adjourned after a protracted bitting.

THE NAVY.

The Glasgow, screw frigate, built at Portsmouth
from designs furnished from the office of Sir Bald-
win W. Walker, K.C.8., when that distinguished
officer was Surveyor of the Navy, and recently
launched at Portsmouth, made her first cfficial trial
of speed yesterday at the measured mile in Stokes
Bay. The Glasgow is of 3,038 tons, being 424 tons
larger than the Victory, flagship of the Commander-
in-Chief at Portsmouth, or than the Britannia, naval
cadet training ship at Portland, both of which are
three deckers. Her engines are of 600-horse power
nominal, from the manufactory of Messrs. Raven-
hill, Salkeld, and Co., working with a Griffith pro-
peller. Capt. H. Broadhead, commanding the re-
serve at the port, had charge of the ship, which was
under way at an early hour, and by 10 a.m. had
steamed outside well to the southward. The ship's
head was soon afterwards brought round, and she
was at once placed on the trial ground, over which
she made six runs, the mean of which gave the ship
a speed in knots of 13200, with the maximum
number of revolutions at 60 ; pressure of steam
201 b. ; vacuum, 25 ; draught of water forward,l7ft.
10in., and aft 19ft. Gin. It-will be- seen by these
figures that the ship was at a light draught, but the
result was satisfactory and the performance of the
machinery was everything that 'could be wished
for, there being no hot bearings or failure of any
kind throughout. Messrs. Murdoch and Miller
superintended the trial bn behalf of the Govern-
ment ; Mr. Sohn Ravenhill and Mr. Hodges at-
tended on the part of the contractors, the engines
being in charge of their foreman, Mr. Elliott.
A committee hasheen formed, by directions from
the Admiralty, of Capts. "Wilson and Coote, of her
Majesty's ships Victory and St. Vincent; Com-
mander Loukin, Master-Attendant at Portsmouth ;
Commander Noddall, Royal Clarence-yard; Mr.
Bodie, master, R.N. ; and Mr. Hooper, paymaster,
R.N., as secretary, to revise the regulations of Ports-
mouth harbour.

The Resistance, 18, iron steam frigate, fitting at
Chatham, has had 50 additional hands placed on her
in order that her completion may be hastened, and
the vessel got out of hand as speedily as possible.
The mechanics employed on her are working from
before daylight until 10 p.m., and every exertion is
being used to have her ready to be undocked, for
the purpose of being masted, by the 16th of March.

The naval transport Dovo sailed from Chatham
for Sheerness yesterday, with the spare fan for the
screw frigate Galatea, 26,800 horsepower, together
with a quantity of miscellaneous stores.

The hired transport Parana, No. 2, Capt. T. W.
Sawyer (in charge of Capt. Boxer, R.N., Admiralty
agent), arrived at Spithead yesterday morning from
Halifax whence she sailed on the Ist inst. During
the earlier part of the voyage home she experienced
strong N.W. winds, with a heavy sea ; in the
latter portion she had moderate weather and S.E.
winds. Major Evans of the second battalion
16th
from
regiment, is a passenger by the Parana. The
mails Halifax
which were received yesterday
bring detailed intelligence of the movements of our
navy in American waters, The Mauritius hired
transport arrived at Halifax on the 29th of January,
after a very stormy passage, with loss of bowsprit,
foretopgallant mast, &c., and 16 horses out of 40 on
board. The Calcutta put into Bull's Bay, New-
foundland, on the 30th January, and reports having
experienced
W. She had
lo
11 her port boats, and
was run out of coal. All were well on board, The
eaeaa
entrance to St. John's, New Brunswick, was blocked
with ice, and the coast was ice-bound. The Osprey,
r c bowsprit,stterrific
for t
o p weather
thstin
figurehead, 35 W.
rails and
forecastle le
stanchions,
with mails from Newfoundland, was in Bull's Bay,
short of coal, and would not reach Halifax in time
to save the next mail to EnglAnd. The hired trans-
port Melbourne was at Halifax, and the Adriatic
was at Sydney, Cape Breton, coaling for England.
Her Majesty's ship Orlando was refitting at Hali-
fax, after her passage out from England. Her
Majesty's ship Liffey was also refitting, and was
to leave in a day or two for St. John's, New Bruns-
wick, to relieve her Majesty's ship Orpheus. Her
Majesty's ship Hydra put to sea early on the
morning of January 31, to render assistance to a
vessel in distress. The Parana, it will be remem-
bered, sailed from Southampton, in company with
the Adriatic, on the 20th of December, for Canada,
with the 2d battalion of Scots Fusilier Guards
on board and the 18th company of Royal Engi-
neers, ,numbering in all 1,024 men and 37 offi-

cerS. Fine weather was experienced out as far as
the banks of Newfoundland, when it becnie very
• thick. She passed. Cape Race on-the morning of
the ,30th;. and. St, Paul's Island, in the,Gulf of . St.
Lawrence, on the,morning of the Ist of January,
continuing her progress up-the Gulf cf St. Law 7,
reuce to wiihin'3o miles of Bic, when She •encoun-
tered a, compact field of ice, which the endt!aveured
to force. She was, hoWever,- compelled to 'reliti-
quish:the,attempt, and hack VactlfrOugh :the open!-
ing slte-.had rii:ade..! Thivovas=accoraplish,;(l by;B
p.m. ey
.the pdi o,f Je,.l;palyi al% all tilis,..lkmeitjhe
,co!43yas iptcwie, and, acconapamp.cl by.lhi(ksnoW-
storniS 'and 'heavy gales of. wind. Sydricy, Cope
Breton; was reached on the 6th of January, with
only '43 tons -of coal remaining on board. After
coaling at Cape Breton, the Parana sailed for Ha-
lifax on- the:l2th• of January for oreiCkS and,a Ray
of Fundy pilot. Halifax was left for st. John's,
Nev' Brunswick, on the, 16th. In the- Bay, oC
Fundy Very thickweather was fallen. in with, but
St. John's was safely reached on the 19th. The
troops were landed there in three hours, all well,
-and after landing some -stores the Parana sailed.
again for Haliffix on the 24th,.'arriiing. there on
the 25th, in thp midst. of severe -gale iof wind.
After coraing, the Paranik sailed for pg;a7id on.
the 14 last.. The :Delta was at, Halifax, receiv-
ing the I'6th 'Regiment for conveyance. to St.
JOhn's,'Newßruifswick. rgiie Cleopatra had sailed
from lialVak for Bermuda. The Parana awaits
orders at ,Spithead, which, it is presumed, will
be•to pay off from the transport service and pro-
ceed to the headquarters of the West India Royal
Mail Company, Southampton.
The following appointments were made yester-.
day at the Admiralty :—Lieut. Henry Marsden,,tt:3o
the Pembroke, additional, for service in the,Coast-
guard ; Lieut. Thomas S Dickenson, Lieft:Bobert
H. Boyle, Lieut. Rodney M, Lloyd, Lieut. George
D. Bushe, Lieut. Francis M. Oinininney, Lieut.
George F. Leon, Lieut. Alfred A. Hanson, Lieut.
Augustus IL Webb, Lieut. Francis R.' Hartwell,
and Lieut. A. J. Errington, to the Marlborough,
for disposal; Lieut. George H. Barnard and Lieut.
Annesley T. Denham, to the Euryalus, fordisposal;
Lieut. Noel Osborn, to.the Trafalgar; W. H. Low-
man, Ist class Assist. Engineer to. the Fisgard, "for
the Rapid ; Peter Butler, Ist class Assist. Engineer,
from the Asia to the Cumberland, as supernume-
rary ; George A. Patterson, J.. R. R. Potam, F. M.
C. Richards, and Thosi,. 'Vickery, -acting 2d class
Assist. Engineers, to the Asia, as supernumeraries ;
and Mr, Francis Elam Haigh, is nominated to a
Naval Cadetship.