The Sun.
London, England, 1862-02-05 00:00:00

THE ARMY.

The Colonelcy of the 59th Regiment ofFoot has
become vacant by the death of Lieut,-Gen. Taylor,
which took place on Saturday last at his resrlence,
Prestbnry-lodge, near Cheltenham, in his 72d year.
The deceased General served in the Peninsula :ram
1808, with little intermission, till the end of the var,
and was twice wounded. He had held the Colonecy
of the 59th Regiment since 1857.

On Saturday last 200 men belonging to the Royd
Artillery, under the command of Capt. and Brevet.
Major Cookworthy, arrived at Sheerness garrison
from Warley, and on the sarrde day 350 men, under
the command of Capt. Lukas, left Sheerness for
Shoeburyness, to undergo a course of instruction in
the use of the Armstrong gun. Two hundred 1330 n,
under the command of Lieut. Spragge and Lieut.
Steadman, returned from Shoeburyness to Sheer-
ness at the same time, after having undergone a
similar course of instruction and practice.
The division of Commissionaires engaged for
general service at the International Exhibition be-
ing nearly completed, no applications for employ-
ment will be received by the Adjutant after Wed-
nesday (this day).

ROYAL COMMISBION ON THE THAMES
EMBANKMENT, WITH RAILWAYS.

SOUTH SIDE.

Yesterday the commissioners appointed to report
on all plans for embanking the Surrey or southern
side of the river Thames, met at the offices of the
Commission, in Victoria-street, Westminster, the
Right Hon. the Lord Mayor in the chair. Present
—Major-General Sir J. Jebb, Captain Galton,
Commander Burstal, and Mr. H. Kingscote.
The Commissioners, who have about 20 plans
before them, from civil engineers and others, had
two under consideration during the sitting.
The first plan submitted and explained was that,
of Mr. J. Carter, C.E., who built the sea-wall at;
Guernsey and other works in the colonies. He pro-
posed an embankment wall on a solid base fr ora
Lambeth new bridge down to Deptford, 100 feet
wide, upon arches all along, and over these a ?rail-
way," consisting of a double line of rails uniting
with the various railways on the southern side of the
water, with tramways for the convenient in ter-
change of traffic between north and south by 1)10£1110
of the railway bridges now being carried acrot;s the
river. Combined with the railway on either side, he
would have a roadway and promenades on either
side. Underneath the embankment, which would be
on a level with all the bridges, he would have a con-
tinuous line of arches, 50 feet wide, for the storeage
of coals and merchandise. The estimated cost of thy'
entire structure, about five miles between Lambeth
and De_etford, would be £75,000 per mile.
Mr. F. W. SHEILDS, C.E., whose plan for the
northern embankment of the Thames was specially
recommended by the commissioners in their report.
to Parliament last session,:deposed that he did not
propose an embankment to be constructed between'
Southwark and Westminster bridges, but only a'
fixed line of river boundary corresponding with the
abutments
e bridges, with a general line of
Above Westminster-bride he pro-'
posed an embankment in a straight line to, new Lam-
Beth-bridge,wharffrontage.of and extending considerably in shore,
so as to leave a large portion of reclaimed
(*round between the river boundary and exist :1
ing wharves, on which shops and villa rest'
dences might be built. From new Lambeth-bridge
the embankment would be continued by an easY
curve to the abutment of Vauxhall-bridge, but he
proposed for the present to construct it for only
half that distance, stopping short of the gas works
and other premises. Along the river side of this
embankment a road 80 feet wide would be carried,
and at Vauxhall-row, adjoining Vauxhall-bridge,
continued and extended to meet it, so as to give a
spacious and direct thoroughfare between the
bridges of Westminster and Vauxhall.
The Commissioners then adjourned.