The Sun.
London, England, 1862-11-04 00:00:00

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CONTENTS:
INTRODUCTORY CHAPTER on the Physiological
Structure and Functions of the Reproductive Organs.
CHAPTER ll.—Causes of Spermatorrhom and Impotence;
~arly Vicious Indulgences; Dangers of Neglect.
CHAPTER lII.—A Review of the various Disqualifications
)1 Marriage ; whether resulting from Youthful Abuse, the
vollies of Maturity, the Effects of Climate, or Infection.
CHAPTERS IV. and V. on the modern Treatment of
lonorrhcea and Syphilis.
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REVIEWS OF THE WORK.
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THE RAILWAY BRIDGE AT BLACKFRIARS.—The
works for the construction of the iron bridge at Blackfriars,
on which the London, Chatham, and Dover Railway will be
carried across the Thames, are very rapidly progressing. A
great many of the massive piles have been already driven
into the bed of the river, and, in order to pi event accidents
which might arise in the course of the night from vessels
running against the piles, a barge furnished with the neces-
sary lamps is moored in the stream in front of these ob-
structions.

THE BIRKENHEAD RIOTS.—Some surprise hay.
ing been expressed by those who are unacquainted with the
facts, that Mr. John Laird, M.P., towk no part in the pro-
ceedings connected with the Birkenhead riots, or in the sub-
sequent inquiries, it is only justice to that gentleman to say
that he has just returned to England after an absence of
several weeks on the continent. There are rumours, ac-
companied by circumstantial particulars, that seven or eight
men were so seriously injured by the police in the recent
riots that they have since died and been secretly buried ;
but this report, in the absence of reliable evidence, mast be
taken for what it is worth,--Liverpoo/

The opening meeting of the session 1.862.3 *as held last
night at the rooms in Conduit-street, Hanover-square, and
was numerously attended. An introductory address was
delivered by Mr. Tite, M.P., the president of the institute.
He began bystatng that the institute had never exhibited so
satisfactory an appearance as at present, whether regard was
had to its illtuence in seciety and in the scientific world,
the ---i'er.sasing 'Anther of its members, or the prosperous
ate ;,e of its hinds. Then followed an eloquent allusion to
the 'math of the Prince Consort, and as inseparably con-
nected with the name of his Royal Highness Mr. Tite next
referred to the International Exhibition, stating that, al-
though as to the building itself it would be most becoming
for architects to observe silence on the subject of its artistic
qualities, yet they certainly might record their protest
against its being in anywise considered as 3 representative
of the architectural taste of our age. It was unfortunate,
ho said, that a gentleman whose studies and pursuits had
not been of a nature to develope the artistic faculties re-
quired for the successful cultivation of their profession,
should have been selected to design and execute a structure
necessarily intended to illustrate before the assembled na-
tions the actual state of art among Englishmen. The very
merits of the construction were of a nature to indicate that
its author had solely directed his attention to the scientific
and technical details of the problem submitted to
him, without being able to grasp its msthetical or
mural signification. The goods were exhibited in a
shed, tolerably lighted; the pictures and sculpture were also
placed in rooms where they could be seen, speaking gene-
rally, in a very advantageous manner ; but there was an ab-
sence of artistic treatment in the plan of the building, while
the general elevation and the ornamental details of the ex-
terior particularly were very objectionable. No architect
couldihave designed a worklso unsatisfactory had he but
studied the rudiments of his profession, and yet British
architects were unhappily represented to assembled Europe
by this eminently unarchitectural building. Pursuing his
consideration of contemporary events, Mr. Tite called at-
tention to the embankment of the north side of the Thames,
expressing the hope that this work might be carried to its
conclusion in such a manner as to add to the monumental
character of the metropolis. It was only a small instalment
of what was required to be done to the Thames ; but time,
he added, would compel the execution of the whole scheme.
As to the various new bridges erected over the river, he
would not discuss the methods of construction, though
much might be said on the subject; but as an architect he
could not refrain from expressing his regret that their
designers had not studied more carefully the laws of optical
effect, or the logical application of archaeological forms.
The parallel vertical cylinders and the parallel horizontal
girders of the Hungerford -bridge produced a combination
of lines which must be declared to be very ugly. The
street girder bridges were, if possible, worse. The
style adopted in the New Westminster-bridge was a
mistake into which a properly educated architect could not
have fallen, and the great engineering merits of the work
must render our regret for this artistic defect the more
poignant; for on the whole, this bridge was one of the
noblest monuments upon the Thames. The bridge leading
to the Victoria station was as a work of art more consistent
than the Westminster one, and it was infinitely more elegant
than the Lambeth Suspension-bridge; the latter, indeed,was
so unredeemably ugly that he was almost tempted to regret
that there should not be a Committee of Taste to which the
designs for public works should be submitted. In the com-
petition which had raged for some months past as to the
designs for a new Blackfriars-bridge he could not say he saw
much to admire in the result ; for, unfortunately, the very
worst design of the whole had been chosen. Mr. Page's
three-arched bridge was a grand idea, though defective in
detail. The bridge about to be erected was in five seg-
mental arches of iron, with stone piers, and the architec-
tural features of those piers and other adornments were
highly objectionable. Passing to street improvements, Mr.
Tite said that the changes of this description recently made
here had been of themselves sufficiently remarkable, while

they furnished many valuable lessons to those who knew
how to read signs of the times in the various phases of
architecture. No doubt, a severe critic might find many
reasons for objecting to details of the new and gorgeous
piles of warehouses and offices lately erected in the great
streets of the city ; but he contended that, considered com-
prehensively, those buildings displayed sound taste, keen
perception of architectural beauty, fine feeling' for art
allied to common sense, and a sufficient amount of origi-
nality to justify them in entertaining confident hopes for
the future prospects of their profession. Possibly the supe-
rior character of the buildings lately erected in the city
might be attributable to the fact that they had escaped, to
some extent, the influence of fashion and of official pedantry;
at any rate the contrast between the architecture of the new
city streets, and that of the buildings erected under the
influence of the Science and Art Department of our Govern-
ment was so marked, that the question of the necessity for
the existence of the latter expensive organisation was al-
most forced upon our attention. Public opinion was a
better guide, a surer fosterer of genius, than State patronage
could ever be. Mr. Tite concluded his address, which was
much applauded throughout, by referring to the losses
which architecture had sustained during the last 12 months
in the death of some of its most eminent professors, both
here and on the continent.