The Sun.
London, England, 1856-07-21 00:00:00

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most critical points of the stream. When. we come
next to consider the question of expense, we find
that the sum at which the bridge was originally
contracted .for by Mr.. Mare was 206;435L—t0
which some extras must be added, making the
total cost 224,2281. Already there has been an
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bridge can be completed for that sum, but reckon
estimate. With respect to the cost of suitable ap-
proachesside 152,0001., making together a sum of
384,0001. Messrs. Rendel and Simpson, however,
' carefullyguard themselves from the imputation of
offering an estimate with any degree of accuracy, so
that,.in all probability, ally one of our readers who
should double their estimated addition to the ex-
penses already resolved upon would not be far from
the truth.
This is but a sorry account of our new bridge at
Westminster, but nothing better was to be expected
from the manner in which it was undertaken.
From the very first the original scheme was con-
demned by well-nigh every engineer who was cap-
able ofmffering an opinion upon the subject. Next,
the contract was handed. over to Mr. Mare, whose
circumstances at the time, according to public re-
port, were not such as to justify any great confi-
dence in the result of his industrial undertakings.
The works have been stopped, and it appears that
in the opinion of the examining engineers the work
has been conducted upon principles essentially
faulty, and, if completed upon the present plan,
offers no promise of stability. We must refer the
reader to the report itself for the technical reasons
upon which this conclusion is grounded. "We
are of opinion;" say these gentlemen, " that the
saving of the cost of a temporary bridge is not a
sufficient compensation for the trouble, delay, risk,
and extra cost consequent on the construction of
the bridge in even two sections, as now proposed,
and the first in such close proximity to the old
bridge.", They recommend rather that a new bridge
should be built in the immediate neighbourhood,
and that it should be of a permanent. rather than
a temporary character. The cost of such a bridge
between the Horseferry-road, on the Middlesex
side, and Church-street, Lambeth, would be about
240,0001., and it might be completed in four years.
The engineers enter into various calculations tQ,
show how the bulk of this expense might be reco-
vered on savings in the construction of the bridge
at Westminster, if it were determined to make a
second bridge. Such is the substance of this re-
port, which, as far as Westminster-bridge is con-
cerned, is unsatisfactory enough, yet such as might
have been foreseen when this unprofitable work was
first taken in hand.—Times.

FRIGHTFUL AFFRAY AT ALDERSHOT.
MORE FRUITS OF GERAIA.N.ISM.

• The intelligence which we communicated on Sa-
turday—and to which we are enabled to add some
new facts to-day—relative to the sanguinary affray
which took place at Aldershot on the previous day,
between our own soldiers and the German Legion
—has excited a feeling of deep and general indig-
nation in the public mind. A grosser or more
gratuitous outrage was never perpetrated than that
which was committed on the brave Eilglish soldiers
who had just returned from the Crimea, by the
German Legion who were stationed at •the same
place. It is not pretended even by these mercen-
aries themselves that the British soldiers gave them
any provocation. The attack made by the German
cut-throats at so much per diem was the most un-
warrantable that could be conceived. Not one of
them had ever been in battle, and their only ground.
of quarrel with our troops was•that the latter had
distinguished themselves in the Crimea, and bore
on their breasts medals commemorative, of their
valour. This jealousy of the distinction which our
brave soldiers had earned for themselves in the field
of battle wi'h the Russian fee Could only have been
felt by the low, worthless persons—the offscouriugs
of Germany—who consiitute the German Legion.
Our readers will remeinker the frequency and energy
with which we opposed the proposal to enrol this
Legion of German mercenaries, when it was first
brought before Parliament. We d welt with much em-
phasis on the fact, that they would seriously en-
danger our own liberties, by their-presence in this
country ; but badly as we thought of them, we
must confess that we were not prepared for such
an• unprovoked and murderous attack on our sol-
diers as that which we had to record on Saturday.
But out of evil, it is ,to be
•hoped, will come
good. The German L"gion Was the offspring of
Germanism at Court, and that Germanism at Court
has prevented the disenrolment of That band of
mercenaries, though the voice of the nation culled
aloud for it. Not only were they retained in this
country by the German influence behind the
Throne, but our gallant soldiers from the Crimea,
the men who had so bravely fought their country's
battles, were insulted by, having these Germans
stationed along with them. Our noble troops felt
themselves to be disgraced by being brought into
contact with these worthless and wretched foreign
mercenaries, but still they could not help them-
selves. Now, however, our troops will get rid for
ever of the hated presence of a set of hired Ger-
man cut-throats. And not only they, but the
country also ; for there will be such an expression
of popular indignation at their conduct as will
laugh to scorn all the efforts and influence of his
Royal Highness to retain them any longer on the
shores of England. They will forthwith, one and
all, bo -ordered ignominiously hack to their own
country.—Morning Advertiser.

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