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

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art 0" uted 6 die in diem. a supposition, we
need scarcely say, which will hardly' be borne out
hy the event. _ Five years hence we shall .probably
be engaged, as we are at the 'Present motnont, in
lamenting over an unbridged Than:be:at one of the
most critical points of the stream. Wlich we come
next to consider the question of eipeme; -1-V6 find .
that the sum at which the bridge was origfndfl
contracted for by Mr. Mare was 206,438/.--•=4"
which some extras must be added, making the
total cost 224,223/. Already there has been sta,
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effective expenditure of a trifle more than 55,00(ti.
towards the construction of the bridge, leaving to- .__ •.
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be:expended upon it, according to its estimated cost,, :7
something. more than 169,090/. Tue engineers '-•
consulted are not, however, of opinion that the ...- .
bridge can be completed for that sum, but reckon. .'
40,0001. as a probable addition to the original.'
estimate. With respect to the cost of suitable ap-
proaches it appears that we must reckon for pro-'
perty ou the Middlesex side 232,0001., and on the
Surrey side 152,0001., making together a sum of
384',000/. Messrs. Rondel and Simpson, however,
carefully guard themselves from the imputation of
offering an estimate with any degree of accuracy, so
that, in all probability, any ono 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 exp acted
from the manner in which it was underttiken.
FrOm the- very first the original seheme.Atias:,enn.
denmed by well-nigh every engineer who was cap-
able of offering au opinion upon the subject. Next,
the contract was handed over to Mr. Mare, who. _; '71.,c-,4
circumstances at . the time, according to pub ' .4-
port, were not such as to justify any .. : 'Seat
denco in the result of his industri, •.i ertakino.
The works have been stoKed, a .
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has been conducted upon- .prince ' s •
faulty, and, if completed upb e• 'plan,
offers no promise of stability. -I'Ve lutist refer the
reader to the report itself for the technical reasons
upon which this conclusion is grounded. "We
are of opinion," say these gentlemen, " tir, !- the
saving of the cost of a trinpc • r bridge .ot , • :0‘
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and the first in such close proximity to tlie 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
it temporary character. The cost of sue* a bridge
between the Jiorseferry-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 to
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 otthis 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 GERMANISM.

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 Gorman 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 English 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 grohnd
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 onr
brave soldiers had earned for themselves in the field
of battle with the Russian foe could only have been
felt by the low, 'worthless persons—the offscouriugs
of Germany—who constitute the German Legion.
Our readers will rem ainloer 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 dwelt 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,• wo
nnrit 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 Legion 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 called
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 bad 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. Ge-
rman cut-throats. And not only they, but the
country also ; for there will be suoh 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, be ordered ignominiously back to their own
country.—Morning Advertiser.