The Sun.
London, England, 1858-08-21 00:00:00

HAY AND STRAW.

Eardthlield—Old meauow hay, 60s to 85s ; new do., COB to FO;;
old clover, s 5. to 105-; new do., 85s to 90s; sad straw, 294 to s2s
per load. A fair average supply, and a slow trade.
Ournberiand— Old meadow hay, 0+ to f• 6.; new do., 60s to s ;
Old clover. '6. to 1(6.; new do., see tolrOs; tad straw, 30s to ,4s
per load. Both hay and straw were in fair supply, and trade steady,
at our quotations.
Whitechapel—Old meadow hay, CO4 to 9f. S new ditto, Los to 84s;
old clover, • to 105 ,; new do., •5s to 101 s ; straw. 29a to 33S
per load. The trade generally was less active, at barely previous
rats.

MURDER AND SUICIDE AT CARLISLE.-011 Mon-
day alteraoon the body of a child was observed floating
down the liver Eden, at a short distance above the town.
Ultimately it was dragged out, and conveyed to the Turf
Hotel, to await identification. At midnight the body re-
mained unclaimed, and it was supposed that the child
belt.nged to some of the villages up the river, and had been
accidentally drowned. During the night, however, a man,
named Robert Irving, a bookbinder, became alarmed at
the absence of his wife and one of his children; and having
heard the report concerning the drowning of the child, he
went to the hotel about six o'clock next morning, and
found the body to be that of his little girl. He then appre-
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tended that his wife was also drowned; and, having cotn-
municated with the police, the river was dragged, and
the body discovered about noon on Tuesday, near the
place where the child was recovered. An inquest was

held on the bodies the same afternoon, when Irving
stated that at dinner time on Monday there was no
dinner ready for him, and they quarrelled; but not more
than usual. She had been in the habit of drinking for
years, but he saw no appearance of unsound mind. She
came to the shop about five o'clock on Monday after-
noon with the child, and he asked her to come in, but she
turned rouad sad went away.' He :had always been kind
to her, excerpt when he had to find fault. George Edgar,
the deceased's brother, said he called twice to see her on
Monday, and he noticed a wild restlessness in her manner,
and was of opinion that her mind was not sound. She
was usually very "tidy," but he noticed to her that her
dress was dirty, and she replied, " Oh, it will be clean
soon." There were no marks of violence on the body, and
the jury found that the deceased had destroyed herself and
child while in a state of unsound mind. _ _

WESTMINSTER BRIDGE:—The works of the new
bridge are proceeding steadily and satisfactorily, under the
supervision of Mr. Page, the eminent engineer; the abut-
ments, both on the London and Lambeth sides of the river,
being now neatly completed—at least as regards half of the
roadway. One-half of the six piers in the river longitudi-
nally are also carried to the required height, and ready to
receive the beautiful elliptical iron arches destined to rest
upon them. These piers are to be surmounted by octagonal
pillars, which are now in course of preparation, and consist
of immense blocks of grey granite; they have moulded
capitals and bases, all to be cut from the solid,
and when finished will assuredly be amongst the finest
examples of granite masonry in the kingdom. We trust
the engineer will resolve to have them plished, in
which case the great beauty of the material will be brought
out, and they o ill thus, when completed, defy the action of
our London smoke, and remain for ages oljects of real
beauty. To give our readers some idea of the magnitude of
these pillars we may state that the blocks of which they are
being constructed vary in weight from 15 to 20 tons each.
They have been cut at great labour from the quarries of
Cheesewring and Pcnrhyn, in Cornwall. The new piers are
19 feet 6 inches above low water level, and are of the most
sound and substantial construction, the details of which we
gave in otr: former notice. We may now only add that we
have the satisfaction to state that, both with reference to the
abutments and piers, such Is their solidity that there has not
been the slightest set tlement or shrinkage in the entire stone-
work, which is more than can be said of the old bridge, built
111 years ago, for two of its arches fell, and were obliged
to be rebuilt, before the structure was entirely completed.
One-half of the approaches to the bridge are already
graded to their ultimate level both on the Surrey and
Westminster sides, the former being close to the Old Red
Lion Tavern, and the other at the base of the clock-tower
of the Houses of Parliament. As a matter of course, the
old tavern will have to be cleared away, and also property
on the London side, iu order to widen the approaches. The
works
so
at the bridge are now entirely shrouded from view by
lefty hoarding, that the public at large can have but a
slight idea of the vast operations that are now proceeding
silently (with the exception of the crash of the ponderous
,c monkey" used in driving the piles) within for their special
convenience. We may state for general information that
the new structure is proceeding entirely independent of the
old bridge, the new piers having been built between the
old stone arches. and the additional width is being obtained
on the upper side, next the Clock-tower of the Houses
of parliament. The half of the roadway will be opened
to the public without at all interfering with the old
bridge, and this is, we understand, the intention
of the engineer, as soon as one-half of the new
arches are completed, by which arrangement the
ultimate half of the new bridge will be proceeding whilst
the finished one is in use. The first half, we may ,hate, will ,
be within 3 feet of being as wide as the old briticse—viz., 42 '
feet la inch; the total illtehded width to be 84 feet 8 inches
In the clear between the parapets, In preparation for the iron
arches, what are technically called the " skewback stones,"
are all set at an angle of about eight degrees from the
vertical, and are constructed of Yorkshire slabs, 15 inches
in thickness. These form the springing-line of the arches,
Mes,rs. Cochrane Brothers and Ca, have
trip contract for the
the ironwork, and
whole of will be ready to commence
operatipt4 as to the *iing of one-half of the width
of the arches In about a week. In prosecution of the
works canneelcd with the bridge we may add that, as well
as our legislators, the workmen have suffered much from
the abominable stench proceeding from the " noble river,"
so much so, that as many as sis: at:rt seven men at a time
have been cellPelled to leaa, e their esaployment, having been
seized with sickness, nausea, and general physical prostra-
tion. We are sorry to learn that, in consequence of the
excessive amount of casualties, the sick fund of the opera-
dyes Is entirely exbausted.—Building New