The Sun.
London, England, 1867-08-15 00:00:00

Woods, J. V. Webb, Cocksedge, Ransom, &c. The
greatest order prevailed,' and by five o'clock the
place was left almost without lookers-on.—Bury
and Norwich Post.

PROGRESS OF THE THAMES EMBANK-

111E1V 7 .

Mr. Bazalgette, the engineer to the Metropolitan
Board of Works, bas made the following report on

the progress of the works of the Thames Embank-
ment :—" Contract No. 1, between Westminster
and Waterloo-bridges.—The whole of the dams

have been completed, and portions thereof have sub-
sequently been removed from the works where suf-
ficiently advanced for the purpose ; 3,262 ft. of the
low level sewer, 3,234 ft. of the subway, 2,925 ft. of
the smaller sewer for intercepting the drains from
the foreshore, and 284 ft. of the flushing culvert are

also complete. About 320 ft. of the Westminster
Steamboat Pier and the face wall next the bridge,
the main wall, the return wall, the screen and re-

landings, pavings, &c., in
taining walls, the steps,
connection therewith, are all in a very forward state

of completion ; 586 ft. of the adjoining river wall
are complete, and a further length of 134 ft. has
been brought to a height of 34ft. above Trinity
high-water mark ; 100 ft. of the York-gate sub-
structure are brought to a level of about lft. above

that mark ; 260 ft. of the river wall adjoining are
complete, and a further length of 403 ft. is con-
structed to a height of 34ft. above Trinity datum ;
45ft. of the Charing-cross pier are brought to the

same level, and excavating, concreting, and brick
work are proceeding within the dam for the com
pletion of the remainder of this pier ; 302 ft. of the
river wall adjacent thereto are brought to heights
varying from lft. to 3ift. above Trinity datum. The
works to the Adelphi landing stairs are brought
to Ift. above, and 398 ft. of the river wall adjoining
those works were brought to levels varying from
lit. below to 33ft. above that mark. In connexion
with tho Wa.terluu oteanaboat_picir vrorlio, lip to tho
junction with the No. 2 Contract, the main, screen,
return,and face walls are in progress, and the granite
aprons are complete,theworks generallybeing brought
to levels varying from lft, below to about lft. above
Trinity datum. Filling in be bind the walls and in
the works has been carried out to the extent of about
50,000 cubic yards. The Victoria and Regent-
street sewer outlets, including the diversion of a
portion of those sewers for the purposes of the
Waterloo and Whitehall Railway Company, and
the works of finishing their tube within the embank-
ment are complete. Approximately the cost of the
whole of these works (including £19,000 advanced
upon materials) amounts to about £394,000. Con-
tract No. 2, between Waterloo-bridge and Temple-
gardens.—The low level sewer, subway, and smaller
intercepting sewer are complete, the river wall is
constructed to its full height, and the parapet is
being formed thereon. The new Temple pier is
also approaching completion, the upper portion only
remaining to be constructed. The approximate
value of the whole of the works completed (includ-
ing £3,206 for materials upon the grouud) amounts
to about £215,490. Contract No. 3.—The draw-
ings for this proposed contract are completed. They
comprise the formation of a viaduct from the eastern
end of Inner Temple-gardens to Blackfriars-bridge,
and will complete the line of embankment between
Westminster and Blackfriars bridges; but this sec-
tion of the work awaits certain negotiations pend-
ing between the Board, the Metropolitan District
Railway Company, and the City Gas Works. This
contract will embrace the formation of the roadway
for its own length, but the roadway along the whole
length of the embankment cannot be completed
until after the construction of the M3tropolitan
District Railway, which for a considerable distance
will be formed beneath its surface. Southern
Embankment.--A length of about 2,570 feet
of the dam, and 2,870 feet of the staging, is com-
plete, and ia the construction of which about
237,000 cubic feet of timber, 13,000 cubic yards
of clay puddle, and 185 tons iron have been
lengthused of Within
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varying from 1 foot to 7i feet above Trinity high-
water mark. For the construction of this wall about
87,000 cubic yards of earth have been excavated,
30.000 yards filled in, 22,000 yards of concrete de-
posited, 580 yards of brick work laid, and 123,000
cubic feet of stone bedded. The total approximate
value of the work done is £107,000."

HIE TRADES' UNIOIVISIS AND THE
TAILORS' STRIKE.

Last evening a large meetingof the trade unionists
of London was held at the Cambridge-hall, Oxford-
street, " for the purpose of considering the circum-
stances connected with the corning trial of the officers
of the tailors' society, and hearing a report as to the
position of the tailors association." It was announced
that the following gentlemen ", interested in indus-
trial progress" had been invited and were expected
to attend :—The Marquis Townshend, Lord Amber-
ley, M.P., the Hon. A Herbert, Mr. J. S. Mill,
M.P., Mr. T. Hughes, M.P., Mr. Torrens, M.P.,
Mr. Beal, Mr. S. Ludlow, Professor Beesly, Mr, E.
Beales, Mr. F. Harrison, Mr. Mason Jones, &c.
Only those referred to in the symbol " &c." were
present, for the others were absent, and Mr. George
Potter presided. In the course of a speech which
occupied nearly au hour in delivery, he dwelt in
wipotrokipagartmneernship
forciblelanguage (forcible sometimes in the extreme)
upon the right of working men to combine, and,
after entering into a.long defence of the unions, he
should combine until
thatucargpietdalewith labour. He
defended picketing as legal and right. Letters were
read from some of the persons who had been invited
and had not attended, and then Mr. Partridge, the
nteraelld
president of the tailors' association, said this was the
17th week of the strike, and he believed it to be as
effective as at first, inasmuch as the masters had not
been able to supplant the men who had turned out .
But he owned that the finances of the tailors were
not so good as could be desired, and he urged that
continued support must be given by the trades to
bring the dispute t 9 a successful issue. With respect to
the forthcoming trial, he said the tailors' committee
could never sanction the promise made on behalf of
the prisoners to obtain a postponement of the trial
—that the pickets should be withdrawn until after
the trial ; and, referring to summonses which had
been issued against more of the men's " executive,"
he said that as fast as the trade officers were brought

before the law others would be elected in their
place. Mr. Bailey,
president of the Amalgamated
Tailors of England, also urged the trades' unionists
to contribute to the support of the strike. Mr. Dun-
ning, a bookbinder, proposed this resolution :
" That as the master tailors, after first consenting
to the principle of uniform time-log, refused to
draw up with the employed a time statement for
the proper regulation of work and wages, calculated
to put an end to all disputes hereafter, such con-
duct left the men in their employment no alterna-
tive but to strike. This meeting, therefore, pledges
itself to give all the moral aria pecuniary support
in its power, and urges all delegates and members
of trade societies to bring the matter before their
respective trades at the earliest possible moment."
He regretted that there bad been a strike, for, he
said, it would have been wiser to have kept up a
" chronic agitation ;" but then, he urged, the men
were forced to strike, and should be supported. Mr.
Murray, bootcloser, seconded the motion, and de-
clared that the unionists had a right to picket houses
in protection of their interests just as the " property
classes" looked after their interests. In the course
of his speech he defended the tailors from the
charges of ruffianism, and appealing to the audience
with " You know what tailors and shoemakers are
when they are out," he said he never knew the dis-
trict where they lived so quiet as it had been this
season. The struggle, he said, must be maintained
until there was victory. The resolution was car-
ried unanimously. Mr. T. Connolly, stonemason,
who addressed the meeting in his shirt sleeves,
moved the following resolution That as the
Act (22d and 23d of Victoria, cap. 34) entitled
an Act to Amend and Explain an Act of the 6th
year of the reign of King George IV., to re-
peal the law relating to combinations of workmen,
allowing such workmen to reason with and persuade
(dell 191 any object apt itz itself regal, 49 1013 as