The Sun.
London, England, 1859-05-11 00:00:00

THE SUN, LONDON, WEDNESDAY EVENING, MAY 11, 1859.

GREAT WESTERN RAILWAY.-
A Cheap EXCURSION TRAIN will leave Padding-ton
at 10.15 a.m. on MONDAY, May 16th, for Oxford (Fares,
Os rid and 4s), Banbury (8s and ss), Leamington and Warwick
(10s 6d and Os), Birmingham (12s and 7s), West Bromwich,
Wednesbury, and Bilston (12s Gd and 7s 6d), Wolverhampton
(13s and 8s), Wellington and Shrewsbury (17s and 10s), Llan-
gollen-road and Chester (18s tid and 11s), and Birkenhead and
Liverpool (21s and 12s 6d), returningon Saturday, 21st of May,
from Liverpool at 10.30 a.m., and intermediate stations as per
h ndbills.

THE LONDON.—The attention of Gentlemen
Is especially drawn to the advantages offered in these
elegant and spacious Saloons, which fulfil all the require-
ments of a West-end club of the most aristocratic and exclu-
sive character.

!Won trouve dans la Salle de Lecture non seulement les
rneilleurs journeaux Anglais, mats aussi Ailemand, Francais,
et Beige.

F. SAWYER, Proprietor, lin, Fleet-street.

THE LONDON.--S AW Y E R'S famous
LONDON DINNER, consisting of two soups, two
ash, two entrees, joints, two sweets, cheese, and salad, at a
fixed charge of 2s. 6d. (attendance, 3d.), is served from Two
till Eight in the spacious Saloon.
In the Coffee-room, Dinners from the joint, with vegetables,
cheese, and salad, is. 6d. (attendance 3d.), and soup, fish, en-
trées, &c., a la carte, are served from One till Nine o'clock.
Ladies' Private Rooms and Dining Saloons. Spacious and
well-ventilated Wine, Coffee, and Smoking Saloon.
An extensive and carefully selected stock of Rhenish, Mo-
selle, and other Wines, imported expressly for the London
Dinner. Open on Sundays from Four till Nine.
F. SAWI ER, Proprietor, 191, Fleet-street.

THE PATRICIAN. This Establishment is
now Open for first-class DINNERS, LUNCHEONS,
&c. The PATRICIAN DINNER, in the large Dining-room,
at 2s. 64., comprising Soup, Fish, Entrees, Joints, Pastry,
Cheese, &c. The Wines with corresponding economy. In
the Coffee-room, Dinners and Refreshments ala carte. Spe-
cial attention is invited to the numerous Private Apartments
for the Patrician Dinner, at ss. The Smoking and Chess-
room combines comfort and elegance. The lavatories, vesti-
bules, and spacious entrance, with the general unique arrange-
ments, ensure an acknowledgment that this noble Mansion is
worthy of its title—THE PATRICIAN. Open at Five on
Sundays. Wedding Breakfasts and Ball Suppers, with first-
class attendance.

Orders,.aaied to J. HOLMES and CO., The Patrician,
New Coventry-street, will have the best attention.
N.B.—Whitebait, in perfection, served daily. Hampers
packed for the Derby.

THORLEY's MUG.

SCOTCH AND PALE ALES. - JOHN
AITCIIISON and Co., beg to inform the Trade that
they have OPENED their NEW STORES at BROKEN-
WIIARF, 41, UPPER THAMES-STREET, where their un-
rivalled Stock of Scotch and Pale Ales may be seen, tasted,
and found superior to any in the market.
J. A. and Co. will be happy to see any of the Trade at
Broken-wharf, and to submit them samples of the Tarim
qualities.
Agent—JAMES STODART.

V-INEGAR. Patronised by her Majesty's
Government.—CONDY'S PATENT PURE CONCEN-
TRATED MALT VlNEGAR.—Families, by using this de-
licious Vinegar, insure purity, and' effect a saving. of 50 per
cent. See Report of Dr; Lethehy, City, Officer; of hfcalth ;Dr
Hassall, of the " Lancet" Commission, and 'Otters. Sold by
the Trade, in bottles labelled and capsuled. Whalesale, 63,
King William-street, London-bridge, E.C.—Six Quart Sample
sent free to any Railway for 3s. 6d.

ICE, and REFRIGERATORS for preserving ice
and cooling wine, butter, cream, water, jellies, and pro-
visions of all kinds, manufactured by the WENHAM LAKE
ICE COMPANY, 164 A, Strand, of the best make, at the
lowest cash prices. No agents are appointed in London for
the sale of their ice or refrigerators. Pure spring water ice,
in blocks, delivered to most parts of town daily, and packages
of 2s. 6d., 55., 95., and upwards forwarded any distance into
the country, by goods train, without perceptible waste. Wine-
coolers, ice-cream machines, ice-planes for sherry cobblers,
freezers, moulds, &c. More detai►ed particulars may be had
by post, on application to the Wenham Lake Ice Company,
161 A, Strand, London, W.C.

BANK OF DEPOSIT,
Established A.D. 1814,
3, PALL MALL EAST, LONDON.
Capital Stock, £lOO,OOO.
Parties desirous of investing money are requested to ex-
amine the Plan of the Bank of Deposit, by which a high rate
of interest may be obtained with ample security.
Deposits made by special agreement may be withdrawn
without notice.
The interest is payable in January and July,
PETER NIORRISON,,Managing Director.
Forms for opening accounts sent free on application.

THE GENERAL ELECTION.

MEMBERS RETURNED.

The following is a list of the members returned, in addi•
tion to that published yesterday :
Places. Names. L. C
Antrim County • . Lieut.-Col. Pakenham 1
General Uptonl
Carlow County .. Captain Bunbury 1
Mr. Bruen .. 1
Cavan County .. Hon. Mr. Maxwell 1
Hon. Captain Annesley 1
Clare County .. Colonel Luke White .. 1
Colonel Vandeleur 1
Cork County .. Sergeant Deasy .. 1
Mr. Scully .. 1
Kildare County .. Mr. Cogan .. 1
Mr. More O'Ferrall 1
Longford County .. Col. Henry White .. 1
Col. Greville 1
Merionethshire .. Mr. W. E. Wynne .. 1
Queen's County Mr. Michael Dunne .. 1
Colonel Dunne .. 1
Tipperary County The O'Donoghue 1
Mr. Waldron 1
Tyrone County .. Right Hon. L. Cony .. 1
Lord Claud Hamilton .. 1
Westmeath County Sir Richard Levinge .. 1
Mr. Pollard-Urquhart .. 1
Yorkshire, West Sir J. W. Bamsden. .. 1
Mr. F. Crossley .. 1

RESULTS.
Liberal

ELECTION INTELLIGENCE.

YORKSHIRE (WEST RIDING.)
LEEDS, TUESDAY AFTERNOON.
The poll for the three candidates--Sir J. W.
amsden and Mr. Frank Crossley, the two Liberals,
and the Right Hon. James Stuart Wortley, the
Conservative—commenced here, as well as at 36
other towns (each the centre or capital of a polling
district) in the Riding, at 8 o'clock this morning.
The Liberals seemed to be not only more energetic
than their opponents, but also much more numerous,
and the coaches, cabs, and other vehicles dashing to
and from the Town-hall, the place appointed at
which to take the votes, with yellow favours,
appeared to be considerably in excess of those
sporting blue, the Conservative colour. The Liberals
headed the poll from the first, and when the aggre-
gate return up to 11 o'clock was published by
Messrs. Ramsden and Crossley's central committee,
which sat at Leeds, giving each of tke Liberal
candidates a clear majority of upwards of 1,500
above Mr. Wortley, most of the Liberals felt that
the contest was virtually won. The Conservatives
in Leeds had at that time received no returns from',
Mr. Wortley's central committee, which hack its
head-quarters at Wakefield; and though they hoped
that the poll was not correct as stated by their
opponents, and that the returns from the more dis-
tant agricultural districts would turn the scale in
Mr. Wortley's favour, yet they appeared low in
spirits compared with the Liberals. The only
aggregate returns published in Leeds as received
from Mr. Wortley's central committee, at Wake-
field, up to the time when this report was despatched,
were as follows :

HALF-PAST 11 O'CLOCK.

Wortley .. .. • • • • .. 4,206
Ramsden .. • • • • .. 4,668
Crossley .. • • • • • • • . 4,594
2 O'CLOCK.

Wortley .. .. • • • • • . 8,860
Ramsden .. • • • • • . 9,922
Crossley .. • • • • • • 9,658
The Liberal central committee, at Leeds. issued
the following aggregate returns at the hours
named :

Ramsden. Crossley. Wortley.
9 o'clock .. 1,381 1,347 881
10 ~ • • 2,916 2,846 2,190
11 2, .. 5,148 5,052 3,505
12 ~ .. 6,749 6,587 5,122
1 ~ .. 8,917 8,677 7,489
2 ~ .. 11,031 10,709 9,269
3 ,I . . 12,507 12,129 10,129
FINAL CLOSE OF THE POLL.
Ramsden .. .. • • .. 15,899
Crossley • 15,206
Wortley .. .. • • .. 13 538
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The above is the report of Mr. Wortiey's com-
mittee.

To many it will doubtless be a matter of interest
to know how former contests for the West Riding
terminated. The first contest since the Reform
Bill occurred in 1835, when the present Earl of
Carlisle (then Lord Morpeth) offered himself for
re-election on his being appointed Chief Secretary
for Ireland, when he was opposed by the late Lord
Wharncliffe (then the Hon. John Stuart Wortley),
the brother of the present Conservative candidate.
The result of the contest w.. T
(Ale nMI. J. b. Woilley (conser-
vative), 6,259. At the general election in 1837 Mr.
Wortley again offered himself, but was again re-
jected. OR that occasion the poll closed as follows :
—Lord Morpeth (Liberal), 12,576 ; Sir G. Strick•
land (Liberal), 11,892 ; the Hon. John S. Wortley,
11,489. At the general election in 1841 Mr.
Wortley offered himself for a third time, and on
that occasion he was elected, the numbers at the
close of the poll being as follows :—The Hon. John
Stuart Wortley (Conservative), 13,165 ; Edmund
Denison (Conservative), 12,780 ; Lord Milton
(Liberal), 12,080 ; Lord Morpeth, (Liberal), 12,031.
At this election there were 30,998 voters on the regis-
ter, and the number who voted was 25,273. In 1848,
when a vacancy occurred on the accession of Lord
Morpeth to the peerage on the death of his father (the
late Earl of Carlisle), a contest took place between
Sir Culling Eardley on the Liberal side, and Mr.
Edmund Denison on the Conservative side, and it
terminated in favour of Mr. Denison by a majority of
14,743 to 11,795 votes. The number of electors
then on the register was 35,280, and 26,638 of them
voted. The number of voters on the register at the
register at the present time is 36,645.
At the great contest for the whole county of York
in 1807, when two members were returned, and the
poll was kept open for 15 days, the result was as
follows :—Mr. Wilberforce (Tory), 11,806; Lord
Milton (Whig), 11,177; the Hon. H. Lascelles
(Tory), 10,989 ; Walter Fawkes (Whig), 2. On
that occasion 23,007 persons voted.

are bolted over it. These consist of sheets of wrought
iron, six feet by four, and pressed into the form of
a trough. These are secured with the convex side
uppermost, and over these on a bed of hard rubbish
is placed the granite paving of the roadway.
As we have said, already three arches are nearly
completed, and the rest are advancing. That some of
the latter may be fixed it has been found necessary
to cut away several feet of the abutments of the old
bridge, which projected too far to allow the iron
ribs to be placed. This cutting away, however, is
a work of considerable labour, inasmuch as the piers
of the old bridge are built mostly of brick, faced
with stone. The stones are got rid of easily enough,
but the brickwork is as hard as adamant itself, and
pick or crowbar makes little impression. The
bricks are either got out broken to powder, or else
cut away as quarrymen work stone in solid
masses, as intact as granite boulders. Thus cutting
down the abutments has not the least effect on the
stability of the bridge, which has literally settled
into such a condition that it can go no further. The
piers have found a natural foundation for them-
selves, and not the least subsidence has taken place
for a long period. In fact, so carefully is the whole
mass now shored up, that even if the foundations
were much worse than they are, the bridge would
still remain as it is. Not only have the defective
arches been powerfully supported with timber, but
between the foundations of the arches themselves
and below low water-mark the divers have fixed
beams of elm, so as to wedge each foundation be-
yond the chance of further decline. It would cer-
tainly relieve a good deal of anxiety on the part of
the public if the same precautions were adopted
with Blackfriars-bridge, which as far as regards
instability and rapid settlement is, we believe, in
even a worse condition than the lon straggling
Westminster.
There which spans the river at
There is no doubt that while in its present condition
Blackfriars-bridge may be easily and effectually
repaired by taking down the two centre defective
arches, but if this is not done, and any accident
does occur, not only would the two centre arches '
fall but most of the others would very probably '
follow them.

During the delay which has arisen in the delivery
of the ironwork at Westminster, Mr. Page, the
engineer, has been indefatigable in pushing for-
ward the other works, so that as little as possible
may remain to be accomplished when the first
half is opened, and the old bridge has to be taken
down. With this view, wherever the openings of the
arches admitted of it, he has carried the eastern halves
of the new piers through, and all are now finished
except piers Nos. 50, and 1. As an abutment of the
old bridge stands right in the way of No. 5 pier,
nothing whatever can be done towards completing
its eastern half till the old structure is removed.
No. 4, however, is nearly completed,' and will be so
entirely in about three months more. This pier
passes right under the scaffo.ding which supports
the centre and most defective arch of all, and the
supports had to be refixed in such a manner
as to truss up the arch, and yet not interfere with
the works of the pier below water. The greatest
care and skill were requisite to effect this ; but all
the difficulties were at last overcome by Mr. Page,
and the pier is now complete, and by its solidity
adds strength to the foundations of the old work.
Almost the same obstacles had to be overcome in
forming the eastern half of No. 4 pier, but over
these, too, Mr. Page has triumphed in a similar
manner. By this progress the works connected
with the eastern half of the bridge are not only
considerably advanced, but an enormous outlay
will be saved in removing the old arches by making
the piers serve as supports on which to rest the
scaffoldings which will be necessary for that pur-
pose. Certainly, as far as can be judged at present,
there seems no reason why the whole structure
should not be completed and the old one removed
in 12 months from this date. The western half of
the bridge will be ready for opening in September
next, and the difficulties which will then remain to
be overcome are as nothing compared with those
which have already been surmounted.