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RINAILAN'S --Lt.- WHISKY. - DUBLIN
This , 1835.
celebrated OLD HUSH WHISKY gained the Dublin
14.1Z3 Medal.
It Pure, Mild, Mellow, Delicious, and very Wholesome.
Sold hi Battles, 3s. Bd., the Retail Houses in London; by
the Agents in the principal tcwns in England; or wholesale at
' • 8,-GREAT WINDMILL-STREET, LONDON, W. -
Observe the Red Seal, Pink Label and Cork Branded " Kina-
-41113 LTs-Whisky."

lyturuAL LOAN FUND ASSOCIATION
(Incorporated by Act a Parliarnent, 1559),
14, RITSSELL-STREET, COVENT-GARDEN, LONDON,
ADVANCES MONEY upon personal,seceurity, Bll,ls of Sale, Free
411. or Leasehold Propetty, for one, two, or three years, repay-
-5.1
'e Troeltly, monthly, or.quarterly. Bills promptly discounted.
Forms free on.raceißt of stumped envelope.
EDWARD HARPER. Secretary.

9. 23,75 3.

Now ready, at all the Libraries, iu ;; vols.

11 I L ED. By GEoRGIANA M.
Anther of "Leslie Tyrrel,"
"An intensely interesting story. It is the best we have seen
from the author's pen."—Sua.

E S "E 0 N ' S
ROYAL MUSIC HALL, HOLBORN.
Prorietor, Mr. J. S. Swes,sey. •
enthusiastic reception of GEORGE.LEOPOLD and
„Vile. GERALDINE, in .their daring feats on the Lofty
-.4"apeze.An -
entire change of Band, selected from the principal orches-
tras of the metropolis. A visit to this establishment will satisfy
,`IB tnost fastidious amateur, as the selections arc from the
t masters of the past and present day.
TRIUMPHANT SUCCESS OF THE I
SEIIIO-
- COMIC F EST. ,
3,;11-4 LOUIE SHERTUNGTON; MissVAL KELLY POWER,
.L.,.'ss ANNIE ANDERSON. • and Miss EMMA
6' FORD: Mr. GEORGE ELLIS the Australian
°'nic JOLLY NASH, Mr. E. D. DAVIS and his two
Zr". Tom and Joe ; Miss FLORENCE Miss ROSALIE,
R. L ASCELLES, the pleasing English Ballad Singers,
tel Mr. J. tfUSK, the Basso Profundo.
Special Notice --Lelia and Florence Ellis, who have
tui7 flaking a great sensation in the provinces, will inake
in. debut before a London audience at this Hall only on
'2.-°fda, August 3.
gutehelk
Private Boxes 'los separate entrance); Stalls and
Promenade - • 6d. •
°fade, ls. ; Balcony, d. Places to be secured at
Sam's, Bubb's, and other librarians.
The whole under the direction of Mr. P. Costal.
CANTERBURY
_ __ _

Hurst and Blackett, Pablishers, 13, Great Marlborough-street.

Now ready, in Bvo., with Illustrations, 155., bound,
ELEPHAN L' HAUNTS : being A SPORTS-
MAN'S NARRATIVE OF THE SEARCH FOR DR.
LIVINGSTONE; with Scenes of Elephant, Buffalo, and
Hippopotamus Hunting. By HENRY, FAULKN ER, late 17th
Lancers.

"A very readable book. In its proporticn of successes to
failures• We never 4ea,l a more womierful narrative of Afr:can
sport than 'Elephant Haunts.' "—Pall-Mall Gazette.
Hurst nal Blackett, Publishers, 13, Great Altrlboretigh-street.

Just published, price Is. Cl, by post Is. 83., the Second Edition,
with Addenda, containing additional Facts and Cases, in illus-
tration of the nefariou.s proceedings of the Advertising QuAcks,
REVELATIONS OF QUACKS AND
QUACKERY. By DETECTOR. Reprinted from the
"Medical Circular."
London: U. BaMere, 219, Regent-street.
The numerous reviews of this startling work by the Saturday
Review, Punchy Weekly Dispatch, Public Opinion, and other
journals, recommending its universal perasal, are reprinted with
this edition.

ANGLO - AMERICAN TIMES,
AN IN rmitNATION AL NE ATSPAPER,
Devoted to American Intelligence, ENT itG/.1 to 21
r•AGNS; Reports of Con :resS, Personal, Financial, Maing,
Railroa t, &c. Members of Parlimnent, Coniniercial Itc.t,
and those having an interest in the United States, will do t
thts newspaper of use.

HALL

Ire Sole Proprietor, W.-HOLLAND.
the 140,5 e
attraction.—George Leybbume, at this Hall on.ly,
se " Champa,gtte Charlie "—Arthur Lloyd, with
C'vit;,,T- ...new songs Great 81
of Holland's Troupe of
etaid"Yoelinstrels, introducing L'i Star Artistes—Oceana, the
grand Mileir, on the Invisible Wire—Great success of the
TI„,„__ATTE Au BALLET, introlucing Carle...V*3r Carle,
11. Ny 1, by F (I- Aug 111""liall iniatel4
agallsi:laLeni;„',:br3l4-11/Be:•l Furrdet—Erlintn, eine ancnasstiof .tho
Ballet
Corps de Towen, Vinc,nt Garrat; Miss Amy Rosalinl, and
th• .ue great American Gymnast, will shortly appear at

Pahl'she-I every SA.rUILDA.Y HORN" G price 4d.
15. Catherine-street, Strand.

IMPREGNABLE SAFES AND 'LOCKS.
~,• •
Messrs. HOBBS, 'HART, atiiiTlCT.—eall
tion of BANKERS, GOLDSMITHS, JEWELLERS, and
others in possession of valuable property, to their NEWLY-
PATENTED SAFE, which is so constructed as to be im-
pregnable against all the artifices of the BURGLAR in the
use of the drill, the wedge, the screw, or the crowbar, by
having its sides and angles held together by a system of
Tubuhir Dovetailing, instead of the old practice of riveting;
the Tubes by which they are held together being filled by
molten iron, so as to form a homogeneous mass, with the
wedges of the Safe overlapping each other within the
Tubes. The Doors are also protected by a newly-invented
Lock, which is invulnerable against the moat skilled class
of burglars as well as the most scientific mechanicians.
LOCKS of every description for Mansions, Hotels,
Dwelling-houses, &e., at moderate prices.
Descriptive Price Lists free, on application to
• Messrs. HOBBS, HART, and CO.,
76, CHEAPSIDE, E.C.

Mr. Jesse Williams, Musical Director.
Assistant General Manner—Mr. James Ellis.
Stalls and Crystal Saloon, is.; Area and Balcony, 61
Doors open at half-past 7. commence at 8 o'clock.

;f ADAMS USSA.UD'S EXHIBMON.-
EDTI A PORTRAIT MODEL of H.R.H. the DUKE OF
te,"33tIRGH. is now adlal. Admission, Ig.; Children under
11 Years of age, 6d.: Napoleon Rooms, 61. extra. Open from
14 tllB Inprning until 10 at night.

ifiItGYLL ROOMS, WINDMTLL-STREET,
Piccadilly.
This Sole Proprietor, Mr It. It. Brutbrur,L.
• ha' magnificent Terpsichorean and Musical Establishment,
by i,;.(g been Re-decorated in the highest style of Italian art
for 'ttegsrsi. Rubs.rdt and other eminent artists, is NOW OPEN
501emn...6 Arm nTUMN SEASON. Solo Euphonion. Signor Moses.;
M. Graves. Conductor, Signor Curti.

DR. SCOTT'S BILIOUS and LIVER
PILLS.—A NEVER-FAILING REMEDY.—Pre-
pired without any mercurial ingredient, from the recipe
of Dr. Scott, Bromley, Kent, will be found invaluable to
all who suffer from bilious and liver complaints, indiges-
tion, wind, spasms, giddiness, dizziness of the eyes, &c.
For habitual costiveness, as a family aperient medicine,
and as a purifier of the blood, they are truly excellent ;
mild in their operation and grateful to the stomach, they
create appetite, promote digestion, and strengthen the
whole nervous system.—Prepared only and sold by W.
Lambert, chemist, 8, King William-street, Charing-cross,
London, and by most druggists, in boxes, ls. lid., and
three times the quantity in one, 2s. 9d. Be sure to ask for
Dr. Scott's Bilious and Liver Pills. The genuine aro a
square green package, with " William Lambert" engraved
on the stamp.-

:::7Doors open at halt-past 8.
Admission, is.; R3331N01 Seats, 2s.

FURNISHED *HOUSES, from £2 2s. to £2O
n ita, Per Week—D. S. rain h La at all times a
or "er of Pirv-elaig iID to ba LET. furnished
1101ilift_traished. or aol I. more a-ticatarly in the net thboar-
tilty.4 ivd,bh um, Upp ,r wAraol. ;n, I vt
artlaritars may ba had at the °aloe, Priatiu, ~ II nue-

431151 N
'- 111 V TS WAN rm.) and to be LET
lb"
poor slr)1.1). hil"3l,TES'ibC3 for DlSP.littf.. &i-
-t° P RT Y, FREEHOLD or LEASEHOLD.
Qll ci,'• T. Hun .”; hie co:Ain 'al applications for
to o',Ziotions of PR )r E (ITV which ply zoo I interctt
Rouses oft of repair not object td to. r. D
tt ,n3P•ries can ot all timet flit customers for all &scrip-
b feln,tßAes I Totelg, public boos s, .to , sold and
tic,q3.e.i...spipely, D. T. Humphries, Estate Agent. Print-

119 END SHOULDE RS, S COOPING II A.BITS,
Nto ci 'GEON CIIE3TS, and other Deformities, are pn
ktrait 44d cured by wearin.g CHA.NDLER'S IMPIt WED_
age Nite CirEST-EXPANDING BRACE, for both sexes of all
Rest3.l t strengthens the voice and lungs, relievTi indt-
corn,un, Pains in the chest and back, and is especially ro-
lieanded to children forassisting the growth, promoting
brace's and symmetry of figure, superseding the use of
stree, 4ncl stays. Price from 10s. 6d. each.-66,
xford-street, W. Illustrated circulars forwarded.

NP`IPISTI FLY is the acting ingredient in
epomiiALEX. ROSS'S CLINTIIARIDES OIL, which
bs. 6Yproduces whiskers and thiekons hy r. Price 3s. ..
.1.,
atarn and 105. 641.; sent by post for t, 81, and lit
all rPB*—ALEX. ROSS, 218, High Holborn, London, and
kihetnists.

" Tale of a Hair," 6:1,

WONDERFUL DISCOVERY.—Corns carer
This in one day by usin; ALEX. ROSS'S 0 EURO PO,
ho Propixttion grain:Lily dissolves the C•)rn in a Fear
removing the very ro3t. Pricy 44. ; sent by cost
eile :stamps.G —2lB, ugh liolborn, London, and all
"-1

Fac© Powder, is.

ttlAill-CURLIYG FLUID, 24g. High Holbirn
joi,
.41 to,
ca. —AT, ROSS 'S CURLING P Llll
00l I .("8' or Gentlemen's hair immediately it is'appliwt
611., 54. 61., and 61.; . sant free for 51, 81
st"Pl--11a,1 of all Chemists.
Alvice upon all subjects of the Toilet.

qrttEY HAIR.-248, High Holborn, London.—
toion fkI.E.K. ROSS'S HAIR DYE prolue2s a porr
rect.] r Immediately it is used. It is p.rnanent, and pet-
uatnral in effect. Pri,..,as 3s. fid., ss. Gd., awl 10a
04Tt •by post for 51, 81, and 111 stamps; and all
ts

Bloom of Roses, 3s. 6d.
AIR
DESTROYER.-248, Hi; Holborn,
4'oves —°44OII.—ALEX. ROSS'S DEPILATORY re-
ItithontsuPorfluous hair from the face, neck, and arms,
834ffiect to the skin. Price 35.61, and los.
c'r 51, 84, and 144 stamps.:7Rad of all Chemists.

Skin Toni; 58.6 d.
Nipr
v;, REMOVER.—AII diseases of the
IP-Mare improved bv one dose of ALEX. ROSS'S
111.): "SLE SKIN PILLS. They remove redness.
all St, • nest, L.
-411) ' 213. 9d. nd 7s. 64. or post or 40 100
,
Es. to .44 -u, • ROSS,a 218, High; Holborn,f London,and and

advice upon the Toilet. Fee, 2s. 6d.

Wit COLOUR WASH.—By
head • • beautifully-Pe f_ I_l3
L'even with this ed Wash, in
r -Li 'nal colour, and
damping the
ve,,,tior ten days the hair assumes its ontosgt.
6d. ;
st4llpl,B a° by an occasional using.
km ' -ALEX. ROSS, 218,
~__all ebepaist sent for
11,-------4. s.
High Holborn, London,
IT,,,s‘.lpublished, 2d.; sent by the author fo.ora3iltaammpp
"..,11‘i2SS and stamps,
dmf i prov-
N tb 'tescriptive of articles and Ymeianb:lunf
2048-or
1:1 til, Lad an"' By Irs
-______e:PPoena.l- 'lad. of ALEX.boose booksellers.
•-•Airp, - , High 1131-
4, 44 RESTORED WITMOITT MEDICINE O. R ElXEll'vEaNliSdEs.,
lllRRY'Sdelicioushealth-restoring
kid Infants' Food.
tvs'es firL TUE REVALENTA ARABIOA
set .1. .
I)4f "4" times its Cost in other remedies, h
tefresteigestion' strong
the
and energy. to
11103 t !ig eeep, functional regularity,
and
trteet_disordered or enfeebled-removing
nerves, sound lungs, aeaaldthrynaltiovreara,
, speedily..nia, con-
ett„ipitlittlly indigestion (dyspepsia),o cough, aB'"
tationian, habitual constipation, diarrhcias
..11e,rvnsehnts, hasnnorrhoids, liver comp ainat.lis,spg_flaalapiattu,ent.nitnodcnes
'‘arree, biliousness, fevers, sore throats, diphtheria,ie
161:
lletin, 82. colds, influenza, noises in the bond . a a
i neu-
rtil in gout, • lies, ernptions. tr- a'
i gia , , impurities, narti:', uTitability, sleeplessness, acidityhr
blii,e.'rn, headache, debility, dropsy, cramp ;
(4 tc. and sickness
even in pregnancy or at sea, sinking
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ttv,llael4tr°:fehtiaiT; rrofula, tightness of the chest, pains aB`.
11 d between the shoulders. .It i
151' illigi,st digestWaannd nourishing of all foods, and suitable
511,,,a1ids NA infants in all complaints.
titritcl 4,(3-Itr(TAtVr Ce.ware of the many unsavoury
3% tt nan slopy imitations to which, withartatoahued.
1X ar°/1 Liebig's name is most audaciously
dies
of
ItDue teeforth none Will doubt the valuable Pe
ill ,11'Y's health r toring Rovalenta Arabpircao lnvalids airl:adtlte' Peo.l, -siensce to th. e thousands. of blessings it_
be doclueYdrecotved frovalids whose position had
11:t after ntii,l.
h ''3 th„, b hopeless maey now add that of hriesstlfoorehd
Whose ' health has been
4„,i'llioie "1
July 25th (Cure No.
perfectly
.._1 Y years of unsucss..fulmedical treatment.
44 3) :......„Lei the Gazette cf, is Aft_d_t,_
1,1,4 r's IlevalesittlainA has.
nee abandoning all
43'ather . tae, July 21s„ 1866. -The health of the
titer rernediele excellent, especiallri.
Colfinecidof imwaisheilofh,einietioroeolyst3t;esDua hq,mtil at
every
to-rcan Food of
produced a surprisingly
Noi3:lll.effect on his health, and his Holiness cannot
Our this 1111.:
__cellent food too highly."'
;vars. 4404,210 of the marchioness de Brehan of seven
1;18, rrit4b.e.mplaint, wasting away,. d.ebilitv nervous-
lieNtieb IlItY, with a nervous palpitation all: over, bad
OLI 8 Nitatil .
-I.l'oll ' C°l:lBtant sleeplessness, and the most intolerable
lit', l'e No - .n*
f 4811 ci .8, of dyspepsia, from the Right lion. t_h_e_n Lordor_ ranqtl:-.-q:te.,._ie-,° Lord-Lieutenant of the County of W t
excellent
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been. got through well and quickly. It must be re -
membered that not only had a new bridge to be
built, but an old one to be taken away, and the last
of its old stumps of piers dragged out from the b-A
of th? river, before a stone of the new structure
cou!il be laid. The first preliminary work of clear.
ing the ground and the water was one of unusual
difficulty, for the arch _is were so ready to fall that it
required no 'ordinary skill on the piri, of Mesars.
Cubitt and Case, the engineers, to keep them from
t tunblin; into the river. On the other hand, the piers
which mar:: SO ditugerous became when it was wanted
to remove them possessed of a strength and tenacity
which had they shown before they woul I never have
been meddled with at all. It was most difficult to
remove them, and then all the new piers had to be
laid in the broken ground. The abutments, as we
have said, were easily built, and are as s did and as
little likely to move as the counties of Surrey and
Middlesex on which they rest. With the piers,
however, it was a much mare difficalt matter.
There are only four of them, but each of apse four
goes to an average depth of more than 30ft. below
the bed of the river. In no case were the foun-
dations of any of these piers commenced till the
blue Loudon clay had been reached and till every
atom of moisture had been excluded from the base-
ment. They were bait in caissons—that is to
say,-hr—wrought iron tubes open at both ends,
which were lowered over the precise spots on
which the piers were to rise. They were pumped
out, then forced down by massive weights deep
into the soil, then dredged out inside, then
weighted again till they sank deeper and deeper,
and so on till the clay was penetrated and they
would go no further, and were as dry inside as
so many gasometers, which, on a small scale,
indeed; they much resembled. Then only when all
was complete was the concrete laid, and on the con-
crete the hardest bricks were set in cement to a
thickness of about loft. deep, and over this again
up to above high-water mark comes the granite
deposited in immense blocks, weighing from 5 tons
to 15 tons each, and all firmly keyed together. In
some cases the work of sinking these piers was very
simple and nacre matter of engineering routine and
care; in others, especially the No. 4 pier, the diffi-
culties seemed for a time almost insurmountable.
This No. 4 pier is that which is first on the Middle-
sex side. The caissons were sunk to a depth of
Sift., yet still no good foundations could be found,
nor could the water b.; kept from percolating up
through the soil ; and it was not till after a great
delay and an immense expenditure of money that
the clay was reached and the pier begun and
completed. The cause of this extraordinary
looseness of the soil was afterwards found to
have been au old channel which once formed an en-
trance to one of the chief tributaries of tha Thames
—the old River Fleece; or, as it was afterwards
called from its use, or abuse, Meet ditch.
Each arch of new Blackfriars is built of nine mas-
sive wrought-iron ribs set at a distance of 91t. Gin.
asunder. This is a very much greater distance
apart than that at which those of IVestminster are
set, but, on the other hand, those at Blackfriars
are very much more than twice as strong, being
3ft. 10in. deep at the crown of the arch and 4f t. 7iu.
at the springing, or, to speak more plainly, at the
point where they rise from the masonry of the piers,
The cross braces between these ribs are of propor-
tionate strength and depth, and are placed at inter-
vals of 17ft. apart. Above these, again, come what

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are termed bearers, and bolted over theae again
will be powerful buckle plates for the road-
way. These buckle plates will be thickly coated
with asphaite, then a layer of hard stone
rubble, and over all the usual granite paving,
such as that on Loudon-bridge. There will he no
test used to prove the strength of the bridge before
it is openc.', simply because the sectional area of the
wrought it-in under each part is ten times in CXCeS3
of the strain it would have to bear under the most

The Parliamentary Constitution of IS aftpi a
fruitful course of beneficent legislation, expires ingGriou'sly
In the session now ended. The Times says the representatives
of a doomed constituency have displayed the impatient
recklessness of outgoing tenants, and the whole machi-
nery of legislation and governinent has been deranged
Ly the exceptional relation of the Cabinet to the
House of Commons. It had scarcely been observed, when
the Reform Dill of 1667 was passed, that the Ministers
had incidentally secured to themselves eighteen months of
office ; nor, indeed, could Mr. Disraeli himself have
effectually disputed the competence cf the moribund
House of Commons, if his opponents had earnestly desired
to restore their own leaders to power. The Times alludes to
the incessantpersonal disputeswhich have marked the session
in the Commons and even in the Lords. After a long
review of the principal bills brought before the House,
and .the questions discussed, our contemporary congratu-
lates the House that, notwitlistaxiding miscarriages and
untoward complications, it he.s in its latest session
abolished church rates, inflicted severe discouragement on
the agents of electiral corruption, and noted for final con-
demnation the most flagrant of political and ecclesiastical
abuses.

trying exigencies of metropoli'au traffic. Th
gradient of the whole briige will be only 1 in 40,

The Post thinks if the tactics pursued by Mr. Disraeli
during the past session are to constitute a precedent for
the conduct of future Ministries, we may expect that the
only way which will remain of driving an Administration
from office will be, not by a vote of want of con-
fidence, but by a stoppage of supplies. If such
should be the legacy which the old Parliament has
left to the new one, it will at all events clear the former
of the imputation of baying been entirelyidle during the last
days of its existence. It cannot, without absurdity, be con-
tended that the public service would have suffered if, in the
month of June last, Mr. Disraeli and his colleagues had
resigned, or that the remaining Reform Bills would not
have been carried as successfully through Parliament
during the past month by the Liberal party as by the
-Cionservatives. The Government were in n. ripp.Mo,l

a great relief to traffic, when it is remembered tha

the riso is the old bridge was one in 22. The centre
arch will have a span of no less than 185 ft., the two
immediately a ?joining this on either side a span of
175 ft. each, while the two sm filler arches at the
shore ends joining the abutments will have a span
each oflssft. The height of the centre arch from
the water is to be 25ft. ; of the two next side
arches 21ft. Gin., and of the two shore arches

minority. They could only carry on the business
of the country on sufferance ; and under these circum-
stances it was not only lawful for Mr. Gladstone, but it
was his bounden duty, to endeavour to secure for his
followers the responsibility as well as the power of
administering the Government. The Premier accepted in
theory the decision of the House as a vote of want of con•
fidence, but in practice treated it with contempt.

The Herald alludes to the finality doctrine, and the
strange fact that a change in the representation has
occurred before the inventor of finality has retired from
public life, and devotes several columns to a history of the
debates on the Irish Church. It concludes that Mr. Glad-
stone's cause is the cause of Popery ; Mr. Gladstone's vic-
tory is the triumph of the Liberation Society in England, of
171tramontanism and persecution in Ireland; Mr. Gladstone's
friends are the Church's enemies, and her friends are
ranged among his foes. No Churchman, no Protestant,
no man really loyal at heart to his country, his sovereign,
and his religion, can doubt at this juncture on which
side is the right, or in which camp he ought to take his
place.

13ft. 3in. All the arches will be of a flat elliptical
shape, and•will give together a waterway more than

The Daily News says that the prorogation closes
not only the session of 1868, but is the preliminary
to the dissolution of the Parliament of 1565. The
political struggles of the past three years have been
marked by an unusual degree of bitterness and con-
fusion. Mr. Disraeli has somewhere or othtr said that
wars of succession are always the most furious and relent-
less. The past three years have been occupied with a
parliamentary war of succession, in which the place left
vacant by Lord Palmerston was the prize of victory. The
Daily News thinks that it is time , an appeal should be
made from such a House of Commons to the couutry.

one-third greater than that of the ruinous obstacle

which was for so long an impediment to the navi

gatiori of the Thames. The total length of the new
bridge will be from end to end 060 ft., or about 60ft.

In a leader on the close of the session, the Star says that
looked at hastily, and from say the intelligent foreigner
point of view, one might feel inclined to think that this
has been a very hard-working, energetic, earnest
sort of Parliament. If so, most of us are not only
very ungrateful, but unintelligible in our ingratitude,
for it is perfectly certain that we are all anxious to hurry
the departure of this Parliament, to get it out of
the wcrld, and be done with it. Reformers rejoice
to be done with the Parliament which passed the
Reform Bill. Friends of Ireland are impatient to be rid
of the House of Commons which took the first step to
redress the grievances of Ireland. Men who detest parlia-
mentary corruption are. not in the least thankful to the
House which first carried a decent Bribery Bill. A bundle
of seeming -paradoxes might thus be strung together by
anybody who took the trouble to col-Tare what this Par.
lament has done with the thanks it is receiving and likely
to receive for its labours.

longer than Westminster. Its breadth will be 80ft.

The Herald rebukes the Zinzes for the tone of its leading
article on the MaLsion House dinner. The Premier's
speech was one of remarkable moderation. He congratu-
lated the country, as was natural, upon the maintenance
of peace and the promise of reviving prosperity ; he
claimed no wonderful triumphs for the Government ; he
put its claims to the confidence of the country on those
portions of its administration universally approved, on
measures which no one can aeny that they have passed.

or al:nost exactly double that of the old bridge.
The roadway alone is to be 45ft. wide, or about 2ft.
wider than the whole of the old bridge from outside
to outside, and there are besides these to be two

footways of 37ft. width each. These dimensions
_ _

would almost sufficiently show of themselves what

a spacious and noble sructure the new bridge is to
be ; but the best idea of the real magnificence of
its proportions h to be got on its west side, where
the two Surrey arches are completed. The grace of
its lines and the whole style of its design can hardly
be overpraised. The spandrils of the arches have
_ _ _

The Standard draws attention to the reference the
Premier made in his Mansion-house speech to our rela-
tions with America. No passage can be quoted from any
of Mr. Disraeli's speeches during the war which conflicts,
in language or in spirit, with this sentiment, and,
unfortunately, the same thing cannot be said of the
Liberal leaders. The Americans know that Mr. Dis-
raeli preserved a position of perfect fairness and neu•'
trality from beginning to end of their war ; whereas
Mr. Gladstone went about the country, a Minister
of the Crown, declaring that Jefferson Davis had
made a nation ; and Lord Russell at the same time
discredited the Northern cause by publicly asserting
that the " North were fighting for empire and the
South for independence." These were men who were sup.
posed to speak with the authority of the Government and
the nation. If they were in power now, the American
Government would certainly not forget their old views
towards it, and consequently language such as Mr.
Disraeli used at the Lord Mayor's dinner would come with
a bad grace from their lips. For this very reason,
probably, the Premier will be violently assailed for daring
to use it. What business had he to show greater discretion
and wisdom, at a critical period, than the two men who
are supposed to divide the conscientiousness and states
manship of the day between them?

been filled in with their ornamental bosses, and part
of the balustrade has been mounted. This latter is

in the Venetian Gothic style, and though in actual
fact it is very massive and heavy, in appearance
it is very light. It is a perforated balustrade,
arranged in panels of plain and twisted columns,
which are to be gilt with the twisted cable border
which surmounts it. Some small part of the orna-
mental cornice has also been fixed, with two of the
great red granite columns, and the effect of them
all as seen from a little beneath the arches is some-
thing wonderfully fine in bridge architecture.--
Times.

We (Manchester Examiner) understand that Mr.
W. E. Gladstone will visit Liverpool next week, and at
once commence an electioneering tour in South Lanca.
shire.

EDINBURGH PHILOSOPHICAL INSTITUTION.—On
Wednesday evening a meeting of the members of this
institution was held for the purpose of electing a successor
to the late Lord Brougham as president. Mr. William
Smith, vice-president (who occupied the chair), moved
that Mr. Thomas Carlyle be elected. Professor Masson.
seconded the motion, which was unanimously agreed to.
The chairman then stated that it afforded him sincere
gratification to announce, on the part of Mr. Carlyle, his
acceptance of the office, and to convey the thanks of that
gentleman for the honour the meeting had conferredonhim.

FIRE IN THE METROPOLIS.—On Thursday night
a fire, ending in the destruction of a large quantity of
valuable property, broke out on the premises of Messrs.
J. M. Brown and Co., builders, 105 and 106, Paul-street,
Finsbury, and close to Finsbury-square. The fire made
rapid progress, and the reflection was seen for miles
round the metropolis. Although aided by the Salvage
Corps the firemen found themselves unable to save the
timber yard, in which a large. quantity of valuable wood
was stored, and their exertions were then turned towards
saving the adjacent premises, among which was a large
block which had been rebuilt after a very destructive fire
about threeyears ago. In this they at length succeeded,
althrough the backs of ten houses were rather seriously
injured. The damage could not on Thursday night be
ascertained correctly, but it was estimated at between
£2,000 and £3,000. The offices of Messrs. Brown, adjoin.
ing the yard, were saved without much injury, as was
also the new block of buildings.

TELEGRAPUS.—The Paris Moniteur states thai
at the recent telegraphic congress held at Vienna, at which
all the European States (except the Papal States) and also
India and Persia were represented, the rules of inter.
national telegraphic service have, after careful con-
sideration, received many important improvements and
modifications, which have been suggested by the expe.
rienca cf three years' working of the present system.
Notualistanding the moderate rates fixed by the Con-
vention of ISGS, the charges in some of the European
States have been still further reduced. The particular
attention of the conference was directed to the trans.
mis'sii,n of inessa;es to and from the East Indies, and the
tariff has been considerably lowered. From January 1,
80, the charge for a despatch from London to Calcutta
will be reduced from 120 francs to 71 francs, and in
the interval before that date various special lines will be
estallished in order to render the communication between
Europe and India more certain and more rapid. All
these improvements are completed by the establishment
of an International Telegraphic Bureau intended to servo
as a medium between the various administrations, by
centralising all statistical and other information which
effects the common service. The Swiss Administration
has been charged with the organisation of the Inter.
national Bureau, which will certainly be one of the
most fortunate innovations introduced by the Conference
of Vienna,

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