The Sun.
London, England, 1844-10-10 00:00:00

THE SUN, LONDON, THURSDAY EVENING OCTOBER 10 W 44.

COURT CIRCULAR.

WINDSOR, WEDNESDAY.—His Royal Highness
the Duke de Montpensier left the Castle in a carriage
and four this morning.
This afternoon, at three o'clock, his Majesty the
King of the French entered the Grand Quadrangle
from the Queen's Entrance, accompanied by her Ma-
jesty and Prince Albert, and passed through George
the Fourth Gateway, on the South Terrace of the
Castle. Their Majesties and his Royal Highness
promenaded on the South and East Terraces, followed
by a party, including some of the visitors, and the
ladies and gentlemen in waiting of the royal suites.
The royal and august party re-entered the Castle,
and afterwards quitting it by the Norman Gate,
walked down to St. George's Chapel, which their Ma-
jesties and the Prince entered. The Hon. and Very
Rev. the Dean of 'Windsor received the illustrious
visitors, and attended them during their inspection of
the different objects of interest within the sacred
edifice.

In the royal train were the Countess of Gains-
borough, Lady in Waiting, the Countess St. Aulaire,
Monsieur Guizot, Sir Robert Peel, the Earl of Aber-
deen' the Marquis of Exeter, Viscount Sydney, Lord
Charles Wellesley, the Hon. Captain Duncombe,
Lord Byron, Sir Frederick Stovin, Major-General
Wemyss, and several gentlemen of the suite of the
King of the French.
After viewing St. George's Chapel, the august
party entered Cardinal• Wolsey's Chapel, and after-
wards took their departure, attended by the Dean to
the entrance.

Passing round the base of the Round Tower, his
Majesty Louis Philippe, having the Queen on his left
arm, accompanied by Prince Albert, and followed by
the royal suite, entered the precincts of the Castle
near St. George's Gate, and walked down the Home
Park to the Dairy.
The august party next paid a visit to the royal
aviary, where his Majesty examined the interesting
collection. The weather becoming unpropitious, the
Queen and Prince Albert, and the King of the
French, entered a carriage and four, and drove to
Frogmore Lodge, the residence of the Duchess of
Kent.

The Marquis of Exeter, Sir R. Peel, Monsieur
Guizot, the Earl of Aberdeen, Viscount Sydney, and
most of the other members of the party, followed in
five pony carriages to Frogmore, the Equerries in
Waiting attending their Alajesties and the Prince on
horseback.

Her Royal Highness the Duchess of Kent, attended
by Lady Charlotte Dundas, Lady in Waiting, anu
Colonel Sir George Couper, Comptroller of her Royal
Highness's Household, received their Majesties and
his Royal Highness at the entrance to Frogmore
House.
His Majesty, and the Queen and Prince Albert,
remained an hour with the Royal Duchess, and then
left, followed by the different ladies and gentlemen of
their respective suites, the illustrious party returning
in pony carriages to the Castle at twenty-five minutes
to five o'clock.

After alighting at the grand entrance, his Majesty
Louis Philippe, and the Queen and Prince Albert;
inspected some of the principal domestic offices of the
Castle on the ground floor, passing through the con-
fectionary-room, the kitchen, and the gilt-room, the
Lord Steward attending the illustrious party.
Their Majesties and the Prince afterwards returned
to the State Apartments.
The Queen and Prince Albert walked on the Ter-
race of the Castle this morning.
Their Royal Highnesses the Prince of Wales, the
Princess Royal, and the Princess Alice, were taken
airings in the forenoon in the pleasure-grounds.
In the afternoon the Prince of Wales and the
Princess Alice were taken an airing in a carriage and
four, accompanied by the Dowager Lady Lyttelton.
His Royal Highness the Duke de Montpensier re-
turned to the Castle to dinner, from town.
Viscount and Viscountess Canning, and Lady Peel,
arrived at the Castle to-day, on a visit to the Queen.
The Duke of Buccleuch is expected to arrive this
evening on a visit to her Majesty.
A grand dinner was given this evening at seven
o'clock, in St. George's Hall, in honour of her Ma-
jesty's august visitor. The magnificent service of
gold plate was used on the occasion.
The long table on which the dinner was served was
covered with magnificent candelabra, epergnes, 'rases,
wine-coolers, and dishes, all of gold or silver gilt ; in
the centre of the table were epergnes and candelabra
placed alternately, several of the former of a circular
form being filled with artificial flowers. A row of
candelabra, with wax lights, were placed on each
side, and beyond these, at both sides of the table, were
numerous vases, wine-coolers, and dishes of the most
elegant forms and designs.
At each end of the Hall were elevated sideboards of
equal dimensions, containing a choice selection from
the numerous and valuable articles of' plate in the
royal treasury, remarkable for their excellence of
workmanship, antiquity, or historical interest.
Flaxman s celebrated " Shield of Achilles," the
" Armada Urn," and some ancient sconces, were dis-
played on the west sideboard ; and a large shield,
sculptured in high relief, with the representation of a
battle, and the " Neptune Epergne," richly embel-
lished with marine emblems, and surmounted with a
statue of the marine deity, were on the east sideboard.
Numerous tankards, vases, shields, and bulb cups,
richly chased, were tastefully arranged on a back-
ground of crimson, and were very brilliantly illumi-
nated with candelabra and sconces of silver gilt,
bearing wax lights.
The Queen was seated at the north side of the table,
between his Majesty Louis Philippe and his Royal
Highness the Duke de Montpensier. Opposite was
seated Prince Albert, between the Countess St. Aulaire
and Lady Charlotte Dundas.
The Prince of Wales's epergne, crowned with his
Royal Highness's plume, was placed at this part of
the table, between two other epergnes of great beauty,
sculptured in gold at the base with " Dancing Fawns."
These epergnes had on either side the " Heperides"
candelabra.
Monsieur Guizot, the Earl of Aberdeen, his Ex-
cellency Count de St. Aulaire, the Countess of Gains-
borough, and the Duke of Wellington, had also seats
in the vicinity of the royal circle.
Her Royal Highness the Duchess of Kent sat by
the side of the King of the French.
The following had the honour of dining with the
Queen :
The Count and Countess St. Aulaire, Prince Cas-
telcicala, the Lord Chancellor and Lady Lyndhurst,
the Duke of Buccleuch, the Duke of Wellington,
Marquis of Exeter, Lady Charlotte Dundas, Earl of
Liverpool, Earl and Countess Delawarr and Lady
Mary West, Earl of Jersey, Earl of Aberdeen, Earl
Jerinyn, Lord and Lady Wharncliffe, Viscount and
Viscountess Canning, Sir Robert and Lady Peel, Sir
James and Lady Graham, Sir George Murray, Sir
W. Fremantle and Miss Hervey, Sir Henry Wheat-
ley, Sir George Couper, Lady Isabella Wremyss, Sir
Charles Rowley, the Provost of Eton and the Hon.
Mrs. Hodgson, the Hon. and Rev. R. Stopford, Mr.
George E. Anson, Hon. Miss Lyttelton, Monsieur
Guizot, Admiral de Mackau, Count de Jarnac; General
Athalin, General Rumigni, Colonel Dumas, Count
de Chahannes, M. Thiery, Baron de Fain, M. Fau-
quier, M. Pasquier, M. Herbet, M. Hennequin, le
Capitaine Page, le Capitaine Pellion, Viscount
Sydney, Lord C. Wellesley, and the Hon. Captain
Duncombe.
The band of the Scots Fusilier Guards was sta-
tioned in a gallery at the west -end of the hall during
dinner, and performed the following pieces:—
Grand March, sur des Motives do Masaniello—Auber.
Ouverture, " Le Lac des Fees"—Auber.
Le Bouquet Royale—Streek.
Dalkeith Waltzes—Labitzky.
Mephists Gallope—Labitzky.
After dinner her Majesty's private band, with
numerous additions of the most eminent performers,
attended, under the direction of Mr. Anderson, and
performed the following pieces :
Introduction, " Lobgesang"—Mendelssohn Bartholdy.
Selection," Jean de Paris "—Boieldieu.
Overture and Minuet, " Iphigenie "—Gluck.
Grand March, "Die Weihe der Toner"—Sphor.
Choeur et Dense " D'Armide "—Gluck.
Overture, " Fani;ka"—Cherubini.
"Le Bouquet des Dames"—Strauss.

The Duke of Cambridge came to town yesterday
afternoon from Kew. His Royal Highness dined with
the Duchess of Gloucester, at Gloucester House.

The Duchess of Gloucester arrived in town yester.
day, from Woburn Abbey.

A deputation, consisting of Mr. G. B. Thorney-
croft, Mr. Mathews, Mr. Francis Rufford, accompa-
nied by Messrs. I. K. Brunel, and G. W. R. Var-
den, engineers, and Messrs. W. 0. Hunt, F. T. Elgie,
solicitors, had an interview with Lord Dalhousie yes-
terday, at the Board of Trade, on the subject of the
Oxford, Worcester, and Wolverhampton Railway.
Lord and Lady Wharncliffe left their residence in
Curzon-street yesterday afternoon, on a visit to her
Majesty at Windsor Castle.

A deputation, consisting of Mr. Wilkinson, vice-
chairman, Mr. Baines, one of the directors, Mr.
Brunel, the engineer, and Mr. Burchell, solicitor, had
an interview with Lord Dalhousie at the Board of
Trade yesterday, on the subject of the Northumber-
land Railway.
• A deputation, consisting of Mr. J. C. Cobbold,
Chairman, Mr. Locke, engineer, Messrs. Hunt and.
C. Few, solicitors, and Mr. J. F. Saunders, Secre-
tary, transacted business yesterday at the Board of
Trade, respecting the Eastern Union Railway Exten-
sion from Ipswich to Norwich.
A deputation from the Birmingham and Gloucester
Railway Company, consisting of Mr. Samuel Bewley,
chairman, Messrs. Charles Shaw and Edmund
Sturge, directors; Messrs. R. Stephenson and James
Bayliss, engineers; and Messrs. Ueo. Whateley and
Samuel Carter, solicitors, had an interview with Lord
Dalhousie yesterday, at the Board of Trade.
Lady Peel left town yesterday afternoon on a visit
to her gajesty, at Windsor Castle.

THE KING OF THE FRENCH AT WINDSOR.

In consequence of the arrival of King Louis
Philippe at Windsor, the town, as might have been
expected, is thronged with sight-seers, anxious to
catch a glimpse of her Majesty's illustrious guest, hut
up to the present time the movements of his Majesty
the King of the French and his suite have been un-
marked by the slightest incident or event which would
repay the seeker after novelty or excitement.
The King, who experienced not the slightest fa-
tigue after his long and rapid journey, rose according
to custom at an early hour and walked for some time
on the slopes, enjoying the magnificent scenery with
which his previous residence in England has rendered
him familiar. His Majesty breakfasted in his private
apartment, and was visited immediately afterwards by
the Queen and his Royal Highness Prince Albert.
The splendid char a-haric presented by the King
to her Majesty was ordered to be in readiness imme-
diately after breakfast, but, in consequence of the
threatening appearance of the weather, the order was
countermanded.

After breakfast this morning, Mr. Roth, of the
firm of Jackson and Roth, tailors, Ryder-street, St.
James's, waited upon the King, and received orders
for two or three suits of clothes, including some ex-
quisite English velvets and Marseilles vests. His
Majesty observed that it was a very long time since
he had worn an English coat, and complimented Mr.
Roth with having been honoured with the commands
of the Emperor of Russia, the King of Prussia, and
the King of Saxony, during their sojourn in this
country. Mr. Roth was also honoured with the com-
mands of the Duke de Montpensier to make several
suits. In the course of the morning a large bale of
plaids and tartans were brought to the castle from
Locke's tartan warehouse, Regent-street, for his Ma-
jesty's inspection ; and an entire waggon load of mas-
sive and costly plate, of the most elegant workman-
ship, from Messrs. Storr and Mortimer's, was also
exhibited, and we understand very extensive purchases
were made, and orders to a large amount given. In-
deed, judging from the number of persons who have
already waited upon his Majesty and received his
orders, his expenditure, during his short stay in Eng-
land will be upon the most profuse and princely scale.
His Majesty has already won golden opinions from
all those who have the honour and good fortune of an
audience, and all are loud in their praises of the King's
condescension and affability.
The King spent some time in viewing the magni-
ficent collection of paintings with which the walls of
the principal state apartments are so profusely deco-
rated. The sculpture, suits of ancient armour, and
the elaborately-chased shield of silver inlaid with
gold, called Benvenuto Cellini's shield, presented by
the French King Francis to Henry VIII., and the
other curiosities of the Guard Chamber, were also
visited and minutely examined by his Majesty.
Luncheon was served at two o'clock ; at the con-
clusion of which, at a few minutes past three, her
Majesty, leaning on the arm of the King of the French,
walked from the Castle to the Chapel of St. George,
proceeding through the Norman Gateway, and by the
Deanery and Cardinal Wolsey's Chapel. Her Ma-
jesty and the French Monarch were accompanied by
his Royal Highness Prince Albert, his Royal High-
ness the Duke de -Montpensier, Monsieur Guizot,
Lord Aberdeen, the Earl Delawarr, Admiral de
Mackau, Le Baron de Fain, General Rumigny, Gene-
ral Athalin, M. de Chabannes, Le Compte de Graves,
M. Fauquier, the Count de Jarnac, &c.
The royal and illutrious party proceeded through
the cloisters, where they were received by the Hon.
and Rev. Dr. Hobart, the Dean.
The royal party having entered the chapel by the
Cloister-gate, proceeded into the choir through the
door nearly opposite to the chapter-room, leading to
the steps near the altar.
The King, after remaining for some minutes in the
choir,evidently admiring the splendid carvings, the
altar-piece (which is a painting of " The Last
Supper," by Wrest), the knights' banners and stalls, ,
and the general picturesque appearance of this portion
of the sacred edifice, proceeded under the organ loft
into the nave; and after visiting the Beaufort, Lin-
coln, Aldworth, Rutland, and May Chapels, and the
cenotaph to the memory of the late Princess Charlotte
at the north-west corner of the nave, proceeded up
the north aisle to the chapter-room, which is orna-
mented with a full-length portrait of Edward 111,
the founder of the Most Noble Order of the Garter.
The King is represented in his robes of state, holding
a sword, on which are displayed the crowns of Eng-
land and France.
The two-handed• sword of Edward 111., which
hangs on one side of his portrait, excited the especial
attention and curiosity of Louis Philippe and his son,
the Duke de Montpensier. This singular weapon,
which is nearly seven feet in length and of great
weight, was taken down by the King's special desire,
and placed in the hands of his Majesty.
During the time the Queen and her illustrious visi-
tors remained in the chapel the following composi-
tions were performed on the splendid organ, by Dr.
Elvey, private organist to her Majesty :
Te Dcum, composed by his Royal Highness Prince
Albert.
Handel's Coronation Anthem.
" Blessing and Honour," from Spohr's Last Judg-
ment.
The March in Handel's Occasional Overture.

.
Concluding with the— National Anthem.
The royal party, upon leaving St. George's Cha-
pel, visited Cardinal Wolsey's .Hall, and proceeded
thence to the Castle. _ _

Her Majesty and Prince Albert, accompanied by
the French Sovereign, the Duke de Montpensier, and
their distinguished guests, shortly, afterwards left the
Castle, walking across the Home Park, to pay a visit
to her Royal Highness the Duchess of Kent. The
royal carriages, which were in waiting near the
Waterloo Gate, conveyed the royal party to Frog-
more House, returning to the Castle between four and
five o'clock.
In the evening, a grand banquet took place in St.
George's Hall. This noble apartment, which is
reserved for state entertainments upon a large scale,
is upwards of 200 feet in length, and when bril-
liantly lighted up, the tables, sideboards, and buffets
loaded with plate, the effect is truly gorgeous and
magnificent. The ceiling and walls are decorated
with the shields and insignia of the several Knights
of the Garter, from_ the first institution of the order,
and around the hall: are full-length portraits of eleven
Sovereigns of England, by Kneller, Lely, Vandyke,
and other eminent masters.
The nobility and others who had been honoured
with invitations to meet his Majesty the King of the
French, began to arrive at the Castle shortly after six
o'clock, and were presented to his Majesty in the
King's drawing-room.
The Queen's private band, and the band of the
Royal Horse Guards blue, were in attendance during
the banquet, which was upon a scale of unusual
splendour and magnificence.
The most extensive preparations are making at the
Castle for holding a Chapter of the Order of the
Garter, for the purpose of electing and investing his
Majesty the King of the French a Knight of the most
noble order, on Friday next.
Lord Forester (Captain and Gold Stick), the Hon.
Sir Edward Butler (Lieutenant and Silver Stick),
Henry t
lnßobinson, Esq. (Standard Bearer), James
ilnEsq. (Clerk of the Cheque), Samuel
Curling,of
Esq.
her
(Gentleman Harbinger), and the Gen-
tlemen Majesty's Hon. Corps of Gentlemen-at-
Arms, who are in waiting during the Michaelmas
quarter, have been summoned to be in attendance on
Friday next, when they will be stationed at the en-
trance door of the King of the French's apartments,
scoe
and also in the grand Reception Room.
The Yeomen of the Queen's Guard have also been
commanded to be in attendance at the Castle on that
day. They will be stationed at the entrance to the
stone vestibule of the grand entrance in the outer
Guard Room and in the Waterloo Gallery.
The Knights and Officers of the Order will robe in
the Guard Chamber, passing thence through the Wa-
terloo Gallery into the. grand Reception Room, and
remaining there until the Sovereign and his Royal
Highness Prince Albert shall have entered the Throne
Room, where the investiture will take place.
The King of the French will be conducted from
the Rubens Drawing Room into the Throne Room,
between the two Senior Knights Companions of the
Order, preceded by Sir Charles Young (Garter King
of Arms, bearing the ensigns of the Order upon a
crimson velvet cushion), and by Sir Augustus Clif-
ford (Gentleman Usher of the Black Rod)
The Bishop of Winchester, the Bishop of Oxford,
and the Dean of Windsor, will be present during the
ceremony.
A package, containing a portion of the valuable
presents intended by the King of the French for her
Majesty, having been unfortunately left behind at
Portsmouth, yesterday, in the hurry of disembarking
his Majesty's luggage, Mr. Mercier, connected with
the Queen's household, who has been appointed in-
terpreter to the domestics in the service of the King
at the Castle, left_Windsor this afternOoll r94'
mouth, to bring back the missing property.
Amongst the amusements getting up in the town
to attract the numerous visitors at Windsor during
the sojourn of her Majesty's Must:l4oW guest, is a
" select," as it is termed in the announce bills, " Sub-
scription Plain and Fancy Dress Ball," to take place
on the stage of the theatre, The price or imiitie
tickets to this very "select" affair, to admit a lady
and gentleman, " including refreshment," into the
bargain, is three shillinp ! The fancy dresses to be
worn upon this " fancy occasion are to be obtained
at the theatre; the old wardrobe belonging to which
is undergoing a very considerffble purification and
refurbishing. The doors are to open at eight o'clock
dancing is to commence at, nine ; and the horses'
heads, upon "setting dt*r, '+ or "taking up," may
be turned just whichev itthem-
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Up to a late hour no instructions had been issued
on the subject of the contemplated military review in
the Great Park, which is not now expected to take
place before Saturday next.

BACKWARD GLANCE AT PORTSMOUTH.
PORTSMOUTH, WEDNESDAY.

It is a fortunate circumstance for his Majesty the
King of the French that the royal squadron arrived
yesterday, for Spithead assumed this morning a very
different appearance from the gay and exhilirating
aspect it presented yesterday. The wind increased
gradually in strength after sunset last evening, and
during the night it shifted to the south, and has been
blowing nearly a gale, with thick leaden weather,
nearly ever since. The two three-decked ships, St.
Vincent, 120, Captain Rowley, and Queen, 110,
Captain Martin, and the experimental brigs, are lying
at anchor at Spithead ; some of the latter are rolling
and pitching about most merrily, with their top-gal-
lant masts on deck.

The Commander-in-Chief of this port, Admiral
Sir Charles Rowley, Bart., departed this morning by
the railway for Windsor, at the gracious invitation of
her Majesty, to dine with the King of the French and
the distinguished company at the Castle.
Her Majesty and Prince Albert, it is confidently
reported, will come to this port with the King of the
French, on his return to France, and witness the em-
barkation of his Majesty. The Queen, it is said,
will remain one night at the official residence of Sir
Charles Rowley, the Commander-in-Chief.
It has been arranged that a small French steam-
vessel shall be dispatched from Portsmeuth to France,
and another from France to Portsmouth daily, with
dispatches for and from the King and his Ministers.
One of the French steam dispatch boats arrived in
harbour this morning. _
The most strenuous exertions are being made to fit
up the Royal Naval College in an unique style for
the ball to be given on Friday to the French officers
by the naval authorities in commission. Six days'
pay of each of the officers in commission have been
subscribed to meet the expenses, and we understand
that, in addition to this, the Admiral, Admiral
Superintendent, Captain Rowley, and many others,
have, besides their six days' pay, given handsome
donations to the common fund. The supper-room,
which is formed in the fencing apartment of the col-
lege, is to be converted into a handsome tent, by the
union of a number of elegant flags, with which the
fencing-room will be entirely metamorphosed. The
quadrangle of the building will be the ball-room; the
uprights are now erected for the construction of a
roof over it; and when it is covered in, decorated,
and planked, it will answer admirably the purposes
for which it is intended.

The preparations for the dinner to be given by the
municipal authorities and inhabitants of Portsmouth,
in honour of the visit of Louis Philippe, are rapidly
progressing. Many distinguished officers of the navy '
are to be present ; and it is expected the entertain-
ment will surpass anything of the kind ever got up
in this neighbourhood.
The French Admiral Baron de la Susse presented
his card at the residence of the Mayor of Portsmouth,
Edward Casher, Esq., this morning, and at an inter-
view with his worship, expressed his pleasure at the
proceedings connected with the civic body yesterday.
The French Royal steam-frigate yacht Gomer, is a
remarkably fine vessel of about 1,800 tons. The
paint work is superb, the ground being white, with
much deep gilding. On the outer sides of the paddle-
boxes are gilt stars ; on the inner sides are richly
wrought tablets in gold, with chevaux de frize of
sceptres, on the tops of which are crowns and other
devices. On the tablets are " Charte 1., 11., 111., IV.,
V., VI., VII." The chairs are unique, and covered
with the same rich material as a 100 table, ingeniously
formed round the mizenmast, an elegant damask buff
coloured satin velvet of exquisite workmanship. The
outer cabin, or reception-room, which exhibited ele-
gance and splendour united with much convenience
and comfort, was luxuriously carpeted, and the table
and sideboards decked in superb style. The main deck
is entirely fitted with cabins. Outside the recep-
tion-room, on each side, the cabins for the use of
the King's retinue are placed and beautifully fitted.
Her decks are all lefty, and her engine-room is in ex-
cellent order. The engine, of 440-horse power, from
Fawcett's factory, Liverpool, appears to be kept in
excellent order. The ship, throughout, indeed, is par-
ticularly clean and man-of-war-like, and her crew,
consisting of 400 men, are fine7looking fellows, of
apparently great physical power—no doubt the picked
men of the French navy. She has at present only
eight guns mounted on the quarter-deck, but she can
carry guns of heavy calibre on the main deck, and
altogether mount 24.
The other French steamers now in harbour are the
Caimari, of 220-horse power, and the Pluton, of the
same power, both fine vessels, the steam dispatch-
boat, and a beautiful brig, the King's sailing yacht,
Heine Amelie, said to be a very fast sailer. Another
sailing yacht, the Favourite, is at Spithead.
Portsmouth has been literally crammed with corn•
pany these last few days. At the George Hotel, kept
by Mr. Herne, the whole of the beds have been occu-
pied, and they have been obliged to provide for double
the number at private lodgings. Among the dis-
tinguished company staying at that hotel, were—
Duke of Marlborough and family, lion. Sidney Her-
bert, Hon. H. T. L. Corry, Lady Mary Bruce, Earl
of Elgin, two Swedish noblemen, Mr. Wombwell and
party, Lord Adolphus Fitzclarence, M. St. Andre,
the French Consul-General ; Captain Martin of the
Queen, Captain Martin, Mr. Dobize and family,
Reignell, Hon. Capt. Hotham, Hon. Mr. Baring,
M.P., Capt. Locke, R.N.

GREAT IRON BRIDGE FOR THE

NEVA.
(From the Liverpool Journal.)
The fact of the Emperor of Russia having commis-
sioned Messrs. Bury, Curtis, and Kennedy, the cele-
brated engineers of Liverpool, to construct an iron
bridge to cross the Neva, at St. Petersburgh, has
caused considerable interest in the engineering world,
and especially among the Russian, Prussian, and
German officials now in this country. On Wednes-
day last we visited Messrs. Bury's vast establishment,
at the Clarence Foundry, for the purpose of inspect-
ing the progress of this gigantic and unprecedented
undertaking ; and the facts we were enabled to col-
lect, through the courteous intelligence of the gentle-
man who showed us over the works, are pregnant
with interest and singularity, not only as regards the
construction of the bridge, but the general character
and operations of the foundry, which, whether for ex-
tent, the number of hands employed, or the value of
the produce of the labour, is equal to any engineering
establishment in the world.

The reader is aware that the Neva, in the most
central and aristocratic part of St. Petersburgh, is at
present crossed by a bridge of boats (the Pont
d'lsaac), over which there is a prodigious traffic, in-
terrupted only at night-time for the admission of
ships through one compartment of the bridge, which
can be easily shifted or removed for the purpose. In
the spring, however, the huge masses of ice disen-
gaged by the thaw drift down the current with such
force, that it is necessary to let the bridge loose at one
end and swing round at the other, so as to lie parallel
with the quay ; and even this precaution is occa-
sionally unavailing against the ponderous impetuosity
of the icebergs, which are sometimes (last year, for
instance) propelled with such sudden violence against
the boats as to carry them away from their anchorage,
and with them the whole of the superincumbent car-
riage and footway, into the Gulf of Finland, whence
they are only rescued piecemeal by steamers. With
a view to obviate occurrences of this nature, as well
as also to carry out the imperial designs for beautify-
ing and improving the Russian capital, the Czar has
resolved to erect a bridge of solid iron, on piers of
Finland granite, and as his autocratic impatience will
not brook the smallest possible delay, he has intrusted
the castings to Messrs. Bury, who, when their new
furnace, now in the course of being built, shall be
completed, will be enabled to cast at the rate of no
less than 150 tons a-week, so that by the time the
masonry is completed the ironwork will be in a con-
dition to be appended forthwith, thus perfecting this
Titanic project in the course of about two years,
when the bridge will be opened with a degree of eclat
proportioned to the splendour and importance of the
occasion.

The structure will consist of seven arches. The
span of the centre one will be 156 feet, and of the
three arches on either side 143 feet, 125 feet, and 107
feet respectively. Another arch will be devoted to a
species of swivel bridge, 70 feet wide, for the admis-
sion of ships to and from the Custom-house. The
buttresses of the piers will present to the current a
sharp inclined plane, so that a descending iceberg
will run up upon them, and fall to pieces from its own
gravity. The bridge will be very flat, there being a
fall of only seven feet from the top of the centre arch
to the end of the last arch on either side. The averages
depth of water in the Neva here, throughout the year,
is about 30 feet; and as the river is a tideless one,
there is little variation, except when the wind acts
strongly up from towards the Gulf, when the waters
rise considerably, in some instances doing irreparable
damage—as in 1824, when nearly 8,000 persons
perished; and it is a current belief in Moscow, and all
the inland towns, that one day or other will be realised
the old Moujick prediction, that the phantom architec
ture of the new capital will be buried in the salt
marsh, out of which the genius of the First Peter
raised it.

As the shores of the Neva, on either side, are ex-
tremely low, the height of the crown of the centre
arch from the water's edge will be only 21 feet—the
spring of the arch but six feet. The extreme length
of the bridge, from one abutment to the other, will be
no less than 1,078 feet. The weight of iron alone
will be nearly 8,000 tons, independent of the lamps
and superb ballustrades with which it is the Emperor's
intention to adorn it, and which together will pro..
bably weigh from 1,000 to 2,000 tons more.
It is impossible, of course, that we can form any
idea of the cost of this great undertaking ; but it is
probably within the mark to say that the price of the
iron part of it will exceed 100,0001.—much of the
labour to be bestowed upon it being of a very expen-
sive character, several machines having to be con-
structed expressly for the preparation of various por-
tions of the work. The segments of the arches
have to be planned with the nicest precision where
they join with the corresponding segments—there
being eleven such in the centre arch alone ; and as the
castings will have to be on the very largest scale, and
as everything connected with the operation will ne-
cessarily have to be characterised by the utmost
strength and solidity of material, and the best possible
workmanship, all the details will of course be attended
with heavy expenditure.
It is almost needless to say that this is the largest
order of the kind ever received in this country from a
foreign one, as the bridge itself will be the most stu-
pendous in the world, far exceeding Southwark-bridge
in everything but the cost. Indeed, the magnitude
of the Neva-bridge can only be rightly computed by
the casual reader contrasting its dimensions with
similar structures at home, on which we have been ac-
customed to pride ourselves. Southwark-bridge--
deservedly a wonder in its way—measures but 708
feet from one abutment to the other, and the weight
of iron is under 5,400 tons; whereas the length of the
Neva-bridge, as just stated, is upwards of 1,000 feet,
and the weight of iron will probably be little short of
10,000 tons. The spans of the three arches of South-
wark are certainly much greater than those of the
seven arches of the Neva-Midge--the centre one
being 240 feet, exceeding the famous Sunderland-
bridge by four feet, and the Rialto at Venice by 167
feet, or eleven feet more than the span of the Neva-
bridge's centre arch; but in all the other attributes
of grandeur and imposing effect the Neva-bridge will
much exceed even Waterloo-bridge—for while the
width of the carriage-road or causeway of the latter is
only 28 feet, that of the Neva will be 50 feet; and
while the parapet or foot-walk on Waterloo is only
seven feet, that of the Neva will be ten feet wide.
The weight of iron employed in this bridge will ex-
ceed by nearly five-fold that consumed in the erection
of the Menai-bridge. Altogether, the Neva-bridge
will be a most surprising evidence of what the skill
and enterprise of a private British firm are able to ac-
complish ; and that such an undertaking should have
devolved on a Liverpool house constitutes an epoch in
the commercial progress of the locality. There being
three boat bridges on the Neva, it is highly probable
that they will be replaced by iron ones, when the one
we now speak of shall have come into use.
Any facts appertaining to as establishment capable
of executing an order of such amazing extent as this
cannot but be interesting to the Liverpool public.
Messrs. Bury, Curtis, and Kennedy, as artificers in
iron, as machine and engine and boiler makers, are
equal to any in England, and, consequently, in the
world. The foundry, with its multitudinous forges,
casting-rooms, and apartments of all sorts, which are
united in one continuous succession, covers an area
of nearly two acres and a half. We have heard that
there have been made on the premises upwards of
200 locomotive engines, and marine engines approach-
ing nearly 5,000 horse power. The number of hands
constantly employed is probably not short of 900.
The castings executed here are some of the largest
ever attempted; many being, we should imagine, as
high as 30 tons in a single piece. The whole of the
buildings that might be supposed to be in the least
danger from ignition are fire-proof, and were so at
the period of their erection, 15 or 16 years ago, though
it is generally believed that the principle now so
universally being adopted in the new warehouses—
namely, iron pillars and beams, arched brick floors, and
party walls—is quite a modern introduction. We
learn that Messrs. Bury are casting at the rate of
nearly 50 tons a week for the erection of the new
warehouses—a pretty conclusive proof of commercial
activity, and of the recognition of a means for the
prevention of those calamities which at one time gave
so unenviable a notoriety to Liverpool.

ASTLEY'S THEATRE.—NOVEL PERFORMANCES.—
These two justly esteemed favourites of the public,
Messrs. Widdicombe and Stickney, take their joint be-
nefit at Astley's to-morrow evening, when, in addition to
the usually attractive bill of fare of this popular place of
entertainment, a plentiful dessert, in the shape of extra-
ordinary amusements, will be served up. Mr. Barry, the
inimitable clown, will, on that occasion, repeat his won-
derful feat of sailing in a washing-tub from Vauxhall to
Westminster-bridge, at five o'clock, and will be accom-
panied by Mr. Carter, " the Lion King, ' in . aoasta.tha"igui
boat, with his Brazilian tiger with him in the b
the young lady will repeat the feat of enteoty...,hr
i popular
itshe d' en of
wild animals. Altogether, to the a. t?
r -tnroaosors and out of ,
estal lishment, there will be, b
doors, to-morrow, abundancen of
toitel ij
PVC, amusement ; and we are
for whose benefit
sure Messrs. Widdicombe a d 5
w•rllh a bumper house,
the performances take place,
was recently so de-
not even surpassed by that which
dly awarded to Mr. Carter.
serve
FASIIIONAULE MOVEMENTS AT BRIG IiTON. Lady
Arabella Baring arrived on Monday. The Countes of
Effingham arrived yesterday. The Baroness Rothschild
and family have arrived at the Bedford Hotel. Sir Hugh
Palliser has taken a house on Brunswick- terrace for two
years. Lord and Lady Francis Egerton are daily ex-
pected for the purpose of passing the winter in Brighton.
Sir Isaac Lyon Goldsmid and Lady Goldsmid have ar-
rived at their residence, the Wick : Lady Goldsmid has
much improved her health by a residence in Italy last'
winter. The Earl of Bosse is expected to-day in Bruns-
‘6ck-terrace. Mr. and Lady E. Dukins returned to
Cuolhurst, near Horsham, on Tuesday, from a visit to
the Duke c). Pichmond, at Gordon Castle. Lord Cal•
thorpe has taken a house here for the u inter. Sr
'nouns Baring has taken a house on the Marine-parade.
Mr. and Mrs. Kean commenced au engagement at the
theatre en Zaumlay eNuling in Money.