The Sun.
London, England, 1829-06-29 00:00:00

NE\V BRIDGE AT STAINES.

Or Saturday most of the members of the Bridge
Committee, and other gentlemen offieially connected
%%jib the city el London, went, in discharge of their
duties as conseivators of the liver, to inspect the
preparations far the building of the new bridge a;
Staines, and to partake of a gram' dinner, as is
always customary, in celebration of the foundatMn
of any ,!e cat public woiks of magnitude.
The first stone was laid on Tuesday hi Sir Milian)
Freemantle, attended by the trustees, and a number
orthesTe:ncii gentry
of i
each yf
the
cch
vicinity.
aOne double sovereign,
and a the other gold and silYer
coins of the reign to the slyer penny, were deposited
under the stone, in a glass bottle, with an appro.
l piste inscri,ition Mr. John Ronde and Mr. Keiffht
• •
superintended the operations, and three cheers were
girt a by the spectams and the workmen lit the con-
clusion of the ceremony.
A very bawl-owe collation was afterwards given
at the Bush inn by the trustees. Messrs. joh:le and
Banks, the contractors, attended, w.th Mr. B.,..nnie,
the engineer. Upwards of 100 of the workmen were
rega!ed with the most substantial cheer, and they
behaved remarkably well.
The contract price of the bridge and the ap-
proaches•is 38,000/., being 6,00 C/, more than the
tender in Mr. Herbert's pl,in. The length of the
hridge is to be 300 feet. It is to .consist of three
fl it segnset;tAl arches, in matey respects ii Air to
these of the new stone bridge over the Se •peutine
river. The span of the eentre•arch is to be sevent) -
two fee: ; of each of the side a' dies sixty-two fo.n.
The approaches are to be of Va. Much lit ig&
it n
is anticipated with the occupants on the intended
untie line. It is expected that the works sv id prove
an ornament of the first order to the river.
The members of the corporation of the city of
London expressed their approbation of what had
been done, and they invited the principal persons
concerned in the undertaking to dine with them.
They remained together until late, in the utmost
conviviality.

PRINTERS' PENSION SOClETY.—Yesterdsty
tnorniiig a Sermon Wil3 preached at Christ Church, New-
gate-street, before Loan MATon and -Sheriffs, by the
Venera!de, Dr. flowNcwon:rn, Archdeacon of bunting-
doo, for the benefit of the above excellent charity. The
Rev. Divine chose for his text the l 371), verse of the 29tli
chapter of Jen—" The blessing of him that was ready to
perish came upon me; and I caused the widow's heart to
sing for j..y." From these appropriate words an adini-
. ruble tliacouts.! was delivered by the Preacher, wheieiti he
powerfully advocated the cause of charity generally ; but
more especially in favour of the Printer,' Pension Soc.ety.
‘"fo the mitchless act of printing," said the eloquent
Divine, " the most powerful influence on the destiniea
happiness of man—the greatest tendency to enlighten the
understanding and improve the chat acter, and the tuost
rat'onal views of our zloty to God, and of the benevolince
we owe to our fellow men, were to be attributed." lie
concluded his sermon with a poWerful appeal to the feet_
ings of the congregation in favour of the aged awl the
widow, in which he truly stated, that the immense labour
attending the preparation of the daily journals, the mid-
night toil necessary to produce an early publication, and
the constant and unremitted attention requisite to insure
regularity, demanded from the joorneymin printer an sx-
hiradature of metrial and bodily strength, which produced,
1-at.an early period of life, debility and premature deeay.
1 We ate happy to sty, that a very liberal sum wa:s cillected
on the occasion.