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London, England, 1842-03-28 00:00:00

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Chairman of the Navigation Committee, and of
form the groundwork of important Proceediagnns
Corporation on the next Court day, is the 1°I;"0
Captain Bullock, R.N., the hidrogra?
Board of Admiralty, who, with Mr. 11'11'pro,' 0
President of the Institution of Civil Engi°,es-s,
other eminent scientific men, took .a sur:.' us
autumn, of the whole extent of the river naiseira,.
The- civic jurisdiction. The following is an 111)5
CAPTAIN BULLOCK'S OBSBEVAT lON SCorp A.
c‘ Inquiries having been instituted by the „ctici,
tion of the City of London respecting the pent of,,
lity and expediency of a uniform embanicaeosi
Thames throughout its course, it has been,t,,e is to
me to consider and reort on the effects boe,river
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produced by such a measure on the bed of th 00,
" Previous to my answering the questiohs sulissi
to me, it seems desirable that I should scathe 01
conceive to be the natural laws regulating ' 90 for,,
ments of a river, and the formation of its Deu'ossfii
such laws are involved in the subject under era I
tion. A current of water obeys the gene
motion, and continues its course in a striflissel lid
until it meets with some obstacle which ~,,ss,
turn aside ; hence at every bend in the en-jas/°‘
river, the current runs in on the collate s
presses on the bank.
4, The velocity of a stream, under like ictsilcf
r
stances of declivity and pressure, depend' yid Oi.
doms or, in other words, on its breadth
In any given section of a river the grestesstssti 0
a stream will, generally speaking, be. leis- se
deepest part; where there, is a shoal antbs 4
of an active current, the contact dates 0
stream with the retarded and sluggish viss. slots
shoal- will have the effect of producing a,,,"esisr
tion or eddy in the latter, the extent of,l"',
regulated by the extent f the shallows. die
- After some further statements relativet°, s
laws regulating the movements of a ri""
Bullock proceeds::-- ' OOl
" These principles being established,
proceed to consider the question whether lees 0
ble to devise a channel for a river so constL Y
secure the two conditions of clearness '''-01sis•
structions and permanence ; or, in other W cosi
ther by embankments judiciously eonstrunst Y
respect to width and form, a river rosy istlls
rected in such a manner that its current/figs, 1:1
will harmonise with the general wifeLd---0,-
course, and whether it may not be.
tendency to form shoals and to shift its. ods
" It appears to me that these desirable easil
easily obtained by embankment. A riv:olo6'
spoiled by the too great diffusion of the
the wear and tear of the banks, and braloiff
of one kind or another created in the sveterssAt
all which ensue diversions of the currelll.ooo
dency in the river to change its course/
sns the
banks and shoals, which more or less inn' i
vigation. s e)
" Now, these causes of deterioration OS iboss
pletely removed by embankments, reduci°3 tOsswl
of a 'river to a sufficient water -way, 8° sr 1
more, and presenting to the pressure of the I
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the bends of the river a solid unchangsable }
bsit?
such a form as will guide the current Wsspet,
one channel ; if to these embankments be fiolo, t.
some regulations calculated to preserves ;orse ir,
principles on which the embankments as.'sis ,
to prevent the projections and obstrueti" se
water-way, it cannot be doubted that thews ,
gradually work itself a free, uniform, onclurse
channel, and having thus improved its cas°,oe°Pcistf
will have no tendency to change it. The '-sill i
agencies which, left to themselves,contintlidji
their direction, and plough up different ci7,oa, v
I
stream, will, f fixed in their direction,
ea,
variable and undue hindrances, be convert I?
improver and preserver of the same stream" i 00 4+
" It is easy to apply to the Thames sy'sst P'f-
already said of rivers in general, but it Mr ty)
overlooked that an additional argument sssf° tif I
posed embankment, may be found in the 'ci. ge ii
that the Thames is rather wider above hrtiresis s,
the Pool ; for the contraction of the s ssin
bridge, will probably have the effect of ee
_os s
current, and giving it an equable rnoven:lcio ei
moreover, the single fact that the Pool;isdi
narrower that the river above, bridge is °'
peCell
cient to show that the latter is wider than seS
" It would be advisable, perhaps, tl-speoil
dredging the process of clearing and s'l4o
bed of the embanked river, instead os. si
the comparatively slow operation of Ils7ss-lAI
but in that case, it would be necessarissa r,
better system of dredging than that Pill';; 0.,0
sent, and instead of making deep holes etori
nels, the dredging machine ought to 12121. 0 0:11
wholly in removing shoals ; and, in gene';;;lest,4
remarked that the mischiefs from then TstV
river's bed or banks, or from injurious .r 4
with them, cost much more for their rergrot
tion, than would suffice to maintain avi d
intendence competent to prevent them. sate
" The Thames, though for ages the gv'S--s ars
mercial river in the world, has hitherto `,"" e,
from its due share in the improVensent'iss 901
around it. In our own times the nissrle'-'s 0)
ceived incalculable benefits from science, sll:ii co
v
be expected from the maritime genius of t s seials,
the chief glory of their scientific labouri„ soli
ourselves. The Thames has been lat2„4 tlesi
with the utmost care and minuteness Jiiitv
tion of the Lords of the Admiralty, hil 0
ference to the embankment of its sides. 00.1
" Amidst all this activity, originating,. is 110,1
of the age, and called for by its wants, d
prising that the Corporation of the Citisse I
actuated by the same spirit, should 1;01
their attention to the improvement of its sled
extension of some care to this object issstsd
tively called for by the recent change s 9;01
plying in the river, arising from the gi:aglt,
small steamers. In conclusion, I s'„Wso
mend the projected embankment as a ce'7,olpf°,;,,i
effecting a great and permanent , ' cos
in the Thames. It would, if fullssoo'
and maintained with suitable regn 't filiss
the effect of equalising the WI ie,
of the river, removing shoals, she Olti
the navigable water-way. Owing t° the
obstructions in the river with the Wit,
oblique currents attendant on theta, "iSclisi
constant wave from the steam-boats woof
the banks, there is a larger quantity ofsforltidi
a state of perpetual oscillation than fc".--044
this will be avoided-by unity of channel ;,,, 19
unembarrassed water-way the stream, ,sth'ssess
sedimentary matter, will pass onwards of vs
sea into deep water. The great extents' alio;
banks, which now exhale offensive Na"
water, would also thereby be much dim' br
stream being made stronger and deeps 011
bankment would more effectually perf°7lest
ing office ; and these benefits, indepen; itsi
of considerably . increased facilities °I ~
now grown so important, seem to Ine 'O5(
themselves to incite to far more ardOu'ssosr
sive undertakings than that of merely em
river near the metropolis."

NEW ZEALLAND,"„rtSi`
Intelligence has been received from riv
in New Zealand, to the 27th Noverabeir'co4
colony sent out by the New Zealan°,,„fll",'
arrived. It is headed by Captain Artnovl
well known to his brother officers in tred 10
professional zeal and intelligence, an
popularity. Captain Hobson, the ,Grc's,'ehs
Zealand, who has been engaged in;teiljo
from force into existence a settlement orig:„§ 17'
self, at Auckland, remote the E4,o'` titto
settlers from England and New p
interferes in the affairs of ct."— r
rather in the spirit of a rival colony tFo
British Governor anxious to prota°tetiiiso
ment of the whole islands ; and in
Ind
he interfered to prevent the second COote 1
tling where the Company's officers, 004
Cooper's Bay, on the west coast 9ecillo
Island. The colony was therefore
limits of the Company's territory, but 51'0t,
island, at Blind Bay, on the southerUreboa)?
Strait (the Northern coast of Middle
..sp'sjoat
as luck would have it, they were coniceDeOti
loss of their first wish by finding an eIA 0110
and an ample tract of rich land ;
Nelson was founded with every 'o
favourable career. All went on well prof'St
son.—Spectator._

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