vi PREFACE. 



one of it-i officers, TlioitiMs Leveiton Donaldson, whose services liave been long and publicly known. To the Manchester Architectural 

 Society we feel indfhteil for a tribute of praise to which we have already referred. In Ireland an Institute of the Architects of that 

 countrv, is in a promising state of progress, but we regret that the efforts for the establishment of a similar one in the United States, have 

 ]>roveil abortive. The Institute of Civil Engineers has maintained a high rank, and the president has worthily followed the example of 

 his brotlier president, the noble Earl De Grey, in his sedulous attention to the duties of his office and the interests of the society. The 

 Military Engineers have published the Third Volume of their Transactions, which well keeps up the reputation of its predecessors. In 

 the United States an attempt is now being made to establish an Institute of Civil Engineers, which we earnestly hope may be crowned 

 with success. 



Having dismissed the general interests of the two professions, we believe we may refer to our exertions with some complacency. We 

 announced last year that the pressure of matter would oblige us to increase the size of the Journal, and we have accordingly, with the 

 exception of one number, issued during this year an enlarged edition at one shilling and sixpence. That this was called for by 

 tlie wants uf <.ur s\ibscribers has been proved by the successful results of this measure, and we trust that we may appeal to 

 our columns whether we have exerted ourselves in a manner worthy of this support. In the jiresent volume will be found nearly five 

 hundred closely jirinted pages, and above two hundred wood engravings, among which are those of the Synag<igue in Great St. Helen's, 

 the Athenaeum Derby, the Font du Carrousel, Bow Bridge, the Arc de I'Etoile, the Nelson Column, and the Club Chambers Association. 

 There will also be found the Reports on the Great Western Railway Enquiry, on Steam Vessel Accidents, on the Caledonian Canal, 

 and on the Stone for the New Houses of Parliament ; a series of papers by Ralph Redivivus, Candidus, and on the Theory of the Steam 

 Engine, by A. Aristides Mornay ; on Railway Curves, and on Harbours, a Memoir of Trevithick, the Designs for the Nelson Memorial ; 

 and translations from the French of Arago's Life of W&tt, and De Clairac's Ancient Marbles. 



To our correspondents we have been much indebted for their valuable contributions on many occasions, and we can assure them, 

 sincerely, that nothing shall be wanting on our part, at all times to show everv attention to their communications. The Journal has 

 always been open to every thing uf merit, and, we trust, we shall never be found remiss in doing justice to any subject committed to our 

 charge. 



