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THE CIVIL ENGINEER AND ARCHITECT'S JOURNAL. 



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to I}e (lone, tliere is no doubt of its being finislieil dunng tlie present summer' 

 We understand Mr. Lyon (wlio has built the large stone bridge over the river 

 Cart, at Paisley, in such a creditable manner) is the successful competitor for 

 tills lot. We Lelieve the directors have it in contemplation to commemorate 

 the opening by a grand enterlainment to be given at Ayr. to which all Ihe 

 beauty and fashion of tlie M'ost of Scotlanil will be invited. The beauty of 

 the scenery in that part of A\'rshire, and the present appearances of a favour- 

 able season Mill. «e trust, contribute, with the excellent arrangements of the 

 authorities connected with the railway, to ni.ake this ceremonial a truly mag- 

 nificent example of national taste and enterprise. " Well begun," if has been 

 well said, "is half ended," and this has been verified in the present instance ; 

 for, from the first commencement, when the foundation stones of the two mag- 

 nificent bridges over the Garnock and Irvine rivers were laid with masonic 

 Jionours, on the Queen's coronation day last summer, up to tlie present 

 moment, not a single circumstance of any importance has occurred to delay 

 the works; and the shareholders may soon enjoy the agreeable sight which 

 their patriotic exertions have so speedily combined to produce, in tlie comple- 

 tion of this gi'eat undertaking. — Glasgow Courier. 



London and Brighton Raiiwai/. — The dillerences between flie London and 

 Brighton Railway Company and the owner of some property at .Southwick. 

 which had caused a temporary suspension of the works on the Shoreham 

 branch of the railway have been settled satisfactorily ; and on Monday, the 

 3d ultimo, the Brighton locomotive engine recommenced its labours in re- 

 moving tlie excavated earth from the cutting westward of the tunnel under 

 Lashmar's mill. .Steady progress is made in Ihe last -mentioned work, h hich, 

 judging from the quantity of chalk brought up the shaft, and deposited on 

 the ground above the tunnel, must be approaching to completion. The cut- 

 tings on each side of the New England Road are proceeding with rapidity. 

 the greatest number of hands being employed that the space will admit. A 

 liridge to connect the upper and lower portions of the road leading from Wick 

 to the Old Shoreham road has been commenced -. and a similar bridge to 

 carry the New England Road over the railway is in course of constiiiction. 

 Lower down the hill, tow .ards the Dairy, the foundations of the viaduct are 

 already completed, as are also those of the concrete walls, which will teniii- 

 nate the embankments abutting on the viaduct. — Briglilou Gazette. 



North Midland Railteay. — We understand that the .Swinton contract on the 

 North Midland Railway is nearly completeil, and that a bridge has been con- 

 structed over the river Dearne navigation near Rotherham, which is consi- 

 dered a superior structure of architecture, as far as elegant workmanship and 

 substantiality of building are concerned, and reflects the greatest credit upon 

 Messrs. John Wilks and Co., the contractors. The whole of the line is in a 

 state of forwardness, and will be completed by the end of October. — Yorkshire 

 Gazette. 



Bolton and Preston Railumi/. — We understand that five or six miles of hi 

 line of railway are nearly completed at the Bolton end, and that a vast num- 

 ber of men are thereon employed, hands being unusually plentiful. In about 

 three weeks the remaining portion to the meeting with the North Junction 

 will be let. Surveyors and others have been passing over and measuring the 

 line daily for several weeks past, particularly near Chorley. where there will 

 be seen some cutting and tunnelling. — Preston Observer. 



Preston and Longridge Iiiiilwai/.---Thi' workmen engaged on this line o^ 

 railway are progressing actively with the work at the east end. They are 

 cutting within about forty yards of the stone (|uarries of Tootle Height, and 

 preparations are making for laying the line with gravel previously to placing 

 the rails. As the weather continues so very favourable, ihe line will, in all 

 probability, be opened towards the enil of this summer. The viaduct near the 

 commencement, and the bridge at the Alst n Four-lane-eiuls. exhibit superior 

 style of design and beauty, combined with strength and firmness, « hich [)roves 

 to what perfection this kind of work is now brought.— -P)rs(o« Observer. 



Manchester and Birmingham Railway. — Congleton Viaduct. — A few days 

 since, Mr. Buck, the head engineer to'the Manchester and Birmingham Rail- 

 way Company, was engaged for some time in superintending Ihe progress of 

 the works at Congleton, and in directing Ihe preparatory arrangement for the 

 foundation of the piers of the great viaduct, &c. From w hat passed at the 

 meeting in Manchester last week, it appears, that Ihe height of this glorious 

 structure is to be rednced twenty feet, which, with Ihe addition of thirteen 

 feet to the viaduct at Stockport, will so far alter the line as to effect a saving 

 to the company of about SO.OOOl. - --.'itaffordshire Gazette. 



Newcastle and North Shields /fn(7u'ni/.---Tlie Directors and a number of their 

 friends, on Wednesday, May 22, made an experimental trip on a portion of 

 the permanent line, with one of the splendid new engines, furnished from the 

 manufactoiT of Messrs. Hawthorn of this tow n, called Ihe Hotspur. The rails, 

 which are laid on continuous bearings, were found perfectly substantial and 

 satisfactory, and it was observed that the motion of the carriages on Ihe line 

 was exceedingly smooth and agreeable. We have before stated that the 18tli 

 of June is fixed for the general opening; by which time several railway 

 carriages from the manufactory of Mr. Atkinson, coach-builder, will be 

 brought into requisition in the conveyance of passengers, to whose safety and 

 comfort every attention will be paid by the servants of the Company. We 

 have not space this week for more than a mere statement of the dimensions 

 of this wonderful structure. The large arthes are each llGfeet span, and 

 they consist of three ribs, each formed of deals springing from stone abut- 

 ments, with timber framing above. The stone arches are 4.5 feet span each. 

 The number of arches is nine, five of w ood and four of stone. The total 

 length is 920 feet, and the height up to Ihe railway is 108 feet. The whole, 

 as finished, has a light and exceedingly beautiful Rppiwianci:. ---Newcastle 

 Journal, May 25. 



I'ersailles Railway.— Ihe first trial of the whole extent of railway by St. 

 Cloud to Versailles was made on Thursday week. A locomotive engine ran 

 the whole distance from the station in Paris to the Rue St. Symphorien, at 

 Versailles. At all the points near Ville-d'Avray, Sevres, Chaville. Virofiay, 

 at-.d M«atr«uil, the inhstbitants came eut in crowds tu witness the spectacle. 



Railways in France. — A trifling improvement took place in the French 

 funds on Monday, but a vast fall took place in the shares of the company for 

 cimslructing a railroad between Paris and Versailles by the left bank of the 

 Seine, under the impression that the loan to that company proposed by go- 

 vernment would be refused by the Chambers. It was considered all but cer- 

 tain that the Chamber of Deputies would reject the propo.sed bill of Ministers 

 to authorise a loan of 5,000.000f. to the company which luad undertaken to 

 construct a railroad frcnn Paris to Versailles by the left bank of the Seine, 

 an impression which on Tuesday produced another and serious fall in the 

 shares of that company. 



CHURCHES, PUBLIC BUILDINGS, aic. 



Trentham Hall. — The stonemasons who have been so long employeil in the 

 improvements now making at the mansion of the Duke of Sutherland, under 

 the directions of Mr, Barry, the architect for the new House of Commons, 

 struck a fortnight ago for an advance of wages, although receiving twenty- 

 four slullings a-week, and this, after having been kept on during the whole 

 of the winter montlis at that rate of wages, Ihe liberality of the noble duke 

 not permitting the customary reductions to be made for short days at that 

 season of the year. The whole of the masonry is consequently at a stand, and 

 no new hands are permitted by the trades' union to be taken on, unless at 

 the new rate whicii the society has fixed, viz., 26s. a-week. Most of the 

 workmen, it is staled, are willing to work at the old rate of 24s. a-weck. but 

 dare not. — Shrewsbury Chronicle. 



New Scotch Church at Liverpool. — The f undation stone of a new church and 

 school, in connection with the Church of Scotland, was laid at Woodside, on 

 the opposite side of the Mersey to Liverpool, on Friday, May 31, by the Rev. 

 Dr. Cooke, of Belfast. 



St. Mary's. Islington.— The third of the new churches erected in this parish, 

 by the voluntary contributions of the inhabitants, liberally aideil by the Me- 

 tropolis Churches Fund, wa.s consecrated on Tuesday, 18th ultimo, by the 

 Lord Bishop of London, in the presence of the Lord Mayor, a numerous as- 

 semblage of the neighbouring clergy, and a crowded congregation of the pa- 

 rishioners. The church is situateil in the New North Road ; the principal 

 front, facing the east, is a pure and elegant specimen of Gothic architecture; 

 the arches of the w indow s and other details ot the body of thechurch resemble 

 those of Merton College, Oxford, a classic example of the 14th century, of the 

 time of Heriry IV. ; upon it has been introduced a spire rising 100 feet from 

 the pavement, upon the model of St. Mary's Church, Oxford, of the same 

 century. The whole exhibits considerable taste and elegance, and reflects 

 great credit upon the architects, Messrs. Inwood and Clifton. The chiu'ch is 

 capable of accommodating 1,100 persons, and the cost of the building will not 

 exceed 3,5001.— Time's. 



Wetherby New Church. --The first stone of a new church, to be built at 

 Wetherby, in the West Riding of the county of York, was laid on the 1st of 

 April last by Quinlin Rhodes, Esq., in the presence of a large assemblage. 

 The church will be built in the Lancet style, and entirely of stone, and is in- 

 tended to accommodate seven hundred and thirty persons, a large portion of 

 the seats being free. The pew framing, pulpits, &c., is chiefly of wainscot. 

 The body of the eluucli is 7.5 feet by 44 within, besides which there is a 

 chancel 25 feet by 12 deep. There is an ornamental porch at the south side, 

 and a tower at the west end eleven feet and a-lialf square within and seventy- 

 five feet high, exclusive of the pinnacles, which a e fifteen feet more. The 

 east window consists of five narrow lights, with cylinders, S;c., and occupies 

 the entire width of the chancel. There is a west gallery only. The vestries 

 are placed at the east end, on each side the chancel. Over the south porch 

 is n ornamental marygold window. The cost of the church was estimated 

 at £2,500, but the contracts are considerably within that sum. The works ■ 

 are proceeding rapidly, and it is expected to be ready for consecration in the 

 ensuing spring. The whole of the building is vaulted underneath for inter- 

 ments. The expense will be defrayed chiefly by voluntary subscriptions, with 

 some assistance from the Church Building Society. It is designed by and is 

 building under the superintendence of Messrs. J. B. and William Atkinson, 

 architects, York. 



Cathedral of Chartres.— The immense framework of iron, which replaces 

 that (jf wood, for Ihe roof of the Cathedral, is completely finished and raised, 

 and nothing remains to be done but to put on the copper sheathing. Work- 

 men are employed in restoring all the internal parts of the Cathedral that 

 have suffered injury ; and some finely sculptured woodwork is to be placed 

 before the statue of the Vierge Noire. This figiurc is held in profound venera- 

 tion throughout that part of the country. 



LIST OF NE'Wr PATENTS. 



GRANTED IN ENGL.VND FROM 30tH M.VY TO 27tH JUNE, 1839. 



Alexander Gordon, of Fludyer-street, Westminster, engineer, for " an 

 Improved Machine or Apparatus for employing Steam, or other elastic fluid, 

 as a motive power."— Sealed May 30 ; G months allowed to speciiS'. 



William .\rmstrong, of Hawes, near Ampthill, Bedford , farmer for " Im- 

 provements in Harrows." — May 30; 6 months. 



William Palmer, of Sufton-street, Clerkenwell, manufacturer, for " Im- 

 proveinents iu Lamps and in the Manufacture of Candles." — June 1 ; C 

 months. 



Stephen Geary, of Hamilton-place, King's-cross, architect, for " certain 

 Improvements in Pacing or covering of Streets, Roads, and other ways," — 

 June 1 ; 6 months. 



JosErHiNE Julie Besnier de Bligney, of the Commercial Hotel, Lei- 

 cester-street, for " Improvements in Umbrellas and Parasob." — June 3 ; 

 G inontha. 



