1840.] 



THE CIVIL ENGINEER AND ARCHITECT'S JOURNAL. 



needy at very recUneil iniccs. The engineer has commenceil (lie necessary 

 smvcys Tor scttini; out the work on (he remaining f.venty miles, from C'arhsle 

 to As|)alria, and i'ur enabUng the agreements to be made for the land rccjuircd. 

 — Carlisle Piitriat. January 11. 



Grail. North of England Railwaij. — T«o first-class railway carriages have 

 just been iilaced on the line o'- the' Great North of England Railway, at ihe 

 Darlington Station. Tlie carriages, which are Irom the manufactory of Mr. 

 C. Burmip, of tliis (own. are of the most splendid description, and combine 

 every improvement that has hitlierto been introduced. The interior arrange- 

 ments are exceedingly comfortable, and the exterior decorations are beautt- 

 fully e.Necuted, each door panel bearing the united arms of Newcastle, Dur- 

 ham and York, supported by the Northern Kagle. The carriages have since 

 been inspected liy several of the directors and engineers, who all express their 

 entire salisfaclicin and admiration of their beauty and nseful construction. 

 It is expected that the portion of the line between Dirlington and York, will 

 be opened to the puidic in (he co'.irse of (he ensuing summer. — Newcastle 

 Journal. 



Lomlon and llirminghnm Raihvni/. — ,Sa(urday evening a considerable sub- 

 sidence took place at the Blisworth embankment, half way betH een the stiitiim 

 anil (lie bridge over (he canal. Tlie earth having become thoroughly satu- 

 rated by the late rains, gave way at (he bottom, and (he surface in conse- 

 quence gradually sunk. a( one point several feet. Since then it has continued 

 to subside at (lie rate of about a foot an hour, and on one occasion between 

 two and six in the morning, when (lie men ceased to work, it sank eight feet. 

 A large force of men w ere'coilected (he moment the slip was discovered, and 

 employed day and night replacing (he siiil (hat had given way with ballast, 

 the trains in (he mean (ime passing slowly over the spot. The gaji isahvays 

 filled ui> by (he arrival of a train, and (he precanlions (aken are such as (o 

 do away with all idea of danger. The ballast is brought partly from Bug- 

 brook, "but chielly from Hillmurton, about 16 miles distant. — Northampton 

 Mfrcuri/. January 11, 



Railwai) Speed. — Last week we referred to the facilities atfordetl by the 

 Great \Vestern Railway in the conveyance of newspiper expresses from i\Ion- 

 moiith. and noticed the great rate of speed at which the special trains on 

 these occasions had run. 'Vhe Dispatch (Sunday piper), in alluding to one of 

 its own expresses, stales (hat the .Enlns engine performed (he first ten miles 

 in seven minutes, and Ih i( if the engineer had not been compel ed to slacken 

 his speed in consequence of a (rain having started a short time jireviously, 

 (he whole distance of 31 miles could easily hue been accomplished in 25 

 minutes. This is at (he rale of 74: miles an hour ! — Railway Times. Jan. 18. 



London and Soulh-Western Railway. — The whole of the rails being now laid 

 down between the temporary terminus at Northam and the terminus on (he 

 Marsh, the engine has several tunes been along the whole line. The bnildhig 

 on the Marsh is also completed, and rising, as it docs, higher than any of the 

 adjacent edifici'S, forms a very consiiicuous object, especially when viewed 

 from the water. Workmen are actively engaged on the yet unfinised part of 

 the line between Winchester and IJasiugstokc, and though the late unseason- 

 able weather has impeded their progress in a great degree, little doubt is en- 

 tertained of their completing it by the 1st of May. when the good folks of 

 Southamptoir will be enabled (o reach (he meirupolis in three hours. — South- 

 ampton paper. 



Morecombe Bay. — By (he intended enclosure of Morecombe Cay and the 

 Duddon .Sands, ,52,000 acres of land will be reclaimed, which will form (wo 

 of the most beautiful valleys in the bike district of 83 square miles. The 

 sands, being composed almost entirely of calcareous ma(ter waslied from 

 the surrounding limestone, are capable of being formed into the most fertile 

 soil for agriculture. The land proposed to be reclaimed, will form an area 

 half the size of Rutlandshire, and, calculating one individual for two acres, 

 will accommodate a population of 26,000. being about half the number of 

 the present p'opulation of the counties of Huntingdon and Westmoreland, 

 and, 5,000 more than that of Rutland. It would be about eqiual in popula- 

 tion and extent to Lonsdale North, which is a peninsula lying between the 

 two bays of Morecombe and the Duddon, on which stand the ancien( ruins 

 of Furne.ss Abbey, and is also a rich agricultural and manufac(uring district, 

 abounding with slate, iron, and cop)ier mines. By the reclaimed land being 

 added (0 it, Lonsd.alc North would foiTn one of the most pleasant and com- 

 pact counties in the kingdom. — L-".rfst'^r Gnardian. 



Maidenhead /?■ id-^e on the Great /'". •■7' en H-.'hray, — A corresjiondent informs 

 us that during the hurricane of Friuay , t^ie I'-nh ult., the timber centerings of 

 the bridge, which had been left standingjtaoer the arches for some lime past 

 as a precautionary ineasure, were completely carried away by the force of the 

 wind and the timbers scattered about the river in all directions. This event 

 will now decide whetlier the bridge will stand or no( without (he aid of (he 

 centres, it is very evident (hat the brickwork of the arches was not supported 

 by (he centres, as some have suppose!, tor if that had been the case, they 

 could not h^ve been so easily carried away. 



NE'W CHURCHES, &c 



Blacliheath. — A new church intended for (lie accommodation of about 1100 

 persons is in progress of eieciion at Lee, near Blackhea h. It is designed in 

 (he first pointed or early EnglkTi style, adopting as a model for the component 

 jiarts of the exterior, Ihe Lady Chapel of .Salisbury Cathedral. At the west 

 end placed centrally rises a bold ti Mcr, which is surmounted by an octagooal 

 belfry and spire, reaching to the licighi of 130 feet. The interior is divided 

 into a nave and aisles by tw o ranges of clustered pillars, from which spring 

 molded arches supporling the root, the latter is of a triplex form llie central 

 division rising from nearly the same level as the sides, so that there is no 

 clerestory. The ceiling is to be finished in a style posterior to that of the 

 building generally, it will consist of plane surfaces divided into principal 



compartments by hammer beams or arched ribs, and these compartments 

 subdivided into panels by smaller ribs, having hoses at their inlersecdons. 

 A gallery is to be placed at the west end of (he churcli. occupying Icngdnvisc 

 its entire width, and one bay or intercolumniation in depth. The whole area 

 of the building has been excavated and a vau'ted crypt formed, which is lobe 

 divided into numerous compartments, (o be appropriated as family vaults. 

 The external dressings throughout, (ogeiher w ith the whole of the bellry and 

 .spire, as well as (he pillars and arches of (lie interior are executed in stone. 



Wolverhampton. — The erection of the new church in Horsley Fields will be 

 commenced as soon as the necessary legal forms are completed. The build- 

 ing, as before s(a(eil, will be in the gothic style, and according to the <lesign 

 sent m by Mr. Harvey F.ginlon. of Worcester. Twenty-five plans were sent 

 in, but sever<al of them were unavoidably rejected on account o( (he cost of 

 Ihe proposed buildings exceeding the funds at the disposal of the commitlee. 

 The structure will be eighty feet long and fifty-six feet wide, and is to be 

 surmounted bv a tower eighty-four fee! high, in the style of the lime of 

 Henry VIL I't will contain sittings for L'^00 persons, one-third of which are 

 to befree. — Wolverhampton Chronicle. 



Calcutta.— 'ibc Bishop of Calcutta has propo.sed building a cathedral church 

 at Calcutta, in the Gothic style of archiiccdne ; unencumbered with galleries; 

 with an ample chancel or choir; with north and south transepts or entrances; 

 and capable of seating about 800 or 1,000 persons, its dimensions being pro- 

 bably somewhere about 180 or 200 feet, by 55 or 60 ; and 50 or 60 feet in 

 height. In correspondence wi(h (his necessary magnitude of the body of the 

 edifice, it is designed that (he exterior of the building should bear some re- 

 lation in i(s architectural character to the interior; and that an appropriate 

 spire, somewhere about 200 feet in height from the ground, shoulil be adiled, 

 to give the whole a becoming and customary ecclesiastical aspect. It was, 

 indeed, (he unavoidable extent of a building winch eiaild at all meet the actual 

 wants of the case in a climate like Bengal that first suggested Ihe idea of 

 erecting it in an open and beau iful spot, and of such a style of architecture 

 as (o form a prominent object from every iioint of view on the esplanade, 

 wilhin Ihe fine panorama of Calcutta, and thus constitute (he grea(est orna- 

 meiil rif what has not been unfitly termed the City of Palaces. And it was 

 thought there are few who would not wi lingly make an tidditional eilbrt — if 

 we once deternvne to build a new and large church— to give it all the advan- 

 tages which the progress made of late years in sacred architecture can secure, 

 so'as to render it fitting to be (he first Protestant cathedral erected to the 

 honour of (iod in India. 



Liverpool.— iht: first stone of a new churi h, to be called after St. Barnabas, 

 to be erected on a plot of land between Parliament-street and Greenland- 

 street, a few yards from the Queen"s Dock, was laid on Tuesday, December 

 17. St. Barnabas' church will be a handsome structure, in the early English 

 or Lancet style, and a decided ornament to that part of ihe town. The prin- 

 ciiml elevation will be towards Parliament-street, and from the centre there 

 will rise a beautiliil tower and spire to the height of 135 feet. The former 

 will be finished with a pierced battlement on four sides and shafts with pin- 

 nacles a( the angles. The whole will be faced with red stone in large courses. 

 The inlerior will correspond with (he gcner.il style. 1( will have a nave se- 

 parated from the aisles by moulded stone piers and arches, supporting a clear 

 story in which there will be windows of three lights. The ceiling is to be 

 ribbed and pannelled, and the ribs will be painted to resemble oak. It is in- 

 tended to furnish 1200 sittings ; on the ground lloor there w ill be 471 sidings 

 and 236 free sittings, in the gallery 346 sittings and 147 free, making 1200, ot 

 which 383 will be dedicated lo the use of (he poor for ever. The cost will be 

 upwariis of .£1800. The architects are Messrs. Arthur and George Williams, 

 of No. 2, Tarleton-street,and Mr. William Morrison, of Toxteth-park, is the 

 contractor. — Liverpool Standard. 



The new ehnrch at Doughton, in (his county, which has been built upon aw et 

 loose soil, has been some time subsiding, but the late rains have so impaired 

 the foundation lliat the tower at the w'estern extremity first sunk, and then 

 fell to the ground, and (he other appears also lo be sinking very fast. Of 

 course the whole presents a very ruinous appearance. — Kent Herald. 



GSOLOGY. 



Geohgii in Devon.— \h: Buckland and Mr. Convbeare have both hastened 

 to visit the late landslip on the coast of Devon, which, we understand, oilers 

 some very curious pbenimiena to the geologist both inland and out at sea, 

 where, at a considerable di tance from the shore, a new solid ridge has been 

 thrown up by this convulsion of nature. — Naval and Military Gazette. 



The Lagoons.— A Vienna correspondent of a Paris pa; er s(a(es (hat accounts 

 had been received from Venice of the di.sappearance of a little island of the 

 Lagoons in the waves of the Adriatic. 12 persons who were on it having been 

 buried in the waters when the iland was overnhelmed. fhe Archduke, 

 Viceroy of the kingdom of Venetian Lombardy, had gone from Venice to 

 Padua to inspect the ravages caused by (be la(e immdalions, and the clergy 

 of Milan and (.remona were exciting themselves to relieve the sufllerers. 



Earthquake at San Salrador.—W'e have been favoured with (he following 

 extract of a letter from San Salvador, dated the 5(h of October, 1839 : — " On 

 (he 1st instant, at 2 a.m , we experienced a strong shock of an earthquake, 

 and at 3 a.m., an hour after, a concussion which has nearly destroyed the 

 (own. The shocks condnue, and yesterday we had 15 tolerably smart shocks^ 

 Many people have left the place, and I'fancy the Goveinn.ent will leoiove 

 to Cojntopeque, as this town is not safe. The evil is under our feel ; for at, 

 places five or six miles o(f nothing lias occurred. The houses are nearly 

 unroofed, and the walls ; re so tottering that we all s!eep in the court-yard or 

 the great square, under hide coverings, which is pleasant enough in the rainy 

 season, and sit in the day time in the corridors ready for a start into the 

 yard, as it will not do to wait a moment when the shock comes,"; 



