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THE CIVIL r.NGlNKER AND ARCHITECT'S JOURNAL. 



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cwl , 7 feel, on b1i(1c:> aud u.irriages to pivnl; Ino IS-pounHer carrouades, 

 10 cwl., 7 feet, on Haidv's compressor carriages ; tolal, 3. — Class 2 (B). 

 Torch 345 tuns, Ijl-horse power, Locust (100), Harpy (200j, Jackal 

 (150), Lizard (150), liloodhound (151)), and iMyrniidun (150). One 13- 

 pounder gun of 'li cvvt., 7 feet, on pivul slides and carriages, and two 18- 

 pounder carronadts, lo cwl., 7 feet, on Hardy's carriages. 



Sti:*m Packets.- -Wildlirt, 180 tons ; Fearless, Dasher, Monkey, and 

 Dwarf. Two 6-pounder brass guns of en t. 



Tugs. — Echo, 2'J5 tune, llOhorsc power, African and Confidence, Two 

 32-pounders of SO cwt., feet inches, on pivot slides aud carriases. 



TnooP-sHii's. — Khaduinanlhus, 813 tons, 220-hor8c power, Dee (220), 

 aud Alban (120). Four 32-pounders of 42 or 5C cwt., 8 feet, on coniniun 

 carriages. 



Slcamcm Propelled h\j Scrcirs, 



Steam FrihaTm. — Class I. Simonn, 1,933 tonj, THO-horse power. 

 Main deck : twelve 32-pounders, 50 cwt., 9 feet (i inches, on slides and 

 carriages. Ipper deck ; two OSpouuders, !I5 cwt., 10 feet, on pivot 

 slides, aud carriages ; four in inch guns, 85 cwt.,!> feet 4 inches, on slides 

 and carriages. Total, 18. Vulcan, 1,747 tons, 700-horse puner. iNIaiu 

 deck ; eight 32-pouuders, fiO cwt., 'J feet inches, on slides and carriages. 

 I'pper deck ; two GSiiounders, 05 cwt., 10 feet, on pivot slides, and car- 

 riages ; four 8-inch guns, 05 cwt., ',) feet, on slides and carriages. Tolal, 

 14. Termagant, 1,550 tons, 020-hor3e power; Dauntless, 520 ; Fuphratcs 

 and Vigilant, 520. Main deck : eighteen 32-pounders, 50 cwt , !) feet 

 inches, on common carriages. I'pyier deck : two OSjiouuders, 05 civt., 10 

 feet, on pivot slides, and carriages; four 10-inch guns, 85 cwt, feet 4 

 inches, on slides and carriages. Total 21. — Class 2. — Mepara, 1,391 tons, 

 5dO-horse power, and l^egasus (510). Main deck : four 32-pounders, 50 

 cwt., feet inches, on slides and carriages. Upper deck; two 08- 

 pounders, 05 cwt., 10 feet, on pivot slides, and carriages ; four 8-inch 

 guns, 05 cwt., 9 feet, on slides and carriages. Tolal, 10. 



Steam Sloops.— Class 1. — Coullict, 002 tons, 400-horse power. Despe- 

 rate, Niger, Enchantress, Falcon, J'.asilisk, and Florentia. Upper deck : 

 one 68-pounder, 95 cwt., 10 feet ; one 10-iuch gun, 85 cwt., feet 4 inches, 

 hcitli on |iivot slides and carriages; six 8-incli guns, 05 cwt., 9 feel, on 

 slides aud carriages; lulal, 8.— Class 2. — Encounter, 895 tons, 300-horse 

 power, and Harrier. Upper deck : one G8-pouuder,05 cwt., 10 feet; and 

 one 10-inch gun, 85 cwt., 9 feet 4 inches, both on pivot, slides, and car- 

 riages ; four 8-inch guns, 05 cwt., 9 feet, on slides and carriages ; total, 0. 

 Cln?s 3. —Katiler, 888 Ions, 200. horse power; and Flioeni.x, 200; one 8- 

 iucli gun, 05 cwt., 9 feet ; one 32-pounder, 50 cwt., feet inches ; four 

 32-pounders, 25 cwt., feet, on pivot slides, aud carriages, or otherwise 

 if necessary; total, 0. 



Steam Gu>-iioats.— 1st Class. — Rifleman, 483 Ions, 202-borse power, 

 .Sharpshooter, Archer, Parthian, Sepoy, and Cossack ; one 08pounder,95 

 cwt., 10 feet; and one 10-inch gun, 85 cwl., feet 4 inches, on pivot 

 slides, and carriages ; two 32-pounders of 25 cwt., C feel, on Hardy's car- 

 riages. Total, 4.— 2nd Class. — Teazer, 301 Ions, 100-horse power. Minx, 

 JJoxer, aud Biter; one 8-Jnch gun, 65 cwt., 9 feet, on pivot slides, aud 

 carriages ; one brass O-pounder. Tolal, 2. 



Steam (Juard-shu's with Auxiliary Power.— Edinburgh, 1,772 Ions, 

 .l.')0-horse power. Ajax, Blenheim, aud La Hogue. Lower deck : Twen- 

 ly.six 42-pounders, 00 cwt., 9 feet inches, on common carriages. Quar- 

 terdeck : Two 5G-pounders, 87 cwt., 10 feet, on pivot slides, and carriages ; 

 four 10-inch gnus, 85 cwt., 9 feet 4 inches, on slides and carriages. Fore- 

 castle : Two 5G-pounders, 87 cwt., 10 feet, on pivot slides, and carriage. 

 Total, 50 guns.^Eurolas (fr.), 1,108 tons, 350-horse power. Horatio, 

 Seahorse, and Forth. iMain deck : Twenty 42-pouiiders, 00 cwt., 9 feet 

 inches, on common carriages. Quarter-deck : One SOpoundcr, 87 cwt., 

 10 feet, on i)ivot slides, and carriages : two 8-inch guns, 05 cwt., 9 feet (or 

 two 10-inch guns of 85 cwt., 9 feet 4 inches), on slides and carriages. 

 Forecastle : One 50 pounder, 87 cwt., 10 feet, on pivot slide aud carriage. 

 Tolal, 24. 



Sti:am Fuigati;s hitu Auxiliarv Power. — Arrogant, 300 horse power. 

 i\Iaindcck: Twenty-two 32-pounders, 50 cwt., ft. in.; and six 8-incli 

 guns, 05 cwl., 9 ft, on common carriages. Quarter-deck : one 08-pound- 

 er, 90 or 05 cwt., 10 feet, on pivot slide and carriage ; sixteen 32pouuders, 

 32 cwt , feet inches, on Hardy's carriages. Forecastle ; Oue 08- 

 pounder, 00 or 95 cwt., 10 feet, on pivot slide and carriage. Total, 40. — 

 .Vinpliion, 300 horse power. IMain deck : Fourteen 32 pounders, 50 cwt., 

 9 feet inches, aud six 8-iiich guns, 05 cwt., 9 feet, on coninioa carriages. 

 Quarter-deck: One OS-pouudcr, 90 or 95 cwt., 10 feet, on pivot slide and 

 carriage ; eight 32 pounders, 25 cwt., 6 feet, on compression carriages. 

 Forecastle : One 08 pounder, 90 cwt., 10 feet, on pivot slide and carriage. 

 Total, 30. 



This return does not include the numerous packets that ply as mail 

 steamers on the various stations round the coast and in our colonial pos- 

 sessions. 



S'iagarn Wire l}riilge.~lt is slated in the Unchcxtcr Democrat, that the 

 Niagara Suspension Bridge Company will shortly proceed lo the erectinn 

 ot a wire bridge across the Niagara river — the Queen's assent having been 

 obtained. The whole of the stock, 200,000 dollars, has been taken— one 

 half in Canada, and the remainder in Nevf York. 



NOTES ON FOREIGN MOUKS. 



Muiiklt Art-l/ninn. — Audiitur ft nltera purs, — The Munich Union is on 

 the decrease, evidenced by the reports both of 1815 and 1840. Surely an 

 association which possesses an annual income of nc.irly 40,000 florins 

 (a large sum of money at Munich !),— might, all other advantages com- 

 bined, have done more. The public taste, to mention one incident, does not 

 seem to go apace with higher art-tendencies, for amongst 127 pictures open 

 to prizeholders, only three historical ones were chosen ; — here also the mere 

 hunting alter portraits and ^enrc painting. Compared with this decline 

 of the Munich art-union, even that of the Diisseldorf art-friends does not 

 bear a comparison — which latter have had painted an altar-piece for the 

 Cathedral of Cologne, adorned the guildhall of Elberfeld with frescoes, 

 and provided similar embellishments for the Emperors'-hall of Aix-la- 

 Chapelle. Even the Art-Union publication n'o'fins/Wii(f), which might 

 easily have been elevated lo an organ of real art-value, very seldom 

 rises beyond the sphere of ephenicial art, and labours under .1 mere hunt- 

 ing after external appearances and picturesijue effects. This year's 

 exhibition, als'», does not allbrd any very cheerlul prospects, although the 

 king has sent to the exhibition some Dutch paintings of his own priiate 

 gallery. In the department of sculpture, L. Schaller has exhibited a 

 .St. Bernard in bron/.c ; and the model of a Penelojie, by Brugger, may be 

 also mentioned. 



The ] iilleij of Chamonix has been the scene of an awful event. By an 

 avalanche which fell from the Aiguilles-Houges, and tilled the bed of the 

 Arve, the small village of Des Prats on the banks of the rivulet, was com- 

 pletely buried in dehi is of rock and snow, v^'illi some considerable loss of 

 life. Another avalanche which came down lately from the crags of 

 the Eiseusteiu, in Tyrol, burieil several persons who were on the return 

 home. 



Itaml oier the Alps. — The Sardinian government has given orders to 

 repair and open the gigantic road, which leads from the south of France 

 (Brianron) lo Italy. This road over the Mont Genevre was constructed 

 by Napoleon, in a most solid and costly manner, but has since been 

 neglected and got out of repair aud use. It will be of great importance 

 when Turin and I'igncrol are connected by a railway. 



Public U'orlis in Scncunl. — Captain Grammont, R.N. of France, the 

 go\ernor of the above settlement, in opening the legislative assembly, ad- 

 verted, at some length, to the public works to be executed in the colony. 

 Amongst these, a regulation of llie harbour of St. Louis, embankments of 

 the river, aud draining of its b.inks are conspicuous. His excellency very 

 ]iropeiiy observed, that by such improvements the native (Negro) work- 

 man will be formed, aud the process of material civilisation of Africa ad- 

 vanced. 



Legislation of Rireis iiiid Watercourses. — The French Congrcs Agri- 

 cole, presided by Prince De Cazes, have discussed the above subject at 

 great length, when IMessrs. Toiicqueville, Beaumont, and others, were 

 heard. The hist fact resulting from these debates is, that there is in 

 France an act of the Legislature relating to these subjects — viz., that of 

 14th F'lori/al on Xl. Some, however, thought that this la'v is rather for 

 preventing the bank-people (riverains) availing themselves (jf the hydrau- 

 lic advantages of their i)osiliou in the improvement of their lands. The 

 congress, in tine, emitted several opinions, which will have some weight 

 on the legislature and the government. Amongst these, was the suggestion 

 that the government would watch tiie execution of the laws relating to the 

 iHr((^e(Uowing) of water nut available lo navigation — lakes, ponds, and 

 brooks ; that the former usages, local rcgulatiuus, &c. of each county, 

 relative lo Ihi.s subject, be coDuctid, aud laid before a board of magistrates 

 aud proprietors, for bringing them in concert with the general legislation of 

 the land. The congress recommended to government the appointment of 

 regular officers of the cviHcs d'euii. It was also suggested, that the forced 

 participation of proprietors interested in the execution of public works — 

 hitherto merely restricted (by the law of Sept. 10, 1807) to the dykeing of 

 the sea shore and the banks of rivers— should be exteinled to all works 

 relating lo the management and distribution of water. 'J'he congress like- 

 wise requested, that government should direct its attention to the ameliora- 

 tion of bogs aud marshes, hy the cutting of great draining canals (/ossees 

 d'assainissement), to allow tiie escape of the waters and moisture of whole 

 districts — on which account, no legislative enactment has been hitherto 

 made. (C'e.sl Inul comme chez uuus.) 



Navigation iij' the iSeine, — Important works ha\e been begun at Paris 

 for improving the navigation of the river. At la Kapce the basin (;">!'() is 

 dredged of slone. Nearly at the embouchure of the canal of .St. Alartin, 

 a jetty is building for tlie discharge of goods, for which the Boulevard 

 Contrescarpe will be sacrificed, and all its houses demolished. The whole 

 quay on the left bank, from the Pout de rArclievuche to the Petit Pont, 

 is taken ofT, and is to be rebuilt with au inclined road. 



filrange Inauguration of a Public Ihdiding at Constantinople. — The 

 foundation stone of the branch building of the College of Medicine, which 

 is to be erected near the cemetery of Pera, has been laid with much cere- 

 mony. The work has been for some time delayed, because the chief as- 

 trologer (Mynedjim-Bachi) of the sultan had declared, that no oilier day 

 than the 20lh February would be prupiiious for that purpose. Still, the 

 atmosphere did not concur with the right reverend gentleman, as the ce- 

 metery presented a lake of mud, caused by the incessant rain and snow 

 I which fell during the day. 



