Those general creditors of the corporation, who hold their bonds as a security, have also a 
claim on the bridge, which in 1833 amounted to £9,500. 
There are therefore three descriptions of creditors on the property of the bridge : _ 
1st. The original creditors. 
2nd. The government. 
3rd. The general creditors of the corporation. 
The Irish Society also have a claim on it of £20 annually. 
It is in contemplation to erect a new bridge, nearly 600 feet above the present one, and the 
corporation are negotiating about the sale of their property in it, and the right of ferry, the govern¬ 
ment sequestration not having been carried into effect. They have agreed to take £31,000 for 
their interest. Plans and estimates have been procured, and soundings of the river taken. Ac¬ 
cording to Sir John Rennie, the cost of a suspension bridge would be £56,960; of a cast iron 
bridge with three arches, on stone piers, £81,917; of a stone one, £126,663. It is, however, 
thought that a suspension bridge jon the most improved plan would not cost more than £50,000.' 
Without the co-operation of government, however, and of the Irish Society, it is not likely that 
such an object can ever be effected. Mr. Tite in his last report to the society recommends that 
the new bridge should be constructed at a point a little below the Gallows Brook, or western end 
of a stream called Mary Blue’s Burn. 
Revenue. —The following Tables, from recent parliamentary documents, exhibit a condensed 
view of the present state of the corporation revenue :— 
