The Mirror of Literature, Amusement, and Instruction. Volume 13, No. 351, January 10, 1829

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Various. The Mirror of Literature, Amusement, and Instruction. Volume 13, No. 351, January 10, 1829

MACCLESFIELD BRIDGE, REGENT'S PARK

MACCLESFIELD BRIDGE

TRIBUTES TO THE DEAD, &c

SONG

CHARLES BRANDON, AFTERWARDS DUKE OF SUFFOLK

THE TOPOGRAPHER

CARMARTHEN

THE SKETCH BOOK

WATERLOO, THE DAY AFTER THE BATTLE

NOTES OF A READER

GERMAN SCHOOLS

EATING AND WRITING

SACRED POETRY

SUPERSTITION

"FELLOW" FEELING

CULTIVATION OF WASTE LANDS

CHINESE NOVELS

SPIRIT OF THE PUBLIC JOURNALS

TWENTY-EIGHT AND TWENTY-NINE

MORAL EFFECT OF ROME UPON THE TRAVELLER

SONG, BY T. CAMPBELL

SCHOOL AND COLLEGE

SPIRIT OF DISCOVERY

RETROSPECTIVE GLEANINGS

ENGLISH ROADS

THE GATHERER

MADEMOISELLE MARS

DRINKING

A "MELTING SUBJECT."

LIMBIRD'S EDITION OF THE

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This picturesque structure crosses the Canal towards the Northern verge of the Regent's Park; and nearly opposite to it is a road leading to Primrose Hill, as celebrated in the annals of Cockayne as was the Palatino among the ancient Romans.

The bridge was built from the designs of Mr. Morgan, and its construction is considered to be "appropriate and architectural." Its piers are formed by cast-iron columns, of the Grecian Doric order, from which spring the arches, covering the towing-path, the canal itself, and the southern bank. The abacus, or top of the columns, the mouldings or ornaments of the capitals, and the frieze, are in exceeding good taste, as are the ample shafts. The supporters of the roadway, likewise, correspond with the order; although, says Mr. Elmes, the architect, "fastidious critics may object to the dignity of the pure ancient Doric being violated by degrading it into supporters of modern arches." The centre arch is appropriated to the canal and the towing-path, and the two external arches to foot-passengers, and as communications to the road above them. Mr. Elmes1 sums up the merits of the bridge as follows:—"It has a beautiful and light appearance, and is an improvement in execution upon a design of Perronet's for an architectural bridge, that is, a bridge of orders. The columns are well proportioned, and suitably robust, carrying solidity, grace, and beauty in every part; from the massy grandeur of the abacus, to the graceful revolving of the beautiful echinus, and to the majestic simplicity of the slightly indented flutings." He then suggests certain improvements in the design, which would have made the bridge "unexceptionably the most novel and the most tasteful in the metropolis. Even as it is, it is scarcely surpassed for lightness, elegance, and originality by any in Europe. It is of the same family with the beautiful little bridge in Hyde Park, between the new entrance and the barracks."

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The king, charmed with this act of gallantry, so congenial to his own mind, inquired the name and family of the stranger; and not only repossessed him of his patrimonial estates, but took him under his immediate protection.

It was this same Charles Brandon who afterwards privately married Henry's sister, Margaret, queen-dowager of France; which marriage the king not only forgave, but created him Duke of Suffolk, and continued his favour towards him to the last hour of the duke's life.

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