The Express.
London, England, 1862-11-15 00:00:00

METROPOLITAN BOARD OP WORE'S.

The weekly meeting of the Board was held yes-
terday; Mr. TiliverrEs in the chair. A letter, conte-deig
the following suggestion, wr read from Mr. Bonham
Carter, secretary of the F"-st Commissioner of Works ;--
" I am directed by Mr. Cowper to state that is les
opinion it is receesary to bring before p rliament in the
seating session that portion of the new thorougbfa-e
between Westminster-bridge and the Mansion-house,
which was omitted from the bill introduced het
year for the embankment of the Thames, and
which, for want of time, could not be fully con-
sidered and decided upon during the protracted sittings
of the committee of the House of Common, on that bill."
After some discussion the following reaolutioo, proposed by
Mr. Tite, was adopted :—" That it be referred to the en-
gineer and the architect of the board to report forthwith
on the lines and levels of the new street between the em-
bankment and the Mansion-house referred to by the royal
oommisaioners, and that the officers of the board be
authorised to prepare all arch plans sod specifications in
reference thereto as may be required by the standing orders
of parliament, to be deposited before the: oth het." The fol-
lowing communication wee made by Mr. Carter to the board
in reference to the embankment on the south side of the
Thames :—" I am also to inform you that Mr. Cowper egret s
in the main with the report of the royal commissioners
appointed to examine plans for embanking the Surrey side
of the Thames within the metropolis, so far as their report
applies to the Ist and god sections of the district brought
under their notice. He considers that the public benefit
to be obtained by embanking the sight shore of the river
between London and Westminster bridges does not seem
to justify an outlay of public money ; that a continuous
line of quay and river wall would improve the app ranee of
the river, but that no public thoroughfare is required in that
direction, and that trade ie of too great importance to be on-
neceserrily interfered with. The wharf owners and occupiers
object very strongly to any embankment whatever, and the
persons concerned in the naviga.ion of barges appear to be
quite satisfied with the condition of the shore. It may,
however, in Mr. Cowper's opinion be desirable to grant
powers compelling the occupiers to raise their wharfs and
river walls to such a height as may be necessary to prevent
flooding from high tides. The powers formerly possessed
by the Commissioners of Sewers having been transferred by
the Metropolis Load Management Act to vestries and district
boards, and these powers being imperative, it is he thinks, a
matter for consideration whether increased powers should
not be conferred upon the Metropolitan Board of Works. Ism
to add, that he is of opinion that anembankmentaboveWeet-
minster-bridge is much wanted on many accounts, but that
the new thoroughfare which is so urgently needed may be
astisfactorily obtained by stopping the embankment at a
point where the right bank now projects into the river,
opposite the Milbauk Prison, and near Upper Fore-street,
and by widening Vauxhall-row and High-street; sod that
the further extension of the embankment towards Bat-
tersea-park may be left without inconvenience for future
consideration."

THE FATAL ACCIDENT ON THE CUT AND HAM-
MERSMITH RAILWAT.—YeASIdAy lontester, coroner
for Central Middlemen, resumed at the Bank of England
tavern, Preed-street, Paddington, on the bodkin ofD fames
r
Hall, agcd 22, Richard Cookson, aged 30, William Ogden.
aged 20, Henry Many, aged 21, Alfred Beeby, aged 19, and
Thomas Nicholls, aged 27, the six unfortunate men killed
by the falling of several arches of the viaduct on the Ham.
mersmith, Railway on the 6th instant. Mr. C. F. Lewis.
appeared on the part of Mr. Humming, the contractor
SLAVERY ire AMERICA. —Last night a public
'or the works, and Mr. Coital appeared on behalf of the
meeting was held in the Metropolitan Institute, Cleveland- railway company. After the examination of several wit.
street, Fitsroy-square, to protest against the recent &spree- mean the room was cleared, and thary, after some dis-
alone of opinion in favour of the South, and to support awaa__,°a' desired to have the pier o.w----, gave way removed,
the Union in its efforta to abolish slavery; Mr. Nichol*,
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constitutional freedom from England, most earnestly Edgeware.reed district was he on Thursday evening in
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friendship." Mr. Evans supported the resolution. rooms of the Young Men's Christian Association at the
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After a long discussion the consideration of the proposition
in reference to the embankment on the south aide was
adjourned to Friday next, and the engineer was directed to
prepare forthwith the necessary survey and plans for the
embankment of the Thames from Weetmineter•bridge to
Vauxhall, so as to enable the board to give the necessary
notices and comply with the standing orders next session.