The Express.
London, England, 1860-10-27 00:00:00

METROPOLITAN BOARD OP WORKS.

The usual meeting of the Metropolitan Board of
Works we. held yesterday in the Council Chamber, Guild-
hall Mr. J. 'rewArrre in the chair. . _ _

The 6saacial statement was prose---nted, which showed the
following cash lbslanees in the heeds of the treasurer:—
Current accounts, 141,0291, 4a. 2d. ; deposit accounts,
1154,0001. ; total, 295,0211/. 4s. 2d. Government securities
in the New Titres per Cant. Annuities, 17,11161. 6s. ld.

THE TIOrDIR TOR Till {TOUR FOR MR OCITIALL BERM
The billowing report was pwassted from the Sias
Drainage Committee on the 'object of Mr. Furness's tender
for the Northern Outten Maio Sewer Works :
" Your committee have to report that,
tssaint to the
re srlution of the board of the 19th inst., have made
the necessary inquiries as to the competency Mr. Fuson
to carry out the works for the northern outran wawit, sad
the responsibility of his sureties. The result of each in-
quiries have satisfied your committee uto Mr. Yuman&
competence. With regard to the sureties, youroommitter haws
moved letters from Sir Joseph Paxton, and Mean. Smith
and Knight, the contractors for a portion of the Metropoli-
tan Railway, offering themselves as Mr. Former's sureties
for the due performance of the works, your ooroseittoe
ss-
tertain no doubt, and they recommend that the tinder*,
Mr. Punier fur the 'actin= of the works for the northern
outfall sewer, with Sir Joseph Parton and Mesas. Smith
and height as he sureties for the due palominos of the
works, be receptei"
Mr. Dot Lvov moved, and Mr. MORELAND seconded
=that the recommendation of the committee be
which wax put and unanimously agreed to.
TBS OrTNTAIIDING DUSTS DEE TO !BR BOARD.
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WM 'leaved bese the yak., el St.
7Larfieboon, uglaig the board not be pewit* lite ik
faction of rasmays due on former pmmepts, unill fine
as parliament has been again appeded to on the guidon
of a redistribution of these debts.

This led to a long &henries, bat eventually the car•
inunisagen wee agreed to be received and entered on the
minutes, leaving the perish of Marylebone to appeal against
the Me, if they should see tit, t a court of law.
DAZOZHOCH nuertc.z 07 THZ AITTILLZAT IS IRITH

Mr. J. W. Bataturrrr., the engineer, made a communi-
cation to the board to the effect that yesterday afternoon
(Thursday) another shot fired from the government practice
ground at Plurastead had pealed across Frith-marshes, and
very close to where the workmen engaged by this hoard in
the construction of the main drainage were employed. The
shot passed over their heads, and fell close to one of their
beiges then lying in the river. This warn the third shot
that hail been fired across these works from the garnet e
pound, which, if not pat a stop to, might be atbo3dwith
Ices of life and injury to their works.
The CHAIRMAN said he hail already written to Kr. Sidney
Herbert, the Secretary for War, asking him to take steps to
protect their wuritroeu from these shots, but to that eom-
munkation he had received 110 answer. As another shot
had new nasesal over there he bad written another letter to
Mr. Sidney Herbert.

TIC NW man Mx "MTWARA, AND TES LONDON-

LAIL% AT.

Yr. nun; the eaptiatedisg that
architect, eeid
it would be is the recollection of the bowl that he had
been remelted to confer with the engineer of the Clieriak
noes Railway Oempaity, in reference to attain properties
which had hem scheduled by the bowl for the formation
of the sew street, but sow required by the railway mom
may. Accordingly he had • perecoal communhatioe with
Mr. Hawkahaw, the engineer, end Mr. Toogood, the solicitor
to the company, and during tisk diecumiou they had shown
every disproitaes to meet the views of the board, in se to
enable them to come to as amicable arranginent. Under
thole cirtunutuncse, he thought it would be mineable that
the deceile of the should be Maned to the
committee on streets and inipmesenents.
The suggestion of the ouponotooctiog architoct wee then
embodied in a motion, sad pat and wood to.
AIIIVIDNEXT or TUIL MICTIOPOLIB LOCAL NANAGIIIIMIT ACT.
Mr. TrrE, M.P., gees notice that, next Friday, he would
move that the bond do take etepe for the purpose, in the
next seenou of partiement, of obtaining an amendment of
the Meempolie local Maergement Act.
The net of the linsiness, of an uninteresting nature,
bee* bees dimmed of, the board adjourned.

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vision and tbolr dinisnintie attitudinal., ma •
trilintimirosilauadod on Robert liceirt.