The Sun.
London, England, 1864-12-17 00:00:00

care and consideration, and may be said to embody the most
approved systems of construction adopted in the private
trade, and will well repay a careful study.
Mr G. Turner has also sent some interesting models, and
Mr White, of Whitehaven, has lent a set illustrative of his
mode of building adapted to the Nautilus propeller.
Besides the forms and modes of construction of ships, the
masting, rigging, ropes, and chain cables are amply ilium.
trated—and models of details of many of the operations
employed in the dockyards, several kinds of gun and gun-
carriages and mortars, engine-room signals, and various
kinds of inventions for steering, &c., are exhibited.
Among these the curious observer will find a complete
set illustrative of the block-making machinery invented by
Sir I. Brunel for the use of the Government early in the
present century, and set up in Portsmouth Dockyard, where
it has remained in use to the present day. This invention
was rewarded liberally by the Government of the day, and
was considered a masterpiece of skilful adaptation of ma-
chinery. Since that time the principles of machinery have
become more extensively recognised, and successfully ap-
plied to most ingenious and important uses. No factory or
workshop but abounds with such marvels of the ingenuity
of man at the present day; but the name of Sir I. Brunel
as one of the more successful pioneers in this now well-
trodden field must ever stand pre-eminent.
It were endless to enter upon :he details of the boats,
spars, and other accessories of the armament and fitting-out
of ships, which may to studied with advantage in the Naval
Gallery at South Kensington, to which the public have now
free access. Enough has been said to establish its national
value. It were much to be desired that the modern modes
of propulsion were as amply illustrated as the details of
naval construction, and that models of marine steam engines,
screws and paddles, with the details of the several parts of
each as adopted by various eminent makers and employed
in the Navy, were here exhibited. It may, perhaps, be not
out of place to remind shipuilders and engineers that the
loan of models of vessels and engines, and their several de-
tails, will be thankfully received by the authorities of the
South Kensington Museum.

Metropolitan Board of Works,

The ordinary weekly meeting of the Board was held yes-
terday at the offices, Spring-gardens, Mr John Thwaites
(the chairman) presiding.
The cash statement of the Finance Committee presented
showed balances in the hands of the treasurer as follows :

Currunt accounts, £61,318 5s 2d; deposit accounts
£320,800; and Government securities, New Three per
Cent. Annuities, £97,403 Os Bd.

THE IMPROVEMENT OP PARK LANE.

The question of the Park-lane improvement was
brought forward by the Solicitor, who stated that the next
step to be taken in this matter was to present a petition in
favour of tho " Piccadilly and Park-lane Now Road Bill,''
the usual notices for which had been served.

Mr RICHARDSON observed that it would be absurd to
present a petition in favour of the bill, as though the
Board really intended to carry out the improvement, when
there was a great difference of opinion among the members
as to the course which should be adopted.
Another member suggested that the subject should stand
over,

The CHAIRMAN replied that it was necessary the petition
should be presented at once, in order that the Board might
maintain its locus standi before the house should it be
decided to make the improvement,
Ater some conversation the petition was sealed,
THE RANELAGH SEWER NUISANCE.

At the assemblage of the Board Mr Roche introduced to
the Board a very numerous and influential deputation from
the vestry of Paddington to present a memorial urging the
necessity of immediately covering over the open Ranelagh
sewer.

The memorial was read by Mr Pollard.(the clerk). It
stated that the present open Ranelagh sewer was a great
nuisance, and emitted the most offensive exhalation, and as
it was proposed to cover the land adjacent with a number
of houses of the first class, they hoped the Board would at
once take steps to cover this sewer, which was a complete
pest to the entire neighbourhood, especially so as at the
present time. The district was subject to an assessment of
£758,000.
Alter the memorial had been read,

Mr SHAW, in the absence of the incumbent of the palish
of Paddington, addressed the Board in support of the prayer
of the memorial.

Mr CARP:4AM, here interposed, and begged to be allowed
to proceed with his notice of motion which stood on the
paper, which was as follows'—" That it be an instruction to
the engineer of the Board to prepare specifications and plans
to the amount of XlOO,OOO for the works required to be done
to the main sewers according to the urgency of the cases as
reported to the Board on the Bzh March, 1864." He said,
when he gave notica of his motion he was not aware that
they would that day receive a deputation to enforce the
views he contemplated by that resolution, but as it was the
gentleman who had so eloquently addressed them on a great
measure anticipated him in a good deal he should have felt
it to be his duty to urge. Under those circumstances, and
as he had no desire to take up the time of the Board, he
would simply move the motion which stood in his name.
Mr ROCHE, in a short speech, seconded the motion.

Mr H. L. TAYLOR wished to know how far they could do
tnese works unlit they had approved the report of the en-

gineer.

Mr D' IFFANGER said this was an evil that ought to have
been attended to long ago, for were it not it might soon
spread to Marylebone, whi3h was the adjoining parish.
The CHAIRMAN said the Board had power to raise
£lOO,OOO by way of loans for these works for four years, arid
he thought they ought to adopt the Ranelagh sewer as one
of the most urgent cases.

Mr H. L. TAYLOR said he was willing to adopt the en-
gineer's report as far as they could at the present time,and
take up the covering-in of the Ranelagh sewer first.
Mr S. PHILLIPS said if they were satisfied with the en-
gineer's report he did not see any reason, why they should
not take it up as the first thing.

The CHAIRMAN said there was no doubt that the engi-
neer would place the Ranelagh sewer first in the paper,
but he ought to prepare the plans for the other works.
They would get the money in March, and they might as
well deal with this case at once, instead of deferring it to a
fu'ure day. He would suggest that Mr Carpmael's motion
should for short eel tain sewers to be covered and deepened
be agreed to.

The CHIEF ENGINEER (Mr J. W. Bazalgatte) recom-
mended that the Ranelagh sewer should be covered and
deepened at a cost of £23,ooo—the Stamford-brook sewer,
covered and deepened at a cost of £24,ooo—the Falcon-brook
sewer, diversion, interception, and covering, at a cost of
£31,900. These recommendations were agreed to.
Mr MORELAND said that unless the London-bridge
sewer were deepened the drainage in the parish of St. Luke
could not drain into it.

Mr FREMAW said there could not be a shadow of a doubt
that this sewer was a pest and a nuisance. It aas only a
short time since ho dined with a friend in Bristol-gardens,
and the stench was so great that they could not open the
windows—and he was surprised the parish of Paddington
had not taken steps for removing it before.
Mr Carpmael's motion was then put and unanimously
agreed to.

IMPROVEMENTS IN THOROUGHFARES.
A report was brought up from the Building Act Commit-
tee, recommending that the lino of thoroughfare extending
from Rose-street on the north-eastern side, and from King-
street on the south-western side to Long-acre, in the
parishes of St. Paul, Covent-garden, and St. Martin-in-the•
Fields, in the county of Middlesex, be re-numbered—that
the names King-street and New King-street abolished ;
and that the line of thoroughfare be named Garrick-
street.

Mr LB BRETON moved the adoption of the report, which
was agreed to.

The same committee recommended that the line of tho•
roughfAre between Newington-causeway and Harper-street
and now known as Union-road and Horsemonger-lane, Le
all called .Union-road.—Agreed.

TIIE SEWAGE QUESTION.
On the Clerk reporting that a letter had been received
from Mr Ellis relative to the granting the concession of the
sewage of the north side of the metropolis, a discussion
ensued, in which it was urged on one side that it ought to
be entered on the minutes; while, on the other side, it was
contended that, as it was not respectfully worded, it ought
not to be entered on the minutes; and he had stated that
the co;cession of the sewage had been obtained by false re.
presentation.

Mr LE ERETON moved that the letter be acknowledged,
upon which a division took place, and this amendment was
carried by a majority of 19 to 7.

Mr HALL then moved, and Mr SAVAGE seconded, a
motion that the letter of Mr Ellis be read, which was
carried.

The Clerk then read the letter, after which the motion for
merely acknowledging the letter was put and c Arried by a
majority of 19 to 8.
THE PNEUMATIC DESPATCH COMPANY.
The Engineer reported that the plan proposed by the
Pneumatic Despatch Company fur laying their tubes in
High-Lolbora would seriously interfere with the sewers
under the control of this Board, and he recommended that
the solicitor be requested to enforce the necessary require-
ments of the Board in respect to the m.
The suggestion was put as a resolution and adopted.
The routine business having been disposed of, the Board
adjourned.

Viscountess Jocelyn and the Hon. Alice Jocelyn,
who are expected to arrive in town to-day from St.
Leonard's, will proceed to Broadlands on a visit to Lord
and Lady Palmerston.
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