The Sun.
London, England, 1863-10-02 00:00:00

THE CITY ARCHITECT.

The TOWN CLERK read a communication from Mr. Bun-
ning, the city architect, to the Lord Mayor, resigning his
office, which he had held for about 20 years, and assigning
as a reason failing health during the last two years. Mr.
Bunning stated in his letter that while holding this distin-
guished position of city architect he had erected several im-
portant buildings, at a cost of £750,000, connected with the
educational, trading, and social interests of this great city,
and he trusted that they would worthily transmit his name
as their officer to posterity. Among them he referred to the
Freeman's Orphan School, Billingsgate Market, the Coal
Exchange, the New Cattle Market, the new city prison, and
the lunatic asylum—all works of magnitude and of public
utility. He referred to other public services, and in con-
clusion he asked the Court, in kind and just consideration of
those services, to grant him, while it may please God to
spare his life, such a pension as they might deem right.
Alderman DAKIN, prefacing a motion he afterwards made
on this subject, bore his testimony, among many sympathis-
ing expressions of the Court, to the fidelity and devotion
with which Mr. Bunning had discharged his duties, adding
that he would leave behind him monuments of taste in the
erection of many public buildings, and proofs of judgment
in the application of his great talents to matters concerning
the well-being of the landed Property of the corporation.
He moved a resolution expressing the deep regret of the
Court that severe indisposition had caused Mr. Bunning to
tender his resignation, and their sense of the faithful and
efficient manner in which he had discharged the duties of
his office. To this a request was appended that he would
continue to hold the appointment until arrangements could
be made for the due execution of the department.
The resolution was carried unanimously.
PUBLIC WORKS IN THE CITY.

Deputy FRY, chairman of the Improvement Committee,
pursuant to notice, moved a resolution, founded on a report
of that body presented to the Court on the 23d of July last.
It had been referred to the committee to consider whether,
and under what circumstances, the Court should aid, by
giants of money from the corporation funds, in such im-
provements as the Commissioners of Sewers had at this
time in hand, or might hereafter consider it desirable from
time to time to effect for the public benefit. On that refer-
ence the committee came to the Conclusion that it was un-
desirable the Court should pledge itself to any specific pay-
ment without knowing and assenting beforehand to the
particular improvement proposed or effected, and he moved
that the report containing that recommendation be adopted.
To this Deputy DE JrnsEY, chairman of the Commis-
sioners of Sewers, moved an amendment, asking the Court
to contribute £7,495 towards improvements in the streets
of the city made and agreed to he made by the Commis-
sioners since the 18th of September, 1862.
Tho subject led to a discussion, and in the event the
original motion for the adoption of the report was carried
on a division.

THE LUDGATE-HILL VIADUCT.
Deputy FRY brought up a report from the Improvement
Committee, to whom it was referred on the 28th of May
to consider a plan by Mr. Greenhill, engineer, for a rail-
way and road communication between the north and south
sides of the Thames, and which had for its object to obviate
the necessity for the proposed viaduct across Ludgate-hill,
and contemplated raising the bottom of Ludgate-hill and
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