The Sun.
London, England, 1863-10-03 00:00:00

INN •FIELDS.

A report was brought up from the Works end Improve-
ment Committee, stating, in reference to a letter received on
the subject of opening a thoroughfare from Holborn to Lin-
coln's•inn-fields, through Little-turnstile, that it was not
of such acharacter that they could recommend the Board to
entertain it, as it would cost £30,000,
Mr. Alderman LAWRENCE said the sum of £30,000 was
not such an enormous burden to be cast upon the ratepayers
of the metropolis that it should be weighed against the great
benefits which would be derived in throwing open a new
roadway from Holborn to Lincoln's.inn- fields, It was cer-
tainly extraordinary that they should have a large park—
for so Lincoln's-inn-fields was—so enclosed and shut up,
and have no public thoroughfare for carriages. Ho moved
that the subject be referred to the committee for considera-
tion and report.
Mr. LE BRETON seconded the amendment.

Mr. FREEMAN said there was no doubt that this would be
a great improvement, but it was not so urgent as many
others, and he thought that if they attempted to drive the
public too fast in making improvements they would be
doing more harm than good.
After a few words from Mr. H. L. TAYLOR the amend-
ment was negatived, and the original motion Agreed to.

NEW STREETS FROM OXFORD-STREET AND NEW BOND-

STREET.

The sanction of the Board was given to a plan for the for-
mation of two new streets to run from Oxford-street and
New Bond-street, in lieu of the existing thoroughfares in
the-parish of St. George, Hanover-square.

THE TENDER FUR THE THAMES EMBANKMENT FROM WEST-

MINSTER-BRIDGE TO WATERLOO.BRIDGE.

The Board sat upwards of two hours with closed doors to
receive from the solicitor of the Board a report of the result
of his inquiries into the sufficiency of the sureties proposed
by Mr. Samuel Ridley, to whom the tender was last week
conditionally awarded. As the reporters were excluded no
information could be obtained as to whether they were
considered to be satisfactory or not.

After transacting some uninteresting business the Board
adjourned.

Naval and Military Intelligence.

THE NAVY.

The Scylla, 20, screw, Capt. Courtney, is expected
to sail from Spithead this morning for Japan, tak-
ing out supernumerary seamen and marines for ships
serving on that station.
The Sharpshooter, iron screw sloop, of 503 tons
and 200 horse power of engines, is drawing near
the completion of her repairs in dock at Portsmouth.
She has been fitted with Commander Warren's pa-
tent bow rudder, and her inner skin, from her keel
to a level with her water line, has been coated with
Spence's patent non-conducting and preservative
composition. An official trial of Commander 'War-
ren's bow rudder will be made by the officials of
Portsmouth dockyard on the Sharpshooter coming
out of dock.

Yesterday the iron screw frigate Marley Hill ar-
rived alongside the dockyard at Chatham from
Liverpool, having on board about 50 tons of machi-
nery and tramways ordered by the Admiralty to be
erected beneath the building sheds on which it is
intended to construct the iron frigates about to be
laid down.

Her Majesty's ship Majestic, 80 guns, Capt. Ingle-
field, C. 8., left Holyhead for Liverpool on Thursday.
She was stationed at Holyhead. for nearly three
months for the purpose of training her crew and the
Naval Coast Volunteers on the station.

Her Majesty's ship Hydra, now completed at
Woolwich for surveying duties in the Mediterra-
nean, yesterday returned to the dockyard after a
two days' trial trip of her machinery down the river.
Her average rate of speed was 71 knots, the wind
blowing fresh the whole time. On Tuesday she will
be swung at Greenhithe for the adjustment of com-
passes, and on Wednesday will proceed on her voyage,
calling at Plymouth on her way down the Channel.
She is expected to arrive at Malta about the 21st inst.
She was commanded by Lieut. George R. Wilkin-
son, of the Medina, who, on his arrival at Malta,
will transfer his command to Capt. Spratt. The
officers and crew, being appointed for the voyage
only, will be turned over as supernumeraries to the
flagship Marlborough,
Four of the large iron cylinders cast at the foun-
dry of Messrs. Aveling and Porter, Rochester, have
been received at Chatham dockyard, to be used in
the works now in progress for the enlargement and
extension of that establishment by taking in the
whole of St. Mary's Island. The cylinders, which
are the largest of the kind ever manufactured for
that particular operation, are intended to be used in
the construction of the new basins and docks, the
foundations for which are now being excavated. In
the construction of the new basins and docks, ad-
vantage has been taken of St. Mary's Creek, which
intersects the southern portion of the island, and the
bed of the creek, which is now being drained, will,
in fact, form the site of the three basins, the united
area of which will be nearly 90 acres, or about
double the extent of the whole of the existing avail-
able basin accommodation at all the Royal dock-
yards. Up to the present time the entire work in
connection with the enlargement of Chatham dock-
yard has been performed by convicts, of whom be.
tween 800 and 900 are daily employed.
The whole of the shipwrights and other dockyard
mechanics have been withdrawn from the paddle-
wheel steamer Salamis, 4, 250-horse power, lying
alongside the dockyard in Chatham harbour, and
that vessel is now entirely completed and in all re-
spects ready for commission.