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

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ItIErfROPOLITAN BOARD 01? waitris.

The weekly meeting of the Board was held yes-

terday—Mr. Thwaites in the chair. A. letter, con-
taining the following suggestions, was read from Al r
Bonham Carter, secretary of the First Commis-
sioner of Works :—" I am directed by Mr. Cooper
to state that in his opinion it is necessary to bring
before Parliament in the ensuing session that por-
tion of the new thoroughfare between Westminster-
bridge and the Mansion-house, which was omitted
from the bill introduced last year for the embank•
went of the Thames, and which, for want of time,
could not be fully considered and decided upon dur-
ing the protracted sittings of the committee of the
House of Commons on that bill." After some dis-
cussion the following resolution, 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 embankment and the Mansion-house
referred to by the royal commissioners, and that the
officers of the board be authorised to prepare all
such plans and specifications in reference thereto as
may be required by the standing orders of Parlia-
ment, to be deposited before the 30th inst." The fol-
lowing communication was 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 agrees in the main with the
report of the royal commissioners appointed to exa-
mine plans for embanking the Surrey side of the
Thames within the metropolis, so far as their report
applies to the lst and 2d sections of the district
brought under their notice. He considers that the
public benefit to be obtained by embanking the right
shore of the river between London and Westmins-
ter-bridge does not seem to justify an outlay of
public money; that a continuous line of quay and
river wall would improve the appearance of_ the
river, but that no public thoroughfare is required
in that direction, and .that trade is of too great im-
portance to be unnecessarily interfered with.
The wharf owners and. occupiers object very
strongly to any embankment, and the persons con.
cerned in the navigation of barges appear quite satis-
fied with the condition. of the shore. It may, in Mr.
Cowper's opinion, be desirable to grant powers
compelling the occupiers to raise their wharfs and
river walls tosueh a height as may be necessary to
prevent flooding frain high tides. The powers for-
merly possessed by the Commissioners of; Sewers
having been transferred by the Metropolis Local
Management Act to vestries and district boards,
and these powers being imperative, it. is, he thinks,
a matter for consideration whether increased power
should not be conferred upon the Metropolitan
Board of Works. lam to add, that he is of opinion
that an embankment above Westminster-bridge is
much wanted on many accounts, but that the new
thoroughfare which is so urgently needed may be
satisfactorily obtained by stopping the embankment
at a point where the right bank now projects into
Ur river, opposite the Milbank Prison, and near
Upper Fore-street, and by widening Vauxhall-row
and High-street ; and that the further extension of
the embankment towards Battersea-park may be
left without inconvenience for future consideration.

After a long discussion the consideration of the
proposition in reference to the embankment on the
south side was adjourned to Friday next, and the
engineer was directed to prepare forthwith the ne-
cessary survey and plans for the embankment of the
Thames from Westminster-bridge to Vauxhall, so
as to enable the board to give the necessary notices
and comply with the standing orders next session.