The Sun.
London, England, 1865-05-12 00:00:00

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escorted by a troop of the 11th Hussars and received
by a guard of honour of the 29th Regiment.
DUBLIN, Thursday Night.
The Prince of Wales visited the Exhibition to-
day, accompanied by the Prince of Leiningen, the
Lord-Lieutenant and Lady Wodehouse, the lion. J.
Wodehouse, Earl Spencer, Lieut.-Gen. linollys, Mr.
Fisher, 'secret ary to the Prince, Major Teesdale, C. 8.,
Lieut.-Col. Keppel, and Capt. Arkwright, Aide-de-
Camp in Waiting to the Lord-Lieutenant.
The Prince went to the Exhibition in an open
carriage drawn by four horses, with outriders, and
the members of the suite were accommodated in
other yl'vregal equipages. The escort consisted of a
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troop d'the 10th Hussars. On arrival at the Exhi-
bition building the Prince was received by the Duke
of Leinster, Mr. Gilbert Sanders, the Dean of St.
Patrick's, Sir Bernard Burke, Messrs. F. W. Brady,
Maurice Brooks, J. Lentaigne, J. W. Switzer, T. Cot-
terell, David Drummond, J. Fry, W. Foot, T. Pim,
&c., who conducted the Prince through the building,
and pointed out its chief treasures, which his Royal
Highness spent two hours in examining. He was
enthusiastically cheered on entering and leaving the
building and in passing through the streets. From
the Exhibition the Royal party proceeded to St.
Patrick's Cathedral, where the Prince was received
by Mr. Guinness, the Dean, the Rev. Dr. Marks, Dr.
Sadlier, the Rev. Mr. Plunkett, and others. Having
been conducted through the cathedral by Mr.
Guinness, the Prince departed for the Viceregal
lodge, the Royal cortege passed through St. Stephen's-
green, Grafton-street, and along the Quays. The
Provost and Fellows of Trinity College have con-
ferred on his Royal Highness the honorary degree
of LL.D.

Alleged Jobbing at the Metropolitan Board
of Works.

Yesterday, at tile Marylebone vestry, and on the previous
afternoon at that of St. Pancras, the representative bodies of
the two largest and heaviest taxed parishes in the metro-
polis, very considerable sensation was caused by an an-
nouncement made by the members of the districts at the
Metropolitan Board that the committee to whom the subject
had been referred had recommended the presentation of a
gratuity of £lO,OOO, viz., £6,000 to Mr. Bazalgette, and
£4,000 to his sub-engineers, for services in carrying out the
main drainage works.

At St. Pancras, Mr. S. TAYLOR, representative at the
Metropolitan Board, said he and his colleague had done all
they could to resist this extraordinary attempt to tax the
ratepayers, but they were in a minority of 8 against 23.
The original proposal was to present the engineers of the
main drainage works with a gratuity of from £15,000 to
£20,000, but that was so monstrous as to be even too strong
for the committee, who were coming up to the board with a
recommendation of £6,000 for Mr. Bazalgette, and £4,000
for his assistants. Mr. Taylor said (in answer to questions)
the ground of this proposal was, that had Mr. Bazalgette
carried out these works upon the usual percentage to engi-
neers, he would have been entitled to four or five times
this sum and his salary together—his salary was £1,500
per annum.
Mr. J. SALTER moved, " That the action taken by the
representatives of the vestry of St. Pancras at the Metro-
politan Board of Works in opposing the proposed increased
emoluments to the chief engineer and sub-engineers, meets
with the entire approval of this vestry, and that they be
further requested to continue their opposition."
Mr. Ross certainly thought that if, with all the talent he
had displayed, the chief engineer only got £1,500, the chair-
man of the board, who had £2,000 for merely sitting in the
chair, ought to be reduced to £5OO. (Laughter.)

The motion was carried unanimously.
AtMarylebone, Mr. NICHOLAY introduced the subject and
denounced it as a most wanton and unwarrantable waste of
the ratepayers' money, and expressed his determination to
give the proposal, when it came up, his strenuous opposition.
Mr. HoLco moved, and DIT.FREETH seconded, a resolu-
tion " approving of the course taken and intended to be
adopted by Mr. Nicholay in resisting the payment of these
gratuities of £lO,OOO to the engineer and his assistants, as
they aro decidedly of opinion that such grants would be
premature."
Mr. FREETH and Mr. GEORGE BIRD strongly denounced
the predilection of the Metropolitan Board to squander the
ratepayers' money.

Professor MARKS concurred in the view of the resolution
that this proceeding was premature. Let them wait and
ascertain whether the main drainage had really the effect
that was contemplated, and if it did, then the testimonial
which should be presented .0 the talented man or men who
had carried it out, should be by a national and Government
grant, and not a mere local one. (Hear, hear.)
The resolution was also carried unanimously.

THE ISTHMUS OF SUEZ CANAL.—Mr. Alfred
Christian, president of the Chamber of Commerce of Malta,
delegated by the Chamber to represent the commercial com-
munity of this island at the congress of delegates invited
by M. F. de Lesseps to inspect the works of the Isthmus of
Suez Canal, has just returned to Malta. The journey through
the isthmus occupied about ten days, during which time
the delegates hadevory opportunity of Inspecting the works
in progress and of conferring with the engineers and other
officers belonging to the company. The conclusion Mr.
Christian arrives at is that the completion of the ship canal
is only a question of time and money, and that in a very
few years the communication from sea to sea for -vessels of
largo tonnage will be established, thus uniting the 'West
with the East by an uninterruptedwater route and shorten-
ing the sea voyage from Europe to India for steamers by
fully one-half. It still of course remains an open question how
far the canal will be useful to our sailing Indiamen, owing
to the prevalent winds in the Red Sea. About 80 delegates,
representatives of the various States and commercial com-
munities of Europe, Asia, and America, performed the
journey through the isthmus, accompanied by M. do Lesseps
and the principal officers of the company, to whom, we aro
informed, the delegates are greatly indebted for the courtesy
invariably shown them, and for the readiness with which
all their inquiries were answered. It is to be regretted
that England was not represented at this very interesting
meeting, Mr. Christian, as representative of Malta, being
the only English commercial delegate present The dele-
gates performed the journey from the Nile to Ismaila,
by the freshwater canal, and from Ismaila to Port Said
by the maritime (saltwater) canal. Tho boats were
towed by camels and horses, and for a distance also on the
maritime canal by steamers. After inspecting the works in
progress at Port Said the delegates returned again south,
sailing back to Ismaila with a fresh northerly wind. The
maritime canal is not at present navigable for boats beyond
Ismaila; the remainder of the journey therefore to the Red
Sea had to be performed by the freshwater canal. This
latter canal takes its source at the Nilo, close to the town of
Zagazig, and runs nearly due east through the once fertile
land of Goshen until it reaches Ismaila: at about two miles
from the latter town it branches off to the southward,
leaving Lake Limsah and the Aitter Lakes on the east,
and joins the Red Sea at Suez. Ismaila is a flourish-
ing and picturesque little town of 3,000 inhabitants,
situated in the centre of the isthmus, 75 kilometres from
Port Said, midway between the two seas at the north
end of Lake Timsah, and owes its existence to the works
of the canal. The width of the maritime canal varies
at present, according to localities, from about 16 to 58
metres, except in the immediate vicinity of Port Said, where
it attains 84 metres. Its average depth at present is not
more than from 2to 3 feet. The depth of the freshwater
canal is much the same at present as that of the maritime
canal, but, of course, it is deeper during high Nile ; its
width varies from about 16 to about 25 metres. The com-
pany, we understand, have contracted with various French
firms for the completion of the whole of the works from the
Mediterranean to the Red Sea by the Ist of July, 1868, at
which date the company exp ect that the canal will be
opened to navigation, at a cost to the shareholders not ex-
ceeding the subscribed capital of 8,000,000 sterling. On
these points, however, Mr. Christian had not sufficient data
to enable him to form an accurate opinion.—Malta Tithes,
May 4.
SOUTHAMPTON, May 10.—The ',North German
Lloyd screw steamship Hansa, Captain H. J. von Sauton,
sailed hence this afternoon for New York, with the Ger-
man, French, and English mails, 182 cabin
passengers, and
a large cargo, of which 300 tons were shipped here, includ-
ing 12 packages of jewellery from Havre, value 140,3501.
The Bremen, Captain C. Meyer, belonging to the same
lino, which left Southampton on the 12th ult., arrived out
at New York on the 24th ult ; all well. She is expected off
Cowes, on Thursday next, on her return voyage, with mails
from Now York of the 6st inst.
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