The Sun.
London, England, 1856-02-15 00:00:00

CONSULTING ENGINEERS.

Major LYON suggested the necessity of the board
deciding when they would make the appointment of
consulting engineers. He moved that the elections take
place on Friday month.

Mr. SNOW seconded the motion.
Mr. H. L. TAYLOR, and other gentlemen were of
opinion that the time for appointing a consulting engineer
to the board had not yet arrived.
The resolution was negatived.
WORKS IN PROGRESS.

Mr. BRISTOWE moved the following resolution :—"That
a concise statement of the several works in progress
under the late Commissioners of Sewers, and now being
carried on under the sanction of this board, be prepared
by the Clerk and Engineer, and printed and circulated
among the members of the board two days at least before
the first meeting of the board in March ; and that the
plans, &c., connected therewith be also in readiness for
the inspection of the board at that meeting."
Mr. BURSLEM seconded the motion.—Agreed to.
Mr. WILKINSON gave notice of the following motion :
"That it is desirable that immediate and active means be
taken to provide for making a new line of street, from
the west eid of Cheapside westward to the Strand and
Piccadilly, in or near with the line recommended by the
Metropolitan Improvement Commissioners, in their sixth
report, more especially the portion thereof between
Carey-street and Fetter-lane, inasmuch as building opera.
tions of great magnitude are about to be commenced,
which will, if completed, materially increase the expense,
'if they do not altogether prevent the carrying out of this
important improvement ;" and also, " that in order to
enable the board to decide on what particular improve-
ments in the thoroughfares of the metropolis are most
pressing with regard to the public convenience, the
Superintending Architect immediately prepare and lay
before the board a statement comprising all the projects
for metropolitan improvements recommended by the
Metropolitan Improvement Commissioners, or by Com-
mittees of the House of Commons, and that they be laid
down upon one of the large sized skeleton Ordnance maps.
That the chairman be requested to communicate with
the President of the Board of 'Works and other autho-
rities, to obtain the necessary facilities for carrying out
the foregoing resolution."
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Afterthe—transaction of other business the meeting
adjourned.

LETTERS, the., FOR CALIFORNIA, ORE-
GON, AND THE SANDWICH ISLANDS.

Information having been received that letters and
newspapers from this country addressed to California,
Oregon, and the Sandwich Islands, reach their destina-
tion more expeditiously via New York and Panama,
than when forwarded from Southampton by the West
India Mail Packets, the regulation which has heretofore
existed of transmitting thiscrespotondbe correspondence by
er theotherwise sent,
packets, unless specially addressed
is rescinded, and in future, all letters and newspapers
for California, Oregon, and the Sandwich Islands, will
be forwarded, as a rule, via the United States, and only
those letters, c., will be sent by the West India packets
which bear a special direction that they are to be so for-
warded.
When transmitted through the United States, the
above places will be :—for lettersh
combined British and United
21d. ; exceeding States'
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When transmitted by the Westwlsnpdaraemrsa,
exceeding two
mail packets,
via Panama, the combined British, New Granadian, and
United States' postage will be :—for letters not halt exceed-
' „an ounce, 2s.exceeding ; half an ounce and
not exceeding one ounce, 4s. Sd. ; e..--ceeding one ounce
and not exceeding two ounces, 93. 4d. Newspapers 4d.
each.

The postage both upon letters and newspapers must
in all cases be paid in advance.
By command of the Postmaster• General,
General Post effice, ROWLAND HILL,
Feb., 1556. Secretary.