The Sun.
London, England, 1856-09-29 00:00:00

VESSELS SPOKEN WITH.

The schooner Mary, from Rio Grande for Falmouth,
Aug. 25, in lat 36 N, long 36 W.
The Vratuston' Sept. 4, in lat 27 N, long 38 V.
The Minerva, from New Zealand for London, Sept. 10,
in lat 32 N, long 38 W.
The Magnolia, from Bonny for Liverpool, Sept. 18, in
Int 42 N, long 35 W.
The Falcon, from Glasgow for Porto Rico, Sept. 11, in
lat 31 N, long 15 W.
The Woodman, of and for Liverpool, Sept. 20, ma 47N,
long 21 W.
The Mayflower, of Glaspw, for Berbice, Sept. 17, in lat
47 N, long 11 W.

THE FLOGGING OP WOMEN IN MARYLEBONE

WO RKHO USE.

In the Marylebone vestry, on Saturday, a letter was
read from Mr. T. B. Rae, the secretary to the directors
end guardians of the poor, stating, in answer to a com•
munication which had bee❑ addressed to the board by

the vestry, as to the flogging of certain females in the
workhouse, that the board had the subject under its
consideration, and that an investigation appointed by the
Poor-law Board was about to take place, and that as soon
as the proceedings were terminated a report would be
furnished by the directors and guardish.s to the vestry.
In answer to questions, the Vestry Clerk stated tha t
the poor-law inquiry had taken place and terminated, and
that certain correspondence was taking place between
the directors and guardians and the Poor.law Board, but
that the communication he had road was the only one
he had received fr,mi the directors and guardiar s
upon the subject. Some conversation took place, and
Dr. Bachhoffner, one of the board of direct Ts and guar-
dians, informed the vestry that the proceedings wire at
resent io an unfinished state. There was a correspond.
ence of no very friendly character going on between the
Poor-law Board and the directors and guardian., and
when it was completed no doubt the entire proceedings
would be laid before the vestry. What bad taken plate,
was this. The Poor-law Board had appointed an in-
spector, Mr. Cane, to make an inquiry into the recent
flogging case. That gentleman had made his repert to
the Poor-law Board, and upon that report the Poor-law
Board had called upon the directors and guardians to
dismiss the master, but made no reference to the porters, it
having been understood that the two porters, Green and
Brow'', bad volunt trily resigned. A rather hasty resolu •
tiou was come to by the directors and guardians, at once
e;ettieg auy authority which the Poor-law Board preen nhel
they posses,ed at defiance. 041 Friday last the Piair
Law Board h.rd sent down to the directors and guardian-,
Sr. Marylebone a peremptory order for the iinmedia e
dismissal of the master of the workhouse. This, as a
matter of course, WAS also set at defiance by the direc-
tors and guardians, and a communication directed to be
sent to the Poor Law Board, informing them that the
directors and guardians of the poor of Marylebone
declined to carry out any such order. Thus the matter
stood, and he supposed that the next communication
they had from the Poor Law Board would be in some
legal form, which it was the determination of the
guardians to meet and contest. In the discussion
which followed, Mr. Glidden, Mr. Freeth, and other
members of the vestry, expressed their great disap-
probation of the flogging of women in the workhouse.
Mr. D'Eftinger and Mr. Wingfield said that they very
much deplored it, though they would support the guar
dians in their resistance to the dictation of the Poor-law
Board. Mr. Glidden gave notice that next Saturday ho
would move a resolution as follows :—" That this board
is of opinion that the untoward circumstances connected
with the recant flogging of women in the workhouse de•
serve the severest censure of' the vestry, as operating to
lower the estimation of the parish in public opinion, and
" Viifif; occasion to the Poor-law Board to interfere,
with a view to deprive St. Mary, lehone of the iodeperideur
nosition it has hitherto enjoyed in the nrinageatent of
its poor."

Butt', MunDER.—A brutal case of murder, aliAing
not of a public•house altercation, took place at Bun-
(loran, in the county of Donegal, on Thursday night.
The quarrel did not actually conic to blowF, when one a
the patties, a wan named Patrick Cannily, who bad rc
cently returned from America,produced a knife or dagger
and pluuged it int') the' neck of a young Wan named
cminliy, killing him almost instantaneously, and
kicking hint whiie he fell to the ground. In the confu-
aim, and
.darktaess t.ip,,liiiirderer made escape, but
was•captured, next 'periling by the police, awl com-
mitted, on the verdict of a coroner's jury, for wilful
murder.

Tile specifications for the new public offices will be
ready for delivery on the Ist of October. For them the
Chief Commissioner of Works invites the preparation of
designs for the concentration of the principal Govern-
ment offices on the site lying between Wbitebail and the
New Palace of Westminster ; and the other two designs
are f,,r buildings which her Majesty's Government have
determined to sect forthwith, as parts of such general
a &a° . fa• the department of the Secretary of
St .te fur Foreign Affairs, and the other for the
S croary of State for War. The general or block
plans are intended to show the best mode of concentrat-

Lng the principal Government offices on the site situated

between. D iwlieg-street, Westuaneter. Abbey, and St.
James's Park and the Thames. The block designs are
also intended to represent any improvements which may
ougeest themselves to the competiters in the principal
at proaehes to the New Palace at. Westminster, as well
as in the communication with the Surrey side of the
River Thames, especially with reference to the situation
of the New Westminster-bridge, the ultimate position
Hof winch must be considered in connexion with the de-
sayers. The designs for the block plan are to be drawn
oa a scale of 44 feet to the inch, and the proposed isise
pro, efeents of the public thoroughfares on a scale of five
feet to ono statute mile. The proposed new War and
Foreign-offices are to be in Downing-street, and on the
vacaet space of ground which the government already
pessesses in that locality. Architects will, therefore,
have to prepare their designs in accordance with this ar-
rangement. Architects are also permitted to send in
models n ith their designs, provided the models are on
the same scale as the designs. The offices to be pro-
vided for are the Treasury, including official residences
for the First Lord of the Treasury and for the Chan-
cellor of the Exchequer ; the Foreign Office, including
an official residence; the War Department, the Colo-
nial Office, the Home Office, the Paymaster-General's
Office, the Exchequer Office, the Board of Trade, the
Privy Council Office, the Admiralty, the Board of
C:ntrol, the Poor Law Board, the State Paper Office,
the Office of Works the Office of Wocds, Civil Ser-
vice Commission, the Charity Commission, the Ecclesi-
astical Commission, Copyhold, Enclosure, and Titbe
Cenareissiore and the Emigration Office. Architects
must, in addition to the offices above enumerated,
provide for further buildings, to be appropriated
as Government may hereafter determine, to such an ex-
teat as may be cousistent with proper span space and
fb rougbfareo The prizes for this class of designs will
he fur the beet block i I et, 5001. ; fur the second best,
200/. ; and the third. 1001. ; the deigns of the recipi-
ents of the premium, to bee, me the property of the
Geveoenent. The specific %Lions for the new Foreign-
, flice sate that the architects are to prepare designs for
public offices, and an official residence. The drawings
are to show a Wan of each floor, longitudinal and trend-
s, leo s2ctions, and elevations to a scale of 16 feet to an
inch. Architects are also to send in an elevation of one
of the principal fronts, drawn to a scale of eight feet to
an inch, and tney will t e at liberty to send in enlarged
details of portions of the designs to a scale of four feet
to an iech. The plans and sections are to have the sizes
aid heights of the rooms figured thereon, and are to be
tinted in light brown Indian ink. The elevations are to
be in line only—ore perspective view, tinted with light
grown Indian ink, may accompany the designs ; but
bird's-eye perspective view', and drawings in
frames (other than straining frames) and g asses will not
be received. The Foreign Office, exclusive of the ofil•
clad residence, will altogether consist of nearly 200
rooms, some of them of splendid dimensions. For in-
stance, there aro to be two libraries, each 120 feet long
by 30 feet. The building is to be fire proof, the rooms
and the corridors wide. The official residence is
to contain one state dining room to accommodate 50 per-
sons, with apartments adjoining for occasional supper
aed tea rooms, library, morning room, &c. ; five recep-
tion rooms en, suite on the first floor, to accommodate
1 500 visitors ; ono or more principal staircases to and
tram the reception ratites ; about 12 or 14 bedrooms, with
a suitable number of dressing rooms, and alt the other re-
quirements of a nobleman's town house. The proposed
buildings for the War Department will be still larger,
s;theugh there is to be no official residence attached to
It. The number of rooms altogether will approach very
nearly to 270. 'rho dimensions of all of them are to be
goel, and especial attention is to be directed t their
le mg eneett noted of preper heights, and with reference
to god and sufficieet ventilation. The whole of both
t he effiefet are to be warmed throughout by an apparatus
below, in the Imsemetit (if the buildings:. No restrictions
the specific:ethane are made as to cost, so that there is
i is, margin opened for architects to indulge their
%lite of neeginaive genius. The prizes for the best
fleeigns ate—tor the two best designs for the Foreign
(nice and War Department, t mo premiums of 8001 ; for
the second best, two premiums ea' 5001.; for the third,
two premiums of 300/. ; teed for the fifth, sixth, and
seventh best, there are two premiums of 1001. each. If
the architect to whom a premium may be awarded in
respect
of the designs, or any of them, shall be employed
t' superintend the execution of :he work, he will not be
entitled to rec.ive such premium, but he will be paid a
emmitission at the rate of five per cent. on the outlay.
Such cemmission to include all expenses for measuring,
eupesietendence, &s., except the sale ries of the clerks of
flea workr. Every design sent in is to be inscribed with
.s molts ; and an envelope with the satire motto on the
euteide, ceutaining the name and address of the com-
Tettter, is to be sent in to the Chief Commissioners of
r ejeay's Works and Public 13uildings. The rem-
missioners will not be answerable for any damage or
accident that may happen to the drawings ur models, so
t•est, t route cts need be careful.

REPAVEMENT OF CANNON-REET.—TiIe whrle of that
p of lyit72; between Walh,""k and
11,,, statue of Kitt.< F.,urtli, at E4mtcbeap, is
tuing ptved with nt.v L!! at) i e cubes by the City paviur,
u I,!er the igiperintendciice of Mr. G. Mortuner, the
s,ilior inspector of pavements. It is expected that tie
sine`, will be re-opened fur traffic early next week.
THE NEW FREE TRADE HALL AT MANCIIESTER.—Ti
pi `tar %Lions for the it augural meeting on Wednesday,
tl:c Bth of October, are proceeding rapidly and satislac-
"'lily. The chair wdl be taken by Mr. George Wilson,
Ti invitatir,ns 4.linuot to about 2,000,
ljoN'T lince3Vonic.—An advertisement in 'a Boston
pa.oer lately, tor,.apynung man to work in a store, was
an 8 wered aightoeu applicants. Bot one for' a "gen.
tle:nan " icifsavel and play on the banjo, met:met:with 409
2 eEponses.-42ronto Times.