The Sun.
London, England, 1856-07-30 00:00:00

TEE PUBLIC OFFICES.

The following is a summary of the proposals contained
in Sir C. E. Trevelyan's evidence relative to the consoli-
dation of the public offices :
" That a building be erected between the Banquetting-
house and the river for the War Department (including
the head-quarter offices at the Horse Guards) according
to Jingo Jones's designs for Whitehall Pa'ace, or an
adaptation of them, having one face towards the Heuses
el Parliament, another towards Charing-cress, and a
third towards the river.
" That the Horse Guards and Lady Dover's house be
then removed, in order that Whitehall Palace may be
opened to St. James's-park, and that St. James's-park
may be extended, on either side of Whitehall Palace, to
the Thames.

"That the Somerset-house and Whitehall branches of
the Admiralty be brought together in a block of build-
ings to be constructed between the site of the Horce
Guards and Charing-cross, in extension of the existing
Admiralty, having one face towards the street and an-
other towards the park, and that the houses in Spring-
gardens be removed and an opening made between
James's-park and Charing-cross.
" That the existing line of the public offices be ex-
tended from the corner of Downing-street to the corner
of Great George-street, forming one side of a spacious
square, the other sides of which would be towards the
Abbey, the Park, and the Admiralty.
"That the civil departments of the Government be
accommodated in this square, with their dependent offices
grouped around them. Thus, the General Pay-of oe
and the superintending establishments of the different
branches of the public revenue would be brought into
immediate connection with the Treasury ; the Chief Se-
cretary for Ireland, the Lord Advocate of Scotland, the
B .ard of Health, the Convict Department, and the In-
spectors of Prisons, Mines, and Factories, with the Se-
cretary of State for the Home Department, and so forth.
"That the space between the line of civil offices and
the river, and between her Majesty's ancient Palace of
Westminster and Whitehall Palace, be then cleared of
buildings.

" That Somerset-house, which would be left tenantless
by these arrangements, be reappropriated as may be
most for the puolic advantage. If it should be deter-
mined to make provision for the courts of law (including
the Court of Chancery, and the Ecclesiastical, Testa-
mentary, and Admiralty jurisdictions) at Somerset-
house, it might be done out of the surplus unused Legal
Deposit Funds, and the existing buildings at Somers,t-
house would furnish accommodation for the various
legal offices, including the registries of wills, judgments,
Acc. _

That, in order to bring the Houses of Parliament
and the public offices into immediate connection with the
courts and inns of law and with the city, and to relieve
the existing overcrowded thoroughfares, a railway be
constructed, according to the most approved arrange-
ments, along the river bank from Westminster to the
city, in connection with the works for purifying and
embanking the Thames, and that the most ready means
of communication by electric telegraph be established
between the courts of law and the inns of law and Houses
of Parliament.

"That a committee be appointed, consisting of per-
sons carefully selectsd, as best qualified On account of
their experience and ability, to advise the First Commis-
sioner of Works and the Government in respect to—
,g 1. The relative situation of the different offices ;
"2. The order of time i❑ which they should be built,
the precedence being given to the War Department and
the Foreign-office ; and
,g 3, The most convenient interior arrangements for
the several offices ; and

"That the following iiteps be taken in reference to all
the new buildings ;
"1. That general Specifications of the several buildings
be published, and the architects of every country be in.
vited to send in plans and elevations.
"2. That, when received, these designs be exposed for
a sufficient time to public view, and that the selection
be made after full discussion and' mature deliberation.
"3. That, when the plans and elevations live been
resolved upon, detailed specifications and working draw-
ings be prepared, in order that the construction of the
buildings may be put up to competition in suitable por-
tions ; and

"Lastly. That everything conneeted with this under-
taking be done upon the sole personal responsibility of
the First Commissioner of Works acting under the exe-
cutive Government ; early and full information relating
to every important step being submitted to Parliament."

Some reports were circulated on Monday afternoon of a
probability of a new Russian loan for 50,000,000 roubles,
or about 8,000,0001. sterling, but they were believed to
be without foundation.