The Sun.
London, England, 1858-11-27 00:00:00

METROPOLITAN BOARD OF WORKS.

Yesterday, at 12 o'clock, this board held a meet-
ing in the Council Chamber, Guildhall, for the
transaction of business, Mr. Thwaites, the chair-
man, presiding. The paper of business for the day
showed that the balance in the hands of the trea-
surer to the Board on the general current account
on the 22d inst. was £14,690 odd ; that the amount
of the general deposit account was £25,000 ; that
the balance on special accounts amounted in the
aggregate to £134,518 ; making a total general
balance of £174,208.

Mr. Woolrych, the clerk, read a communication
from the vestry clerk of. St. Luke's, Chelsea, stating
that at a special meeting of the vestry on the 19th
inst. Mr. Tite, M.P., had been elected to represent
them at the board in the room of Mr. F. Chahner,
resigned. The hon. gentleman, at a subsequent
part of the sitting; took his seat at the board and
received the customary welcome. Mr. Burslem pre-
sented a memorial from the vestry of Paddington,
complaining that several new streets in that dis-
trict had been commenced in disreo•ard of the by-
law of the board that notice should be given to the
board, accompanied by plans. Mr. Peckett brought
up a report from the committee of the whole loard.
on Covent-garden approach and Southwark and
Westminster communication, recommending that
the treasurer of the board be requested to give in-
structions for the sale of a portion of the Exche-
quer bills applicable to the Southwark and West-
minster communication current account. The re-
commendation was agreed to. Mr. Stevens pre-
rented a memorial numerous* signed Iv ii. h
tants of Balham, Clapham-common, Wandsworth-
common, and Battersea, calling the attention of
the board to the fact that from the increasing num-
ber of houses the state of the Falcon-brook sewer,
which was open and pestilential, had becoMe much
worse, and praying that the board would take im-
mediate steps to convert it into a covered one. Mr.
Stevens also presented a communication from rate-
payers and owners of property in the district of
Fulham, stating that the building of houses of a
superior class, which had been going on for several
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of open ditches charged with gases destructive to
human life, and without any flow, or by cesspools
through which their pure springs of water were
polluted. A letter was read from Mr. Austin,
Secretary of Works, stating that that board are
prepared to pay the a.mountofthe expenses (L 1,500)
incurred by the Metropolitan Board in supplying
information to the Government referees on the
main drainage. The question as to giving the
proper notices for taking the lands and other pro-
perty for the purpose of carrying on the Victoria
Approach Actwas referred to the Streets Committee
on the motion of Mr. Dixon. It was referred to the
Main Drainage .Coramittee, at the instance of Mr.
Legg, to take the necessary steps for obtaining the
houses and land requisite for the construction of
the pumping station at Deptford Creek, with power
to engage such professional assistance as might he
necessary for the purpose. Some routine business
was then transacted, and the board adjourned.

THE Muni)En OF MR. ELY.--The gentry of tl e
Queen's County have subscribed £B5O, which sum, i
£l5O offered by Government, makes up £l,OOO as the re
ward for the discovery and conviction of the assassin.
Delany is still at. large ; £2OO are offered for his apprehen-
sion ; £lOO for the arrest of such person or persons as may
harbour Delany, and £7OO for such information as shall
lead to the actual conviction of the murderer or murderers
of Mr. Ely. In any other county, where the Riband code
does not'overrido the law of the land, £l,OOO Would b e
pretty certain to effect the ends .of justice._ Six timet'th
amount, however, was offered in vain for a clue to the grea
Norbury murder perpetrated in the Queen's County up-
wards of 20 years ago, and which remains one of the most.
remarkable instances on record of undiscovered crime. ,