The Sun.
London, England, 1867-10-12 00:00:00

PRICY 4d.
STAMPED sd.

The Ealing Steeplechase Pt
Ago st lb
Sinito a 12
Triumpher ... 6 12 5
Ace of Hearts ... all 12
Faustus (h b) ... 611 9
Milford ... 611 9
The Guide 5 11
Sir Ashby ... a 11 4
Mario . 6 11 4
Wild Duck (h b) all 4
Charmian 6 11 4
Isabelle ... ... 411 0
... a 11 0
Monitor (pd) .. 5 11 0
Wedding Peal ... 511 0
The Tradesmen's Cup, value 25gs, for horses the property
of persons residing within 30 miles of London ; once
round.
The Hurdle Race Handicap of 5 sovs each, 2 ft., with 30
added ; about one mile and a half, over six hurdles.
Age st lb Age st lb
Liston ... all 0 ' Red Rose ... ... 5 9 7
Isabella ... ... 410 12 Helios ... 5 9 5
Triumpher ... 6 10 10 Milly 3 9 2
Lytham ... 610 7 Grafton
... ... 3 9 2
Humphrey Davy ... 4 10 41 Ned of the Hills ... a 9 0
Hopvine ... 4 10 4 La Pique 5 9 0
Mario ... 6 10 2' Banshee 4 9 0
Vindicator... ... alO 2 Lady Margaret ... 38 10
Nabocklish ... 6 910 Busy Body ... 810
Order ... ... 3 9 101 Lady Lincoln 38 7
Applecrosi ... 4 9 10 I Mariana ... 3 8 7
Tho Selling Hurdle Race Plate of 30 sovs ; three year
olds lOst, four list, five and upwards list 71b; ono
mile, over four hurdles.

late of 30 sovs. Two miles.
Ago st lb
Fairy King.. ... a 11 0
New Light ... a 11 0
Signal ... (; 1►: 10
Rose 5 10 10
Monops ... a 10 9
The Robber a 10 7
Salamis a 10 7
Rod in Pickle ... alO 7
Banshee ... 4 10 4
notice 5 10 4
• Ned of the hills ... a 10 0
Little Peevish ... 410 0
Legerdemain (pd) 10 0

The usual weekly meeting of 'thefiktetrOpii/itai
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Board of Works was held yesterday at theoffice..4v
Spring-gardens Sir J. Thwaites
FINANCE.
The financial statement showed that the aggre-
gate cash balances in the hands of the treasurer on
the 7th of October amounted to £633,398 3s. 11d.,
out of which payments were ordered to be made to
the amount of £25,868 16s. 4d.
IMPROVEMENTS IN MARYLETIONE.
Mr. Nwitot.Av introduced a (ieputation front the
vestry of Marylebone, and from the inhabitant.; of
that locality, for the purpose of pres.mting a memo-
rial urging tb2carrying outof the profrmc l improve-
ment by widening:SAngo-lane and making a carriage
thoroughfare into the Marylebone-road.
The inemlrial having been real by Mr. Pollard,
the Chief Clerk,
Mr. HALLAM afidreBsed the Board in support of
it, and, in answer to. questions put to him, said the
estimated expense, by their own surveyor, of m tk-
ing the new road was £60,000, of which they asked
the Metropolitan Board to contribute one half. The
e-.stimate made by the surveyor to this board ex-
ceeded that amount, but the members of the depu-
tation were strongly of opinion that the amount
mentioned by their own surveyor would cover the
entire cost.
After a short discussion the memorial was referred
to the Works and General Purposes Committee.
PROPOSED ROAD FROM ISLINGTON TO THE CITY.

Mr. Mows introduced a deputation from the in-
habitants of Packington-street, City-road, and its
immediate neighbourhood, for the purpose of pre-
senting a memorial in favour of a direct route for
vehicles from Essex (formerly Lower) road, and
proceeding along Pachington-street, Shepherdess-
walk, Bath-street, Bunhill-row, and Moor-lace, into
the centre of the great termini of the Metropolitan,_
Great Northern, Midland, Great Western, London,
Chatham, and Lover Railways, Moorgate-street,
Cripplegate, and the immediate widening of Shep-
herdess-walk, at the cost of the Metropolitan Board
of Works as a part of a great metropolitan move-
ment.
The memorial stated that at present there were
from 30,000 to 40,000 who left the Islington dis-
trict on their way to the city, but at present the
route was so inconvenient that it was attended with
great danger to both life and limb,,and especially
so to young children, and one City firm had calcu-
lated that if this proposed route were adopted it
would save to their clerks and other employes at
least 150 miles a day in omnibus riding or other
conveyance, and when it was remembered the tens
of thousands of persons who went to the City
every day the saving of time would be incal-
culable. The memorial went on to state that :
It was with a view to aid this improvement which is
now, and for many years has been, sought to be
carried out, that when the Wenlock, Shepherdess,
Britannia, and other fields were marked out for
building purposes, the freeholders, actuated by
public spirit, at their own cost and charges, laid out
the same with fine wide streets and roads, which, it
is submitted, is no small expenditure for the public
good. Your memorialists are further informed and
believe that the Vestry of St. Luke is negotiating
with the proper parties for the widening each end
of Bath-street. Indeed, with respect to the southern
or Old_street end, the Hospital, the Vestry, and all
parties are agreed, and the improvement only waits
the engrossing and formal recognition of the neces-
sary documents, when possession of the ground let
by the Vestry at a small rental to the asylum will
be given up, and that institution will immediately
set back the wall in a line with Alleyn's Alms-
houses, Bath-street, which therefore may be consi-
dered as a settled transaction. That the three
parishes—lslington, Shoreditch, and St. Luke—
though heavily rated to the relief of the poor, have
contributed in various ways to your hon. Board an
aggregate sum of over £200,000 towards various
improvements in the metropolis, and your memo-
rialists have paid their full share to the same, and
feel that they are not soliciting too much in asking
your Board to take up a most valuable and im-
portant improvement, which your memorialists are
informed and believe may be effected for a sum of
about £14,000---a sum exceedingly small when com-
pared to the beneficial gain to the public at large."
The subject gave rise to a short discussion, and the
memorial was referred to the Works and General
Purposes Committee for consideration and report.

THE SUPERINTENDING ARCHITECT.
A report was read from the Works and General
Purposes Committee recommending that the salary
of the superintending architect be increased frAn
£l,OOO to £1,200 per annum, and that the resolu-
tion of the Board of the 4th March, 1864, in rela-
tion to the salary of the superintendent architect,
be varied accordingly. The report was adopted.
THE CHIEF ENGINEER AND THE DRAINAGE OF