The Sun.
London, England, 1859-03-19 00:00:00

MET.ROPOLITAN 1211PROVEMENTS.

The ordinary weekly meeting of the Board of
Works was held yesterday at the Council-chamber,
Guildhall ; Mr. Thwaites presiding.
The Board was occupied during the greater por-
tion of .its sitting in considering the report of the
General Works Committee, to whom had been re•
ferred, in July, 1857, •the subject of the public
works necessary for meeting the growing require-
ments of the metropolis.
On the motion of Mr. Deputy HARRISON, it was
ordered that the report be printed and the map of
the proposed works reduced, and copies thereof,
together with the report, be furnished to each
member of the board, and that the subject be
taken further into consideration on a future day.
On the motion of Mr. LEGG, it was also ordered
that copies of the report and of the map be sent to
the vestries of the metropolis.
The following is a copy of the schedule attached
to the. report :—.—

SCHEDULE, OF WORKS A.ND IMPROVEMENTS.
Rstimated
net cost.

A. WORKS ORDERED.
The main drainage of the metropolis
New street from High .street, Southwark, to end
of Stamford. street
New street from King-street, Covent .garden, to
Cranbourn-street
Victoria Pork approach
B. IMPROVEMENT FOR WHICH AN ACT HAS

429,424

41,820
41,410

BEEN OBTAINED.
Formation of a, park at Finsbury _ _
C. Woims URGENTLY REQUIRED.
Reconstruction and covering over main sewers
construction of lines subsidiary to. main ,drad-
age; and minor works, gullies, side entrances,
5c....439,752
D. IMPROVEMENTS OF THE METROPOLITAN
COMMUNICATIONS. ENUMERATED IN 'TIM
REPORT OF THE COMMITTEE OF WORKS AND
IMPROVEMENTS, DATE& THE 7TH OF MARCH,
1859. • Gross Cost.
Formation of new, street from Earl-
street, Blackfriars, to Mansion-
house
Formation of new street from Bow-

216,830

1,458,000 891,750

street and Long-acre to Cheapside 1,709,508 1,112,600
With a branch from Wellington-
street,, Waterloo-bridge, to Carey-
street
Formation of new street through
Gate-street to Southampton-row,
Russell-square
Improvement of Holborn-hill and
Skinner-street, by a viaduct on the
north side
Widening Theobald's-road &
King's-
road, north side of Liquorpond-
street, forming a new street from
the north end of Leather-lane to
Clerkenwell-green, and continua-
tion to Old-street
And on to the Eastern Counties Rail-
way
Removal of Temple-bar, and widening
the north side of Fleet-street and
the Strand, for a distance of 300
fret west at Chancery- lama— -
Formation of New-street, Commer-
cial-road-east, to High-street,
Whitechapel
Completing the improvement com-
menced on the north side of New-
gate-street
Widening King Edward-street, and
making opening into Little Britain
The removal of the block of buildings
known as Middle-row, Holborn , .
Widening the north end of Chancery-

390,000

250,500

321,600'

174,600

375,000

200,000

771,306

626,980

564,000

462,600

121,002

89,85:

168,497

127,464

156,800

116,300

40,320

24,570

47,425

46,625

lane
Widening the south end of Park-
lane into Piccadilly, and continu-
ing South Audley-street into Park-

150,000

120,000

lane
Widening the Strand en the north
side from Catherine-street to New-
castle-street, removing Holywell-
street, and farming building site,
as shown on map
Forming an entrance from Spring-

201,000

172,700

573,000

425,400

gardens into St. James's Pak
Widening lower end of Bedford-
street, Strand, as the completion of
Covent-garden approach
Removal of Postern-row, and cur-
tailment of enclosure of Trinity-

27,600

13,800

square
New street from Trinity-square to
Tower - street, -widening and
straightening Great Tower-street
and Easteheap
Removal of houses north end of King
___....

132,000

115,800

441,600

300,600

William-street ..
Widening and improving the junction
at Gracechurch-street, Bishops-
gate-street, Comhill, and Leaden-
hall .street
Widening and improving Bishops-
gate-street Without and Within
Widening and improving Norton

19,200

12,600

424,000

291,500

246,400

186,400

17°1g-of;
Improving Fenchurch-street, and
cutting new street into south end
of Gracechurch-street
Widening and improving Aldgato ..
Widening Upper and Lower Thames-

94,720

67,740

580,000
210,000

330,000
153,000

streets
Widening Queen-street, Cheapside,
on the eastern side
Widening and improving St. Mar-
tin's-lane, •and widening Broad-
street, Bloomsbury. and. Great St.
Andrew-street
Widening Hungerford Suspension-
bridge, and forming new street to
West Strand, Charing-cross, with
street on the Surrey side of the
Thames, as shown on the map
Widening Poultry on the north side
Widening south end of Milk-street,
next Cheapside
Widening south end of Alderman-
bury.Wideumg the west end of Jewin-
street, Aldersgate-street, and the
formation of a new street into
Smithfield
Continuation of Broad-street-build-
ings into Sun-street, Bishopsgate,.
with new road to Curtain-road,
Shoreditch
Widening of St. John-street, Clerk-
enwell, on the west side
Formation of Thames embankment,
north and south, front Westminster
to London bridges, as estimated by
Mr. Gisborne C.E.
Purchase of the tolls of Southwark-
bridge and improving the gradients
from Thames-st.--autount claimed
by the company ...........
Purchase of the tolls of Waterloo-
bridge—amount claimed by the
company
Widenmg High-street, Kensington,
from No. 59 to Young-street
Formation of a park in Southwark..

1,360,000

799,000

451,200

302,450

253,440

190,740

624,800
643,600

432,210
643,600

50,000

42,500

75,000

48,700

180,480

133,430

242,880

184.130

72,000

46,160

2,000,000

300,000*

700,000,

40,000
129,875

Total £19,815,521 £15,674,951

* The committee express no opinion on the propriety of.
these amounts, but merely give them as the sums Which thei
is reason to believe would be claimed by the corupanim

STEAM TO NEW YORK.—The steam-ship Ham-
monia, from Hamburg to New York, left Southampton
yesterday for her destination, with freight and passengers.
The following Post-office notice was issued yester-
day :--4, A ship letter mail for New York will be made up
in the General Post-office, to be sent in the steamer Lebanon,
which is appointed to leave Liverpool on tke 26th inst."
Owing to the tempest on the southern coast on
Thursday evening, the Jeddo, with the Peninsular
and the Atrato with the West India mail, anchored in
Yarmouth Road's, on Thursday night, and did not go to sea
until yesterday morning..
A number of gentlemen, friends and admirers
of Mr. Benjamin Webster, have organised a dinner at the
Freemasons' Tavern, for Wednesday next, for the purpose
of congratulating him upon the completion of the new
Adelphi Theatre. Tho Hon. F. H. F. Berkeley,
will preside, and a subscription has been opened 'for the
purpose of presenting Mr. Webster with a testimonial in
commemoration of the occasion.
The North TVales Chronicle states that a 'survey
is now being made of a line of railway to the beautiful litth
town of Dolgelly, from a point near Corwen, on the pro-
posed line from Ruabon to Denbigh, and that there is every
Prospect of the undertaking beingeartied out.