The Sun.
London, England, 1859-12-12 00:00:00

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MODEL OF TGIFPROPOS.RD 21ARK.E113
AND _RAILWAYS IN

An elaborate model, with ground plans and full
information, in respect to the proposed dead meat,
poultry, and vegetable markets, prepared by the
City's architect, W. B. Bunning, Esq.% for erection
upon the north side of Smithfield, in connection
with a subterranean line of railway connecting, the
same with the New Cattle-market,Copenhagen
fields, and the existing termini of the Great North-
ern, North-Western, Great Western, and other rail-
ways, is now placed in No. 1 Committee-roovm, at
Guildhall, where ou Saturday last it was iewed
by several members of the Corporation.
The committee have given directions for the
model and plans to be shown during to -day
(Monday), and the two following days, to mem-
bers of the Corporation, the Associate i
d Socety
of Meat Salesmen, to ward or parochial com-
mittees, or any other bodies of gentlemen who may
desire to inspect it ; and we are instructed to
state
that upon application to the City architect,
aatt his
offices in Guildhall, that gentleman will anl
time during the above term, make arrangements
for that purpose.
That portion of the model (which is in the feria
of a parallelogram, about five feet in length by
eighteen inches deep, and of corresponding height)
represents a space of ground embracing an area ef
150,000 superficial feet, surrounded 011 all sides by
a roadway, 60 feet wide (with a double frontage
of 625 feet by 240 feet), intended for market pur-
poses only, occupies in plan the north side of Leer
lame, Smithfield, bounded on the east by Charter-
house-street, on the west by King-street, and on
the north by St. John-street and Cowcross-street.
The entrance from the south, or Long: lane fron-
tage, is by a wide thoroughfare leading to the
northern side, facing St. John-street, and there
are other entrances at the east and west
ends. The market thus proposed would contain
a sufficient number of shops for the sale of mod'
the internal fittings to be arranged subsequently.
" as the model," the City solicitor has pointedly oa'
served, " may be considered rather as the illustr
tion of a principle than the definition of a detailedA
plan." The learned gentleman has further state •
" that it is not impossible that practical men nil
discover some objection to the principle involve t
in the plan," and it is certain, he continues, tit
such parties " would see many details whit
ere
require alteration even if the principle were nir
proved by them." • 1 „di
Independently of the proposed market-Pla—
" proper," the City architect has prepared* inning'9llr
nexion with it, if deemed desirable, plans for
ing into the basement of the market lines of rail_ 1:
be united with certain trunk lines, and w....1tu..z."...
politian Cattle Market at Copenha
proposed line communicating with the New ivi,..e“,"a
uP:or
spaces are left above the market standings for
the admission of light from the glass rlig' sro
plataat of ingress to and egress from the
trains_co
provided at separate doors from the market entry?,4o,
in Charterhouse-street and West-street. These
lead to or from the staircases, by which the till 0
gen.fields.
silWileYk's
may be approached and quitted. For the r
it is proposed to 0 lift" the meat, &c., and the tru‘ _
en masse to the level of the market-place, btsig;
draulic power, provision for several such lifts 0' A
A thir''
shown in different parts of the model. the
feature, also shown, is a superstructure aboceana
market, suggested for the purpose railways,ui,
warehousing goods brought by the guide in
it is proposed to " hoist" into these nevi,reeePtae'
the same manner as the vans containing ?
Gotilin
sions. The elevation is in the pointed
_n
o.
style, and is of neat but substantial roeapPea7o
The cost of the proper market's site and, the
the architect estimates at £235,000, including Au a
sum actually paid by the Corporation during
sowa
last 40 years, for ground which is now viLea 11 t' sr,
which was formerly
occupied as a market for sue
&c. cost for
Mr. Bunning further estimates that the _o ula
both market sites and railways, cuttings, Bce•trainn.
reach £280,000; and with the proposed sup.eriu_, sia.,
bent structures for warehouses, goods, statien;,,ricle
£376,000, leaving the railway companies to pn- .0
the sum of £139,000 for their accono3oclati°4 the
for the use of the markets. Independentir,boa•
model, there is also a ground plan of,thefilercietails
hood surrounding the proposed site,. ^l to tlio
being furnished of its anticipated contig"'
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Several streets adjacent to the proposed tr

PALACE FOR THE coidDIISSION,OB
OF SEWERS,

For a long time the pularla: bee° _a ---th
atused lyr
the reported conference of this august hew we're
open
were divided, and their proceedings .reri
meeting
and so the altercations whic ofrose 4'30 I
amazed all business and pssional men
even apart from the strife and objurgations //4.110
sometimes found vent at the board-00W" ant
uses of difference the removal of the departul
ow
from the old site of Greek-street was strongli c oi.,
co a
tested. Mr. Leslie, with a small minoritY,
dered the office commodious and good enough,' ts,
urged that, having a good solid house, anuAu.iii,
almost as large as that chasm in Spring- gar'
it would be unnecessary prodigality to change; the
Such is in fact the case; but the tastes of s,r
gentlemen commissioners, most of whora are pith
or have been tradesmen, aspired to a parish 'Asp
other great national departraents, such as ~e '„le.a
miralty, the Treasug, the Home sod r °,r—ie
Offices, &e,, with which the proposed strueole"
now in progress of being grouped. the
The house of the Earl Fitzhardinge isei,tee
Crown Estate; it looks to the park and the raZoi;
and forms one of the lustrous circle that
..m.", to
around the Mall and Parade. Now, it oent'ile.
many who know how very many Governrael7,oot
partments are dislocated and divided, sonie t'''ciis-
into hired houses, others at an inconvenieut_w
tance from the active centre—that the lot
Int
open at Spring-gardens wicket ought to be ads
the permanent Bureau of some ono or other,
these public departments so disjointed• moll
As for the old house in Greek-street, it tab-0w
m large
isss
of: r; ahlelstidhoesrtehqouriereims
scope
eo footohoeghS Greek-street,
b - not
that so
very valuable neighbourhood, to enlarge el. Plt,
!idditiens to the old building—if additions be `pan
so
ing—but much more business is done 11 hlisillind
men in the City in premises of smaller extent, i,
even less commodious. Such was Mr• Leslie's opsf
nsion, and as it is clear that the Comraisavalliis.
ewers, as at present constituted, have ric;:e-,4tra-
mentary or Cabinet connections, it does seeTt;oo ill
ordinary that the very finest available es-" rad
London should be so prostituted, and that a 9-- the
at least £lO,OOO should also be lavished' for
purpose of dedicating a temple to Cloacilat el
It is pretty well understood, who it Was 1,-001f
posed the heedless waste of £30,000 or "'," susia
£ls,ooo),riao in one •f the six contrasts for the _OO,
age. If the men who sanctioned such ''
tract were not above their business, th°Y are
till,s
tainly below it-4hey are not civil engineer; vet-
shaaltthiloituzgh tradesmen, they ought to hoe solpetrade
in figures and accounte--nlani meljaildfereilt
_ave signalised themselves in -walks far ,u. ming,
from their avocations—one, notably in buter oh
another in architecture, and so forth ;
~.rellingt
.nwhose greatest celebrity has been fa ditia—io the
a terse, and for making gigantic mistakes
nrelY t°
expenditure of public money► ought• not, s--00 Of
be further intrusted, either in the
medetermirung cons
sanitary works of a great metropolis, or in
_c
struction of a pavilion for their own or in
11 if
partica
iodation and glorification; more to tb°
their whimies and mistakes are set &Ivy°
public cost. ding plot
madehhidaot o
tuohs t,e'
i It may be here remarked that the bls,o3eat, be
n question might, in the hands of Gover'it is tare
that
and eloated towards the park fro the inost
the
he construction
roinappreciableost
out ovfiasplue ; at preseo.
tago; and,
the binlas°slllsele°
tO Oiti
the
all buildings piled on public growl
h stables of the late Carlton Palace• 0 estate,:
This site, if thrown into the Fitzharaing. cove-
laCcec,aasnidlied
would form the most 'utilitarian, the weevily. LOO.
nient,i and the most beautiful position in area feet
on ; it is open to the park for several linnse, and
—to the passage of Spring.gardens on Ire rfeet in;
to Carlton-terrace on the other--and II Pile Area'
sulation, combined with open frontage a a naltr/
were required, then the, range of old age ortable
houses extending from Charinglcross to t
noclorl
mews entrance might be obtained at a be
cost. Such a consummation would
lieforgo . is
comparison the finest site for a pub buildivg
London: he tiole t°
look. Before a Gothism is perpetrated, is t _sioble
after the right appropriation of 'ise void,
publicm sites, and unless SOllle attention i,ienet
there is little hope for the improvement °r
lisohrme
etnhtanofhoiuthrecrittoy, to opportunities like 1" lo
. ccfal
A long time back.we alluded to the clls4.ll:bacic
old tiled stables which disfigure the Mall at te',..etea
of the Admiralty—another fling at that p.,:e:0,0/
property of the Crown in this same locallU
not be out of place.—Bui/ding Yews'

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MONUMENT TO MOZART AT VIER been
___„„to to 0
morial to this great composer which has beeiatarriguotedioo4
memory by the inhabitants of Vienna V 139 of the $ll.OOl
Monday in the presence of the authoritics,„llo coo]) 0
Hans Gassier, and an immense assemblago.o A
followed lger
was preceded by a short choral performanc.,, tr„ sarao _of
speech by the burgomaster, and succFeaseu, sta c.ci,
musical display. The monument consist_cot ~ccessoriv:
Mozart, around which are grouped symbol' 0:1;001114,.
amongs which is a mournful umse loor:u ou
gtest of 1411.: ber
wards the earth. The names of the ga. horioladi: wilieb
works are inscribed on foliage which the Mut
left hand. Four candelabra ornament the woo
also bears several inscriptions.