The Sun.
London, England, 1859-08-04 00:00:00

(BY ELECTRIC TELEGRAPH.)
LIVERPOOL, Thursday Morning

Wind N.W.

Arrived, Aug. 3—Romance of the Sea, from Porto Rico;
Theron, from Monte Video ; Rose, screw steamer, from
Grenada.

Arrived, Aug. 4—Clara Wheeler, and Ocean Romp, from
New Orleans.

(BY SUBMARINE AND BRITISH TELEGRAPH.)
GRAVESEND, Thursday, morning.
Wind IV.; tide, four and a half hour's ebb; weather
very fine.
Arrived, Aug. 3—Briton, from Bimlipatan ; Batavier,
from Rotterdam.

Arrived, Aug. 4—Sophia, from Narva ; Juno, from
Uddawalla.
Sailed—Seine, steamer, for Boulogne.
DEAL, Thursday Morning.

Wind S.W., fresh.
er Majesty's ship Cumberland, from Brazils
forP theas s erdi —live r.

Anchored—Eliza Eskdale, from London for Quebec ;
Tynemouth, from Shields for Genoa; Clara Ann, from
Havannah for Copenhagen.

On the vote of £130,000 for the purchase of a portion of
the site, and towards defraying the cost of the erection,2f
the New Foreign Office,
The CHANCELLOR of the EXCHEQUER said that
the principal portion of the vote was required for the pre-
paration of the ground for the new building, which was
stated to be afloat on a basis of peat. With regard to the
expense of the building, the Government was for the first
time in a position to state what would be the actual cost of
public works. Heretofore the course adopted was to pre-
sent to the house a moderate estimate, and as works pro-
ceeded the country found itself involved in enormous ex-
pense. The sum required for these offices might startle
them by its large amount, but the figure might be relied
on. Mr. Hunt, the surveyor, stated that the cost for the
erection of the building, according the design of Mr. Scott,
would be £4230,000, and a responsible builder had undertaken
to construct the work for a sum of £232,000. That included
everything comprised in the plan of Mr. Scott, but did not
provide for those contingencies which emerged during the
progress of a large building. Mr. Hunt estimated the
whole cost for erecting the building at £310,000, and the
amount for the site at £12,000 ; making a total of £420,000.
That total did not provide for furniture and other expenses.
With respect to the plans, as had been stated on a previous
occasion, it was not intended to alter them before the re-
assembling of Parliament.
Lord ELCHO reviewed the proceedings already adopted
in reference to the foreign offices. He did not agree with
those who considered the Gothic style was unsuited to the
new offices, for he thought it was appropriate to the de-
partments required in such a building. With regard to its
being incongruous he considered that rather an advantage,
as nothing to his mind was more disagreeable than un•
broken monotony in architecture. The noble lord referred
to Paris and other cities in support of his opinion.
Mr. TITE defended the committee that had inquired
into the subject, and contended that the Italian style of
architecture was more suited to public buildings than the
Gothic. He denied that the latter style was national, or
that it would be congruous with a large mass of building
that would be permitted to remain undisturbed in the
neighbourhood of the new offices.
[LEFT SITTINe.]