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NAVAL INTELLIGENCE. MALTA, JUNE 23.—The engineers of her Maj esty's steamer llecla, at Constantinople, have got themselves into a sad scrape, and are at present under arrest. They will b6relieved by others from Malta, and, till then, the steamer cannot leave that station. It appears, from what can be collected, that on going on shore Lieutenant Hire ordered the forge to be brought on deck, and on his return found that the first engineer had ordered it below, as the deck Vas not the place for it, and refused to allow it to be brought up again. His conduct being reported, he was placed under arrest. The second engineer was then ordered to have it brought on deck, but he stated it was under the control of the first engineer, and could not bring it on deck without his order. He was placed under arrest, and a similar scene was enacted with the third. It would appear that these three men have been offered employment under thl Turkish Government, and were con sequently anxious to be dismissed her Majesty's service to enver that of his Ottoman Majesty. They have, however, miscalculated their strength, and may be tried for mutinous conduct instead of disobedience of orders. _ The French steamer from Constantinople arrived this morning, and proceeds direct to Marseilles at ten A.m. The direct boat from Alexandria is expected to-morrow, and will proceed to Marseilles. The India mail may also be expected to-morrow. Her Majesty's ship the Orestes, from Cor:U, arrived here this morning; she will proceed home in a few days, carry ing invalids, &c., and the Boudroom marbles will be shipped on board her. On mooring, the Orestes saluted the Vice- Admiral. DISTRIBUTION OF THE MEDITERRANEAN SQUADRON. In Malta harbour—The Ceylon, 12, receiving-ship, bear ing the flag of Rear-Admiral Sir L. Curtis, Bart., second in command, and Superintendent of Malta Dockyard; the Lo cust, steamer, Lieutenant-Commander Eden ; the Wee Pet, steam-tug; and the Orestes, 18, Commander Cannon. On Surveying Duty—The Bonetta, Commander T. S. Brock, and the Research, cutter, Lieutenant Spratt. At Sea—The Hibernia, 120, Captain Peter Richards, C. 8., bearing the flag of Vice-Admiral Sir W. Parker, Bart., G.C.8., the Commander-in-Chief. At Gibraltar—The Virago, war-steamer, Commander Sir G. G. Otway, Bart.; the Fantome, 16, Commander Sir F. W. E. Nicolson, Bart.; and the Phcenix, steam- vessel, Com mander Dennis. At Corfu—the Jackall steamer, Lientent-Commander W. M. J. G. Pasco, and the Tyne, 28, Captain W. N. Glascock, At the Piraeus of Athens—The Syren, 16, Commander H E. Edgell, and the Bloodhound steamer, Lieutenant R Phillips. _ _ _ En - route to Ileyront—The Inconstant, 36, Captain C. H. Fremantle. En route to Smyrna—The Amazon, 19, Captain J. J. Stopford, and the harlequin, Commander Curry, touching at Corfu. At Constantinople—The Hecla war-steamer, Commander J. Daffill. MAIL STEAM-PACKETS. At Malta—The Volcano, Lieutent Crang; the Flamer. Lieutenant Lavie; and the Meteor, Lieutenant-Commander Buttler. En route from Malta to Marseilles—The Acheron, Lieu tenant B. Aplin. En route from Malta to the lonian Islands and Greece—The Spitfire, Lieutenant J. A. Macdonald. PENINSULAR AED ORIENTAL STEAM NAVIGATION COMPANY'S FLOTILLA. At Southampton—The Pottinger. En rte to Southampton and Gibraltar from Malta—The Royal Tar and the Achilles. En route from Southampton and Gibraltar to Malta—The Oriental. _ _ En route to Constantinople and ports of the Black Sea from Malta—The Tagus. En route from Constantinople and the Black Sea to Malta —The Duke of Cornwall. En route from Alexandria to Malta—The Iberia. FOREIGN SHIPS OF WAR AND PACKETS IN PORT. The French steamer Rlaamses ; the Anglo-Maltese steamer Scotia ; and the Neapolitan Maria Christina. PORTSMOUTH, JULY I.—Th e Albatross, 16, Commander Yorke, sailed last evening for Chatham to be paid off. The Vixen steam-sloop, Captain Giffard, remains in har bour to disembark her specie, after which she will proceed to the eastward to be paid off. She looks in admirable condition, and infinitely more like a ship just fitted out than one from a long distance after five years' commission. The Nelson, 120, advanced ship, is being masted. The Java, 50, having been completely prepared for the pendant, was removed from under the sheers to mJorings in ordinary this morning. Mr. Charles Brown, late Assistant-Master•Attendant, is appointed Master-Attendant of this dockyard, vice I'urdo, retired. Mr. Brown is pm-eminently . qualified for the office, as he has proved on many highly important occasions of an especial character, as well as by hii experience during the time he filled the office of Assistant. Mr. John Davie, overseer of the ticket department in the Merchant Seamen's office, is appointed Master-Attendant of Clarence-yard, vice Town, retired. HOP INTELLIGENCE. (From the Maidstone Journal.) MAIDSTONE.—The hops appear to be getting the upper hand of all their enemies, the unusual strength of bine re sisting every adverse influence, and giving promise of a larger crop than could possibly have been imagined a few weeks back. EAST FARLEICIL—The hops in this parish are doing won ders ; there are a few lice to be found on a few hills in some grounds around the outsides ; but, on the whole, they cannot appear more healthy. A full average crop may be expected. Wzar FARLarcat.—The hops here are in a very precarious state; some grounds are very full of vermin. The result is very liatertain. Banmixo.—The hops in this parish are in a very uncertain state; there is a great increase of vermin. OTHAM.—Many of oar plantations are tolerably clean, and promise an average crop, while others remain foul ; among such a half crop is very doubtful. The midsummer branches are unusually forward, fast putting forth the pin ; among some of the early sorts burr may be found, consequently we anticipate a very early hopping. Ltornam.—The hops in this neighbourhood have gone off very much during the past week. Some grounds are quite past recovery, and all the rest are so infested with vermin that anything like a crop is extremely doubtful. CRANNROOK.—In the Weal district the plantations are improving. SEVENOMES.—AIbeit the refreshing showers and heavy thunder, we are sorry to notice but. little, if any improve. nient in the " Belew-hill ' plantations; the bine still is short, and as full of vermin as ev er , i n f ac t, looking worse instead of better. Several pieces we have noticed in the adjoining parishes, where the bine has been cut up and the poles pulled up. above the hill ; on the ridge we are, however, happy to say there is a most decided and great improvement ; but as to laying the duty, as stated by some of your contemporaries, at 130,000/., we? should feel under all circumstances disin clined to back 100,0001. WROTIIAM, PLAXTOL, SIIIPBOURNE, AND IGIITHAIL—The hop plantations in the upper part of Wrotham, above the London-road, continue to suffer vary considerably from the effect of the blight. The plantations round Crouch, Crow burst, Clagate-cross, and Plaxtol, present a more healthy apmarance. The plant around Shipbourne, and some parts of fghtham is very much cut up. Generally, where the bine is weak, the vermin have stuck, and little hopes can be entertained of its recovery; but where the bine is strong and vigorous, there certainly is not much fly, and some evident improvement may be seen. The cold nights of the past weak have, however, had a chilling effect upon the plant generally. The good-humoured critical correspondent of the Sussex Express, on whose musically-attuned ear irregularity of number appears to sound gratingly, and whose highly re fitted taste cannot allow of extravagance of comparison, or anything approaching to hyperbolic description, poetical or prosaic, if at all sceptical relative to the state of the planta tions in this locality, would probably be gratified in walking over the Cherry House Field of Mr. R. S. Thompson, of Plax tol, and the grounds around generally, particularly those of Mr. 'l'. Knowles, of Roughway, and the Me ssrs . G o ldi ngs , o f the Tree and Alendea Farms, where the bine may be seen over the 14ft. poles and down again to the ground, blooming, healthy, vigorous, and gay, we wish we could add, free from vermin. Ti NBRIDGE.—Great improvement has taken place this week In the quality of gardens about us. There is a great deal of vermin still, but not a tithe of what we had three weeks back. The thun k der-storm a few weeks since seems to have cleansed them and done great service. Still only a small crop is expected, as the bine is very weak generally. SUSSEX.—Our accounts from this district are still as un favourable as ever. F A ceirAar.—There is a general improvement bare, which also partially extends to the country around. By some the duty is rated at 200,000/. COMPARATIVE CONSUMPTION OF CATTLE IN LONDON AND PARIS. Previgus to the proposed re-construction on more convenient and extended plans of the public markets of Paris, a commission was appointed to visit several neighbouring countries in order to inspect and report upon the manner in which market accommodation was elsewhere provided. The market-places of Liverpool, Birkenhead, and Newcastle-on-Tyne attracted particu larly the attention of the members of this commission. Those of London appear to have surprised them by the inferior, inappropriate scale on which they are eon _ structed for the greatest metropolis in Europe. The cattle market of Smithfield, in the very centre of a large city, provoked on the part of the commissioners certain rdmarks, which, courteously couched as they are, do not redound to the credit of the corporation, whose "feudal prerogatives" these inquiring foreigners soon found were the principal obstacle to the transference o the market to a more commodious locality. " Smith field," they observe, "is the beau ideal of disorder. The driving off the oxen sold, the departure of troops of sheep, the frightened animals which escape, the barking of the dogs, the shouts of the drivers, all produce a racket and confusion the most frightful to hear, and the most tumultuous commotion that can be seen. We may add that the streets in the vicinity, which are on the way to the slaughter-houses of Newgate-market, and the stalls where the unsold beasts are kept, are encumbered with animals, and rendered filthy with ordure, which the foot of the citizen cannot escape." The following is the comparative statement of the number of cattle brought to Sthfield, and to the markets for supplying Paris, in the year 1842, but doubtless a misprint for 1844, as given by the commissioners:-- Bullocks. Sheep. Calves. Swine. Smithlleld 169,995 1,707,196 30,489 30,000 Poissy Sceaux 54,621 381,354 13,068 Paris The excess of cattle brought to Smithfield over the three Paris markets was, therefore, 28,037 bullocks, 1,024,372 sheep, and 30,000 swine ; the Paris markets, 'on the other hand, show an excess of 63,876 calves The pork consumed in Paris is probably killed and pre. pared in the provinces, for the consumption of ham, :alone, which is a favourite food of the Parisians, must Jae very considerable. Assuming that all London was eupplied from Smithfield, the disparity of animal food go brbed in the two capitals would disappear at once, consiJaking that the population of Paris at one million, is half that of Londda only. The different gastronomic preferences Dr the tw• peoples are sufficiently indicated by the animal races on which respectively they feed, I and will be readily appreciated by those conversant with the nature of the living and culinary preparations of each. Tit ship Carolina has arrived in the East India Docktrfrom Brest, having on board 5,000 slates, 70 boxes of tin plates, six bundles of leather, 135 bales, 18 casks and 186 . ca ses general merchandise, 100 kegs of paint, and 149 bottles of oil, saved from the vessel Elizabeth, which was wrecked .off Brest, on the coast of France, during her outward. lbound voyage to the Cape of Good Hope, with a cargo of Xritish merchandise. OUTRAGE on BRITISH SUBJECTS The following documents have been communicated to us for publication. The petition, we understand, is to be presented to Parliament by Mr. O'Connell this evening : PETITION. "To the Honourable the Commons of the United King dom of Great Britain and Ireland, in Parliament assembled. " The humble petition of Thomas Brodigan, of Piltown House, in the county of Meath, " Showeth,—That petitioner having a desire to visit Syria and Palestine, left this country in November last, under a foreign-office passport, which he had vised at Athens by the British Ambassador, and by that of the Sublime Porte. That on landing at Beyrout he had it further vised by Colonel Rose, the British Consul-General. That in addition he procured a firman from his Excellency Kiamed Paella, the Turkish Governor-General of Syria, and was thus perfectly en regle. " That thus supported by ambassadorial, consular, and vice-regal authority, petitioner reached Jerusalem during the Holy week, for the purpose of witnessing the religious cere monies of the Latin clergy in common with the numerous European Christians there assembled. That on the sacred occasion of the ceremonies of Good Friday, petitioner joined in the religious procession, and had proceeded to the chapel on Mount Calvary, which contained a great number of per sons of the Greek Church. That when the vicar president of the Latin convent and his clergy had moved in front of the spot where our Saviour had been crucified, an objection was made by some of the Greeks present to the removal of the cloth that covered the marble table, which stands over the hole in the rock in which the cross was inserted. That there is a hole in the table corresponding with that in the rock be neath, and, unless the cloth that covered the table were re moved, it was impossible that the cross carried in the Latin procession could be inserted in the rock according to ancient custom. That such objection amounted to a virtual defeat of the ancient right of the Latins to use the left, or Greek side of the chapel on that occasion. " That petitioner was standing close to this table when the Greeks interrupted the service by their objections and their clamours. The,Latin clergy asserted their right to proceed as usual, and from high words blows were given, which ended in a general engagement. That petitioner, having no wish to interfere, was pushed forward by the Greeks from behind, and was thus thrown into the midst of the fight, where he came in for a share of the blows of the contending parties ; that he was grievously assaulted, and, with difficulty, extricated himself in an almost fainting condition. That in the violence of the conflict, knives were used, wounds were inflicted, and petitioner's life seriously endangered. " That there were present a good many British subjects, ladies and gentlemen ; that this sudden attack filled them with horror and consternation ; that many of them were assaulted equally with petitioner, and all were outraged to an indescribable degree by the desecration of a place so sacred in the estimation of Christians of every denomina tion. " That this fight was only quelled by military force; that the numerous guards on duty in the chapel being unable to keep the peace, an express was sent to his Excellency Mamoud Pacha, who promptly attended at the head of a battalion of GOO men, and it was this force alone that sepa rated the combatants. That had his Excellency not been so prompt, there is no knowing the extent to which life might have been lost; for the tocsin of the Greeks, and that of the Latins, was sounding, calling on the respective nations to the combat and the rescue. -‘‘ That petitioner has heard that such scenes of violence and barbarity are of frequent occurrence, and had he anti cipated such an outrage he would not have gone to Jerusalem at that season, however strong his desire to witness the theatre of man's redemption during the anniversary and celebration. That this liability to assault and personal injury will amount to an interdict against the visit of Christians of distant nations, where the free access to the Holy Sepulchre is secured by the treaties of Christian princes with the Sublime Porte. " That the King of the French is the protector of the con vents and Christians in the East; that his Majesty is their especial guardian; and on this responsibility of the great and powerful nation of France, Christians of all countries have hitherto visited the Holy Land in the full confidence of pro tection from outrage or personal injury. "That petitioner has shown that this protection is inade quate; that the Latin clergy are assaulted and interrupted in the performance of their sacred ministry, on the most sacred spot, and most solemn occasion. "That effective means must be resorted to by the Sublime Porte for their protection, through a separation of the sects in their respective ceremonies, and that the civil governor of Jerusalem must be invested with and made to exercise a more repressive anthority. Your petitioner, therefore, humbly prays of this Honour able House to take such measures as will secure the fulfil ment of the vari'us treaties securing to Christians of every denomination a safe and free access to the Holy Sepulchre. History proclaims that this freedom of access was established through the chivalrous blood of England in the Crusades, and petitioner prays that through the peaceful agency of diplomatic interference British subjects visiting Jerusalem and the Holy Land may be hereafter protected from outrages similar to that of which he was a witness. " And petitioner will ever pray. (Signed) " THOMAS BRODIGAN." " On board the Egyptus, May 11, 1846. "My Rev. Father,—ln common with all other Christians who were at Jerusalem, I was very much grieved at the de secration which took place in the chapel of Mount Calvary, in the church of St. Sepulchre, last Good Friday. " It was a circumstance much to be regretted by all pro fessing Christianity that such a sacred place should have been profaned in so deplorable a manner. I sincerely desire to see an end put to these differences between the Greeks and Ca tholics, and it appears to me possible that a religious and po litical influence might be exercised in order to arrange the rights of each worship, to separate their ceremonies, and thus to put a stop to their differences, which are quite opposed to the spirit of Christianity. "You, reverend father, have been an ocular witness of all that took place, and I rely upon your goodness to favour me with all the details, in writing, of this unhappy affair. Have the goodness to excuse this liberty, and accept the assur ances of my sincere respect. " Believe me, 14ev. Sir, your very devoted servant, "THOMAS BRODIGAN. "To Father Gio Battisla da i%londovi, of the Order of Capuchins." (Translation from the Italian.) "On board the Egyptus, May 11, 1846. "Mv most Illustrious and most Worshipful Mr. Thomas— I hereby hasten to give you as concise a description as possible of the sanguinary, horrible, and scandalous tragedy premiditated and concocted by the religious portion of the schismatic Greeks, in concert with their Patriarch, and the Greek consul of the Morea resident at Jaffa, against the Catholics, and particularly against the person of the Very Rev. Father Paolo, commissioner apostolic of the Holy Land from Moretta, which took place on the evening of Good Friday, in the very site where the Divine Redeemer deigned to fulfil the redemption of the human race. On the said evening the procession commenced from the church of the Minor Fathers superintending the Holy Land, and residing in the Holy Sepulchre. There a brief but fervent panegyric oration, adapted to the procession and ceremony, was recited in the Italian language, and at the usual stations several other orations were successively delivered in divers languages ; that is, the second one in French, the third in Polish, the fourth in Greek, and this last at the very site of the Crucifixion. This being over, an other one in Italian was about to commence, after which the ceremony of the placing of the cross on the altar (where the hole in which the cross was fixed with Christ crucified is to be seen) was about to be performed ; but, lo ! the riotous and seditious Greeks—a faithless and irreligious people—not knowing how otherwise to interrupt so beautiful, mysterious, and in every respect touching ceremony, infringed the ancient established custom, not only by their presence, but what is still worse, by placing on the said altar a carpet and a lighted candle. a circumstance never known before. In consequence of which the Catholic sexton, after having begged of the Greek sexton to remove the said two obnoxious articles, and having seen him absolutely pertinacious in wishing them to remain where they were, such being his instructfons from the Patriarch, he (the Catholic sexton) at length, after find ing that all entreaties proved ineffectual, resolved to take them away himself, which he did. Scarcely had this taken place when a mob of Greek priests and pilgrims burst forth from the side of the chapel, all of them armed, some with daggers, some with sticks, some with whips, and others with stones, which were all used against the Catholic fathers of the Holy Land ; and, what is still more remarkable, in the height of the conflict a voice was raised, exclaiming, " Lay hands, lay hands on the Papa!" that is, "Kill, kill the Father Superior !" who stood in the midst of the chapel, clad in his pontifical robes, and at this instant a Greek priest rushed against the said father superior with a candlestick, to kill him with the spikes of the same, and the attempt would certainly have succeeded had not M. Gaetano Tognetti, M.D., and principal of the Damascus Hospital, who was present, averted the mortal blow. Meanwhile most of the Catholic fathers of the Holy Land, together with the secular pilgrims, rushed cut in the greatest confusion; and what appears moat disgraceful, the French Consul, representing as he does the protecting power of the Christians in the Levant, who, as in duty bound, should have used his influence to allay the disturbance, was the first, together with his family, to decamp. But if he proved himself by his flight a coward, and altogether indifferent in an affair of so great moment ; I must not, however, fail highly to com mend the magnanimous conduct of the Sardinan consul, who not only remained immoveable, but took measures to apprise the Pacha. As soon as the Pacha received notice, although out on pleasure, he hastened personally, at the head of a battalion, to the most Holy Sepulchre. Providential inter position! Certain it is, that had he delayed his interference in the least, a great massacre would have succeeded ; for at the sign of the ringing of the bell, both by the Greeks and Catholics, these two sects would have rushed against each other, and God only knows bow much blood would hare been shed; and, notwithstanding this interference, some of the Catholic fathers of the Holy Lsnd were wounded, No sooner bad matters been allayed by the Paella in person, than the ceremony recommenced without further interruption, both in the chapel of the Calvary and the Uction Stone, as well as in grac t hee and c ha h p e e p of of the Ged H , Sep Gr Greek k c h r r e e b ; el a s n s d a uffeltrhedoumgoh, more e by h in t this e e o w o n u fl l i d c , t h t h o a w n e v t e h r e , Cbaethhioglihclyfaltahuedrsabinie d a e n f d en h d o ing nou t r h a e b m le se i l f v s e o s m o e t check were put to such like continual disturbances caused by the Greeks, and which are even scandalous to the Turks them say" Here, then, you have Mr, Thomas Brodigan, my dearest fellow traveller, an impartial account of the above profane act front an ocular witness, and although greatly ph au oass ff v e ei r ba i l L e g . ea in lva c o o uc n orea s n e c q lt u uos e i n eo c xn e p, of t l h eam e vyes agitation of the vessel, still I i e t lf so w l i e t l h y f as or m yo u u ch ( b if revityas desira ble) to impart to the subject w hateverstyloLyol i t may deem proper, and beg to offer you my services atever you may tbihk I am capable of performing for you. w I have the honour to konviu, with the greatest respect, and to subscribe servant myself as your moat humble, d evo t e d, an d obedient se " FATHER JOHN BATTISTA DA MONDOVrI, Apostolic Missionary and Capuchin of Syria." ADVENTURES Op A. CAT.—Many wonderful stories are told of the astonishing instinct displayed by cats in re turning to places from which they have been removed, but we think the instance we are about to record, and which we can vouch for as perfectly authentic in every partictfiar, is equal in strangeness to any anecdote of the feline race now extant. A tine large grey tool.eat was, in November last, brought in from Innerleithen, per carrier, packed up in a basket, to a family residing in Leith-walk. It remained there for about three mouths, and had become thoroughly domesticated in its new abode. At the end of that time, namely, early in February, it was transferred to a family in Scotland-street, but with them it remained only two days, when it found an opportunity to escape. No more was heard of Tom till about three weeks ago, when, to the utter astonish.. ment of his original owner, he made his re-appearance at In narleithen, worn and weary, but bearing unmistakeable tokens of his idendity. How he managed to subsist through the Interval of four months, or what guide he had through the thirty miles of country between Innerleithen, over hills, and streams, and cultivated fields, and barren moors, which he bad never traversed before, save in the covered basket, must, we suppose, remain for ever among the mysteries of natural history.—Edinburgh Advertiaer. IMPERIAL PARLIAMENT. HOUSE OF LORDS, July 2. Their Lordships met this day shortly after five o'clock, when the Earl of SHAFTESI3URY took his seat on the W o'sa-:k. MESSAGE FROM THE HOUSE OF COMMONS. Messengers from the House of Commons brought up certain Bills. FORMATION OF A MINISTRY. The Marquis of LANSDOWNE said, that, under standing that the Noble Earl opposite (Earl Powis) had given notice of a motion respecting the second reading of the Welsh Bishoprics Bill, he would rise for the purpose of suggesting to him some little delay in consequence of the late resignation. He was authorised to state that his Noble Friend Lord J. Russell had received her Majesty's commands, and had accepted the commis sion to construct an Administration. He need not state to their Lordships that if that Administration be con structed, it would take some little time before those Members in the other House, whom her Majesty should appoint as members of her Government, could take their seats. He would, therefore, suggest that he should adjourn his motion to this day fortnight, and he could assure the Noble Earl that his Bill should receive a full consideration during this session of Parliament should he adopt the course proposed. Earl POWIS said, in consequence of what had fallen from the Noble Earl, and in order to suit the conveni ence of some other Noble Lords, he would adjourn his motion for the second reading of the We!sh Bishoprics Bill to Monday fortnight. Their Lordships at half-past Five o'clock adjourned until to-morrow, nearly the whole of the sitting having been occupied in receiving Bills, which were brought up to the Bar b) Messengers from the Commons. The only members of the Government present were, the Duke of Buccleuch, the Earl of Ellenborough, and Lord Hawarden. Neither the Duke of Wellington nor the Lord Chancellor were present. The Opposition benches (if they may be so called) were occupied by Lord Monteagle, the Marquis of Lans downe, Lord Beaumont, Lord Denman, Lord Redesdale, the Marquis of Clanricarde, and other Noble Lords. RAILWAY COMMITTEES (YESTERDAY) HOUSE OF LORDS. GROUP D. AXHOLM, GAINSBOROUGH, GOOLE, YORE AND NORTH MIDLAND =NOTION. (Continued from oar Afternoon Edition of yesterday.) _ . Mr. Sergeant WRANGHAM alleged that, inasmuch as Mr. Childers was a joint owner of lands with others, and had a freehold and equitable property in the lands, he was clearly entitled to be heard, although his co-owners did not join him in the petition. After much dispute, the CHAIRMAN stated that there was much difficulty in the minds of the Committee, and they thought that the matter had better be referred to the Earl of Shaftesbury to decide. A reference; was made to his Lordship, but the reply- ap peared to be conditional, for after much further dispute and reference to petitions, the room was cleared. Some time elapsed before the parties were re-admitted, when The CHAIRMAN declared that the Committee decided that Mr. Childers could not be heard except as a landowner. They had also decided that the London and York Company could not appear as competitors of the Bill. _ Lord Worsley was then called to show the necessity for, and the value of, the line. His Lordship stated that the country through which this line passed was altogether unac commodated by railway. The whole of the Isle of Axhohne, which, like Thanet, retains the title of island, but is, in fact, no such thing, but a portion of a reclaimed district of alluvial soil, rich in the produce of potatoes, turnips, carrots, and other vegetables, to the growth of which it is chiefly devoted as well as wheat. The line is intended to connect Gainsborough with York, and will reach Selby to get to Leeds, nearly six miles nearer than by the London and York line to "Lincoln. His Lordship was cross-examined at considerable length by Mr. PAGET as to the necessity and advisability of thi,; line, and with a view to show that a better line might have been chosen. It was stated that the chief markets for the produce of the district, are London, Leeds, and Sheffield. The chief country markets for this produce, are •Doncaster, Epworth, and Haxey. The potatoes, the princiral export, went generally down the Trent, from Gainsborough to the Humber, vessels of 300 tons being able to get up to Gainsborough. The examination was continued to show that all the means of communication necessary for the dis trict are always provided for by the River Trent and the Great Grimsby and Gainsborough Railway. Mr. CHRISTOPHER, M.P., confirmed Lord Worsley's tes timony as to the nature of the country and the necessity for the line, especially speaking of the culture of onions, fur the growth of which, the soil being exceedingly rich, and four or five feet deep, the district was particularly adapted. Having the advantage of railway transit, this produce would be con veyed to distant markets in a sound state. Sir Robert Sheffield also confirmed the testimony. The navigation of the Trent is open, and much used, the • land on the banks of the river being exceedingly fertile, and the main portion of the population residing upon it; but there st:11 is a considerable number of inhabitants residing west of the proposed line. On cross-examination, Sir R. Sheffield stated that, generally speaking, the line would be about five miles within either the Ouze or the Trent, the navigation of the former river, being like that of the latter, both exceedingly open and free, giving access to Hull and York, and by canals to Wakefield, Todmorden, and the whole of the manufacturing district. On re-examination, the witness stated this line ran directly through the district, and was, in his opinion, the best that could be devised. Lord de 31aulay being obliged to attend another Committee, their Lordships adjourned until to-morrow. HOUSE OF COMMONS. GROUP XLII. This Committee re-assembled to-day at twelve o'clock. LIVERPOOL, ORMSRIRR, AND PRESTON. After some discussion on an objection raised by the counsel for the opponents of the Bill (the preamble of which was proved on Tuesday), the remaining clauses were proceeded with, after which the Committee adjourned. GROUP XLVIII. TAPP VALE. The Committee on this group met again today, at twelve o'clock, Mr. Aldam, chairman. The promoters proceeded with the evidence for the preamble of the Bill. Mr. Sergeant KINGLAKE appeared for the Aberdare Rail way Company, the Bill for which passed into law last year. Sir T. PHILLIPS was heard at some length against the locusstandi of the opponents. LONDON, FRIDAY EVENING, JULY 3, 1846. GROUP LIII. BIRMINGHAM, WOLVERHAMPTON, AND STOUR VALLEY (BIRMINGHAM, WOL VERHAMPTON, AND DUDLEY LINES). (Continued from our Afternoon Edition of yesterday.) A long discussion ensued between the engineers of the two companies; 'out eventually an arrangement satisfactory to both parties was entered into, and the station clause, together with the remaining clauses, were agreed to, as well as the report. The Hon. CIIAIR3IAN intimated that, if the Shrewsbury and Birmingham parties were not prepared with their case, the Committee would most probably adjourn for a week. SOUTH ST arronnsuntz JUNCTION (BILS TON AND PRESTPIELD BRANCH). The promoters of this Bill announced that they did not intend proceeding with it. The Bill was accordingly withdrawn. SOUTH STAPPORDSBIRE JUNCTION (IVIL. MENBAI.I. AND 111.0X.8.5.1.L BRANCH). This Bill was also withdrawn. DERBYSHIRE, STsPPORDSHIRE, AND WORCESTER JUNCTION. This Bill being called on, Mr. ALEXANDER, Q.C., objected to the Committee pro ceeding to entertain the Bill, inasmuch as it had been twice called upon, and the parties were not prepared to go on with it. In fact, he doubted whether any appearance had ever been entered for the parties. He appeared for the Birminghom Canal Company, in opposition to the scheme, because it proposed to pass his clients' property about five or six times in the most objectionable manner. His clients had regularly attended before the Committee until the case had been called on by the Committee, and as the promoters were not prepared to proceed, they took it for granted that he scheme had become defunct. That was the general im pression, and it was only in consequence of the solicitor of the Bill waiting upon his clients the previous day, and stating that the Bill was intended to be proceeded with, that they were now in attendance to oppose it. On reference to the minutes of the Committee Clerk, it was ascertained that an appearance had been regularly entered for the Bill, and it was accordingly suffered to be proceeded with. The Hon. Mr. TALBOT, Q.C. (with whom was Mr. Mat-. thews), proceeded to state the case on behalf of the promoters. He stated that the Bill was in effect unopposed, because, although his Learned Friend, Mr. Alexander, was instructed to appe — ar on behalf of the Birmingham Canal Company to appear against the preamble, when they came to look into the petition of his clients, the Committee would find that his grievances were very inconsiderable and easy of adjustment. The line would commence at Rudgely, upon the Trent Valley line, and would pass through the mineral district in that neigh bourhood. which was a most important one. It then passed through Cannock, and so down to a place called Rushall, on the line of the South Staffordshire Railway, and afterwards formed a junction with the Grand Junction Company, and thence it proceeded to Birmingham and Wolverhampton. The length of the line, he believed, was between 14 and 15 miles. The whole estimate would amount to 260,0001. There would be two unimportant tunnels. The object of it was to introduce linto the country already mentioned a railway which would give them a communication with the important district of Bilston, Wednesbury, &c. Having descanted upon the oppo sition offered to the line by the proprietors of the Birmingham Canal, who he stated were the only opponents of the line, the Learned Counsel proceeded to call, iu support of his case, Mr. George Remington, who stated that he and Sir john Rennie were the joint engineers of the line, and having de scribed the route of the line, and the character of the coun try, re 3; tengineering , as far as regarded th th e e c t e ra u ffi nt e r . y he en s u a l i d d that this e his c was l t l h e e worst gradient on the line would be 1 in 90 , and the ruling gradient lin 230. It would be a double line, and he had no doubt that the traffic of the county would justify the con struction of a double line. He then gave a detail of the estimates, and afterwards described the mode in which the promoters proposed to cross the Birmingham Canal Company. Cross-examined by Mr. ALExnarnmt—There wai not a single building along the line between Brewaston and Kent. He had never laid Gown a line along so thinly a populated district as this would pass through; but he expected great passenger-traffic between Wednesbury, &c , and the Pot teries. He did not know that there was great connexion between the people of the Potteries and Wednesbury, &c., and yet the passenger -traffic between the two places was relied on as one of the principal sources of profit. Lord llatherton had some coal-pits along the proposed line. The Hon. Mr. TALBOT submitted that his Learned Friend was not entitled to cross-examine the witness as to the general merits of the line. The lion. CHAIRMAN' said that Mr. Alexander was, of course, entitled to continue his cross-examination as long as his clients had petitioned against the preamble. Re examination resumed--The length of the large tunnel would be 711, and he did not know whether it would have to pass through free stone; he had not bored the land through which that or the other tunnel (264 yards long) would have to pass. lie did not knew whether there was a good traffic on the canal. The witness having undergone a lengthy cross-examination as to the estimates, This witness was re-examined by the Hon. Mr. TAtro . r. and said that the Cannock Chase, on which Mr. Aloxamier had dwelt at so much length and with so much drollery. was by no means more unpopulated than Chat Moss, over which the Liverpool and Manchester Railway passed. The line he had no doubt would be a source of great profit to the share holders, and an advantage to the public. The Committee adjourned until twelve o'clock to-morrow The CHAIRMAN, in answer to another gentleman, said, he did not expect that any call would be made on the share- holders for some time to come. The motion was then put and carried unanimously. The lion. 11. 13aow:TE moved a vote of thanks to the Chairman and directors. Mr. CRAM seconded the motion, which was carried unanimously. The CliautmAN having acknowledged the honour they had done him and his colleagues, the meeting broke up. SOUTH STAFFORDSHIRE JUNC- TION RAILWAY. A meeting of the shareholders of this Company took place yesterday, at 38, Parliament-street, for the purpose of having an agreement entered into by the directors with th e T ren t Valley, Midland, and Grand Junction Company submitted to their approbation. The meeting was very thinly at tended, and at half-past eleven o'clock the chair was taken by Mr. Foster. Mr. WAGSTAFF read the agreement, which stated, that under the arrangement as now completed, the shareholders in the Trent Valley, Midlands, and Grand Junction Company will have an interest to the extent of four-ninths of the actual capital of the united company, the remaining five ninths being taken by the proprietors of the South Stafford shire Junction Railway. The arrangements as to the line are, in substance, that the Trent Valley, _Mid lands line shall be adopfed from its commencement at the proposed junction with the Birmingham and Derby branch of the Midland Railway, and shall pass through Lichfield, to or near Walsall, from which point the line of the South Staffordshire Company will be adopted to Dudley. The South Staffordshire Junction Company are to make their two communications with the Grand Junction Railway, called the Darlaston and Birmingham Branches, and the Trent Valley Midlands and Grand Junction Railway Company, their branch communicating with the Trent Valley Railway. The line, as now proposed, will consist of about thirty miles of railway, through a rich and most important district of country. It will form a direct communication from Dudley, Walsall. and Lichfield, and the south-west of England, to the extensive Midland districts of the east to which numerous lines made or in progress extend. With Wolver hampton the communication will be effected by means of the Portobello branch of the Grand Junction Railway. In accordance with the agreement, and with the requirements of the consolidated scheme, the capital of this company has been reduced to 420,0001., and the amount of the shares has inconsequence been reduced to 121. per share. The shares of the South Staffordshire Junction Company have been reduced in the same proportion.. A resolution having been unanimously agreed to ap proving of the agreement, the meeting separated. TRENT VALLE Y, MIDLANDS, AND GRAND JUNCTION RAILWAY. - SPECIAL MEETING. A special meeting of the holders of scrip and bankers' re ceipts for scrip in this Company took place, at No. 19, Great George-street, Westminster. at two o'clock yesterday, for the purpose of having a Bill submitted to their consideration, a copy of the proposed Bill to authorise the construction of the railway. Colonel Anson took the chair at two o'cloek. The SECRETARY having read the advertisement convening the meeting, The CHAIRMAN briefly adverted to the advantageous posi tion which the company had assumed by their agreement with the South Staffordshire Junction Railway, which we have already laid before our readers. The Bills having been read, resolutions adopting them were moved and seconded, and declared to be carried una nimously. The number of shares assenting, as represented at the meeting, were 17,175, without one dissent, and the number required to authorise the further prosecution of the Bill was 6,900. The meeting then separated, having passed a vote of thanks to the Chairman. DR. REID AND THE NEW HOUSES OF PARLIAMENT. The following are the answers of Mr. Philip Hard wicke, Mr. George Stephenson, and Professor Graham, to questions submitted to them by the Chief Commis sioner of Woods in regard to the warming and ventila tion of the New Houses of Parliament. 1. To call upon Dr. Reid to lay before them the details of his system of warming and ventilation, as intended to be applied to the New Houses of Parliament? —ln consequence of the instruction numbered 1., we called upon Dr. Reid to lay before us the details of his system of warming and ventilation, as intended to be applied to the New Houses of Parliament. He has laid before us his general principles of warming and ventila tion, the details only to a limited extent, but sufficient to enable us to form an opinion on the subject. 2. To consider and report how far it is practicable, and if practicable, whether it would be advisable that such system should be extended to the whole building, including all subordinate offices ani private residences contained therein ; or whether application of the system should be restricted to such portion as com prises the two Houses of Parliament, their corridors, libraries, kitchens, and: refreshment-rooms, or to a still more limited portion ?—Agreeably to the instruction numbered 11., we have considered Dr. Reid's system as he has explained it to us. It con sists of one general scheme for the warming and venti lation of the whole of this extensive building, bring ing in the atmospheric air from a considerable altitude by the Victoria and clock towers at the two extremities of the building, carrying off all vitiated and impure air by one set of channels, both conveyed to a central tower proposed to be of greater elevation than the towers already mentioned. Although the scheme may be prac ticable, we are of opinion that it is too much compli cated in it 3 details and ultimate management to render such a system advisable to be applied to the whole build ing, including all subordinate offices and private resi dences contained therein, and that the application of the system considerably modified should be restricted to such portions as comprise the two Houses of Parlia ment, their corridors, libraries, kitchen, and refreshment rooms. 3. To consider and to report whether there would be advantage in applying the system, as far as its applica tion shall be deemed advisable, to different divisions of the building separately and independent of each other ? —ln reference to the third instruction, we are of opinion that there would be advantage in applying the system modified to two divisions of the building—viz., to each House of Parliament, with the various rooms and corri dors belonging to it, and separately and independently of each other. We are further of opinion that it would be unnecessary to apply the system to the Committee rooms, as we consider they are capable of being warmed and ventilated in a more simple manner. That what ever warming and ventilation may be required to the Speaker's residence and the other private residences should be effected separately and independently of any other parts of the building, and from each other. 4. To ascertain and report how far Dr. Reid's system of warming and ventilation is compatible or can be made compatible with rendering the buildings or the portions thereof to which it is applied fire proof ?—We have not been able to consider the fourth question so much in de tail as could be desired to enable us to express a decided opinion upon it ; but we have a strong impression that the system of warming and ventilation, as proposed by Dr. Reid (if carried out in conformity with his plan) cannot be made compatible with rendering many por tions of the building fire-proof. 5. And, according to the opinions which may be formed on the points above-mentioned, to ascertain and to report how far such plans and information in regard to the building have been supplied to Dr. Reid as are sufficient to enable him to furnish to the archi tect corresponding plans and information, in regard to ventilation, or, if further information should be con sidered requisite for either party, to what extent and in what manner it should be furnished?—With respect to the fifth point it appears to us that Dr. Reid has had access to or been furnished with a great many plans and sections of the building, and has received sufficient assistance to enable him to apply his plans for warming and ventilation to the building in progress, PHILIP HARDWICKE. G14:0. STEPHENSON. THOMAS GRAHAM. 10, South Audley-street, 25th June. GROUP LXT. EDINBUR,GI7 AND GLASGOW, IVIONICZATtirD AND ILIILICINTILLOCH, ggisa i r j oc HNE y AND SLAIV/ANNAN JUNCTIONS. The Committee met again to-day, Sir John Duckworth, chairman. The Committee Was all day occupied in hearing evidence for the preamble of the Bill. STANDING ORDERS' COMMITTEE. HOUSE OF LORDS. Their Lordships met to-day at the unusually bite hour of two o'clock, in Room 1, House of Lords. Lord Shaftesbury took the chair as usual. There was but one Bill on the list, namely, THE WISBEACIL, ST. IVES, AND CAMBRIDGE JUNCTION, which came before their Lordships on a second reference. The compliance with Lord Wharnclitie's standing order, and the deposit of the additional 5 per cent. required by the sessional order, which had not been proved on the former reference, being now established, the standing orders were declared complied with. Their Lordships soon after their meeting resolved them selves into a Select Committee on Merits. There were 26 Bills on the list, of which 14 were Railway Bills. The others were for the most part estate and Small Debts Bills. Decisions were made in the following cases : AYRSHIRE, BRIDGE OF WEIR, AND PORT GLASGOW JUNCTION. The Committee declared the preamble of this Bill proved. BIRMINGHAM, LICHFIELD AND MANCHESTER. Their L mlships made a similar decision in this case. GUILDFORD, CHICHESTER, AND PORTSMOUTH (No. :).). The promoters of this Bill also succeeded in proving their preamble. LONDON AND BIRMINGHAM (AYLESBURY RAIL WAY PURCHASE). The Committee declared the preamble of this Bill proved. SCOTTISH CENTRAL (CREIFF BRANCH). The same decision was made in this case. LONDON AND BIRMINGHAM, GRAND JUNCTION, AND BLANCHESTER, AND BIRMINGHAM RAIL WAY AMALGAMATION. A similar decision was made in the case of this Bill. MIDLAND (BURTON AND NUNEATON BRANCH, AND ASHBY CANAL PURCHASE.) The preamble of this Bill was also proved. CALEDONIAN (GLASGOW, GARNKIRK, AND COAT BRIDGE RAILWAY BRANCHES). Preamble proved. NEWCASTLE AND DARLINGTON JUNCTION (DUR HAM AND SUNDERLAND RAILWAY, AND WEAR MOUTH DOCK PURCHASE AND BRANCHES.) This Bill was also passed. HUDDERSFIELD AND MANCHESTER RAILWAY AND CANAL (HUDDERSFIELD DIVERSION AND COOPER-BRIDGE BRANCH). The preamble of this Biil also was declared proved. WISHAW AND COLTNESS (GREENHILL BRANCH). A similar decision was made in this case. SAMBRE AND MEUSE RAILWAY. The second half-yearly meeting of the shareholders in this undertaking was held at the London Tavern, yesterday, at one o'clock. Mr. HATTER, M.P., having been called to the chair, ex pressed his sorrow that the chairman of the company was de tained by domestic affliction from occupying his usual place, and then called on The SECRETARY, who, after reading the advertisement convening the meeting, read the report of the directors for the last half-year, ending the 2d July instant. It stated that M. De Grandvoir, an eminent engineer of the Belgian Corps des Ponts et Chausseds, having been ap pointed in the place of their late resident engineer, had devoted his whole time and attention with great effi ciency in completing the laying out of the line, and in pressing forward the works ; an his plans and drawings, which had been submitted to Mr. Robert Stephenson, and approved of, had subsequently passed the exa mination of the Conseil des Ponts et Chaussees without alteration. It then referred to the reports on traffic, made two years ago by Messrs. Sopwith and William Cubitt, founded on the Government returns, and statistics of a trustworthy character, and stated that since then, the Directors being aware that a material improvement had taken place, had provided that a report should be made down to the close of 1845, by M. Magis, in reference to the same subject, and founded, as before, on Government returns for the mines, quarries, and other industrial establishments; the personal evidence of the manufacturing firms, and the French Custom-house authorities; showing the increased traffic in the different articles of commerce and manufac tures. The report of the Directors thus concluded the re view of the traffic statistics: "The result therefore is, that, without the increased ac commodation of the railway, and merely by the natural progress of the country itself, the traffic had already reached last year to within about 37,000 francs, or less than 1,5001., of the amount estimated by Mr. Sopwith as that which it would attain under. all the advantages which the railway would confer on those districts. Such, in fact, is the singular rapidity with which the trade of the country is augmenting; that M. Magis has expressed his conviction that the production of iron, iron ore, &c., will, during the present year, amount to double that of 1845 ; but, even esti mating this increase at only 50 per cent., and reserving the other 50 for the impulse which the opening of the railway, with all its facilities and reduction of cost, cannot fail to give to districts already so energetically disposed, a traffic in these important materials is arrived at of double the amount of that which was originally estimated to be obtained upon the opening of the line. It is hardly necessary to point out the natural inference of this, both as respects the proof of the sound principle on which the original estimate was formed, and the consequences to the interests of the shareholders. The facts will speak for themselves." The CRAIRMAN, when the report had been read, said—The unusual length of the report which they had heard, and copies of which they held in their hands, would render it unnecessary for him to trespass long upon their time and attention. But the reason why a report had been drawn up at such length was the circumstances and the state in which their line at present was, which made it desirable that the directors should lay before them such a report as would enable the shareholders to form as correct a judgment as the directors themselves on the whole of the circumstances of the enterprise in which they were jointly interested ; it was in order that the shareholders might be enabled to judge of the prospects which the future would develope. Besides this, however, it would gratify the directors to give any further information which might be deemed necessary in answer to questions put from the body of the meeting, and he expected to be fully able to satisfy them. He thought he might unhesitatingly say that, being now made aware of the increase of traffic which had grown up in the district of their line within the last year, the opinion en tertained of it was one of the most encouraging character. He admitted, however, that if they were to look to England alone, and without taking into conside ration the circumstances of last year, he could not be so sanguine at present when their shares were so depressed in the market. But they were bound to look at the cause, to look at what had occurred the year before, when no enter prise, however bad, no scheme, however visionary, no bubble, however airy, but was eagerly grasped at, and shares immediately bought up —a state of things in which a reverse would most naturally excite a panic, and engender suspicion against projects of even the highest character. He did not think, therefore, they ought to look at the state of the share market in order tojudge correctly of the prospects of the line. The directors had felt bound, he said, to examine, with carefulness and accuracy, the grounds on which the undertaking was originally proposed, to see whether any increase had been made in those data on the subject of traffic, and whether that increase was in the ratio at which it had originally been taken. This investigation, in the case of lines already completed and in operation, would not present great difficulties, as the profits would themselves form a correct criterion ; but in the case of a line only in the course of construction, unless one in operation could be found perfectly analogous, it was fraught with difficulty —a diffi culty which would be felt in this kingdom, but much more in another, and especially under the circumstances attaching to this particular line. The peculiarities to which he referred were that what he might call the two great manufacturing districts, iron and coal, lay on different portions of the line, and had to be brought together for the creation of iron. The directors then had ascertained the traffic through the district during the last year, the details of which the meeting had heard read to them, and they naturally expected that, if the line had been constructed, traffic would have passed over it. If the report was founded in truth and was correct, it only remained for them to consider what would be the results.—(Hear, bear.) The report which had been drawn up on a former occasion by Messrs. Cubitt and Sopwith was founded on an average of seven years between 1836 and 1842, and the conclusion to which these gentlemen had been led by their calculations was, that the line would return an income of 96,0001. a year, including in that sum the addition of 25 per cent., which was no great allowance for the incitement which the facilities of transit would giro to trade. Such was the estimate of the return given in by these gen tlemen, and, according to which, they had started with the railway ; but last year, without any railway being in opera tion, the increase of traffic had come to within 1,5001. of the calculated returns of the railway itself. These facts, if true, were very important ; the only question was, were they true? He said the report had not been founded on casual observations, such as might be submitted to a Com mittee of the House of Commons by a gentleman who had stood at a turnpike -gate and counted the cattle and carts that passed through ,• it was drawn up from the statistical re turns of the Belgian Government. So that the report rested on the authorities recognised by the Government of the country, on statistics made up with the careful industry for which the Belgians were celebrated, and the character of M. Magis, whose official s t an di ng in connexion with the Government would save him from the suspicion of practising imposi tion. As regarded the passenger traffic, that was a subject more difficult to estimate ; Mr. Cubitt and Mr. Sop with had calculated it at the rate of, 20/. a day, which, he thought, was no exaggerated calculation for a lice of railway 66 miles long. He certainly b e li ev ed that their expectations on that p o i n t would be more than realised. He said the directors had never laid before the meeting the means of forming a correct judgment as to the state and prospects of the railway, and they were anxious that the shareholders should take every opportunity of mak ing thems e l ves acquainted with the mer i ts o f the li ne b y consulting the ori g i na l d ocuments, w hich were lying at the company's offic e . The Chairman conclude d with movi ng that the report now read be adopted, Pr i n t e d ' and circulated. Mr. Kirrnick seconded the motion. A SHAREHOLDER wished to know what extent of the line had been already formed, and when any part of it might be opened ? The Cualitatax said the first p or tion of the line inclu 4 ed a tunnel of great extent, an d they were busy with t h e i r opera tions in it. There w ere about 2,000 men emp lo y ed on the whole line. The min era l b ranches, w hi c h were the most important, extended ab out 30 miles u p in the direction of Morialme, but these will not b e i n ope ration till September next year, and the wh o l e li ne in about t w elve months after. A SHAREHOLDER wished to know what was the probable rate of interest which the line would bear, and whether the capital would be sufficient, and what were the estimated receipts? The CHAIRMAN referred the gentleman to the report of the estimated receipts. He said that increase of capital would be necessary, because a d ou bl e li ne o f rails had been laid down instead of a single line, as at fi rs t projected—an increase which was made to meet the increase of traffic, and which, he was sure, would be looked upon as the most prudent step the directors could have taken. Mr. TuomasioN HastKEY, a director, said, that as far as they could judge of the estimated receipts, the income would be far larger than anything originally contemplated. ORDNANCE SURVEY. STATEMENT SHOWING THE EXACT STATE 0;', AND THE PROGRESS MADE IN THE SURVEY OF IRELAND UP TO THE PRESENT TIME. The Townland Survey of Ireland, on the scale of six inches to one mile, is finished, and the maps of 31 counties on that scale are published. The engraving of the county of Kerry, which is the only unpublished county, is nearly com pleted, and the maps will be published in about three months. Plans on a large scale have been completed for 126 of the principal towns, and those of the city of Dublin are in pro gress of engraving. The revision of the maps of the Northern Counties com menced in September 1844; 631 square miles are completed. Contour Lines have been surveyed and laid down on the six. inch plans of the counties of Kilkenny, Louth, and 1,107 square miles of Donegal. Hill sketches for the one-inch map have been made for 13 counties, viz., Londonderry, Antrim, Tyrone, Donegal. Fermanagh, Armagh, Down, Monaghan, Cavan, Leitrim, Sligo, Mayo, and Roscommon, and for parts of Louth and Galway. A historical and statistical memoir of the parish of Tern plemore, including the city of Londonderry, was published in 1837. The continuation of this work has not been autho rised. The report of the Commissioners appointed to inquire into the facts relating to the Ordnance memoir of Ireland, contains, at page 5, a detailed return of the information col lected under these heads, and new deposited in the Ordnance Survey Office, Dublin.—(See Parliamentary Papers, Session 1844, vol. 30.) A geological memoir of the county of Londonderry, and parts of Antrim and Tyrone, was published in 1843. The extensive collections of specimens of natural history in the departments of geology, mineralogy, zoology, and botany, made during the progress of the survey, have been trans ferred to the Chief Commissioner of Woods and Forests, in conformity with the order of the Master-General and Board of Ordnance, dated 17th November, 1845. RETURN OF OFFICERS OF THE CORPS NICERS AND OTHERS, WHO HAVE B THE ORDNANCE SURVEY OF TREE MARCH OF EACH YEAR, FROM 183 k OF ROYAL ENGI -IEEN EMPLOYED ON LAND, ON THE 31sT 8 To 184 G. Royal Sap- ~ Year. Offi cers. pers and '','" Labourers. Miners. Assibtants. 1832 17 821 919 1839* .........• •• • • 22 212 892 923 1840.. 22 210 926 821 164 876 529 1842. ...... ...... .. 9 63 394 184 3 27 124 79 1844 ..... .... ...... 2 25 112 66 2 26 B2 85 1846.... . • • . • • ...... 2 21 86 77 Proposed to be em.. i ployed during 1846-7 2 21 86 77 * Year in which the greatest number of officers and others were employed since the commencement of the survey. ►umber of of It of the aura fticers and "vey. By order of the Master-General and Board of Ordnance, R. BYHAM, Secretary. CHINESE PROFESSORSHIP.—A subscription, amount ing to upwards of 1,0001., has been made to the Council of Kine's College, for the purpose of endowing a Chinese Pro. fessorship. Among the promoters of this praiseworthy obe ject are the names of the Duke of Portland, the Archbishop of Canterbury, Lord Bexley, Lord Ashley, and Lord Fran• cis Egerton (now Earl Ellowan and Viscouat Brackley). THE SUN, LAW IN TELLIGEN CE. COURT OF EXCHEQUER, July 2. The Court did not sit to-day, the Judges being occupied in.the further hearing of Sheehy v. Lord Muskerry, in the House of Lords. (Sittings at Nisi Prius, at Guildhall, before the Lotto CHIEF BARON and Common Juries.) SIMMONDS V. ROBSON. The plaintiff is a silversmith and jeweller, residing at Southampton-row, Russell-square ; the defendant keeps the Swan Inn, at Kensington. Last New Year's day, the plaintiff went with some ladies of his family to spend the afternoon with a friend at Kensington. He drove down in a phaeton, drawn by a single ho rse , w hi c h h e p u t u p a t the Swan. e was told by the ostler that the house was usually closed between eleven and twelve ; but he said, "Never mind; I'll make it all right with you." The cloaks of the ladies were put into the bar, and the horse was put into a sort of shed, which was us e d as a citable. The plaintiff left his friend's house about one in the morning of the 2d of January, and preceded his family to the Swan, to make pre paration for their return to Lond on . He knocked repeatedly, but for some time got no answer. At length the ostler was aroused, he struck a light, and having inquired what the plaintiff' wanted, ha told him that he had sat up until his master forced him to go to bed ; that the house was shut up for the night ; and that neither his horse nor his cloaks could be procured till the following morning. The plaintiff told him that would not do; that he he had souse ladies waiting with him ; and that he should get to town. After some further parley, and after having at length by repeated knocking and kicking forced open the gate, the plaintiff was surrounded by a mob, was struck, and finally given into the custody of the police by the defendant. He was carried to the stalion house, but the inspector on hearing the circumstance refused to entertain the charge. He was subsequently obliged to procure cabs at great inconvenience, and thus got with his family to town. The next morning he went to Kensington with his brother, and paid the defendant 3s. for the keep of the horse. It was proved that the shed was in a very wretched state covered with dung, and open at the roof. The horse got ill, and was obliged to be put under the care of a veterinary surgeon. These were the main features of the case, which was conducted on the part of the plaintiff by Mr. Martin, Mr. E James, and Mr. Prentice; and for the de fendant by Mr. Humfrey and Mr. Bovill. It was contended on the part of the defendant that he was not bound to keep his house open to an unseasonable and unusual hour for the convenience of the plaintiff, and that the private agreement made between the latter and the ostler—viz., to keep the horse ready harnessed and to de liver him at one o'clock, was not binding on the innkeeper his master. The LORD CHIEF BARON told the jury that he would not leave them any question to decide on about which a legal difficulty might afterwards be raised, but that he would take their op . ni non a question • fact. He was of opin on that it was settled law that an innkeeper was bound to receive a guest or traveller in his house at any hour that was not per fectly unreasonable, and it was no defence that he was a Sun day traveller, or that the innkeeper was gone to bed. An innkeeper was bound to submit to the inconveniences of his calling; they might be great or they might be trivial, but the calling was his own choice. The law could never and did never contemplate that a traveller travelling alone at midnight over the moors of Yorkshire, for instance, and who sought admission into a public inn, was to be told " You can't get in ; we are all in bed, and you must wait till five o'clock in the morning." It was absurd to suppose that the law would sanction such an act as that; and he told the jury that the law did not sanction it. But even supposing that such was the law, he would put it to the jury whether it was not a hard, unfeeling act for the defendant to say to this plaintiff, " You can't get your cloaks or shawls; they are shut up in the bar; you can't get your horse; he is shut up in my stable; you may walk to town, - or you may remain in the open air all night, just as you please, and you shall have them at five o'clock in the morning." Suppose he had the strictest right to do this, ought he to have done it? and did the jury conceive that such a proceeding ought not to meet with punishment? The ostler was the agent of his master, and he was bound by his agreement; and if any inconvenience occurred to the master by such agreement, the ostler might be dismissed. The jury found a verdict for the plaintiff—Damages 101. SHERIFFS' COURT, July 2. (Before Mr. Under-Sheriff BURCHALL.) VINE V. HOLMES. IMPORTANT RAILWAY CASE.— This was an action to recover the sum of 141. 17s. 4d. for work and labour done by the plaintiff, as a surveyor to the Bristol and Dover Railway. The defendant, who is the solicitor to the Company, pleaded that he was not indebted. Mr. FISH stated the case. The plaintiff; as stated, was the surveyor to the Company ; and in November last was employed by the defendant to send down a person to point out the different parts of the line, to enable him to make out the books of reference, which was the duty of the solicitor, and he was now charged at two guineas a-day and expenses, for an assistant sent down. Alexander Smith proved that he went down to Kings dare, by direction of the plaintiff, to point out the starting and ending points on the different portions of the plans. Did not see defendant at that time, but called oa him afterwards, and defendant said he did not want him to do any more. Cross-examined—Was a farmer and surveyor at Amersham, Sussex. He could not say exactly what part he did. Was at work for four days from the 21st of November. Mr. Bushy, engineer, was called to show that for making the book of reference at that time, in Novem ber, two guineas a day was a very moderate charge. Cross-examined--If the attorney sent for assistance it was unreasenable to expect the surveyor would send assistance without being paid. His duty was done when he sent in the plans, and the attorney ought not to undertake the reference if not competent. Mr. Whittel, the engineer to the Company, proved that defendant applied to him to get Mr. Vine to send some one to assist the defendant's assistants, as the time pressed to get the plans in under the order of the House of Commons. In witness's judgment, the plans were sufficient for the purpose of the reference, but they were not complete, as the base and deviation lines were not marked, nor could it be till the sections were completed. The plans were sent in pieces, as time pressed. The defendant, who conducted the case in person, con tended that the reference could not be made without the explanation of the plans, and therefore that he had a right to claim the assistance of the surveyor who had been employed by the engineer. Several witnesses were called for the defendant, who all agreed that the plans were very imperfect ; in many instances the divisions of fields were not marked, whole rows of houses left out, and some marked not in, or a great way off from the spot; and one witness said that in the neighbourhood of Newbury he believed, and so an old inhabitant believed, the plan bad been made from an old plan. Mr. Spicer, a solicitor, said he had had great expe rience in railway affairs ; such plans would have been sent back to the surveyor to amend, and it was impos sible to complete a reference by them. He did not think the attorney was liable. Mr. Holmes then tendered a paper to show that de fendant himself had only demanded of him about 91., and therefore plaintiff had no right to pay him, and add the difference as profit. The UNDER-SHERIFF refused to admit this document in evidence, and left it to the jury to say whether the plaintiff had been engaged by defendant. The jury gave a verdict for the plaintiff for the full sum. Mr. Holmes applied for the record to be held, on the ground that the document ought to have been admitted in evidence„. and further, that the whole time charged for had not been proved in evidence, and that the rate allowed was 31 guineas for three days, which was con. flictory with the evidence. The UNDER-SKIERIFF said he would hold the writ four days. POLICE INTELLIGENCE. GUILDHALL. CUARGE OF Hocussum.—Yesterday a weaver, named Jo seph Fraser, but whose real name was Ferry, was charged before Alderman Moon on suspicion of stealing 10/. Thomas Newbury, a superannuated naval officer, residing in Cannon -street-road, stated that on the previous afternoon he was coming from the Admiralty, after receiving between 161. and 171., when a tall, gentlemanly-looking man, rather pock-marked, with black hair and small dark whiskers, t ro d on his heel, and immediately begged his pardon. They walked on together, the gentleman saying that he delighted in the conversation of sailors, and asked him if he would take a glass of ale, which witness declined. Alter walking some distance further, his kind companion at last prevailed on him to accept of a glass of rum, and a quartern was called for. After that, witness, as his friend was so liberal, thought it his turn to stand treat, and they had some more rum, They then left the public-house, the gentlemanly-looking individual being very attentive, and pressing Mr. Newbury to come home with him to see his domicile, which kind offer was declined. They proceeded along Chancery-lane, when a similar offer was made to show him the various offices there. Finding that this did not succeed, witness was pre vailed upon to go into a public-house and have some gin at the stranger's expense, after which they proceeded_ i left to aloneHolborn, on e andmin minute w parted. hen Complainant he was accostedh a d b s; . a a rc n e scarcely d b e e rl e 3 n , i person, who eventually bega n asked e conversing r sit l him g with if he him wouldon t r a e k l e i g a l ogulsa glass sub jects, g l e n!' and He then began to suspect that some trick was i n tended, and declined taking anything. However, they were joined by another man, and complainant did not know any thing more until he found himself being robbed in the par lour of the Golden Lion, King-street, Smithfield, by four men. The prisonor was one of them. Thomas Nauton, the potboy of the G o ld en Li on, deposed to the prisoner coming in with four men, when they had a pint of ale. Afterwards a quartern of rum was ordered; but on returning with it he he ar d a scuffle, and found the door fast. He knocked, and on its being opened the whole five walked out of the room, the complainant haying held of the prisoner by the coat, and accusing him of robbing him (Newbury) of 101. They all walked towards the door, when the prisoner slipped away a n d ran o ff , followed b e y witness, who overtook him and gave hi m i nto custody. The others escaped. The landlord gave similar testimony. Alderman Moos decided on remanding the prisoner, to make further inquiries concerning him, as the case was a very suspicious one. WANDSTVOR TH. EXTRAORDINARY' CASE 01" POlSONlNG.—Yesterday, as Mr. Clive was about to vacate the bench, Inspector Busain, of the V division, brought into the Court, and placed in the dock, Illary North, a sullen-looking girl, aged eighteen, housemaid to Mr. Barker, coach proprietor, the charge, as entered in the police-sheet, against the prisoner being that of administering a quantity of vitriol to Mary Anne Barker, aged four months, the infant daughter of Mr. Charles Barker, Wandsworth, with intent to murder or do some grievoua bodily harm to it. Mrs. Mary Barker, the wife of Mr. Charles Barker, omnibus proprietor, living in Nerth-street, Wandsworth, having been sworn, said—The prisoner was in my service as a servant of all work, I have a child, which will be four months old the sth of this month, now lying ill. Mr. CLIVE—When did you first observe anything mate rially the matter with your child ? Mrs. Barker—Last even ing, a few minutes to seven o'clock, the child was brought to me by the prisoner foaming at the mouth. She was much altered in appearance. She had been a little cross during the day, and hadlnot slept much. She had been vaccinated re cently, and this might account for it. When the prisoner came to rue, she said, " 0 dear me, ma'am, what is the ma tt er with baby ?" I did not make any reply, but immediately sent her for Dr. Howell. The lips, tongue, and the whole of the mouth were quite burnt. On the chin was a brown spot, as if something had been spilt upon it. I had sent the prisoner that morning for the ingredients iiecessary to make blacking for the harness, and one of those ingredients was four ounces, of oil of vitriol. I used about half of the vitriol, and gave the bottle c( ntaining the remainder to the prisoner to put on the top shelf in the kitchen, becau:3 o , the children should not get at it. Sh e k new that t h e li q uid contained in the bottle was dangerous, because Mr. Leach , who had served her with it, had, according to her 01 statement, told her that h e wou ld no t h ave l et her h av e I had he not knwn who it was for. The bottle produced by the inspector, labelled " Vitriol, poison," is the same th e prisoner fetched me. Th e p r i soner can rea d , not only pr i n t" ing, but writing. Mr. George Tatham, surgeon, said be was sent for at seven o'clock the previous evening, but not being at home when the message arrived he did not see the child until half' past nine o'clock ; it was then sitting on the prisoner's IsP' with its head lolling upon its right shoulder. On seeing tb, e , child, he immediately exc l a i me d , "T h i s child has b a d vitriol." There were then present the mother, the sister, the servant., and Mr. Howell. He looked at the child l mouth, and found portions of it excoriated. a nd the gums, roof, and tong ue were w hit e, and showed marks is, an acrid or corrosive poison. Witness at once knew that vitriol had been administered, baying had a previous al The of poisoning by vit r i o l. He aked Mrs. Barker if s he 1,1 , 1 " any vitriol in the ho u s e , an d s h e a d m i tted she had. cloth produced by the inspector (a child's napkin) be lw not examined until that morning; the light green marks on it were produced by the child's vomiting; the brown mar were such as would be produced by vitriol. They might hail been caused when wiping the child's mouth. It would be difficult for him to say positively that the cloth was staine d by vitriol, but he believed it to be so. Mrs. Barker said, there were se many napkins used when the child vomited, and they were all put away together, that she could not undertake to say that the one produced that with which the prisoner wiped the infant's mouth. Mr. Tatham said, the child was at present hi a very pre' carious state. It was possible that she might live four or fil l days longer, and she might recover. Mr. CLIVE asked the prisoner if she desired to say any' thing P Vie prisoner (in a firm voice) said, I never touched th ° vitriul. I never went nigh it. I never put my hand on al ° shelf; after mistress gave it to rae to put there. Mr. CLIVE remanded the case for a week. HIGH COURT OF JUSTICIARY. EDINBURGH. THE RIOTERS AT FUSHIE BRIDGE. The Court met on Thursday, for the purpose of pass' ing sentence on Matthew Clark, Patrick Burns, Feb; Murray, and Patrick Savage, w h o on M on d ay plea ded guilty to charges of mobbing and r i ot i ng, and assau l t to the effusion of blood. The judges present were the Lord Justice Clerk, Ldld Mackenzie, and Lord Moncrieff. The plea of the prisoners having been read, The LORD JUSTICE CLERK said, the duty of the Court in this case is in every respect a very painful one. Tr i unfortunate men at the b ar a pp ear to h ave b een engag in the exercise of their h onest ca lli ng — i n regular se" full employment, and therefore in comfortable eircute; stances—up to the time wh en th e l aw l ess and vio let proceedings took place whi c h h ave p l ace d them at till bar, and which must lead to the infliction of very sever punishment that may ma t er i a ll y, if not entirely, alteo the character and prospects of their future lives. T l ' case is also extremely painful, because no circumstance s have been disclosed to enable us to draw any distinctic. a between the case of any of the prisoners, or to make, respect of any difference in their cases, any excepfle; in favour of any of them from the sentence whiCh Fe feel it our d u ty t o awar d. Th e case has been most anxiously considered by the whole court, and the see' tence which I am about to pronounce is the result °, the concurring opi n i on o f t h e whole judges of this court' Whether in the exercise of the royal preroget°, of mercy it may appear th a t th ere are any circumstanc e' in the case which enable those to whom it is e r l ; trusted the duty of a d v i s i ng t h e Crown-4,„ any ground satisfactory to them—to draw any . ou'' tinction which may be favourable to any of the proof? ers, or may lead to recommend any of them for Isj vourable consideration in th e exerc i se of the rot ': prerogative—is of course a matter for their considerall alone. We must rememb er th at i n t h e administration e the criminal law of th e l an d we cannot proceed upo4 grounds which can only be taken into consideration A , the exercise of that pr eroga ti ve . O ur duty is to I", minister the cri m i na l l aw o f t h e l and, and to say t he : according to that law, is the amount of punishment ril i k for the c o m m i ss i on o f t hi s particular crime, and vibt shall at the same time be adequate to prevent the oo_ l w; mission of such cr i mes i n time to come. The MI knowledge which th e court h as of the circumstances ,( this case, is derived fro m . w h a t appears on the face va the indictment. But it is a case of a serious s P alarming character, and it i s qu i te plain that sag o i i ' punishment that w o uld no t pro d uce due effect 11P.00 others, might only tend to encourage the ee petio of similar outrages, by misleading individuals who 11 1 be engaged in th e p erpetrat i on of such crimes, as to t light in which they are regarded by the law. In consider ing the charges to which the prisoners have 00 0 guilty, we have laid aside entirely the charge of col; witting a more heinou s cr i me, and have taken care tbti our minds should not f or a moment be influenced e y e d by the mention in the indictment of the charge,,l murder. His Lordship h ere rea d that part of the 11071 regarding the attack on th e po li ce constables, and of the temporary police station house, for the purpe,s e el liberating two of th e l a b ourers who had been cone,l3o, in it on a charge o f stea li ng two watches from a Pew of and to the assemblage of a mob for the very purpos e overpowering th e po li ce, and then his Lordship Pce ceedei. It is no small aggravation of such an Al o e as this, that it was committed by labourers, wbeL e a the purpose o f lib erat i ng companions who had _:e, confined, not for some accidental breach of the.-Teak or some casual disturbance, which might hale„beir thought a trivial matt er i n t h e eyes of some of "who comrades; but for th e purpose of liberating me° h id/ had been charged w ith t h e b ase cr i me of theft, wese ought not to have excit e d th e sympathy of the hops and well-disposed p or ti on o f the labourers, knew, je well that if innoc en t th ey wou ld o b ta i n their liber ty due time; if guilty that th e y wou ld b e dealt with aced to law. His Lord s hip aga i n referred to the libel, leb read the part of it whi c h re l ate d to t h e assault on Veit the policeman after the mob had liberated their t ri , comrades. His Lordship then continued—That the P O % soners have aeted under most judicious advice in putt in g in their plea of guilty to the extent which they die. - one can doubt, because, whatever part the prisoners tlr in the violent proceedings of the mob, it is qu ite el e ir that full details of the evidence must have made ti r t f case of even a more serious character by disclosin more fully the numbers, character, and p roc eeding the mob, and the n a t ure o f the implements with wh it they were armed, an d ren d ered the sentence more sever`' 0 than even that whi c h th e C ourt feels compelled .ve award as the case now stands. It is not easy to conet i o a ease of a more aggravate d and serious character tP 11 the present. We see that proper measures had bee s taken by the authorities for the preservation of ".„ peace in consequence of the assemblage of a g reat 131 ,` —' ber of railway labourers in this particular loce" ; 4 Constables were stationed for the purpose of maintail l ', y , tranquillity, protecting property, and, when necerga carrying the law into execution. These constables I d er, ce assailed, overpowered, deforced, and the P. 1 , 00 station-house broken into, by a body of r e ? whom these measures were intended to k eep in in order. By overcoming the police, they set a " liberty those charged with theft. They attempted to set themselves above the law, as if none was entitled toche r i b: o them with crime , or to be enabled to apprehend anY f„,t when a t l h l e k y n h o‘ a v ve t e c o dmamn heritte d of asnucohffe cases,nee wg7; ot th hfe o th u la s e and w s of persons are employe within a few m the all able-bodied and Powerful men, and who, from w he kind of instruments employed in their work, have t i „ means speedily of arming themselves with most fort ), dable weapons, congregated in a part of the country, i t`l ,o where no large detachment of police can be expectect, g be provided, and where it would be monstrous to exPZ, that troops must be patrolling in order to maintain public peace. When we consider all these things. t i ti how easily such a number of parties could be broug together, and the mischief that might be done when th e ; set themselves above the law, and determine to 0 1 0 power the officers of the l aw — w h en we consider t feuds which may be produced among the men thel e selves, and whi c h t h e records of this Court show /le o the results of this Right's proceedings ; and whel of consider that it is impossible to say what the deg ie li violence and outrage that may be committed by a is ;t once set in moti on f or t h e purposes here stated. d. plain that a sentence must in this case be pronounc e which sh a ll t eac h t h e l arge b o d y of laboured, now employed in different parts o f t h e countflo that the slightest disturbanc e on their part °I t , lead to most summary and exemplary p un ishmen t ,' They must be taught that their numbers ago i m t theml justice t protectionne n f the against ncountry.tThehehamndusat b of e the restraint; they must b e kept in awe y of the law. 'Im o "( object can only be attained by making an example 0 , those who shall break and violate the law in a manner s open, so violent, and so alarming, as has been disclos ed in this cas e , t o t h e extent to which these prisoners WI o pleaded guilty. His Lordship concluded by sentenogl each of the prisoners to be transported for the period seven years. 81R271,37 — ' .-- On the 2Gth tilt., wattm Mrs. F. S. Parkyn, of it son. vie On the 29th ult. Bragborough House, Northamptonshire, lady of Henry Arnold, Esq., of a son. On the 30th ult., at the Rectory, Croft, Yofkshire, the lady o f the Rev. Charles Dodgson, of a son. On the 30th ult., at Elthatn, Mary Ann, eldest daughter of •I'' — Vogan, Esq. On the 30th ult., at Mile-end, Lucy Agnes, fourth daughter d i'. Head, Esq. On the 30th ult., at Verulam-villa, St. Alban's, Harts, the 10/. 13. Watson, late vicar of Norton, Herts. On the 27th o f J une, i n Tavlstock-square, Frances Eliza, the erif. of W. Harrison, Esq. QUARTERLY NAVAL OBITUARY. A., Admirals —Hon. Henry Curzon, Sir r , 081 W. Otway, 13 `*" end G.C.B. Vice-Admirals—Robert Lloyd, Henry Brown, Richard Peacocks' 0 Rear - Admirals—William Skipsey, H enry F. Edgell, Valen ti Collard, Richard T. Hancock. Captains—Thomas F. Kennedy, Charles B. Strong, Thonl,-ge Devon, K.C.11., William Jo nes, Sir Spencer H. L. Vassal, G aor Ilalated, John B. Woodthorpe. Id' Commanders—John Seeger, J o h n Cawley, Josias Bray, Richard Ties Davies, William Garri c k, T homas M. Currie, Thomas Leigh, T: r jcil B. Laurence, James Emerton, Wm. Hunt, William Knight, Co' F. Doyle. Lieutenants— Neilson Williamson, Robert Wemyss, Lan7 co 0 „- 0 4 Charlesson, John H ar d w i ck, Marcus T. Hare, Alexander 3i , (c), Thomas Smyth, William D. Carroll. Mast ers — James Crawford, R o b ert Los b y, James Kerr, Willisf a Tanner, John Emerson, William Carr, Mathew Murray. Angel o Vanzetti, Joseph W. Wilkins, Richard S. Rundle. ROYAL First Lieutenants —John K. 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