Northern Times.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1857-06-19 00:00:00

SURVEY OF SCOTLAND.

Sir D. NORREYS referred to the twenty-five inch scale
survey of Scotland, which he condemned as useless and
extravagant, and advocated the six-inch scale, upon which
the survey of Ireland, the north of England, and a portion
of Scotland, had been made, from which a map for ordinary
purposes, upon a scale of one inch to the mile, could be
more readily reduced. The hon. member concluded by
moving to reduce the vote for the ordnance survey by
£36,ooo—the item for the twenty-five-inch survey.
Lord DUNCAN defended the twenty-five-inch scale, con-
tending that it would be useful, especially f)r the registra-
tion of property.

Sir W. SOLIFFE complained that, after an expenditure of
£2,000,000 had been incurred in the survey, they had
no maps for useful purposes. He advocated the large
scale.

The Earl of GlrFono ridiculed the twenty-five inch
scale.

Mr. HENLEY thought the twenty-five inch scale a need-
less extravagance
Lord ELcuo vindicated the course taken by the com-
mittee in the adoption of the twenty-five inch scale.
Mr. JOSEPH Loon considered that the one-inch scale
was sufficient for general purposes, and thought that the
government should not be called upon to pay tor a survey
for the benefit of landowners alone.

The ORD ADVOCATE deprecated repeated changes in the
system adopted, and opposed the motion because it in-
volved no definite pledge. enly the cultivated districts of
Scotland are to be surveyed upon the twenty-five inch
scale, and the cost altogether would be about £300,000
less than the Irish survey. He urged that the expense
of adopting a large scale at once would be less than con-
tinued increases, as they were found to be necessary.
Colonel BOLDER° thought a scale of six inches to the
mile would answer every purpose.
Mr. VANCE condemned, and Lord PALMERSTON defended
the twenty-five inch scale.
The House then divided. Upon the reduction of the
vote moved by Sir D. Norreys, the numbers were

For the amerdment
Against .......

. 172
. 162

Majority for reduction lO
The amendment was accordingly carried against the
government, and the announcement was received with
cheers.

A division immediately followed upon the question
whether the vote as amended should be agreed to. The
numbers were—
Ayes 290
Noes

Majority
The remaining votes of the ccinzaittee of supply were
then agreed to.
The other business was disposed of, and the house
aJjourned at ten minutes to two.

THE

MERSEY CONSERVANCY

AND DOCKS BILL.

(PROM OUR OWN REPORTER.)

HOUSE OF COMMONS, THURSDAY, JUNK 18.

The Committee did not sit to-day in consequence of Sir
James Graham having to attend a levee, and the other
members declining to prosecute the inquiry in his absence.
After our parcel was despatched yesterday, Mr. Shuttle-
worth stated to the committee that the corporation had
incurred an expenditure of £l,OOO in promoting a concer-
vancy bill in the year 1812. In 1839 the corporation bound
themselves to contribute annually £1,600 towards the
maintenance of the Wallasey and Leasowe embankments,
and up to this time they had expended upon that x. ark
£30,000. In 1830 they contributed £2,280 towards dredging
the Victoria Channel. In 1855 they promoted the Liverpool
Improvement Bill for widening and extending Wapping•
Under that bill they proposed to harrow £35,000 but when
Parliament transferred to them the Birkenhead Docks the
measure was abandoned.

Mr. SIIUTTLEWORTH was then examined in reference to
the Town Dues. He produced the scotch Burge Act of
1833, relating to the improvement of harbours, and also
the Reciprocity Treaties Acts of 1819, and 1852, with a
view to show that the government recognised the right of
levying the Town Dues, and the propriety of giving cony
pensation if those dues were repealed. The Corporation
of Liverpool had levied dues in respect of anchorage. and
those dues were levied under the same title as the Towo
Dues.

To the CHAIRMAN : With the ex!eption of the contribw
tions to the Leasowe embankment, and the Conservancy
of the litersty ; these disbursements were voluntary on
the part of the Corporation for the benefit of the trade of
the port.

lea tT NIAGARA. —Large messes of ice, from forty t°
sixty feet in thickness, still remain under the American
side of the Falls, which it is thought will not entirely
disappear before the beginning t f July,
EMIGRATION.—Daring the month of May, 71 emigrant
vessels arrived at New York, bringing over 27,848 pas•
sengers—or nearly 900 for every day in the month,
is the largest number of arrivals during :any one month
for the 4!st three years•