The Sun.
London, England, 1865-05-23 00:00:00

MADRAS IRRIGATION AND CANAL

The report of the directors states that during the
five working months which had passed since the last
general meeting the works had been vigorously
pushed forward, and every effort had been made to
provide for the passage during June next of water
down the main canal as far as the 78th mile, and for
the completion of the lower section of that canal which
passed through Koondair Valley and terminated at the
142 d mile from Soonkasala, as within the line of coun-
try thus embraced there was a large area of land which
might be made available for irrigation. The supply
of labour had been limited, and short of what was
required. Arrangements had lately been completed
by which the company were to provide a continuous
supply of water to the town of Kurnool for domestic
and municipal purposes ; the charge for which was•
to be double the maximum rate that would be
charged for water supplied by the company for the
irrigation of land. It had been thought advisable
and expedient to confine present construction to the
main canal and all necessary subsidiary channels
between the Anicut at Soonkasala and the termina-
tion of the eighth section in the Koondair Valley,
embracing a continuous main line of 142 miles in
length; and accordingly all the available labour
had been concentrated upon the works within that
area, so far as was necessary to render those works
complete for the provision of irrigation. The capital
account showed that. £795,675 had boon received,
and £610,854 expended to the 31st of December
last, leaving a balance of £75,663 with the Secre-
tary of State for India, £104,012 with the engineers,
and £5,146 in hand.

M. THIERS has addressed the following charming
letter to the editor of the Phare de la Loire:—
~~
Paris, May 6.—Sir,—l regard it as very natural that
others should think differently from me,
and I am by no
means one of those Liberals who cannot endure liberty in
others; but I also think I may claim thdpoliteness due to
every man, and especially to one who has for 40 years been
a defender of liberty. I thank you for sending me your
articles ; and, using the same freedom which you so legi-
timately employ towards me, I confess to you that they
have not convinced me. As I have thought over these
matters longer than you, it is natural that my convictions
should be somewhat hard to change. A. Timms."

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THEATRE-ROYAL, HAYMARKET.
Lessee. Mr. Buckstone.
THIS EVENING, TIIE MILLI 4 it'S DAUGHTER.
Messrs. Cooper, Whin, Braid, Clark, ; Mesdames L.
Keeley, F. Wright, &c.
Alter which, OUR AMERICAN COUSIN. Messrs.
Sothern, Buckstone, Chippendale, Braid, Gordon, Rogers,
Clark, White, Coe. Svc. ; Mesdames L-nowdon, Stuart, 11111,
Harris, Weight, &c.
Concluding with FISH OUT OF WATER. Mr. Compton.