The Sun.
London, England, 1853-07-09 00:00:00

PARLIAMENTARY COMMITTEES.

IMPROVEMENT OF LANDS THROUGHOUT GREAT DlLl-
TAlN.—Yesterday a committee of the House of Lords,
consisting of the Lord Privy Seal, the Earl of Doncaster,
Lord Harrowby, Earl of Ardrossan, and Lord de
Manley, met to consider the provisions of a bill for in-
corporating the Lands Improvement Company, the
object of its being to improve, convert, and reclaim
lands in England, Scotland, and Wales, by draining,
irrigation, embanking, inclosing, making roads, erecting
farm buildings, trenching, clearing and planting, for the
purposes of shelter, for the general benefit of agricul-
ture, and the public advantage. The drainage of lands
is to be carried out by any such means as the Melo-
sure Commissioners shall approve. The capital is to
be 100,0001., with power to issue additional shares up
to 300,000/. Power is also given to afford facilities for
the improvement of land by enabling the company to
issue transferable mortgage debentures. Landlords
may contract with the company for the improvement of
lands, and Inclosuro Commissioners may inspect lands
and works. The measure, the preamble of which was
declared proved, is not to extend to Ireland.
RAILWAY COMMITTERS.—HOUSE OF LORDS.—Yester-
day the following bills passed through committee in the
House of Lords :—Bideford Extension ; Waveney Val-
ley ; Manchester, Sheffield, and Lincolnshire ; Llandi-
lees and Newtown; London and North Western (Oldham
and St. Alban's branches); Great Southern and Western;
Furness ; Eastern Counties (North Woolwich) ' • Edin-
burgh and Glasgow; Carlisle and Port Carlisle; Copper
Miners' Company.

LONDON FEMALE DORMITORY AND INDUSTRIAL IN-
STITUTION.—Yesterday, a special meeting of the friends
and supporters of this institution was held in the vestry-
room of SL Pancras ; the Rev. Canon Dale, M.A.,
vicar of the parish, in the chair. The report stated the
objects of the institution to be, the prevention of crime,
and the restoration of such as had fallen. In carrying
out the first object, the members of the institution had
on several occasions successfully rescued unwary females
from the numerous agents at work to entrap them.
Those thus rescued, as well as others reclaimed from
a life of infamy and shame, had been provided with good
situations. An institution so useful was deserving of all
support, for there could be no greater mistake than to
suppose that the majority of those who had fallen con-
tinued in sin from choice. The following facts prove
this :—"From May, 1850, to December, 1851, the in-
stitution, through want of funds, had to refuse 432 ap-
plicants, and from January, 1852, to December of the
same year, it had to refuse no fewer than 884 of those
disposed to reform themselves. Upon the Ist of January
there had been in the institution 31 inmates, and from
that date to the 30th of Juno last there had been 86
others admitted. Of these, 1 had got married, 4 had
been restored to their friends, 1 had died in penitence,
24 had been sent to service, 13 had left of their own ac-
cord, so that 74 remained in the institution. The Rev.
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the meeting in advocacy of the charity, when the pro.
ceed.ings terminated with a vote of thanks to the chair-
man
CUMBERLAND IRON ORE COMPANY.—It will be seen
by our advertising columns, that the estimates of this
company have been made upon a very moderate calcula-
tion, for the ore, which the company value at Us., is
now selling in Whitehaven for 13s.