The Sun.
London, England, 1848-05-17 00:00:00

BIRTHS IN THE WEEK.

Males ... ... ... ... ... 672
Females ... ... ... ... 714

Total ...

... ... ... 1,386

RAILWAY COMMITTEES
YESTERDAY.
GROUP IL

The Committee on this group met at the usual hour,
Mr. Blackstone in the chair.
MANCHESTER, SHEFFIELD, AND LINCOLN-

SHIRE.

The case of the Humber Ferries Improvement Bill
occupied the attention of the Committee the whole day.

GROUP IV.

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The Committee on this group met at the usual hour,
Mr. Walpole in the chair.
NORTH AND SOUTH-WESTERN.

The case for the promoters of this 13111 was resumed,
occupied the whole day, and was adjourned.

GROUP V.

The Committee on this group met at the usual hour,
Sir Robert Peel in the chair.
SOUTH WALES RAILW AY.

The object of this Bill is to enable the above com-
pany to pay 5 per cent. interest o❑ leans, instead of
4 per cent., as they were empowered to do under the
existing Act. _

The COMMITTEE considQred that the provisions of
the Bill would infringe the 24th of the new standing
orders, and resolved that the preamble was not proved.

GROUP IX.
This group met for the first time.
LONDON AND COLERAINE.
This Bill is to enable the company to make several
deviations in their line, and amend their existing Acts.
The Bill is opposed by several landholders, but the
opposition will not be gone into till Thursday.

GROUP XII.
The Committee on this group met at the usual hour,
Mr. Fitzroy in the chair.
EDINBURGH AND NORTHERN.
The Committee passed the Bill for making the Bos-
cobie, Keltyhead, and Glencraig Branch, and agreed to
the clauses.

EDINBURGH AND GLASGOW.
Tho object of this Bill is to empower the Edinburgh
and Glasgow Company to make several branches, and
to raise a further capital of 300,0001. for the general pur.
poses of the line.
The Bill was opposed by Mr. Talbot on behalf of the
Scottish Central Company.

GROUP XIV.
The Committee on this group met at the usual hour,
Mr. Eliot Yorke in the chair.
BRISTOL AND EXETER.
The case for the Castle Cary Branch, and the oppo-
sition to the subscription contracts was further gone
into, and further adjourned.

We understand that Lord Besborough has been
appointed to the Mastership of the Buck Hounds, vacant
by Lord Granville's acceptance of the Vice-Presidency
of the Board of Trade.

ORDNANCE SURVEY.."-... Yesterday some returns
connected with the Ordnance survey were printed. A
list is given of the towns in Ireland surveyed, on the
scale of 60 inches to a mile. The surveys were not made
for the purpose of sanitary improvement. They were
commenced in 1830, and finished in 1843. The expense
was 863,2061, and in order to show that there was no
lavish expenditure, it appears that the area of Ireland is
20,875,482 acres, so that the cost does not amount to
10d. per acre. In Great Britain it appears that South-
ampton and Windsor have been surveyed for sanitary
purposes. The cost of the preparation for Southampton
was 1,2401. 195.; the area was 3,356 acres: whilst for
Windsor it was 3311. 17s. 9d.; the plan embraced an
area of 1,212 acres.
ANOtilEp COLLIERY ExrLostox.—An explosion
took plaZeign Monday morning in Mr. Russell's colliery
at Rises. Two persons have been taken out dead, and
it is supposed that 16 or 18 more are seriously injured.
it has caused great excitement here, being the third or
fourth explosion in this colliery within the last four or
five years.
COLOMBIAN MINING ASSOCIATION.Monday an
adjourned meeting of this company was held at the
s air
offices in Austin-triars—J. 1). Povi les, Eq., in the ch
—for the purpose of confirming a resolution pissed on
the 6th of April for the dissolution of the company.
The resolution was agreed to unanimously, It appeared
that the liabilities were, in round numbers, 12,6521 and
that the assets in England were about 2,600/, besides
assets in New Granada. The directors were authorized
to realize the assets of the company as soon as possible.
WEST LONDON ANTI-ENCLOSURE ASSOCIATION.—
At the meeting on Monday thanks were voted to Lord
Morpeth for a copy of the Public Health Bill; and a
letter from the Commissioners of Woods and Forests
lor an opening was read, stating that the request of the Anti-Enclosure
into the Regent's-park from
Committee
the Portland-town side by means of the aqueduct bridge,
could not be complied with, as such bridge was not at
all adapted for auch's purpose.