The Sun.
London, England, 1848-06-17 00:00:00

EMIGRANT SHIPS.

The Consul of the United States has transmitted to
Lloyd's a copy of an Act of Congress, dated the 17th of
May, regarding the ventilation and provisiwiing of
emigrant ships. The first section of this Act maks it
incumbent on all vessels carrying fifty passengers
or under, in the between-decks, to have a
house constructed on the combings of the hatchway.
with two doors, so that one may at all times be open fur
the purpose of ventilation. Where more than fifty pas-
sengers are carried a house must be constructed at each
end of the deck, one to be furnished at the top with an
outlet for foul air, and the other to bo so constructed as
to admit fresh air. Cooking apparatus must also be
furnished on deck. The section relating to provisions
we publish entire:—

"All persons employed as aforesaid shall have on
board, for the use of such passengers, at the time of
leaving the last port whence such vessel shall sail, well
secured under deck, for each passenger, at least 151 b.
of good navy bread, 101 b, of rice, 101 b, of oatmeal,
101 b. of wheat flour, 101 b. of peas and beans, 351 b.
of potatoes, one pint of vinegar, 60 gallons of fresh
water, 101 b. of salted pork free of bone, all to be of
good quality, and a sufficient supply of fuel for cooking;
but at places where either rice, oatmeal, wheat flour, or
peas and beans cannot be procured, of good quality and
on reasonable terms, the quantity of either or any of the
other last named articles may be increased and substituted
therefor; and in case potatoes cannot be procured on
reasonable terms, 11b. of either of the said articles may
be substituted in lieu of 51b. of potatoes; and the cap-
tains of such vessels shall deliver to each passenger at
least one• tenth part of the aforesaid provisions weekly,
commencing on the day of sailing; and daily at
least three quarts of water and sufficient fuel
fur cooking, and if the passengers on board
of any such vessel, in which the provisions, fuel, and
water herein required, shall not have been provided
as aforesaid, shall at any time be put on short al-
lowance during any voyage, the master or owner of
any such vessels shall pay to each and every passen-
ger, who shall have been put on short allowance, the
sum of 3 dolls, for each and every day they may have been
on such short allowance, to be recovered in the circuit
or district court of the United States; provided, never-
theless, and nothing herein contained shall prevent any
passenger, with the consent of the captain, from fur-
nishing for himself the articles of food herein speci-
fied, and if put on board in good order it shall fully
satisfy the provisions of this Act as far as regards food;
and provided further, that any passenger may also,
with the consent of the captain,
furnish for himself
an equivalent for the articles of food required in other
and different articles; and if without waste or neglect on
the part of the passenger, or inevitable
accident, they
prove insufficient, and the captain shall furnish comfort-
able food to such passengers during the residue of the
voyage, this in regard to food shall also be a compliance
with the terms of the Act."
The captains of all emigrant ships are empowered to
enforce strict discipline on board their vessels, and also
to see that cleanliness is preserved. Where the provi-
sions of the Act are not complied with the captain or
owner of such vessel shall forfeit 200 dolls, to the United
States. Where the between-decks is of less height than
six feet, each passenger shall be accommodated with 16
superficial feet on deck; if less than 5 feet, 22 feet on
deck. If more passengers are carried than is allowed
naeanour. The Act comes into operation, as regards
this section the captain shall be held guilty of a rnisde-
r the date of its approval.
European vessels, 60 days afte

THE ORDNANCE SURVEY OF THE METROPOLIS.-
The area intended to be comprised in the metropolitan
survey is something above 200 square miles, or nearly
130,000 acres; and the map is to be constructed on the
very large scale (for a district of such an extent) of 60
inches to a mile, or one inch to 88 feet, which, when
completed, will occupy about 900 sheets three feet by
two feet, or about 5,400 square feet of paper or copper.
The London survey will be connected by its triangula-
tion with the general survey of the country, and in its
levelling with the one uniform datum plane to which
the altitudes of the Ordnance six-inch maps are referred.
By this means, when the map is complete, the relative
level of any two points within the eight mile radius of
the metropolitan survey, or of any part of London, and
any part of the north of England, may be seen at a
glance by those who require and know how to look for
the information.— The Builder. _

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SUPPLY OF STORES TO SIIIPPING.—A vessel nas
arrived from Rotterdam with a cargo, comprising ever)'
variety of provision and other requirements in the shape
of tackle, spare spars, &c., for the supply of a vessel
about to proceed on a long voyage, which are expressly
imported from Holland for the purpose of supplying
Dutch East Indiaman at present loading in the dock for
that quarter of the globe with her complete complement
of stores of every description, and arrangements have
been made for the direct and immediate transhipment of
the entire cargo from one vessel to the other for the pur-
pose stated. We believe that the complete supply of a
large ship of this character, and the build of a foreign
country, with all the requirements for her outward
voyage from the foreign state to which she belongs, is
very unusal and remarkable. No previous instance of
the kind has conic under our notice, although no mate-
rial or actual objection to it can be made in a legal or re-
, venue point of view.

UNIVERSITY INTELLIGENCE.
OXFORD, JUNE 16.—The following class list "In
Literis Humanioribus " has just been published this
afternoon, viz.:7.

CLASS .1.—Fisher, Herbert G., student .of Christ
Church; Karslake, William H., commoner, pf Balliol
College; Ogle, Richard S., exhibitioner ,- # Lincoln
College; Palin, Edward, scholar of St. John's College;
Parry, Edward St. John, commoner of Balliol College;
Stowe, William H., commoner of Wadhain College;
Stubbs, William, servitor of Christ Church.
CLASS 2.—Backhouse, John 11., scholar of Brasenose
College; Collyrs, John M., student of Christ Church;
Cox, Joseph, scholar of Lincoln College; Hall, Edward D.,
scholar of Pembroke College; Hunt, George W., student
of Christ's Church; Irvine, Alexander C., commoner of
Exeter College; Lawley, lion. Francis C., commoner of
Balliol College; Mackonochie, Alexander H., commoner
of Wadham College; Morris, William, commoner of
Oriel College; Philpot, William 8., scholar of Worcester
College; Powlter, Brownlow, fellow of New College;
Shuttleworth, Philip U., student of Christ Church;
Stillingfleet, Henry J., commoner of Brasenose College;
Winder, John S., commoner of Oriel College; Wood,
Henry 11., tabarder of Queen's College.
CLASS 3.—Barker, Thomas, commoner of Queen's
College ; Bayley, Henry E., exhibitioner of Corpus
Christi College ; Blackett, Montague, commoner of
Christ Church ; Capper, John L. scholar of Wadham
College ; Coldwell, William E., commoner of Christ
Church ; Fearon, Samuel, tabarder of Queen's College;
Fox, Edward, fellow of New College; Gale, Isaac S.,
commoner of Wadham College; Guy, Frederick, exhi-
bitioner of Lincoln College ; Hillyar, William J.,
scholar, of Brasenose College ; Hutton, Robert R.,
commoner of Trinity College ; Jones, David, commoner
of Brasenose; College ;' Kendall, Walter, commoner of
Oriel College; Knight, Valentine C., commoner of 'Uni-
versity College ; Langhorne, Thomas, commoner of St.
John's College; Mason, Henry W., student of Christ
Church; Norris, William F., scholar of Trinity College;
Owen, Edward, scholar of Jesus College; Poore, Alfred,
commoner of St. Edmund Hall; Poole, Samuel, com-
moner of Pembroke College; Powles, Henry C., com-
moner of Oriel College; Stanley, Edward J., gentleman
commoner of Christ Church; Williams, Philip, fellow
of New College; Wilson, Arthur C., student of Christ
Church.

CLASS 4.—Barrow, John S., commoner of Wadhata
College ; Blayds, Henry, scholar of Corpus Christi
College ; De Putron, Peter, commoner of Pembroke
College ; Egerton, Hon. A. F., commoner of Christ
Church; Finch Hatton, Edward IT., commoner of Christ
Church ; Garnsey, Henry E., demy of Magdalen Col-
lege; Hill, Alexander S., commoner of Exeter College;
Macray, Wm. D., Bible clerk of Magdalen College ;
Papillon, Philip 0., commoner of University College ;
Plumptre, Robert W., commoner of University College;
Robins, Charles M., commoner of Oriel College ;
To-
ting, Thomas, commoner of Lincoln College ; Ifter-
marck, Charles, commoner of Exeter College.
John Earnest Bode, Rowland hlackleston, James
Timothy B. Landon, and Mark Pattison, examiners.
Yesterday the Rev. William Andrew, M.A., scholar
and tutor of Worcester College, was admitted an Actual
Fellow of that Society ; and at the same time Mr.
Thomas Samuel Fraser, commoner of Lincoln College,
was elected a scholar of 'Worcester College.
Mr. Richard Arthur Le Mesurier, 8.A., scholar of
Corpus Christi College, was on Wednesday admitted a
probationary Fellow of that Society.

RAILWAY SHARE MARKETS.
LIVERPOOL, JUNE 16.

STOCK Ex CM—The market continues extremely
dull, notwithstanding the reduction of interest at the Bank
of England. The sales are—Lancashire and Yorkshire (late
Manchester and Leeds), 13 dis.—London and North-
Western, 121.—Ditto, Quarters (A and B), 1 c.
Chester, Sheffield, and Lincolnshire, Docks, 1114 dis.—Mid-
land Stock, New Halves, 6% dis.—North British, New
Thirds, 21/8 c. dis.—North Staffordshire, 2% c. dis.—
South-Eastern and,Dover, 2414—Ditto, N 0.4, Thirds, 2;7'i dis.
MANCHESTER, JUNE 16.
&rock ExcHANGE.—The sales are—Lancashire and
Yorkshire, 32/. Shares (Extension), 6% dis.—Ditto (West
Riding: Union), dis.—Ditto, Preference, 6 per cent., p.—Manchester, Sheffield, and Lincolnshire (Sheffield an
,Li,ncolnshire), dis.—South-Eastern and Dover, No. 4,
2/8 dis....kitehaven and Furness, MIA dis.
BIRIGN
STOCK E.XCIIANGE.—M N HAM, JU E 16.
dis.
The sales are—North Staffordshire,
—Stour Valley, 23i dis.

'OVERNESSES' BENEVOLENT INSTITI7TION.--We
perceive that a fancy sale, for the building and endow-
ment fund of the Aged Asylum of the Governesses' Be-
nevolent Institution, is to be held on the 20th and 21st
June, in the grounds of the Royal Hospital, Chelsea, un-
der the patronage of her Majesty and the other members
of the Royal Family. The object is to procure funds for
the erection of rooms for the general use of the asylum,
and to provide apartments in the asylum for ten aged
governesses. That the public will respond to the appeal
thus made to them we cannot for a moment doubt, and
we trust that the funds raised will be sufficient to enable
the committee to at once carry out their benevolent
object.

MUNIFICENT BRQUEST.—The late Mrs. Matthew-
man of Harrogate, whose death was recently announced,
has by her will directed the entire residue of her pro-
perty to be applied by her trustees in promoting within
the borough of Leeds Divine worship according to the
liturgy and usages of the Church of England. The
fund is to be administered at the discretion of her trus-
tees, with the sanction of the Bishop of Ripon, and is
expected to amount to about 25,0001. The trustees are
Mr. William Beckett, M.P., and Mr. John Atkinson of
Leeds. There is also a bequest in the same will of 100/.
to the Society for Promoting Christian Knowledge. The
deceased lady was a native of Leeds.
MORE CHARTIST ARRESTS AT BINGLET.—Three
more of the Chartists, engaged in the late riot and rescue
at Bingley, in the West Riding of Yorkshire, were taken
from their beds early on Thursday morning last, and
committed to York Castle by Mr. W. B. Ferrand. One
of the prisoners was liberated on bail, and the others
were escorted by Mr. Ferrand, with six of his keepers
(armed with double-barrelled guns), and about SO con-
stables, to the railway station, whence they were sent off
to York Castle. Two more men were taken into cus-
tody the same morning on the charge of throwing stones
and using threatening language to Mr. Thacker, ma-
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of the Chartists in his locality.
SOCIETY FOR THE PROPAGATION OF THE GOSPEL
IN FOREIGN PARTS.—The Rev. Ernest Hawkins, 8.D.,
secretary of this society, has just issued a circular to the
members, with reference to its condition. During the
last four years, it appears, the annual expenditure has
been reduced from 80,0004 to little more than 60,0001.
This reduction has been effected without recalling or
diminishing the salary of a single missionary. First,
by the cessation of payments which had been guaranteed
for a limited time ; second, by the discontinuance of
grants towards the building of churches and schools ;
third, by withdrawing from the support of schools and
schoolmasters, more especially in the West Indies.
CRICKET.—The match between the South London
Club with Brockwell and Hinkly t'. the Ashford Club
with Martingell and Pilch, terminated yesterday at
the Oval in favour of the South London, who won by
four wickets.—The match between the Marylebone Club
with two players v. the Surrey Club with two players,
was brought to a conclusion yesterday evening, just as
the clock was about to strike eight, by the Marylebone
Club being declared the victors by 40 runs.
SAFETY IN RAILWAY TRAVELLING.—We under-
stand, from good authority, that an attempt of rather
an extensive character is being made to enforce a reduc-
tion of the wages of the engine-drivers employed upon
the railways of this country. We deeply regret this, be-
cause it is upon the general good conduct and practical
knowledge of this most responsible and intelligent class
of men that the safety of the railway traveller in a great
measure depends. The directors who seek to save a
thousand per annum by the reduction of a shilling or
sixpence per day per driver will; in the course of a few
years, find a very heavy balance against them consequent
upon the damage, and perhaps—as has often been the
case—loss of life, occasioned by the employment of in-
efficient enginemen. We could, were it necessary,
direct attention to accidents involving immense destruc-
tion of railway stock and loss of life caused either by
over-worked or incompetent drivers, and we are quite
satisfied, from a thorough knowledge of the " cheap"
system, as applied to the management of railway traffic,
that a reduction of the present, to say the least, very
moderate wages paid to the engine-drivers of this country,
will be most dangerous to the public, sad the very oppo-
site of economical to railway companies. We hope that
we shall not have occasion to particularise the painful
details from which this our conviction is derived.—
Herald.
Miss HAY —Last week Miss Georgina Hay,
youngest daughter of Lord James Hay, of South-park,
Aberdeenshire, took the veil at Paris, in the Convent of
the Assumption, Rue Chaillot, Champs Elyse4s. The
young novice, who is tall in stature, and bears a strong
family resemblance to her cousin, the Marchioness of
Douro, proceeded to the gates of the convent in bridal
attire, and demanded admittance. Having been received
by the superior and the nuns of the order (the latter
bearing lighted tapers), she advanced through their
ranks to the cross-bearer and knelt down. After a
pause, spent in prayer, the community preceded her, at
a solemn pace, into the chapel, chanting hymns. Each
nun repaired to her stall, and the novice occupied a seat
prepared for her at the foot of thefaltar, when the usual
ceremony took place. She retired to the parlour of the
convent in the simple habit of a
nun,
crowned with a
wreath of white flowers, and received visits of congratu-
lation. Amongst those present on the interesting occa-
sion were the Duchess de Montmorency, the Dukes de
Fitzjames and Talleyrand, together with several digni-
taries of the Catholic Church andmembers of the National
Assembly.
THE Alooas.—To use a sporting phrase, one of
the great events of the season having come off success-
fully, sportsmen are enabled to calculate the chances of
success on their first field-day on the moors, the 12th
of August. The principal hatching of young grouse
usually takes place in the last week of May ; and
seldom have the little poults broken their shells
under more favourable circumstances than those of
the present year. With every assistance that genial
weather could afford, the parent birds remained on their
nests, undisturbed by gale or storm, save to stretch the
still wings, and pick a hasty meal of heather. Conse•
quently, in most places, every egg has produced its bird;
and we hear, on good authority, that in general the broods
contain nine or ten-14 have been counted in one covey,
but that is at least two brace beyond the average. Not
the slightest appearance of disease has been noticed
among the old grouse. The time is now past when it
commonly breaks out, and all those who have traversed
the hills speak to the fine healthy appearance of the
birds—rich in their glossy brown plumage, with scarlet
combs—as the old cocks show themselves strutting among
the heather, to decoy man or beast from the nests, or
young broods.—lnverness Courier.

ROYAL SURREY ZOOLOGICAL GARDENS.
Attraction unprecedented.
JULLIEN and his UNRIVALLED BAND.
New Quadrille, composed expressly for the Gardens.
First Appearance of Miss HUDDART.
Continuation of the Engagement of Mdlle. LOVARNY.
The DAYLIGHT VIEW of ROME, by Denson.
Superb and Unique MENAGERIE.
Grand Display of FIREWORKS, by the Messrs. Southby.
No Extra Charge.
MONDAY, TUESDAY, WEDNESDAY, THURSDAY, and
FRIDAY.
View of Rome.—Promenade Concerts, 'Vocal and Instrumental,
conducted by Mons. JULLIEN, whose splendid Band of Solo Per-
formers includes Messrs. Raker, Barrett, Bauman, George and Viotti
Collins, Cieffi, Collinet, Koenig, Lazarw, Richardson, Sonnenberg,
tec.—Two Solos each Evening. —Mdlle. Lovarny will sing two fa-
vourite Songs, Miss Huddart will sing a favourite Song, and with
Madllc. Lovarny will execute an admired Duet.—Also to be seen,
dnring the day, the beautiful Menagerie—Shakspere's House—The
Magic Bridge—and other novelties will be exhibited, the whole
concluding with a most magnificent and not to he rivalled display
of Fireworks, by the Messrs. Southby, representing the Girandola
during the Holy Week at Horne.
Gates open at Eleven ♦.m., Feeding Time Five—Jullien's Concert at
a Quarter past Six—Fireworks at Half-past Slag.
Admission, as usual, One Shilling.
On TUESDAY next, June 20, the Second Grand Flower Show of
the Royal South London Floricultural Society will take place. Nu-
merous Prizes will be given for the best display of Roses, Heaths,
Pinks, Ranunculus, various kinds of Fruit, &c. An extra Brass Band
and other novel attractions.