The Sun.
London, England, 1858-04-28 00:00:00

VAVENEY VALLEY.

Mr. BAXTER. r,,ported from: the committee that
the proposed new line is to be made by an existing
company, to form part of their existing undertak-
ing, and 14 be made out of moneys which the com-
pany are al. ea.ly authorised to. raise. The length
-ofthe proposeLcleviation is fiv„te,miles 52 chmuv,
and the steepest graclismt on it will be 1 in 132. It
is intended that the line should cross four public
roads on the level. The estimated cost of the new
works is 35,0001., and the quantity of land
required is 451 acres. Mr. P. Bluff was the engi-
neer examined in support of the bill ; and the com-
mittee were satisled of the fitness in an engineer-
ing point of view of the proposed works. The
c.anmitlee had amended the preamble of the bill by
suiting that no part of the exten..ion proposed by
the bill bad been coustruwed, nor had any works
been commenced for the purpose thereof, such
alterations being in accordance with the facts, and
they had found the same as amended to be true.

LORD JOHN RUSSEL3,'S AMENDED
INDIAN RESOLUTIONS.

The amendments to be proposed by Lord John
Russell in the series of Indian resolutions to be
moved by the Chancellor of . the Exchequer on
Friday, have just been printed, and are in effect as
follows :
As regards the number of the Council, Lord John
proposes that it should consist of not more than,
twelve members, including the Secretary of SteteS
whereas the Government resolution ordains that be-
sides the Secretary of Sate, the Council shall con-
sist of not less than twelve, nor more than eighteen
members. As regards the appointment of the Coun-
cil, Lord John declares that "its members should
be appointed by her Majesty, and, with the excep-
tion of the Secretary of State, should hold their
• offices during good behaviour," in contradistinction
tcooltilsieei?
sohvoeurindmehnet pprarOptloysanl,ownihinicahtewdasa,ntdhatpa"rtthlye
India
elected.."
.................For resolution 7 of the Government series, which
Y INTEL. provides " That the members of the nominated li,
portion of the Council shall be selected by r M.-jesty, subject as a general rule to the qualification
His Royal Highness the General Conimanding- above expressed [service in India], and one-half at
in-Chief will hold a levee at 1 o'clock on Saturday the least of the elected mcmb-rs shall poses the
next. like qualification," Lord John will subAitute a
Major-General the Hon, Sir James Yorke Scar- provision that her Majesty may remove any mem-
lett, K.C. 8., counrossoding the South-West Dis- ber of the Council from office upon an address from
,
trict, will review all the mailable troops in Ports- both Houses of Parliement.
mouth Garrison on Southsei-common to-morrow Lord John Part
the omission of clause 8 which
afternoon at 3 o'clock. Tile field battsry of Aral- provides for the composition of the constituency
lery from Hilsea will take a part in the manoeuvres privileged to choose the electiv portion of the
which willbe repeated weekly for the improvement Coencil. This is of course a necessary consequence
of the troops in brigade movements. of this amendment to clause 6, abolishing the eec-
Yesterday the troops belouging to the Royal and tive element in the Council proposed by the Go-
East India Company s.Enginers at Chatham were vernment.
engaged in some siege operations of a somewhat In clause 9, which provides that the Council shall
novel character, for the purpose of testing the be presided over by the Secretary of State, or by.
merits ofaracter,
a portcullis chain barrier, the invention some member of the Council to be nominated- by
of Captain Spencer Westmacott, R.E., and its him as viceepresident," Lord John omits the wet d.s
capabilities of resisting the effects of several charges quoted, thereby apparently providing that the
of gunpowder and roundshot. ne of the chain presence of the Secretary of State "as President
barriers was erected bane the archway of the of the Council of India," is essential upon all owe-
sallyport, leading to the Spur-balery, and Fort sions on which the council meets.
Amherst Redoubt,where the
.experiments took In the 11th resolution, dsclaring that all corn s-
place. The inventi •s exceedingly simple, and pondence shall be laid before the whole Council ex-
consists of nothin RAILWAY INTELLIGENCE.
:ore than a chain three-eighths cept such as is DOW addressed to the secret com-
aan inch in tleckgness, which informed into squares mittee, Lord John proposes the omission of the
of about a foot in length, and composed of five GREAT INDIAN PENINSULA. exception, thereby excluding any element akin to
links. The merit claimed for the invention by The report of the directors of this company states
Captain West the s'ecret committee.
Lord John moves the omission of clauses 12 and
the passage ofmcot is that it erill effectually resist that satisfactory progress has been effected on all
13, relatings to the nomination to filet appointments
that, to troops into a fort or garrison and portions of the railway in course of construction
of
ythe
Council, of
State, " with the concurtenc-,
its non-resistancs, it cannot lac de- excepting the Bhore Ghat incline, where he chief
'4tr°Yed in thethe and to rules for tit- examination
ordinary way by charges of gun- resident engineer reports that the works are still in
t cadets and lerks I u place thereof be provides
powder. The experiments, which w.,re tried pester- a backward state. In ccnsequence of this the' °
day is the rethat no patronage ;hall be exercised by any mem-
P. Bence of aloott 200 officers, were un- beard have intimated to the contractor that he will
ber of the Council save the Secretary of State, and
dertaken with the view of ascertaining whether be held responsible for the completion of the line
deed that all clerkshis and cadetships shall be open to
the portcullis could he destroyed. A charge upon the Bhore Ghat by the date fixed in the
of 601 b. übli
c competition, one fourth being reserved to
barrier, and
of gunpowder was first fixed against the of contract. Upon the contract from the summit P
Should these amendments be carried, the r
ih© sons of Indian civil or military officers.
powder the thick wooden doors closed. The of the Bhore Ghat incline to Poonsh, 394 mike,
bons upon which the house wilt proceed to legis-
was then fired, the result of the explosion the works, iocluding the stations, have been so tar esolue
being thas, although. the doors were shivered to advanced as to lead to the expectation that that
late will stand as follows
1. That as the territories unde h
atoms, the brickwork of the sally-port loosened;of the .1 y may be opened for public
portion
and all toe shutters and doors of the rooms near traffic by the end of next month. The works on
of the East India C r t e government
under such government only until Parliament
blown off 37,4 the chain remained perfece Capt. the portion lying betwen Poonah and Decksal ompany are bsolaw to remain
Poonah
sh otherwise provide, this house is of opinion that it is
Westm,,,eott then had another charge of 601 b f Nein°, 63 nails out of the 161 miles, the total
gutipowd,r hang shall
expedient that the transfer of such government to
on this bein gdon the c aim of the— barrier, and fang of the contract from oonah to • olapore)
_ the Crown
to be made go
fired
notthe least impression appeared have likewise been pushed forward with the inten-
direct superintendence of the whole empire may be
ham, director of chain portcullis. Colonel Sand- tion of opening that section for tiaffic simulta should now take place, in order that the
laced under one exclusive authority.
ment, by whom
the
Royal Engineers' establish- neously with the other, so that by the end of next
then directed two tehexperimenes were conducted, month 105 miles of the company's railway will, in P
against the barrier:feergcehsa, each of 601 b., to betried all probability, be at work in the Deccan—namely, 2. That for this purpose it is expedient to pro-
secured on oaken charges of gunpowder being from Khaudalla on the Bhore Ghat incline to vide that her Majesty, by one of her principal
Secretariee of State, shall have and pal form all the
barrier. Notwith!.:'t planks,
and placed against the Decksal, a little to the north of the river Bheema.
ewers and duties relating to the government and
Toe course of the line
a Kling the tremendous explo- This will include about 2i miles of the Bhore Ghat P
sive force of this charge, revenues of India which are or may be now axon.
which actually tore away incline above Khandalla.
a portion of the brickworkrge,im in the thick arch of the upon the Thu
Ghat has been finally determined, deed and performed by the East India Cow
sally port, the only or by the Court of Directors, or Court of Proprie-
cession made on the chain the steepest, gsadient being one in 37. The rolling
barrier was the tearinP
portcullis 'which was away of that part of the stock necessary for working the line in the Deccan tors of the said company, either al. ne or with
attached to the balk of oak has successfully taken up the Bhore Ghat to Khan_ for of Of the commissioners for the
timber by stanchion
itself being forced a' only one line of the chain dalla ; and an arrangement has been perfected for affairs of India. .
was considered by tan.nder. The chief strain, it the conveyance of passengers and merchandise 3. That such Secretary -of State- shall be respon-
sides of the barrier anlttivhentor, would fall on the across the Ghat, so that from the first moment of Bible for the goverment of India and the transac-
to iron pillars, but'iniry.ese were secured by rings opening the public will have the convenience of tion of business in the United Kingdom relating
tional strength will future experiments adds- being ahle to by one payment to book through be- thereto in the same manner and to the same extent
given to that part of the tween the termini of Bombay and Decksal, 187 as any of her Majesty's principal Secretaries of
chain attached to the upper part of the arch. After miles, and between intermediate stations. -Upon State are responsible in the several departments
the whole of the charge;afi- had been ignited, Colonel the 88i miles open from. Bombay to Campoolee and over which they preside.
4. That in order to assist such Secretary of StWe
Sandham directed pouonf r field-gun to be Wassi rid the receipts for the last half-year amounted
wheeled up for the purpose
shot on the barrier. Here, trying the effects of to 32,8681., being an average of 1,264/. per in the discharge of his duties, it is expedient that a
readily supposed, the portcullishowever,offered as may
.be week. The expenses amounted to 15,3961., or Council be appointed of not mores han 12 members,
no resist- 46.84 per cent of the receipts, leaving a including the Secretary of State.
ante to the cant),
n shot. The •
tii st ball, fired from balance of 17,471/. to the credit of net revenue 5. That in order to secure the greatest amount of
a distance of about 40 yards,
broke an apeiture in account. When compared with the corresponding kuowledge and experience in the management of
the chain sufficiently large s's, enable any troops to petiod of the previous year this result shows an in- the affairs of India, it is advisableehet the panel-
pass thrOugh. Scoot al other shots from • the 6- crease of 8,312/. on the receipts, and 7.54 per cent. pal portion of the members of the Council shall
pounder were likewise fired, and •
in each case por- on the expenses. The increase in the expen,liture have served in India for a term of years to be
tions of the chain were carer' and
away, On the whole has been principally occasioned by the maintenance limited by seitute.
the experiments', which were moray'
nessed hy a lane of the whele line having been met out of revenue 6. That with a view to the efficiency and inde-
number of scientific gentleman,th were considered throughout the half-year, while only 50 miles from entente of the Council, it is highly expedient that
very satisfactry, and should newly-invented Bombay to Wassind were maintained out of rove- its members should be appointed by her Maje-ty,
chain portcullis fail in acting ae
r s an impassable nue in the corresponding half of the previous year. and, with the exception of the Sect etary of State,
barrier, it will, it is supposed,
a fornaidable obstacle to tt eve wherever-used The board regal
the continued improvement in
e assae of troo sp . the receipts as highly encouraging. should hold their offices during good behaviour.
7. That it shall be lawful for her Majesty to
yesterdayre-
two companies of the
20th Regiment, The capital account showed that 3,682,238/. had move any member of the Council from office upon
to the number of 200 men, leftChatham Garrison, been received, and 1,705,464/•
expended on works an address from both Houses of Parliament.
for ClonMel, under the command
of Capt. W. LD. and machinery, and 721,6631. on stores, leaving a s 8. That the Council shall be presided over by
Meares, for the purpose of formingo a sec
baits- balance of 1,255,110/. The net revenue account dr_ Secretary of State as president of the Council
lion of the regiment at that e service showed that the net profit to Dec. 31, last amounted of
India.
companies of the 20th Regiment are
nt areninlndia. to 74,6021., nearly the whole of which has been paid 9. Turd arrangements shall be made from rim©
A party of non-commissioued officers and Sappers into the treasury of the Hon. East India Company. . o time by tbe Secretary of State and the council
of the Royal Engineers left head-quarters, B for the meetings of the Council for the mode of
romp-
ton Barracks, yesterday, and .
Proceeded to Sand- INVERNESS AND NAIRN. procedure at such meetings, and for the distribu-
hurst, where they are to be em
plyed in the in t The of • 'on and transaction of business.
s ruc- report the directors of th s company states ti
tion of the young officers of En • in
Engineer sapping that the revenue for the five months ending Feb.
10. That all des etches letters orders, and coin-
and mining, fortification, andother engineering
P ' ' Secretor of
28-lest, amounted to 3,2151., and the expenditure munications shall be addressed to the .
• ‘ct.on of every
operations. to 3,089/., including 1,000/. for interest on loans State, and shall be open to the inept •
No. 1 comPallY, sth battalion Royal Art'ller , and preference stock, leaving, with 151. from last member of the Council.
' *1 or military, shall
in command of Brevet Lieut.. Col. —,y t y con
u mpbell C. 8., account, a balatice of 141/. Although the traffic 11. That no pa-teenage,
of the Council, save
arrived at head-quarters, Woolwich '
ich, yesterday shows au increase over that of the corresponding be exercised by any inewbers
f State for India.
morning from Liverpool, and. were . reviewed on period of last year, it has not been so gt od as was and except the Secretary 0 .
tnasnt of cadets and
Williams,
and inspected titheaJr-General Sir W. F. autici wed. The fallin off has been entirel •D 12. That the first PP tt"
potato comp J
10D, subject
W commanding garrison. Capt.' Talbot's th P ffi g sufferedlclerksshall be open to
. e passenger.tra c, which appears to have
No. 10 Battery company left Woolwich . yesterday in common with that of almost every other railway to such an exam'
shall direct, reserving one fourth part of all
morning under orders for Shorndisse. in the country. All the other sources of revenue State intments to the sons of persona who have
In pursuance of a new regulation restricting the have • improved, more especially that from the goods such appo din the military or civil service of
employment of
vsoldiers as ssrvants to officers in traffic, which has nearly doubled. The direct
Ors been employe
the Crown or of the East India Company in India.
1 a memorandum
actual duty on y, in the garrison consider this satisfactory and ropose to carry 13. That provision shall be made for transfer-
orders of last night at Woolwich directed that sole the balance of 1411. t ' they
P
o the next account The
• d ring to the Crown all the real and personal
ate k,
of colonels commanding battalions 25 0001. of preference stock authorised to be reamed
arty of the company, except their •
capital stock,
and other field officers not on actual service were '
at the last half-yearly meeting bas been all taken. P
and the dividend thereon, so as to vest •
the same in
to join their battalions. up, chiefly by the original shareholders. This.
her Majesty, for the
. .purposes of the government
Her Majesty's paddlewheel steam sloop Gorgon, with the debentures, which can now be ;Batted,
free ef India • f Tcontinuing the
Commander Joseph Da man Was yesterday morn- will enable the directors to discharge all the h , charge cache revenues
Her the whole of India alone of the dividend on the capitalstock
ine inspected at harm oorings in the river off Wool- bilities of the company, and P
interest at ,li of the said company until the redemption
P thereof,
with Dockyard by the Commodore Superintendent, debt of the undertaking under
unt and of all the territorial
and having been paid in advance she steamed down and 5 per cent. The additions to capital am and other debts and en-
to Greenhithe for the.adjustmentof &c., •
compasses, since last report amount to 2921, The agreement gagemeate which are payable by the out
company
•

This is exclusive of The 60,0,000,0000. whicholl.of the
India Stock
areme
ock
at aasuwthollriassedoftto famehe7oo here on bonds (an com-
pany ho
au-
thorny b,lieved to have been exercised to within a
million of its full extent), and also of the
4,397,0001.° 4 per cent. debentures just issued.
The company are like vviie under guarantee to pay
interest on the following amounts of railway capi-
tal, which raise their total liabilities to little short
of 100 millions
East Indian Railway £10,731,000
Eastern Bengal ••• •.. 1,000 000
Madras
East Indian Peninsula
Scinde and Paujanh
1,750 000
Bombay, Baroda, and Central India

£28,314,300

NAVAL AND MILITARY INTELLIGENCE

MANCHESTER, APRIL 27.—The yarn market has
been rather quiet, but a moderate business has been
done by the home trade and for Germany. Buyers
for In,lia and the Mediterranean are also purchasing
to some extent. Spinners being well engaged are
exceedingly firm at last quotations, but no advance
has been obtained. This applies to low and medium
numbers of mule and water twist ; fine. yarns are
sill difficult of sale. In the lower numbers 32's
cops are an exception, prices not bring so well sus-
tained. In cloths the market is much the same as
for yarns. There is a moderate business offering
for export at last week's pricez, but sellers are in
come case; asking an advance of lid. to 3d. per
piece, and wh' re this is done it checks business.
In the home trade there is rather more activity than
for shipping, and more business has been done in
'
domestics long cloths and T-cloths, and printers.
Some of the lower qualities of printers, lately much
neglected, are iu rather better demand, and long-
cloths, T-cloths, and printing cloths have realised
rather better terms. There is a slight improvement
at length in the demand from America. Late ad•
vices speak i f the mills there going on full time,
and the prospect of a greater consumption of cot-
ton in the United States will probably help to give
firmness, if not steadiness, to the market for the
raw material, and increase confidence on both sides
the Atlantic. The Persia is said to have brought
over a good many buyers, and although a large por-
tion of them were proceeding to Germany and
France, there has been sufficient business here for
America within the last day or tvo to encourage a
better feeling in this branch of the market.
Messrs. John Slavg and Co. report :
" There has been a firmer and more cheerful feeling in
the matket to-day, and a fair amount of business has been
transacted in T-cloths, longcloths, domestics, and some
descriptions of printers, at the extreme rates current last
week, and in some instances at a slight advance. There is
not, so far, any further improvement in the demand, but
prices for all kinds are firmly maintained."
Messrs. George Fraser, SOD, and Co. report :
" There is
Prices out ange."
iY) I

THE MAYAOf)TII QUESTIOY.

•
Yesterday afternoon avety large deputation, con-
s;sting of up wards of 50 members, comprising over
23 clergymen, a number of members of Parliament'
and others interested in the Protestant cause,
warted by appointmAnt upon the Prime Minister,
the Right Hon. the Earl of Derby, at his lordship's
official residence, in Downing-street, to ask the Go-
vernment to discountenance the Mayo ooth Grant.
The PRIME MINISTER in reply said that it should
be remembered that tha grant, in the first, was
given as a boon to the Roman Catholics of Ireland,
at a time when they exhibited their loyalty by re-
fusing the proposed education from a f,re
an oa er
ign p
then at enmity with England. This grt in
1855, from being an annual one, was made upon
a vote of Parliament, when Sir Robert Peel
anscussi
took a vo'e on the estimates, a perment el
in
order to prevent any further painful di O
the subject. Therefore they we
pledge of Parlia-
ould require a very
strong case to do away with th
very glad if the Government
meat. He would be ant, seeing as he did
could withdraw from the rant,
very little of usefulness or good arise from it ; but
this could nt t take place unless a good reason could
be shown for such a procet-ding. At the same time
care should be taken, if such an object was at-
t inpted, that it was not made the handle for a
large party iu this country who were for the with-
of all Parliamentary religious endowments.
di lordship further remarked that he considered
His e question of entirely abolishing the May-
as to the
that could only consistently be done
nooth giant,
after a proper representation had been made from
the Protestants and the majority of the Roman
Catholics of Ireland. This sermed to be the only
means of ending the question.

GREAT FIRE IN ST. KATHERINE'S DOCK.--Last night, ,
about eight o'clock, a fire broke out in the warehouses
of St. Katherine's Dock. Oa the bank of the north quay
of the extensive property, stood a pile of warehouses,
lettered E dock. The warehouses were six stories high,
and erected on arches. Bich floor was filled with mer-
chandise, amongst which were hemp, jute, coir, cotton
ropes, and it i 4 stated also cotton and linseed. This
budding was about 200 feet long by 601eet deep. Oa.
the south side were riding at anchor a great many ships.
and steamers, and so near were they to the burning pro•
perty, that at one time their destruction appeared in:
evitable. The land engines the moment they aerri_rm
n
were set to work from the dock, and also froth a pl nu.
supply of water furnished by the East London Co.rP_a_DP
The West of England engine was also early
and soon in full work. The powerful ate; LI A
up as quickly as possible, under the
the
gineer Jenard. Before twelve o'clock:
to succumb, but it was far, even at, o_notnt:
camp
and motion of /tn.
the fire began,
thit hour,from being
entirely extinguished. The damage done, will amount
to several thousand pounds.