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preferable. Captain Beechey's plan has also the advan-
tage of making the present harbour a portion,, and a
most valuable one, of the enlarged harbour, and, as such,
capable of being made of great importance, from its ap-
plicability to the various appurtenances wanted to make
any establishment of this kind complete. As packet
harbours, both plans appear to me deficient in affording
a degr,:e of shelter that, would give the necessary quiet
for berthing the steamers alongside the proposed work-
ing i iers in gales from the north-west; and in each I
think it would be found requisite to give the additional
accommodation of a deep-water wharf along the east
side of Ynys Gyby, in the manner suggested by Mr.
Walker. This would reduce the area of both harbours,
which would be most felt in Mr. Walker's plan; more
from the -inconvenience of having to take the packets
through the crowd of vessels which won d doubtless be
frequently collected within it, than by the mere reduc-
tion of size. Captain Beechey's plan being the largest,
and having greater space inclosed by its south pier, ad-
mits of a better opportunity of devoting that portion of
the harbour to the sole use of the packets. To this the
only objection is, that the packets would be incon-
veniently removed from the dockyard, and in north-west
gales would frequently have to use the wharf along the
opposite side of the harbour, in the same way that Mr.
Walker's plan contemplates. Mr. Walker's plan has
undoubtedly the advantage of increasing the accommo-
dation of the present harbour, by the gradual extension
of its north pier; but judging from past experience, it
is a reasonable apprehension that any increase of ac-
commodation which could be so obtained would invite
such an accumulation of shipping as would deprive the
packets of much of the benefit. It appears to me,
therefore, that if the object sought is the accommoda-
tion of a larger class of packets, it is worth close in-
quiry whether that might not be fully accomplished by
the expenditure of a comparatively small sum in deepen-
ing the present harbour, so as to make a sufficient area
for vessels of say 150 feet length, which I assume to be
sufficient for insuring the requisite speed. Whilst ad-
verting to what I have considered to be a want of de-
sirable accommodation in the two plans for the harbour,
on which my opinion is requested, I have thought it un-
necessary for me to particularise their individual merits.
The high scientific and professional character of their
projectors is a sufficient warrant for their general excel-
lence, and would deter me from making any suggestions
of my own; but the great importance of a harbour of
refuge at Holyhead has been so impressed on me during
my late investigation of the subject of this report, as to
produce a conviction on my mind that no money within
a reasonable limit should be spared for effecting the
most spacious and complete harbour that the site will
admit. In replying, therefore, to that part of the ques-
tion as to my own opinion on the best position for the
harbour, I hope I shall not be considered as exceeding
my instructions in laying before the Lords Commission-
ers of the Admiralty a plan which, though more expen-
sive than either Mr. Walker's or Captain Beechy's,
appears to me justified by its commensurate magnitude,
and the number of important objects it would embrace.
It is shown on the accompanying chart, on which I have
also laid down Mr. Walker's and Captain Beechey's, for
the more ready comparison of the three, and by which
it will be seen that by running off a breakwater from a
headland west of the present harbour called ' Soldier's
Point' eastward, so as to terminate north of the
Platter's Biniy,' and forming a pier from Yns Gyby,
with its head resting on the Outer Platters,' a har-
bour of upwards of 300 acres would be formed, having
its entrance windward of the entrance of the other pro-
posed plan nearly three-quarters of a mile, and in
fathoms of water. The breakwater by this plan would
be about 5,000 feet long, and the south pier about 2,000
feet long, and the enclosed harbour would contain 252
acres, having two fathoms of water and upwards (at low
water), 216 acres having three fathoms and upwards,
188 acres having four fathoms and upwards, and 127
acres having five fathoms and upwards ; and the whole
space was reported to me by Commander Kains, and
others having local knowledge, as excellent holding
ground, and free from rocks or foul ground. That the
last-mentioned advantage is possessed by this site, is
confirmed by the elaborate soundings given in Captain
Beechey's chart, which shows only one small sunken
rock, on which is marked is feet water, and which I
should recommend to be covered by an inner pier, run
off the shore, as shown by dotted lines on the plan.
This pier would also separate the packet harbour from
the asylum harbour, afford quiet berths for the steamers
in north-west gales, and would shelter the west side of
the dockyard and Yns Gyby, as also the greater part of
the pier, which runs from thence to the Outer Platters.
The land forming the south and west sides of this har-
bour is mountainous, and offers complete shelter. The
breakwater is not more exposed than in either of the
other plans, and though the water in which it would
have to be formed is in its deepest part upwards- of two
fathoms greater than in either of the other plans, the
cost would not be proportionately increased, as the lower
part of the slopes need not be made as fiat as the upper
portions. The facility also of getting stone in the moun-
tain from which it would spring, will be something
greater in the case of either of the other breakwaters.
As regards the south pier of this plan, it is shorter than
the similar piers of either of the other plans, but has
from seven to eight feet more water. A reek is marked
in the chart on the inside of this pier, but it is covered
with 14 to 17 feet water, and being small, might easily
be removed to a depth of 31- fathoms, if necessary. As
regards the entrance, I have drawn it of a width of 800
feet, the head of the breakwater covering it from northerly
gales, but in a manner that. would prevent broken water
from being thrown across it, and with an aspect which.
though sheltered, would admit of vessels running in and
out free with any wind between north-east and north-
ward to north-west. This harbour would also have the
advantage of connexion with the present harbour through
the drawbridge, which joins the island of Yns Gyby to
the main, and it would also have a greater extent of shore
than even Captain Beechey's plan. It is, however, the
windward position of its entrance, its large aare with
deep water, and the facility it offers for the convenient
separation of the mail-packets from the general shipping,
which I regard as its chief advantages, and which I
think more than compensate for its greater cost than
Mr. Walker's or Captain Beechey's plan, with which it
is compared in my answer to the next question,"
In answer to the seventh question, we have the fol-
lowing summary of the relative expense of the plans,
respectively :

" Assuming the cost of executing the several corre-
sponding classes of work in Mr. Walker's and Captain
Beechey's plans to be the same, which I see no reason
to doubt, and that Mr. Walker's estimate is sufficient,
which I also believe, the cost of Captain Beechey's plan
would be 550,0001., or 150,0001. more than Mr. Walker's;
the plan which I have ventured to suggest would cost
600,0001."

Mr. Rendel's report on the eighth interrogatory is
in the negative.

A Durham journal says—" A diabolical outrage
was committed yesterday morning, at Walridge Colliery,
near Chester-le-Street, by some heartless villain tiring a gun
heavily loaded through the window-shutters of a house occu-
pied by John Walker, a deputy, by which he and his wife
were severely injured whilst asleep in bed. Some murderous
scoundrels have perpetrated a similar outrage at Rainton, in
the Marquis of Londonderry's collieries, by tiring a shot' in
the window sole of one of the `black-legs'—which was so
heavily charged as to shatter the walls, and to cause the ex-
plosion to be heard two miles off."
On the 19th instant, the son of Mr. Greatheid,
exciseman of this place, I,,st his life while bathing in our
river below the town. It appears he had got out of his
depth and was sinking, when his father, who was sitting
on the bank, jumped in immediately to his assistance,
and was drawing him into shallow water, when he un-
fortunately slipped, and lost hold of his snn. He saw
him rise to the surface again, but could not reach him
The body was picked up- by some men almost imme-
diately, but life was extinct. An inquest was held, and
a verdict of " Accidentally drowned" was returned.—
Norwich Mercury.
THE LATE DR. DALTON.—The death of this
amiable and distinguished philosopher and (philanthro-
pist is mentioned in our obituary. Dr. Dalton had been
for more than half a century an active and invaluable
member of the Literary and Philosophical Society of
Manchester, having, together with his friend 1)r. Edward
Holme, M.D. F.L.S., been elected on the 25th April,
1794. Indeed, they were the oldest surviving members
of the Society, with the sole exception of Sir George
Philips, Bart., who became a member in 1785. Dr.
Dalton had been president of this Society since 1817. In
1788, he commenced his " Meteorological Observations,"
which have been continued to the present time. In
1793, he published a volume of " Meteorological Ob-
, servations and Essays;" a work which displays much
original thinking, and the germs of some of Dalton's
after discoveries. Some time afterwards he was ap-
pointed to the situation of Professor of Mathematics and
Natural Philosophy in the New College, Mosley-street,
Manchester. He resided for about six years within this
Institution, with which Dr. Barnes was contempo-
raneously connected as Theological Professor, and con-
tinued to hold his office until the college was finally
removed to York. On withdrawing from the college,
tribute
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in the year 1799, Dalton began to teach mathematics
and natural philosophy, at his own residence. The
deceased was a member of the Society of Friends.
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