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centrate all entertainment in one spot. The metion before the House was not opposed in any prejudiced spirit. Ile would ra her say that any facilities which her Majesty's Go vernment could give towards the erection of the Crystal Pa lace in some such site es that indicated would be most cheerfully and readily offered. Ile had been Warmed, on what he called first-rate authority, that the building had al ready been purchased, that the purchese- money had already , been deposited in the bank, that agreements were-drawn up, and that the purchasers were now anxious to communicate with Government as to the site on which it might be erected, the conditions under which it was to:be opened, and the pur poses to which it was to be devoted. He could only sly that the Government would be most happy to afford every per manence and encouragement to that endeavour, and he hoped that the building erected on a happier site, and not tarnished with the stigma of broken faith and violated public honour, would become the means of fulfilling useful purposes, and affording innocent recreation to the people. He hoped then that the H aise would reject the motion of the Hon. Gentle man, as a motion unnecessary in itself, and inasmuch as the subject which it was proposed to refer to .a Committee had already been most fully icvestigated, inasmuch as hie_obj could only be granted by a violation of publi c faith, and in asmuch as he believed that every good object which the Hon. Mover had in view would be ,better promoted .by the cordial and friendly co-operation of the new possessors of the building in llvde-park with her Majesty's Government. , Mr. D'EYSCOURT rose amidst cries of " Divide. ' He said that if the Government would agres to the motion, the promoters were prepared to take all trouble and responei. bilitv off their hands. He alleged that the evidence of Sir J. Paxton had not been fairly dealt with. He thought the names of such men as the Duke of Devonshire, the Duke of Argyll, and the Earl of Carlisle afforded a su ffi c i en t guarantee for the success o f the undertaking. The Right Hon. Member, who was interrupted by loud cries of " Di ' 'vide 'concluded by expressing his intention to support the motion. Mr. LABOUCH ERE said he must encounter whatever unpopularity might attach to opposi ng the motion. He looked upon the q uestion merely as o n e o f good f ait h.— (Hear.) The Government had pledged themselves that the ' building was to be only a temporary erection fir a temporary object, and that object having been attained the pledge naust be redeemed.—(Hear, hear.) He was one of the parties who had given the pledge, and he was bound to redeem it by resisting the present proposition.—(Hear, hear.) - If the House ands the public had been unanimous in favour of the retention of the building, there would not of course have been the same reason for redeeming a pledge with which those to whom it was given would thus have been willing , to dispense. But judging from the usual organs of informa ' tion, he did not believe there was anything like such a unanimity of feeling upon the subject.—( Hear, hear.) He • protested against the question being treated as if it were 'merely one as to the propriety of promoting the recreation or instruction of the people—the importance of which he did not at all undervalue.—( Hear, hear.) And he begged the House to recollect that the Government had shown no indis position to give that subject the fairest consideration. The Commissioners had arrived at the conclusion that the-build ing ought not to be retained; and the House were in posses sion of the reasons by which they had reached that conclu sion. In that conclusion be entirely concurred, and he should certainly vote against the present motion, the fate of which be hoped would finally decide the question.—(Hear.) Mr. G. CAVENDISH said if any pledge had been given it was given to the public; and he contended that the vast number of petitions in favour of the retention of the building proved that the people were ready to dispense with the per formance of the promise. Mr. MACGREGOR rose amid loud cries of " Oh, oh," and • " Divide." Whatever might be the opinion of that House, the opinion out of doors was that the building should not be taken down.--(0h; oh, and Divide.) if the building were pulled down without the consent of the people, a tres pass would be committed oa the right of the public.— (Laughter, and Oh, oh.) If the House should decide on re- - moving the Crystal Palace it would prove itself guilty of barbaric Vandalism.—(Laughter, and Divide.) Viscount PALMERSTON said—l am anxious to state the reasons why I will give my vote infavour of the motion "of my Hon. Fr.entl.—(Cheers ) Sir, I think no man who went to see the Exhibition of last year could fail to be struck, that, however wonderful and worthy of admiration were the multitude of objects of industry and art contained in that Exhibition, there was nothing within the building compared with it as an object of admiration.—(Cheers.) And I could not help regretting that a building so extra ' ordinary—for there is nothing like it in the world to compare with it—should be pulled down. I think that sentiment must also have inspired every man - who, since the close of that - Exhibition, passed by that won derful structure. I fancy that every man must have felt a wish that some purposes could be found which could be safely applied for its permanent endurance.—(Hear, bear, ) Now I must say that many of the purposes which have been stated appear to show that the building might be converted into a`place which would benefit the community at large. Hundreds and thousands of our countrymen enjoyed amuse , meat end instruction trom the inspection of the articles ex hibited in that building, and I cannot myself see the reason why it is not possible to make it the scene of future exhibi tions, not so extensive, but calculated to yield the means of 'instruction to the various classes of society. Ido not con fine myself to the humbler classes; but I think it might afford amusement and instruction to all classes, high and low. There may be difficulties on this question, and one of them arises from a pledge given that the buildi ng s h ould be pulled down. Now, the Noble Lord admitted that if the demand upon the part of the public were strong, that objection would not have weight. Whether public feeling was unanimous or not is a matter of doubt. Other persons thought that an other site would be better adapted for the erection of the building. 'That is a matter for inquiry. Therefore it ap- Pear 3 to me that not only those who spoke in favour of this • • enotion, bat those who spoke against it, all tend to the same • conclusion, viz.—that the subject is of sufficient interest to Justify inquiry, and therefore that the proper course would to refer it to a Select Committee, so that the House might have fuller and more ample grounds for its discussion. Lord SEYMOUR could assure the House that with regard to this building he had no other feeling in the matter than " 8 1re fairly to fulfil the engagement into which as a mem -4r of th e late Government he had entered.—(Hear, hear.) would not refer to the speeches made in 1830, but if he " 1 ") they would show that unless a promise were given to remove this building after the Exhibition closed, the building The never have been allowed to be erected.--( near, hear.) • e Position he (Lord Seymour) then occupied necessarily iMplicated him more than any other individual. He had an aPplication made to him by a body of gentlemen who had in • Vested a large amount in house property In that locality; and when they told him they feared an excitement would be g nt 11P—petitions being easily manufactured—and every means used to retain the building, he (Lord Seymour) re plied, that they bad the strongest pledge they could have— ' L inn elYs the character of the nobility, that such should n ot "' the case; therefore the nobility were pledged to the re moval of the building. The case of these gentlemen was stood, ;—Some years since, the House might remember , t here reel' a low ran ge of buildings where Prince's Gate them, a tOOde The Government was anxious to re move seen', but the cost was very great. A number • of gentleman joined with Government, and the r rc 'PertY was finally purchased. Now he asked the House Nan it fair, after these gentlemen had subscribed some and expended it in building and improving the that that House should turn round and block up • '-vee very houses?—(Hear, hear.) Such a transaction ; 3111 ( 1 be decidedly dishonest, and such as no individual 4 " ‘• ember of that House would be guilty of on his own private p ro perty.—(Hear, hear.) He (Lord Seymour) could not understand the consistency of the Earl of Carlisle in doing Indireetly what he did not wish to do openly.—(Hear, a h ear.) Thou g h th e C o mmissioners were well affected towards the retention of the building, he yet should say they were te_tich compromised by their architect and secretary.—( Hear, ' e ar.) Sir Joseph Paxton had sent round the entire • Country a note of a l arm , i n or d er t o d e f ea t th e o bj ec t of - t • Paxton Commissioners' obligati on .—(H ear , h ear .) Sir Joseph rfaton complained that his evidence before the Corn- Illgoners was not sent t o hi m as i n t h e case o f o th e rs : Now what he (Lord Seymour) saw that statement bein • - quired of the secretary what foundation there was foe It, and the secretary replied that "he could make a deals ration of his having sent a copy of his own evidence to Sir . Joseph Paxton."— (Cries of" Hear, hear.") Sir Joseph Futon subsequently admitted that, instead of 12,000/. per Year, it would cost 20,000/. to maintain the building.. He ntitlerstood now that the building was to be self-supporting. He had made inquiry, and had learned from Mr. Cole that if ' the building were to be self-sustaining it should be open at bight'as a place of recreation.—(Laughter, and Hear bear.) It was talked of putting it under the management Of • tees; but were these fer, with theTo !se trustees , of Sir Joseph Paxton to inter , of , the people h i , Y s a l h e P e arks?—(Flear, hear.) The edification anxione to pm:natan t :sicken of. He (Lord Seymour) was people, and the House bad always and education of the oceeeions, b always evinced a similar disposi tion on proper at present that did not apply. --Jim, hear.) They il d t admirably adapted f or been told the building was tgiorneoat weretrad e apt collection te ; but, then. these tract; w c h o e s' ic i ts, M ar. museumC()le.ileB m t e generate into bazaars ' fered with .sliopkeepers and sr , in their turn, inter n.—cHineagr,wahseanrol It had been admitted by warehouse orbs lecture' hall, but suited for the purpose of Seymour something better - could 'that it would' answer as a warefiouse2 (ajected to filling could be found. Now he (Lord 21 :f acres of the park with a e . ar, boon—and he trusted the House would Persevere in r t and tints settle the question fore eieeting the motion a once, Mr..WAKLEY said the Noble L ord who had ' ar, ) aPpearell to be actuated by very &Jong Just sat down feelings MI this • Galled. A glass house, at atl events, did not ap pear to be a fit place for the Whigs.—(A laugh.) He could not Under }stand why the Crystal Palace should be immoral in _Hyde: -- Park and moral in Battersea.-( Hear, and laughter). He could not conceive, indeed, how such a building could lead to immorality anywhere. The Great Exhibition had don e • much to bring into harmony the various peoples of the Vorld who had congregated there, and he altogether depre * ' e ated the destruction of the building, to which they all owed Muth. Mr. GEACII, amidst loud cries for a division, supported the motion. rd J. MAN ' After a few words in explana tion from Lo NERs , Sir G. PECWILL and Mr. J. EVANS supp orted the motion. fiet a few words from Lord SEYMOUR , also in explana s; 4 'ens in which he said that the inquiry to which he was ,a Party only had reference to the applicability of the building - 0 varism_purposes, and did not at all touch the question of good faith, Mr. ALCOCK moved the adjournment of the debate until that day' week. Sir R. retention babe. PEEL said that his opinions ainst the building had undergone a change. —(A laugh.) He not think the edifice was of that lasting character which ent idinst'f its retention , views Ily Op y permanent but his genera . this subject bad become modified. He trusted that the slighted faith -. faith of the Noble Lord (Seymour) would not prove • seri ous , • u obstacle to the retention of this edttice.—( A laugh.) n Palatable as might be the admission, Parliamentary Pledges need not form any vary formidable obstacle to a }, n a :. l D 3 of opinion.—(L aug ht er .) Pl e d ges , i n d ee d, m i g ht 'es formed and fashioned • Meeraccording to the caprice of the mo s• To show h ow faith easilywas changed he need _Point to the conduct of the Nobl e L or d th e Mem berfor London, who one day voted forandanother a gainst the • • • Militia EilL—(Hear, hear, and laughter.) He L'_ 3o etermined on supporting the motion for the Co mm itt ee , i'7 . 4 _,ase he b e li eve d t h a t by the maintenance of th a t build iar"drY should be promoting the interest of the people, and Whichn them a'means of social and physical imrovement . 161 they onght, as far as possible, to endeavour to secure. te e r * WYLDs who rose amidst loud derisive cheers, laugh , , and crie " 1 3' the • 3 for a divisive, said he believed no one could ets __ o , i t' s st • was desirabto that there should exist in this, of a wl a large edifice devoted to the reception of objects tha t, . i . aa ° et models of our mechanical skill. He hoped. I even that • motion were rejected, the erection of such an edifice weal not be lost sight of.' it w irel WOOD relied. He thought that the pledgewbich its contended had b een • •matter had been very` fairly. dealt given in that y with by the Earl of Carlisle, who bad t ac knowledged the pledge, but had added that it would be Ines unwis Il eon the Pen of the aristocracy to insist on • e ( Mr. Ile w u lteresta of Y °gad) should further observe, that if the dep r anY Parties could Cheepb iejusiously by a we nom that pie -gel roposed mit recomlVOllld THE SUN, be most ready to listen to their complaints, and even to award them compensation if it could be reasonably claimed, Ele preferiid llyde park to Battersea-tieldA as a site for the building; and he should, therefore, press his motion to a division. The House then divided, when there appeared— • For-the motion .. . Ag : iinst it. .... .• 221 .lNlajority against the motion —llB . COLONEL OUTRANI. ANSTEt M . )ved for copies of the papers and corre spondence concerning the investigations made by Colonel Ontrath, C. 8., into the existence of corrupt relations between the GuiCowar or his subjects and certain oil:leers of the Boni bay Government; and also concerning the removal of the said officer from his post of resident at Baroda. ' Mr. lIRRIES said that the Hon. and Learned Gentleman was entirely mistaken as to the groundwork of his motion. Those documents that have been referred to had not as yet come into the hands of the Government. The Court of Director 4 bad not as yet had time to deliberate , upon the case. It was, therefore, quite premature for . the Hon. and Learned Gentleman to make such a motion as the present. The queitiou was not in such a state as to be made a fit subject for discussion in that House. When the documents were received, and in such a st,ate as they could be produced, the Government would be ready to lay them before the House. Lord JOCELYN said that he considered the explanation given by the Right lion. Gentleman as satisfactory. He, however, thought it was a question in which the honour of the East India Company was deeply concerned. It was due not only to the Company, but to the honour of the Gallant other referred to, that these papers should be produced as speedily as possible. , Sir J. HOGG defended the courco pursued by the Bnubay Government in reference to the subject before the House. He could not, however, be induced to enter into a discussion of the matter in the absence of those papers which would inform the House of the real facts of the case. The Hon. Member had been told the documents bad only arrived by the last mail, and that some of them were under considera tion. After such a statement, be believed the Hon. Member in proceeding with his motion had taken the course most likely to produce the result he complained of. He felt called upon positively to deny the assertion of the Hon. Member that any of the civil or military servants of the East lodic; Company had either boon accused or convicted of the cor ruption imputed to them. He had shown the Hon. Member - the passage in - the letter of Colonel Outram, in which, alluding to the fact that corruption bad been imputed by the native subordinate servants for their own purpose, he stated that he had laboured to bring to punishment the indi• viduals through whose means attempts had been made to tarnish the name of the British Government, and that he had brought those miscreants to merited punishment. With regard to the case of the widow alluded to, it was one of greater oppression than had ever occurred even in the East. The child, which was said to be spurious, was taken from her, and died ; but it was not murdered, and she was deprived of her fortune. Colonel Outram, on hearing the rumours that had been raised, instituted an inquiry, and had the individuals who raised them signally punished, the principal delinquetzt having been sentenced to eight yea& imprisonment. The woman was restored to her caste—the injury she had sustained was proclaimed, and all was done that could be done by Colonel Outram, whose conduct had received the approbation of the Bombay Government. He had not yet had time to read the memorial, but the atten tion of the Court el Directors would be given to it. The impression created by the remarks of the Hon. Member was that the civil and military servants of the company had been guilty of the corruption imputed to them., If the ion. Member had any such charges to make, he should make them openly, - and not by dark and vague insinuations.— (Hear, heir.) If there was any scandal at all in the case it was in casting imputations on men discharging their duty at a distance. (Cheers.) After a few words from Mr. Scholefield, Mr. Baillie, and Mr. G. Thompson, Mr. ANST EY, in reply, said he was not the person to cast an imputation on any one where he could not make a charge. What he had said was that imputations had been cast on officers of high rank in the Company's service, and that Colonel Outram thought they were of so a grave a nature as to call for an inquiry. After hearing the statement of the non. Gentleman he should not press his motion to a division. The motion was then by leave withdrawn. Mr. ANSTEY next moved, "That it be an instruction to the Select Committee on Indian Territories that they do ex amine Colonel Outram, C. 8., touching the alleged corruption of cflicers of the Bombay Government with bribes from Baroda." Mr. HERRIES hoped the Hon. Member would see that this motion also ought to be withdrawn. The House was not in the habitvf giving instructions to a Committee which had been appointed for a specific purpose, unless some docu ments or facts were first laid upon the table which justified it in doing so. - Mr. G. THOMPSON thought that the circumstances which had been stated in connexion with the name of Colonel Outram constituted a suffieiet reason for the motion. Mr, IiEItRIES solid that it was no doubt within the scope of the instructions to the Committee that they might undertake the - investigation of this subject, inasmuch as it had been referred to them to consider the mode of adminis tration of all the affairs of India, and he dared to say there would be no disinclination on their part to investigate any subject which was of-public interest. But as the Committee had power to-take this course if they thought right, it was quite • unnecessary for this House to instruct them further, unless some particular facts and documents had been laid before the House to warrant it in taking such a step. The SPEAKER said the Committee had full power, under the order issued by the House, to take the subject r e f erre d to in the motion into their consideration; but no rule of the House could be clearer than this that no instructions could be given to a Committee to do that which they could do without such instructions. Mr. ANSTEY, sifter the statement of the Right Hon, Gentleman, would not press his motion to a division. The motion was then by leave withdrawn. FRIENDLY SOCIETIES. Mr. SOTHERON moved the appointment of a Select Corn rnittee to inquire into the operation of the law relating to friendly societies. Ile trusted it the House acceded to his motion, that the result of the inquiry would be to put the House in possession of such a body of evidence as wou'd ma terially assist it in placing these popular institutions on a just and proper footing. After some conversation the motion was agreed to. Ou the motion of Lord J. MANNERS, leave was given to bring in a Bill, intituled, "An Act for Registering Births. Deaths, and Marriages in England." On the motion of Mr. AGLIONBY for the third reading of the Enfranchisement of Copyholds Hill, Sir J. STRIiaLAND moved that the Bill bo read that day three months. After sorne , discussion the house was ordered to be cleared for a division, but the amendment was withdrawn, and the Bill was read a third time and passed. The Friendly Societies (Salaries and Expenses) Bill was passed through Committee. The Repayment of Advances (Ireland) Bill was read a third time. The Episcopal and Capitular Revenues Bill was brought in and real a first time. Adjourned at One o'clock. Colonel Clifford'paired off in favour of the retention of the Crystal Palace, with Sir Charles Douglas against. HOUSE OF LORDS, April 29. Lord REDESDALE presided iu the absence of the Lord Chancellor. CRYSTAL PALACE. The Marquis of NORMANBY pres e nted several peti tions in favuur of the retention of the Crystal Palace. The Noble Marquis added that he dissented .faira the prayer of the petition, considering that c uch a step would inrolvo a breaekof public faith. INSPECTION OF NUNNERIES. The Earl of RODEN presented petitions from several places in Scotland praying " for a measure to place nunneries uuder`Gevernment superintendence. • 'GENERAL ROSAS. Earl GRANVILLE rose to put a question to the Noble Lord at the head of Foreign Affairs as to ,what his Lordship.termed the extraordinary honours which he, saw by the public papers bad been paid to General Roses on his arrival at Plymouth on Monday fast. He wished to know whether these honours had been paid to General ROS&S in accordance with official instruction. The Earl of MALMESBURY said that until he had that morning received 'a communication from the Noble Earl he had not heard a word on the hubjcet of his reception. Certainly no order had pro•, needed from this Foreign-office, and he might say from the Treasury. The only, communication which the Goveriainent had had with General Boas was to ask leave to , 'reside in this country as quietly as possible as a private individual. He could- not, there fore, - tell why 'the authorities had received Gene ral Rosas in the manner they had, except it was from n very natural feeling which animated them, to show kindness to one whose conduct in his own country had always been of the most kindly disposition towards British merchants. That certainly was a feel= lug which he could not blame, because, though we might not ba able to pity the fate which his own conduct had brought upon him, yet, as he came to this country as a fugitive,.and seeking an asylum, it certainly was not the thud to remind hirmof his faults, and to seek to visit them on -him. • - The Marquis of CLANRICARDE inquired if there had been any Treasury order. Jaime i to pass General Boswell effects without Search and duty? The Earl of MALMESBURY said that he was not aware, but it was very probable. It was, however, a i f yg great .mistake; to suppose that. Geueral Bons was possessed of in tunwor to a l o i f wealth; the fact was that he bad The Duke or, N ONLE LORD, grfitat poye:t country, almost destitute, and , in a state of 3r. particular _orde r General Rosas on boarill3e Was a general order' to taakleiritish ,had said that no ea issued for the reception of man.of-war, but there l ion subject t 0 t i ll: - Would tLalocredthreetieripß4ritihiat the L l o i r v d es . : E f 4 th v os x o owbsoTsaid thaatll , m rh e i a l :s a po oy s w aib er le e t o o n save thin ger.—Mear,,hear.) mi ght be placed in imminent dan retro:soured °coupe merely intended°a7a temporar y of wore s quell s, and whe alatouocetea p V a t i idoeno was b y matter of polio!, or was likely Co be attended political remits. by any importdnt , t t i hT i r ° t that The Earl of MALMESBURY s aid , beit believed • was there had been such • OD o ccupation , Correa that . and that Monte Video was now in the possession of the Brazilian troops. He was informed, however, by , the l3 raz i l i an Minister, that this oc cupat i on was only intended as a temporary measure. The subject then ( r PP 1 n ed. EXCHEQUER BILLS' BILL . This Bill rimed' through Committe e. SHEEP CONTAGIOUS DISORDERS PREVEN TION BILL.' ' This B mm'ttee.ill also passed through Co SANITARY CONDITION. OF THE METROPOLIS. The Esrl of SIIAFTESBURY rose to move a .reso lotion that the' sanitary condition of the metropolis re quires the immediate attention and interpositiou of her Maiesty!s Government. He would then proceed to , state to their Lordships the consequences of the present condition of the many thousands, both in a moral and sanitary point of view. He believed that, if legislation did not interfere, the Australian Emigration-office, before long, would take the very flower and vigour of their rural population, whilst the remainder would flow into the towns, where they were ter - . rain to under& the deteriorating until - process, premature old age took them off, in many instances leaving a sickly and se u less offspring.—(Hear, hear.) The population o f this metropolis, metropolis, as also of all great towns, depended altogether on provincial supply. . The census of 1851.-not yet fully Pia. Illteci--yolcrWAt more oVikios ;suit 0 A til " of 4 LiONDON; 1611. No great-town could eustain, its population from its ; own resources:` The populatioa cf • the metropolis was sus tained by immigration from the rune' parts. which, if diverted away, the population would become extinct in a very few -years: In the parish of St. Luke, by . the ceesue of 1841 e the, numbei: of those born in coantry . as' compared wi:h these hem in the parish Was 34 'per cent. ; in St Giles's, 42; M er y lebone, 54; Pancras, 39;" Kennington; '43 ; Lembo., 40; Westminster, 48; Lambeth, 54; Newington, 48. - In almost every instance half the. poprelation-was not born in the town, bat in the country. -Ire Manchester the•out.of town births, as: compared with the ,town, were ,35 per cent.; and in Liverpool, 4a.. As regarded. the mertality, very much,the same might be said. So that with mortally to such an extent, simulteueoul. withdheeMi gration drain, there eould be no deubt that . the result Would be as stated— ' a very -considerable'reductitin' in the amount poptiletion. It had been remarked by an eminent statist, thqt •" If the metropolis were surrounded : with a wall of brass, so as to ex clude all ingiese,, the population world become extinctin acne 20 years." ':lr was, theieforee foe their Lordships to , onsiderthe matter, otherwise the result might be a positive scarcity as regarded all the great,-eivil, social, industrial, and 4 41etery purposes of the country. By the return of the Re gistrar, General it appeared that, the deaths in the first six years between 1840 .and 185', both included, were et scerlet fever 9,872, whilst in the second six years they reached 11,798.. The deaths by diarrhms in the first • six years of the same period were 4,200, and -in the aecond six ' years 13,e59. Of scrofula; in the first: six years, 3,098; in the second six years, 7,016; and these were alto ;ether inde pendent of the deaths resulting from cholera. By the report •ot last year it wosild be seen that there were received from all parts of the metropolis 877 cases of fever ,and of these there earn°. Irene one side. alone of Gray's Inn-lane 211 cases. One house in that lane had 12 .cases, and another 20 cases; , so. that Gray's Innnelanee alone„ fureiehed one-fourth of the mass ; of disease in that year. • Iti the towns of Cheshire and Lencashire, .which were also fed from the country districts, the mortality was even greater than m Landon.. In Lancashire there. was an exeess of deaths over births, and the same might occur in London. These'evils are confined to great towns, and were sure to exist in thickly-populated . districts, where sanitary arrange ments did not prevail. In the towns of York and Selby. mortality had been very great of. late years; and here in the metropolis—where parties crowded in courts , and alleys, , having neither water nor drainage—hundreds imbibed disease and death.—(Heer, hear.) Let them look at the present state of our intramural interments. He believed It was universally admitted tbat. that was an execrable practice; and yet, nevertheless,, it was continued, and was still decimating 2,000,000 of her Majesty's subjects. Recent inquiries proved that those graveyards were exhaling an amount of mephitie gas which was most pernicious to all who came within reach of it. It should be recollected that those masses of dead bodies not only poisoned the air, but pervaded the 50i1,.. and tainted the supplies of wafer, Sir James Macgregor, who had attended the army in Spain, gave an illustration of the mode in which the de-' , composition of dead. bodies affected the health of the living. He said, that ,on one occasion about 20,000 bodies load been interred ill the space of two or three months, and. that the result bad been, • that the troops who had remained in the neighbourhood had been generally attacked by fever. and dysentery. In this' metropolis there were annually interred, in a space of 218 acres, not less than 50,000. bodies. In Bunhill i fields, one of the oldest of our graveyards, whiCh consisted of on area of less than four acres, there had been interred, according to a register which hid been very imperfectlykept, between the years 1713 and 1832, not less than,107,461 human bodies. In the ground attached to St. PaticraiChurch, of which one half had been used as' a burial plaCe for at least six cen turies, there had been deposited 'the remains of more than twenty generations; and assuming thirty years as the life time of each generation, there must have been interred there 1,500,000 dead bodies. He would next pass to the question of drainage. Many portions of the metropolis were most, im perfectly drained, or had no sy stem of drainage whatever. In the neighbourhood of Whitechapel, and in several other dis tricts, it waseasy to find by the smell the ill effects of the defec tive arrangements . upon that subject. A survey'had been made of what might be called the'Subterranean works of London and the result of that -survey 'Would, he felt assured, startle any one who might be made acquainted with it, because' it revealed the portentous danger to which we all, and more especially the poorer classes, were exposed, from the presence of an intense and deadly p.oison..iu our atmosphere. It ap peared from that subterranean survey that there . was accu mulated in undrained cesspools in this metropolis an amount of matter which would cover an area of 700 acres to the depth of six inches. From these cesspools there was necee sarily thrown out every moment an enormous amount of mephitic gas. Many of the cesspools were under houses, and some of them were only separated by a boarding from rooms aeoed y drif. e systemnepftiregTioovhmhpetlee distribution iovrscief ß iboard u noiterbf t ssasouihuu i di forrltl t awiebti daso w rj geanshn o cbe u etolouoea l o d ffhliwtndfl h b ate. :hi unless ttseoehaiprmtmneehwpcanApeetlsayoa.sateaicbesnhl contrary complaint : l tue e onrianar t rc h nhga nyte e oehopi yrntnatesdta prat-ctwbiweaooi unnheu U e napclari only' in which nine or ten peas )ns spent a large portion of the day they n e os s tf l at a h e enw p et g de t a o shdt o b !i yn beneficiale s o f waterti o d f of a r n . t chl s ee u a p n p tice, of affording people an abundant supply of water, he would refer to what had happened in the city of Hamburgh. Not Many years ago a large portion of that city had been burnt down ; and those who had been charged. with its re-construction bad shown,the most earnest and en lightened desire to make the best possible provisions for the health and comfort of the inhabitants. They had sent over here for an engineer who might have the most complete ac quaintance with the principldaffeeting the sanitary condi tion of the people, and they h a d reso lved on entrusting to him the management of the. supply of water in their 'city. Mr. Lindley had accordingly gone over to Harnburgh, and he . had taken the necessary measures for supplying every room, from the bottom to the top of every house, in that city l with a constant and unlimited flow of water, at a cost to each occupier of something under a penny a week. And what had been the result of that supply of water in Hamburgh? Why, it appeared from a statement of the medical men of that city, that since that supply had been furnished, cutaneous disorders, which had previously been coiin- . mon among the working classes, had become almost entirely unknown. The supply of water in London was of a far more unsatisfactory character. He had him self visited a court here to which a flow'of water was fur. nished at irregular intervals, and where the inhabitants had been in the habit of losing hours in waiting for it, 'until they had at length stationed an old woman at the top of the court and paid her aixpence a week f r giving them notice when the supply should have begun to flow, and when that time arrived the people rushed to fill with the water every variety of vessel. - (Hear, hear.) Ho said that such a state of things was a disgrace not only to this country but to the age in which we lived; and he hoped ,their Lordships would not allow the session to close without recording . their anxiety to' remedy those evils. The city of •Paris• stood in a. much better position in that respect than London. The late King, L ou i s Phi lippe, had devoted much • time and attention to that subject; he had got a turncock 'plgoed at the corner of almost every street in Paris, and' the water which was so supplied had previously been well filtered. As far as the supply of Water was concerned; • the people of Paris were fully fifty per cent. in abetter 'condition than a large portion of the .inhabitants of London. He would next proceed to'consider the state of our courts and alleys, and the general condition of the dwellings of the poorer metropolis. In the year 184 3 a surv e y of those dwellin g s had classes in the been made in anticipation of the coming cholera; and Mr. Grainger had made a reporte - after having conducted that in quiry. From that report it appeared that according to the uniform testimony of medical men, the dwellings of the in condition; that they were filthy, ill-drained , ill - ventilated , dustrions classes in the metropolis we re in a most de p lorable health, and comf or t ; and that there prev ailed in them ex and deficient in every arrangement dem anded by decenc y , treme misery, sickness, and mortality.' -According to the evidence of M r . Lloyd, a surgeo n, the interior of condition, those houses were i n a most neglected and were filled with an impure atmosphere; and there were cases in w h ich as many as ten persons slept in one room. Then there was the state of that famous place called 'Jacob's I sland , " in which the houses were built over a stignant pool, from which the inhabitants drew their sup plyi of water. There were several other districts Will' 'ere hardly better circumstanced; 'and it was no wonder that the elkera should have ravaged suth districts. Let him show them the effect of even a-slight attempt at re medying those evil s: I n on e o f those districts the parish engine had been brought. to bear, for the purpose of cleansing it; and when the sewers and. cesspools had been emptied, and lime-wash had been applied, the• cholera bad ins tan t l y abated. There was ano th er place called Tindars-buildiage, in Gray's Inn• lane, which was well deserving of notice, be cause it exhibited almost 'all the evils to which he was refer ring. He had received last year a statentent with respect ' to the condition= of that • locality so strong, that he had thought .it desirable to visit it " himself. He had gone there with Dr. Southwood Smith ; and be could state that whit they had seen there had far exceeded anything it would be in his power to describe. That was the more remarkable, because it was a place which at first, sight would not 'strike one as being peculiarly filthy and unwholesome. . It was a narrow cotirt,• with a tolerably clean pavement ; and it was. only on going into the houses , that One saw the length and breadth of all the misery and mischief there. In one of those houses not less than twenty cases of cholera had occurred. He would state the 'Condi lion of a single house, which Was by no means one of the worst. The interior was dirty, filled with a foul stench from a asepool f the floor of the cellar, which was below the level. -of the main sewer, could not be drained, and to remedy that hale' had; heed dng, which was filled with impurities that coed only be removed by baling them Out' Some - of, the. houses had been in so filthy .a :condition that, it had , been utterly impossible for him to examine theme because he could not, even for one moment, have endured the intensity of the horrible stench within them. He believed those were fair representative cases, and ho would undertake to show that what he had stated with respect to those houses was true with respect, not to 100 or 200, bat with respect to 1,000 or 2,000 houses in the metropolis, and with respect to the condition of several hundreds of thousands, of its inhabitants. There were other nui- sances equally great and detrimental. In' some of the densest portions of London numbers of works were carried on of the most filthy and . "pestilential character. There were, for instance, in Lambeth the bone-boiling fac tories; there were 'the lay-stalls in Whitechapel ; and there were in Bethnal-green the night -yards and places where hu man ordure was manufactured into manure for exportation, All these processes very prejudicially affected the health of people living in the neighbourhhod where they were carried on. • He had frequently heard complaints made of those nui sances, and made in terms calculated to excite one'acom- - passion. Be had seen in Bethnal-green a large pond, about an acre in , extent, into which the desspools.of a great portion of the neighbourhood were emptied, and which presented an enormous exhaling surface; and the complaints made by persons exposed to that nuisance were perfectly heart-rend ing.' A labouring man had at one time fallen into that pond ; 011 apooisuotnqouusite and the foreman had assured him (the Earl of Shaftes bury)' that although the poor mare could not` have populous districte.— leem on ained on it more than a second, 'he had been stidderilv occurred in .)" dead; i ihe a re s so powerful hive had inhaled. bee n •ef Factories t wind having chan sn ch 4,1 s he gaseshad described might' be necssary but ought not to be allowed to stand in the centre of' they Outbreaks of disea.se had changed and blown' from these facteries, and 40 not by Englishenea but by these districts in consequence 'of the because in no other capital in foreigners, or 50 children bag disgusting processes were carried on, he believed ) —"ear, night. Many of these tetla: laeYarobveeenvi-osutrludekth ers,'Who had come here Then there was the might e be put an end to e d y m b vn e allowed (Hear, 'tsomoeksetanbuliisshancthe,ewmh.-ich( told hint that than eOOl. a year. with advantage to all parties. A • by consuming his smoke he saved person less n'had -them in their dwellings without being struclMstll the Poorer theand to see It was impossible to go among nieious effects—noral, social, and physical —p ger ro uced by these evils. In their moral effect they created discontent, exasperation of spirit, recklessness, indifference to 'cleanlineas and to order, and extravagance. Hundreds and 'thousands, male and female, young and old, were driven to the gin -palace and. the-pot•bouse by the wan t of domestic comforts ; and theee _ pgitie4 4110.14 sot be visited §eYert - A Onderuaa... EVENING, FRIDAY tion, because the exhausting influences to which they were exposed naturally drove- them to seek a etimnius in some intoxicating. Liquor. - - Ueder these physical diEadvantages it would be idle to, hope to extend to the. working-classes the advantagds of a geed ~edocation. The City missionary and the •visitor would tell them that it was nearly im pas:slide to produce any effect upon perstrs so situated. He was certain'thet'While Vitt state' of Midge - continued they would never fail to hiive an igndrant and 'dissolute popula tion. The evils which he had attempted 0 de4c,ibe were also ,producing the most' injurious effects - on the physical condition eaf The people. • .An eminent , suveon, who had lately visited a great many of the courts and alleys of Lon don, fog the purpose of ascertaining the condition of the in bahitants, had stated that- the appearance of the children there clearly indicated the poisonous influences to which they hed been subjected, for the'fitst persons - who were injuriously affected by physical disadvantages were children. The surgeon to them he vas referring had found the children iu those courts pals, squalid, sickly, irritable; _and the great majority-- of them had suffered from dis- eases which would— leave permanent effects throngh .out their.: lives..---Ile- (the E irl of ShafteshurY)-1 could himself entirely centime that statement. He hart scarcely ever known children in those localities to have a healthy appearance, except those who had just arrived from the country. It further appeared from the in quiries of the surgeon m question, that the yenths in those, itistricts were stunted, and presented a sickly and cadavero i te aepect ; and the parents, Who had in general conic from the country; had a far more healthy appearance than their ricketty childreei,evho had been born in Lendon. In a dis trict which that surgeon had examined, out of 152 children there had been, only 45 living; a n d he had exprdssed his be lief that unless the poorer portions ot the, town were recruited from the country the race of children would soon become' extinct. He must also call ,the attention of their Lordships to the increased amount Which bad become chargeable on the rates in different parishes for medical relief. In 'Bermondsey, in 1'845 the amount was £l9B - 1851 ' 304 Holborn 1851 Manchester 1845 1851 Liverpool 1843- . 913 •_ •.- ,~.. - 1851 ' ' , 2,80 G In every instance in- which' sanitary measures had been adopted a corresponding improvement had taken place in the health of the distriet. That was particularly proved by the state of the model lodging-housee. In the model lodge ing•house of Bloomsbury only one out of 795 inmates had been attacked by disease, whereas in Liverpool one person in every 76 of the populationivas attacked. In another model lodging-house only one case of disease, of diarrhoea had oc eurred 'among ,its 119 inmates.ln the Albert-street lodging-house there.- bad , been, from the date of its being Opened to the present -time,'only live cases of death out of 208 persons. The 'strongest c,,se lie-could give of tho mor tality of the metropolis. related' tp children. Of children under fifteen ,years of age the mortality In the metropolis was • 'three times gre'at'er than the mortality in this model lodging-houses. It was , from a. conviction, founded upon inquiry.. and personal inspection of the most painful kind, that such a state of things concerned the honour and safety, of the kingdom, that he had humbly ventured to call the attention of their Lordships to .the subject. He feared that there was some danger of their becoming callous to the sanitary condition of tbe l people, and that ic reading the re poits of the Registrar-General they never paused to inquire whether the mortality arose:from preventible causes or not. Many persons believed it iuevitable because it was constant. The same delusion prevailed once with respect to gaol fever, but where was that fever: now? If out of 300 prisoners some 30 were attacked with fever, the whole press and Par liament would be in a commotion, and yet the decimation of the ordinary population was suffered to go on as a mere matter ol course. He begged to move to resolve-=That the sanitary state of the metropolis requires the immediate inter position of her Majesty's Government. The Archbishop of CANTERBURY said that the Noble LOrd had taken up the question to which he had directed their Lordships' attention with so much prudence and ear nestness, and had given so, much of his tune to the subject, that he mast consider-him a true philanthropist. 'His object in rising was merely to bear testimony to' the Correctness of the statement made by the Noble Lord with respect to part of the population of the parish of Lambeth. He was glad the Noble Lord had brought. the question forward. The difficulties in the way of any present society effecting any extensive improvement were great, and nothing short of the interposition of the Legislature would go to the root of the evil. The Earl of DERBY said that no one could doubt that many of the details brought forward by the Noble Earl pos sessed a most painful interest, but he was afraid that after all they were only elucidations of that well-recognised truth —the Noble Earl might, perhaps, not be offended if be called it a truism—that in proportion as drainage and other sanitary works were adopted, the mortality of the district would probably. be decreased.. He was not pre pared to contest the accuracy of the details with reference to the population of crowded cities, but he did not know where that salubrious district was where the deaths amounted to not more than 1 4-lOths per cent. of the popu lation. If that were so, ever y person of that dist r i c t mus t; on the average, livelo the age of 75, provided they lived and died in that district, but the calculationwas good for nothing if the district was ene in which the population did not re main, but into which an extensive immigration took place. He was not about to enter into the statistics adduced by the Noble Earl. He waff ready to admit—indeed it was a matter of notoriety —that the country population was longer-lived than the population of towns, and that large cities like the metropolis, and the crowded towns of the manufacturing districts, were not .so salubrious as ether parts. But that part of the speech of the ' Noble Earl which fell most short of what their Loidehips• had.a right to expect, was that in which, aftbr having shown the existence of great evils, the Noble Earl failed, not only to point out what remedy was applicable, but in what degree the Government—he spoke not of the.present, for it had been too short a time in office to take up the matter—but ire what degree any Government had failed to give their attention to measures for the remedy of evils which, after all, perhaps no human legislation could altogether do away with. He was glad the Noble Earl had seen cause to alter the terms of his notice, because in the form in which it was first given—of an address to the Crown, praying her Majesty to take steps not to exclude the metropolis from the General Board of Health—it implied that some obstacle existed which prevented Parliament adopting what measures it might thlnk right on the subject. He was anxious to hear hoer' ar the Noble Earl went in the recommendation of a remedy for the evils he had pointed out. The application of the.provisions of the Board of Health Act to the metropolis— — The Earl of ShAFTESBUItY said it was not in the motion. • The Earl of DERBY remarked, that thoogh not in the et -motion, it *nein the Motion as it stood on the paper prese . two drys age.' It ' • - - ' . ' • ite was not inthe present motion-quite true. lint it was' of that which he had to complain; for in the former case the Noble Earl pointed ont what he thought wa s,a remedy, but in the present he had pointed out the evils without even suggesting to the Legislature the means w hich he would recornmenctfor the mitigation of those evils. He was the more surprised et that; inasmuch as the Noble `Earl was an active Member of tendence of the' health 'of a board which had the super made, the country, and which , bad d report, dated the 30th of March but only placed in his hands ' since ik e entered the .:Mouse that evening, in which the means are pointed out for theremedy of , such evils as those ' complained of.—(Hear, hear.) There was associated with the Noble Earl and the other Commis- i sinners of that board the Gentleman who was at the head of the Board of Weeks, and. yet he belieYed that the no tice given by the Noble Earl on a former occasion, as well as that brought forward e eeni ght, bad been g i ven without a ny communication or 9flehltation bet Ween the Noble Earl and his associates at the. board, T he proposa l o f p l ac i n g the metropolis under ttinadminietiaion of the Board of Health had been made bY'dilteren t Governments. Such a proposi tion was , made by the 'Noble Earl opposite when in office (Earl Carlisle), but he had Mend the difficulties insuperable. and was obliged to, postpone, if not to abandon, the attempt. The Noble Duke' vie 'the crags' benches (the Duke of New castle) had also exptessed his views on this paint, and bad th ago, u hen in offi ce , . -,a.f,., •lo oking to tha variety of inte rests and the great Mass °.• •e• Pepulation concerned in the question, be could no more i nelude the metropo li s i n t h e Board of Health Bill than ree could Paris or Vienna. The Noble Earl who' had brought forward. this motion bad also, mach' to leis surprise, evaded the ;question and bad pointed out the evils with ou t even' hinting at the remedy. He -was ready wets . the dmit that the cau e e V adverted to by the Noble Earl esoirces 'et - a great amount of - disease ,and suffering; , Tlaese , '. were intramural in terments--defecienefin-the * e . ' i lePply of water—defielency of s e werage, and accaulalla 'eenleeef nuisances.' With regard to the first.=-intramural interments, it, was one which pressed for an early and careful consideration, and. an early remedy, because the evil was increasing year alter year. No lan guage Could exaggerite the.fear til • amount Of 'disease.which was continually generated .by the - loathsome and disgusting practice of interment iri the cro w grounds churchyards and burial grounds of the' metropolis...et l e , e -.ear.) Two years ago a Bill was passed g ivin g P nwers.° L a very extraordinary character to a eineral board on this e e p ee -11-- "`", but . it had beenbiopera le beeause . the powere g • artly tive—p time; partly in iven- were limited as to consequence of the shor t duration assigned to partlY geeing . to ; ehe .absence of the board ; and compulsory powers.' The board was authorised to purebase,the rights of all existing ceraeterieee - a great stretch of ..power —to put• cbase land for.eemeteeiesea,ne , oa - - - .; '" make arrangements for in terment, and fbr the rePe. beteleP of the body between death make all and burial. The board'Were t o entrusted with the control of all teinerals; were V , arrangements connected with them ; and were to leyy a rate' on the whole r•popula tion to defray the expense- Much. objection was felt—and not unnaturally—to a general rate, and it.-was, therefore, abandoned ; but it verWPe a o o Pese t 4 to low ) , a fee on all funerals conducted by the board, _ g mi h i t l b s e e es were regarded as a security on which nicine rkt then it borrovied for carrying out the objects of the A ._ ct fficient.for thewas found, that, although these fees:might be se .. 0 ..o„Bnecessary expenses e if all ` ' 'conducted e rfiP I was e; °rl tY by the board, unless funerals were I power w" given"—unless the board could such a comprosorY, I f the metro °I monopolise the fuse it 5 . od lieinipPoter, and supersede every private undertaker, 0 The it wo uld .on whicileltehto raise the neces sary funds. -we only inga fee on ever _ scheme could . be carried out was:by 101 h be paid to company, this great Government ~.whether the person was a nyor not- In point of fact, there was to buried by the come in those cases wit be,a tax on death, - even . . ftierids. To ere persons were Ilse of their buried at the expense entrust any corn tensive and a b't - r i rary could only be ' withpowers se ex . that , com pany a osition there was no other remed Justified on the e pP, ~ d. He' believed thatonly not the which could be. adore b =hood of the metropolis were will cemeteries in.the neigh , o at "a fair and ma tract for burials a . _ SOnable rate, but ing to con litan parishes were desirous that powers that many metropo of purchasing land - far should be given • them the purposes of interme not _ nt. In:such from the metropolis for t e , granting a - cases he should be favourable. t e, ht that in practice of extra mural interment, ,lie eeP e g , e powers, in such iw°ll- to more 'beneficial le.. giYe , 1.1 company., cases, than ' •, , . to 4 general _it be was not grant' all the looms the present moment" before the other mistaken, a Bill 'Was at of tabliAjog a new edruetery 111 the 'House for the purpose as e I yeend at ionic ''die-tance from Lon neigbbodrhood o -f a ia: e r er cb-ntained, he belieVed, about ,(101 don.- ' The site'propos ~. it wasp ropomid to make prevision acres of fitting toil,: nna i s h es , but ter what • some - thought not only for separate p - ar t Christian denominations. neat Bill more important, differen consideration of a Committee of the other was still .under the d t e seen ~ b t h ' remained ° ~ u e believed House, and the result r it would go a, great way, if not alto gether,if'carreed into, practice necessity orcompulf3ory powers such to "supersede the n 1 as those which had been 'propmed. With regard t o t h e sup lily of water and the sewerage— of the metropolisif it were with . colossal powers one s i ng l e e nd, of course, competent authority.h possible to invest on , those questions-if they ~ en d had no obstacles in' th e had a tabula rasa - to deal in cn3panies—then, no do u b t, one vested interests of existing toe much more . efficacious than 61104 single authority . would o separate authorities. it h a d been admitted that th ere was • to the nature of suc h an au great difEcult-Y 'in - deciding as 'to ~ . thority under the circumsterifeeude better pro v i s i on with s. n It was easy f or t h e Noble `Earlto say that other genet this country did. Th e N o bl e regard tetheit subjects than, the Governments of foreign Berl 'should have recollected that hat they believedb • to - e the - , countiies were . freer to 'act .forly .. ~..... '.. P4iio . :beAefit tbat-i - Q07 90 ` 111 1 ' - ' ...; .ent wiateilim oubject, to po. APRIL 30, 1852. pular influence and control, and which had to consult not only the interests but also the feelings of those for whom it had to -legislate. He agreed with the Right Rev. Prelate who had spoken that gleauliness was naarly allied to mora lity, and might be regarded as one of its handmaids; but they could net by-Act . of Parliament compel people to be moral ; . or decent, or clean. The great difficulty which he-had to contend against in all these cases ..was, that they were asked to legislate against the wish of the persons them selves who suffered. The Earl of SHAFTESBURY—No ' no. The Earl of DERBY—The Noble Earl said no;" but the Noble Earl had given them instances of gross and cul pable neglect on the part of householders. • . - The Earl of SHAF FESBURY—No.' The Earl of 1)ZI1Bi--fhe..i.sobleEarl had given them most disgusting instances of accumulations of rubbish and filtb, leading to contamination, pestilence, and even to the death of persons living within the immediate neighbour hood of them. These nuisances could only have bean per. mitted to remain through the r.egligence of the persona themselves. The Earl of SHA.FTESBURY—Nee no. • The E srl of DERBY said he had listened with very great patience to the statement of the Noble Earl ; and he hoped the Noble Earl would permit him to make, without inter ruption, any answer he had to give. The Noble Earl had alluded to several cases, and in particular had referred to a pond into which the inhabitants of the adjoining houses were perpetually throwing every species of filth, though the inhabitaets of these very houses were the pets ns who had complained most loudly of the accumulations. In such a case legislation would evidently be against the persons interested in removing the nuisance, for their apathy was one of the evils they would have to deal with. In fact, under the General Polke'Act of 1839, which contained se veral stringent provisions with regard to nuisances, the inha bitants of the houses in•question might have obtained the removal of the one referred to.—( Rear, hear.) There were immense powers vested in the Commissioners under the Me tropolitan Police Act. There was no end to the power of these Commissioners to levy rates, to remove nuisances, and to establish public conveniences. There was no limit to the power vested in these Commissioners to remove all these nuisances of which his Noble Friend complained. And if the Noble Lord inquired he would find that great expenses had already been incurred by those Commissioners in removing nuisances. In considering any sanitary measure that should be effectual it was necessary to see how the expense was to be borne, and in what manner a controlling power was to be exercised. And however desir able it might be to legislate on this question it must be re collected, that beyond a certain point the people of the country would not go ; still lees would the people permit absolute control to be vested in any igironsibie body. What was to be the constitution of the' Board Board which was to carry into effect the extensive project of the Noble Lord? The Board of Health was the moving power in the case of towns and districts; but then it must be recollected that the measure was essentially a voluntaryeneasnre—it might or might not be adopted, according to the will and pleasure of these towns and districts. Also .the officers were selected by the ratepayers, and they acted under proper control and responsibility. Did his Noble Friend propose to introduce the machinery of the Board of Health into the metropolis? Did he mean to say that when so introduced power was to be given to deal with the drainage and to re move nuisances? Were those powers to be placed in the hands of persons elected by the ratepayers, and under the control of the parieh , duthorities? He should like to hear if that was his Noble Friend's proposition, but his Noble Friend made. no sign. The Earl of SHAFTESBURY was ready to answer .the Noble Lord, His motion did not contain a single word about the introduction of the machinery of the Board of Health ; his motion merely was, to direct the attention of Government to the sanitary condition of the metropolis. He had only desired to showethat while other large towns and districts could avail themselves of the powers of the Board of Health to improve their sanitary condition, the metropolis was excluded from the operation of that Act. Ail he intended by his motion was simply to put the metropolis on the same footing as other large towns. The Earl of DERBY—IIIs Noble Friend had given a can did answer, and though he had altered his motion, he had apparently not altered his views; so that what his Noble Friend thought Parliament ought to do was, to extend the powers of the Board of Health to the metropolis— involving in such extension the vesting of the election of officers in the parish with the corollary that each parish in the case of their sewage was to have an independent action. This appeared to be the substance of his Noble Friend's proposi tion—which was suggested as the best mode of meeting the difficulty. He must say that when a proposition of like import was some time back brought before Parliament the difficulty was found to be insuperable. Indeed, every Par liament had abandoned it. In the first place, he would ask the Noble Lord whether any parish had petitioned for the extension of the act; next, if all the parishes petitioned, would the Noble Lord say that the act would be the most beneficial mode of accomplishing his object ? If representatives were to be elected by parishes, according to the provisions of the act, then they must fall back at last on a Government board, charged with an immense amount of rate and with onerous duties, and at the same time interfering with domestic concerns in • a way which they would find the public feeling against. He begged he might not be Misunderstood in his retnalles—he was not depreciating the object of the Noble Lord. All be intended to say was, that, with the Noble Lord's great experience, he thought their Lordships might have expected, after the statements which had been laid before them, that the Noble Lord would not have rested satisfied with saying that the question called for the immediate attention of Government — it has received the attention of every Government for several years past, that the Noble Lord would not have rested satis fied with affirming by an abstract proposition that the pros visions of the Board of Health Act should be extended to the metropolis but that he would have dealt with more ad vantage to the subject and himself if, instead of getting their Lordships to affirm an' abstract, resolution, he had placed on the table of that House a Bill, the provisions of which could have been fully discused in its progress, for the purpose of carrying into effect the particular remedy which he believed would best effect his object. He did not wish to dispute the deep importance of the Noble Lord's object, and though he should have preferred something more mitigated than the direct interposition of Parliament, and though he thought it desirable the whole question should be carefuly considered before anything definite was resolved upon, yet, looking at the urgency of the case, he would say, u If'Livero done, when 'tis done, Then 'twere well it were done quickly." But to call upon Government for immediate legislation upon a question which had puzzled all Governments for the last ten or twelve years, was certainly somewhat of a demand which required consideration. So anxious, however, was he not to throw any obstacles in the way of the Noble Lord. and to avoid showing indifference to the value of the details laid before their Lordships, that after protesting to a cer tain degree against Government interposition, he would say, that Government would be prepared to deal with the ques tion when they could deal with it safely. It was not his intention to offer any opposition to the resolution of the Noble Lord, which declared that a state of things existed demand ing interposition. - Lord BEAUMONT said that his Noble Friend who had introduced this subject had not over-coloured his statement in the least; but in respect to the s u pply of water, he con sidered that the Noble Bad had exaggerated, nt, doubt unin tentionally, the evils which he said arose from a deficient supply of water. He believed that the water companies gave a dail y supply of water,and that th e y gave it in sufficient quantity. `rhe New River Company supplied 86,00) houses and there were but 2,000 that had not a sufficient supply. The Earl of CARLISLE admitted that Governments, and perhaps that with which he was connected in particu lar, might not be unjustly charged with some shortcomings in respect of sanitary measures. He was fully aware of the difficulty which surrounded the subject, and all other subjects where new ground had to be broken, where they came in contact with long existing interests, and where new nudes of operation, whiEh were still subject of dispute and doubt, had to be introduced.—(Hear, hear.) He believed that the great difficulty which attended this subject arose from the difficulty which the higher depart ments of the Government experienced in gaining the neces sary knowledge and information on these subjects. Th e persons on the subordinate boards were men of knowledge, energy and skill, but they required the guidance of the' Treasury. He hoped that the Noble Earl opposite would devote his attention to the subject, and he could assure him that nothing would give him (the Earl of Carlisle) greater satisfaction than to see that the exertions of the late Govern ment were outstripped by the Noble Etirl.—( fleas, bear.) , The Earl of BARROWBY regretted the tone which his Noble Friend adopted in reference to this subject. He thought he exaggerated the difficulty in the way of applying a remedy to these evils. If the remedy was to be effectual they must interfere with existing interests. He wits afraid the effeot of his Noble Friend's speech would be to give fresh courage to these various interests. They should recollect that what they had to deal with was the lives, the morals, the habits, and the comforts of two and a half millions of the people.—(l.lear, hear.) Unless further action was taken what had been done would leave them in a far worse posi tion than they were originally in.— (Hear, hear.) The Duke of NEWCASTLE said he considered the failure of the Board of Health was owing in a great degree to the want of efficient co-operation on the part of the Government and the public. He thought that the Noble Earl (Derby) had in many respects exaggerated the difficulties of the ques tion. The difficulties were no doubt very great, bet they were not insurmountable. He considered that much more benefit would be accomplished by a small paid board than by a numerous unpaid. one. He trusted that his Noble Friend would by his acts the next session of Parliament show that this subject had received his serious consideration. . • , The Earl of SHAFTESBURY said that he had made no complaint as to a defective supply of water, hilt he had coin= plained of its bad distribution. He had to complain that the Noble Earl replied to him on the supposition that he had made a motion which he did not make. The Earl of DERBY explained. What he bad said was that in legislating Parliament had to contend in a great de gree against the apathy of the inhabitants of a district. He bore testimony to the exertions of his Noble Friend ; but he was anxious to guard the Government against the accomplishment of an object the difficulty of which he could foresee. He suggested that, instead of the words "imme diate interposition" of Government, the motion should be altered so as to say " the immediate attention" of Govern- ment. The Earl of SHAFTESBURY acceded to this suggestion', and the motion thus altered was then agreed to. - The Earl of CARLISLE presented petitions from itabls. gate and three other places for the retention of ,the Crystal Palace. The Earl of SHAFTESBURY and the Earl of .11mt"wstico also each presented several petitions from the same effect. The Lordships then adjourned. v ari Otis places , utat i [ADVERTISEMENT. ] Holloway's vimmen. an. Pills have cured a Diseased Foot and p revented Ampon ke-street . —Mr. James Palmer, No. 1, Mason-court, Bla, Liverpool, suffered dreadfully from a -diseased foot ; th e most eminent medical men attended him , a nd th ey deemed it neces. wary to remove one of his toes. Before this healed, however, the disease broke out higher up, and then they wanted to objected to, and resolved to try am putate the whole-foot to prevent fatal consequences. This he Holloway's Ointment and Pills, which have effected a perfect cure, and he can walk and work as well as ever. This can be verified by Mt. Martin, chemi s t, 24, Copperas-hill, Liverpool.—Sold by all druggists, and at Professor Holloway's Establishment, 244, Strand, Lo n d on . A LARGE OTTER TAKEN NEAR WINDSO i s l an d, just below Windsor h i:mu BRIDGE.— On Friday week -Mr. Coot , of the F g i e Brewery, Slough, and A friend, were on a fishing excur sion'a- near the Windsor weir, and had sat down to their tide repast on 11011311 Cy when to their astonishment, an otter crept from the - gr r o id u g n e d close to where they were sitting.. As the creature b oun ded past them, ode of the p art y gave it a kick on the head, which rather stunned it, and retarded its motions; it ieav e,a and garden.ising succeeded, however, in reaching the river, instantly diving, to the surface on the oppeeiteshore, near in M i r T;u C t ~ fish es in the most The chase was kept up for about ten anima royer " was spirited manner, and eventually the taken alive in a large landing net. The - d ent s a remark ably large one, and has been sent alive to a London naturalist. —Ffinclsor4rpress, . PAHLIA.MENTARY DIVISIONS. (From the Votes and Proceed;:ngs of the House of Commons ) • TIMRSDAY, APRIL 29. EXIIIBII'iGN` OF 1851 (CRYSTAL PALACE), Motion made, and Question put, " That a Select Com mittee be appointed to consider the preservation of the Crystal Palace, or the central portion thereof, with a view to its applicability to purposes of public instruction and recrea tion." The House divided : MINORITY—AYES. 103. Adair, R. Shaf to Greenall, G: Price, Sir R Aglionby, H. A. Greeate, Julia Rawdon, Colonel ~ Alcock,•Thomas Hall, Sir B. ::-.. Reynolds, Jonh Anderson, Arthur Harris, Richard Rice, E. K. Armstrong, Sir A. Hatchell, John Sadleir, John Baines, M. T Hayes, Sir E. daiwey, Colonel Barrow, W. H. Ileadlam, T. E. Sanders, George Bass, M. T. Hervey, Lord A. Scholeneld, William Bell, Jacob Heyworth, Lawrence Scobell, Captain Brotherton, J. Hindley Charles Sdrope, G. P. Brown, W. Hughes, W. B. Scully, Vincent Banbury, E. IL Jackson, William Smith, J. A. Buxton, Sir E. N. Keating, Robert Somers J. P. Carter, J. B. Keogh, William Somerville. Sir W. Cavendish, G. H. King, P. J. Stanford, J. F. Charteris, Francis ' Knight, F. W. Staunton, Sir G. Clay, James Littleton, E. R. Strutt, E. Cocks, T. S. M'Cullagh, W. T. Stewart, Admiral Collins, W. M'Gregor, John Stuart, Lord D. ' Conolly, Thomas Marsh .11, J. G. Thompson, Colonel Craig,• Sir W. G. Matheson, Colonel Thompson, George Crowder,.R..B. Bliles, P. W. Thornely, Thomas D'Eyncourt, C. T. Milligan, Robert Wakley, Thomas Duncan, George Milnes, R. M. Walmsley, Sir J. Ellis, John Moffatt, George Walter, J. Evans, John Morris, David West, F. R. Evans, William Mundy, William Westhead, J. B. Ewan; William Norreys, Sir D. Willcox, Brodie Fergus, John O'llaherty, Anthony Williams, John Foley, John H. Paget, Lord A. Williams, W. Forster, M. Palmerston, Vis. Wyld, James For, W. J. Pechell, Sir G. Freostun, Colonel Peel, Sir Robert TELLERS. Geach, Charles Perfect, Robert Heywood, James Glyn, G. C. Pete, Samuel 3f. Hume, J. Granger, T. C. Pilkington, James Abdy, Sir T. N. Adair, Hugh E. Anson, Viscount Anstey, T. C. Archdall, Captain Arkwright, George Armstrong, R. B. Bailey, Craiyshay Bailey, Joseph Baillie, 11. J. Baldock, E. IL Bankes, G. MAJORITY—NOES, 221. Egerton, Sir P. Manners, Lord J. Emlyn, Viscount Marshall, W. Estcourt, J. B. B. Martin, John Euston, Earl Masterman, John Evelyn, W. J. Maunsell, T. P. Ferrer, James Maxwell, Hon. J. P. FeHowes, E. Molesworth,Sir W Ferguson, Sir R. Moody, C. A. Filmier, Sir E. Morgan ' 0. Floyer, John Naas, Lord Forbes, William Napier, Joseph Fordyce. A. D. Neeld, John Forester, G. C. Newport, Viscount Fox, S. W. L. Noel, Gerald J. Galway, Viscount O'Brien, Sir Lucius Gaskell. J. M. Ossulston, Lord Gilpin, Colonel Packe, C. W. Gladstone, W. E. . Pakington, Sir J. Goddard, A. L. Palmer, Robert - Gooch, E. S. Palmer, Roundell Goold, Wyndham . Patten, J. W. Goulburn, Henry Pennant, Colonel Granby, Marquis of Plowden, W. H. Greene, Thomas Portal, Melville Grey, It. W. Powlett, Lord W. Grogan, Edward Prime, Richard Grosvenor, Lord R. Pugh. David Gwyn, Bowel Reid, General Hale, It. B. Repton, G. W. Halford, Sir Henry Richards, Richard Hallyburtort, Lord Romilly, Sir John Hamilton, G. A. Russell, F. C. Hamilton, Lord C. Seymour, Lord Hardinge, C. S. Shelburne, Earl et Hullo, Alexander Sibthorp, Colonel Heathcote, Sir G. J. Smith, Vernon Heneage, G. H. W. Smith, M. Tucker Heneage, Edward Somerton, Viscount Henley, J. W. Sotheron, T. H. S. Herbert, Henry A. Spooner, Richard Herries, J:0. Stafford, Augustus Hildyard, R. C. Stansfleld, W. R. liildyard, T. B. Stanton, W. H. Hill, Lord E. Strickland, Sir G. Hodgson, W. N. Stuart, H. Hogg, Sir J. W. Stuart, J. Hope, Henry T. Sturt, H. G. Hope, Sir J. Talbot, C. R. Hotham, Lord Taylor, Colonel Howard, J. K. Thesiger, Sir F. Hudson, G. Thicknesse, R. A. Hutt, William Thompson, Alderman Inglis, Sir R. Trollope, Sir J. Jocelyn, Viscount Tyler, Sir G. Jolliffe, Sir W. G. Tyrell, Sir J. Jones, Captain Vane, Lord IL Knox, W. S. Vesey, Thomas Labouchere, Henry Villiers, Viscount Langton, W. H. Vivian, J. E. Lascelles, E • Vyae, H. H. Lawley, B. R. Walpole, Spencer Legh, G. C. Walsh, Sir J. B. Lennard, T.:11. Watkins, Colonel Lennox, Lord A. Wellesley, Lord C. Loslie, C. P. Whiteside, James Lindsay, Colonel Wigram, Loftus Locke, Joseph.; Willoughby, Sir H. Lockhart, W. Worcester, Marquis Long, W. Wynn, H. W. Loveden, Pryse Yorke, E. T. Lowther, Colonel Lowther, Henry TELLERS. Lygon, General Bateson, Thomas Mahon, Viscount Lennox, Lord 11. G. Dimmers, Lord C. Baring, Henry B. Beckett, Wißlain Bennet, Philip Blair, Stephen Blandford, Marquis Booker, T. W. Bowles, Admiral Boyle, Colonel Bramston, T. W. Bridges, Sir B. Bright, John Brisco, M. Brocklehurst, John Brooke, Lord _ Bentinct, Lord 11. Beresford, William Bernard, Viscount Bost, John Bruce, Lord E. Bruce, C. L. C. Bnikeley, Sir R. B. Bunbury, W. Burghley, Lord Burrell, Sir C. Cabbell, B. B. Campbell, W. F. Campbell, Sir A. Carew, W. H. Pole Cayley, E. S. Chandos, Marquis Chaplin, W. J. Chichester, Lord T. Childers, J. W. Cholmelcy, Sir M. Christopher, It. A. Christy, Samuel Clive, R. H. Cobden, Richard Colebrooke, Sir T. Collins, Thomas Corry, Henry Cotton, W. H. Currie, H. Davies, D. A. Dawson, T. V. Deedes, W. Denison, J. E. Dick, Quintin Disraeli, B. Divett, Edward Dod, J.IV. Drummond, Home Duckworth, Sir J. Duff, G. S. Duff, James Buncombe, A.' Duncombe, 0. buncombe, W. E. Duudas, Sir David Dunne, Colonel Du Pre, C. G. East, Sir J. B. Edwards, Henry THE QUEEN'S DRAWING-ROOM. The Qaeen held a drawing-room yesterday afternoon at St. James's Palace. Her Majesty and Prince Albert, attended by the royal suite, arrived from Buckingham Palace soon atter two o'clock. Her Majesty's honourable corps of Gentlemen at Arms were on duty in the State-room. The Yeomen of the Guard were on duty in the Palace, under .the command of Captain Bickford, the Exon in Waiting. His Serene Highness Prince Nicholas of Nassau attended the drawing-room. Her Majesty and his Royal Highness Prince Albert en tered the throne-room, attended by the Mistress of the Robes, the Countess of Charlemont (in waiting), the Duchess of Norfolk, the Viscountess Canning, the Marchioness of Douro, the Marchioness of Ely, and the Countess of Desart, Ladies of the Bedchamber; Hon. Amelia Murray, Hon. Matilda Paget, Hon. Eleanor Stanley, Hon. Beatrice Byng, 110. Caroline Cavendish, Hon. Lucy Kerr, and the H on. Mary Seymour, Maids of Honour ; the Hon. Mrs. Trevor, the Hon. Mrs.-. George Campbell, and Lady Theresa Digbv, Women of the Bedchamber; the Lord Ste ward, the Lord Chancellor, the Master of the horse, the Treasurer of the Household, the Vic?.-Chamberlain, the Comptroller of the Household; Lord Polwarth, Lord in Wait ing; L')rd George Lenn , x, Lord in Waiting to his Royal Highness; Colonel the Hen. C. B. Phipps, Keeper of her Majesty's Privy Purse; Colonel the Hon. Charles Grey, pri vate Secretary to his Royal Highness; Sir Edward Bowater, Groom in Waiting; Colonel Wylde, Groom in Waiting to his Royal Highne:s ; Lord Colville (Clerk Marshal) Equerry in Waiting; Lieut.-Colonel Francis Hugh Seymour, Equerry in . Waiting to his Royal Highness ; M a . H enr y Farquharson and Mr. George Gordon Macpherson, Pages of Honour in Waiting. The Queen wore a train of pink moir antique silk, trimmed with white blonde and white roses and acacias. The petti coat was of white satin, trimmed with white tulleand wreaths of white roses and ac,cacias- Her Majesty's head-dress was composed of white roses and acacias, ornamented withdiamonds. The Foreign Ministers were introduced, when the follow ing presentations to her Majesty and his Royal Highness Prince Albert took place in the diplomatic circle:— By Mrs. Lawrence, Mrs. Ingersoll, of the United States. By the Minister of the United States, Mr. Abbott Law rence, jun., son of the Envoy. By ttie Sardinian Minister, the Marquis Taliacarne, secre tary of the Sardinian Legation at Brussels. The diplomatic circle was numerously attended. The following ladies had the honour of being presented to her Majesty in the general circle : The Hen. Mrs. Ahercromby, by the Hon. Mrs. Massey. Lady Gertrude Acheson, by her mother, the Countess of Gosford. The [ion. Mrs. Alma' by the Dowager Viscountess Glent- worth. The Countess of Airlie, on her marriage, by her mother, Lady Stonley - (of Alderley. ) Lady Anderson, by the llon. Mrs. Campbell. Miss Anderson, by her mother, Lady Anderson. Mrs. Henry Armytage, on her marriage, by her mother, Lady Charlotte Berkeley. Miss Bailey, by her mother, Mrs. Bailey. Mrs. Barnard, by the Countess of Morley. The Marchioness of Bath, by the Countess of Harewood. Mrs. Beaumont, by the Dowager Countess of Glasgow. bliss Florence Beamont, by her mother, Mrs. Beamont. Lady Berners, by the Marchioness of Cholmondel y Miss Marianne A. Bishop, by the Dowager Ceountess of Carnwali. Miss Bolton, by Lady de Rog. arvon. Miss Ellen Bolton, by Viscountess Dung Mrs. Cavendish Boyle, by Lady de Kos. Miss Bramston, by her mother, f Northumberland. the Duchess o h mberland. Mrs. Bramston. Mrs. Browne, by Miss. Browne, by the Duchene mother, Mrs. 1. Brune. Charlotte Burgoyne, by d Miss Miss Beatrice P. Brune, and Miss . Miss Caroline Burgoyne an Viscountess Hardinge. Mrs. GnstavnaßarnabY, b Mrs. Villebois . er y mot h e r, Mrs. G. Burnaby. Miss Mary Burnaby , b Lady Alfred Paget. Mrs. Hume Burnley, hbyyljt_he C oun tess of Malmesbury. Lady y Lad calthe d r Adelaipe, by the e Cadog a, 1 Ma c hioness of Cholmo n d e l ey. Mrs. Frederick Calver t, of the Dardanelles, by th e C ountess of of Malmesbury. bei _ ~ b the Dowager Countess b i f, J by Lady Arthur Lennox. Carnwath. Mrs. James Camp Miss Ellinor Cane__ Lady Carew, bY t h countess of Morley. YMrs. Clifton. Mrs. Carpentert_ w, by Lady Calthorpe. Mrs. Peter Canna Ai r s. Fainaby Cater, on her marriage_,.by Lady C. Boileau. by Viscountess Palmerston. Chou M iss i Ch berlayne, ;_. annum, by Lady Laura Mone y . Miss -. • Clarke, by - Lon Lady Talfourd. 31 "' ' 'll Clarke bliss Longuevi e, by Lady Talfourd. A i m Trevor Clarke, by her mother, Lady Hyde Pearson. miss Cludde, by Lady Clark. M rs . Connolly, née Princesse de Ruffano, by the Countess of Camperdown. Lady Crompton, by Lady Truro. The Hon. Mrs. Curzon, on her marriage, by the Countess Howe. . . Miss Dalyell, by Lady Adam. Mrs. Dickson, by Mrs. Jones, of Pantglas. Miss Scott Douglas, by her aunt, the Countess Dowager of Glasgow. Miss Sholta Scott Douglas, by her aunt, the Countess Dow ager of Glasgow. Miss Margaret Drummond, by Lady Elizabeth Drummond. The Countess of Dysart, by the Countess Dowager of Glasgow. Mrs. James Edwards, by her Grace the Duchess of North umberland. Miss Georgians Evans, by the Duchess of Norfolk. Mrs. Fairly, by Lady Mary Christopher. Miss Emily Fane, by Mrs. Praed. Miss Charlotte Farr, by Mrs. Fraser Baddeley. Miss Finch, by the Marchioness of Cholmondeley. Mrs. William Franks, by the Countess of Effingham. Mrs. Douglas Galton, by Lady Harriet Clive. Donna Emelia de Gayangos, by Madame Comyn. Mrs. Geary, on her marriage, by the Countess of Wilton. Miss Gill, by the Marchioness of Ely. Miss Sarah Anne Gore, by her mother, Lady Westphal. Mrs. George Gowan, by her mother, Mrs. George Stratton. Miss Ann Grant, by Lady Mary Christopher. The Lady Charlotte Granville, by the Duchess of Atholl. Mrs. Elliot Grasett, by Lady Charlotte Watson Taylor. The Lady Greenock, on her marriage, by the Countess Cath , cart. - . Mrs. John Greenwood, on her marriage, by Lady M. Vyner. Miss Grreville, by her sister, Lady Augustus Loftus- The Countess of Guilford, by the Countess of Sheffield. Miss Fanny Halford, by her mother, Mrs. Douglas Ra iford. The Marchi oness o f H as ti ngs , by Lady Georgians Cholmeley. The Lady Bertha Hastings, by the Marchionoss of Hastings. The Lady Edith Hastings. by the Marchioness of Hastings. Miss Maria Hawes, by her mother, Mrs. Hawes. Mrs. Hay (of Hopes), by the Marchioness of Douro. Mire Hay, by her mother; fargalB7' Miss Heathcote, by Lady Heathcote. I Mrs. Hamilton Hcbden, by her sister, Mrs. Macleod, o f Macleod. ' Miss Selina Hervey, by the Viscountess Grage. Hon. Mrs. Hewitt, by Lady Forth= Mrs. Henry Hippisley, on her marriage. by the Countess of Malmesbury. Miss Hornby, by the Countess of Derby. Miss Lucy Hornby, by the Countess of Derby. Miss Elizabeth ilornby, by the Countess of Derby, Miss Howard, by Mrs. Henry Howard. Lady Hunter, on her marriage, by the Hon. Mrs. Charles Bertie Percy. Miss Hunt, by her mother, Mrs. Ogle Hunt. Miss Florence Hunt, by her mother, Mrs. Ogle Hunt. The lion. Mrs. Llwellyn Irby, by the Hon. Mrs. Kennon. Miss Emily Ruck Keene, by her mother, Mrs. Ruck Keens. Miss Henrietta Ruck Keene, by her mother, Mrs. Ruck Keene. Mrs. Henry Howard, by the Countess 01E13:Ingham. 11 1 1 i i s a s s Kenyo n, Emily Kerr,by t b h y e Mrs. o te K. . nyon r Mr s s.. Th King, om a b s y K A i l n r. g s , b C y l f is t i o r n. Airs. King. Miss Emily King, by the Hon. Mrs. Carleton. Miss Knollys, by her mother, Mrs. Knollys. Lady Susan Lascelles, by the Countess of Harewood. Mrs. Levett, on her marriage, by the Countess of Clan william. Mrs. Hamilton Lindsay, on her marriage, by Lady Sarah Lindsay. Lady Augustus Loftus, by the Countess of Malmesbury. Mrs. Ralph L. Lopes, on her marriage, by Lady Lopes. The Duchess of Marlborough, on her marriage, by Lady Eeversham. Miss Rose Frances Manning, by Lady Truro. Miss Millett, by her mother, Mrs. Millett. Miss Adelaide 'Miles, by her mother, Mrs. Miles. Miss Frances Miles, by her mother, Mrs. Miles. Mrs. James Morrell, by Viscountess Dangarvan. Mrs., Morris, on her marriage, by the Marchioness of Down shire. Mrs. Wolfe Murray, on her marriage, by the Countess of Darnley. Mrs. Charles E. Murray, on her marriage, by the Duchess of Athol!. Lady Charlotte Nevill, on her marriage, by Lady Bray brooke. Lady Nicholls, by Lady John Russell. Lady Adeliza Norman, by her sister, Lady Elizabeth Drum. mond. Mrs. Admiral O'Brien, by the Duchess of Northumberland. Miss O'Brien, by her mother, Mrs. Admiral O'Brien. Lady Parker, by Lady Truro. Miss Farms , Hyde Parker, by Mrs. Wood. The Hoc. Mrs. Frederick Pelham, by the Countess of Chichester. Afrs. Bereaford Peirse, by the Baroness de Cette. Miss Douglas Pennant, by Lady Louisa Douglas Pennant. Miss Emily Perceval, by Mrs. Spencer Walpole. Lady Pollock, on her marriage, by the Viscountess Har dinge. The Hon. Louisa Portman, by Lady Portman. Mrs. Balcarres Wardlaw Ramsay, on her marriage, by the Marchioness of Douro. Miss Selina Ramsden, by her mother, the Hon. Mrs. Henry Ramsden. Lady Caroline Ricketts, on her marriage, by Viscountess Combermere. Miss Laura Ross, by her mother, Lady Ross. Lady Cogmo Russell, on her marriage, by the Duchess Dowager of Bedford. Mrs. Boyd Saunders, on her marriage, by the Viscountess Combermere Mrs. Scott, by the Countess of Mansfield. Miss Scott, by Mrs. Scott. Miss Adele Scott, by Mrs. Scott. Mrs. Nassau Senior, by Lady Frankland Lewis. Miss Sheldon, by Mrs. Malcolm, of Poltallock. Miss Farley Shute, by her mother, Mrs. Dean Shute. Mrs. Bridgemaa Simpson, by the Marchioness of West.. minster. Mrs. Sotheby, by the Baroness de Clifford. Miss Sotheby, by her mother, Mrs. Sotheby. Miss Eleanor Sotheby, by her mother, Mrs. Sotheby. Lady Eveline Stanhope, by Lady Chesterfield. Mrs. Stevens, by Mrs. Hamilton Story. Miss Stephenson, by the Countess of Morley. Miss Jane Stephenson, by the Countess of Morley. Lady Helen Stewart, by her aunt, Lady Feversham. Lady Isabella Stewart, by Viscountess Castlereagh. Miss Alicia St. George, by the Countess of Gosford. Hon. Mrs. St. Leger, on her marriage, by the Countess o Clanwilliam. Lady Strange, by Mrs. Brooke. Miss Strange, by her mother, Lady Strange. Miss Talbot, by her mother, Mrs. Washington Hibbert. Mrs. Brook Taylor, by the Countess of Derby. Miss Anne Elise Thompson, by her aunt, Mrs. V. Thompson. Miss Sarah Isabella Thompson, by her mother, Mrs. V. Thompson. Mrs. Thornton, by the Marchioness of Downshire. Miss Thoroton, by her mother, Mrs. Thoroton. Lady Louisa Thynne, by the Marchioness of Bath. Miss Theresa Tighe, by her mother, the Hon. Mrs. D. Tighe Miss Tioling, by her mother, Mrs. William Frederick Tin- —.- ling. Miss Elizabeth Clementine Townshend, by her mother, Mrs. Townshend. _ Mrs: S. S. Trevor, on her marriage, by the Marchioness of Douro. . - Lady Emily Tumour, by her mother, the Countess of Win- terton. Lady Harriet Vernon, by Lady Vernon. Miss Harriet Vincent. by the Countess of Effingham. Lady Wake, by the Marchioness of Ely. Miss Wake, by her mother, Lady Wake. Mrs. Petrie Waugh, on her marriage, by the Countess of St. Germans. Miss Adela Wilbraham, by her mother, the Hon. Mrs. B. Wilbraham. Mrs Williams (Bron IYylfa, St. Asaph), by Lady John Russell. Mrs Robert Wood, on her marriage, by Viscountess Castle reagh. The Queen and Prince Albert, attended by the I4dies and gentlemen in waiting, returned to Buckingham Palace, after the Drawing Room, escorted by a detachment of the Life LA.DIES' DRESSES. HER MAJESTY. Tier Majesty wore a train of pink moire antique silk, trimmed with white blonde, and white roses and acacias ; the petticoat was of white satin, trimmed with white tulle and wreaths of white roses and acacias. Head-dress, white roses and acacias, ornamented with diamonds. Duciti:ss OF NORFOLK —White glace train covered with crape, sad trimmed with tulle and ribbon ; petticoat of white cr ape, over glace, trimmed with tulle and ribbon. Head dress, feathers and tulle lappets; ornaments, diamonds. Duchess DowA GE a OF BEDFORD—Emerald green satin train, trimmed with black lace ; petticoat of the same, flounoed with black lace. Head-dress, feathers and black lace lap pets; ornaments, diamonds. CouNTEss or DERBY.— Grey and white brocad e d t ra i n, tr i mme d with point lace : white Gothic moire petticoat. point lace and bouquets of white hyacinths. tHriemadnres vi s. it i h eathers and lace lappets; ornaments, diamonds. LADY NAPIER.—A robe and corsage of costly faunette brochet moire antique, lined with rich white satin, and orna mented with waved ruches of satin ribbon; a silver blonde berthe, with a bouquet of silver flowers; a rich white silk jape, covered with flounces of French es epe, garnished with ribbon, and tastefully looped up with bouquets of silver flowers. Head-dress, feathers and silver lappets; ornaments, diamonds. LADY LOPEZ.—Alanteau de cour of rich grey brocade, handsomely trimmed with bouillons de tulle and nceuds of ribbon; corsage, trimmed with ribbon, a la Louis XV. • or naments of splend d diamonds; skirts of glace, with _ turee tich broche flounces. Head-dress, feathers, lappets, and i i tdi diamonds. Bins. DISRAELI —Man teau and corsage of rich blue glace, c overed and trimmed with fine Honiton lace; petti coat o f blue tulle and Hto ; berthe t o correspond, fastened with turquoises an d d i amonds. velvoenti,ers ivy lace, leavesleointermixed with on a diamonds; profusion of Headdress, diamonds; ath fe and lappets. H ER MAJESTY'S THEATRE. a biritone, made his delittt last evening as ed a very satisfactory impression. Rocco, m SFli l ds d ril v li a l°' n ' tage of a tine personal appearance, and sus tainedand crest lie -, as the Rocco, character with spirit, ease, and judgment. His calisation is excellent, and he is evidently a sound musi cian—so that the theatre has decidedly gained a useful as in Signor Stiini. Cruvelli's Leonora, which is, per haps, her most admirable performance, created the impres sion which that gifted artiste never fails to make in a part in which she is seen and heard to such exceeding advantage. madeOYAL lALIAN PERA Grisi her first appearance last night in . her grand roleot NOTICIIa. In vo i ce, style, and dramat i c power, s h e never was more brilliant. She seemed determined to put forward her capabilities to the utmost, and the result' was magnificent. The lyric stage can produce no impersonation equal to the Norma of this superb Queen of Song. Her re ception was raptu rous ly en th us i as ti c . T am b er lik as tbo Pollione,and Formes, the mighty Teutonic basso, the.Oroveso. w Bertrandi sustained the part of Adelgisa with great credit. " THE I\TEW ACTRESS." 111123 Rochelle, of whom we have already spoken favour ably in these columns as having made many successful debilts in the leading business at several of the principal pro vincial towns, has lately been giving Sbaksperian readings in the elegant Salle of the Rue de la Ville L'Eveque, quer tier de la Madeleine, Paris. Her interpretation of the love passages in Romeo and Juliet are highly spoken of, as a close assimilation to nature. Nor was she a wit less effective in giving the celebrated lines of those masculine heroines, Emilia and Lady Macbeth. Mrs. Siddons would have felt pleased with such a pupil, particularly where Miss Rochelle so ably constrasted the terrible situation in which Lady 'Macbeth is placed, when she says— I have given suck, and know How tender 'tis to love the babe that milks me; I would, while it was smiling in my lace, Ilave plucked my nipple from his boneless gums, And dashed the brains out, had I so sworn as you Have done to this." Miss Rochelle is also an authoress, and we perceive that Mr. IN illiam Allcroft, of New Bond-street, has announced his intention of publishing a series of her dramatic works, commencing with her last production, which has been played before a select few in the salle before mentioned, entitled - A/gy, o . London and Paris. It is in three acts, depicting the past, present, and future. Prior to the fulfilment of her engagements in where Miss Rochelle makes her debut The Chi e i rd . ;':_! Daughter, an original piece of her own, she w"l e e d ni alle u l u . advantage of a series of readings with the celebrat to the son of an Rumour assigns the hand of this lair lady the forth,. M. P., and proprietor of one o journals. o f our leading fashionable —* ---77- : -- We have much pleasur e , in recording the L t , one.uc , of A splendid bill of fare is pro- Mr. Benton, the box-bookkeeper of Drury-lane Theatre, which, we perceive by an announcement before us, ta k es place on Wednesday, gilY 5 . (ahem ') & vided for his friends, including Balte's last new opera, Ti m Sicilian: Bride, and the beautiful ballet of Giselle. 1..,?0K ON THIS PICTURE AND ON TIIAT.--M t • e n n e l: s d_S s tOCkings . —boni c t; C ° 1 l a l l e v t : i t t r iron t i e 1 i e ( a l i t l e i; c ier— mony— Hot buckwheat cake—warm beds me slip pers —smoking coffee—round arnslst—eakredlipe unregenerated & e .— s i b li a r p ts pi e a x e lttir c. in s h i u n t g ro le ns b — s hirts j2-chiru'e noses —frosty rooms—ice in the fit 1. —dull razors—corna— gliuutetna—pilearceir bissct(f)fcilt'si—ngi'i—abebcylr'te Sweeten ed 1 coughs and cholics—rhubarb_aio,s —misery, &c. TUE ARCTIC EXPEDIT loN.—STROMNESS, APRIL 25. The Arctice Expediti on " fleet," the Assistance, Capt. Sir Edward Belcher, C. B. the North Star Bl`Clintock and Lieuen , Commander Pull e n ; an d the Intrepid and Pioneer screw steamers, ; the Resolute, Captain Kellett ; Lieutenant d o e s r bo t r h n e , ar c r h iv a e r d ge be o r f e C th or a mande morn ing, and, after a short delay, proceeded northward for the TtAtielfie ha ppy and cheerful on hoard the respeotive lac e , 0%1 iero bed 'a I !OE' !e. , e 4 Li g° o 0 1 led Ig 8 ; lent ost :es ; SS ,nd psi"