The Sun. — London, England, 1856-06-28 00:00:00

~.-~~. ~~ sad at an Uwe es a eatteol of sad, an 4 kr the teetures which Fare delivered at the 'eateries of the Royal Academy, and for which the present accommodation during the period of the exhibitions is insufficient. The trustees or governing body of the Royal Academy have at their disposal a considerable sum of money, and in the event of this house deciding to give them the use of the entire building, they would be prepared to expend a large portion of that fund in puttinga new facade to the edifice, and thus greatly improve its architectural appearance. (Hear.) With regard to the site of the new National gallery, all we propose at present is that the nation should consent to take from the Exhibition Commissioners a half or some part of the ground which they possess at Kensing ton-gore. As to the plans of the building, it would be nugatory for the Government to cause plans to be made, to ask tenders, or to frame estimates, until Parliament has decided the material question, whether the site at Ken , sington-gore should or should not be devoted to the con struction of a National Gallery. If by passing the bid, to which I have already referred, Parliament should decide that preliminary question. Her Majesty's Government, would be prepared to take the necessary steps for obtain ing the most ample competition—by a competition not limited to England, but extended to foreign countries— (hear, hear) —plans made according to certain prescribed conditions. We do not intend in the first instance to go beyond the erection of a national gallery of pictures. I must not omit to mention that the main objection to the present site is, not the in4brities of the atmosphere, but the narrowness of the space. The space is insufficient for a national gallery, and does notadmitof extension ; where as, the proposed site admits for the purposes of a gallery of unlimited extension, and on that account it has strong recommendations. When the plans have been received, we shall submit them, if thoughi, desirable, to a committee, and when one has been selectel we shall cause estimates to be prepared, and the whole matter to be laid before the house in the most distinct manner. It appears to me that in this way the house will be able, with the greatest satisfaction to itself, to conic to a deci sion ou the subject. But I hope you will agree with me that it would be a mere waste of time and labour to refer such a matter as the selection of a site to the investigation of a commission. Suppose, for instance, a commission were to come to a conclusion in favour of some one of the nu merous sites suggested by my noble friend, when their re commendation had to be acted upon, it would perhaps be found that there were insuperable objections to the ob taining of such a site. This is a question which is not merely ono of abstract speculation—it is a question which can only be with advantage intrusted to the hands of a re spoesible Executive Government ; and I trust that, after the explanations I have given, at a length which I am afraid has wearied the house, you will come without diffi culty to a vote against the resolution of my noble friend and in favour of the second reading of the bill to which I have more than once adverted. Mr. TITE said he regretted that the question of the building to be erected on the site, as well as the question of the site itself, was not then before the house, so that they might be enabled to consider the whole subject in all its bearings. He conceived there could be no doubt that the pictures ought to be removed from the present site of the National Gallery at Charing-cress in order that they might be saved from the deleterious influence of the air in • that locality. The question then arose where else they ought to be placed ? He had no hesitation in saying that the site of Kensington Palace would be the very best in ' London if it could only be procured ; and he thought the house ought to defer their decision upon the subject until they should have had an opportunity of ascertaiuing whe • ther it would be possible to gain possession of that site. • Another very fine site would be the elevated ground in Hyde Park, facing Kensington Palace, and a most dislin gaished German artist, the builder of the gallery at Munich, bad expressed his preference for that site over any other in this metropolis. lie (Mr. Tite) did not agree with the noble lord who had brOught forward the motion that a noblOeuilcling might not be erected at Kensington Gore. • It appeared to him, on the contrary, that the ground there was inefficiently elevated and sufficiently well situated in other respects to admit of the construction of an edifice of i s.. great architectural beauty. But he did not think that it • would afford a convenient site, inasmuch as there was at present,, at all events, no commodious access to it from the north. ie earnestly hoped that the house would maturely consider. the whole Subject, before they definitely re solved on the selection they were to make. They had al ready voted 25,0nk. for the erection of a temporary build ing at Ketraingtoi-gore, which, in his opiuion, was un equalled for its ugliness, and they should be very cautious what was the - course' they adopted with respect to the proposed new edifice en which, he believe 1, there must be expended a sum °f e ria less than 1,000,000/. (Roar, hear.) They ought; in hiropinion, to constructs great art gallery, which would contain all our national pictures, as well, perhaps, as some of our best prints, together with our sta • tues and our archaeological collections, for he believed that if they were not tocontine their exertions at the commence • meat to the formation of a picture gallery they would be imitating that short-sighted policy which had already led to so much waste of money and such a want of harmony and grandeur in the public works of this country (Hear, hear.) With regard to the competition for the building he earnestly hoped that it would be a European competi tion. (Hear, hear.) During the last year there bad j been three such competitions two in Hamburgh, and one in France, and every one of them, he was glad to be able to say, had been won by Eaglishmen. (Rear, hear.) They all wished that something creditable to the country should be pro luced in that case, and he trusted they would not pro ceed hastily in the matter, but that they would carefully consider it in all its details before they committed them selves to an irrevocable decision. They might see, in the, case of the very building in which they were then essem bled, the unfortunate consequences of which a rash choice in the site of a great building might be productive. Every one gifted with artistic taste must admire the great architectural beauty of the new Howes of Par liament, but must at the same time regret that so fine an edifice had been raised on so low a site, just along the border of the river, where it was necessary to pall down a bridge in order to render it visible from one quarter (Hear, bear.) He believed they ought to receive a warning from that mistake not to fall into anerror of a similar cha racter, with reference to the selection of a site for the new art gallery. Mr. Alderman CUBITT said that he thought the great questions they had then to consider were the convenience of the public, and the preservation of the works of art. It appeared to him that the selection of Hyde Park for the new art gallery could not be entertained for a moment, be cause the public would never allow any diminution of the space appropriated in the parks to purposes of healthy re creation. The other proposed new sites ware Kensington gore and Kensington Palace. Of these two latter sites, Kensington Palace was placed on the higher level, but that circumstance was not of sufficient importance, in his opinion, to justify them in abandoning the site at Kensing ton Gore, of which they had already got possession. Be sides, they could not obtainso large a spice at Kensington Palace as at Kensington-gore, and he should therefore se lect the latter locality. There was however another ques tion they had to consider, and that was the convenience of the public. He was himself one of the working members of the community. He should like to visit frequently all our great public exhibitions, but he fount that he had not time to gratify that wish. He should be glad to see the Crystal • Palace every day, but he had not been able to go there more ttan once in the course of the present year. He believed that it would also be impossible for him to pay many visite to a building at ,Kensington Gore, while he was frequently enabled to go to the National Gallery at Charing-cross, and he was sure there must be many thousands of persons in London placed in a similar position. At the same time he could not help seeing that it would beimpossible to find accommodation for All our works of art at, Charing-cross ; and' under those circumstances, he would suggest whether it would not be advisable to leave our principal pictures in their present locality, for the convenience of the puolic generally, while our other works of art should be collected in a building at Kensington, which might be frequented by people who had no special business avocations. They could thus. combine with the convenience of having a Na tional Gallery at Charing-cross the advantage of having a larger and a more variously-filled edifice at one of the ex tremities of the metropolis. Mr. LABOUCHERE said that as he had been a mem ber of the committee of the house which had inquired into that subject in the year 1853 he was unwilling to give a silent vote upon that occasion. It was the almost unani mous opinion of the committee that the collection of pic tures at present kept at Charing cross ought to be removed to some extremity of the metropolis, where they would be exposed to a less noxious state of the atmosphere. But a great diversity of opinion had prevailed in the committee with respect to the now locality to which the pictures should be transferred. It was, however, also true that after a very full inquiry into all the circumstances of the case, the decision of the' majority of their members was that offer of the site at Kensington-gore for the con struction of a new art gallery ought to be accepted. The localities brought under their notice might be classed under two heads. First, there were those sites which were more ,or less open to the same objection as the gallery at Charing cross—namely, that they would have the pictures exposed to the smoke and dirt of London ; and it certainly seemed to him that it would be a fetal mistake to transfer those works of art to any such districts. On the other hand, it was clear that they could not be removed to any very great distance from the central portions of the metropolis, because such a removal would altogether defeat the object for which the national gallery was formed. There were no doubt other sites besides the one at Kensington-gore which at first view were tempting enough—such as the site of Kensington Palace, and the site of the elevated ground in Hyde-park. He was not surprised that a foreign archi tect had been struck by the obvious advantage of that latter site, and had expressed for it a decided preference But any one conversant with the wants and .wishes of the inhabitants of London must at once feel that it would be impossible to appropriate Hyde-park for the erection of any building, and to make it cease to be a piece of healthy out-door recreation. He should observe, too, that the site of Kensington Palace would be by no means sufficiently extensive for the proposed new edifice, and that a consider able portion of the surrounding ground should be appropri • ated to . the same purpose ; but the public would not, he felt persuaded, consent that Kensington Gardens, any more than Hyde-park, should cease to be uncovered and un enclosed spaces. A most vigorous opposition had at first been made to the construction of even so temporary a building as the Crystal Palace in Hyde Park, and that op position had not been overcome until a distinct assurance had been given that the building should be pulled down as soon as ever it should cease to be wanted for its original purpose. The fact was, that the parks formed the finest • and most pleasing spectacle in this metropolis ; and no oue, gifted with the slightest artistic feeling, could wish, under any circumstances, for their destruction. He alluded to these points fOr the purpose of showing that the localities from which the committee had to make their selection in that case were extremely limited in number. He believed, that under all the circumstances, no batter site could be obtained than that of Kensington Gore. That spot, al though near London, was out of the smoke of London ; it was sheltered from the north, and it was well known that the most noxious winds blew from that quarter ; it had a gravelly soil, and it was sufficiently extensive for all.the purposes of the proposed building. Let the house recollect, that it was not proposed they should do more iu the pre sent session than determine what was to be the site of the new art gallery, and that all the details connected with the construction of that building would come hereafter under their special consideration. He felt persuaded that ample evidence had already been 'furnished in reference to that question of the site of the edifice, and that if any hou. members did not possess sufficient information upon the point it-must be their own fault. He asked them, then, to come to a decision without any unnecessary delay upon that subject, and he confidently trusts I they would arrive at the conclusion that Kensington Gora was the beat site which they could select for that great national under ' tearing. (Hear, hear ) 'Mr. SPOONER said he should vote for the motion of • the noble lord, because he was not prepared to sanction the removal of our National Gallery from the centre of the metropolis. (Hear.) He would' further observe that it did not seem to him that Kensington Gore would tiff rd a good site for such a building. One of the great objects of the advocates of that change was to obtain the removal of the Pictures from the dirt and smoke of London. Now, it so 14111 SUfif I,ol4_l___)WEl L JIATURDA.Y ZVENINGi JUNE Is, ' au; hopper .4 that ha had fujoyad utinstml oppertubitio ce becoming acquainted wits; Kensington Coro House, because he had frequently visited a near and dear relative of his who had resided there some years ago ; and he could state that the inmates of the house greatly complained of the ex tent to which they were exposed to the dust and smoke of London during the prolonged prevalence of the easterly and north-easterly winds iu the spring months. It would, there fore, as he believed, be impossible to obtain any immunity , at Kensington-gore from the most deleterious effects of our London atmosphere: Let them have one good gallery within the reach of every one who helped to pay for it. Let them not confine all their thoughts on this subject to those who had carriages to ride in and time unlimited to spend. They should remember those with limited time and means. Alln-ion had been made to the 150,000/. pro posed by his right hon. friend (Mr. Disraeli) when Chan cellor of the Exchequer. Now, though a supporter of Lord Derby's Govern meat, he had always thought that that was an improvident outlay. He would recommend the sale of the site of Kensington-gore, as they might, if what was now said of its value were correct, get more than they had paid for it. The house ought to require an esti mate of the whole expense before it authorised the pur chase of one-half of the land which was not theirs, and the transfer of the other, which was already theirs, but the title to which was, it appeared, doubtful. He would not consent to begin alargsexpenditure without knowing some thing of its limit. At all events, he would not do so until they had a surplus. At present they had a deficiency He had another objection. The people of this country looking at the palace of Westminster and at other public works undertaken by Government, complained that in many instances the estimates were trebled. Indeed, iO the case of the palace, he believed no one could tell them, to within a couple of millions sterling, what the total cost would be. (Hear, hear) Sooner than consent to the pre sent proposal he would move a resclutien pledging the house not to pay one halfpenny of the money asked. (Hear, hear.) Lord J. RUSSELL said that the proposition before the house was not what the hon. gentleman opposite (Mr. Spooner) seemed to suppose. If it were the desire of the house that any of the royal palaces should be taken, and that the Queen consented to its arrangement, they would have to provide her Majesty with another palace, instead of the one so appropriated. When the late Mr. Hume, dur ing his (Lord J. Russell's) administration, proposed that a palace should be built for her Majesty in Hyde-park, he (Lord J. Russell) communicated that preposition to the Queen, who said that she did not wish to put her people to any expense, and that she would be content with the palace she had, with such additions to it as it might be desirable to make. (Hear, hear.) They should not expose these pictures to smoke as they now were, nor should they remove them too far from London. He thought that Ken sington-gore would meet all the objections, and had all the requisites. 'lt was in a thoroughfare frequented by vast numbers of persons, riding and walking. The hon. member for Bath had given it as his opinion—an opinion backed by that of an eminent German architect—that a very beautiful building could be erected there. (Hear, hear.) There was another question— that of the extent of the gallery, and the objects to be placed within the gallery. He quite agreed with those hon. members who said that they should make up their mind on this subject before they began to build. (Hear, hear.) They should consider whether they should remove the archseological and tine arts collections from the British Museum. (Hear, hear.) He would not give any opinion on that subject; but he thought that Mr. , Newton's ,opinion, and that of other competent gentlemen, should be taken on that subject. (Hear, hear.) He believed that the present arrangements at the British Museum were very convenient for both the I public and students. (Hear, hew.) To be sending mine rals to one place, archaeological specimens to another, and natural history collections to a third, would not be a good arrangement. He, however, believed that the nation would gain much by having a place sufficiently commo dious to receive the national collection of pictures and statuary ; as uo doubt that collection would be very much increased by individual and other contributions if there were such a gallery in existence. (Hear, hear.) Mr. G. VERNON was in favour of the motion of the noble lord (Lord Elcho). If they had the gallery at Ken sington-gore, they should cnt a road across Hyde park for the.convenience of the people of Bayswater. The hon. member for Andover and the hon. member for Warwick shire had said that the house should in this matter consult the convenience of the public. (Hear.) No doubt the con venience of the public was an important consideration ; but the preservation of the pictures for the people to look at was a still more important one. (Hear.) His vote had been given in favour of the Kensington-gore site upon con dition only that words were introduced into the resolution of the committee to the effect that the objections to all the other sites were insuperable. He hoped Lord Palmerston would take a personal interest in the matter, and not let our most magnificent buildings be erected upon the worst possible sites ; and that when this National Gallery was finished, it would be a lasting monument alike of the taste and the liberality of the Government, of Parliament, and of the country. (Hear.) let us for a moment consider the site which has been sug- gested by her Majesty's Ministers, for I can hardly ssy that it is formally before us, but which, in deference to the course of the debate, I look upon to be the issue now under consideration. What are the allegations brought against this site ? No one denies that at least the atmosphere is pure as compared with that from which the pictures are to be taken. No one denies that it is a site which offers much ampler space. Some will say that its position is not so convenient. (Hear, hear.) Well, that is a question for the house to discuss. I only wish to lay fairly before the house that which, is my opinion, is the important part of the question. I want this issue to be fairly discussed. We must feol all this, that, when a public building is concerned -when a build ing to be dedicated to public purposes is in question, nothing is more difficult than to settle what is generally convenient. The hon. and worthy alderman who addressed us this evening told us what is a convenient site. A con venient site to him is Charing-cross. He lives near it, and when he goes into the city he has the advant 'go, if he likes, of looking into the National Gallery, and of refresh ing his mind, and relieving it for a moment from the cares of business, with the aspect of some of those divine pro dricticns which are there deposited. But a person who did not live near Charing-cross would not consider that Tra- falgar-square was the most convenient site. What have we to do then under such circumstances, is to see whether the site is, in the first place, admirably suited to the purpose, anti, if that be the case, whether it is, generally, conve niently accessible to the great population of the metropo lis. In the first place, then, I say, if Kensington Palace is the model site—and that appears to be the general opi nion of those opposed to the suggestions of the Minister— the ground of controversybetween those who are in favour of Kensington-gore and those who are in favour of Ken sington Palace are extremely narrowed. The site of Ken sington-gore is much nearer than Kensington Palace; there fore, so far as all those who recommend the site of Ken sington Palace are concerned, I think the issue is extremely narrowed. We are debating a question which concerns the future, and a long future. How are we, then, not rashly, not precipitately, not from our present habits and feelings —to decide what is the most capital site and the most com manding position for a building for such a purpose? At this moment there are great complaints from the learned societies that they have been disturbed in their position at Somerset-house. They are invited to go to Kensing ton-gore—hut they protest against the position awl pro test against the distance. They have been accommodated at Burlington-house; but I believe they would rather have remained at Somerset-house. But 100 years ago, or less, the same learned society protested against being insulated at that very house, and said it was very inconvenient to have to go so great a distance from their usual place of gathering, and to a place se remote from' their residences, and from what was then the fashionable part of the town, though I cannot pretend - to decide upon the particular locality. I remember when Belgrave-square was first planned what objections were raised against that site. It was said that nobody could possibly go and live there • it was in the marshes, an d nearly two miles from London; and that it was impossible that any person who took an interest in society and in the. multifarious movements of this metropolis could live in that region. But we have lived to see, in a comparatively short apace of time, a great and powerful city formed there, and which is not so remote as that very spot which is so strongly recommended by many persons as the site of the new Na- tional Gallery. Let us see what is the character of the site at Kensington-Gore. The soil of that spot, which has been described to be a marsh, we know by the evidence taken before the very committee that sat upon the National Gal lery, is a gravelly soil. The position which has been se lected for the National Gallery, if the house ever sanctions that building, is an elevated spot. I therefore cannot un derstand, whether we look at the character of the soil, or at the character of the position, or at its distance from the metropolis,—l cannot, I say, understand what objections can be urged against that particular site. It is not so far as Kensington Palace, which those who oppose Konsington gore prefer, but which they know it is impossible to obtain. In all probability it will be surrounded iu time by a new town, and will suffer from the same circumstance which has alreadyfproved so very deleterious to the pictures in the present building,—namely, from the atmosphere. But I will just observe that from no probable circumstance can it be inconveniently close to any surrounding buildings. It 'will always have a spa e of 700 acres—the area of Ken-ingt gardens and Hyde-park--before it ; and it will always have in its own garden a considerable area free behind it. The houses which will rise in its vicinity will brobably be houses of that high class that will never exercise upon this build ing that injurious influence which has been so generally: acknowledged and expatiated upon. I don't see, therefore, so far as the proposed site is concerned, that these are ob jections which can really be urged against it with any plau sibility. But there is one point to be regarded in this case —where can you find a space sufficient for the purpose if you do not avail yourself of the offer before you ? It would be delusive to indulge the idea of ever restoring the Royal Palaces or of taking away the best sources of re creation from the people. Every man, therefore, who has studied the subject of providing a sufficient and adequate .site for a public building of this kind wants to know where it is possible to obtain an area of this extensive nature so advantageous as that which is before you. These are ques tions which ought fairly to be answered by those geotle men who interfere so much with the settlement of this question ; because I apprehend that the question as to where our National Gallery is to be placed, and the build ing of a National Gallery, is of very pressing necessity. (Cheers.) These points, therefore, ought to be taken into mature consideration. If we are to have another Royal Commission which is to enter into every wild suggestion that might be made, years may be lost before the result of that commission can be laid before the house. I need not dwell upon what would be the probable result of such a proceedin g . Every hon. gentl eman can f orm an est i mate of that; but no hon. gentleman can form an estimate of the in juries which we should be doing in the meantime. 1 would oppose the mntiou of the noble lord so far as it proposes an address to the Crown to retard a decision of 'this house with regard to a site for a National Gallery, upon the mere merits of the question, and upon his own statement an ob vious answer to which must occur to everyone. But I con fess I oppose it upon another ground, and one which has great influence upon me in the course I feel it my duty to take. The noble lord has referred to what he calls the in dustrial system, which was intended to be carried into effect upon this area, the ground of which sy s t em t o a cer tain degree I was instrumental in bringing before the house for its consideration. The hon. member fur Warwickshire on this as on every occasion with stern consistency has taken every opportunity of depreciating that which the noble lord calls the industrial system. But I may remind my hon. friend the member for Warwickshire, who se-,ms offended that I should have called him a Vandal—(laugh ter) —that in the first place, if 1 did make such a mistake it was not in debate, but it was in the coufid , nce of a private communication—a sor t of Parliamentary whisper. (Laugh- . ter.) I would also say to my hon. friend as an extenuating circumstance that there have been very great men who were Vandals—(laughter)—but I would not seriously have applied the term to my hon. friend, who is one of the most consistent and one of the most influential opponents of that which the noble lord calls the industrial system at Ken sington-gore. I would remind my hon. friend that his opin ions are not shared upon the subject by those among whom he lives, and once had the honour of re p re s en ti ng , b ecause remember that the district which first placed itself in com munication with the Royal Commission and expressed the most lively and complete sympathy with those principles which that commission was designed to promulgate, and which I believe to be calculated greatly t o e l eva t e th e taste, knowledge, and fortunes of the people of this country, was the town of Birmingham. (Hear, hear.) That great com munity of 200,000 persons and the inhabitants of the sur rounding district applied to the Royal Commissioners for advice respecting plans of their own devising for the promo tion of a knowledge of practical art and science among their fellow-countrymen; and in consequence of that movement the Birmiugham and Midland Institute—an association which does honour to the enterprise of Englishmen— was founded. The landowners of the neighbourhood subscribed, if I recol lect rightly, the sum of 10,0001 for the site of this institu tion; and the people of Birmingham and its vicinity, meeting them with reciprocal liberality, such an impetus was given to education in practical science and art in that loca ity as makes me think that in the county of Warwick my hon. friend will find no sympathy for the 'opinions which he has so scrupulously advocated in this house. But I wish hon members calmly to consider the grounds on which I shall op pose the motion of the noble lord. I frankly allow that by no vote ever given was the House of Commons precluded, or intended to be precluded, from offering an opinion on the question before us. Still, I cannot understand the motion of the noble lord, and I trust I shall be able to assign good rea- Mr. DISRAELI—As I have been referred to several times in the course of this discussion, and as I had some thing to do with the transaction which has led to the pre sent position in which the question before us is now placed, I hope the house will not consider it intrusive on my part if I ask permission to make a few observations. (Hear.) First of all I would endeavour to ascertain precisely the issue before us. We are not now going to decide whether the bill introduced by her Majesty's Ministers with refe rence to the National Gallery shall be read a second time, or whether we shall vote any money in order to forward the views of the Government. There is such a bill upon our paper to-night, and when it comes on it will be compe tent to any hon. gentleman to offer an opinion or to record his vote upon that issue. The question now before us is the motion of the noble lord the member for Haddington (Lord Elcho), calling upon the house to address her Ma jesty, praying her to issue a Royal commission to deter mine the site of the new National Gallery, and to report on the desirableness of combining with it the fine art and archaeological collections of the British Museum." After the humorous criticisms which have been made by so many hon. gentlemen, I will dwell but briefly upon the question of a new National Gallery. I think it will pretty generally be admitted that a new National Gallery is necessary. The reasons which have been alleged against the suitableness of the present gallery are various, and may not all be ap proved by every one. It is not necessary to enter into a discussion as tothe deleterious influences of the atmosphere, or of other circumstances connected with the present site, but there is a broader view, which cannot be absentfr om our consideration—l would almost say from our conviction at this moment, viz., that on the present site there is not space sufficient for the formation of a gallery worthy of the future of a, great country like England. (Hear.) Nor are there any practical means by which that deficiency can be supplied. You may expel the Royal-Academy, and you will thereby extend the boundaries of the National Gallery, but I maintain that you will not even then have space at all adequate to the wants of that. (Hear.) Long before the National Gallery was built there was a prevalent feel ing in this country that some ample and adequate means ought to be supplied by the State for a collection of pic tures worthy of the nation. This feeling was forced upon the country by the fact that we were periodically losing magnificent collections of pictures which would otherwise have been given to the country. Before this gallery was built we lost the Dulwich and the Fitz william collections. Since the building of this gallery we have lost other valu able collections, and at this moment there are other such collections whichl will not be the property of the country unless the nation be prepared to provide for them such ac commodation as possessions of such rare value deserve.. Can we be surprised at this when within the last few years two donations of invaluable works of art have been made to Great Britain, and the Government have been compelled to admit that, it was not possible to accommodate these magnificent legacies ? The Vernon collection was for a long time in a cellar, and the unrivalled pictures of Mr. Turner —pictures which in future days will vie in beauty, in value, and in repitation with any which the artists of the middle ages have left to us—are still stowed away in some unknown corner, to the disgrace of the country and the great disad vantsge of her Majesty's subjects. I think therefore that I am not indulging in anything like exaggeration when 1 say that the prevalent feeling of the house and the country is that a new National Gallery which shall afford adequate accommodation to those treasures of art which we possess, and which I trust we shall greatly increase, is necessary. Having arrived at that point, I need touch but very briefly upon those which have been already noticed in the course of the debate, and I shall refer to them only that it may not be supposed that I shrink from the responsibility of meet ing the objections which have been urged: Where is there a site upon which a National Gallery of adequate size can be erected? Upon this matter we have had prolonged re searches, continued investigations, numerous suggestions. The most accomplished men have given their attention to the subject. The wisdom of Parliament has been bestowed upon it, and to-night we had heard from the noble lord who introduced this question (Lord Elcho) a summary of all the alternatives which could be brought forward to meet the suggestions of the Ministry. Now I ask any gen tleman who has listened to these proposals whether any one of them'was a really practical or practicable suggestion? It is not necessary for me to go through the list ; and it is only because there are gentlemen present now who may not have, been here when the noble lord addressed the house, that I venture to recall to the house what an extra ordinary catalogue of expedients it was which was intro duced by him to our notice. The great plans of the 'noble lord might generally be ranked under two heads—destruc tion of her Majesty's palaces, and appropriation of her Ma jesty's parks. (A laugh.) Indeed, I listened with astonish ment, which was only checked by a feeling which some times amounted to error, while the noble lord informed the house of the means by which adequate accommodation was to be found for an institution which of all others should form the manners, mitigate the habits, and elevate the tastes of the people. Why, Sir, it was not only a ca talogue of sequestrations, it was a catalogue of revolutions. Her Majesty's palace at Kensington was to be destroyed ; her Majesty's palace of St. James's was to be demolished, and, not content with outraging the hearth of her Majesty, another Royal generation was brought forward as a victim to public taste, and the mansion of his Royal Highness the Prince of Wales— which we understand is now almost preparing for his advent—was also thrown into the cal dron of destruction. (Laughter.) How did we fare with regard to the parks ? There used to be a story--which mem bers of Parliament cannot forget —that there was once a Sovereign who consulted his Primo Minister as to what would be the cost of appropriating one of the parks; and we all know what th e answer was . B ut i t seems th a t we live in happier days, and that the parka are no longer to be considered as the great sources of public health and public pleasure, but that sites in them are to be seized upon by a diletantte committee of the House of Com mons—(hear, and a laugh) —and difficulties, which for a long series of years have perplexed the minds of the most thoughtful men, in the most responsible positions —ques tions which really, when they are more narrowly examined than they have been, I think, by the noble lord, really in volve interests of a much !ruse important nature than the mere po session of a beautiful work of art, are to be settled in a moment. We are to have a fanciful gallery in one of the parks, and the whole thing is to be settled in a month, which, if practical, would be very convenient. It is not necessary that I should criticise these plans. I shall come at once to that -point in which there is a dif f erence. I think the house has agreed that.there is to be a new Na tional Gallery, and that it will very generally agree that the suggestions thrown out by the noble lord (Lord Elcho) are not practical and practicable ones. For instance, the suggestion of Kensington Palace. Ido not think it is fair that we ought to discuss that question. It is not open to . us to fix upon a palace of our Sovereign, and to say, this is a site which we will advise ; it will give us all that is ' necessary, without duly cousidoing the resporisibility of ' such advice. And when my hon. friend the member for Warwickshire tells us that by this vote, and by this ques tion to-night, we perhaps shall be entering upon a course of unlimited expense, I would remind my hon. friend that, in supporting such a suggestion as that proposed by the '8 sous to induce the house to entertain the view which I take myself on this matter I cannot help regarding the motion as au attempt to rescind the policy inti oda, ed to the notice of this house in 1852—(" No I")—and which was th• conse quence of the great Exhibition of the year preceding. I can assure hon. gentlemen that there are involved in this subject considerations far higher than the mere dilettanti sentiments that have entered into this debate. Let me recall for a moment the circumstances under which the Great Exhibi tion of 1851 took place ; but before doing so I may, perhaps, briefly remind the house of the manner in which the pro position for establishing that exhibition was received in this country—of the suspicion, the jealousy, the cavil, the con stant oppos Lion from almost all classes which its first an nouncement encountered. It was looked upon as a design to injure the industry of this country. (" No.") The hon. gen tleman who cries " No" has not seen, as I have, the number of public memorials presented to that effect; he cannot pos sess, as I do, a collection of all the squibs and pasquinades written upon the smbject ; he forgets, which I do not, that at the last moment a peer of Parliament, • holding one of the highest offices of State, moved the Upper House, I believe, even when the buildinf , had been raised, to prevent its being opened. It was with the greatest difficulty that the Great Exhibition was established. Those who promoted it were obliged to apply to private individuals to guarantee even the expense of the structure. Remembering all this, I ask the house to reflect on the vast and beneficial influence which that exhibition has exercised on the industry of the country, and to contrast the feelings with which it was originally wel comed with the public sentiment which the retrospect of it now inspires. I however mention this only in passing. What I want the house to consider—and it is a point the import. ance of which cannot be exaggerated—is this. What was the cause of that memorable exhibition which has given atone to Europe, and produced such extensive effects on our manners and our industry? It had been known for a long period to men of study and experience that the industry of England was about to encounter not only a severe, but—as those capable of forming an accuxate judgment believed—a fearful and increas• ing competition. Under those circumstances Parliament thought fit (and I state the historical fact without now ques tioning the wisdom of your counsels) to change the whole commercial policy of the country. The productions of Eng land were brought into competition with foreign productions, not merely in your colonial but even in your home markets. These things were known to philosophers and to statesmen, they were discussed in many literary treatises of the time ; but the people of England—the most industrious and inge nious people—were not aware of the fact that, with the ex ception of a better command of the raw material, there was n single point in which their industry was superior to that o; the foreigner. (Hear.) How could they be taught this ? Only by inviting to our capital all the specimens of the inge nuity and invention of other nations, by collecting uudcr one roof all the raw materials, mineral, vegetable, and animal, which supplied the processes and manufactures of our rivals. And it was necessary by an exhibition of this kind to convey a great lesson to the most manufacturing community in the world. The consequence of the Great Exhibition of 1851, when it had experienced its immense success and its results were recognised, vas that those who had undertaken it, for tified by public opinion, and supported by statesmen • all parties who were cognisant of the condition of the couu try, arrived at the conclusion that some decisive measures ought to be taken by which an education in practical art and science should he given to our working classes, so that Nettie Serl b he is, in foot, eutorlog into ft postale oormudi. ' they might be conbloti to rosintalu the ancient nine• turn to which no person can draw a limit, and that by the macy of their etill and defy the effects of that fearful selection of such a site, independently of the destruction of competition which, if succe ss f u l,. w ould have p ro v e d s o - in one of the Queen's palaces, which would involve a l arge j injurious to our wealth and our reputation. It was felt to be ex ense by way of decent compensation for the outrage so necessary, therefore, to establish a great institution of art calmly propo'sed to .us, he would lead us into hu expendi- t and science in this country, in spite of prejudice so Strong Lure infinitely greater in all probability than any Minister and obstacles so formidable, that they 'could never have been would call upon this house to sanction. (Cheers.) Well, Si r , ffercoffino unless those who undertook this difficult task had been animated by a sense of duty which they re sist. Let the house only consider what has already been achieved under this head. I can assure hon. gentlemen, who may think that lam straying from the question, that they will find these topics intimately connected with the proposi tion Coro immediately before the house. Before the year of. the Great Exhibition you certainly had a partial system of education in practical art in this country, but it was very limited in its character and very slight in its resources. You had 2Q local schools of design in a certain degree dependent on a central authority. That was the foundation you had to build upon, and on this basis since the Exhibition of 1851 you have established a metropolitan school of practical art, an invaluable museum of practical art, and 700 local and paro chial schools of practical art in connection with the mete opo litan school. As far as practical science is concerned you had nothing to build upon. Yon have now, however, in London a school and museum of practical science, and you are esta blishing corresponding institutions in every part of England. You wanted space for these establishments. Hon. gentle men talk with great coolness about sites. They are ready to vote the pub is money, and wisely so, to encourage scientific collections ; but let the House of Commons vote night alter night what funds it may, it will produce no effe .t while you have no buil iings , in which to place those collections. The truth is, that until this moment you have never had the space offered you on winch the required building could be erected. You have; indeed, buildings and schools in obscure streets and disadvantageous situations- none of them aggregated, but all scattered about--one in one place, and another in another—and the whole producing the smallest possible result at the largest cost. The idea was therefore formed that you should obtain the first indispensable requisite for imparting a complete education in practical science and practical art to the workmen of England—viz., the space on which the necessary buildings should be collected together— (hear, hear)—and that there yon should concentrate the various museums and schoola now dispersed throughout the metropolis. Au hon. gentleman talked of destroying Marl borough-house. In that establishment you have now a school and museum of art in which the m- n are educated who are to be the future teachers of England, and from which— as from a metropolitan centre--accomplished and capable in structors are sent to the chief seats of our manufacturing industry.. In another situation you have a school of science —a place by no means adequate to the occasion, in which expel invents in agriculture are made by men who have pro duced, and will continue to produce, the greatest effects upon that important branch of industry. It was thought advisable that some attempt should be made to bring all these mu seums and schools together, in, order that it might be under. stood that a great though gradual ehange.in the condition of the country was at left recognised by its rulers, and that it might be seen that practical science and practical art are, to the working community of these kingdoms, quite as impor tant as those political rand civil rights which we have so long enjoyed' and which we so highly prize. Now, I ask the house how is this to be done? How are you to produce an effect upon the opinion of a nation, if you admit practical art and science to be most valuable necessities unless you place them in such a position that their importance must be recog nised by the country ? You have placed your political insti tutions and your great officers of State in buildings which show to the country that . you have at last recognised their paramount importance; and, when you can place your mu seums and your schools of practical art and science upon this great site of 80 or 90 acres, if you resolve that the raw ma terial shall no longer be an abstraction to the people of this country, but that it shall be seen in all its forms in your museums—if you determine ithat your working men shall have opportunities of instruction in those processes which will enable them to invent colours—in which they are now surpassed by foreign artists—l ask- you why such a position should not be assigned to the gallery of galleries, the National Gallery When you are seeking to educate a nation in art, and when you have such a site at your command, why should not the National Gallery Of the people be one of the crowning ornaments of this country ? There is nothing more fallacious, nothing more shortsighted —nay, I will say there is uothiug more mean and sordid, than to suppose that you can raise and refine the taste of a people by second rate models and by second-rate means. Her Majesty's Ministers have recommended_ that in the place to which iu time you will attract all the sympathies, the curiosity, and the conscious pride of the • community, you should also raise your National Gallery, and I -am of opinion that that is a wise and proper recommendation. I should entertain the same opinion if there were sites that could be placed in competition with it ; but as no more eligible posi tion can be suggested, and as this magnificent site is available I think it most desirable that amid your museums and schools of science and art you should raise, as a crowning and conse crited ornament of the scene, the Gallery of the Nation. (Rear, hear) I believe you would thus produce an immense effect upon the public mind—that you would raise and refine the taste of the country—that you would give an impulse to the national spirit that would enable our artisans to meet successfully the competition they have to encounter; and, above all, that you would add weight to the central autho rity which must regulate and guide all the local schools of design. (Hear, hear.) These are considerations which I think we ought to bear in mind ; and when we are told, as we were told to-night by the noble lord that the National Gallery is to be distinguished from what he sneeringly called the industrial scheme of the Royal Commissioners— Lord E LCHO —I beg pardon for interrupting the right hon. gentleman. I totally deny having sneered at what he is pleased to call the industrial scheme. Mr. DISRAELI—WeII, at what the noble lord, without a sueer—(laughter)—styled the industrial scheme of the Royal Commissioners—l would take the liberty of impressing upon the noble lord and upon the house that, in a full and fair development of that industrial scheme—namely, the complete education of the people of this country in practical art and science—are involved the future wealth and welfare of this great community. (Cheers.) Lord PALNIERSTOX—feome subjects have been net= h v eolutseed to o t k i e n e p t h e n e t i c r e o l u y r s o e u t o o f f t t h h i e s i d . debate d e w r h a t i ohn in w t i h s e h v o t h t e e they are about to give, We have been told by some hon. geentlemen that this is the first s ep t6wards the expenditure of 1 ,001,000 k, and the question has been argued as if the bill of her Majesty's Government involved a large expenditure of money. The object of that bill, which is really and sub stantially the topic now under discussion, is, however, to enable the public to receive a present. (Hear.) Other hon. gentlemen have argued that this is a question of taste, that we ought not preeipitittely to adopt a plan which may lead us to imitate errors that have previously been committed, and that the house ought to pause before it assents to the proposition of the Government. But the house is not called upon to adopt any plan ; on the contrary, all we propose is, that the house should accept a site for a building that may be erected at some future time ; but what shall be the form or the extent of that building, what shall be its ornaments or its arrangements, or what shall be the expense of its construction, must be the subjects of subsequent deliberation in this house ; and the house will not pledge itself upon any one of these topics by adopting the bill which has been introduced by the Govern ment. When we are told that former transactions with refe rence to public buildings justify my noble friend in recom mending another commission of inquiry ; and when we are told, as we have been, that we ought to take warning from the exampleiof the odifice in which we are now assembled, I would remind honourable gentlemen that this great building was the result of commissions and committees. (Laughter.) I think, therefore, that the multiplication of commissions is not a very happy remedy for the evils my noble friend desires to avoid. (" Hear, hear," and laughter.) The starting point from which we ought to proceed has been accurately described by the right hon. gentleman who hasjust sat down. It is simply this :—ls it fitting that we should continue to lodge the national collection •of pictures in the building in which they are now contained ? Why, sir, I think no man who reflects upon the subject would entertain that opinion. The p‘resent building is objeaionable on account of its situa tion ; it is too small even for the collection of pictures we possess ; it cannot be extended in such a manner as to afford accommoda ion for pictures which may either be purchased or accepted as gifts ; and, as has been well pointed out by the right hon. member for Buckinghamshire, not only have we lost most valuable collections, which might have been the property of the nation if a fitting place had been provided for their reception, but we have now collections which have been given to the country which it is impossible to exhibit because our gallery is not sufficiently capacious for the purpose. An hon. gentleman - I think the hon. member for North War wickshire—suggested that the National Gallery might be en larged by turning out the exhibition of the Royal Academy. (Mr. Spooner was understood to express dissent, amid loud laughter.) lam glad my hon. friend has not proved himself to be a Vandal by encouraging such a proposition—(laughter) -for I think any one who made a suggestion of that nature would really deserve that application of the term which the right hon. member for Buckinghamshire has endeavoured to explain away. (Laughter.) Is it no national object that we should have a proper place in which the Royal Academy may exhibit the annual productions of the ar t and genius of this country ? Is it no national object that that place should be large enough to receive all the contributions that deserve to be so exhibited ? Why, at the present time about 1,7 k 0 pictures are annually refused admission to the Rod al Academy because th re is not space enough for their exhibi tion. I may be toll that many of these pictures are not de serving of admission, but there aro many of them also which possess great merit, and which would, I believe, attract pub lic admiration. All other national exhibitions afford accommo dation for the productions of artists of foreign countries, but from our exhibition the works of any but native artists are' almost entirely excluded. Here and there we see by accident the picture of a foreign artist, but is it not desirable that our exhibition should afford room for the works of foreign artists, which may come into competition with those of our own countrymen ? Who that has ever gone into the dungeon in' which sculpture is exhibited in our National Gallery does not blush for his country ? There you have works of genius so crowded together, like ima. es upon the boards of Italians in the street, that schoolboys long for an opportunity of smashing them. (Laughter.) lam sure any Englishman who has visited the galleries of art abroad, and who compares them with those of his own country, must be ashamed at the contrast, and must earnestly desire that better means should be provided for exhibiting the productions of modern genius and the works of anci nt masters. (Hear, hear.) Then . I say that that National Gallery ought to be given up to the purposes of the Royal Academy for the study of art, for the display of modern works, and' for those other objects to which they wOuld apply it. (Hear.) But if we are to blow, our national collection of pictures from the p'ace where they now_are, where are they to go ? My noble friend the member for Haddington (Lord Eleho), like Callebs in search of a wife, has wandered forth search of a site to all the. diff.rent places where his imagination led him, and at last he met with a mirage which induced him to believe there was a swamp at the site now recommended. Why, that is as de ceitful as the mirage which the traveller thinks he falls in with as ho passes over the sands of Egypt; there is no foun dation whatever for the apprehension which haunts my noble Lets examine the sites which he pro• poses. In number they are about a dozen or more. Those sites may be classed iu three divisions. Some of them are liable to all the objections. which apply to the present site; they are in the town and would be equally exposed with the present gallery to the smoke and dirt of London. What, for instance, should we gain by removing the gallery from ono end of Pall-mall to the other? Then my noble friend comes to the parks and the palaces. He has offered to him a free gift in the site now proposed•—gt site which the country has only to accept ; but he is not contented with that; he re fuses the gift, and says, " I am determined either to rob the public of those places of air and recreation which they at present possess, or I will take from the Crown the palaces which belong - to it." Now, I repudiate altogether those proposals. (Hear, hear ) I put off the question of the encroachments upon the parks, because I feel sure if any Government could be found which- would advise the Crown to allow such encroachments, there would be a burst of public indignation which wo uld prevent any =clime of the sort from being carried into execution. We all remember the violent opposition which has always been raised to any such encroachments upon places which ire preserved for tee use and enjoyment of the people. But then we are told that a handsome building might be erected which would be au ornament to the parks. No doubt such a building might be erected, but we are not talking about ornamenting the parks ; oar objeot should rather bo o con sider how we are to preserve them for the purposes fo which they a: e designed. With regard to the parks and K nsing ton-gardens, therefore, I put these sites altogether out of view. My noble friend in an easy, good-humoured wak talks of sweeping away St. James's Palace and Marlborough ouse, and sending the Prince of Wales to Burlington-house. Now, I think any man, whether he be prince, peer, or com oner, who had the good fortune to own Marlboroueh-house, would pause a long time before accepting the transfer to B ruing ton-house, (Hear.) The two situations are by no eans equally desirable, and yet my noble friend talks of s eping away the Prince's future residence and erecting fanci 1 fab rics in its stead. He reminds me of the German b oness who was so fond of planting that she cut down whole orests to enable her to gratify her taste ; or of the old lady 'n the " Arabian Nights" who was so anxious to exchange Al din's old lamp for a new one—there being this additional p int of resemblance, that the • exchange, so unprofita e to Aladdin, would also involve us in an enormous e endi ture. There would be the compensation you , ould have to give the Crown for these existing tarild -1 ings ; there would be the expense of erecting fresh palaces and of the buildings you would erect o the sites thus obtained ; an d , i n s h or t , suc h a proposa l se ms to be altogether inad m i ss ibl e. Th e rea l ques ti on w hi th e house has to co ns id er i s, I t a k e i t, not whether the p sent ' National Gallery is t o b e remove d , b ecause I l oo k upo that as a settled point—(hear)- -not wheth e r a new Nati o n 41 Gal t lery is to be erected in Hyde Park, Kensington-gatdens; Pall-mall, or on the site of Marlborough-house, r St. James's. The real question is whether you will remo • the .National Gallery to the site now proposed, or whethe con trary to the opinion of all those whose opinion, is enti , ed to consideration, you are determined to continue it in the neon venient, insufficient, and, to works of art, dangerous wild ing in which the national collection of pictures now is Sir, the choice is between this ground or none. I see no . ther spot within reach of visitors who wish to see this cone, tion ; I see no other site but this to which it is possible to tr nsfer the gallery ; and when my hon. friend the member for t ew ark (Mr G. H. Vernon) asks me whether the Gover ment have deliberately considered this question, and, I ~ ink, rather made his vote depend upon the answer which .- ybe returned, I claim his vote upon that very ground, .. ause the Government have deliberated upon the subject. ( : ear.) After full consideration, I am prepared to say that we don't see our way to any other site for the National Gaiter • , and we do think it is not fitting either that the collections . pic tures we have, or those we may hereafter have, should co . inue in the building in which they are now placed. (Hear.) Ido therefore hope that the house will not be led aw , y by the vivid imagination of my noble friend (Lord `E cho), or by the romantic march he has taken to a num. •r of impossible and impracticable sites, but that hon. me .. bers will consider the real question at issue—namely, not whether we should determine to launch into that :nor mous expense in construction which has been alluded now awaiting deeision—not whether we will adopt an ticular plan, but whether we will accept a site which sufficient capacity ho allow of its application to all those poses for which it may hereafter be required —a site the country may receive at present without ny fu expense, and as to which, when accepted, Parham mans perfectly free to determine to what purposes it sh applied, to what extent buildings shall be constructed, shall be their form and .character, and what - shall be al expenie incurred in carrying out these desirable o bj ec t s. • Mr. LOCKE did not pretend to say that be h a d forznl very strong opinion in favor of Kensington Palace as a Kensington-gore, because ho thought there were ci; stances connected with the removal of the pictures Charing cross to one or other of these sites which trust of all be taken into consideration. (Hear.) It was not him to say whether it had been satisfactorily established pictures deteriorated in the present building, and then they must necessarily be removed from their present si don; but ho wonkLremark that those who made this p. sition for the removal of the gallery to Kensington-gore not seem to remember that that site must become gr ally as fitted for building on as others. In a few there would probably not be a piece of vacant gri between the site now, fixed on and the river at Chel and was it,' then, worth while to remove these tures to Kensington - gore, owing to an alleged terioration from their continuance in town—a p, which, he confessed, notwithstanding all that to as par is of hich ther t re- rom first for that fore been said on the subject, he was not yet prepare to look upon as established ? (Hear, hear.) B u t, thouoit he had not a very decided opinion as between the two sitest ho had referred to, he confessed he thought that i n th e conrse which was originally traced out by the right hon. gentleihan opposite (Mr. Disraeli) they had laid the foundation for Mis chief of which they had rot yet seen the end. (Hear) He believed, moreover, that that foundation had been laid ufon false premises. Having studied the character of his country men, and had the opportunity of comparing their works with those of foreigners, he confessed that he had not come to the conclusion that it was necessary to treat the workman as a child, and to adopt for his benefit that centralising system which the right hon. gentleman seemed to have in his mind. He had himself in the year 1852 stated that he did not agree in the low estimate that had been formed of tte character of Englishmen by some hon. gentlemen oppos te, nor that the perfection of mechanical skill was due to the Governmental schools. He had great faith in the individual energy of the country, and if they established central schools they would lessen the individual exertion which had been the mainstay of the mechanical industry of the country. (Hear, hear.) Ho had no objections to grants of money for buildings for the exhibition of our excellent works of art; but if it were 'in tended to introduce central schools by which degrees Were to be established, so that individuals out of the pale of these schools might be marked (he alluded to the centralising system in France, where the Ecole Polytechuiquo had been established, ont of which there was no opportunity for any individual, however great his merit), he felt bound to raise his voice the moment the question was introduced ; and the right hon. gentleman the member for Buckinghamshire, then Chancellor of the Exchequer, said that he (Mr. Locke) had made a startling assertion, for which there was not the Brightest foundation, to raise an argument against this vote. He cold assure the hon. gentleman he (the Chan cellor of the Exchequer) had heard, for the first time, the statement respecting this scheme, and ho could say with perfect confidence that it was an assertion for which there was not the slighest imaginable foundation.. The speech of the right.hon. gentleman that evening had been enough to justify the statement which he had made in 1852, and to show that so.uethiug was impending which Parliament ought not to permit, and against which ho wished to enter his protest. Lord ELCHO much regretted that he had no right of reply, because nearly everything which he had stated had been misrepresented by the opponents of his motion. He had not proposed that the geological collection should be given to the Zoological Society, but that it should be placed somewhere near the gardens of the society; nor had he stated that 13 commissions or committees had been ap pointed on the subject of the National Gallery. He had not wished to convey to the house that he was opposed to what the right hon. gentleman called the in lustrial scheme, but be had endeavoured to draw a distinction be tween a scheme which had been supported by the late Mr. Hume, and that which the right hon. gentleman called a National Gallery of the people ; and he considered that the subject involved a much larger question than the mere choice of a site. Mr. DISRAELI wished to explain that the statement quoted by the hon. gentleman had reference to schools of art and science, which were included in the miscellaneous estimates for which the hon. gentleman had voted. The house then divided, when the numbers were— For Lord Elcho's motion 153 Against Majority The announcement of the numbers was received with loud cheers. Mr. WALPOLE asked whether, as the numbers were so equally balanced in the division which had just taken place, it would not be a good opportunity for adopting the suggestion thrown out the other evening by the right hon. member for Carlisle, that addresses to the Crown should be referred to a committee to be prepared, by which means the opinion of the house could again be taken on them ? Lord PALMERSTON said that he thought the propo sition of his right hon. friend was well deserving of atten tion, but it would not be desirable to apply it until the house had deliberately adopted it. EXCHEQUER BILLS (4 000,0000 BILL. This bill went through committee. SCOTCH AND IRISH PAUPER REMOVALS BILL. Mr.BOUVERIE said that this bi/l had now been three months before the house. It had excited a great deal of opposition in the metropolitan and manufacturing dis tricts, and as he saw no chance of carryieg it in the present session, although he was convinced that it was founded on justice and that it would effect a material improvement in the administration of the Poor Law, bo begged to move that the order for the second reading be discharged. After a brief conversation, the vote was agreed to, and the order discharged. The Juvenile Offenders (Ireland) Bill was also with drawn. PAROCHIAL SCHOOLS (SCOTLAND) BILL. The consideration of this bill was resumed in committee. On clause 9, an amendment, proposed by Sir J. FER OUSSON. requiring schoolmasters to subscribe the Confes, sion of Faith, and make a declaration that their teaching should be in accordance with the Holy Scriptures and with the shorter catechism, and that they would not exercise their' functions to the prejudice of the Church of Scotland, was negatived without a division, and the clause agreed to. Clause 10 was withdrawn. Clause 11, providing that schoolmasters not of the Esta blished Church might be examined as the minister and heritors might direct, and not by the Presbytery, was op posed by Mr. BLACKBIIEN, and supported by the LORD ADVOCATE. The committee divided, when there voted For the clause.. Against it Majority The clause was than agreed to The remaining clauses of the bill were also agreed to, and the house resumed. 109 46 -63 WILLS AND AbIIINISTRATIONS BILL. This bill went into committee pro forma, and was or dered to be printed. EDUCATION (SCOTLAND) BILL. On the question of the resumption of the adjourned de bate (June 2) on the second reading of this bill, The LORD-ADVOCATE said that, although he believed this to be a good and useful bill, yot it appeared to be not, good enough or useful enough to be likely to pass this ses sion. He would therefore move that the order for the second reading be discharged. (Hear.) Motion agreed to, and bill withdrawn. BANKRUPTCY AND INSOLVENCY (IRELAND) ILL, The ATTORNEY-GENERAL moved that this bill be read-a second time. MA.CARTAY hoped that the bill would not be pressed at that time of night (a quarter to 1 o'clock). He moved that the bill be read a second time that dcy six months. Mr. J. D. FITZGERALD said maple time had been given for the consideration of the bill. No objection'had been made to it, and he therefore hoped the house would allow it to be read a second time. 'Mr. CAIRNS recommended its withdrawal for the pre sent session, as there was no reasonable prospect of its passing, and there were several objections to it. (Rear.) Mr. VANCE and Colonel FRENCH also urged its post. ponement until next session : but The amendment was negatived without a division, and the bill was read a second time. DWELLINGS FOR . LABOURING CLASSES (IRE- LAND) BILL. On the third reading of this bill being move 1, Col. GREVILLE objected to it as being of too stringent a character. 'I be bill was now made applicable to yearly tenancies, and provided that in case of refuse not being disposed in certain places, or in the event of the premises being damaged, the more service of a summons should ter minate the occupancy. He moved as an amendment that the bill be read a third time that day three months. Mr. DE VERE seconded the amendment, which was supported by Mr. M'MA.,,ON. Sir W. SOMERVILLE said, the point had been already discussed in committee. The provision referred to was in tended to encourage habits of order and cleanliness. If any noisanee was placed in the neighbourhood of a dwell ing, and was not reruove i after the receipt of a summons with three days' notice, the tenantry was to cease. Mr. G. HAMILTON thought the right hon. baronet (Sir W. Somerville) was entitled to credit for the intro duction of a measure which might be considered one of the few attempts made to better the condition of the labouring classes in Ireland. The house divided, and the numbers were— For the third reading . 85 Against Majority for the third reading —66 The bill was then real a third time and passed. The Metropolis Local Management Act Amendment Bill was read a second time. MARRIAGE LAW (SCOTLAND) AMENDMENT BILL. Sir J. GRA.HA. I II, in moving the second reading of this bill, said it had been brought down from the other house having been there introduced by Lord Brougham. He and his noble friend, living on the borders, had both been witnesses of the evil effects of the present system of border marriages. Within the last year there had been no less than 1,000 marriages at Gretna, and he believed the case was much the same on the Berwick and Coldstream side. This system of marriages was productive of seduction, bigamy, and bastardy to a large extent among the humbler classes, and the evil consequences generally fell on the women. If a woman had money the marriage was held by the husband to be valid ; if not she was abandoned. He knew of a case in which a man had contracted four mar riages of this sort. The bill did not proceed by way of penalties, but rendered such marriages invalid unless the parties had been resident in Scotland foi at least a fort night. The Government, he believed, had no objection to the principle of the bill, and whatever difference there might be as to its details would be amply discussed in com mittee. After a few words from the LORD ADVOCATE and Mr. DUNLOP. The bill was read a second time. The Hospitals (Dublin) Bill passed through committee pro forma CHURCH-RATES ABOLITION BILL. _ Upon the motion of Sir W. — CLAY, the order for the third reading of the bill was discharged, after a few words from Mr. HADFIELD condemnatory of the conduct of the Government. The Coathana Marriagei Validity Bill, the Smoke Nui sance Abatement Act Amendment Bill, and the Court of Exchequer (Scotland) Bill, were severally read a third time and passed. The Vaccination Bill passed through committee pro forma. Mr. J. D. FITZGERALD obtained leave to introduce the following bills :—Bill to amend the law and practice of the Court of Chancery in Ireland in relation to the ap pointment of receivers over-real estate, and to expedite the sale of estates in the said court ; bill to extend the period for applying for a sale under the acts for facilitating the sale and transfer of encumbered estates in Ireland, and to amend the said act; and a bill to constitute a Court of Appeal in Chancery. and to amend the law relating to ap peals from the Incumbered Estates Court in Ireland. Mr. WILSON obtained leave to introduce a bill to per mit the use of rice in the distillation of spirits. The house adjourned at a quarter to 2 o'clock. PARLIAMENTARY DIVISION. HOUSE OF COIiMONS.-JUNE 27. NATIONAL GALLERY.-SupPLy. Motion made, and Question proposed, " That Mr. Speaker do now leave the Chair :"—Amendment proposed, to leave out from the word " That " to the end of the Question, in order to add the words "an humble Ad dress be presented to Her Mtjesty, praying tier Majesty to be graciously pleased to issue a Royal Commission to determine the site of the new National Gallery, and to report on the desirableness of combining with it the Fine Art and Archw ilogical Collections of the British Mu seum, in accordance with the recommendation of the Select Committee on the National G illery in 1853," — instead thereof :—Question put, "That the words pro posed to be left out stand part of the Question :"—The house divided ; Ayes, 145, Noes, 133. AYES-145. Acton, Joseph Freestun, Colonel Naas, Lord Bailey, C. Gallwey, Sir W. Na ler, J. Baines, Rt. Hon. M. Galway., Viscount O'Brien, J. Ba!dock, E. LI. Glyn, G. Osborne, R. Ball, E. Goddard, A. Paget, Lc), d A. Baring, Sir F. Gower, F. Pakington, Sir J. Barnes, T. Graham, Sir J. Palmer. Hobart Barrow, W. Graham, Lord M. Palmerston, Viscount Bennet, Capt. P. Gregson, Samuel Peel, Sir R. Berkeley, F. Grentell, Charles Peel, F. Bernard, Vist. Greville, Colonel F. Poil4tt, A. Bothell, Sir R. Grey, lit Hon. Sir G. Pennant, Col. E. B nthani-Carter, J. Grey, R. Price, W. Bouverie, lion. E. P. Grosvenor, Ld. R. Pritchard, J. Brand, H. B. W. Guinness, R. S. liepton, G. Brocklehurst, J. Gwyn, Bowel Ricardo, 0. Brotherton, J. Hall, Sir Benjamin Ricardo, S. Bruce, Lord E. Hamilton, Lord Claud Ridley, George Buller, :••1r J. Hamilton, U. A. Robartes, P. Butt, G. M. Hawkey, T. Bolt, P. Byng, G. 11. C. Hardinge, ifon. C. Russell, F. C. Cardwell, E. Headlam, T. Sawle, C. Castlerosse, Vis. Heard. J. Seymour, H. Chambers, T. Heathcote, G. Shelburne, Earl Clay, Sir W., Bt. Heneage, Geo. F. Smith, K. Clifford, Lt.-Col. H. M. Hervey, Lord A. Smi,h, Abel Clive, U. Higgins, G. 0.. Steel, John uobbuld, J. C. Horsman, E. Stephenson, Robert Cockb .rn, Sir A. J. E. tlngls, W. Taucred, H. Cocks, T. S. Hughes, U. G. Taylor, Colonel Colvile, C. R. Jolliffe, Sir W. Thornely, T. Cowan, C. Jolliffe, El. Trollolie, Sir J. Cowper, W. Laboucnere,Rt.tion.li Vernon, V. , !rossley, F. Langton, B. G. Villiers, C. Cabal. W Lennox, Lord H. G. Vys,.", Col. R. Davie, Sir H. R. F. Lewis, Sir (LC. W a.pole. S. Davies, D. Littleton, E. Warren, S. Disraeli, B. Lowe, lt. W hitmoreji. Drumianrig, Vls. .111 . Cann, J. Wickham, H. Duncan, Viscount M'Gregor, John Wilkinson, W. Dunne, Ni. Malins, Richard Wilson, J. Ewart, W. ' Massey, W. Wood, Sir C. Ewa, t, J. Milligan ' K. Wrightson, W. F'arrer, J. Milnes, R. Wyndham, EL Fergus, John Michell, William Wynne, Joists Ferguson, Colonel Moffat, O. Fitz Gerald, Sir John Monet, Vie. Fitzgerald, J. Moncreiff, J. Fitzroy, Henry Monsell, W. Forster, Charles Morris, D. NOES-153. TELLERS. Hayter, W. llitilgrave, Earl of Alcock, T. Annesley, Earl of Antrobue, E. Archdall, Capt. M. Baillle, H. • Baxter, W. Bearnish, F. Beaumont, \T. Bell, J. Black, Adam Blackburn, Peter Brumley- ‘l,ore, J. Bramston, T. W Brace, C. L. C. Bruce, li. A. Buck, Col. urghley, Lord Cairns. 11. Campbell, Sir A. I. Javendish, C. C. ,ayley, E. S. Cecil, Lord Chambers, M. Cheethain, John Craufurd, E. H. J. Davies, J. Deas , , R. Be Vere, S. E. Devereux, J. Dill wyn, L. L. Duncan, George buncombe, A. Dundas, G. ;unlop, A. Dunne, Colonel East, Sir J. Egerton, Edw. Ellice, E. Euston, Earl of Evelyn, W. J. Farnham, E. Feilden, M. Fcnw ck, H. Ferguson, J. oyer, J. Foley, J. H. Forster, John lox, W. J. George, J. Giftwd, Earl of Goderich, Viscount Greenall, Gilbert Greene, John Greene, Thomas Grosvenor, Earl Hadfield, George Handeock, H. Hardy, G. llastie, Alex. O'Brien, Sir T. Ossulston, Lord Otway, A. Parker, R. Pechell, Sir G. Phi illruore, J. G. Ph:Minor°, R. J. I °nal, M. Pugh, D. Ramsdell, Sir J. Robertson, P. Roebuck, J. F. W. Sandars, G. Scholefleld, W. Scobell, Capt. Seymer, Shee, Serjt. W. Shelley, Sir J. Sheridan, R. Shirley, Z. Sibthorp, Major Smith, J. R. Smith, M. Smith, W. Smollett, A. Somerville, Sir W. Spooner, R. Stafford, A. Stanhope, J. Stracey, Stuart, Captain Talbot, C. Tempest, t,ord A. V. Thompson, U. Thornhill, W. 'rite, W. Tollemache, J. Tottenham, C. Vance, John Vansittart, G. Vivian, ii. H. • Walcott, Admiral. Walter, J. Watkins, Col. Williams. W. Wilioughby, Sir H. Wise, A. IVoAid, B. Hildyard, R. C. Hindley, C. Holland, E. Hotham, Lord Howard, C. Hutt, W. Ingham, R. Irton, S. Johnstone, J. Jones, Admiral Kershaw, J. King, L. Kingscote, Capt. R. Kinnaird, A. Knatchbull, W. Knox, Col. B. W. Langston, .1. Langton, W. G. Lee, W. Liddell, IL G. Locke, J. Lockhart, W. Macartney, G. MacEvoy, E. Macrir, egor, James MacMahon, P. Maguire, J. F. Marjoribanks, D. Maxwell, J. Meagher, T. Kali, E. Mitchell, T. A. Montgomery, Sir G. Moore, G. Morgan. 0. Mowbray, J. R. Mundy, W. Murrough, J. P. Napier, Sir C. Neeld, John Newdegate, C. Norreys, Sir Hp North, Col. J. North, F. Oakes, J. O'Brien, P. TELLERS. Wells, W. Vernon, G. ELCHO'S MOTION. Against. Winnington, Sir T. Miles, Mr. Dupre, Mr. Thesiger, Sir F. Follett, Mr. Mailings, Mr. btrutt, Mr. Fuller, Mr. Gla istone, Captain Pilkington, Mr. Raynham, Lord French, Colonel a- the rest of the session with PAIRS ON LORD For. Hayes, Sir E. Portman, Mr. Caulfield, Colonel Lovaine, Lord Phillips, Mr. Fit2geralel, Mr. S. Chelsea, Lord Bittdulph, Colonel Bond, Mr. Wortley, Mr. S. Dungarvan, Lord Egerton, Mr. T. Mr. G. DUFF has paired fo] Mr. GUINNESS. [ADVERTISEIIENTI—HoIIoway's cases of tie duloreux these Pills are a certain cure.—Mr. Benjamin Simm iuds, of Upper Arley, near Bewdley, informs Professor Holloway that for five years he had been a perfect martyr to tic doloreux, and during that time he had sought relief in every direction fnim the most emi nent medical men in the neighbourhood, but in win, and had expended several pounds in other ways without obtaining relief. 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Cure No. 180 . —T wenty -f ive years' ner vousness, constipation, indigestion, and debility, from which I had suffered groat misery, and which no medicine could remove or relieve, have been effectually cured by Du Barry's food in a very short time.---W. R. Reeves, 181, Fleet-street, London. Cure No. 1,784.—N0t expected to live six days longer, I was cured by Du Barry's admirable Health-restoring Arabica Food.—Magdalena Purvis, Moffat, Scotland. Cure No. 5,461. —Sixty years' partial paralysis, affecting one-half of my frame, and which had resisted all other remedies, bas yielded to Du Barry's Health -restoring Food, and I now con sider myself a stranger to all complaints excepting a hearty old age. —Wm. Hunt, barrister-at-law, King's College, Cambridge. 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The Queen has been pleased to approve of Mr. J. It. Smith as Vice-Consul at Cardiff, Mr. Edward Gem as Vice. Consul at Birmingham, and Mr. Richard Welch as Vice. Consul at Dublin, for his Majesty the Emperor of Austria. The Queen has also been pleased to approve of M. Fr.a. derick Arend Ebbeko as Consul at Kingston, Jamaica, fo the Free Hanseatic City of Bremen. BOARD OF TRADE, WHITEHALL, Ram 27. •- The Right Honourable the Lords of the Committee Privy Council for Trade and Plantations, have received, through the Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs, A Copy of a despatch from her biology's Minister at Napk's, re porting that the period fixed by the Decree, permittint the exportation of wheat, maiz3, barley, oats, beans, au lupines, from the Neapolitan dominions, has been ei". tended until 15th July next. BOARD OF TRADE, WHITEHALL, JUNE 27. The Right Honourable the Lords of the Committee of Privy Council for Trade and Plantations have received, through the Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs, a copy of a despatch from her Majesty's Consul-General at Guate mala, reporting the reduction of the import duties on all foreign articles imported into the Republic of Salt Salvador to 20 per cent., 8 per cent. uf which is to be paid in money*, 6 per cent. in orders, and 6 per cent in "bonos" the lit and 21 class. When all the orders sitall have b yen re deemed, 10 per cent. of the duties must be paid in m'oney and 10 percent. in "bonos." The new tariff to come into operation from the 10th September next. WAR DEPARTMENT, PALL-MALL, JuiTil 6th Dragoons—Major-General Sir James J.Nckson, with the local rank of Lieutenant• General, I✓o be Colonel, vice General Sir George Pownall Adams, do• ceased. 24th Foot—Lieut.-General the Hon. John Finch, C. 8., to be Colonel, Vice General Robert Ellice, deceased. WAR DEPARTMENT, PALL-MALL, JUNE 27. 14th Light Dragoons—Cornet Richard Parnham Ridley, from the 3l Light Dragoons, to be Cornet, vice Le Quesne, appointed to the , 2th Light Dragoons. Royal Regiment of Artillery.—Lieutenant-General John Michell, C. 8., to be Colonel-Commandant, vice Paterson, deceased ; Brevet-Colonel Ashton Ashton Shuttleworth to be Colonel, vice Sabine, removed as a General Officer ; Captain Henry Paget Christie to be Lieutenant-Colonel, vice Shuttleworth; Captain Hugh Bent, from the Super nurnerary list, to be Captain, vice Christie. Royal Engineers—Lieut.-Col. Montgomery Williams to be Colonel, vice Baddeles, placed on retired full pay list; Capt. Sampson Freeth to bo Lieut.-Colonel, vice Williams; Second Captain Charles Richard Binnoy t o b e C apta i n, vice Freeth ; Lieutenant Frederick Brine to be Second Captain, vice Binney ; Brovet- Colonel Thos. Foster to be Colonel, vice Thomson, placed on retired full pay list; Capt. John Graham Mlierlie to be Lieut.-Colonel, vice Foster ; Second Captain Fred. Henry Rich to be Captain, 31`Kerlie ; Lieut. Arthur A'Court Fisher to be Second Captain, vice Rich. . - Ooldstream Regiment of Foot Guards—George Gervis Cameron, Esq., Page of Honour to the Queen, to be En sign :%nd Lieutenant, without purchase, vice Lane Fox, who LASS resigned. 19th Foot= l -Lieutenant A. M. Csrdew to be Captain, without purchase, vice Brevet-Lieutenant -Colonel E. C. Wilford, promoted to be Major of the School of Musketry at Hythe. 56th Foot--Ensign George William Hanson Truman has been permitted to resign his Commission. 69th Foot--Lieutenant Edward Alarcon to be Adjutant, vice Leggett, who resigns the Adjutancy only. 83d Foot—Ea sign William Minhear, iroun the 18th Foot, to be Lieutouant, by purchase, vice Ric- rd, whose p►omotion, by purchase, on the 9th May, 1856, has been cancelled. Ist West India Regiment—Eusign Henry Cha7lanan to be Lieutenant, by purchase., vice Johnston, whose promo tints, by purchase, on the 30th March, 1555, has been can celled. Ceylon Rifle Regiment—Lieut. Rupert Campbell Wat son to be Captain, by purchase, vice Long, who retires. Cape M 'anted Riflemen—The second Christian name of Ensign Brabant, appointed, by purchase, on the 13th June, 1856, i s Yewd, and net Yard, as previously stated! School of Musketry at Hythe—Brevet-Lieut.-Colonel Ernest C. Wilford, from the 19th Foot, to be promoted to the Substantive Rank of Major as a special case. LAND TRANSPORT CORPS--The Counwission of Pay master Reeve has been antedated to Oct. 5, 1855. HOSPITAL STAFF.—Acting Assistant-Sugeon Charles O'Callaghan has ceased to do duty, there being no longer occasion fur his services. BREVET. The undermentioned promotions take place consequent upon the promotion of Col. Sir Win, K.C.8., Royal Engineers, to be Major-General on ?thy 30 : Lieutenant-Colonel John A. Lambert, Grenadier Guards to be Colonel. Major Henry George Hart, Depot Battalion, Temple more, to be Lieutenant-Colonel. Captain Garnet Man, Unattached, Captain of Cadets at the Royal Military College to be Major. The undermentioned promotions take place consequent upon the death of Major-General J. Campbell, General Sir G. P. Adami, and General Robert Ellice : Brevet-Colonel James R. Crawturd, Grenadier Guards, to be Major-General, _ Lieutenaut-Colonel Charles Assheton FitzHardinge Berkoley, Scots Fusilier Guards, to be Colonel. Brevet-M jor George A. Leaton Blenkinsopp, 45th Foot, to be Lieutenant-Colonel. Captain William Follows, half-pay, 18th Light Dra goons, Staff Officer of Pensioners, to be M..jur. The undermentioned officer, having completed three years' service as Lieutenant-Colonel, to be promoted to the rank of Colonel in the Army, under the provisions of the Royal Warrant dated 6th October, 18• A :—Lieutenant- Colonel Lake Smyth O'Connor, let West India Regiment. The undermentioned Cadets of the h]ast India Company's Service, to have the local and temporary rank of Ensign durieg the period of their being placed under the command of Colonel Sandhain, of the Royal Engineers, at Chatham, for Field Instructions in the art of Sapping and Mining : Jim Magee M'Neile, G e nt. ; William lienzey Oliver, Gent. ' • Colin Campbell Scott M oucr i e ff , G ent, ; William Beervill Holmes, Gent.; Henry Francis Blair, Gent. ; John Magee Heywood, Gent.; Walter Mardon Ducat, Gent. ; Henry Smalley, Gent. ; Frederick James Smith, Gent.; George Lane Cockburn Merewether, Gent. ; and William Tullock Whish, Gent. Colonel F. H. Baddeley, retired full pay of the Royal Engineers, to be Major-General, the rank being honorary only. _ _ (3olonel F. R. Thomson, retired full pay of the Royal Engineers, to be Major-General, the rank being honorary only. rf be following promotions to take place consequent on the death of Lieut.-General Paterson, of the Royal Artil lery : —Major-General I'. Hutchisson to be Lieut.-General, vice Paterson, deceased ; Colonel E. Sabine to be Major. General, vice Hutchisson. The undermentioned Officers, on the retired full pay list of the Royal Artillery and Royal Engineers, to be Major- Generals, in consequence of the promotion of the officers who stood next below them on the effective establishment at the time of their retirement, in accordance with the 21st clause of her Majesty's Warrant of Nov. 3, 185 t : Col. Peter Faddy, Col. Charles Blackley, and Col. Has sell Richard Moor, Royal Artillery—in consequence of Col. Sabine's promotion. Cul. Anthony Marshall and Col. Robert Sloper Piper, Royal Engineers—in consequence of C u l. Sir Win. Reid's promotion. MEMORANDUM.—Major-General Sir James Jackson has repaid the difference between the full price of a Cavalry anti Infantry Lieutentnt-Colonelcy which he received on exchanging from the 6th Dragoon Guards to half-pay, Unattached, on 21st May, 1,50. (The following article is substituted for that which ap peared in the Gazette of the 20th inst. COMMISSION SIGNED BY THE QUEEN. sth or Royal Elthorne Light Infantry Regiment of Mid dlesex Militia—Richard Port, Esq., late Adjutant o f th e sth Royal Elthoru• Regiment of iddlesex Militia, to be Paymaster front the 27th Feb., 1855, vice Allan, resigned. COMMISSIONS SIGNED BY LORDS-LIEUTENANT. North Riding of Yorkshire—William John Sawrey Mor rit, Esq., to be Deputy Lieutenant. sth or Royal Elthorne Light Infantry Regiment of Mid dlesex Militia—George Tin - Autism, Gent., to be Ensign, vice Blake, promoted ; William Lloyd, Gent., to be En sign, vice Harvey, promoted. The Earl of Chester's Regiment of Yeomanry Cavalry— Charles George Choltnondeley, Rig., late Captain in the lst Regiment of Royal Cheshire Militia, to be Captain, vice the Earl of Stamford and Warrington, resigned. 9 th, or Stirlingehire, &c., Militia, Highland Borderers Light Infantry—Ensign Charles Brodie Mac Alister to be Lieutenant, vice AlTarlano, promoted. BANKRIJ PTS. James Bramwell, metal broker, Royal Exchange-build ings, to surrender, July 7 at two, and Atig. 5 at one, at the Court of Bankruptcy E 1 wards, official assignee, Sam brook-court ; Lawrance, Plews, and Boyer, Old Jewry chambers. Henry Hall, and Cheslyn Hall, cattle dealers, New Boa well-court, July 10, at half-past eleven, and Aug. 15 at half-past ono, at the Court of Bankruptcy. Whitmore, official assignee, Basinghall - street ; Lawranoe, Plews, and s Boyer, Old Jewry - chambers. Joseph F. Varley, tobacconist , Oxford-street, J u ly 7, at two, and Aug. 11, at twelve, at the Court of Bankruptcy. Pennell, official assignee, Guildhall -chambers; Davis, Arundel-street, Stiaud. willi am Wilkinson, corn merchant, York, July 10, and August 8, at eleven, at the Leeds District Court. young, official :assignee, Leeds ; Sale, Worthington, and Shipsuan, .Manchester; Richardson and Gaunt, Leeds. Louis Gardie, sculptor, W e stbourne-grove, Bayswater, July 7, at half-past two, and Aug. 5, at two, at the Court of Bankruptcy. Lee, o ffi cial assignee, Aldermanb ur y ; Orly, Lincoln' s -i nn ti e lhs. Samnel Rogerson, velvet trimming manufacturer, Sal ford, July 7 and 30, at twelve, at the Manchester District Court. Fraser, official assignee, Man c h es t er; O wen, G i l l , and Radford, Manchester; Faulkner, Manchester. John William Phillips, hop merchant, Worcester, July 9 and 30, at ten, at the Birmingham District Court. Christie, official assignee, Birmingham ; Willmott, High street, Southwark ; Hodgson and Allen, Birmingham. Edmund tiudge, tanner, Tewkesbury, July 14 and Aug. 11, at eleven, at the Bristol District G.urt. Acraman, official assignee, Bristol ; Bevan and Girling, Bristol. Joseph Tucker, china dealer, Southampton, July 7, at one, and August 5, at two, at the Court of Bankruptcy. Lee, official assignee, Aldermanbury ; Parker and Lee, St. Paul's Churchyard. Richard Nelson, tailor, Leeds, July 10, and Aug. 8, at eleven, at the Leeds District Court. Young, official asaig. nee, Leeds ; Granger, Leeds. SCOTCH SEQUESTRATIONS. .Tohn M`Donald, distiller, Ben-Nevis Distillery, F or t William. William Notman and Co., warehousemen, Glasgow. William Cronin and Co., furnishing ironmongers, Glass gew. AVERAGE PRICE OF SUGAR. The Average Price of Brown or Muscovado Sugar, coin. puted from the returns made in the week ending June 24, 1856, exclusive of the Duties of Customs paid or payable thereon, on the importation th ere of into Great Britain. From the British PossesSions in America 3os. 6d. Muscovado, the produce of the Mauritius Muscovado, the produce of the East Indies 30s. lid. Average of the three foregoing descriptions 3oa. 9d. A letter from Milan, dated the 21st inst., says:—" An unusual movement of troops is visible in Lombardy, and it is even sail that the number of Austrian troops is to be greAly increased. It is difficult to ascertain the truth of this report, but so much is certain that General Count Giulay, who was on the eve of his departure for Carlsbad, has been ordered to remain at his post." ._...~.. frol. ° poise 0 tba II OS I ~: _,a.