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Tne Irish Government proposed to grant them a retiz ed allowance of 1501. a year each. The Treasury agreed as re garded the other professors, but suggested that Mr. Young the professor of mathematics, was eligible for a situation in the Queen's College. It was found that there was no vacancy for him ; but in drawing up the minute far his allowance 100/. was inserted by mistake for 1501. A few weeks ago he (Mr. Wilson) had his attention drawn to a m emorial from Mr. Young, and on looking over the papershe found that a mistake hid been committed. He hoped the house would now remedy that mistake, as there was no doubt Mr. Young had been unfairly treated. (Hear.) Mr. CROSSLEY withdrew his amendment, as Mr. Young Pas a mathematical and not a theological professor. Mr. SPOONER moved to reduce the vote by the sum of 3004., the allowance to the two professors of divinity of the non-subscribing association. He did so because ;t had been sdmitted that the doctrines taught by these professors were oppoiled to the principles of Christianity. Mr. HADFIELD had intended to move the disall•w ante of these salaries, not on the ground stated by the hon. member for Warwickshire, but because he objected to pay the professor of any denomination. Air. KIRK did not hold the opinions of these professors, but he thought it great injustice to refuse their small al lowance, after the votes for other denominations. The committee then divided— For the amendment . . 49 • Against it ........................... ......... 83— 46 Mr. CFIBETHAM moved to reduce the vote by 250/., allowed for incidental expenses of the General Assembly's college at Belfast. He protested against the doctrine of the 'hon. member for Warwickshire that any man had a right to set up his own religions opinions in that house ; but he opposed the veto because ho (lid not see why the General . Assembly should ask for public money when so many other denominations in the three kingdoms supported their own seminaries. Mr. WILSON said this vote was an equivalent for the salary of one professorship, which had been discontinued. After a few words from Mr. HADFIELD and Mr. KIRK, The committee divided— For the amendment Against it The vote was then agreed to On the question that 25,6431. be voted to defray the fittings and buildings of the British Museum, Mr. A. PELLATT complained that the estimates exhi bited no contrast '.vith those of former years, but he could inform the house that a sum of 100,0001. was voted in 1814, and 27,0001. in 1855. He highly approved of such institu ! tiona as the British Museum, and was glad to see that con -I,:iderable improvements were going on for the accommoda tion of the public. There was one matter, however, that he had to find fault with, and that was the number of &vs in the week that the British Museum was closed to th e public. Mr. WILSON said .there was another vote connected with the' British Museum, and when that vote was pro posed would be the fitting time for discussing the points rtised by the hon. member. ▪ 36 ▪ 108-72 Mr. JAMES M'Gr'REGOR thought parts, though not the *hole, of the Museum, might be thrown open to the &Vie every day in the week. Mr. GLADSTONE sail it was only right that he should state, on behalf of the officers of the British Museum, that the item of printed books was only a sum taken on account, and they would have to come agaia for another vote on the slime account. The vote was then agree/ to. NATIONAL GALLERY. •On the vote of 17,639/. for the expenses of the Nationa' Gallery, Mr. OT WAY rose to move that the vote be reduced by 6501. The reasons which induced him to do so were, be e-muse he believed, first, that the appointments to the post of director and travelling agent were bad ; and, secondly, that'the sum of money was not only unnecessary, but po sitively unnecessary. As regarded the two gentlemen who keldthose appointments, he had no personal acquaintance with.thetn. His only knowledge of them was founded - upon the manner in which they had discharged their duties, and leis only motive in opposing the present vote was, that he firmly believed that their appointments to the positions which they occupied was prejudicial to the public service. In the year 1353 the administration of the affairs of the National Gallery had given rise to much conversation, and a committee of that house was appointed to inquire into the whole subject. Subsequently to the report of that committee the constitution of the National Gallery was altered, and in a Treasury minute, dated March 27, 1855, the following passage occurred :—" My lords propose to appoint a direr. tor of the. National Gallery, with a Salary of 1,000/. per annum, such appointment to be for a term of five years, but the director to be eligible for reappointment, which appointment, however, may be at any time revoked by the Treasury. My lords consider it a fortunate circumstance that-they are able to select for the first appointment to this important office a gentleman of such high attainments as Sir C. Eastlake, who is president of the Royal Academy, and has shown qualifications of the highest order for the office." Now, to that statement he took exception, and he could show to the committee that the entire press of the country, and hot only the newspaper press, but periodicals to which gentlemen on the Treasury bench had been contributors, entirely disagreed as to the justice of it, and the opinion of the press was confirmed by th a t o f persons* holding high p )sitions in the profession, and by di tinguished amateurs ; and, indeed, he should be able to condemn Sir C. Eastlake out of hie own mouth. In the Daily Sews of Feb. 6, 1856, it was stated,—" In spite t.f the many unpleasant matters which have occurred in connection with the National Gallery, we know of no incident of the kind of so p tiefnl a nature as that which the selection of the ` Ado ration of the Magi' presents. If Sir C. Eastlake be so dull as to suppose this to he a fit picture to place in our na tional eolle&ion, let him hasten to the gallery, and learn in the countenances, gestures, and remarks of the visitors to the gallery the lesson be stands so much in need of." The Times, in a leading article of Jan 7, 1850, stated— " Mr. (Sir C.) Eastlake is, we think, rather unfortn netely selected as a representative of picteriel art." Tice Slim stated— " The Adoration of the Magi' is a huge canvass filled with as little regard as possible to colour, •or drawing, or composition. And for this, for this thing, we are coolly informed that 2,0)01., in round num bers, has been paid out ef the public purse, in obedience to the advice of Sir C. Eastlake, President of the Royal Academy—A truly wretched evidence of evil taste, a blender that ought to preclude him henceforth from the possibility of squandering again the public money." Si milar articles had appeared in the Advertiser, the elfoeninee Poet, the Globe, the Atlas,.Beles Weefdy Messenger, the A ateet(eunt, the Brifanaki, the Civil Service Gazette, the Examin-r. the Empire, the Era, the Illustiytted John Bull, the Leader, the Lancet —(a laugh)—the Ob server, Punch —(a laugh)—the Sunday Times, in which he eves called, the _worst men ire the best place ; the IVeekly _Dispatch, BlacPcood's Mreiazine, the Church of England Quarter-Iy, the Edinburgh P.ev:ezo, Tait's Edinburgh Maga zine, and the Westminster Review. That was the opinion of the press, and noanan cool 1, he thought, goto the National Get lery without perceiving that the arrangements were not ad vaete,geoue to the pnbl fa service. Whet, " The Adoration of the Magi," by Paul Verenose, would not be appraised by a picture appraiser atabeVe 1001., and yet it had cost the country about 1,9771., besides some other expenses. Why, Sir Q, Eastlake stool condemned out of his own mouth. With regard toe picture, falsely attributed to Holbein, Sir C. Eastlake said--" I wish to state as plainly as possible that; with due care, I might have prevented the purchase of that pictUre, and my not having done so implied a want of knowledge of the master ;" and, in a subsequent part of his evidence, ho said, referring to the purchase of the same picture —" In the first 'place, I can hardly assume that such a director as I think fit for the National Gallery would in dm such a mistake ; and, in the next place, I would say, as seine excuse for my share of the mistake, that I was fortified by the opinion of a person whom I considered a competent, judge." And yet my lords of the Treasury congratulated the country upon having the opportunity of selecting such a man for the office of director. Notwith standing that expose Sir C. Eastlake was raised to a more responsible office, and hie salary Was increased to 1,00 )1. a-year. Si r - C. E as tl a k e hal offered to purchase the picture, and, in another case a picture which had been purchases! for the National Gallery was bought by a pri vate indivi lual, and he thought that such proceedings wore very irregular. Then, again, the evidence of Sir C. Restleke on the subject of cleaning, proved that he was by no !Mans qualified for such a position as that of director of the Nation d. Gallery. The notions expressed by Sir Charles Eastlake were really so absurd that any person having the slightest knowledge of art must have seen that they were entirely false. What was required was to get the cplours and the style of the master ; but Sir Charles Eastlake seemed to think that the restorer's art was to glaze over the picture, instead of restoring it to what it been before. Everybody knew that such a process was only interfering with and spoiling a great work of art. If the opinions of gentlemen of high testa —if the opinion of all the eminent men connected with the National Gallery —nay, even if the opinion of Sir Charles Eastlake himself was not wefficient to convince the Government of the bad ness of th e appointment, he thought they would be con vinced when they heard the evidence of Mr. Hurlestone and Mr. Stevens—the former the President of the Incorpo rated Society of British Artists; and the latter who, having been professionally educated in 'ltaly, had since been em ployed as a teacher in the.Schopl of Design. These gen tleinee, and particularly the latter, had written in the newspapers iu terms of strong condemnation of the pictures purchased for the National Gallery. There was Mr. Cun ningham. too, a gentleman- - well known as a judge of high art in this country ; he had equally condemned the pic tures purchased by Sir Charles Eastlake. The whole cur rent of evidence was condemnatory of the management of that gentleman. He had on a former occasion objected to the salary of Mr. Otto Mundler as travelling agent. The hon. gentleman (Mr. Wilson) defended the appointment, and said that Mr. Otto Mundler was the very best person that could be appointed for the perfortnence of the duty re quired: He rather 'thought that Mr. Otto Mundler was not very favourably known in this country. By an effort of imagination that gentleman had persuaded himself to believe that helad .discovered a Correggio, and he tried to induce the trustees of the National Gallery to purchase it. The transaction, he must say, appeared to him to be enough to raise, some suspicion as to the propriety of the appoint ment. 10 (Mr. Otway) was not contending for anything so impoesibl e ree the attainment of the perfection of art in this country- Re bad uo objection to Italian or to German artists. But ' when th ey were cons id er ing the state of Eng lish art and of English artists, he thought they would do well to inquire whether they could not find some English artist who might trav e l on the continent, inspect the gal leries there, and becom e the purchaser of pictures for the National Gallery, with quite as much judgment and taste es an y ,foreigner. Ho contend e d th at it was a posit i ve dis "van tov to the country that these two gentlemen—Sir Cherles Eastlake and Mr. Otto Mundler_—should be tra velline about the continent to purchase pictures. What would be the effect of its being known that there were aa two p erso n s travelling abroad f or t h e purpose of purchasin g a certain pieturef gentlemen en National Italian n G nr al a 'cry ? 'Th e arr i va l o f th e se German town would create a sensation, and the first effect would be to excite the attention of the vendors of the pic ture, and its price would be raised ; while, in the second place, the suspici,et or the Govern men t of the country woeld also he excited, and the exit of the picture prevented. HO honeyed that by the system pursued this country had al ready been prevented from obtaining many good pictures. That was in itself a reason for contending not only that the appointment of a travelling agent was unnecessary, but that it was positively mischi evous , 'He was prepared to show that, so far from its having been the means of pro curing for us any great work of arc the only thing it had procured was that miserable Paul Veronese. He was aware that if he were to propose the reduction of the salaries this year he might be met, with an argument similar to that which was urged against the r e d act i on of the votefor agrit cultuial schools in It eland—viz., that the gentlemen had been alre a dy e ngaged, and that-they cou l d not be dismissed this year. He did not not, therefore, now propose to touch the salaries, b a t the travelling ex p ens es - were perfectl clear of any, such . objection.. He would therefore, movey that the present veto biirectiicul by the sw 4 o f 6504, r which was the amount proposed for the travelling ex ! penses. Mr. H. VERNON said that while seconding the amend. went of the hon. gentleman he should feel himself com pelled, in many respects, to express different opinions from Whim. In common with the hon. gentleman, he felt that the committee ought to be satisfied why they should be called upon to pay 6501. for travelling expenses. Having taking a very active part on the committee appointed to confer on thin matter, he certainly had-been surprised to find that a secretary had been appointed at a salary of 7501. a-year in 'addition to a director at 1,0001 , a -y ear an d a travelling agent at 300/ea-year. He was at a loss to understand what was the object for appointing a secretary. He certainly considered the appointment to be a mere job. The sole duty he would have to perform was one of a mechanical nature —simply that of drawing out a Catalogue Raisonnee, chiefly of the Italian masters. He always understood that that would form part of the duty of the director. He was against the employment of a travelling agent, as hebelieved that pictures might be purchased in a better manner. He thought there were persons in this country who would do the duty without its being necessary to pay a travelling agent. He felt bound by a sense of duty to make these re marks. He was in a position different from that of the hon. gentleman, for he had the pleasure of the person a l acquaint ance of Sir C. Eastlake, therefore he had no wish to say any thing that could be annoying or personally offensive to him. Bat it was impossible after having heard the evidence of Sir C. Eastlake himself that he (Mr. H. Vernon) should wish to see that gentleman a director of our National Gallery. At the same time it was fair to state that it would be difficult to point out anyother person whopossessed betterqualifioations. In Sir C. Eastlake the Government had found a gentleman, and a man above all sordid considerations. He was a person of great refinement and of considerable pictorial knowledge. Whether in all respects he had displayed a sound judgment was a matter he would not then enter upon. In some remarks on the subject of the spurious "Holbein," Sir Charles Eastlake himself candidly acknowledged that he did not know anything of art, except of Italian art. Sir Charles Eastlake had stated, upon the authority of a well known artist, that a Velasquez had been well restored. That artist was summoned before the committee, and he stated distinctly that he had been employed by a picture dealer to repair the picture, and that he had supplied a space equal to the size of a sheet of foolscap paper in the picture. He (Mr. Vernon) was so astonished at this statement that he went to the artist himself and care fully examined the pictur e , wh en the artist said that he said not believe it was a work by Velasqttez, and that the only part that was touched by him was the back of a mule. The same artist stated that his (Hr. Vernon's) grandfather had placed his pictures in his hands to have them restored; and that Mr. Payne had damaged one of the pictures, and had made a great hole in it. He stated that it was a Rembrandt, that he had painted a black man in it, and that his hon. relative the member for Oxfordshire had said that it was a good picture, and was well restored. Now, such a picture never belonged to his grandfather—(hear)—and the hon. member referred to de nied that he ever said anything of the sort attributed to him. Nevertheless he bejieved a that the gentleman stated what he believed to be true ; and he merely mentioned the circumstance to show how inaccurate some statements in reference to matters of fact were. He had seen the story in the newspapers, but he had not taken notice of it before, as he was not in the habit of writing_to newspapers. With respect to Mr. Mundler, he had been very much startled to hear the story about the Correggio. Ho had seen Mr. Mundler in some of the towns of Italy, and that gentleman , appeared to be an extremely painstaking and laborious per son, and he had heard his opinion with reference to pictures very favourably spOlcen of by competent persons. He also— though his opinion might be worth very little—was favour ably impressed with what he saw of Mr. Mundler. He could not help lamenting that the director should have gone abroad in company with Mr. hfurdler for a considerable time, for he did not think that that was the most likely way to buy pictures cheaply. (Hear.) A travelling agent, if there were to be one, shonld -keep himself as quiet as possible. (Hear.) In his opinion, Sir C. Eastlake, if al lowed a fair trial, would prove himself more worthy of public confidence than the recent unfortunate purchase, which had justly caused so much sensation, would make him appear to be. Having said thus much in justice to Mr. Mundler and Sir C. Eastlake, he must express his opinion , that the sum for travelling expenses was a most wasteful expenditure of money, and he trusted that some explana tion would be given of the duties of Mr. Wornum, who received 7501. a-year. Mr. BOWYER agreed with what had fallen from Ur e hon. member for Sta.fferd, but was inclined to go further, because he could not help thinking that 1,0001. a-year with travel ling expenses was too great a remuneration to thedirector— regard being had to the duties performed. The most im portant part of his duty consisted in getting opinions with respect to the purchase of pictures, and he should have thought that Sir C. Eastlake and the Royal Academy of which he was President, and which enjoyed privileges from the Government, would have considered itan honour to be consulted in reference to the purchase of pictures, and would have given their opinion for nothing. The first commissioner for consolidating the statutes was paid 1,0001. a-year, and the sub-commissioners, on whom the great duty devolved, were paid only 6001. Their duties were extremely onerous compared with the duty of Sir C. East lake, who had to give his opinion respecting the purchase of about a dozen pictures in the course of the year, and he thought that there ought to be some more fair proportion than appeared is exist between the labour done and the salary given. He was informed by very good judges that Sir C. Eastlake made great mistakes in the choice of his pictures, and he was told that the picture by Paul Veronese, which cast the country 1,977/., was offered for sale some short time ago for 501., and that that sum was about its worth. He was acquainted with Italy, and he could well conceive the sensation v hich would be produced in an Italian town by the arrival of an agent of the British Government, sent abroad to purchase pictures. The price of every picture would be immediately raised 100 per cent. He thought that our diplomatic) agents might be employed to find persons in the different cities who would discover what pictures were for sale, anti he conceived that 5001. r -year for the director of the National Gallery would be snore than enough. Lord ELCHO could not agree with the hon. and learned gentleman with regard to the salary of 1,0001. a-year to the director being too large. He (Lord Elcho) was on the committee of 1853, and it was the unanimous opinion of that committee that the officers of the National Gallery wore underpaid, the chief keeper having only 2001. a-year. Where much work was to be done me„ should be well paid; and the committee thought that if a well educated and superior man could be got as director he would be worth 1,003/. a year. But the Treasury had outstripped the committee in generosity, and had tar excee lei what the committee had recommended, for not only had he granted what the committee wished, the 1,0001. a-year for the director, but appointed a secretary also at 8001. a-year Now there was not even any motion made in the commit tee for the appointment of a secretary with any salary at all. The hon. gentleman the Secretary for the Treasury had likewise appointed a travelling agent with a salary of 3)01, a-year, and permission to draw an unlimited amount for travelling expenses. Now the question of appointing a travelling ag ent was never mo o t e d b e f ore th e comm i t t ee. • To him (Lord Elcho) it did appear that those two:appoint ment's were superfluous and unnecessary. Ho had, indeed, expressed his opinion that 1,000/. a-year was not more than a sufficient salary for the director, and that there was abundant for the director to do. But every gentleman was I well aware that there was a period of the year in which, to far as regarded the purchase of pictures, there was nothing to be done in England. The time when the sales of pic tures took place at the auction-rooms of Messrs. Christie and others was during the London season, in the summer; but there was nothing of that kind to be done in the win tor, and that should have been the time for the direc tor to be his own travelling agent, and to go abroad, and to do himself what he appeared to have done this winter with the assistance of this Mr. Mundler. Sir Charles Eastlake was an amiable gentleman, of high literary attainments, but in appointing him the Government were guilty of a great mistake. (Hear, hear.) Under a different title, firstly, as the keeper of the National Gallery, with the salary of 2001. a-year, from which office he retired for a short time in consequence of the purchase of the Holbein, and secondly, as an ex °Oleic) trustee after he became the president of the Royal Aca demy, for 10 years Sir Charles Eastlake had exercised a very material influence in the purchasing of pictures for the National Gallery, and virtually it was he, and nct the trustees, who was responsible for what had been done; and what had been the results? It was clearly prove before the committee that not only had the Gallery been mismanaged in regard to the cleaning of pictures and other matters, but that, whilst for comparatively small sums of money most beautiful specimens of Italian art might have been purchased, very large sums bad been expended dur ing that period upon comparatively worthless specimens of inferior styles of Italian and other artists ; and Sir C . Eastlake admitted before the committee that he had made mistakes which ought not to have been made by the per son who should be at the bead of the National Gallery. These remarks he (Lord Elcho) had felt it his dutylo make, however painful, as a personal friend of Sir C. Eastlake, it was to him to be obliged to do so. He had also to com plain that, altbsugh at this time last year when the in tended appointment first got wind, he had asked the Secre tary to the Treasury the t the minute of the 27th March might be laid before the house, so as to be considered when the estimates came before them, months of lest session were allowed to pass, and the minute, which effected most important changes in the constitution of the department, was not produced until ha (Lord Elcho) received it while staying at a German watering-place, in the middle of August. (A laugh.) He would suggest that some of the best works of the contemporary artistsof foreign countries, such as were shown at the Paris Exhibition, should be purchased for the instruction of the art students of our own country. Mr. WILSON ebserved that by the minute of the 27th of March, 1855, to which the noble lord had referred, Sir Charles Eastlake, as director, was made solely responsible for every act done in the management of the National Gallery, though he might still confer with the trustees ; yet it was difficult by any minute, doubtless, to define the duties of the person who was to be thus solely responsible. With regard to the motion to reduce this vote by the amount of the travelling expenses, he would say that, although Sir C. Eastlake did travel last year, it was no Part of his duty to travel, and that he could not incur any travelling expenses without the express consent of the trustees, and an application to the Treasury for that pur pose. If this amount of 6221. were now granted by the Louse, it was not therefore certain that it would be ex pended. But the functions of the travelling agent who had been appointed would be at an end if the house did not furnish the travelling expenses. It bad been considered that Mr. Mundler was better qualified for that office than another, because as a foreigner his presence anywhere abroad would excite loss curiosity and attention, than if he s ere an English artist of reputation.. As for the purchase of this picture, which had been spoken of se much, an hon. gentleman had said it was mace valued at 501. Now he (lir. Wilson) could only say that he saw himself a letter from Paris, which offered 60,900 f., or 2,4001,, f or t h at pic ture, at the very moment wh en it was purchased for the National Gallery. However, Sir C. Eastlake would take the entire responsibility of the purchase, and none belonged to Mr. Mundler. If the value of that pi c t ure were to be tested by what those who wished to purchase it would give for it, it bad been got below the marker price. 'With re gard to the office of secretary, it had been thought belt to join that with the office of keeper, and that the salary should be sufficiently high to command the ser vices of a competent person. The duties were impor tant, including the preparation of a catalegue, which, when completed, would coi3prise a most interesting history of art. These appointments were made after Lprd 'Aberdeen himself had devoted as much attea ,tion to the subject as a minister could spare; and al though much party feeling p r evailed upon ma tt e rs of art, and any appointment which could be made was sure to be objected to by some, he believed they were the best that onld have been made. Mr. EWART thought the constitution of the Board which manag ed the N a ti onal Gallery was anomalous and inconsistent, a director being appointed who was to be en tirely responsible, yet surrounded by honorary trustees impeded instead of as:doting him —men of considerable wealth, who were appointed beam(' th o u were owners of a large number of works of art. He agreed with the noble, lord that it would be wise to buy specimens of the con temporaneous art of foreign countries, so as to enable our own artists to widen their ideas, and impart to them an European character. Sir Chas. Eastlake, though not well qualified to be the head of such an institution, de served credit for having adopted readily suggestions for the public benefit, such as that of affixing inscriptions to the pictures and other works of art, naming the subjects and the artists. Mr. T. BARING observed that the trustees were only a counselling body, and not an executive body ; they sup ported with their opinion the representations made by the director to the Treasury, either about a purchase or any other matter • but he was sure the trustee s wou ld b e rea d y to resign if ? it were thought that they interfered at all with the good management of the gallery. As for what had been done, there was but one opini on among th e trus tees ; that Sir C. Eastlake's management had been most satisfactory ; that he was a man of knowledge, taste, and discretion, on whom reliance misfit be placed ; and that the purchases had been made with great judgment. Lord ELCHO replied that if the trustees had not power to control the director they could withhold their sanction from a purchase proposed by him, and they were autho rised in such a case to enter their dissent on the proceed ings to be submitted to Parliament ; and the director must be a bold man indeed if he would act contrary to their will in the face of such a protest. He (Lord Rohe) intended next year to move that that the salary of the secretary should be reduced from 7501. to 300/., and that the travelling agent should be abolished altogether. (Hear, hear.) Lord GODERICH remarked that the Secretary to the Treasary had failed to give any reasons for paying a tra velling agent, though he had said that a foreigner was the most fit person to be so employe) ; in reference to which he (Lord Goderich) must say that he did not see why a German should be thought more likely to be well ac quainted with the pictures and with the language of Italy than an Englishman. (Hear, hear.) Mr. GLADSTONE could not support the motion for a reduction of the grant, though he did not think that the present provision for the establishment of the National Gallery was altogether satisfactory. He understood his hon. friend the Secretary for the Treasury to say that the appointment of Sir Charles Eastlake was made in confor mity with the judgment of Lord Aberdeen ; but his hon. friend knew that that appointment was not made by Lord Aberdeen, bat that it was an appointment Lord Aberdeen found standing over when he took office. He (Mr. Glad stone) did not for a moment mean to question the pro priety of that appointment, nor to offer any opinion upon it ; but with regard to the ability of Sir Charles Eastlake no testimony of his was necessary, nor was he of (opinion that the committee of 1853 was not warranted in recom mending that a salary of 1,0001. a-year should be given to a gentleman of great capacity and skill in art to direct the gallery, always acting upon the supposition that his whole time, or the greater portion of it, would he devoted to his duties in connection with the National Gallery. At the same time, whatever were the duties connected with the transition state of the gallery and in the information of the catalogue, he thought 3,0001. a-year for salaries for the management of a gallery of so limited an extent was rather heavy, and deserved consideration. When he was in office he made some inquiries as to the expenses of ma. naeement of foreign ga ll er i es , an d h e was b oun d to say that c ' the costs at which they were generally managed and kept up was not such as quite to justify the scale of sa laries adopted here. (Hear.) He did not speak of the salary of Sir C. Eastlake, but of the 3,0001. which formed the aggregate of the salaries connected with management, which he thought by some prudent arrangement on the part of the Government might be reduced. And though the House of Commons would never grudge any charge which might be necessary for the extension of the National Gallery, and to make it worthy its object, still, for any thing like needless or unnecessary expenditure,:there could be no apology. Mr. I'. BARING remarked. that most of the galleries abroad were galleries already formed; but he understood the object was to make ad:litions to the National Gallery from time to time, and that could not be done without additional expense. Mr. STIRLING believed the expenses connected with the foreign galleries were much greater than was sup posed, and in some instances double that of our own. The director-general of the Louvre had a salary of 40,000 f. Neither was the management of the foreign galleries free from complaints. With regard to Mr. Otto Mundler, he was a man of high reputation among the artists of Paris, as he (Mr. Stirling) happened to know, and that he had made a mistake about one picture was an accident which might happen to any man. He wished to know from the hon. Secretary to the Treasury how it was that the pictures the purchase-money of which was included in the present esti mate bad not yet appeared in the gallery, except one, upon which the criticisms were anything but favourable. Mr. WILSON replied that the picture alluded to as being alreadyin the gallery had been purchased in London, having been previously brought from Vienna at the ex panse of the seller, whereas the others had been purchased abroad, and had not, some of them, arrived in this coun try, and those which had were not yet unpacked and framed. (" Hear, hear," and laughter.) Mr. GLADSTONE suggested that the scale of the estab lishments of the foreign galleries should be laid upon the table before the vote was proposed next year. Viscount PALMERSTON observed that when the ar rangement was proposed Lord Aberdeen was aware of what was about to be done; and upon the whole he (Lord Pal merston) thought it was the best that could be a !opted. He did not think the establishment too great for theduties to be performed, and he considered considerable advan tage must wise from having a travelling gentleman ac quainted with art, competent to give a judgment as to the merits of pictures, and to ascertain the price at which such as he thought worthy of a place in the National Gal lery might be procured. It was impossible to ascertain what pictures were in the market which it might be de sirable to purchase unless some competent person were employed to ascertain, and it would be equally impossible that such a person could go from town to town, examining the various collections, and inquiring about prices, with out its being known who he was, and what was his object. The objection, therefore, that his inquiries tended to en hance the price of pictures was inherent in any arrange ment that might be made for such a purpose. With re gard to Sir C. Eastlake, his knowledge of art and great professional ability pointed him out as a fit and proper person to fill the office of director of the gallery. The hon. gentleman had referred to the attacks made upon Sir C. Eastlake by persons in the same profession, but lot the hon. gentleman point out any artist of eminence who would not be liable to similar attacks from disappointed men. Whatever might be the relative merits of particular professions, they knew that there were some in which pro fessional rivalry and professional resentment prevailed to a greater extent than in others ; but in the present case he was quite sure that no person who enjoyed Sir C. East -1 tike's friendship, and knew his merits, would have their judgment altered in the slightest degree by the calumnies that hid been , cast upon him ; and he was equally sure that Sir C. Eastlake had toomuch goo 1 sense to allow the serenity of his mind to be disturbed by them. (Hear.) After a few words from Mr. VERNON and Mr. Omar, the committee divided— For the amendment - Against it The vote was then agreed to. A sum of 4,600/. was then proposed for scientific works abroad, and agreed to. 5001. was voted to the Royal Geographical Society. A sum of 2,00)/. was proposed for the Royal Society to carry on certain scientific experiments. Lord PALMERSTON defended'the vote, and said that it was to enable a committee of the Royal Society to carry on certain scientific experiments which were of the greatest possible public utility. Mr. MACGREGOR regretted that science had such miserable votes from Parliament. Let them look what had been done for science in Franco, Austria, Prussia, and even in Russia. The assistance given by the Government to science in this country was beggarly in its amount. The vote, after a short conversation, was agreed to. The house then resumed, the Chairman reported pro gress, and obtained leave to sit again this day. On the bringing up the report, Mr. FLOYER called attention to the subject of criminal lunatics, and wished to know whether the Government intended to make additional provision for them. Sir G. GREY said he had been in communication with the commissioners of criminal lunacy. He had not been able to frame an estimate on the subject, but probably a supplemental estimate would be submitted in the course of-the session. WILLOUGHBY and Mr. WILSON, the remaining clause were agreed to. _ WRECK OF THE JOLLN ROUTLEDGE. PUBLIC WORKS (IRELAND) BILL. This bill passed through dotn!nittee. MEDICAL PROFESSION. Lord ELCHO moved for leave to bring in a bill to amend the laws relating to the medical profession. It contained three main features—first, non-interference with all the bodies now po ssessing the right of conferring degrees; se condly, to establish a standard of medical education ; and thirdly, to render the qualificatien of medical men avail able in every part of the United Kingdom. The noble lord was proceeding with a lengthy statement, when An Hon. MEMBalt moved that the house should be counted, but there was found to be 40 members present. Lord ELCHO expressed a hope that the Government would take up this bill. (From the New York Herald.) Captain Wood, of the packet ship Germania, arrived at this . port on Sunday, from Havre, from which she sailed on the 29th of January. Oa the 17th ult., the Germania encountered a fearful hurricane, which continued for 12 hours, On the 26th ult ,in lat. 45.03 N., long. 46.40 W., she fell in with icebergs and field ice, but after standing three hours to the south-east succeeded in get ting clear. On the 28th ult. she picked up a ship's boat which was found to contain alive, Thomas W. Nye, of New Bedford, the only survivor of 13 persons, the re mainder having perished of starvation and cold. They had been in the boat• nine days. Four dead bodies were in the boat, all belonging to -the sbip John R iutledge, Captain Kelly, of New York, which left Liverpool for this port on January 16. On the 19th of Feb ruary she got into field ice, and subsequently ran into an iceburg, which stove a hole in her bow. She was aban doned at 6 o'clock the same evening. Five boats, filled with the passengers. and crew, left the ship. It was the intention of Mr. Atkinson, the mate, to have left the vessel in the boat, which was picked up, but the broke adrift, and he and several others went down with the wreck. It is conjectured that the other boats, which were well manned, and furnished with compasses, would pull fol. the Gulf Stream, as the weather was severely cold. Mr. ORA - I . :TURD said it was a singular course, when a measure was already before the house, to introduce another on the same subject. Mr. COWPER thought the bill well worthy of consider ation, and recommended that both bills should be zeferred to a select committee. Leave was then given to bring in the bill. PARTNERSHIP AMENDMENT BILL. Mr. LO WE moved for leave to introduce a new bill on this subject, in lieu of the one withdrawn before Easter. --Agreed to. The second reading was appointed for Friday. The house adjourned at 25 minutes before 2 o'clock. PARLIAMENTARY DIVISIONS. (Front the New York Courier anginquirer.) There was on board the Routledge, at the time the struck the iceberg, 144 souls. Two had been lost over board previous to that time. So far as known, but one of that large number now survives. All but him have no doubt ere this met with a terrible death. The calamity is appalling. ' We subjoin the narrative made by Thos. Nye, the rescued sailor :-- "The John Routledge left Liverpool on Jan. 16. She was loaded quite deep, and bad on board an assorted cargo, including a large quantity of iron. She also had 120 passengers in the steerage. The officers and crew numbered 26 men. The name of the first mate was At kinson, and he was from Philadelphia. We encountered the most tempestuous weather, and lost a man from the jibboom. We also lost a passenger, who was washed overboard by a sea. On the 18th Feb., at noon, in lon. 40.50 W., lat. 45.34, we encountered field the, and, in making our way through it, struck' one or two heavy pieces projecting some four or five feet out of the water. The weather was hazy, and we could not see far ahead. The wind was aft, and the ship, being closely surrounded by field ice, would not steer well. We could not keep clear of the heavy masses of ice. At last, early the next morning, the ship struck heavily upon an iceberg, and started planks from the forefoot. The pumps were sounded, and it was found that the ship was leaking at a fearful rate. Two pumps were set going, and the crow and passengers divided into two watches of 12 each to work them. A quantity of ea't and crates of crockery in grs it number were hoisted out of the hold and thrown overboard. By this means the leak was got at, and some pillows and clothing wore stuffed into it. But they seemed to do little good, and it soon became evident that the ship was filling rapidly. Preparations were then male to abandon her and take to the bmts. There were five boats attached to the ship, which I 'think would not have carried all on board. As it was, some twenty-five or thirty were left to go down with the wreck, of whom all but the mate. and car penter were passengers. The boat that I was in was 'the last to shove off. It was the intention of the mate and Carpenter to have joined us ; but they went to sound the pumps; and while doing so, our boat broke adrift. Indeed, had we lain alongside a few minutes longer, we should have been swamped, We soon, lost sight of the ship, and found ourselves, fifteen in number, upon the wide ocean, with but abont a gallon of water, and six or eight pounds of bread. The party in the boat consisted of •the boatswain, a Scotch sailor, five men, four women, and a little girl, passengers, and myself. 'One of the women was the mate's wife. The weather was intensely cold, and the boat shipped a great quantity of water, and from the effects of both the sufferings that we were to encounter were not long delayed. The two other sailors, Mrs. Atkinson, and myself were warmly clothed ; but the passengers, with the exception of one lady, were not. That lady was wrapped up in two blankets. We had a compass in the boat, but Mrs. Atkinson, in jumping in, broke it. It would have been of little use, the boat was so unsteady. ,We made no effort to reach any particular point, our only hope being that we should be seen and picked up by some passing vessels. Mrs. Atkinson took charge of the bread and water, and would give but little out. She and the boat swain drank most of ths water. Both were soon ex hausted, and then the bitter cold began to tell upon us. It is my opinion that if we had been well supplied with food and water, most of us could have veithstood the cold. On the third day in the boat, a male passenger died. He was very thinly dressed--a light coat being bis only one. He was followed, the next day, by a woman, whose husband survived her for a day or two. We this day saw a brig running free, with a light wine!. Our hearts were cheered with a prospect of speedy relief. We raised a signal on an oar, and pulled for her with all our strength. We gained on her for some time, and I had begun to picture to myself the hearty welcome that would be extended .to the shipwrecked by her captain and crew. But a breeze soon sprung up, and our hopes were crushed. She gradually left us. I thought we were near enough to be seen from her deck, but no notice was taken of us. Notwithstanding this great disappointment, I endeavoured to keep up my spirits. Oa the fifth day, all those in the boat with me began to drink sea water. I warned them against it, but they persisted. I got very little of the water taken from the ship, but I drink no sea water. When my mouth became very parched and dry, I rinsed it out with sea water, but swallowed rune. Some snow fell one day, which I found a great relief. After the others began to drink the sea water, they died in quick succession. On the seventh day the last one died, and left me the only living being in-the boat. The dead who first succumbed were thrown overboard ; but the four last were beyond my little remaining strength, and for more than two days I was forced to sit with their distorted bodies before me, and with little hope that a better fate would be mine. The last who died was a passenger—an English lady, of slight for.n—the mother of the little girl. Her daughter preceded her a few hours. I cannot remember the order in which the others died. The boatswain, the night be fore his death, became delirieus and furious. He as saulted Mrs. Atkinson, bit her severely on the arm, and scratched her. • He threw the bucket overboard, anl attempted to throw the cars Overboard also He assaulted me with the canteen, and struck me a blow on the face, the marks of which I still bear. He died about noon, some hours before which he became listless and stupid. Nearly all the others became delirious. Mrs. Atkinson called in the most agonising tones for water, stretching out her hands to receive it. They all died like the boat swain, and in many instances the first notice I bad that another victim, had fallen was by his pitching over when the boat lurched heavily. When all my compa-dons were dead I fixed an oar upright, with a woollen shirt and a red silk handkerchief waving from the top as a signal. This was the first permanentsigoal that had been erected. My feet and legs had became very badly frozen, and I was hardly able to move. •I lay in the bow of the boat. It would ship a sea occasionally, and I wou'd rause my self and bale it:out. I would then lie down again. On t confident the ntighafier2. relief. eo t ni a h en, Aftr mid sthgi sn b a:h. e , docylhesi w teal eoeawn l sirfoetir and negdl edd l dr mebe: h eeehoh a pe; ,13 1 haibsseco b t Tuae, e d e teofd n owv; elnhnn. towardsitnlo e days awni ands ed. sent directly att, was goi in n o t ho a tew t , r) , found the ot ha b er a d d s. h i b p o T i t i i n oe e bb m eo e dti so es Germania, Captain Wood, from Havre to New York. I attribute the continuance of my existence beyond that of my companions to my abstaining from the use of sea water. I used some of the ice that formed upon the boat. It was only a little bitter, having lost the brackish taste peculiar to sea-water, and was without its injurious effect upon the system. My companions appeared to suffer great pain after they bad drank sea -water. Regarding the acme on board the ship, when it was resolved to abandon her, the state sent is silent. But we understand from the officers of the Germania that Nye told them that soma of those who remained did so from choice—the mate and carpenter among the number. This does not agree with the above statement, nor harmonise with the presence of the mate's wife is the beat, but un dowbtedly has some foundation. It is not difficult to imagine that there were those who preferred the chances in a water-logged ship to those in an open boat, without food or water in mid- winter. The want of an adequate supply of water is, perhaps, explained by a statement not very cl ear , i n a log found in the boat with Nye (kept probably by the mate), to the effect that the water tanks of the ship bad been stove in a violent storm a few days before entering the ice. The John Routledge was .a vessel of 1,008 ton register, built at Baltimore in 1851, and insured in New York and Philadelphia for 64,000 dollars, principally in New York. Freights and passage money insured for 6,000 dollars. :The cargo was an assorted one, valued at from 75,000 dollars to 100,000 dollars, and is largely covered by insurances in Wall-street. HOUSE OF COMMONS.-APRIL 7. SUPPLY. Order for committee read. 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 "in the opinion. of this House, the practice of billetfing soldiers of the militia and of the line in Scot land upon private families is injurious to the comfort and discipline of the men, as well as oppressive to the people, and that it is the duty of the Government to take means to abolish the grievance," instead thereof. Question put, " That the words propos e d t o b e l e ft ou t stand part of the question." The House divided—Ayes 116, Noes 139. THE SUN: LON DON, TUESDAY EVENING, APRIL 8, 1856. DRAFTS ON BANKERS BILL. ' The house went into committee on this bill. Clause 1 was agreed to. On clause 2, Mr. PELLATT proposed to introduce certain amend moots. Mr. J. WILSON' thought it better that the amendments should be printed, and in the meantime the committee could be taken pro forma. The committee accordingly reportei to the house, with out proceeding further with the clauses. - FACTORIES BILL. This bill went through committee pro forma. amendments to b 3 printed. PUBLIC WORKS BILL. -- The house went into committee on this bill. Mr. BLACKBURN objected] to the.continuance of the system provided for by this bill. Fifteen years since a public board had been established, with power to advance money for various purposes, and they had now in hand a fund of 360,0001. for those purposes. He thought the house should have time to consider whether it was expedient that Goveinment should become - a la/Luker, lending money and giving no account of the way in which the money was lent. There were four millions now out which had been lent by the commission, of which a million and a half they them selves looked upon as a bad debt. He objected also that the commissioners had furnished no accounts of the ex penses of. working the commission. He would move, as an amendment, that the bill be committed pro forma. Mr. J. WILSON defended the bill, which he said was merely a continuation bill. Its pribciple had been debated over and over again, and it was generally admitted that the commission bad done an immensity of good. The working expenses of the commission appeared annually.in the votes. Sir H. WILLOUGHBY was inclined to support the amendment. Mr. GLYN did not see any reason for postponing the consideration of the bill. The committee then divided— Ayes Noes 16 107 . , ••• •• • - -91 Majority. On elnnse 2, Sir H. WILLOUGHBY objected to the composition of the corninission. The Commissioners for the Reduction of the National Debt were a body which for all practical pur poses had no real existence. Yet this body who never met, excsp►, on four formal occasions every year, and who had no means of exercising a proper control over the funds com mitted to them, the bill proposed to make trustees for the execution of the act. Mr. WILSON denied that the commission was a sham one. The chairman was Sir Alexander Spearman, and the other members were all persons of the highest character as practic ►l men. No losses had ever been incurred where the discretion of the commissioner had not been interfered with. It was true there had been losses in connection with the Thames Tunnel and another undertaking, but those schemes had been pressed upon the commission by the house itself. Mr. LIDDELL then moved that the chairman report progress. Ayes Noes -51 Majori Mr. BLACKBURN would not attempt any further to ob struct the progres^. of the bill through comrnitee, but he hoped the Government would insert a clause requiring an annual account to be laid on the table. Mr. WILSON would take care that such a clause, if ne cessary, should be inserted on the third reading. Mr. MOWBR AY renewed the motion for reporting pre. grew. Viscount PALMERSTON appealed to the consideration of the house to go on with the bill, which was a short one, and the hour (one o'clock) was not late. (A laugh.) After a conversation, chiefly carried on between Sir AYES-116. Acton, Joseph French, Fitzstephen Paget, Lord A. Bailey, C. GalivreY, Sir W. Palmerston, Viscount Ball, J. Gilf,rd, Earl of Patten, Col. Baldock, R. 11. Gilpin, Col. 11. Peel, F. Baring, Sir F. Glyn, G.l Pelltt, A. Bellew, T. Gower, F. Perry, Sir E. Berkeley, G. C. Graham, Sir J. Pinney, W. Bethell, Sir R. Greene, Thomas Portman, W. Bond, J. Oregson, Samuel Fewer. N. Booth, Sir Rt. Gore Grenfell, Charles Price, Sir R. Bouverie, lion. E. P. Grey, Rt. lion. Sir G. Pritchard, J. Bowyer. G Grey, It. Pugh, D. Brand, H B. W. Haddo. Lord Ricardo, 0. Brotherton, J. Hall, Sir Benjamin Ricardo, S. Brown, W. Headlarn, T. Rice, E. Bruce, Lord E. Heatheoat, J. Richardson,.j. Buckley, Gen. Heathcote, G. Ridley, George Burke, Sir T. Ilerhert,H. Seymour, H. Butler, C. S. Higgins, G. 0. Shafto, R. Castlerosse, Vis. , Horsman, E. Smith, it. Clay, Sir W., Bt. Hutchins, E. Starkle, Le G. Clive, Hon. R. W. Jermyn, Rt. Un. Earl Steel, John Cockburn, Sir A. J. E . Kirk, W. Stracey, Sir H. Coote, Sir C. H. Labouchere,Rt.Hon.H Thornely, T. Cowper. W. F. Lemon, Sir O. Vane, Lord IL Cubit*, W Lewis, Sir G. C. Waterpark, Lord Denison, J. E. Lowe, It. Watkins, Col. De Vere, S. E. Martin, J. Whatman, J. Di vett, E. Diartin, P. Drurnlanrig, Via. Massey, W. • Wickham, H. Duncan, Vistount Monck, Vic Wilkinson, W. D ingarvan, Viscount Moncreiff, J. Williams, W. Dunne, M. blouse, eV. Willoughby, Sir H. Eorington, Viscount Morgan, 0. Wilson, J. Ellice, E. Morris, D. Winnington, Sir T Fitzroy, Henry Napier, Sir C. - Wood, Sir C. Foley, J. H. O'Brien, J. Forstt r, Sir John °Hawn, B. Forster, John Osborne, It. Freestun, Colonel Otway, A. DREADFULCOLLISION. LIVERPOOL, Monday. —The Gibraltar Chronicle of the 29th ult. has the following :—" The ii.on screw steam ship Miuo, of Barcelona, Capt, G. Marquillas, which WAR on her way from Barcelona; Valencia, and Malaga, to Cadiz and Liverpool, .came in collision about 2 a.m., off Tarifa, with the British sailing-transport Minden, which left our port yesterday at 12, noon, in tow of the Bustler steam tog. The steamer, which was going at the rate of 10 knots an hour, sank 5 minutes after she struck, and 83 persona, it is feared, met with a watery grave. Marquillas is supposed to have gone down with the vessel. There were 115 persons on board, including the crew. Twenty-one only have been saved, of whom 17 belonzed to the cre ;•. The names of the passengers are Du Eduardo Eeredia, Da Mana Hendia, Da Mindad Hendia, and Du Jose Frapo!i, who were picked up a❑d brought in here (Gibraltar) by the Minden. TELLES.% Haytar, W . 3ltt!grave, Earl of NOES-139. Inderson, Air J. Guinness, It. S. Annesley, Earl of Gurney, J. 11. Bantle, H. Hadfield, George Ball, E. Hamilton, D. A. Barnes, T. Hamilton, J. Barrow, W. Banbury, don. S. Baxter, W. Hankey. T. Bell, J. Harcourt, Col. Biggs, W. Hardy, G. Black, Adam Basile, Alex. ' Blackburn, P. Ilastie, Arend. Bland, L. H. Herbert, Sir T. Brady, J. Heyworth, L. Bramley-Mf ore, J. Holford, It. ' Bruce, C. L. C. Borstal', T. Byng, G. IL C. Hutt, W. Cairns. 11. Jolli tie, Fir W. Campbell, Sir A. I. Jolliffe, 11. Chambers, M. Kendall, N. Chelsea, Viscount Kerriscifi, Sir K. Christy, Samuel Kiunaird, A. Cobden, R. Laing, S. Cole, 11. A. Langton, H. G. Coles, H. Laslett, W. Craufurd, E. H. J. Lee, W. crossley, F. Lennox, Lord IL G. Da:kehh, Earl Liddell, il, G. - Dill wyn, L. L.;? Lockhart. A. E. Disraeli, 11. Lockhart, W. Duckworth, Sir J. T.B. Macartney, G. Duncan, George Mackie, J. Dunlop. A. MacGregor, James East, Sir J. lkl`Gregor, John Elcho, Lord MacMation, P. Ellice. E , jun. 11IcTaggart, Sir J. Elliott, 3 E. Maguire, J. F. Elm ey, 'Viscount Malins, itichsrd Ewart, W. At astermao, J. Ewa. t, J. 311„the,son, A. Pellow.s. E. Matheson, i. , _ ir J. Fergus, John Meagher, T. _ Ferguson, :sir J. 111 , all, E. Filiaer,Sir E. Milligan, R. Foyer, J. Michell, William Fuller, A. E. Montgomery, H. L. TELLERS. George, J. Montgomery, Sir G. Graham, Lord M. Mowbray, J. It. Cowan, C. Grogan. Edward Mundy, W. Agnew, Sir A. Murrough, J. P. Naas, Lord Nn ler, J. Newark, Visocunt Borth, Col. J. North, F. Oakes, J. Ossuiston, Lord Paxton, Sir J. Phidimore. J. (1. Pollard-Urquhart, W. Raynham, Viscount Rusboat, Capt. G. Russell. F. O. Scott, F. Seymer, H. hhelley, Sir J. Smith, J. B. Smith, Abel Spooner, It. Stafford, A. Stanhope, J. Stanley, Lord Stirling, W. Stuart, Captain Thom ^son, G. Tyler, Sir G. Vance, John Vernon, G. Vernon, V. Vyvyan, Sir It: Waddington, D. Walcott, Admiral. Walmsley, Sir J. Warner, Watson, W. Wells, W. Whitmore. H. Wise, A. Wortley, J. S. Wyndham, Gen. Wynne, John Yorke, Y. Notion made. and question proposed, " That a sum not exceeding 17,6391. be granted to her Majesty, to defray the expenses of the National Gallery, including the pur chase of pictures, to the 31st day of March, 1857." Whereupon motion made, and question put, " That a sum, not exceeding 16,9391. be granted to her Ilsjesty, to defray the expenses of the Na ional gallery, includ ing the purchase of pictures, to the 31st day of March, 1837." The committee divided—Ayes, 72 ; Noes, 152. AYES-72. Anderron, Sir J. Ewart, J. Xrchdall, M. Fcrgusson, Sir .7-. Ball, E. Fleyer, J.. Baldock, E. Forster, Sir G. Barrow, W. Forrer, J. Baxter, W. George, J. Bell, J. Godericb, Vie. Bellew, T. Greene, John Bentinck, G; Grogan, Edward Blackburn, Peter Gurney, J. Bowyer, G. Hadfield, G.- Brown, W. Hamilton, J. IL Campbell, Sir A. Hastie, Alex. Chamben. M. Heywood, J. Cobbett, J. M. Hume, W. Cowan, C. Keating, ii. S. Craufurd, E. H. J. King, P. Dillwyn, L. Lang ton, H, g. Duncan, G. Laslatt, W. Dunlop, A. . Lee, W. Ebrington, Viscount Macartney, G. Elcho, L ‘rd Michell, W. Ellice, E., Jun. Mitchell, 7 homas Erelyy, W. Ntontgolaery, 11, Ewari, W. Morris, D. Mowbray, J. R. Mundy, W. urrough, J. Oakes, J. Peacocke, G. Peilatt. A. . Phillimore, J. G. Pigott, F. Pilkington, J. Scott, F. Seymer, Shelley, Sir J. Spooner, R. Stuart, ea,)tain Tite, W. Vance, J. Waddington. H. Walcott. Admiral Weis, W. Williams, W. ise, A. Wyndham, LI. TELLEBB. Otway, A. Vernon, G. NOES-152. Acton, J. Greene, Thomas Paget, Lord A. gu w, Sir Andrew Gregson, S. Palk, L. Annesley, Eat. of Grenfell, Chas. Palmerston, Visct. Ba nes. lit. Hon. M. Grey, Sir G. Patten, J. B 11, J. Grey, R. Peel, Sit R. Baring, Sir t. Hall, Sir R. Peel, F. Baring, T. Hankey, T. Perry, Sir T. Barnes.T. Harcourt, Col F. Phillimore, It. J. Ile keley, G. H istk, Archd. Pinney, W. Riggs, W. Hayes, Sir E. POlard-Urquhart, W . Black, Adam Heathcote, G. Fewer, N. Blakemore, T. Henley, 3, P. Ice Sir R. Bland, L. Herbert, 11. Pritchard, J. Bond, J. Perven Lord A. Ricardo, 0. Bonham-Carter. S. Heyworth, L. Ricardo, S. Booth, Sir Rt. Gore Horgan, T. B. Itidi•.y, G. ttouverlo, lion. E. P., Horsman, E, Robertson, P. Bramley- Wore, J. Ingham, R. Rufhont, G. Brand, 11. B. W. Ingram, 11. Russell, F. C. Itrotherton, J. Johnstone, Sir J. Russell, F. W. Bruce, Lord E. Jolliffe, Sir W. Shafto, R. ltrrce, C. Kendall. N. Sihthorp, Major Buckley, Gen. .Kershaw, J. Smith, R. Cardwell, E. Labonehere,BLllon.ll Stafford, A. Casilerosse, Viscount Lacon. Sir E. Stanhope, J. Chelsea, Viscount Lenin, Lni,i tl. Startle, Le G. Christie, Sam iel Lewis, Sir G. C. ,Steel, J. Cockburn, Sir A. J. E. Llddell,ll. G. Stirling, William Cole, II A. Lockhart, W. Tancred, 11. Cowper, W. F. Lowe, fl Thornely, T. Crossley, F. Mackie, J. Tollemache, J. Cuhitt, W. Macgregor, Jas. Tyler, Sir G. Deedes, W. Denison, J. E. 3,l 3r : i f / 1 i r n er I reelin s _ - V w y a y i p y o a i n e: S s i . r R. De. Vere, S. Martin, P. • Ws terpark, Lord Disraeli, B. Massey, W. Watkins, Col. Duckwor 11, Sir J. T. 7 dasterman, .T. Watson, W. Duke,.Sir J. Milligan. Robert Whatman, J. Duncan, Viscount Mines, M. Whitbread, 4. Dundas, G. Monet. Viscoint. - Whitmore, ff. Dungai ran, Viscount btoncreiff, J., - ' - Wickham' H. W. Dunne, M. Monsen, W. Wilkinson, W. Dunne, Col. Montgomery, Sir G. Willcox, B. Foley, J. M organ, 0. Willoughby, Sir 11. Freestun, Cut. Na pier, J. Wilson, J. Gibson, T. Napier, Sir C. Winnington, Sir T. Gifford, Earl of Neel, G. . Wood, Sir C. Gladstone, W. North, F. Wynne, J Glyn, G. O'Brien, J. Gower, Y. O'Connell, D. Graham, Lord W. Oliveira, It. Greenall, G. Osborne, R. The TELLEBS. HaYter, W. Mulgravo, Earl of By an arreti of the French Minister of the Interior dated April 6, Le Nord is allowed to enter France. [ADVERTISIDIENT.J—HoIIoway ' s Ointment and Pills Excellent Remedies for Abscesses.—Mr. Wm. Alsop, of the sloop Wesley, informed Mr. Reinhardt, druggist, Hull, that a child of his had a dreadful abscess on the thigh, and that the medical men gave him no hopes of the child's life. Mr. Reinhardt then recommended him to use Holloway's ointment ; he did so, and the abscess soon healed, wid the little patent is now as well and as Strong as any child can be, entirely through the virtues of the ointment, which are above all praise. —Sold by all medicine venders throughout the world ; at Professor Holloway's establishments, 244, Strand, London, and ,1 50, Maiden lane, N ew York ; by A. Stampa, Constanti nople; A. Guidicy, S myrna ; and E. Muir, Malta. [ADVENTISEMENT.I--0 1 4 to be known to be valued.--Dr. Roberts's celebrated ointment, called the " Poor Man's Min]," is confidently recommended to the public as an un failing remedy for wounds of every description, a certain cure of ulcerated sore legs, if of twenty years' standing, cuts, burns, s •alds, bruises, chilblains, scorbutic eruptions, and pimples in the face, sore and inflamed eyes, sore heads, can cerous humours, &C., and is a specific for those afflicting eruptions that sometimes follow vaccination. Sold in pots, FIRE AT HOUNSLGW.—Yesterday morning, at about at is. lid. and 2s. 9d. each.—Also his "Pilulae Antiscro- three o'clock a fire troke out upon the premises of phulte," confirmed by more than forty years' experience to be, Mr. Samuel Ruff, tallow candle manufacturer and without exception, ono of the best alterative medicines ever molter, in the High-street, which was not extinguished compounded for purifying the blood and assisting nature in until aft er a l arge amount of property bad been de all her operations ; hence they are useful in scrofula, scorbutic stroked. Mr. B. aidwood's official report is as follows : ncomplaints, glandular swellings, particularly those of the M on d ay, eck, &c. They form a m ild an d superior family ape r i en t April 7, 1856.—A fire took placs in the premises of Mr. Samuel Ruff, tallow chandler, grocer, ;diety be taken at all times without confinement or change &c., lii2b-street, Hounslow—eau,e of fire unknown ; of told in boxes, at Is. Id., 2s. 9d., 4s. 6d., lls., the and 225. each.—Sold wholesale by the proprietors, Beach and Ogee ; the contents insured in the County Fire Barnicott, at their dispensary, Bridport; by the London tallow factory, melting houses and stores destroyed ; houses ; retail by all respectable medicine vendors in the the harm and brewing-houses adjoining damaged by United Kingdom, Observe.---No medicine sold under the fire and breakage.' Ditto, ditto.—Mr. Boughton, vete. above names can Fossil:ly b e genuine, unless " Beach and •rinary Surgeon ; contents insured in the Sun Fire Office • Barnicott, late - Dr. Roberts, B r idport," is engra ve d an d th e contents in front house damaged by removal, and printed on tho stamp affixed to each box. roofs of back promises by fire and breakage. THE MILITARY BOAR!) OF INQUIRY. (Continued', front the Sun of last niyht.) Lord Lucan then read various letters which ho had forwarded to the proper authorities, complaining of the fatigue and overworking of the troop horses after he had to provide 500 efficient hoe-es at the order of the Field-Marshal. Li the heavy brigade, be tween the 12th and 27th Dec., 381 horses were used on commissariat duties, 143 for regimental forage duties, piequete 40, deficient for forage duties 8, so that alloaing each horse to carry 11 cwt., Ora brigade lost the supply of 12 cwt. of toed daily. In the Light Brigade there were but 201 horses ; 122 of these were used for commissariat duties (making 503 on transport duty), 72 on regimental forage, and seven fir orderlies. After they commenced the commissariat duties the horses fell sick and died rapidly. In one day no less than 29 horses died. He-made several appeals agaiest this extra and destructive duty ; and finally, three days after the 25th, he was relieved from them. The noble lord then aildre-sed himself to another part of the report with reference to the shelter for horses, in which the Commissioners say, " Cons , dering, also, the suffering and severe loss of horses front exposure to the weather in the commeneement of the winter, there appears to be a want of promptitude or ingenuity in de vising for them some temporary shelter such as saved the baggage-horses of the S ippers and Miners at Btlaklava." In his reply to that statement, he had shown that it aas p , ssible to compare the cavalry, who were exposed on'a bleak plateau, without tools, to the engineers, who were down in a warm valley, and had plenty of tools. If he wanted any more conclusive proof than another of the animus of the commissioners, and the malignity which actuated them, he would rest upon that passage. They went on to say that experience had shown that even a very moderate degree of shelter would have kept them in a certain condition of comfort and health. Well, he did ,not know what greater experience Sir John M'Neill or C done? Tulloeh had greater than himself. He defied either of them to have provided better shelter on the bleak plateau, with the means at his command, than be did. They appeared to have made the charge solely upon the evidence of ColonelGriffiths, the value of whose evidence would be judged of when he was subjected to a cross-examination. That officer was said to have made an application for the means of sheltering the horses of the Scots Greys', but to have been received by him (Lord Lucan) in such a manner as to deter him, or any other officer, from topeating the application. Now, he objected to that statement, because it was not sup ported by evidence. There was no proof that any other officsr had been deterred frene applying to him by what hail passed between him and Cal. Griffiths ; on the con trary, there was proof that it was not known to other efficers whom the conimiseioners bad never examined. It was, he had no hesitation in saying, most monstrous, that a general officer should have been pointed out for condemnation on the evidence of a subordinate officer, whose evidence was taken in the absence of the officer implicated by that. evidence, and without his having an opportunity of cross-examination. He proposed now to call Col. Griffiths before the board. Colonel Griffiths was called—He stated that he would rather that his examination should be postponed for a short time, until the arrival of some memoranda for which he had sent. Lord Lucan said that these were not . memorand t made at the time of the circumstances to which they related, but lately, for the purpose of refreshing his me mory. He thought the .inquiry had better be pro ceeded with. Cul nel Griffiths; thought that until the arrival of his papers the board had no right to call upon hint to answer any questions. After the lapse of a quarter hour, Lord Lucan said that the non-production of the me moranda would make the examination a little more dila tory than it would other Wise have been. He did not wish that the Court should break up in the middle of Colonel Griffith's examination, and he could not hope to conclude it by four o'clock tit being then past three). He should, therefore, prefer beginning with Colonel Griffiths to-morrow morning. Tee President—How long will you take ? Lord Lucan—There will act be many questions, but I ant afraid they will take a long time. lam quite sure I could not conclude with him to-day. Generel Peel—Have you any other witnesses ? Lord Lucan—Yee, Richard Airey and Col. Gordon. General Peel—Can you go on with any of those ? Lord Lucan—Yes; with Colonel Gordon, as he will only take a few minutes. Colonel Griffiths' then retired, and Colonel the Hen. Alexerider Gordon was called, and cautioned in the usual manner by the Judge-Advocate. The examination was conducted by means of written questions, to which Colonel Gordon replied 'viva voce. Lord Lucan—The commissioners, in their letter to Lord Paninure, defended their report upon the evidence of Sir Richard Airey and the Hon. Colonel Gordon. I propose to examine Colonel Gordon upon that point. Lord Lucan—ln your evidence before the commis sioners you stated that on-the same day (the 12th of November, I presume), L6rd Lucan was directed to make temporary stables as he best could until the tim ber arrived, and that on the 12th of - November an en gineer officer was placed at his dispose' to assist him 13e good enough to tell the Court who that officer was, and what knowledge you have on the subject. Canal Gordon—l think - the name of the officer was Lieut. Stokes, who was appointed by the officer com manding the Royal Engineers ; and after that he was succeeded by an officer of the name of Lernox. He thought those were the names of the officers, but he could not say with -perfect safety. Lord Lucan—Cen you say, of your own knowledge, that Mr. Stokes was appointed to this duty on the 12 b November. Colonel Gorden-1 think _the officer commanding the engineers stated that Lieut. Stokes had been appointe 1 to that duty on the 12th November, but without toy papers I could not speak with any degree of ceiteinty on the f met whether it was that day or not. My impression that Lieut. Stokes came to the camp, and that you wished him to live with you. I think he decdned, and went to live in his own camp. I recollect that, in some way or another, his services were net available to you in the way your lordship wished or expected. Lord Lucan—l (10 not know how far the commissioners will allow me to avail myself efahis journal which I hold in my hand. It is a journal kept by my son, Lord Bing ham, who is now in the Crimea. There are plenty of per sons who can speak in reference to the handwriting. I wish to show by means of it that C Gerdon is in error, and that at the time mentioned Lieut. Stokes did not get any order. Lord Lucan (to Col. Gordon) --Are you aware that Capt. Chapman was the first officer appointed to this duty, and he visited the camp for the first time on the 17th November ? Colonel Gordon—l never heard of Capt. Chapman having charge of that duty ; and, as I believe he never left the camp, I am surprised to hear that he was engaged to construct huts for the cavalry. I have never heard it suggested, until this onent, that Capt. Chapman was so employed. Lord Lucan—Can you tell on what days, or hew often Mr. Stokes attended at the cavairy camp ? Colonel Gordon--No, I cannot. Lord Lucan—Can you say -that he attended on more than one occasion ? Colonel Gorden—l cannot say of my own knowledge. Lord Lecan—Did you ever hear of a visit paid by me to Capt. Gordon, the commanding engineer, on the 22.1 November, to induce him to act in obedience to the Quartermaster-General's order, and to give me an engi neer officer, if it was only for three days ? Colonel Gordon—Now that you mention the circum stance I recollect something abut it. I knew that you were very anxious on the matter, but I do net know whether anything was done. There is nu reason why I should not know it, but I haVe a faint recollection that you did something or other about it. Lord Lucan—You mentioned that Lieut. Lennox was appointed to succeed Lieut. Stokes in this duty. Can you say that Lieut. Lennox did more than present himself, or that he ever did anything -more in the matter ? Col. Gordon—Lieut. Stokes and Lieut. Lennox were, I believe, the only two appointed ; but I do not know what amount of duty'they performed. I knew that they were relieved from all other duty in order that they might attend to cavalry duty, but I do not know how many days they attended to it. They were circumstances that probably would not have come within my know ledge at all. Lord Lucan—Would you then be surprised to be told that Lieut. Stokes attended only on the 22d of Nov., and then only upon that one occasion, and then to look over the ground—and that Lieut. Lennox only the day on which he came to present himself, and this because Capt. Gordon refused to take him off his trench duties. Would that surprise you ? Colonel Gordon—Nothing would surprise me. Lord Lucan—l ask you, does it surprise you ? Colonel Gordon--No. Lord Luean—l wish to be informed how you know that I was directed to make temporary stables ? Col. Gordon—l stated it in evidence in the Crimea from a knowledge of the records in the Quartermaster- General's office. There is a letter in the Quartermaster- General's office to that effect. Lord Lucan—l understood you to say ycu hai no personal knowledge en the matter ? • - Col. Gordon—l must correct that. Possibly that let ter, which is in the recardi of the office, Was written by my.-elf. At all events, there the letter is. Lori Lucan—Can you tell the Curt that there were any written instructions atall? Colonel Gordon--I cannot,state whether there were on that very day. I recollect now that the circumstance is brou g ht to my mind; that when t h e cavalry was on the hills near the sea, that a letter was written to you directing you to provide huts. Lord Lucan—Did you ever hear of my having waited on Lord Itag!an of my own accord, and receiving from him verbal instructions that very day ? Colonel Gordon —If I heard it, I have fon - rotten it. But that is a circumstance that I probably should not have been acquainted with the least in the world. L rd Lucau—l do not wish to press Colonel Gordon further, as the Quartermaster-General, whom I shall call will know more about it. Colonel Gordon—All I say is, that an engineer offic er was placed at your disposal, but I do not know anything about the duties he performed. • The Court then adjourned, at 4 o'clock, to 11 o'clock this day. Wires REVENGE. --_A shipwright at North Shields recently to ik a rape's end and thrashed his wife. The next day the wife took a pie to the docks for her htn - band's dinner, but, on removing the lid, instead of finding a beefsteak or mutton chop, he found a portion of the rope, with which he had ill-used her, and on remonstrat ing with his wife fix such conduct, she coolly replied that if the rope's end was good for her it could nit be tsci for him.—Darlington ceze Stochten Tint% Country. IVlarkets. CHELMSFORD—APRIL 4. The wheat trade to-day exhibited a little mere be, ness, and th e b e tt er samp l es rea li se d i s per tr. noon, last week. Best barleys in demand, with a similar fir' Oats a dull sale, at the quotations beneath. All elve wi:hout alteration in value. Wheat, white, old, per s: qr. 53 new 59 old 55 new 52 Barley 30 Chevalier 33 Grinding 23 Malt 71 Chevalier 73 .0. 6 ' Oats, per qr 22 II Peas, Partridge 38 4 , ! White 41 Boiling ,41 . . Dun .31 ° Beans, Tisk 36 g 31 Harrow tiokag' Mazagan 34 ( 1 /1 Ditto, new 33 red, COLCHESTER-- APRIL 4. ) A good supply of w h ea t ; a t the coasniencsmeat 1s 40 per qr. more money was obtained, but towards the last week's prices could not be exceeded. Barley in , demand at full prices. Beaus and peas both is per ter dearer. Prices to-da,y were as follow :—Whea.t, white, 76s to f o3 ' ; red, 64s to 72s ; barley, 36s to 43s ; oats, 23s to 2tis ; Mazagan, 34s to 36s ; middle and small, Ws to 4.4.3; white, 46s to 43s ; grey, 3iis to 40s. Official Statement of the Quantities of Corn, &c. in the port of London, from the following pi the 31st March to the sth April, both inclusiy4 reotii r Eats; jiw • A 6 Colchester Harwich Leigh Maldon I 195 469 21& ( - 51 - i lO6O - 13014 51 - 31 783 ] 00r 100 13 ~ I! KIRKCALDY—APRIL 5. Small supplies of wheat and oats, aid only a few 811 : 11 1 of b.trley. Sale s r ea dy f or a ll ki n d s o f gra i n. W hea t i barley is per qr. higher; eats same as last week. Wheat. Earley. i Oats. f Best First Second Third 6os Oct 136 s Od 275 04 Of COAL MAIM Prices of Coal per ton at s. d. Brass's Wcst Hartley l7 6 Hastings Hartley l7 6 Taufield Moor l4 0, 'Canfield Moor Butes 14 West Peltou l4 6' West Riding Bartley l7 6 Wallsend, &c. M.—APRIL 7. the close •t the market. Wallsend, &o. i Pensher ... 16 ) South Hetton 17 I;Cassopr l6 ; 1 Keno° l7 ; Eleugh Hall South Hartlepool ***** 17 , West Kelloe 16 arr's Merthyr .. 2l 'Derweotwater Hartley 17 i Nixon'eMerthyrd/Cardifl2 2 . 1 Wayne's Merthyr 22 ;ifletton ll Eden .16 6 [Liddell l5 6 Wharneliffe lB (I Braddyll l7 0 Framwellgato l6 6 Haswell 18 0, Ships at market... 36 I Sold The Etna, 16, floating battery, which was launched l it pnatharn dockya r d on S atur d ay a f ternoon, has been taken under the she ars ,' f or th e purpose of b ar i ng bet masts placed on bo ar d. Sh e w ill b e ta k en to Sheertos dockyard, for the purpose of being ready for sea. o f LauNem—Yesterday after n o on th e ceremon y launching the Victor Emmanuel from the ship.yard, ,° The Victoria Fou n d r y Company, Greenwich, was pe r formed in the presence of a vast number of spectate"' f Miss Airey, eldest daughter of Professor Airey, und er i took the task of naming the vessel. The prince dimensions of the vessel, which is built of iron, ar e _; . ; length betw een p erpen di cu l ars, 160 feet ; ditto o ver, 'l4 185 feet ; bre a dth o f b eam, 27 feet ; depth of hold, hg feet ; drau g ht o f water, 12 feet. The t o n nage is stb° l3 600 tons old measurement. Sh e h as a splendid 01; 1 1 0 for the accomm o d a ti on o f passengers, and is adapted h.:. carrying 1,000 t ons o f measurement goods. Sbe I ger fittel with an auxiliary screw steam propeller. . engines - are of 90-horse power. Her name was euggeS t „',, by the recent visit of the King of Sardinia to this ee tl i t try. Her M a j es ty' s gun -b oat Fidget, one of two veela which the above company are under contract to btit e f r Governm en t, was l aunc h e d a few minutes afte r Victor Emmanuel. This is the first gun-boat built I" Greenwich. Her sister boat, the Flirt, is in a veryl r ; ward state, and will soon be ready for launching. dimensions of the Fidget are—length between perpene,. culars, 100 feet ; breadth, 21 feet 10 inches ; dep 6 feet 6 inches ; d raug ht o f water, 4 feet ; tonnage, ' tons. [ADVERTISEMENT.' The following is ene out of many tb °ll ; sand extraordinary cures without medicine effected by P A Barry's delicious Health-R es t or i ng Revalenta, Arabica of Indigestion (Dyspepsia), Flatulency, Constipation, N e rvoo r . : Bilious, and Liver C om pl a i n t s, C oug h , Asthma, CasumptL°. and Debility:- Stapleford-park, near Melon Mowbray,„_l";- cestershire, Juno 19th, 1848.—1 h ave been suffering " v ie indigestion for the last five years. I had a breaking 014,1 my neck, and sore th roa t a t th e commencement, w hie° hr Ve suffered from a t ti mes ever s i nes, and a continua l Ptl o at the pit of my stomach, and oftentimes sickness and tin ache, with a bad appetite; and languor of body and mind., / could not t a k e su ffi c i en t f oo d to keep up my strength, often felt great weakness in my legs. I have been eentinnow. , taking medicine, but found it only weakens the stomach i norek I have tak e n th e R eva l en t a F ood for the last ten days, 1:a beg to tender to you my most grateful thanks for your ki advice. The benefit I have derived in so short a time is ve" far beyond my expectation. The pain atthe pit of the eta mach quite left m e a ft er t a ki ng your food three days, an d the effects on the bo we l s h ave a l so b een very favourable. I fe „ el much less pain i n m y h ea d , b ac k , and legs. I sleep 22%, better, and feel r e f res h e d f rom it . M y appetite is much bIA ter. I h ear tily th an k you f or your kind attention, and al n" take every opportunity o f recommen di ng this excellent fo'T to any one that maybe suffering from the same complaint,tt., e ,. —M. Stick land, game and deer keeper at Earl of PI arborongh In canisters, 51bs. Ils.; Ribs., 225. Th e 1211 38 . carrl4 free, on receipt of post-office ord:r. B arry d u B arr y 0 Co., 77, Regent-street, Loudon ; Fortnnm, Mason, and C°" Purveyors to her Majesty, Piccadilly ; also at 60, Grace' church-street ; 33J an d 4 5 1, Straud; 4, Cheapside ; Ccrnhill ; 49, Bishopsgate-street ; 55, Charing-cross; " Upper Baker-street ; and 159, Oxford-street. • [ADVERTISEMENT,]—The Medical Bill.—The following 1119 the letter sent by the Hygeists of Scotland to Sir Georg . Grey against the Medical Bill :—To the Right Hon- S ir George Grey, S ecre t ary of State for the Home Department' Sir,—We perceive that a medical reform Bill is presently )p the hands of the Legislature. We therefore think it o ur dal to say, t!iat as having adopted the principles of the late James Morison, Esq , hygeist, and as honest dissenters from • the theories and practice of the common medicine schools, are jealous as to the introduction ofsuch a bill into the hotl o °' knowing too well the illiberal spirit of the profession, a nd its too often manifested des're to put down by law every Vet e° of medicine but their own. We, sir, simply claim the right , the subjects of a free country, t o form our own medical opinion s ! and adopt our own medical practice, just as dissenters on relig" sus questions do, and are by law and right entitled to do. we usurp no autho r ity over d oc t ors, and we object to their usurping any over us. If th e L eg i s l ature choose to confer special rig h 't on the N a ti ona l C h urch, issenters- are nevertheless left perfect freedom to exercise and maintain their own principle' unmolested ; and this is exactly the medical position we clap° ' f for ourselves. Our medical system is so simple as to requir e no colleges so far as concerns the art of healing, and 0 0r practice so simple as to require no doctors. We believe purity of the blood and fluids is, as a general principle, the common cause of all disease, and we have found by expertene° the only sound teacher in this case—that Morison's Yee; table Purgatives are admirably adapted to purify the blood and fluids; and consequently cure all disease. As a matter of fee' we know they have done this times beyond number, and ar e doing every day. We speak, sir, of what we personally know, in our own personal experience, our own family We' rience, and that of our neighbours. We arc in principle or posed to bleeding, as a dangerous, fatal practice. We are opposed to the use of p isons, whether vegetable or mineral , as medicines, which, killing medically and killing social/ every day, in a manner that has brought disgrace on al country. We h ave con ti nua ll y o pposed these unnatural practices, and warned the Country of 'their consequences. Faith in common medical systems no thnking man can Poe Bess, in consequence of their endless - contradictions ; we hail/ published our p r i nc i p l es an d practice to the world in every possible way, knowing th it they would bear the test of, honest, rational scru ti ny . B e li eving in the general truth of our system, we have ever desired to bring this truth under the public notice, for the public good, without desiring to control in any way whatever the medical rights, opinionet and practices of our fellow-men. We, sir, on all thee grounds appeal to you as a British Minister, to protect cur rights ; and prevent the insertion of any clause in the Big that may operate against us, or the medical liberty of the subject.—We have the honour to be, sir, your obedient sort vants, (here follow the signatures.) British College of Health, New-road, London, April 2, 1856. We rejoice to say that, since the above was written, the Medical Inquisi tion Bill has been lost by a majority of 35.—See Times, April 3, 1856. BIRTHS. OF & SON. On the 6th inst., at Stanhope Villa, f'ampden•hill, Ken• siogton, Mrs. Charles Boosey. On the sth inst., at 2, Regent's-villas, Upper Avenue' road, Regent's -park, tho wife of William Richardson, Esq. 37 A DAUGUITII3. On the 3d inst., at Wenman House, Ryde, Isle of Wight► Lady Lees. On the sth inst., at Bucknell-house, the wife of the Rev. J. A. Dawkins. MA ItRIED. On the sth inst., at St George's, Bioomsbury, Sidney- William Smith, only son of the late Sidney Smith, Esq., of Windsor, to Mary Jane, only daughter of William A. Benham, late of London. On the 3d inst., at llamosthwaite Church, Major Wm. Hardy, unattached (late 46th Regt.), to Matilda, the only daughter of Rawdon Briggs, Esq., of Birstwith Hall, near Ripley, Yorkshire. DIED. On the Ist inst., at Islington-terrace, deeply regretted, Mary Ann, the wife of Thomas Purdue, Esq., aged 61. On the sth inst., at Cumberland -terrace Lloyd-square, Pentonvill e , M r. John Stoneman; of the firm of Houlston and Stoneoian, Paternoster-row, aged 64. On the 7th inst., at Eartham, near Chichester, Mrs. Huskisson, widow of the late R!ght Hon. William Hns kisson, aged 79. On tho sth inst., at Haslar Hospital, Louis Barnes Chitty, R.N., of H.M.S. Belleisle. On the 4th inst., at Brighton, Robert Eden, eldest soil of Sir Wm. and Lady Eden, of Windleston Hall, county of Durk , m, aged 8 years and 5 month,. On the 6th inst., at pringfield, Congleton, Charles Norbury, Esq., aged 6 1. On the 4th inst., at Kidbrooke-park, Tunbridge-wells, Christopher Sullivan, the 37, ungest surviving son of Gen. Sir James W. Sleigh, K.C.B , aged 15. On the 6th inst., at Caxton, Louisa, the wife of Henry Mortlock, solicitor. LONDON: Printed and Published by bfIITRJJO Yout.a.. of No. 112, Strand, Printer, at The Sun Office, Kr, 112, Strand, in the Precinct of the Savcy, is the cc my 01 Midcilesexjtiesday i April 8 a 1850. TRH( Books INDIof the the 6th of A THITINDAY • Thar the Ll to be delivere O Y-Al TITTI Witßeg rt tkes.--The A at th e L ondot 14 g., At Tw o den :of the Sc . 14 ~ John-St NATIC ,Tbe Direeto "" . 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