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IMPERIA • shipowners i n Li ver p oo l, p ra yi ng f or the repearof the lAMEN T • pot tioneof the Mercantile-Marine Act which makes it imperative to ship and pay off crews at the Government shipping office. Mr. WYNDHAM presented fsur petitions from Sus , sex against 'he admission of Jews into Parliament. Mr. MURROUGH presented a petition from the Turners' Company against the City of London Corpora tion Bill. Mr. sIILNES presented a petition from the married women of Wakefield, in favour 'of an alteration of the law affeetieg- the property of married women. DAY OF THANKSGIVING. In answer to the question of an Hon. Member, Sir G. GREY said the question was rather prema ture. It was not usual to appoint a day of thanksgiving until after the ratifications of peace, and these ratifica tions had not yet been received. THE FIREWORKS TO CELEBRATE PEACE. Mr. L. VERNON asked whether the fireworks would be charged to the estimates this year, or whether a special vote would be taken for the subject ? (Laughter.) Mr. MONSELL said no estimate for the fireworks would be taken thiseyear. - (Hear, hear.) Captain Boxer had certainly received 3rders to manufacture a quantity of fireworks at Woolwich, and the erections now going on in the parks was certainly being carried on under his superintendence. The reason that the Chief Commissioner of Works was not carrying out these arrangements was that the hon. baronet had represented to Lord Panmure that such duties would interfere with other important works, and Lord Pentium had directed Capt. Boxer to superintend- the works. Mr. ROEBUCK--By whose authority are the ar rangements for these fireworks being carried out? (Laughter, and loud cries of "Hear hear.") Mr. MONSELL—Bv the Secretary of State. • •- • Mr.-ROEBUCK--What Secretary of State? (Loud laughter ) Mr. MONSELL—The Secretary of State for the War Department. (Hear, hear.) Mr. ROEBUCK begged to ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer whether he had been consulted as to the ex penses of these squib's and crackers—(loud laughter)—and whether he ehought it was proper to put such a charge in 'he civil contineencies? (Loud laughter.) The CHANCELLOR of the EXCHEQUER said that he had been consulted, and he was guided by the course that was adopted at the last celebration of peace. (Loud laughter.) The cost he thought would not exceed. 8,0001 , and he thought it was a proper one to charge to the civil contingencies. • Lord J. MANNERS wished to ask whether these de monstrations were to take place immediately on receiv ing the ratifications of the peace, or whether they were to be postponed till after the House of C immons had expres.ed its opinion on the treaty of peace ? (Laughter.) Sir G. GREY said it was usual, on the conclusion of an honourable peace, to have those demonstrations. The hon. member would find that, on the occasion of the Treaty of Amiens, the demonstrations took place on the very day peace was proclaimed. If these demon strations were postponed till after the ratification the 'people would be disappointed. (Laughter.) Fire wOrks would be discharged in the Green-park, Hyde park, and Victoria-park. Mr. BRADY wished t I know whether there was to e any disnlav ? (Loud laughter.) Sir G. GREY must refer the hon. member to the Lord-Lieutenant. (Laughter.) Col. KNOX asked the Chancellor of the Exchequer when be would lay upon the table of the house an esti mate of the probable cost of the contemplated fireworks and buildings now in course of erection in the several parks of the metropolis, and of any other expenditure contemplated on the occasion of peace. He thought these rejoicings for peace were premature, the country not being aware of the nature of the terms of peace. The feeling out of doors was that the people would soon be called upon by the tax-gatherer to pay for the Frenchman's peace. Great mischief must, re sult to the parks and the trees from so many persons being congregated at night in the park. The CHANCELLOR of the EXCHEQUER said he could only repeat what he had already stated, on this subject. The Government believed they were justified in the course proposed. It was not the intention of the Government to lay an estimate of the expenses before the hone, 'hut defray it out of the sums annually placed at the disposition of the Executive Government for the payment of extraordinary charges. After some remarks from Lord J. MANNERS, who said that neither the house nor the people were prepared to welcome the e peace that had been male, Sir G. GREY said that this celebration of the peace would not prevent hon. gentlemen from dissenting afterwards front the terms of peace, make war again upon Russia, or impeach Ministers. In to a qaestion, Sir G. GREY said that no fairs would be held in the parks. DUNCOMBE asked when peace was to be pro claimed, and th it if the proposed rejoicings were to take place how long they were to continue ? Public rumour said they were to last from three days to a week. The public ((inked upon these rejoicings with apathy and enntempt—(hear, hear) —the feeling in this war being that if energy and vigilance had been exercised no war would have taken place, and that when it was by the Aberdeen Government it was with great insincerity, and had been Conducted with incliffrence and cruelty. The neopienlse believed that by the diplomacy and intrigue of Austria, Russia bad obtained by these means what her arms could not achieve in the field Nothing had been done to restore the n ttionalities of Europe, but, on the contrary, to sink them lower, and the people of England therefore considered they had nothing to rejoice at. (Hear.) Mr. BENTINCK said the Chancellor of the Exche quer had mistaken the purport of the question that had been put to him, viz., that the eonntry should not be called on to rejoice at a peace of the details of which they were in ignorance. It would have been better to have 'deferred those rejoicings until after the details were known to the country. The subject then dropped. THE NAVAL REVIEW. Mr. STANLEY called attention to the accommoda tion that had been provided for the members of the house to view the naval review in comparison with tbat pro vided for the Government departments. Sir C. WOOD said that the ratifications of peace could not be received for three weeks. The Government had no knowledge or intention of having three days' rejoicing for peace, bdt only fireworks, at a - time when the people had left work, and they would not last probably longer than three, hours; With regard to the accommodation provided for the meinbers of the House of Commons to • view' the naval review, ample. provision had been made to accommedate every mem ber of the house. There need be no apprehension as to the personal safety of bon. members, although the Perseverance had been selected for the particular service. Mr..GROGAN hoped the Under Secretary for Ire land would take a note of what had occurred in the house with reference to the rejoicing., and call the Lord-Lieu tenant's attention to it, that the people of Ireland might have a night's enjeyrrel% The same privilege ought to be extended to Scotland, 'Mr. HORS NUN Raid' if justice to Ireland required it he thought that the Dublin members were remiss in not calling the attention of the Lord-Lieutenant to it (Cries of "nh, oh.") LONDON CORPORATION REFORM BILL. , Lord J. RUSSELL asked the Home Secretary when the London Corporati on R e f orm Bill would be pro .. cee led, with. Sir G. GREY said there was no chance of its being pr needed: with this evening, and he must post Pone it till Friday week, the next Government day on which he could brine it on. It would not come on for considera tion before that day, and if he foiled it could not be proceeded with he would eive due notice to the house. THE NAVAL REVIEW. Mr. M. CHAMBERS asked what provision bad been made for the artisans of the dockyard who bad been en gaged in constrnoting portions of the fleet ? Sir C. WOOD—Certain accommodation has been made. • HOUSE OF LORDS—(YES DAY). the LORD CHANCELLOR took his seat an the woolsack at five o'clock. THE NAVAL REVIEW. The Earl of MALMESBURY begged to draw the attention of the noble and learned lord on, the woolsack t o a complaint which h a d b een made by certain Irish peers, not members of that house, that they were .not included in the acooinmodatiori provided fur their lordships for the purpose of witnessing the review. He wished to know whether those Irish Peers would not have tickets issued to them ? • Lord CAMPBELL hoped the same privilege would be extended to the Scotch Peers. The Lord CHANCELLOR said he would use his best endeavour to have both the Irish and Scotch peers accommodated on the occasion. - ADJOURNAENT OF 'rah: HOUSE. On the motion of Eirl GRANVILLE it was agreed that the house at its rising adjourn till Thursday. The,Marquis of CLA.NRIOARDE presented a peti tion is favour of marriage with a deceased wife's sister. The noble marquis took occasion to express his entire satisfaction that her Majesty's Government had not • adopted the recommendation of the committee of the - House of Commons to remove the column of the Duke of York on Carlton:terrace, and making a road into St. James's-park. After a brief conversation the subject dropped. A. great many 'petitions were presented azainst the . Church Discipline Act by the Duke of Newcastle, Lord'Lyttelton, the Arch bish ip of Canterbury, the Earl of Carnarvon, Lord Redesdale, and several other noble peers. - Petitions were also presented against the Oath of Abjuration Bill, and against the abolition of Church rates. On the inotiou. of Lord REDESDAL g, the Hasling den and Rawtenstall Water Bill, and the Southport Wa - er Bill were severally read a second time. The Lambeth Water Bill was read a third time and passed. THE INDIAN CURRENCY. The Earl of ALBEMARLE presented a petition from the European, the Chinese, and other Asiatic mercbante of Singapore, remonstrating against the . introduction by the Government of India of a novel and bighly in - convenient currency instead of a long esta blished, convenient, and satisfactory one ; thereby throwing confusion into the commerce of that and the associated British settlements in the Straits of Malacca- The-noble earl thenn e referred to the currency of Singa , pere, which was on the decimal system, and was of a moat perfect ki n d. Its imports and exports amounted to seven millions sterling. There was no land tax, no torture, and no moturpha, and, therefore, it contrasted most f avoura b ly with the continent of India. The currency affairs of Singapore were in most admirable order until the Government introduced its barbarous metallic currency, and interfered most unwarrantably with the- commercial operations of tha colony. The noble earl then went into the details to show the inferiority of the currency about to be forced upon the inhabitant , ' of Singapore. Earl GRANVILLE explained that the Spanish cur rency which had prevailed in that colony was not a legal tender, and the officers of the Government were paid their salaries in Indian rupees. CHURCH DISCIPLINE BILL. The LORD CEANCELEOR, in moving the second reading of the Church Discipline Bill, denominated it as the third and concluding portion of his measures for in troducing uniform practice into our Ecclesiastical Courts, which exercised authority in granting probates and de termining the validity of wills—in matrimonial disputes se-and, finally, in matters purely ecclesiastical. The bills for the first two purposes had not passed, and an objection had been urged against their being brought forward without this final and conclusive measure. There - fore the present bill was introduced. There were at presentnot only the courts diocesan and provincial, but 300 smaller courts scattered over the kingdom. Until the reign of George IV:, the course of proceeding had been an appeal from the courts to the archbishop, and from the archbishop to the King--or rather, as late as Henry VIII.'s time, to the Pope. The appeal, alter that date, lay to the King in Chancery - in fact, to cer tain delegat es appo in te d b y the Lord Chancellor. ' Tors bad been altered in 1840 by empowering a bishop to issue a commission of inquire, - consisting of five persons, whose business it was to ascertain the validity of the charges preferreet,'And .report accordingly. Then the matter dropped or inquiry followed, as the case might be, by the bishop and three assessors, from whose judg ment there was an appeal to the Privy Council. The cumbrous forms and delays, and expease - of those pro ceedings, had been found intolerable ; hence the present hill. It had been submitted to the Archbishop of Can terbury, and by his grace to the clergy. But it did not meet with the,r approbation, and the Bishop of London had resuscitated a former few proposed by himself in 1817 S It was comelamed by the bishops of the Go vernment bill net it would take the power from the bishop and give it to the archbishops, from whom it would pass te the Crown, and they desired a court of appeal such as had been submitted to Convocation. His lordship then entered into details as to his objec tions to the jurisdiction of the bishop, and pointed out that the chancellor of a diocese was not in general a fit person to try such questions as would come before these ecclesiastical tribunals. The questions that must occur were really not, of doctrine, but of fact, not of opinion, but of un if orm it y i n t h e canons, articles, and other ecclesiastical laymen, not ecc'esiastics, must decide. The GJverninent bill provided that a c enpetent a-Isessor or judge should sit with, the bishop. Two chancellors were to sit for England, and two for Ireland, the four being appointed by the Arch; bishops of England arid Ireland, and the Bishop of Lon don. They were to have salaries varying from 5,0001. to 2,0001. per annum. In cases of disputes as to doc trine, the bishop of the diocelse was to sit with them, bat in matters of fact, he might delegate to the Chan cellor, who in such cases was to suann in a jury of four persons, not clergymen, as in the Bishop of London's b;11, but selected from the roll of special jurors. The Committee of Privy C 'until, as now, was to cocst.tute tha-Court of Appeal, with some addition to meet the case of Ireland. Tao object of the bill was to render proceedings cheap and expeditious, and he was sorry that in such an attempt he could not hope for The sup port-of the bench of.bi hops. the Archbishop of CANTERBURY compleined that the Lord Chancellor should introduce such a bill with out consulting those who were eo greatly affected by its provisions. He moved the bill be read a second time that day six months. The Bishop of DERRY spoke in-support of the bill, and expressed the opinion of the Irish bishopS and arch bishops in its favour. Tice B;sh3p of EXErER did not object to the prin ciple of A final appeal . for the United Church of England and Ireland, but entertained objections to the bill.- tie would not , corisent to withdraw all authority from the bishops, and vest it in the archbishops ; rather than do that he would -withdraw from communion with the Irish Churc'i, whose bishops were so ready to give up the sanctity and divine right of episcopacy. The Go vei nment ha .I unCourteously favoured the Irish bishops with an examination of the bill, while from the English bishops it Lad been studiously withheld. Why give such power to the archbishop,? : It would produce great bitter neeSS Toe archbishop was an institute of the Church ; the bishop rested on the word of God itself. There was good reason fur not giving extraordinary power to an archbishop in this country. They were perfectly irre sponsible, and could not be restrained if they were even to teach atheism. This he said not as of offence to the archbishops, but to show the house that.they should be sitate'in empowering the archbish fps with authority to trample Mr the bishops. He bad been promised that the power's of the bishops should be preserved, but he fouud this objectionable clause introduced durine hi s abeence from Lon ion. H e ca ll e d ,the attention of the house to the 10th clatters whieli authorised the Church to - commit for conteMpt ' a privileg e w hi c h t h e Church had at all times decli ne d to ex, rcisee and refused to re ceive:- His lordship then went through the various clauses of the bill, discuseing them seriatim. He de clared thee the removal of the authority of the bishops would be a fatal blow to the'Church. The central re-' pistry was-another matter of difficulty and inconverrience. He dissented from the arrangement and_ amount of tne respeetivesaliiiies of the secretaries and officers. The bill was so constructed that it could never be put into practice. Ile should give it his-decided oppositi , n. The Bishop of BANGOR spoke, but -was not b ard, againiethe hilt, except that he denounced it-as- "an abo minable job." Thu Earl of FIARROWBY dfended the bill, and stated that the clauses now objec'ed to by the Bishop of Exeter were introduced to meet his objection last year to the want of such clauses in a former bill. The bishop wished to get rid of the supremacy of the Crown by a side- wind. He tru s t e d their lordships would not perm it this. The Objections the bill were rather in d „. than leenriticiple, and Therefor e s h ould be considered e"l iC i i committee. Mr. MA.LINS, before the Speaker put the motion for the' adjo s urnan.rit Of the bruise, called the attention ~01 the house to the charge made by the Clerk of the Oionat.ce a,ain.t Messrk. Griseell of having iaserted pieces 'of iron in the mortars made by them, in ()Her that trio fl ioVe3 in the materials they bad ueed might escape observation. The'bon. and barned gentleman said that the Government bei press() t for tn , rtars, Messrs. Grissell underto,}k to riihnufacture eight mortars 'if five tons e , ch at 241. per ton, . aid proceeded . t) detail bow the contractors had acted in order to pro duce the hest article that possibly could be manufac tured. The boles which had been plugged were made purposely in the process of .manufacture, and did not arse from any flaw in the metal, nor were t'=e plug s ineerted for the purpose of concealment. He com plained of the conduct of the Government in making such serious charges against respectable men without giving them ae opp,,rtunity of explanation. Mr. MONSELL said that the boles which were pingged up were, in the opinion of the officers of the ordnance, serious and grievous defects in the Workmanship. He believed he .had made a mistake in saying that the material was' defective ; but thin he did say, and all who knew . anything of ord nance knew, that a bole in the breach of a mortar was a most serious defect, and much more dangerous thud a 'bore on the face. He complained that when the flag was discovered in - one mortar and complained of Messrs. Grissell did not explain that the same defect ex• isted in the other three. Mr. G. DUNDAS defended the conduct of Messrs. Grissell, and explained at some length how the holes in gatentthleerne the 'nor are occurref). c mn d p b ia y ul li t on t . h • mi L e _?.rd LOVAINE protested against the course pur• in or thatwork of f h otthsee. Government v w er a n s m a e common s managed in the mot extravagant manner; that in the contracts fpr the army, navy, and Ordnance the Go vernment were constantly cheated. And yet no sooner was a contractor detected sending •inferior . . work to the Government, when up started hon. gentlemen protesting that there wag not &slur noon their honour, and com p loining that the inspectors were unnecessarily particular. He, for one, would be no party to such conduct. Colonel I3OLDERO acquitted , the s contractors of fraud, but he could not acquit them of culpable negli• gence. Mr. Eveljn, Mr. Alderman Cubitt, Sir John Peking, ton, and Mr. Tite, bore testimony to the high c h aracter of- the Messrs. Grissell, and acquitted them of all inten tional fraud. The motion for the adjournment of the house to Thurs day was then agreed to. Toe Earl of DERBY said this was no Party question. He hail come there earnest to listen to argument and learn the truth. His impression had been to support Via Church discipline, as no w a d ministeredwm not satisfacory. The bishops were c a ll e d upon to erxerci43 their' authority, but they had no power to carry it into'effect. • After listening to the Chancello r on one side, and 'the' Bisl:op of Exeter on the other, be bad blade rip Ida - mind that there was no use in discussin g the bill. It could not pass through a committee. The expenses, as suggested by the Bishop of Exeter, were enormous, and would create a deficiency of 24,000 to be roa.ie good. ~11,3 would not consent to the bill. The Bishop of CASHEL supported the second read ing. The Bishop of OXFORD said that, without imputing motives to these who supported this measure, he must not lay.itate to express his opposition. The spirit of the bill rwas subversive of the Church of England. The so pre-macy of the bishop in his own diocese was a part of tk,e Christian practice. The bill was objectionable in practice as in principle. It could tot be remodelled— it must be rejected. After a few words of explanation from the LORD CiLusratrton, their lordships decided— For the amendment Against it 33 Majority Their Lordships then adjourned. HO USE OF COMMONS. —(TESTERDAY.) The SPEAKER took the chair at the usual hour. NEW MEMBER. Captain HANDCOCK took the oaths and his seat for Athlone: PUBLIC ACCOUNTS. On the order f.r g.iing committee of supply, Sir F. BARING ailed a'Aention to the subject of public accounts, complaining of the manner in which they were made U. The system which was adopted PETITIONS. RORSFALL presented a petition frora certain s!io , Actconsiderbte balances, which, be feared, did not exi=t Mr. WILSON, after referring to the:mode adopted by Mr. tiladAtone in a bill which he submitted while in office, said there h'ad been no changes in the_ plan Litho;rto adopted, with some very unimportant excep ti n 9. of the duties of his office, and these are essential qualities- Loos for the chief officer of the establishment. (Hear.) I should be sorry for the gommittoe to rely upon my evi dence alone, aml, therefore, I will read extracts from three letters which the trust- es received previous to our selectio, of Mr. Panizzi. The first letter is from a gentleman well known—he is now one of the canons of Westminster—l mean-Mr. Cureton, a gentleman whose testimony is most valuable, not only in consequence of his connection with literature, but because he was for thirteen years upon the stablishr After a few words frcm Mr. WILLIAMS, the sub kct dropped. SUPPLY. . establishment of th e M useum. Mr. Curetbn said--" You The house then went into committee of supply. must naturally be most anxious that the vacant office of BRITISH MUSEUM. principal librarian should be filled by the most efficient Lord J. RUSSELL moved a vote of 60,0001. for the sale- parson who is best q ua lifi e d to discharge its duties for the ries and expenses of the Briti s h M useum establishment advantage of the publi c. Y ou are doubtless fully aware He said that the sum propo se d thi syear was somewhat in. of the long and v a l ua bl e services of Mr. Panizzi, of his great talents, his ext ens i ve k nowledge, his ardent zeal and creased from that taken l a st y ear . Af ter rendering distin u guished services to the Mu seum f or 56 years, Sir H. Ellie untiring energies, whi c h h ave b een most faithfully exerted had retired on an allowance of 1,2001. a-year —that sum during the quarter .of a century for the benefit of the being the full amount of hi s sa l ary, to which his services British Museum. Th ere ie which you may not h ave he' however, one point r es p ec ti ng d the means of being so f u ll y had justly entitled hi m . Th ere h ad been a determination arrived at by the tru s t ees, a t th e suggestion of the Govern- years has made m e we ll acqua i nted with. I mean Mr. informed, but which th e constant observation of nearly 20 meat, to appoint a s u p er i n t en d ent of natural history, and Panizzi's great admi n i s t rat i ve powers and capacity of go it was probable th e person nominated, whose name was welt known ia thi s coun t ry, would fill his office in a man venting a large body o f su b ordinate pers. ars. I have never ner which would redound to the benefit of the Museum known any one in authority so strict and precise in main itself and the public generall. For some ye a rs past taming order and dis c i p li ne — so rigid and exact in requir it had been ma tt er o f observation ing the full amou n t o f d ut i ea to be performed, who, at the that the dep ar t men t s of natural hi s t ory an d science had not received the atten- same time, had the s i ngu l ar h appiness of gaining the respectd esteemud securing th e warm attac h ment an d affec tion which oug ht t o h ave b een paid to them, and he felt an tion of all ; a hose pl a c e d un d er hi s authority From my own assured that the g en tl eman t o w h om he had alluded would endeavour so to arr ange th ose d epartments as that they experience of 13 y ears ' serv i ce in the British Museum, I , am sure that no qualification is m ore essen ti a l t o i nsure a shculd be of grea t use, not only to the natives of this coun- due performance of public service in such an est a bli s h men t try, but to f ore i gners. It was thought, likewise, that there should be a k ee p er o f m i nera l s. A gentleman had, there- than this of which I h ave l ast spoken. " The next letter I fore, been app o i n t e d, w h o h a d pa id particular attention to shall trouble the committee with i s f rom a gen tl eman w h o h mineralogy, and t o th a t gen tl eman a salary of 5001. a year as for many years d evo t e d al l h i s possible time and atten tion to the British Museum, alai iavary well known t o man y had been allotted. Th ere was a l so an i ncrease of 275/. for the'purchase of printed books, and th ere was lik e l y C o be members of the ho us e--I mean Mr. W. Hamilton. He was an increase of 5001. f or th e purc h ase of manuscripts. There one of those spoken o f i n t h e report of the commissioners as being one of the t rus t ees who have shown the deepest had been some Arabic manuscript s co ll ec t e d , o f wh i ch he (Lord J. Russell) had th e p ar ti cu l ars, but which he interest and the ut mos t zea l i n the management of the would net trouble th e comm it tee with. There was Museum, and I m a y a dd t h at Mr. Hamilton, by his con also a sum of 1751. f or b oo kbi n di ng, 1001. for reparations stunt attendance, f u ll y d eserves the commendations b ‘i estowed upon him. N ow, h e ape tics thus of Mr Panizzi in the natural histo r y d e p artment, and 5031 for fixing, Ma., Egyptian antiquitie s l a t e l y arr i ved i n this country. You will of course h ave b eard that there is likely to be Public , attention bat l a t e ly b ean much drawn to these eery soon. an import an t c h ange in the staff of the British antiquities, and it was d es i ra bl e th at access should be Museum—Sir H. Elli s , th e principal librarian, having, had te them. (Hear, h ear .) H e b e li eved his hon. friend the after a very long ser v i ce, g i ven in his i esionatSon, and the member for Pontefract i n t en d e d t o ca ll the attention of the choice of one or two p ersons named by the principal trus committee to the subject o f p a t ronage i n connection with tees will fall to the C rown . I k now that it is hardly necess the Museum, and also t o th e report of the commission sary to trouble you on thi s su b s ect, but Ici nue t refrain from which had sat so t n e y ears ago. Wi t h out wishing to anti- stating it as my earn es t conv i ccern, that the name of Mr. cipate his hon. friend, he might state that it had been Panizzi, now keeper of the print el hooks iepartment,ought thought that a l arge b o d y w as not the " fittest governing on every account to b e one o f t h e two submitted‘to the Queen and I fervently h o p e th a t h e may b e selected. There lady, and th e comm i ss i on, at t h e head of whom had been can be no doubt whate ver — an d I b e li eve th at t hi s i s the the present Duke of Somerset, proposed th a t a sma ll num ber of persons should form the governing body of the insti- universal o' inion among my co-trustees—that of all the tution. It was proposed, also, that the office o f c hi e f officnrs . n,pw engaged in the serval, of the Museum, M r . librarian should b e a b o li s h e d , ha the Government, i n th e Prim= is by far the most capatle on every imaginable first instance, declin e d t o ac t un til t h e trustees of the ° °Tomei to fulfil efficiently the duties of thi s situation. To a Museum had considered th e p ropos iti on. T he trustees perfect acquaintance with the general duti es o f a ll th e dif ferent departments, great experience ia th e d eta il s o f th e took this recommend a ti on i n t o cons id erat i on, and the late management of the establishment, he add s , i n a pecu li ar Sir - R. Peel advi se d th a t th ey s h ou ld not recommend the degree, great knowled.e of rnanOind, a most happy mo d e Government to ad o pt th e repor t o f th e commission, but that a body ma c h l ess numerous should be elected to of extracting from all under hi m th e grea t est amount of be called the st an di ng comm it tee, and that to that efficient se r vi c es, and of exac ti ng th e str i ctest regularity committee should be entrust e d th e genera l di rect i on of attendance, great impartiality, a d eep s ense of moral of the Museu m . Th o th en ex i st i ng; of fi cers were to be ,justice, and an h o nest d evo ti on o f hi s whole time to the piratic service. He has also b een ma i n l y instrumental in maintained precis e ly as th e y were ,. b u t pract i ca l c h anges introducing very many of the i m p rovements by which the were to be intr o d uce d. Th a t pl an was a d opte d ; and, on the reti remen t o f Si r H. Elli s, it was s t a t e d b y the service of the M useum h as b een grs atly benefited. He is Chancellor of the E xc h equer th a t it w as no t i n t en d ed any also most liberal i n hi s v i ews o f extending its benefits to t alteration sh ou ld b e ma d e . Th e t rus t ees, t h erefore, con- the largest numbe r o f th e pu bli e on the most liberal and s eluded that the A c t of P ar li amen t was no t to -b e a l tere d , safe terms. He mu s t, th ere f ore, b e thought fully entitled and the consequence was th a t th e pr i nc i pa l t rus t ees named to the promotion cont em pl a t e d," T here is only one other a uccessor to Sir H. Ellis. Th ose p r i nc i pa l t rus t ees were letter with which I will t rou bl e th e committee, and this is s the Archbishop of Ca n t er b ur y, th e L or d Ch ancellor, and a letter from a noblem an , f ormer l y a mem b er of this house, the Speaker of the House of Commons. The arrangement and whose talents and eloquence still live in our recollec. of S:r ft Peel was considered satisfactory. : The officers Lion, and who enjoys the respect and esteem of every one of the Museum acted with great zeal, and there had been who has the honour of hi s acqua i ntance —l mean th e E arl of Ellesmere. (Sear.) Thi s l e t ter d eserves th e greatest con nl reason to compl a in o f th e genera l management of the , Mnseent. With regard to the number of persons who had frequented the Museum daring the past year, there cart only had been a falling off, but that falling off chairmanfidanc because the it tisthecommission testimony whoi inquired u t i h r e e n d ° i b n i e t o ni t a h n e w li ° govern. w a a theht . and managemeiLt l o u f e th d e er ß st ri e tir th M at us t e h u e m ee : l — tje T e h t e ef E t a hre l of Ellesmere says : ' might be ascribed to accidental circumstances, and it was likely that n ex t y ear th e 'a t tendance would be more select on of a successor to Sir H. Ellis, at the B ri ti s h Mu numeroue. With respect to readers, about 1,100 vo l umes seam. is - now under your consideration. I am entirely i a day had been consu lt e d b y th ose v i sit i ng the library of enorant of what claims may be before y ou f or th at impor thetint Mostum, an d it was un d ou b te d that the library had proved of v er y grea t use to stu d ents generally. There by the experience acquired in the ch a i r o f th e commission were other gen e r a l ques ti ons a ff ect i ng t h e M useum of inquiry, to obt ru d e an o pi n i on on t h e relative merits. into whi c h h e did no t propose now to enter. All that th : Teat experience. however, I thi n k may j ustly be in sae- t -ustees c ou ld d o was to carry on th e management accord- ing this much, th a t s h ou ld y our c h o i ce f all on Mr. Panizzi, I ralieuld be prep a r e d t o s p ea k .of t h at decision as one, in act upon any imp rovemen t w hi c h cou ld b e suggested. J ing to the mode a t p resen t a d o pt e d, an d a t th e same eaTeet my opinion, tha n w hi c h no b e tt er cou l d be made for the year an ord e r was g i ven th a t a t a cer t a i n h our on the ts• after - interests of the p u bli c serv i ce an d f or those of the subordi eofar of Saturday the public ehonld be admitted for thre e or , nate officers of th e M useum . Th e l atter are, in my opinion, 'an interesting class of m a n, an d I h ave reason to four hours. Abo u t 3,000 or 2,000 p ersons h a d a tt en d e d, b ut Satur lay was not a day on which the working classes were believe that Mr. Panizzi, in his dealings with those hither likelyto rind , r his autho r ity, h as con t r i ve d cons id eration and to attend, and h o (L or d J. R usse ll) d id no t k now that any great benefit had accrued from the alteration. benevolence with great energy in the exaction of duty." Bat the trustees int en d e d t o p ersevere i u t h a t or d er during (Hear, hear.) I w ill no t t rou bl e th e comm i t t ee w i th any the present year, aryl on Mondays, Wednesdays, and Fri- more . letters, but I will venture to read a passa ge f rom th e (Lays the Mu seum wou ld b e open as usua l . T he noble lord radon et tie commissioners with reference to the state of concluded by moving the vote. the library. In speaking of the department of printed Mr. M. MILNES said that he thought some circum- books, the commissioners say, "that it was the best regu stances had occurred with regard to the manaeement and laded library in the world ” --tr books more uarded and the We have ther g efore, the testi patronage of the Museum, which rendered it p inaurnbent visitors better supßlita. . upon the Hous e of Coin mons to take some notice of the mat- monv of the comrnmissioners themsel;es as to then2a presided, age " izzi te`r. 'lh; ea: mission wh ca htd sat was a continuation of a meat of the department over which Mr.Fs cerranittee of the house, whose labours might be inferred to and the testimony of three persons abundantly . qualified to f be imari tent ; for they had lasted a whole year. It soon form a good opinion cf the sense which they entertained o weenie apparent to that commission that themanagement his merits; and, under these circumst a n ces , we did no t f ee l was conducted in a w a y p re j u di c i a l t o t h e pu bl ic interest ; the smallest hesitation in selecting Mr. P an i zz i as one o f t h e frr it depended e n ti re ly upon th e c h ance attendance of any gentlemen for_ the favolir of the Queen. A s to th e patron number of trustees, who were notnat the same ti me con - ag e of the, Unseen], I have no doubt that my coll eagues nected with literature an d ar t. Th ose trustees originally an d myself would have no objection to be relieved from consisted of official trustees, family trustees, and 15 trus- the trouble and inconvenience resulting from it ; but so tees elected by others. In the year 1755 a committee was long as we retain it, I hope we shall, as hitherto, exert d appointed from a se l ec ti on o f th e t rustees, b ut owing to ourselves to promote th e b es t i n t eres t s o f th e pu bli c, an endeavour, as we h ave d one by th e appo i n t ment of :Sr. , the pra c ti ce o f a ll ow i ng members who dint not attend t o record their votes, th e gim t effects of thi s arrangemen t were P ~,,..uizzi,toseeu (Loud cheers.) re the future good governmen t o f t h e neutralised. N ow , w ith regar d t o th e question of patron- ms " _Museum. ?g.e The patronage o f th e B r iti s h M useum, as estab l ished Mr. LAYARD thou4ht the committ ee wee muc h in ty alt of Parliament, c. 22, Geo. 11., from the selection of debted to the hon. gentleman for bringing this subject be. principal librarian to the housemaid, vested in the Arch- fore them. Ha had intended to bring the matter bef ore bishop of Canterbu r y, th e L or d Chancellor; and the Speaker the house in a d e fi n it e f orm ; b u t ha had postponed his of the House of Commons. These three distinguished per- motion in consequence of the many important matters be sons were also formerly entrusted with the management, fore the house. From all that had fallen from his hon. for the benefit of the Museum. (Laughter.) Although friend, there must be something radically wrong in the 1 there might have been differences of opinion in the commis- management of the Museum. They had a large number of slop upon points of detail, there was no disagreement as trustees, some ex officio members, and others appointed, to the remedy to be applied. Above all thing s , th e y we re and after all only a few gentlemen devoted themselves to of opinion that, instead of having this fluctuating body, the management of the institution. He thought the heads an executive council or committee should be formed, who of the departments ought to have some means of commu should be responsible for their conduct in governing that nication with the trustees. At present that could not hap institution. There were some differences of opinion as to pen. His hon. friend's objection to Mr. Panizzi was because the constitution of this council. The' majority thought he was a foreigner; but he (Mr. Layard) was inuehsurprised that one branch of the committee should undertake the to hear that objection mentioned. He would state that dapartm en t of art, and the other the department of seine •. clinic's Mr. Panizzi's absence from the establishment every Over this subdivded committee it was proposed to plane member of his department subsc r ib e d f or a b us t t o b e pre a paid h ea d, an d, aga i n, over these superintendents there seated to him on his return to England, and it was pre snuuld be a chairman. Th• trustees were to act with seated as a testimonial of the feeling entertained towards these committees. But the minority were averse• to this hi m by three who had long served antler him. (Hear.) lllr. subdivision. The principal questio n , how ever , h a d re . Panizzi, as chief librarian, was the responsible person, and ferenco to the managing * body, and every member of the he had been appointed secretary by the trustees. He commission was in favour of a limited body, w h o sh ou ld thought the mode of transacting the business of the estab lie responsible to the house and to the country. The lishment led to unfortunate results. The whole establish commission said in their report that the question of the went was a great mistake. The building itself cost about constitution of the governing body was rather a que s ti on 800.0001.:, while the collection cost only i tabout 340,0001., so fur the advisers of the Crown than fur the trustees them- that the box was about double the !Wee of the treasure. selves. It could not be said, then, that Sir R. Peel, who Of the cellection, he would say that it was, on the whole, might be considered the author of the report, was in opposi- complete, bat it wanted sequence-in its arrangement to tion to the wishes of the committee. The result of the re- prevent those who sought for instruction being misled. commendation was the appointment of the Archbishop of The objets of science ought to be separated from those of Canterbury, the Lord Chancellor, and the Speaker of the art, and if that were accomplished, the British Museum House of Commons, and 15 trustees— and these constituted would be a most useful instrument of education. . the governing body. Did th a t b ody represent what a cone. L or d ELCHO a d v i se d th at t h e artistic and archmelogical 'mittee or council would have represented ? He thought co ll ect i on s h ou ld b e made to form part of the new National j they dal not, for the gov ern i ng b o d y, as at present consti- Gallery, as the British Museum would soon scarcely suffice tilted, were occupied in various ways and sc,uld not devote for the purposes of the library, which was increasing at the ethereselvea solely to the management of the Museum. rate of 16,000 volumes a year. ,Under these circumstances he could not think the govern- Mr. T[TE complained that it was at present necessary went of the British Museum a desirable one. lie was of to consult fi ve di fferent catalogues to discover whether a opinion her Majesty's Ministers would do well to bring in a book ayes or was not in the library. He should like to . bill to place the gone:emelt of the British Museumon a know when the catalogue would be complete!, and he 1 agar and more comprehensive b tsis. The commission had thought that it would be of great importance that it r ecomeoended that the executive council should consist of should be printed. It was, too, a matter of regret that the one representative of literature, another of science, and an- museum was open so fey days in each . week, and the ex 'other of art—men most eminent in their respective depart- erase for the exclusion of the public on the remaining days meats; but the recommendations of the commission had was, that it 'was necessary that the students should not be . net been followed up. .It was reserved fur the present interruptel while drawing from the antique, but the open . Government to carry out that portion of the recom mendations o f th e comm i ssion. As to the question of pa- ,ing of the schools of desi gn h a d i n a great measure drafted art students from the Museum, so that objection was no tronage, that, too, had been reported on by the commis. longer valid. . . sion. The hon. gentleman read an extract from the re• The CHANCELLOR of the EXCHEQUER said that port, and stated that the present distributors of the pa- the first met principal recommendation of the royal cow tronage were the Archbishop of Canterbury, the Lord m i ss i on of 1830 was, that the offices of principal librarian Chancellor, and the Speaker o f th e H ouse of Commons, and secretary, as they then existed, should be remodelled, mud they made all the appointments. ' These high func- and th a t was carried into eff e ct by the ebolition of the tionaries, from their important and serious avocations, secretaryship as a distinct office, and its consolidation with could not by any possibility devote the needful attention that of the principal librarian, and the duties thus nem , to. those appointments. They could not, in fact, scrutinise bineaSis H. Ellis continued for several years to discharge, the qualifications of the candidates, and mast take them at sesond h a nd. B e f ore t h e retirement of the principal and it was to that conjoined office that Mr. Panizzi had appoint librarian, Sir H. Ellie Mr. Panizzi was k eeper o f the succeeded. The co rniniesiolers also suggested the inant of an executive re m u d" ; an d th a t sugges ti on th e l ate printed books. This department Mr. Panizzi had adm - Sir R. Peel in a manner carrie i out, aietered with great ability, and was very fit to discharge i ne comm;ttee of the trustees, which had been found to be it's duties, but he must say he thought the literary and = by appointing a stand mucceestul in practice, and to work well. Another recominen scientific men of this country had just re own to complain dation of the royal commissioners was, that the superin that a fereigner had been appciuted to the highest post in tendence Of the department of natural history should be di the administration of the first national literary institetit a vided ; and that was now b lug carried out. As to the tri al England. The hon. gentleman then adverted to the section of tie establishment proposed by the hon member smaller number of visitors to the Museum in latter as com- for • Ayl shury, there could es yet be no necessity for it, for pared - with earlier years. In 1 49-1 '5O there were the library accomm dation was at present being greatly in -1,0 `8,000; in .853-P5l, 2,527,1)00 ;in 1 . 4:i2. - W7,0)0 ;ie ere used, and would be completed in about 10 months flora 1e53 and 1454 there had been a decrease; in 1855 the nun:- the present time; besides which it would incur an enor bert were 334,00). If ther e had been energy shown by moue s acrifice t f money, which the present state of the the trustees such a diminution as that to which he had nation would not at all justify. In reply to the hon. alluded could could h ar dly h ave t a k en p l ace , (H ear , hear.) ber for Betio :he had to observe that the catalogue would be The SPEAKER—Sir, I should be very , unwilling to completed in 18110 ; but he could not undertake to say that trespass upon the committee, but I trust, after the allusion it ought to he printed, as the advantages would be scarcely which has been so pointedly made to the conduct of my commensurate wi h the great expense. colleagues an d myse lf i n the appointment of Mr. Panizzi, Mr. DISRAELI thought the present constitution of the that the committee will permit me to make one or two British Museum was open to many obj ctimis and incon veniences. but these objections and inconveniences might remarks upon that appointment. (Hear.) lam not going be found in the orinin of the institution. The British Mu te discuss with the hon. gentleman (Mr. M. Milton) what - scum had originally been the museum of . ... virtuoso, Hans Sloane, may be the future government of the British Museum. He nately, awl the original idea might be traced • the 11 G in co a •-• who collected articles of curiosity indiscrimi has fairly stated the principal recommendations of the tion of the present day; and it was his opinion that no commission appointed in 1850, of which he was a member, satisfact try solution of the difficulty could be arrived at and the noble lord (Lord J, R usse ll) h as fairly stated until they glee to literature, to science, and to art, each a what steps have been taken by the trustees of the separate temple. Sooner or later they would have to do so. British Museum in carrying out the recommendations of Their .e lliebahrale institution, library was presentat nd not no unworthy doubt a mostof the i m p e o a r t t i a e n e t , the commissioners with regar d to some extensive altera it anv was note first-rat library, for there w ere i n second a tions, but it is my duty to st a t e b y what considerationsbut d the rate German capit ds libraries not only more numerous, hut principal trustees were actuat e d i n s el ecting Mr. Panizzi also of a value more than double that of the British Museum. for the office of principal librarian to the Museum. (Hear.) There was now an opportunity afforded, by the purchase of The committee will emember that the Act of Parliament 'n templeand recentlyr the reception of our collections of art and made by the royal commission, of erecting a requires that, when a vacancy takes plac e i n th a t o ffi ce, the g a li e fo s of sculpture, which would be not unw or thy o f t h e principal trustees have to select two names t o b e forwarded nation. With regard to the diffusion of science, the ap to the Secretary of State, who submits them to the Crown pointment of Professor with was one which he hail no as the two names from which a selection must be made for droeut wotualealtebefhailedesse•ttcopnesirteleeriatebletsiametisifetecrteioe%d Tdilree. the office of librariaa. For my own part, lam quite pre gcovariegs which hard sci entific made, and the general popularity pared to take upon myself, as well as to assume for my colleagues, the resp o n s ibility of the appointme n t o f M r . of scie n tifi c su bj ects, wou ld ren d er it a b so l utely necessary for th ose co ll ect i ons to be preserve d un d er one roof. He Paeizzi, for I do not b e lieve it was possible for the C rown (Hr. Di s r ae li) would not have presumed to address th e to have made a b e tt er a pp o i n t men t. (H ear , h ear .) My hon. friend has all u d e d t o hi s (M r . P an i zz i' s ) a pp o i n t men t committee on,thi s su bj ec t h a d be not f e lt it hi s duty to as one that is very u nusua l i n th e case o f th e B r iti s h express his gr ea t regre t th a t the hon. gen tl eman the member for C oven t ry, i n ca lli n g the attention, of the corn- Museum. Now, since it s fi rs t f orma ti on , i n 1776. th ere mittee to the subject of the constitution of the British have been five persons appointed principal librarians Museum, should have felt it convenient to connect with before Mr. Pauizzi's nomination, and of those five two those observations an attack upon the principal librarian. were foreigners, one being Dr. --, a native of Holland, fie could not understand from the hon. geotlem an that and the other Dr. Planta, a native of Switzerland; so that he had brought a single charge against that eminent the trustees were quite justified in selecting a foreigner for and meritorious officer. His whole argument against the office. He also found that it had been 'an itivariable Mr. Panizzi amounted to the fact that Mr. Panizzi was a rule, in the appointme n t o f p r i nc i pa l lib rar i an, t o se l ec t foreigner, and, strangely enough, he followed up that tire some officer of the establishment for the office, and the sertion by oue to the effect tht he did not disapprove of committee will at once see how essential it is for the good foreigners being employed lu s her Majesty's service. He conduct of the British Museum to reward deserving offi -1%1 be first, ;T i t ; ei in . c command. would not object to a foreigner being second, but he must cre sof that establishment. For my own part,! - ate the corn- No one denied that Mr. Panizzi mittee may readily suppose, I have not had it in my power o ni p a erly i , and, he might add, admirably, to devote that time to the interests of the British VI user= die :barged the duty of keeping the books. The hon. mem which I count have wished ; but from what I have seer, tier for Coventry however, thought that an Englishman of during ley connection wish the institution, I can fairly say that I h ave found in Mr. Panizzi great talents, great literary ability s h ou ld h ave b een appo i n t e d , b u t was equally ready to admit that Mr. Panizzi perfectly fulfilled the du honesty of purpose, and great power in the administration ties of his position, that he was quite entitled to hold that position, and that in every way be had obtained publics oonfitience by the manner in whicli, during a long series of years, he had discharged those duties. The position which Mr. Panizzi held, he(2dr. Disraeli) would inform the house, did not demand mere literary attainments. It was an office of administration, and demanding great firmness of character and energy. All those qualities Mr. Panizzi had long been found to possess ; and he (Mr. Disraeli) considered that if the committee had not appointed that gentleman to the post which he now held, as a reward of his intelligence an i meritorious qualities, they would have acted with great injustice, and in a manner to discourage public servants, and their conduct %%out! have required the interp 'sition of Parliament, and not for proceeding as they had dine in the present case, in a manner entitled to the entire commendation and confidence of that house. (licar, hear.) could be afforded, but the district must do as well as it could withtait any. The vote having been put, AI-. MILES moved that the vote be reduced by the sum of 300/. The committee then divided, when the numbers were— For the amendment 63 Against it --91 filejority The vote was then agreed to Mr. W. WILLIAMS moved that the chairman repor progress, and The hours, resumed.! FIRE INSURANCE BILL. • The CHANCELLOR of the EXCHEQUER, in moving the second reading of this bill, said that, under the existing act, there was no power by which agencies for insurance offices abroad, using insurances in this country, were liable to the duties imposed upon English insurances. The object of the present bill was to supply that deficiency. It would be impossible for offices, in this country to compete with offices in foreign countries h iving agencies here without a previ ion of this nature. Mr. WILKINSON believed that the present bill would only have the effect of driving away a very lucrative busi ness from this country to foreign countries. By taking means fur reducing the insurance duty the right hon. gen tleman would increase the revenue which he received at present. (Hear.) He begged to propose that the bill be read a second time that day six months. Mr. E. DENISON greatly feared that the result of the measure would be that described by the hon. gentleman who now proposed its rejection. We invited France to freedom of trade and free communication with this coun try, and yet th e moment anything arose that offered an iadvantage to France th e G overnment interfered with a bill of this kind. (Hear.) Hebelieved the bill would be entirely inoperative. They might object to having accredited agents ' in this country, but they could not prevent communica tion by letter, and therefore they would only drive away the insurance business from this country. The duty had for a long time been liable to strong objections, and in his opinion the bill would be inoperative. Mr.BAXTER hoped the right hon. gentleman the Chan cellor of the Exchequer would not press the second reading of the bill on that evening. The measure was felt in mer cantile circles to be impolitic and unjust. The CHANCELLOR of the EXCHEQUER had well considered the course which he had taken on this bill. He had receivee deputations from insurance offices, who urged him to lose no time in bringing forward such a measure as this. He, however, resolved to be satisfied, upon inquiries of his own, that there was a real danger of foreign com peting agencies, and that English houses would suffer through it. The bill to.whlch he asked the house to con sent would protect English companies against the corn: petition of agents of foreign houses established in England. They could not prevent Englishmen from in swing abroad. There never had been any such law. But yet Englishmen had never, as a rule, incurred the risk of insuring in Paris or Hamburg. This certainly had not been the case hitherto. At all events, the worst that could be said of this bill would be, that it might p rove inopera tive.- As to reducin g the duties upon tire insurance, he could only 84 that a case might be established against each tax. This produced 1,652.0001., and where could a substitute be provided? In 178'2, the tax was imposed at the rate of ls. 61. per 1001. The tax, and the proceeds of it, went on increasing regularly up to this time. The pro position now was to reduce the taxtols. The wholeamount of property insured paying duty was 870,676,0J0/. This amount paid a duty of 3s. per 100/. ; but farming stock, in consequence of the fires which occurred in 18 +3, was exempted from duty. The amount of farming stock which did not pay duty was 64,812,000/., and the produce of the duty, according to the prevent rate, would be 9J,000/. per annum. Thus, were the wholerate of duty to be reduced to is per cent., and that Is. per cent. imposed on farming stock, as well as upon all other descriptions of property insured, the proceeds of the tax would be only 600,0001, or less than half of what it at present was. He had stated the arguments which seemed to have determined the course of hon. members in opposing the tax, and all he could say was, that whenever au opportunity occurred of considering the appropriation of any surplus revenue, this sex should not be forgotten. Many of the stamp duties heed under gone a revision, but the fire insurance duty hal not. It was a duty producing 1,300w00/. a-year, and it had never been the subject of much complaint. Under all the cir cawstauces, he could only hope that the house would con sent to the second reading of the bill, and leave the reduc tion of the tax to a future time. Mr. HENLEY said the question before the house did not rest exactly as the right hon. gentleman considered it did. No doubt the loss of 1,300,000/. a-year was a matter for serious consideration, but the question was, would they not have to submit to a loss without deriving a corres ponding benefit if the tax were not revised ? Looking at the bill with the best attention he could give to it, he con fessed he thought it would be inoperative, and, to use a common phrase, any person would be able to drive a coach and-six through it or round it as he pleased. (Hear.) The CHANCELLOR of the EXCHEQUER explained that this bill was all the Legislature could do with regard to agencies in this country, but with regard to insurances in other countries it would not meet that case. Mr. KINNAIRD thought this was a matter which re= quired much more consideration. The duty was at present 200 per cent. upon agricultural property, and in spite of the gloomy anticipations of the right lion gentleman the Chancellor of the Exchequer, he (Itr. Kinnaird) felt confi- dent that although there might be a loss for a year or two, yet the tax would is the end be much increased. He begged to move the adjournment of the debate. Mr. M. GIBSON said this debate would be in itself an advertisement to the whole country of the advantages of insuring in other countries. He begged to say that he was one of a deputation alluded to, who waited upon the right, hon. gentleman the Chancellor of the Exchequer, and asked for a remedy in regard to this matter. The deputation being too delicate, add wishing to spare the feelings of the right hon. gentleman, did not say in plain terms what they wished. The right hon. gentleman now offered a remedy, but not the one which they wanted. The bill would not settle the question. The country entertained great expec tations of what the right hon, gentleman would do now peace was restored. The house had in late years seen Chancellors of the Exchequer bold enough to repeal obnoxi ous duties in a falling revenue, where a benefit would re sult to the people, and ho hoped the right-hon. gentleman would pursue a bold and philosophical course in this mat ter. (Hear, hear.) Mr. BE NTINCK wee reedy to support the principle of protection avowed by the Chancellor of the Exchequer, and he hoped it was an omen of a return to the former commercisl policy of the country. (Laughter ) Mr. TITE supported the motion for adjournment, as he did not think the question was yet fully understood. Hon. membere, for instance, perhaps never heard of the " ave rage clause," which was a condition in every French and Dutch policy, to the effect that the insurer, in the event of the assured suffering loss by fire, did not make good to hires that loss in its entirety, even if less than the amount named in the policy, but only the proportion which the property destroyed bore to the whole property in ured. If such a clause were introduced into the English policies, the normal rate of insurance would be considerably re due, d. Sir S. BIGNOLD, as representing a large fire assurance company, supported the second reading of the bill, which would, he thought, both satisfy th e sev e r al comp an i es an d protect_ the revenue. Mr. W. J. FOX wished to call the attention of the com mittee to the feasibility of rendering the library of the British Museum accessible to the public during the even ing. He did not intend to suggest that it should be thrown open to ordinery readers; his suggestion bore re ference to one particular and most meritorious class to which large numbers of young men iu London belonged. He alluded to those earnest and self-educated students of science whose time during the day 'was occupied in other pursuits. To that lass the throwing open of the library during the evenings would be an immense benefit; and he trusted that when the time came for the separation of the collecti JIM of science and art from the library, the claims of the class which he advocated might be successfully en tertained. Mr. BALL urged upon the trustees the consideration of a plan for the'opening of the libra.:y .of the Museum in the evening. Mr. YELLATT wished to see the Museum and the Na tional Gallery also open during five days in the week. Mr. H. VERNON suggested that the works of art in the British Museum should be placed in a 1-.ss crowded situa tion, so that they might be viewed in their historical se quence. Mr. WILLIAMS complained of the want of detail in -the vote, and expressed a hope that the Museum might be open more frequently, and generally made more accessible to the public. Lord J. RUSSELL thought that unless there were practically some objections to it, a great advantage would be gained by the opening of the reading rooms of the' Museum in the evening, as there were many persons in every class of life who could then avail themselves of its benefits who were now prevented doing so. With regard to the allusion that had been made to the government of the Museum, he might observe that there was generally a full attendance of trustees, who consulted not merely with the principal librarian, but with the heads of all the depart ments. He thought it would be impossible to have greater literary merit than that of Mr. Macaulay, or business apti tude than that of the Duke of Somerset, to assist the trustees in theirlabours. It had been said that the Museum embraced too many subjects, and he agreed that it might be advisable to provide other accommodation for some of thidepartments. The Museum was partly of a literary and partly of a scientific character, and it included a collet lion of natural history which was declared by Profeesor Owen to be equal to any collection that existed in the world. There was also a collection of ancient art, and also what was called modern antiquity. He (Lor IJ. Russell) owned that he had some denote whether the building as it at present existed was the most convenient place for the exhibition of ancient works of art. It was a very import ant question, and was one which should froni time to time be considered by the Government. He did not know whe ther there was any intention at present of building a new and spacious National Gallery. If such an intention did exist, he thought it was worthy of consideration whether these beautiful specimens of ancient art might not be re moved to a better place, and re-arrange I in a better manner than they were at present. With respect to the complaints which had been male as to architecture, he thought that should hardly be placed upon the heads of the trus tees. We had from time to time built many publicplaces, but seldom with success, an example of which was the National Gallery, which some time since was erected at a great expense, and the site of which was now proposed to be given up to an hotel company. He was thankful for the suggestions which had that evening been thrown out, and was sure they would meet with every attention from the ti ustees. He thought that the decrease in the numbers of persons who had visited the institution was to be attri buted to the increase of other institutions in the metropo lis. He was surprised at the objections which had been raised to the appointment of Mr. Pan izzi as chief librarian. One hon. gentleman seemed to think that the office of priucip ,1 librarian ought to be left as a retireweet for men of letters, but in the present day some proof of qualifica tion was required before a person could be appointed to an office of business. Would the house be satisfied with a gentleman as chief commissioner of excise because he was an excellent poet ? (A laugh.) Such things used to be done in former times, bat they were not done now, and he be lieved no man was better qualified for the office of chief librarian of the Museum than Mr. Panizzi. Mr. M. MILNES said although he would not oppose the vote, he must still maintain the simple principle, that where the re were f ew pu t elic offices which could be allowed to be filled by literary men of public ability, it was not fitted that the post of chief librarian of the British Mu seum should be given to any other than literary men of this country. He felt sure that such an appointment as the present would not be made in any other country. The vote was then agreed to. • THE GENERAL BOARD OF HEALTH. Upon a vote of 18,626'. to defray the expenses of the General Board of Health, Mr. MICHELL opposed the vote. He objected princi pally to the largo salaries paid to some of the officers of the board. He thought the president, and likewise the medical officer and the secretary, were too highly paid. ED should therefore move that the vote be reduced down to 6,2 61. 2s. 4 1., the amount which had been already ex pended. Mr. WILLIAMS thought the salary of the medical offi cer had been unnecessarily raised to 1,5001. a-year. The',CHANCELLOR of the EXCHEQUER explained that tbe eentleman who had received the appointment of medical oficer, Mr. Si moo, had formerly been employed in the City of London, with a salary cf 8001. a-year. Mr. MILES thought they were paying rather dearly for Mr Simon's services. Sir B. HALL said if Mr. Simon had been allowed to follow his profession he would have made a larger income, and the remuneration was not inadequate. Mr. MOWBRAY thought the salary of Mr. Simon com paratively high, oven as compared with the county court judges and oh eite We trusts' conina:ssioners. Mr. BLACKBURN thought some explanation of the duties of the medical officer to the Board of idealth ought to be given, and a reason for his high salary. Mr. G. VERNON wanted to k now w h y th e f i ve clerks in the Board of Health were to receive 870 g. a-year ? Sic B HALL sail the number of clerks was not more than sufficient, nor ti4'ir salary more than adequate. Mr. BELLEW thought the vote ought to be postponed. Mr „WILSON defended the vote, and explained the duties which Mr, Simon discharged. Mr. BOWYER supported the vote. ' • Lord W. GRAHAM desired to know why the expenses caused by the cholera in 1854 were not brought into the estimates of last year ? Sir B. HALL said the Medical Board was appointed in August, 1854, and the members of it ware not pai i until April, 1855, when the estimates for the year were made up. Sir H. WILLOUGHBY complained of the amount of the salary proposed. He thought that 1,500/. a-year was much too large ; and further, that the whole of the sala ries in the present estimates were too high. Mr. WILSON read an officiel letter from the Board of Health to the Treasury, showing that the servi ces o f M r. Simon could not b e ' re t a i ned for less than the salary pro posed. Sir F. BARING begged to call the attention of the com mittee to the system of checking the accou its. The vote showed that the checks 'were not sufficiently accurate. lire chairman of the Audit Board stated, in the papers laid upon the table, that in the commissariat estimates the board could not check the peyuieuts upon the civil votes. f e or a b l o e a s i u m e t of o the a nar formvote o Mr. WILSON exp l ained that when the cholera epidemic is i n cti o l f co li n e ti a l ri broke out the P res id ent of the Board of Health, in order to n g t h e , u o h j a e t , l , to whichask for ul d an be repaid in the April following out of the next moneys granted by Parliament. The practice at the 'Treasury was perfectly regular Mr. - F. BARING'S objection was, that these items did not appear in the civil contingencies. The CHANCELLOR, of the EXCHEQULR thought his hon. friend's explanation perfectly correct, for if the items were to appear in both the civil contingencies and in the estimates, Government would be charging twice for them. Mr. 1 18NLEY thought the whole system a regular cir cumbendibus or cir cumlocution—(laughter)— and ceusider ed the additional charges for the Board of Health, in cense quence of the revisitation of the cholera belonged wore to the' head of con ti ngencies than (rid the outfit o f an ambas sador; but he objected to the delay in bringing the matter before the house. Ile Faye, too, that the sum mentioned was to defray threcost ref the medical council, and the pre peratien of reports. Now, the Board of Health was very prolific of reports, and he should, therefore, like to know how much was paid to the medical council, and how mach for the reports. elr. WILSON wished the house clearly to understand that the vote for civil contingencies was of the nature of a balance at a banker's, ottt of which extraordinary charges were paid, but which were afterwards brought into the general account, the sum originally paid for them having been refunded to the balance. Lord LOVAINE wished to know if it were true th Mr. WILSON thought the Louse were discussing ques tions foreign to those which were really b fore them, which were, what was the amount of direct duty they ought to charge on fire assurance, and should that charged on foreign p , licies be the same as what was charged on English. The object of the bill was simply to i impose a duty upon firs, insurances effected in this country by (ureic' offices, and had notbing to do with the question of finance. Mr. E. BALL thought the principle of the bill was per fectly sound, and he should support it. Mr. WILKINSON consented to the adjournment. His only object in proposing a reduction of the duty was to make the bill operative, by withdrawing the inducement to insure in fors'ign offices. Sir W. JOLLIFFE suggested that the property t ax should be reduced by the amount of duty arising from fire insurance. The CHANCELLOR of the EXCHEQUER said that the pres-nt bill would be just as necessary if the duty were reduced to ls., as it simply gave to the English offices that protection to which they were fairly entitled. If the hou'e thought that a decision could not then be come to, he should not oppose the adjournment of the debate. (Rear, hear.) At the same time, he must say that he had heard. retiring which in the smallest degree altered his opinion respecting the bill. The debate was then adjourned till Friday next. BANKRUPTCY (SCOTLAND) BILL. The third reading of this bill was postponed till Thurs day next. THE FRENCH EXPFDITION TO MADAGASCAR. —The French exp dition to Madagascar is preparing at Br,st It will not. however, be on the large scale that was intended ; 20 000 men were at fir.t spoken of, but the moment is not yet come when such a number can be spared, and, moreover, they may be wantinz for some more pressing purpose. All that will now be done is to de-patch a single regiment to occupy the western point of the island, and protect the French subjects and any establishments that may be formed there from the attacks of the natives. The expedition takes place with the approval of th- , En‘zl,4l G,,verninent. [ADVERTISEMENT./ — The distinguishing characteristic of Du Barry's Itevalenta Arabic Food is succinctly described by one of the sufferers who have been relieved by it, as having " done all that medicine failed to effect." Without recourse to clyster or bolus, it affords a perfect cure in the most inve. terate and distressing cases of disease connected with the nerves, stomach, liver, kidneys, and i n t es ti nes, as exhibited i au innumerable variety of malignant forms. The list of those who have taken the trouble to acknowledge personally the benefits they have derived from the Food now consider ably exceeds fifty thousand, and includes persons of all classes, from Vie peer to tha artisan. Honest Sergeant Neels, of her Majesty's ship Crocodile, who declares that lie has been re stored to health and life by it, and " wishes every poor creature labouring under disease could become acquainted with the Food," is as explicit in his thanks as Lord Stuart do Decies Major-General King, the V, n, Archdea con Stuart, dze , dec. Mr. J. S. Newton, of Plymouth, de clares to the same effect:—"Fir the last ten years I have been suffering from dyspepsia, headaches, De vousness, low spit its, sle •plessness, and delusions, and swallowed an incredible amount , f medicine without relief. lam happy to say that your Food has cured me, and I am now enjoying better health than I have had for many years past." "Ex uno disce omnes." In every instance, the report is the carne—p 3r f ect cure —health, ease, and happiness, after years of vain ex periment, and the outlay of continuous sums of money in physic. At no epoch in the history of humanity has such a mass of indisputable, incontrovertible evidence been brought to bear upon a topic involving the most momentous consequences to the well being o f a ll . In canisters, fibs. lls.; 121b5., 225. The 12Ibs carriage free, on receipt of post-office order. Barry du Barry and Co., 77. Regent-street, London ; Fortnum, Allison, and C o . , Purveyorsl st:re e t t o ; 'Majesty,and4s Piccadilly ; a l so at 69, Grace• e 1, Stra n d ; 1, Cheapside ; 68, - 11; 3 1. 4 Ccruhill ; 49, Bishopsgate-street ; 55, Charing-cross; 54, Upper Baker-street; 63 and 150, Oxford -street. BURIAL-GROUNDS (IRELAND) BILL. This bill was committed pro forma. SPIRIT TRADE (IRELAND) BILL. Mr. BRADY obtained leave, in a committee of the whole house, to bring i❑ a bill to amend the laws relating to the sale of wines, spirits, beer, and cider, by retail, in Ireland. MEDICAL DEPARTMENT (ARMY) COMMITTEE. Upon the motion of Mr. STAFFORD, the following were appointed members of this committee :—Mr. Stafford, Mr. Bellew, Col. Boldero, Sir James Fergusson, Sir Henry Davy, Sir John Hanmer, Col. Kingscote, Mr. Leveson Gower, Capt. Laffan, Mr. Leah, Mr. Noel, Col. North, Mr. Peel, Mr. Percy, and Sir John Trollops. The house adjourned at a quarter to two o'clock till Thursday next. Mr. Bazslgette, whose plan for the drainage of Nandgate sae bad been reported agaiust by th e medical council of the Board of Hea:th, had been appointed chief engineer of the Metropolitan Board of . Works r Mr. J. G. PHILLIMORE could say the t the system of drainage adopted in Sandgate was so bad that the whole town had been infected by it. Sir B. HALL, in reply to Lord Lovaine's question, said that Goveinment had nothing to do with the apktointment to which he had referred. Sir H. WILLOUGHBY reminded the right hon. baro net (Sir B. Hall) that the question he had put with refer ence to superannuatio n had not been anawered. Sit B. JEIALL said that the present Board of Health was established in 1854. Mr. Chadwick, who was connected with the old board, had a retiring allowance of 1,0001. a-year ' • and subse quen tl y th e h ouse sanctioned a proposal that Dr. Southwood Smith should have an allowance of 3001. per annum. Mr. S. FITZGERALD complained that a gentlemin who held a situation similar to Dr. S. Smith's, in Ireland, had, after 32 years of arduous public service, and at the age of 84, been discontinued without any pension. He could nut refrain from calling attention to the difference between the manner in which the officers of the Board of Health were treated in this country and in Ireland. (:sear.) Mr. MULL:NS said he should take an opportunity to move for a return of all the joarneys that the medical of cer in question had made in pursuance of his office. Mr. MICHELL said that there was no advantage which could be derived from this act th..t could not also be ob tained from the Nuisances Reinoval Act of last Sear. These expenses were all raishievoasly thrown away, and he should like to see the Board of Health abaishect alto gether. Mr. WILSON said that the medical officer had a great number of professional and scientific duties to perfo, in be longing to his office; such as those relating to quarantine, cemeteries, the qualifications of medial practitioners, and epidemics. It was for this and ott or similar appoint ments that so much credit was given a year or two ago, when a fearful epidemic raged in the country. It was impossible to govern a country at all so as to provide against accidental circumstances; for as soon as the dan ger had passed., measures for protection for the future were obj -cted to and condemned. (Hear.' Captain DUNCOAILIE said that at a time when the , inallpox raged iu the district of the coutitly where he resided, he felt it his duty to write to the Board of Health I for assistanco ;and, in reply, he was informed that none T J SflN. Lot , ' noN, TUES,pAy EVENING. APRIL 22. lA5n Co LIE try r, 7 arkett!, CTIELMSFORD—APRILM. The trade for wheat was extremely dull to-day, a l !, duction of from 2s to 3s per qr. Barleys met a ready asle at last week's prices, bat spring corn gon er ' s was unaltered in value. 0. Wheal., white, old, per s. a . • 22 qr.sl 73 Oats, per qr .. new.... 50 72 Pea; Partridge....... 32 old 49 65 White ... ...... .•• new 48 64 Boiling .............. .4 1 37 Barley 30 38 Dun 15 Chevalier 33 42 Beans, Tivk -`, Grinding 28 36 Harrow ticks 31 lalt 71 75 Mazagan ....... Chevalier 73 77 Ditto, new... red, COLCHESTER— APRIL 19. The supply of wheat was not so large as last Bab, .but quite suffici e nt f or the demand, and on the bus' done is to Zs per qr. less was taken. Barley keeps It, puce, the weather at p resen t b e i ng suitable for n , Beans and peas as before. Prices to-day were as follow:—Wheat, white, 68 4 - "., red, 62s to 68s; barley, 3 ato 40s ; oats, 22s to 26s in d , Slazagan, 34s to 36s ; middl e and small 36s to 425; r white, 40s to 42s ; grey, 36s to 40s. Official Statement of the Qnantities of Corn, Ste., rectj in the port of London, from the foll ow i ng p o rts, "" the 14th to the 19th April, both inclusive. 4.; g 261 102, 482 14; 575 49j 940 89 ....; D s - a ta t , X o Colchester . Harwich Leigh 6faldon , 1.699' ,4721 I I - j : 93 KIRKCALDY —Aran 19. We had moderate supplies of wheat and oats to-day' small of barley. Wheat sold readily at is to 2s Per,: f , under last week's rates ; b ar l e y same as l as t market I'l and oats 6d to is lower. Wheat. First 74s Od Second 7os Od Third s6s Od Besot Os Os A i 00 COAL IdARKE' Prioea of Coal per ton at I 8. d. Tanfield Moor Butes 14 West Pelton l5 CI West Wylaan 15 61 Wallsend, Etc, Harvey Wylam 14 Riddell l5 6 Eden Main l7 0 Framwellgato l6 6 Hetton Lyons Main l6 0 La.mbton 18 Pensher l5 6 Ships at market... 31 Barley. lOats. 1 43s Od 30s Od I 42s Oct I 19s Od 36s Od 1 25s Od 1 M.—APRIL 21. the close of the market. Wallsond, ko. 0. " 'South Hetton 1 8 Stewart's lB Caradoc l6 Cassop l lieugh Hall .17 ... 17 South Kelloe Tees lB West Ke110e. .., 16 )6 Whitworth 18 Derwentwater Hartley • 16 I Sold SEABORNE ArAILS. off l' lignitios that the mails are s e at f rom th e G enera l P O 5- t vy the night—and M by the morning-4espatch.) nay whoa to n General Post- Office, London.• Froal Port w.,fiL du , rII 93 4:very Frlda} Livoepoo) t.iverpoo , ir4outh•sm:.t Southempio, Dover .. Quodb l •• 113 d of the mono 24,8 r 30 of ith 3c 2ofh of mot 17th of the moot f „ •• •••• 9th of the month.. 9th of the m00t.... Plymout h Dover .. Southampton Seat hamticrt Dover .... Sotithain 7 oi. Sotto, ern ton Various port Dilly May J 6. May ~ ,d 6 tiaoasP- 9th of tht month 19outhrimptoi, %fon ~Wed.,tlpFrlo. 2d k 17th of niontn Once a month.... 4,13, I 8,23,6c28 of ith & 20th of mon- Twice daily Sonthampto Souhampto ru.Tll.' April 0 jDover ,Solithamptor. !Dover ...... Twiced ill Twice rwice daily 4,7,17,20,27 isfm Dover .... Sou himpto 12nd & 17th of MOIL Tuesday & Friday 2nd of the month 17t3 t ithe month.' 4th t 20th of mon. 9th& 25th of month 7, 17, & 27 of mon twice daily ...... 7.9, 17, & 27 of tn. 9th of the month 23d of month ISouthampto7 London ..... Soucria•Lptoh Dover . • _ Southamptor • Plymouth .. Dover •• •• • • rover• • .• • • Rol.; head Southampton Southampton Liverpool • .. 19. 1 8 . &28 of MOl3 'Dover 14th of the month [ 2ml of the month. s thl s th2sthormon. 218; 17th of month ,By private s.! ip ithls th2s thofmon. thl7th27thormon. id )4i , .27th of moo. ay private ship... ithl s th2sthofmaii, Sthl s th2sthofinon. td Nt 17th ofmonth ,fionthampten Dover ...... 1 Bouthamptor, Various port Dover ...... ilouthamptor. 3outhampt,:r Various port: Dover ..... I Dover ..... Aouthampi;, 3d& 17th o; mont?, Southampter, ilOtTNTlitt - A raertca(byTtrit.pack =dep. tby United 8 , to acket) :aeries. (by U. Staivi jacket) ..........N ,stratia (via 80utt, tnipton) Atto (via Martellles) r litto (via Cape of Goed aop 9 ) .• •••• •• •• ••31 rica (West Gout) .1 , C, xandria..........351 .!a'!amaa At :elgium ••••• •• •• ..N ';Buena Ayres .. :ape ot Good Hope • - •.N 'Jape of Good Hope .1 , Jae de Verda Ceylon (see In: ta) Ceylon•• •• •• •• •• •• Channel . •• •• •• •• •• •• shins • • IJonstuntinople ..... Constantinople ....... (lout. of Europe If N Egypt (see India) France ........ libraltar ...... Greece (see India) Greytown Elamburgh .• N ilavannah .......... Holland •• •• .• •• •• •. Honduras M !nits (via.Southampt.)M Enna (via Marseilles)Nl lonian Wes (see India) inland ........M & N Lisbon M Kaittira .........• klldoira ............ N Matta (see India) alta I lurit Ins (see India) Aurltius Mexico MI .40 •• N 4 pies . tg,3W Granada .. New. Zealand •• .• .• • • • • Papal States P3ninsuia Pcru •• •• •• •• •• •• Pitt Natal cilY T many Venezuela Van Diemen's LQ.nd (re , &ustralia) ... we,. fl,rife• May 2 titaiY 16tholula !4 & 2 0 ° lllTwp:flee2d6,ol 14.20 00 !April 46 I ...sd llncirw- ilincerts ill II ki6rael II /416 CO When any of these dateii fall on a iunday, the wails .patched on the following day, with the exceptien of the In,llt "onthampton), and the Salta, both of which will be despateti , Ll sreceding day. THE EMPEROR NAPOLEON AND THE GREEK MINISTO —lt has been stated in an E , gligh paper that the DIP peror declined to receive M. Tricoupi, the Greek Mini.; t.r at London, who was c!iar2;ed to present a letter 0 ' felicitation on the birth of the Imperial Prince from KinLl Ocho. This, is not the case, at least sense cow' veyed. None of the foreign Ministers having such let' tern to present have been received by the Emperors The letters i n quest i on are delivered to the Minister o ' , Foreign Affairs, and by him placed bef o re the E liper•ir. The whole of the diplomatic corps offered iv p. , rson their conuratulations on the birth of the Prince on the 17th of March ri 4 SSIKST. f STOUT AND HRARINO. SPECTACLES , POWERFUL TELESCOPES, OPERA, RACE AND PERSPECTIVE OLASSIO. —Messrs S and Sob mops, opticians, 39, Albemarle' street, Piccadilly. Observe opposite the York liotel NIA Majesty's n o , a l L etters Patent for valuable andA extraordinary improvements in the most powerful ae" brilliant Telescopes, Camp, Racr course, Opera, and Per; spective Glasses, to know the distances of objects view , '" • through them—of great importance to the army, nevi , and others. These telescopes possess such extraordinary powers that some three and a-half inches, with an extra eyc' piece, will show distinctly Jupiter's moons, Saturn's rings and the double stars ; with the same telescope can be seen a person's countenance three miles and a half distant , end an object from 16 to 20 miles. They are of larger and al' eizcs, with increasi ng powers accordingly ; while their vary ing rom 4 to 6 inches enable us to discover more than the above, and the Georgian, with his 6 sat e llit es, Szc.—The Royal Exhibition, 1851.—Valuable, newly-invented, very small, power fit waistcoat-pocket glass,the size of a walnut, by which s per:on can be seen and known miles distant; they answer every purpose on the race-course, and at the opera henses • country scenery, and ships are clearly seen at 8 to 10 miles* They are invaluable for shooting, deer-stalking, yachting, to iportsmen, gentlemen, gamekeepers, and tourists. Opera, race-course, camp, and perspective glasses, with wonderful power. Newly-constructed Spectacle Lenses of the great. est transparent power. The valuable advantage d er ived from this invention is, that vision becoming impaired is preserved and strengthened, and very aged persons are enabled to employ their sight at the most minute nem• pation— can see with these lenses of a much less magnify ing power—and they do not require the frequent changes to the dangerous effects of further powerful assistance. Deafness—New Discovery.—The Organic Vibrator, an ex traordinary powerful, small, newly-invented instrument for deafness, entirely different from all others, to surp a ss any' thing of the kind th a t h as b een, or probably ever lan be, produced. Being of the same colour as the skin, is not per' ceptible ; it enables deaf persons to hear distinctly at church and at public assemblies ; the unpleasant sensation of singing noises iu the ears is entirely removed ; and it affords all the assistance that possibly could be desired.---39, Albemarle. street, Piccadilly. Observe— opposite the York Hotel. BIRTHS. OP & RON. On the 21st inst., at 7, Ring William-street, Strand, the wife of Mr William Cope. ' On the 19th inst., at Belsize-road, St. John's-wood, the wife of G. W. Hemming, Esq. On the 20th init., at 29, Russell-square, the wife of Heury Sargant, Esq. 31 A DATIGRTIE. On the 21st inst., at Glocester terrace, Hyde.park, Mrs. Charles Fez longer. On the 21st inst., at Wellfield, Streatham, the wife of Charles Candy, Esq. MARRIED. On the 21st inst., at St. Marylebone James White, son of George Cotto n , E sq , of Princ es -street, Edinburgh, to Mary Emma, eldest daughter of T. 2. Chipp, Esq., 49, Great Portland-street, Portland-place. On the 21st inst., at St. J o h n ' s Ch urc h , H ac k ney, the Rev. Josiah D. %ance. late of Peterborough, but now of Watley, in Essex, to Margaret, eldest surviving daugh ter of James Edmeston, Esq., of Homerton, Middlesex. DIED. On the 20th inst., Robert B as t ow, E sq., o f the Mount, Wilmingt on , Rent, aged 49. On the 18th inst., at Bardon, near Taunton, Somerset, Thos. Warden, Esq., solicitor, aged 60. On the 20th inst., at Upton, Essex, Emma, relict of the late Sir John Henry Pelly, Bart., aged 71. On the 18th i ns t ., M r. John ullum, late of the Ord nance Department, aged 56. On the 1 -th inst:, at Kepplestone House, Aberdeen, Alexander Thom, Esq., of Messrs. A. and W. Thom, mer chants, Aberdeen. On the 19th inst., at 5 , Great Ryder-street, Elenora Kei by, daughter of E. Kerby, late of Stafford street, Bond -street, On the 20th inst., at Clifton, A me li a, wife of Major H. Lawford, M a d ras rtillery, aged 42. 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