The Sun. — London, England, 1863-06-02 00:00:00

EF2BRIAL PAR,LTAWINT HOUSE OF LORDS.—Last Evening. The Lord Chancellor took his seat at the usual hour. PRIVATE BUSINESS. The Tranmere Docks, Birkenhead Improvement, Dublin Corporation Water, Skipton Gas, and Dublin, Wicklow, and Wexford E.ailway bills were read a second time. THIRD READING. The London, Chatham, and Dover Railway (No. 1), Lowestoft Wate r , G as, an d Market, Raton and Warbur ton-bridge, and Blackfriar's-bridge bills were read a third time and passed. SPEED OF LOCOMOTIVES. Lord BROUGHAM asked whether th ere was any inten tion on the part o f th e G overnment to introduce any mea sure to affix a maximum speed to railways. The dreadful accidents that had taken place lately rendered Government interference highly necessary ; but at the same time he must say he was decidedly against any occasional legislation, because the laws made on such occasions generally took a one-sided view of the subject. Four years ago he had spoken against the high rate of speed ou English railways, comp red with those in foreign countries, on which acci dents less frequently occurred ; and he was told that 50, 60, or 70 miles could be run with safety, but notwithstanding that he still maintained his views, and the late horrid accidents fortified him in his opinion. The greatest danger 'was also incurred in consequence of the practice of engine drivers, in order to pick up lost time, putting on the steam beyond the bounds of safety, and the result being calamities of the most distressing description. He hoped the Government would take the subject into their conside ration. Earl GRANVILLE said he was not aware that the noble and learned lord intended to ask the question he had just put, but as far as he knew it was not the intention of the Government to introduce any measure on the subject. If they did he thought it very unlikely that Parliament -would pass such a measure. He did not think it was desirable for the Government to interfere with the manage ment of railways, and he thought that the speed on foreign railways was in many instances greater than 25 miles an hour. The noble lord himself seemed to think that a great deal of the danger arose in consequence of the endeavours of the engine -driver to overtake lost time, a circumstance very difficult to deal with by legislation. _ _ Lord BROUGHAM said he was quite aware of the diffi culty of dealing with the subject. The Earl of HARD WICKE thought if it was made com pulsory upon railway companies to keep exact time in starting the trains according to the time table, a great many of the accidents would never occur. The subject then dropped. DISTURBANCES AT ATHENS. The Marquis of NORMANBY asked whether the Government would have any objection to lay on the table of the house two despatches, received from Mr. Scarlett since their lordships last met, relative to the late disturbances at Athens? Earl RUSSELL said he should prefer Waiting until he received further information before he produced the de spatches referred to. THE BRAZILS. Earl DERBY said that during the recess telegrams had been received from Brazil disclosing some matters of im portance, and he wished to know whether any correspon dence had been received by the Secretary for Foreign Affairs in reference to that subject, and whether there would be any objection to produce it ? Earl RUSSELL said he held in his hand the corres pondence referred to, which he was about to lay on the table of the house, by command of her Majesty. THE BURIAL SERVICE. Lord EBURY rose to move an humble address to her Majesty praying for the appointment of a committee to consider what steps should be taken to obviate the evils complained of, as arising from the present compulsory and indiscriminate use of the burial service of the Church of England. Lord DESART moved that the motion be considered this day six months. The Archbishop of Canterbury, Lord Granville, 'the Archbishop of York, the Bishop of London, the Duke of Marlborough, the Bishop of St. David's, Lord Stanhope Lord Chelmsford, Lord Russell, the Bishop of Llandaff: Lord Grey, Lord Lyttelton, the Bishop of Cashel, and the Lord Chancellor all advised Lord Ebury to withdraw his motion. In the course of a long discussion several suggestions were made, the Duke of Marlborough proposing to refer the matter to Convocation, while Lord Stanhope was opposed both to a Royal commission and to Convocation, and recommended that the bench of bishops should be authorised by the Crown to consider this important sub ject. Lord Grey thought it would be better to adjourn the debate for a month, in order to allow longer time for con sideration of the question, a step advocated likewise by the Lord Chancellor, who, in the course of his speech, pro tested against the Bishop of London advising his clergy on his own authority to contravene the law. Lord EBURY, in a brief reply, withdrew his motion conditionally on a measure being introduced by the bench of bishops. The motion, after a few words from the Archbishop of CANTERBURY, was withdrekwu. The Stock Certificates to Bearer Bill and the Customs and Inland Revenue Bill were both read a third time and passed. Their lordships adjourned at a quarter to eight o'clock. HOUSE OF COMMONS—Last Evening. The SPEAKER took the chair at 4 o'clock. THIRD READING. The Memel Hempstead and London and North Western Railway Bill. PETITIONS. Several petitions were presented against the sale of in toxicating liquors on the Sabbath ; Mr. M. GIBSON, from Ashton-under-Lyne, saying that the petitioners required recreation and refreshment on the Sabbath, and objected to the closing of public-houses on the Sabbath. Mr. COBDEN presented a petition from the licensed victuallers of Rochdale against the bill for closing public houses on the Sunday, and one from the magistrates and inhabitants of the town in favour of it. CHINA—LIEUTENANT TINLING. Lord C. PAGET desired to correct a reply which he gave to a question the other evening with respect to the death of Lieutenant Tinling. He stated that no official in formation had been received at the Admiralty on the subject. It appeared, however, that a letter had been received from Captain Dew, sent to Admiral Cupar, inti mating the death of that officer, whose services and gal lantry he highly eulogised. ACT OF UNIFORMITY. Mr. M. MILNES gave notice that on the 9th of June he intended to move an amendment to the motion of the hon. member for Maidstone with respect to the Act of Unifor mity having relation to the Thirty-nine Articles. THE INTERNATIONAL EXHIBITION. Mr. GREGORY gave notice that he should, to-morrow, ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer to what purpose the internationalbuilding,which the Government bad intimated their intention to purchase, would be devoted, and.when the estimate would be laid before the house—(hear, hear) —and if so, whether he would make a statement to the house, and when ; whether the domes would be replaced by other structures, and if so, when these embellishments of London and the vicinity would be carried out. (Hear, and laughter.) RECRUITING FOR THE FEDERALS IN IRELAND. Mr. HOPWOOD asked the Chief Secretary for Ireland whether her Majesty's Government were aware that the Federals were recruiting in Ireland, and if they were pre paring to take steps to prevent it? Sir R. PEEL replied that the Government was aware that Federal agents had been at work in Ireland, but, as they did not recruit openly, their proceedings were very difficult of detection. Numbers of young men had gone from Ireland, whose passages had been paid. He had reason b elieve that the Irish in America had been induced to by offers of this kind. The Government were taking '" etely fo discover the agents. 1411 ARMY—CLIVE FUND. se.,?rf a ' , I L I alEs asked the Secretary of State for India 11 4 " bi e leVi3t natic i ca e tez I the t. _ late Indian army, now doing duty at f a tiv .....11mt,,,u,".„7 . 2 should not receive the pay due to n f ai7,2_tcb; s 4 Va! tehe intention of her Majesty's l i ons _lol4 l 7;;Lwidows and orphans of the C:iiOtrallveraZstetetained by the late deci calved lee than hi "Vtied 11 1 : 41481 8 80 employe d fore been mieinf o Bllll 2 l l / 4 7 . detzolt. memberuldthe re- Clive Fund had Th e re had yet elapsed t o " d ece ntlY al °, 1.1: 14.11 respect to the I apprehend that ea „ t) ck _ the wiuws ue coik a i derat ,.. ..at no ti me nified. (Hear, hear.) 414 "PlaallaZ la intt he did not GALWAY PACKET Comp Av , 1 ) , NEWYouNi, — Alim n wr. Mr. KEKEWICH asked the Secretary 010,/, whether the Galway Packet Company w ere t Ltlie T contract to mails as well as tele B.,;;Td reaenry _ l3 3' their called at St. John 's, Newfoundland ? "*"" t he GPs Mr. F. PEEL explained that a difference of van vaned on the subject which had not yet been .adjust- on pre" VENTILATION OF THE HOUSE. Mr. D. GRIFFITH asked the First Commissioner of Works whether, in this warm weather, it would not b e better to ventilate the house by the ordinary expedient of opening the windows, rather than continue the present mode of shutting the windows carefully, and pumping up the air from the cellars below the house ? Mr. COWPER replied that if the proposition of the hon. gentleman were adopted the air would neither be so cool or so pure as at the present moment. (Hear, hear.) It was not correct to say that the air was pumped out of a cellar below the house. If the hon. member would go below— (laughter)—he would find that very excellent arrangements prevailed, which originated with Mr. Gurney, for purifying the air hon. members breathed. The air was admitted in the most natural way into chambers, where it was washed by streams of pure water from its impurities, and then passed 9. w taxpidrate through clean chambers where chemical mea ns adoptedw to clear it of all impurities. When the ''` 44 or WM cold the air was warmed, and when warm it was iced. (Hear, and laughter.) The average heat just now indicated by th e th ermome t er was 64, and when it was 78 outside it was 65 within, exhibiting a differer ce of 13 degrees. (Hear, hear.) If, therefore, the w.n'ows were opened they should have a hotter and less pure atmosphere. Whenever any benefit would arise the windows were opened.: THE PURCHASE OF THE INTER. NATIONAL BUILDING. Lord J. MANNERS inquired the price the Government had agreed to pay for the building. The CHANCELLOR of the EXCHEQUER replied that an arrangement had been come to with the Commis sioners and the contractors subject to the sanction of the house. The price agreed to be paid was £120,000, and £BO,OOO to the contractors for the residue of their claim, but exclusive of the annexes. (Hear, hear.) He should shortly fix a day when he should bring the whole matter before the house. He should not seek for the vote in a Committee of Supply. He should bring the matter before the house on Monday. BRAZIL. In reply to Mr. S. FITZGERALD, ➢lr. LAYARD replied that he this afternoon had laid the papers promised by him on the table of the house. FORTIFICATIONS—SPITHEAD. In reply to Sir J. ELPHINSTONE, Lord PALMERSTON intimated that he purpoeed shortly making a statement with respect to fortifications, when he should state the intentions of the Government with respect to Spithead. INLAND REVENUE BILL. On the motion that this bill as amended be considered, Mr. HUNT moved the omission of clause 21, and the sub stitution in its stead of a now clause, making the censent of one justice sufficient in granting occasional licenses to sell beer, spirits, or wine. and extending the operation of such licenses from sunrise to one hour after sunset, and, on occa sions of public dinners or balls, to such hours as the justices may allow. Mr. AYRT ON objected to the alteration. The CHANCELLOR of the EXCHEQUER supported it, on the ground that it was a rational amendment in the law. From 9,000 to 10,000 licenses had been taken out since the law same into operation, and he did not believe there was a single case in which mischief had resulted from them. The clause was then read a first time. On the question that the clause be read a second time. Mr. DODSON proposed, as an amendment to the clause, that after the word "license," at the end thereof, to add, in lieu of the duty of ss. now chargeable, there shall be charge able for every occasional license the sum of 2s. 6d. After some discussion, on the suggestion of the CHAN CELLOR of the EXCHEQUER it was agreed that the clause should stand over. On the motion of the CHANCELLOR of the EXCHE QUER, the following clauses were agreed to : lsc. A clause enacting that commissioners of taxes for any division of a county may hold their meetings within an adjoining city or other place of exclusive jurisdiction. 2d. A clause enact ing that income tax is to be deducted from coupons on stock certificates, although the half-yearly payment is under 50s. Mr. HUNT then moved that no mortgage, bond, in strument, or any assignment thereof, given by way of security, in pursuance of the provisions of the twelfth section of an act passed in the last session of Parliament, intituled, " An Act for the Better management of High ways in England," nor any contract, or agreement, or appointment of any officer, made or entered into in pur suance of any of the provisions of such last-mentioned act, shall be charged or chargeable with any stamp duty what ever. The hen. member said that it was no doubt owing to an oversight that the Highway Act of last session did not continue this exemption, and he would remind the house that the South Wales Highway Act did contain it. The CHANCELLOR of the EXCHEQUER strongly deprecated the pernicious example of exempting particular individuals, or classes of individuals, from the operation of the general law ; and at any rate if such exemption was to be made as that now proposed, it ought to be embodied in a particular bill on the subject rather than at the last stage of a mere revenue bill. After a long discussion, during which the proposal re ceived much support from the opposition members, The house divided— For the clause ll6 • Against Majority against the clause.. —3O The CHANCELLOR of the EXCHEQUER then moved the recommitment of the bill, in order to allow the clause which had been passed is committee of ways and means for the adjustment of the tax relating to railway ex cursion trains to be inserted. The right hon. gentleman also proposed another matter of a technical nature, with re gard to the taking out of the tobacco license. Under pre sent arrangements, there was but one day for taking out the tabacco license, namely the sth of July; but in order to remedy the inconvenience under which publicans laboured, he proposed that publicans should henceforth obtain their tobacco license on the 10th of October, the day on which they obtained their beer and spirit license. Lord R. CECIL objected to the present mode of proceed- ing on the part of the Chancellor of the Exchequer, and said it was hardly fair towards those who were opposed to a tax on excursions to make the present proposition without notice. The CHANCELLOR of the EXCHEQUER could sa me the noble lord that lie was not willing to do anything without the sanction of the house, but he believed the course he was now pursuing was for the convenience of all parties. Sir J. FERGUSSON said the Chancellor of the Ex chequer was entitled to every forbearance, as he had given the parties interested in the matter the fullest opportunity of stating their case. The house then went into committee, Mr. Massey in the chair. The clause adjusting the tax relating to excursion trains was then agreed to ; as was also the clause allowing publi cans to obtain the tobacco license on the same day they took out their beer and spirit license. The house resumed. THE PATRIOTIC ASYLUM AT WANDSWORTH —ALLEGED MISCONDUCT OF OFFICIALS. Mr. J. A. SMITH asked the Under-Secretary of State for War whether his attention had been drawn to the re port of the Patriotic Fund, and the causes of the resigna tion of the majority of the members of the ladies' committee of the Royal Victoria Patriotic Asylum appointed in Ja nuary, 1862. He also called attention to the admission of the late Sir G. C. Lewis, that a girl of sixtetn years of age had been flogged in that establishment, and further, that the conduct of the officials who had committed this act was condoned by the executive committee ; and to inquire what steps had been taken to prevent the recurrence of such practices. The hon. gentleman called attention to the lamentable event which had taken place on another oc casion, when a girl had been burned to death. The girl who had been burned was not a pupil of the school, but a servant. He believed the chaplain had no more right to send the girl to solitary confinement than he had to impri son any member of that house. An inquiry had taken place before a coroner and a jury, and a verdict of " Acci dental death" had been returned; but ho knew the verdict had been condemned by all the inhabitants of Wandsworth. The lady superintendent was not at Wandsworth at the time of the accident, and he thought it right to state that, subsequently, two schoolmistresses had been dismissed for alleged misconduct or neglect on the occasion. The attention of the executive committee had been called to the state of management of the school, and after some discussion they appointed a ladies' committee to assist them in the management of the school. A com mittee of 13 ladies had been appointed ; these ladies applied themselves with great intelligence and industry to an investigation into the state of matters in the school, and the conclusion they arrived at was, that the moral dis cipline of the school was most unfortunate. Among other things they found that a girl within a few months of 16 years of age had been flogged with a birch rod, under the express orders of the chaplain. On another occasion two girls had been sent to London by Capt. Fishbourne, the senior hon. secretary, for the purpose of being mesmerised (Laughter.) The ladies' committee reported th a t th e p un i s h. _ . Illent in the school was unsuitable and revolting, and re _ _ _ _ commended the dismissal of the chaplain. The executive committee, though paying respectful attention to many things in the ladies' report, declined to dismiss the chaplain ; and as a reason for this, they stated that everything the chaplain had done was underfthe direct sanction of the hon. secretary, Capt. Fishbourne. It might be a good excuse for not dismis sing the subordinate officers, but the allegations afforded a good ground for the removal of Capt.Fishbourne. It appeared to him that the position occupied by Capt. Fishbourne was a very singular and anomalous one. Capt. Fishbourne was called hon. secretary, but he was told that he received a salary amounting to as much as £730 a year. The hon. member then called attention to the resignation of Lord Colchester as chairman of the executive committee, which was a proof in itself that things were not going on in a se i tiefactory manner. It was not his intention to say a word aiaresPectruste4 the management of the hon. gentleman to whom had been en that ta, the War of the institution, but he thought child 1,,:;7 Office was the guardian of the soldier's tie. eattheno uB etified in bringing the matter under the no- The Marga t e the *Under Secretary for War. (Hear.) . hon. e_ r eouera - bF a s Ini nti t . 1 . TINGT ON said that, tough the n pa s t i r l iotic v or n , %e l:zealot: to him, it was necessary und th stated that he wal'inthiek6aiten Dthe management of the Departme n t ; sa d the n° W aY And control of the War nagement of the a question. almost ' Beh ot _ any way r -- the present, distinctly niseirteto:t er ais th l e e in answering might be called the °°l'. It was tri:Pensible for the ma had no right to interfere rfev rdian °f th e „ til . at the War Office him to interfere e , and it soldier's chi with the m was eurewso Id, but he Sir J. PAKINGTON ,71adgZent of tOs l ei, ta i "Peet noble lord was exactly what he " —e an swer gives the honour of bein g a member- e xpected. Ais - a the mittee, the house would probabl of the executive- hema4 few words of explanation, a n d Ile Pit hint to offerc--"; satisfactory both to the house and the hon. itwttlde The executive committee had reason to be gentleman, be dissatisfied with the unusual form in which the hon. tle shaped his question, and which was unusnagleninrhad Par liamentary form of question. The hon. gentleman heada lo given undue prominence to certain matter s w hi c h h ad a ten dency to create a prejudice against the executive committee, THE SUN, LONDON, TUESDAY EVENING, JUNE 2, 1861 The flogging of the girl with a birch rod, alluded to by the hon. gentleman, was an act which he did not stand up to vindicate, either in his own name or in that of the executive committee—(hear, hear)—and he begged to state that steps had been taken to prevent the recurrence of any such punishment. In the early days of the institution several practices had been carried out which could not be approved of; but he believed that no blame attached to the lady superintendent or to the chaplain. Tho management of the school was vested in the executive committee, who had appointed from among their number a house committee. The flogging of the girl had occurred as far back as January, 1862 ; and it was in the beginning of 1862 that the melancholy accident had occurred, which caused the death of the girl by fire. The hon. member for Chichester had thought proper to impugn the verdict of the jury, who returned accidental death; but he thought, under the circumstances, no verdict was ever more thoroughly justified. The hon. member had spoken of his holding communications with some of the jurymen, who stated they were not satisfied with the finding ; but surely the hon. member should know they could not take cogni zance in that house of anything which did not appear on executive of the face of the verdict. The h on , gentleman was correct in executive to d differ ffe committee r in opinion with committee the saying that the event of last y ear l ed to the appointment by the was l adi ladies, committee whose act such an extent as to threaten to resign unless their recom mendal ions were carried out; and most of them were, how ever, adopted. At the commencement of the inquiry the ladies, he regretted to say, adopted a corm o that was both injudicious and uncourteous, by communicating to the committee that the majority of them would not continue to act on the committee unless the executive committee dismissed the lady superintendent and the chaplain. That, of course, placed the committee in a painfully em barrassing position. It gave the committee the chance of two alternatives, either to dismiss those persons because the ladies' committee had told them to do so on pain of losing their services ; or, on the other hand, the committee, having a responsible duty to dis. charge, were to go judicially into the investigation of their conduct, and come to such conclusion as their serve of justice might dictate. They deeply regretted the inti mation they received from the ladies, but their determina tion was to hear what the lady superintendent and the chaplain bad to say, and dismiss them or not, as they thought the justice of the case required. The inquiry lasted from the beginning of March till the 9th of May, when the executive committee adopted a resolution disapproving of the punishment that had been inflicted by the lady super intendent and the chaplain in some instances, but that under the circumstances of the new regulations that had been adopted for the future superintendence and regulation of the school it was necessary to call on them to resign their situa tions. That resolution was unanimously agreed to by the members of the committee present, and it was confirmed unanimously at a subsequent meeting. The next step was the presentation of the report, embracing the resolution, to the Royal Commissioners; and Earl Grey, who was not satisfied with the decision of the committee, moved a reso lution, expressing the opinion of the Royal Commissioners in an opposite sense, viz„ that the two officials ought to have been dismissed. The resolution was fully considered by the Royal Commissioners present, and on a division two only supported it, and seven opposed ; the hon. mem ber for North Lancashire, who had accidently left the room, observed on his return that, if he had been present, he should have voted against it. Lord St. Leonards was one of those who supported Earl Grey's resolution, and it was but right to say that at a meeting of the Royal Com missioners held ten or fourteen days ago, Lord St. Leonards said he had, since the motion above referred to was discussed, gone over the establishment at Wandsworth, and he had never seen greater improvement in the building or a public institution in a more satisfactory condition. (Hear, hear.) The executive committee had taken every precaution to prevent a recurrence of what had occurred. They had abolished the sub-committee, and every thing now devolved upon the executive committee which had been recast with competent men. Regular monthly meetings had been estab lished at the asylum, together with weekly inspection by the various members of the committee. He hoped, there fore, the hon. gentleman would admit that the committee had shown an anxiety, so far as they could, to place the management of the establishment in a satisfactory condition, without having recource to the dismissal of the two officials. Although the ladies had thought it their duty to resign, he could not help thinking that they would rejoice to hear that the management of the institution had been placed on so satisfactory a footing, without the Commissioners being obliged to inlict a stigma or cast reflection on two most respectable and deserving individuals. The punishment was not left to their discretion, a punishment book being regularly kept; the punishment being restricted to three stripes on the hand with the cane. That regulation had been adopted unanimously by the Commissioners, except Lord Colchester, who had resigned. The cane, the Commissioner found on examination, was used in three or four of the great public schools. Mr. KINNAIRD said the explanation of the right hon. baronet would give great satisfaction, and he suggested that the schools should have the assistance of a committee of ladies. Sir J. PAKINGTON Raid there were seven only out of the thirteen had resigned. They had never ceased to be superintended by ladies. Mr. KINNAIRD objected to the use of canes in schools of this character, and urged a milder punishment as more effective. Mr. BRISCOE was pleased to hear the explanation that had been given. He was also in favour of the super intendence of a committee of ladies. He referred to the case of the two children that had been sent up to be mesmerised, and hoped it would not be again repeated. Mr. CORRIE said a medical officer was attached to the hospital, and visited every day. No case would be treated in future in the way referred to by the last speaker. The subject then dropped, and the house went into SUPPLY. On the vote of £30,643, balance of vote of £45,243 for royal palaces, Mr. W. WILLIAMS called attention to the large amount of this vote. He had no objection to vote any sum that was absolutely required for the comfort and dignity of the Queen, bat he thought they ought to object to this vote, which was an increasing annual one to the extent of £lO,OOO. Mr. A, SMITH complained of the bad arrangement of th e details of the vote, things being mixed up in it that ought to have been charged to other departments, such as furni ture. The savings from the civil list ought to be sufficient to defray their kind of expense, and observed that he should like to see a detailed account of that list. He feared they would get little redress from any remonstrance they might make. He called attention to the handsome iron gates that were removed from Hampton Court Palace, and taken to Brompton as specimens of English ironwork; and he asked if they were still there, and why they were not repaired and returned to Hampton Court Palace ? After some remarks from Sir J. SHELLEY, relative hteor the admirable m anner i n w hi c h t h e f urn it u re depart ment was managed by th e c hi e f c l er k , Sir M. PETO ca ll e d a tt en ti on t o th e inadequacy of S t. James's Palace f or St a t e occas i ons , an d hoped the noble l ord would shortly, turn his attention to the subject. Mr. COWPER. d e f en d e d t h e manne r in which th e ac counts were present e d. Th o vote for the royal pal aces was divided int o th ree h ea d s . Palaces occupied Majesty; palaces partly so occupied, but used for St a t e occasions, such as St. James's Palace ; and palaces that were not in any respect in the occupation of her Majesty. Th ere was no charge for furniture in the palaces occupied by h er Majesty, as that came from the Lord Chamberlain's depa r t. ment ; but there were charges in the vote for furniture for the State palaces and State rooms. The ornamental railin gs were removed from Hampton Court Palace, and had been removed with a view to their preservation, and were now in the Kensington Museum. It was considered better to keep them there as specimens of early English art rather than replace them at Hampton Court Palace, and by exposure to the weather destroy them. the vote was then agreed to. On the sum of £82,750, balance of the vote for public buildings and supplying them with water, M r Wuh.aWrgeldLLfulrAthMeSsucpalplleyd of nto the othe Housesesumoftf p 10, o a o r o being - engines, pumps, pipes,algar-square, an d to other p li v a b m l e ie nt b , u t i h ld e ings, fountainsfor and in &c. There was also a charge of £750 rent of a house for the fortifica tion branch of the War Department, and another sum for the furniture ; that ought not to have been put into this vote, but should have been charged to fortifications. Mr. COWPER said the War Department in Pall-mall was not large enough for the fortification branch to be taken there, and that was why the charge was in this vote. He believed a very economical arrangement had been come to. Mr. W. WILLIAMS also complained of the charge of £9OO rent for a house in St, James's-square for the tithe copyhold commission, that commission having been closed for many years. Mr. CHILDERS regretted the small number of mem bers present to discuss those estimates. He complained of the inadequate superintendence exercised by the Go vernment of this country over public works and build ' ings, compared with that adopted by our Continental neighbours in this engineering age. This country had lost ground rapidly during the last 20 years in that respect, and unless something were done to retrieve our position we should fall far behind our continental neighbours. The practical result of our arrangement was that the First Com missioner of Works had not the general superintendence of the works of the country. He had certainly occasionally to trol superintend the erection of a few buildings in the metropolis, to look over the parks, and see that furniture was economi cally purchased and supplied. The superintendence of the public works and buildings connected with the Government ever thrseible to was so scattered about that it tvas ditlicult to know whom t ° apply to. Some were under the control of the Treasury, each as harbours and piers; railways, which required so .1:a ca re change i; t l eporeeen d mk t p P lail arl l of the _in their supervision, were placed under the con • t k rox to ~.. p resident of the Board of T;ade, who had func :ork,:erul ge of a totally different character, and other as su c h a ",,.. tui der the control of the Home Secretary. There was fru '° ll 7 ill the . take the n. some hav e e discharge of their functions that it h et .", . 1 1 efficient and economical control sub,„ o . ~..p,—aneetore long some hon member would n a l u e p n e t r t v o i c si o . o nsider whether works and buildings tight n et to to made. nnefooounsTereld they ought to be concentrated under the superintendence of one department, which would be more economical than now, and tend to an improved style of architecture. Lord PALMERSTON said that his hon. friend's pro position went to a very material change in our system that was not congenial to our constitution. It was true that in France and other countries the Government exer cised great control over all works, whether public or pri vate, but that was not in accordance with the feelings of this country, or with the general arrangement that pre vailed. He could not admit that this country was behind other countries in architectural development, and he in stanced the public and private buildings of Liverpool, Manchester, and Leeds, or any of the great towns, which abounded with buildings of the most beautiful description, erected by persons not under the control of the Govern ment, but employed by the municipality, which were an honour to the country, and equal in beauty to anything that could be found on the Continent. Tho hon. gentle man proposed that an officer of the Government should con trol and direct the action of municipal corporations in the erection of town-halls. Mr. CHILDERS said no. Only public buildings con nected with the Government, Lord PALMERSTON said such were suporintended by the First Commissioner of Works, except such as military buildings and harbour works, which required special ar rangements for their construction, In conclusion, the noble lord repeated his belief that the arrangement suggested could not be adopted compatibly with the Constitution. Mr. A. SMITH complained that the items of all the votes were lumped together, and that it was consequently impossible to check them , . lie wished t o k now upon w h at principle rent was paid for public property? The system was vicious, and he should therefore move the reduction of the vote by £7,000, on account of such rents, Mr. BRISCOE thought that the item of £25,441 for re pairs should be more detailed, and that the charge for water of £3,000, and for engines, pumps, &c., in case of fire, of £4,000 was excessive, Sir M. PETO pointed to the increase which was yearly growing in the item for rent. Last year it was £24,748, this year £26,358. In his opinion it would be more economical and more convenient to build proper offices than to continue the system of renting houses in different parts of the metro lis for the purpose, and he hoped that the right hon. gentle man, the First Commissioner, would take the subject into consideration during the recess. Mr. COWPER explained that the sum for repairs com prised 1,830 separate items, and that it would be trifling with the house to attempt to detail them all in the vote. The charge for water for all the public buildings was £3,000 a year; but he had inquired into the matter, and found that if they were to buy the water from the compa nies it would cost £BOO a year more. In regard to the item of £4,000 for engines, pumps, &c,, in case of fire, he be lieved it would be a wise and economical expenditure. The Government did not insure, and it was therefore necessary that proper provision should be made for the accident of fire It was first contemplated to erect a reservoir on Primrose hill, but as the cost of the plan would be £20,000 he had abandoned the idea. The second plan which was suggested, and which was eventually adopted, was to make the Ser pentine the reservoir. It would be sufficient to cover all the buildings down to Whitehall, and the intention was to place in connection with it pipes which would afford them an abundant supply of water at any moment in case of fire. In regard to the amendment of his hon. friend (Mr. A. Smith), he believed it would lead to much confusion, and hoped it would not be pressed. Lord J. M ANNERS reminded the hon. baronet the member for Finsbury that the suggestion which ho had thrown out was not altogether new to the house. The idea had been mooted before, but was abandoned by the house when it was found that its execution would cost £1,000,000, He admitted that the scheme would bethe most economical in the end, but he believed that the house would still object to so large and i mmediate an outlay. He wished to know what was to be done with Burlington House. Mr. COWPER explained that he was not then prepared to say what would be done with it. The amendment was then withdrawn, and the vote agreed to. On a vote of £13,879 balance of the estimate for furni tare, &c., for the public offices, Mr. A. ,SMITH moved that it be reduced by £1,611, being the u nappropriated balance of last year. Mr. CO SVPER replied that there was no balance now outstanding, it having been paid into the Exchequer in March. Lord J. MANNERS called attention to the item on ae coust of the South Kensington Museum, and suggested that the expenditure on account of the institution required to be carefully revised. Sir J. SHELLEY maintained that there was no expen diture which afforded so:much gratification and information to a large mars of the people as that on account of the South Kensington Museum. (Hear, hear.) No man could object to it. Mr. Alderman SALOMONS urged that it would be ad visable to be keep all the votes on account of the Museum together. Its expense might then be accurately ascer tained. Mr. AYRTON admitted the advantage of the institu tion, but contended that it would have been much more beneficial if it had been erected within the metropolis. The votes on its account were divided in order to disguise its expenditure. After some observations from Mr. COWPER, The committee divided— For the amendment 23 Against it .................... 66 Majority The vote was then agreed to. The next vote was a sum of £97,9s2—part of which had been already voted on account—to defray the expenses of the royal parks and pleasure gardens. Sir H. VERNEY, while recognising the great advantages that had been gained by the public in the opening of Batter sea and Victoria Parks, said it was incumbent on the right hon. gentleman at the bead of the Department of Works to do still more for the public. For instance, a great conveni ence would be afforded by opening a communication from C ockspur-street to the north side of the Mall in St. James's park; then the southern end of Park-lane was in a very dangerous condition; and omnibuses ought to be allowed to traverse the road by the Serpentine as well as carriages. Mr. SELWYN called attention to the unfinished con dition of the conservatory at Kew Gardens, and asked whether it was the intention of the Government to proceed with the work. Mr. TITS, fully coinciding in the opinion that the gardens at Kew were a great succes s , t h ought it was an exceeding pity that the wings of the conservatory remained unfinished. Colonel FRENCH complained of the extravagant ex • Pendituro on the parks. Mr. DILLWYN thought they were entitled to demand more information as to the details of the expenditure on the parks. No less a sum than £25,000 was asked on account of St. James's, the Green, and Hyde-parks, exclusive of K ensington -gardens. Colonel BARTTELOT moved that the vote be reduced by a sum of £7,952. How could a sum of nearly £30,000 be required to keep these parks in order ? He had heard, indeed, that the sum of £5,000 was spent annually upon perishable flowers, the production of which could afford no enjoyment to the general public. Mr. COX ridiculed the notion of designating the few acres enclosed at Kennington as a park. A sum of £1,500 Was actually expended upon the keeping up of this so •called park, the grass part of which was devoted to the pasturing of Sheep, while the children were driven to play on the gravel walks. Sir J, PAKINGTON said these votes were an annual , c ause of astonishment to him, for he could never understand holy the money was spent. (Hear, hear.) Richmond Park was said to cost £7,000 a year, and St. James's, the Green, and R yde Parks cost £25,000 a year. Why, any private Proprietor would be ruined if ho spent money in such a Way. Mr ' CAVE wish e d t o di rec t th e a tt en ti on of th e r ight hen. gentlem an to the monol i th at the Eastern part o f the Serpentine, and w hi c h t oo k th e p l ace o f the spring which was forme r l y there, People wondered very much Where whethe r it had roe fro h used to b e there. ( t hat monolith came f m whether it was from Egypt, or whether it h a d S ecretary for F oreign Affairs, or whether it was from the been rb' ght rou from Assyria by the Und er Summer Palace at Pekin. H e wan t e d t o k now w h ere it spring whic came from how ranch it cost, and what h ad b ecome of the removed to th e Mr. SCLATER.. 1300TII denounced the playing of the band of the co mmission a ires in the Cambridge Enclosure. He had th e best authority for saying that these musical Laughter.) performa nces were regarde d as a mos t serious nuisance by many of th e surrounding householders, If the band were Col. SYKES; having away without being a nuisance to anyone. Mr: W. I ' I VART could not understand what were the functions of the deputy-ranger of the park, and why the Centre of the enclosure they might play public should not hav e access to the ground occupied by his residence close to the Serpentine. resided fur 30 years in the vicinity of Hyde P ar k , was able to afford testimony in favour of the extraordinary improvement in the condition of the Park, com pared with w h at it was formerly. Lord J.NAT -- - ,, ERS said no comparison could be insti tuted betweenMA the maintenance of private parks and the r. CO public parka o f r lAndon • and further, the more like they made them to gardens ' the more expense would they cause. He regretted that the ' structure for the use of the band had been erected in the Regent's Park without a little more pre liminary discussion in that house. and the consequence for a moment be compared with the parks of private gentlemen. The parks of London were frequented by an enormous WP - Ell said that the London parks could not Population who were perpetually doing damage; to be employed to keep order. With regard to the item of L 13,000, which Was the entire cost of the maintenance of the three parks, it Should be kept in mind that there were eight ' was that a staff of 46 constables had miles of roads to be maintained, and 25 miles of gravel walks. The cost of a macadamised road , like that of Regent-street costs about 4 00 0 a mile, and if they were to apply such a calculation to th e roads in ' Hyde-park, Green-park, and St. James's, it w ou ld give a very large item. But there were also 25 miles of gravel walks which had to be kept in very good order. If there were pebbles on the walks the public complained, and what was worse than complaint they left the walks and went upon the grass, making a Sahara deser t of the parks. The distinction between the Ranger and the First Commissioner of Works was, that the gatekeepers were considered to be under the Ranger's department, and the external boundaries came under the Office of Works. There were 14 gatekeepers, who were paid something over £l,OOO in the aggregate. With regard to the flowers, the cost was very trifling, as they were reared in pits in the vicinity of Kensington-gardens. As to the proposed ride in Battersea-park, permission was given to builders and contractors to deposit earth in a portion of the park to make an embankment, and ho proposed to form a ride upon the surface, after the plan of Rotten-row. With regard to the band in Regent's-park, he thought it right to have a stand made for it; for he saw that a band had been performing for several years in that park, which had been attended by thousands of persons without the slightest inconvenience or abuse of the authority of the Government. (Hear.) lie be lieved the braid answered the purpose very well, and he was told the audience were delighted with it. The right hon. gentleman then referred to the expenditure at Kew, and said that the pori ion of the consenatory already completed cost £32,000, The expense of the wings, if they should bo erected according to the original design, would cost £14,000, and the Government did not feel themselves justified in undertaking that expenditure. Ile had bean asked what had become of the spring in Hyde Park. He really could not tell how it disappeared ; but in point of fact it was not a spring, and when the gravel through which the water had P ercolated was cut the water took another channel. As to the monolith erected in the place, and which gave so much offence to the taste of hon. members opposite, it was nothing else than a boulder of granite from Cornwall, which was placed there without any attempt at ornament. tie thought it excited great admiration. (Laughter.) rho cost of it was about £2OO, which was almost entirely for the carriage of it from Cornwall to its present position. He was rather astonished to hear the hon. gentleman opposite complain of the band which played in the Cambridge Enclosure, St. James's Park, for he believed it was greatly admired. Mr. PEACOCKE wished to put a question in the name of the great riding interest, and that was whether the grass would be opened to equestrians on the north side of the Serpentine, and whether Kensington Gardens would be also thrown open to them ? Mr. G. BENTINCK said there was no greater farce than was enacted year after year in committees of supply in that house. The members of the Ministerial bench were pledged to stringent economy, and the members of the front Opposition bench, who desired to go across, were pledged to still more stringent economy, and thus the whole thing became a farce. He knew his appeal was all in vain, but still he would ask was it right, was it decent, in a time of great general distress, to waste thousands of pounds upon the luxurious adornment of the metropolis, and in orna menting the park for the idle and indolent ? (Hear, hear.) Mr. SCLATER-BOOTH wished to explain that he did not object to the band, but to the place selected for the per formance, which, being close to the houses, gave offence to a great many people. Sir M. RIDLEY wished to know the cost of the boy and dolphin in Hyde Park ? _ _ Mr. COWPER said he was not able to tell the cost, but he would make inquiry. With regard to opening the grass on the north side of the Serpentine, the experiment had been tried last year, and it was found that it interfered with the free enjoyment of persons on foot, and therefore they only proposed to open the south side. And as to Ken sington Gardens, no arrangements could be made for the accommodation of equestrians in consequence of the road by the bridge being thrown open to carriages. (Hear, hear.) Lord R. CECIL said that he concurred in the observa tions of the hon. member for West Norfolk (Mr. Dentinek) that their committees of supply were a farce. Ireland was starving, and Lancashire was being kept up at the public expense, and yet there was an increase for " luxurious adornment" of £200,000 ; the estimates in this respect hav ing been raised from £700,000 to £900,000. Lord PALMERSTON defended the votes, and said the reascn wby hon. members were so angry was, that the ac counts were so well managed and so carefully investigated, that it was found they were not susceptible of reduction. If they looked at the cost of the Bois de Boulogne, in Paris, they would find that it was something like £l4O a day, or £70,000 a year, nearly as much as the whole of the parks of the metropolis. He believed that the enjoyment derived by the people from the parks was an equivalent for the ex penditure. (Hear, hear.) The committee divided. The numbers were— For the vote.... Against 67 Majority -48 The vote was then agreed to. On the vote of £36,444 to complete the sum of £46,444 for the Houses of Parliament, Mr. COWPER, in answer to a question from Lord John Manners, said he had deferred coming to any deci sion with respect to the enclosing New Palace-yard from the Clock Tower until the buildings on the southern side of Bridge-street were pulled down, and which would be finally cleared away by the end of this year, or at latest in the course of next year. If the building was continued along from the Clock Tower, it might be employed ad vantageously for public offices. Nothing, however, would be done for the present, and an opportunity would be given to the house for deciding on whether it should be enclosed or thrown open. Captain KNOX inquired if it was intended to widen Par. liament-street from the Treasury to the Houses of Parlia ment llr. COWPER said the report of the committee on this subject was still under consideration. Col. FRENCH urged the necessity of something being done towards improving the dining-rooms. Mr. Barry's estimate was too high for the committee to take upon itself to recommend that it should be carried out. It was useless to complain of the contractor if he had not the means of sa tisfying the demands of hon. members. If the Government were not disposed to move in the matter, it would be neces sary to bring the subject in a definite form before the house. He did not wish to press the right hon. gentleman (Mr. Cowper) for a reply then if he was not prepared to give an answer. Mr. HUNT asked the Chiof Commissioner of Works if it was possible to construct an underground passage from the Clock Tower to the North side of Bridge-street, so as to avoid the dangerous crossing at the end of Westminster bridge, for the convenience of hon. members and those at tending the Houses of Parliament. Sir J. SHELLEY called attention to the state of the stonework of the Houses of Parliament. Ho had been over the building and minutely examined it, and unless some thing were done to preserve it, the ornamentation of the houees would be entirely destroyed. Several experiments had been tried, and all of them had failed but one—viz., Daines's process for vulcanising stonework. That process had been favourably reported on by Mr. Sydney Smirke, Mr. George Gilbert Scott, and Mr. Arthur A.shpital. He understood Mr. Daines had been told that he might go on applying his own process at his own expense, but he (Sir J. Shelley) thought that as so many had been assisted in their experiments at the expense of the Government, and had failed, it was but right that the Government should assist Mr. Daines with a grant of public money. Mr. ROGERS expressed a hope that whatever alterations were made in the refreshment rooms, nothing would be done that would interfero with the proper ventilation of that part of the building. Sir M. PETO called attention to the decay observable in the frescoes, and hyped that means would bo adopted to discover its cause and arrest its progress. Mr. SCLATER-BOOTH wished to know if the item of £6,530 for the Speaker's stables would cover the whole ex pense. Sir M. RIDLEY asked for explanation with regard to the twelve statues of British sovereigns in chronological series which were to be placed in the Royal Gallery. Mr. G ItEGORY pressed for a like explanation, and also for information with regard to the progress of Mr. Dyce's fresco. He wished to know if any representation had been made to Mr. Dyce as to the necessity of carrying out the engagement for which ho had been paid. If Mr. Dyce were net, then he should be prepared to characterise his conduct as scandalous. (Hear, hear.) In regard to the statues, by means of which British art was to have been advanced, it appeared to him that they were about to be monopolised by Mr. Monroe and Mr. Thornycroft. Mr. COWPER admitted that it was desirable that some means should be adopted to preserve the stone of the house, but the report of the scientific commission, which had been appointed in the matter, would not justify him in proceed ing with any of the plans which had been suggested for the purpose. He admitted also that the report of the commis. sion, as to the enlargement of the dining-room, deserved attention, but he should require some time before deciding on it. A tunnel across Bridge-street could only be made when the embankment was being constructed ; and as to the Speaker's stables, the whole expense would be covered by the vote. Mr. Dyce had assured him that he was going on with his work as rapidly as the state of the wall on which he was engaged would allow ; and as to the statues, of the six which had been sanctioned four were distributed between Messrs. Brown, Woolmer, Thernycroft, and Monroe. The remainder would be given to other sculp tors. Mr. TITE, as a member of the committee to whom had been entrusted the investigation of the decay of the stone of which the houses of Parliament were built, could state that as yet the committee had been able to come to no con clusion upon the subject. It would seem, however, as if the decay, after proceeding to a certain point, stopped. Mr. CONINGHAM ridiculed the application of oil and sulphur to stopping the decay of the stone. Lord R. CECIL condemned the system of paying tho artists employed about the decorations of the house in ad vance. He had no doubt that if Mr. Dyce had not been paid in advance ho would have been done long ago. The vote was then agreed to, the chairman reported pro gress, and the house resumed. VICE ADMIRALTY COURTS BILL. This bill passed through committee. CAYMAN ISLANDS BILL. This bill was read a second time. ALKALI WORKS REGULATION BILL. This bill was read a second time. CORRUPT PRACTICES AT ELECTIONS BILL. On the motion for the consideration of the Lords' amend ments, Mr, HUNT moved that the house should disagree with the Lords' amendment with reference to the clause throw ing the expense upon the boroughs. Mr, VANCE seconded the motion. The house divided. The numbers were — For the amendment. Against it Majority --21 The amendment was therefore lost, and the Lords' amendment was agreed to, PORT ERIN HARBOUR (ISLE OF MAN): This bill was read a second time. AFRICAN SLAVE TRADE TREATY BILL. On the second reading of this bill, Lord PALMERSTON said it was but right to the United States Government to point out why this bill had been introduced. It was well known that for many years the African slave trade was sheltered by the protection of the American flag. Last year the United States Govern ment, in the handsomest manner, agreed to a treaty by which that protection was to bo no longer given. (Hear.) It was agreed by that treaty to give mutual right of search, and constituting mixed tribunals for the trial of vessels caught in the slave trade, and other means connected with their adjudication. (Hear.) It was found that the extent of the range to which these operations applied was not sufficient, and this year the Government of the United States agreed to a supplemental article which extends to the neighbourhood of the Island of Madagascar the right of search, which was confined in the first instance to the narrower limits. It was but due to the liberality of the United States Government to point out to the country c.nd the house that the bill which passed last year as a matter of form, and without attracting sufficiently the attention of the country—it was but just to that Government which had behaved in so liberal a manner, that a matter of so much interest to this country as this second treaty should be marked by some attention being paid to it by that house. (dear, hear.) After a few words from Mr. Cave, Mr. Coningham, Mr. Buxton, Mr. Torrens, and Mr. Kinnaird, all of whom ex pressed gratification at the measure, The bill was read a second time. OFFENCES (SOUTH AFRICA) BILL. This bill was re-committed, for the purpose of amend ment. The New Zealand Boundaries and Courts of the Church of Scotland Bills were read a third time and passed. The Admiralty Court (Ireland) Bill was wtthdrawn. TIIE EXHIBITION BUILDING. Lord PALMERSTON gave notice that he should move the vote in regard to the purchase of the Exhibition Build ing on Thursday week, instead of next Monday, as he first intimated. The house adjourned at twenty minutes to two o'clock. ST. THOMAS'S HOSPITAL. A public meeting was held yesterday evening at the Bridge-house Hotel to consider the insufficient provision now made to fulfil the objects of the charity of St. Thomas's Hospital, the unnecessary delay in fixing the site for the future hospital, and the equal unreasonable desire on the part of some of the governors to remove the hospital to a dis tance from the poor of the neighbourhood. The chair was taken by Mr. John Locke, M.P., and there were present Air. herdic., guardian and ves tryman of St. George's, Southwark ; Mr. Goddard, vestryman of Lambeth ; Dr. Allen, Rector of St. George's, Southwark; Dr. Evans, Dr. F. Jones, vestryman of Christchurch; Mr. Freeman, guar dian of Camberwell ; Mr. Legge, member of the Metropolitan Board of Works ; Mr. Vickars, Mr. Newman, vestryman of St. Saviour's ; Mr. Denny) vestryman of Camberwell; Mr. Park, vestryman and Guardian of St. George's; and many other inhabitants of the parishes surrounding the locality in which the hospital has hitherto been es tablished> The CHAIRMAN said the question to which the at tention of the meeting was about to be called had been for two or three years befo t r h e e th in e h p ab u i b t l a i ns c i Ir o t f Was one of great Importance to that densely populated district. It referred, as those Present w ere aware, to the future site of St. Thomas's Hospital. The rights claimed by the inhabitants of Southwark, in regard to that hospital, were unde niable. The hon. gentleman then traced the his tory of St. Thomas's Hospital from the year 1213 down to the present day, and showed that by vari• ous charters and grants the building and lands called St. Thomas's Hospital were granted for the benefit of the poor of Southwark. He considered it right to enforce this point. In The Sun newspaper the other day it was stated that it was a strong point in the consideration of the question, and that if it could be established, as he (Mr. Locke) had no doubt it could, that the poor of Southwark had a right to the benefit of the hospital, it would very materially affect the question at issue. But, setting aside the legal rights of the people of South wark, he would refer to their social claims. St. Thomas's Hospital had hitherto existed amidst a dense population—upwards of 190,000 in South wark, and, joined to the borough of Lambeth, not less than half a million. It was obvious that no portion of the metropolis was better entitled to retain that establishment among them. By the charter of Edward VI. the hospital belonged to the people of Southwark, and there was no pre text whatever for removing it from them. In looking into the records of the City of London he found that as late as 1808 the Corporation upheld its right and authority over the hospital ; but a dis pute had arisen between the governors of the hos pital and the corporation, and it was finally enacted by the 22d of George 111., chap. 77, that 12 gover nors should be appointed by the city to assist in the governing of the hospital. He would say with regard to the question more immediately before the meeting, that a short time ago, at a meeting of the governors of the hospital, his friend Alderman Lawrence came forward and boldly reversed a decision of the Grand Committee, and by that reversal it was decided that the Grand Committee could not carry or take the Hospital of St. Thomas out of Southwark unless they had the sanction of the whole body of the governors. But when they found that the whole body consisted of 208, and that only 50 attended the meeting at which Alderman Lawrence carried his motion, it was quite obvious that unless the meeting he was then addressing aroused the dormant feeling that seemed to affect all that concerned St. Thomas's Hospital, nothing would be done to advance the ob ject they all desired to see accomplished. He trusted that the people of Southwark would speak out:and tell the Grand Committee, as it was called, that they knew what their rights were, and that they were determined to see them enforced. The hospital had been taken down, and the question was, where is it to be rebuilt ? It was for that meeting, by their united voices, to decide that ques tion. It was for them to determine whether they would assist those who wished to benefit the poor inhabitants of Southwark, or whether they would tamely submit to be overriden by the Governors of St. Thomas's Hospital. (Cheers.) Dr. RENDLE then moved the following resolu tion : " That St. Thomas's Hospital, named in the Charter of Ed ward The House of Poor People in Southwark,' having been established in South wark now more than 300 years as 'a place and house for poor people to be there relieved and maintained, and having before its removal afforded relief an nually to upwards of 40,000 persons, mostly of the immediate neighbourhood, suffering from illness and accidents--it is the opinion of this meeting that the hospital should be rebuilt upon a site as near as possible to the poorer population of the neighbour hood in which it has always been, and to which it has done so much good service; and that in no case should it be rebuilt more distant from the old hos pital than the site now occupied by Bethlem, that behind Newington Church, or that known as the Surrey Gardens?' He believed that if the Governors had been pleased to do so, they mi g h t have kept St. Thomas's Hospital in perfect safety. The railway company did not wish to touch the hospital, and what ever little injury was done the company was quite prepared to remedy. They offered to build new wards if the Governors had wished to have them erected; but since the hospital had been taken down it was their duty to have it erected elsewhere. He strongly advocated the site on which Bethlem Hospital now stood. There was no excuse at all for removing the building into the country. As to the proposition for dividing the hospital into two, one part in town and the other is the country, he hoped that that would never be entertained. In referring to the list of governors, Dr. Rendle observed that the greater portion of the 208 governors of St. Thomas's Hospital were merely honorary members, and that the really governing body resolved itself into the grand committee, which IVLIN controlled by the officials, and he then referred to the opinion formerly expressed by Mr. The against the removal of the hospital from its present site, and asked why that gentleman should aow be so strong an advocate for the erection of the hospital elsewhere. Mr. NEwmaN:seconded the resolution. Mr. LEGGE suggested that the words "Surrey — gardens" should be left out of the resolution. He, indeed, did not approve suggesting any particular site, as there were many other sites from which they might make a choice. There were places in the New Kent-road a few hundred yards from the Elephant and Castle; but his anxiety was that the hospital should be kept in the borough of South wark. Mr. BRICKNELL said the Surrey-gardens was as central a spot as could be found. Mr. VICKERS complained of the great delay that had been allowed to take place in the settling of this question by the governors of St. Thomas's Hospital, and said it became the duty of the people to bring it to a close. Dr. E. B. JONES observed there was no reason why St. Thomas's Hospital should have been re moved'. The railway could have been made without touching the building ; but he at the same time approved the site of Bethlem for St. Thomas's Hos pital, which, under all the circumstances, he con sidered the best plan to be adopted. Mr. FREEMAN strongly deprecated the removal of the hospital any distance from the borough of Southwark. The resolution was then put and carried unani mously. Dr. FREDERICK JONES MOVOd-- " That a deputation be appointed by this meeting to join the Committee of Parishes for the purpose of waiting upon the Governors of St. Thomas's Hos pital with a copy of the resolutions now passed, and that the deputation be instructed respectfully, but firmly, to request their most serious attention to the subject, and also a second interview, as soon as con venient, for their decision. That, if it should be deemed necessary, the deputation should also seek an interview with the governors of Bethlem, and that afterwards another public meeting should be called, if in the opinion of the Committee of Parishes it should appear desirable." He mentioned some statistics, showing that before the removal of the hospital there were 496 beds, and that now there were only 207 beds. In May, 1862, there were medical casesi admitted 66, surgical cases 23 ; but in May, 1863, there were only 16 medical cases and 10 surgical cases. Applications for ad missions had been proportionally reduced. He strongly supported the scheme for obtaining the site of Bethlem Hospital. Mr. M. GODDARD seconded the resolution,which was unanimously adopted. _ _ A vote of thanks was then passed to Dr. Rendle for the exertions he had made in carrying cat the objects of the meeting, and a similar vote havinC been carried to the chairman the meeting separated. COUNTRY MARKETS. ..r._..,M,~...-_-----~ GLOUCESTER—MAY 30. To-day there was a moderate supply of English wheat from the farmers, which sold at the extreme prices of last week. Foreign wheat in less demand, and the advance on Russian wheat checked sales. Spring corn unchanged in value. COLCHESTER—MAY 30. At this corn exchange to-day there was a small:show of grain, with a firm trade. Prices at fully former rates. Spring corn in small supply, but sales slow. Wheat, white 46s 56s Beans, Mazagan..3os 330 red 42s 52s middle & small.3ss 42s Barley —s —s Peas, white ...... 40s 423 Oats CHELMSFORD-MAY 29. We have again to report a dull demand for English grain to-day, but a fair supply at market. Last week'S prices barely maintained. Spring corn firm. Wheat, old white...3os 53s Yeas, Partridge....37B 40 new ..34s Ns White 39s 400 old red....36s 48s Boiling ... 4OB 43 4 new 34s 458 Dun 35s 38 0 Barley 28s 36s Ditto new -s .--14 Chevalier 2Bs 40s Beans, Tick, old ..34s 3 90 Grinding 22s 31s new..—s --g Malt new..^-8 .--41 Chevalier 64s 69s 20s 28s Mazagan ..... ..30s 383 Oats KIRKCALDY GRAIN—MAY 30. We had small supplies of oats and barley, but fair of wheat. The former was much the same in price as last week, while wheat had a downward tendency. Wheat. Barley. Oats. First....3Bs 6d 2ss Od I 24s Od Second ..41s Od 26 s Od 26s Od Third....—s Od —s Od —s Od COAL M PrWee of Coal per Ton at .ARKET. the Mose of the market. O. d• s. d. Buddle'sWest Hartley 15 3 Cowpen Hartley 15 3 North Pelton Gas 13 3 Wylam 16 0 Hastings Hartley l5 3 ranfield Moor l3 0 Canfield Moor Butes l3 0 Carway and Duffryn Malting , 19 6 Walls End. Haswell l6 6 Tunstall ...... l4 6 Heugh Hall 15 9 South Kelloe Russel's Hetton 15 v Framwellgate.. l4 0 Harton 14 0 East Hartlepool 16 0 Wharucliffe ......14 0 Tiimdon Hartlepool ..16 0 Caradoc l5 6 Gosforth l4 0 Walls End. Braddyll's Hetton 15 3 Trimd on Hartlepool 16 0 Hartlepool 16 0 Ships at market 78 ; sold, 62. Foreign Mail Packet List. MAILS DUE. Aunralia and Mauritius, via Southampton .. June 1 8 ° via Marseilles drazil and Cape Vercls, by British packet. June 4. Cape of Good Hope, Ascension, and St. Helena.. June .--. China, Penang, and Singapore, via Southampton. June 2- via Marseilles ...June 2. Falkland Islands Gibraltar, via Southampton June 2. India (Calcutta), and Ceylon, via Southampton June 2. via Marseilles June 12. India (Bombay), via Southampton June 10. via Marseilles June 5. Portugal.... Juno 4. Malta, Egypt, and Aden, via Southampton Juno 2. _.via Marseilles Newfoundland Oporto and Vigo .. U. S. and British N. America, by Brit. packet.... June 4. by U.S. packet.... by Canadian packet. Juno 6 . W.C. of Africa, Madeira, and Tenerife June 10 Bahamas, via New York June 4. Mexico parts exico of West Indi es , i nc l u di ng Chili, Peru, I...une 2.9* June 13. J California. and Briti s h Columbia. THE EASTERN FISHERIES. The catches of mackerel Which have been made of late are encou raging, and fair success has already been obtained by seve ral boats connected with Great Yarmouth. The deliveries are now computed by thousands, and prices have fallen to 38 s. to 40s. per 120 fish. From Lowestoft, also, a report has come to hand indicating that there are more fish on the grounds than has hitherto been the case. [ADVERTISEMENT.) —Holloway's Ointment and Indisputable remedies for old wounds, sores, and ulcers. If used according to directions given with them, there is no wound, ulcerous sore, or bad breast, however obstinate or long standing, but will yield to their healing and curativo properties. Numbers of persons who have been patients in sevoral of the large hospitals, and under the care of emi nent surgeons, without deriving the slightest benefit, have been thoroughly cured by Holloway's Ointment and Pills. For glandular swellings, tumours, scurvy, and diseases of the skin there is no medicine that can be used with so good an effect. In fact, in the worst forms of disease dependent upon the condition of the blood, these medicines are irre sistible. Births. BAILLIE.—On the Ist inst., at Windsor, the wife of Capt• Duncan Baillie, Royal Horse Guards, of a son. CIIAPLIN.—On the 30th ult., at 50, Norfolk-square, the wife of C. W. Chaplin, Esq., of a eon. FLINT.----On the Ist inst., as Bayswater, Mrs. John Flint, of a daughter. KIDD.—On the 31st ult., at Dalston, the wife of 31r, 11. Kidd, of 70, Mark-lane, of a daughter. Marriages. HIRD—HOLLAND.—On the 30th ult., at St. Pancras , Arthur John, son of Charles Hird, Esq, of Clevedca Cottage, Gloucester-place, Regent's•park, to Louisa Charlotte, daughter of James Holland, Esq., of 8, Osna" burg-street, Regent-street. Tu CRER—TYHURST,—On the 30th ult., at Hackney, Gee. ; Amos, the second son of th e l a t e A . C . T uc k er , E sq ., Devonport and Brighton, to Susanna, third daughter of the late James Tyhurst, Esq , Surveying-General Ex" aminer of Inland Revenue. Deaths. BARNET'[,—On the 30th lilt sander Hooker Barnett, A.K.C,, &c., aged 35. BRICKWOOD.—On the 30th ult., at Sutton, Surrey, James Medmoreßrickwood, Esq., formerly merchant of Billiter square, aged 83. BURN.— On the 29th ult., Mr. James Burn, of the Rising Sun, Air-street, Piccadilly. COPE. —On the 30th ult., Florence, third daughter of C. W. Cope, Ii A., of Kensington. FREWER.—On the 30th ult,, Mr. Isaac Prover, late of Bloomsbury, aged 72. RIGMAIDEN.—On the 31st ult., at 6, H ar ley-place, Comm mender James Rigmaiden, R.N., aged 71, RixoN.—On the 31st ult., at Woolwich, John Bison, Esq., aged 77. London : Printed and Published by WILLIAM ANDREWS of No. 112, Strand, Printer, at TU SUN Office, N o . 112 Strand, in the Precinct ot the avoy, in the County o Mlcitileeez.—Tueoday, June 2, 1863,